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9:20 PM ET, October 21, 2015

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Tarini Parti / BuzzFeed:
Hardline Republicans To Paul Ryan: Family Time Isn't In The Job Description For Speaker  —  WASHINGTON — Hardline conservatives were skeptical of Rep. Paul Ryan's potential bid for speaker almost immediately after he announced it, but it's not just differences in policy or process they are wary of.
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Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
10 Freedom Caucus Members Publicly Reject Paul Ryan, Enough To Doom His Candidacy For Speaker  —  Paul Ryan has a big obstacle standing the way of becoming House Speaker: Math.  —  As a condition of him accepting the position of House Speaker, Ryan laid out a list of demands.
Discussion: The Slot
Nick Gass / Politico:
Conservative media mocks ‘Emperor Ryan’  —  <p>Conservative media pundits chafed at Paul Ryan's list of conditions upon which he would agree to the speakership, mocking him as "Emperor Ryan" and "King Paul."</p><p> Ryan, the reluctant draftee to one of the most powerful offices …
The Hill:
GOP to elect Speaker next week; conservatives skeptical of Ryan  —  Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) is getting a cool reception from House conservatives, whom he said must endorse him before he'll agree to run for Speaker.  —  Leaders of the House Freedom Caucus and their conservative allies …
Lauren French / Politico:
Freedom Caucus won't formally endorse Ryan
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Jake Sherman / Politico:
Ryan refines pitch to conservatives
Discussion: Hot Air
NBC News:
First Read: 'We Don't Like Our Candidates Very Much'
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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Annie Karni / Politico:
How Clinton boxed out Biden  —  <p>Scratch Joe Biden off Brooklyn's list of worries. </p><p>The announcement Wednesday afternoon that Biden will not enter the presidential race removed another hurdle for Hillary Clinton, whose string of good fortune was kicked off by a strong Oct. 13 debate performance …
Discussion: Political Wire
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
What Hillary's claim that Republicans are her ‘enemies’ is really about  —  Hillary Clinton's Democratic rivals are now faulting her for joking (sort of joking, anyway) during the Democratic debate that she is proud of the fact that she has made “enemies” out of Republicans.
Nick Gass / Politico:
Biden not running for president
New York Times:
Transcript of Joe Biden's Remarks on Not Running for President
Discussion: US News and CNN
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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i24news:
Germany in response to Netanyahu: We are responsible for Holocaust
Discussion: NPR and The Free Thought Project
Emily Atkin / ThinkProgress:
Proof That The Benghazi Investigation Is Totally Unlike Any Other, In Two Charts  —  On Thursday, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton will testify in front of the House Select Committee on Benghazi, where Republicans will try to prove that the former secretary of state mishandled …
Discussion: Hullabaloo and USA Today
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Donald Trump criticizes Trey Gowdy  —  <p>Donald Trump raised reservations about what he perceives as a shift in the Benghazi investigation on Tuesday night, and does not appear as excited about Hillary Clinton's testimony before the House Select Committee on Benghazi on Thursday …
Niels Lesniewski / Roll Call:
Senate Democrats Demand RNC Pay for Benghazi Probe
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Mediaite
Ben Gittleson / ABC News:
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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Julie Phelan / ABC News:
Donald Trump Leads in Expectations, Shows Strength on Attributes (POLL)
TMZ.com:
Khloe Kardashian, Lamar Odom Call Off Divorce ... We're Giving Marriage a Second Chance  —  Khloe and Lamar have jointly gone to court to dismiss their divorce case, because they want to stay husband and wife ... TMZ has learned.  —  Khloe's lawyer Laura Wasser went before a judge Wednesday morning …
Discussion: Hollywood Life and fox8.com
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 …
James Hibberd / EW.com:
MYTHBUSTERS TO END WITH FINAL SEASON  —  Exclusive: Adam Savage, Jamie Hyneman react to Discovery's longest-running series concluding in separate interviews  —  There's no debunking this one: The next season of Discovery's Mythbusters will be its last, EW has learned exclusively.
WikiLeaks:
CIA Director John Brennan emails  —  Today, 21 October 2015 and over the coming days WikiLeaks is releasing documents from one of CIA chief John Brennan's non-government email accounts.  Brennan used the account occasionally for several intelligence related projects.
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 …
Jessica Taylor / NPR:
Meet The People Who Gave Money To Lincoln Chafee's Campaign  —  What motivates someone to give money to a foundering, long-shot campaign?  —  Just 10 people have given to Lincoln Chafee's presidential campaign.  By contrast, more than 650,000 people have donated to Bernie Sanders.
 
 
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Tommy Andres / Marketplace.org:
Full interview: Charles Koch
Discussion: Politico and Washington Post
LASVEGASNOW:
Government takes family's land near Area 51
Matt Gelb / Philly.com:
Phila. woman gets 25 years for offering daughter, 6, for sex
Discussion: Daily Mail and Independent Journal
Miles E. Johnson / Mother Jones:
Donald Trump Says He Would Consider Closing Down Some US Mosques
Discussion: Daily Kos
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Michael Grunwald / Politico:
Grover Norquist isn't finished
Discussion: Hullabaloo