memeorandum: Baker won't allow Syrian refugees in Mass. for now (BostonGlobe.com)

10:55 AM ET, November 17, 2015

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Michael Falcone / ABC News:

The Note: Candidates Confront The Refugee Question — NOTABLES —TRUMP PROMISES TO DEPORT SYRIAN MIGRANTS: Donald Trump said he would deport all Syrian refugees who settle in the U.S. if elected president. “Anybody that's brought into this country from the migration is going to be out …

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.”

Discussion: CNBC and Patterico's Pontifications

Andrew Roth / Washington Post:

Russia confirms Sinai plane crash was the work of terrorists — MOSCOW —The mid-air explosion of a Russian jetliner over the Sinai desert last month that killed all 224 people on board was the result of a terrorist attack, Russia's chief intelligence officer said Tuesday.

Discussion: Hot Air

Neil MacFarquhar / New York Times:
Russia Says Bomb Downed Plane in Egypt and Intensifies Attacks on ISIS

Discussion: The Daily Caller, Associated Press, Mediaite, Reuters, The Week, Outside the Beltway and CNN

Paul Taylor / Reuters: France, Russia strike Islamic State in Syria, EU aid invoked

New York Times:
Paris Attacks Suspect Was Target of Strikes on ISIS in Syria

Discussion: Vlad Tepes, Telegraph, NBC News, Deadspin and The Tower

New York Times:
After Paris Attacks, Vilifying Refugees

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Real Clear Politics:
The GOP Race for Delegates: An Interactive Tool

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New York Times:
Could Paris Happen Here? — Hanover, N.H. — SURVEYING …

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Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Obama Chides Republicans Who Want to Screen Muslim Refugees

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Matthew Dalton / Wall Street Journal:
Paris Attacks Suspect Was Monitored by Western Allies Seeking to Kill Him

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Toluse Olorunnipa / Bloomberg Business:
Obama Rejects Calls for U.S. Troops to Fight Islamic State

Discussion: Politico, Washington Post, Guardian, Daily Kos and Hot Air

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.

Katie Zezima / Washington Post:
Cruz to introduce bill to bar Syrian refugees

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BostonGlobe.com:
Baker won't allow Syrian refugees in Mass. for now

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Matt Clinch / CNBC:
8 state governors oppose Syrian refugee relocation

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The Hill:
Cruz to offer bill banning Syrian refugees

Discussion: Politico, CNN, Washington Post, New York Times, Bloomberg Business, Fusion, Shakesville, AMERICAblog News, Hot Air, Independent Journal, Hit & Run, CBS News, BuzzFeed and Little Green Footballs

Associated Press:
SOME GOVERNORS HALT, QUESTION PLAN TO ACCEPT SYRIAN REFUGEES

Discussion: Guardian, Tennessean.com, Associated Press, Raw Story, The Week, WISH-TV, WBAY-TV and Common Dreams

Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
State Department: Only 2% Of Syrian Refugees In U.S. Are Military-Aged Men With No Family

Discussion: Fusion, Plain Dealer, The Hill, Politico and The Huffington Post

Dara Lind / Vox:
Is Mike Huckabee right that refugees from hot countries hate Minnesota? An investigation.

Discussion: FOX6Now.com, BuzzFeed, Hullabaloo and Mother Jones

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.

Discussion: Slantpoint, BuzzFeed, Mother Jones, WREG-TV, The Week, Business Insider and KFOR-TV

Lanford Beard / People.com:

Source: Charlie Sheen Is HIV-Positive — Charlie Sheen is going on the Today show to discuss being HIV-positive, sources tell PEOPLE. — According to top Hollywood publicist and crisis manager Howard Bragman, he was approached by people close to Sheen six months ago to deal with the crisis, but never dealt with him directly.

Discussion: USA TODAY College, TMZ.com, The Daily Caller, National Enquirer, Guardian, Refinery29, Jezebel, Business Insider, Page Six, USA Today, Hollywood Life, Towleroad, WREG-TV, RADAR, Scared Monkeys, New York's PIX11, TVNewser, Mediaite and Liberaland

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 …

Discussion: Booman Tribune

Julian Hattem / The Hill:

Clinton ‘often confused’ says staffer in email — Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was “often confused,” according to a 2013 email from her longtime aide Huma Abedin. — The comment, which is likely to attract attention from Clinton's critics on the presidential campaign trail …

Discussion: Hot Air, Politico, Algemeiner.com, Townhall.com, Judicial Watch and Liberal Values

Wall Street Journal:

Paris Stadium Attacker Got to Europe Using Fake Syrian Passport — Man apparently posed as refugee, entered through Greek island of Leros — ATHENS—Mystery deepened over a Paris attacker who traveled to Europe via Greece and the Balkans, after French officials said Monday that the Syrian passport he had used was indeed a fake.

Discussion: The Federalist, Hit & Run, Foreign Policy, The Daily Beast, MichelleMalkin.com, The Independent, Hot Air, Balloon Juice, Politico, Trust.org and The Week

Mary Atkinson / Middle East Eye:
Syrian passports found at Paris attacks scene were fakes made in Turkey

Discussion: Washington Post, Jihad Watch, Balloon Juice, english.ahram.org.eg and addictinginfo.org

Pamela Engel / Business Insider:

‘Idiots’: ISIS responds to Anonymous threatening its ‘biggest operation ever’ against it — An ISIS-affiliated account on the messaging app Telegram has sent out a message about Anonymous' threat to launch its “biggest operation ever” against the terrorist group.

Discussion: Infowars, Guardian, BGR, KFOR-TV and New York Times

Jason Schreier / Kotaku:
Reporting Error Leads To Speculation That Terrorists Used PS4s To Plan Paris Attacks

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Jack Shafer / Politico:

The Myth of the Terrorist Mastermind — Now that French authorities have named a suspected chief planner of the Paris attacks—27-year-old Belgian ISIS veteran Abdelhamid Abaaoud—the press is building him up as if he's 100 feet tall. Abaaoud isn't just another opportunist butcher of innocent flesh …

Discussion: The Independent, TPNN, New York Times, Guardian, FAIR, The Daily Caller, Hullabaloo, NBC News, Algemeiner.com and Towleroad

KEYE-TV:

Mosque vandalized with feces, torn Quran — The Pflugerville Police Department is searching for the vandal(s) responsible for vandalism at the Islamic Center of Pflugerville on Windermere Drive. Investigators say a member of the center arrived just before 6 a.m. Monday to find a torn apart Quran …

Discussion: Raw Story, KXAN-TV and LiberalAmerica.org

Annie Karni / Politico:

Sanders hesitates on socialism speech — Bernie Sanders' ballyhooed speech on socialism is now on indefinite hold. — Details about how Sanders would pay for his proposed single-payer national health insurance program to provide Medicare for all Americans have yet to be fleshed out …

Discussion: Bloomberg.com news

Jake Sherman / Politico:

Ryan aims to address refugee situation this week — Speaker Paul Ryan announced to a closed meeting of Republicans Tuesday morning that he hopes the House will take action this week to address refugees from Syria, according to a source in the room. — Ryan (R-Wis.) said he's not sure …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo

Daily Mail:

Obama is LATE for moment of silence as the rest of the G20 leaders hold somber observance to mourn Paris attacks — President Barack Obama arrived at the G20 summit's first working session after the silent observance was already underway — Later in the day Obama insisted …

Discussion: John Hawkins' Right Wing News, TPNN and Independent Journal

Alex Griswold / Mediaite:

BlackLivesMatter Protesters Disrupt Students in Library: ‘F*ck You, You Filthy White F*cks!’ — Protesters at Dartmouth University disrupted students studying in the library, reportedly directing profanity towards white students and physically pushing others.