memeorandum: Benghazi committee, under fire, releases more Clinton emails (Michael Isikoff/Yahoo)

5:10 AM ET, October 10, 2015

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Peter Schroeder / The Hill:

Conservatives cool to Ryan as Speaker — Conservatives are not sold on the idea of Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) as Speaker. — While top House Republicans are trying to push a reluctant Ryan into the job, on the grounds that he alone can unify the conference, conservative lawmakers gave …

Discussion: NPR.org, Politico, Business Insider, Washington Post, Hot Air, Bloomberg View and American Spectator

Ewerickson / Erick on the Radio:

Paul Ryan is a Dangerous Pick for Conservatives — There is a cult of Paul Ryan that is as strong as any cult of personality in American politics. It's just the people who eschew populism and conservative politics are the ones in the cult. And these people would never consider themselves part …

Discussion: Hot Air, US News, RedState, Talking Points Memo, Prairie Weather, The Daily Caller, The Moderate Voice, New York Magazine, Washington Post and Politico

Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:

This Document Reveals Why The House Of Representatives Is In Complete Chaos — The House of Representative is in chaos. John Boehner announced his intention to step down as Speaker at the end of the month. There doesn't appear to be anyone to take his place.

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Lauren French / Politico:
Ellmers thanks lawmakers for ‘prayers’ amid affair rumors

Discussion: Roll Call, Liberaland and Bloomberg.com news

Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Wooing Chairman Ryan: Paul Ryan remains on sidelines as House GOP looks to regroup

Discussion: Politico, The Daily Signal, Outside the Beltway, Slantpoint and New York Times

Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
The GOP sinks deeper into chaos. Can it still function as a party?

Discussion: ChrisWeigant.com, Slantpoint, New York Times and National Review

CNN:
Paul Ryan considering running for House speaker

Discussion: BREITBART.COM, Hot Air, The Last Tradition, Business Insider, Liberaland, Mediaite, Daily Kos and Power Line

Michael Isikoff / Yahoo:

Benghazi committee, under fire, releases more Clinton emails — Hillary Clinton used her private email account to pass along the identity of one of the CIA's top Libyan intelligence sources, raising new questions about her handling of classified information, according to excerpts …

Discussion: Washington Free Beacon, The Last Refuge, Weasel Zippers, The Daily Caller, RedState and Doug Ross

Paul Krugman / New York Times:

It's All Benghazi — So Representative Kevin McCarthy, who was supposed to succeed John Boehner as speaker of the House, won't be pursuing the job after all. He would have faced a rough ride both winning the post and handling it under the best of circumstances, thanks to the doomsday caucus …

Discussion: Slantpoint and John Hawkins' Right Wing News

Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard: Drip, Drip, Drip — Congress's Benghazi investigation has been slandered.

WGN Web Desk / WGN-TV:

Facebook engagement announcement accidentally reveals something else — Share Update: … A couple wanted to let everyone know they're getting married, so they went to Facebook. — The picture they posted shows the woman with her fiancé pointing to the ring on her finger.

James QueallyContact / Los Angeles Times:

Police searching for gunman who killed freshman at Texas Southern University — One student was killed and another person was injured after someone opened fire outside a Texas Southern University dormitory on Friday morning, prompting a lockdown at the Houston school, officials said.

Discussion: Washington Post, Vocativ, Guardian and The Week

CNN:
Northern Arizona University shooting followed confrontation, police say

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Katie Rogers / New York Times:
Student Is Killed in Shooting at Northern Arizona University

Discussion: Balloon Juice

Los Angeles Times:

Massive El Niño is now ‘too big to fail,’ scientist says — An El Niño that is among the strongest on record is gaining strength in the Pacific Ocean, and climate scientists say California is likely to face a wet winter. — “There's no longer a possibility that El Niño wimps out at this point.

Discussion: RedState, Daily Kos, Hullabaloo, KFOR-TV and KTLA

Kurt Wagner / Re/code:

Twitter Is Planning Company-Wide Layoffs for Next Week — Jack Dorsey was named permanent CEO of Twitter on Monday, and a big reason he got the job was that as a co-founder, Dorsey isn't afraid to make the tough, necessary decisions. He isn't wasting much time.

Discussion: New York Times and Mashable, more at Mediagazer »

TMZ.com:

Shia LaBeouf Arrested ... Booked for Public Intoxication — ARRESTED — Booked for Public Intoxication — EXCLUSIVE — Shia LaBeouf was just arrested in Austin, Texas ... and a witness says the actor was blitzed, out of control and disobeyed police.

Discussion: Hollywood Life, UPROXX, Just Jared and Daily Mail

Alex Isenstadt / Politico:

Judge tosses four of five counts against Rand Paul aide — <p>A federal judge on Friday threw out four of five counts stemming from a campaign fraud case against Jesse Benton, a top political adviser to Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul.</p><p>In August, Benton was indicted on charges of concealing payments …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Bloomberg Business

Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Republicans fret about Paul's Senate seat

Discussion: Outside the Beltway and Mediaite

Daily Mail:

ISIS's 20st executioner The Bulldozer brings terror to captured Iraqi towns — The obese extremist known only as ‘The Bulldozer’ (pictured) has beheaded unarmed men and amputated young children as part of the terror group's ‘Chopping Committee’. Despite his notoriety and unmissable …

Discussion: Jihad Watch and Blazing Cat Fur

Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:

Ben Carson: Racism In United States Is “Mostly With The Progressive Movement” — “...because of the color of my pigment, they decide that there's a certain way that I'm supposed to think. And if I don't think that way, I'm an Uncle Tom and they heap all kinds of hatred on you. That, to me, is racism.”

Discussion: Talking Points Memo

Katherine Faulders / ABC News:
Ben Carson Defends Hitler Gun Control Statements, Calls ADL Reaction ‘Total Foolishness’

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Claire Phipps / Guardian:
Ben Carson claims Jewish people might have stopped Holocaust if they had guns

Discussion: Mashable, Mediaite, Eschaton, BuzzFeed, CBS Baltimore and AmmoLand.com Shooting …

Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:

Carson: I'm Campaigning Like Soldiers Who Saw ‘A Thousand Bodies’ On D-Day — Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson invoked the American soldiers who stormed the beaches of Normandy during World War II while discussing how he will continue to fight for the Republican presidential nomination …

Discussion: Jezebel

Sam Dagher / Wall Street Journal:

Iranian General Killed in Syria — Iranian state media says Brig. Gen Hossein Hamedani was killed near Aleppo by Islamic State — BEIRUT—A top Iranian military commander who played a crucial role in Tehran's efforts to defend the Syrian regime was killed in the outskirts of the northern Syrian city …

Discussion: Business Insider, Jihad Watch, Doug Ross and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion

Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:

Obama weighs expanding background checks through executive authority — In response to the latest mass shooting during his presidency, President Obama is seriously considering circumventing Congress with his executive authority and imposing new background-check requirements for buyers who purchase weapons from high-volume gun dealers.