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12:05 PM ET, August 25, 2021

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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 …
Discussion: Mother Jones, abc7NY and New York Times
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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.
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.
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.
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.
Lara Jakes / New York Times:
How Many People in Afghanistan Need to be Rescued? The Number Remains Elusive.
Wall Street Journal:
Afghanistan's Falling Man: The 17-Year-Old Soccer Star Who Plunged From a U.S. Military Jet
Joseph Klein / Front Page Magazine:
Biden's Gift to Global Jihadists: A Safe National Homeland
Ben Smith / New York Times:
How Mexico Helped The Times Get Its Journalists Out of Afghanistan
NBC News:
Fury and disgust at CIA, Pentagon and in Congress that thousands of Afghans will be left behind
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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Content Lab U.S.:
Johnson & Johnson Announces Data to Support Boosting its Single-Shot COVID-19 Vaccine  —  Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine booster, after single dose primary regimen, provided rapid and robust increase in spike-binding antibodies  —  New studies build on data demonstrating strong durability through eight months after immunization
Andrew Demillo / Associated Press:
Arkansas runs out of intensive care beds for COVID patients
Thomas Mates / WKMG:
Children 5 to 14 make up largest group of new COVID cases in Orange County
Discussion: Axios, CNBC and Fox News
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
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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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 …
Discussion: CNBC, Raw Story and ABC13
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Emma Colton / Fox News:
Former California Democratic majority leader endorses Larry Elder in campaign against Gov. Newsom  —  The California recall election will be held on Sept. 14  —  Larry Elder reveals how he's going to fix California  —  The former Democratic majority leader for the California state Senate …
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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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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 …
Discussion: National Review, Insider, HotAir and Twitchy
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.
U.S. Department of Justice:
Leader of ‘Atomwaffen’ conspiracy sentenced to 3 years in prison for threatening journalists and advocates  —  Seattle - Cameron Shea, 25, a leader of the neo-Nazi group Atomwaffen Division, was sentenced today in the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington to 3 years …
Discussion: UPI
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Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:   Neo-Nazi gets three years in prison for threat campaign that targeted Jewish journalists
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 …
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 …
Discussion: Reason
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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Lynn Elber / Associated Press:
Fox News earns top ratings spot with Afghanistan coverage
Michael Pompeo / Fox News:
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How Donald Trump Turned Off Swing Voters in 2020
Associated Press:
Pentagon to require troops to get Covid vaccines ASAP
Discussion: Raw Story and Trending Politics
BBC:
Bilal Sarwary: ‘In the city I loved, suddenly nowhere was safe’
 Earlier Items: 
Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
Matt Gaetz Failed to Properly Disclose His Abysmal Book Sales
Discussion: Raw Story
Chuck Ross / Washington Free Beacon:
Billionaire Progressives Fund Weather Underground Terrorist's Ivy League Think Tank
Discussion: Power Line and National Review
Andrew Harding / BBC:
Madagascar on the brink of climate change-induced famine
Discussion: Common Dreams
Wall Street Journal:
Biden to Receive Report on Covid-19 Origins, but Challenges Persist in How to Deal With China
 

 
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Financial Times:
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