Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
12:10 PM ET, August 22, 2024

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
William Kristol / The Bulwark:
From Dems, a Reminder: January 6 Was Horrible  —  Shove all us grouchy Shapiro-or-bust types in a locker: Tim Walz's speech last night was the speech of the convention so far—and with the single best moment of the convention so far:  —  The bar has officially been raised for crowd-reaction shots of Ella Emhoff tonight.
RELATED:
Marc A. Caputo / The Bulwark:
Donald Trump: ‘I Hate My Opponent’  —  DONALD TRUMP HAS NO PLANS TO HEED the advice of his aides and limit himself to policy contrasts when he debates Kamala Harris.  He wants to make it personal.  —  “This is just the way I am.  I hate my opponent.  I hate my opponents,” …
Discussion: Raw Story and New York Post
Filip De Mott / Business Insider:
Trump Media stock is trading near record lows as Kamala Harris reshuffles election odds  — Trump Media shares hit a record post-merger low on Tuesday.  — The stock has slid alongside declining odds for a Donald Trump presidential victory.  — The emergence of Kamala Harris …
Discussion: New York Times, Quartz and Raw Story
Stephanie Murray / Arizona Republic:
Donald Trump to rally at same Glendale arena where Kamala Harris drew thousands  —  Donald Trump will hit the campaign trail in Glendale on Friday, holding a rally at the same venue where Kamala Harris drew a crowd of 15,000 people earlier this month.  —  It's the perfect opportunity for a crowd size comparison.
MSNBC:
I worked in Trump's White House.  Here's why I'm voting for Kamala Harris.  —  There is only one choice this November, and that candidate is Vice President Kamala Harris.  —  I am a lifelong Republican who worked in the Trump White House, and the truth is that I'd rather be backing a candidate from my own party for president.
Eric Garcia / MSNBC:
What anxious parents of neurodivergent children can learn from Tim and Gwen Walz  —  The Walzes' words and their embrace of their son may seem utterly unremarkable.  But that's the point.  —  Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz's open acknowledgement that he and his wife used fertility treatments …
RELATED:
Axios:
“That's my dad!”  Tim Walz's DNC speech moves his kids to tears … - “Hope, Gus and Gwen, you are my entire world and I love you,” said Walz, prompting his 17-year-old son, with tears in his eyes, to stand and say: “That's my dad!”  — The reaction of Gus, who has a non-verbal learning disorder …
Aaron Rupar / Public Notice:
Anatomy of a Smear: “Tampon Tim” to “Tiananmen Tim”
Discussion: PoliticusUSA
New Republic:
Trump's Angry New Rants About the Obamas Betray a Deeper MAGA Fear  —  After Barack and Michelle Obama ripped into Donald Trump at the Democratic convention, it unleashed a flood of responses from the former president.  He ranted that the Obamas had called him names, blamed his advisers for constraining him …
Discussion: Boing Boing
RELATED:
Los Angeles Times:
Barack and Michelle Obama are done turning the other cheek — and Democrats couldn't be happier
Irie Sentner / Politico:
Trump slams Obamas' DNC speeches for ‘getting personal’
Associated Press:
Trump speaks from behind bulletproof glass at first outdoor rally since his attempted assassination
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Where Harris Has Gained and Lost Support Compared With Biden  —  Gains among women are one example of her distinctive mark on the race.  —  When Kamala Harris became her party's nominee, she inherited a Democratic coalition in shambles.  —  As she wraps up her party's convention one month later …
RELATED:
Julia Mueller / The Hill:
Harris builds 13-point lead over Trump with women: Poll
Discussion: Forbes
Jennifer Medina / New York Times:
Are Voters Ready to Elect a Woman? Democrats Say They Have No Doubt.
Discussion: Mercury News
John F. Harris / Politico:
How Tim Walz Learned To Throw a Punch  —  The vice presidential candidate was a steady centrist.  Now he's a fighting progressive.  —  CHICAGO — Democrats let loose with roars Wednesday evening for the version of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz that they have come to know over the past month …
Discussion: Axios
RELATED:
Politico:   Playbook: What Harris will say tonight
Andrew Demillo / Associated Press:
Arkansas Supreme Court upholds rejection of abortion rights petitions, blocking ballot measure  —  The Arkansas Supreme Court upheld the state's rejection of signature petitions for an abortion rights ballot initiative on Thursday, keeping the proposal from going before voters in November.
Discussion: New York Times and CBS News
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Bill Clinton and the wide gap in job gains by presidential party  —  Speaking at the Democratic convention, Bill Clinton suggested that the partisan “score” on job creation since the Cold War was 50 million to 1 million.  It is.  —  Former president Bill Clinton, speaking during the third night …
Washington Post:
Pelosi is belle of the DNC ball.  Not everyone is happy about it.  —  Good morning, Early Birds.  Our condolences are with the family and friends of Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr. (D-N.J.), who died yesterday at the age of 87.  Send tips to earlytips@washpost.com.  Thanks for waking up with us.
Discussion: Mediaite
MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC:
Trump promotes family's new crypto platform, ‘The Defiant Ones’ … Former president Donald Trump on Thursday promoted a soon-to-launch, Trump Organization crypto platform, “The DeFiant Ones” to his 7.5 million followers on Truth Social.  —  “For too long, the average American has been squeezed …
Politico:
PBS' Judy Woodruff apologizes for remark about Trump and peace talks in Israel  —  She said her remarks had not been based on any original reporting on her part.  —  Veteran PBS correspondent Judy Woodruff apologized on Wednesday for comments she had made on the air regarding former President Donald Trump …
Rob Crilly / Daily Mail:
Donald Trump rejects ‘totally false’ claims he was rude to Queen Elizabeth: ‘I was her favorite president’  — Trump spoke exclusively to DailyMail.com in North Carolina on Wednesday  — He responded to a new biography of Queen Elizabeth II by Craig Brown
New York Times:
Jonathan Braun, Whose Sentence Was Commuted by Trump, Is Charged With Assault  —  Jonathan Braun, whose drug sentence was commuted by Donald Trump shortly before he left office, was charged on Long Island, the latest incident to raise questions of how clemency applications were vetted.
Discussion: CNBC
Austin Sarat / The Hill:
Why the Harris campaign is betting on hope in a time of pessimism  —  Almost 50 years ago, a then-obscure San Francisco man named Harvey Milk declared his candidacy to join the Board of Supervisors in his city.  He was an openly gay man living at a time when it took considerable courage to be out of the closet.
Cheyanne M. Daniels / The Hill:
Gus Walz wins over social media with emotion for father  —  An emotional Gus Walz was seen in the crowd at the DNC on Wednesday night, as his father formally accepted the nomination for vice president.  —  Walz, standing with his mother Gwen and sister Hope, had tears streaming down his face …
Discussion: NPR and Mediaite
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 12:10 PM ET, August 22, 2024.

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: 
Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
Cuomo rips corporate influence at conventions
Jessica Schulberg / HuffPost:
Democrats Scrub Death Penalty Opposition From Campaign Platform
Katherine Kersten / Wall Street Journal:
Tim Walz Brings ‘Liberated’ Ethnic Studies to Minnesota
Zachary Folk / The Daily Beast:
DNC Crushes RNC's Ratings Again on Night No. 2 by 39 Percent
Eboni Boykin-Patterson / The Daily Beast:
Beyoncé Threatens Legal Action Over Trump's ‘Freedom’ Video
Associated Press:
Florida quietly removes LGBTQ+ travel info from state website
 Earlier Items: 
Bloomberg:
Harris Had More Donors in 11 Days Than Biden Did Over Entire Run
USA Today:
FBI probes insect attack on Democratic breakfast in Chicago
Naomi LaChance / Rolling Stone:
Why Can't Fact Checkers Handle Donald Trump?
ABC News:
RFK Jr. plans to drop out of presidential race by end of week: Sources
 

 
From Techmeme:

New York Times:
Instagram unveils Teen Accounts, a sweeping update to boost privacy and limit intrusive effects for under-18 users, including making accounts private by default

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Mozilla says it will shut down its Mastodon server, Mozilla.social, giving users until December 17 to export their data and migrate to another instance

Victoria Song / The Verge:
Apple Watch Series 10 review: sleep apnea detection has potential, bigger but not bulky display, and much faster charging, but no blood oxygen feature in the US
 
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