1. Weiner scandal returns
Former congressman Anthony Weiner recently exchanged explicit images and texts with a woman he met online, the New York Post revealed, in a reprise of conduct that ended his political career.
2. Abedin announces split
Weiner is married to and has a young son with Huma Abedin, Hillary Clinton’s confidant and closest aide. Abedin stood by Weiner when the scandal last flared up, destroying his 2013 mayoral bid.
The past and future dramas of Huma Abedin
3. Trump discerns security threat
“I only worry for the country that Hillary Clinton was careless and negligent in allowing Weiner to have such close proximity to highly classified information,” Donald Trump said in a statement, which continued…
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‘Greatly compromised’
Who knows what he learned and who he told? It’s just another example of Hillary Clinton’s bad judgment. It is possible that our country and its security have been greatly compromised by this.
– Donald Trump
Summary
Wiener: u up
— Kevin Roose (@kevinroose) August 29, 2016
Woman: yeah
Wiener: what r u wearing
Woman: nothing
Wiener: I have information on the whereabouts of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
4. Trump to clarify immigration views
Trump announced that he would deliver a highly touted and long-anticipated speech on immigration policy in Arizona on Wednesday. Trump surrogates over the weekend said his policy has not changed.
5. Trump promises solution to urban violence
In a Twitter tempest, Trump asserted, against the evidence, that urban violence had gotten worse and asked: “How much more crime, how many more shootings, will it take for African-Americans and Latinos to vote Trump=SAFE!”
'Nothing'
Asked about 8-year-old girl killed by stray bullet in Camden and what a President Trump could do in city, Christie says: "Nothing."
— Maddie Hanna (@maddiehanna) August 29, 2016
... and another thing:
When you see Anthony Weiner is trending. pic.twitter.com/h9xT3Gzyn7
— Justice Don Willett (@JusticeWillett) August 29, 2016