The Patriot Post® · Monday Executive News Summary
Afghanistan Dumpster Fire
Three hundred Americans still trying to flee Afghanistan as withdrawal enters final stage (Washington Times1) | What could possibly go wrong? State Department announces joint arrangement with the Taliban to evacuate Afghan allies after deadline (Washington Examiner2)
Here are the identities of the 13 American heroes killed in Kabul suicide bombings (AMN3) | Incompetent Joe Biden checks his watch during transfer of bodies (Townhall4)
Pentagon prepared for “mass casualty” attack at Kabul airport hours before bombings (Politico5)
Drone thwarts terrorist attack in Kabul; car loaded with bombs was headed to airport (Washington Times6) | Kabul airport targeted in rocket attack foiled by U.S. system (Fox News7)
CENTCOM investigating reported civilian casualties after drone strike on ISIS-K suicide vehicle (AP8)
U.S. handed out blank copies of visas in Afghanistan, setting terrorists up (Washington Examiner9)
Marine battalion commander fired after blasting “inept” military leadership over Afghanistan withdrawal (Free Beacon10) | “This guy is all class,” says Congressman and former SEAL Dan Crenshaw (Daily Wire11)
Health
More than 3,000 pediatricians and medical professionals sue Biden admin over transgender mandate (Daily Wire12)
Now that COVID is solved… CDC restarts discontinued gun violence research program (National Review13)
Having COVID-19 once confers much greater immunity than a vaccine (Science14)
Amherst College’s new COVID restrictions are almost too insane to be real (Townhall15)
Around the Nation
Hurricane Ida plunges New Orleans into total darkness (TWC16)
Florida judge rejects Ron DeSantis’s ban on mask mandates in schools (Fox News17)
Wisconsin lost track of 82,000 ballots in state Biden won by 20,000 (Daily Signal18)
Key inflation gauge rises 3.6% from a year ago to tie biggest jump since the early 1990s (CNBC19)
Notables
North Korea appears to have restarted key nuclear reactor (Fox News20)
Billionaire progressives fund Weather Underground terrorist’s Ivy League think tank (Free Beacon21)
Gavin Newsom praised pro-Chinese Communist Party newspaper for “journalistic integrity” (Free Beacon22)
Mother of slain U.S. Marine unloads on “feckless, dementia-ridden” Biden (Daily Wire23)
Closing Arguments
Policy: The case for Democrats’ spending binge doesn’t hold up (National Review24)
Satire: Biden drone strikes White House after vowing to kill those responsible for American military deaths in Kabul (Babylon Bee25)
Related satire: Taliban buys Hunter Biden painting for presidential palace (Babylon Bee26)
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Links
- https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/aug/29/300-americans-trying-flee-afghanistan-withdrawal-e/
- https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/state-department-announces-joint-arrangement-with-97-countries-to-evacuate-afghan-allies-after-deadline
- https://americanmilitarynews.com/2021/08/here-are-the-identities-of-the-13-troops-killed-in-kabul-suicide-bombing-released-so-far/
- https://townhall.com/tipsheet/rebeccadowns/2021/08/29/joe-biden-actually-checked-his-watch-during-transfer-of-bodies-at-dover-and-he-wasnt-even-subtle-about-it-n2594950
- https://www.politico.com/news/2021/08/30/pentagon-mass-casualty-attack-kabul-507481
- https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/aug/29/pentagon-us-drone-thwarts-terrorist-attack-kabul-c/
- https://www.foxnews.com/politics/kabul-airport-targeted-in-rocket-attack-foiled-by-us-system
- https://www.militarytimes.com/flashpoints/afghanistan/2021/08/29/centcom-investigating-reported-civilian-casualties-after-drone-strike-on-isis-k-suicide-vehicle/
- https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/us-handed-out-blank-copies-of-visas-in-afghanistan-setting-terrorists-up-ex-fbi-agent
- https://freebeacon.com/national-security/marine-battalion-commander-blasts-inept-military-leadership-over-afghanistan-withdrawal/
- https://www.dailywire.com/news/this-guy-is-all-class-crenshaw-reacts-after-marine-lt-col-relieved-of-duty-for-slamming-military-leadership
- https://www.dailywire.com/news/3000-plus-pediatricians-medical-professionals-sue-biden-over-transgender-mandate
- https://www.nationalreview.com/news/cdc-restarts-discontinued-gun-violence-research-program/
- https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/08/having-sars-cov-2-once-confers-much-greater-immunity-vaccine-no-infection-parties
- https://townhall.com/tipsheet/scottmorefield/2021/08/29/brace-yourselves-this-colleges-new-covid-restrictions-are-almost-too-insane-to-be-believed-n2594962
- https://weather.com/news/news/2021-08-29-hurricane-ida-updates-the-latest-news
- https://www.foxnews.com/politics/florida-judge-desantis-mask-mandates-schools
- https://www.dailysignal.com/2021/08/27/report-wisconsin-lost-track-of-82000-ballots-in-state-biden-won-by-20000/
- https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/27/key-inflation-gauge-rises-3point6percent-from-a-year-ago-to-tie-biggest-jump-since-the-early-1990s.html
- https://www.foxnews.com/world/north-korea-appears-to-have-restarted-key-nuclear-reactor-un-watchdog
- https://freebeacon.com/democrats/billionaire-progressives-fund-weather-underground-terrorists-ivy-league-think-tank/
- https://freebeacon.com/elections/newsom-praised-chinese-foreign-agent-for-journalistic-integrity/
- https://www.dailywire.com/news/mother-of-slain-u-s-marine-unloads-on-biden-a-feckless-dementia-ridden-piece-of-crap-treasonous
- https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/08/why-the-case-for-democrats-spending-binge-doesnt-hold-up/
- https://babylonbee.com/news/biden-drone-strikes-white-house-after-vowing-to-kill-those-reponsible-for-american-military-deaths-at-kabul
- https://babylonbee.com/news/taliban-buys-hunter-biden-painting-for-presidential-palace
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