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6:30 PM ET, November 16, 2015

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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:
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.
Dan Tuohy / UnionLeader.com:
Hassan: U.S. should ‘halt acceptance’ of Syrian refugees  —  New Hampshire Union Leader  —  Gov. Maggie Hassan said the federal government should “halt acceptance” of Syrian refugees until U.S. authorities can assure the vetting process keeps Americans safe.
Jennifer Ardis / Office of the Governor of Alabama:
Governor Bentley Refuses Syrian Refugees Relocating to Alabama
Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
Obama adviser: Refugee plan proceeding despite Paris attacks
David Weigel / Washington Post:
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), who has talked up his past border security bills …
Nick Gass / Politico:
Huckabee calls on Ryan to prevent entry of Syrian refugees, or to step down
Discussion: CNN and Political Wire
New York Times:
Paris Attacks Plotted by Belgian Who Fought for ISIS, French Officials Say
Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Rand Paul calls for moratorium on issuing visas to citizens of countries with a ‘jihadist movement’
Discussion: Hot Air
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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John Hudson / Foreign Policy:
Citing Paris Attack, CIA Director Criticizes Surveillance Reform Efforts  —  CIA Director John Brennan said Monday he suspects the Islamic State is currently working on more terrorist plots against the West following Friday's attack in Paris that killed at least 129 people and injured hundreds more.
Eliza Collins / Politico:
Feinstein breaks with Obama: ‘ISIL is not contained’
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 …
Discussion: Daily Mail
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Larry Celona / New York Post:   Husband of 9/11 hero sends award back over Caitlyn Jenner
National Enquirer:
WORLD EXCLUSIVE!  CHARLIE SHEEN IS HIV POSITIVE — INSIDE HIS SHOCKING DIAGNOSIS  —  Decades of debauchery have finally caught up to Charlie Sheen.  —  In a bombshell world exclusive, The National ENQUIRER can reveal that the bad boy actor has been hiding an explosive secret from the world: He is HIV positive.
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TMZ.com:
Charlie Sheen — Threats of Lawsuits Unraveled HIV Secret
Discussion: Hollywood Life
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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David Edwards / Raw Story:
WATCH: Obama absolutely destroys Jeb Bush for his ‘dark impulse’ to have a ‘religious test’ for refugees  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  President Barack Obama took a shot at Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush on Monday for suggesting that there should a “religious test” for helping Syrian refugees.
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Dara Lind / Vox:   Is Mike Huckabee right that refugees from hot countries hate Minnesota? An investigation.
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Obama Chides Republicans Who Want to Screen Muslim Refugees
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Donald Trump on the Paris attacks: ‘Watch and study the mosques’ here at home  —  In September, not long after Ben Carson suggested that Islam is incompatible with the Constitution and that he wouldn't want a Muslim president, GOP Rep. Steve King of Iowa — one of the most prominent spokesmen …
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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:
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.”
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.
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 …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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.
 
 
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
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Molly Ball / The Atlantic:
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Star Tribune:
Top student body officers at University of Kansas face calls to resign over diversity demands
Discussion: Power Line and The Tab
Wall Street Journal:
Google Gets Surprise Ally in Mobile-App Search Push: Facebook
Discussion: Engadget and The Verge
Josh Meyer / NBC News:
ISIS Has Help Desk for Terrorists Staffed Around the Clock
Tim Donnelly / New York Post:
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Katherine Shaver / Washington Post:
Georgetown University to rename two buildings that reflect school's ties to slavery
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Millennium / Before It's News:
This Is Exactly Why They Perpetrated the Fake Paris Terror Show
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Star Tribune:
Anger builds after police shoot assault suspect in Minneapolis
Paul Glastris / Washington Monthly:
News About Ed Kilgore, Don't Freak Out
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