memeorandum: Why Marco Rubio Thinks Historic Blizzard is the ‘Best Thing to Happen to the Republic in Quite a While’ (Kate Scanlon/TheBlaze.com)

1:55 PM ET, January 24, 2016

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Kate Scanlon / TheBlaze.com:

Why Marco Rubio Thinks Historic Blizzard is the ‘Best Thing to Happen to the Republic in Quite a While’ — NASHUA, N.H. — During remarks at the First in the Nation Town Hall in New Hampshire, Republican presidential candidate Sen. Marco Rubio joked about the positive aspects of the snowstorm bearing down on Washington, D.C.

Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Mediaite

Dana Blanton / Fox News:

Fox News Poll: Trump gains in Iowa, still dominates in New Hampshire — With just over a week until the first 2016 election contest, Donald Trump takes the lead in Iowa — and maintains his big advantage in New Hampshire. — That's according to the latest round of Fox News state polls …

Discussion: Political Wire and Politico

Associated Press:
Trump Welcomes a Senator, Bashes Beck's Support of Cruz

Discussion: ABC News and Politico

Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
Glenn Beck endorses Cruz, tears into Trump

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, National Review, Politico, The Daily Caller and Talking Points Memo

Ben Kamisar / The Hill: Rubio early-state strategy comes with potential risks

The Hill:

Clinton, liberals pile on Sanders over ‘establishment’ remarks — Hillary Clinton is defending her role as the “establishment candidate” against rival Bernie Sanders with only 10 days to go before the Iowa caucuses. — The Clinton counter-attack, backed aggressively by liberal interest groups …

Discussion: Yahoo Politics, Politico and Rush Limbaugh

Des Moines Register:

Last Slide — If there's one thing Democrats and Republicans agree on this year, it's the fact that the next president will face enormous challenges. — Domestically, this president must work with Congress in confronting the issues of immigration, health care, increased threats to national security …

Discussion: Outside the Beltway, NBC News, Star Tribune, The Week, Mashable, ABC News, Politico, American Power, NPR, Washington Post, New York Times, Business Insider and Talking Points Memo

Des Moines Register:

Register faced tough decision in endorsements — Today, The Des Moines Register's editorial board made its endorsements for the Democratic and Republican nominations for president. — It was the culmination of six weeks of formal endorsement interviews with candidates to discuss the issues …

Discussion: FiveThirtyEight, Washington Post and Wall Street Journal

Des Moines Register:
Last Slide — Republicans have the opportunity to define …

Discussion: Politico, Mashable, New York Times, RedState, Bloomberg Business, NBC News and The Daily Caller

Colin Wilhelm / Politico:

Trump would ‘love’ a third-party Bloomberg bid — Donald Trump said Sunday he'd “love it” if former New York mayor and fellow billionaire Michael Bloomberg entered the presidential race as a third-party candidate. — “He's very opposite on me with guns and he's opposite on pro-life …

Discussion: Political Wire

ABC News:

‘This Week’ Transcript: Jeb Bush and Sen. Bernie Sanders — THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT FOR ‘THIS WEEK’ ON JANUARY 24, 2016 and it will be updated. — MARTHA RADDATZ, HOST: And as Rob told earlier, New York City got hit much harder then first expected. — Mayor Bill de Blasio joins us.

Discussion: Associated Press and The Week

CNN:
Bloomberg seriously considering White House bid

Discussion: BuzzFeed, New York Times, Hot Air, Washington Post, WJR-AM, Informed Comment, The Truth About Guns, Politico, The Moderate Voice, Washington Monthly, Power Line, Common Dreams, NBC News, Outside the Beltway and NPR

Paul Sperry / New York Post:

Hillary's team copied intel off top-secret server to email — The FBI is investigating whether members of Hillary Clinton's inner circle “cut and pasted” material from the government's classified network so that it could be sent to her private e-mail address, former State Department security officials say.

Discussion: Power Line

New York Post: The shoes are raining down in Hillary's e-mail mess

Daily Mail:

Gang of migrants arrested after ‘sexually assaulting women and masturbating at historic German swimming baths’ — Migrants have been banned from a historic swimming bath in Germany after a gang of men were caught on camera masturbating in a hot tub and sexually assaulting women.

Discussion: John Hawkins' Right Wing News and Hot Air

Oliver Lane / Breitbart:
REPORT: Locals Fled Pool After Migrants Masturbated Into Jacuzzi, Defecated Into Kid's Pool …

Discussion: Jihad Watch

Steve Robson / Mirror.co.uk:

RAF ‘foiled ISIS airline terror plot to bomb four UK cities after cracking pop song code’ — Two pilots, who were leaving Amsterdam's airport Schiphol for a Middle Eastern country, used coded language which made reference to pop music, it is claimed — Claims: The suspected pilots used …

Discussion: Pamela Geller and Jihad Watch

Colin Wilhelm / Politico:

Trump vows to release his tax returns — Donald Trump says his team is working on releasing his income tax returns. — “We're working on that now. I have big returns, as you know, and I have everything all approved and very beautiful and we'll be working that over in the next period of time …

Discussion: Political Wire

Amy Davidson / New Yorker:

The Contempt That Poisoned Flint's Water — Even before the drinking water in Flint, Michigan, was found to be tainted with lead—before water from some areas tested at more than twice the level considered to be toxic waste, and public-health officials said that every last child in the city …

Discussion: New York Times

Stuart Williams / Agence France-Presse:

Biden slams ‘outrageous’ PKK, hails Turkey help in IS fight — Istanbul (AFP) - US Vice President Joe Biden on Saturday condemned the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) as a “terror group plain and simple” and a threat to Turkey like the Islamic State group, while hailing Ankara's cooperation in the fight against jihadists.

Discussion: The Week