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11:35 AM ET, August 17, 2021

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Hans Nichols / Axios:
Biden officials: Trump left bare cupboard on Afghanistan  —  Senior national security officials presiding over a historic foreign policy collapse are privately expressing deep frustrations about the thin Afghanistan withdrawal plans left behind by Donald Trump.
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Associated Press:
Taliban announce ‘amnesty,’ urge women to join government  —  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban declared an “amnesty” across Afghanistan and urged women to join their government Tuesday, seeking to convince a wary population that they have changed a day after deadly chaos gripped …
Erin Doherty / Axios:
Taliban accumulate massive amounts of U.S.-supplied firepower  —  The Taliban accumulated an enormous amount of U.S.-supplied guns, ammunition, helicopters, combat aircraft and more after Afghan security forces collapsed this weekend, AP reports.  —  Why it matters: The U.S. spent billions …
Discussion: National File and Twitchy
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Biden must rescue thousands of U.S. citizens trapped in Afghanistan  —  As the situation on the ground in Afghanistan's capital continues to deteriorate, thousands of U.S. citizens are trapped in and around Kabul with no ability to get to the airport, which is their only way out of the country.
The White House:
Remarks by President Biden on Afghanistan  —  THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon.  I want to speak today to the unfolding situation in Afghanistan: the developments that have taken place in the last week and the steps we're taking to address the rapidly evolving events.
Tara Copp / Defense One:
Inside Reach 871, A US C-17 Packed With 640 Afghans Trying to Escape the Taliban  —  The Air Force evacuation flight from Kabul to Qatar came near the record for most people ever flown in the Boeing airlifter.  — AFGHANISTAN - WHITE HOUSE - AIR FORCE - CIVILIANS
Washington Post:
Eerie tension settles over Kabul as Taliban patrols the streets and U.S. reasserts control at the airport following chaotic scenes  —  Horrifying scenes of desperate Afghans, lunging for the wheels of a U.S. military aircraft as it taxied for takeoff from Kabul airport Monday …
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Biden's big bet on Afghanistan  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  BIDEN'S POLITICAL CALCULATION, AND FALSE CHOICE, ON AFGHANISTAN — Before President JOE BIDEN took the podium to address the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan on Monday, senior Obama White House adviser DAVID AXELROD …
Wall Street Journal:
Biden to Afghanistan: Drop Dead  —  Biden is defiant in blaming others for his Afghan debacle.  —  By The Editorial Board  —  President Biden told the world on Monday that he doesn't regret his decision to withdraw rapidly from Afghanistan, or even the chaotic, incompetent way the withdrawal has been executed.
Albert Hunt / The Hill:
The sausage making ain't gonna be pretty the next few months  —  If you care about policy making, the next few months are likely to be messy — you may be less put off watching the workings of an actual sausage factory.  —  The Democrats' celebrations of a bipartisan Senate approval …
Bush Center:
Statement by President and Mrs. Bush on Afghanistan
The New York Times Company:
Group Statement Sent to President Biden on Behalf of The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post
CBS News:   Fearful calm takes hold in Afghanistan as Taliban promises to live and let live
Matt Viser / Washington Post:
Biden's promise to restore competence to the presidency is undercut by chaos in Afghanistan
Washington Post:
Last images from the Afghan war capture a 20-year failure to acknowledge how badly the conflict was going
Discussion: emptywheel
Joe Ferullo / The Hill:
Beltway reporting of Afghanistan withdrawal a disservice to Americans
Maeve Sheehey / Politico:
Poll: Support for Afghanistan withdrawal plummets as Taliban seize control
Sharon LaFraniere / New York Times:
U.S. to Advise Boosters for Most Americans 8 Months After Vaccination  —  Nursing home residents and health care workers will most likely be the first to get booster shots, as soon as September, followed by other older people who were vaccinated last winter.
Ryan J. Reilly / HuffPost:
Instagram Posts Seal Fate Of Trump-Loving Bodybuilder Who Dragged Capitol Cop  —  The FBI has arrested Logan Barnhart, whom online sleuths dubbed “CatSweat,” with the help of the Sedition Hunters community.  —  When former President Donald Trump sent a tweet early this year promoting Jan. 6 as a …
Discussion: Bipartisan Report and Raw Story
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CNN:
Some US Capitol rioters stay defiant, even while pleading guilty
Discussion: Raw Story
Harper's:
Bad News  —  In the beginning, there were ABC, NBC, and CBS, and they were good.  Midcentury American man could come home after eight hours of work and turn on his television and know where he stood in relation to his wife, and his children, and his neighbors, and his town, and his country, and his world.
Molly Beck / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Sen. Andre Jacque of De Pere hospitalized after testing positive for COVID-19  —  MADISON - One of the Legislature's most active lawmakers who has opposed mask and vaccine mandates has received hospital care after testing positive for COVID-19.  —  Sen. Andre Jacque, a Republican from De Pere …
Discussion: Raw Story
Wall Street Journal:
As Delta Surges, Covid-19 Breakthrough Cases Remain Uncommon  —  WSJ analysis finds higher risk of infection from strain, but research shows that vaccines still protect against most serious illness  —  The Delta variant of the Covid-19 virus appears to be breaking through the protection vaccines provide …
Emma Green / The Atlantic:
He Taught a Ta-Nehisi Coates Essay.  Then He Was Fired.  —  The first time Matt Hawn suspected that he might run into trouble for what he was teaching was last August.  His contemporary-issues class was discussing the events in Kenosha, Wisconsin, where protesters had taken to the streets …
Discussion: WJHL
Alex Weprin / Hollywood Reporter:
CNN's Chris Cuomo Addresses His Brother, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo: “I Did Urge Him to Resign, When The Time Came”  —  Returning from vacation, the CNN host weighed in publicly on the resignation of his older brother, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo.  —  CNN anchor Chris Cuomo returned …
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Eduardo Medina / New York Times:
Man Pleads Guilty to Threatening to Kill Newly Elected U.S. Senator  —  Federal prosecutors said Eduard Florea of Queens posted menacing threats online against Raphael Warnock of Georgia and Congress before and during the storming of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.
 
 
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Francis Fukuyama / American Purpose:
No Decent Interval  —  With the Taliban now moving into Kabul, the collapse …
Michael Rubin / Washington Examiner:
After Afghanistan disaster, Taiwan must go nuclear
Patrick Marley / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Republican lawmakers in Wisconsin seek to intervene in redistricting case brought by Democrats
Discussion: The Hill
Hayes Brown / MSNBC:
Afghan refugees after the fall of Kabul need a home in America
Washington Post:
America's failure to pay workers time off undermines vaccine campaign, according to surveys, policy experts
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Pence convenes GOP donors, luminaries at Jackson Hole retreat
Discussion: Raw Story
Jon Schwarz / The Intercept:
$10,000 Invested in Defense Stocks When Afghanistan War Began Now Worth Almost $100,000
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