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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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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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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,” …
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
GOP governors reject Syrian refugees — More than a dozen Republican governors are moving to block Syrian refugees from entering their states after Friday's terrorist attacks in Paris that killed at least 130 people and wounded hundreds more. — What started as a trickle of opposition turned …
Katie Zezima / Washington Post:
Cruz: ‘No meaningful risk’ of Christians committing terrorism — MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — Sen. Ted Cruz Sunday continued to call for Muslim refugees from Syria to be barred from entering the United States but opening the borders to displaced Christians, arguing there is not a “meaningful risk” that Christians will commit terrorist acts.
The Independent:
The Syrian passport found near the remains of a suicide bomber at the Stade de France intrigues French investigators for many reasons. — “The single most intriguing fact is that the passport was there at all,” one French official source said. “It was not actually on the terrorist's body, or what remained of it.
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Nahal Toosi / Politico:
Obama rejects calls for change in anti-ISIL strategy — President Barack Obama on Monday pushed back against calls for a dramatic rethink in the operation against the Islamic State, ruling out U.S. ground troops despite the “terrible and sickening setback” of last week's terrorist attacks in Paris.
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New York Times:
Paris Attacks Plotted by Belgian Who Fought for ISIS, French Officials Say — BRUSSELS — The hunt for those responsible for the Paris terrorist attacks escalated on Monday as French officials identified a 27-year-old Belgian who fought for the Islamic State in Syria as the chief architect …
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Justin Salhani / ThinkProgress:
Why ISIS Wanted Authorities To Find A Syrian Passport — As the dust settles on the Paris attacks, intelligence agencies are scrambling to gather information on the reported attackers. Passports collected on-scene have helped identify the nationalities of a few of the attackers, most of whom are from the European Union.
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Jennifer Ardis / Office of the Governor of Alabama:
Governor Bentley Refuses Syrian Refugees Relocating to Alabama
The Federalist:
Obama On His ISIS Strategy: I'm Not Interested In ‘American Leadership, Or America Winning’
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Adam Taylor / Washington Post:
A new Islamic State video threatens a Paris-style attack on Washington
John Hudson / Foreign Policy:
Citing Paris Attack, CIA Director Criticizes Surveillance Reform Efforts
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Eliza Collins / Politico:
Feinstein breaks with Obama: ‘ISIL is not contained’
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Tarini Parti / BuzzFeed:
Jeff Sessions: Put Vote On Refugees In Required Government Funding Bill
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Esther Castillejo / ABC News:
Growing Number of States Refuse to Accept Syrian Refugees in Wake of Paris Attacks
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Jane Onyanga-Omara / USA Today:
Syrian passport in Paris sparks refugee crisis questions
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Huckabee calls on Ryan to prevent entry of Syrian refugees, or to step down
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Max J. Rosenthal / Mother Jones:
President Obama Calls Rejection of Syrian Refugees a “Betrayal of Our Values”
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Katherine Miller / BuzzFeed:
Obama Slams Republicans: “Not American” To Only Accept Christian Syrian Refugees
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James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Refugee backlash brewing across the United States
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USA Today:
After Paris attacks, governors refuse to accept Syrian refugees
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Nealjriley / CBS Boston:
Massachusetts Governor: No Syrian Refugees For Now
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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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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’ — In new State Department emails obtained by Judicial Watch, Hillary Clinton's close personal aide, Huma Abedin, is seen warning another aide that Clinton is “often confused.” — The watchdog organization Judicial Watch explains in a press release:
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Ben Domenech / The Daily Beast:
Why Can't the Dems Say ‘Radical Islam’?
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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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Peter Beinart / The Atlantic:
ISIS Is Not Waging a War Against Western Civilization
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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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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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Lawrence Hurley / Raw Story:
Supreme Court rejects anti-abortion group's Planned Parenthood case — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected an anti-abortion group's bid to force the federal government to reveal more information about a $1 million grant it made in 2011 …
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CBS News:
Sarah Palin's view — Former Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska is not among the many Republicans running for President this time around. But she says she's keeping her long-range options open. Tracy Smith visited with Palin on her home turf: — “Isn't it a gorgeous view?
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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 healthcare or pants — and calls Bernie Sanders' politics “the same philosophy of socialism that lead ultimately to the extermination of people.”
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