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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.
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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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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.
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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.
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John Sexton / HotAir:
Is Jen Rubin now doing PR for the Taliban now or just lying by omission? — Jen Rubin has been supporting and defending the Biden administration on every possible front for months but she has really put her flack-act into high gear since Biden's drawdown of troops in Afghanistan has turned into a disaster.
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 …
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Lara Jakes / New York Times:
How Many People in Afghanistan Need to be Rescued? The Number Remains Elusive.
Charles Lane / Washington Post:
The U.S. dare not betray the students at the American University of Afghanistan
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Joseph Klein / Front Page Magazine:
Biden's Gift to Global Jihadists: A Safe National Homeland
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Washington Examiner:
Biden's credibility crisis spreads far past Afghanistan
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Natasha Korecki / Politico:
White House to media: We want our props on Afghanistan
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Roosevelt Room / The White House:
Remarks by President Biden on the Ongoing Evacuation Efforts in Afghanistan and the House Vote on the Build Back Better Agenda
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NBC News:
Fury and disgust at CIA, Pentagon and in Congress that thousands of Afghans will be left behind
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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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Carl Zimmer / New York Times:
Second Dose of J. & J. Vaccine Gives Strong Boost, Company Reports — Johnson & Johnson will submit the data to the Food and Drug Administration, which is evaluating similar data on boosters from Pfizer and Moderna. — A booster shot of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine dramatically raises …
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Content Lab U.S.:
Johnson & Johnson Announces Data to Support Boosting its Single-Shot COVID-19 Vaccine
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JoNel Aleccia / Kaiser Health News:
Hot Spots Where Covid Vaccination Lags Push Experimental Antibody Treatment
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Joe Kovacs / WND:
Gab launches brand-new job board to help unvaccinated Americans
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Ian Millhiser / Vox:
The Supreme Court's stunning, radical immigration decision, explained — The Court's decision on Trump's “Remain in Mexico” policy upends decades of precedent warning that judges shouldn't mess with foreign affairs. — The Supreme Court handed down an order Tuesday evening that makes no sense.
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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court says Biden administration must comply with ruling to restart ‘remain in Mexico’ program for asylum seekers
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Emily Brooks / Washington Examiner:
Hard-line conservatives press McCarthy to whip votes against infrastructure bill — House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy faces pressure from hard-line conservative Republicans to whip votes against the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure plan. — The dynamic may be a key test …
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David Dayen / American Prospect:
Infrastructure Summer: The Gottheimer Gang's Pointless Standoff
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Matthew Cooper / Washington Monthly:
House Democratic Moderates Have Reason to Boast
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New York Times:
About 89% of Rental Assistance Funds Have Not Been Distributed, Figures Show — Just $1.7 billion in funds intended to prevent eviction were disbursed in July as the White House braces for a Supreme Court decision that could strike down its eviction moratorium.
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Rachel Siegel / Washington Post:
As eviction crisis loomed, rental relief barely picked up in July
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Valerie Strauss / Washington Post:
More than half of Florida's students now go to schools mandating masks in defiance of DeSantis — More than half of Florida's students are now enrolled in public school districts with mask mandates despite threats of sanctions from the administration of Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) …
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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.
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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 …
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Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
Neo-Nazi gets three years in prison for threat campaign that targeted Jewish journalists — A neo-Nazi named Cameron Shea was sentence to three years in prison on Tuesday on charges of federal conspiracy, hate crimes, and threatening journalists who tried to expose anti-Semitism.
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Associated Press:
‘Pain compliance’: Video shows trooper pummeling Black man — MONROE, La. (AP) — Graphic body camera video kept secret for more than two years shows a Louisiana State Police trooper pummeling a Black motorist 18 times with a flashlight — an attack the trooper defended as “pain compliance.”
Jane C. Timm / NBC News:
FCC looks to fine conservative activists $5 million for false mail voting robocalls — The Federal Communications Commission proposed a $5.1 million fine against conservative activists Jacob Wohl and John Burkman and J.M. Burkman & Associates for making 1,141 unlawful robocalls that made false claims …
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Wall Street Journal:
This Illinois County Is Losing People Faster Than Anywhere in the U.S. — Alexander County, home to Cairo, dropped more than a third of its population in past decade, as big U.S. counties grew and small ones shrank — CAIRO, Ill.—In a nation where more than half of all counties saw …
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Ally Mutnick / Politico:
How screwed is Adam Kinzinger? — Former President Donald Trump would love to take down Adam Kinzinger, one of his chief House GOP antagonists, in next year's midterms. But Democrats might beat him to it. — Illinois lawmakers are on the verge of rolling out a new congressional map …
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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 …
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