Archive for November, 2010

Memeorandum

• The Case for Restraint in the Gulf (Walter Russell Mead/Wall Street Journal)
  Walter Russell Mead / Wall Street Journal: The Case for Restraint in the Gulf  —  So long as U.S. ships aren't struck, Trump should stick with his current Iran strategy.  —  The latest crisis with Iran illustrates an important but widely neglected point about world politics: Amid all the talk about American decline …
• Manafort dodges Rikers Island, will stay in federal custody in New York (Associated Press)
  Associated Press: Manafort dodges Rikers Island, will stay in federal custody in New York  —  WASHINGTON — Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort has been transferred to a correctional facility in New York but will remain in federal custody while he faces state fraud charges.
• NEW SURVEY: Battleground States Up for Grabs (Alex Conant/FIREHOUSE Strategies)
  Alex Conant / FIREHOUSE Strategies: NEW SURVEY: Battleground States Up for Grabs  —  This year, Firehouse Strategies is partnering with the data analytics team at 0ptimus to learn more about the key voters who will elect the next president.  —  The key battleground states of Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Michigan are still …
• Cities Start to Question an American Ideal: A House With a Yard on Every Lot (New York Times)
  New York Times: Cities Start to Question an American Ideal: A House With a Yard on Every Lot  —  Townhomes, duplexes and apartments are effectively banned in many neighborhoods.  Now some communities regret it.  —  Single-family zoning is practically gospel in America, embraced by homeowners and local governments …
• Sorry, banning plastic bags won't save our planet (Globe and Mail)
  Globe and Mail: Sorry, banning plastic bags won't save our planet  —  Bjorn Lomborg is president of the Copenhagen Consensus Center.  —  Last week, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a plan to reduce plastic pollution, which will include a ban on single-use plastics as early as 2021.
• Moderate Democrats Would Rather Talk About Health Care Than Impeachment (Laura Litvan/Bloomberg)
  Laura Litvan / Bloomberg: Moderate Democrats Would Rather Talk About Health Care Than Impeachment  — House speaker returns to 2018 playbook ahead of 2020 vote  — Vulnerable Democrats seek focus on issues, not Trump probes  —  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is trying to draw attention away from the politically explosive topic …
• Trump issues vague threat to begin deporting 'millions' of undocumented immigrants next week (Devan Cole/CNN)
  Devan Cole / CNN: Trump issues vague threat to begin deporting ‘millions’ of undocumented immigrants next week  —  Trump issues mass deportations threat on Twitter  —  Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump on Monday night issued a vague threat to deport “millions” of undocumented immigrants next week …
• Our endorsement for president in 2020: Not Donald Trump | Editorial (Orlando Sentinel)
  Orlando Sentinel: Our endorsement for president in 2020: Not Donald Trump |  Editorial … Donald Trump is in Orlando to announce the kickoff of his re-election campaign.  —  We're here to announce our endorsement for president in 2020, or, at least, who we're not endorsing: Donald Trump.
• NPR Identifies 4th Attacker In Civil Rights-Era Cold Case (Graham Smith/NPR)
  Graham Smith / NPR: NPR Identifies 4th Attacker In Civil Rights-Era Cold Case  —  An NPR investigation has uncovered new evidence in a prominent unsolved murder case from the civil rights era, including the identity of an attacker who admitted his involvement but was never charged.
• Senator Amy Klobuchar Releases Plan of More Than 100 Actions for Her First 100 Days as President (Amy for America)
  Amy for America: Senator Amy Klobuchar Releases Plan of More Than 100 Actions for Her First 100 Days as President  —  Today, U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar released a plan outlining the more than 100 concrete steps she will take in her first 100 days as President of the United States to take on the biggest challenges we face at home and abroad.