Afghanistan Success Debacle

• Taliban spokesperson warns U.S. not to interfere with their culture and treatment of women (Fox News) | Meanwhile, Taliban shoot and kill pregnant police officer in front of her family (Fox News)

• Taliban claim control of last hideout province, promise formation of government “soon” (Reuters)

• “Total lie”: State Department trying to steal credit for rescue of four Americans, organizer says (Fox News)

Government & Politics

• President Biden’s approval tanks; only two others have had lower ratings at this point (Fox News)

• DOJ vows not to protect preborn babies in Texas (Axios)

• Only off by … well, nearly 100%: AP adds embarrassing correction to article claiming 70% of calls to Mississippi poison control were about Ivermectin ingestion (Daily Wire)

Economy

• The end of enhanced unemployment benefits brings hope to small businesses (Fox Business)

• Shortages of supplies and workers will delay Gulf Coast rebuilding (AP)

• Britain starts coal plant after gas prices surge (Washington Examiner)

Annals of the “Social Justice” Caliphate

• CEO of video game developer supported Texas’s pro-life law. Now he’s out from the company. (Daily Wire)

• In wake of Andrew Cuomo scandal, entire board resigns from Time’s Up, whose top leaders aided and abetted the disgraced ex-governor (Daily Wire)

• Robert E. Lee statue on Richmond’s Monument Avenue will be removed Wednesday morning (Richmond Times-Dispatch)

• Race bait: Gavin Newsom rally speaker calls Larry Elder “a black face on white supremacy” (Fox News)

Annals of Integrity

• Patriotic restaurants across America honored our troops killed in Kabul by reserving a table for them and setting out 13 beers (Not the Bee)

• Auburn University honors 13 U.S. service members slain in Kabul (Washington Examiner)

Notables

• Non compos mentis: Fairfax teachers win $32.7 million bonus for “extraordinary” at-home work during pandemic (Free Beacon)

• Hurricane Ida death toll rises past 60 (Axios)

• Apple wisely delays iPhone photo-scanning plan amid fierce backlash (AP)

Closing Arguments

• Policy: Understanding SCOTUS’s decision on Texas’s pro-life law (Heritage Foundation)

• Policy: Social Security bailout will create another set of problems (Market Watch)

• Satire: Nancy Pelosi flies to Afghanistan to lecture stranded Americans on how bad January 6 was (Babylon Bee)

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