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Washington Post:
Oklahoma congressman threatened embassy staff as he tried to enter Afghanistan, U.S. officials say  —  The call to the U.S. ambassador to Tajikistan came in Monday.  On the line, two U.S. officials said, was Rep. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) with an unusual and urgent request …
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Myah Ward / Politico:
McCarthy threatens companies that comply with Jan. 6 probe's phone records requests  —  Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy on Tuesday threatened to use a future GOP majority to punish companies that comply with the House's Jan. 6 investigators, warning that “a Republican majority will not forget.”
Jessica Guynn / USA Today:
Kevin McCarthy warns GOP majority ‘will not forget’ if companies turn over phone records to Jan. 6 committee
Discussion: Breitbart and The Daily Caller
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Kevin McCarthy Threatens Revenge on Firms Cooperating With January 6 Probe
Discussion: Mediaite
U.S. Department of Justice:
Fort Walton Beach Man Faces Federal Indictment For $25 Million Scheme To Defraud  —  PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - Stephen M. Alford, 62, of Fort Walton Beach, Florida, was indicted by a federal grand jury on counts of wire fraud and the attempted prevention of seizure of an electronic device …
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Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
Developer Charged in Scheme to Bilk Matt Gaetz's Family  —  The Justice Department arrested the man for seeking $25 million for a presidential pardon that would have purportedly ended a sex trafficking investigation into Mr. Gaetz.  —  A Florida real estate developer was arrested on Tuesday …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Jeff Greenfield / Politico:
The Hidden Message In Joe Biden's Afghanistan Speech  —  They were words no president has ever spoken, at least not since the Cold War began three-quarters of a century ago.  —  They spoke not of global responsibility nor the “indispensable” role of the United States, but of what this richest …
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John Podhoretz / New York Post:
An angry Biden blames Trump for Afghan pullout — then takes credit for it  —  MORE FROM:  —  President Biden stood before the American people on a Tuesday afternoon and angrily informed us all that he had no choice but to end things the way he did in Afghanistan.  No choice!  NO!  CHOICE!
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Biden's speech on Afghanistan is one he has been rehearsing for years
Elie Mystal / The Nation:
Starting Tomorrow, “Roe v. Wade” Will Functionally Cease to Exist in Texas  —  Unless the Supreme Court steps in, the country's most dangerous anti-abortion law will go into effect, banning abortions after six weeks and placing a cash bounty on providers.  —  I feel like people are waiting …
Discussion: Daily Kos and SCOTUSblog
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Reuters:
Exclusive: Before Afghan collapse, Biden pressed Ghani to ‘change perception’  —  In the last call between U.S. President Joe Biden and his Afghanistan counterpart before the Taliban seized control of the country, the leaders discussed military aid, political strategy and messaging tactics …
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Rob Crilly / Daily Mail:
As Biden repeats claim that ‘nobody could have known’ …
Discussion: Ace of Spades HQ
Liliana Frankel / Oregonian:
Rural Oregon school superintendent fired after enforcing state mask mandate  —  ADRIAN - Kevin Purnell was fired Monday as superintendent of the Adrian School District just one week after students returned to school.  —  The Adrian School Board, convening in an emotionally charged special meeting …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Salena Zito / Washington Examiner:   The negligence of Joe Biden
Barbara Starr / CNN:
Taliban members escorted Americans to gates at Kabul airport in secret arrangement with US
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Biden answers his critics on Afghanistan.  Forcefully.  —  President Biden had a tricky task on Tuesday as he spoke to the nation about the end of the United States's 20-year military operation in Afghanistan.  Unlike the pundits, consultants, think tank gurus and paid military advisers …
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Andrew Marchand / New York Post:
Al Leiter, John Smoltz won't appear at MLB Network studios after refusing vaccine  —  Hall of Famer John Smoltz and former Met and Yankee Al Leiter will no longer appear in-studio for MLB Network after refusing to take the COVID-19 vaccine, The Post has learned.
Discussion: Breitbart and Awful Announcing
Matt Taibbi / TK News:
NPR Trashes Free Speech.  A Brief Response  —  In an irony only public radio could miss, “On the Media” hosts an hour on the perils of “free speech absolutism” without interviewing a defender of free speech.  —  The guests for NPR's just-released On The Media episode about the dangers …
Discussion: HotAir
Dion Nissenbaum / Wall Street Journal:
Afghan Interpreter Who Helped Rescue Biden in 2008 Left Behind After U.S. Exit  —  Interpreter stranded in Afghanistan makes a White House appeal: 'Don't forget me here.'  —  Thirteen years ago, Afghan interpreter Mohammed helped rescue then- Sen. Joe Biden and two other senators stranded …
Robbie Gramer / Foreign Policy:
‘We Feel His Presence in the Department Is Threatening’  —  State employees protest the continued employment of an “antisemitic” blogger in their ranks.  —  A group of more than 70 State Department officials sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken voicing alarm about …
Discussion: New York Times
NBC News:
Wealthy GOP donors flock to DeSantis as presidential speculation swirls  —  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has cemented himself as the face of GOP opposition to anti-Covid-19 mandates — a position that is winning over not only rank-and-file voters ahead of the 2024 presidential primaries …
Kent Wainscott / WISN:
Paul Ryan says former President Donald Trump lost the 2020 election  —  The former speaker says he doesn't see himself on a ballot anytime soon  —  Hide Transcript Show Transcript  —  The latest breaking updates, delivered straight to your email inbox.  —  Your Email Address  —  Submit
Ben Weyl / Politico:
A Republican's Friendly Advice to Democrats On How Not to Screw Up Their Agenda  —  Democrats finally have power.  So of course they're squabbling over what to do with it.  —  Lately, the drama has centered on the group of moderate House Democrats who threatened to tank approval …
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
The U.S. government left its own journalists behind in Afghanistan  —  Now that the U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan is complete, many stories of heroic efforts to save Americans and Afghan allies are pouring out, each describing one facet of the chaos and dysfunction that plagued …
Gavin Bade / Politico:
Big business scrambles to avert U.S. Cold War with China  —  U.S. corporate giants are scrambling to beat back anti-China sentiment in Congress and the Biden administration, aiming to avert crackdowns that would hurt their ability to do business in the world's second-largest economy.
Discussion: Quillette
Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
What Dr. Leana Wen's improbable journey says about our country  —  Until I picked up her recently published memoir, I knew Dr. Leana Wen pretty much the way most readers of The Post do: as a source of medical expertise and common sense whose columns and newsletter have been invaluable during the most serious pandemic of our lifetimes.
Brian Beutler / Crooked Media:
Republican Vaccine Denial IS A Political Strategy  —  New York magazine's Jonathan Chait has taken issue with me and a few other liberals who argue that certain conservative and Republican elites have intentionally subverted recovery from the pandemic to undermine President Biden.
Nick Corasaniti / New York Times:
G.O.P. Election Reviews Create a New Kind of Security Threat  —  As Republicans continue to challenge the 2020 results, voting equipment is being compromised when partisan insiders and unvetted operatives gain access.  —  Late one night in May, after surveillance cameras had inexplicably been turned off …
Discussion: Raw Story and The Colorado Sun
Baktash Ahadi / Washington Post:
I was a combat interpreter in Afghanistan, where cultural illiteracy led to U.S. failure  —  Baktash Ahadi served U.S. and Afghan Special Operations forces as a combat interpreter from 2010 to 2012 and is a former chair of the State Department's Afghan Familiarization course.
Discussion: Foreign Affairs
Zachary Brennan / ENDPOINTS NEWS:
In a major blow to vaccine efforts, senior FDA leaders stepping down  —  Two of the FDA's most senior vaccine leaders are exiting from their positions, raising fresh questions about the Biden administration and the way that it's sidelined the FDA.  —  Marion Gruber, director of the FDA's Office …
New York Times:
Texas G.O.P. Passes Election Bill, Raising Voting Barriers Even Higher  —  The bill, which will tighten what were already some of the nation's strictest voting rules, represents a major victory for Republicans in their nationwide push to overhaul elections.  —  HOUSTON — The Republican …
 
 
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CNN:
Vulnerable Democrats seek distance from Biden on Afghanistan ahead of contentious House debate
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
Daphne Psaledakis / Reuters:
EXCLUSIVE U.S. Treasury issued new license to ease flow of aid in Afghanistan
Colton Lochhead / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Caesars drops controversial QAnon-linked convention
Discussion: Forbes and Raw Story
The White House:
Remarks by President Biden on the End of the War in Afghanistan
 Earlier Items: 
Craig Harris / Arizona Republic:
FBI examining $100M tax refund push by Gov. Ducey staffers after Arizona Republic investigation
Discussion: Raw Story
Associated Press:
Ida's sweltering aftermath: No power, no water, no gasoline
New York Times:
Social Security is projected to be insolvent a year earlier than previously forecast.
Discussion: Associated Press and Raw Story
Ross Barkan / Political Currents:
The Problem With Media  —  Groupthink and economic precarity go together
Mark Scott / Politico:
Thousands of posts around January 6 riots go missing from Facebook transparency tool