The Patriot Post® · Wednesday Executive News Summary
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
Fully vaccinated Texas Governor Greg Abbott tests positive for COVID-19 (Dallas Morning News)
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)
TSA extends transportation mask mandate into 2022 (Washington Examiner)
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)
Why the Afghan army folded (The Atlantic)
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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