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12:35 AM ET, August 31, 2009

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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Chris Wallace, A Teenage Girl Interviewing The Jonas Brothers  —  Here are the tough and penetrating questions asked by Chris Wallace of a man whose critics accuse of war crimes, and whose administration presided over the death of over a hundred prisoners in interrogation …
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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
It's time to embrace American royalty  —  (updated below - Update II)  —  We're obviously hungry to live with royal and aristocratic families so we should really just go ahead and formally declare it: … They should convene a panel for the next Meet the Press with Jenna Bush Hager …
Discussion: Making Light
David Bauder / Associated Press:
Former first daughter Jenna Bush joins ‘Today’  —  NEW YORK — NBC's “Today” show has hired someone with White House experience as a new correspondent — former first daughter Jenna Bush Hager.  —  Hager, a 27-year-old teacher in Baltimore, will contribute stories about once a month on issues …
Discussion: Gawker and Mediaite
Fox News:
RAW DATA: Transcript of Cheney on ‘FOX News Sunday’  —  The following is a transcript of former Vice President Dick Cheney on “FOX News Sunday.”  —  FOXNews.com  —  CHRIS WALLACE, HOST: Mr. Vice President, welcome back to “FOX News Sunday.”  —  RICHARD CHENEY, FORMER VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES …
Becca Milfeld / The Politico:
Jenna Bush Hager signs on to ‘Today’  —  In the tradition of Meghan McCain, Mary Cheney and other daughters of prominent Republicans who've waded into the media waters, former first daughter Jenna Bush Hager will try her luck in broadcast on NBC's “Today,” AP reports.
Discussion: Scared Monkeys
Ben Armbruster / Think Progress:
Wallace defends torture, snidely says it's ‘purely coincidental’ U.S …
Discussion: The Daily Dish
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Video: Shea-Porter has constituent arrested at town-hall forum  —  This is a curious re-election strategy, especially for a Representative who made her name by bird-dogging her former Congressman at his town-hall forums.  Consistency isn't Carol Shea-Porter's strong suit, apparently …
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UnionLeader.com:
Tempers hot at Shea-Porter health meetings
Discussion: Firedoglake
The Texas Observer:
“We Hate the United States”: Secessionists rally at Capitol while Perry stays home  —  Perhaps the most notable thing about the “Sovereignty or Secession” rally at the state Capitol today was the absence of any remotely mainstream speakers.  That little problem in presentation did not escape …
Carol E. Lee / The Politico:
Cheney digs in  —  Former Vice President Dick Cheney delivered another harsh rebuke of the Obama administration, calling the Justice Department's new investigation into whether CIA interrogators broke the law “an outrageous political act” and questioning Barack Obama's ability to lead the country.
Discussion: RedState
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Washington Post:
Ex-Intelligence Officials Cite Low Spirits at CIA
Mark Silva / The Swamp:
Torture probe ‘offends hell out of’ Cheney
Michael Eric Dyson / Top Stories from CQ:
CQ Transcripts: Remembering Kennedy on CBS's ‘Face the Nation’  —  CQ Transcriptwire  —  SPEAKERS: BOB SCHIEFFER, HOST SEN. JOHN MCCAIN, R-ARIZ. SEN. ORRIN G. HATCH, R-UTAH SEN. DIANNE FEINSTEIN, D-CALIF. REP. BARNEY FRANK, D-MASS.  —  [*] SCHIEFFER: Today on FACE THE NATION, the legacy of Senator Ted Kennedy.
Discussion: Time
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José M. Guardia / Barcepundit:
TED, WE HARDLY KNEW YE: Javier Rupérez — Spain's ambassador …
New York Times:
Majority Rule on Health Care Reform  —  The talk in Washington is that Senate Democrats are preparing to push through health care reforms using parliamentary procedures that will allow a simple majority to prevail in their chamber, as it does in the House, instead of the 60 votes needed …
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CNN:
Tea Party Express cruises through Nevada  —  ELY, Nevada (CNN) — Hundreds of people turned out for a series of weekend events as the Tea Party Express cruised across northern Nevada.  —  The caravan of tour buses, RVs, cargo trucks and SUVs kicked off a cross-country tour Friday in Sacramento …
Discussion: Firedoglake
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NPR:   ‘Tea Party Express’ Takes Protests Cross-Country
Rasmussen Reports:
57% Would Like to Replace Entire Congress  —  If they could vote to keep or replace the entire Congress, just 25% of voters nationwide would keep the current batch of legislators.  —  A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 57% would vote to replace the entire Congress and start all over again.
Tom Blumer / NewsBusters.org:
Boston Globe: Now That Ted's Out of the Way, Hurry Up With That Cape Cod Wind Farm  —  On the very day Ted Kennedy was buried at Arlington National Cemetery near his two brothers, a Boston Globe editorial argued to undo part of his legacy.  —  The pertinent portion of Mr. Kennedy's legacy …
Discussion: Boston Globe
 
 
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