memeorandum: Bloomberg seriously considering White House bid (CNN)

11:10 AM ET, January 24, 2016

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

Des Moines Register:

Last Slide — Republicans have the opportunity to define their party's future in this election. They could choose anger, pessimism and fear. Or they could take a different path. — The party could channel that frustration and pursue true reform. It could renounce its fealty …

Discussion: Mashable, New York Times, RedState and NBC News

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

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: Politico and Rush Limbaugh

Associated Press:

Trump Welcomes a Senator, Bashes Beck's Support of Cruz — Donald Trump is so confident about the loyalty of his supporters that he predicted Saturday they would stick with him even if he shot someone. — The Republican presidential front-runner bashed conservative commentator Glenn Beck's support …

Discussion: ABC News and Politico

Bradford Richardson / The Hill:

Glenn Beck endorses Cruz, tears into Trump — Conservative commentator Glenn Beck on Saturday endorsed Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz for the White House. — Beck compared Cruz to the 16th president, Abraham Lincoln, and gave him a compass that belonged to the first one, George Washington.

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit

Anna Palmer / Politico:
Chuck Grassley introduces Donald Trump at Iowa rally

Discussion: ABC News, National Review, Talking Points Memo and The Daily Caller

John McCormick / Bloomberg Business:
Des Moines Register Endorses Rubio and Clinton in Iowa Caucuses

Discussion: The Daily Caller

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: Hot Air

Oliver Lane / Breitbart:

REPORT: Locals Fled Pool After Migrants Masturbated Into Jacuzzi, Defecated Into Kid's Pool, Invaded Girls Changing Rooms — A German swimming bath has banned migrants from entering the premises after a group of men went on an obscene rampage, laughing in the faces of pool staff when challenged about their grotesque behaviour.

Discussion: Jihad Watch and Pamela Geller

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

New York Post:

The shoes are raining down in Hillary's e-mail mess — It's easy to see why some feel numbed by the Hillary Clinton e-mail scandal. Damning new “shoes” are dropping . . . well, fast and furious, to cite yet another administration outrage (see below).

The Intercept:
Hillary Clinton Laughs When Asked if She Will Release Transcripts of Her Goldman Sachs Speeches

Discussion: Washington Free Beacon, The Daily Caller and Patterico's Pontifications

CNN:

Bloomberg seriously considering White House bid — Washington (CNN)Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is seriously considering a possible independent presidential run and is looking at making a decision sometime in March, two sources familiar with Bloomberg's thinking told CNN on Saturday.

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

Ben Kamisar / The Hill:

Trump: I could shoot people in streets and not lose support — Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump thinks there's not much he could possibly do to erode his support. — Lauding his fans' loyalty at a campaign event in Sioux Center, Iowa, on Saturday, Trump said he could kill people and still be popular.

Discussion: New York Times, The Daily Caller, Politico, The Mahablog and Booman Tribune

Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Trump says he could shoot people and still wouldn't lose voters

Discussion: The First Street Journal, American Spectator, WKRG-TV and Mother Jones

David Perlmutt / The Charlotte Observer:

Good Samaritan fatally shot by man he was trying to help in Catawba County — Authorities say Marvin Jacob Lee, 27, in jail charged with murder — Lee's car was stuck when helpers arrived to give car a push — As helpers called police to help, suspect began to fire a pistol

Discussion: New York Times, KTLA, Raw Story and John Hawkins' Right Wing News