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3:40 PM ET, November 17, 2015

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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.
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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 …
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.
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) …
Washington Post:
Republican leaders call for ‘pause’ on Syrian refugee program  —  Republican leaders on Tuesday called for a “pause” in admitting Syrian refugees into the United States, citing national security risks in the wake of the Paris attacks.  —  “Our nation has always been welcoming …
New York Times:
G.O.P. Governors Vow to Close Doors to Syrian Refugees
Katie Zezima / Washington Post:
Cruz to introduce bill to bar Syrian refugees
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Donald Trump And Mike Huckabee Argue The U.S. Is Too Cold For Syrian Refugees
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
Discussion: Political Wire
Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
Texas GOP lawmaker: Keep Syrian refugees out of our state because it's too easy to get a gun here
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Daily Kos
Justin Salhani / ThinkProgress:
All Paris Attackers Identified So Far Are European Nationals, According To Top EU Official
The Hill:
Pressure builds to block refugees
New York Times:
After Paris Attacks, Vilifying Refugees
Kurt Schlichter / Independent Journal Review:
What Defeating ISIS Would Look Like  —  Kurt Schlichter is a trial lawyer in Los Angeles, California.  A retired U.S. Army infantry colonel, he is the author of Conservative Insurgency: The Struggle to Take America Back 2009-2041.  —  ShareTweetEmail  —  The Journal by IJReview …
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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.
Walter Russell Mead / The American Interest:
How to Beat ISIS: The President Is Partly Right
Discussion: Washington Post
Nicolas Hénin / Guardian:
I was held hostage by Isis. They fear our unity more than our airstrikes
Discussion: BGR, Independent Journal and The Week
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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Ginger Gibson / Reuters:
Exclusive: After Paris, Americans see Trump, Clinton as most able to address terrorism - poll
Discussion: OnPolitics and Political Wire
Morning Consult:
New Poll: American Voters' Security Concerns Grow Following Terror Attacks in Paris
Discussion: Political Wire
Matthew J. Belvedere / CNBC:
Trump: Why I may have to go to war with Ted Cruz
Discussion: Independent Journal
Nicole Hensley / New York Daily News:
Donald Trump: I should be President because ‘I can feel’ terrorism
Discussion: Newscult and Slate
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.
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 …
Ace / Ace of Spades HQ:
John Oliver, Last Month: Boy, Those Fox Chuckleheads Sure Are Paranoid Ninnies to Think That Terrorists Might Smuggle Themselves Into Europe With the Rufugees!  —  HBO's Progressive Televangelist John Oliver delivered a 17 minute sermon to the faithful last month, telling all the true believers …
Discussion: Tim Blair, BGR and addictinginfo.org
Rich Yeselson / American Prospect:
Toward a New Solidarity  —  The determination to represent the entire working class is the best chance labor has had in over 40 years to put the “labor question” before the nation again. … Is it possible for Americans to ever again bring the “labor question” to the forefront of their thinking about our economy and political culture?
Megan Apper / BuzzFeed:
Benghazi Committee Member: Clinton Made Hearing Long So GOP Would “Look Cruel”  —  “[W]e should have known that she was going to go on and just stall, debate, filibuster, on these answers to make it go as long as possible, so we would look cruel.”  —  Jonathan Ernst / Reuters
Discussion: Political Wire
Sarah Ferris / The Hill:
Planned Parenthood cleared of wrongdoing in key state  —  Planned Parenthood affiliates in Washington State have been cleared of any allegations of wrongdoing, the state's attorney general announced Monday.  —  In a 48-page report, Attorney General Bob Ferguson rejected claims that Planned Parenthood …
 
 
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Kenneth P. Vogel / Politico:
The Koch ATM  —  The Koch network stepped up funding …
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Daily Mail:
Sick taunts of the Paris mastermind: Jihadist boasts of freely crossing Europe's borders …
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