memeorandum: Oliver Sacks Dies at 82; Neurologist and Author Explored the Brain's Quirks (Gregory Cowles/New York Times)

11:10 AM ET, August 30, 2015

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Iowa Poll: Trump blazes to lead; Carson quietly rises … Donald Trump has built up tremendous support in Iowa — he's very wealthy, he loves the Bible and he'd be just terrific as president of the United States. And he's very handsome. — That's according to interviews with some likely GOP caucusgoers in Iowa.

Discussion: Political Wire, New York Times, Scared Monkeys, Washington Post and PoliticusUSA

Des Moines Register:

Iowa Poll: Clinton leads, but Sanders draws near … Liberal revolutionary Bernie Sanders, riding an updraft of insurgent passion in Iowa, has closed to within 7 points of Hillary Clinton in the Democratic presidential race. — She's the first choice of 37 percent of likely Democratic caucusgoers …

Discussion: Daily Mail, Taylor Marsh, Talking Points Memo, NPR, National Review, Fox News, No More Mister Nice Blog, Wall Street Journal, Washington Free Beacon, The Moderate Voice, PoliticusUSA, The American Mirror, America Rising, Scared Monkeys, The Daily Caller, Liberal Values and Weekly Standard

John McCormick / Bloomberg Business:

Ben Carson Edging Close to Front-Runner Trump in Latest Iowa Poll — Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson has emerged as a leading Republican presidential candidate in Iowa and is closing in on frontrunner Donald Trump in the state that hosts the first 2016 nomination balloting contest.

Discussion: Power Line and Outside the Beltway

ABC News:

‘This Week’ Transcript: Sen. Bernie Sanders and Gov. Bobby Jindal — THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. — MARTHA RADDATZ, ABC CORRESPONDENT: Our thanks to John. Let's go to straight to Senator Bernie Sanders. Senator, good morning. You saw those new poll numbers. Is Hillary Clinton's campaign in trouble?

Discussion: Politico, PoliticusUSA, The PJ Tatler and The Hill

Jackie Kucinich / The Daily Beast:

Hillary Clinton Really Is Coming For Your Guns — Some politicians talk about gun control once in a while. Clinton has been pushing to curb firearms for decades. No wonder the NRA has vowed to bring her down. — “Something is deeply wrong,” Hillary Clinton told the audience at the Democratic National Committee on Friday.

Discussion: BREITBART.COM, PoliticusUSA, John Hawkins' Right Wing News and Moe Lane

Margaret Talev / Bloomberg Business:
Sanders Within Striking Distance of Clinton in Iowa

Discussion: Politico, ringoffireradio.com and Weasel Zippers

Gregory Cowles / New York Times:

Oliver Sacks Dies at 82; Neurologist and Author Explored the Brain's Quirks — Oliver Sacks, the neurologist and acclaimed author who explored some of the brain's strangest pathways in best-selling case histories like “The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat,” using his patients' disorders …

Discussion: The Atlantic, Big Think, NPR, Guardian, Mashable, The Huffington Post, Fusion and Althouse

Washington Post:

Dems say party chair blocked Iran resolution at DNC meeting — MINNEAPOLIS — Democratic National Committee Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz prevented consideration of a resolution at the party's summer meeting here that praised President Obama and offered backing for the nuclear agreement with Iran, according to knowledgeable Democrats.

Discussion: John Hawkins' Right Wing News and Washington Free Beacon

Rebecca Shabad / The Hill:

Wasserman Schultz blocked Iran resolution at DNC meeting: report — Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz blocked consideration of a resolution at the party's summer meeting that would have praised President Obama and backed the his nuclear deal with Iran …

Discussion: RedState

Evan McMorris-Santoro / BuzzFeed:
Democrats Make A $15 National Minimum Wage An Establishment Principle

Discussion: Addicting Info

Houston Chronicle:

Capital murder charges files in deputy's death — A 30-year-old Cypress man has been charged with capital murder in the Friday killing of a 47-year-old Harris County Sheriff's deputy who had stopped at a gas station he frequented in northwest Harris County.

Discussion: NPR, The Gateway Pundit, BizPac Review and NOLA River

BREITBART.COM:
Texas Deputy Executed Days After Black Radical Group Calls for Killing Cops

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Weasel Zippers

New York Times: Texas Deputy Killed ‘Because He Wore a Uniform,’ Sheriff Says

Fox News:
Man suspected of killing Texas county sheriff's deputy reportedly arrested

Discussion: KHOU-TV, The Daily Caller, The Gateway Pundit, The PJ Tatler, ABC News, Patterico's Pontifications, Vox Popoli, BizPac Review and American Power

Reuters:

Chris Christie Proposes Tracking Immigrants the Way FedEx Tracks Packages — Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey said on Saturday that if he were elected president he would combat illegal immigration by creating a system to track foreign visitors the way FedEx tracks packages.

Discussion: The Moderate Voice and Raw Story

Tim Devaney / The Hill:

Enraging industry, labor board asserts its power under Obama — The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has become a lightning rod for controversy under President Obama, with its aggressive actions fueling sustained warfare between business and labor. — From the labor board's bitter fight …

Paul Krugman / New York Times:

Artificial Unintelligence — In the early stages of the Lesser Depression, those of us who knew a bit about the macroeconomic debates of the 1930s, and realized how relevant the hard-won insights of Keynes and Hicks were to the post-financial crisis world, often felt a sense of despair.

Discussion: Marginal REVOLUTION

Ben Schreckinger / Politico:

Donald Trump: ‘This is a movement’ — <p>Donald Trump says it's not all about him. No, seriously. </p><p>Campaigning in Nashville, Tennessee, Trump on Saturday paid homage to his supporters — claiming they are a part of “a movement” and using colorful language to beg for their support. </p><p …