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Wednesday, July 9, 2014

Cheat Sheet - Al Qaeda to ISIS: Get Off My Lawn

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July 09, 2014
GOD LOVES ME MORE
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, leader of ISIS, has been branded by one of al Qaeda's top spiritual leaders as "deviant" for creating an Islamic state contrary to principles of Sharia law. That may not matter to Baghdadi, says Jamie Dettmer, as he has used social media to capture the imagination of young people looking for a different kind of savior.
NOSY

The list of prominent Muslim-American leaders that the NSA and FBI spied on has been released from documents leaked by Edward Snowden. Included in the list are Faisal Gill, a Republican who has a top-secret security clearance and served in the Department of Homeland Security under George W. Bush; Asim Ghafoor, a lawyer who represents people in terrorism cases; Hooshang Amirahmadi, an Iranian-American professor at Rutgers University; Nihad Awad, the executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), which is the largest Muslim civil-rights organization in the U.S.; and Agha Saeed, a former professor at California State University who supports Muslims' civil liberties.

DOMESTIC DISTURBANCE
At least 84 people were shot and 16 were killed in Chicago over the Fourth of July weekend. A major American metropolis is being lost to guns, gangs, and drugs, and we need to use everything at our disposal to rescue it, writes Roland S. Martin. Mayor Rahm Emanuel should put his ego aside and ask for the National Guard to be sent in to help save his city.
COLD-HEARTED
With 100,000 immigrant children in U.S. custody and more on the way, President Obama asked Congress for billions to help them and stem the tide. Patricia Murphy reports Republicans on Capitol Hill have no desire to bail out Obama. "Now the president wants our constituents to pay $3.7 billion for a problem he created?" one said.
SEE YA

Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison Wednesday after being convicted on 20 of 21 counts of bribery, wire fraud, tax evasion, and other charges. Nagin, 58, was mayor for two terms, including during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. He was facing 20 or more years in prison under federal sentencing guidelines. He will report to prison Sept. 8 and has been recommended to a minimum-security federal detention center. The 10 years are the same that former Gov. Edwin Edwards got for corruption in 2000.


PRETTY PLEASE
Snowden Asks Putin to Extend Asylum
Current term ends July 31.
BABY, COME BACK
Cavs Trade Three to Pursue LeBron
Ray Allen may come, too.
SLAMMED
PornHub: No More Germany F*cking Brazil
Users posting highlights of World Cup match.
CONTROVERSIAL
SF to Allow Forced Care of Mentally Ill
Patient-advocacy groups complain.
SURPRISE
Bull Gores Author of Bull-Running Book
In Pamplona, Spain.

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