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Liberals Should Knock Off the Mockery Over Calls to Limit Syrian Refugees — Chris Cillizza on the post-Paris push among Republicans to keep Syrian refugees out of the country: … Cillizza has some poll numbers to back this up, but he's right in more ways than just that.
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Michael C Bender / Bloomberg Business:
Jeb Bush Splits With Republicans Over Syrian Refugees — In an interview for Bloomberg's “With All Due Respect,” the Republican candidate stressed the United States shouldn't allow in refugees “if there's any kind of concern.” — michaelcbender — Jeb Bush said he wouldn't ban Syrian refugees …
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Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
16 Of The Worst Ways To Respond To ISIS' Paris Attack — Under President Francois Hollande, the French began their military and legal response to the horrific terror attacks that hit Paris on Friday. ISIS, which took responsibility for the terrorism, threatened the United States that it could be next.
Josh Israel / ThinkProgress:
NRA-Backed Legislator: We Can't Take Syrian Refugees Because It's Too Easy For Them To Buy Guns — A Texas state legislator wants the U.S. to stop allowing Syrian refugees into the country. His reasoning: They might be able to buy guns in his state. — Rep. Tony Dale (R) …
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Washington Post:
Republican leaders call for ‘pause’ on Syrian refugee program — Republican leaders on Tuesday called for a “pause” in admitting Syrian refugees into the United States, citing national security risks in the wake of the Paris attacks. — “Our nation has always been welcoming …
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New York Times:
G.O.P. Governors Vow to Close Doors to Syrian Refugees — Republican governors, presidential candidates and members of Congress pledged Monday to oppose or even defy President Obama's plan to resettle 10,000 Syrian refugees as the party's fury over illegal immigration and border security reached new heights.
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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.
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Donald Trump And Mike Huckabee Argue The U.S. Is Too Cold For Syrian Refugees — Cold weather, hot takes. — Scott Olson / Getty Images — Donald Trump and Mike Huckabee have seized on an odd argument to argue against taking Syrian refugees: The U.S. is too cold for them.
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Rudy Koski / KTBC:
Governor says no to refugees while a state lawmaker says those here can buy guns
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David Weigel / Washington Post:
Louisiana's race for governor is set to end on November 21 …
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Jake Sherman / Politico:
Ryan vows quick action on Syrian refugees
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Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
Texas GOP lawmaker: Keep Syrian refugees out of our state because it's too easy to get a gun here
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Justin Salhani / ThinkProgress:
All Paris Attackers Identified So Far Are European Nationals, According To Top EU Official
The Hill:
Pressure builds to block refugees
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Michael Falcone / ABC News:
The Note: Candidates Confront The Refugee Question
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Trump: I'll ‘go to war’ with Cruz if he rises higher — Donald Trump said Monday he is capable of turning on Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) in their competition for the GOP's 2016 presidential nomination. — “If he catches on, I guess we'll have to go to war,” he told host Joe Kernen on CNBC's “Squawk Box.”
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Morning Consult:
New Poll: American Voters' Security Concerns Grow Following Terror Attacks in Paris
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Matthew J. Belvedere / CNBC:
Trump: Why I may have to go to war with Ted Cruz
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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.
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Kurt Schlichter / Independent Journal Review:
What Defeating ISIS Would Look Like — Kurt Schlichter is a trial lawyer in Los Angeles, California. A retired U.S. Army infantry colonel, he is the author of Conservative Insurgency: The Struggle to Take America Back 2009-2041. — ShareTweetEmail — The Journal by IJReview …
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Daily Mail:
Obama is LATE for moment of silence as the rest of the G20 leaders hold somber observance to mourn Paris attacks
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Walter Russell Mead / The American Interest:
How to Beat ISIS: The President Is Partly Right
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Neil MacFarquhar / New York Times:
Russia Says Bomb Downed Plane in Egypt and Intensifies Attacks on ISIS — MOSCOW — Hours after confirming for the first time on Tuesday that a bomb brought down a Russian charter jet over the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt more than two weeks ago, killing all 224 people aboard, Russia joined France in bombing Islamic State targets in Syria.
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Nicolas Hénin / Guardian:
I was held hostage by Isis. They fear our unity more than our airstrikes
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Oxford Dictionaries / OxfordWords blog:
Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year 2015 is... That's right - for the first time ever, the Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year is a pictograph: , officially called the ‘Face with Tears of Joy’ emoji, though you may know it by other names. There were other strong contenders from a range of fields …
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Patrick O'Connor / Wall Street Journal:
Marco Rubio Says GOP Rivals Tried to Weaken U.S. Intelligence Efforts … WASHINGTON-Days after the Paris terrorist attacks heightened homeland security concerns, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio leveled pointed charges Monday at a pair of Republican presidential rivals who backed efforts to overhaul U.S. bulk collection of phone records.
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Megan Apper / BuzzFeed:
Benghazi Committee Member: Clinton Made Hearing Long So GOP Would “Look Cruel” — “[W]e should have known that she was going to go on and just stall, debate, filibuster, on these answers to make it go as long as possible, so we would look cruel.” — Jonathan Ernst / Reuters
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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 …
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Public Religion Research Institute:
Survey | Anxiety, Nostalgia, and Mistrust: Findings from the 2015 American Values Survey — Findings from the 2015 American Values Survey. — ▶ Read the full report here. ▶ Read the news release here. ▶ Read the topline questionnaire, including the survey methodology, here.
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