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10:05 AM ET, August 31, 2009

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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 …
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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 …
Jules Crittenden:
American Royalty  —  The lefty sockpuppet also known as Glenn Greenwald is right.
Discussion: Boston Herald
Reid Wilson / The Hill:
Cheney calls the Dems soft on defense  —  Former Vice President Dick Cheney on Sunday called Democrats soft on national defense while standing up for his administration's actions in the war on terrorism.  —  In a pre-recorded interview with Fox News' Chris Wallace from his home in Wyoming …
Discussion: Firedoglake and The Reaction
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Rachel L. Swarns / New York Times:
Cheney Offers Sharp Defense of C.I.A. Interrogation Tactics  —  WASHINGTON — Former Vice President Dick Cheney on Sunday sharply criticized the Obama administration's decision to investigate the abuse of prisoners held by the Central Intelligence Agency as he delivered a forceful defense …
Alexi Mostrous / Washington Post:   Cheney Criticizes Probe of CIA Interrogations
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Chris Wallace, A Teenage Girl Interviewing The Jonas Brothers
Bill Sammon / Fox News:
Cheney Slams Obama's ‘Politicized’ Probe of CIA Interrogations
Discussion: CBS News, NPR Blogs and Don Surber
Mimi Hall / USA Today:
Ridge backpedals on pressure to raise terror alert level  —  WASHINGTON — Former Homeland Security secretary Tom Ridge, speaking for the first time about accusations made in his new book, says he did not mean to suggest that other top Bush administration officials were playing politics …
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The Note:
The Note: Leadership Now — Obama urged by both sides to fill political void
Mark Silva / The Swamp:
Tom Ridge: Terror alert ‘process worked’
Discussion: The Note
Josh Kraushaar / The Politico:
Experts see double-digit Dem losses  —  After an August recess marked by raucoustown halls, troubling polling data and widespread anecdotal evidence of a volatile electorate, the small universe of political analysts who closely follow House races is predicting moderate to heavy Democratic losses in 2010.
Mike Allen / The Politico:
Palin gets 1,070+ invitations  —  Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin this week will begin accepting and rejecting the more than 1,070 invitations she has received for paid speeches and political appearances since she resigned as Alaska governor, aides said.  —  Twenty speakers' bureaus made offers to represent her.
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …
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Associated Press:
Sarah Palin plans first trip to Asia  —  Former Alaska governor set for initial commercial speaking engagement  —  HONG KONG - Former U.S. vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin, once questioned about her lack of foreign policy experience, will make her first trip to Asia in September.
Gateway Pundit:
Pro-Obamacare Tea Party Crasher SMASHES ATTENDEE In the Face With His Elbow & Disrupts Meeting (Video)  —  More Hope & Change—  Barack Obama gave his marching orders: … His supporters followed through...  But, don't expect the state-run media to report on this.
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CNN:
Tea Party Express cruises through Nevada
Discussion: Firedoglake and NPR
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: RedState
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Boston Globe:
As leader of green economy, Obama should back Cape Wind
Discussion: Don Surber
Frank Phillips / Boston Globe:
Senate field hinges on Kennedy decision  —  With Massachusetts having paid its final respects to Senator Edward M. Kennedy, the politics of succession begins in earnest this week - candidates will emerge, a race will take shape, and the Kennedy clan will have to reveal whether it wants to keep the seat in the family.
George F. Will / Newsweek:
An Ivy League Huey Long  —  Washington is seriously unserious.  —  From the magazine issue dated Sep 7, 2009  —  In August our ubiquitous president became the nation's elevator music, always out and about, heard but not really listened to, like audible wallpaper.
Discussion: Power Line and Betsy's Page
Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
Fighting Health Care Overhaul, and Proud of It  —  SPARTANBURG, S.C. — Senator Jim DeMint, the South Carolina Republican who predicted that President Obama's effort to overhaul the health care system would become his “Waterloo,” is doing his best to make that happen.
Bruce Bartlett / The New Majority:
Why I Am Anti-Republican  —  I got an e-mail from a prominent Republican asking why I am so anti-Republican these days.  Since many of my friends ask the same thing I thought I would share my reply:  —  I think the party got seriously on the wrong track during the George W. Bush years, as I explained in my Impostor book.
Discussion: Moe Lane and Washington Post
Wall Street Journal:
Charlie Crist Lite  —  A case of Senate cronyism in Florida.  —  Printer  —  Friendly  —  Democrats have embarrassed themselves by naming political buddies to replace Joe Biden and Barack Obama in the Senate, and now a Republican is showing he can do the same.
Discussion: Weekly Standard and Betsy's Page
Carol E. Lee / Politico Live's Blog:
Dodd says Obama needs to ‘step up’  —  Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) says President Barack Obama needs to “step up” and give Congress more of a framework to work with on health care reform.  —  “I think the president's got to decide,” Dodd said Sunday, “to step up and really frame this again for us.”
 
 
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Mickey Kaus / Kausfiles:
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McCain Denies Giving O.K. to a CIA Torture Tactic
Discussion: Emptywheel and Swampland
Anthony H. Cordesman / Washington Post:
A Chance to Avoid Defeat in Afghanistan
Discussion: Taylor Marsh and Los Angeles Times
Charlotte Allen / Los Angeles Times:
Keep your self-righteous fingers off my processed food
Discussion: Hullabaloo and La Vida Locavore
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Rod Nordland / New York Times:
Remnants of Iraq Air Force Are Found
Michael Eric Dyson / Top Stories from CQ:
CQ Transcripts: Remembering Kennedy on CBS's ‘Face the Nation’
New York Times:
Owner of Orange County Register May File for Bankruptcy
Discussion: Not Tucker Carlson and Calitics