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2:40 PM ET, November 17, 2015

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Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
16 Of The Worst Ways To Respond To ISIS' Paris Attack  —  Under President Francois Hollande, the French began their military and legal response to the horrific terror attacks that hit Paris on Friday.  ISIS, which took responsibility for the terrorism, threatened the United States that it could be next.
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Mother Jones:
Liberals Should Knock Off the Mockery Over Calls to Limit Syrian Refugees  —  Chris Cillizza on the post-Paris push among Republicans to keep Syrian refugees out of the country: … Cillizza has some poll numbers to back this up, but he's right in more ways than just that.
Josh Israel / ThinkProgress:
NRA-Backed Legislator: We Can't Take Syrian Refugees Because It's Too Easy For Them To Buy Guns  —  A Texas state legislator wants the U.S. to stop allowing Syrian refugees into the country.  His reasoning: They might be able to buy guns in his state.  —  Rep. Tony Dale (R) …
New York Times:
G.O.P. Governors Vow to Close Doors to Syrian Refugees  —  Republican governors, presidential candidates and members of Congress pledged Monday to oppose or even defy President Obama's plan to resettle 10,000 Syrian refugees as the party's fury over illegal immigration and border security reached new heights.
Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Ryan calls for ‘pause’ on Syrian refugee program  —  House Speaker Paul D. Ryan on Tuesday called for a “pause” to the admittance of Syrian refugees into the United States, citing the national security risks in the wake of the Paris attacks.  —  “We cannot let terrorists take advantage of our compassion …
Michael C Bender / Bloomberg Business:
Jeb Bush Splits With Republicans Over Syrian Refugees  —  In an interview for Bloomberg's “With All Due Respect,” the Republican candidate stressed the United States shouldn't allow in refugees “if there's any kind of concern.”  —  michaelcbender  —  Jeb Bush said he wouldn't ban Syrian refugees …
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Donald Trump And Mike Huckabee Argue The U.S. Is Too Cold For Syrian Refugees  —  Cold weather, hot takes.  —  Scott Olson / Getty Images  —  Donald Trump and Mike Huckabee have seized on an odd argument to argue against taking Syrian refugees: The U.S. is too cold for them.
Discussion: Washington Examiner, The Week and Vox
Rudy Koski / KTBC:
Governor says no to refugees while a state lawmaker says those here can buy guns  —  Governor Greg Abbott has told President Obama that Texas will not accept any of the Syrian refugees the administration was planning to relocate in the lone star state.  —  With the flag of France hanging …
Discussion: Political Wire
Justin Salhani / ThinkProgress:
All Paris Attackers Identified So Far Are European Nationals, According To Top EU Official
Katie Zezima / Washington Post:
Cruz to introduce bill to bar Syrian refugees
Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
Texas GOP lawmaker: Keep Syrian refugees out of our state because it's too easy to get a gun here
The Hill:
Pressure builds to block refugees
New York Times:
After Paris Attacks, Vilifying Refugees
Daily Mail:
Obama is LATE for moment of silence as the rest of the G20 leaders hold somber observance to mourn Paris attacks  — President Barack Obama arrived at the G20 summit's first working session after the silent observance was already underway  — Later in the day Obama insisted …
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Daily Mail:
Sick taunts of the Paris mastermind: Jihadist boasts of freely crossing Europe's borders …
Walter Russell Mead / The American Interest:
How to Beat ISIS: The President Is Partly Right
Discussion: Washington Post
Eun Kyung Kim / TODAY.com:
Charlie Sheen reveals he's HIV positive in TODAY Show exclusive  —  Charlie Sheen revealed he is HIV positive Tuesday in an exclusive TODAY interview with Matt Lauer.  —  “It's a hard three letters to absorb.  It's a turning point in one's life,” the 50-year-old actor said.
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Trump: I'll ‘go to war’ with Cruz if he rises higher  —  Donald Trump said Monday he is capable of turning on Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) in their competition for the GOP's 2016 presidential nomination.  —  “If he catches on, I guess we'll have to go to war,” he told host Joe Kernen on CNBC's “Squawk Box.”
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Matthew J. Belvedere / CNBC:
Trump: Why I may have to go to war with Ted Cruz
Discussion: Independent Journal
Neil MacFarquhar / New York Times:
Russia Says Bomb Downed Plane in Egypt and Intensifies Attacks on ISIS  —  MOSCOW — Hours after confirming for the first time on Tuesday that a bomb brought down a Russian charter jet over the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt more than two weeks ago, killing all 224 people aboard, Russia joined France in bombing Islamic State targets in Syria.
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Andrew Roth / Washington Post:
Russia confirms Sinai plane crash was the work of terrorists
Discussion: Guardian, Common Dreams and Hot Air
Paul Taylor / Reuters:   France, Russia strike Islamic State in Syria, EU aid invoked
Oxford Dictionaries / OxfordWords blog:
Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year 2015 is...  That's right - for the first time ever, the Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year is a pictograph: , officially called the ‘Face with Tears of Joy’ emoji, though you may know it by other names.  There were other strong contenders from a range of fields …
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Why Al Gore won't endorse Hillary Clinton  —  At least four times in the past year, Al Gore has passed up opportunities to endorse Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign, brushing off questions from People magazine and other media outlets with the admonition that it's still too early …
Discussion: Booman Tribune
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Justice Antonin Scalia Questions Logic Behind Gay Rights Protections  —  The Supreme Court's decisions protecting gay rights were not rooted in the Constitution, and their logic could as easily apply to child molesters, Justice Antonin Scalia told a room filled with first-year law students at Georgetown University on Monday.
Patrick O'Connor / Wall Street Journal:
Marco Rubio Says GOP Rivals Tried to Weaken U.S. Intelligence Efforts … WASHINGTON-Days after the Paris terrorist attacks heightened homeland security concerns, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio leveled pointed charges Monday at a pair of Republican presidential rivals who backed efforts to overhaul U.S. bulk collection of phone records.
 
 
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Kurt Schlichter / Independent Journal Review:
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Megan Apper / BuzzFeed:
Benghazi Committee Member: Clinton Made Hearing Long So GOP Would “Look Cruel”
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Kenneth P. Vogel / Politico:
The Koch ATM  —  The Koch network stepped up funding …
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Nicole Hensley / New York Daily News:
Donald Trump: I should be President because ‘I can feel’ terrorism
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Rich Yeselson / American Prospect:
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