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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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Wall Street Journal:
Kabul Airport Explosion Hits Crowd Amid Afghan Evacuations  —  At least three U.S. troops injured in blast that follows warnings from Western governments of possible attack  —  An explosion ripped through a crowd of Afghans trying to enter Kabul airport, where the U.S. military is attempting …
New York Times:
Live Afghanistan Updates: Some Evacuations Halt After Alerts Over Kabul Airport  —  Some European nations have halted evacuations from Kabul after the U.S., British and Australian governments warned their citizens to stay away from the airport.  Australian officials described “an ongoing and very high threat of terrorist attack.”
Ezra Klein / New York Times:
Let's Not Pretend That the Way We Withdrew From Afghanistan Was the Problem  —  In 2005, my colleagues at The American Prospect, Sam Rosenfeld and Matt Yglesias, wrote an essay I think about often.  It was called “The Incompetence Dodge,” and it argued that American policymakers …
Libby Cathey / ABC News:
Biden vows retribution on terrorists who killed 13 US service members in Kabul  —  “We will hunt you down and make you pay,” Biden said to those responsible.  —  President Joe Biden had a clear and directed message for the assailants responsible for the deadly terror attack outside …
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:   Has Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan made us safer? Clearly not.
Politico:
13 U.S. troops killed in ISIS attacks on Kabul airport
Meridith McGraw / Politico:
Mike Pompeo takes his own arrows over the Afghanistan collapse
Eugene Robinson / Washington Post:
What's happening in Afghanistan is horrible. But how else was U.S. involvement going to end?
Jane Perlez / New York Times:
The Real Winner of the Afghan War? It's Not Who You Think.
Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:   Ezra Klein Tries to Wonk-Absolve Joe Biden of Responsibility for Afghanistan
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Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Capitol Police Officers Sue Trump and Allies Over Election Lies and Jan. 6  —  The suit, which took a broad view of the riot's origins, was the latest effort to hold former President Donald J. Trump accountable for the Capitol attack.  —  A group of seven Capitol Police officers filed …
Newsweek:
Exclusive: Police Lieutenant Who Killed January 6 Capitol Rioter Ashli Babbitt Finally Identified  —  For more than seven months, the U.S. Capitol Police officer who shot and killed Ashli Babbitt, an unarmed protester climbing through a broken window in a hallway of the U.S. Capitol on January 6, has remained anonymous.
Jacob Knutson / Axios:
Seven Capitol Police officers sue Trump over Jan. 6 riot
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Watch live: Biden delivers remarks on Kabul terror attack that killed 12 U.S. service members  —  [The stream is scheduled to start at 5 p.m. ET.  Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.]  —  President Joe Biden is slated to deliver remarks …
Discussion: Political Wire
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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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New York Times:
Time's Up C.E.O. Resigns Amid Crisis Over Cuomo Ties
Discussion: NBC News, The Daily Beast and The 19th
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 …
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 …
Discussion: Mediaite, Twitchy and The Daily Caller
Matt Cohen / Mother Jones:
Armed Picnics and Snipers at Family Dollar: Life in a Town With a Government-Approved Militia  —  On a dry, bright afternoon in late June, members of the Bedford Militia lined up on a grassy lot on the property of Bryan Buchanan Auto Auction, right off the county highway in Montvale, Virginia.
Peter Wehner / The Atlantic:
Trumpism Has Entered Its Final Form  —  Something happened last Saturday that was significant because it was unprecedented: Donald Trump spoke at a rally in the heart of Trump country—Cullman, Alabama, which gave the incumbent president more than 88 percent of the vote in 2020—and he was booed.
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 …
Nathan Pittman / VirginiaGOP:
VIRGINIA GOP FILES LAWSUIT SEEKING MCAULIFFE DISQUALIFICATION  —  The Republican Party of Virginia (RPV) today announced it has filed a legal action against the Virginia State Board of Elections (SBE) and the Virginia Department of Elections seeking declaratory and injunctive relief based upon …
Discussion: HotAir and Townhall
Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
Vice President Harris cancels plans to campaign for California Gov. Newsom  —  WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris has canceled plans to stump for California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom amidst a deteriorating situation in Afghanistan, the governor's campaign confirmed Thursday.
Emma Goldberg / New York Times:
The New Chief Chaplain at Harvard?  An Atheist.  —  The elevation of Greg Epstein, author of “Good Without God,” reflects a broader trend of young people who increasingly identify as spiritual but religiously nonaffiliated.  —  The Puritan colonists who settled in New England in the 1630s …
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 …
Discussion: The Guardian and CNN
Abe Aboraya / 90.7 WMFE:
Survey: 68 Florida Hospitals Have Less Than 48 Hours Worth Of Oxygen  —  The Florida Hospital Association is sounding the alarm, saying a survey shows 68 hospitals have less than a 48-hour supply of oxygen.  —  Hospitals are using three to four times as much oxygen as they were before the pandemic …
Benjamin Weiser / New York Times:
Justice Dept. to Close Troubled Jail Where Jeffrey Epstein Died  —  The 233 people being held at the Metropolitan Correctional Center will be moved, at least temporarily, while officials address conditions there.  —  Conditions at a high-security federal jail in Lower Manhattan have deteriorated …
Garion Frankel / Washington Examiner:
Abolish teachers unions  —  To a decent portion of the public, criticism of teachers unions is tantamount to a mortal sin.  —  After more than a year of pandemic shenanigans, a Politico poll conducted between July 31 and Aug. 2 found that 37% of people had at least a somewhat favorable opinion of teachers unions.
 
 
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