memeorandum: Lindsey Graham: If Obama Doesn't Go On Offense, Terrorists Are ‘Coming Here’ (Amanda Terkel/The Huffington Post)

1:10 PM ET, August 10, 2014

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Hillary Clinton: ‘Failure’ to Help Syrian Rebels Led to the Rise of ISIS — The former secretary of state, and probable candidate for president, outlines her foreign-policy doctrine. She says this about President Obama's: “Great nations need organizing principles, and 'Don't do stupid stuff' is not an organizing principle.”

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Yahoo! News, Politico, Guardian, Taylor Marsh, Israel Matzav, SOOPERMEXICAN and The Times of Israel

Amanda Terkel / The Huffington Post:

Lindsey Graham: If Obama Doesn't Go On Offense, Terrorists Are ‘Coming Here’ — WASHINGTON — Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) doesn't think the public has been sufficiently frightened about what is going on in the Middle East. On Sunday, he urged President Barack Obama to give a speech warning Americans …

Discussion: The Daily Banter and New York Times

Fox News:

Islamic militants advance despite 2 rounds of US airstrikes — The Islamic militants reportedly expanded their drive near Iraqi Kurdistan Saturday despite two U.S. airstrikes aimed at mortar positions and a seven-vehicle convoy to stop the advance on Kurdish capital of Irbil.

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, Hot Air, New York Times, The Gateway Pundit, BuzzFeed and The Atlantic Online

Martin Matishak / The Hill:
Feinstein: ‘It takes an army to defeat an army’

Discussion: Politico and CANNONFIRE

New York Times:
Fear of ‘Another Benghazi’ Drove White House to Airstrikes in Iraq

Discussion: Business Insider, Althouse, Instapundit and Politico

CNN:
Obama: No timetable for Iraq airstrikes

Discussion: Fox17, American Thinker, The PJ Tatler and Washington Post

Tom Williams / Roll Call:
Feinstein Warns of Risk of ISIL Attack on America, Says Must Be Confronted

Discussion: neo-neocon, NewsBusters, Hinterland Gazette, Hot Air, Power Line, Politico, New York Times, NBC News and Washington Post

KMOV-TV:

Tensions high in Ferguson after teen shot and killed by police officer — FERGUSON, Mo. (KMOV.com) - Tensions are high in Ferguson, Missouri and a large police presence is on hand after a teenager was shot to death by a police officer. — Police are asking the community to stay calm and allow the investigation to proceed.

Discussion: Daily Mail, CNN, Mediaite and The Raw Story

Lee Enterprises / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:

Anger, confrontation after shooting of teen by Ferguson police officer — • By Leah Thorsen lthorsen@post-dispatch.com 636.937.6249 and Steve Giegerich sgiegerich@post-dispatch.com 314.725.6758 — FERGUSON • The fatal shooting of a teen Saturday afternoon by a Ferguson police officer outside …

Discussion: FOX2now.com, KMOV-TV, Taylor Marsh and The Daily Banter

Ian Lovett / New York Times:

In Surprising Defeat, Hawaii Governor Loses Primary — HONOLULU — After nearly four decades in elected office in Hawaii, Gov. Neil Abercrombie was dealt a stunning defeat in his bid for re-election over the weekend, becoming the first incumbent governor in the state's history to lose in his party's primary.

Discussion: Outside the Beltway and Vox Popoli

Honolulu Star-Advertiser:

IGE TRIUMPHS — Abercrombie becomes the first incumbent to lose a gubernatorial primary in Hawaii — In a historic upset, state Sen. David Ige, who was unknown to many voters six months ago, ousted Gov. Neil Abercrombie on Saturday in the Demo-cratic primary.

Discussion: Outside the Beltway

Ann Choi / MiamiHerald.com:

Two men sought in fatal shooting of Orthodox rabbi in Northeast Miami-Dade — The victim was from Brooklyn, N.Y., and was in South Florida visiting family. One Jewish community group said it was “a robbery that went badly.” — A 60-year-old Orthodox rabbi from Brooklyn …

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Scared Monkeys

New York Times:

Mr. Obama, Your Move — Sometime in late summer, if predictions are right, President Obama will use his executive authority to protect many unauthorized immigrants from deportation. — We don't know the details. Mr. Obama and the Department of Homeland Security have not yet supplied the who …

Discussion: The Moderate Voice and Daily Kos

WUSA9.com:

WUSA9 Crew vehicle burglarized in DC — WASHINGTON (WUSA9) — Typically our crews are reporting on these sorts of incidents, but on Friday our own WUSA9 crew's vehicle was burglarized. — Ironically, the burglary occurred while the crew was working on a story about an app that alerts people of “sketchy” neighborhoods.

Discussion: Business Insider and The Raw Story

Monte Reel / New York Times:

The Brazilian Bus Magnate Who's Buying Up All the World's Vinyl Records — Paul Mawhinney, a former music-store owner in Pittsburgh, spent more than 40 years amassing a collection of some three million LPs and 45s, many of them bargain-bin rejects that had been thoroughly forgotten.