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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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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 …
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 …
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Biden answers his critics on Afghanistan.  Forcefully.  —  President Biden had a tricky task on Tuesday as he spoke to the nation about the end of the United States's 20-year military operation in Afghanistan.  Unlike the pundits, consultants, think tank gurus and paid military advisers …
Jeff Greenfield / Politico:
The Hidden Message In Joe Biden's Afghanistan Speech  —  They were words no president has ever spoken, at least not since the Cold War began three-quarters of a century ago.  —  They spoke not of global responsibility nor the “indispensable” role of the United States, but of what this richest …
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
The U.S. government left its own journalists behind in Afghanistan  —  Now that the U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan is complete, many stories of heroic efforts to save Americans and Afghan allies are pouring out, each describing one facet of the chaos and dysfunction that plagued …
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New York Times:   How the C.I.A. Exited Its Base in Kabul
Dion Nissenbaum / Wall Street Journal:
Afghan Interpreter Who Helped Rescue Biden in 2008 Left Behind After U.S. Exit
The White House:
Remarks by President Biden on the End of the War in Afghanistan
Daphne Psaledakis / Reuters:
EXCLUSIVE U.S. Treasury issued new license to ease flow of aid in Afghanistan
Liliana Frankel / Oregonian:
Rural Oregon school superintendent fired after enforcing state mask mandate  —  ADRIAN - Kevin Purnell was fired Monday as superintendent of the Adrian School District just one week after students returned to school.  —  The Adrian School Board, convening in an emotionally charged special meeting …
Discussion: New York Times and Raw Story
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Andrew Marchand / New York Post:
Al Leiter, John Smoltz won't appear at MLB Network studios after refusing vaccine  —  Hall of Famer John Smoltz and former Met and Yankee Al Leiter will no longer appear in-studio for MLB Network after refusing to take the COVID-19 vaccine, The Post has learned.
New York Times:   Has Delta Peaked?  —  We investigate Covid's mysterious two-month cycle.
Zachary Brennan / ENDPOINTS NEWS:
In a major blow to vaccine efforts, senior FDA leaders stepping down
Lev Facher / STAT:
Biden pledged to ‘follow the science.’ But experts say he's sometimes fallen short
Discussion: ENDPOINTS NEWS
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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Caroline Kitchener / The Lily:
400 calls, no more appointments: Texas abortion clinic scrambles to see patients before 6-week ban may take effect
Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:   The 5th Circuit is staking out a claim to be America's most dangerous court
Jonathan Tobin / Newsweek:
The Ashli Babbitt Standard  —  For those who have followed news coverage of police shootings of unarmed civilians in the last few years, Capitol Hill Police lieutenant Michael Byrd's interview with NBC News had a familiar ring.  The veteran officer voiced his fears about the situation he faced on Jan. 6 …
Discussion: Slate
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Myah Ward / Politico:
McCarthy threatens companies that comply with Jan. 6 probe's phone records requests  —  Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy on Tuesday threatened to use a future GOP majority to punish companies that comply with the House's Jan. 6 investigators, warning that “a Republican majority will not forget.”
Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:   Capitol riot inquiry to investigate whether Trump's White House was involved in attack
David Bauder / Associated Press:
Julie Pace named new Associated Press executive editor  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Julie Pace, a longtime Washington journalist who managed coverage of the U.S. government during a period of historic tumult, was named Wednesday as the executive editor and senior vice president of The Associated Press.
Roger L. Simon / theepochtimes.com:
Elder Versus Newsom: A Battle for the Soul of America  —  LOS ANGELES—Sunday evening I was standing in an excited crowd at a Long Beach fundraiser for Larry Elder's California gubernatorial campaign when I received a text with the headline “Gov. Newsom Pivots Recall Speeches To Attack Larry Elder's Political Opinions.”
Discussion: Instapundit
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Matt Taibbi / TK News:
NPR Trashes Free Speech.  A Brief Response  —  In an irony only public radio could miss, “On the Media” hosts an hour on the perils of “free speech absolutism” without interviewing a defender of free speech.  —  The guests for NPR's just-released On The Media episode about the dangers …
Discussion: HotAir
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
GOP douses Afghanistan withdrawal with misinformation  —  The Afghanistan withdrawal has gone poorly enough for the Biden administration, and it did itself no favors with its faulty predictions about how it would be carried out.  —  But even in the midst of the worst stretch …
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.”
Robbie Gramer / Foreign Policy:
‘We Feel His Presence in the Department Is Threatening’  —  State employees protest the continued employment of an “antisemitic” blogger in their ranks.  —  A group of more than 70 State Department officials sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken voicing alarm about …
Discussion: New York Times
Jack Shafer / Politico:
The Trump News Show Is Over and We're All Healthier For It  —  What have you been doing with your time?  The numbers tell us that the average news consumer is watching a whole lot less cable news and has gone on a restricted online news diet.  Over the past year, the major cable channels …
 
 
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