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8:55 AM ET, October 21, 2015

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Elianayjohnson / National Review:

Speaker Ryan's Conditions — It looks like Paul Ryan will do the job, but he'll do it on his own terms. — He laid them out at a Republican-conference meeting on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, telling his colleagues he wants the bickering to end. That means, Republicans said as they exited the meeting …

Discussion: Associated Press, Mother Jones, Althouse and Washington Post

New York Times:

Paul Ryan Says He Would Serve as Speaker if Republicans Unite — WASHINGTON — Representative Paul D. Ryan said for the first time Tuesday that he would be willing to serve as speaker if all factions of House Republicans could unite behind him. — Mr. Ryan addressed his colleagues and called …

Discussion: Mother Jones, Politico, Washington Post, The Last Tradition, Talking Points Memo, The PJ Tatler and Arkansas Blog, Arkansas Times

Bloomberg Business:

Paul Ryan's Demands for House Speaker Race Meet Early Resistance — Lawmaker seeks change to dissidents' tool for removing speaker — Leadership turmoil weighs on Congress as fiscal deadlines near — Representative Paul Ryan said he'll run for U.S. House speaker if Republicans unify behind …

Discussion: Politico, Hot Air, VICE, The Daily Caller, Los Angeles Times, Daily Kos and The Hill

Roll Call:

Paul Ryan Sets Conditions for Speaker Bid — Paul D. Ryan needs convincing the GOP conference has his back — and he's given lawmakers a Friday deadline to persuade him to take the speaker's job. — The Wisconsin Republican told colleagues he will run for speaker if he can win broad support …

Discussion: Jay Bookman and RedState

CNN:

Ryan willing to serve as speaker, but with conditions — Paul Ryan willing to be U.S. House speaker — Rep. Paul Ryan told House Republicans he is willing to serve as speaker and will make a decision within the week — Washington (CNN)Rep. Paul Ryan told House Republicans on Tuesday …

Burgess Everett / Politico:
Reid offers surprise support for Ryan as speaker

Discussion: Algemeiner.com, Mediaite, The Last Refuge, The Hill, The Gateway Pundit and Daily Kos

Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Paul Ryan will run for House speaker, under certain conditions

Discussion: Outside the Beltway, TIME and RedState

Julie Phelan / ABC News:

Trump Leads in Expectations, Shows Strength on Attributes (POLL) — Donald Trump leads the Republican presidential field in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll, not only in vote preferences but in expectations as well — a remarkable feat for the non-politician who's surprised …

Discussion: Political Wire, Business Insider, Associated Press, Bloomberg.com news, The Week, Politico and abc7news.com

Byron York / Washington Examiner:

Panicked establishment gets ready for war against Trump — Share Tweet Reddit Digg Mail Print SMS More — This weekend was an inflection point in the Republican presidential race — a moment in which some significant part of the GOP establishment came out of denial and realized Donald Trump might well become their party's nominee.

Discussion: Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, NBC News, New York Times, The Atlantic, Hot Air, Washington Monthly, Jay Bookman, Talking Points Memo, Rush Limbaugh, Wall Street Journal, Clayton Cramer, The Week, CNN and The PJ Tatler

Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Clinton reclaims NH lead; Trump still up big

Discussion: RedState, Washington Free Beacon, Daily Kos, Business Insider and Political Wire

Ann Coulter / The Hill:
Trump is like Reagan and the media is clueless about it

Discussion: Politico and The Gateway Pundit

Bob McManus / New York Post:

Donald Trump is doing America a service — City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito and the as-always-irrepressible Donald Trump make for an odd couple (in the fullest sense of the term). — They have sharply differing worldviews, yet they're joined at the hip on one critical point …

Bryan Busovicki / National Review:

A Clear Choice on National Security — In the latest episode of the reality show that is Donald Trump's campaign, he has blamed my brother for the 9/11 terrorist attacks on our nation. — That Trump echoes the attacks of Michael Moore and the fringe Left against my brother is yet another example …

Discussion: Fox News, Hot Air, Talking Points Memo, The Week, RedState, The Daily Caller, New York Times and BuzzFeed

Ian Hanchett / BREITBART.COM:

Trump: Revoke Passports For Those Who Go To Fight For ISIS, Would ‘Look At’ Closing Certain Mosques' — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump stated he would revoke passports from people who go overseas to fight for ISIS and “You're going to have to certainly look at” closing mosques …

Discussion: Algemeiner.com and John Hawkins' Right Wing News

Jessica Contrera / Washington Post:

‘Clock kid’ Ahmed Mohamed and his family will move to Qatar … Less than 24 hours after Ahmed Mohamed met President Obama, his family decided it's time to leave America for good. — The 14-year-old Texas boy who was arrested for bringing to school a homemade clock that authorities said resembled a bomb will soon be living in Qatar.

Discussion: Scared Monkeys, The Last Tradition, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Jihad Watch, The Daily Caller, Liberty Unyielding, VICE and NPR

Avi Selk / The Scoop Blog:
Ahmed Mohamed will move to Qatar

Discussion: Slate, Associated Press, The Week, Talking Points Memo, Mashable, Dallas Morning News, Trail Blazers Blog, New York Times and Yahoo

WPLG-TV:

Dog shot by Florida City police officer — Animal rescue volunteer says dog shot 3 times in head — Author: Amanda Batchelor, Senior Digital Editor, abatchelor@local10.com — Neki Mohan, Reporter, Anchor, nmohan@Local10.com — FLORIDA CITY, Fla. - — A woman from Florida City …

Discussion: WTKR-TV and The Free Thought Project

Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:

Holy cow does it sound like Joe Biden is running for president — At a tribute to Walter Mondale on Tuesday morning, Joe Biden said this: … Um, okay. This is the same Joe Biden who is currently in the final days — we think — of making up his mind about running for president.

Gardiner Harris / New York Times:
Biden Says He Didn't Oppose Raid That Killed Bin Laden

Discussion: The Week, CNN, Taylor Marsh, Business Insider and Weekly Standard

John Nichols / The Nation:

Justin Trudeau Just Showed American Democrats How to Win the Next Election — Promises to tax the rich and to make infrastructure investment a priority—along with an embrace of diversity—beat the right in Canada. — By — Liberal Party leader Justin Trudeau gives his victory speech …

Discussion: New York Post, Toronto Star, Democratic Strategist, War on the Rocks, The PJ Tatler, No More Mister Nice Blog, Washington Post, Guardian, Campaign for America's Future and BBC

Mark Tran / Guardian:
Justin Trudeau anointed by Richard Nixon - at four months old

Discussion: Daily Wire, Outside the Beltway and neo-neocon

Mark Rechtin / Consumer Reports:

Tesla Reliability Doesn't Match Its High Performance — Latest Consumer Reports auto survey finds that the Model S has too many problems to recommend

Discussion: Guardian, New York Times, Bloomberg View, The Verge, Washington Post, Mashable and CBS San Francisco

New York Times:

New York Police Officer Dies After Being Shot in East Harlem — A police officer died after he was shot in the head while chasing a gunman in East Harlem on Tuesday, Police Commissioner William J. Bratton said. — The officer was shot around 8:30 p.m. near Franklin D. Roosevelt Drive and 120th Street, the police said.

Discussion: New York Post, The Week and Washington Times

Jeanna Smialek / Bloomberg Business:

Fed's Williams Sees Reasons to Increase Rates Soon and Slowly — Sees growth at 2% in second half of 2015, continued job gains — Supports ‘high-pressure economy,’ but not for too long — The Federal Reserve is progressing toward its dual mandate of stable prices and maximum employment …

Discussion: Townhall.com

Emily Smith / Opposing Views:

Man Sends Video Of Ex-Girlfriend Masturbating To Her Little Brother In Act Of Revenge Porn — A jealous ex-boyfriend sent a sex video of his former girlfriend to the woman's 10-year-old brother in a tasteless revenge porn attack. — U.K. man Gary Whicker, 22, split with his girlfriend …

Discussion: Liberaland and Independent Journal

Chelo Rivera / KRQE-TV:

Road rage shooter sought for killing 4-year-old girl — ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - Police say a 4-year-old girl was shot and killed during a road rage incident on I-40 on Tuesday afternoon. — I-40 westbound was shut down at Coors for nearly six hours. I-40 westbound has since been reopened.

Discussion: Daily Mail

Southern Poverty Law Center:

SPLC ethics complaint: Alabama judge forced defendants with court debt to give blood or go to jail — The SPLC filed a judicial ethics complaint against an Alabama judge who forced people unable to pay court fines and fees to give blood or face jail time. — Perry County Circuit Judge …

Discussion: JONATHAN TURLEY, Business Insider, WIAT-TV and New York Times

Kyle Mantyla / Right Wing Watch:

Anti-Abortion Activist: Having Multiple Sex Partners ‘Is Almost Like Rape’ — The guest on today's edition of the “WallBuilders Live” radio program was Carol Everett, who reportedly spent several years “selling abortions to other women” before renouncing legal abortion and opening an anti-abortion crisis pregnancy center in Texas.

Discussion: Liberaland and Raw Story

Wall Street Journal:

J.P. Morgan Near Deal to Sell Majority of Highbridge Private Equity Business — Bank would sell stake to management team, keep $6 billion hedge fund business — J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. is close to relinquishing control of a $22 billion private equity business, turning loose part of a firm …

Discussion: Bloomberg View, New York Times and Focus on Funds

George Dvorsky / Gizmodo:

Unexpected Asteroid to Zip Past Earth On Halloween — We can expect a totally different kind of trick-or-treater this coming Halloween. A rather large asteroid—discovered less than three weeks ago—is set to to fly past the Earth at a distance not seen in nearly a decade.

Discussion: fox8.com, Slantpoint, New York's PIX11, Shakesville, abc7news.com and American Spectator