memeorandum: 2 Air France flights diverted due to bomb threats (CNN)

8:10 AM ET, November 18, 2015

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Claire Phipps / Guardian:

Paris attacks: police hunt ‘ninth suspect’ as Germany on alert after Hanover bomb threat - live — And a bit more from Obama: … People did not “resort to fear and panic” after the Boston marathon bombing, he said: … Share — November 17, 2015 — 21:29

Discussion: Pamela Geller, The Week and Washington Times

Jordan Fabian / The Hill:

Obama: GOP refugee opponents ‘scared of widows and orphans’ — President Obama is lashing out at Republican politicians who oppose allowing Syrian refugees into the U.S., accusing them of being “scared of widows and orphans.” — Speaking to reporters Wednesday morning in the Philippines …

Discussion: ABC News, EveryJoe, Raw Story and RedState

Sarah Frostenson / Vox:

Here's a map of every state refusing to accept Syrian refugees — In the wake of Friday's deadly terrorist attacks in Paris, more than half of all US governors have said they won't allow Syrian refugees to resettle in their state. — As of Tuesday afternoon, 26 governors had issued statements saying …

Discussion: Slantpoint, Roll Call, Bloomberg View, Hit & Run, CNN, America's Voice, RedState and Portland Mercury

Eliza Collins / Politico:

Trump: Obama sending refugees to Republican states — The Obama administration is deliberately sending Syrian refugees to states led by Republican governors, Donald Trump alleged Tuesday. — Trump, who was speaking to conservative radio host Laura Ingraham, said of the refugees …

Discussion: Bloomberg Business, New York Times, ABC News, Independent Journal, Al Jazeera English, The Gateway Pundit, Washington Post, Kelly Ayotte, Guardian, Mother Jones, The Hill Talk, CBS DC and Raw Story

Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
McCain slams Cruz's call for religious test for refugees

Discussion: Washington Times, ABC News, Politico, The Week, Washington Post and Trail Blazers Blog

Michael C Bender / Bloomberg Business:
Jeb Bush Splits With Republicans Over Syrian Refugees

Discussion: ABC News, Politico, Los Angeles Times, Mediaite, Infowars, Business Insider, Talking Points Memo and Outside the Beltway

Mother Jones:
Liberals Should Knock Off the Mockery Over Calls to Limit Syrian Refugees

Discussion: TIME, The Week, Washington Post, Daily Kos, Booman Tribune, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Esquire

Gregory Krieg / CNN:
Christie on refugees: Not even 5-year-old orphans

CNN:
White House, governors discuss Syrian refugees

Discussion: WREG-TV and Moe Lane

Trip Gabriel / New York Times:

Ben Carson Is Struggling to Grasp Foreign Policy, Advisers Say — Ben Carson's remarks on foreign policy have repeatedly raised questions about his grasp of the subject, but never more seriously than in the past week, when he wrongly asserted that China had intervened militarily in Syria and then failed …

Jessica Stern / Politico:

The Islamic State Paradox — The more we fight it, the more its appeal grows. — The French strikes on Islamic State positions following the Paris attacks point up the peculiar dual nature of this protean Salafi jihadist organization, whose ruthlessness, ability to capture and hold territory …

Discussion: The Great Debate

Pamela Engel / Business Insider:
Ben Carson's campaign slams bombshell New York Times report as ‘affront to good journalistic practices’

Discussion: Washington Post, Hit & Run, Slantpoint and Politico

Hadas Gold / Politico:
Carson camp: New York Times took advantage of ‘elderly gentleman’

Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Washington Post

CNN:

2 Air France flights diverted due to bomb threats — (CNN)Two Air France flights headed from the United States to Paris were diverted Tuesday night due to bomb threats, officials said. — Both flights landed safely. — Flight 65, headed from Los Angeles to Paris, was diverted …

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Associated Press:

Two U.S. flights to Paris diverted by bomb threats; innocent Muslims ejected from Baltimore plane for ‘watching the news’; bomb squad in Chicago and ‘firebomber racist’ targets mosque — Two Air France flights headed to Paris were diverted after bomb threats - both flights landed safely

Discussion: CNN

Tiffany DeMasters / fox13now.com:
Air France flight diverted to SLC after bomb threat cleared, to resume travel to Paris

Discussion: FOX6Now.com, Mashable, FOX 61 and news9.com KWTV

The Local:
Hunt continues after Hanover bomb threat

Discussion: The Local, Fox17, FOX 61, New York's PIX11, WTVR-TV, Mashable and RT

Mark Hensch / The Hill:

Trump takes 9-point lead over Carson — Donald Trump has nearly a double-digit lead over Ben Carson in the race for the GOP's presidential nomination, a new poll says. — Trump is ahead of Carson by 9 points as the top pick among likely Republican primary voters next year, according to the University of Massachusetts survey.

Discussion: Politico, Bloomberg.com news, Algemeiner.com, Morning Consult, Rush Limbaugh and Political Wire

Mark Hensch / The Hill:

Trump names Cruz when asked about VP spot — Donald Trump on Tuesday named Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) when asked about his possible running mate in 2016. — “Ted Cruz is now agreeing with me 100 percent,” he said when asked about his vice presidential pick, according to Lifezette.

Discussion: Politico, LifeZette, addictinginfo.org, TPNN, The Right Scoop, American Spectator, CNBC, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and Patterico's Pontifications

Ginger Gibson / Reuters:
Exclusive: After Paris, Americans see Trump, Clinton as most able to address terrorism - poll

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, Fox News, The Daily Caller, The Last Refuge and OnPolitics

Alex Isenstadt / Politico:

Bobby Jindal drops out of White House race — Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal announced Tuesday he is ending his presidential bid, saying “this is not my time.” — Jindal had struggled to gain traction as he centered his campaign on Iowa, a state with a large pool of evangelical voters …

Discussion: Bloomberg Business, Yahoo Politics, Towleroad, Bloomberg.com news and Daily Kos

Melinda Deslatte / Associated Press:
Louisiana Gov. Jindal ends bid for GOP nomination in 2016

Discussion: Business Insider, neo-neocon and The Right Scoop

Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Inevitable: Bobby Jindal drops out of presidential race

Discussion: twitchy.com

Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Bobby Jindal Quits Republican Presidential Race

Discussion: Outside the Beltway and Balloon Juice

Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:

John Kerry's Freudian slip — John Kerry said this today: … (Emphasis added) — You don't have to be a psychiatrist to detect a Freudian slip in Kerry's statement that there was “perhaps even a legitimacy” to the Charlie Hebdo attack. Charles Krauthammer was a psychiatrist and he detects it.

Discussion: BuzzFeed

Eliza Collins / Politico:
Kerry sees ‘rationale’ in Charlie Hebdo murders, unlike Friday's attacks in Paris

Discussion: Truth Revolt, The Gateway Pundit and The Week

John Kerry / US Department of State:
Remarks to the Staff and Families of U.S. Embassy, Paris

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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
John Kerry Justifies Charlie Hebdo Slaughter

Discussion: Washington Free Beacon and The Daily Caller

CNN:

3 terrorist suspects killed, others held in raid in Saint-Denis, officials say — Saint-Denis, France (CNN)Three terrorist suspects have been killed in the Paris suburb of Saint-Denis during an ongoing security operation linked to the deadly attacks that rocked the French capital five days ago, a police source said.

Discussion: Newscult, myfox8.com, Jihad Watch, Independent Journal, The Week and Telegraph

Daily Mail:
Sick taunts of the Paris mastermind: Abdelhamid Abaaoud boasted of freely crossing Europe's borders …

Discussion: Slantpoint and Vox Popoli

Leigh Ann Caldwell / NBC News:

Kasich Proposes New Government Agency To Promote Judeo-Christian Values — As part of a broad national security plan to defeat ISIS, Republican Presidential candidate John Kasich proposed creating a new government agency to push Judeo-Christian values around the world.

Discussion: Mediaite, CANNONFIRE, Liberal Values, NPR, AMERICAblog News, Talking Points Memo, Mock Paper Scissors, alicublog and New York Times

Ben Glaze / Mirror.co.uk:

Ken Livingstone blasts Labour rival with depression claiming he is ‘disturbed’ and should ‘see his GP’ — Jeremy Corbyn faces a call to sack Mr Livingstone for his ‘insensitive’ outburst at Kevan Jones - who bravely spoke up about his illness in 2012 — Explosive row: Kevan Jones and Ken Livingstone have fallen out over Trident

Discussion: Telegraph, Guardian and Spectator

Ishaan Tharoor / Washington Post:

What Americans thought of Jewish refugees on the eve of World War II … The results of the poll, illustrated above by the useful Twitter account @HistOpinion, were published in the pages of Fortune magazine in July 1938. Fewer than 5 percent of Americans surveyed at the time believed …

Discussion: Raw Story, Daily Kos, NOLA River, The Stranger …, Canada Blog …, Mashable, Little Green Footballs and RedState

Nick Gass / Politico:

Trump: ‘Absolutely no choice’ but to close mosques — The United States will have “absolutely no choice” but to close down some mosques where “some bad things are happening,” Donald Trump said in a recent interview, explaining his rationale for doing so. — “Nobody wants to say this and nobody wants …