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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.
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Governors revolt against Obama's Syrian refugee plan — A fast-growing group of Republican governors on Monday revolted against President Barack Obama's existing plan to accept 10,000 Syrian refugees next year, saying the Paris terrorist attacks show that it's too risky to provide a safe haven …
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Dara Lind / Vox:
Is Mike Huckabee right that refugees from hot countries hate Minnesota? An investigation. — Mike Huckabee said in an interview on John Gibson's Fox News Radioshow today that the United States shouldn't be taking in Syrian refugees because it is cold in Minnesota.
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Dan Tuohy / UnionLeader.com:
Hassan: U.S. should ‘halt acceptance’ of Syrian refugees
Hassan: U.S. should ‘halt acceptance’ of Syrian refugees
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Huckabee calls on Ryan to prevent entry of Syrian refugees, or to step down
Huckabee calls on Ryan to prevent entry of Syrian refugees, or to step down
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
State Department: Only 2% Of Syrian Refugees In U.S. Are Military-Aged Men With No Family
Jennifer Ardis / Office of the Governor of Alabama:
Governor Bentley Refuses Syrian Refugees Relocating to Alabama
Governor Bentley Refuses Syrian Refugees Relocating to Alabama
CNN:
Syrian refugees shunned by some in U.S. after attacks in Paris
Syrian refugees shunned by some in U.S. after attacks in Paris
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Nealjriley / CBS Boston:
Massachusetts Governor: No Syrian Refugees For Now
Massachusetts Governor: No Syrian Refugees For Now
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Esther Castillejo / ABC News:
Growing Number of States Refuse to Accept Syrian Refugees in Wake of Paris Attacks
Growing Number of States Refuse to Accept Syrian Refugees in Wake of Paris Attacks
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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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Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Obama Chides Republicans Who Want to Screen Muslim Refugees — ANTALYA, Turkey — President Obama on Monday lashed out at Republican presidential candidates who suggested that religious tests be given to refugees seeking to enter the United States out of a fear of letting terrorists into the country.
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Katie Zezima / Washington Post:
Cruz: ‘No meaningful risk’ of Christians committing terrorism
Cruz: ‘No meaningful risk’ of Christians committing terrorism
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John Hudson / Foreign Policy:
Citing Paris Attack, CIA Director Criticizes Surveillance Reform Efforts
Citing Paris Attack, CIA Director Criticizes Surveillance Reform Efforts
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Donald Trump on the Paris attacks: ‘Watch and study the mosques’ here at home
Donald Trump on the Paris attacks: ‘Watch and study the mosques’ here at home
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Scott Shane / New York Times:
After Paris Attacks, C.I.A. Director Rekindles Debate Over Surveillance
After Paris Attacks, C.I.A. Director Rekindles Debate Over Surveillance
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David Weigel / Washington Post:
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), who has talked up his past border security bills …
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), who has talked up his past border security bills …
Eliza Collins / Politico:
Feinstein breaks with Obama: ‘ISIL is not contained’
Feinstein breaks with Obama: ‘ISIL is not contained’
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Lanford Beard / People.com:
Source: Charlie Sheen Is HIV-Positive — Charlie Sheen is going on the Today show to discuss being HIV-positive, sources tell PEOPLE. — According to top Hollywood publicist and crisis manager Howard Bragman, he was approached by people close to Sheen six months ago to deal with the crisis, but never dealt with him directly.
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TMZ.com:
Charlie Sheen — Threats of Lawsuits Unraveled HIV Secret — As we reported, Charlie will discuss his HIV status Tuesday on “Today.” … Charlie Sheen kept his HIV status under wraps, but everything unraveled when some former partners threatened him with lawsuits ... TMZ has learned.
Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
CNN Reporter Asks Obama: 'Why Can't We Take Out These Bastards?' — President defends military strategy against ISIS in press conference.
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Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
CNN's Jim Acosta Grills Obama on ISIS: 'Why Can't We Take Out These Bastards?' — During a Monday press conference in Turkey, President Barack Obama was grilled by CNN's Jim Acosta about his previous statements downplaying ISIS and why the United States couldn't kill the “bastards.”
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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 …
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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Huma: Hillary ‘Often Confused’
Huma: Hillary ‘Often Confused’
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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 …
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Jack Shafer / Politico:
The Myth of the Terrorist Mastermind — Why do we need to keep telling ourselves the plotters are special? — Now that French authorities have named a suspected chief planner of the Paris attacks—27-year-old Belgian ISIS veteran Abdelhamid Abaaoud—the press is building him up as if he's 100 feet tall.
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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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The Federalist:
Obama On His ISIS Strategy: I'm Not Interested In ‘American Leadership, Or America Winning’
Obama On His ISIS Strategy: I'm Not Interested In ‘American Leadership, Or America Winning’
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Justin Worland / TIME:
Why Climate Change and Terrorism Are Connected
Why Climate Change and Terrorism Are Connected
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Wall Street Journal:
Paris Stadium Attacker Got to Europe Using Fake Syrian Passport — Man apparently posed as refugee, entered through Greek island of Leros — ATHENS—Mystery deepened over a Paris attacker who traveled to Europe via Greece and the Balkans, after French officials said Monday that the Syrian passport he had used was indeed a fake.
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Star Tribune:
Top student body officers at University of Kansas face calls to resign over diversity demands — LAWRENCE, Kan. — Racial tensions are growing at the University of Kansas with a call for three top Student Senate leaders to resign and a recent graduate initiating a hunger strike.
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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:
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Josh Meyer / NBC News:
ISIS Has Help Desk for Terrorists Staffed Around the Clock — NBC News has learned that ISIS is using a web-savvy new tactic to expand its global operational footprint — a 24-hour Jihadi Help Desk to help its foot soldiers spread its message worldwide, recruit followers and launch more attacks on foreign soil.
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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.”
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Dayna / Matter:
On Gawker's Problem With Women — A former staff writer describes how a media company founded on whistleblowing and radical transparency failed its female employees. … n July 16, Gawker.com published a tabloid story about a male escort's thwarted dalliance with a media executive.
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