Kaitlan Collins

Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins

RT @CNNPolitics: Rep. Michael McCaul says the US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan is "an unmitigated disaster of epic proportions." He a… — PolitiTweet.org

Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins

Television station in Afghanistan reporting that President Ashraf Ghani has left the country. — PolitiTweet.org

Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins

“We haven’t asked the Taliban for anything," Blinken says. "We’ve told the Taliban that if they interfere with our personnel, with our operations as we’re proceeding with this drawdown, there will be a swift and decisive response." — PolitiTweet.org

Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins

"The fact of the matter is we've seen that that force has been unable to defend the country," Secretary Blinken tells @jaketapper. "And that has happened more quickly than we anticipated." — PolitiTweet.org

Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins

RT @DrLeanaWen: Good Sunday morning. Join us soon on #InsidePolitics @CNN with @kaitlancollins to speak about how this is one of the most d… — PolitiTweet.org

Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins

A source at the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul tells CNN a number of high-ranking Afghan officials, including some of President Ashraf Ghani’s advisers, have arrived and are waiting for a flight out. It's not clear where they're going. — PolitiTweet.org

Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins

"What is abnormal is the scale of American helicopters circulating around the area of the embassy. I have not seen anything like this in 20 years, in terms of the volume," @npwcnn reports from Kabul. https://t.co/M46RUmEMqX — PolitiTweet.org

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"The effect here on the ground is just one of absolute panic and chaos," @clarissaward reports from Kabul. "Real gridlock on the streets, unbelievable, choked with traffic. People with luggage hanging out of their windows, trying to get out of the city..." — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @RichardEngel: lots of choppers over kabul, shuttle runs back and forth, as US and other countries evacuate personnel. — PolitiTweet.org

Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins

What’s new here: 1,000 troops from the 82nd Airborne division directly in Kabul, per @barbarastarrcnn. — PolitiTweet.org

Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins

Biden authorizes deployment of 5,000 to troops for an “orderly & safe drawdown” & says they’ve told the Taliban “any action on their part on the ground in Afghanistan, that puts US personnel or our mission at risk there, will be met with a swift & strong US military response.” — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ZekeJMiller: KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan lawmaker says the city of Mazar-e-Sharif, the capital of Balkh province, has fallen to th… — PolitiTweet.org

Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins

Biden and Harris were briefed by their national security team via video conference this morning “to discuss the ongoing efforts to drawdown our civilian footprint in Afghanistan, evacuate SIV applicants and monitor the evolving security situation,” the White House says. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @jaketapper: US Embassy in Afghanistan tells staff to destroy sensitive materials - CNNPolitics https://t.co/3qL4TbLkAH — PolitiTweet.org

Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins

RT @lyman_brian: BREAKING: Gov. Kay Ivey Friday issued an order aimed at boosting hospital staffing and response amid a surge of COVID-19 h… — PolitiTweet.org

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According to a CNN analysis, the Taliban now controls 17 of Afghanistan's 34 provincial capitals — all of which have been captured in the last week, per @TimListerCNN. — PolitiTweet.org

Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins

RT @cnnbrk: The FDA authorized an additional dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines for certain immunocompromised people… — PolitiTweet.org

Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins

"As far as the very distinct differences -- the age of patients for us," Drinkwitz told CNN. The hospital recently had three patients between 30 and 40, multiple patients in their 40s and some in their 50s and 60s on ventilators, he said. https://t.co/1ob7BSHso4 — PolitiTweet.org

Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins

Kandahar, which lies in the south of the country, has been besieged by the Taliban for weeks, with many observers considering its fall as the beginning of the end for the country's US-backed government. https://t.co/e4gzzGfSIK — PolitiTweet.org

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Worth the watch. — PolitiTweet.org

Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins

RT @idreesali114: State Department expected to announce removal of significant number of employees from embassy in Kabul, later today. Offi… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @jakesNYT: Exclusive: American negotiators are trying to extract assurances from the Taliban that they will not attack the U.S. Embassy… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JonLemire: KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Witnesses say Afghanistan's third-largest city, Herat, falls to Taliban; militants hold 11 of 34 p… — PolitiTweet.org

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"But right now, at this moment, other than the immunocompromised, we're not going to be giving boosters to people," Fauci adds. — PolitiTweet.org

Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins

While drawing a distinct line between today's expected decision on boosters for some who are immunocompromised ("who never really got a good response to begin with") and the general population, Dr. Fauci says, "Inevitably, there will be a time when we’ll have to give boosts.” — PolitiTweet.org

Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins

“The need to hold on to every Democratic vote ultimately gives all lawmakers leverage to make demands as they did in 2010,” ⁦@hillhulse⁩ writes. “No doubt today’s bill will be in dire straits and then rescued repeatedly.” https://t.co/tqOdOgeGvP — PolitiTweet.org

Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins

“Last week I was a news journalist. Today I can’t write under my own name or say where I am from or where I am. My whole life has been obliterated in just a few days.” https://t.co/2AQbIQGqVG — PolitiTweet.org

Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins

"...and also who those doses should be available to, based on where the need is greatest." — PolitiTweet.org

Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins

"While we think, based on looking at trends in data, that it is likely boosters will be needed for a broader segment of the population, what we are trying to figure out right now is the right timing for when to initiate those additional doses," Surgeon General Murthy tells Wolf. — PolitiTweet.org

Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins

Should note this is currently expected to be a small group of some immunocompromised. A recent study found that vaccinated immunocompromised people are 485 times more likely to end up in the hospital or die compared to the general vaccinated population. https://t.co/zWpvqouY3T — PolitiTweet.org