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10:00 AM ET, August 10, 2021

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CBS Miami:
Gov. Ron DeSantis' Office: State Education Board Could Withhold Salaries Of Superintendents, School Board Members Who Implement Mask Mandates  —  TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami) - The Office of Gov. Ron DeSantis announced that the Florida Board of Education could withhold the salaries of superintendents …
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CNN:
Florida governor's office says state could withhold salaries of officials who enact school mask mandates
Hugh Hewitt / The Hugh Hewitt Show:
Dr. Tony Fauci On Masks At School For K-3rd Grade; CDC Credibility; The “Omega” Variant
Craig Whitlock / Washington Post:
Deceptions and lies: What really happened in Afghanistan  —  Part one of an excerpt from “The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War.”  Whitlock will discuss the book during a Washington Post Live event on Aug. 31.  —  The suicide bomber arrived at Bagram air base in a Toyota Corolla late in the morning on Feb. 27, 2007.
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Associated Press:
US vows to isolate Taliban if they take power by force  —  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A U.S. peace envoy brought a warning to the Taliban on Tuesday that any government that comes to power through force in Afghanistan won't be recognized internationally after a series of cities fell to the insurgent group in stunningly quick succession.
Patrick Svitek / The Texas Tribune:
Gov. Greg Abbott asks Texas hospitals to delay nonessential procedures as COVID-19 patients strain capacity  —  Abbott's request was one of several steps to address rising coronavirus case numbers and hospitalizations.  He did not back down from his refusal to allow local mask mandates.  —  Copy link
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Madeline Holcombe / CNN:
US vaccination rate is at its highest in weeks.  But mandates may be needed for kids going back to school, expert says  —  Doctor weighs in on how safe it is to get kids back in school  —  (CNN)As Americans gear up for a new school year against a backdrop of rising Covid-19 cases …
Discussion: The Guardian
Alexa Corse / Wall Street Journal:
Dominion Sues Newsmax, One America News Network, Others Over Election Claims  —  Voting-machine company seeks billions of dollars in damages, citing lost profit and other costs  —  WASHINGTON—One of the largest voting-machine companies in the U.S. on Tuesday sued two conservative media networks …
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Ronan Farrow / New Yorker:
Andrew Cuomo's War Against a Federal Prosecutor  —  A call to the Obama White House that some legal experts say is impeachable fits a pattern of the Governor smearing those who scrutinize him.  —  In April, 2014, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo placed a call to the White House and reached Valerie Jarrett …
Washington Examiner:
Biden's radical remaking of America  —  Senate Democrats released a 92-page outline of President Joe Biden's agenda Monday morning.  It is nothing short of a blueprint for a far-left, radical remaking of the United States.  —  Weighing in at a supposed $3.5 trillion, the Democratic spending …
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: The latest Democratic feud to watch  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  TARMAC FEVER SWEEPS THE SENATE FLOOR — It's about time.  After months of haggling, the chamber is expected to pass the BIF today at 11 a.m., then move fairly quickly to consider Democrats' $3.5 trillion budget resolution.
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Edward-Isaac Dovere / The Atlantic:
The Next Face of the Democratic Party
Discussion: NBC News
Rachel Pannett / Washington Post:
Anti-vaccine protesters tried to storm the BBC's offices.  But they had the wrong address.  —  A group of coronavirus vaccine protesters attempted to storm the offices of British public broadcaster BBC on Monday.  But they had one big problem: the wrong address.
Ray A. Smith / Wall Street Journal:
Vaccination Status Has Americans Picking Sides  —  Vaccination status is splitting up groups of close friends and families; ‘it could just turn into a really nasty battle’  —  Weeks of rising Covid-19 cases have hardened divisions within families, communities and friend groups over which members …
Discussion: The Big Picture, CNN and Raw Story
Mark Niesse / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Walker's wife voted in Georgia as couple lives in Texas, records show  —  Potential U.S. Senate candidate Herschel Walker and his wife live in Texas, but she voted in Georgia's election for president last fall.  —  The absentee ballot cast by Julie Blanchard raises questions about whether …
Discussion: Raw Story
Michael Sneed / Chicago Sun-Times:
Chicago cops give cold shoulder to Mayor Lightfoot at hospital after two officers shot  —  The officers were waiting inside at the University of Chicago Medical Center when the mayor approached them and they turned their backs on her, sources said.  —  They turned away and gave her their backs.
Tim Huelskamp / The Hill:
Manchin may be the only one who can save the Hyde Amendment  —  It could all be up to Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) to preserve the life-saving Hyde amendment in the budget reconciliation process.  —  If pro-abortion Democrat senators succeed in first passing the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill …
Monica Buchanan Pitrelli / CNBC:
Vaccines are being required for travel — here's how unvaccinated people feel about that  —  Unvaccinated people are eager to travel again.  But more and more, the rules make that harder.  —  Travelers are increasingly required to show proof of vaccination before they can cruise …
Leighton Woodhouse / Common Sense with Bari Weiss:
Cori Bush Wants to Defund the Police.  My Neighbors Have Other Ideas.  —  The congresswoman can afford private security.  Those who live in Oakland, California, don't have that luxury. … — BW  —  In February, a mile and a half from my house, at a park featuring an “I Can Do Anything” …
Discussion: Israpundit and Washington Examiner
Matthew Kassel / Jewish Insider:
What was Bakari Sellers thinking in Ohio 11? … Bakari Sellers, the former South Carolina state legislator who has appeared frequently at AIPAC events and is a close ally of Vice President Kamala Harris and other establishment Democratic figures, turned some heads when he threw his weight behind Nina Turner …
Charlie Warzel / Galaxy Brain:
I Need To Stop Scrolling  —  The diminishing returns of constant covid news … EDITOR'S NOTE: I left an editing note to myself in bold in the original draft of this newsletter at the end of the first paragraph.  Because I forgot to address it before I scheduled this piece to publish …
James Hill / ABC News:
Prince Andrew sued in federal court for alleged sexual abuse  —  The lawsuit comes almost two years to the day that Epstein died in jail.  —  An alleged victim of deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein filed a lawsuit against Prince Andrew of Britain on Monday, accusing the embattled 61-year-old royal …
David Smith / The Guardian:
Trump was ‘in pain and afraid’ during post-Covid display of bravado, niece's book says  —  Mary Trump's new book The Reckoning, seen by the Guardian, describes a national trauma worsened by her uncle  —  Donald Trump was “afraid” when he put on a display of bravado at the White House …
Discussion: Insider and Raw Story
Bjorn Lomborg / New York Post:
Don't buy the latest climate-change alarmism  —  The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change just released its latest climate report, and reactions from politicians and media pundits could not have been more predictable.  —  Fitting the apocalyptic narrative many have spun lately …
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
CNN must investigate Chris Cuomo  —  Brian Stelter, host of CNN's “Reliable Sources,” attempted a demonstration of journalistic independence on his Sunday program.  In light of last week's report from New York's attorney general documenting Democratic Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's alleged sexual harassment …
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Ben Garrison / Grrr Graphics:
The Proud Parents  —  There's an old saying, “Scratch a liar, find a thief.”  This sums up Joe Biden.  —  He's a colossal liar, and he's also a thief in a manner of speaking because the presidential election was stolen for him.  —  A friend recently told me a variation of that saying: “Scratch a Democrat, find a fascist.”
Washington Post:
Despite weeks of protests, France implements health pass at cafes and train stations with little drama  —  PARIS — After weeks of protests, France saw relatively little drama on Monday as it expanded its national experiment with coronavirus mandates and began to require that people show …
Discussion: Reuters and Twitchy
USA Today:
Dr. Anthony Fauci: Get vaccinated to stop risk of an even deadlier COVID variant  —  Dr. Anthony Fauci tells the USA TODAY Editorial Board that he leans strongly toward requiring teachers and other school employees to be vaccinated.  —  Dr. Anthony Fauci, America's point man on infectious diseases …
Discussion: Breitbart and CNN
Washington Post:
Hopes and fears as schools open their doors for new year  —  With a mix of optimism and trepidation, teachers and students began returning to classrooms in large numbers Monday, as the nation opens a third-straight school year upended by the pandemic.  —  Educators are anxious to begin academic …
Discussion: WTOP
Olivia Beavers / Politico:
Lawyer for House conservatives suing Pelosi has his own rap sheet  —  The attorney for a trio of hardline House conservatives who are suing Speaker Nancy Pelosi has had his own run-in with the law.  —  Chris Wiest, the lawyer for Reps. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) …
 
 
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Joy Pullmann / The Federalist:
Vaccine And Mask Coercion Is A Purge Of Republican Voters, And Republicans Are Letting It Happen
Christopher Vondracek / INFORUM:
In 11th-hour change, SD officials cut Indigenous references from social studies standards
Julie Carr Smyth / Associated Press:
Cincinnati Mayor John Cranley enters Ohio governor's race
Discussion: The Hill
Kyle Drennen / Newsbusters:
CNN Proposes Travel Ban on Florida Over COVID Cases
Discussion: Fox News
Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
House Democrats won't have a shot at getting Trump's tax returns from the IRS until at least November
Taylor Dolven / Miami Herald:
DeSantis to appeal Norwegian cruise vaccine proof ruling
Peter Beinart / The Beinart Notebook:
Seeing the Things in Front of Our Eyes
New York Times:
U.S. Signals It Will Release Some Still-Secret Files on Saudi Arabia and 9/11
 Earlier Items: 
The Charlotte Observer:
Charlotte City Council adopts new nondiscrimination ordinance
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Robert Knight / Washington Times:
The COVID-19 rise of deception and tyranny
Robby Soave / Reason:
D.C. Gyms Want To Require Vaccination Instead of Masks. The City Said No.
Spencer Hsu / Washington Post:
Judge asks why Capitol rioters are paying just $1.5 million for attack, while U.S. taxpayers will pay more than $500 million
Discussion: Politico and Insider
Igor Bobic / HuffPost:
Infrastructure Is Having A Moment In Washington. High-Speed Rail Is Not.
Jennifer Van Laar / RedState:
Here's What We Know About California's “Print-at-Home Ballot” Recall Election Scheme
Discussion: CNN, California Globe, CNBC and Politico
 

 
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Anne Steele / Wall Street Journal:
Spotify plans to pay incentives to video creators who hit certain viewing thresholds and, in January, to let Premium subscribers view podcast videos without ads

Todd Spangler / Variety:
Don Lemon, who sued Elon Musk and X after a deal fell apart, says he's leaving X on November 15, citing X's new ToS that moves legal disputes to Texas courts

Murray Stassen / Music Business Worldwide:
German royalty licensing group GEMA sues OpenAI and subsidiary OpenAI Ireland in Munich Regional Court, claiming ChatGPT violates copyrights of lyrics

 
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