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Brett Neely

The Daily Digest: The case against ISIS

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In Minnesota

The Minnesota DFL plans to launch a million dollar ad campaign starting next week to support Gov. Mark Dayton’s re-election bid. (Star Tribune)

Efforts to expand Minnesota's new medical marijuana law next year could hinge who wins the governor's office. (MPR News)

Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley will speak at a DFL fundraising dinner next month. O'Malley is a potential 2016 presidential candidate. (AP via Star Tribune)

The PoliGraph judges Sen. Al Franken's latest attack ad against Republican Mike McFadden to be misleading. (MPR News)

National Politics

President Obama vowed to destroy the terror group ISIS and said the campaign would include stepped up airstrikes in Syria and Iraq and additional U.S. military advisors in Iraq. (New York Times)

Congress is likely to vote on whether to train Syrian rebels. (Washington Post)

Despite their campaign rhetoric, Sen. Al Franken and his Republican opponent Mike McFadden are largely in agreement on what the U.S. response should be to ISIS. (MPR News)

National Republicans are scrambling to protect Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts, whose re-election efforts are in turmoil and complicating GOP chances of winning the Senate in November. (Politico)

Democratic U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar slammed the NFL’s investigation of former Baltimore Ravens player Ray Rice’s domestic abuse case. (Star Tribune)