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10:20 AM ET, August 21, 2021

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U.S. Embassy / U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan:
Security Alert - Embassy Kabul, Afghanistan (August 21, 2021)  —  Event: Because of potential security threats outside the gates at the Kabul airport, we are advising U.S. citizens to avoid traveling to the airport and to avoid airport gates at this time unless you receive individual instructions …
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William Saletan / Slate:
Pompeo Is Lying About Afghanistan  —  He laid the groundwork for the Taliban takeover.  Now he's blaming Biden.  —  Mike Pompeo, Donald Trump's former secretary of state, blames President Joe Biden for the chaos in Afghanistan.  “We're letting the Taliban run free and wild,” he complained a few days ago on Fox News.
Zhou Bo / New York Times:
How the U.S. Exit from Afghanistan Helps China
Discussion: 19FortyFive and Insider
The White House:
Remarks by President Biden on Evacuations in Afghanistan
Politico:
Austin contradicts Biden, says Americans have been ‘beaten’ by the Taliban
Alberto Nardelli / Bloomberg:
Biden Assured Allies in June U.S. Would Ensure Kabul's Stability
Daniel Marans / HuffPost:
Biden, Allies Frustrated With Media's Hawkish Coverage Of Afghanistan Withdrawal  —  After years of ignoring Afghanistan, many close to the Biden White House — and the president himself — feel some major outlets are adopting a pro-war stance.  —  As President Joe Biden ended his news conference …
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Biden Ran on Competence and Empathy.  Afghanistan Is Testing That.  —  The chaotic endgame of the American withdrawal has undercut some of the most fundamental premises of President Biden's presidency.  —  For most of the last week, in the fires of the worst foreign policy crisis …
Joan E Greve / The Guardian:
US omits Macron's plea for ‘moral responsibility’ from record of Afghanistan call  —  French readout of call with Biden included phrase  —  Macron said of Afghan allies: ‘We cannot abandon them’  —  The White House's readout of a call between Joe Biden and Emmanuel Macron on the crisis …
Discussion: hogewash and The White House
Susannah George / Washington Post:
The treacherous journey into Kabul airport to escape Taliban-controlled Afghanistan  —  Dispatch from Afghanistan  —  KABUL — Two days after the Taliban's sudden takeover of Kabul, we were given a chance to escape: seats on a chartered plane to Qatar set to take off from the city's airport within hours.
Discussion: Breitbart
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Washington Post:
Anti-Taliban fighters claim victories as first stirrings of armed resistance emerge
Discussion: Breitbart
Lauren Lumpkin / Washington Post:
University of Virginia disenrolls unvaccinated students ahead of fall semester  —  Officials said 49 students who have registered for fall classes are not in compliance with the school's vaccine mandate  —  Forty-nine students who registered for fall classes at the University of Virginia …
Discussion: The Hill and COVID at Rice
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Ali Sullivan / Virginian-Pilot:
University of Virginia disenrolls 238 students for not complying with vaccine requirement
Discussion: Raw Story
Kevin Spear / Orlando Sentinel:
Orlando urges reduced water usage as liquid oxygen used to purify water goes to COVID patients  —  The city of Orlando and its water utility made an urgent appeal Friday afternoon for residents to cut back sharply on water usage for weeks because of a pandemic-triggered shortage of liquid oxygen used to purify water.
New York Times:
Facebook, Fearing Public Outcry, Shelved Earlier Report on Popular Posts  —  The company praised itself this week for being “the most transparent platform on the internet.”  —  When Facebook this week released its first quarterly report about the most viewed posts in the United States …
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The White House:
President Biden Announces His Intent to Nominate Three Individuals to Serve as Ambassadors
Discussion: Washington Post, Axios and Forbes
Washington Post:
Americans prepare to welcome thousands of Afghan refugees, even as political rhetoric heats up  —  As divisions emerge among some Republicans in Washington over how to handle the refugee crisis in Afghanistan, resettlement groups have been inundated with calls from ordinary Americans seeking …
Phil Caputo / Politico:
‘The Temperature in Saigon Is 105 and Rising’  —  What I learned about American power watching the U.S. leave Vietnam — and then Afghanistan decades later.  —  The helicopter zone at the U.S. Embassy in Saigon, showing last minute evacuation of authorized personnel and civilians, April 29, 1975.
NBC News:
Capitol Police officer who shot Ashli Babbitt exonerated in internal probe  —  The Capitol Police officer who fatally shot Ashli Babbitt outside a door of the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot has been formally exonerated after an internal investigation, according to a department memo obtained by NBC News.
Wall Street Journal:
‘The Taliban Are Here’: The Final Days Before Kabul's Collapse  —  A lack of urgency in the U.S. and Afghanistan led many to believe the capital city had more time  —  Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, a former World Bank technocrat and author of the book “Fixing Failed States,” …
Discussion: CNN and Kevin Drum
Nyamekye Daniel / Washington Examiner:
Kemp signs order blocking COVID-19 mandates on Georgia businesses  —  Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed an executive order Thursday that blocks local governments from mandating COVID-19 restrictions on businesses.  —  Private sector businesses and sports teams can follow local COVID-19 requirements …
Politico:
Minnesota GOP ‘in ruins’ after shocking scandal  —  Less than a year ago, Minnesota looked every bit a swing state.  Donald Trump was pouring millions of dollars into his campaign there, after nearly flipping the state in 2016, Republicans were making inroads in the ancestrally Democratic Iron Range.
David Zweig / New York Magazine:
The Science of Masking Kids at School Remains Uncertain  —  At the end of May, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published a notable, yet mostly ignored, large-scale study of COVID transmission in American schools.  A few major news outlets covered its release by briefly reiterating …
Discussion: Cafe Hayek and Twitchy
New York Times:
The F.D.A. is aiming to give full approval to Pfizer's Covid vaccine on Monday.  —  The Food and Drug Administration is pushing to approve Pfizer-BioNTech's two-dose Covid-19 vaccine on Monday, further expediting an earlier timeline for licensing the shot, according to people familiar with the agency's planning.
Astead W. Herndon / New York Times:
In Iowa, Marjorie Taylor Greene and Matt Gaetz Take Trump's Baton  —  At a rally in Des Moines, Representatives Marjorie Taylor Greene and Matt Gaetz showed that many Republicans do not plan to move on from the Trump era.  —  DES MOINES — Far from Washington, and even farther …
Discussion: Raw Story
Marshall Cohen / CNN:
DOJ wants three months in jail for Proud Boys leader who burned BLM flag  —  (CNN)The Justice Department told a judge on Friday that Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio should get three months in jail for burning a Black Lives Matter flag in December and bringing high-capacity rifle magazines to Washington …
Erika D. Smith / Los Angeles Times:
Column: Larry Elder is the Black face of white supremacy.  You've been warned  —  Larry Elder smiled the smug smile of a Black conservative who could very well be liberal California's next governor.  —  “Where do you start with the damage Gavin Newsom has done to the state that we both love?”
Bailey Schulz / USA Today:
CDC warns older adults, travelers in COVID high-risk groups not to take cruises, even if they're vaccinated  —  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has updated its guidance for travelers who are at increased risk for severe illness from COVID-19 to recommend they avoid cruise ships, regardless of vaccination status.
 
 
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Ashton Pittman / Mississippi Free Press:
Gov. Reeves ‘Praying’ After 8th Grader's COVID Death, But Unmoved On Masks In Schools
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New York Times:
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