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6:00 PM ET, September 21, 2014

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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 …
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 …
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The Hill:
Obama takes anti-ISIS pitch to UN
Discussion: Liberaland
New York Times:
Can Adversaries Become Allies to Fight ISIS?
Discussion: Daily Kos
Heidi Moore / Guardian:
Why is Thomas Piketty's 700-page book a bestseller?  —  Thomas Piketty is a French economist whose Capital in the Twenty-First Century has swept American discourse.  Four experts - Brad DeLong, Tyler Cowen, Stephanie Kelton and Emanuel Derman - take on why that is
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
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 …
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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Lisa W. Foderaro / New York Times:
At Climate March in New York, a Clarion Call for Action  —  Under leaden skies, throngs of demonstrators stretching as far as the eye could see moved through Midtown Manhattan late Sunday morning, chanting their demands for action on climate change.  —  With drums and tubas, banners and floats …
John B. Judis / The New Republic:
America's Worst Republican Could Soon Lose His Office  —  Why everyone must tune in to Kris Kobach's race in Kansas  —  The Kansas Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that Democrat Chad Taylor could vacate his ballot spot in the Senate election, creating a two-man race between Republican Senator Pat Roberts …
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 …
Jessica Glenza / Guardian:
Polygamist women dressed ‘like ninjas’ attack home of witness in Utah sex assault case  —  Police say two women in West Jordan, aged 18 and 22, ‘violently attacked one of the adult males’ in the house and are now in custody  —  Two armed “polygamist women” dressed like ninjas were subdued …
Discussion: Liberaland
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.”
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.
 
 
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