Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
1:25 PM ET, December 19, 2020

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
New York Times:
Trump Discussed Naming Campaign Lawyer as Special Counsel on Election Fraud  —  In a meeting at the White House on Friday, the president weighed appointing Sidney Powell, who promoted conspiracy theories about rigged voting machines, to probe voter fraud.  —  President Trump on Friday …
Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
Russia is behind the broad, ongoing cyber spy campaign against the U.S. government and private sector, Pompeo says  —  Russia is behind the massive, ongoing cyber spy campaign against the federal government and private sector, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Friday …
RELATED:
Michael R. Pompeo / United States Department of State:
Secretary Michael R. Pompeo With Mark Levin of The Mark Levin Show  —  QUESTION: Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Merry Christmas to you, sir.  —  SECRETARY POMPEO: Merry Christmas to you as well, Mark.  It's great to be with you.  —  QUESTION: It's always a pleasure.
Discussion: CNN, Alternet.org and New York Post
Steve Kenny / New York Times:
Pompeo Says Russia Was Behind Cyberattack on U.S.
Discussion: NPR, Fox News, The Guardian and Mother Jones
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Pompeo: Russia ‘pretty clearly’ behind massive cyberattack
Frank Bajak / Associated Press:
Pompeo says Russia ‘pretty clearly’ behind cyberattack on US
Discussion: Wall Street Journal and Axios
Washington Post:
Even as Trump vows to keep fighting, his aides are quietly starting to move on  —  Vice President Pence has begun looking for a new home in the Washington suburbs, and he's planning a valedictory foreign trip to begin the day Congress counts the electoral college votes.
New York Times:
U.K. Imposes Harsher Lockdown on London, Citing New Version of Virus  —  Scientists in Britain say the new variant is spreading faster than previous ones, but does not appear to make people sicker.  —  LONDON — Alarmed by a what he called a faster-spreading variant of the coronavirus …
Jennifer Hansler / CNN:
US plans to shutter remaining consulates in Russia  —  (CNN)The Trump administration has informed lawmakers of its plan to shutter its two remaining consulates in Russia.  —  In a notification dated December 10, the US State Department told Congress it intends to close the consulate …
RELATED:
Matthew Lee / Associated Press:
US says it is shuttering last 2 consulates in Russia
Discussion: Axios, The Hill and CNN
Raw Story:
BUSTED?  Why the numbers behind Mitch McConnell's re-election don't add up  —  On a Thursday in August in Louisville, months before the 2020 election, a parade of cars filled with Kentucky Teamster representatives and labor groups, showed their fury at Mitch McConnell's constant blocking of critical COVID aid.
Discussion: HotAir
Brian Bakst / MPR News:
Minn. Sen. Jerry Relph dies of COVID-19 complications  —  Brian Bakst and Kirsti MarohnSt.  —  Jerry Relph, a first-term state senator from St. Cloud, died Friday of complications of COVID-19, his family and the Senate majority leader confirmed.  —  “Jerry dedicated his life to service …
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Lou Dobbs Airs Stunning Fact-Check of His Own Election Conspiracies After Company Threatens Legal Action  —  Fox Business host Lou Dobbs has recently taken to raising questions about voting machine companies, which have been cast as complicit in the supposed grand conspiracy to steal the 2020 election from President Donald Trump.
Steven Sloan / Associated Press:
Analysis: For Republicans, profanity is suddenly scandalous  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The definition of a scandal changes quickly in Washington.  —  Over the course of four years, the nation's capital has careened from crisis to crisis.  There was the travel ban, the investigation …
RELATED:
New York Times:
No ‘Negative’ News: How China Censored the Coronavirus  —  Thousands of internal directives and reports reveal how Chinese officials stage-managed what appeared online in the early days of the outbreak.  —  阅读.体中 文.閱讀.體 中文.
John S Gardner / The Guardian:
From A Very Stable Genius to After Trump: 2020 in US politics books … A long time ago, in 1883, a future president (Woodrow Wilson, a subject of this year's reckonings) studied political science at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, in a classroom in which was inscribed the slogan …
Mark Niesse / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Turnout in Georgia US Senate runoff approaches presidential levels  —  Almost as many Georgians have voted in the U.S. Senate runoffs as at the same point before the presidential election, a huge turnout that reflects the high stakes of the race.  —  Over 1.1 million people had voted through Thursday …
RELATED:
Molly Jong-Fast / Vogue:
No, This Pandemic Is Not Over.  Please Don't Act Like It Is.  —  The other night, I made my stepmother cry.  I've never done that before, but this time I felt as if I had to.  My brother had told me about my father and stepmother's holiday plan, which included staying with relatives …
Discussion: IJR
Politico:
Congress in frantic race to strike stimulus deal  —  Congressional leaders on Saturday morning were still scrambling to clinch a coronavirus relief deal, just two days before lawmakers face the threat of yet another shutdown.  —  Both chambers now plan to hold a rare weekend session days before Christmas …
Bill Zeiser / RealClearPolicy:
Either the US Leads on Crypto, or China Will  —  Even casual viewers of cable news are familiar with commercials featuring actor William Devane - usually golfing or horseback riding - exhorting them to invest in precious metals.  Lately, Devane has been joined in this pursuit …
David W. Brown / Wall Street Journal:
For NASA, It Should Be Mars or Bust  —  After decades of nostalgia for the Apollo program, it's time for NASA to send astronauts on a radical new adventure, worthy of America's pioneering spirit  —  Since the Apollo program ended almost 50 years ago, every newly elected U.S. president …
The White House:
Remarks by Vice President Pence at the Space Force's 1st Birthday Celebration  —  THE VICE PRESIDENT: Well, thank you all for being here today.  To Acting Secretary of Defense Chris Miller, to the Secretary of the Air Force Barbara Barrett, to General John Hyten, General Jay Raymond …
RELATED:
Eric Lipton / New York Times:
In Last Rush, Trump Grants Mining and Energy Firms Access to Public Lands  —  The outgoing administration is pushing through approval of corporate projects over the opposition of environmental groups and tribal communities.  —  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is rushing to approve …
Discussion: Political Wire
Frank Bajak / Associated Press:
Hacked networks will need to be burned ‘down to the ground’  —  It's going to take months to kick elite hackers widely believed to be Russian out of the U.S. government networks they have been quietly rifling through since as far back as March in Washington's worst cyberespionage failure on record.
Discussion: Vox, abc7NY and Reuters
US Food and Drug Administration:
FDA Takes Additional Action in Fight Against COVID-19 By Issuing Emergency Use Authorization for Second COVID-19 Vaccine  —  Action Follows Thorough Evaluation of Available Safety, Effectiveness, and Manufacturing Quality Information by FDA Career Scientists, Input from Independent Experts
RELATED:
Berkeley Lovelace Jr / CNBC:
FDA approves second Covid vaccine for emergency use as it clears Moderna's for U.S. distribution
Washington Post:
Chinese dissidents say they're being harassed by a businessman with links to Steve Bannon  —  Human-rights scholar in New Jersey says he's the latest victim of intimidating protests staged by Guo Wengui  —  WEST WINDSOR TOWNSHIP, N.J. — The Mandarin-speaking protesters arrived in a convoy …
Ann Telnaes / Washington Post:
All the Republican rats … - Tom Toles recently retired.  See his archive of editorial cartoons.  —  Global Opinions  —  Mexico City's mayor has put politics ahead of public health, with deadly consequences  — By León Krauze-
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 1:25 PM ET, December 19, 2020.

View the current page or another snapshot:


 
 Who's Hiring in Media? 
 
 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: 
Andrew Quilty / The Intercept:
A U.S.-Backed Militia That Kills Children May Be America's Exit Strategy From Its Longest War
Bess Levin / Vanity Fair:
Ivanka Trump, Famed Public Health Expert, Screened CDC Guidance to Make Sure It Was Nice to Her Dad
Discussion: Washington Post
John Grobler / OCCRP:
‘They Are Finishing the Trees’: Chinese Companies and Namibian Elites Make Millions Illegally Logging the Last Rosewoods
HuffPost:
COVID-19 Relief Talks Hit An 11th-Hour Snag
Aaron Mehta / Defense News:
Row explodes between Pentagon, Biden transition team
Jarrett Renshaw / Reuters:
Biden to introduce team tasked with ambitious climate agenda on Saturday
Discussion: CNN
Peter Hermann / Washington Post:
Proud Boys leader says he burned Black Lives Matter banner stolen from church during demonstrations in D.C.
Discussion: USA Today
 Earlier Items: 
The Daily Beast:
MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell Is Throwing Down Big Money to Fuel Pro-Trump Election Challenges
Discussion: TheGrio
Christine Hauser / New York Times:
8 Catholic Sisters Die of Covid-19 Within a Week at a Wisconsin Home
Discussion: Catholic Herald and New York Post
David Corn / Mother Jones:
Could Rudy Giuliani Face a Perjury Charge?
Discussion: Alternet.org
Owen Churchill / South China Morning Post:
US senator blocks bill giving Hongkongers special refugee status
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

 
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