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3:10 AM ET, August 23, 2021

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Axios:
Biden doesn't plan to fire anyone over Kabul chaos, sources say  —  Biden isn't inclined to fire any senior national security officials over the chaos in Kabul unless the situation drastically deteriorates.
Discussion: Washington Post, Breitbart and TheBlaze
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Meagan Flynn / Washington Post:
Hundreds of Afghans arrive at Northern Virginia Community College, greeted by outpouring of support  —  They kept coming: people carrying bags of clothes, bags of toiletries, bags of diapers and baby formula and toys and books.  —  All were donations for the hundreds of Afghan refugees …
Washington Post:
Biden says safe zone around Kabul airport to expand, as Pentagon enlists commercial airlines to aid evacuations  —  President Biden said Sunday that the U.S. military is “executing a plan” to move stranded American citizens to the Kabul airport in greater numbers, including through an expansion …
Reuters:
U.S. ‘unwavering’ in Afghanistan evacuations, Biden says; Taliban beat back crowd at airport  —  The United States has an “unwavering commitment” to get U.S. citizens and at-risk Afghans to safety out of Afghanistan, President Joe Biden said, as Taliban fighters beat back thousands desperate to flee outside Kabul airport on Sunday.
Jon Craig / Sky News:
Afghanistan: Tony Blair slams President Biden for ‘imbecilic’ military pullout and says crisis risks relegating UK to ‘second division of global powers’  —  The former prime minister, who sent British troops into Afghanistan in 2001, said the “abandonment of Afghanistan and its people is tragic, dangerous [and] unnecessary”.
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Distinguished persons of the week: Let's hear it for the deep state  —  As disturbing scenes of chaos and misery played out in the streets of Kabul, criticism — some earned and some not, some hyperbolic and some laser-focused — rained down on a wide expanse of people, including President Biden …
David French / The Dispatch:   They Held the Line  —  The sacrifice in Afghanistan was not in vain.
Dexter Filkins / New Yorker:
What We Left Behind in Afghanistan
Discussion: Washington Post
Bruce Haring / Deadline:
Fox News Rescues Afghan Nationals Who Aided Correspondents
Discussion: Fox News and RedState
Financial Times:
Johnson to host G7 talks on Afghanistan with role sought for China and Russia
Discussion: UnHerd
Dominic Green / The Spectator World:
Biden must go  —  (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)
Discussion: Instapundit
Martin E. Comas / Associated Press:
U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz marries girlfriend in California elopement  —  MIAMI (AP) — U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fort Walton Beach, eloped to Southern California and married his girlfriend Ginger Luckey on Saturday in a small ceremony on Catalina Island.  —  The controversial 39-year-old Republican …
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Allan Smith / NBC News:
Trump booed at Alabama rally after telling supporters to get vaccinated … Former President Donald Trump was booed at a rally on Saturday in Alabama after telling supporters they should get vaccinated.  —  “And you know what?  I believe totally in your freedoms.  I do.
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Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:   ‘What traitors do’: Trump slammed for praising Taliban at Alabama rally
Devan Cole / CNN:
GOP congressman places blame on Trump admin for crisis in Afghanistan: ‘They set this up to fail’
Discussion: Raw Story
Adam Elmahrek / Los Angeles Times:
State officials open investigation into whether Larry Elder failed to disclose income sources  —  California regulators have launched an investigation into whether recall election gubernatorial candidate Larry Elder failed to properly disclose his income sources, a spokesman …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
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Caroline Vakil / The Hill:
California launches investigation into recall candidate Larry Elder's financial disclosure
Discussion: Breitbart
Silas House / The Atlantic:
Some Americans No Longer Believe in the Common Good  —  They now are thinking only of themselves.  —  About the author: Silas House, a writer based in Kentucky, is the author of six novels, including, most recently, Southernmost.  —  As a child in eastern Kentucky, I often helped …
Discussion: TheBlaze
Brian Kahn / Gizmodo:
Trump's Border Wall Torn Apart by Arizona Monsoon Rains  —  Record monsoon rains have blown floodgates off their hinges as Trump's border wall breaks down.  —  Alerts  —  It turns out ignoring bedrock environmental laws may not have been the best choice for a multibillion-dollar construction project.
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
Hospitals and Insurers Didn't Want You to See These Prices.  Here's Why.  —  The price for an M.R.I. at Mass General is ...  Do you have a medical bill we should investigate?  Share it with us.  —  This year, the federal government ordered hospitals to begin publishing a prized secret …
Tal Axelrod / The Hill:
Democrats scramble to reclaim lost ground in statehouse battles  —  Arizona state Sen. Lela Alston (D) was sitting at home on Nov. 3 last year huddled with her campaign advisers on Zoom with “huge expectations” that her party could flip at least one chamber of the state legislature.
Noah Feldman / Bloomberg:
Kavanaugh Is the Last Hope for Abortion Rights  —  Liberals have reviled the conservative Supreme Court justice since his confirmation hearing, but now hope that he still cherishes the reputation for moderation that he cultivated.  —  For the first time in 30 years — a legal generation …
Discussion: Reason
Mark Murray / NBC News:
Biden's job ratings decline amid Covid surge, Afghanistan withdrawal in NBC News poll  —  WASHINGTON — After a spike in U.S. Covid-19 cases and bipartisan criticism over the chaos from America's withdrawal from Afghanistan, President Joe Biden's overall job-approval rating …
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CBS News:
Biden job approval falls; handling of troop removal is negative but support for withdrawal remains — CBS News poll
 
 
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Mercury News:
Exclusive: First U.S. COVID deaths came earlier — and in different places — than previously thought
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
Charles Gaba / ACA Signups:
A month later, let's check in on the GOP's (supposed) COVID vaccination messaging 180º turnaround
Yeganeh Torbati / Washington Post:
In Florida, DeSantis cut jobless aid just as virus began terrifying new wave
Howie Carr / Boston Herald:
Biden voters — are you tired of losing yet?
Isaac Stanley-Becker / Washington Post:
How the U.S. vaccination drive came to rely on an army of consultants
David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
The Noisy Minority  —  The connection between Republican political views and skepticism …
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