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12:30 AM ET, October 13, 2015

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Allahpundit / Hot Air:

Chris Wallace: Establishment groups are threatening to primary House conservatives who oppose Paul Ryan — Via Breitbart, this is the kind of claim that big-media types would sneer at as right-wing propaganda designed to build grassroots opposition to Ryan becoming Speaker ... if it wasn't a big-media type who was reporting it.

Discussion: BREITBART.COM, Fox News, Washington Examiner, Daily Kos, The Other McCain and Politico

Paul Krugman / New York Times:

The Crazies and the Con Man — How will the chaos that the crazies, I mean the Freedom Caucus, have wrought in the House get resolved? I have no idea. But as this column went to press, practically the whole Republican establishment was pleading with Paul Ryan, the chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, to become speaker.

Discussion: The Mahablog

Burgess Everett / Politico:
POLITICO Huddle: WHAT IT WOULD TAKE FOR RYAN TO RUN …

Discussion: Rare, The Hill, Washington Post, Booman Tribune, Mediaite, Daily Kos, The Huffington Post and The Week

Matthew Boyle / BREITBART.COM: More Republicans Join Speakership Race as Paul Ryan's Nascent Campaign Falls Apart on the Runway

Jonathan Capehart / Washington Post:
The two big problems hurting House Republicans

Discussion: The Great Debate, Washington Monthly and Booman Tribune

Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
GOP Senator Wants Dick Cheney To Be Speaker Of The House

Discussion: FOX News Radio, Politico and Shakesville

New Jersey Online:

Is the Jersey Devil in Galloway Township? | Paranormal Corner — Little Egg Harbor resident Dave Black captured this photo in Galloway. He believes it may be the Jersey Devil. What do you think? (Photo provided by Dave Black) — For more than 200 years, people living …

Discussion: Rare, Slantpoint, FOX6Now.com, KFOR-TV and Hollywood Life

Jordan Fabian / The Hill:

Obama: Those taking religion seriously are often suspicious of others — President Obama lamented the rancorous, divided state of U.S. politics in a wide-ranging interview with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Marilynne Robinson. — In the unusual discussion, Obama revealed …

Discussion: Weekly Standard, JustOneMinute and The Other McCain

New York Review of Books:

Marilynne Robinson: A Conversation in Iowa — The following conversation between President Obama and Marilynne Robinson was conducted in Des Moines, Iowa, on September 14. An audio recording of it can be heard at itunes.com/nybooks. —The Editors — President Obama and Marilynne Robinson …

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, Mediaite, FishbowlDC, Horizons, Daily Mail, The Daily Caller and Liberty Unyielding

Maggie Haberman / New York Times:

D.N.C. Officer Says She Was Disinvited From Debate After Calling for More of Them — Representative Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii, a vice chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee, said she was disinvited from the first Democratic presidential primary debate in Nevada after she appeared on television and called for more face-offs.

Rachel Weiner / Washington Post:
The wild card at the Democratic debate could be the guy no one's talking about

Discussion: Washington Monthly and Democratic Strategist

John Wagner / Washington Post: LAS VEGAS — Martin O'Malley, who is hoping to jumpstart …

Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:

Nudes Are Old News at Playboy — Last month, Cory Jones, a top editor at Playboy, went to see its founder Hugh Hefner at the Playboy Mansion. — In a wood-paneled dining room, with Picasso and de Kooning prints on the walls, Mr. Jones nervously presented a radical suggestion: the magazine …

Discussion: Jezebel, Engadget, Raw Story, Guardian, Mediaite, The Daily Caller and Mashable, more at Mediagazer »

Katie Glueck / Politico:

Donald Trump strikes sour note at No Labels — MANCHESTER, N.H.—The event organizers called for problem-solving and civility, policy substance over sideshows. But Donald Trump just couldn't help himself.President Barack Obama "bombed" on a recent "60 Minutes" appearance.

Discussion: Daily Kos and The Week

Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Defends Tea Party, Cuts Off Woman Asking About His Record With Women

Discussion: Jezebel

Los Angeles Times:

Documents, former players point to Steve Sarkisian's alcohol use at Washington — Steve Sarkisian's strange behavior in the days surrounding high-pressure, high-profile college football games isn't unique to his time at USC. — Some regarded the coach's conduct, specifically the use of alcohol …

Discussion: Daily Bruin, SBNation.com, The Week and The Big Lead

Michael Kinsley / Vanity Fair:

The Serious Problem with Treating Donald Trump Seriously — Media outlets and candidates alike are pondering how to take down Donald. Michael Kinsley writes that the answer might be quite simple. — The trouble with Donald Trump is not, as Jeb Bush and others would have it, that he's not a true conservative from any perspective.

Sarkis Zeronian / BREITBART.COM:

Trump: Merkel ‘Insane’, Predicts German Riots, Says Migrants Look Like Prime Time Soldiers — German Chancellor Angela Merkel's invitation to migrants to come to her country has been described as “insane” by U.S. Presidential candidate Donald Trump, who has predicted more violence will follow in the country as a result.

Discussion: Vox Popoli and The Gateway Pundit

10NEWS:

Florida woman Periscopes while drunk driving — LAKELAND, FL - Lakeland police believe a local woman is lucky to be alive today after going on a drunk driving trip she recorded and broadcast live on her own phone. On Saturday, LPD took in 911 calls about a possible drunk driver using …

Discussion: WFLA-TV, Raw Story, Mashable, Orlando Sentinel and Mediaite

Richard Fausset / New York Times:

Confrontation With Black Partygoers Leads to Gang Charges for White Group — DOUGLASVILLE, Ga. — In an unusual legal maneuver, the district attorney in this suburb of Atlanta said Monday that he had won indictments against 15 supporters of the Confederate battle flag, accusing them of violating …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Mediaite, NPR and Towleroad

Ari Melber / msnbc.com:

Exclusive: Ex-Benghazi investigator alleges Rep. Gowdy violated federal law — The legal battle between the House Benghazi Committee and its former investigator, Todd Podliska, escalated Monday afternoon, when Podliska's lawyers alleged that Chairman Trey Gowdy violated government confidentiality rules and federal law.

Discussion: Daily Kos, Talking Points Memo, NBC News and Political Wire

Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:

While at State, Clinton chief of staff held job negotiating with Abu Dhabi — For the four years that Hillary Rodham Clinton was secretary of state, her longtime friend and adviser Cheryl D. Mills served next to her as chief of staff. Clinton has said Mills helped her run …

Discussion: Daily Mail, Hot Air and Talking Points Memo

Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:

Russia and Iran running neck-and-neck in Obama-humiliating sweepstakes — Iran and Russia are competing to see which nation can humiliate President Obama more. Russia got off to a flying start with its intervention in Ukraine and its “assistance” to Obama in the non-enforcement …

Discussion: Washington Post, KQED News and Wall Street Journal, more at Mediagazer »

Malcolm Gladwell / New Yorker:

Thresholds of Violence — On the evening of April 29th last year, in the southern Minnesota town of Waseca, a woman was doing the dishes when she looked out her kitchen window and saw a young man walking through her back yard. He was wearing a backpack and carrying a fast-food bag …

Discussion: Prairie Weather

Jonathan Easley / The Hill:

Carson: I won't be silenced — Ben Carson refuses to be muzzled. — Republican presidential hopeful Carson told The Hill in a Monday interview that he has no intention of reining in his rhetoric, despite having attracted weeks of sensational headlines for remarks on everything from guns to religion to the Holocaust.

Discussion: CNN, The Moderate Voice, Raw Story, Mediaite, The Week, International Liberty and American Spectator

Daniel W. Drezner / Washington Post:

The one question that hawks need to answer about Syria — Hawks want the United States to intervene in Syria. They have some good reasons. But they don't have an answer to this question. — The hard-working staff here at Spoiler Alerts has discussed the mess in Syria a lot in recent weeks …

Discussion: Mother Jones, The American Conservative, The Mahablog and Washington Monthly

Ilan Ben-Meir / BuzzFeed:

Ben Carson: “You Could Guess That We're Getting Closer To” The End Of Days — “You do have people who have a belief system that sees this apocalyptic phenomenon occurring, and that they're a part of it, and who would not hesitate to use nuclear weapons if they gain, possessing [sic] of them.”

Discussion: Mediaite

Olaf Ekberg / The American Mirror:

VIDEO: Chelsea asked if Bill preys on young girls — It must be tough being the child of Bill and Hillary Clinton. — Conservative activist Robert Morrow attended Chelsea Clinton's book signing in Austin, Texas Friday with camera in hand. — “Has your mother ever told you that you're …

Discussion: Salon, Latest from Crooks and Liars, Daily Mail, addictinginfo.org, No More Mister Nice Blog and Mediaite

Refinery29:

Selena Gomez: Revival Is The Best Revenge — Selena Gomez hands me her phone. — I'm shocked. — Here is a young woman who, at just 23, has lived more than half her life in the spotlight, having grown up on the Disney series Wizards of Waverly Place, starred in more than a dozen movies, and sold nearly 12 million records.

Discussion: Fox News and Hollywood Life

LasVegasSun.com:

Tuesday's debaters would do well to land on right side of these issues — Tuesday evening the five major Democratic candidates for president will meet at the Wynn Las Vegas resort for their first debate. Nevada's early position in the lineup of caucuses and primary elections …

Discussion: Moe Lane