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8:20 PM ET, August 18, 2021

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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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Julian E. Barnes / New York Times:
Intelligence Agencies Did Not Predict Imminence of Afghan Collapse, Officials Say  —  The acknowledgment came as the Biden administration faces heavy criticism over its handling of the withdrawal of American-led forces from Afghanistan.  —  WASHINGTON — Intelligence reports presented …
Discussion: Fox News, HuffPost, Axios and RedState
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.
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  Many are premature — or alternatively, out of date.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 …
New York Times:
The Taliban respond with force to an outpouring of public anger.
Becket Adams / Washington Examiner:
An evasive White House quietly hints that not all Americans will make it out of Afghanistan
Discussion: ABC News, Townhall and Power Line
Molly Nagle / ABC News:
US troops will stay until all Americans are out of Afghanistan, even if past Aug. 31 deadline: Biden to ABC News
Tom Rogan / Washington Examiner:
US allies deeply concerned by Biden's detachment
Discussion: Fox News
Lara Jakes / New York Times:
Desperate Afghan Women Wait for U.S. Protection, as Promised
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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VICE:
We Spoke to the Family of the Afghan Teenager Who Fell to His Death From a US Military Plane
Discussion: New York Post
NBC News:
Images of bloodied Afghans contradict Taliban's claims of moderation
Graeme Wood / The Atlantic:
This Is Not the Taliban 2.0  —  When the Taliban first sacked Kabul 25 years ago …
Discussion: CNN and Washington Examiner
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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Joint Statement from HHS Public Health and Medical Experts on COVID-19 Booster Shots
Oli Coleman / Page Six:
Larry David ‘screamed’ at Alan Dershowitz at grocery store over Trump ties  —  It seems that Alan Dershowitz's ties to the Trump administration have made him persona non grata among the Martha's Vineyard elite — including Larry David.  —  A Page Six spy spotted the Harvard Law professor …
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Axios:
Exclusive: Inside the White House scramble to protect Afghan allies
Discussion: Raw Story
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Biden's ‘I Am Not Sending My Boy Back There’ Comment in Context  —  A lot of people are pointing to Biden's 2010 exchange with Richard Holbrooke as an omen of his decision-making regarding Afghanistan: … Judging by the sequence of events in Holbrooke's book, this meeting was sometime in August 2010 or later.
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Andrew Prokop / Vox:
Why Biden was so set on withdrawing from Afghanistan
Discussion: Defense One, CNN and Los Angeles Times
New York Times:
Kushner Friend Who Was Pardoned by Trump Is Charged in New York  —  Ken Kurson, the former editor of The New York Observer, has been charged with two felonies.  Prosecutors said he installed spyware on his former wife's computer in order to surveil her.  —  Seven months after he was pardoned …
Claire McNear / The Ringer:
“A Smile With Sharp Teeth”: Mike Richards's Rise to ‘Jeopardy!’  Host Sparks Questions About His Past  —  The ‘Jeopardy!’ host search is finally over.  New reporting reveals that concerns about Richards and the show's selection process remain.  —  One day in the fall of 2013, Mike Richards called Ken Jennings.
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.
Renuka Rayasam / Politico:
Hitting the vax ceiling  —  BOOST, THERE IT IS — Are Covid booster shots going to become a yearly ritual, or is it going to be three jabs and you're out?  Now that the Biden administration is finalizing a plan that would call for Americans to get a third vaccine dose eight months after their last one …
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.
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 …
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
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 …
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 …
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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Kat Stafford / Associated Press:
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Courtney Bublé / GovExec.com:
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Julia Davis / The Daily Beast:
Russia Gushes Over ‘Fun’ Taliban at Theme Park—Then Reports Taliban Burned It Down
Discussion: Raw Story
John Sexton / HotAir:
Chris Rufo more than held his own in this NY Times interview on Critical Race Theory
Discussion: New York Times
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The GOP is losing the PR battle on coronavirus mandates
Noah Bierman / Los Angeles Times:
Kamala Harris has touted her role on Afghanistan policy. Now, she owns it too
Discussion: HotAir and Breitbart
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