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10:05 AM ET, August 19, 2021

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ABC News:
Full transcript of ABC News' George Stephanopoulos' interview with President Joe Biden  —  Stephanopoulos spoke to Biden in an exclusive interview Wednesday.  —  Read the full transcript of President Joe Biden's exclusive interview with ABC News' George Stephanopoulos on Wednesday.
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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 …
Patrick Tucker / Defense One:
Trump's Pledge to Exit Afghanistan Was a Ruse, His Final SecDef Says  —  Chris Miller now says talk of a full withdrawal was a “play” to convince a Taliban-led government to keep U.S. counterterrorism forces.  — AFGHANISTAN - WHITE HOUSE - PENTAGON - TERRORISM
Associated Press:
Afghanistan war unpopular amid chaotic pullout: AP-NORC poll  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — A significant majority of Americans doubt that the war in Afghanistan was worthwhile, even as the United States is more divided over President Joe Biden's handling of foreign policy and national security …
Stuart Ramsay / Sky News:
Afghanistan: Desperate women throw babies over razor wire at compound, asking British soldiers to take them  —  As every day passes, the relief operation gets more and more urgent and desperate, as the British military tries to move thousands of people out of Afghanistan in just days.
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Afghanistan + immigration politics = A divided GOP  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  ANTI-IMMIGRANT RHETORIC CLOUDS GOP'S AFGHANISTAN MESSAGING — Republicans universally agree that President JOE BIDEN's bungled handling of the Afghanistan pullout has given them fresh ammunition to attack the commander in chief.
New York Times:
Afghanistan Live Updates: Protests Spread to Kabul as Taliban Struggle to Govern  —  The day after protests in two cities were met with violence, rallies broke out in Kabul and at least one other city.  A troubled evacuation from Kabul slowly gathered pace as Afghans and others arrived in Europe, the Persian Gulf and elsewhere.
Tiana Lowe / Washington Examiner:   How many Americans will Biden let die?
Miranda Devine / New York Post:
Damning pic of a weak leader
Discussion: pjmedia.com, ABC News and Breitbart
Washington Post:
Biden administration moved slowly to help Afghan refugees as it prepared to exit
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
History will judge Biden harshly. Biden himself said so.
Wall Street Journal:
Afghan Women Are Already Fading From Public View as Fear of the Taliban and Uncertainty Prevail
Timothy Bella / Washington Post:
An Alabama doctor watched patients reject the coronavirus vaccine.  Now he's refusing to treat them.  —  In Alabama, where the nation's lowest vaccination rate has helped push the state closer to a record number of hospitalizations, a physician has sent a clear message to his patients …
Tim Miller / The Bulwark:
Herd Immunity Herp Derp  —  The pandemic's wrongest theory.  —  A lot of people, including many experts, made blunders when assessing the best ways to combat the novel coronavirus that emerged from Wuhan in late 2019.  For a while people were sanitizing their grocery bags.  Mask guidance was all over the map.
Rachel Metz / CNN:
Facebook wants you to hold your next meeting in VR  —  (CNN Business)For those who don't think Zoom meetings are a good enough substitute for the real thing, Facebook has another idea: a virtual reality app that lets you and your coworkers feel like you're sitting around a table in a conference room.
Valerie Strauss / Washington Post:
Biden orders Education Department to take action against governors who ban school mask mandates  —  President Biden ordered Education Secretary Miguel Cardona on Wednesday to take action against governors who have banned universal masking in public schools, taking a tough stand …
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New York Times:
The Biden administration will use a federal civil rights office to deter states from banning universal masking in classrooms.
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.
Tom Nichols / USA Today:
Trump is not ruining democracy, we are.  And it's been anguishing to confront  —  I was worried long before Trump and the Capitol riot, as political jousting turned zealous and well-off friends called America a disastrous mess.  —  I've written about a lot of unpleasant, even frightening, subjects.
Stuart Taylor Jr / RealClearInvestigations:
Guided by Faith, Divinity Student Fought His ‘Antiracist’ Princeton Seminary — and Won  —  Timothy Keiderling's decision to enroll in the Princeton Theological Seminary reflected his commitment “to give my life to work for justice and to live out the values of the Kingdom of God.”
Discussion: Real Clear Politics
Will Oremus / Washington Post:
Facebook shared new data about what's popular on its platform.  The answers are deeply weird.  —  Report shows a Green Bay Packers alumni page and an online CBD store, not right-wing pundits, are among the most viewed links in people's feeds, as Facebook pushes back against independent studies.
Dan Goldberg / Politico:
GOP governors embrace Covid cocktails over masks as cases surge  —  Republican governors in some of the states hardest hit by the pandemic are pushing expensive Covid cocktails over cheap masks.  —  The governors in Florida, Missouri and Texas are promising millions of dollars in antibody treatments …
Discussion: al.com
Josh Partlow / Washington Post:
Federal judge rejects Trump-era permits for major Alaska oil project  —  Wednesday's decision is a setback for ConocoPhillips's Willow project, which aims to produce more than 100,000 barrels a day on the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska  —  A federal judge on Wednesday threw out the permits …
Andrea Salcedo / Washington Post:
A mom of 4 who died of covid days after her husband makes one final wish: ‘Make sure my kids get vaccinated’  —  A few weeks ago, Lydia Rodriguez thought her body was strong enough to fight the coronavirus without the vaccine.  —  But after a week-long church camp, she and other members …
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 …
Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Fox News mandates employees disclose vaccination status, contradicting rhetoric from top stars  —  New York (CNN Business)The right-wing channel Fox News, whose top personalities have for months assailed the concept of vaccine passports and argued that asking about vaccine status amounts …
Shayna Jacobs / Washington Post:
Kushner friend Ken Kurson charged in N.Y. eavesdropping case after Trump pardon  —  NEW YORK — Ken Kurson, a close friend of former president Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, was charged Wednesday in a state eavesdropping and computer-trespass case months after receiving a federal pardon …
 
 
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Hans Nichols / Axios:
Scoop: Manchin and Sinema advising House centrists
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Bryan Mena / Wall Street Journal:
Jobless Claims Likely to Fall as Labor Market Withstands Delta Variant
Andrew Stiles / Washington Free Beacon:
PHOTOS: Al Sharpton, the Acceptable Face of Anti-Semitism
Washington Examiner:
OPEC tells a weak, incompetent US president to drop dead
Discussion: Sputnik News
Eugene Daniels / Politico:
Harris uses convening power to expand her political network
Ashton Pittman / Mississippi Free Press:
Person Hospitalized After Taking Livestock Ivermectin From Feed Store To Treat COVID-19
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Chris Cillizza / CNN:
Ron DeSantis has no idea what he's talking about
Discussion: Raw Story and Mediaite
Coral Davenport / New York Times:
Chlorpyrifos Will No Longer Be Allowed on Food Crops
Discussion: Common Dreams
Orange Wang / South China Morning Post:
Not quite Robin Hood, but Xi calls for ‘common prosperity’ in China
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Cap / madison.com:
Ron Johnson is a crook
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Kat Stafford / Associated Press:
Movement for Black Lives: Feds targeted BLM protesters
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

Kimberly Nordyke / The Hollywood Reporter:
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Bloomberg:
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