The Patriot Post® · Monday Executive News Summary
Afghanistan Dumpster Fire
Three hundred Americans still trying to flee Afghanistan as withdrawal enters final stage (Washington Times) | What could possibly go wrong? State Department announces joint arrangement with the Taliban to evacuate Afghan allies after deadline (Washington Examiner)
Here are the identities of the 13 American heroes killed in Kabul suicide bombings (AMN) | Incompetent Joe Biden checks his watch during transfer of bodies (Townhall)
Pentagon prepared for “mass casualty” attack at Kabul airport hours before bombings (Politico)
Drone thwarts terrorist attack in Kabul; car loaded with bombs was headed to airport (Washington Times) | Kabul airport targeted in rocket attack foiled by U.S. system (Fox News)
CENTCOM investigating reported civilian casualties after drone strike on ISIS-K suicide vehicle (AP)
U.S. handed out blank copies of visas in Afghanistan, setting terrorists up (Washington Examiner)
Marine battalion commander fired after blasting “inept” military leadership over Afghanistan withdrawal (Free Beacon) | “This guy is all class,” says Congressman and former SEAL Dan Crenshaw (Daily Wire)
Health
More than 3,000 pediatricians and medical professionals sue Biden admin over transgender mandate (Daily Wire)
Now that COVID is solved… CDC restarts discontinued gun violence research program (National Review)
Having COVID-19 once confers much greater immunity than a vaccine (Science)
Amherst College’s new COVID restrictions are almost too insane to be real (Townhall)
Around the Nation
Hurricane Ida plunges New Orleans into total darkness (TWC)
Florida judge rejects Ron DeSantis’s ban on mask mandates in schools (Fox News)
Wisconsin lost track of 82,000 ballots in state Biden won by 20,000 (Daily Signal)
Key inflation gauge rises 3.6% from a year ago to tie biggest jump since the early 1990s (CNBC)
Notables
North Korea appears to have restarted key nuclear reactor (Fox News)
Billionaire progressives fund Weather Underground terrorist’s Ivy League think tank (Free Beacon)
Gavin Newsom praised pro-Chinese Communist Party newspaper for “journalistic integrity” (Free Beacon)
Mother of slain U.S. Marine unloads on “feckless, dementia-ridden” Biden (Daily Wire)
Closing Arguments
Policy: The case for Democrats’ spending binge doesn’t hold up (National Review)
Satire: Biden drone strikes White House after vowing to kill those responsible for American military deaths in Kabul (Babylon Bee)
Related satire: Taliban buys Hunter Biden painting for presidential palace (Babylon Bee)
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