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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  Many are premature — or alternatively, out of date.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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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 …
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.
Mike Pence / Wall Street Journal:
Biden Broke Our Deal With the Taliban  —  It's a foreign-policy humiliation unlike anything our country has endured since the Iran hostage crisis.  —  'The likelihood there's going to be the Taliban overrunning everything and owning the whole country [of Afghanistan] is highly unlikely," …
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
A First Amendment Precedent  —  The Supreme Court may reconsider a major case concerning freedom of the press.  The Times's Adam Liptak explains why.  —  Four years ago, at his Supreme Court confirmation hearings, Justice Neil M. Gorsuch indicated that a 1964 precedent protecting press freedom was secure.
Discussion: Insider and Raw Story
Yaroslav Trofimov / Wall Street Journal:
Taliban Block Routes to Kabul Airport, Hampering Evacuations From Afghanistan  —  Residents in eastern city of Jalalabad stage first protest against Taliban rule  —  Afghans and Westerners stranded in Kabul after Sunday's Taliban takeover started trickling into the city's U.S.-controlled airport …
Quin Hillyer / Washington Examiner:
After epochal disaster in Afghanistan, Biden should step down  —  President Joe Biden should resign in disgrace.  —  Seriously.  As I have argued for decades , it is long past time for American politicians to adopt the Asian cultural model of resignations, as a matter of honor, for gross failures or derelictions.
Yahoo Finance:   Taliban Barricade Airport; Ghani Is in UAE: Afghanistan Update
Chris Kahn / Reuters:
Biden approval drops to lowest of 7-month presidency after Taliban takeover
David Rohde / New Yorker:
Trying—and Failing—to Save the Family of the Afghan Who Saved Me
Graeme Wood / The Atlantic:
This Is Not the Taliban 2.0  —  When the Taliban first sacked Kabul 25 years ago …
The Intercept:
The Taliban Have Seized U.S. Military Biometrics Devices
Washington Post:
Taliban strikes conciliatory tone, consolidates power as de facto leader returns to country
Reuters:
Biden's vow to airlift Afghan allies meets ticking clock, risky rescue
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.
Phil Helsel / NBC News:
Texas school district makes masks part of dress code to get around Gov. Abbott's order … A small Texas school district has made facial coverings part of its dress code, in a bid to get around Gov. Greg Abbott's executive order banning mask mandates.  —  The board of the Paris Independent …
Cameron Jenkins / The Hill:
Arizona governor withholding grants to schools with mask mandates
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
CNN:
Arizona governor to exclude school districts with mask mandates from new education grants
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 …
Sara Boboltz / HuffPost:
White House Recommends COVID-19 Booster Shot 8 Months Post-Vaccination
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
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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- Raheem J. Kassam / The National Pulse:
Stunning Poll Reveals Trump Would Win Election Held Today, As Nearly 1 In 10 Democrats ‘Regret’ Their 2020 Vote.  —  Stunning new poll numbers from Rasmussen Reports suggest nearly 1 in 10 Democrats regret their vote in the 2020 Presidential election, with 12 percent of ‘Moderates’ saying the same …
Discussion: Wall Street Journal and Israpundit
Washington Post:
Today's Taliban uses sophisticated social media practices that rarely violate the rules  —  A movement rooted in traditional moral codes has become expert at wielding the West's advanced communication technologies  —  For a group that espouses ancient moral codes, the Afghan Taliban …
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Rudy Takala / Mediaite:
Twitter Says Taliban Spokesman Will be Allowed to Remain if He Doesn't Get Too Violent
New York Times:
The School Culture Wars: ‘You Have Brought Division to Us’  —  From mask mandates to critical race theory and gender identity, educators are besieged.  “You are just trying to keep everything from collapsing,” one official said.  —  July and August are supposed to be the quietest months of the school year.
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.”
Julie Barrett / The Federalist:
How To See If Critical Race Theory Is In Your Kids' School—And Fight It  —  If your school district is anything like mine, they don't call it critical race theory, and they insist people who use that term are crazy, right-wing conspiracy theorists.  We're not.
 
 
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