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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 Many are premature — or alternatively, out of date.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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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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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.
Ronna McDaniel / Fox News:
RNC Chairwoman McDaniel: Biden's Afghanistan catastrophe proves beyond a doubt he is a failed president
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Washington Examiner, Telegraph and IJR
Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
Knives out: CIA sources tell NBC they warned Biden of fast collapse
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Quin Hillyer / Washington Examiner:
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
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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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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
al.com:
Alabama has net of only 2 ICU beds in state, hospital association says
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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
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The Guardian, Vanity Fair, Forbes and National Review
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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Graeme Wood / The Atlantic:
This Is Not the Taliban 2.0 — When the Taliban first sacked Kabul 25 years ago …
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Washington Examiner
Jerry Dunleavy / Washington Examiner:
From prison to power: Taliban leaders go from jail, to negotiating table, to Kabul
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Vox, Financial Times and The Moderate Voice
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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Zeke Miller / Associated Press:
AP Source: Biden to require vaccines for nursing home staff — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration will require that nursing home staff be vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition for those facilities to continue receiving federal Medicare and Medicaid funding.
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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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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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Yaroslav Trofimov / Wall Street Journal:
Taliban Block Routes to Kabul Airport, Hampering Evacuations From Afghanistan
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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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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Poll finds growing support for voter ID requirements — A large majority of voters support laws requiring photo identification, according to a new poll from an election integrity group conducted as Democrats push for sweeping elections reforms. — A poll released this week …
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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
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
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
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Georgia Recorder, ABC News, The Hill and Trending Politics
- 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 …
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Laura Davison / Bloomberg:
U.S. Households Paying No Income Tax Hit 61% of Total Last Year — Stimulus payments, other aid slashed federal tax bills — Zero-tax filers to return to pre-pandemic levels in 2022 — Nearly 61% of U.S households paid no federal income taxes during pandemic-stricken year of 2020 …
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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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The Hill, Florida Politics and Political Wire
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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