Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
8:00 AM ET, October 8, 2020

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
New York Times:
Pence, Peerless Trump Defender, Confronts His Limits  —  During an orderly debate, the vice president deflected criticism of the Trump administration's pandemic response, something Kamala Harris said “clearly” hasn't worked.  —  Vice President Mike Pence approached his task on Wednesday …
RELATED:
E.J. Dionne / Washington Post:
Harris won by keeping the focus on Trump — and Biden  —  No matter how hard, in his quiet and earnest way, that Vice President Pence tried to turn Wednesday's vice-presidential debate into an assault on Joe Biden, Sen. Kamala D. Harris and reality itself forced the discussion back again …
Politico:
Key moments from Harris and Pence's primetime showdown  —  Coronavirus is ripping through the ranks of the White House.  More than 200,000 Americans have died from the disease.  And questions are still swirling around President Donald Trump's own health after he contracted Covid.
Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
‘They are coming for you,’ Harris says of Trump-Pence attacks on the Affordable Care Act.  —  Senator Kamala Harris attacked Vice President Mike Pence for trying to repeal the Affordable Care Act, warning that President Trump's claims that he will preserve coverage for millions of Americans …
Alayna Treene / Axios:
Second Trump-Biden debate will be remote  —  The Commission on Presidential Debates announced Thursday that President Trump and Joe Biden will appear at next week's second presidential debate from “separate remote locations.”  —  The state of play: The decision comes as Trump continues …
Discussion: Political Wire, NPR and The Guardian
CNN:
Post-debate CNN poll: Harris seen as winner in a contest that matched expectations  —  See who undecided voters thought won the VP debate  —  (CNN)More Americans said Sen. Kamala Harris did the best job in the vice presidential debate Wednesday night, according to a CNN Instant Poll of registered voters who watched.
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Pence Dodges Peaceful Transfer of Power Question at VP Debate
Discussion: Political Wire
Claire Sanford / Rev:
Kamala Harris & Mike Pence 2020 Vice Presidential Debate Transcript
Discussion: Roll Call, TVLine and Mother Jones
CNN:
Fact check: Pence echoes Trump's false claims at vice presidential debate
Erin Jensen / USA Today:
Susan Page: Five things to know about the moderator of Wednesday's VP debate
ABC News:
34 people connected to White House, more than previously known, infected by coronavirus: Internal FEMA memo  —  The administration has sought to downplay the spread.  —  White House-related COVID-19 infections grow  —  President Trump's circle of infections has now extended into the Pentagon.
RELATED:
NBC News:
Trump asked Walter Reed doctors to sign non-disclosure agreements in 2019  —  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump required personnel at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center to sign non-disclosure agreements last year before they could be involved with treating him, according to four people familiar with the process.
The Daily Beast:
White House Quietly Told Vets Group It Might Have Exposed Them to COVID  —  The first known White House warning to visitors about a coronavirus risk came the same day that the president acknowledged getting the virus. … On the same day President Trump acknowledged contracting the coronavirus …
New England Journal of Medicine:
Dying in a Leadership Vacuum  —  Article  —  Covid-19 has created a crisis throughout the world.  This crisis has produced a test of leadership.  With no good options to combat a novel pathogen, countries were forced to make hard choices about how to respond.  Here in the United States, our leaders have failed that test.
Discussion: New York Times, The Wrap and Axios
RELATED:
Jacqueline Howard / CNN:
Prestigious medical journal calls for US leadership to be voted out over Covid-19 failure  —  (CNN)In an unprecedented move, the New England Journal of Medicine on Wednesday published an editorial written by its editors condemning the Trump administration for its response to the Covid-19 pandemic …
Patricia Murphy / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Top White House aide hosted lavish Atlanta wedding in May despite virus restrictions  —  At time, state banned gatherings of more than 10 people  —  White House chief of staff Mark Meadows hosted a lavish wedding for his daughter in Atlanta this May, despite a statewide order and city …
Discussion: Raw Story
Henry J. Gomez / BuzzFeed News:
Donald Trump Is Canceling TV Ads In Midwest States That Made Him President  —  President Donald Trump's reelection campaign is slashing television spending in the Midwest, canceling millions of dollars in advertising in states that carried him to victory in 2016.  —  He's been off the local airwaves completely in Iowa and Ohio.
Discussion: The Hill, Mediaite, The Week and Bloomberg
RELATED:
Bloomberg:
Trump Aims to Return to Campaign Trail Next Week Despite Illness
Discussion: The Hill
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
‘Where are all of the arrests?’:  Trump demands Barr lock up his foes  —  Donald Trump mounted an overnight Twitter blitz demanding to jail his political enemies and call out allies he says are failing to arrest his rivals swiftly enough.  —  Trump twice amplified supporters' criticisms …
RELATED:
Marshall Cohen / CNN:
Justice Department says it ‘inadvertently’ altered Flynn notes
Discussion: Politico
Antonio Regalado / MIT Technology Review:
Trump's antibody treatment was tested using cells originally derived from an abortion  —  The Trump administration has looked to curtail research with fetal cells.  But when it was life or death for the president, no one objected.  —  hide  —  This week, President Donald Trump extolled …
Discussion: Political Wire and Al Jazeera
Jennifer Jacobs / Bloomberg:
White House Security Official Contracted Covid-19 in September  —  A top White House security official, Crede Bailey, is gravely ill with Covid-19 and has been hospitalized since September, according to four people familiar with his condition.  —  The White House has not publicly disclosed Bailey's illness.
RELATED:
USA Today:   Here's everyone at the White House Rose Garden SCOTUS event now called a likely ‘superspreader.’ Help us ID them all.
Elizabeth Meyer / Iowa Starting Line:
Greenfield Shatters Fundraising Records With $28.7M Haul  —  Theresa Greenfield raised more money in the last three months than any Iowan running for U.S. Senate had raised in an entire election cycle.  —  In the third fundraising quarter of 2020, spanning July through September …
Discussion: Political Wire, DNyuz, The Hill and Fox News
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Biden gains ground over Trump  —  A 70 percent majority believes our democracy is “in danger” in this election  —  Fox News Flash top headlines for October 7  —  Democratic candidate Joe Biden leads President Donald Trump by a 53-43 percent margin, in a Fox News national survey …
Mark Weiner / Syracuse Post-Standard:
Brindisi surges ahead of Tenney in House race (Siena College |  Syracuse.com poll)  —  Rep. Anthony Brindisi has opened a 9-point lead over Claudia Tenney entering the final weeks of one of the most closely watched House races in the nation, according to a Siena College |  Syracuse.com poll released today.
Discussion: Roll Call
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
‘A Republican Party unraveling’: GOP plunged into crisis as Trump abruptly ends economic relief talks, dismisses virus  —  Vulnerable Republicans are beginning to distance themselves from President Trump's dismissive response to the coronavirus pandemic and his dramatic termination of negotiations …
Discussion: The Hill, Raw Story and The Week
Orion Rummler / Axios:
Second Trump-Biden debate will be remote  —  The Commission on Presidential Debates announced Thursday that President Trump and Joe Biden will appear at next week's second presidential debate from “separate remote locations.”  —  The state of play: The decision comes as Trump continues …
Discussion: The Hill and New York Daily News
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 8:00 AM ET, October 8, 2020.

View the current page or another snapshot:


 
 See Also: 
memeorandum: site main
memeorandum River: reverse chronological memeorandum
memeorandum Mobile: for phones
memeorandum Leaderboard: memeorandum's top sources
 
 Subscribe: 
memeorandum RSS feed
memeorandum on Mastodon
 
 
 More Items: 
Emma G. Fitzsimmons / New York Times:
Maya Wiley Enters N.Y.C. Mayor's Race: ‘I Am Not a Conventional Candidate’
Francis Wilkinson / Bloomberg:
The Republican Party Is Terrified of Voters
Discussion: Washington Post, NPR and Raw Story
Axios:
JPMorgan commits $30 billion to fight the racial wealth gap
Discussion: UPI and One America News Network
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Remote Learning Is a Catastrophe. Teachers Unions Share the Blame.
Discussion: Reason and Joanne Jacobs
Lynne Peeples / Nature:
Face masks: what the data say
Discussion: Power Line
Joseph Morton / Omaha World-Herald:
Republican Don Bacon wins endorsement of former rival, Democrat Brad Ashford
Politico:
White House installs a campaign veteran at the CIA
Discussion: The Hill
 Earlier Items: 
Bobby Allyn / NPR:
Judge Orders Twitter To Unmask FBI Impersonator Who Set Off Seth Rich Conspiracy
Shay Khatiri / The Bulwark:
McSally Flops in Only Arizona Senate Debate
Alastair Gee / The Guardian:
Texas doctor, 28, dies of Covid: ‘She wore the same mask for weeks, if not months’
Discussion: New York Post
Shefali Luthra / USA Today:
Trump's Amy Coney Barrett pick for Supreme Court might backfire, analysts say
Discussion: The American Independent and DNyuz
Sophie Nieto-Munoz / New Jersey Online:
Ex-N.J. Gov. Chris Christie remains hospitalized for COVID-19
Discussion: Washington Post and New York Post
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Richard Deitsch / New York Times:
Netflix's first livestream of NFL games avoided major buffering and freezing issues that plagued the Tyson-Paul fight for the most part, after early glitches

Wall Street Journal:
A profile of incoming FCC Chair Brendan Carr, a telecom lawyer and longtime FCC official who believes tech and media companies have been unfair to conservatives

Hannah Miller / Bloomberg:
Newsweek says its “fairness meter”, added in Oct. 2023 to let readers decide if an article is biased based on five potential choices, has gotten strong support
 
Sister Sites:

Techmeme
 Top news and commentary for technology's leaders, from all around the web
Mediagazer
 Top news and commentary for media professionals from all around the web
WeSmirch
 The top celebrity news from all around the web on a single page