Tuesday Executive News Summary

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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