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12:55 PM ET, September 22, 2015

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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Scott Walker's own limitations did him in  —  Share Tweet Reddit Digg Mail Print SMS More  —  It's easy to say Scott Walker dropped out of the Republican presidential race because he ran out of money.  But he ran out of money because of his own limitations as a candidate — limitations that have been in plain sight for quite a while.
Discussion: The Atlantic and Betsy's Page
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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
How Donald Trump destroyed Scott Walker's presidential chances  —  Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's decision to end his presidential bid months before a single vote had been cast in the 2016 race signals the challenge posed by a personality-heavy contest dominated in recent months by reality TV star and real estate mogul Donald Trump.
Jon Ward / Yahoo:
A thrifty Marco Rubio is poised to capitalize on Walker's exit
Discussion: FiveThirtyEight, Hot Air and Politico
New York Times:
Scott Walker Quits 2016 Presidential Field
Mary Spicuzza / JSOnline:
Jeb Bush gains support of Richard Graber, longtime Wisconsin GOP leader
Discussion: Fox News and Weekly Standard
Kyle Blaine / BuzzFeed:
Scott Walker Drops Out Of The Republican Primary Race
Discussion: Hit & Run and Business Insider
Dr. Ben Carson / Facebook:
I wanted to get back to answering questions tonight sent in by you guys.  Remember, you can send in your questions via email by sending it to AskBen@BenCarson.com.  —  Before I get started, I wanted to thank the hundreds of thousands of you that sent birthday greetings.  I was touched and deeply appreciative.
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Jordyn Phelps / ABC News:
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and UPROXX
Michael Falcone / ABC News:
The Note: Scott Walker and the Death of a Presidential Candidacy
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Towleroad
Fox News:
Carson stands by Muslim president remarks, Trump weighs in
Jerry Hirsch / Los Angeles Times:
U.S. taxpayers duped into shelling out $51 million in green subsidies for ‘clean’ VW vehicles  —  The federal government paid out as much as $51 million in green car subsidies for Volkswagen diesel vehicles based on falsified pollution test results, according to a Times analysis of the federal incentives.
Discussion: USA Today and Red Alert Politics
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CNNMoney:
Volkswagen scandal widens: $7.3 billion cost, 11 million cars
Discussion: Power Line and Obsidian Wings
Chris Reiter / Bloomberg Business:
VW Sets Aside $7.3 Billion to Pay for Emissions Crisis
Discussion: Mashable, The Verge and Eschaton
Danny Vinik / Politico:
Steve King: Here's what the Pope should talk about  —  Why conservative Catholics like some of Francis's messages better than others  —  On Thursday morning, Pope Francis will become the first pope ever to deliver a joint address before Congress.  The highly-anticipated speech is sure …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Washington Post:
Pope Francis appeases the Castros in repressive Cuba
Discussion: Power Line, NBC News and RedState
David Hawkings / Hawkings Here:
Members Will Be Blocked 2 Ways From Touching Pope Francis (Video)
Discussion: Fox News, Aleteia.org and Allen B. West
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP wants budget talks with Obama — not Pelosi and Reid  —  Republicans want President Obama as a negotiating partner when it comes to budget talks, something Democrats are determined to avoid.  —  With a little more than a week to prevent a government shutdown, the GOP thinks the talks …
Discussion: Politico and Washington Post
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Coral Davenport / New York Times:
Senate Democrats to Unveil Climate Change Bill
Discussion: Slantpoint
Katie Pavlich / The Hill:
A kid, a clock, and the death of ‘See something, say something’  —  Last week, 14-year-old Ahmed Mohamed was handcuffed by police at his Irving, Texas, high school after a teacher suspected a science project he brought to class — a homemade clock — could have been a bomb.
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Avi Selk / Irving Blog:
Family: Ahmed withdraws from Irving ISD, eyes trips to United Nations and Mecca
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Discussion: The Atlantic and Towleroad
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
US sees ‘surprising’ spike in border crossings  —  The United States saw a spike last month in the number of unaccompanied minors and families illegally crossing the southern border, the White House said Monday.  —  “We have seen, just in the last month, in the month of August, a surprising uptick …
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Trump “Blew Off” Interview With Reagan Library Done By Other Candidates  —  “I wish I had a better answer than ‘he simply blew us off,’ but, he simply blew us off.  He never made his appointment,” John Heubusch, the executive director of the Reagan Foundation told BuzzFeed News.
Discussion: Liberaland
Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Sanders blasts Congress for ignoring its own workforce  —  <p>Sen. Bernie Sanders blasted his fellow lawmakers on Tuesday for looking the other way as contract workers on its payroll struggle to make ends meet.</p><p>Speaking at the Lutheran Church of the Reformation just a few blocks away from the Capitol …
Discussion: Bloomberg Business
CBS Denver:
Advocacy Group: Commercialization Of Legal Pot Has Led To ‘Epidemic’ For Colorado Kids  —  DENVER (CBS4) - The results of a new study about the impact of Colorado's marijuana legalization is raising troubling questions for parents.  The study cites a significant increase in marijuana-related traffic deaths …
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
How Democrats got bogged down in a messy dispute over debates  —  The Democratic Party is embroiled in an increasingly loud argument over the schedule of presidential debates, one that flared up in New Hampshire over the weekend when DNC chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz got heckled by audience members.
Discussion: Hot Air and Daily Kos
New York Post:
Hillary's latest excuse: ‘There is no evidence’  —  Months into her e-mail scandal, Hillary Clinton is still trying to get away with lines like, “There's no evidence of that.”  Oh, and answering questions with laughter.  —  No wonder she keeps falling in the polls — behind …
Discussion: The PJ Tatler
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Daily Mail:
Enki Bracaj becomes a newsreader on Albanian TV's Zjarr channel after showing her breasts
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Craig Whitlock / Washington Post:
Inside Chris Christie's militia, flab and cronyism trigger mutiny in the ranks
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Frank Newport / Gallup:
Half in U.S. Continue to Say Gov't Is an Immediate Threat
Discussion: Fox News and RT
Meg Cahill / AEI:
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to receive 2015 AEI Irving Kristol Award
Discussion: Power Line
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Biden insiders feel Clinton stalking
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Daily Mail:
‘Kate, the Queen and my dog’: Prince William reveals wife, close family and his spaniel Lupo …
Discussion: Frontiers Media
Daisuke Wakabayashi / Wall Street Journal:
Apple Speeds Up Electric-Car Work
John Robson / National Post:
Why allow women in combat if we won't allow them to compete alongside men in sport
Discussion: The Pulse 2016
Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg Business:
Marco Rubio: Women Being ‘Pushed’ Into Abortions for Fetal Tissue Profits
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Comcast CEO Brian Roberts says Comcast will launch StreamSaver, a bundle with Peacock, Netflix, and Apple TV+, later this month at a “vastly discounted price”

Josh Ye / Reuters:
Tencent reports Q1 revenue up 6% YoY to ~$22.1B and online ad revenue up 26% YoY to ~$3.66B driven by upgraded ad infrastructure and WeChat Video Accounts

Hadas Gold / CNN:
Sam Feist, CNN's longtime Washington bureau chief and senior vice president, will leave the network at the end of June to become C-SPAN CEO

 
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