memeorandum: Who's Skipping the Vaccine? The Answer May Surprise You (Brian C. Joondeph/American Thinker)

1:00 PM ET, August 30, 2021

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Judge orders Cinci hospital to treat COVID-19 patient with Ivermectin, despite CDC warnings — A Butler County judge ruled in favor of a woman last week who sought to force a hospital to administer Ivermectin — an animal dewormer that federal regulators have warned against using in COVID-19 patients …

Discussion: Crooks and Liars, New York Times, Boston.com, Mock Paper Scissors and Political Wire

David Gilbert / VICE:

QAnon Anti-Vaxxer Called COVID a Hoax Even as His ‘Lungs Stopped Functioning’ — Robert David Steele, a former CIA officer turned conspiracy theorist who claimed to be the first person to call COVID-19 a hoax, has died from COVID-19. — Steele, who was among the earliest QAnon promoters …

Discussion: Raw Story

Brian C. Joondeph / American Thinker:

Who's Skipping the Vaccine? The Answer May Surprise You — Big media has been in overdrive pushing COVID vaccinations, at least after Joe Biden was ensconced in the White House. Remember that when Donald Trump was still president, the vaccines were suspect, simply because Trump played a major role in their development and rollout.

Discussion: Associated Press and Balloon Juice

James Osborne / Houston Chronicle:

You want tyranny? A war hero died because hospitals were full of COVID patients. — A little over a week ago, as U.S. soldiers risked their lives flying tens of thousands of Afghans and Americans to safety, U.S. Army veteran Daniel Wilkinson — who earned a Purple Heart in Afghanistan …

Discussion: Reason

Yelena Dzhanova / Insider:

An 88-year-old professor in Georgia resigned in the middle of class because a student refused to wear a mask over her nose: 'That's it, I'm retired' — A professor from the University of Georgia resigned last week after a student refused to wear a mask in class.

Discussion: Georgia Recorder, TheBlaze, Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Slate

Dan Levin / New York Times: The U.S. reaches 100,000 average daily Covid hospitalizations for the first time since winter.

Tzvi Joffre / Jerusalem Post:
New COVID variant detected in South Africa, most mutated variant so far

Discussion: New York Post

Marisa Fernandez / Axios: CDC: Unvaccinated teacher caused an outbreak in classroom

Jason Lemon / Newsweek:
Rand Paul Claims ‘Hatred for Trump’ Hindering Research Into Ivermectin as COVID Treatment

Discussion: The Guardian, The Hill, Vanity Fair and POLITICUSUSA

Elian Peltier / New York Times:
Unvaccinated U.S. visitors could soon face new restrictions on travel to Europe.

Discussion: CNN, New York Times and Insider

David Rothkopf / The Atlantic:

Biden Deserves Credit, Not Blame, for Afghanistan — America's longest war has been by any measure a costly failure, and the errors in managing the conflict deserve scrutiny in the years to come. But Joe Biden doesn't “own” the mayhem on the ground right now.

Discussion: Washington Post, Front Page Magazine, Issues & Insights, Associated Press, Newlines Magazine, Fox News, Crooks and Liars, POLITICUSUSA, Patterico's Pontifications, New York Times, Twitchy, The Guardian, Washington Examiner, BizPac Review, Ace of Spades HQ and The Column

American Greatness:

Our Afghan Nightmare: Tanks for Nothing — Afghanistan has been reinvented as the best-equipped terrorist nation in the world, basking in the prestige of humiliating the world's superpower. — Joe Biden's scripted or no-questions press conferences, and the clean-up afterward by Antony Blinken …

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, New York Times, New York Times, DemCast, HotAir, Raw Story, theepochtimes.com, Washington Examiner, Boston.com, New York Times, Associated Press, Power Line and Denver Post

Lara Seligman / Politico:

Pentagon prepared for ‘mass casualty’ attack at Kabul Airport hours before explosion — Just 24 hours before a suicide bomber detonated an explosive outside Hamid Karzai International Airport, senior military leaders gathered for the Pentagon's daily morning update on the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan.

Discussion: Associated Press, The Hill, National Review, CNN, NBC News and Task & Purpose

Farnaz Fassihi / New York Times:

American University of Kabul students and alumni trying to flee were sent home. — Hundreds of students and alumni of American University of Kabul gathered at a safe house on Sunday and boarded buses in what was supposed to be a final attempt at evacuation on U.S. military flights, students and alumni said.

Discussion: Washington Post, Insider, HotAir, TheBlaze, The Daily Caller, RedState, BizPac Review, Mediaite, Honolulu Star-Advertiser and ABC News

Anita Kumar / Politico:

As Biden winds down Afghanistan, a refugee backlash looms at home — President Joe Biden has faced a torrent of criticism for abandoning Afghan partners as their country fell to the Taliban. Now, there is also a looming political controversy over the thousands of Afghans Biden will end up resettling over here.

Discussion: Washington Free Beacon, The Federalist, ImmigrationProf Blog, CNN and Associated Press

U.S. Central Command:

U.S. Central Command statement on defensive strike in Kabul — By U.S. Central Command Public Affairs U.S. Central Command Communication Integration — We are aware of reports of civilian casualties following our strike on a vehicle in Kabul today. — We are still assessing the results …

Discussion: Washington Post, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Defense One, Jihad Watch, The Western Journal, National Review, CNBC, Townhall, UPI, Al Jazeera and Just The News

Mark MacKinnon / Globe and Mail: Ukrainian troops rescue Canada-bound Afghans in daring operation

Michael Tomasky / New Republic:
Be Glad Donald Trump Isn't Running the Show in Afghanistan

Discussion: Washington Examiner, Raw Story, New York Times and Politico

Kathy Gannon / Associated Press:
Rockets fired at Kabul airport amid US withdrawal hit homes

Discussion: Washington Examiner, Politico, Al Jazeera, HotAir, Reuters, New York Post, U.S. Central Command, Associated Press, Insider, New York Post, Raw Story, The Daily Caller, Denver Post, One America News Network and Financial Times

New York Post:
The fatal failure of Gen. Mark A. Milley over closing Bagram Air Base

Discussion: The Daily Caller

Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Biden's presidency of crises pushes White House to its limits

Discussion: The Western Journal, The White House, Mercury News and Politico

Dave Lawler / Axios:
What Taliban rule will look like in the new old Afghanistan

Discussion: HotAir

Washington Post:
10 civilians, including children, reported killed in U.S. drone strike; rockets fired at Kabul airport

Discussion: NPR, HotAir, New York Times, USA Today, CNBCTV18, Townhall, The Western Journal, Wall Street Journal, Common Dreams, Breitbart, Althouse, Associated Press, Political Wire and CNN

Nabih Bulos / Los Angeles Times:
Family says 7 children were killed in Kabul drone strike; U.S. is investigating

Discussion: USA Today, Insider, Outside the Beltway, The Daily Caller and BizPac Review

Amie Just / New Orleans Times-Picayune:

All of New Orleans without power after Hurricane Ida leaves ‘catastrophic transmission damage’ — A slow-moving Hurricane Ida has left all of Orleans Parish customers without power due to “catastrophic transmission damage,” according to Entergy New Orleans.

Discussion: Washington Examiner, Politico, NBC News, The Root, HotAir, Gizmodo, WWL-TV, UPI, CBS News, New York Times, New York Post, Insider, Mediaite, Associated Press, Boston Herald, The Gateway Pundit, The Hill, Townhall, KFOR-TV, Common Dreams, abc7NY and The Daily Beast

Associated Press:
Ida weakens as rescues begin and damage checked in Louisiana

Discussion: Reuters, Bloomberg, WDSU-TV, WAVY-TV, Daily Kos, The Hill, Fox News, Associated Press, Office of Governor … and CBS News

Wall Street Journal:
Ida Makes Landfall Near New Orleans, Downgraded to Category 3 Hurricane

Discussion: UPI, USA Today, NPR, Gizmodo, New York Post, Defense One, Insider, CBS Dallas / Fort Worth, Informed Comment, Common Dreams, Associated Press, New York Times, KRON4, Al Jazeera, Bloomberg and New York Times

Bloomberg:

EU to Reimpose Travel Curbs on U.S. Amid Rise in Covid Cases — The move will come as a blow to airlines banking on reopening — New American cases exceed the limit set earlier by the bloc — European Union countries voted to subject the U.S. to fresh restrictions on nonessential travel amid …

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, Washington Post and National Review

Samuel Petrequin / Associated Press:
EU takes US off safe travel list; backs travel restrictions

Discussion: CBS News, NBC New York and Ground News

Lachlan Cartwright / The Daily Beast:

Bombshell Lawsuit Has ‘GMA’ Co-Hosts at Each Other's Throats, Sources Say — Sources said a lawsuit accusing GMA's former executive producer of sexual assault has opened a new rift between the show's hosts and raised the anger of staffers demanding answers.

more at Mediagazer »

Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Disney Held Unsuccessful Mediation Talks With Alleged Sexual-Assault Victims

Discussion: Deadline and Breitbart, more at Mediagazer »

Cheyenne Ubiera / The Daily Beast:

COVID Claims the Life of Third Anti-Vaxx Conservative Radio Host — ANOTHER ONE — Another anti-vaccine conservative radio host has died due to complications from COVID-19. Marc Bernier, who hosted a radio show in Daytona Beach, Florida, passed away Saturday at the age of 65.

Discussion: The American Independent, New York Post, Politico and Mediaite

Theresa Braine / New York Daily News:
Another conservative anti-vaccine radio talk show host succumbs to COVID, third in a month

Discussion: Morning Shots, HuffPost and Talking Points Memo

Jazz Shaw / HotAir:

Nervous Newsom: Yeah, I probably kind of asked to be recalled — Not very long ago, when California Governor Gavin Newsom was still holding a slender but probably sufficient lead in the polls over the pending recall effort, he was sticking to his guns. He told the Sacramento Bee …

Discussion: Crooks and Liars and Townhall

Juan Williams / The Hill: Why California's recall election matters

Keith Zhai / Wall Street Journal:

China Limits Videogames to Three Hours a Week for Young People — New regulation will ban minors from playing videogames entirely between Monday and Thursday — SINGAPORE—China has a new rule for the country's hundreds of millions of young gamers: No videogames during the school week …

Discussion: New York Times, more at Techmeme »

Russell Berman / The Atlantic:

The Obvious Voting-Rights Solution That No Democrat Will Propose — Democrats in Congress are considering a policy that was long unthinkable: a federal requirement that every American show identification before casting a ballot. But as the party tries to pass voting-rights legislation …

Eleanor Eagan / American Prospect:

Merrick Garland Is Failing His Biggest Test — Through either trepidation or cowardice, the Justice Department has shrunk from the onslaught of conservative legal opposition to the Biden agenda. — Attorney General Merrick Garland listens to community leaders at a youth baseball game sponsored …

Discussion: Politico, Unfogged, Salon and Pennsylvania Capital-Star

Ben Smith / New York Times:

Inside Politico's Billion-Dollar Drama — From “son of” to mogul in his own right: Robert Allbritton just became the unlikeliest winner of the new media sweepstakes. — I was sitting in a bar next to John Harris, a former national editor of The Washington Post.

Discussion: Outside the Beltway, more at Mediagazer »