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Dion Nissenbaum / Wall Street Journal:
Afghan Interpreter Who Helped Rescue Biden in 2008 Left Behind After U.S. Exit  —  Interpreter stranded in Afghanistan makes a White House appeal: 'Don't forget me here.'  —  Thirteen years ago, Afghan interpreter Mohammed helped rescue then- Sen. Joe Biden and two other senators stranded …
Kent Wainscott / WISN:
Paul Ryan says former President Donald Trump lost the 2020 election  —  The former speaker says he doesn't see himself on a ballot anytime soon  —  Hide Transcript Show Transcript  —  The latest breaking updates, delivered straight to your email inbox.  —  Your Email Address  —  Submit
ABC:
Former Trump lawyer Sidney Powell is being sued for billions over election fraud claims.  She sat down with Four Corners  —  You can watch this and read at the same time with picture in picture  —  For weeks after the US election, high-profile Fox News anchors peddled Donald Trump's …
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ABC:
Fox and the Big Lie - Part Two
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Trump ‘Kraken’ lawyer Sidney Powell lands in Washington
Discussion: Raw Story
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Joe Biden's Critics Lost Afghanistan  —  A month ago I thought I was a cynic about our 20-year war in Afghanistan.  Today, after watching our stumbling withdrawal and the swift collapse of practically everything we fought for, my main feeling is that I wasn't cynical enough.
Barbara Starr / CNN:
Taliban members escorted Americans to gates at Kabul airport in secret arrangement with US  —  (CNN)The US military negotiated a secret arrangement with the Taliban that resulted in Taliban members escorting groups of Americans to the gates of the Kabul airport as they sought to escape Afghanistan, according to two defense officials.
Dan Noyes / ABC7:
I-TEAM EXCLUSIVE: 3-year-old California boy stranded in Afghanistan … EXCLUSIVE: 3-year-old California boy stranded in Afghanistan  —  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KGO) — The US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan has stranded between 100 and 200 American citizens who want to return to the states.
Discussion: Fox News
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Madison Cawthorn's vile lies about Jan. 6 reveal a big truth about the right  —  Rep. Madison Cawthorn is under fire for predicting “bloodshed” if our elections “continue to be rigged” and “continue to be stolen.”  The North Carolina Republican, speaking at a political event …
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Bob Brigham / Raw Story:   'It's all terrifying': Fascism expert breaks down Madison Cawthorn's violence-promoting ‘propaganda’
Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Go-to Lawyer for Capitol Riot Defendants Disappears  —  John Pierce has been a combative advocate for those accused of participating in the Jan. 6 attack, but he's missed court appearances for a week.  —  The mysterious disappearance of the lawyer John Pierce began last Tuesday, prosecutors say …
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Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:
The New Puritans  —  “It was no great distance, in those days, from the prison-door to the market-place.  Measured by the prisoner's experience, however, it might be reckoned a journey of some length.”  —  So begins the tale of Hester Prynne, as recounted in Nathaniel Hawthorne's most famous novel, The Scarlet Letter.
Miami Herald:
Florida changed its COVID-19 death data just as surge began  —  As the delta variant spreads through Florida, data published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggest this could be the most serious and deadly surge in COVID-19 infections since the beginning of the pandemic.
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
No, the Taliban did not seize $83 billion of U.S. weapons  —  “ALL EQUIPMENT should be demanded to be immediately returned to the United States, and that includes every penny of the $85 billion dollars in cost.”  — Former president Donald Trump, in a statement, Aug 30
Monmouth University Polling Institute:
McAuliffe Holds Issue Edge in Guv Race  —  Biden and Trump factor into vote choice for some  —  West Long Branch, NJ - Democrat Terry McAuliffe has a lead in his bid to return to the Virginia governor's mansion after a four-year absence according to Monmouth ("Mon-muth") University Poll.
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NBC News:
August was a tough month for Biden — and September could be worse
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
‘They have better things to do’ - Major Republican donors are staying away from Trump  — Several of the Republican Party's biggest and most influential donors are signaling that they don't plan on helping fund former President Trump's political operation, at least for now.
Discussion: Raw Story and Mediaite
Dan Pfeiffer / The Message Box:
The Coming Republican Demonization of Afghan Refugees  —  The resettlement of Afghan refugees in the U.S. will be a major political flashpoint, it's a fight Dems can - and must- win.  —  One of Barack Obama's first acts as President of the United States was signing an executive order …
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HuffPost:
Only 2 Governors Are So Far Refusing To Take In Afghan Refugees
Discussion: The Hill and Sacramento Bee
Karen Townsend / HotAir:
Gold Star dads of Marines killed in Kabul airport attack blast Biden's visit to Dover  —  Two Gold Star dads are speaking out about their experience with Joe Biden at Dover Air Force base on Sunday.  They spoke with FNC's Sean Hannity last night.  Mark Schmitz, father of Missouri Marine Jared Schmitz …
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Matt Viser / Washington Post:
'Don't you ever forget that name': Biden's tough meeting with grieving relatives
Edward Luce / Financial Times:
Joe Biden and Europe are going different ways  —  For EU governments, the contrast between the US president's policies and those of Donald Trump is more apparent than real  —  President Joe Biden will lose no votes over the EU's decision on Monday to restore travel restrictions on Americans.
Discussion: American Greatness
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Jamie Ross / The Daily Beast:
Trump Reveals His Master Plan for Afghanistan: We Should've ‘Let It Rot’
Patricia Murphy / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
The Jolt: Anti-vaxxers shut down vaccination event, harass state health workers  —  News and analysis from the politics team at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution  —  The headlines out of Gov. Brian Kemp's latest press conference focused on the thousands of Georgia National Guard troops he's preparing …
Discussion: Augusta Chronicle
Pew Research Center:
Majority of U.S. public favors Afghanistan troop withdrawal; Biden criticized for his handling of situation  —  With the U.S. military evacuation of Afghanistan completed - bringing America's longest war to an end - 54% of U.S. adults say the decision to withdraw troops from the country was the right one …
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
BBC:
We've updated our Privacy and Cookies Policy  —  We've made some important changes to our Privacy and Cookies Policy and we want you to know what this means for you and your data.  — OK … Amid violent reprisals, Afghans fear the Taliban's ‘amnesty’ was empty  — By Yogita Limaye BBC News, Kabul
Lara Jakes / New York Times:
Stranded in Kabul: A U.S. Resident Runs Out of Options  —  Refugee groups say hundreds, and possibly thousands, of green card holders have been left behind.  —  WASHINGTON — For more than a week, Samiullah “Sammy” Naderi, a U.S. legal permanent resident, waited days and nights with his wife …
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Jim Geraghty / National Review:
U.S. State Department to Green-Card Holders Still in Afghanistan: ‘Keep a Low Profile’
Discussion: HotAir and Washington Examiner
Reuters:
Exclusive: Before Afghan collapse, Biden pressed Ghani to ‘change perception’  —  In the last call between U.S. President Joe Biden and his Afghanistan counterpart before the Taliban seized control of the country, the leaders discussed military aid, political strategy and messaging tactics …
Margaret Talev / Axios:
Axios-Ipsos poll: Vaccine hesitancy may be crumbling  —  Vaccine hesitancy in the U.S. is showing signs of crumbling, according to the latest installment of the Axios/Ipsos Coronavirus Index.  — Fewer adults than ever now say they won't take the shot, and in the past two weeks …
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New York Times:
How Facebook Relies on Accenture to Scrub Toxic Content  —  The social network has constructed a vast infrastructure to keep toxic material off its platform.  At the center of it is Accenture, the blue-chip consulting firm.  —  In 2019, Julie Sweet, the newly appointed chief executive …
New York Times:
Mike Richards Is Out as ‘Jeopardy!’  Executive Producer  —  Three weeks after naming him as Alex Trebek's replacement to host the show, Sony cited “disruption and internal difficulties” in its announcement that he will leave the program entirely.  —  Sony said on Tuesday that Mike Richards …
 
 
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Anna Caplan / Dallas Morning News:
‘I have done nothing wrong,’ Colleyville Heritage principal says after GCISD puts him on paid leave
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Mehdi Hasan / MSNBC:
Joe Biden ended the war in Afghanistan after 20 years. That's a BFD.
Discussion: Common Dreams and Twitchy
Jennifer Medina / New York Times:
What Voters in a California Swing District Say About Afghanistan
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