Archive for November, 2010

Memeorandum

• China, Russia, Iran 'plan joint naval drill in international waters' (South China Morning Post)
  South China Morning Post: China, Russia, Iran ‘plan joint naval drill in international waters’  —  Iranian news outlet quotes military official as saying exercise will be held soon, but Chinese media silent on reported manoeuvres Iranian news outlet quotes military official as saying exercise will be held soon …
• Elizabeth Warren leads Register's Iowa Poll for the first time, besting Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders (Brianne Pfannenstiel/Des Moines Register)
  Brianne Pfannenstiel / Des Moines Register: Elizabeth Warren leads Register's Iowa Poll for the first time, besting Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders  —  Elizabeth Warren has surged in Iowa, narrowly overtaking Joe Biden and distancing herself from fellow progressive Bernie Sanders, the latest Des Moines Register/CNN/Mediacom Iowa Poll shows.
• Elizabeth Warren surges and Joe Biden fades in close Iowa race, new poll shows (CNN)
  CNN: Elizabeth Warren surges and Joe Biden fades in close Iowa race, new poll shows  —  (CNN)A surging Sen. Elizabeth Warren is challenging Joe Biden's dominance in the race for the Democratic nomination, standing at 22% to the former vice president's 20% in a new CNN/Des Moines Register/Mediacom poll of likely Iowa caucusgoers.
• The secret memo - Listen 52 min MORE - There's a ... (KCRW)
  KCRW: The secret memo  —  Listen 52 min MORE  —  There's a whistleblower complaint from a member of the intelligence community that has something to do with President Trump communicating an inappropriate promise to a foreign leader.  Multiple outlets are reporting the memo is about Ukraine …
• Yemeni Rebels Warn Iran Plans Another Strike Soon (Dion Nissenbaum/Wall Street Journal)
  Dion Nissenbaum / Wall Street Journal: Yemeni Rebels Warn Iran Plans Another Strike Soon  —  The information has been passed along to the Saudis and the U.S., according to people briefed on the warnings  —  BEIRUT—Houthi militants in Yemen have warned foreign diplomats that Iran is preparing a follow-up strike to the missile …
• Running up the score in House races could deliver White House to Democrats (Paul Kane/Washington Post)
  Paul Kane / Washington Post: Running up the score in House races could deliver White House to Democrats  —  Reps. Ron Kind (Wis.) and Rashida Tlaib (Mich.) have little in common.  Kind is a 12-term veteran of Congress, a leader of the Democratic caucus's moderate wing.  Tlaib is an unabashed liberal in the self-proclaimed “Squad” of young first-term Dem […]
• How the White Nationalists Who Love Trump Found Inspiration in the Group That Gave Us Narendra Modi (Mehdi Hasan/The Intercept)
  Mehdi Hasan / The Intercept: How the White Nationalists Who Love Trump Found Inspiration in the Group That Gave Us Narendra Modi  —  Question: What is the connection between controversial Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi — who is visiting Houston this Sunday for the “Howdy, Modi” summit, as well as a meeting …
• President Trump and the warping of democratic governance (Dan Balz/Washington Post)
  Dan Balz / Washington Post: President Trump and the warping of democratic governance  —  Not for the first time, President Trump has revealed the fragility of this country's democratic system.  Three years into his presidency, the evidence of a weakened system is all around.  It has happened in plain sight.
• Tucker Carlson 2024 - I tried to imagine a president worse than Trump. (Farhad Manjoo/New York Times)
  Farhad Manjoo / New York Times: Tucker Carlson 2024  —  I tried to imagine a president worse than Trump.  Welcome to my nightmare.  —  Presidents these days always seem to get worse, don't they?  —  To many on the left, Donald Trump is an order of magnitude more disastrous a commander in chief than was George W. Bush …
• 'Boiling us like frogs': China's clampdown on Muslims creeps into the heartland, finds new targets (Gerry Shih/Washington Post)
  Gerry Shih / Washington Post: ‘Boiling us like frogs’: China's clampdown on Muslims creeps into the heartland, finds new targets  —  LINXIA, China — Worrying signs first emerged two years ago in this Muslim pocket in China's heartland.  Calls to prayer, once broadcast from local mosques, fell silent.