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10:30 AM ET, August 24, 2021

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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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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 …
Discussion: Insider
Jack Crowe / National Review:
Pompeo Responds to Claim That Taliban Agreement to Blame for Afghanistan Collapse: ‘Nonsense’  —  To hear some observers tell it, after President Joe Biden, the men most responsible for the chaos unfolding in Afghanistan right now are former President Trump and his secretary of state, Mike Pompeo.
Politico:
‘An enormously valuable trove’: America's race against Afghan data  —  U.S. officials racing to evacuate Afghan allies have limited time before another threat comes into play: vast digital data stores that will expose Afghans' ties to American operations on a massive scale once in Taliban hands.
Vivian Salama / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Struggles to Count Its Citizens in Afghanistan as Biden Weighs Withdrawal Delay
Washington Post:
Biden faces pressure to extend Afghanistan evacuation mission as Taliban warns against doing so
CNN:
US military gives Biden a deadline to decide on extending Afghanistan evacuations
Steven Erlanger / New York Times:
Afghan Fiasco Raises Hard Questions for Europe
Discussion: Associated Press and The Mahablog
Karol Markowicz / New York Post:
Vax mandates are a cruel stick to beat people with.  They will tear us apart  —  Vaccine-passport requirements have come to Gotham.  Restaurants have started asking patrons to see their vaccination cards along with IDs to dine inside.  Starting Sept. 13, restaurants, museums and certain …
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Jordan Williams / The Hill:
Hawaii governor tells tourists to stay home as coronavirus surges across islands  —  Hawaii Gov. David Ige (D) is telling tourists to stay away from the islands amid a surge in COVID-19 infections.  —  In a news conference on Monday, Ige encouraged visitors and residents to reduce travel to essential business activities.
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
U.S. Intelligence Community: Sorry, COVID-19's Origin Remains a Mystery  —  On the menu today: Today is the day that the U.S. intelligence community's review into the origins of COVID-19 is due to be presented to the president, and the early indication is that our best spies, analysts …
Discussion: HotAir
Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
Time to say it: We're done with the vaccine refusers  —  On Monday, the Food and Drug Administration granted full approval to the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for the coronavirus, and approvals for the Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines could follow soon.  This could be a significant step …
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Pelosi underestimates her moderates  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  ‘FUCKING ASSHOLES’ — DEMS IN DISARRAY, PART XLVII.  “How dare you?!” ...  “I'm pissed off!” ...  “Jesus, you fucking assholes!” ...  “Please, everybody vote for the damn thing.”
Discussion: The Daily Beast
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Associated Press:
Moderates bring House to standstill in Biden budget clash  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Confronting moderates, House Democratic leaders tried to muscle President Joe Biden's multitrillion-dollar budget blueprint over a key hurdle, working overnight to ease an intraparty showdown that risks upending their domestic infrastructure agenda.
Politico:
‘Mutually assured destruction’: Pelosi and centrists drag budget standoff into wee hours
Rose Wagner / Baltimore Sun:
Maryland's Kimberly Klacik sues conservative commentator Candace Owens for defamation, asks for $20 million in damages  —  Kimberly Klacik, a former Republican congressional candidate in Maryland, is suing conservative commentator Candace Owens for $20 million in damages over an Instagram video Owens …
Discussion: The Hill
Jeff Ernst / VICE:
Monsoon Rains Just Washed Away Trump's ‘Impenetrable’ Border Wall  —  Photos show rusted steel border bollards along the Arizona border ripped from their hinges by the recent rains.  —  JE  —  Monsoon rainfall in southeast Arizona damaged sections of the multi-billion dollar border wall whose construction …
Discussion: Second Nexus
Wall Street Journal:
Republican Lobbyist Barry Bennett Comes Under DOJ Scrutiny  —  One-time Trump campaign adviser faces probe into whether he set up an undisclosed lobbying effort to embarrass Qatar's adversaries, people familiar with the matter say  —  WASHINGTON—Federal prosecutors are investigating Barry Bennett …
Discussion: Raw Story
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 …
Discussion: The Hill and Fox News
New York Times:
Even Amid a Crackdown, the Proud Boys Are Still Agitating  —  At least two dozen members of the Proud Boys face federal charges in the U.S. Capitol siege.  But on Sunday, members of the group were mobilizing once again in Oregon.  —  PORTLAND, Ore. — In the months since the siege …
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Paul M. Duggan / Washington Post:
Proud Boys leader Henry ‘Enrique’ Tarrio sentenced to five months in jail
Marina Villeneuve / Associated Press:
Hochul, NY's 1st female governor, inherits vast challenges  —  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Kathy Hochul became the first female governor of New York on Tuesday, inheriting immense challenges as she takes over an administration facing criticism for inaction during Andrew Cuomo's distracted final months in office.
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Michael Goodwin / New York Post:   Cuomo's ridiculous ‘farewell’ speech shows he hasn't learned a thing
KTLA:
300 recall ballots, drugs, multiple driver's licenses found in vehicle of passed out felon: Torrance police  —  Torrance police are investigating the discovery of hundreds of recall election ballots in a vehicle where a felon was found passed out with drugs, a loaded firearm and multiple driver's licenses …
Mychael Schnell / The Hill:
Mark Sanford calls Graham ‘a canary in the coalmine’ on GOP's relationship with Trump  —  Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford said Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) is a “canary in the coalmine” when it comes to the GOP's relationship with former President Trump, contending that the senator “has a good political nose for his base.”
Discussion: HotAir
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Albany Times Union:
Cuomo commutes sentence of radical who took part in '81 robbery  —  David Gilbert, imprisoned for four decades, can take case to parole board  —  ALBANY — Just hours before leaving office, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo granted clemency to five men, including the commutation of the 75-years …
 
 
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Seth Barron / The American Mind:
Afghanistan and the Limits of Woke Discourse
Reuters:
UN rights boss says she has credible reports of Taliban executions
Discussion: HotAir and Al Jazeera
Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:
House Intel Democrats express doubts about completing Afghan evacuation by deadline
Discussion: HotAir and New York Post
Ian Prasad Philbrick / New York Times:
Where Is the Anti-Biden Tea Party?
Discussion: Mediaite and John Kass
Juan Williams / The Atlantic:
He Walks the Line  —  More than 20 years ago, I sat down to talk with a Black cop from New York City.
Jenny Leonard / Bloomberg:
Harris Trip to Vietnam Delayed by ‘Health Incident’ in Hanoi
Discussion: Trending Politics
Jennifer H. Svan / Stars & Stripes:
‘It was the coolest moment of my life’: Army nurse describes delivering baby aboard military plane
Peter Salter / Lincoln Journal Star:
Second resident of Nebraska's one-person town just a figment of Census Bureau's imagination
 Earlier Items: 
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Wealthy Chinese exile Guo Wengui, tied to misinformation campaigns, sued by investors in media company
Alex Samuels / FiveThirtyEight:
Why Some Socially Liberal Gen-Z Voters Aren't Leaving The GOP
Discussion: Bloomberg
Shikha Dalmia / The Bulwark:
Tucker Carlson's Unpatriotic Nationalism
Jeremy Wallace / Houston Chronicle:
Former Gov. Rick Perry wades into mask debate in Texas schools, with a product pitch
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
Gillian Brassil / Fresno Bee:
Devin Nunes lawsuit against GOP strategist dismissed in VA | The Fresno Bee
Discussion: Reason, Raw Story and Political Wire
 

 
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Anna Betts / The Guardian:
A judge orders an evidentiary hearing for next week to determine whether the Infowars auction was conducted fairly

Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
An interview with Telegraph Director of Technology Dylan Jacques on the goal of launching 12 significant uses of AI in the newsroom over 12 months

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty:
Apple removes RFE/RL's Svoboda app from the Russian App Store at the demand of Roskomnadzor; Apple also removed recent podcasts by Ekho Moskvy and others
 
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