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Dion Nissenbaum / Wall Street Journal:
In Kabul, Private Rescue Efforts Grow Desperate as Time to Evacuate Afghans Runs Out  —  Defense contractor Erik Prince charges $6,500 a person, other groups' planes leave Kabul empty  —  A disparate group of American veterans, military contractors, aid workers and former spies is scrambling …
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Sami Sadat / New York Times:
The Afghan Army Collapsed Against the Taliban.  Here's Why.  —  General Sadat is a commander in the Afghan National Army.  —  For the past three and a half months, I fought day and night, nonstop, in southern Afghanistan's Helmand Province against an escalating and bloody Taliban offensive.
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
A Better Afghan Policy  —  What would it have been?  —  What might a more successful exit from Afghanistan have looked like?  —  I have spent some time talking with colleagues and experts about that question, and it is a difficult one to answer.  President Biden's exit certainly has not gone well.
Select Committee to Investigate …:
Select Committee Issues Sweeping Demand for Executive Branch Records  —  Bolton, MS—Today, Chairman Bennie G. Thompson announced the Select Committee's first round of demands for records as the committee expands its investigation into the January 6th violent attack on the U.S. Capitol and its causes.
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Christina Wilkie / CNBC:
Jan. 6 committee demands a huge trove of Trump White House records  — The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol formally demanded records related to at least 30 members of former President Donald Trump's inner circle.  — The demand was part of a sweeping records request …
Karen Pearlman / Los Angeles Times:
Students from San Diego County school district stranded in Afghanistan  —  At least 24 students from the Cajon Valley Union School District in El Cajon and 16 parents are stranded in Afghanistan after taking a summer trip abroad.  —  They are among thousands of individuals waiting to leave …
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Karen Pearlman / San Diego Union-Tribune:
San Diego County students, parents stranded in Afghanistan  —  An estimated 40 Afghans living in East County have been unable to get to airport in Kabul  —  At least two dozen San Diego County students and 16 parents are stranded in Afghanistan, unable to get to the airport in Kabul after a summer trip to visit relatives.
Discussion: KTLA and Mediaite
Cameron Jenkins / The Hill:
Dozens of California students, parents stranded in Afghanistan after summer trip abroad
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Daniel Dale / CNN:
Fact check: Republican House leader Kevin McCarthy makes at least 5 false claims in 7-minute Fox News interview  —  This is what Trump said about US' evacuation of Afghan allies  —  Washington (CNN)House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy made at least five false claims during a seven-minute Sunday interview on Fox News.
Marina Villeneuve / Associated Press:
New NY governor adds 12,000 deaths to publicized COVID tally  —  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul promised more government transparency on her first day in office and by day's end her administration had quietly delivered it by acknowledging nearly 12,000 more deaths in the state …
Matt Taibbi / TK News:
Enough is Enough: Antifa Attacks Reporter in Portland  —  Antifa's influence may be exaggerated, but it's not a mythical Snuffleupagus, either, as they showed in attacking reporter Maranie Staab from our partner News2Share this past weekend.  —  This past Sunday, while covering a protest in Portland …
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Christopher Bedford / The Federalist:   You Don't Need To Go To Kabul To See The End Of American Order. It's Right Here Among Us
Stephen Groves / Associated Press:
Prosecutor: South Dakota AG to take plea deal in fatal crash  —  PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg will avoid a trial and take a plea deal for misdemeanor traffic charges in a crash last year in which he hit and killed a man who was walking along a rural highway, a prosecutor said Wednesday.
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Tom Kludt / Vanity Fair:   “I Did Not Know It Was a Man”: The Surreal Story of How a Deadly Crash Upended South Dakota Politics
Pete Williams / NBC News:
Man who plotted to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer sentenced to over 6 years in prison  —  A Michigan man who admitted taking part in an extremist group's plot to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in retaliation for Covid restrictions was sentenced Wednesday to over 6 years in prison.
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Neil MacFarquhar / New York Times:
Defendant in Plot to Kidnap Michigan Governor Sentenced to Six Years
Discussion: ABC News and WGN-TV
Wall Street Journal:
Biden Administration Plans Covid-19 Vaccine Boosters Starting at Six Months Instead of Eight  —  Pfizer, BioNTech have requested clearance for Covid-19 vaccine boosters that an official said could be administered six months after previous dose  —  Federal regulators are likely to approve …
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Leslie Josephs / CNBC:
Delta Air Lines is raising health insurance premiums for unvaccinated employees by $200 a month to cover higher Covid costs  — Starting Nov. 1, unvaccinated Delta employees who have health insurance from the companywill face $200 monthly surcharges.  — From Sept. 12 …
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Ed Bastian memo: COVID-19 update
Annie Karni / New York Times:
The Latest G.O.P. Schism: How to Handle Afghan Evacuees  —  The resettlement of Afghan allies in the U.S. is revealing an internal divide between the party's anti-immigrant wing and other conservatives who want to help the refugees.  —  WASHINGTON — The Republican Party is united …
Andrew E. Kramer / New York Times:
In First Interview From Jail, an Upbeat Navalny Discusses Prison Life  —  Russian political prisoners today are subjected to “psychological” pressure, said the opposition leader Aleksei A. Navalny, who is forced to watch state TV for more than eight hours a day.
Discussion: Al Jazeera
Tom Jackman / Washington Post:
Sirhan Sirhan, convicted of Robert F. Kennedy assassination, seeks parole with no opposition from prosecutors  —  Attorneys say that 53 years behind bars is sufficient punishment for the 77-year-old; Kennedy family declines to weigh in  —  Sirhan B. Sirhan, convicted of the 1968 assassination …
Discussion: The Hill and Althouse
New York Times:
He's No Longer Host.  But Mike Richards Is Still Running ‘Jeopardy!’  —  Defying a backlash over sexist and crude comments, a top Sony TV executive told the show's staff that they were standing behind Mr. Richards as the executive producer.  —  Last week, Mike Richards lost his gig as the new host of …
Discussion: Vanity Fair, The US Sun and Vox
Politico:
Secret Service warned Capitol Police about violent threats 1 day before Jan. 6  —  Just a day before the Jan. 6 riot, the Secret Service warned the U.S. Capitol Police that their officers could face violence at the hands of supporters of former President Donald Trump, according to new documents reviewed by POLITICO.
Jane Margolies / New York Times:
Offices Dangle Beehives and Garden Plots to Coax Workers Back  —  The latest perks include harvesting honey and digging in the dirt, part of a growing effort to give employees access to fresh air, sunlight and plants.  —  The investment company Nuveen has spent $120 million renovating …
Discussion: Althouse
New York Times:
Facebook Said to Consider Forming an Election Commission  —  The social network has contacted academics to create a group to advise it on thorny election-related decisions, said people with knowledge of the matter.  —  Facebook has approached academics and policy experts about forming …
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Democrats just launched a missile at the GOP's fortress of minority rule  —  Behind all the messy maneuvering in Congress right now is a hidden story: To an underappreciated degree, Democrats just launched a broadside against the edifice of minority rule that Republicans are busy constructing …
Nathaniel Rakich / FiveThirtyEight:
Where America Lost And Gained Population Could Help Democrats In Redistricting  —  With the release of block-level data from the 2020 census, we now have a much clearer picture of how and where the U.S. population has grown — and shrunk — over the past 10 years.
Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
The Media Manufactured Biden's Political ‘Fiasco’ in Afghanistan “Straight news” has chosen sanctimony over circumspection.  —  America's withdrawal from Afghanistan has yet to cost our nation a single casualty.  Evacuations of U.S. citizens and allies from Kabul's airport are proceeding …
Quinnipiac University Poll:
Florida Voters Give Governor DeSantis Mixed Grades, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Nearly 6 In 10 Don't Want DeSantis To Run For President In 2024  — mail_outline  —  With Florida currently struggling with one of the highest rates of COVID-19 in the country, slightly more than half of voters …
Discussion: Florida Politics and The Hill
Glenn Greenwald:
The Bizarre Refusal to Apply Cost-Benefit Analysis to COVID Debates  —  Are those who oppose a ban on cars or a radical reduction in speed limits sociopaths, given the huge number of people they are knowingly consigning to death or maiming?  —  In virtually every realm of public policy …
Alan I. Abramowitz / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
How Donald Trump Turned Off Swing Voters in 2020  —  KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE  — The number of swing voters — those who change their minds between presidential elections — has been declining over time.  — However, there are still some swing voters, and they can be decisive …
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Washington Post:
Pelosi assails two lawmakers who made unauthorized trip to Kabul  —  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) blasted two lawmakers who surreptitiously flew into Kabul without approval to examine conditions at the international airport where a massive airlift is underway to evacuate U.S. citizens, allies and vulnerable Afghans.
Discussion: ABC News, Axios, Roll Call, Insider and Fox News
Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Former Top Producer of ABC's ‘Good Morning America’ Accused of Sexual Assault in Lawsuit  —  Michael Corn departed in April and denies the allegations; suit accuses ABC of failing to investigate allegations promptly  —  An ABC News staffer filed a lawsuit Wednesday against Michael Corn …
Andrew Beaujon / Washingtonian:
Inside the Plan to Make Jeff Bezos's Washington Post the Everything Newspaper … The last round of the tryouts took place over four meals this past spring at Jeff Bezos's Washington home.  Each guest of honor was a contender to become the new executive editor of the Washington Post …
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Wall Street Journal:
CIA, U.S. Troops Conduct Missions Outside Kabul Airport to Extract Americans, Allies  —  Risky operations include helicopter lifts as evacuation window closes  —  WASHINGTON—The Central Intelligence Agency and the U.S. military are conducting extraction operations to rescue Americans using helicopters …
Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
Cryptocurrency advocates find Treasury's Yellen to be a tough sell  —  The former top Federal Reserve official and senior Biden adviser has expressed reservations about some of the claims floated by cryptocurrency advocates.  —  In April 2018, some of the biggest names in central banking filed …
Discussion: The Verge
 
 
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Jessica Chasmar / Fox News:
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Ashton Pittman / Mississippi Free Press:
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