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6:15 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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Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
A Bungled Mess  —  For days, those defending President Joe Biden's pullout from Afghanistan repeated the mantra that no U.S. citizens had been killed during the successful evacuation of tens of thousands of Americans and Afghans from the country.  This reckless prediction ricocheted across social media …
Amanda Macias / CNBC:
Biden vows to complete Afghanistan evacuation, hunt down ISIS leaders after Kabul attack
Discussion: pjmedia.com and Power Line
Washington Post:
Biden struggles to address the most volatile crisis of his presidency
Discussion: Trending Politics and The Atlantic
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.
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Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Capitol Police Officers Sue Trump and Allies Over Election Lies and Jan. 6
Michael Luciano / Mediaite:
Trump Repeatedly Refers to ‘ISIS-X’ Instead of ISIS-K, Corrects Himself, Then Says 'They'll Have ISIS-X Pretty Soon'  —  During a lengthy interview with Sean Hannity on Thursday night, former President Donald Trump repeatedly referred to the terrorist group ISIS-K as “ISIS-X.”
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Wall Street Journal:
Kabul Airport Explosion Hits Crowd Amid Afghan Evacuations
Libby Cathey / ABC News:
Biden vows retribution on terrorists who killed 13 US service members in Kabul
Trevor Hunnicutt / Reuters:
Biden warns Kabul airport attackers: ‘We will hunt you down’
Discussion: Forbes, The Daily Caller and Breitbart
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Watch live: Biden delivers remarks on Kabul terror attack that killed 12 U.S. service members
Discussion: Political Wire
Mel Leonor / Richmond Times-Dispatch:
Virginia GOP sues to remove McAuliffe from ballot; Democrat's campaign calls lawsuit ‘desperate’  —  The Republican Party of Virginia on Thursday asked a court to remove Democrat Terry McAuliffe from the November ballot, arguing that his elections paperwork did not meet the state's guidelines because it was missing a signature.
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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.
Discussion: DCist, VA Scope and Associated Press
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CNN:
READ: Supreme Court ruling against Biden and CDC's eviction moratorium
Discussion: New York Times, NBC News and Power Line
Elie Honig / CNN:   Merrick Garland, get tougher on the insurrectionists
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 …
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 …
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 …
Washington Post:
Time's Up leader Tina Tchen resigns in fallout from Andrew Cuomo sexual harassment scandal  —  Tina Tchen, the president and CEO of Time's Up, told her staff Thursday that she will resign, less than a day after she admitted that her organization's private consultations with former …
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Nami Sumida / San Francisco Chronicle:
How close is the California recall?  Here's what the poll experts say  —  Earlier this month, results from a SurveyUSA poll showed that 51% of likely voters in California's upcoming recall election would vote to remove Gov. Gavin Newsom from office.  It was the first poll to show …
Washington Post:
Lawyer for Afghan girls' robotics team tells Oklahoma woman to stop taking credit for rescue  —  A lawyer for the famed all-girls Afghan robotics team has sent a cease-and-desist letter to an Oklahoma woman, telling her to stop taking credit for the girls' escape from Kabul and warning …
Discussion: Insider
Ben Makuch / VICE:
Why Are So Many Marines Neo-Nazis?  —  Last Friday, the Department of Justice released one of the latest in an endless string of indictments involving white men subscribing to the tenets of the far right and planning acts of terror in the U.S. The document also had an all-too-familiar detail …
Farnaz Fassihi / New York Times:
A Stranded Interpreter, and the Soldiers Who Would Not Let Go  —  Many Afghans who helped U.S. forces in Afghanistan are now in danger.  One spoke to us about his battle to get his family out alive as he hid in Kabul.  —  The Americans called him “Mikey,” and as an interpreter …
Hunter Walker / New York Magazine:
‘A Total F*cking Disaster’: Inside Seth Moulton's Secret Trip to Kabul Officials condemned the mission as a reckless stunt.  But the congressman says it was critical oversight of a crisis he tried to prevent.  —  Seth Moulton saw things during his trip to Afghanistan that were “truly out of this world.”
Kelsey Piper / Vox:
How a cheap antidepressant emerged as a promising Covid-19 treatment  —  Most Covid-19 drug treatments that have been included in trials haven't panned out.  A large new study suggests fluvoxamine might be different.  —  This story is part of a group of stories called  —  Finding the best ways to do good.
Cathy Young:
Afghanistan and the Anti-Liberal Right  —  They hate us for our freedoms … Few would dispute the basic truth that the project of converting Afghanistan into a “mini-me of Jeffersonian democracy,” as New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd put it the other day, was destined to fail.
Alan Cullison / Wall Street Journal:
Inside the Taliban's Hidden War Against ISIS  —  The group took aim at the Islamic State offshoot while battling the U.S., earning it grudging credit from world capitals.  The Kabul airport bombings raise the specter of a longer, bloodier battle.  —  Two days before he was shot dead by the Taliban …
Discussion: Washington Times
Insider:
A lawyer who repped Kyle Rittenhouse and at least 17 alleged Capitol rioters has been mysteriously hospitalized  — The prominent right-wing attorney John Pierce has been hospitalized, a colleague confirmed to Insider.  — Pierce represents multiple alleged Capitol rioters, and was fired earlier this year by Kyle Rittenhouse.
Discussion: Daily Kos
 
 
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Robert Kagan / Washington Post:
It wasn't hubris that drove America into Afghanistan. It was fear.
The Daily Beast:
GOP Hawks Rage: We Want Our Forever War Back
Discussion: Raw Story and The US Sun
New York Times:
Facing Its Worst Virus Surge, Oregon Returns to Strict Mandates
Discussion: The Guardian
Los Angeles Times:
‘I saw a flash’: Dozens killed in bombings outside Kabul airport
Reuters:
U.S. wants aid to Afghanistan to continue despite sanctions on Taliban
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