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11:40 AM ET, August 27, 2021

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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 …
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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.
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 …
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’
Discussion: NBC News, CNN and Forbes
Washington Examiner:
Biden must accept accountability for his Afghanistan debacle
Eugene Robinson / Washington Post:
What's happening in Afghanistan is horrible. But how else was U.S. involvement going to end?
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 …
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.
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Caitlin Owens / Axios:   Living with the coronavirus will likely never be risk-free
Orlando Sentinel:   AdventHealth morgues reach capacity due to COVID-19 deaths
Bloomberg:
Remember When September Was Going to Be the Return to Normal in the U.S.?
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.
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 …
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Kaylee Fagan / San Francisco Chronicle:
Trump-inspired conspiracies about voter fraud have infiltrated the California recall. And they may cost supporters votes
Discussion: Raw Story
María Paúl / Washington Post:
A school district opted out of a free meals program, saying students could ‘become spoiled’  —  With two girls in elementary school and a mother who is a teacher, the Dringenburg household in a Milwaukee suburb had been joyous and excited about back-to-school season — until this year …
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 …
Doug Richards / WXIA-TV:
Complaint: Herschel Walker violated campaign law  —  Georgia Democrats claim Walker functioned as a US Senate candidate before he filed this week.  —  ATLANTA — Democrats have filed a complaint against Republican U.S. Senate hopeful Herschel Walker.  The complaint alleges Walker violated …
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 …
Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
Exclusive — Trump: Biden Afghanistan Failure Is ‘Single Most Embarrassing Moment in the History of Our Country’  —  BEDMINSTER, New Jersey — Former President Donald Trump told Breitbart News exclusively that his successor President Joe Biden's botched withdrawal from Afghanistan is the …
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
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
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
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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CNN:
Erin Burnett Outfront
Discussion: HotAir
CNN:
Renewed fears of political violence grip Capitol Hill ahead of right-wing rally
Discussion: Raw Story
David Klion / New York Magazine:
The 9/11 Museum and Its Discontents A new documentary goes inside the battles that have riven the institution.
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
New York Times:
Supreme Court Ends Biden's Eviction Moratorium
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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
Hugo Gurdon / Washington Examiner:
Biden's first 200 days  —  Joe Biden, like most presidents, made much of supposed achievements in his first 100 days.
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: Boston.com and Insider
Washington Post:
Virginia GOP tries legal tactic to force Democrat McAuliffe off the ballot for governor
 

 
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Jack Dunn / Variety:
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
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