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10:35 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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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 …
Discussion: Morning Shots
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 …
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.
Kurt Schlichter / Townhall:
Resign  —  Rip those stars off your pathetic nostalgia costumes and resign.  Quit.  Tell that crusty Pinocchio in the White House and the faculty lounge Geppettos tugging his strings that you will have no more to do with his human centipede of failure in Kabul.
Discussion: RedState, TheBlaze and Forbes
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: NBC News, CNN and Forbes
Eugene Robinson / Washington Post:
What's happening in Afghanistan is horrible. But how else was U.S. involvement going to end?
Robert Kagan / Washington Post:
It wasn't hubris that drove America into Afghanistan. It was fear.
Linley Sanders / YouGov:
Most voters say Biden deserves blame for the attack at Kabul Airport
C-SPAN.org:
Pentagon Confirms 12 Services Members Killed in Suicide Bombing in Kabul
Cathy Young:   Afghanistan and the Anti-Liberal Right
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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Kelsey Piper / Vox:
How a cheap antidepressant emerged as a promising Covid-19 treatment
Caitlin Owens / Axios:   Living with the coronavirus will likely never be risk-free
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
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 …
Steve Contorno / Tampa Bay Times:
Struggling Hillsborough GOP turns to Marjorie Taylor Greene  —  The Georgia Republican speaks tonight at the annual fundraiser for a local party beset by losses and dissent.  —  Updated Just now  —  It was only six years ago that Hillsborough County Republicans scored Jeb Bush to headline their Lincoln Day fundraiser.
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
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 …
Anne Helen Petersen / Vox:
The staggering, exhausting, invisible costs of caring for America's elderly  —  As millions “age in place,” millions more must figure out how to provide their loved ones with increasingly complex care.  —  Illustrations by Cha Pornea for Vox  —  This story is part of a group of stories called
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
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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Michael Kruse / Politico:
‘It Nearly Killed Me’: Michael Caputo's Life After Years Fighting for Trump  —  McALLEN, Texas —  The purpose of the work was on the sign above the door: “Restoring Human Dignity.”  —  Inside the Humanitarian Respite Center, run by Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley …
Edward-Isaac Dovere / The Atlantic:
What California's Recall Election Says About America  —  We did not meet at the French Laundry.  —  Gavin Newsom, the California governor who faces a recall election on September 14, hasn't been back to the extravagantly expensive Napa Valley restaurant since he dined there with lobbyists …
Liena Zagare / Bklyner:
Bklyner's Last Day: Sept. 10  —  It is with great sadness that I let you know that Bklyner will stop publishing on September 10, with no immediate date or plans for resuming.  —  Dear Reader,  —  Friday, September 10, will be the last day of Bklyner.  Or at least Bklyner as we know it.
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Mark Antonio Wright / National Review:
Why Exactly Did We Abandon Bagram Air Base?  —  The Economist's Shashank Joshi tweeted an important observation that deserves to be highlighted.  President Biden was either confused or — worse — actively misleading the American people when he said at Thursday's press conference …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
 
 
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David Klion / New York Magazine:
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Orlando Sentinel:
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Carol Robinson / al.com:
Lawyer on Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey's staff arrested on child solicitation charge
Discussion: Raw Story
Glenn H. Reynolds / New York Post:
We're told to ‘follow the science’ — yet some of it is just plain wrong
Vianney Gomez / Pew Research Center:
More Americans now say they prefer a community with big houses, even if local amenities are farther away
Maxwell Tani / The Daily Beast:
Tucker Carlson's Ugly Feud With Eric Swalwell Has Sucked in Family
Discussion: Raw Story and Yahoo News
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Insider:
A lawyer who repped Kyle Rittenhouse and at least 17 alleged Capitol rioters has been mysteriously hospitalized
Discussion: Daily Kos
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
Washington Post:
Virginia GOP tries legal tactic to force Democrat McAuliffe off the ballot for governor
Mary Jo Pitzl / Arizona Republic:
After 3 days of waiting, Arizona Senate still has not received Cyber Ninjas' draft report
Peter Wehner / The Atlantic:
Trumpism Has Entered Its Final Form
Discussion: Raw Story
 

 
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