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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:
Governors revolt against Obama's Syrian refugee plan — A fast-growing group of Republican governors on Monday revolted against President Barack Obama's existing plan to accept 10,000 Syrian refugees next year, saying the Paris terrorist attacks show that it's too risky to provide a safe haven …
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Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
CNN's Jim Acosta Grills Obama on ISIS: 'Why Can't We Take Out These Bastards?' — During a Monday press conference in Turkey, President Barack Obama was grilled by CNN's Jim Acosta about his previous statements downplaying ISIS and why the United States couldn't kill the “bastards.”
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Dan Tuohy / UnionLeader.com:
Hassan: U.S. should ‘halt acceptance’ of Syrian refugees
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Dara Lind / Vox:
Is Mike Huckabee right that refugees from hot countries hate Minnesota? An investigation.
Katie Zezima / Washington Post:
Cruz: ‘No meaningful risk’ of Christians committing terrorism
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Megan Apper / BuzzFeed:
Huckabee: Put Syrian Refugees in Homes of “Limousine Liberals”
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Matt Clinch / CNBC:
8 state governors oppose Syrian refugee relocation
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
State Department: Only 2% Of Syrian Refugees In U.S. Are Military-Aged Men With No Family
Nick Gass / Politico:
Huckabee calls on Ryan to prevent entry of Syrian refugees, or to step down
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Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
Obama calls idea of screening Syrian refugees based on religion ‘shameful,’ defends White House strategy
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Abby Phillip / Washington Post:
Governors rush to slam door on Syrian refugees
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Jennifer Ardis / Office of the Governor of Alabama:
Governor Bentley Refuses Syrian Refugees Relocating to Alabama
Office of the Governor / Greg Abbott:
Governor Abbott To Refuse Syrian Refugees Relocating To Texas
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David Weigel / Washington Post:
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), who has talked up his past border security bills …
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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.
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TMZ.com:
Charlie Sheen — Threats of Lawsuits Unraveled HIV Secret — As we reported, Charlie will discuss his HIV status Tuesday on “Today.” … Charlie Sheen kept his HIV status under wraps, but everything unraveled when some former partners threatened him with lawsuits ... TMZ has learned.
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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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Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Obama Chides Republicans Who Want to Screen Muslim Refugees — ANTALYA, Turkey — President Obama on Monday lashed out at Republican presidential candidates who suggested that religious tests be given to refugees seeking to enter the United States out of a fear of letting terrorists into the country.
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John Hudson / Foreign Policy:
Citing Paris Attack, CIA Director Criticizes Surveillance Reform Efforts
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Scott Shane / New York Times:
After Paris Attacks, C.I.A. Director Rekindles Debate Over Surveillance
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Toluse Olorunnipa / Bloomberg Business:
Obama Rejects Calls for U.S. Troops to Fight Islamic State
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The Federalist:
Obama On His ISIS Strategy: I'm Not Interested In ‘American Leadership, Or America Winning’
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Fearing Fear Itself
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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 …
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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 …
Jack Shafer / Politico:
The Myth of the Terrorist Mastermind — Why do we need to keep telling ourselves the plotters are special? — 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.
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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:
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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 …
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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.
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J.D. Durkin / Mediaite:
Usually Dispassionate Fox News Anchor Bill Hemmer Goes Off on Obama Terror Speech — America's Newsroom co-anchor Bill Hemmer was uncharacteristically opinionated and aggressive after President Barack Obama's remarks Monday morning at the G20 Summit over Friday's French terror attacks.
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Star Tribune:
Top student body officers at University of Kansas face calls to resign over diversity demands — LAWRENCE, Kan. — Racial tensions are growing at the University of Kansas with a call for three top Student Senate leaders to resign and a recent graduate initiating a hunger strike.
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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.”
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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
CNN Reporter Asks Obama: 'Why Can't We Take Out These Bastards?' — President defends military strategy against ISIS in press conference.
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Dayna / Matter:
On Gawker's Problem With Women — A former staff writer describes how a media company founded on whistleblowing and radical transparency failed its female employees. … n July 16, Gawker.com published a tabloid story about a male escort's thwarted dalliance with a media executive.
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