Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
6:10 PM ET, November 16, 2015

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
No, State Governors Can't Refuse To Accept Syrian Refugees  —  More than half a dozen state governors have come out against President Obama's plans to relocate several thousand Syrian refugees within the United States.  Some have pledged to actively resist settlement of these refugees.
RELATED:
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
GOP governors reject Syrian refugees  —  More than a dozen Republican governors are moving to block Syrian refugees from entering their states after Friday's terrorist attacks in Paris that killed at least 130 people and wounded hundreds more.  —  What started as a trickle of opposition turned …
Katie Zezima / Washington Post:
Cruz: ‘No meaningful risk’ of Christians committing terrorism  —  MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — Sen. Ted Cruz Sunday continued to call for Muslim refugees from Syria to be barred from entering the United States but opening the borders to displaced Christians, arguing there is not a “meaningful risk” that Christians will commit terrorist acts.
The Independent:
The Syrian passport found near the remains of a suicide bomber at the Stade de France intrigues French investigators for many reasons.  —  “The single most intriguing fact is that the passport was there at all,” one French official source said.  “It was not actually on the terrorist's body, or what remained of it.
Jennifer Ardis / Office of the Governor of Alabama:
Governor Bentley Refuses Syrian Refugees Relocating to Alabama  —  MONTGOMERY—Governor Robert Bentley on Sunday announced he is refusing Syrian refugees relocating to Alabama.  —  “After full consideration of this weekend's attacks of terror on innocent citizens in Paris …
Dan Tuohy / UnionLeader.com:
Hassan: U.S. should ‘halt acceptance’ of Syrian refugees  —  New Hampshire Union Leader  —  Gov. Maggie Hassan said the federal government should “halt acceptance” of Syrian refugees until U.S. authorities can assure the vetting process keeps Americans safe.
Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
Obama adviser: Refugee plan proceeding despite Paris attacks  —  President Obama still plans to allow 10,000 Syrian refugees into the country over the next year, despite terrorist attacks in Paris, at top aide said Sunday.  —  “We're still planning on taking in Syrian refugees,” …
Dara Lind / Vox:   Is Mike Huckabee right that refugees from hot countries hate Minnesota? An investigation.
Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Rand Paul calls for moratorium on issuing visas to citizens of countries with a ‘jihadist movement’
Discussion: Hot Air
Nick Gass / Politico:
Huckabee calls on Ryan to prevent entry of Syrian refugees, or to step down
Discussion: CNN and Political Wire
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Obama Chides Republicans Who Want to Screen Muslim Refugees
Reuters:
Islamic State threatens attack on Washington, other countries  —  Islamic State warned in a new video on Monday that countries taking part in air strikes against Syria would suffer the same fate as France, and threatened to attack in Washington.  —  The video, which appeared on a site used …
RELATED:
John Hudson / Foreign Policy:
Citing Paris Attack, CIA Director Criticizes Surveillance Reform Efforts
Eliza Collins / Politico:
Feinstein breaks with Obama: ‘ISIL is not contained’
Washington Post:
9/11 hero's husband returns award given to late wife after Caitlyn Jenner gets same award  —  Yanan Wang  —  After the 9/11 attacks, no one disputed that Moira Smith was a hero.  The 38-year-old police officer led over a hundred bleeding people out of the World Trade Center, one after another …
Discussion: Daily Mail
RELATED:
Larry Celona / New York Post:   Husband of 9/11 hero sends award back over Caitlyn Jenner
Judicial Watch:
Judicial Watch: Email Reveals Top Aide Huma Abedin Warning State Department Staffer That Hillary Clinton Is “Often Confused”  —  (Washington, DC) - Judicial Watch today released more than 35 pages of emails former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's top aide Huma Abedin revealing …
RELATED:
Ben Domenech / The Daily Beast:
Why Can't the Dems Say ‘Radical Islam’?
National Enquirer:
WORLD EXCLUSIVE!  CHARLIE SHEEN IS HIV POSITIVE — INSIDE HIS SHOCKING DIAGNOSIS  —  Decades of debauchery have finally caught up to Charlie Sheen.  —  In a bombshell world exclusive, The National ENQUIRER can reveal that the bad boy actor has been hiding an explosive secret from the world: He is HIV positive.
RELATED:
TMZ.com:
Charlie Sheen — Threats of Lawsuits Unraveled HIV Secret
Discussion: Hollywood Life
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Donald Trump on the Paris attacks: ‘Watch and study the mosques’ here at home  —  In September, not long after Ben Carson suggested that Islam is incompatible with the Constitution and that he wouldn't want a Muslim president, GOP Rep. Steve King of Iowa — one of the most prominent spokesmen …
RELATED:
RELATED:
Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
CNN's Jim Acosta Grills Obama on ISIS: 'Why Can't We Take Out These Bastards?'
Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
The surprising reason why ISIS may be lashing out: because it's losing  —  On Thursday, one day before terrorists who appear to have been linked to ISIS launched a series of devastating attacks across Paris, President Obama went on ABC and made a comment that now looks pretty bad:
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Fearing Fear Itself  —  Like millions of people, I've been obsessively following the news from Paris, putting aside other things to focus on the horror.  It's the natural human reaction.  But let's be clear: it's also the reaction the terrorists want.  And that's something not everyone seems to understand.
Ilan Ben-Meir / BuzzFeed:
Rand Paul: “You Don't Have A Right To Pants”  —  The Kentucky senator and 2016 presidential candidate says government doesn't create rights — to health care or pants — and calls Bernie Sanders' politics “the same philosophy of socialism that lead ultimately to the extermination of people.”
Discussion: Washington Monthly and Mediaite
Paul Tassi / Forbes:
How Paris ISIS Terrorists May Have Used PlayStation 4 To Discuss And Plan Attacks [Updated]  —  Correction: This post has been edited as it has not been confirmed that a console was found as a result of these specific Belgian terror raids.  Minister Jambon was speaking about tactics he knows ISIS to be using generally.
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 6:10 PM ET, November 16, 2015.

View the current page or another snapshot:


 
 See Also: 
memeorandum: site main
memeorandum River: reverse chronological memeorandum
memeorandum Mobile: for phones
memeorandum Leaderboard: memeorandum's top sources
 
 Subscribe: 
memeorandum RSS feed
memeorandum on Mastodon
 
 
 More Items: 
Molly Ball / The Atlantic:
The Equalizer: Bill de Blasio vs. Inequality
Discussion: The Federalist
Star Tribune:
Top student body officers at University of Kansas face calls to resign over diversity demands
Discussion: Power Line and The Tab
Wall Street Journal:
Google Gets Surprise Ally in Mobile-App Search Push: Facebook
Discussion: Engadget and The Verge
Josh Meyer / NBC News:
ISIS Has Help Desk for Terrorists Staffed Around the Clock
David Edwards / Raw Story:
WATCH: Obama absolutely destroys Jeb Bush for his ‘dark impulse’ to have a ‘religious test’ for refugees
Tim Donnelly / New York Post:
A boy appears in a Barbie ad for the first time
Lawrence Hurley / Raw Story:
Supreme Court rejects anti-abortion group's Planned Parenthood case
Discussion: The Daily Caller
CBS News:
Sarah Palin's view
Discussion: Slantpoint and The Daily Caller
 Earlier Items: 
Katherine Shaver / Washington Post:
Georgetown University to rename two buildings that reflect school's ties to slavery
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Jezebel
Star Tribune:
Anger builds after police shoot assault suspect in Minneapolis
Paul Glastris / Washington Monthly:
News About Ed Kilgore, Don't Freak Out
Discussion: Horizons
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal:
The Atlantic is profitable, has 1M subscribers, and revenue grew 10% in 2023 thanks to a 50% price hike, a harder paywall, and a shift to in-depth reporting

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
How MowPod, which sells podcast advertising tools, uses mobile game ads to incentivize gamers to follow shows on Apple Podcasts in order to earn in-game tokens

New York Times:
The NBC News-Ronna McDaniel saga highlights the perks and perils of partisan talk TV; a source says McDaniel is now seeking $600K+ for her two year deal

 
Sister Sites:

Techmeme
 Top news and commentary for technology's leaders, from all around the web
Mediagazer
 Top news and commentary for media professionals from all around the web
WeSmirch
 The top celebrity news from all around the web on a single page