memeorandum: Jessa (Duggar) Seewald Says Sexual Abuse 'Shouldn't Be a Taboo Subject' on TLC Documentary Breaking the Silence (Lanford Beard/People.com)

11:45 AM ET, August 31, 2015

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Nick Gass / Politico:

Steve Schmidt: Donald Trump ‘emasculating’ Jeb Bush — Donald Trump is "emasculating" former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush with his attacks and his performance in state and national polling, prominent Republican strategist Steve Schmidt said Monday." Look …

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Paul Krugman / New York Times:

A Heckuva Job — There are many things we should remember about the events of late August and early September 2005, and the political fallout shouldn't be near the top of the list. Still, the disaster in New Orleans did the Bush administration a great deal of damage …

John King / CNN:

1. A glaring omission as Obama's party holds its summer meeting — The Democratic National Committee's summer meeting is over, and there is something you won't find in the official minutes: a resolution supporting President Obama's Iran nuclear agreement. — The president's Iran embarrassment 00:52

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Nick Gass / Politico:

GOP blasts Obama's Denali name change — Republicans are criticizing President Barack Obama's decision to rename the tallest mountain in the United States to Denali, after the peak bore the name of former Republican President William McKinley for more than a century.The rebuke …

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Caitlin Cruz / Talking Points Memo:

Boehner ‘Deeply Disappointed’ That Obama Just Renamed Mt. McKinley — House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) said on Monday morning he was “deeply disappointed” by President Barack Obama's decision to rename North America's tallest peak. — Here's his statement in full:

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Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:

Mount McKinley Will Again Be Called Denali — President Obama announced on Sunday that Mount McKinley was being renamed Denali, restoring an Alaska Native name with deep cultural significance to the tallest mountain in North America. — The move came on the eve of Mr. Obama's trip to Alaska …

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Erica Martinson / Anchorage Daily News:
President Obama OKs renaming of Mount McKinley to Denali

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Washington Post:

What happened to Scott Walker? — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker surged into the top tier of the Republican presidential race with a fiery speech in the depths of winter in Iowa. But his candidacy has wilted in the heat of a summer dominated by Donald Trump, with loyalists and supporters …

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John McCormick / Bloomberg Business:

Scott Walker: Building a Wall Along U.S. Border With Canada a ‘Legitimate Issue’ — Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker said in an interview broadcast Sunday that building a wall along the U.S. border with Canada is something worthy of further study. — “That is a legitimate issue for us to look at …

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Eric Bradner / CNN:
Scott Walker: U.S.-Canada wall a ‘legitimate’ idea

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Alexandra Jaffe / NBC News:
Scott Walker: Politicians ‘Trying To Distract’ With Birthright Citizenship

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The Sunday Times:

Golden Hynde — She ran wild with the Sex Pistols, topped the charts with the Pretenders and bared nearly all with Vivienne Westwood. Chrissie Hynde's shocking new memoir is a raw account of the booze-fuelled life of the ultimate rock goddess — Krissi Murison — Portrait by Dean Chalkley

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Jake Tapper / CNN:

Andy Parker, father of slain journalist Alison Parker, on CNN's State of the Union: “I'm telling you, they messed with the wrong family.” — Today on CNN's State of the Union, Andy Parker, father of slain journalist, Alison Parker, joined anchor, Jake Tapper. — For more information, see http://cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/.

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Eric Bradner / CNN:
Bernie Sanders says he's ‘strong’ on gun control

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Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Sanders: ‘I can get beyond the noise’ to pass gun rules

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Lanford Beard / People.com:

Jessa (Duggar) Seewald Says Sexual Abuse 'Shouldn't Be a Taboo Subject' on TLC Documentary Breaking the Silence — Jessa (Duggar) Seewald and Jill (Duggar) Dillard appeared on TLC's documentary Breaking the Silence Sunday, seeking education to address the aftermath of the abuse they faced …

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Byron York / Washington Examiner:

Donald Trump is set to blow up GOP orthodoxy — again — Share Tweet Reddit Digg Mail Print SMS More — First Donald Trump antagonized the Republican establishment with his proposals on immigration. Then he irritated some with his stands on trade and Social Security.

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Peter Hasson / Campus Reform:

Professors threaten bad grades for saying ‘illegal alien,’ ‘male,’ ‘female’ — Washington State students risk a failing grade in one course if they use any common descriptors professor considers “oppressive and hateful language.” — In another class, students will lose one point every …

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Ross Douthat / New York Times:

Donald Trump, Traitor to His Class — THE Donald Trump phenomenon is a great gift to pundits because it can be analyzed and criticized in so many different ways. But two shorthands seem particularly useful. First, Trump is essentially using the Republican primary to run a third-party campaign, not a right-wing insurgency.

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