The Patriot Post® · Friday Executive News Summary
Afghanistan Dumpster Fire
13th U.S. service member dies in Afghanistan attack, now deadliest day of conflict since 2011 (Daily Wire1) | Tone-deaf House Speaker Nancy Pelosi tweets about Women’s Equality Day after Americans killed in Kabul (PJ Media2)
In hopeless speech3, President Biden refuses liability for Afghanistan crisis he created (The Federalist4) | Biden admits to being instructed which reporters to call on (Daily Wire5)
Dumb… CENTCOM commander says U.S. sharing intel with Taliban (Fox Business6)
… and dumber: U.S. officials gave Taliban terrorists names of American citizens, green card holders, and Afghan allies (PM7) | “This is insanity”: Baffled reporters torch Biden for sharing list of U.S. citizens and allies with Taliban (Fox News8)
Around the Nation
Tropical Storm Ida is strengthening and forecast to hit the Gulf Coast as a major hurricane (TWC9)
Portland explodes again in violent battles between antifa and Proud Boys (The Hill10)
Feds to close troubled NYC jail where Jeffrey Epstein
killed himselfdidn’t kill himself (AP11)Democrat Terry McAuliffe, candidate for Virginia governor, forgot to sign form making him a valid candidate, complaint says (Daily Wire12)
Other Notables
Getting it right on the second try: Supreme Court strikes down eviction moratorium (National Review13) | Nearly 90% of rental assistance funds not yet distributed (Fox Business14)
The officer15 who shot Ashli Babbitt reveals identity, ridiculously says he “saved countless lives” (National Review16)
Delta Air Lines will impose $200 surcharge on unvaccinated employees (Fox Business17)
Non compos mentis: Harvard’s new chaplain is an atheist — and “good without God” (NY Post18)
Closing Arguments
Policy: How might China exploit the Afghanistan debacle? (Daily Signal19)
Policy: How to regulate Critical Race Theory in schools (Manhattan Institute20)
Satire: In response to Afghanistan disaster, Nancy Pelosi begins impeachment proceedings against President Trump (Babylon Bee21)
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Links
- https://www.dailywire.com/news/13th-u-s-service-member-dies-in-afghanistan-now-deadliest-day-of-conflict-since-2011
- https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/robert-spencer/2021/08/26/let-them-eat-cake-pelosi-tweets-about-womens-equality-day-after-americans-killed-in-kabul-n1473197
- https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2021/08/26/remarks-by-president-biden-on-the-terror-attack-at-hamid-karzai-international-airport/
- https://thefederalist.com/2021/08/26/in-hopeless-speech-biden-refuses-liability-for-afghanistan-crisis-he-created/
- https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-admits-to-being-instructed-which-reporters-to-call-on-trump-press-sec-condemns
- https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/centcom-commander-says-u-s-sharing-intel-with-taliban
- https://thepostmillennial.com/kill-list-us-officials-gave-the-taliban-names-of-american-citizens-green-card-holders-and-afghan-allies
- https://www.foxnews.com/media/reporters-scorch-biden-list-us-citizens-afghanistan
- https://weather.com/safety/hurricane/news/2021-08-27-tropical-storm-hurricane-ida-forecast-gulf
- https://thehill.com/changing-america/respect/equality/569246-portland-explodes-again-in-violent-battles-between-antifa
- https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/u-s-close-troubled-n-y-c-jail-where-jeffrey-n1277770
- https://www.dailywire.com/news/dem-candidate-for-virginia-governor-forgot-to-sign-form-making-him-a-valid-candidate-complaint-says
- https://www.nationalreview.com/news/supreme-court-strikes-down-biden-eviction-moratorium/
- https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/rental-assistance-funds-not-yet-distributed
- https://patriotpost.us/alexander/81330-the-uscp-officer-who-killed-ashli-babbitt-2021-07-14
- https://www.nationalreview.com/news/officer-who-shot-ashli-babbitt-reveals-identity-says-he-saved-countless-lives/
- https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/delta-air-lines-fines-coronavirus-vaccine
- https://nypost.com/2021/08/26/harvards-new-chaplain-is-an-atheist-and-good-without-god/
- https://www.dailysignal.com/2021/08/25/how-might-china-exploit-the-afghanistan-debacle/
- https://www.manhattan-institute.org/copland-critical-race-theory-model-legislation
- https://babylonbee.com/news/in-response-to-afghanistan-disaster-pelosi-begins-impeachment-proceedings-against-president-trump
- https://patriotpost.us/headlines