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Wall Street Journal:
Joe Biden Is Leaning Toward a 2016 Run — Vice President Joe Biden is increasingly leaning toward entering the 2016 race, if it is still possible he can knit together a competitive campaign at this late date, people familiar with the matter said.
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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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Power Line, Washington Monthly, Hot Air, Guardian and Raw Story
Lauren Dezenski / Politico:
Debut edition! MOULTON holds out for Biden — WARREN mum on second term — TOM BRADY's new ad — Welcome to the inaugural edition of POLITICO Massachusetts Playbook, where we round up what you need to know about politics and policy in the Bay State and deliver it straight to your inbox every morning.
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The Daily Caller, Blue Mass Group and New York Times
NBC News:
First Read: How a Biden Run Could Actually Help Hillary Clinton
First Read: How a Biden Run Could Actually Help Hillary Clinton
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Washington Post, No More Mister Nice Blog, Political Wire, Politico and Guardian
Nick Gass / Politico:
Elizabeth Warren refuses to commit to 2018 Senate run
Elizabeth Warren refuses to commit to 2018 Senate run
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Taylor Marsh and OnPolitics
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Potential Biden run divides Obama orbit
Potential Biden run divides Obama orbit
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Fox News and BostonGlobe.com
Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Joe Biden to skip DNC meeting amid 2016 buzz
Joe Biden to skip DNC meeting amid 2016 buzz
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Daily Kos, Talking Points Memo, BostonGlobe.com and Commentary Magazine
Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg Business:
Joe Biden 2016 Speculation Heats Up Following Elizabeth Warren Meeting
Joe Biden 2016 Speculation Heats Up Following Elizabeth Warren Meeting
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Common Dreams
Molly Ball / The Atlantic:
Can the Republican Party Survive Trump? — What is happening to the Republican Party? I put that question to Lindsey Graham, the senator from South Carolina and basement-dwelling presidential candidate, who was getting ready to hold a campaign event in Hooksett, New Hampshire.
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Fox News and Booman Tribune
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David Knowles / Bloomberg Business:
Donald Trump Puts ‘Hedge Fund Guys’ on Notice
Donald Trump Puts ‘Hedge Fund Guys’ on Notice
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No More Mister Nice Blog, New York Sun, American Spectator and Bloomberg View
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
RNC Chairman: Trump “A Positive For Our Party”
RNC Chairman: Trump “A Positive For Our Party”
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Talking Points Memo and The Week
WTKR-TV:
Banners hung at home near ODU prompt response from University President: “I am outraged about the offensive message...” — Norfolk, Va. - Old Dominion University officials took time from their weekend to respond to some banners hung up at an off-campus home that are upsetting many.
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Eliza Collins / Politico:
Donald Trump seizes on stock-market plunge — As stock markets around the world plummeted Monday morning, Donald Trump saw an opportunity, batting out a series of social media posts making his case as the man to fix the global economy. — “As I have long stated, we are so tied in with China …
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Jenny Cosgrave / Reuters:
Dow futures plummet 400 points as Wall Street preps for steep selloff
Dow futures plummet 400 points as Wall Street preps for steep selloff
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Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
Global sell-off turns to rally in rocky day for financial markets
Global sell-off turns to rally in rocky day for financial markets
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Washington Monthly, Guardian and Hit & Run
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.
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WNEP-TV, New York's PIX11, FOX31 Denver, Daily Mail and Eater
Brianna Ehley / Politico:
Martin Luther King III ‘perplexed’ by Huckabee comments — Martin Luther King III, the son of the late civil rights leader, said he was “perplexed” by GOP presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee's comments last week suggesting that his father would be “appalled” by the Black Lives Matter movement.
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The Week and Arkansas Blog, Arkansas Times
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Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
Trump Calls Martin O'Malley A ‘Disgusting Little Weak Pathetic Baby’ For Recognizing Black Lives Matter
Trump Calls Martin O'Malley A ‘Disgusting Little Weak Pathetic Baby’ For Recognizing Black Lives Matter
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Addicting Info and New York Times
Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic:
Peggy Hubbard's Attack on Black Lives Matter
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.
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Raw Story, Daily Mail and KFOR-TV
Tamar Haspel / Washington Post:
Why salad is so overrated — As the world population grows, we have a pressing need to eat better and farm better, and those of us trying to figure out how to do those things have pointed at lots of different foods as problematic. Almonds, for their water use. Corn, for the monoculture.
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New York Magazine, Guardian, John Hawkins' Right Wing News and Althouse
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?
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The Daily Caller, Raw Story, The Week, Mediaite and The Huffington Post
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.
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Talking Points Memo, New York Magazine, ThinkProgress, Raw Story, Addicting Info, Lisa Renee Johnson and Eschaton
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
A Moveable Glut — What caused Friday's stock plunge? What does it mean for the future? Nobody knows, and not much. — Attempts to explain daily stock movements are usually foolish: a real-time survey of the 1987 stock crash found no evidence for any of the rationalizations economists …
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Prairie Weather and Balloon Juice
John Bacon / USA Today:
Louisiana trooper dies after being shot, taunted — A Louisiana state trooper died Monday after authorities say he was shot in the head and then taunted when he stopped to provide aid to a man whose truck was stuck in a ditch. — Col. Mike Edmonson, head of the State Police …
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The Gateway Pundit
Elizabeth Leonard / People.com:
Tracy Morgan Marries Megan Wollover - See the Beautiful Couple! — Tracy Morgan is a married man! — Fourteen months after a horrific highway crash left him fighting for his life, the comedian wed his long-time fiancée Megan Wollover in an intimate and moving ceremony Sunday night, Morgan's rep tells PEOPLE exclusively.
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Fox 59, New York's PIX11 and Daily Mail
Caroline Fredrickson / Washington Monthly:
Stop Chiseling the Adjuncts — In early June, California labor regulators ruled that a driver for Uber, the app-based car service, was, in fact, an employee, not an independent contractor, and deserved back pay. The decision made national news, with experts predicting a coming flood of lawsuits.
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
The single most important piece of advice during a stock market crash: don't sell — Most people on most days don't pay too much attention to the stock market or spend much time thinking about it. One big exception is on days when the market crashes dramatically.
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New York Times, ThinkProgress and Mashable, more at Mediagazer »
Susan Zalkind / The Daily Beast:
Boston Police Foil Potential Massacre at Pokemon World Championship — Two men drove from Iowa to Massachusetts with a trunk full of ammo and guns, boasting about ‘killing the competition’ on Facebook. — BOSTON — Police said Sunday they thwarted what could have been a massacre …
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