The Patriot Post® · Wednesday Executive News Summary

Afghanistan Postscript

• Appallingly. President Biden to honor Taliban’s red line for Afghanistan pullout (Free Beacon)

• White House poised to leave several thousand of our own behind enemy lines (Daily Caller)

• Adding insult to injury: Taliban transformed by haul of advanced U.S.-made weapons (Washington Times)

Politics

• House passes $3.5 trillion budget blueprint, paving way for massive government expansion (National Review)

• House Dems pass John Lewis Voting Rights Act, which thankfully is DOA in the Senate (Washington Times)

National Security

• Supreme Court orders reinstatement of effectual “Remain in Mexico” policy (National Review)

• Border Patrol arrests 8,700 criminal aliens in 10 months despite thin ranks (Epoch Times)

• U.S. intelligence community: Sorry, COVID’s origin remains a mystery (National Review)

• Two U.S. diplomats to be evacuated from Vietnam after “Havana Syndrome” incidents (NBC News)

Around the Nation

• Disgraced Andrew Cuomo stripped of Emmy he never should have received (National Review)

• Oregon governor reinstates outdoor mask mandate regardless of vaccination status (Washington Examiner)

Annals of the “Social Justice” Caliphate

• Apple employees are turning on their own woke company (Breitbart)

• The unbearably cringe BLM video shown to all incoming Air Force Academy cadets (Not the Bee)

Other Notables

• Americans’ judgment on Afghanistan costs Biden’s approval, down to 41% (USA Today)

• Herschel Walker declares Senate candidacy in Georgia, a top GOP target in 2022 (Fox News)

• A hospital finds an unlikely group opposing vaccination: Its workers (NY Times)

Closing Arguments

• Policy: The multimillion-dollar pandemic mistake schools are reluctant to fix (Deseret News)

• Satire: Biden orders all rainbow flags flown at half-staff after Taliban cancels UN queer theory classes (Genesius Times)

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