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8:45 PM ET, August 24, 2015

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John Fund / National Review:
Democrats Look at Plan B: Biden as a One-Term President, with Warren as His VP  —  Joe Biden had good reasons to huddle privately with Elizabeth Warren on Saturday at his official residence.  The Massachusetts senator may have chosen not to run next year, but her populist rhetoric and agenda dominate the 2016 Democratic contest.
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Matea Gold / Washington Post:
Top Democratic fundraisers invited to meet with Joe Biden at Naval Observatory
Discussion: CNN, Hot Air, Politico and Political Wire
Nick Gass / Politico:
White House: Obama might endorse in Democratic primary
Discussion: Mashable, The Week and Fox News
Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg Business:
Joe Biden 2016 Speculation Heats Up Following Elizabeth Warren Meeting
Discussion: Politico, ABC News and Common Dreams
Wall Street Journal:
Joe Biden Is Leaning Toward a 2016 Run
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Hispanics Frown on Trump, but Not Rest of GOP Field  —  PRINCETON, N.J. — U.S. Hispanics are still getting to know most of the Republican contenders for president.  At this point in the campaign, less than half have formed an opinion of any Republican candidate except Donald Trump and Jeb Bush.
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Rachel Vorona Cote / Jezebel:
Frat Boys Designate House ‘Freshman Daughter Drop Off,’ Helpfully Offer to F**k Moms, Too  —  Freshman women at Old Dominion University were given a very special welcome last week when they arrived on campus: Large banners that read “Rowdy and fun/Hope your baby girl is ready for a good time …
Erik Larsen / Asbury Park Press:
Belmar diners leave waitress taunting note and no tip  —  BELMAR — A 20-year-old Rutgers University student who is waiting tables at D'Jais Bar & Grill this summer to help put herself through school, got an unwelcome lesson in the humanities this past week.
Brianna Ehley / Politico:
Pat Robertson: Market swoon is God's punishment  —  Televangelist Pat Robertson says he believes the Dow Jones Industrial Average's massive sell-off this morning was God's way of punishing the Obama administration for supporting abortion rights and funding Planned Parenthood, not the reverberations of China's stock-market crash.
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Eliza Collins / Politico:
Donald Trump seizes on stock-market plunge
Evelyn Cheng / CNBC:
Stocks about 2% lower, tech stocks give back slight gains
The Intercept:
Email from a Married, Female Ashley Madison User  —  Ever since I wrote on Thursday about the Ashley Madison hack and resulting reactions and consequences, I've heard from dozens of people who used the site.  They offer a remarkably wide range of reasons for having done so.
Discussion: The Stranger … and Hullabaloo
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Chris Baraniuk / BBC:
Ashley Madison: ‘Suicides’ over website hack
Malia Zimmerman / Fox News:
DHS has no record of State Dept. giving info for Clinton server audit, despite rules  —  The State Department does not appear to have submitted legally required information regarding Hillary Clinton's secret computer server to the Department of Homeland Security during her term as secretary, FoxNews.com has learned.
Discussion: Hot Air and Washington Free Beacon
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Jeryl Bier / Weekly Standard:
Hillary Clinton in 2011: ‘Hackers Break Into ... Personal Email Accounts’
Discussion: Power Line and BizPac Review
Steve Coll / New Yorker:
Keeping Secrets  —  Hillary Clinton, in her memoir “Living History …
Discussion: Bloomberg View
Tammy Vigil / FOX31 Denver:
Restaurant customer receives offensive message on receipt  —  DENVER — A woman arrives hungry at a Denver restaurant Friday and leaves with an inappropriate message that feeds her anger.  —  We've seen this happen before across the country: restaurant staff write ugly words on customer receipts.
Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Victoria's Secret lingerie model Adriana Lima sparks outrage after she is duped into terror group video salute  —  A Victoria's Secret lingerie model has sparked outrage after she was filmed seemingly endorsing a terrorist group which plotted to murder Pope John Paul II.
Johnathan Manning / KPLC-TV:
Daigle has lengthy criminal history, including previous charge of battery of a police officer  —  The man suspected in a shooting of a state trooper near Bell City Sunday afternoon was previously charged with battery of a police officer.  —  Kevin Daigle, 54, has a lengthy criminal history …
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John Bacon / USA Today:
Louisiana trooper dies after being shot, taunted
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Michael Crowley / Politico:
Israel says Iran is sponsoring rocket attacks  —  As Congress nears a vote on the Iranian nuclear deal, Israel says Tehran is responsible for a “indiscriminate and premeditated terrorist attack” from Syrian territory.  —  Israel says Iran was behind rocket attacks into its territory from Syria last week …
Discussion: Jihad Watch and Jerusalem Post
Ben Carson / USA Today:
BlackLivesMatter misfire  —  Our righteous anger misdirected at politically convenient targets, not real culprits.  —  The idea that disrupting and protesting Bernie Sanders speeches will change what is wrong in America is lunacy.  The “BlackLivesMatter” movement is focused on the wrong targets …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Mediaite
Lane Brown / Vulture:
TARANTINO … THIS INTERVIEW was condensed and edited from two conversations, the first conducted July 29 and the second August 7.  —  We've got a little bit more than an hour finished right now.  I just got back from seeing an hour of the movie cut together.  —  Are you happy with it?
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Conservative lawmaker may seek vote to oust Boehner  —  Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) said he or another conservative lawmaker may seek a privileged vote next month to oust Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) from his leadership position.  —  Meadows told The Daily Signal that he or another conservative lawmaker …
Discussion: Daily Kos and The Daily Signal
WJBK-TV:
Controversial flier causes outrage in Southfield  —  A single piece of paper with a powerful message of hate.  —  Tamiko Denson grew up in Southfield and her mom still lives in the city but recently the place she's called home for many years has seemed a little less inviting.
Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Camp On ‘White Power’ Shouts At Rally: People Like Our Message (VIDEO)  —  Real estate mogul Donald Trump's presidential campaign said Sunday that it wasn't aware of an individual who reportedly yelled “white power” at a rally for the candidate.  —  Self-styled “white nationalists” …
Discussion: Daily Kos and Mediaite
Jamie Holmes / New York Times:
The Case for Teaching Ignorance  —  IN the mid-1980s, a University of Arizona surgery professor, Marlys H. Witte, proposed teaching a class entitled “Introduction to Medical and Other Ignorance.”  Her idea was not well received; at one foundation, an official told her he would rather resign than support a class on ignorance.
Joshua Friemel / Dallas Mavericks Blog:
Mark Cuban on how Donald Trump ‘fashioned himself a Killer of political correctness;’ how to understand the politician  —  Dallas owner Mark Cuban pumps his fist as Dallas pulls away in overtime of their 111-101 win during the Portland Trail Blazers vs. the Dallas Mavericks NBA basketball game …
Evan Sernoffsky / San Francisco Chronicle:
Black women ‘humiliated’ after getting kicked off Napa Valley Wine Train  —  What started as a joyous ride through wine county Saturday afternoon turned into a “humiliating” experience for 11 African American women, who said they were booted off the Napa Valley Wine Train for laughing and talking too loud.
Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
Walker Calls On Obama To Cancel Chinese President's Trip Amid Market Woes  —  Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker called on President Obama to cancel Chinese President Xi Jinping's state visit to the U.S. next month after a tough day for global markets.  —  In a statement released late Monday …
Discussion: TIME
 
 
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Miranda Blue / Right Wing Watch:
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Politico:
Schumer May Save the Democratic Party
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Kyle Balluck / The Hill:
Rand Paul: Trump's message is ‘empty anger’
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Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
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