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7:50 AM ET, October 17, 2015

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Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
We Are Already Months Into the Biden Campaign  —  The only question he’s been mulling is how aggressive he should be.  —  On Wednesday, the day after the first Democratic presidential debate, almost the entire political and media Establishment was in agreement: Hillary Clinton …
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Biden would run ‘optimistic campaign’  —  A top adviser to Vice President Biden sent a letter to former staffers Thursday indicating his decision on 2016 will happen soon and laying out the themes of a possible presidential campaign, according to The Associated Press.
Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:
The Biden Eclipse and the Trump Plateau  —  Mrs. Clinton pre-empts her biggest challenge as Republicans consider their alternatives.  —  Something big happened at the Democratic debate.  It didn't have to do with Hillary Clinton besting Bernie Sanders or Jim Webb.
Bloomberg Business:
Obama Says It's Up to Biden to Decide on 2016
Discussion: Politico
Alexander Mallin / ABC News:
Obama Punts on Question About Biden's Possible Candidacy
Discussion: Bloomberg.com news
Nick Gass / Politico:
Obama passes on chance to talk about a Biden run
Discussion: Bloomberg.com news
Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump: 9/11 happened on George W. Bush's watch  —  <p>Donald Trump slammed former President George W. Bush for the 9/11 attacks happening "during his reign" in an interview aired Friday, prompting a strong rebuke from a certain GOP presidential rival.</p><p>Asked by Bloomberg's Stephanie Ruhle …
Discussion: Vox, ABC News and Bloomberg.com news
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Daily Mail:
Trump blames George W. Bush for 9/11: ‘Say what you want, the World Trade Center came down during his time’  — Trump said New York's twin towers ‘came down during his reign’ as he tried to paint himself as ‘much more competent’ than other politicians  —  Donald Trump took an unprovoked slap …
Bloomberg.com news:
Donald Trump on Yellen, Clinton, Sanders, and Taxes  —  Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump sat down with Bloomberg ‹GO› anchor Stephanie Ruhle at the Trump Towers in midtown Manhattan on Thursday.  (Source: Bloomberg)
Kaitlan Collins / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Malia, The Only Cool Obama, Plays Beer Pong During College Visit [PHOTOS]  —  Malia Obama was visiting Brown University in Rhode Island for a campus tour last weekend, and while she was there, the 17-year-old finally proved that there's at least one cool person in the Obama family.
Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Abedin says she answered Benghazi questions ‘to the best of my ability’  —  Longtime Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin emerged from a nearly eight-hour closed-door meeting of the House Select Committee on Benghazi late on Friday afternoon, claiming to have done her best to answer the panel's extensive questions.
Discussion: Liberaland
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Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
Why the 2016 presidential race will be a historic ideological battle  —  Share Tweet Reddit Digg Mail Print SMS More  —  Republican and Democratic voters, making drastically different assumptions about the politics of the 2016 presidential race, are pulling their parties even further apart …
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Stephanie Ebbert / BostonGlobe.com:
Poll finds Clinton, Sanders in dead heat in N.H.
Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry / The Week:
Democrats' 2016 strategy assumes America is lurching left. Are they wrong?
Discussion: Instapundit
Miranda Blue / Right Wing Watch:
Rand Paul Warns Sanders Presidency Could Lead To ‘Mass Genocide’  —  Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., joined South Carolina radio host Vince Coakley yesterday to discuss the first Democratic presidential debate, where he said the candidates were “all trying to outdo each other in their disdain …
U.S. Department of Justice:
Former Cable News Commentator Arrested and Charged with Fraud  —  ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Wayne Shelby Simmons, 62, of Annapolis, Maryland, a former occasional on-air commentator who appeared on a cable news network, was arrested today after being indicted by a federal grand jury on charges …
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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Dem proposes exec action to curb gun violence  —  Rep. Alcee Hastings, a 12-term Florida Democrat, is pressing President Obama to use his executive pen in an effort to stem gun violence.  —  In a Thursday letter to the president, Hastings laid out three reforms he thinks the administration …
Discussion: Liberaland
Bloomberg Business:
Russian Hackers of Dow Jones Said to Have Sought Trading Tips  —  FBI, Secret Service and SEC said to be probing incursion  —  Hacking investigation said to have begun at least a year ago  —  A group of Russian hackers infiltrated the servers of Dow Jones & Co., owner of the Wall Street Journal …
Discussion: Reuters, NBC News and The Verge
Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic:
The Paranoid, Supremacist Roots of the Stabbing Intifada  —  In September of 1928, a group of Jewish residents of Jerusalem placed a bench in front of the Western Wall of the Temple Mount, for the comfort of elderly worshipers.  They also brought with them a wooden partition, to separate the sexes during prayer.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
RNC Chief Priebus: Republican Party “Cooked” If We Lose 2016  —  The Republican Party was “cooked” a long time ago when they started treating their base with outright contempt.  —  GOP leader Reince Priebus told The Washington Examiner the Big Tent party is “cooked” if they don't win the 2016 election.
Patricia Cohen / New York Times:
What Could Raising Taxes on the 1% Do?  Surprising Amounts  —  When it comes to paying taxes, most Americans think the wealthy do not pay their fair share.  —  There is a sharp divide, however, between Republicans and Democrats when it comes to taxing the rich, who provide most of the cash for political campaigns.
Discussion: Crooked Timber
 
 
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Discussion: Daily Mail and Rare
Eliza Collins / Politico:
Romney: Trump's controversial comments will hurt the GOP nominee
Robert O'Harrow Jr / Washington Post:
Trump swam in mob-infested waters in early years as an NYC developer
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The American boy arrested for making a clock meets Sudan's president, an accused war criminal
Chris Perez / New York Post:
McDonald's all-day breakfast has been a disaster
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Casey Newton / Platformer:
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Max Tani / Semafor:
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