memeorandum: Biden not running for president (Nick Gass/Politico)

3:30 PM ET, October 21, 2015

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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.

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Nick Gass / Politico:

Biden not running for president — <p>Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday ended months of breathless will-he-or-won't-he speculation about a potential presidential run, saying he's concluded that he's simply "out of time" to mount a real and winnable campaign.</p><p> The announcement …

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NBC News:

First Read: 'We Don't Like Our Candidates Very Much' — First Read is a morning briefing from Meet the Press and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter. — Voters in the NBC/WSJ poll: “We don't like our candidates very much”

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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.

Discussion: Mother Jones, Washington Post, Outside the Beltway, Defense One, Ben Swann's Truth In Media and NPR

Michael Falcone / ABC News:
The Note: The Joe Biden, Paul Ryan Split Screen

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CBS News:
Joe Biden opts out of presidential race

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Jordyn Phelps / ABC News:
Vice President Joe Biden is not running for president in 2016 …

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Washington Post:
Full text: Biden's announcement that he won't run for president

Discussion: ThinkProgress

Margaret Talev / Bloomberg Business:
Biden Won't Seek Democratic Nomination, Clearing Clinton's Path

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Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Joe Biden won't run for president

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Olivier Knox / Yahoo:
Biden: I'm not running for president in 2016

Discussion: Washington Monthly

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.

Discussion: Guardian, addictinginfo.org, NBC News and Talking Points Memo

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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Ynetnews:

Historians, politicians slam PM's ‘distortion of history’ — Holocaust scholars refute prime minister's assertion that Muslim religious leader first suggested the Final Solution; Netanyahu: ‘I had absolutely no intention of absolving Hitler’ — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday …

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William Booth / Washington Post:
Netanyahu says Palestinian gave Hitler idea for the Holocaust

Discussion: Mother Jones and The Great Debate

Barak Ravid / Haaretz:
Opposition Blasts Netanyahu for ‘Distorting’ Holocaust History

Discussion: France 24

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.

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Bob McManus / New York Post: Donald Trump is doing America a service

Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
Donald Trump Would ‘Absolutely’ Close Down Mosques In Order to Fight ISIS

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Ian Hanchett / BREITBART.COM:
Trump: Revoke Passports For Those Who Go To Fight For ISIS, Would ‘Look At’ Closing Certain Mosques'

Discussion: Mediaite, Daily Wire and Algemeiner.com

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: Business Insider, Associated Press, The Gateway Pundit, The Week, Political Wire, abc7news.com and Politico

Julie Phelan / ABC News:
Donald Trump Leads in Expectations, Shows Strength on Attributes (POLL)

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Matthew Claiborne / ABC News:
Donald Trump Says Jeb Bush 'Embarrassed by What's Happening'

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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 …

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Matt Fuller / Roll Call:
House Freedom Caucus Skeptical of Ryan's Terms

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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.

Discussion: Smell the Truth, Plain Dealer, New York Times, Washington Post, The Daily Caller, Outside the Beltway and Drug Policy Alliance

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: Daily Mail, FOX6Now.com and The Free Thought Project

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 …

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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 …

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CNN:

The real story behind those Planned Parenthood videos — Costa Mesa, California (CNN)David Daleiden wanted to show exactly what a 19-week-old aborted fetus, being held in the hands of a medical technician, looked like. The problem was he didn't have that picture.

Discussion: BizPac Review, The Federalist and Ben Swann's Truth In Media

Michael Grunwald / Politico:

Grover Norquist isn't finished — The man who reshaped the American budget still sees a government that needs to be cut in half. And he has a plan. — Whatever taxes you paid this year, you would've paid more if not for Grover Norquist. And while the government spent $3.5 trillion this year …

Discussion: Hullabaloo

Rep. Charles Boustany Jr / The Hill:

For upward mobility, government needs to promote work — When Pope Francis addressed Congress last month, he called on all Americans to “keep in mind all those people around us who are trapped in a cycle of poverty. They too need to be given hope.” — The pope is right to challenge us …