Новости за 18.08.2021

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Gov. Greg Abbott—triple vaccinated counting a booster not available to plebes like us until September—is quarantining after testing positive on Tuesday for a breakthrough COVID infection. Will that help him finally see that, like a rock breaks scissors, a virus overpowers politics?

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Afghanistan war veteran and former CIA analyst Matt Zeller tore into former Trump senior adviser Stephen Miller on Wednesday for suggesting Afghan refugees don’t deserve to come to America, saying Miller “should be held accountable for war crimes” because he was as “responsible” as the Taliban for “these people’s deaths.”

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Ken Kurson, a Trump family pal and former editor of the New York Observer, may have thought he was in the clear in January when Trump wiped away charges related to Kurson’s post-divorce meltdown.

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In a short two-minute span on Fox & Friends Wednesday morning, co-host Brian Kilmeade casually compared New York’s indoor vaccine mandate to Taliban rule while seemingly urging unvaccinated New Yorkers to get fake vaccine cards to circumvent the system.

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Scouting Report: Mr. Clean’s Magic Erasers work wonders on any mess I could find in my house, and are so easy to use—just add water.

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The Biden administration on Wednesday endorsed booster shots for millions of Americans already vaccinated against COVID-19, proposing they begin in earnest by late September as the ultra-contagious Delta variant wreaks national havoc.

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R. Kelly preyed on and abused women and teens for three decades, forcing many to provide damning videos or letters to ensure their silence, prosecutors said in opening arguments of the singer’s federal racketeering trial Wednesday.

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KARACHI, PAKISTAN—As reports of gross women’s rights abuses and general chaos among the Afghan people flood in, the Taliban is responding with an all-out rebranding campaign, casting itself in the media as more moderate, peaceful, and pro-women than ever before.

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Scouting Report: Working out feels a lot less like work when I can treat myself to a sesh with this Bluetooth-enabled smart foam roller.

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After a few days of road-testing scattered messages, major players in the GOP and conservative media have started to coalesce around a unified message to Afghans seeking refuge in the United States: Stay the hell out of my country.

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The morning before her lawsuit against Nicki Minaj and Kenneth “Zoo” Petty went public, Jennifer Hough was crying hysterically on the phone with her lawyer.

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For over a quarter of a century, R. Kelly allegedly used his position of power to lure young women and girls under the guise of jump-starting their musical careers.

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As Fever Dreams listeners will know by now, the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan resulted in a disaster and the GOP is taking it seriously—or at least, they’re serious about fundraising off of it.

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In the latest case of Amazon’s extreme room illiteracy, the corporate overlords acquired a new film produced by Jungle Cruise co-stars Emily Blunt and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, based on the life and subterfuge of Kate Warne, the first female member of the Pinkerton National Detective Agency. Yes, the same private security firm that crushed late 19th and early 20th century labor movements, often violently, is back with a whole new feminist attitude... Читать дальше...

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The chaotic scenes from Afghanistan have shattered President Biden’s carefully constructed image of a leader in charge and experienced in foreign affairs. Presidencies often get derailed by events not of their making, but Biden owns his willful refusal to heed warnings from the CIA and Joint Chiefs on what would happen with a precipitous withdrawal.

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COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective. Face masks are not a crime against humanity. Canada does not have a secret queen named Romana Didulo.

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Scouting Report: Quince’s Washable Silk Blouses are as easy to care for as they are to wear, and perfect for anyone going back to the office or returning to normal.

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MOSCOW—Events developed faster than anybody in Moscow could have predicted. On Monday, armed Taliban forces “took under guard” the perimeter around the Russian embassy, a spacious autonomous camp in the outskirts of Kabul. The following day, Russian Ambassador Dmitry Zhirnov had “a positive and constructive” meeting with representatives of the banned Russian Taliban, later confirming that the movement’s oldest representatives promised security for Russian diplomats in Afghanistan. Читать дальше...

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If there is one trait that Joe Biden has that seems to separate him from most other folks in Washington, it is his ability to tune out the chattering class. Perhaps it’s because he’s heard it all in 50 years in Washington. Perhaps it’s because he has seen what has happened to other presidents who focus on polls or Twitter and not on doing their jobs.

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Seth Meyers on Tuesday poked fun at President Joe Biden and former President George W. Bush over the messy end to the Afghanistan War.

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Fox News star Sean Hannity has repeatedly used the humanitarian crisis unfolding in Afghanistan as a sales line to plug his radio show’s sponsors in recent days, comparing the chaotic evacuation in Kabul to a “stampede away from high prices.”

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A well-known Afghan filmmaker’s emotional videos from Kabul as the Taliban took control over the weekend were met with sympathy and support from much of the international community. But on Chinese social media, Sahraa Karimi’s dramatic dispatch was roundly mocked.

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CNN chief international correspondent Clarissa Ward has a well-earned reputation for bravely reporting from some of the world’s most dangerous and precarious places. However, in recent days, concerns for her and other female journalists in Afghanistan have grown exponentially following the fall of Kabul and the Taliban taking over the country.

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Lizzo has been put through the racist-and-misogynistic ringer over the past week after her new song and video “Rumors” debuted with Cardi B, and fans and celebrities alike are not here for it. The online backlash of “Rumors” became so intense that Lizzo posted an Instagram story in tears addressing the extra criticism that larger Black women deal with.