memeorandum: SEE IT: Teen stands up for blind classmate, punches high school bully to ground (WARNING: GRAPHIC LANGUAGE) (Melissa Chan/New York Daily News)

10:45 AM ET, September 25, 2015

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Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:

Speaker John Boehner Will Resign From Congress — Mr. Boehner will step down next month, aides said, throwing Congress into chaos as it tries to avert a government shutdown.

Scott Wong / The Hill:

Boehner to resign in October — Speaker John Boehner told GOP lawmakers on Friday he will resign at the end of October. — The embattled Ohio Republican will resign from both his Speakership and his House seat, he told GOP lawmakers at a closed-door conference meeting.

Discussion: Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, TPNN and The PJ Tatler

Scott Wong / The Hill:

Sources: Boehner ally tried to recruit primary foe for Meadows — Republican sources say an ally of Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio) has attempted to recruit a primary challenger against the GOP lawmaker who introduced a measure to oust the Speaker. — Three senior GOP sources told …

Discussion: Political Wire

Rick Klein / Talking Points Memo:

Speaker John Boehner To Resign From Congress In October — This post has been updated. — Speaker John Boehner plans to resign from Congress in late October, he told members of his conference Friday morning in a closed door meeting, according to multiple reports emerging from the meeting room.

Discussion: ABC News, Daily Kos, RT, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Bloomberg Business

The Hill:

Boehner, GOP settle on strategy to prevent Oct. 1 shutdown — Top House Republicans hope to convince their members to keep the government open by using a fast-track process known as reconciliation to try to defund Planned Parenthood. — House Republican leaders are planning …

Discussion: Hot Air and ThinkProgress

Jake Sherman / Politico:

Speaker John Boehner retiring from Congress at the end of October — Embattled Speaker John Boehner, who rose from bartender's son to the most powerful man in Congress, will retire at the end of October, ending a tumultuous five-year tenure atop the House of Representatives. Boehner …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo and The Gateway Pundit

John Bresnahan / Politico:
Boehner plots shutdown move as critics weigh options

Discussion: Political Insider blog, Morning Consult and The Hill

Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Here we go again: Cruz vs. McConnell and Boehner

Discussion: Bloomberg Business, Daily Kos, NPR, Booman Tribune and Politico

Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Senate rejects effort to strip funding from Planned Parenthood

Discussion: Civil Beat News and Hot Air

Reuters:
Senate stops bill defunding Planned Parenthood

Discussion: Daily Kos

Melissa Chan / New York Daily News:

SEE IT: Teen stands up for blind classmate, punches high school bully to ground (WARNING: GRAPHIC LANGUAGE) — A California teenager is being hailed a hero after he rushed to the defense of a blind classmate and knocked a purported school bully to the ground.

Discussion: John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Raw Story, addictinginfo.org and Twitchy

Hannah Parry For / Daily Mail:

Hero high school teen who defended blind classmate who was being beaten by a bully is SUSPENDED and kicked off football team — A California teenager who rushed to help a blind classmate being beaten up by a bully has been kicked off the football team. — The high school junior was hailed …

Discussion: The Jawa Report and Fox News Insider

John DiStaso / WMUR:

WMUR/CNN poll: Sanders holds big lead over Clinton; Biden key factor — Democratic primary voters split on whether vice president should run — On the strength of his personal appeal and his overall stand on the issues, Bernie Sanders has opened up big lead over Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire …

Discussion: New York Times, Political Wire, Business Insider and Washington Free Beacon

John Hinderaker / Power Line: Multiple Candidates Have a Path to the Presidency; Hillary Is Not One of Them [Updated]

CNN:
Hillary Clinton trails Sanders in New Hampshire, even without Joe Biden in the race

Discussion: The Hill, Liberal Values, Liberaland, Talking Points Memo and The PJ Tatler

Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:

Jeb Bush: Win black voters with aspiration, not ‘free stuff’ — MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. — Jeb Bush said here Thursday night that Republicans can win more African American voters by emphasizing a positive message that does not involve promising “free stuff,” a remark that bore echoes of comments by Mitt Romney that drew criticism in 2012.

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, CNBC, Daily Kos, No More Mister Nice Blog, Balloon Juice, New York Times, Naked Politics, The Week and addictinginfo.org

New York Times:

Hillary Clinton Email Inquiry Weighs if Aides Erred at ‘Send’ — WASHINGTON — The email described a deteriorating situation in Libya, with snipers shooting people in the streets as rebels tried to unseat President Muammar el-Qaddafi and worried American diplomats in the midst of a “phased checkout” from Benghazi.

Discussion: Power Line, Mediaite, Hot Air and JustOneMinute

Paul Krugman / New York Times:

Dewey, Cheatem & Howe — Item: The C.E.O. of Volkswagen has resigned after revelations that his company committed fraud on an epic scale, installing software on its diesel cars that detected when their emissions were being tested, and produced deceptively low results.

Marina Fang / The Huffington Post:

Jeb Bush: The Pope Shouldn't Discuss Climate Change Because 'He's Not A Scientist' — “Put aside Pope Francis on the subject of any political conversation.”

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Political Wire and The Week

Molly Ball / The Atlantic:
Why Pope Francis Sounds Like a Democrat

Discussion: Crux, Danthropology, Associated Press, New York Times and Washington Post

Gary Emerling / Associated Press:
Pope Francis Just Echoed Obama's ‘Offensive’ Prayer Breakfast Remarks

Discussion: US News, Talking Points Memo, addictinginfo.org, Hullabaloo, Daily Kos and Jihad Watch

Katie Glueck / Politico:

Insiders: Rubio wins in Walker's demise — Scott Walker's exit is a big win for Marco Rubio.That's the consensus of Republican insiders in Iowa and New Hampshire, with about 40 percent of our POLITICO Caucus members picking the junior senator from Florida over all other GOP contenders …

Discussion: The Week and Political Wire

Leonard Greene / New York Daily News:

Crowd waiting to see Pope Francis boos, shouts ‘Feo!’ after spotting Donald Trump on Fifth Ave. — This was one public figure even Donald Trump couldn't upstage. — Not that that he didn't try. — As a thick Midtown crowd gathered Thursday to get just a glimpse of Pope Francis …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo and addictinginfo.org

TIME:

Transcript: Read the Speech Pope Francis Gave to Congress — Pope Francis addressed a joint meeting of Congress in a historic speech Thursday morning. — Here's a full transcript of his remarks.

Discussion: Politico, The Federalist, Washington Post, PRI, Trail Blazers Blog, National Review, Slantpoint and John Hawkins' Right Wing News

Washington Post:
Transcript: Pope Francis's speech to Congress

Discussion: Daily Kos and Common Dreams

New York Times:

China to Announce Cap-and-Trade Program to Limit Emissions — WASHINGTON — President Xi Jinping of China will make a landmark commitment on Friday to start a national program in 2017 that will limit and put a price on greenhouse gas emissions, Obama administration officials said on Thursday.