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John Hudson / Washington Post:
CIA Director William Burns held secret meeting in Kabul with Taliban leader Abdul Ghani Baradar  —  CIA Director William J. Burns held a secret meeting in Kabul on Monday with the Taliban's de facto leader Abdul Ghani Baradar in the highest-level face-to-face encounter between the Taliban …
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NBC News:
NBC News poll shows demographic breakdown of the vaccinated in the U.S.  —  WASHINGTON — There's been plenty of recent news on the vaccination front.  —  The FDA granted full approval to Pfizer's Covid vaccine for those 16 and older; President Biden on Monday urged more Americans to get vaccinated …
Politico:
‘The definition of gaslighting’: As chaos unfolds at Kabul airport, Biden team projects calm  —  Tens of thousands of Afghans awaiting U.S. visas and thousands of American citizens are still stuck in Kabul, unable to find safe passage through frantic crowds, Taliban checkpoints and Afghan guards stationed outside the airport.
Axios:
“A living hell”: Leaked email describes Afghan refugee conditions  —  Shortly before 8 a.m. last Friday, an official at U.S. Central Command sent a searing wake-up call to colleagues: The sweltering Qatar air base where the Biden administration is housing thousands of Afghan evacuees was awash …
New York Times:
Live Updates: G7 Leaders to Meet as Afghanistan Withdrawal Deadline Nears
Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Biden decides to keep August 31 deadline to withdraw from Afghanistan as evacuations accelerate  —  (CNN)President Joe Biden has decided, in consultation with his national security team, to stick with the August 31 deadline for withdrawing troops from Afghanistan, according to a senior administration official.
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Oren Liebermann / CNN:
First US troops have started leaving Afghanistan as Biden decides not to extend withdrawal deadline  —  (CNN)The first US troops have started leaving Afghanistan on the same day President Joe Biden decided not to extend the August 31 evacuation deadline, two defense officials told CNN.
NBC News:
Fury and disgust at CIA, Pentagon and in Congress that thousands of Afghans will be left behind … WASHINGTON — With President Joe Biden intending to stick to the Aug. 31 deadline for U.S. troops to leave Afghanistan, it's becoming clear that thousands of the Afghans who helped the U.S …
Discussion: MSNBC
Politico:
Biden sticks to Aug. 31 withdrawal from Afghanistan
Sophia Cai / Bloomberg:
U.S. Tells Refugee Aid Groups to Get Ready for 50,000 Afghans
Discussion: CBS News
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Breaking: Herschel Walker is running for U.S. Senate in Georgia  —  Former University of Georgia football star Herschel Walker — at the urging of former President Donald Trump —launched a campaign Tuesday for the U.S. Senate, bringing both his celebrity and his untested political background …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Gottheimer's Suicide Squad Hurt Their Party But Gained Nothing Democrats have five weeks to get their act together.  —  Until 11 days ago, the Democratic Party had a unified strategy to advance President Biden's legislative agenda.  The plan was to pass two bills: a bipartisan infrastructure deal favored …
Discussion: Daily Kos, Common Dreams and HuffPost
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Politico:
House advances $3.5T budget, ending stalemate between Pelosi and centrists
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
‘Time to fold’: The rebels threatening Biden's agenda are increasingly isolated
USA Today:
Exclusive: Americans' harsh judgment on Afghanistan costs Biden's approval, down to 41%  —  Susan Page Matthew Brown Mabinty QuarshieUSA TODAY … Was the longest war worth it?  —  After two decades of combat, Americans by more than 2-1 say the war in Afghanistan, launched in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, wasn't worth it.
Laura Vozzella / Washington Post:
Conservative Bill Kristol endorses McAuliffe in race for Virginia governor  —  RICHMOND — Bill Kristol is just like all the other disaffected Virginia Republicans whom gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin needs to win over, only famous.  —  The longtime conservative commentator …
Reuters:
Reuters photographer was killed after being left behind in Afghan retreat, general says  —  Danish Siddiqui was with soldiers on the front line of an Afghan Special Forces clash with the Taliban.  New reporting, and his last photographs, cast light on his final hours, on the collapse of the Afghan military …
Asher Notheis / Washington Examiner:
Kathy Hochul becomes New York's first female governor  —  Gov. Kathy Hochul became New York's first female governor at midnight on Tuesday, assuming office after former Gov. Andrew Cuomo resigned amid a sexual harassment scandal.  —  Hochul, who has in recent days attempted …
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David A. Lieb / Associated Press:
9 women now serving as governors in US, tying a record
Olafimihan Oshin / The Hill:
Sponsor drops Schwarzenegger over rant about anti-maskers  —  A bodybuilding sponsor has dropped actor Arnold Schwarzenegger as a spokesperson over his recent rant against anti-maskers, USA Today reported.  —  A spokesperson for the sports supplement company REDCON1 told The Hill that they chose …
Discussion: USA Today and The Daily Caller
Edward Luce / Financial Times:
Biden's America is confused — and so is the world  —  Many allied nations prefer the Democratic president to Trump but crave clarity about Washington's world role  —  No, the western alliance is not about to break up.  And America is not about to drift off into some isolationist reverie.
Discussion: claytoonz and The US Sun
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Walter Russell Mead / Wall Street Journal:
The Deeper Crisis Behind the Afghan Rout
Discussion: Washington Examiner
John Jorgensen / VoteVets:
NEW POLL: Veterans strongly support withdrawal from Afghanistan; Republicans out of step with rest of America on Afghan refugees  —  WASHINGTON, DC - A new poll commissioned by VoteVets shows that American veterans overwhelmingly support President Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan, along with all Americans.
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Afghan exit is a low moment for journalism  —  It was either me or Jimmy Carter who promised that “I will never lie to you” but I did in July when I pledged no more breaks in 2021 for The Will Bunch Newsletter.  Actually, I discovered I had one extra week of vacation, for which I'm currently packing my swim trunks.
Jeremy Stahl / Slate:
Spike Lee's New Documentary Gives a Notorious 9/11 Conspiracy Theorist His Biggest Platform Ever  —  On Monday, the New York Times reported that Spike Lee devotes a significant amount of time in his new four-part HBO documentary series, NYC Epicenters 9/11-2021½, to the group Architects & Engineers …
Susan Dominus / New York Times:
He Was the ‘Perfect Villain’ for Voting Conspiracists  —  Eric Coomer had an election-security job at Dominion Voting Systems.  He also had posted anti-Trump messages on Facebook.  What happened next ruined his life.  —  To hear more audio stories from publications like The New York Times, download Audm for iPhone or Android.
Discussion: Insider and Raw Story
Wall Street Journal:
Judge Questions DOJ's Media Policy in Capitol Riot Case Against Infowars Host  —  Prosecutors must clarify why agency's new limits on pursuing journalists shouldn't apply to far-right talk-show host charged in Jan. 6 attack, judge says  —  WASHINGTON—Attorney General Merrick Garland's move …
Adam Shaw / Fox News:
Arizona AG warns of potential border threat from terrorists freed by Taliban in Afghanistan  —  A top border patrol official said that terrorists coming through the border is ‘a real threat’  —  Taliban has become ‘more sophisticated’ since 2001: Gen. Kellogg
Discussion: Washington Examiner
U.S. Department of Justice:
Oklahoma Man Arrested for Assault on Media During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach  —  Assailant Repeatedly Attacked Member of News Media, Marks Eighth Defendant Arrested for Assault on Press  —  WASHINGTON — An Oklahoma man was arrested on Aug. 19 for crimes related to the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 …
Discussion: Law & Crime and Raw Story
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Trump teases potential 2024 bid amid Afghanistan crisis  —  Former President Trump teased a potential 2024 presidential run in an interview released Tuesday.  —  “We won it twice.  I've won it twice and now I have to win it again.  I guess if we're going to save the country, look …
Lawrence Mower / Tampa Bay Times:
Florida hasn't asked for $820 million in federal food assistance for children  —  The DeSantis administration hasn't applied for a federal food aid program, part of a larger effort by the governor to return life to normal.  —  TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration has not yet applied …
Nick Niedzwiadek / Politico:
Cuomo loses Emmy following scandal, resignation  —  Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo has been stripped of the honorary Emmy given to him for his Covid briefings last year.  —  The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced the revocation on Tuesday, hours after he stepped …
 
 
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The Guardian:
UK evacuation from Kabul to end within ‘24 to 36 hours’, defence sources say
John McWhorter / New York Times:
Performative Antiracism at the University of Wisconsin
Democracy Docket:
In Colorado, All-Mail Voting Is a Step Toward Equity
Oregon.gov:
Governor Kate Brown Announces Statewide Outdoor Mask Requirements
Discussion: The Hill and Washington Examiner
Megan Brenan / Gallup:
U.S. Satisfaction Drops; COVID-19 Resurges as Top Problem
Discussion: Breitbart and Forbes
SSRN:
Scholarly Impact of Law School Faculties in 2021: Updating the Leiter Score Ranking for the Top Third
Discussion: Brian Leiter's Law … and Reason
Mark Scott / Politico:
Extremist content is flourishing on TikTok: Report
Discussion: USA Today, ISD and Reason
 Earlier Items: 
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In Shift, Israel Quietly Allows Jewish Prayer on Temple Mount
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An Open Letter to Governor Ron DeSantis
Wendy Liberatore / Albany Times Union:
Lightning-rod Trump supporter Scott Presler's rally canceled in Wilton
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
J.D. Vance has become the politician he once said he couldn't support
Discussion: Fox News
Juan Williams / The Atlantic:
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