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2:50 AM ET, September 15, 2014

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New York Times:
Arab Nations Offer to Fight ISIS From Air  —  WASHINGTON — The Obama administration said Sunday that “several” Arab nations had offered to join in airstrikes against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, but any sustained military campaign does not appear imminent, and likely will require …
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Lindsey Graham: We need troops to fight Islamic State ‘before we all get killed here at home’  —  Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) was characteristically energetic in offering his opinion of the Obama administration's plan to undermine the Islamic State on Fox News' “Fox News Sunday.”
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Senator: ‘We All Get Killed Back Here At Home’ If Obama Doesn't Send Combat Troops Back Into Iraq  —  Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) blasted President Barack Obama's plan to defeat ISIS during an appearance on Fox News Sunday, calling the commander-in-chief “disingenuous and delusional” …
Roger Simon / Politico:
Why Hillary hates Iowa  —  INDIANOLA Iowa — “Hello, Iowa!” says Hillary Clinton, who has not set foot in Iowa for six years and eight months, and in fact, until quite recently has loathed the place.  —  She cautiously enunciates each word from her prepared text, even the jokes.
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Benjamin Bell / ABC News:
Progressives Want to See Clinton's ‘Vision for America’ … Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton may be headlining Sen. Tom Harkin's annual Steak Fry today, but the longtime progressive senator indicated that shouldn't be taken as an endorsement should she decide to run for president in 2016.
Discussion: Politico and abc7.com
Fox News:
British PM David Cameron says he will ‘drain this poison’ after latest ISIS beheading video  —  British Prime Minister David Cameron said Sunday he will work with allies to defeat the terrorist group Islamic State, and that countries must “drain this poison from our society,” …
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Wall Street Journal:
Islamic State Video Claims Beheading of British Man
Discussion: National Review
Thomas Tracy / NY Daily News:
Alan Henning, shown in alleged ISIS video as next victim, is British aid worker who was helping Syrian refugees
Discussion: The Daily Banter
Joseph Berger / New York Times:
Are Liberal Jewish Voters a Thing of the Past?  —  FOR generations, American Jews, and particularly Jewish New Yorkers, have largely been identified as ardent liberals.  —  Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe formed a substantial core of early 20th-century progressives and socialists.
Kevin D. Williamson / National Review:
Democrats' Push to Criminalize Dissent  —  Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.  Dissent is the lowest form of crime.  If you are a drone in the hive of the Left, it is possible — easy, in fact — to believe both of those things at the same time.  —  Free speech just won …
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Evan McMurry / Mediaite:
Jay Carney: 'It's Not Going to Be a Good Year for Democrats'  —  In his new guise as a political commentator for CNN, former White House Press Secretary Jay Carney dished out conventional wisdom on State of the Union Sunday morning, which in this case meant diagnosing the Democrats' chances in the upcoming midterms as poor.
New York Times:
A Risky Bet on Syrian Rebels  —  President Obama's new strategy for routing ISIS, the extremist Sunni group that controls large areas of Iraq and Syria, rests substantially and precariously on having rebels in Syria fight ISIS, even as they battle the forces of the Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad.
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Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The Middle East's Friendless Christians
Discussion: The Mahablog
Mike Florio / ProFootballTalk:
Ray Rice to appeal indefinite suspension on Monday  —  Ray Rice hasn't said or done much since he was cut by the Ravens and suspended indefinitely by the NFL last Monday.  This Monday, he'll say plenty.  —  According to multiple league sources, Rice will appeal the indefinite suspension on Monday.
Discussion: The Huffington Post and Deadspin
Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
Obama's ship is sinking  —  The rising clamor over the beheading of two Americans, and rapidly sinking polls, forced President Obama to reassure the nation last week he had a plan to deal with the Islamic State.  He did some of what he had to do, but only some, and so most military analysts believe …
Natasha / The Young, Black, and Fabulous:
THAT'S UNFORTUNATE: “Django Unchained” Star Daniele Watts & Husband Claim Cops ARRESTED Her...After Being Horribly Mistaken For A Prostitute  —  In what seems to be yet another case of police prejudice and brutality, Django Unchained star Daniele Watts and her husband are speaking out about a wrongful arrest …
Discussion: Liberaland and Raw Story
 
 
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Ken Dilanian / Associated Press:
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