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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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New York Times:
This Is How the U.S.'s Afghanistan Exit Plan Unraveled — President Biden promised an orderly withdrawal. That pledge, compounded by missed signals and miscalculations, proved impossible. — WASHINGTON — The nation's top national security officials assembled at the Pentagon early …
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Breitbart
Mike Allen / Axios:
What Biden didn't know about Afghanistan — The next time President Biden takes questions from reporters, he'll be asked what he didn't know and why he didn't know it. — Why it matters: Assurances Biden gave at a news conference on Friday about security around the Kabul airport …
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The Times of Israel, New York Times, BizPac Review, HotAir, The Western Journal, Trending Politics and USAFeatures.news
CNN:
ISIS terror threat forces US military to establish alternate routes to Kabul airport — (CNN)The US military is establishing “alternative routes” to Kabul airport because of a threat the terror group ISIS-K poses to the airport and its surroundings, as President Joe Biden met …
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The Guardian, Mother Jones, BizPac Review, The Gateway Pundit and Washington Times
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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Outside the Beltway, Hackwhackers, Blue Virginia, CarolineGlick.com, The Guardian, Breitbart, Pajhwok Afghan News and Power Line
Wall Street Journal:
Taliban Battles Militia in First Significant Clashes Since Takeover — Chaos in Kabul impedes evacuation efforts; Taliban political leaders meet on formation of government — Taliban fighters on Saturday battled a local militia in northern Afghanistan in some of the first significant armed clashes since …
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Forbes
Wall Street Journal:
What Went Wrong in Afghanistan?
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CNN, Insider, Vox and The Times of Israel, more at Mediagazer »
Wall Street Journal:
‘The Taliban Are Here’: The Final Days Before Kabul's Collapse
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CNN and Kevin Drum
Zhou Bo / New York Times:
How the U.S. Exit from Afghanistan Helps China
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No More Mister Nice Blog and 19FortyFive
Susannah George / Washington Post:
The treacherous journey into Kabul airport to escape Taliban-controlled Afghanistan
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New York Post and Breitbart
Alex Rogers / CNN:
Trump's rally in Alabama is a boon for Mo Brooks' Senate campaign — (CNN)Former President Donald Trump will rally the faithful in Alabama on Saturday, a boon to Rep. Mo Brooks, his favored Senate candidate, who is behind in the money race there and struggling to attract some Republicans unnerved …
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The Guardian and Raw Story
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Timothy Bella / Washington Post:
Clothier Patagonia boycotts ski resort after owner hosted GOP fundraiser with Marjorie Taylor Greene — Patagonia will no longer sell its merchandise at a popular Wyoming ski resort after one of the owners hosted a fundraiser featuring Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and other Republicans supportive of former president Donald Trump.
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Insider, The Daily Caller and Mediaite
Astead W. Herndon / New York Times:
In Iowa, Marjorie Taylor Greene and Matt Gaetz Take Trump's Baton
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Raw Story
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.
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Raw Story, POLITICUSUSA, Mock Paper Scissors and Star Tribune
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 Daily Caller, Townhall, Page Array, National Review and Virginian-Pilot
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Considers Ordering Commercial Airlines to Help in Afghan Evacuation — The Biden administration is making preparations to invoke an emergency civil aviation program, while adding to the number of U.S. bases that can house Afghan evacuees. — WASHINGTON—The Biden administration …
Michael Luciano / Mediaite:
Mississippi Official's Plea for People Not to Get Covid Treatment at Feed Stores Utterly Stuns Rachel Maddow: ‘Why Are They Dealing With This?’ — On Friday night, Rachel Maddow highlighted a pleas by an exasperated public health official in Mississippi, who implored residents …
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Crooks and Liars
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Meredith Deliso / ABC News:
Mississippi officials warn against using livestock ivermectin to prevent COVID-19 after rise in poison control calls
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WBAY-TV, CNN, TMZ.com, Mediaite and Outside the Beltway
Maureen Groppe / USA Today:
Pence aide blames Stephen Miller for ‘devastating’ visa system for Afghans — WASHINGTON - A former aide to former Vice President Mike Pence blamed racist views of a top Trump administration official for the inability of many translators and other allies to get out of Afghanistan before the U.S. withdrew troops.
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Washington Examiner, BizPac Review, Insider and Political Wire
Emma Colton / Fox News:
Elite Taliban unit wearing US gear appears to mock iconic American WWII photo — Propaganda videos show Taliban fighters carrying U.S. and U.S. ally-made weapons — Biden refuses to identify the Taliban as an enemy — A Taliban fighting unit called the Badri 313 Battalion …
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Daily Mail, RedState, BizPac Review, TheBlaze, Sputnik News and WZTV
Wall Street Journal:
Henri Upgraded to Hurricane, Heads Toward Long Island — Forecasts call for potentially dangerous storm surges, heavy rain and strong winds — Henri was upgraded to a Category 1 hurricane on Saturday morning and was expected to make landfall on Long Island or in southern New England on Sunday, the National Hurricane Center said.
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The Hill, New York Times, Forbes and KUSI-TV
USA Today:
Florida's COVID surge ‘a crisis of unprecedented proportions,’ doctor says; school districts battle for masks. Latest COVID-19 updates — Jeanine Santucci Christine FernandoUSA TODAY — Florida became the third state in the U.S. to reach 3 million cases of COVID-19, a total surpassed by only 15 countries in the world.
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POLITICUSUSA
Phil Caputo / Politico:
‘The Temperature in Saigon Is 105 and Rising’ — As a Marine Corps veteran of Vietnam (1965-1966), a reporter who was among the last to be evacuated from Saigon by helicopter (1975) and a correspondent who covered the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan from the Afghan side (1980) …
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Political Wire
New York Times:
Turmoil Was Brewing at Time's Up Long Before Cuomo — The prominent anti-harassment charity, criticized for its relationship with the former New York governor, is facing an identity crisis over its ties to those in power. — Nearly four years ago, moving with resolve after the global #MeToo explosion …
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Washington Post
Michael Walsh / New York Post:
Afghanistan proves our failed generals no longer care about winning — To the surprise of only the Biden administration and its top brass, the Taliban retook control of Afghanistan last week after 20 years of frivolous American adventurism. It was a spectacular failure of American diplomacy …
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Power Line
James Mackenzie / Reuters:
As Kabul turmoil mounts, Taliban's PR offensive falters — In the last few days, TV crews from Afghanistan's Al-Emarah Studio, which produces pro-Taliban multimedia content, have been out on the streets of Kabul speaking to residents with reassuring messages about life returning to normal.
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BizPac Review and New York Post
Los Angeles Times:
Biden focuses on domestic agenda, even as hot spots flare up elsewhere — Every morning this week at 8:45, a newly established “war room” has convened at the White House, with about 20 staffers logging onto a Zoom call to coordinate messaging and deployment of critical resources.
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Instapundit
Roland Li / San Francisco Chronicle:
Prop. 22, the gig worker exemption for Uber and Lyft, is ruled unconstitutional — Proposition 22, which exempts gig work companies like Uber and Lyft from treating drivers as employees, is unconstitutional, a judge ruled Friday. — The measure, which 59% of state voters supported last fall …
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CNN, National Review, The Verge, New York Times, UPI, Forbes and CBS Los Angeles, more at Techmeme »
Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
EU says no recognition of Taliban, no political talks — The European Union has not recognised the Taliban, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Saturday, nor is it holding political talks with the militants, a week after they seized control of Afghanistan.
Ben Jacobs / New York Magazine:
The Elephant in the Room Republicans carefully run for president, not knowing if the last one will, too. — One night in June, hundreds of Republicans gathered in suburban Des Moines, Iowa, for two traditions: raising money for their party and listening to a presidential hopeful …
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Raw Story
Ryan Cooper / The Week:
American media can't quit the forever war — Respecting the troops means keeping them in Afghanistan forever, it seems — The American mainstream media is throwing a classic tantrum over President Biden's decision to withdraw from Afghanistan. We've got the hastily-assembled pieces telling …
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