Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Tuesday, November 17. Also check out the video of Shep Smith, who is 100% correct when he says: "[W]e cannot allow ourselves to become like those who want to destroy us. We cannot resort to the tactics of the barbarians,..We must fight for what we believe in and who we are. Guard our freedoms faithfully for the generations to follow, and we must not let the rhetoric of potential and political extremists among us lead us to self-destruction."
- France launches more anti-terrorism raids at home and new airstrikes in Syria
- ‘Barbaric man’ a key figure ("Officials believe an elusive Belgian anchored network of Paris attackers")
- Obama defends his measured approach against the Islamic State
- The surprising reason why ISIS may be lashing out: because it's losing
- Russia confirms Sinai plane crash was the work of terrorists
- America’s politicians are feeding the Islamic State narrative (Yes that includes you, Pete Snyder.)
- GOP presidential candidates outline positions aimed at keeping Muslim migrants out (Bunch of bigots.)
- Obama’s critics should stop playing political games over the Islamic State ("If they have solutions to the Islamic State, they should offer them up." Of course they don't, they're just a bunch of chickenhawks and blowhards.)
- No, State Governors Can’t Refuse To Accept Syrian Refugees
- This CNN segment is everything wretched about our response to the Paris attacks ("Islamophobia is surging in the days after the Paris attacks. Perhaps there's no better illustration than this video")
- Chris Cillizza is a joke: The Washington Post’s call for substantive coverage after Paris lasts all of a day ("Judging from the reactions to the Democratic debate, the media isn't giving up horse race nonsense any time soon")
- Why Republicans want Obama to denounce "radical Islam" — and why he won't do it (Bottom line: Republicans actually appear to WANT war with the world's billion Muslims. That, of course, would be nuts - in addition to being completely wrongheaded - and even George W. Bush totally understood that fact.)
- In the wake of Paris, our common enemy is intolerance ("A threat exists, but it is not Islam.")
- Condoleezza Rice: I Get The Security Concerns, But The US Should Accept Refugees (One sane, non-bigoted Republican; of course, that means Condoleezza Rice couldn't possibly win the Republican presidential nomination...)
- Donald Trump on the Paris attacks: ‘Watch and study the mosques’ here at home (Trump continues to be as disgusting and demagogic as always. The fact that he's leading the Republican 2016 field is truly disturbing -- although Carson and Cruz are no better, nor is Rubio when it comes right down to it.)
- Trump, Carson neck and neck among Virginians, UMW poll shows (Full results here)
- Va. faces nearly $1 billion in rising Medicaid costs through next two-year budget
- Sen. Mark Warner Wants To Know How Many Gig Workers There Are
- McAuliffe signals that Virginia will not seek to block Syrian refugees
- Norment wants to be Senate majority leader and Finance chairman
- Republicans call for Syrian refugee moratorium in Virginia (Pathetic.)
- Republican leadership battle in Virginia Senate gets heated ("All-caps animosity: Internal e-mails offer a peek into a brawl in Richmond’s normally decorous upper chamber.")
- Del. Chris Head files religious liberty bill (Also pathetic.)
- Bob McDonnell’s high-profile supporters urge Supreme Court to take case
- D.C. area forecast: Cloudier and cooler today, showers arrive later tomorrow
