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9:10 AM ET, November 19, 2015

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John McCormick / Bloomberg Business:
Carson Wins on Personality, Trump on Action in Bloomberg Poll  —  Republicans and Republican-leaning voters are not so enthusiastic about mass deportations, the survey shows.  —  McCormickJohn  —  Republicans overwhelmingly pick Ben Carson over Donald Trump for having the better temperament …
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Margaret Talev / Bloomberg Business:
Bloomberg Poll: Most Americans Oppose Syrian Refugee Resettlement  —  Americans agree with Republican presidential candidates on refugees, but are divided on whether to send U.S. troops to Iraq and Syria to fight the Islamic State, according to the poll.  —  margarettalev
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Cruz to Obama: Insult me to my face  —  GOP presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz (Texas) challenged President Obama on Wednesday for attacking Republicans who oppose plans to admit thousands of Syrian refugees into the U.S.  —  “It is utterly unbefitting of the president to be engaging …
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate Dems push refugee alternative  —  Senate Democrats are pushing a legislative alternative to a House Republican bill that would halt the resettlement of Syrian refugees in the United States, giving themselves political cover to oppose it.  —  Sen. Dianne Feinstein (Calif.) …
Noe Leiva / Agence France-Presse:
Honduras arrests five Syrians headed to US with stolen passports
Discussion: Truth Revolt, Infowars and CNN
Gustavo Palencia / Reuters:
Honduras detains Syrians bound for U.S. with doctored Greek passports
Discussion: New York Post and BizPac Review
Timothy B. Lee / Vox:
George Takei has the perfect response to a mayor who praised Japanese internment  —  On Wednesday, the mayor of Roanoke, VA, wrote a controversial letter explaining why his administration won't be welcoming Syrian refugees.  The letter from Mayor David Bowers invoked America's history …
Discussion: Daily Kos and Yahoo Politics
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George Takei / Facebook:
Earlier today, the mayor of Roanoke, Virginia, Mr. David A. Bowers, in the attached letter, joined several state governors in ordering that Syrian refugees not receive any government assistance, or be relocated to their jurisdiction.  Apart from the lack of legal authority to do so …
Natalie DiBlasio / Associated Press:
Va. mayor suggests internment camps over Syrian refugees
Discussion: WPRI-TV and Newsalert
Andrea Cavallier / New York's PIX11:
ISIS New York video: Terror group releases warning of Times Square attack  —  NEW YORK - Terror group ISIS released a propaganda video Wednesday that makes threats against New York.  —  The video shows several scenes in Manhattan including Times Square, a Gap in Herald Square, T.G.I. Friday's and yellow taxi cabs on city streets.
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CNN:
ISIS video threatens New York City; mayor says city won't be intimidated
Discussion: Truth Revolt, FOX 61 and Boing Boing
Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Trump, Sanders lead respective primaries in New Hampshire  — Home - Video - Politics - U.S. - Opinion - Entertainment - Tech - Science - Health - Travel - Lifestyle - World - Sports - On Air  —  ©2015 FOX News Network, LLC.  All rights reserved.
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Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Trump rules GOP race in New Hampshire, Sanders by 1 over Clinton
New York Times:
Chief Suspect in Paris Attacks Died in Raid, France Says  —  BRUSSELS — Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the Belgian militant suspected of orchestrating the Paris terrorist attacks, was killed in a police raid in the northern Paris suburb of St.-Denis early Wednesday, the French authorities announced on Thursday.
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Washington Post:
2 terror suspects dead after French police raid north of Paris
John Wagner / Washington Post:
O'Malley's presidential campaign is perilously close to financial collapse  —  With barely 10 weeks before Democrats start picking their presidential nominee, former Maryland governor Martin O'Malley's campaign is perilously close to financial collapse.  —  The Democratic hopeful …
Discussion: ABC News and Political Wire
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Ruby Cramer / BuzzFeed:   Martin O'Malley Likely To Accept Public Funding, Campaign Says
People.com:
Carly Simon Says 'You're So Vain' Is About Warren Beatty - Well, Only the Second Verse: ‘He Thinks the Whole Thing Is About Him!’  —  For 44 years, the subject of “You're So Vain” has remained one of pop music's most enduring mysteries.  —  But at long last, Carly Simon has solved the mystery - well, sort of.
Judicial Watch:
Clinton Goes after Laugh Factory Comedians for Making Fun of Her  —  In what appears to be a first for a serious presidential contender, Hillary Clinton's campaign is going after five comedians who made fun of the former Secretary of State in standup skits at a popular Hollywood comedy club.
Washington Post:
41 years.  $3 billion.  Inside the Clinton donor network.  —  HOW WE DID IT  —  This project is an effort to identify every known donor who contributed to support Bill and Hillary Clinton over their four decades in public life.  —  Read about our methodology.
Discussion: Political Wire
Christopher Ingraham / Washington Post:
Ben Carson's campaign made a U.S. map and put a bunch of states in the wrong place … Happy Geography Awareness Week!  Recognizing that “too many young Americans are unable to make effective decisions, understand geo-spatial issues, or even recognize their impacts as global citizens,” …
Hunter Walker / Yahoo Politics:
Donald Trump has big plans for ‘radical Islamic’ terrorists, 2016 and ‘that communist’ Bernie Sanders  —  Trump is currently building a Washington, D.C., hotel about a half mile from the White House.  “You know, honestly, I think the party should take guys like Pataki …
Ben Carson / Washington Post:
My plan to defeat the Islamic State  —  Make no mistake about it: We are at war, and we can't win it with a strategy of containment.  — By Ben Carson-  —  Columns  —  Columns … The Post's View  —  The Post's View … PostEverything  —  PostEverything  —  Paris is a city.
David Axe / The Daily Beast:
Russia Pounds ISIS With Biggest Bomber Raid in Decades  —  Putin's air force just used its nuclear bombers to lay waste to the capital of the ‘Islamic State.’  —  The Russian air force just pulled off one of the biggest and most complex heavy bomber missions in modern history …
Tom Friedman / Ace of Spades HQ:
A Conversation With a Cabbie and What It Tells Us About The Next Several Minutes of My Life  —  Special Guest Columnist for Ace of Spades HQ  —  I was talking to my cabbie in Cairo, making idle chit-chat as we threaded our way through a colorful and boisterous bazaar, what the locals call a souk …
 
 
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Clay Travis / Fox Sports:
Vanderbilt Hate Crime Turns Out To Be Blind Girl's Dog's Poop
Discussion: Truth Revolt and Weekly Standard
David Harsanyi / The Federalist:
This Column Is Exactly What ISIS Wants
Reuters:
Sarajevo gunman commits suicide after killing two soldiers
Discussion: Jihad Watch and The Right Scoop
Barney Frank / Politico:
The Self-fulfilling Prophecy of 'Government Doesn't Work'
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Katie Yoder / NewsBusters:
Whoopi Goldberg on Christian Syrian Refugees: ‘Hitler Was a Christian’
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Ted / Walid Shoebat:
Don't Pray For France, France Is A Godless Nation That Deserved To Be Attacked. …
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Our two Americas, in 1 map  —  Want to understand the bifurcated nature of our politics?
Discussion: Erick on the Radio and Newsalert
 

 
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

Kimberly Nordyke / The Hollywood Reporter:
News Corp and Telstra agree to sell Australian pay TV company Foxtel Group to sports streaming platform DAZN in a deal worth ~$2.1B

New York Times:
In a first, Telegram is set to be profitable in 2024, with $1B+ in revenue, up from ~$350M in 2023, and 12M subscribers; source: 50%+ its revenue is from ads
 
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