The Patriot Post® · Thursday Executive News Summary
Afghanistan
President Biden misses deadline to provide senators with number of Americans left behind (Fox News)
Taliban agrees to allow 200 Americans and other foreigners to leave (Forbes)
Senate Republicans demand hearings on Afghanistan and sworn testimony from Lloyd Austin and Mark Milley (Daily Caller)
We’re shocked — shocked! China weighing occupation of Bagram Airbase abandoned by U.S. (U.S. News)
Non compos mentis: State Department feigns concern over all-male Taliban government (The Hill)
Americans turned away from Northern Virginia hospital as Afghan refugees take priority (Daily Wire)
Politics
“I’m not resigning, but you should”: Kellyanne Conway and Sean Spicer fire back after Biden boots Trump appointees from military panels (Fox News)
Biden’s approval rating collapses to 39% (Breitbart)
White House to withdraw controversial ATF nominee David Chipman, who wants to ban AR-15s (Fox News)
Seriously? Constitution and Declaration of Independence now have “trigger warnings” on National Archives site (Daily Wire)
Health
Biden to announce vaccine requirement for all federal workers (The Hill)
Collusion: CDC announced stricter school-masking guidelines after teacher union threat (National Review)
WHO extends call for a moratorium on COVID booster doses until the end of the year (CNBC)
Security
FBI releases new footage of Capitol pipe bomb suspect eight months into search (Washington Examiner)
Twenty terrorists face trial for 2015 Paris attack that killed 130 people (Daily Caller)
Annals of the “Social Justice” Caliphate
A racial incident that will be ignored by the media: White woman wearing monkey mask throws egg at Larry Elder (Daily Wire)
Texas NAACP and UT students file federal civil rights complaint over “racist” school song (Daily Wire)
Notables
Get off the couch: Job openings hit new record high of 10.9 million in July (The Hill)
Tiananmen Square vigil organizers arrested in Hong Kong (NBC News)
Google’s anti-racism program exposed, considered “virtuous” by Silicon Valley (Fox News)
Closing Arguments
Policy: Migration and double standards: If Americans must be tested before returning home, the U.S. should ask the same of anyone who seeks asylum here (City Journal)
Policy: A ridiculous revision of inflation history (National Review)
Satire: More states pass abortion laws in hopes of triggering travel ban from Portland (Babylon Bee)
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