Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
12:15 PM ET, February 11, 2022

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
Follow the Science?  —  If only it were so easy.  —  The C.D.C. describes medium-rare hamburgers as “undercooked” and dangerous.  The agency also directs Americans to avoid raw cookie dough and not to eat more than a teaspoon or so of salt every day.  And the C.D.C. tells sexually active women …
Washington Post:
Some Trump records taken to Mar-a-Lago clearly marked as classified, including documents at ‘top secret’ level  —  The existence of documents officially labeled as classified in the trove — which has not previously been reported — raises new questions about why the materials were taken out of the White House.
RELATED:
New York Times:
Republicans Who Railed About Clinton Emails Are Quiet on Trump's Records  —  Republicans once attacked Hillary Clinton for her handling of government records.  But few showed outrage over news about former President Donald J. Trump's White House records.  —  Donald J. Trump once thundered …
CNN:
Assessing Trump's risk if he mishandled White House documents  —  (CNN)Reports of former President Donald Trump's possible mishandling of federal documents found at his Mar-a-Lago resort have prompted legal experts this week to handicap: Could Trump be charged with a crime?
JONATHAN TURLEY:
Trump Accused of Taking Top Secret Material To Mar-A-Lago
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Spurning Demand by the Taliban, Biden Moves to Split $7 Billion in Frozen Afghan Funds  —  The president intends to use the Afghan central bank's assets to fund humanitarian relief and other needs in Afghanistan, and compensate victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
RELATED:
Wall Street Journal:
Taliban Are Holding Westerners in Afghanistan, Including One American  —  Militant group that governs the country have held some of them for weeks, including British nationals, damaging relations with foreign capitals  —  Taliban authorities are holding at least nine foreigners in custody in Kabul …
Mike Brest / Washington Examiner:
Biden: 'I'm rejecting' military's firsthand account of White House failures in Afghanistan evacuation
Seth Stevenson / Slate:
The Moment Sarah Palin's Testimony Fell Apart  —  At the New York Times trial, the former governor was impressive at first.  It didn't last.  —  Sarah Palin took the stand this morning—on day six of her libel trial against the New York Times—clad in a black pencil skirt, cream boucle blazer, and megawatt smile.
Discussion: Vanity Fair
RELATED:
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
The existential dread of journalists watching the Sarah Palin trial  —  Every journalist knows the feeling.  Your story — or the story you've edited — has been published, maybe on a tight deadline, and you realize too late that it contains a mistake.  Cue the stages of grief: Defensive disbelief.
Discussion: The New Neo and New York Post
U.S. Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon:
Wyden and Heinrich: Newly Declassified Documents Reveal Previously Secret CIA Bulk Collection, Problems With CIA Handling of Americans' Information  —  Senators Call for Critically Needed Transparency About CIA Bulk Collection; Documents Declassified at Wyden and Heinrich's Request
RELATED:
New York Times:
I Used Apple AirTags, Tiles and a GPS Tracker to Watch My Husband's Every Move  —  A vast location-tracking network is being built around us so we don't lose our keys: One couple's adventures in the consumer tech surveillance state.  —  In mid-January, my husband and I were having an argument.
Hayes Brown / MSNBC:
Fox News' ‘Biden crack pipe’ freakout is going to kill people  —  Conservatives outraged over Biden's funding for safe drug use kits  —  For the past week, conservative media has been yelling about the Biden administration supposedly spending $30 million on “crack pipes” for poor Black neighborhoods.
RELATED:
Cameron Jenkins / The Hill:
Anthony Weiner to host radio show with ex-NYC GOP mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa  —  Former Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) is set to host a radio show with former New York City mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa (R).  —  The two will co-host a weekly program on WABC radio, “The Left vs. The Right …
RELATED:
Karen Matthews / Associated Press:   Ex-rep Anthony Weiner to host radio show with Curtis Sliwa
Jennifer A. Kingson / Axios:
Shoplifting reaches crisis proportions  —  Shoplifting has gotten so bad nationally that chains like Rite Aid are closing hard-hit stores, sending terrified employees home in Ubers and locking up aisles of seemingly mundane items like deodorant and toothpaste.
Teaganne Finn / NBC News:
Biden warns Americans in Ukraine to leave, says sending troops to evacuate would be ‘world war’  —  Biden on Supreme Court nominee: he's done a ‘deep dive’ on ‘about four people’  —  President Joe Biden issued a warning Thursday to any Americans who remain in Ukraine as Russia continues to threaten an invasion: Leave.
RELATED:
Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
White House aides weigh deficit reduction as way to revamp economic plan for Manchin  —  Administration officials rethink approach as West Virginia senator renews push for tax bill to reduce federal deficit.  —  White House aides have in recent days discussed revamping President Biden's economic package …
Discussion: New York Magazine
William Saletan / The Bulwark:
Here's How Republicans Have Been Justifying the Censure of Cheney and Kinzinger  —  With hypocrisy, insinuations, and excuses.  —  As the Republican party continues to degenerate into a cult, its leaders are stepping forward to do what they do best: rationalize the party's mounting corruption.
Discussion: Alternet.org and Raw Story
NBC News:
Congress is passing a wave of bipartisan bills as Biden's big plans stall  —  WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden's signature Build Back Better Act has stalled and his voting rights ambitions have fizzled.  But Congress is suddenly racking up modest yet consequential victories …
Globe and Mail:
Ontario prepares fines, possible seizure of trucks to end Ambassador Bridge blockade, sources say  —  The Ontario government is preparing a series of measures in an effort to break the logjam at the Ambassador Bridge and reopen the most important trade link between Canada and the U.S. …
RELATED:
Reuters:
U.S. urges Canada to use federal powers to ease border protest disruption
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 12:15 PM ET, February 11, 2022.

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: 
Chris Truax / The Bulwark:
Remember When Trump World Wanted to Prosecute Nancy Pelosi for Destruction of Official Documents?
Politico:
California to debate mandating Covid vaccines at all workplaces
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:
Republicans, Stand Against Excess
American Greatness:
Time to Cashier McConnell  —  The Senate Republican leader is positioning his party …
Rebecca C. Lewis / City & State New York:
Cuomo attorney denies impact of COVID-19 nursing home deaths on impeachment talks
Lisa Miller / New York Magazine:
Adrift, Broke, and Disillusioned
Discussion: BizPac Review
 Earlier Items: 
Los Angeles Times:
L.A. voters are angry, think elected officials aren't equipped to solve homelessness
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
Zachary Petrizzo / The Daily Beast:
MyPillow Guy Mike Lindell's Own Allies Say He's Being ‘Played’
Discussion: Raw Story
Matt Lewis / The Daily Beast:
Wait, Now the Right Loves Traffic-Blocking Protesters?
Discussion: Raw Story, Daily Kos and Tangle
Hailey Fuchs / Politico:
Inside the totally legal, fairly macabre, classically political world of the true Zombie PACs
kommersant.ru:
Глав а МИД Велик обрит ании …
Discussion: GOV.UK and Politico
Yahoo News:
U.S. intelligence report details ‘indirect’ Russian government support for Western neofascist groups