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Matt Viser / Washington Post:
'Don't you ever forget that name': Biden's tough meeting with grieving relatives  —  President Biden made his way on Sunday around a quiet room at Dover Air Force Base, a chamber filled with couches and chairs, with dignitaries and grieving families huddling together as the president came …
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Reuters:
Americans give Biden low marks on Afghanistan pullout: Reuters/Ipsos poll
The White House:
Statement by President Joe Biden
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Joe Biden's Critics Lost Afghanistan  —  A month ago I thought I was a cynic about our 20-year war in Afghanistan.  Today, after watching our stumbling withdrawal and the swift collapse of practically everything we fought for, my main feeling is that I wasn't cynical enough.
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
No, the Taliban did not seize $83 billion of U.S. weapons  —  “ALL EQUIPMENT should be demanded to be immediately returned to the United States, and that includes every penny of the $85 billion dollars in cost.”  — Former president Donald Trump, in a statement, Aug 30
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Madison Cawthorn's vile lies about Jan. 6 reveal a big truth about the right  —  Rep. Madison Cawthorn is under fire for predicting “bloodshed” if our elections “continue to be rigged” and “continue to be stolen.”  The North Carolina Republican, speaking at a political event …
Discussion: HotAir
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Bob Brigham / Raw Story:   'It's all terrifying': Fascism expert breaks down Madison Cawthorn's violence-promoting ‘propaganda’
Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
Rep. Madison Cawthorn falsely suggests elections are ‘rigged,’ says there will be ‘bloodshed’ if system continues on its path
ABC:
Former Trump lawyer Sidney Powell is being sued for billions over election fraud claims.  She sat down with Four Corners  —  You can watch this and read at the same time with picture in picture  —  For weeks after the US election, high-profile Fox News anchors peddled Donald Trump's …
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ABC:
Fox and the Big Lie - Part Two  —  Mail  —  FOX AND THE BIG LIE- PART 2: FOUR CORNERS  —  Fox and the Big Lie: Part two of a special investigation into Rupert Murdoch's Fox News & how the network promoted Donald Trump's propaganda and helped destabilise democracy in America
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Trump ‘Kraken’ lawyer Sidney Powell lands in Washington
Discussion: Raw Story
Patricia Murphy / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
The Jolt: Anti-vaxxers shut down vaccination event, harass state health workers  —  News and analysis from the politics team at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution  —  The headlines out of Gov. Brian Kemp's latest press conference focused on the thousands of Georgia National Guard troops he's preparing …
Discussion: Augusta Chronicle
Monmouth University Polling Institute:
McAuliffe Holds Issue Edge in Guv Race  —  Biden and Trump factor into vote choice for some  —  West Long Branch, NJ - Democrat Terry McAuliffe has a lead in his bid to return to the Virginia governor's mansion after a four-year absence according to Monmouth ("Mon-muth") University Poll.
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NBC News:
August was a tough month for Biden — and September could be worse
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Go-to Lawyer for Capitol Riot Defendants Disappears  —  John Pierce has been a combative advocate for those accused of participating in the Jan. 6 attack, but he's missed court appearances for a week.  —  The mysterious disappearance of the lawyer John Pierce began last Tuesday, prosecutors say …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and CNN
Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:
The New Puritans  —  “It was no great distance, in those days, from the prison-door to the market-place.  Measured by the prisoner's experience, however, it might be reckoned a journey of some length.”  —  So begins the tale of Hester Prynne, as recounted in Nathaniel Hawthorne's most famous novel, The Scarlet Letter.
Margaret Talev / Axios:
Axios-Ipsos poll: Vaccine hesitancy may be crumbling  —  Vaccine hesitancy in the U.S. is showing signs of crumbling, according to the latest installment of the Axios/Ipsos Coronavirus Index.  — Fewer adults than ever now say they won't take the shot, and in the past two weeks …
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
‘They have better things to do’ - Major Republican donors are staying away from Trump  — Several of the Republican Party's biggest and most influential donors are signaling that they don't plan on helping fund former President Trump's political operation, at least for now.
Discussion: Mediaite and Raw Story
Eltaf Najafizada / Bloomberg:
Taliban Seek Friendly U.S. Ties as Challenges Mount After War  — Militant leaders meet at airport after last U.S. soldiers exit  — China calls on world to provide Taliban economic assistance  —  The Taliban called for friendly ties with the U.S. hours after the last American soldiers flew …
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Jennifer Medina / New York Times:
What Voters in a California Swing District Say About Afghanistan  —  In a battleground district, even some Trump voters said they were hesitant to hold President Biden accountable for the casualties and chaos in the U.S. pullout from Afghanistan.  —  HACIENDA HEIGHTS, Calif. …
Mehdi Hasan / MSNBC:
Joe Biden ended the war in Afghanistan after 20 years.  That's a BFD.  —  OK, I'll say it again: I was wrong about Joe Biden.  —  During the 2020 presidential primaries, I was aghast at the prospect of an Iraq War supporter winning the Democratic nomination.
Discussion: Twitchy and American Greatness
Callie Patteson / New York Post:
Mom of slain Marine protests as Facebook temporarily removes her Instagram  —  The mother of a Marine killed in the suicide bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan last week, had her account removed from Instagram and “incorrectly deleted” from Facebook following her fierce criticism of President Biden in the wake of her son's death.
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Jamie Ross / The Daily Beast:
Trump Reveals His Master Plan for Afghanistan: We Should've ‘Let It Rot’  —  In his latest interview, the former president repeatedly failed to explain what he would have done differently if he had remained in charge.  —  Donald Trump has had a lot to say about how Joe Biden has mishandled …
Anna Caplan / Dallas Morning News:
‘I have done nothing wrong,’ Colleyville Heritage principal says after GCISD puts him on paid leave  —  James Whitfield has been accused of teaching critical race theory by a group of Grapevine-Colleyville ISD parents.  —  Colleyville Heritage High School principal James Whitfield has been placed …
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Raw Story
New York Times:
Mike Richards Is Out as ‘Jeopardy!’  Executive Producer  —  Three weeks after naming him as Alex Trebek's replacement to host the show, Sony cited “disruption and internal difficulties” in its announcement that he will leave the program entirely.  —  Sony said on Tuesday that Mike Richards …
Raw Story:
The QAnon crowd has a familiar face: How right-wing cults have always plagued our politics  —  The latest white guy going on a rage-bender before being “respectfully” taken into custody for “mental health evaluation” was at the Miami airport, an incident that broke the internet last week.
Miami Herald:
Florida changed its COVID-19 death data just as surge began  —  As the delta variant spreads through Florida, data published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggest this could be the most serious and deadly surge in COVID-19 infections since the beginning of the pandemic.
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
U.S. State Department to Green-Card Holders Still in Afghanistan: ‘Keep a Low Profile’  —  Unfortunately, my reader who is trying to get his company's former employees out of Afghanistan has no good news to report.  —  This is the message that the U.S. State Department is sending …
Marc Caputo / Politico:
Trump acolytes poised to push out Senate dealmakers  —  If Senate Republicans seem conservative now, just wait until next year.  The 2022 midterms could usher in a wave of full-spectrum MAGA supporters who would turn the GOP conference an even deeper shade of red — and make the Senate a lot more like the fractious House.
Discussion: Raw Story
CNBC:
South Korea passes bill limiting Apple and Google control over app store payments  — The South Korean parliament approved a bill on Tuesday that will ban major app store operators — like Google and Apple — from requiring developers to only use their payment systems to process the sale of digital products and services.
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
The Intolerable Wait for a Kids' Vaccine  —  Julie Swann, an engineer who studies health systems and models infectious disease at North Carolina State University, leads a team of researchers who recently tried to simulate how the Delta variant of the coronavirus could move through schools in various scenarios.
Discussion: Washington Post
Victor Mallet / Financial Times:
Why France was more clear-eyed about Afghanistan than the US  —  Paris, which started evacuating Afghans and staff in May, had ‘more dispassionate’ assessment of same intelligence  —  In May — three months before the fall of Kabul to the Taliban — France began evacuating Afghans working …
Will Parker / Wall Street Journal:
House Rents Pop Up as New Investors Pile In  —  Sharp rise partly reflects increasing demand from people who can't afford to buy homes, pandemic-driven newcomers  —  Would-be home buyers priced out of the sales market are finding little consolation when they turn instead to the single-family rental market.
Dan Pfeiffer / The Message Box:
The Coming Republican Demonization of Afghan Refugees  —  The resettlement of Afghan refugees in the U.S. will be a major political flashpoint, it's a fight Dems can - and must- win.  —  One of Barack Obama's first acts as President of the United States was signing an executive order …
Discussion: Sacramento Bee and Ms. Magazine
 
 
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Craig Mauger / Detroit News:
Michigan Republicans launching petition drive to require IDs for voting
Discussion: USA Today
Michelle Hackman / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Refugee Organizations Race to Prepare for Influx of Afghans
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Katherine Schulte / Virginia Business:
BAE Systems appoints Gina Haspel, Air Force Gen. Stephen W. Wilson to board
Kristi Noem / Washington Times:
Conservative principles demand we restrain government
William McGurn / Wall Street Journal:
Joe Biden Bets on Cynicism
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Michael Kranish / Washington Post:
Trump's pick in a key Senate race touts his agriculture ties. He doesn't mention his role in a bankruptcy that cost farmers millions.
Dakota Smith / Los Angeles Times:
Vaccination foes target homes of L.A. City Council members
Discussion: The Hill and Raw Story
Grady Means / The Hill:
Biden brings the world closer to nuclear war
Renato Mariotti / Politico:
The Clamor to Prosecute Trump for Election Interference Is Misguided
Discussion: Raw Story
David Axe / The Daily Beast:
Democrats in This Red State Learned to Fight Back Over COVID-19
Discussion: Raw Story
Washington Free Beacon:
Biden Waived Congressional Mandate for Report on Afghanistan Withdrawal Risks
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