Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
5:45 PM ET, October 19, 2023

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
Washington Post:
Jordan won't seek third speaker vote, allowing House to empower interim speaker  —  Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) will not seek an additional speaker vote Thursday, and he will back a plan to give Rep. Patrick T. McHenry (R-N.C.), the temporary speaker, additional powers, according to multiple people …
RELATED:
Madison Hall / Insider:
2 GOP members of Congress said they received death threats after voting against Jim Jordan as speaker  — Reps. Mariannette Miller-Meeks and Nick LaLota voted against Jim Jordan for speaker on Wednesday.  — Both said they received death threats soon after.
Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Rep. Bacon says his wife slept with loaded gun after ‘ugly phone calls’ over his Speaker vote  —  Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) said Thursday his wife slept with a loaded gun after receiving more threatening phone calls from voters who were angry that he voted against Rep. Jim Jordan's (R-Ohio) Speakership bid.
Punchbowl News:
Jordan's off-ramp  —  It seems as if reality is finally beginning to creep into Rep. Jim Jordan's (R-Ohio) orbit.
Washington Post:
Jim Jordan won't be the next speaker
NBC News:
Jim Jordan will back empowering interim speaker Patrick McHenry temporarily
Marshall Cohen / CNN:
Trump attorney Sidney Powell pleads guilty in Georgia election subversion case  —  Former Donald Trump attorney Sidney Powell has pleaded guilty in the Georgia election subversion case, one day before her trial was set to start.  —  As part of her guilty plea, Powell is admitting her role …
RELATED:
Josh Kovensky / Talking Points Memo:
BREAKING: SIDNEY POWELL PLEADS GUILTY IN GEORGIA CASE  —  ‘Kraken’ attorney strikes deal with Georgia state prosecutors.  —  ‘Kraken’ attorney Sidney Powell struck a surprise deal with Georgia state prosecutors on Thursday and agreed to plea guilty in the sprawling RICO case.
Joyce Vance / MSNBC:
The Fulton County question that should keep Trump up at night
Discussion: ABC News, Raw Story and CBS News
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
BREAKING: Sidney Powell reaches plea deal in Trump case
New York Times:
Sidney Powell Pleads Guilty in Georgia Trump Case
Politico:
Sidney Powell, attorney who aided Trump's bid to subvert election, pleads guilty
Discussion: The Messenger, Raw Story and Mediaite
Bloomberg:
Trump Is Winning Over Swing-State Voters Wary of Biden's Economic Plan  — Voters in seven states trust Trump more on economy, poll shows  — Suburban women swing-state voters are a bright spot for Biden  —  Donald Trump is leading President Joe Biden in several key swing states …
RELATED:
Politico:
Why the McHenry bubble might pop  —  Presented by With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  OVERNIGHT — “Russia Detains a U.S. Journalist,” by NYT's Ivan Nechepurenko: “ALSU KURMASHEVA, who holds dual U.S.-Russian citizenship and works in Prague …
Bethany Irvine / Politico:
Playbook PM: No three-peat for Jordan
Politico:
House GOP abandons plan to empower temp speaker  —  Jim Jordan, who earlier on Thursday indicated that he would pause speaker balloting and back the idea, now could reverse course and go to the floor again.
Discussion: New Jersey Globe
RELATED:
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:   The Inside Story of How Jim Jordan Broke the Model, Didn't Become Speaker and Decided That was Fine
Zachary Warmbrodt / Politico:
Who is Patrick McHenry?  A crash course on the temporary speaker  —  The 18-year House veteran is seen as the “adult in the room” compared to other GOP hard-liners.  But it wasn't always that way.  —  He has “the greatest name in politics,” according to former President Donald Trump.
RELATED:
Politico:
Dems bide their time before deciding to help House GOP out of latest jam
Shawn Hubler / New York Times:
Laphonza Butler Will Not Run for Senate in 2024  —  Ms. Butler, who was appointed by Gov. Gavin Newsom just weeks ago to fill Dianne Feinstein's seat, said she had realized that “this is not the greatest use of my voice.”  —  Laphonza Butler, who was appointed 18 days ago to fill …
CNN:
First on CNN: US Navy warship near Yemen intercepts multiple missiles, US officials say  —  A US Navy warship operating in the Middle East intercepted multiple projectiles near the coast of Yemen on Thursday, two US officials told CNN.  —  One of the officials said the missiles were fired …
travel.state.gov:
Worldwide Caution  —  Due to increased tensions in various locations around the world, the potential for terrorist attacks, demonstrations or violent actions against U.S. citizens and interests, the Department of State advises U.S. citizens overseas to exercise increased caution.  U.S. citizens should:
Nick Robertson / The Hill:
Democratic senators introduce bill establishing Supreme Court term limits  —  A group of Democratic senators introduced a bill Thursday that would radically change the makeup of the Supreme Court, amid ongoing concerns over court ethics and its increasingly conservative makeup.
Yuliya Talmazan / NBC News:
American journalist detained and charged in Russia  —  Alsu Kurmasheva's detention follows the arrest of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who is still awaiting trial on espionage charges.  —  A U.S. journalist has been detained in Russia, her employer said, the second such case since the w ar in Ukraine started.
RELATED:
Guy Faulconbridge / Reuters:
Russia detains Radio Free Europe journalist with dual U.S. and Russian citizenship
Mattathias Schwartz / Insider:
Exclusive: Tech billionaire Peter Thiel was an FBI informant  —  Peter Thiel has worn many hats over the years: Silicon Valley founder, Trump megadonor, cryptocurrency booster, democracy skeptic.  —  But there is yet another facet to Thiel, one that has remained secret until now: FBI informant.
Nick Reisman / Politico:
Hochul's 87-year-old father dies suddenly during her trip to Israel  —  Her father's life has been frequently invoked by Hochul.  —  ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. Kathy Hochul's 87-year-old father died as she was in the middle of her solidarity visit to Israel.  —  John Courtney, who was living in Florida …
Washington Post:
Md. police officer, hired a year after Jan. 6, now accused of taking part in it  —  A Montgomery County officer was arrested Thursday and charged with assaulting police during the 2021 raid on the Capitol  —  A Montgomery County police officer was arrested Thursday and accused of taking part …
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 5:45 PM ET, October 19, 2023.

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: 
Fox News:
Sarah Huckabee Sanders to sign executive order eliminating ‘woke, anti-women words’ from state government use
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Raw Story
Laura Strickler / NBC News:
Bipartisan Senate bill would increase penalties for child labor violations and create new criminal penalties
Discussion: Washington Post
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Kennedy cuts deal with Schumer on veterans' gun rights amendment
Discussion: The Messenger
Tara Copp / Associated Press:
Drones attack a US military base in southern Syria and there are minor injuries, US officials say
 Earlier Items: 
The Messenger:
Democrat Dean Phillips Looking to Hire Presidential Campaign Staff, Targeting New Hampshire (Exclusive)
Kelby Vera / HuffPost:
Teen Journalist Booted From GOP Event, Accused Of Being Democratic Operative
Rolling Stone:
America's Biggest Charities Bankrolled RFK Jr.'s Anti-Vax Outfit
Discussion: Associated Press
Lara Seligman / Politico:
‘Major expansion’: China now has more than 500 nukes, Pentagon says
Stephen Kruiser / PJ Media:
The Morning Briefing: Biden's ‘Hamas Helper’ Trip to Israel Was an Embarrassing Disaster
Discussion: RedState, Twitchy and abc7NY
 

 
From Techmeme:

Javier Espinoza / Financial Times:
The EU fines Meta €797.72M for tying Facebook Marketplace to Facebook and “imposing unfair trading conditions” on other online classified ads service providers

Financial Times:
Sources: the US FTC plans to investigate allegations that Microsoft is abusing its market power in productivity software to prevent customers from leaving Azure

David Pierce / The Verge:
Google releases a free Gemini app for iOS, letting users ask questions, chat via text, voice, or their camera, and use the conversational mode Gemini Live
 
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