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Jazz Shaw / HotAir:
Kinder, gentler Taliban murder woman in the streets for not wearing a burqa — I'm not sure, but it sounds as if not all of the Taliban militants received their copy of the strongly worded letter from the United Nations. The New York Post is reporting today that a woman in Takhar province …
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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.
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Yaroslav Trofimov / Wall Street Journal:
Taliban Block Routes to Kabul Airport, Hampering Evacuations From Afghanistan
Taliban Block Routes to Kabul Airport, Hampering Evacuations From Afghanistan
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Graeme Wood / The Atlantic:
This Is Not the Taliban 2.0 — When the Taliban first sacked Kabul 25 years ago …
This Is Not the Taliban 2.0 — When the Taliban first sacked Kabul 25 years ago …
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New York Times:
Afghanistan Live Updates: Taliban Meet Public Protest With Violence
Afghanistan Live Updates: Taliban Meet Public Protest With Violence
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Jerry Dunleavy / Washington Examiner:
From prison to power: Taliban leaders go from jail, to negotiating table, to Kabul
From prison to power: Taliban leaders go from jail, to negotiating table, to Kabul
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Jesse O'Neill / New York Post:
Taliban kill woman for not wearing burqa on same day they vow to honor women's rights
Taliban kill woman for not wearing burqa on same day they vow to honor women's rights
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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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Reuters:
U.S. reports more than 1,000 COVID deaths in single day — The United States reported more than 1,000 COVID-19 deaths on Tuesday, equating to around 42 fatalities an hour, according to a Reuters tally, as the Delta variant continues to ravage parts of the country with low vaccination rates.
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Phil Helsel / NBC News:
Texas school district makes masks part of dress code to get around Gov. Abbott's order
Texas school district makes masks part of dress code to get around Gov. Abbott's order
al.com:
Alabama has net of only 2 ICU beds in state, hospital association says
Alabama has net of only 2 ICU beds in state, hospital association says
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Cameron Jenkins / The Hill:
Arizona governor withholding grants to schools with mask mandates
Arizona governor withholding grants to schools with mask mandates
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Paris Isd / Paris ISD:
Paris ISD Board of Trustees Amends Current Dress Code
Paris ISD Board of Trustees Amends Current Dress Code
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Anita Sircar / Los Angeles Times:
Op-Ed: As a doctor in a COVID unit, I'm running out of compassion for the unvaccinated. Get the shot
Op-Ed: As a doctor in a COVID unit, I'm running out of compassion for the unvaccinated. Get the shot
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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.
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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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.
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Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
Knives out: CIA sources tell NBC they warned Biden of fast collapse — If Joe Biden played checkers in a chess game in his catastrophic withdrawal from Afghanistan, he's playing Tic-Tac-Toe in his distraction campaign against the US intel community. And losing, too.
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Quin Hillyer / Washington Examiner:
After epochal disaster in Afghanistan, Biden should step down
After epochal disaster in Afghanistan, Biden should step down
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Mike Pence / Wall Street Journal:
Biden Broke Our Deal With the Taliban
Biden Broke Our Deal With the Taliban
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David Rohde / New Yorker:
Trying—and Failing—to Save the Family of the Afghan Who Saved Me
Trying—and Failing—to Save the Family of the Afghan Who Saved Me
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Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
Senate Dem: We're gonna get to the bottom of this disgrace in Afghanistan; UPDATE: Pelosi too?
Senate Dem: We're gonna get to the bottom of this disgrace in Afghanistan; UPDATE: Pelosi too?
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Chris Kahn / Reuters:
Biden approval drops to lowest of 7-month presidency after Taliban takeover
Biden approval drops to lowest of 7-month presidency after Taliban takeover
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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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Erika Edwards / NBC News:
U.S. announces plan to offer boosters to all Americans starting in late September — Top U.S. health officials announced Wednesday that the country has developed a plan to start offering Covid-19 booster shots to all Americans beginning the third week of September, citing evidence that protection …
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Berkeley Lovelace Jr / CNBC:
U.S. will begin wide distribution of Covid booster shots next month, saying vaccine protection wanes over time
U.S. will begin wide distribution of Covid booster shots next month, saying vaccine protection wanes over time
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Los Angeles Times:
Cox served with subpoena, Elder blasted for remarks on women at California recall debate — Republicans hoping to replace Gov. Gavin Newsom in the recall election focused their criticism on the Democratic governor and a leading replacement candidate who both declined to join them at a Tuesday debate …
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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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Howard Gleckman / TaxVox:
The COVID-19 Pandemic Drove A Huge, But Temporary, Increase in Households That Did Not Pay Federal Income Tax — The COVID-19 pandemic and the policy response to it led to an extraordinary increase in the number of American households that owed no federal individual income tax in 2020.
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Laura Davison / Bloomberg:
U.S. Households Paying No Income Tax Hit 61% of Total Last Year
Kate Brumback / Associated Press:
Georgia board to review Fulton elections, takeover possible — ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia's State Election Board on Wednesday took a step toward a possible eventual takeover of elections in the state's most populous county under a process outlined in the state's sweeping new voting law.
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Teaganne Finn / NBC News:
Georgia election board launches review of Fulton County votes setting up possible takeover
Georgia election board launches review of Fulton County votes setting up possible takeover
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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 …
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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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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BUSR:
2022 Florida Gubernatorial Poll … FLORIDA GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS MAINTAINS EDGE IN RE-ELECTION EFFORTS — TALLAHASSEE, FL - The BUSR/Susquehanna Polling and Research survey of Florida registered voters finds Governor Ron DeSantis leading Congressman and former Governor Charlie Crist 46% …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The hidden way Biden will salvage value from the Afghanistan debacle — A narrative is taking shape around the Afghanistan debacle that goes like this: The failure of our mission, and the terrible humanitarian consequences of the botched withdrawal, badly complicate President Biden's claim that “America is back.”
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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.