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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
A primer on false narratives about Afghanistan — There are many alarmist headlines pronouncing with certitude what has occurred or will occur in Afghanistan. Many are premature — or alternatively, out of date. Others ignore information now available to us that debunks fanciful explanations …
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Ahmad Massoud / Washington Post:
The mujahideen resistance to the Taliban begins now. But we need help. — Ahmad Massoud is the leader of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan. — In 1998, when I was 9 years old, my father, the mujahideen commander Ahmad Shah Massoud, gathered his soldiers in a cave in the Panjshir Valley of northern Afghanistan.
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New York Times:
The Taliban respond with force to an outpouring of public anger. — Even as the Taliban took their first steps to create a functioning government, they faced the first street protests on Wednesday against their takeover of Afghanistan, with demonstrations in at least two cities.
Sarah Kolinovsky / ABC News:
Biden says he did not see a way to withdraw from Afghanistan without ‘chaos ensuing’ — In an exclusive ABC News interview, Biden opens up on his decision to withdraw. — In an exclusive interview with ABC News' George Stephanopoulos, and the president's first since the fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban …
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NBC News:
Images of bloodied Afghans contradict Taliban's claims of moderation — PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Images of the Taliban cracking down on a protest and bloodied women and children beaten by fighters are contradicting the more moderate image the militant group has been trying to project as it tries to consolidate power in Afghanistan.
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Jazz Shaw / HotAir:
Kinder, gentler Taliban murder woman in the streets for not wearing a burqa
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Graeme Wood / The Atlantic:
This Is Not the Taliban 2.0 — When the Taliban first sacked Kabul 25 years ago …
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U.S. Embassy / U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan:
Security Alert: U.S. Embassy Kabul (August 18, 2021) — U.S. government-provided flights are departing. U.S. citizens, LPRs, and their spouses and unmarried children (under age 21) should consider travelling to Hamid Karzai International Airport. You should plan to enter the airport at Camp Sullivan.
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Becket Adams / Washington Examiner:
An evasive White House quietly hints that not all Americans will make it out of Afghanistan — The White House has little confidence it can evacuate all U.S. nationals from Afghanistan before the Taliban take full control of the country. — The administration said as much this week, although not in so many words.
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Tom Rogan / Washington Examiner:
US allies deeply concerned by Biden's detachment
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Fox News
Allahpundit / HotAir:
Fiasco: Embassy tells Americans in Afghanistan to “consider” heading to the airport — with no guarantees of safety
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Yaroslav Trofimov / Wall Street Journal:
Taliban Block Routes to Kabul Airport, Hampering Evacuations From Afghanistan
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Jeffrey Morris / Covid Data Science:
Israeli data: How can efficacy vs. severe disease be strong when 60% of hospitalized are vaccinated? — A surge involving the rapidly-transmitting Delta variant in heavily vaccinated countries has led to much hand-wringing that the vaccines are not effective against Delta, or vaccine efficacy wanes after 4-6 months.
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Trump promoted vaccines on Fox. Then the host goaded him into bashing boosters. — Wednesday was a big day in the fight against the coronavirus. It's the day the U.S. government launched its campaign to get Americans to take booster shots for the vaccines, amid the increasingly challenging situation brought on by the delta variant.
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Phil Helsel / NBC News:
Texas school district makes masks part of dress code to get around Gov. Abbott's order
Apoorva Mandavilli / New York Times:
Vaccines' protection against virus infection is waning, C.D.C. studies suggest. — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released three studies on Wednesday that federal officials said provided evidence that booster shots of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna coronavirus vaccines …
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HHS News releases:
Joint Statement from HHS Public Health and Medical Experts on COVID-19 Booster Shots — Today, public health and medical experts from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released the following statement on the Administration's plan for COVID-19 booster shots for the American people.
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
How Pelosi is trying to jam the rebels threatening to tank Biden's agenda — Incredibly, the nine conservative Democrats who have been threatening to derail passage of President Biden's $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill are still at it. They're still demanding a vote only on the bipartisan …
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National Review, Daily Kos, Bipartisan Report, The Western Journal and The Intercept
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Poll finds growing support for voter ID requirements
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Ian Millhiser / Vox:
Democrats have finally identified the greatest threat to voting rights — the Supreme Court
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Washington Examiner, The 19th and UPI
Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Biden to require nursing homes get staff vaccinated or lose federal funds — Surgeon general on Covid-19 boosters: The time is now — (CNN)The Biden administration will direct all nursing homes to require their staff be vaccinated against Covid-19 in order to continue receiving Medicare …
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- Raheem J. Kassam / The National Pulse:
EXC: Joe Biden's State Dept Halted A Trump-Era ‘Crisis Response’ Plan Aimed At Avoiding Benghazi-Style Evacuations Just MONTHS Before Taliban Takeover. — Joe Biden's State Department moved to cancel a critical State Department program aimed at providing swift and safe evacuations of Americans …
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Fox News:
Biden's entire national security team should resign: Rep. Andy Barr — ‘Afghanistan has descended into chaos,’ Barr said — Gold Star wife ‘completely defeated’ by Afghanistan collapse — FIRST ON FOX: A prominent House Republican is calling for the resignations of every individual …
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The Daily Caller
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Joy Pullmann / The Federalist:
Mark Milley Deserves To Be Fired And Court-Martialed For His Afghanistan Lies
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Washington Examiner and Israpundit
Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
Knives out: CIA sources tell NBC they warned Biden of fast collapse
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Douglas London / Just Security:
CIA's Former Counterterrorism Chief for the Region: Afghanistan, Not An Intelligence Failure — Something Much Worse — While it's certainly convenient to depict the shock and miscalculation U.S. officials claim over Afghanistan's tragic, rapid fall to the Taliban as an intelligence failure, the reality is far worse.
FiveThirtyEight:
Latest Polls Of The California Recall Election — Voters will decide whether to remove Gov. Gavin Newsom and — if removed — whom to replace him with — Opponents of Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom of California have gathered enough signatures to trigger a recall election for him on Sept. 14 …
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CNBC:
Ousted Afghan President Ashraf Ghani resurfaces in UAE after fleeing Kabul, Emirati government says — Ousted Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, who fled his country as its capital Kabul was being overtaken by Taliban fighters, is now in the United Arab Emirates.
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CNN:
Mississippi eighth grader dies a day after positive coronavirus test — (CNN)A 13-year-old Mississippi girl has died just one day after testing positive for coronavirus, according to Smith County School District Superintendent Nick Hillman. — The girl wasn't feeling well last Thursday and her mother kept her home, Hillman said.
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Heather Long / Washington Post:
The U.S. could be on the verge of a productivity boom, a game-changer for the economy — Rapid adoption of robots and artificial intelligence during the pandemic combined with a rebound in government investment is making some economists optimistic about a return of a 1990s economy with widespread benefits
New York Times:
The Biden administration will use a federal civil rights office to deter states from banning universal masking in classrooms. — The Biden administration, escalating its fight with Republican governors who are blocking local school districts from requiring masks to protect against the coronavirus …
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NBC News and Washington Post
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Federal officials press GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert over apparent personal use of campaign funds — Federal officials are pressing Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., for answers on the apparent personal use of campaign funds. — A letter from the Federal Election Commission to the treasurer …
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