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

Read This, Skip That .... July 09, 2014 GOD LOVES ME MORE 1. Al Qaeda to ISIS: Get Off My Lawn 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. Read it at The Daily Beast NOSY 2. NSA Spied on Muslim-American Leaders 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. Read it at The Intercept DOMESTIC DISTURBANCE 3. Send the National Guard to 'Chiraq' 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. Read it at The Daily Beast COLD-HEARTED 4. GOP to Border Kids: Drop Dead 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. Read it at The Daily Beast SEE YA 5. Ray Nagin Gets 10 Years in Prison 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. Read it at Times-Picayune 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. Rolling Stone Queen's Tragic Rhapsody Esquire Lance Armstrong's Life in Exile Does Not Look Pretty The Cut 10 Awkward, Nostalgic Stories of Summer-Camp Sexual Awakenings GET The Cheat Sheet A speedy, smart summary of news and must-reads from across the Web. You'll love the featured original stories on politics, entertainment, and more from The Daily Beast's diverse group of contributors. GET Culture Beast Weekly cultural recommendations from The Daily Beast. Viral Video of the Day: Frozen Is the New Black How did this not happen sooner? More Videos Yikes! Britney Spears Without Auto-Tune by Kevin Fallon The Jihadi Wore Lingerie by Nico Hines The Wildfire-Fighting Drones by Elizabeth Lopatto

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