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12:25 PM ET, August 19, 2021

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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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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.
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 …
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 …
Patrick Tucker / Defense One:
Trump's Pledge to Exit Afghanistan Was a Ruse, His Final SecDef Says  —  Chris Miller now says talk of a full withdrawal was a “play” to convince a Taliban-led government to keep U.S. counterterrorism forces.  — AFGHANISTAN - WHITE HOUSE - PENTAGON - TERRORISM
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.
Associated Press:
Afghanistan war unpopular amid chaotic pullout: AP-NORC poll  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — A significant majority of Americans doubt that the war in Afghanistan was worthwhile, even as the United States is more divided over President Joe Biden's handling of foreign policy and national security …
Sarah Kolinovsky / ABC News:
Biden says he did not see a way to withdraw from Afghanistan without ‘chaos ensuing’
Stuart Ramsay / Sky News:
Afghanistan: Desperate women throw babies over razor wire at compound, asking British soldiers to take them
Tiana Lowe / Washington Examiner:   How many Americans will Biden let die?
Washington Post:
Afghanistan to be ruled under sharia law, Taliban commander says
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Afghanistan + immigration politics = A divided GOP
Marianna Sotomayor / Washington Post:
Divisions emerge among Republicans over how to handle Afghan refugees
Discussion: Raw Story and Daily Kos
John McCormack / National Review:
Why Did the United States Abandon Bagram Airfield?
Discussion: HotAir and pjmedia.com
CNN:
Police responding to claims of suspected explosives in a vehicle near US Capitol  —  (CNN)Police are responding to a claim of an explosive device in a truck near the US Capitol, according to law enforcement sources, and two buildings nearby are being evacuated.
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Politico:
Several Hill office buildings evacuated amid ‘active bomb threat investigation’  —  Capitol Police and other law enforcement officials are investigating a claim of an explosive device in a truck near the Library of Congress, leading to the evacuation of several congressional office buildings.
Discussion: NBC Chicago
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 …
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.
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
Claire McNear / The Ringer:
“A Smile With Sharp Teeth”: Mike Richards's Rise to ‘Jeopardy!’  Host Sparks Questions About His Past  —  The ‘Jeopardy!’ host search is finally over.  New reporting reveals that concerns about Richards and the show's selection process remain.  —  One day in the fall of 2013, Mike Richards called Ken Jennings.
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.
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: al.com, New York Times and Politico
Keith Kellogg / MSN:
The Lesson of Afghanistan: Our Military Must Remain Focused on Its Mission  —  After 20 years of effort, trillions of U.S. taxpayer dollars spent and thousands of American servicemembers killed and wounded, it is important to do a post-mortem on our role in a country that deserves the moniker “Graveyard of Empires.”
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
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 …
Josh Partlow / Washington Post:
Federal judge rejects Trump-era permits for major Alaska oil project  —  Wednesday's decision is a setback for ConocoPhillips's Willow project, which aims to produce more than 100,000 barrels a day on the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska  —  A federal judge on Wednesday threw out the permits …
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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USA Today:
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Lisa Rein / Washington Post:
Trump alumni launch group to push his VA policies — and blunt Biden's
Discussion: Raw Story
Hans Nichols / Axios:
Scoop: Manchin and Sinema advising House centrists
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Washington Examiner:
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