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11:20 AM ET, November 16, 2015

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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 …
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.
Nick Gass / Politico:   Obama rejects calls for change in anti-ISIL strategy
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
In Presidential Campaign, It's Now Terrorism, Not Taxes
John Podhoretz / New York Post:
Clinton tells GOP how to defeat her
Discussion: RedState and ABC News
Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
McCain: Obama's failed leadership led to rise of ISIS
Discussion: Liberaland
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
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Refugee backlash brewing across the United States
Danny Monteverde / WWL-TV:
Officials: 14 Syrian refugees get access to Louisiana this year
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
Discussion: Politico
Abby Phillip / Washington Post:
Clinton's debate performance leaves trail of fodder for political adversaries
Discussion: New Yorker, The Week and Power Line
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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Fox News:
Siege unfolds in Belgian extremist hub as suspected ‘mastermind’ of Paris attacks identified  —  DEVELOPING — Explosions rang out during a massive police operation in the Brussels suburb of Molenbeek as investigators searched for a suspect in the Paris massacre, but the final results of Monday's siege were unclear.
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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.
Discussion: ThinkProgress and The PJ Tatler
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Tim Nelson / mprnews.org:
Protests erupt after man shot by police in Minneapolis
Discussion: Daily Kos and Associated Press
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.
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 …
Discussion: Fox News and Hot Air
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.
Discussion: Hot Air
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.
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 …
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.
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 …
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.
Discussion: Guardian and neo-neocon
 
 
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