Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
10:45 PM ET, August 24, 2021

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
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 …
RELATED:
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.
Natasha Korecki / Politico:
White House to media: We want our props on Afghanistan
Discussion: HotAir
Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Biden decides to keep August 31 deadline to withdraw from Afghanistan as evacuations accelerate
Washington Post:
Biden pushes to complete Afghan evacuation by Aug. 31 — but orders backup plan
Noah Rothman / Commentary Magazine:
The Largest Hostage Crisis in American History
Washington Post:
Two Congress members make unauthorized trip to Kabul amid evacuation efforts  —  Two members of Congress made an unauthorized whirlwind trip to Kabul early Tuesday, leaving less than 24 hours later on a flight used for evacuating U.S. citizens, allies and vulnerable Afghans.
RELATED:
Lolita C. Baldor / Associated Press:
2 Congress members fly to Kabul amid choatic evacuation  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Two members of Congress flew unannounced into Kabul airport in the middle of the ongoing chaotic evacuation Tuesday, stunning State Department and U.S. military personnel who had to divert resources to provide security …
Discussion: Insider, Boston.com, NPR, Mediaite and Forbes
NBC News:
Fury and disgust at CIA, Pentagon and in Congress that thousands of Afghans will be left behind
Discussion: MSNBC and The American Mind
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 …
RELATED:
Rachel Lerman / Washington Post:
FCC proposes record $5 million fine against Jacob Wohl, Jack Burkman for election robocalls  —  The agency's investigation said the pair made robocalls without people's consent before the 2020 presidential election  —  SAN FRANCISCO — The Federal Communications Commission has proposed …
Discussion: The Verge
RELATED:
Jane C. Timm / NBC News:
FCC looks to fine conservative activists $5 million for false mail voting robocalls
Discussion: HuffPost
John Hendel / Politico:
FCC proposes fining conspiracists $5.1M for voter suppression robocalls
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court says Biden administration must comply with ruling to restart ‘remain in Mexico’ program for asylum seekers  —  The Supreme Court on Tuesday said the Biden administration must comply with a lower court's ruling to reinstate President Donald Trump's policy that required …
RELATED:
Ian Millhiser / Vox:
The Supreme Court's stunning, radical immigration decision, explained
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 …
Kristina M. Johnson, PhD / Ohio State announces …:
Ohio State announces vaccination requirement  —  Decision follows full FDA approval of Pfizer vaccine  —  Ohio State University President Kristina M. Johnson sent the following message to students, faculty and staff today (Aug. 24).  —  Dear Students, Faculty and Staff:
Discussion: The Hill
RELATED:
Eduardo Medina / New York Times:
Ohio State announces a vaccine mandate for students and employees.
Discussion: WCCO | CBS Minnesota
Tony Romm / Washington Post:
House passes $3.5 trillion budget plan, aims to vote on infrastructure package by late September  —  The measure also sets in motion a potential House vote on a $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill in late September  —  House Democrats on Tuesday approved a roughly $3.5 trillion budget …
RELATED:
Politico:
House advances $3.5T budget, ending stalemate between Pelosi and centrists
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.
Washington Post:
Biden receives inconclusive intelligence report on covid origins  —  The report falls short of concluding whether the coronavirus jumped from animal to human, or might have accidentally escaped from a lab in China  —  President Biden on Tuesday received a classified report from the intelligence community …
Discussion: The Hill and Becker News
Wall Street Journal:
Afghanistan's Falling Man: The 17-Year-Old Soccer Star Who Plunged From a U.S. Military Jet  —  Zaki Anwari saw no future as the Taliban streamed into Kabul.  Viral images of his death horrified the world.  —  Hundreds of Afghans swarmed the runway of Hamid Karzai International Airport attempting …
New York Times:
Interview With Kathy Hochul: Sensing a ‘Weight of Responsibility’  —  Ms. Hochul sat down with The New York Times for her first one-on-one interview after becoming New York's first female governor.  —  ALBANY, N.Y. — Governor Kathy C. Hochul, the first woman in history to lead New York …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
RELATED:
Alyssa Katz / New Republic:
New York's New Governor Wants You to Forget Some Things
Discussion: Mediaite
Politico:
‘The Blob’ turns on Jake  —  Welcome to POLITICO's West Wing Playbook, your guide to the people and power centers in the Biden administration.  With Allie Bice and Louis Nelson  —  JAKE SULLIVAN is a D.C. golden boy — or at least he was.  —  The 44-year-old national security adviser …
Juana Summers / NPR:
The House Has Passed A Bill To Restore The Voting Rights Act  —  House lawmakers approved new legislation aimed at protecting the right to vote on Tuesday, amid a wave of restrictive new elections laws from Republican-controlled state legislatures.  —  The bill is named for the Georgia congressman …
Discussion: Beacon and Democracy Docket
RELATED:
Nicholas Wu / Politico:
House passes John Lewis voting rights bill that's set to stall in Senate
John McWhorter / New York Times:
Performative Antiracism at the University of Wisconsin  —  The University of Wisconsin has apparently done Black people a favor.  It lifted away a rock.  —  It was a big one, 42 tons, and at least some Black students thought of it as a symbol of bigotry.  Because, you see, 96 years ago …
Discussion: Althouse
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 …
Oregon.gov:
Governor Kate Brown Announces Statewide Outdoor Mask Requirements  —  With COVID-19 rapidly spreading, masks help stop spread of the Delta variant  —  Salem, OR—Governor Kate Brown today announced new statewide outdoor mask requirements to help stop the spread of the highly contagious Delta variant.
Jackie Salo / New York Post:
Fauci: Early use of monoclonal antibodies can cut risk of hospitalization, death up to 85%  —  COVID-19 sufferers can reduce their risk of hospitalization and death by up to 85 percent if they receive monoclonal antibody treatments in the early stages of their illness, Dr. Anthony Fauci said Tuesday.
Julia Marsh / New York Post:
Eric Adams ran errands for a prostitute named Micki as a teen, report says  —  Democratic mayoral nominee Eric Adams has frequently told the story of his arrest and beating by NYPD cops in Queens when he was a teenager.  —  But for the first time, he's revealed the backstory to the encounter …
Discussion: The Atlantic
New York Times:
Many Older Americans Still Aren't Vaccinated, Making the Delta Wave Deadlier  —  Compared with other highly vaccinated countries, large parts of the United States have many vulnerable seniors, helping spur hospitalization and death.  —  United States United Kingdom  —  WASH.  —  MAINE  —  MONT.
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 10:45 PM ET, August 24, 2021.

View the current page or another snapshot:


 
 See Also: 
memeorandum: site main
memeorandum River: reverse chronological memeorandum
memeorandum Mobile: for phones
memeorandum Leaderboard: memeorandum's top sources
 
 Subscribe: 
memeorandum RSS feed
memeorandum on Mastodon
 
 
 More Items: 
Representative Claudia Tenney:
Congresswoman Claudia Tenney Introduces Flights for Freedom Act to Ensure Americans Stuck in Afghanistan Don't Pay Thousands
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Stephen Caruso / Pennsylvania Capital-Star:
Pa. redistricting commission to count people in prison at their old home, not in their cell
Discussion: Spotlight PA and CBS Pittsburgh
Noah Garfinkel / Axios:
VP Harris' overseas flight delayed due to “anomalous health incident” in Hanoi
Discussion: NPR
Wall Street Journal:
Judge Questions DOJ's Media Policy in Capitol Riot Case Against Infowars Host
Olafimihan Oshin / The Hill:
Sponsor drops Schwarzenegger over rant about anti-maskers
Discussion: USA Today and The Daily Caller
 Earlier Items: 
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Afghan exit is a low moment for journalism
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
New York Times:
In Shift, Israel Quietly Allows Jewish Prayer on Temple Mount
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Al Jazeera
John Jorgensen / VoteVets:
NEW POLL: Veterans strongly support withdrawal from Afghanistan; Republicans out of step with rest of America on Afghan refugees
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

Bloomberg:
A look at the challenges facing Crunchyroll, as current and ex-staffers say its management is out of touch, amid Disney and Netflix's expansion into anime

Ankush Khardori / Politico:
Trump may erode press protections but the ABC case is not evidence of that as the decision to settle appears reasonable given Stephanopoulos' imprecise remarks

 
Sister Sites:

Techmeme
 Top news and commentary for technology's leaders, from all around the web
Mediagazer
 Top news and commentary for media professionals from all around the web
WeSmirch
 The top celebrity news from all around the web on a single page