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Dan Levin / New York Times:
In Florida, the pandemic is worse now than it has ever been before.  —  More people in Florida are catching the coronavirus, being hospitalized and dying of Covid-19 now than at any previous point in the pandemic, underscoring the perils of limiting public health measures as the Delta variant rips through the state.
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NBC News:
South Dakota Covid cases quintuple after Sturgis motorcycle rally  —  Two weeks after the annual motorcycle rally in Sturgis, South Dakota, reported Covid infections in the state have risen nearly sixfold.  —  South Dakota counted 3,819 new cases in the past two weeks, including seven deaths …
Michael Luciano / Mediaite:
Don Lemon Reacts to Parents Ranting Against School Mask Mandates: ‘Just Because You Can Have Kids, Does Not Mean You Should.  Yeah, I Said It’  —  As children across the country start going back to school, a debate is raging in many places about whether to mandate that kids and school staff wear masks.
Michelle Meredith / WFLA-TV:
Bodies stacked to the ceiling as COVID-19 surge creates backlog at Florida funeral homes, crematories  —  WINTER GARDEN, Fla. (WESH) — At West Side Crematory in Winter Garden, they're overwhelmed with the remains of people that need to be cremated.  —  There's an influx of bodies …
Andrew Romano / Yahoo News:
Florida is the only state where more people are dying of COVID now than ever before.  What went wrong?  —  A few months ago, Gov. Ron DeSantis, Republican of Florida, declared his hands-off approach to COVID-19 “  —  a tremendous success.  ” Politico announced that he had “  —  won the pandemic.
Wall Street Journal:
Biden Administration Plans Covid-19 Vaccine Boosters Starting at Six Months Instead of Eight
Craig McCarthy / New York Post:
NYPD's largest police union vows to sue over possible COVID vaccine mandate
Discussion: The Daily Caller and POLITICUSUSA
Jon Miltimore / Foundation for Economic Education:
CDC: Schools With Mask Mandates Didn't See Statistically Significant Different Rates of COVID Transmission From Schools With Optional Policies
Ashton Pittman / Mississippi Free Press:
Mississippi Has Quarantined 15% of All K-12 Students For COVID Cases or Exposures
Discussion: Raw Story
Blake Montgomery / The Daily Beast:
Ron DeSantis Says Biden Should Follow Florida's Lead on COVID
Discussion: Raw Story
Patrick Svitek / The Texas Tribune:
Gov. Greg Abbott bans mandates on COVID-19 vaccines regardless of whether they have full FDA approval
Henry Kissinger / The Economist:
Henry Kissinger on why America failed in Afghanistan  —  It was not possible to turn the country into a modern democracy, but creative diplomacy and force might have overcome terrorism, says the American statesman … THE TALIBAN takeover of Afghanistan focuses the immediate concern …
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Catie Edmondson / New York Times:
2 U.S. Representatives Try to Explain Unauthorized Visit to Kabul  —  Representatives Seth Moulton and Peter Meijer said they could not get answers on the evacuation from the Biden administration, so they went to Afghanistan to see for themselves.  —  WASHINGTON — Representatives Seth Moulton …
Politico:
GOP faces hurdles in push to make Afghanistan matter in the midterms
Discussion: The Hill, CBS News and NOQ Report
Washington Post:
Biden headed for divisive debate over resettlement of Afghanistan refugees
Karen Pearlman / Los Angeles Times:
Students from San Diego County school district stranded in Afghanistan
Rosalind Helderman / Washington Post:
Federal judge in Michigan orders pro-Trump lawyers disciplined over lawsuit seeking to overturn 2020 election  —  A federal judge in Michigan has ordered that Sidney Powell, L. Lin Wood and seven other attorneys who filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn the state's 2020 presidential election be disciplined …
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Adam Klasfeld / Law & Crime:
‘This Case Was Never About Fraud’: Federal Judge Refers ‘Kraken’ Attorneys, Including Lin Wood and Sidney Powell, for ‘Possible Suspension or Disbarment’  —  A federal judge sent a strong message to each of the so-called “Kraken” lawyers behind litigation to upend the 2020 election …
Jonathan Edwards / Washington Post:
A naked baby helped Nirvana sell millions of records.  Now 30, he's suing the band for ‘child pornography.’  —  Spencer Elden may very well be the most famous naked baby the world has ever seen.  —  A photo of him as an infant — submerged in water and seemingly chasing a dollar bill dangling …
Meridith McGraw / Politico:
Mike Pompeo takes his own arrows over the Afghanistan collapse  —  While the chaotic drawdown of the war in Afghanistan has taken a toll on President Joe Biden's standing back home, it's also complicated political matters for one prominent Republican with eyes seemingly on the White House.
Discussion: Raw Story and Forbes
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Greg Gutfeld / Media Matters for America:
Fox's Gutfeld says there “is basically no way to deal with something like Afghanistan” because of “wokeism”
Jordan Williams / MSN:
Lester Holt to interview Capitol Police officer who shot Ashli Babbitt  —  NBC News's Lester Holt will interview the Capitol Police officer who shot Ashli Babbitt during the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, the network announced.  —  The interview, set to air Thursday …
Discussion: Ace of Spades HQ, Raw Story and CNBC
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Christina Wilkie / CNBC:
Jan. 6 committee demands a huge trove of Trump White House records
Daniel Dale / CNN:
Fact check: Republican House leader Kevin McCarthy makes at least 5 false claims in 7-minute Fox News interview  —  This is what Trump said about US' evacuation of Afghan allies  —  Washington (CNN)House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy made at least five false claims during a seven-minute Sunday interview on Fox News.
Todd Spangler / Variety:
OnlyFans Drops Planned Porn Ban, Will Continue to Allow Sexually Explicit Content … OnlyFans dropped plans to ban pornography from its service, less than a week after the U.K. content-creator subscription site had announced the change citing the need to comply with policies of banking partners.
Ron Faucheux / Washington Examiner:
Despite declining polls, Biden's Afghanistan debacle may actually help his agenda in Congress  —  President Joe Biden's poll numbers are weakening.  —  While most people agree that it was past time to end the war in Afghanistan, a new NBC News poll shows that only 25% approve of his handling of the current situation.
Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
The Real Story Behind the $25,000 Trump Donation to Pam Bondi  —  When Trump used his charity to make a donation in 2013, executives claimed they didn't know the money was going to a political group.  Newly unearthed records prove otherwise.  —  It was the personally signed $25,000 check …
Discussion: Raw Story
Alex Horton / Washington Post:
Taliban show off U.S.-made weapons and gear in a bid to intimidate, project authority  —  On his tour through the fallen city of Kabul last week, Taliban-aligned militant Khalil Haqqani rose to address a crowd at the capital's largest place of worship, Pul-i-Khishti Mosque.
Discussion: New Republic and Al Jazeera
Reuters:
EXCLUSIVE Internal UN document says Taliban threatened, beat staff  —  The Taliban stopped an Afghan United Nations staff member as he tried to reach Kabul airport on Sunday.  They searched his vehicle and found his U.N. identification.  Then they beat him.
Discussion: Forbes, Reuters and BuzzFeed News
 
 
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Brad Polumbo / Foundation for Economic Education:
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Reuters:
After Taliban takeover, concerns mount over U.S. counterterrorism ability
Mike Stunson / Miami Herald:
Ivermectin exposure calls rising, Texas Poison Center says
Discussion: The National Interest, The Hill and CNN
Jason Rezaian / Washington Post:
I know Iran's most notorious prison is built on abuse. Now the world can see it, too.
Discussion: Amnesty International
David Leopold:
The Anti-Immigrant Judicial Pipeline Is Gushing And There's Only One Way to Stop It
Washington Post:
Leaders of the 'Time's Up' anti-harassment group worked closely with Cuomo aide after first accusation against him surfaced
Discussion: Variety
Emily Wilder / BuzzFeed News:
13 States Can Charge Unarmed Civilians With Murder When Other People Are Killed By Police
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Anti-vaxx lawyer for dozens of Capitol rioters is now on a ‘ventilator’ with COVID-19: report
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Padma Lakshmi says disparaging Indian food isn't funny. It's ugly.
Discussion: WGN-TV and National Review
Nathaniel Rakich / FiveThirtyEight:
Where America Lost And Gained Population Could Help Democrats In Redistricting
Matt Taibbi / TK News:
Enough is Enough: Antifa Attacks Reporter in Portland
Discussion: HotAir
Glenn Greenwald:
The Bizarre Refusal to Apply Cost-Benefit Analysis to COVID Debates
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