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12:40 PM 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 …

Discussion: ABC News, Daily Kos, CofCC, Salon, Facebook, The Moderate Voice and Talking Points Memo

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

Discussion: PoliticusUSA, Mediaite, Washington Monthly and Talking Points Memo

Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:

Poll: Majority of Republicans thinks Obama is a Muslim — A majority of Republican voters, 54 percent, think that President Obama is a Muslim, according to a new survey from the left-leaning Public Policy Polling (PPP). — Asked whether they thought Obama is a Christian or Muslim or if they were unsure …

Discussion: The Moderate Voice and Balloon Juice

Will Femia / msnbc.com:

Chris Christie, Rand Paul scraping the bottom in new PPP poll — Tonight, Public Policy Polling gave The Rachel Maddow Show a sneak peek at the results of their August 28-30 poll to be released tomorrow. While the findings at the top of the poll are what we've come to expect from the Republican field …

Discussion: Joe.My.God.

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.

Discussion: Washington Post and Talking Points Memo

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.

Discussion: USA Today, Hot Air, National Review, Reuters, Crux, Raw Story, NBC News, ncronline.org, Washington Post, Politico, WISH-TV and NPR

Jack Jenkins / ThinkProgress:
The Pope Just Changed How Women Can Be Forgiven For Abortions. Here's What That Means.

Discussion: Friendly Atheist, Religion News Service and Bondings 2.0

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 …

Discussion: MichelleMalkin.com, Anchorage Daily News, Slate, nps.gov, Fusion, The Diplomat, The Daily Caller, Medium, Washington Post, Fox News, “The Lid”, Philly.com, Gizmodo and Bloomberg View

Reuters:
Exclusive: U.S. weighs sanctioning Russia as well as China in cyber attacks

Discussion: Washington Free Beacon and Washington Post

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” …

Discussion: Weekly Standard, LifeNews.com, Washington Times, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, The Federalist, The Daily Caller and National Review

David Brooks / New York Times:

Hillary Clinton, the Great Defender — Hillary Clinton has obviously had a bad summer. She's losing in New Hampshire to Bernie Sanders, even among women. She's barely leading him in Iowa. In a Quinnipiac poll of potential general election matchups, she's beating Donald Trump by only four points …

Discussion: Washington Post, US News, JustOneMinute and Slantpoint

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. …

Discussion: Poynter., The Verge, Mashable, Guardian, Business Insider, Boing Boing and Gizmodo, more at Mediagazer »

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

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 …

Discussion: Washington Post, Addicting Info and Raw Story

Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
Congressman tells second-graders about child suicide bombers

Discussion: Mediaite

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.

Discussion: Slantpoint, The Daily Caller, Mediaite and Mashable

Ynetnews:
‘Showers’ placed at Auschwitz entrance

Discussion: New York Post, Weasel Zippers and Tablet Magazine

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.

Discussion: Democratic Strategist and PoliticusUSA

David Ibanez / KSAT-TV:

KSAT.COM EXCLUSIVE: Unedited video of fatal deputy-involved shooting — Gilbert Flores shot, killed by deputies Greg Vasquez, Robert Sanchez — SAN ANTONIO - The unedited version of a video obtained by KSAT 12 News showing the fatal shooting of a man by two Bexar County sheriff deputies will now be made available for online viewing.

Discussion: New York Times, ABC News and Associated Press

Dan Billow / WESH-TV:

Racial slur burned into Palm Bay man's front lawn — A Palm Bay man said he wanted to explode in anger when he saw what happened to his front lawn. — Police are now investigating after someone used a chemical to write a racial slur on the man's lawn in huge letters.

Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Raw Story

BBC:

Palmyra's Temple of Bel destroyed, says UN — A satellite image confirms the main temple in the ancient city of Palmyra in Syria has been destroyed by Islamic State (IS) militants, the UN says. — Syria's head of antiquities had suggested on Monday that the Temple of Bel was still standing …

Discussion: Raw Story, Algemeiner.com and Slantpoint

Nick Bilton / Vanity Fair:

Is Silicon Valley in Another Bubble . . . and What Could Burst It? — With the tech industry awash in cash and 100 “unicorn” start-ups now valued at $1 billion or more, Silicon Valley can't escape the question. Nick Bilton reports. — One Thursday morning in early June …

Discussion: Business Insider

BREITBART.COM:

Armed Black Panthers to Texas Cops: ‘We Will Start Creeping Up on You in the Darkness’ — HOUSTON, Texas - Armed Black Panther members marched in front of the Waller County jail and shouted, “You're gonna stop doing what you're doing, or we will start creeping up on you in the darkness.”

Discussion: BizPac Review and John Hawkins' Right Wing News

IMF:

Poised for Take-off—Unleashing Indonesia's Economic Potential — Christine Lagarde, Managing Director, International Monetary Fund — Introduction — Good afternoon—Selamat sore! — Professor Kuncoro, dear Mari—thank you for your generous introduction.

Discussion: Guardian, Wall Street Journal and New York Times

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

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.

Discussion: Raw Story, In Touch Weekly, Mediaite, Daily Mail and Full Feed

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 …

Discussion: Washington Post and No More Mister Nice Blog