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9:25 AM ET, August 24, 2015

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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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Michael Falcone / ABC News:
The Note: Joe Biden: Will He or Won't He?  —  NOTABLES  —WHAT WE'RE READING — WALL STREET JOURNAL REPORTS BIDEN LEANING TOWARD 2016 RUN: From the Journal's Carol E. Lee and Reid J. Epstein: “Vice President Joe Biden, who has long been considering a presidential bid …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:   Potential Biden run divides Obama orbit
Lawrence Summers / Financial Times:
The Fed looks set to make a dangerous mistake  —  Raising rates this year will threaten all of the central bank's major objectives  —  Will the Federal Reserve's September meeting see US interest rates go up for the first time since 2006?  Officials have held out the prospect that it might …
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Nobody Could Have Predicted, Interest Rates Edition  —  Sorry about sparsity of posts; on the road for family reasons, with real life getting in the way of digital.  But I did see a number of people praising remarks from Charlie Munger declaring himself “flabbergasted” by low interest rates …
Lawrence Summers / Washington Post:   No time for an interest rate hike
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 …
Discussion: Prairie Weather and Balloon Juice
Kevin Cirilli / The Hill:
Fiorina supporters slam ‘ludicrous’ CNN debate methodology  —  Carly Fiorina supporters are criticizing CNN's debate criteria that could prevent the former Hewlett-Packard CEO from grabbing a spot on the main stage at the second debate despite her surging poll numbers.
Discussion: Instapundit
Nick Gass / Politico:
Elizabeth Warren refuses to commit to 2018 Senate run  —  It's “too early” to commit to another term in the Senate, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren told a Boston television station in an interview aired Sunday.  —  Asked by WBZ-TV's Jon Keller whether she would promise to seeking another term …
Discussion: OnPolitics
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Left whispers to Warren: It's not too late to run
Discussion: Betsy's Page
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.
Discussion: Althouse
David Knowles / Bloomberg Business:
Donald Trump Puts ‘Hedge Fund Guys’ on Notice  —  The billionaire Republican front-runner channels his inner Bernie Sanders.  —  t writerknowles  —  For a moment there, Donald Trump was starting to sound a lot like Bernie Sanders.  —  The billionaire Republican front-runner assailed hedge fund managers …
Barbara Boland / Washington Examiner:
Satan worshipers drown women with milk in Planned Parenthood counter-protest  —  Share Tweet Reddit Digg Mail Print SMS More  —  Satan worshipers launched a counter-protest against pro-lifers outside the Detriot and Ferndale, Michigan Planned Parenthood locations Saturday.
Jenny Cosgrave / Reuters:
Dow futures plummet 400 points as Wall Street preps for steep selloff  —  U.S. stock futures pointed to a sharply lower open Monday after a selloff on Friday that dragged major indexes to four-year lows.  —  U.S. stock index futures screamed lower on Monday, with Dow futures tumbling as much as 400 points …
Roger Kimball / City Journal:
Crazy Like a Visionary  —  Elon Musk's remarkable career reminds us that individuals matter.  —  Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future, by Ashlee Vance (Ecco, 400 pp., $28.99)  —  I am an unlikely fan of Elon Musk, the flamboyant, Steve Jobs-like …
According To Hoyt:
Burning Down The Field in Order to Save It  —  So, I thought I didn't care about the result of the Hugos, because in making the establishment lose their collective sh*t at the “non approved” nominations, we'd proven our point: that there is a political color bar in SF/F …
Discussion: Vox Popoli
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Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
A Tale of Two Rallies: My Summer With Bernie and Trump  —  One is a political revolution with a mellow vibe.  The other feels more like a professional wrestling match.  —  SHARES  —  The breakout stars of 2015 are two old white guys from the outer boroughs of New York, and I've had access to the hottest tickets in town.
Discussion: Addicting Info
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Will Leitch / Bloomberg Business:
Trumpus Maximus Goes to Mobile
Discussion: Hot Air
 
 
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Justin Wingerter / Topeka Capital-Journal:
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Jerusalem Post:
In an interview with ‘The Independent’, she questions the precedent of putting Holocaust education …
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Bernie Becker / The Hill:
Dean: Hillary email answers too ‘lawyerly’
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Two Arrested in Alleged Pokemon Championship Threat
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Leonard Pitts Jr.: Why ‘Black lives matter’ resonates
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Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Harry Reid endorses Iran deal, boosts chances Congress won't block it
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Scott Walker Completes The Journey Back To Not Repealing The 14th Amendment
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Katy O'Donnell / Politico:
Donald Trump attended big-donor fundraiser last month
 

 
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