### Afghanistan Postscript

  • Pentagon confirms explosion outside the Kabul airport (CNBC) | Americans at Kabul airport gates urged by U.S. embassy to "leave immediately" (Fox News)
  • About 1,500 American citizens still in Afghanistan, secretary of state claims (NBC News) | White House cuts off audio of Joe Biden's appalling response to question about Americans stranded in Afghanistan (Twitchy)
  • Two congressmen, a Democrat and a Republican, went to Kabul because they don't trust Biden's Afghanistan spin (PJ Media) | House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who has ludicrously commended the president's Saigon 2.0 malfeasance, slams the "freelance" trip (Fox News)

### Health

  • New York governor adds 12,000 deaths to publicized COVID tally (AP)
  • CDC: Schools with mask mandates didn't see statistically significant different rates of COVID transmission from schools with optional policies (FEE)
  • YouTube oligarchs yank over one million COVID videos it deems "dangerous" (Daily Caller)

### Around the Nation

  • Man gets six years in prison for Gretchen Whitmer kidnapping role (Detroit News)
  • Former California Democrat majority leader endorses Larry Elder (Power Line)

### Other Notables

  • Osama bin Laden warned in 2010 letter that Biden would "lead US into crisis" (NY Post)
  • Capitol Police officer who shot Ashli Babbitt to speak out in interview (Daily Wire)

### Double Standards Award

  • New Mexico governor's car gets 13 MPG as she demands state average of 52 MPG (The Federalist)

### Stranger Than Fiction

  • A Washington state jail is offering free Ramen noodles to inmates who get the vaccine (Not the Bee)

### Closing Arguments

  • Policy: The results of the labor-market experiment are in: Reducing unemployment benefits reduced unemployment (City Journal)
  • Humor: Biden's guest hosting of "Jeopardy!" a disaster as he flees every time a contestant puts an answer in form of a question (Babylon Bee)

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