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Sundown: Wasserman Schultz Talks Giffords

Plus, Israeli-style airport security in Boston, Nazi soccer, and more

by
Stephanie Butnick
August 02, 2011
Rep. Giffords returns to Washington.(C-SPAN)
Rep. Giffords returns to Washington.(C-SPAN)

• Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz talks to CNN about Rep. Gabrielle Giffords’ moving appearance in Congress yesterday, which she knew about the night before. [Mediaite]

• Rep. Giffords’ communications director says the bitterness of the debt debate inspired Giffords to return to Washington. [NPR]

• Israeli-style security screening is being implemented at Logan Airport, whatever that means. [Boston Herald]

• The Polish government is set to give 10 million euros to the Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation, an organization charged with the maintenance and preservation of the former concentration camp. [Polskie Radio]

• The German national football team was urged by Nazi officials to employ Blitzkreig-style strategy on the field. Regular insults included being called “un-German” or “too Jewish.” [Daily Mail]

• A Gallup poll found that Muslims are loyal Americans, and that Jews agree. [NYT]

Stephanie Butnick is chief strategy officer of Tablet Magazine, co-founder of Tablet Studios, and a host of the Unorthodox podcast.