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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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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.
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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 …
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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.
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook PM: The continuing threat in Kabul
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Isaac Saul / Tangle:
Get out and stay out. — It has never been clearer. … First time reading? Sign up here.
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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. …
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New York Times:
Afghanistan Live Updates: Flights Resume at Kabul Airport After Deadly Attack
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Fox News:
House Republicans introducing articles of impeachment for Secretary of State Blinken
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Robert Kagan / Washington Post:
It wasn't hubris that drove America into Afghanistan. It was fear.
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Alison Durkee / Forbes:
Florida School Mask Mandate Ban Struck Down In Court — A state judge in Florida struck down Friday the state's executive order prohibiting school districts from imposing their own mask mandates after a four-day hearing over its fate, ruling they did not have the authority under state law to issue the ban …
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Arian Campo-Flores / Wall Street Journal:
Florida Schools' Covid-19 Mask Mandates Upheld by Judge — Judge says Gov. Ron DeSantis overstepped his authority and allows school districts to require students to wear masks — A Florida judge said school districts could impose mask mandates and that Gov. Ron DeSantis had overstepped his authority when he banned such rules.
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Associated Press:
Judge blocks Florida governor's order banning mask mandates — FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — School districts in Florida may impose mask mandates, a judge said Friday, ruling that Gov. Ron DeSantis overstepped his authority by issuing an executive order banning the mandates.
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Ana Ceballos / Miami Herald:
DeSantis overreached on school mask ban, judge rules — A Leon County judge ruled Friday that Gov. Ron DeSantis overstepped his authority when he signed an executive order to block school mask mandates, delivering a blow to the Republican leader as the debate over parental choice intensifies in Florida.
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Elizabeth Fry / FOX 13 Tampa Bay:
Governor's school mask-mandate ban illegal and unsupported, judge rules
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Kirby Wilson / Miami Herald:
Florida Surgeon General Scott Rivkees to step down next month
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Josephine Harvey / Yahoo News:
Texas Anti-Mask ‘Freedom Rally’ Organizer Fighting For His Life With COVID-19 — A Texas man who helped organize protests against pandemic restrictions is fighting for his life after being hospitalized for nearly a month with COVID-19, the — San Angelo Standard-Times reported.
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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 …
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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 House of Representatives chamber.
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Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
Babbitt shooter: “I believe I showed the utmost courage ... I saved countless lives”
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Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Police report: Herschel Walker's ex-girlfriend claimed he threatened her life — A Texas woman who claimed to have a long romantic relationship with Republican U.S. Senate candidate Herschel Walker told police in 2012 that he threatened to “blow her head off” and then kill himself when she tried to end the relationship.
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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 …
Houston Keene / Fox News:
Democrats attack Supreme Court for blocking Biden eviction moratorium — NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio attacked the Supreme Court as a ‘group of right-wing extremists’ — Biden slammed after releasing info on Americans, allies to Taliban — Democrats are lashing out at the Supreme Court …
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New York Times:
Supreme Court Ends Biden's Eviction Moratorium
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Josh Kovensky / Talking Points Memo:
EXCLUSIVE: Newly Unsealed Transcript Reveals Crux Of Mueller's Collusion Case — Internal Trump campaign polling data from the 2016 election was sent to a person close to Russia's leader, according to recently unsealed statements by a prosecutor from Special Counsel Robert Mueller's office.
Ben Winck / Insider:
Inflation is cooling off just as economists, the Fed, and Biden expected — The PCE inflation measure rose 0.4% in July, signaling a slowdown in price growth from the prior month. — The print matched the median economist estimate. It was the slowest price growth since February.
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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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Gabrielle Fonrouge / New York Post:
First US service member who died in Kabul identified as Navy medic Max Soviak — One of the US service members killed in the suicide bombing outside the Kabul airport has been identified, reports said Friday. — Max Soviak, a Navy medic believed to be in his early 20s …
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Sister Toldjah / RedState:
Jen Psaki Says Probably the Worst Thing She Could After Biden's Afghanistan Presser — As we reported yesterday, President Joe Biden gave a self-serving speech Thursday afternoon on what was a very dark day for America and her allies in Afghanistan after suicide bombings left, at last count …
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Dana Goldstein / New York Times:
In Britain, Young Children Don't Wear Masks in School — During the Delta surge, British schools emphasized other safety measures: quarantining and regular testing for the virus. — From late spring into early summer, Britain's elementary and secondary schools were open during an alarming wave of Delta infections.
The Columbus Dispatch:
J.D. Vance: Ohio State's vaccine mandate is outrageous ‘invasion of medical privacy’ — We're all members of The Ohio State University community—either as alumni, students, or parents—and we're outraged that Ohio State will impose a vaccine mandate on its students.
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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 …
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Alex Paterson / Media Matters for America:
Spotify's Joe Rogan and guest Meghan Murphy spread anti-trans vitriol and lie about COVID-19 vaccines — Rogan lied that COVID-19 vaccines are “gene therapy” and falsely suggested people who have already contracted the virus should not get vaccines … Spotify's Joe Rogan …
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