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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  —  Right now, we need a coherent policy in Afghanistan.  —  About the author: Tom Nichols is a contributing writer at The Atlantic and the author of the book Our Own Worst Enemy: The Assault From Within on Modern Democracy.  —  for days, those defending President Joe Biden's pullout …
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Has Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan made us safer? Clearly not.
Discussion: New York Times
Washington Post:
Biden struggles to address the most volatile crisis of his presidency
Discussion: The Atlantic and Trending Politics
Amanda Macias / CNBC:
Biden vows to complete Afghanistan evacuation, hunt down ISIS leaders after Kabul attack
Discussion: Power Line
Politico:
13 U.S. troops killed in ISIS attacks on Kabul airport
Washington Post:
Live updates: U.S. service members killed in Kabul airport blasts, along with civilian casualties, Pentagon says
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  —  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 …
Jacob Knutson / Axios:
Seven Capitol Police officers sue Trump over Jan. 6 riot
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 …
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New York Times:
Live Afghanistan Updates: Some Evacuations Halt After Alerts Over Kabul Airport
Libby Cathey / ABC News:
Biden vows retribution on terrorists who killed 13 US service members in Kabul
Ezra Klein / New York Times:
Let's Not Pretend That the Way We Withdrew From Afghanistan Was the Problem
Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
Ezra Klein Tries to Wonk-Absolve Joe Biden of Responsibility for Afghanistan
Discussion: RedState, HotAir and Digby's Hullabaloo
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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Nathan Pittman / VirginiaGOP:
VIRGINIA GOP FILES LAWSUIT SEEKING MCAULIFFE DISQUALIFICATION
Discussion: The Hill, The Daily Caller and Townhall
Washington Post:
Virginia GOP tries legal tactic to force Democrat McAuliffe off the ballot for governor
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...
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Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Watch live: Biden delivers remarks on Kabul terror attack that killed 12 U.S. service members
Discussion: Political Wire
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 …
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 …
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:
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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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 …
Zachary Evans / National Review:
Supreme Court Strikes Down Biden Eviction Moratorium  —  The Supreme Court struck down the Biden administration's eviction moratorium in a 6-3 decision on Thursday.  —  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued the moratorium earlier this month to cover counties with “high” or …
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 …
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.
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.
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.”
Hugh Hewitt / The Hugh Hewitt Show:
Former President Donald J. Trump On The Debacle In Afghanistan  —  Former President Donald J. Trump joined me this morning:  —  Audio:  —  08-26hhs-trump  —  Transcript:  —  HH: I'm now pleased to welcome back to the program former President Donald Trump.  Mr. President, welcome back.
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.
 
 
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