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Lara Seligman / Politico:
‘Guidance is to just do it:’ Military expects additional retaliatory strikes on ISIS-K  —  Marines provide security at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Aug. 18, 2021. |  1st Lt. Mark Andries/U.S. Marine Corps via AP  —  The U.S. military is actively hunting terrorists connected …
Discussion: Townhall and Politico
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Celine Castronuovo / The Hill:
Pentagon says 2 ‘high-profile’ ISIS targets killed in strike  —  The Pentagon said Saturday that the U.S. military strike the day before killed two “high-profile” ISIS targets and wounded a third, in the first known U.S. military action since Thursday's deadly suicide bombing at the Kabul airport.
NBC News:
U.S. retaliates against ISIS with drone strike in Afghanistan
Rachel Maddow / MSNBC:   U.S. hits ISIS target in Afghanistan with ‘over-the-horizon’ drone strike: DOD
Maggie Fox / CNN:
Unvaccinated, unmasked teacher infected more than half of students in class with Covid-19, CDC reports  —  (CNN)An unvaccinated elementary school teacher who took off their mask to read to students ended up infecting more than half of them last May — and they went on to infect other students …
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Cdcmmwr / Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:
Outbreak Associated with SARS-CoV-2 B.1.617.2 (Delta) Variant in an Elementary School — Marin County, California, May-June 2021  —  Tracy Lam-Hine, MBA1,2; Stephen A. McCurdy, MD1,3; Lisa Santora, MD1; Lael Duncan, MD1; Russell Corbett-Detig, PhD4; Beatrix Kapusinszky, PhD5; Matthew Willis, MD1 (View author affiliations)
Reuters:
U.S. reports world's first deer with COVID-19  —  The U.S. government said on Friday it had confirmed the world's first cases of COVID-19 in deer, expanding the list of animals known to have tested positive for the disease.  —  The U.S. Department of Agriculture reported infections of SARS-CoV-2 …
Discussion: Forbes
New York Times:   How the Delta Variant Infiltrated an Elementary School Classroom
New York Times:
At a Children's Hospital, a Wave of Young Patients Struggling to Breathe  —  A federal “surge team” is helping exhausted doctors and nurses through one of the most trying periods in the history of Children's Hospital New Orleans.  —  NEW ORLEANS — Helpless to improve her infant son's breathing …
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Lee Brown / New York Post:
Ida to hit New Orleans as Category 4 hurricane, powerful enough to rival Katrina
Bob Smietana / Religion News Service:
NRB spokesman Dan Darling fired after pro-vaccine statements on ‘Morning Joe’  —  Daniel Darling, right, appears on MSNBC's “Morning Joe” on Aug. 2, 2021, with host Joe Scarborough.  Video screengrab  —  (RNS) — The spokesman for a major evangelical nonprofit was fired for promoting vaccines on the MSNBC …
Tampa Bay Times:
Doctor advising DeSantis promoted ivermectin to treat COVID-19 despite FDA warnings  —  'Any physician that espouses this should be reported to the state medical association," one medical expert said.  —  Updated Just now  —  A California psychiatrist who has advised Gov. Ron DeSantis …
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Vera Bergengruen / TIME:
How 'America's Frontline Doctors' Sold Access to Bogus COVID-19 Treatments—and Left Patients in the Lurch
Discussion: Gizmodo
Dania Kalaji / The Red and Black:
UGA professor resigns mid-class after student refuses to wear mask  —  A University of Georgia retiree-rehire professor resigned on Tuesday after one of his students refused to properly wear a mask in an upper division psychology seminar class held at the psychology building.
Discussion: Raw Story
Matt Dixon / Politico:
Florida starts turning on DeSantis  —  TALLAHASSEE — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has been untouchable for the past year as he commanded the Republican culture wars to become heir apparent to Donald Trump.  The latest coronavirus surge is starting to change that.
Discussion: Raw Story, National Review and Mediaite
James Clark / Task & Purpose:
Marine commander says he's been relieved over his viral video calling out military leaders for Afghanistan withdrawal [UPDATED]  —  On Thursday, a Marine infantry officer and battalion commander took to social media to air his frustrations with senior military leadership over their handling …
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Norm Ornstein / New York Daily News:
A solution to the voter ID standoff  —  Today marks the 58th anniversary of the March on Washington, when Martin Luther King Jr. brought a huge crowd to call for voting rights for all Americans.  Sadly, voter suppression is back, in a big way.  It is taking a wide array of new forms …
Andrea Salcedo / Washington Post:
Wife hospitalized for covid gets home to find husband dead from the same virus: ‘It was like walking into a horror movie’  —  Lisa Steadman could not wait to go home to her husband.  —  The nail technician had spent more than a week in a Central Florida hospital recovering from a serious case …
Discussion: Mediaite, Insider and Full Feed
Alana Goodman / Washington Free Beacon:
Granholm Chartered Military Jet to Ukraine as US Struggled To Evacuate Americans From Afghanistan  —  Trump administration officials faced allegations of wasteful spending for use of expensive military charters … Granholm's military flight took place amid the United States' frantic effort …
Brad Reed / Raw Story:
Georgia cop who pushed people to take horse dewormer instead of vaccine dies from COVID-19  —  A captain at the Wayne County Sheriff's Office who promoted anti-vaccination propaganda on his Facebook page has died from COVID-19.  —  Local news station WSAV reports that Capt. Joe Manning died …
Discussion: WSAV-TV
Harry Enten / CNN:
It's not just Afghanistan — Americans are losing faith in Biden on many issues  —  (CNN)President Joe Biden's approval rating is at its lowest point in his presidency.  In the average of polls, he stands at about 47%.  That's a steady decline from the beginning of this month (51%), last month (52%) and beginning of June (54%).
Elliot Ackerman / New York Times:
It Shouldn't Fall to Veterans to Clean Up Biden's Mess  —  Mr. Ackerman is an author and former Marine who served five tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan.  —  The time was set.  At noon Thursday, Marines would swoop in and usher a group of 29 Afghans through Abbey Gate into Kabul Airport for evacuation.
Tom Jackman / Washington Post:
California parole panel votes in favor of release from prison for Sirhan Sirhan  —  Parole for 77-year-old convicted of assassinating Robert F. Kennedy still must be approved by full board, governor  —  A California parole board panel on Friday voted in favor of Sirhan B. Sirhan's request …
Dave Philipps / New York Times:
A Digital Dunkirk: Veterans Online Scramble to Get People Out of Afghanistan  —  Using office software, satellite maps and messaging apps, volunteers are acting like digital guide services to helping American citizens and Afghan allies flee the country.  —  DENVER — Joe Saboe pressed …
Washington Examiner:
California wises up and chooses natural gas  —  Eventually, reality catches up with you — even in California.  —  The Golden State has been trying for years to get rid of all of its fossil fuel generation capacity.  Spreading a mythological doom-and-gloom narrative about catastrophic …
Zach Everson / Forbes:
Here's Why Trump's Hotel Just Banned Me For Life  —  I went to the Trump International Hotel in Washington Thursday evening to do some investigating.  The rates that night started at $2,400, well above the usual $400 to $700, and I wanted to find out why.  Upon entering, I saw a big sign that read “Arrow Exterminators.”
Discussion: HuffPost, Raw Story and Mother Jones
Susan J. Demas / Michigan Advance:
As COVID surges again in Michigan, Whitmer's leadership shrinks  —  For weeks, terrified parents, anxious teachers and weary administrators have been waiting for Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to step up and be the leader she was at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.
 
 
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Zachary B. Wolf / CNN:
The California recall is another quirk of American democracy
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MSNBC:
Sen. Murphy: Biden had the courage to break with military-industrial establishment
Kamran Bokhari / Wall Street Journal:
Threatened by ISIS, the Afghan Taliban May Crack Up
Claire Sanford / Rev:
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Idrees Ali / Reuters:
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Joshua Zitser / Insider:
Trump's niece says he will run for president in 2024, but there will be no Trump political dynasty because his children lack charisma
Discussion: Raw Story
Antjuan Seawright / The Hill:
58 years after the March on Washington, this is our moment
 Earlier Items: 
New York Times:
Calls Grow to Discipline Doctors Spreading Virus Misinformation
Paul Wolfowitz / Wall Street Journal:
The ‘Forever War’ Hasn't Ended
Discussion: The Carpentariat and TheBlaze
KVUE-TV:
Travis County judge issues injunction against Gov. Abbott mask mandate ban
Discussion: Washington Examiner
New York Times:
U.S. Blew Up a C.I.A. Post Used to Evacuate At-Risk Afghans
Discussion: Insider and Washington Examiner
Scott Waldman / E&E News:
Climate denial newspaper flourishes on Facebook
Discussion: The Verge