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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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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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Nick Gass / Politico:
White House: Obama might endorse in Democratic primary — The White House on Monday did not rule out the idea that President Barack Obama would endorse a candidate in the Democratic presidential primary, as speculation continued to swirl about whether Vice President Joe Biden will enter the race.
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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Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, CANNONFIRE, No More Mister Nice Blog, Taylor Marsh and Politico
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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ABC News, Politico and Common Dreams
Evelyn Cheng / CNBC:
Stocks about 2% lower, tech stocks give back slight gains — Panic selling, then panic buying: Pisani — CNBC's Bob Pisani reports on panic selling at Monday's opening bell, and where the market stands now. — U.S. stocks plummeted on Monday, following a renewed rout in global markets …
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Eliza Collins / Politico:
Donald Trump seizes on stock-market plunge
Donald Trump seizes on stock-market plunge
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Daily Kos, The Atlantic and New York Times
Brianna Ehley / Politico:
Pat Robertson: Market swoon is God's punishment
Pat Robertson: Market swoon is God's punishment
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Political Wire
Matt Egan / CNNMoney:
Dow plummets 1,000 points. Now it's coming back
Dow plummets 1,000 points. Now it's coming back
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Friendly Atheist, CNN and The Daily Caller
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 chaos in rocky day for financial markets
Global sell-off turns to chaos in rocky day for financial markets
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Guardian, Hit & Run and Washington Monthly
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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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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David Knowles / Bloomberg Business:
Donald Trump Puts ‘Hedge Fund Guys’ on Notice
Donald Trump Puts ‘Hedge Fund Guys’ on Notice
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Politico, Washington Post, New York Sun, No More Mister Nice Blog, 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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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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Steve Coll / New Yorker:
Keeping Secrets — Hillary Clinton, in her memoir “Living History,” recounts her struggle to defend her privacy while residing in the White House. Some of her stories have a gothic tone. After Bill Clinton's first inauguration, Harry and Linda Thomason, friends from Hollywood …
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Jeryl Bier / Weekly Standard:
Hillary Clinton in 2011: ‘Hackers Break Into ... Personal Email Accounts’
Hillary Clinton in 2011: ‘Hackers Break Into ... Personal Email Accounts’
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Power Line and BizPac Review
Malia Zimmerman / Fox News:
DHS has no record of State Dept. giving info for Clinton server audit, despite rules
DHS has no record of State Dept. giving info for Clinton server audit, despite rules
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Hot Air and Washington Free Beacon
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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Daily Mail, Raw Story, KFOR-TV and Addicting Info
LeftOfCenter / Crooks and Liars:
Fox's Gentry: Black Lives Matter Need To Clean Up Their Community — Yep, it's time for another installment of self-loathing. This time, we get a double dose with Fox ‘News’ resident Uncle Ruckus, Charles Payne and returning champion, Minister Jonathan Gentry who are both appalled at the Black Lives Matter movement.
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Brianna Ehley / Politico:
Martin Luther King III ‘perplexed’ by Huckabee comments
Martin Luther King III ‘perplexed’ by Huckabee comments
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The Week and Arkansas Blog, Arkansas Times
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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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, Entertain This!, Mediaite and The Huffington Post
Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
WATCH: Trump Attack Video Uses The Words Of Jeb's Mom Against Him — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump released a video on Monday that attacked Jeb Bush by using the words of his mother and former First Lady, Barbara Bush, against him. — Trump's video, which was posted to Instagram …
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The Week
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 …
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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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Guardian, New York Magazine, John Hawkins' Right Wing News and Althouse
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 …
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Business Insider, BizPac Review and Red Alert Politics
Open State Foundation / Open State Foundation …:
Twitter cuts off Diplotwoops and Politwoops in all remaining 30 countries — Popular web service that tracked politicians' deleted tweets shut down in 30 countries … On Friday night, August 21, Open State Foundation was informed by Twitter that it suspended API access to Diplotwoops …
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Talking Points Memo, Guardian, Washington Post, The Verge, Sunlight Foundation Blog, Poynter. and The Week, more at Mediagazer »
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.
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Talking Points Memo, WXYZ-TV and Raw Story
Chris Baraniuk / BBC:
Ashley Madison: ‘Suicides’ over website hack — Two individuals associated with the leak of Ashley Madison customer details are reported to have taken their lives, according to police in Canada. — The police in Toronto gave no further information about the deaths.
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The Intercept, Hullabaloo, Graham Cluley, The Verge and New York Magazine