Afghanistan: G7 leaders to seek unity on Taliban as deadline for evacuation looms https://t.co/SfjrOxvde4
— The Guardian (@guardian) August 24, 2021
G7 meets today. European governments should:
— Heather Barr (@heatherbarr1) August 24, 2021
1. Press Biden and Taliban to reach new agreement to extend Kabul evacuation deadline.
2. Take lead and set good examples in working toward global agreements on aid and refugee resettlement for at-risk Afghans.https://t.co/ObwfnSJgum
Other G7 leaders to press Biden to extend Kabul evacuation deadline https://t.co/nOQ1vmUCG5 pic.twitter.com/qiHtdEUYiq
— Reuters (@Reuters) August 24, 2021
Afghanistan: Boris Johnson urges world leaders to stand by Afghan people ahead of G7 – as Biden to decide on deadline extension in next 24 hours: https://t.co/bXO6taYvRH
— Q Radio News (@qnewsdesk) August 24, 2021
After years of pursuing naked British unilateralism and insulting friends and allies, Boris Johnson now wants the G7 to come together to solve collective action problems. He makes the U.K. look like a slight and fundamentally unserious country. https://t.co/3dzuPMpLUk
— John O’Brennan (@JohnOBrennan2) August 24, 2021
With thousands of desperate Afghans and foreigners massed at Kabul's airport, President Joe Biden is expected to decide on whether to extend an Aug. 31 deadline to airlift Americans and their allies to safety https://t.co/3GRMtXZldM pic.twitter.com/90ASlF8Tz4
— Reuters (@Reuters) August 24, 2021
A Northern Ireland naval officer says it is a "race against time" to save his Afghan interpreter's family https://t.co/xuMBKo2LPO
— BBC News NI (@BBCNewsNI) August 23, 2021
The virtual G7 meeting is at 9:30 ET tomorrow morning. President Biden is expected to make remarks on Afghanistan at noon tomorrow, according to his schedule. We'll likely find out what his decision is on extending the Afghanistan deadline from one of those.
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) August 23, 2021
"Twitter is awash in angry Republicans outraged about our allies in Afghanistan who we should have evacuated before we left. And yet, it is Trump—and his advisor Stephen Miller—who are the reason so many Afghan interpreters are stuck in Afghanistan." https://t.co/Yr6B89ocvQ
— David Roberts (@drvolts) August 24, 2021
From @WSJopinion: Biden’s falsehoods on al Qaeda in Afghanistan show a misunderstanding of the continuing threat from Islamic terrorism, writes The Editorial Board https://t.co/S1nmdFqZEj
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) August 24, 2021
Biden thinks the Taliban are having an “existential crisis.” This is a case of presidential projection; his gamble in #Afghanistan depends on their having changed.
— Bobby Ghosh (@ghoshworld) August 24, 2021
But there is little evidence that they have… or even want to. https://t.co/tg9YSrimGA
Matthew Dowd called the media coverage of Afghanistan "way over the top."
— Mediaite (@Mediaite) August 24, 2021
"We should judge it by the data … and the data for the last week shows Joe Biden has basically gotten 30,000 people out of Afghanistan without a single loss of an American life." https://t.co/2gr9flehUl
Also…
Nancy Pelosi and a group of centrist Democrats will resume talks Tuesday on how to advance President Joe Biden’s legislative agenda, after hours of negotiations failed to break a stalemate https://t.co/bEN1I62zif
— Bloomberg (@business) August 24, 2021
Thompson, when asked whether the Jan. 6 select committee is seeking records of associates and family members of the former President: “We have quite an exhaustive list.”
— Hugo Lowell (@hugolowell) August 23, 2021
News: The 1/6 Select Committee is poised to send notices to telecommunications companies requesting they preserve phone records of several people, including members of Congress, per multiple sources.
— Zachary Cohen (@ZcohenCNN) August 23, 2021
w/ @ryanobles, @AnnieGrayerCNN & @WhitneyWReports https://t.co/c623PWphPD
Report on Arizona ballot review delayed after chief executive of private contractor Cyber Ninjas and two colleagues test positive for the coronavirus https://t.co/dxLcGUeqQi
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 23, 2021
Even so, the final results on the 2020 presidential election recount won't be "worth the paper they're printed on," said Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs. https://t.co/JRCkJlibSQ
— HuffPost Politics (@HuffPostPol) August 24, 2021
Trump’s border wall reportedly in severe disrepair in Arizona https://t.co/KAQsQO1BUH
— The Guardian (@guardian) August 23, 2021
Oh, and, yes….
Fmr. President Trump booed at rally in Alabama after telling supporters they should get vaccinated. https://t.co/5KimDWBl2k
— NBC News (@NBCNews) August 24, 2021
City hosting Trump's rally in Alabama declares COVID-19 emergency https://t.co/GVvBYcWBV3 pic.twitter.com/NyUkZn8hFa
— The Hill (@thehill) August 23, 2021
COVID cases in states with the lowest vaccination rates…compared to COVID cases in the states with the highest vaccination rates. pic.twitter.com/3tzuaVfZDr
— Natasha Bhuyan, MD (@NatashaBhuyan) August 21, 2021
LATEST: Five states have intensive care units over 90% full, according to federal data:
— ABC News (@ABC) August 23, 2021
Alabama (100%)
Florida (92.82%)
Georgia (92.95%)
Mississippi (93.81%)
Texas (91.27%)https://t.co/bNI2KwwHpd pic.twitter.com/pRSAbvk1Pn
President Biden urged private companies to require employees to get vaccinated against Covid-19, hours after the FDA granted full approval to Pfizer-BioNTech's two-dose vaccine for people ages 16 and up. https://t.co/GN2loiKVwx
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) August 24, 2021
And, literally, Jesus…
"I think it is time where God is separating the sheep from the goats….I'm a goat. Because I am not a sheep. I'm not doing what they tell me to do. I'm fighting against it (the vaccine)."
— Donie O'Sullivan (@donie) August 24, 2021
In Alabama — the state with the lowest vaccination rate in the nation. w/@Sarah_Boxer pic.twitter.com/dqCC67cpPX
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