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9:45 AM ET, November 17, 2015

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Michael Falcone / ABC News:
The Note: Candidates Confront The Refugee Question  —  NOTABLES  —TRUMP PROMISES TO DEPORT SYRIAN MIGRANTS: Donald Trump said he would deport all Syrian refugees who settle in the U.S. if elected president.  “Anybody that's brought into this country from the migration is going to be out …
Discussion: Politico
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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.
Katie Zezima / Washington Post:
Cruz to introduce bill to bar Syrian refugees  —  CHARLESTON, S.C. — Sen. Ted Cruz, who has said that the United States should not allow Syrian Muslim refugees into the country but should provide safe haven to fleeing Christians, plans to introduce legislation that would bar Syrian refugees from entering the U.S.
New York Times:
After Paris Attacks, Vilifying Refugees  —  Battening down the hatches is often an impulsive and politically expedient response to terrorism attacks.  Predictably, the harrowing scenes of carnage in Paris on Friday are fueling calls to shut down borders and halt the resettlement of Syrian refugees in Western nations.
USA Today:
After Paris attacks, governors refuse to accept Syrian refugees
Shaquille Brewster / MSNBC:
Carson: al Qaeda was not a threat in 2003
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:   State Department: Only 2% Of Syrian Refugees In U.S. Are Military-Aged Men With No Family
CNN:
Syrian refugees shunned by some in U.S. after attacks in Paris
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Governors revolt against Obama's Syrian refugee plan
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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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.
Discussion: Slantpoint, WREG-TV, KFOR-TV and The Week
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.
Ari Soffer / Reuters:
Poll: Most Americans support escalating fight against ISIS  —  Support for war against jihadists, opposition to unrestricted immigration; but Americans oppose sending ground troops to Iraq, Syria.  —  French firefighters aid injured victim of Paris attacks
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Paul Taylor / Reuters:   France, Russia strike Islamic State in Syria, EU aid invoked
Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
The surprising reason why ISIS may be lashing out: because it's losing
Discussion: PoliticusUSA and NOLA River
Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Clinton ‘often confused’ says staffer in email  —  Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was “often confused,” according to a 2013 email from her longtime aide Huma Abedin.  —  The comment, which is likely to attract attention from Clinton's critics on the presidential campaign trail …
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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 …
Jack Shafer / Politico:
The Myth of the Terrorist Mastermind  —  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.  Abaaoud isn't just another opportunist butcher of innocent flesh …
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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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Pamela Engel / Business Insider:
‘Idiots’: ISIS responds to Anonymous threatening its ‘biggest operation ever’ against it  —  An ISIS-affiliated account on the messaging app Telegram has sent out a message about Anonymous' threat to launch its “biggest operation ever” against the terrorist group.
Discussion: Infowars, BGR, KFOR-TV and New York Times
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Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
BlackLivesMatter Protesters Disrupt Students in Library: ‘F*ck You, You Filthy White F*cks!’  —  Protesters at Dartmouth University disrupted students studying in the library, reportedly directing profanity towards white students and physically pushing others.
J.D. Durkin / Mediaite:
Usually Dispassionate Fox News Anchor Bill Hemmer Goes Off on Obama Terror Speech  —  America's Newsroom co-anchor Bill Hemmer was uncharacteristically opinionated and aggressive after President Barack Obama's remarks Monday morning at the G20 Summit over Friday's French terror attacks.
Jasper Jackson / Guardian:
FHM and Zoo magazines to suspend publication  —  Bauer Media to halt print and digital editions at end of year, saying 'men's media habits have moved towards mobile and social'  —  FHM and Zoo are to close by the end of the year, marking the end of the lads' mag era that dominated UK magazine publishing in the 90s.
 
 
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Jeff Wald / CBS Minnesota:
51 Black Lives Matter Protesters Arrested After Shutting Down I-94 In Minneapolis
Discussion: CNN, Infowars and The Daily Caller
Dayna / Matter:
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Discussion: Poynter. and Portland Mercury
The Hill:
Day one promises pile up for GOP hopefuls
Discussion: WND, Daily Kos and The Week
Milo Yiannopoulos / Breitbart:
I'm a Gay Man and Mass Muslim Immigration Terrifies Me
Discussion: Vlad Tepes
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
GOP campaigns tell RNC not to let Adelson stack the debate crowd
Star Tribune:
Top student body officers at University of Kansas face calls to resign over diversity demands
Discussion: Power Line and National Review
Josh Meyer / NBC News:
ISIS Has Help Desk for Terrorists Staffed Around the Clock
 

 
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

Kimberly Nordyke / The Hollywood Reporter:
News Corp and Telstra agree to sell Australian pay TV company Foxtel Group to sports streaming platform DAZN in a deal worth ~$2.1B

Cecilia D'Anastasio / Bloomberg:
Riot Games says it spent $250M on an unusual deal to finance two seasons of League of Legends show Arcane on Netflix; sources: there was no plan to recoup costs
 
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