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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.
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CarolineGlick.com, Breitbart, The Guardian, Pajhwok Afghan News and Power Line
Zhou Bo / New York Times:
How the U.S. Exit from Afghanistan Helps China
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19FortyFive and Insider
Linda Qiu / New York Times:
Biden's Inaccurate Claims in Defending Afghanistan Withdrawal
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The White House, Sputnik News, CNN, Washington Post and ABC News
Alberto Nardelli / Bloomberg:
Biden Assured Allies in June U.S. Would Ensure Kabul's Stability
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Mark Landler / New York Times:
Biden Defends Afghanistan Evacuation as Thousands Besiege Kabul Airport
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Reuters, New York Post, Japan Times, The Times of Israel, The Western Journal, CBS News, Los Angeles Times, TheBlaze, KTLA and NBC Chicago
Jamie Dettmer / Voice of America:
Hardline Haqqani Network Put in Charge of Kabul Security
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The Times of Israel, The Daily Signal and National Review
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 …
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Concerned Veterans for America, Althouse, Political Wire, Associated Press and VoteVets
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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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Daily Kos, Breitbart, The Western Journal, Washington Post, POLITICUSUSA, Responsible Statecraft, Mediaite, The Federalist, National Review, Fox News, Insider and IJR
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 …
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The White House
Samuel Chamberlain / New York Post:
Biden scheduled to head to Delaware as Afghanistan crisis spirals
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Breitbart, spectatorworld.com, Power Line and Washington Times
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.
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Washington Post:
Anti-Taliban fighters claim victories as first stirrings of armed resistance emerge — KABUL — Groups of armed Afghans attacked the Taliban on Friday, driving Afghanistan's new rulers out of three northern districts, the first assault against the Islamist militants since they swept into Kabul …
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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 …
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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
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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.
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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.
CNN:
Biden picks Rahm Emanuel as ambassador to Japan and Nicholas Burns as top envoy to China — (CNN)President Joe Biden on Friday announced his intention to nominate Rahm Emanuel as ambassador to Japan and Nicholas Burns as ambassador to China. — The two top diplomatic positions …
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Reuters, Japan Times, Breitbart, New York Times, The Daily Caller, Politico and NBC Chicago
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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 …
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The American Independent, Los Angeles Times and The Daily Caller
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,” …
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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 …
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.
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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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Raw Story and The Verge, more at Mediagazer »
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 …
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Cafe Hayek and Twitchy
Sheri Fink / New York Times:
Maker of Popular Covid Test Told Factory to Destroy Inventory — One of the leading producers of rapid tests purged supplies and laid off workers as sales dwindled. Weeks later, the U.S. is facing a surge in infections with diminished capacity. — For weeks in June and July …
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Bangor Daily News
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.
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 …
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Raw Story
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?”
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The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Caller, HotAir, Breitbart, Sacramento Bee and Washington Times
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 …
Sarah Ferris / Politico:
Dem centrists say DCCC is threatening to withhold fundraising if they oppose Biden priority — Multiple House Democratic centrists have fielded calls from their caucus's campaign arm that they took as a warning they would be cut off financially if they oppose their party's $3.5 trillion budget framework …
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Raw Story, The Daily Signal and CNBC
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