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2:20 AM ET, November 16, 2015

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Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
It's time for Obama to make a choice: Lead us or resign  —  In any time and place, war is fiendishly simple.  It is the ultimate zero-sum contest — you win or you lose.  —  That eternal truth is so obvious that it should not need to be said.  Yet even after the horrific slaughter in Paris …
Discussion: The Daily Beast and PoliticusUSA
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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
In Presidential Campaign, It's Now Terrorism, Not Taxes  —  WASHINGTON — Bernie Sanders dispensed with the threat from the Islamic State in two sentences at the start of the Democratic debate before abruptly pivoting to the dangers of a “rigged economy.”  Ben Carson struggled to answer …
Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
McCain: Obama's failed leadership led to rise of ISIS  —  Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) says President Obama's “failed policies” and lack of leadership have led to the rise of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS).  —  “It's because of the president of the United States' failed policies …
Discussion: Liberaland and Associated Press
Roger Cohen / New York Times:   To Save Paris, Defeat ISIS
Theodoric Meyer / Politico:
White House stays course on ISIL amid GOP calls for more
Discussion: Guardian, Hot Air and ABC News
Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
GOP field takes new shape after Paris attacks  —  It took just 48 hours, but the tragic terror attacks on Paris have quickly cleaved the 2016 Republican primary into a contest between those with serious foreign policy experience and those without, shifting the race, at least for now …
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David Edwards / Raw Story:
Jeb Bush: Only Christians should be allowed refugee status in response to Paris attack  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush said over the weekend that the U.S. should respond to the terrorist attacks in Paris by carefully screening out Syrian refugees who are not Christians.
Devin Henry / The Hill:
Santorum: Obama, Hillary created ISIS
Discussion: The Right Scoop and PoliticusUSA
BBC:
Paris attacks: Police seek ‘dangerous’ Salah Abdeslam  —  Police have issued a photograph of a French national wanted in connection with Friday's deadly attacks in Paris.  —  The man, named as Salah Abdeslam, 26, is described as dangerous.  —  Seven attackers, two of whom had lived in Belgium …
Discussion: twitchy.com and Algemeiner.com
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CBS News:
French launch “massive” anti-ISIS airstrikes in Syria
Discussion: CBS DC
New York Times:
2 Suspects Identified as Paris Attack Investigation Widens
Justin McCurry / Guardian:
Paris attacks: police ‘still hunting’ man involved in Isis assault - live updates
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 opposes any effort to relocate Syrian refugees to his state after the attacks in Paris.  —  “After full consideration of this weekend's attacks …
Discussion: The Week and Guardian
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Danny Monteverde / WWL-TV:
Officials: 14 Syrian refugees get access to Louisiana this year
Discussion: The Hayride and Fox News
Paul Egan / Detroit Free Press:
Snyder suspends efforts to settle Syrian refugees
Jennifer Epstein / Bloomberg Business:
Bill Clinton Defends Hillary's Wall Street Ties  —  The former president said that attacks from Hillary Clinton's Democratic rivals were “a stretch.”  —  jeneps  —  Former President Bill Clinton insisted Sunday that his wife doesn't deserve to be attacked by her fellow Democratic candidates …
Discussion: Yahoo Politics, ABC News and Hot Air
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Jason Silverstein / New York Daily News:
Minnesota House candidate drops campaign after tweeting defense of ISIS  —  Surprise: Defending ISIS isn't good politics.  —  A Minnesota state House candidate abruptly ended his campaign Sunday just one day after tweeting a tone-deaf defense of ISIS just after the deadly terror acts in Paris.
Aaron Short / New York Post:
Columbia student activists: Protest with us, or else!  —  Either you're with us or you're against us.  —  Columbia student activists are pestering peers to attend campus protests and walk-outs in solidarity with college students at Missouri and Yale or risk social isolation, students say.
TMZ.com:
‘JACKASS’ STAR DEAD  —  Vincent Margera — the uncle of Bam Margera who appeared in “Jackass” — has died ... TMZ has learned.  —  Vincent became famous for pranks he pulled off with Bam on the TV show and later the “Jackass” movies as well as “Viva La Bam”.
Discussion: Liberal Values, KFOR-TV and FOX6Now.com
Rich Kane / Salt Lake Tribune:
Hundreds rally against new Mormon policy; many file forms to quit the faith (with video)  —  Protest » Turnout larger than expected, overwhelms organizers.  —  More than 1,000 inactive and active Mormons — along with their backers — rallied in City Creek Park on Saturday to protest …
David Edwards / Raw Story:
Tennessee pastor lashes out after Paris attacks: ‘There is no such thing as a good Muslim’  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  Following the recent terrorist attacks in Paris, Pastor Maury Davis of Cornerstone Nashville Church said on Sunday that there was “no such thing as a good Muslim.”
Discussion: addictinginfo.org
 
 
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William Wan / Washington Post:
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Dave Boyer / Washington Times:
Obama arrives late for ‘moment of silence’ for Paris attacks
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