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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.

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

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

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CBS News:
Joe Biden opts out of presidential race

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

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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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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 …

Discussion: Power Line, ThinkProgress, Guardian and The Week

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

Discussion: Haaretz, Mother Jones, France 24 and The Great Debate

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'

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

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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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

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

Ben Collins / The Daily Beast:

‘Back to the Future’ Writer: Biff Tannen Is Based on Donald Trump — Yes, today, October 21st, 2015, is the day Marty McFly and Doc Brown traveled to in Back to the Future Part II. The film's architect, Bob Gale, opens up about his prescient film. — There's a very specific analog between Biff Tannen …

Discussion: Daily Wire, Los Angeles Times, The Daily Caller and Towleroad

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 …

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

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 …

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Carl C. Icahn / Carl Icahn:

Letter Discussing Desperately Needed Legislation — I have sent the following letter to all members of the House Ways and Means Committee, the Senate Finance Committee, and the Majority and Minority Leaders of the Senate and the Speaker of the House. — 767 Fifth Avenue, 47th Floor

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