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7:15 PM ET, September 3, 2021

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Kari Paul / The Guardian:
TikTokers flood Texas abortion whistleblower site with Shrek memes, fake reports and porn  —  Critics of Texas' new law have been filing hundreds of fake reports to the whistleblowing website in hopes of crashing it  —  Pro-choice users on TikTok and Reddit have launched a guerrilla effort …
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Wall Street Journal:
Texas's Abortion Law Blunder  —  The Supreme Court was right not to interfere for now, but the statute won't survive scrutiny on the merits.  —  By The Editorial Board  —  America is back fighting its endless legal war over abortion.  A new front opened late Wednesday when five Justices issued …
Steve Vladeck / Washington Post:
The Supreme Court doesn't just abuse its shadow docket.  It does so inconsistently.  —  Justice Kagan's dissent cuts to the heart of the problem with the Texas abortion ruling — it undermines the court's legitimacy  —  The Supreme Court's midnight ruling on Wednesday …
Mia Brett / The Editorial Board:
Abortion is virtually banned in Texas. The upside? Roe still rules for now in the other 49 states
Michael C. Bender / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Says He Is Unlikely to Get Covid-19 Vaccine Booster Shot  —  Former president has urged his supporters to get vaccinated but tells WSJ he 'probably won't' get a booster shot when it is available  —  WASHINGTON—Former President Donald Trump, who received a Covid-19 vaccination …
Discussion: Washington Post, The Hill and Raw Story
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New York Times:
Health Officials Advise White House to Scale Back Booster Plan for Now  —  Federal regulators warned on Thursday they may not have enough data to recommend boosters for anyone except certain recipients of the Pfizer vaccine by late September.  —  WASHINGTON — Top federal health officials …
Wall Street Journal:
Covid-19 Vaccine Booster Launch Could Be Delayed
Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Capitol Rioter Known as QAnon Shaman Pleads Guilty  —  Jacob Chansley, who stormed onto the Senate floor in face paint and a horned hat, accepted a deal under which federal prosecutors will recommend a sentence of 41 to 51 months in prison.  —  Jacob Chansley, a former actor …
Discussion: Mother Jones, IJR and CBS News
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Marshall Cohen / CNN:
‘QAnon Shaman’ Jacob Chansley pleads guilty to felony in US Capitol riot
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Joe Manchin's new threat to destroy Biden's agenda is worse than it seems  —  When President Biden travels to storm-ravaged Louisiana on Friday, he will continue amplifying the case for getting much more serious about tackling the climate change that is fueling such extreme weather events.
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Annie Karni / New York Times:
Biden Moves to Declassify Some Documents Related to Sept. 11  —  In an executive order, the president instructed Attorney General Merrick B. Garland to publicly release the declassified documents over the next six months.  —  WASHINGTON — Making good on a campaign promise …
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Daniel Dale / CNN:
Fact check: Sen. Joni Ernst falsely claims Biden has ‘not once’ expressed gratitude to troops who fought in the last 20 years  —  Senator falsely claims Biden ‘not once’ thanked overseas veterans  —  Washington (CNN)Republican Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa, a veteran of the war in Iraq and a member …
Adela Suliman / Washington Post:
Here's what we know about the mu variant … A coronavirus variant known as “mu” or “B.1.621” was designated by the World Health Organization as a “variant of interest” earlier this week and will be monitored by the global health body as cases continue to emerge across parts of the world.
Washington Post:
Americans support Afghanistan pullout — but not the way it was done, a Post-ABC poll finds  —  Americans overwhelmingly support President Biden's decision to end the war in Afghanistan, but by a 2-to-1 margin they disapprove of how he handled the chaotic and ultimately deadly withdrawal …
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Tamara Keith / NPR:
The Share Of U.S. Adults Willing To Get Vaccinated Ticks Up, A New Poll Finds
Discussion: HotAir and WV MetroNews
Jim Huylebroek / New York Times:
The Two Afghanistans  —  The journalist Anand Gopal has long reported for The New York Times …
Bente Birkeland / NPR:
Voting Data From A Colorado County Was Leaked Online.  Now The Clerk Is In Hiding  —  It's been nearly a month since sensitive data about voting equipment in Colorado's Mesa County was posted online by conspiracy theorists eager to cast doubt on the outcome of the 2020 election.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Paul P. Murphy / CNN:
Colorado county election official allegedly pressured employees to not cooperate with investigation into security breach
Discussion: Raw Story
Nicole Perlroth / New York Times:
TikTok Users and Coders Flood Texas Abortion Site With Fake Tips  —  To protest Texas' new abortion law, activists said, they pranked a website set up by the state's largest anti-abortion group.  —  After a Texas law restricting abortion went into effect on Wednesday, the state's largest …
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Amy Walter / The Cook Political Report:
It's Still All About COVID  —  For the last couple of weeks, I've been watching focus groups.  Two of those groups included independent-leaning voters who don't align themselves strongly with either party.  One other group was comprised of so-called Democratic “surge” voters …
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CNN:
Trump administration deliberately slowed entry of Afghan allies  —  (CNN)Stephen Miller seemed floored by the idea, raised during a fall Cabinet meeting in 2018, of  keeping open the doors for Afghan allies and other Middle East refugees to enter the US.   —  “What do you guys want?”
Discussion: Raw Story and spectatorworld.com
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Nick Wadhams / Bloomberg:
U.S. Struggles to Learn Who's Who in Afghan Airlift of 124,000
Discussion: Al Jazeera
Matthew Lee / Associated Press:
Afghan evacuation raises concerns about child trafficking  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials are looking into reports that in the frantic evacuation of desperate Afghans from Kabul, older men were admitted together with young girls they claimed as “brides” or otherwise sexually abused.
Discussion: Twitchy and Townhall
New York Times:
Inside the Afghan Evacuation: Rogue Flights, Crowded Tents, Hope and Chaos  —  President Biden has insisted that the evacuation of Kabul was done as efficiently as possible.  But key documents obtained by The New York Times suggest otherwise.  —  WASHINGTON — On the last day of August …
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Washington Post:
Biden names former Delaware Gov. Jack Markell to serve as point person on Afghan resettlement in the United States
Discussion: CBS News and CNN
Katelyn Ogle / KFOR-TV:
Patients overdosing on ivermectin backing up rural Oklahoma hospitals, ambulances  —  SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA, Okla. (KFOR) - A rural Oklahoma doctor said patients who are taking the horse de-wormer medication, ivermectin, to fight COVID-19 are causing emergency room and ambulance back ups.
Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
At odds with boss, some Biden aides privately alarmed as millions of workers head over jobless benefits cliff  —  Some White House officials are split on what will happen when the benefits cease next week, but advisers downplayed any rift.  —  The Biden administration faces internal dissatisfaction …
Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post:
Misinformation on Facebook got six times more clicks than factual news during the 2020 election, study says  —  Right-leaning pages also produce more misinformation, the forthcoming study found.  —  A new study of user behavior on Facebook around the 2020 election is likely …
Jessica Bursztynsky / CNBC:
Lyft, Uber will cover legal fees for drivers sued under Texas abortion law  — Lyft and Uber said Friday they would cover legal fees for drivers on their respective platforms who are sued under Texas' restrictive abortion law that went into effect this week.
Andrew Solender / Forbes:
Ethics Watchdog Requests Probe Into Kevin McCarthy, Marjorie Taylor Greene For ‘Threatening’ Telecom Firms  —  The ethics watchdog Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) on Friday asked the Office of Congressional Ethics to investigate whether House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy …
Discussion: The Hill and Mediaite
Wall Street Journal:
Fitness Industry Recruits Candy Lobbyist to Help Muscle Up  —  Trade group's new leader is a Washington veteran who helped convince states that candy-making is an essential service; ‘a lifelong commitment to fitness—and to candy’  —  WASHINGTON—Gyms and fitness studios have turned …
Washington Post:
Trump Tower's key tenants have fallen behind on rent and moved out.  But Trump has one reliable customer: His own PAC.  —  NEW YORK — Inside Trump Tower, swank suit-maker Marcraft Clothes once rented the entire 18th floor, outfitting its offices with fireplaces, mahogany-lined closets and two bars for schmoozing customers.
Carlos Lozada / Washington Post:
9/11 was a test.  The books of the last two decades show how America failed. … Deep within the catalogue of regrets that is the 9/11 Commission report — long after readers learn of the origins and objectives of al-Qaeda, past the warnings ignored by consecutive administrations …
Ellie Silverman / Washington Post:
Former Trump campaign operative plans rally for those charged in Capitol riot  —  Law enforcement authorities are monitoring plans by supporters of former president Donald Trump to rally outside the U.S. Capitol later this month to argue that the hundreds of people charged in the Jan. 6 insurrection …
Discussion: Raw Story and POLITICUSUSA
 
 
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Phil Stewart / Reuters:
Exclusive: 'They'll kill us' - Afghan pilots at Uzbek camp fear deadly homecoming
Jake Lahut / Insider:
FEC board unanimously rejects complaint that Maggie Haberman and news organizations illegally contributed to Hillary Clinton's campaign with favorable coverage
Zack Budryk / The Hill:
‘Squad’ members call on Biden to shut down Line 3 pipeline in Minnesota
Zachary Petrizzo / Salon:
Mike Lindell paid millions to “cyber experts”; allegedly bought luxury home for accused fraudster
Chuck Ross / Washington Free Beacon:
CNN Analyst Bakari Sellers Says the GOP Is Homophobic. He Lobbies for a Country Where It's Illegal To Be Gay.
Jose Del Real / Washington Post:
The lonely journey of a UFO conspiracy theorist
Bloomberg:
Hints of Worker Confidence Belie Rise in Black Unemployment
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Kathy Mccormack / Associated Press:
Governor in hospital with flu symptoms; COVID tests negative
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Byron York's Daily Memo: The mortal threat to Democrats' progressive dreams, cont'd
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Katherine J. Wu / The Atlantic:
What We Actually Know About Waning Immunity
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Sarah Chayes / Foreign Affairs:
Afghanistan's Corruption Was Made in America
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