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Sally Lockwood / Sky News:
Afghanistan: Taliban warns there will be ‘consequences’ if Biden delays withdrawal of US troops  —  The Taliban meets Sky News in Doha to discuss what happens next - and issues a stark warning about the withdrawal of troops from the country.  —  Created with Sketch.
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Why so many people find Biden an easy target  —  The vehemence with which many politicians and media pundits on the left and right have attacked President Biden should not be surprising.  Given the chaotic and heart-wrenching scenes in Afghanistan, the commander in chief becomes an obvious target …
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
As Democrats run away from Biden over Afghanistan, one senator gets it right  —  Let's keep two ideas in our heads at the same time.  The first is that President Biden deserves serious scrutiny over the withdrawal from Afghanistan, and congressional hearings should examine it.
Alissa J. Rubin / New York Times:
Did the War in Afghanistan Have to Happen?  —  In 2001, when the Taliban were weak and ready to surrender, the U.S. passed on a deal.  Nearly 20 years later, the Taliban hold all the cards.  —  Taliban fighters brandished Kalashnikovs and shook their fists in the air after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks …
Vivian Salama / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Struggles to Count Its Citizens in Afghanistan as Biden Weighs Withdrawal Delay
Discussion: Becker News and Associated Press
Quint Forgey / Politico:
Pentagon confirms latest mission to rescue Americans stranded in Kabul
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Jason Easley / POLITICUSUSA:   Sen. Chris Murphy Tells Democrats To Stop Falling For Republican “Bulls-t”
Brendan J. Lyons / Albany Times Union:
Cuomo's dog Captain left at mansion after governor departed  —  ALBANY — Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, who has been staying with one of his sisters in Westchester County in the final days of his third term, recently has asked staff members at the Executive Mansion if anyone would like to keep his dog …
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Sarah Jones / New York Magazine:
Cuomo Shows He'll Never Change in Final Address
Discussion: Axios and The Daily Caller
US Food and Drug Administration:
FDA Approves First COVID-19 Vaccine  —  Approval Signifies Key Achievement for Public Health  —  For Immediate Release:  —  Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first COVID-19 vaccine.  The vaccine has been known as the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine …
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Sarah Owermohle / Politico:
Biden: Employers must require Covid vaccination  —  President Joe Biden on Monday pressed businesses and public leaders to implement vaccine mandates after the federal government issued its first full approval of a Covid-19 vaccine.  —  The Food and Drug Administration early Monday approved Pfizer's …
Washington Post:
Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine wins full FDA approval, potentially persuading the hesitant to get a shot
Ellen Mitchell / The Hill:
Pentagon to mandate COVID-19 vaccine for military
Discussion: NBC News, The Daily Caller and IJR
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Sinema: I simply won't back a $3.5T spending bill  —  Kyrsten Sinema still opposes her party's plans for a $3.5 trillion, party-line spending bill.  And she's not up for a negotiation about it.  —  As House Democratic leaders hold back Sinema's own Senate-passed bipartisan infrastructure bill …
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Washington Post:
Let's take the win.  Let's do infrastructure first.  —  The authors are Democratic members of the House of Representatives from Georgia, Hawaii, California, Texas, Maine, New Jersey and Oregon.  —  Time kills deals.  This is an old business saying and the essence of why we are pushing …
Thomas Franck / CNBC:
Wall Street is telling investors to prepare for the two big spending bills Congress is set to pass
Discussion: Associated Press and Politico
Tess Owen / VICE:
Proud Boys' ‘Summer of Love’ Rally Ended in Blood, Beatings, and Gunfire  —  For years, Portland has been a hotbed for political violence.  Sunday's clashes mark some of the worst yet.  —  TO  —  Gunfire erupted in Portland on Sunday amid what may have been the most chaotic display …
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Alanna Durkin Richer / Associated Press:
Proud Boys leader who burned BLM flag gets 5 months in jail
Discussion: Rolling Stone and Political Wire
Marshall Cohen / CNN:   Proud Boys leader sentenced to 6 months in jail for burning BLM banner and bringing high-capacity rifle magazines to DC
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Juan Williams / The Hill:
Biden is right on Afghanistan
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Herschel Walker registers to vote in Georgia as he weighs Senate run  —  Herschel Walker has apparently moved back to Georgia in what could be a prelude to a run for the U.S. Senate.  —  The former University of Georgia football star registered to vote in Georgia on Aug. 17 after decades of living in Texas, state records show.
Discussion: The Hill
Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
Damning timeline shows Jim Jordan pushed Trump's big lie harder than any other Republican  —  Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) did more than any other Republican lawmaker to push Donald Trump's “big lie” about his election loss, and he was rewarded for his efforts by the twice-impeached one-term president, according to a new analysis.
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Justin Hendrix / Just Security:
Timeline: Rep. Jim Jordan, a Systematic Disinformation Campaign, and January 6
Discussion: The Hill and Digby's Hullabaloo
Sam Levin / The Guardian:
Revealed: how California police chased a nonexistent ‘antifa bus’  —  Authorities in rural northern counties spread misinformation and launched aircraft surveillance in response to false rumors about antifa ‘infiltrators’, according to records obtained by the Guardian
Will Doran / Raleigh News & Observer:
Felon voting rights law unconstitutional, NC court rules  —  Judges have restored voting rights to an estimated 55,000 North Carolinians on parole or probation for a felony, according to a lawyer for the people who challenged the law that has kept them from voting.
Discussion: Rolling Stone
Lucas Kunce / Kansas City Star:
Here are two sentences of truth about the US and Afghanistan |  The Kansas City Star  —  What we are seeing in Afghanistan right now shouldn't shock you.  It only seems that way because our institutions are steeped in systematic dishonesty.  It doesn't require a dissertation to explain what you're seeing.
CNN:
Afghan visa applicants told to stay away from Kabul airport as US races to meet exit deadline  —  Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN)Afghans who have applied for special immigrant visas to the US were told to stay away from Kabul's airport on Monday, as American officials ramped up evacuation flights …
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United States Capitol Police:
USCP Completes Internal Investigation into the January 6 Officer-Involved Shooting  —  After interviewing multiple witnesses and reviewing all the available evidence, including video and radio calls, the United States Capitol Police has completed the internal investigation into the fatal shooting …
Jacob Silverman / New Republic:
The CEO Trying to Build a White, Christian, Secessionist Tech Industry  —  “It's time for us to resist,” Rand Paul says, railing against vaccine and mask mandates, “lockdown measures,” and other pandemic interventions, in a new video making the rounds on social media.  “They can't arrest all of us.”
Discussion: Newsweek and Raw Story
 
 
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Quin Hillyer / Washington Examiner:
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A Hospital Finds an Unlikely Group Opposing Vaccination: Its Workers
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Washington Post:
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George Packer / The Atlantic:
Escape From Afghanistan  —  For the past 10 days, thousands of private citizens …
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No vaccination? Americans back tough rules and mask mandates to protect the common good
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Armed protests are picking up, and a new study says they're more likely to turn violent
Robin Wright / New Yorker:
Afghanistan, Again, Becomes a Cradle for Jihadism—and Al Qaeda
Discussion: Washington Post and New Republic
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