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WKRN-TV:
Conservative talk show host Phil Valentine dies after COVID-19 battle  —  You have been added to News 2 Breaking News Newsletter  —  FRANKLIN, Tenn. (WKRN) — Conservative radio talk show host Phil Valentine has died after weeks in a Nashville area hospital battling COVID-19, according to his station, SuperTalk 99.7 WTN.
Discussion: The Guardian
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Ben Hall / WTVF-TV:
Outspoken conservative radio host Phil Valentine dies after battling COVID-19  —  NASHVILLE, Tenn (WTVF) — Conservative talk radio host Phil Valentine has died following a lengthy battle with COVID-19.  He was 61 years old.  —  His death was announced by SuperTalk 99.7 WTN on Saturday afternoon …
Blake Montgomery / The Daily Beast:
Conservative Radio Host Who Mocked Vaccines Dies of COVID-19  —  Phil Valentine derided coronavirus vaccines, but he changed his tune when he was hospitalized.  —  A conservative radio host in Nashville who derided vaccines and spread misinformation about the coronavirus has died of COVID-19.
New York Times:
This Is How the U.S.'s Afghanistan Exit Plan Unraveled  —  President Biden promised an orderly withdrawal.  That pledge, compounded by missed signals and miscalculations, proved impossible.  —  WASHINGTON — The nation's top national security officials assembled at the Pentagon early …
Discussion: Townhall, Raw Story and Breitbart
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Washington Post:
Pentagon hints at more rescues outside Kabul airport, amid new security concerns and evacuation bottleneck  —  The Pentagon on Saturday strongly hinted that U.S. troops may stage further operations outside the Kabul airport to help evacuate stranded American citizens and Afghans who aided the war effort …
Discussion: CNN, Twitchy and The Daily Caller
David Zucchino / New York Times:
Desperation as Afghans Seek to Flee a Country Retaken by the Taliban  —  A surging crowd trampled a toddler to death near the airport, and many residents who aided America remain in hiding, fearing they will be killed by their new rulers.  —  On Saturday morning, a former interpreter …
Celine Castronuovo / The Hill:
Biden to address nation on Afghanistan evacuation Sunday afternoon  —  President Biden is scheduled to address the nation Sunday afternoon to provide updates on the administration's evacuation efforts in Afghanistan, as pressure continues to mount for his security team to safely transport thousands …
Discussion: The White House
CNN:
Rifles, Humvees and millions of rounds of ammo: Taliban celebrate their new American arsenal
Discussion: The National Interest
Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post:
Facebook says post that cast doubt on covid-19 vaccine was most popular on the platform from January through March  —  The social-media platform's Saturday evening acknowledgment comes after a lengthy internal debate over whether to share data.  —  Facebook said Saturday evening …
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Former Pence aide says Trump and Miller stymied Afghan refugee efforts.  —  A top homeland security adviser to former Vice President Mike Pence accused the Trump administration of distorting the truth about Afghan refugees, writing on Twitter that the former president and Stephen Miller …
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Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Considers Ordering Commercial Airlines to Help in Afghan Evacuation  —  The Biden administration is making preparations to invoke an emergency civil aviation program, while adding to the number of U.S. bases that can house Afghan evacuees.  —  WASHINGTON—The Biden administration …
Mary Stanik / MinnPost:
On an encounter with Unvaccinated America at the hospital  —  News that the delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 is swamping hospitals nationwide has made me think of some of the difficult days I spent in a hospital as a University of Minnesota medical center spokesperson.
Tampa Bay Times:
Florida's COVID deaths climb as children lead state in positivity rate  —  The state reports 1,486 deaths and 150,118 new coronavirus infections as the pandemic starts to affect young Floridians.  —  Florida's pandemic is getting deadlier and infecting more children.
Discussion: Daily Kos and Vox
Edward Malnick / Telegraph:
Tony Blair slams Joe Biden's ‘imbecilic’ retreat from Afghanistan  —  America shuts Kabul airport as Dominic Raab is forced to turn to China and Russia for help in Afghanistan  —  Tony Blair has launched a furious attack on Joe Biden's “imbecilic” withdrawal from Afghanistan …
Jason Linkins / New Republic:
The War in Afghanistan Was a Scam … These words, penned by Major General Smedley Butler in 1935, nearly a century before the global war on terrorism began, decades before the notion of a “military-industrial complex” became a glint in Dwight Eisenhower's imagination, could sum up the last 20 years of war in Afghanistan.
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Daily Mail:
Taliban soldiers wearing U.S.-made gear mock iconic World War II image of Marines raising flag on Iwo Jima in 1945 and release propaganda footage showing them armed with American weapons while on patrol in Afghanistan  — The Taliban's Badri 313 Battalion released a collection of propaganda footage this past week
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Dan McLaughlin / National Review:
Joe Biden Is Who We Said He Was  —  Nobody should, any longer, pretend that Joe Biden is fit to lead this nation.  —  oe Biden has badly, visibly bungled America's withdrawal from Afghanistan.  He has compounded the problem with his sluggish and dishonest public statements.
Discussion: HotAir
Lauren Vella / The Hill:
Pelosi says House working to pass infrastructure bills by Oct. 1  —  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Saturday that the lower chamber is “hard at work” to pass both a bipartisan infrastructure bill and a larger, Democrat-backed spending package by Oct. 1.
Discussion: HotAir
Lauren Lumpkin / Washington Post:
University of Virginia disenrolls unvaccinated students ahead of fall semester  —  Officials said 49 students who have registered for fall classes are not in compliance with the school's vaccine mandate  —  Forty-nine students who registered for fall classes at the University of Virginia …
Marisa Schultz / Fox News:
20 GOP states push back against Biden gun regulations  —  Attorneys general say Biden's proposed gun parts rule is unconstitutional  —  Fox News Flash top headlines for August 21  —  Attorneys general of 20 states are fighting back against an “unconstitutional” Biden administration proposal to regulate gun parts.
Discussion: Breitbart
USA Today:
Florida's COVID surge ‘a crisis of unprecedented proportions,’ doctor says; school districts battle for masks.  Latest COVID-19 updates  —  Jeanine Santucci Christine FernandoUSA TODAY  —  Florida became the third state in the U.S. to reach 3 million cases of COVID-19, a total surpassed by only 15 countries in the world.
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
 
 
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James Mackenzie / Reuters:
As Kabul turmoil mounts, Taliban's PR offensive falters
Discussion: BizPac Review and New York Post
Wall Street Journal:
Henri Upgraded to Hurricane, Heads Toward Long Island
New York Times:
Turmoil Was Brewing at Time's Up Long Before Cuomo
Discussion: Washington Post
Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
EU says no recognition of Taliban, no political talks
Discussion: HotAir
Wall Street Journal:
Taliban Battles Militia in First Significant Clashes Since Takeover
Michael Luciano / Mediaite:
Mississippi Official's Plea for People Not to Get Covid Treatment at Feed Stores Utterly Stuns Rachel Maddow: ‘Why Are They Dealing With This?’
 Earlier Items: 
Michael Walsh / New York Post:
Afghanistan proves our failed generals no longer care about winning
Bloomberg:
Powell's Odds for Second Term Boosted by Yellen's Backing
Astead W. Herndon / New York Times:
The Congressional Black Caucus: Powerful, Diverse and Newly Complicated
Alex Rogers / CNN:
Trump's rally in Alabama is a boon for Mo Brooks' Senate campaign
Discussion: The Guardian and Raw Story
Payton Chung / Greater Greater Washington:
When it comes to population density, the region has a new neighborhood champ
Politico:
Minnesota GOP ‘in ruins’ after shocking scandal
Discussion: Raw Story and POLITICUSUSA