Arab allies of US bring Assad in from the cold as Biden looks elsewhere

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““US allies in the Arab world have been encouraging Washington to lift the siege on Damascus and allow for its reintegration into the Arab fold,”...”

Bill Maher Says He Has More Conservative Fans Than Ever Before, Explains It’s Because Liberals Now ‘Have A Crazy Section’

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““When people say to me sometimes, ‘boy, you go after the Left a lot these days, why?’ I’m like ‘Because you’re embarrassing me!’” – @BillMaher...”

U.S. officials provided Taliban with names of Americans, Afghan allies to evacuate

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“The White House contends that limited information sharing with the Taliban is saving lives; critics argue it's putting Afghan allies in harm's way.”

The Ides of August

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“I’ve been silent for a while. I’ve been silent about Afghanistan for longer. But too many things are going unsaid. ”

Why Afghanistan’s Tribes Beat the United States

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“Tightly bound kinship networks aren’t vestiges of the past. They’re a modern—and effective—form of political organization.”

Opinion | Why Afghan Forces So Quickly Laid Down Their Arms

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President Biden's biggest defeat: Afghanistan war ends amid chaos and broken promises

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“Rep. Liz Cheney, R- Wyo., whose father, Dick, was vice president when the war began, said the Trump administration bears some of the blame. "They...”

Virginia judge rules Charlottesville confederate statues are war monuments

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“"The ruling resolves one major legal issue in the case, specifically it sets forth Judge Moore's opinion that the statues are war memorials," he...”

A Virginia judge has ruled that statues of Confederate generals Robert E. Lee and Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson in Charlottesville are war monuments that the city cannot remove without permission from the state. In a nine-page ruling obtained from the University of Virginia School of Law...

Biden on 'awkward kiss' allegation: 'Not once — never — did I believe I acted inappropriately'

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“"Neither then, nor in the years since, did he or the staff with him at the time have an inkling that Ms. Flores had been at any time uncomfortable,...”

Former Vice President Joe Biden on Sunday addressed an allegation that he inappropriately kissed a Nevada candidate for statewide office in 2014, saying in a statement that "not once — never — did I believe I acted inappropriately." “In my many years on the campaign trail and in public life, I...

Washington bakery's 'Build that Wall' cookie stirs controversy

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“"Hatred and racism is NOT a joke. Not even on a cookie," Facebook user Henry John Bridger II wrote on the bakery's page. "If you say it was a...”

A bakery in Edmonds, Washington, stirred up controversy over a politically-charged sugar cookie adorned with the words "Build that Wall" — a reference to President Donald Trump's repeated statements to build a wall along the US-Mexico border. Ken Bellingham, owner of Edmonds Bakery, told...