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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 …
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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,” …
Peter Beinart / The Atlantic:
ISIS Is Not Waging a War Against Western Civilization … At least Marco Rubio didn't answer the attacks in Paris by demanding that the United States accept only Christian refugees. He left that to Ted Cruz. — But given the Florida senator's reputation in GOP circles as a foreign-policy wonk …
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JustOneMinute, Foreign Policy, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Slate, Al Jazeera English and Marco Rubio
Michael R. Gordon / New York Times:
U.S. Warplanes Strike ISIS Oil Trucks in Syria — ISTANBUL — Intensifying pressure on the Islamic State, United States warplanes for the first time attacked hundreds of trucks on Monday that the extremist group has been using to smuggle the crude oil it has been producing in Syria, American officials said.
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Guardian, Belmont Club, War on the Rocks, Business Insider, Washington Post, The Week, WGN-TV, Reuters, The Moderate Voice, rubber hose and Trust.org
Nick Gass / Politico:
Obama rejects calls for change in anti-ISIL strategy
Obama rejects calls for change in anti-ISIL strategy
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Bloomberg.com news and Yahoo! News
New York Times:
What Will Come After Paris — The terrorist attacks in Paris …
What Will Come After Paris — The terrorist attacks in Paris …
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CNN, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, CityLab, Slantpoint, Fusion, Blogcritics, The Week, BizPac Review and The Gateway Pundit
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
In Presidential Campaign, It's Now Terrorism, Not Taxes
In Presidential Campaign, It's Now Terrorism, Not Taxes
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No More Mister Nice Blog and Political Wire
Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
McCain: Obama's failed leadership led to rise of ISIS
McCain: Obama's failed leadership led to rise of ISIS
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Kyle Blaine / BuzzFeed:
Governor Of Alabama Says His State Will Refuse Syrian Refugees — Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley announced in a statement on Sunday night that he will oppose any effort to relocate Syrian refugees to his state after the attacks in Paris. — “After full consideration of this weekend's attacks …
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Jennifer Ardis / Office of the Governor of Alabama:
Governor Bentley Refuses Syrian Refugees Relocating to Alabama
Governor Bentley Refuses Syrian Refugees Relocating to Alabama
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NBC News, Talking Points Memo, Mediaite, Bloomberg.com news, Weekly Standard, Truth Revolt and Washington Post
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Refugee backlash brewing across the United States
The Daily 202: Refugee backlash brewing across the United States
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ThinkProgress, Guardian and Refinery29
Fox News:
Alabama governor refuses to relocate Syrian refugees in state
Alabama governor refuses to relocate Syrian refugees in state
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Common Dreams, Infowars, BizPac Review, The PJ Tatler and Raw Story
Danny Monteverde / WWL-TV:
Officials: 14 Syrian refugees get access to Louisiana this year
Officials: 14 Syrian refugees get access to Louisiana this year
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New York Times, Political Insider blog and The Hayride
New York Times:
Hillary Clinton Botches Wall Street Questions — Hillary Clinton should have seen that Wall Street shot coming. Instead, she compounded the damage. — The former secretary of state was off to a sound outing in Saturday night's debate against Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont and former Gov. Martin O'Malley of Maryland.
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Max Abelson / Bloomberg Business:
Clinton's Wall Street Donors Say More Than 9/11 Built Their Bond
Clinton's Wall Street Donors Say More Than 9/11 Built Their Bond
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Abby Phillip / Washington Post:
Clinton's debate performance leaves trail of fodder for political adversaries
Clinton's debate performance leaves trail of fodder for political adversaries
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New Yorker, The Week and Power Line
Katie Glueck / Politico:
Rival campaigns starting to fear Ted Cruz — He has more cash than any other Republican candidate. He is organized in every county in the first four voting states. And he has served up one strong debate performance after the next. — Now, not three months from primary season …
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Political Wire and Washington Post
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Bloomberg.com news:
Iowa's Steve King Endorses Ted Cruz for President — “I'm all of the way in supporting Ted Cruz for president,” Rep. Steve King says in video posted by Cruz's campaign. King says Cruz “has been standing at my side time after time” during crises; says Cruz will make right court appointments …
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Politico and Political Wire
Ben Domenech / The Daily Beast:
Why Can't the Dems Say ‘Radical Islam’? — How Saturday night's debate displayed a party both at odds with reality and the popular will when it comes to terrorism. — Saturday night's Democratic presidential debate offered the country a moment of clarity that exposes just how brittle …
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Erick on the Radio, Betsy's Page and Mediaite
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Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
GOP field takes new shape after Paris attacks
GOP field takes new shape after Paris attacks
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New York Times, No More Mister Nice Blog, Independent Journal and The Hill
Michael Falcone / ABC News:
The Note: Terror and the Campaign Trail
The Note: Terror and the Campaign Trail
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Politico, Business Insider, The Week and Mashable
Star Tribune:
Anger builds after police shoot assault suspect in Minneapolis — An officer shot an assault suspect, igniting a tense Black Lives Matter protest. Organizers schedule news conference for this morning outside Police Department precinct in north Minneapolis.
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ThinkProgress and The PJ Tatler
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Tim Nelson / mprnews.org:
Protests erupt after man shot by police in Minneapolis
Protests erupt after man shot by police in Minneapolis
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Daily Kos and Associated Press
Katie Pavlich / Townhall.com:
Two Days After Paris Attack Obama Administration Transfers Five GITMO Detainees To The UAE — Two weeks ago, White House National Security adviser Susan Rice said during an interview that officials in the Obama administration would “die trying” to close Guantanamo Bay prison …
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Carol Rosenberg / miamiherald:
U.S. sends 5 Guantánamo detainees to the United Arab Emirates
U.S. sends 5 Guantánamo detainees to the United Arab Emirates
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Erick on the Radio, Washington Post and NPR
Politico:
The Belgian radicals' den — Paris investigation leads to run-down Brussels neighborhood notorious for jihadi recruitment. … “We don't have a grip on the situation in Molenbeek.” — A confession — a mea culpa almost — summed up the Belgian government's reaction to the links discovered between …
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New York Times, Taylor Marsh, Politico and Outside the Beltway
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Paul Glastris / Washington Monthly:
News About Ed Kilgore, Don't Freak Out — I have some news to share: chief Political Animal blogger Ed Kilgore has accepted a new job, at New York magazine. Friday is his last working day here at the Washington Monthly. — This is obviously a blow to our readers, including me …
Stephane De Sakutin / The Huffington Post:
French Interior Minister Wants ‘Dissolution’ Of Some Mosques — France has deported 40 imams since 2012 for “preaching hatred”
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MSNBC:
French minister speaks on radical mosques
French minister speaks on radical mosques
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Talking Points Memo, ThinkProgress, Slantpoint and Moe Lane
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
O-Care repeal teeters in Senate — Senate Republicans are in danger of not being able to bring an ObamaCare repeal bill to the floor. — Senate GOP leaders had hoped to move a House-passed package repealing parts of the controversial healthcare reform law before Thanksgiving.
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Stephen BattaglioContact / Los Angeles Times:
John Dickerson keeps Democratic debate on track despite last-minute shuffle — CBS News political director John Dickerson had just finished his first rehearsal Friday for the Democratic primary debate when the words “this just in” came through his earpiece.
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The Daily Caller, Althouse, Mediaite and Algemeiner.com
Paul Sperry / New York Post:
How Obama is bankrolling a non-stop protest against invented outrage — Barack Obama's presidency has been pockmarked by rioting, looting and protests. That's no coincidence. It's what the former community organizer sought from Day One. And it's just going to get worse before he leaves office.
Justin Wm / Washington Post:
Aaron Rodgers praised for criticizing fan's anti-Muslim comments — It was not a red-letter day for Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers. Though he led a late rally, many of his passes went wide, and the Packers were trounced by the Detroit Lions, giving that team just its second victory of the season.
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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.
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Guardian and neo-neocon