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David Gilbert / VICE:
QAnon Anti-Vaxxer Called COVID a Hoax Even as His ‘Lungs Stopped Functioning’ — Robert David Steele, a former CIA officer turned conspiracy theorist who claimed to be the first person to call COVID-19 a hoax, has died from COVID-19. — Steele, who was among the earliest QAnon promoters …
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Jake Zuckerman / Ohio Capital Journal:
Judge orders Cinci hospital to treat COVID-19 patient with Ivermectin, despite CDC warnings — A Butler County judge ruled in favor of a woman last week who sought to force a hospital to administer Ivermectin — an animal dewormer that federal regulators have warned against using in COVID-19 patients …
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HotAir, Crooks and Liars, Boston.com, Mock Paper Scissors and Political Wire
Brian C. Joondeph / American Thinker:
Who's Skipping the Vaccine? The Answer May Surprise You — Big media has been in overdrive pushing COVID vaccinations, at least after Joe Biden was ensconced in the White House. Remember that when Donald Trump was still president, the vaccines were suspect, simply because Trump played a major role in their development and rollout.
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Associated Press and Balloon Juice
James Osborne / Houston Chronicle:
You want tyranny? A war hero died because hospitals were full of COVID patients. — A little over a week ago, as U.S. soldiers risked their lives flying tens of thousands of Afghans and Americans to safety, U.S. Army veteran Daniel Wilkinson — who earned a Purple Heart in Afghanistan …
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Reason
Yelena Dzhanova / Insider:
An 88-year-old professor in Georgia resigned in the middle of class because a student refused to wear a mask over her nose: 'That's it, I'm retired'
An 88-year-old professor in Georgia resigned in the middle of class because a student refused to wear a mask over her nose: 'That's it, I'm retired'
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Georgia Recorder, Atlanta Journal-Constitution and TheBlaze
Dan Levin / New York Times:
The U.S. reaches 100,000 average daily Covid hospitalizations for the first time since winter.
The U.S. reaches 100,000 average daily Covid hospitalizations for the first time since winter.
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WATE-TV
Jason Lemon / Newsweek:
Rand Paul Claims ‘Hatred for Trump’ Hindering Research Into Ivermectin as COVID Treatment
Rand Paul Claims ‘Hatred for Trump’ Hindering Research Into Ivermectin as COVID Treatment
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New York Times, The Hill, Florida Politics and POLITICUSUSA
Elian Peltier / New York Times:
Unvaccinated U.S. visitors could soon face new restrictions on travel to Europe.
Unvaccinated U.S. visitors could soon face new restrictions on travel to Europe.
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USA Today, Politico, CNN, Human Events, Honolulu Star-Advertiser and Insider
Marisa Fernandez / Axios:
CDC: Unvaccinated teacher caused an outbreak in classroom
Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
Rand Paul: ‘Hatred for Trump’ blocks Covid study of horse drug ivermectin
Rand Paul: ‘Hatred for Trump’ blocks Covid study of horse drug ivermectin
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Washington Post, New York Times, Vanity Fair, POLITICUSUSA and IJR
Tzvi Joffre / Jerusalem Post:
New COVID variant detected in South Africa, most mutated variant so far
New COVID variant detected in South Africa, most mutated variant so far
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New York Post
David Rothkopf / The Atlantic:
Biden Deserves Credit, Not Blame, for Afghanistan — America's longest war has been by any measure a costly failure, and the errors in managing the conflict deserve scrutiny in the years to come. But Joe Biden doesn't “own” the mayhem on the ground right now.
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Lara Seligman / Politico:
Pentagon prepared for ‘mass casualty’ attack at Kabul Airport hours before explosion — Just 24 hours before a suicide bomber detonated an explosive outside Hamid Karzai International Airport, senior military leaders gathered for the Pentagon's daily morning update on the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan.
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American Greatness:
Our Afghan Nightmare: Tanks for Nothing — Afghanistan has been reinvented as the best-equipped terrorist nation in the world, basking in the prestige of humiliating the world's superpower. — Joe Biden's scripted or no-questions press conferences, and the clean-up afterward by Antony Blinken …
Farnaz Fassihi / New York Times:
American University of Kabul students and alumni trying to flee were sent home. — Hundreds of students and alumni of American University of Kabul gathered at a safe house on Sunday and boarded buses in what was supposed to be a final attempt at evacuation on U.S. military flights, students and alumni said.
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U.S. Central Command:
U.S. Central Command statement on defensive strike in Kabul — By U.S. Central Command Public Affairs U.S. Central Command Communication Integration — We are aware of reports of civilian casualties following our strike on a vehicle in Kabul today. — We are still assessing the results …
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Michael Tomasky / New Republic:
Be Glad Donald Trump Isn't Running the Show in Afghanistan
Be Glad Donald Trump Isn't Running the Show in Afghanistan
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Washington Examiner, Raw Story, Erick Erickson's Confessions …, The Federalist and The Western Journal
New York Post:
The fatal failure of Gen. Mark A. Milley over closing Bagram Air Base
The fatal failure of Gen. Mark A. Milley over closing Bagram Air Base
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The Daily Caller and Politico
Dave Lawler / Axios:
What Taliban rule will look like in the new old Afghanistan
What Taliban rule will look like in the new old Afghanistan
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BizPac Review, New York Times and HotAir
Associated Press:
Ida weakens as rescues begin and damage checked in Louisiana — NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Hurricane Ida became a tropical storm as its top winds slowed over Mississippi on Monday, while across southeast Louisiana residents waited for daylight to be rescued from floodwaters and see how much damage …
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Amie Just / New Orleans Times-Picayune:
All of New Orleans without power after Hurricane Ida leaves ‘catastrophic transmission damage’ — A slow-moving Hurricane Ida has left all of Orleans Parish customers without power due to “catastrophic transmission damage,” according to Entergy New Orleans.
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Washington Examiner, Politico, NBC News, Gizmodo, UPI, CBS News, New York Times, The Root, WWL-TV, HotAir, New York Post, Insider, Mediaite, Associated Press, The Gateway Pundit, The Hill, Townhall, KFOR-TV, Common Dreams, abc7NY and The Daily Beast
Theresa Braine / New York Daily News:
Another conservative anti-vaccine radio talk show host succumbs to COVID, third in a month — A conservative Florida radio host who was dead-set against taking a coronavirus vaccine is now dead. — Marc Bernier died Saturday of COVID-19 after a three-week battle, his bereft radio station announced.
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Morning Shots, The Root, Talking Points Memo and Mediaite
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Cheyenne Ubiera / The Daily Beast:
COVID Claims the Life of Third Anti-Vaxx Conservative Radio Host
COVID Claims the Life of Third Anti-Vaxx Conservative Radio Host
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Politico, The Guardian and Slate
Joshua Rhett Miller / New York Post:
A third anti-vaccine conservative radio host dies of COVID-19
A third anti-vaccine conservative radio host dies of COVID-19
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The American Independent, HuffPost and The Hill
Bloomberg:
EU to Reimpose Travel Curbs on U.S. Amid Rise in Covid Cases — The move will come as a blow to airlines banking on reopening — New American cases exceed the limit set earlier by the bloc — European Union countries voted to subject the U.S. to fresh restrictions on nonessential travel amid …
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Wall Street Journal, Washington Post and National Review
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Samuel Petrequin / Associated Press:
EU takes US off safe travel list; backs travel restrictions
EU takes US off safe travel list; backs travel restrictions
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CBS News and Ground News
Lachlan Cartwright / The Daily Beast:
Bombshell Lawsuit Has ‘GMA’ Co-Hosts at Each Other's Throats, Sources Say — Sources said a lawsuit accusing GMA's former executive producer of sexual assault has opened a new rift between the show's hosts and raised the anger of staffers demanding answers.
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Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Disney Held Unsuccessful Mediation Talks With Alleged Sexual-Assault Victims
Disney Held Unsuccessful Mediation Talks With Alleged Sexual-Assault Victims
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Variety, Deadline and Breitbart, more at Mediagazer »
Keith Zhai / Wall Street Journal:
China Limits Videogames to Three Hours a Week for Young People — New regulation will ban minors from playing videogames entirely between Monday and Thursday — SINGAPORE—China has a new rule for the country's hundreds of millions of young gamers: No videogames during the school week …
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Washington Free Beacon and New York Times, more at Techmeme »
ED News:
Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights Opens Investigations in Five States Regarding Prohibitions of Universal Indoor Masking — Contact: Press Office, (202) 401-1576, press@ed.gov — Today, the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) …
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Collin Binkley / Associated Press:
State mask bans face federal civil rights inquiries
State mask bans face federal civil rights inquiries
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New York Times, Washington Examiner, National Review, POLITICUSUSA and abc7NY
Eleanor Eagan / American Prospect:
Merrick Garland Is Failing His Biggest Test — Through either trepidation or cowardice, the Justice Department has shrunk from the onslaught of conservative legal opposition to the Biden agenda. — Attorney General Merrick Garland listens to community leaders at a youth baseball game sponsored …
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Politico, Salon, Unfogged and Pennsylvania Capital-Star
David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Hate crimes rise to highest level in 12 years amid increasing attacks on Blacks, Asians, FBI says — The number of hate crimes in the United States rose in 2020 to the highest level in 12 years, propelled by increasing assaults targeting Black and Asian victims, the FBI reported Monday.
Russell Berman / The Atlantic:
The Obvious Voting-Rights Solution That No Democrat Will Propose — Democrats in Congress are considering a policy that was long unthinkable: a federal requirement that every American show identification before casting a ballot. But as the party tries to pass voting-rights legislation …