Stevenson’s army, August 7

– To commemorate the 20th anniversary of the PDB warning of what became the 9/11 attacks, WOTR reprints the document and an excerpt from the 9/11 Commission report.

-Politico details the budget games and deceptions used by Trump to get money for the border wall.

– New Yorker writer complains about the press blackout in Afghanistan.

– Notre Dame prof summarizes his new book on Soviet-German cooperation  during 1920s-30s.

-SAIS prof Anne Applebaum dumps on Tucker Carlson over Hungary, as does a TPM writer.

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