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•••• The Washington Post • Margaret Sullivan • 1 day ago • washingtonpost.com
Perspective | For one Capitol reporter, Jan. 6 was the final straw — but he had watched a crisis brew for years
Andrew Taylor of the Associated Press left his beat of 30 years, both traumatized and frustrated by journalism’s failure to cope with today’s dire politics.
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•• The New York Times • Ronen Bergman, Farnaz Fassihi • 13 hours ago • nytimes.com
The Scientist and the A.I.-Assisted, Remote-Control Killer Robot
Israeli agents had wanted to kill Iran’s top nuclear scientist for years. Then they came up with a way to do it with no operatives present.
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• CNN • Katie Bo Lillis, Zachary Cohen and Natasha Bertrand, CNN • 5 hours ago • cnn.com
CIA warned civilians were present seconds before US missile killed 10
Just after the US military launched a Hellfire missile to stop a white Toyota Corolla it believed to be an imminent threat to US troops leading the evacuation at the Kabul airport, the CIA issued an urgent warning: Civilians were likely in the area, including possibly children inside the vehicle, according to three sources familiar with the situation.
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••• The New York Times • David E. Sanger • 22 hours ago • nytimes.com
Secret Talks and a Hidden Agenda: Behind the U.S. Defense Deal that France Called a ‘Betrayal’
In meeting after meeting with their French counterparts, U.S. officials gave no heads-up about their plans to upend France’s largest defense contract.
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• The New York Times • Maureen Dowd • 8 hours ago • nytimes.com
Opinion | Never Complain, Never Explain
Drop the Identity Cloak when identity is not the issue. (And tax the rich!)
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The Washington Post • Alan Braid • 2 hours ago • washingtonpost.com
Opinion | Why I violated Texas’s extreme abortion ban
"I acted because I had a duty of care to this patient," writes Alan Braid, a practicing OB/GYN in Texas for 45 years.
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•••• The Washington Post • Elahe Izadi • 1 day ago • washingtonpost.com
The Indianapolis Star showed Simone Biles the ‘magnitude’ of gymnastics abuse. How it got the story.
Local newspapers may be struggling, but they are still publishing journalism that makes a difference.
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• The Washington Post • Gregory S. Schneider, Laura Vozzella, Scott Clement, Emily Guskin • 1 day ago • washingtonpost.com
McAuliffe, Youngkin locked in tight race for Virginia governor, Post-Schar School poll finds
Republican shows strength among independents and in Northern Virginia exurbs.
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••• The Washington Post • Alex Horton • 1 day ago • washingtonpost.com
U.S. military admits errors in drone strike that killed 10 Afghans
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The Washington Post • Paul Kane • 19 hours ago • washingtonpost.com
Analysis | Senate Republicans say they will vote to allow a debt default, leaving Democrats scrambling for plan to avert economic crisis
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has declared that Senate Republicans will not vote to increase the Treasury’s authority to continue borrowing. As he has done before, McConnell has essentially created a new rule out of whole cloth to defend his position amid charges of cynical hypocrisy.
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• The Atlantic • David Frum • 22 hours ago • theatlantic.com
France Is Mad
But not that mad.
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Associated Press • Jonathan Lemire • 18 hours ago • apnews.com
One stunning afternoon: Setbacks imperil Biden's reset
WASHINGTON (AP) — It was an hour President Joe Biden would no doubt like to forget. On Friday, the Pentagon acknowledged that a drone strike in Afghanistan killed 10 civilians , including seven children, not terrorists.
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The Washington Post • Sean Sullivan, Tyler Pager • 7 hours ago • washingtonpost.com
Rahm Emanuel, a target of the left, may be rescued by Republicans
Emanuel, Biden’s nominee for ambassador to Japan, has earned the hostility of many liberals during his long career. But some Senate Republicans say they will support his confirmation.
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• The New York Times • Ashley Wong, Christina Morales, Precious Fondren • 1 day ago • nytimes.com
Tourists Attack N.Y.C. Restaurant Hostess Over Vaccine Proof, Police Say
A lawyer for the tourists said their proof of vaccination had been questioned “unjustifiably” because they are Black and denied that they had tried to “forcefully violate” the requirement that they show it.
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The New York Times • Paul Sullivan • 1 day ago • nytimes.com
Proposed Tax Changes Focus on the Wealthy
How is that defined? The tax plans in Congress essentially say a wealthy individual earns $400,000 a year. But that figure, a financial psychologist says, is “arbitrary.”
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The New York Times • Emily Cochrane, Luke Broadwater, Ellen Barry • 2 days ago • nytimes.com
‘It’s Always Going to Haunt Me’: How the Capitol Riot Changed Lives
The Jan. 6 attack was a moment of national and political crisis. For those present that day, it was also a deeply personal trauma.
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• The New York Times • Eric Schmitt, Helene Cooper • 1 day ago • nytimes.com
Pentagon acknowledges Aug. 29 drone strike in Afghanistan was a tragic mistake that killed 10 civilians.
The findings of the inquiry mirrored a New York Times investigation of video evidence, along with interviews with more than a dozen of the driver’s co-workers and family members in Kabul.
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POLITICO • David Siders, Olivia Beavers, Ally Mutnick • 22 hours ago • politico.com
Gonzalez exit demoralizes GOP moderates
In forgoing a bruising primary, the Ohio congressman deprived the party of what would have been one of the best test cases of the full extent of Trump’s dominion over the GOP.
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Star Tribune • Kelly Smith • 1 hour ago • startribune.com
Minnesota Poll: Most Minneapolis voters want reform, not fewer cops
Black voters overwhelmingly oppose officer cuts
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SH!TPOST • Jared Holt • 3 hours ago • shtpost.substack.com
I’m not mad, just disappointed
A big round of applause to the nation's top newsrooms for giving a C-list Trump activist more publicity than money can buy
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••• The Wall Street Journal • Sam Schechner, Jeff Horwitz, Emily Glazer • 1 day ago • wsj.com
How Facebook Hobbled Mark Zuckerberg’s Bid to Get America Vaccinated
Company documents show antivaccine activists undermined the CEO’s ambition to support the rollout by flooding the site and using Facebook’s own tools to sow doubt about the Covid-19 vaccine.
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HuffPost • HuffPost, Paul Blumenthal • 1 day ago • huffpost.com
The Filibuster’s Fate Is Already Decided. Just Look To The 2022 Democratic Senate Candidates.
Democratic candidates trying to take Senate seats support changing the filibuster in some way.
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The Washington Post • David Ignatius • 3 hours ago • washingtonpost.com
Opinion | Gen. Milley’s stress test
Milley’s efforts took him into dangerous constitutional terrain that no soldier should have to patrol, edging close to violating the sacrosanct principle ­of civilian control of the military.
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The Atlantic • Ian Bogost • 4 days ago • theatlantic.com
Ebooks Are an Abomination
If you hate them, it’s not your fault.
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The Wall Street Journal • Kris Maher • 13 hours ago • wsj.com
West Virginia Was a Covid-19 Vaccine Success Story, but Now Cases Are Surging
The state’s vaccination rate now lags behind others, and there are 922 people with Covid-19 hospitalized in West Virginia, up from 52 in early July.
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New York Post • Jon Levine, Kathianne Boniello • 5 hours ago • nypost.com
AOC's 'Tax the Rich' dress designer Aurora James owes debt in...
Aurora James called her “Tax the Rich” dress for Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez a “powerful message” — but it’s not one she has taken to heart.
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The Dallas Morning News • Wire Services, Tom Steele • 1 day ago • dallasnews.com
First Baptist’s Robert Jeffress: ‘There is no credible religious argument against the vaccines’
As Americans increasingly seek religious exemptions from COVID-19 vaccine mandates, many faith leaders are telling them no. With more employers imposing...
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POLITICO • Zack Stanton • 1 day ago • politico.com
Does ‘Conservatism’ Actually Mean Anything Anymore?
George Will on the hijacking of conservatism, how politics became obsessed with things that politics cannot fix, and why he didn’t hear about the Tulsa massacre until 2020.
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BuzzFeed News • Zoe Tillman • 9 hours ago • buzzfeednews.com
"Justice For J6" Says They're Rallying For Non-Violent Offenders. Most Alleged Capitol Rioters In Jail Are Charged With Violent Crimes.
The “Justice for J6” rally is being pitched as support for “nonviolent offenders,” but that doesn’t describe charges against most defendants in jail.
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Associated Press • Zeke Miller • 10 hours ago • apnews.com
Top doctors say not so fast to Biden's boosters-for-all plan
WASHINGTON (AP) — Just one month ago, President Joe Biden and his health advisers announced big plans to soon deliver a booster shot of the coronavirus vaccine to all Americans. But after campaigning for the White House on a pledge to “follow the science,” Biden found himself uncharacteristically ahead of it with that lofty pronouncement.
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POLITICO • Sasha Issenberg • 11 hours ago • politico.com
Bill Clinton Tried to Avoid the DOMA Trap Republicans Set. Instead, He Trapped Himself.
Twenty-five years ago, Clinton signed the bill after endless discussion about strategy and optics. Still, nothing went according to plan.
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Intelligencer • Jonathan Chait • 1 day ago • nymag.com
Centrist Democrats Won’t Even Let Biden Crack Down on Tax Cheats
The Democratic agenda is getting eaten alive by lobbyists.
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Macmillan • 2 days ago • read.macmillan.com
Corrections in Ink - Macmillan
An electric memoir about a woman’s journey—from the ice rink, to addiction and a prison sentence, to the newsroom—emerging with a fierce dete...
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•• The New York Times • Michael D. Shear • 1 day ago • nytimes.com
France recalls its ambassador to the U.S. in protest of Biden’s submarine deal with Australia.
The French foreign minister said the decision was made by French President Emmanuel Macron.
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The Column • Gabe Levine-Drizin and Adam Johnson • 1 day ago • thecolumn.substack.com
CNN Won’t Say If It’s Running Undisclosed PR for a Gulf Dictatorship
CNN’s ‘Dubai Now’ section has been publishing, as straight news, scores of cartoonish puff pieces for the UAE, an absolute dictatorship that imprisons journalists and activists.
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The New York Times • Charlie Smart • 4 days ago • nytimes.com
Covid Hospitalizations Hit Crisis Levels in Southern I.C.U.s
One in four intensive care units in the U.S. is 95 percent full or more, and available beds are gone or dwindling especially fast in a handful of states including Alabama, Texas and Florida.
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Associated Press • Eric Gay • 9 hours ago • apnews.com
US ramps up plan to expel Haitian migrants gathered in Texas
DEL RIO, Texas (AP) — The U.S. plans to speed up its efforts to expel Haitian migrants on flights to their Caribbean homeland, officials said Saturday as agents poured into a Texas border city where thousands of Haitians have gathered after suddenly crossing into the U.S.
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The Washington Post • Karoun Demirjian, Dan Lamothe • 18 hours ago • washingtonpost.com
General’s classified testimony underscores political split over Afghanistan exit
Senate Republicans have seized on a disclosure from Army Gen. Austin “Scott” Miller, who told lawmakers that before President Biden announced his decision to pull out all troops, the general had advised superiors to leave a few thousand troops rather than complete a full withdrawal.
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The Guardian • Stephanie Kirchgaessner, Jessica Glenza • 1 day ago • theguardian.com
Women can say no to sex if Roe falls, says architect of Texas abortion ban
Jonathan Mitchell writes in supreme court brief that ‘women can “control their reproductive lives” without access to abortion’
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The Washington Post • John Wagner • 2 days ago • washingtonpost.com
Rep. Stefanik claims in ads that Democrats are seeking a ‘permanent election insurrection’ by providing pathways to citizenship
The Facebook ads from the No. 3 House Republican were placed ahead of a rally in Washington supporting those who took part in the Jan. 6 insurrection.
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The Washington Post • Sasha Issenberg • 1 day ago • washingtonpost.com
Perspective | Gay rights advanced significantly in the last 25 years — no thanks to Congress
Progress is possible even without the legislative branch
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Quillette • Claire Lehmann • 1 day ago • quillette.com
Weekly Roundup and a Letter from the Editor
Dear Reader, Thank you for supporting Quillette with your subscription. By now you have probably noticed our new look—we have a cleaner and simpler website that is faster and easier to navigate (note the search function at the top of the home page). You may have also noticed that
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The New Yorker • Judith Thurman • 1 day ago • newyorker.com
What Counts as Protest Fashion?
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Met Gala dress wasn’t hypocritical, as some have claimed, but it wasn’t radical, either.
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The Atlantic • Adam Serwer • 12 hours ago • theatlantic.com
Texas Democrats Have an Opportunity
But it’s not clear they can seize it.
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Washington Examiner • https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/author/cassidy-morrison • 11 hours ago • washingtonexaminer.com
Hospitalizations of unvaccinated COVID patients cost nearly $6 billion this summer
The deluge of severe COVID-19 cases among unvaccinated people requiring treatment in hospitals is estimated to have cost the U.S. healthcare system about $5.7 billion since the start of the summer.
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Reuters • 3 days ago • reuters.com
Biden's child tax credit pays big in Republican states, popular with voters
A one-year expansion of the U.S. child tax credit, a policy championed by President Joe Biden and his fellow Democrats over Republican opposition, has disproportionately benefited states that voted for former President Donald Trump in 2020, a Reuters review of Treasury Department data has found.
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• The New York Times • Michael M. Grynbaum • 1 day ago • nytimes.com
Bully Pulpit No More: Jen Psaki’s Turn at the Lectern
President Biden’s press secretary has tamped down the vitriol that colored news briefings during the Trump administration. She still may not answer your question, though.
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Yahoo News • David M. Drucker • 1 day ago • news.yahoo.com
GOP redistricting group signs Chris Christie, Mike Pompeo, and Karl Rove to boost efforts
Two Republican 2024 contenders and a top GOP strategist are joining forces to boost the party’s bid to secure more friendly House seats in decennial redistricting, the national group leading the effort announced.
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• BuzzFeed News • Heidi Blake • 1 day ago • buzzfeednews.com
Beyond Britney: Abuse, Exploitation, and Death Inside America’s Guardianship Industry
For people under guardianship, the system can be dehumanizing, dangerous, and even deadly. For the professionals — who can control hundreds of people at a time — it can be very profitable. A BuzzFeed News investigation.
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• CNN • Anna Coren, Julia Hollingsworth and Sandi Sidhu, CNN • 1 day ago • cnn.com
US military admits it killed 10 civilians and targeted wrong vehicle in Kabul airstrike
A United States military investigation into a deadly Kabul drone strike in August has found that it killed 10 civilians and the driver and the vehicle targeted was likely not a threat associated with ISIS-K, Gen. Frank McKenzie, the top general of US Central Command, announced at the Pentagon on Friday.
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