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Washington Post:
Oklahoma congressman threatened embassy staff as he tried to enter Afghanistan, U.S. officials say  —  The call to the U.S. ambassador to Tajikistan came in Monday.  On the line, two U.S. officials said, was Rep. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) with an unusual and urgent request …
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Rasmussen Reports:
52% of Voters Think Biden Should Resign Over Afghanistan Withdrawal  —  The U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan was so badly handled that President Joe Biden should resign because of it, according to a majority of voters.  However, most don't think Vice President Kamala Harris is qualified to replace Biden if he leaves office.
Zeeshan Aleem / MSNBC:
Biden's Afghanistan withdrawal could've gone so differently  —  For the last few weeks, Americans have been struggling to understand how, after 20 years of war and occupation and historic levels of foreign investment in Afghanistan, the Taliban were able to seize control of the country …
New York Times:
How the C.I.A. Exited Its Base in Kabul
Discussion: The Daily Caller
The Daily Beast:
House Republicans Privately Beg Trump to Help Them Impeach Biden
Washington Post:
With ban in effect, Texas abortion clinics will no longer terminate pregnancies after 6 weeks  —  AUSTIN — A Texas law that bans most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy went into effect Wednesday, as a midnight deadline for the Supreme Court to stop it came and went without action.
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The White House:
Statement by President Joe Biden on Texas Law SB8  —  Today, Texas law SB8 went into effect.  This extreme Texas law blatantly violates the constitutional right established under Roe v. Wade and upheld as precedent for nearly half a century.  —  The Texas law will significantly impair women's access …
Shefali Luthra / The 19th:
Even if Texas' six-week abortion ban is overturned, clinics will close
Sarah McCammon / NPR:
What The Texas Abortion Ban Does — And What It Means For Other States
New York Times:
Has Delta Peaked?  —  We investigate Covid's mysterious two-month cycle.  —  Has the Delta-fueled Covid-19 surge in the U.S. finally peaked?  —  The number of new daily U.S. cases has risen less over the past week than at any point since June, as you can see in this chart:
Discussion: STAT and Fox Business
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Andrew Marchand / New York Post:
Al Leiter, John Smoltz won't appear at MLB Network studios after refusing vaccine
Michael Edison Hayden / Southern Poverty Law Center:
Far-Right Propagandist Turns up in Moscow After Jan. 6  —  Russia Insider founder Charles Bausman traveled from his home in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, to Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6 and advanced as far as the Capitol's balustrades after Trump's speech, he said.  Soon after, he left the country for Moscow.
Discussion: Newsweek, The Guardian and Raw Story
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Myah Ward / Politico:
McCarthy threatens companies that comply with Jan. 6 probe's phone records requests
NBC News:
NBC News poll shows nation's demographic divides on abortion
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Kevin McCarthy keeps revealing how ugly a GOP House would be
Discussion: Vanity Fair, HotAir and CBS News
Jessica Donati / Wall Street Journal:
Majority of Interpreters, Other U.S. Visa Applicants Were Left Behind in Afghanistan, Official Says  —  Many Afghan allies had applied for visas to escape reprisal from the Taliban
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Alexander Ward / Politico:   ‘Majority’ of Afghan SIVs left behind, State Dept. official estimates
NBC News:
A small fraction of America's Afghan allies made it out of Afghanistan
Discussion: HotAir
Richard L. Hasen / Slate:
The Legal Minds Who Tried to Overturn the Election for Trump Are Being Welcomed Back Into Polite Society  —  Though it hasn't received the attention it deserves, courage from Republican election officials and leaders helped save this country from a total election meltdown in 2020 based on lies …
Discussion: Election Law Blog
Mark Ballard / The Advocate:
After Hurricane Ida, President Joe Biden to visit Louisiana Friday  —  President Joe Biden will get a up close look at the devastation wrought by Hurricane Ida on Friday when he plans to spend most of the day touring southeast Louisiana, the White House said.
Discussion: The Hill
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Katie Shepherd / Washington Post:
Texas parents accused a Black principal of promoting critical race theory.  The district has now suspended him.  —  At a heated Texas school board meeting in late July, a man accused a Black principal of promoting critical race theory and “the conspiracy theory of systemic racism.”
Discussion: Raw Story and Dallas Morning News
Jim Swift / The Bulwark:
What Happened to the Babylon Bee?  —  Until a few years ago, the Babylon Bee was a niche humor site—the Onion for conservative Protestants.  The Bee was founded seven months before Donald Trump took office and became popular mostly because many of the jokes were very funny—but also …
Discussion: Twitchy
CNN:
Taliban show off captured weapons at Kandahar victory parade  —  (CNN)The Taliban on Wednesday showed off dozens of American-made armored vehicles along with newly seized weapons at victory celebrations in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar.  —  In videos posted on social media …
Discussion: Insider, The Guardian and Breitbart
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Daniel Funke / USA Today:
Fact check: Video shows Taliban fighter attached to helicopter, not public hanging
Discussion: RedState
NBC News:
Arrest warrant issued for Ohio man accused of confronting NBC's Shaquille Brewster on live TV  —  Mississippi police issued an arrest warrant Tuesday for an Ohio man who they say confronted NBC News' Shaquille Brewster on live television.  —  The man, Benjamin Eugene Dagley, of Wooster …
Wall Street Journal:
Ben Dugan Works for CVS.  His Job Is Battling a $45 Billion Crime Spree.  —  Retailers are spending millions to combat organized rings that steal from their stores in bulk and peddle goods online, often on Amazon  —  Ben Dugan sat in an unmarked sedan in San Francisco's Tenderloin neighborhood …
Mike Unger / Bethesda Magazine:
‘It still seems unbelievable’  —  At 36, Simon Maloy was a successful political writer with a wife and two young sons.  Then he found out he had colon cancer, a disease striking more and more young people.  —  Three days.  That's all Simon Maloy got.  Three days to hop on bikes …
NBC News:
America has wasted at least 15 million Covid vaccine doses since March, new data shows  —  The United States has thrown away at least 15.1 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines since March 1, according to government data obtained by NBC News — a far larger number than previously known and still probably an undercount.
The Marshall Project:
Police Say Demoralized Officers Are Quitting In Droves.  Labor Data Says No.  —  While other industries were devastated by the pandemic last year, police departments felt a much smaller impact.  —  Since last summer's Black Lives Matter protests, there's a popular refrain echoing through …
Discussion: Reason
Washington Post:
Massive randomized study is proof that surgical masks limit coronavirus spread, authors say  —  The authors of a study based on an enormous randomized research project in Bangladesh say their results offer the best evidence yet that widespread wearing of surgical masks can limit the spread of the coronavirus in communities.
Fenit Nirappil / Washington Post:
They're called mild cases.  But people with breakthrough covid can still feel pretty sick.  —  Coronavirus vaccines overwhelmingly keep people out of the hospital but don't necessarily stop all infections  —  Andrew Kinsey knew that even after being vaccinated against the coronavirus …
Cameron Jenkins / The Hill:
Dozens of Sacramento students remain in Afghanistan after US pullout, district says  —  Dozens of San Juan Unified School District students still remain in Afghanistan this week after the United States officially withdrew from the country on Monday, ending a decades-long war.
Deena Winter / Minnesota Reformer:
Jaleel Stallings shot at the MPD; a jury acquitted him of wrongdoing  —  Before the white, unmarked cargo van of the Minneapolis Police Department drove down Lake Street, an officer gave Sgt. Andrew Bittell his orders: “Drive down Lake Street.  You see a group, call it out.  OK great!
Reuters:
Excerpts of call between Joe Biden and Ashraf Ghani July 23  —  U.S. President Joe Biden and Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani spoke by phone July 23.  Here are excerpts from that call, based on a transcript and recording reviewed by Reuters:  —  BIDEN: Mr. President.  Joe Biden.
 
 
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Politico:
'It's unforgivable': Lawmakers furious U.S. citizens stranded in Afghanistan
CBS News:
U.S. housing 17,000 Afghan evacuees in 5 states, with another 40,000 overseas
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
George W. Bush and the worst predictions about the Afghanistan war
Associated Press:
Tea party 2.0? Conservatives get organized in school battles
Discussion: Raw Story
Matthew Lee / Associated Press:
US extends ban on American passports for travel to NKorea
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Scott Wong / The Hill:
Raskin writing memoir about Jan. 6, son's suicide
CNN:
50th US Capitol rioter pleads guilty as Justice Department approaches 600th arrest in massive criminal investigation
Discussion: Political Wire
Fred Lucas / The Daily Signal:
Even a 42-Ton Boulder Isn't Safe From Woke Cancel Culture
 Earlier Items: 
The White House:
FACT SHEET: Biden-⁠Harris Administration Announces Immediate Steps to Increase Affordable Housing Supply
Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
A former Marine was pulled over for following a truck too closely. Police took nearly $87,000 of his cash.
Discussion: Raw Story
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Georgia vaccination efforts once faced hesitance — now it's hostile resistance
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
Janet Reitman / New York Times:
‘I Helped Destroy People’
Ed Yong / The Atlantic:
Long-Haulers Are Fighting for Their Future
Discussion: Raw Story
David Lat / Original Jurisdiction:
A Former Top DOJ Official's Smooth Landing
Jack Shafer / Politico:
The Trump News Show Is Over and We're All Healthier For It
Ben Weyl / Politico:
Mutually Assured Destruction, Nancy Pelosi's Plans and the Savviness of Bernie Sanders
Discussion: Washington Times and Jacobin
 

 
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