– 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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