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9:15 AM ET, August 28, 2021

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NBC News:
U.S. retaliates against ISIS with drone strike in Afghanistan  —  U.S. military forces conducted a drone strike on Friday against the Islamic State terrorist group in Afghanistan in an apparent retaliatory attack against those who claimed responsibility for the attack outside Kabul's airport.
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Rachel Maddow / MSNBC:   U.S. hits ISIS target in Afghanistan with ‘over-the-horizon’ drone strike: DOD
Michael Hirsh / Foreign Policy:
Is Islamic Terrorism Coming to the U.S. Again?
Discussion: Insider
New York Times:
He was a baby on 9/11.  Now he's one of the last casualties of America's longest war.  —  After Lance Cpl. Rylee McCollum, 20, landed in Afghanistan with his Marine unit, his father, Jim, began checking his phone for a little green dot.  Mr. McCollum had not been able to talk with his son …
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Casper Star-Tribune:
Wyoming Marine among those killed in Afghanistan airport bombing
Andrea Olson / East Idaho News:   ‘He was going to be the best dad.’ Expectant father from Jackson killed in Kabul airport attack.
Craig Shoup / The Columbus Dispatch:
‘He just enjoyed life’: Ohio sailor Max Soviak killed in Kabul airport attack
The Daily Beast:
Dad of Marine Slain in Kabul Vents Anger at Military, Biden
Bob Smietana / Religion News Service:
NRB spokesman Dan Darling fired after pro-vaccine statements on ‘Morning Joe’  —  Daniel Darling, right, appears on MSNBC's “Morning Joe” on Aug. 2, 2021, with host Joe Scarborough.  Video screengrab  —  (RNS) — The spokesman for a major evangelical nonprofit was fired for promoting vaccines on the MSNBC …
Discussion: Raw Story and Mediaite
Cdcmmwr / Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:
Outbreak Associated with SARS-CoV-2 B.1.617.2 (Delta) Variant in an Elementary School — Marin County, California, May-June 2021  —  Tracy Lam-Hine, MBA1,2; Stephen A. McCurdy, MD1,3; Lisa Santora, MD1; Lael Duncan, MD1; Russell Corbett-Detig, PhD4; Beatrix Kapusinszky, PhD5; Matthew Willis, MD1 (View author affiliations)
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Maggie Fox / CNN:
Unvaccinated, unmasked teacher infected more than half of students in class with Covid-19, CDC reports  —  (CNN)An unvaccinated elementary school teacher who took off their mask to read to students ended up infecting more than half of them last May — and they went on to infect other students …
James Clark / Task & Purpose:
Marine commander says he's been relieved over his viral video calling out military leaders for Afghanistan withdrawal [UPDATED]  —  On Thursday, a Marine infantry officer and battalion commander took to social media to air his frustrations with senior military leadership over their handling …
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Nick Niedzwiadek / Politico:
Marine officer relieved of duty after calling out senior leaders about Afghanistan
Discussion: Mediaite
Dania Kalaji / The Red and Black:
UGA professor resigns mid-class after student refuses to wear mask  —  A University of Georgia retiree-rehire professor resigned on Tuesday after one of his students refused to properly wear a mask in an upper division psychology seminar class held at the psychology building.
Discussion: Raw Story
Tom Jackman / Washington Post:
California parole panel votes in favor of release from prison for Sirhan Sirhan  —  Parole for 77-year-old convicted of assassinating Robert F. Kennedy still must be approved by full board, governor  —  A California parole board panel on Friday voted in favor of Sirhan B. Sirhan's request …
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New York Times:
At a Children's Hospital, a Wave of Young Patients Struggling to Breathe  —  A federal “surge team” is helping exhausted doctors and nurses through one of the most trying periods in the history of Children's Hospital New Orleans.  —  NEW ORLEANS — Helpless to improve her infant son's breathing …
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Associated Press:
Ida aims to hit Louisiana on Hurricane Katrina anniversary
Tampa Bay Times:
Doctor advising DeSantis promoted ivermectin to treat COVID-19 despite FDA warnings  —  'Any physician that espouses this should be reported to the state medical association," one medical expert said.  —  Updated Just now  —  A California psychiatrist who has advised Gov. Ron DeSantis …
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Vera Bergengruen / TIME:
How 'America's Frontline Doctors' Sold Access to Bogus COVID-19 Treatments—and Left Patients in the Lurch
Discussion: Gizmodo and Mother Jones
Dave Philipps / New York Times:
A Digital Dunkirk: Veterans Online Scramble to Get People Out of Afghanistan  —  Using office software, satellite maps and messaging apps, volunteers are acting like digital guide services to helping American citizens and Afghan allies flee the country.  —  DENVER — Joe Saboe pressed …
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.
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
The Right-Wingers Who Admire the Taliban  —  As the Taliban swept through Afghanistan in August, a Gen Z alt-right group ran a Twitter account devoted to celebrating their progress.  Tweets in Pashto juxtaposed two laughing Taliban fighters with pictures meant to represent American effeminacy.
Discussion: Raw Story
Antjuan Seawright / The Hill:
58 years after the March on Washington, this is our moment  —  No matter how I find myself moving through history — whether crawling, walking, jogging or sprinting — I have come to understand that America's leaders do not necessarily create movements.  In fact, it's just the opposite.
New York Times:
U.S. Blew Up a C.I.A. Post Used to Evacuate At-Risk Afghans  —  With an explosion heard across Kabul, Americans destroyed the base so its contents would not fall to the Taliban.  —  A controlled detonation by American forces on Thursday that was heard throughout Kabul destroyed Eagle Base …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Washington Examiner:
California wises up and chooses natural gas  —  Eventually, reality catches up with you — even in California.  —  The Golden State has been trying for years to get rid of all of its fossil fuel generation capacity.  Spreading a mythological doom-and-gloom narrative about catastrophic …
Paul Wolfowitz / Wall Street Journal:
The ‘Forever War’ Hasn't Ended  —  Thursday's attacks were a reminder that ‘the enemy always gets a vote.’ With the Afghanistan pullout, the long war against jihadists has become more daunting.  —  President Biden, like his two immediate predecessors, seems to think you can end “forever wars” simply by leaving them.
Discussion: TheBlaze
 
 
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Idrees Ali / Reuters:
EXCLUSIVE Pentagon holds talks with Chinese military for first time under Biden, official says
Andrea Salcedo / Washington Post:
Wife hospitalized for covid gets home to find husband dead from the same virus: ‘It was like walking into a horror movie’
Discussion: Full Feed
Joshua Zitser / Insider:
Donald Trump's niece says he will run for president in 2024, but there will be no Trump political dynasty because his children lack charisma
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
Calls Grow to Discipline Doctors Spreading Virus Misinformation
Zach Everson / Forbes:
Here's Why Trump's Hotel Just Banned Me For Life
Discussion: HuffPost, Raw Story and Mother Jones
Brad Reed / Raw Story:
Georgia cop who pushed people to take horse dewormer instead of vaccine dies from COVID-19
Discussion: WSAV-TV
 Earlier Items: 
KVUE-TV:
Travis County judge issues injunction against Gov. Abbott mask mandate ban
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Scott Waldman / E&E News:
Climate denial newspaper flourishes on Facebook
Discussion: The Verge
Jeff Carter / Points and Figures:
Leading From Fear  —  Worth dissecting where we are with Covid.  Instead of watching the television …
Discussion: National Review
CNN:
Parents chase and shout at governor over mask mandate
Discussion: HotAir
Joel Burgess / The Asheville Citizen Times:
GOP senator to Asheville business group: COVID-19 unvaccinated the problem, not immigrants
Discussion: Raw Story