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9:40 AM ET, August 27, 2021

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Politico:
U.S. officials provided Taliban with names of Americans, Afghan allies to evacuate  —  U.S. officials in Kabul gave the Taliban a list of names of American citizens, green card holders and Afghan allies to grant entry into the militant-controlled outer perimeter of the city's airport …
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Washington Examiner:
Biden must accept accountability for his Afghanistan debacle  —  At least 12 U.S. service members died from two attacks outside the Kabul airport Thursday.  But the number of dead and the number of attacks keep rising.  —  What had been a stain on President Joe Biden's administration is now a historic catastrophe.
The Dispatch:
A Defeat of Choice  —  It did not have to be this way.  —  The attacks Thursday at the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, killed 13 U.S. troops, making it the deadliest single day of the war for Americans in more than a decade.  More than 90 Afghans trying to escape …
James Gordon Meek / ABC News:
US special operations vets carry out daring mission to save Afghan allies  —  At least 13 service members were killed in an attack in Kabul Thursday.  —  With the Taliban growing more violent and adding checkpoints near Kabul's airport, an all-volunteer group of American veterans …
William Saletan / Slate:
The GOP's Phony Complaints About Afghanistan  —  On Thursday, suicide bombers killed scores of people outside the Kabul airport, including at least 12 American service members.  Congressional Republicans snapped into action, demanding that President Joe Biden resign or be impeached.
Associated Press:
New urgency to airlift after Kabul blasts kill more than 100  —  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Evacuation flights from Afghanistan resumed with new urgency on Friday, a day after two suicide bombings targeted the thousands of desperate people fleeing the Taliban takeover and killed more than 100.
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: ‘The worst day of your presidency’  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  When Kabul fell to the Taliban several days ago, rocking President JOE BIDEN's pullout operation, the White House made a strategic choice: They doubled down, didn't apologize and crossed their fingers that the nation would move on quickly.
Discussion: CNN, Forbes and Washington Post
C-SPAN.org:
Pentagon Confirms 12 Services Members Killed in Suicide Bombing in Kabul  —  CENTCOM Commander General Kenneth McKenzie says that 12 service members were killed and 15 others injured when two...  White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki briefed reporters and responded to questions on the security situation in...
Eugene Robinson / Washington Post:
What's happening in Afghanistan is horrible.  But how else was U.S. involvement going to end?  —  How, exactly, did the Biden administration's critics think U.S. military involvement in Afghanistan was ever going to end?  —  “Certainly not like this” is not a valid answer …
Robert Kagan / Washington Post:
It wasn't hubris that drove America into Afghanistan. It was fear.
Alan Cullison / Wall Street Journal:
Inside the Taliban's Hidden War Against ISIS
Cathy Young:   Afghanistan and the Anti-Liberal Right
Trevor Hunnicutt / Reuters:
Biden warns Kabul airport attackers: ‘We will hunt you down’
Amanda Macias / CNBC:
Biden vows to complete Afghanistan evacuation, hunt down ISIS leaders after Kabul attack
Los Angeles Times:
‘I saw a flash’: Dozens killed in bombings outside Kabul airport
Discussion: New York Times and The Federalist
NBC News:
Officer who shot Ashli Babbitt during Capitol riot breaks silence: ‘I saved countless lives’  —  In the chaotic minutes before he shot and killed Ashli Babbitt during the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, Lt. Michael Byrd focused his attention on the glass doors leading into the lobby of the U.S. House of Representatives chamber.
Devoun Cetoute / Miami Herald:
Florida COVID update: case, death, vaccine count  —  Florida on Thursday reported 21,765 more COVID-19 cases and 901 deaths to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to Miami Herald calculations of CDC data.  —  All but two of the newly reported deaths occurred after July 25 …
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Caitlin Owens / Axios:
Living with the coronavirus will likely never be risk-free  —  Vaccinated Americans are facing a disheartening reality: Even after getting the shot, they'll have to live with some level of risk from the coronavirus for the foreseeable future.  —  State of play: A glut of data released …
Bloomberg:
Remember When September Was Going to Be the Return to Normal in the U.S.?
Discussion: HotAir and Insider
New York Times:
Facing Its Worst Virus Surge, Oregon Returns to Strict Mandates
Discussion: The Guardian
New York Times:
Supreme Court Ends Biden's Eviction Moratorium  —  The ruling followed political and legal maneuvering by the administration to retain protections for tenants.  It puts hundreds of thousands at risk of being put out of their homes.  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected …
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Elie Honig / CNN:   Merrick Garland, get tougher on the insurrectionists
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Justice Breyer on Retirement and the Role of Politics at the Supreme Court  —  In an interview prompted by his new book, the 83-year-old leader of the court's liberal wing said he is working on a decision about when to step down.  —  WASHINGTON — Justice Stephen G. Breyer says he is struggling …
NBC News:
Clamoring for ivermectin, some turn to a pro-Trump telemedicine website  —  When users visit the telemedicine website SpeakWithAnMD.com, they are immediately hit with a warning: “Due to overwhelming demand, we are experiencing longer than usual wait times.”  —  The demand is for ivermectin …
Washington Post:
Virginia GOP tries legal tactic to force Democrat McAuliffe off the ballot for governor  —  RICHMOND — The Republican Party of Virginia filed a lawsuit Thursday seeking to remove Democrat Terry McAuliffe from the ballot for governor because his signature is missing from a candidate form he submitted to the state in March.
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CNN:
CNN EXCLUSIVE ‘Something has to be done’: After decades of near-silence from the CDC, the agency's director is speaking up about gun violence  —  Watch CNN Films' “The Price of Freedom” on CNN TV without commercial interruption starting at 9 p.m. ET on Sunday, August 29.
Discussion: National Review and DCReport.org
Hugo Gurdon / Washington Examiner:
Biden's first 200 days  —  Joe Biden, like most presidents, made much of supposed achievements in his first 100 days.  Remember how, arriving in office, he promised 100 million COVID vaccine doses in that period.  It was a soft target, for, as some of us pointed out, the vaccination pace …
 
 
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Maxwell Tani / The Daily Beast:
Tucker Carlson's Ugly Feud With Eric Swalwell Has Sucked in Family
Discussion: Raw Story and Yahoo News
Insider:
A lawyer who repped Kyle Rittenhouse and at least 17 alleged Capitol rioters has been mysteriously hospitalized
Discussion: Daily Kos
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Michael Luciano / Mediaite:
Trump Repeatedly Refers to ‘ISIS-X’ Instead of ISIS-K, Corrects Himself, Then Says 'They'll Have ISIS-X Pretty Soon'
Discussion: Informed Comment and Raw Story
Washington Post:
Lawyer for Afghan girls' robotics team tells Oklahoma woman to stop taking credit for rescue
Discussion: Insider
The Daily Beast:
GOP Hawks Rage: We Want Our Forever War Back
Discussion: Breitbart and Raw Story
Peter Wehner / The Atlantic:
Trumpism Has Entered Its Final Form
Discussion: Raw Story
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Time's Up leader Tina Tchen resigns in fallout from Andrew Cuomo sexual harassment scandal
 

 
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