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7:50 PM ET, October 21, 2015

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Tarini Parti / BuzzFeed:
Hardline Republicans To Paul Ryan: Family Time Isn't In The Job Description For Speaker  —  WASHINGTON — Hardline conservatives were skeptical of Rep. Paul Ryan's potential bid for speaker almost immediately after he announced it, but it's not just differences in policy or process they are wary of.
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Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
10 Freedom Caucus Members Publicly Reject Paul Ryan, Enough To Doom His Candidacy For Speaker  —  Paul Ryan has a big obstacle standing the way of becoming House Speaker: Math.  —  As a condition of him accepting the position of House Speaker, Ryan laid out a list of demands.
Discussion: The Slot
Nick Gass / Politico:
Conservative media mocks ‘Emperor Ryan’  —  <p>Conservative media pundits chafed at Paul Ryan's list of conditions upon which he would agree to the speakership, mocking him as "Emperor Ryan" and "King Paul."</p><p> Ryan, the reluctant draftee to one of the most powerful offices …
The Hill:
GOP to elect Speaker next week; conservatives skeptical of Ryan  —  Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) is getting a cool reception from House conservatives, whom he said must endorse him before he'll agree to run for Speaker.  —  Leaders of the House Freedom Caucus and their conservative allies …
Jake Sherman / Politico:
Ryan refines pitch to conservatives
Discussion: Hot Air
NBC News:
First Read: 'We Don't Like Our Candidates Very Much'
Discussion: Washington Post and NBC News
New York Times:
Joe Biden Will Not Run for President in 2016  —  WASHINGTON — Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. said Wednesday that he would not be a candidate in the 2016 presidential campaign, bringing to a close a three-month exploration that began shortly after the death of his eldest child and threatened to fracture the Democratic Party.
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
What Hillary's claim that Republicans are her ‘enemies’ is really about  —  Hillary Clinton's Democratic rivals are now faulting her for joking (sort of joking, anyway) during the Democratic debate that she is proud of the fact that she has made “enemies” out of Republicans.
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Biden swipes at Hillary: ‘Naive’ to think GOP is the enemy  —  Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday took a swipe at Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton, saying it's “naive” to think the country can be governed without working with Republicans.
Nick Gass / Politico:
Donald Trump criticizes Trey Gowdy
Nick Gass / Politico:
Biden not running for president
Jordyn Phelps / ABC News:
Vice President Joe Biden is not running for president in 2016 …
Jodi Rudoren / New York Times:
Netanyahu Draws Broad Criticism After Saying a Palestinian Inspired Holocaust  —  Mr. Netanyahu said in a speech to the Zionist Congress on Tuesday night that “Hitler didn't want to exterminate the Jews at the time, he wanted to expel the Jews,” according to a transcript provided by his office.
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Haaretz:
Netanyahu: Hitler Didn't Want to Exterminate the Jews  —  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sparked public uproar when on Wednesday he claimed that the Mufti of Jerusalem, Haj Amin al-Husseini, was the one who planted the idea of the extermination of European Jewry in Adolf Hitler's mind.
i24news:
Germany in response to Netanyahu: We are responsible for Holocaust
Discussion: NPR and The Free Thought Project
Ben Gittleson / ABC News:
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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Julie Phelan / ABC News:
Donald Trump Leads in Expectations, Shows Strength on Attributes (POLL)
WikiLeaks:
CIA Director John Brennan emails  —  Today, 21 October 2015 and over the coming days WikiLeaks is releasing documents from one of CIA chief John Brennan's non-government email accounts.  Brennan used the account occasionally for several intelligence related projects.
TMZ.com:
Khloe Kardashian, Lamar Odom Call Off Divorce ... We're Giving Marriage a Second Chance  —  Khloe and Lamar have jointly gone to court to dismiss their divorce case, because they want to stay husband and wife ... TMZ has learned.  —  Khloe's lawyer Laura Wasser went before a judge Wednesday morning …
Discussion: Hollywood Life and fox8.com
Emily Atkin / ThinkProgress:
How The Benghazi Probe Compares To Congress' Other Terrorism Investigations  —  On Thursday, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton will testify in front of the House Select Committee on Benghazi, where Republicans will try to prove that the former secretary of state mishandled …
Discussion: USA Today and Hullabaloo
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Niels Lesniewski / Roll Call:
Senate Democrats Demand RNC Pay for Benghazi Probe
Discussion: Mediaite and Talking Points Memo
James Hibberd / EW.com:
MYTHBUSTERS TO END WITH FINAL SEASON  —  Exclusive: Adam Savage, Jamie Hyneman react to Discovery's longest-running series concluding in separate interviews  —  There's no debunking this one: The next season of Discovery's Mythbusters will be its last, EW has learned exclusively.
Ben Collins / The Daily Beast:
‘Back to the Future’ Writer: Biff Tannen Is Based on Donald Trump  —  Yes, today, October 21st, 2015, is the day Marty McFly and Doc Brown traveled to in Back to the Future Part II.  The film's architect, Bob Gale, opens up about his prescient film.  —  There's a very specific analog between Biff Tannen …
Ray Rivera / WCSC-TV:
Cops: Teen who lost tongue in sexual assault charged as an adult  —  By Lisa Weismann  —  Police say the 16-year-old who got his tongue bitten off while sexually assaulting a woman during a home invasion is being charged as an adult.  —  Antoine Miller has been charged …
Elizabeth Wagmeister / Variety:
Jimmy Kimmel Mocks Donald Trump Following ‘Live’ Appearance Cancellation  —  Donald Trump will no longer be stopping by “Jimmel Kimmel Live” tonight, as the presidential hopeful cancelled his appearance just hours before he was set for the late-night show.  —  Kimmel announced the news Tuesday morning on Howard Stern's radio show.
Andrew Kirell / The Daily Beast:
CNN Hires Bob Beckel Months After Fox Kicked Him to the Curb  —  He was the token angry liberal on Fox News for many years—until they fired him over ‘personal issues.’ Months later, he's resurfaced at CNN, looking for redemption.  —  Welcome back, Bob.  —  Four months after being …
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
In U.S., 58% Back Legal Marijuana Use  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  PRINCETON, N.J. — A majority of Americans continue to say marijuana use should be legal in the United States, with 58% holding that view, tying the high point in Gallup's 46-year trend.  —  Americans' support for legal marijuana has steadily grown over time.
 
 
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Tommy Andres / Marketplace.org:
Full interview: Charles Koch
Discussion: Politico and Washington Post
LASVEGASNOW:
Government takes family's land near Area 51
Matt Gelb / Philly.com:
Phila. woman gets 25 years for offering daughter, 6, for sex
Discussion: Independent Journal and Daily Mail
The Hill:
Koch network spreads the wealth
Discussion: Daily Kos
Miles E. Johnson / Mother Jones:
Donald Trump Says He Would Consider Closing Down Some US Mosques
Discussion: Daily Kos
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