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7:00 AM ET, September 12, 2021

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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Yes, the Jan. 6 insurrectionists were terrorists.  George W. Bush just indicted them.  —  Few Americans expected wisdom from former president George W. Bush on the 20th anniversary of 9/11.  Even fewer expected wisdom on the current state of our politics.  That is nevertheless what we got from his remarks in Shanksville, Pa., today.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Veronica Stracqualursi / CNN:
George W. Bush calls on Americans to confront domestic violent extremists on 9/11 anniversary  —  (CNN)Former President George W. Bush called on Americans Saturday to confront domestic violent extremists, comparing them to violent extremists abroad and warning that they are “children of the same foul spirit.”
Dean Obeidallah / MSNBC:   After 9/11 Trump weaponized anti-Muslim hate — yet praises Jan. 6 insurrectionists
Colin Campbell / Yahoo News:
‘The nation I know’: George W. Bush's powerful address commemorating the 20th anniversary of 9/11
Discussion: Raw Story
United States Capitol Police:
USCP's January 6 Internal Investigations  —  After January 6, the United States Capitol Police promised to provide an update on its internal investigations related to the attack.  —  This week, the USCP provided the Department of Justice the administrative cases as part of the ongoing discovery production …
KIRO 7 News Seattle:
NY hospital to pause baby deliveries after staffers quit over vaccine mandate  —  LOWVILLE, N.Y. — An upstate New York hospital said it will pause the delivery of babies in two weeks because of a spate of resignations by maternity unit workers who are objecting to COVID-19 vaccination mandates.
Discussion: PennLive, New York Post, TheBlaze and WWNY
Katie Rogers / New York Times:
In Shanksville, Biden says the future of democracy is on the line.  —  Shortly after former President George W. Bush spoke at the Flight 93 memorial in Shanksville, Pa., on Saturday, President Biden arrived to observe a wreath-laying ceremony at the place where, 20 years ago …
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Hadley Hitson / USA Today:
Alabama man dies of cardiac event after 43 hospitals with full ICUs turned him away  —  The family of a man who died of heart issues in Mississippi is asking people to get vaccinated for COVID-19 after 43 hospitals across three states were unable to accept him because of full cardiac ICUs.
David J. Lynch / Washington Post:
Biden's vaccine push wins cautious business support as political opponents fume  —  Even in deep red Texas, some employers embrace the president's vaccine strategy.  —  Bob Harvey's phone did not ring.  —  In Washington, a political furor had erupted over President Biden's new coronavirus vaccine …
Garrett M. Graff / New York Magazine:
Escape From New York The great maritime rescue of lower Manhattan on 9/11.  —  On that bright-blue morning 20 years ago, Coast Guard lieutenant Michael Day was at his office on Staten Island, looking out over lower Manhattan.  Day was a relatively junior officer whose job entailed safety …
TIME:
The U.S. Needs an Operation Warp Speed for Rapid COVID-19 Testing  —  Dr. Michael Mina, MD, PhD, is assistant professor of epidemiology and immunology/infectious diseases at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics; and associate medical director …
Jon Gambrell / Associated Press:
US pulls missile defenses in Saudi Arabia amid Yemen attacks  —  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.S. has removed its most advanced missile defense system and Patriot batteries from Saudi Arabia in recent weeks, even as the kingdom faced continued air attacks from Yemen's Houthi rebels …
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Republicans seize on Biden's novel use of a law on workplace safety to attack his vaccine mandates.  —  President Biden's far-reaching assertion of presidential authority to require vaccines for 80 million American workers relies on a first-of-its-kind application of a 51-year-old law that grants …
Danny Westneat / The Seattle Times:
'Sophie's choice, over and over': Death panels are the new phase of the pandemic  —  Remember “death panels”?  Well, they're back, and this time, they're real.  —  “Death panels” was a phrase coined by Sarah Palin, the folksy-talkin' former Alaska governor and vice presidential candidate.
Marcelo Rochabrun / Reuters:
Abimael Guzman, founder of Peruvian rebel group Shining Path, dies at 86  —  Abimael Guzman, leader of the Shining Path rebels who nearly toppled the Peruvian state in a bloody Maoist revolution, died on Saturday while in prison and following several weeks of poor health, the government said.
Discussion: New York Post
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Stephen Kinzer / New York Times:
Abimael Guzmán, Leader of Guerrilla Group That Terrorized Peru, Dies at 86
Discussion: The Guardian
David Reaboi / Late Republic Nonsense:
9/11/2001 +20  —  The expansion of government power used to deal with the very real threat of al Qaeda and other terror groups were, eventually, turned on other Americans.  And here we are.  —  On the very clear, otherwise ordinary morning of September 11, 2001, ten hijackers took control …
Leila Fadel / NPR:
For Many American Muslims, The Legacy Of 9/11 Lies In The Battle For Civil Rights  —  On a recent day in Irvine, Calif., Ali Malik is looking for his son Layth's shoes to get ready to go to an arcade.  —  Layth is 5 and his brother, Muhammad Binyamin (they call him Binyamin) is 9.
 
 
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Trump makes surprise visit to New York police and firefighters on 9/11
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Karen Townsend / HotAir:
The Taliban flag flies at the Afghan presidential palace on 9/11
Discussion: MSN and Associated Press
Chris Evans / Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal:
Jayapal, Omar, Tlaib, and Chu Introduce September 11 Congressional Resolution
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Mark Fischer / New York Post:
Transgender fighter Alana McLaughlin wins MMA debut
Robert Snell / Detroit News:
FBI fires Whitmer kidnap case agent amid wife beating allegations
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Wall Street Journal:
Afghan Pilots Who Sought Safety in Uzbekistan Poised for U.S. Transfer Under New Agreement
Discussion: Al Jazeera
Ruth Graham / New York Times:
Vaccine Resisters Seek Religious Exemptions. But What Counts as Religious?
Discussion: Balloon Juice and HotAir
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Discussion: Jezebel
Isabella Murray / MLive.com:
‘COVID kills moms’: 8 pregnant women dead in Mississippi
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Tom Fish / Newsweek:
Texas Man Killed Prominent Lawyer Because She Voted for Joe Biden: Police
Elizabeth Williamson / New York Times:
Top National Security Posts Sit Empty, Mired in Senate ‘Purgatory’
 

 
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Spotify is paying hundreds of millions for audiobooks annually; US audiobook users average five more hours on the app in the 60 days after starting a book

Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Five ex-Pitchfork journalists launch online music outlet Hearing Things, aiming to capture Pitchfork's independent spirit; subscriptions start at $70 per year

Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
Internal memo: the BBC plans to cut 155 BBC News jobs, including closing Asian Network News and the HARDtalk program, to save £24M, or 4% of BBC News' budget

 
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