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7:35 PM ET, August 13, 2021

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John R. Allen / Defense One:
Biden Must Reverse His Decision to Quit Afghanistan  —  The administration must act now.  Here's what they must do.  —  Afghanistan stands on the knife's edge and history may hold President Joe Biden and his administration personally responsible if the worst comes to pass.
Discussion: Daily Mail, CNN and Washington Post
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Gideon Rachman / Financial Times:
Joe Biden's credibility has been shredded in Afghanistan  —  But the fall of the country to the Taliban would also create a dilemma for China  —  If Donald Trump were presiding over the debacle in Afghanistan, the US foreign policy establishment would be loudly condemning the irresponsibility and immorality of American strategy.
The Bulwark:
An Open Letter to Joe Biden on Afghanistan  —  It's not too late to change course, protect America's interests, and stop a humanitarian disaster.  —  (PHOTOS: GETTYIMAGES)  —  The situation in Afghanistan is dire.  But it is not too late to deploy forces to stabilize it, and ultimately turn it around.
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Byron York's Daily Memo: Humiliation in Afghanistan  —  Welcome to Byron York's Daily Memo newsletter.  —  Was this email forwarded to you?  Sign up here to receive the newsletter.  —  HUMILIATION IN AFGHANISTAN.  The government of Afghanistan is falling fast in the face of a new Taliban offensive.
Shay Khatiri / The Bulwark:
Blame Biden for Afghanistan's Return to the Dark Ages
Reuters:   In desperation, U.S. scours for countries willing to house Afghan refugees
Associated Press:
Taliban sweep across Afghanistan's south; take 4 more cities
The United Nations:
Secretary-General's press encounter on Afghanistan
Discussion: The Hill and Associated Press
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Matthew Loh / Insider:
4 teachers died of COVID within 24 hours in Broward County, Florida. Schools there are defying Gov. DeSantis' ban on mask mandates.
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
9 Moderate Democrats Threaten to Tank Entire Biden Presidency The party has managed to work together, until now.  —  Joe Biden's success to date has owed itself to many factors, the largest of which is the willingness of congressional Democrats to compromise with each other.
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Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
Moderates Threaten Stalemate Over Budget Vote and Infrastructure  —  The letter from nine Democrats, enough to block passage, threatens their party's two-track plan to pass both a $3.5 trillion social policy budget blueprint and an infrastructure bill.  —  WASHINGTON — Nine moderate House …
Dean Sterling Jones / BuzzFeed News:
The Co-Founder Of The Fact-Checking Site Snopes Was Writing Plagiarized Articles Under A Fake Name  —  David Mikkelson, the co-founder of the fact-checking website Snopes, has long presented himself as the arbiter of truth online, a bulwark in the fight against rumors and fake news.
Steve Contorno / Tampa Bay Times:
Inside Fox News, DeSantis is ‘the future of the party.’ And he's taking advantage.  —  Emails show the Florida governor is in high demand on the network — and gets his way.  —  Updated Just now  —  Early in Florida's vaccine rollout, during a period marked by confusion and images of seniors …
Wilson Wong / NBC News:
Parent attacks teacher after mask dispute on first day of school in California district, official says  —  A parent attacked a teacher following a mask dispute on the first day of school, a California superintendent said.  —  The incident occurred about an hour after the first day ended …
Department of Homeland Security:
Summary of Terrorism Threat to the U.S. Homeland  —  The Secretary of Homeland Security has issued a new National Terrorism Advisory System (NTAS) Bulletin regarding the current heightened threat environment across the United States.  The Homeland continues to face a diverse …
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Geneva Sands / CNN:
Calls for violence online similar to before January 6 Capitol attack, DHS Intel chief says
Discussion: Raw Story
Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
Evidence presented to grand jury in Durham's Russia probe  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — John Durham, the federal prosecutor tapped to investigate the origins of the Russia investigation, has been presenting evidence before a grand jury as part of his probe, a person familiar with the matter said Friday.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Carl E. Heastie / assembly.state.ny.us:
Statement from Speaker Carl Heastie on Impeachment Investigation  —  After consulting with Chair Lavine and my majority colleagues, the Assembly will suspend its impeachment investigation upon the governor's resignation taking effect on August 25.  —  There are two reasons for this decision.
Discussion: CNN, UPI, The Hill, WIVB-TV and IJR
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Ryan J. Reilly / HuffPost:
A D.C. Cop At The Jan. 6 Riot Died By Suicide.  Sleuths Identified 1 Of The Rioters He Battled.  —  Less than 24 hours after a Capitol rioter was identified by online sleuths as a Capitol Hill chiropractor, the family of the late Officer Jeff Smith filed a lawsuit.
Discussion: Washington Post
John Nichols / The Nation:
The Next Gerrymandering Nightmare Has Begun  —  With the release of 2020 Census data, GOP legislators will rush to draw new maps.  If they get their way, they're likely to flip the US House.  —  It may not be too late to prevent the partisan gerrymandering of electoral maps that Republicans believe …
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The Guardian:
America is full of ‘democracy deserts’. Wisconsin rivals Congo on some metrics
Discussion: National Review
Jenni Fink / Newsweek:
Trump ‘Reinstatement Day’ Latest Failure in Predictions He'll Resume Presidency, Oust Biden  —  Predictions that former President Donald Trump will be reinstated continue to fall flat, but about 1 in 10 registered voters continue to believe the former president will be back in the Oval Office before the year's end.
Discussion: Raw Story, IJR and Sacramento Bee
Grant Stern / The Stern Facts:
UPDATED: DeSantis Press Sec. gets nolle prosequi in case over Rebekah Jones' restraining order (EXCLUSIVE)  —  Florida Governor Ron DeSantis' press secretary is set to end her involvement with the Montgomery State's Attorney's office, who filed a nolle prosequi on criminal charges of violating …
CBS Denver:
‘South Park’ Creators Trey Parker & Matt Stone Say They've Agreed To Buy Casa Bonita  —  DENVER (CBS4) - “South Park” creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone told Colorado's governor they've tentatively agreed to purchase Casa Bonita, the Colorado landmark in Lakewood that is both a restaurant and a beloved small entertainment center.
Dallas Morning News:
Texas hospitals are facing a COVID-19 disaster.  Gov. Abbott must act  —  It's on the governor to work with county officials to solve this crisis.  —  Babies hooked to ventilators.  Overflow tents pitched outside of hospitals.  Parents fretting that sending their kids to school might become an intolerable risk.
Travis Caldwell / CNN:
These 8 states make up half of US Covid-19 hospitalizations.  And the surge among the unvaccinated is overwhelming health care workers  —  (CNN)As experts race to mitigate the spread of Covid-19 by encouraging vaccinations and mask wearing, hospital systems in a handful of states are now straining to keep up with the surge.
Arnold Schwarzenegger / The Atlantic:
Don't Be a Schmuck.  Put on a Mask.  —  Earlier this week, I delivered a simple message: There is a virus here.  It kills people.  The only way you can prevent it is to get vaccinated, wear masks, and do social distancing.  —  Some people are complaining, “Well, my freedom is being kind of disturbed here.”
Pia Singh / CNBC:
Dr. Scott Gottlieb expects coronavirus to be an ‘endemic’ virus in U.S. after delta surge  — Dr. Scott Gottlieb told CNBC on Friday that the coronavirus in the U.S. will become an endemic virus after the recent surge in delta cases calms down.  — The former FDA chief said the peak …
Shawn Cohen / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: At least 63 people on Martha's Vineyard have tested positive for Covid-19 since Barack Obama's maskless 60th birthday bash - the most cases on the island since April  — A total of 63 people on Martha's Vineyard have tested positive for Covid-19 since former President Barack Obama's 60th birthday on Saturday
Discussion: Metro.co.uk
 
 
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Lee O. Sanderlin / The Clarion-Ledger:
'We should not be here, y'all': Parking garage field hospital set to open for COVID-19 patients
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Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
US reports nearly 1 million vaccinations in past day, most since early July
Kasha Patel / Washington Post:
July 2021 was Earth's hottest month ever recorded, NOAA finds
Discussion: NPR, UPI and CBS News
Farnaz Fassihi / New York Times:
Iran's Health System ‘Beyond Disastrous’ from Covid Surge
Washington Post:
DeJoy bought up to $305,000 in bonds from USPS board chair's investment firm
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New York Times:
Where Police Killings Often Meet With Silence: Rural America
Discussion: The Marshall Project
Celine Castronuovo / The Hill:
McAuliffe leads Youngkin by slim margin in Virginia gubernatorial race
Jim Swift / The Bulwark:
The GOP Is Playing Itself
Discussion: Raw Story
Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
Whoa: Maddow heading for MSNBC's exits — in an election year?
Fox News:
Sec. Mayorkas says border crisis ‘unsustainable’ and 'we're going to lose' in leaked audio
Adam Schrader / Reuters:
Dr. Fauci warns Americans may face having booster shots INDEFINITELY and says fully-vaccinated ‘breakthrough’ …
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Bloomberg:
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