### Afghanistan Postscript

  • Intel agencies warned of Afghan collapse as Biden publicly downplayed possibility (National Review)
  • No official evacuation plan for thousands of Americans outside Kabul (Fox News)
  • Air Force investigating civilian deaths at Kabul airport (Politico) | Human remains located in wheel well of U.S. military plane after departing from Kabul (Washington Examiner)

### Government & Politics

  • Biden's approval rating hits lowest point yet; 63% say nation heading in wrong direction (Washington Examiner)
  • Suspected terrorists crossing border "at a level we have never seen before," outgoing Border Patrol chief says (Washington Examiner)
  • Double standards: Rent cancellation advocate Rashida Tlaib cleaned up as landlord during pandemic (Free Beacon)

### Health

  • Texas Supreme Court sides with Abbott, blocks mask mandates (Daily Wire)
  • Tennessee governor signs executive order allowing parents to avoid masking their children (Daily Wire)
  • CDC effectively says natural immunity doesn't count (Power Line)

### Around the Nation

  • Retail sales drop worse-than-expected 1.1% in July as rising COVID fears hit consumers (CNBC)
  • Compton City Councilman Isaac Galvan and five others in California charged with election fraud (Daily Wire)

### Cancel Culture Award

  • Uber Eats axed former NFL quarterback Jay Cutler from an ad because he dared question masks for kids (Not the Bee)

### Other Notables

  • Democrats stunned by prospect of losing two biggest governors within weeks (Politico)
  • Taliban kills woman for not wearing burqa on same day it vows to honor women's rights (NY Post)
  • China emerging as a strategic winner in U.S. rout in Afghanistan (Washington Times)

### Closing Arguments

  • Policy: After Afghanistan disaster, Taiwan must go nuclear (AEI)
  • Policy: What we have gotten right in the COVID fight (Commentary)
  • Humor: Trump sneaks back on Twitter by disguising self as Taliban spokesperson (Babylon Bee)

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