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2:40 PM ET, September 21, 2014

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Ian Shapira / Washington Post:
The Daily Show springs tense showdown with Native Americans on Redskins fans  —  The four die-hard Redskins fans thought the opportunity was as golden as the vintage helmets of their favorite football team: “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” wanted them to appear on the Comedy Central program …
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Grand Illusion in Syria  —  ACROSS years of war and at an extraordinary cost, the United States built an army that was supposed to prevent jihadists from gaining a sanctuary in the heart of the Middle East.  It had American-trained leaders, American-made weaponry and 250,000 men under arms …
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
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New York Times:
Can Adversaries Become Allies to Fight ISIS?
Discussion: Daily Kos and Guardian
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Chuck Todd Splits US Into ‘Starbucks Nation’ And ‘Chick-Fil-A Country’ (VIDEO)  —  “Meet the Press” host Chuck Todd on Sunday described the 2014 midterm elections as a battle between “Starbucks nation” and “Chick-Fil-A country.”  —  He split the U.S. into the Democratic urban areas …
Discussion: Mediaite
Los Angeles Times:
White House intruder was an Army vet with PTSD, family says  —  The intruder who scaled a White House fence and made it through the front doors was an Army veteran diagnosed with combat trauma, but authorities said Saturday the case was still under investigation.
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Twitchy
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Alexandra Jaffe / The Hill:
Landrieu helps out with keg stand  —  Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) was spotted helping a man do a keg stand at a Louisiana State University tailgating event on Saturday.  —  A photo from the event appears to show Landrieu—one of the most vulnerable Democratic incumbents this year …
Lisa W. Foderaro / New York Times:
Climate Change Demands Issued at Events Worldwide  —  Under leaden skies, throngs of demonstrators stretching as far as the eye could see started to move through Midtown Manhattan late Sunday morning, chanting their demands for action on climate change.  —  With drums and tubas …
James Hohmann / Politico:
Kansas gubernatorial candidate addresses 1990s strip club incident  —  In the late 1990s the Democratic candidate for governor of Kansas was getting a lap dance at a strip club when cops raided it in search of drugs, a situation Paul Davis on Saturday described as being “in the wrong place at the wrong time.”
Caitlin Dineen / Orlando Sentinel:
At Lake Mary gun show, Zimmerman details what life is like  —  Become a digitalPlus subscriber.  99¢ for 4 weeks.
Discussion: Raw Story and Hullabaloo
William J. Bratton / NY Daily News:
Bill Bratton: Inside the terror threat  —  ISIS and a host of other groups present a more complex set of dangers than Al Qaeda once did  —  Images emerging from the Middle East of beheadings and mass executions by the radical Islamic extremist group known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) are profoundly troubling.
Telegraph:
How Qatar is funding the rise of Islamist extremists  —  The fabulously wealthy Gulf state, which owns an array of London landmarks and claims to be one of our best friends in the Middle East, is a prime sponsor of violent Islamists  —  Few outsiders have noticed, but radical Islamists now control Libya's capital.
Debra J. Saunders / Townhall.com:
Castro Valley Winery to Government: Crush Grapes, Not Vintners  —  SHARES  —  “You'll never meet anyone who says, 'I want to be a millionaire.  I think I'll start a winery,'” owner Bill Smyth tells me from his small office over the tasting room of Westover Vineyards, nestled in Palomares Canyon.
Discussion: Ed Driscoll
Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
Chuck Hagel piles on the NFL  —  CNN reports that Chuck Hagel has asked his staff for detailed information about the U.S. military's relationships with the National Football League in the wake of the controversy over how the league is handling domestic-abuse allegations against players.
 
 
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