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3:20 PM ET, September 7, 2021

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New York Times:
The U.S. surpasses 40 million known coronavirus cases.  —  More than 40 million cases of the coronavirus have been recorded in the United States, according to a New York Times database.  —  The total number of known infections, more than the population of California, the nation's most populous state …
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Miami Herald:
COVID vaccine is not personal choice despite DeSantis  —  Getting the COVID vaccine is not a “personal choice.”  It never was, really, but the onslaught of cases fueled by the delta variant has removed any doubt.  —  And yet that's not what Florida's governor would have you believe.
Peter Weber / The Week:
Florida accounts for nearly a quarter of new U.S. COVID-19 deaths  —  August was Florida's deadliest month of the COVID-19 pandemic.  With a new batch of delayed COVID-19 deaths reported Monday, Florida lost more than 6,600 people to the coronavirus in August, an average of 213 deaths a day.
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
One in 5,000  —  The real chances of a breakthrough infection.  —  The C.D.C. reported a terrifying fact in July: Vaccinated people with the Delta variant of the Covid virus carried roughly the same viral load in their noses and throats as unvaccinated people.
The Intercept:
New Details Emerge About Coronavirus Research at Chinese Lab
Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
Did Fauci lie about NIH/NIAID ties to gain-of-function work in China?
Discussion: Twitchy and RedState
Kaitlan Collins / CNN:
Biden set to deliver major speech on next phase of pandemic response, sources say
Discussion: Political Wire
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The Zombie Trumpism of GOP governors gives Democrats a big opening  —  If there is one thing that might get Democratic voters to take state-level races more seriously, it's the Zombie Trumpism that continues to afflict GOP governors.  In states where covid-19 cases are surging …
Discussion: Blue Virginia
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Alexa Ura / The Texas Tribune:
Gov. Greg Abbott signs Texas voting bill into law, overcoming Democratic quorum breaks  —  SB 1 makes up Republicans' third attempt to pass a far-reaching law that restricts how and when voters cast ballots.  It takes particular aim at voting initiatives used in diverse, Democratic Harris County in the 2020 election.
Yaroslav Trofimov / Wall Street Journal:
Taliban Unveil New Afghan Government  —  Afghanistan's new rulers named prime minister, with senior post for leader of al Qaeda-linked Haqqani group  —  Breaking News:  —  *Taliban Announce New Afghan Government, Mullah Hassan Akhund as Prime Minister  —  *All Key Positions to Remain in Taliban Hands
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BBC:
Taliban announce new government for Afghanistan  —  The Taliban have announced an interim government in Afghanistan, declaring the country an “Islamic Emirate”.  —  It will be led by Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund, one of the movement's founders, who is on a UN blacklist.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Adela Suliman / Washington Post:
Lindsey Graham says United States ‘will be going back’ into Afghanistan  —  Graham predicts a clash between the Taliban and Islamic State will force Washington to re-engage.  —  Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) says he believes the United States “will be going back into Afghanistan” …
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Graham says US ‘will be going back’ to Afghanistan
Discussion: RedState and The Gateway Pundit
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Freddie deBoer:
All White Men Are White Men  —  If “white men” does not mean white men, how can “white men” hurt white men?  —  Categorical claims about people carry a certain amount of rhetorical force.  They do so because we have a variety of psychological and political hang-ups about categories like race and gender …
Nicholas Grossman / The Bulwark:
The Non-Education of Ross Douthat  —  The New York Times columnist insists on defending a version of the Republican party that doesn't exist.  —  It's a tricky situation: How is one to be a loyal and energetic advocate of electing Republicans without joining the corrupt, authoritarian cult of Trumpism that has subsumed the party?
Greg Olear / PREVAIL:
Breaking Brett  —  Properly investigating Kavanaugh would be the right thing to do AND enormously popular.  Why won't the Dems act?  —  LAST WEEK, the Texas State Legislature passed one of the most repressive antichoice laws in the history of our nation.  The fine print is so hateful, so anti-woman, so infuriating—six weeks?
David Gilbert / VICE:
QAnon Is Harassing a Hospital Into Giving Bogus COVID ‘Cure’ Ivermectin  —  Some of the most powerful QAnon influencers are urging their hundreds of thousands of followers to harass a Chicago hospital into treating an anti-vaccine activist with ivermectin.  —  Veronica Wolski …
Discussion: Gizmodo
Nick Niedzwiadek / Politico:
Biden to campaign for Newsom in California ‘early next week’  —  President Joe Biden will travel to California sometime next week to campaign in support of Gov. Gavin Newsom, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Tuesday.  —  Last week Newsom said the president would stump on his behalf …
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Shawn Hubler / New York Times:
The lead proponent of Newsom's recall has been sidelined with the coronavirus.
Discussion: Politico and Talking Points Memo
Politico:
Trump builds ‘turnkey’ campaign operation for 2024  —  Boots on the ground in Iowa.  Accelerated fundraising.  More national media interviews.  A flood of new press statements.  A rise in attack ads on the web.  —  With a flurry of activity from his main political committee and hints dropped …
Washington Post:
Mexico decriminalizes abortion, a dramatic step in world's second-biggest Catholic country  —  MEXICO CITY — Mexico's supreme court voted unanimously on Tuesday to decriminalize abortion, a striking step in a country with one of the world's largest Catholic populations and a move …
Anemona Hartocollis / New York Times:
How Professors Are Handling Unmasked Students Amid Delta  —  At universities, some instructors are finding the return to the classroom a nerve-racking experience.  A few have quit — one in the middle of class.  —  Matthew Boedy, an associate professor of rhetoric and composition …
Discussion: National Review and Insider
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Alphonso David, Who Advised Cuomo, Fired as Human Rights Campaign President  —  Mr. David, who previously worked as a lawyer for Andrew Cuomo, was identified in a report as having advised the former governor on how to handle sex harassment allegations.  —  Alphonso David, the president …
Allan Smith / NBC News:
Schools become political ‘battlefield’ in culture wars Trump cultivated … Schools have become the focal point for culture war fights that animated former President Donald Trump's base and have been advanced by conservative activists and influencers since he left office.
Discussion: Insurrection
Ankush Khardori / New York Magazine:
Elizabeth Holmes's Last Pitch She now faces her greatest challenge: convincing a jury that she is not to blame for a massive fraud.  —  Over the course of what must have been several uncomfortable days for her in the summer of 2017, Elizabeth Holmes sat in a San Francisco conference room …
 
 
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Poll: School mask mandate fight goes beyond battleground states
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