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9:05 PM ET, November 18, 2015

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Margaret Talev / Bloomberg Business:
Bloomberg Poll: Most Americans Oppose Syrian Refugee Resettlement  —  Americans agree with Republican presidential candidates on refugees, but are divided on whether to send U.S. troops to Iraq and Syria to fight the Islamic State, according to the poll.  —  margarettalev
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The Hill:
Speaker Ryan: Syrian refugee bill does not have a ‘religious test’  —  Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) on Wednesday pushed back against arguments that a House bill hitting the floor this week to enhance security screenings for Syrian refugees will filter people based on religion.
Associated Press:
Syrian family diverted after Indiana changes refugee policy  —  Two Syrian refugee families who had been approved to be moved to the United States and were scheduled to arrive in Indianapolis on Thursday have been officially told they are not welcome in the Hoosier State.
Ryan Struyk / ABC News:
Ted Cruz Challenges President Obama to ‘Come Back and Insult Me to My Face’  —  A fired-up Sen. Ted Cruz this morning challenged President Obama to a debate over Syrian refugees, lashing out at Obama over his Tuesday comments in the Philippines.  —  “I want to encourage you, Mr. President …
Liz Robbins / New York Times:
11th-Hour Detour Puts Family in Connecticut as Indiana Bars Syrian Refugees
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Schumer: Refugee pause may be necessary
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Senate Dems prep separate response to Paris attacks
Discussion: Bloomberg.com news
David Giambusso / Politico:
De Blasio escalates attack on Christie's refugee stance
Discussion: Bloomberg Business and ABC News
ABC News:
French President Francois Hollande Welcomes Refugees Despite Paris Attack
Ishaan Tharoor / Washington Post:
France says it will take 30,000 Syrian refugees, while U.S. Republicans would turn them away
Andrea Cavallier / New York's PIX11:
ISIS New York video: Terror group releases warning of Times Square attack  —  NEW YORK - Terror group ISIS released a propaganda video Wednesday that makes threats against New York.  —  The video shows several scenes in Manhattan including Times Square, a Gap in Herald Square, T.G.I. Friday's and yellow taxi cabs on city streets.
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Washington Post:
2 terror suspects dead after French police raid north of Paris
CNN:
Paris attacks: Latest developments for Wednesday
CNN:
3 terrorist suspects killed, others held in raid in Saint-Denis, officials say
Christopher Ingraham / Washington Post:
Ben Carson's campaign made a U.S. map and put a bunch of states in the wrong place … Happy Geography Awareness Week!  Recognizing that “too many young Americans are unable to make effective decisions, understand geo-spatial issues, or even recognize their impacts as global citizens,” …
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Caitlin Cruz / Talking Points Memo:
Ben Carson Can't Place New England On A Map (PHOTO)  —  Retired neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson on Tuesday expressed his support for a growing contingent of governors who are against allowing Syrian refugees into the United States — but he shared an incorrect graphic of the lower 48 states in the process.
Andrew McCarthy / National Review:
Refugee ‘Religious Test’ Is ‘Shameful’ and ‘Not American’ ... Except that Federal Law Requires It  —  As I argued in Faithless Execution, the principal constitutional duty of the chief executive is to execute the laws faithfully.  President Obama, by contrast, sees his principal task as imposing …
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David Nakamura / Washington Post:
An angry Obama upbraids critics who want to block refugees from Syria
Discussion: KXAN-TV
Sky News:
Jewish Teacher Stabbed By ‘IS Supporters’  —  Police on the streets of Marseille this week  —  A Jewish teacher has been stabbed in Marseille by three people claiming to be Islamic State supporters, say prosecutors.  —  Three people on two scooters approached the teacher in the street …
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Jerusalem Post:
Jewish teacher stabbed in Marseilles by purported ISIS supporters
Andy Cush / Gawker:
Ted Cruz Would Like to Know Why Obama Won't Insult Him to His Face  —  Standing outside of a private club for fancy men this morning, senator and presidential hopeful Ted Cruz made it clear that he is ready to buck with Barack Obama.  “If you want to insult me, you can do it overseas …
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Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
Ted Cruz To Obama: ‘Come Back And Insult Me To My Face’ (VIDEO)
Discussion: The Daily Banter
Peter Wehner / Commentary Magazine:
Our Bitter and Graceless President  —  We all know people of towering arrogance and we all know people of staggering incompetence, but Barack Obama is quite possibly the perfect package.  No one on the scene today combines these two qualities in quite the same way as Mr. Obama.
Stephen Galloway / Hollywood Reporter:
Jennifer Lawrence, Cate Blanchett and 6 More Top Actresses on Pay Gap, Sex Scenes and the Price of Speaking Frankly: “There Is Always a Backlash”  —  Kate Winslet, Jane Fonda, Carey Mulligan, Brie Larson, Helen Mirren and Charlotte Rampling join for THR's annual fun, frank and uncensored Actress Roundtable.
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Stephen Galloway / Hollywood Reporter:
Why Every Actress on The Hollywood Reporter Roundtable Cover Is White
Ece Toksabay / Reuters:
Turkey fans BOO during pre-match minute's silence for the victims of Paris attacks and chant ‘Allahu Akbar’ before Greece friendly  — Turkey fans were heard booing during the minute's silence for the victims of the Paris attacks before kick-off  — Chants of ‘Allahu Akbar’ …
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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Our two Americas, in 1 map  —  Want to understand the bifurcated nature of our politics?  Try this map, released Tuesday by the Federal Election Commission, that documents which party controls a majority of seats in each state's congressional delegation.  —  Pretty remarkable no?
Discussion: Newsalert
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Bobby Jindal's presidential campaign was unrecognizable from the Bobby Jindal I knew  —  I met Bobby Jindal 12 years ago.  He was running for Louisiana governor against Kathleen Blanco.  At 32, he was one of the most impressive candidates for any office that I had ever met.
Discussion: NOLA River, Guardian and Booman Tribune
New York Daily News:
NRA, Republicans block proposed law to stop suspected terrorists from buying guns in U.S.  —  The NRA — and their gun-loving Republican cohorts — are refusing once more to stop terrorists intent on getting armed in the U.S.A.  —  A legal loophole allows suspected terrorists on the government's …
Ted / Walid Shoebat:
Don't Pray For France, France Is A Godless Nation That Deserved To Be Attacked.  France Supports Terrorists And Kills Christians, And Needs To Be Punished  —  By Theodore Shoebat  —  Everyone is putting up the flag of France on their profiles on Facebook, and this is just but another trend that people are picking up.
David Axe / The Daily Beast:
Russia Pounds ISIS With Biggest Bomber Raid in Decades  —  Putin's air force just used its nuclear bombers to lay waste to the capital of the ‘Islamic State.’  —  The Russian air force just pulled off one of the biggest and most complex heavy bomber missions in modern history …
Discussion: BizPac Review
 
 
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Katie Yoder / NewsBusters:
Whoopi Goldberg on Christian Syrian Refugees: ‘Hitler Was a Christian’
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Huckabee sued for playing ‘Eye of the Tiger’ at Kim Davis rally
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and The Wrap
Ilan Ben-Meir / BuzzFeed:
Santorum: “It Sounds Like President Obama Is In Cahoots With The Strategy Of ISIS”
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Christopher Massie / BuzzFeed:
Trump: Paris Attacks Could've Been Stopped By “A Guy Like You Or Me” With A Gun
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Student: I was suspended for having a consensual threesome
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John Bresnahan / Politico:
Democrats will vote no on Syria refugee bill
 

 
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