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7:40 AM ET, August 19, 2021

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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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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
Wall Street Journal:
Afghan Women Are Already Fading From Public View as Fear of the Taliban and Uncertainty Prevail  —  Women are afraid to go outside or speak out as crackdowns on freedoms begin  —  Dr. Zuhal used to drive herself to work.  —  This week, she started taking a taxi to avoid reprisals from the Taliban, who once banned women from driving.
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.
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.
Washington Post:
Biden administration moved slowly to help Afghan refugees as it prepared to exit  —  The Biden administration moved slowly for months to address the plight of vulnerable Afghans who had worked for the United States even as a deadline for U.S. military withdrawal loomed, refugee advocates said …
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Joe Biden bets a war-weary America will reward him for leaving Afghanistan
Discussion: Yahoo News and FiveThirtyEight
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
Wall Street Journal:
Taliban Is Denied Foreign Aid but Taps Billion-Dollar Drug Trade
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo
Peter Wehner / The Atlantic:
Biden's Long Trail of Betrayals
Ahmad Massoud / Washington Post:
The mujahideen resistance to the Taliban begins now. But we need help.
VICE:
We Spoke to the Family of the Afghan Teenager Who Fell to His Death From a US Military Plane
Discussion: New York Post and Associated Press
Noah Bierman / Los Angeles Times:
Kamala Harris has touted her role on Afghanistan policy. Now, she owns it too
Discussion: HotAir and Fox News
Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
Biden State Dept Moved to Abolish Crisis Response Bureau Months Before Taliban Takeover of Afghanistan
Julia Davis / The Daily Beast:
Russia Gushes Over ‘Fun’ Taliban at Theme Park—Then Reports Taliban Burned It Down
Discussion: Raw Story and Los Angeles Times
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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WPLG-TV:
Miami-Dade school board approves mask mandate, defying state
New York Times:
The Biden administration will use a federal civil rights office to deter states from banning universal masking in classrooms.
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The GOP is losing the argument on coronavirus mandates
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
Discussion: CNBC and The Daily Beast
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 …
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.
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.
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 …
Andrew Solender / Forbes:
Biden To Withhold Federal Funds From Nursing Homes That Don't Mandate Staff Vaccinations  —  President Joe Biden plans to direct the Department of Health and Human Services to craft new regulations requiring nursing homes to mandate coronavirus vaccinations for their staff as a condition …
Discussion: Roll Call, CNBC and Washington Times
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Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Biden to require nursing homes get staff vaccinated or lose federal funds
Harrison Smith / Washington Post:
Joseph Galloway, chronicler and champion of soldiers in Vietnam, dies at 79  —  In November 1965, journalist Joseph L. Galloway hitched a ride on an Army helicopter flying to the Ia Drang Valley, a rugged landscape of red dirt, brown elephant grass and truck-size termite mounds in the Central Highlands of South Vietnam.
Cap / madison.com:
Ron Johnson is a crook  —  Ron Johnson is not the only con artist in the U.S. Senate.  But he stands out as the senator whose grifting costs taxpayers — in Wisconsin and nationwide — the most.  —  Just last week, The Washington Post reported, “Sen. Rand Paul revealed Wednesday …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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 …
Kat Stafford / Associated Press:
Movement for Black Lives: Feds targeted BLM protesters  —  The federal government deliberately targeted Black Lives Matter protesters via heavy-handed criminal prosecutions in an attempt to disrupt and discourage the global movement that swept the nation last summer in the wake …
Discussion: The Hill
Miru / CREW:
Judge: USPS must turn over DeJoy conflicts docs  —  A federal judge ruled last night that the US Postal Service must give Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington documents about potential conflicts of interest by Postmaster General Louis DeJoy.  —  Over the past seven years …
 
 
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