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4:40 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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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.
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 and Common Dreams
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.
Discussion: Political Wire
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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
Jenny Cosgrave / Reuters:
Dow futures plummet 400 points as Wall Street preps for steep selloff
Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
Global sell-off turns to chaos in rocky day for financial markets
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.
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.
Discussion: Fox News and Booman Tribune
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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
Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic:   Peggy Hubbard's Attack on Black Lives Matter
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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.
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?
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 …
Discussion: The Week
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.
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 …
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
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.
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.
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 …
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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Malia Zimmerman / Fox News:
DHS has no record of State Dept. giving info for Clinton server audit, despite rules
Discussion: Hot Air and Washington Free Beacon
Everett Rosenfeld / CNBC:
Apple's Cook on China to Cramer: Seeing strong growth in China through July, August
Steve Coll / New Yorker:
Keeping Secrets  —  Hillary Clinton, in her memoir “Living History …
Discussion: Bloomberg View
Evan Osnos / New Yorker:
The Fearful and the Frustrated  —  Donald Trump's nationalist …
Discussion: FishbowlDC
WLUK:
Moore says Walker ‘tightening the noose’ on black people
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Mediaite
Caroline Fredrickson / Washington Monthly:
Stop Chiseling the Adjuncts
MarketWatch:
BULLETIN  —  Apple confirms iPhone 6 Plus camera glitch
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Derek Gilliam / Florida Times Union:
Man killed in officer-involved shooting on Westside
Discussion: Associated Press
 Earlier Items: 
John Bacon / USA Today:
Louisiana trooper dies after being shot, taunted
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
NBC News:
Meet the Press Transcript - August 23, 2015
Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
Donald Trump Flip-Flops on Flat Tax in Literally Less than One Minute
Discussion: Liberaland and The Week
Joel Kotkin / Orange County Register:
Tech oligarchs tightening their grip on Democrats
Elizabeth Leonard / People.com:
Tracy Morgan Marries Megan Wollover - See the Beautiful Couple!
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