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10:15 AM ET, September 1, 2015

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Timothy Cama / The Hill:
Trump pledges to reverse Obama's mountain renaming  —  Donald Trump promised Monday that he would return the name of North America's largest mountain to Mount McKinley, undoing President Obama's decision to call it Denali.  —  Calling Obama's act a “great insult to Ohio,” Trump …
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Yoni Appelbaum / The Atlantic:
Mt. McKinley Owes Its Name to an Epic Act of Trolling  —  In 1901, William McKinley, 25th president of the United States, was struck down by an assassin's bullet six months into his second term.  There are towns and monuments and geographic features across America bearing his name …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and NBC News
Todd J. Gillman / Trail Blazers Blog:
Cruz points at Obama for deputy's murder, shrugs off “jackass” label from Speaker John Boehner
KPHO-TV:
Matt Salmon facing parents' anger over civics presentation to young kids  —  Several parents are demanding answers from Congressman Matt Salmon, saying they cannot believe what the lawmaker said to young school children during a visit to a Gilbert school.  —  “It should have probably …
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Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
Congressman tells second-graders about child suicide bombers
Discussion: Mediaite
David Daleiden / The Center for Medical Progress:
Planned Parenthood Baby Parts Vendor ABR Pays Off Clinics, Intact Fetuses “Just Fell Out”  —  #PPSellsBabyParts PLANNED PARENTHOOD BABY PARTS VENDOR ADVANCED BIOSCIENCE RESOURCES PAYS OFF CLINICS, INTACT FETUSES “JUST FELL OUT”  —  ABR, Oldest Supplier of Baby Parts, Paid “Advisor Fee” …
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Jerusalem Post:
Showers installed outside Auschwitz remind visitors of gas chambers  — Natalie Portman: Holocaust is no more tragic than other genocides - Germany warns Facebook: Clamp down on Holocaust denial - or else  —  Management of the historical site believes showers to be a good way to help guests cool off during summer season.
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Ynetnews:
‘Showers’ placed at Auschwitz entrance
press.vatican.va:
Testo in lingua inglese  —  for the Promotion of the New Evangelization  —  With the approach of the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy I would like to focus on several points which I believe require attention to enable the celebration of the Holy Year to be for all believers a true moment of encounter with the mercy of God.
Michael Seewald / The Seewald Family:
Grief, Shame, And Taking The LORD's Name In Vain  —  The recent hack into the adultery website Ashley Madison, and subsequent release to the internet the information of millions of users, turned up some interesting names.  None of these names was more attention grabbing than Josh Duggar of 19 Kids and Counting fame.
Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Poll shows majority wants Congress to approve Iran deal  —  A new survey shows that a majority of Americans wants Congress to uphold the Obama administration's nuclear deal with Iran.  —  According to the survey from the University of Maryland, 55 percent of respondents said that Congress …
Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:
Obama to Call for More Icebreakers in Arctic as U.S. Seeks Foothold  —  ANCHORAGE — President Obama on Tuesday will propose speeding the acquisition and building of new Coast Guard icebreakers that can operate year-round in the nation's polar regions, part of an effort to close the gap between …
Eugene Robinson / Washington Post:
Republicans are digging themselves a hole over immigration  —  It was just a matter of time before one of the keen-eyed Republican candidates for president spotted the menace that looms over this country, threatening our national security with blasts of Arctic air and proof that socialized medicine works: Canada.
Discussion: Daily Kos
Ryan Sweet / TheStreet.com:
Democrats to Win in a Landslide in 2016, According to Moody's Election Model  —  Analysis by Dan White, senior economist at Moody's Analytics  —  NEW YORK (TheStreet) — Our Moody's Analytics election model now predicts a Democratic electoral landslide in the 2016 presidential vote.
Andrew Wallenstein / Variety:
Apple Eyes Move Into Original Programming (EXCLUSIVE)  —  The moment the media and technology industries have been expecting for years may finally be arriving: Apple is exploring getting into the original programming business.  —  Sources indicate the Cupertino, Calif. …
John McCormick / Bloomberg Business:
The Science Behind Trump-Mania  —  Donald Trump's startling transformation from reality TV star to serious presidential contender in the eyes of some key Republican voters happened because he's been able to sell himself as the straight-talker most candidates aspire to be, a Bloomberg Politics/Des Moines Register Iowa Poll shows.
Spencer Ackerman / Guardian:
West Point law professor who called for attacks on ‘Islamic holy sites’ resigns  —  William C Bradford departs institution that hired him in August following report on his call for scholars to be treated as ‘enemy combatants’  —  A law professor who published an inflammatory article urging attacks …
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New York Times:
Murder Rates Rising Sharply in Many U.S. Cities  —  MILWAUKEE — Cities across the nation are seeing a startling rise in murders after years of declines, and few places have witnessed a shift as precipitous as this city.  With the summer not yet over, 104 people have been killed this year — after 86 homicides in all of 2014.
Discussion: Wonk Wire and American Power
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Trump, Taxes and the G.O.P.  —  As an accompaniment to my Sunday column on Donald Trump's challenge to the existing Republican-conservative matrix, it's worth reading Byron York on how Trump's forays on tax policy exemplify his unorthodox approch: … As York notes, with an assist from polling …
Discussion: Washington Monthly
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Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
Increase Taxes? Talk by Donald Trump Alarms G.O.P.
Discussion: Washington Post and Bearing Drift
Kimberly Hefling / Politico:
Columbia University president causes stir with Obama announcement  —  <p>Columbia University President Lee Bollinger caused a stir Monday by reportedly announcing that President Barack Obama will be coming to the New York-based campus in 2017.</p><p>The Columbia Daily Spectator student newspaper <a href="http …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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Columbia Daily Spectator:
Obama's coming back to town in 2017, and more highlights from convocation
Discussion: CBS Chicago
Bryce Covert / ThinkProgress:
Bowing To Demands Of Wall Street, Walmart Cuts Hours To Trim Costs  —  After raising the minimum wage for its lowest compensated workers, Walmart is now cutting some workers' hours to try to trim costs.  —  Store managers were recently told to cut back on hours to reduce costs …
Discussion: Daily Kos
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Amanda Terkel / The Huffington Post:
Black Lives Matter Disavows Democratic Party's Show Of Support  —  Activists are not returning the DNC's love.  —  Senior Political Reporter, The Huffington Post  —  Activists with the Black Lives Matter movement rejected the Democratic Party's recent statement of support …
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David Brooks / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton, the Great Defender
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Nick Bilton / Vanity Fair:
Is Silicon Valley in Another Bubble . . . and What Could Burst It?
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Eugene Volokh / Washington Post:
Federal government's allowing Big Mountain Jesus statue on federal land in Montana doesn't violate …
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Kevin Cirilli / The Hill:
Navajo Nation preps lawsuit against EPA over mine spill
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Donald Trump: Pat Buchanan's Heir
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Armed Black Panthers to Texas Cops: ‘We Will Start Creeping Up on You in the Darkness’
Phil Mushnick / New York Post:
ESPN punished Schilling for telling truth about Nazis and extremist Muslims
 Earlier Items: 
Mona Charen / The Federalist:
What The Left And Right Don't Get About Campus Rape
Discussion: National Review
David / Crooks and Liars:
Liz Cheney: America Feels ‘Gratitude’ To My Dad ‘Matched Only By Our Love For Him’
Discussion: Daily Kos
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Judge Allows Moral, Not Just Religious, Contraception Exemptions
Discussion: Wall Street Journal and Hot Air
 

 
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Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A New York judge finds Sirius XM liable for a difficult subscription cancellation process; Sirius says it will appeal but abide by a new “click-to-cancel” rule

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
A growing number of podcasters, including Tim Ferriss, are moving away from interviews to monologues or co-hosts, as some well-known guests can be overexposed

Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Sources: NBCUniversal Vice Chairman Bonnie Hammer plans to leave the company at the end of the year; she has been with the company since 2004

 
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