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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
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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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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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Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Joe Biden bets a war-weary America will reward him for leaving Afghanistan — WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is standing firmly by his decision to withdraw U.S. forces from Afghanistan, despite chaotic scenes of the Taliban rapidly seizing control and the U.S. rushing to airlift diplomats out of the country.
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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.
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The Atlantic, Associated Press and Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
The Media Is Helping Hawks Win the War Over Biden's Withdrawal
The Media Is Helping Hawks Win the War Over Biden's Withdrawal
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Washington Post:
Afghanistan to be ruled under sharia law, Taliban commander says
Afghanistan to be ruled under sharia law, Taliban commander says
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New York Times:
Afghanistan Live Updates: Protests Spread to Kabul as Taliban Struggle to Govern
Afghanistan Live Updates: Protests Spread to Kabul as Taliban Struggle to Govern
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Reuters and Real Clear Politics
Wall Street Journal:
Afghan Women Are Already Fading From Public View as Fear of the Taliban and Uncertainty Prevail
Afghan Women Are Already Fading From Public View as Fear of the Taliban and Uncertainty Prevail
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New York Times:
Series of U.S. Actions Left Afghan Allies Frantic, Stranded and Eager to Get Out
Series of U.S. Actions Left Afghan Allies Frantic, Stranded and Eager to Get Out
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Bloomberg
Miranda Devine / New York Post:
Damning pic of a weak leader
Reuters:
Afghan protests spread in early challenge to Taliban
Afghan protests spread in early challenge to Taliban
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Stuart Ramsay / Sky News:
Afghanistan: Desperate women throw babies over razor wire at compound, asking British soldiers to take them
Afghanistan: Desperate women throw babies over razor wire at compound, asking British soldiers to take them
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Politico:
Biden scrambles to tamp down panic over Afghanistan
Biden scrambles to tamp down panic over Afghanistan
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Julian E. Barnes / New York Times:
Intelligence Agencies Did Not Predict Imminence of Afghan Collapse, Officials Say
Intelligence Agencies Did Not Predict Imminence of Afghan Collapse, Officials Say
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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
US troops will stay until all Americans are out of Afghanistan, even if past Aug. 31 deadline: Biden to ABC News
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James Hohmann / Washington Post:
History will judge Biden harshly. Biden himself said so.
History will judge Biden harshly. Biden himself said so.
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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 …
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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 …
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Aaron Katersky / ABC News:
Trump family friend, associate Ken Kurson re-arrested on cyber-stalking charges — Kurson was pardoned by then-President Donald Trump in January. — Seven months after he was granted a pardon by then-President Donald Trump, Ken Kurson, a friend of Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner …
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Shayna Jacobs / Washington Post:
Kushner friend Ken Kurson charged in N.Y. eavesdropping case after Trump pardon
Kushner friend Ken Kurson charged in N.Y. eavesdropping case after Trump pardon
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CNBC and The Daily Beast
Ben Riley-Smith / Telegraph:
Parliament holds Joe Biden in contempt over Afghanistan — MPs and peers unite to condemn ‘dishonour’ of US president's withdrawal and his criticism of Afghan troops left behind to face Taliban — Joe Biden's handling of the Afghanistan withdrawal was condemned as “catastrophic” and …
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BizPac Review and The US Sun
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.
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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 …
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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 …
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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.
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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.
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.
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.
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About Facebook, Wired, Ethan Zuckerman and New York Post, more at Mediagazer »
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 …
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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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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.”
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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.
The Biden administration will use a federal civil rights office to deter states from banning universal masking in classrooms.
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Washington Examiner:
OPEC tells a weak, incompetent US president to drop dead — Last week, we were wondering : What could be more pathetic than the sight of President Joe Biden begging OPEC to increase oil production, just to make up for the U.S. and Canadian oil production that he had gone out of his way to impede from the moment he took office ?
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Bryan Mena / Wall Street Journal:
Jobless Claims Likely to Fall as Labor Market Withstands Delta Variant — Economists estimate the proxy for layoffs sank last week to its lowest level since Covid-19 took hold — Applications for unemployment benefits are likely to reach a new pandemic low, showing a healing labor market …
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