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ABC News:
Full transcript of ABC News' George Stephanopoulos' interview with President Joe Biden  —  Stephanopoulos spoke to Biden in an exclusive interview Wednesday.  —  Read the full transcript of President Joe Biden's exclusive interview with ABC News' George Stephanopoulos on Wednesday.
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Reuters:
Planes, guns, night-vision goggles: The Taliban's new U.S.-made war chest  —  About a month ago, Afghanistan's ministry of defense posted on social media photographs of seven brand new helicopters arriving in Kabul delivered by the United States.  —  “They'll continue to see a steady drumbeat …
Discussion: CNBC
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Something Is Wrong with the President  —  What's Going On with President Biden?  —  After making no public appearances for four days — during a major foreign crisis — President Biden read a 20-minute speech off a teleprompter on Monday afternoon and took no questions.  He immediately returned to Camp David.
Ben Riley-Smith / Telegraph:
Parliament holds Joe Biden in contempt over Afghanistan  —  MPs and peers unite to condemn ‘dishonour’ of US president's withdrawal and his criticism of Afghan troops left behind to face Taliban  —  Joe Biden's handling of the Afghanistan withdrawal was condemned as “catastrophic” and …
New York Times:
Afghanistan Live Updates: Protests Spread to Kabul as Taliban Struggle to Govern  —  The day after protests in two cities were met with violence, rallies broke out in Kabul and at least one other city.  A troubled evacuation from Kabul slowly gathered pace as Afghans and others arrived in Europe, the Persian Gulf and elsewhere.
Charlie Sykes / Morning Shots:
The Christianists Versus Christianity  —  Plus: What Joe gets wrong  —  Say, it ain't so, Joe.  —  The president had a chance to extend and revise his remarks from earlier this week, but this is what we got: … It's.  Not.  Good.  And I say this as someone who supported, touted, and embraced Biden's candidacy.
Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
The Media Is Helping Hawks Win the War Over Biden's Withdrawal  —  The Taliban's rapid reconquest of Kabul has exposed a pair of American scandals.  One implicates Joe Biden.  The other incriminates proponents of a prolonged U.S. occupation of Afghanistan — and the many putatively neutral reporters who've abetted their cause.
Jonathan Bernstein / Bloomberg:   Afghanistan News Should Come With Warning Labels Attached
Associated Press:
Afghanistan war unpopular amid chaotic pullout: AP-NORC poll
AP-NORC:
Most Americans say the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq were not worth fighting
Patrick Tucker / Defense One:
Trump's Pledge to Exit Afghanistan Was a Ruse, His Final SecDef Says
Washington Post:
Afghanistan to be ruled under sharia law, Taliban commander says
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Afghanistan + immigration politics = A divided GOP
Tiana Lowe / Washington Examiner:   How many Americans will Biden let die?
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Timothy Bella / Washington Post:
An Alabama doctor watched patients reject the coronavirus vaccine.  Now he's refusing to treat them.  —  In Alabama, where the nation's lowest vaccination rate has helped push the state closer to a record number of hospitalizations, a physician has sent a clear message to his patients …
Tim Miller / The Bulwark:
Herd Immunity Herp Derp  —  The pandemic's wrongest theory.  —  A lot of people, including many experts, made blunders when assessing the best ways to combat the novel coronavirus that emerged from Wuhan in late 2019.  For a while people were sanitizing their grocery bags.  Mask guidance was all over the map.
Discussion: Raw Story
Eliott C. McLaughlin / CNN:
Parents pull kids from schools as district bucks CDC guidance and board member spreads misinformation  —  County board meeting erupts during school mask debate  —  (CNN)It's the third week of school in Cobb County, Georgia, and many parents are livid with what they perceive …
U.S. Senator Roger Wicker / wicker.senate.gov:
Wicker Office Statement on COVID-19 Diagnosis  —  WASHINGTON - The Office of Senator Roger F. Wicker Communications Director Phillip Waller today issued a statement after Senator Roger F. Wicker tested positive for COVID-19:  —  “Senator Wicker tested positive this morning for the COVID-19 virus …
Rachel Metz / CNN:
Facebook wants you to hold your next meeting in VR  —  (CNN Business)For those who don't think Zoom meetings are a good enough substitute for the real thing, Facebook has another idea: a virtual reality app that lets you and your coworkers feel like you're sitting around a table in a conference room.
Caitlin Flanagan / The Atlantic:
The Week the Left Stopped Caring About Human Rights  —  Back in April, The Nation magazine told readers that the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan would be “a welcome and long-overdue action.”  The essay, by a scholar named Phyllis Bennis, sounded upbeat, even salubrious.
Discussion: The Federalist and Washington Post
Stuart Taylor Jr / RealClearInvestigations:
Guided by Faith, Divinity Student Fought His ‘Antiracist’ Princeton Seminary — and Won  —  Timothy Keiderling's decision to enroll in the Princeton Theological Seminary reflected his commitment “to give my life to work for justice and to live out the values of the Kingdom of God.”
Discussion: Real Clear Politics
Tom Nichols / USA Today:
Trump is not ruining democracy, we are.  And it's been anguishing to confront  —  I was worried long before Trump and the Capitol riot, as political jousting turned zealous and well-off friends called America a disastrous mess.  —  I've written about a lot of unpleasant, even frightening, subjects.
Discussion: Raw Story
Devyani Chhetri / Greenville News:
Greenville County GOP leader Pressley Stutts dies from COVID-19  —  Greenville County Republican Party leader Pressley Stutts died Thursday morning after battling COVID-19 for nearly a month.  —  Stutts death was confirmed by Dan Harvell, who represents the Anderson County Republican Party …
Discussion: Raw Story
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
‘This is warfare:’ Trump allies Flynn, Bannon pushed conspiracies at ritzy party backed by Chinese exile  — Steve Bannon, Rudy Giuliani, Mike Lindell and Mike Flynn pushed pro-Trump conspiracy theories at an event advertised as a celebration of an anti-China movement.
Discussion: Raw Story
Dan Goldberg / Politico:
GOP governors embrace Covid cocktails over masks as cases surge  —  Republican governors in some of the states hardest hit by the pandemic are pushing expensive Covid cocktails over cheap masks.  —  The governors in Florida, Missouri and Texas are promising millions of dollars in antibody treatments …
Discussion: HotAir, al.com, Politico and New York Times
Dara Bitler / FOX31 Denver:
During campaign, Lauren Boebert didn't disclose husband's income from energy firm  —  DENVER (AP) — Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert's husband made $478,000 last year working as a consultant for an energy firm, information that was not disclosed during Boebert's congressional campaign and only reported …
Will Oremus / Washington Post:
Facebook shared new data about what's popular on its platform.  The answers are deeply weird.  —  Report shows a Green Bay Packers alumni page and an online CBD store, not right-wing pundits, are among the most viewed links in people's feeds, as Facebook pushes back against independent studies.
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Where are the anti-war voices?  —  Judd Legum, Tesnim Zekeria, and Rebecca Crosby  —  Yesterday's newsletter detailed how the media is largely overlooking voices that supported Biden's decision to withdraw from Afghanistan.  Instead media reports are almost exclusively highlighting criticism …
Discussion: FOX 13 Tampa Bay, Unfogged and Townhall
 
 
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Keith Kellogg / MSN:
The Lesson of Afghanistan: Our Military Must Remain Focused on Its Mission
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To vaccinate more Americans, lean into outbreaks
Ben Montgomery / Axios:
Florida's biggest school districts vote to defy DeSantis on masks
Discussion: TheBlaze
USA Today:
Fred still causing trouble across US: 35 missing after severe flooding in North Carolina, tornado warnings issued in New York
Lisa Rein / Washington Post:
Trump alumni launch group to push his VA policies — and blunt Biden's
Discussion: Raw Story
Hans Nichols / Axios:
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