memeorandum: Milley says civil war in Afghanistan ‘likely’ after US withdrawal, could lead to ‘reconstitution of al Qaeda’ (Fox News)

We knew America would never be the same after 9/11. We didn't know how bad. — Twenty years after the September 11, 2001, terror attacks, what's striking about America's most cataclysmic day of the new millennium is how personal it still feels after all these years.

Elizabeth Williamson / New York Times:

How a Small Town Silenced a Neo-Nazi Hate Campaign — A Montana town reflects on its effort to drive former President Donald J. Trump's extremist supporters back to the fringes. — WHITEFISH, Mont. — Richard B. Spencer, the most infamous summer resident in this town …

Discussion: Raw Story

John Blake / CNN:

White supremacy, with a tan — (CNN)Cutting taxes for the rich helps the poor. There is no such thing as a Republican or a Democratic judge. Climate change is a hoax. — Some political myths refuse to die despite all evidence the contrary. Here's another:

Discussion: Breitbart

Jonathan A. Greenblatt / CNN:

ADL head: On NY Islamic center, we were wrong, plain and simple — Syrian refugee and activist: ‘You either leave or you die’ — Jonathan A. Greenblatt is CEO and National Director of ADL (the Anti-Defamation League). The views expressed here are his. Read more opinion on CNN.

Discussion: Jewish Telegraphic Agency and littlegreenfootballs.com

Washington Post:

As coronavirus fears spike, Biden's ratings sag and workers split on vaccine mandates, Post-ABC poll finds — The delta variant's two-month surge has generated a sharp rise in public fears about contracting the coronavirus, undermined confidence in President Biden's leadership and renewed divisions …

Discussion: Slate, No More Mister Nice Blog, Althouse, ABC News, Political Wire and CNN

Ted Anthony / Associated Press:

9/11: As the decades pass, the act of remembering evolves — SHANKSVILLE, Pa. (AP) — Across the vast field where the plane fell out of the sky so many years ago, all is quiet. — The hills around Shanksville seem to swallow sound. The plateau that Americans by the millions ascend …

The Daily Beast:

Georgia DA Interviews Witnesses About Trump's Call to ‘Find’ Votes — The Fulton County investigators have interviewed state elections officials about attempts to overturn Georgia's election results by President Trump and Senator Lindsey Graham. — A local criminal investigation …

Discussion: Raw Story

Washington Post:

Millions in U.S. lose jobless benefits as federal aid expires, thrusting families and economy onto uncertain path — Federal funds meant to ease the economic shock of the pandemic are coming to an end. ‘It just feels like being discarded,’ one worker said

Tara Palmeri / Politico:

POLITICO Playbook: Did Texas just reset the 2022 campaign? — DRIVING THE DAY — If you want to understand the interplay between religious faith and politics at this moment, Ruby Cramer is out with an essential read on President JOE BIDEN's very public, very personal clash with the Catholic Church …

Discussion: HotAir

Adam Nossiter / New York Times:

Taliban Fighters Crush a Women's Protest Amid Flickers of Resistance — The women were assaulted with rifle butts, tear gas and metal clubs, while anti-Taliban rebels in the north vowed to repel an assault by the Islamist group. — Taliban fighters violently suppressed a women's protest Saturday in Kabul …

Discussion: HotAir, Outside the Beltway and Political Wire

The Economist:

Left-wing activists are using old tactics in a new assault on liberalism — It is possible to detect eerie echoes of the confessional state of yore — Liberalism was forged in the revolt against the confessional state that had ruled Europe for more than a millennium.

Kate Bennett / CNN:

As Donald Trump makes noise about 2024, Melania Trump tries to stay out of the public eye — (CNN)As Donald Trump publicly mulls his political future, playing a game of “will he-won't he” in a potential bid for the White House in 2024, all the while flexing influence in primaries for next year's midterms …

Discussion: Raw Story

David Cohen / Politico:

Texas abortion law could still be ‘destroyed’ by Supreme Court, Cassidy says — The Louisiana senator decried the panicked rhetoric in response to last week's ruling on the newly enacted law. — “If it's as terrible as people say it is, it'll be destroyed by the Supreme Court,” Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy said.

Discussion: NBC News

Russell Contreras / Axios:

Study shows Black offenders more likely to get federal life sentences — Black Americans are more likely to get federal life sentences than whites or Latinos, a new study has found. — Why it matters: The analysis, published recently in Criminology further illustrates the racial disparities …

Discussion: Insider

Fox News:

Milley says civil war in Afghanistan ‘likely’ after US withdrawal, could lead to ‘reconstitution of al Qaeda’ — The general emphasized that maintaining U.S. security and intelligence gathering in the region will be a more difficult task now — Gen. Mark Milley on ending America's longest war in Fox News exclusive interview

Discussion: Insider, National Review, Townhall, Slate, The Daily Caller, New York Post and BizPac Review

Associated Press:

Florida grapples with COVID-19′s deadliest phase yet — MIAMI (AP) — Funeral director Wayne Bright has seen grief piled upon grief during the latest COVID-19 surge. — A woman died of the virus, and as her family was planning the funeral, her mother was also struck down.

Discussion: HuffPost

Bob Brigham / Raw Story:

Now CNN's Jim Acosta is labeling Tucker Carlson a ‘human manure spreader’ — and threat to democracy — CNN's Jim Acosta once again blasted Fox News personality Tucker Carlson on Saturday. — Acosta has made a KKK quip about the far-right host. He has referred to Carlson as the network's …

Discussion: The Wrap

Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:

‘The intensity has not changed’: Jason Kander on the fall of Afghanistan - and trying to get friends out — The Missouri Democrat has been described as a possible president - but for now he's focused on healing wounds of a 20-year war — ason Kander is tired.

Washington Examiner:

Ignore Biden's ‘uh, I meant to do that’ apologists on Afghanistan — It goes without saying that Republicans are pretty disturbed by the Biden administration's incompetent, neglectful, poorly planned, and disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan. But quite a few Democratic officeholders in Washington …

Discussion: HuffPost

Washington Post:

Why America has 8.4 million unemployed when there are 10 million job openings — The economy is undergoing massive changes. There's a big mismatch at the moment between the jobs available and what workers want. — A mystery sits at the heart of the economic recovery …

Discussion: Outside the Beltway

Joshua Nevett / BBC:

Hamid Nouri: How Sweden arrested a suspected Iranian war criminal — In the arrivals terminal of Stockholm Arlanda Airport, Swedish police were expecting someone significant. — On board a flight from Iran, they were told, was an alleged war criminal, an Iranian official named Hamid Nouri.