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· 23 Elul 5781 (Tuesday 31 August 2021) · 0 minutes to read

It’s because @GOPLeader doesn’t stand for anything at all except staying in power. He doesn’t actually give a shit about the troops or the Afghans as long as it hurts the Democrats. https://t.co/kmoJ6rpUNQ
— Fred Wellman (@FPWellman) August 27, 2021

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Amanda CAARSON

· 23 Elul 5781 (Tuesday 31 August 2021) · 0 minutes to read

House Jan. 6 committee seeks information from tech giants regarding attack on Capitol, attempts to overturn election by Dave Clarke, Tom Hamburger

The panel is also requesting information on how social media companies policed their platforms.

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Amanda CAARSON

· 23 Elul 5781 (Tuesday 31 August 2021) · 1 minute to read

Jordan has a public antisemitism problem. Why isn’t the U.S. holding them accountable?

Because the U.S. has its own public anti-semitism problem which pretty much everybody living in it loves to conveniently attribute to the other team while completely absolving their side from any of it.

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· 23 Elul 5781 (Tuesday 31 August 2021) · 0 minutes to read

I supported President Biden and I voted for him. I said at the time that I would hold him to a much higher standard than the worst and most ignorant sociopath who ever held the office. I’m sorry if people find that disturbing. https://t.co/7aCJQ3ghG8
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) August 27, 2021

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· 23 Elul 5781 (Tuesday 31 August 2021) · 0 minutes to read

After negotiating with the Taliban, Trump officials criticize Biden for negotiating with the Taliban by JM Rieger

For years, the Trump administration touted its discussions with the Taliban. Now, those same officials are criticizing President Biden’s Taliban discussions.

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· 23 Elul 5781 (Tuesday 31 August 2021) · 0 minutes to read

The breathless headlines about natural immunity being stronger than vaccination are so dumb. Like, no shit? The point is you don't have to get sick with a potentially deadly, life-altering illness to gain immunity.
— Jean-Michel Connard (@torriangray) August 27, 2021

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· 23 Elul 5781 (Tuesday 31 August 2021) · 0 minutes to read

Yeah it’s not like she was selling CDs or cigarettes or refused a command or stole a bowl of food or was a child with a gun or had a bottle of tea and some skittles or a license to carry a firearm something REALLY dangerous https://t.co/EaJoHmmTBz
— Sabretooth Nietzsche (@FeralNietzsche) August 27, 2021

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· 23 Elul 5781 (Tuesday 31 August 2021) · 0 minutes to read

I'll add, again, that the single solitary counterfactual to which we know the answer is that if Trump were still in charge, few to no SIVs would have been evacuated. https://t.co/XhADeok4LS
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) August 27, 2021