Top of the Fold

• Mark Milley and Lloyd Austin, henchmen in the calamitous Afghanistan withdrawal, testify today before Congress (Fox News)

• White House told General Milley to pursue Russia’s help in combatting terrorism in Afghanistan (Daily Wire)

• Brave Marine officer who blasted leaders over Afghanistan withdrawal now in the brig (Task & Purpose)

Politics

• Senate Republicans block bill to avert government shutdown and to extend debt limit (NBC News)

• “Our approach had to change”: Nancy Pelosi now says infrastructure bill can’t wait for reconciliation bill (NBC News)

• Jen Psaki and Democrat lawmakers echo Biden’s delirious claim that the $3.5 trillion reconciliation package will cost “zero dollars” (National Review) | By the way: The price tag is actually a huge underestimate (FEE)

Big Tech

• “Big Tech has gotten out of hand”: Alabama governor blasts Facebook’s removal of her campaign page (Fox News)

• John Stossel sues Facebook’s “fact-checkers” for defamation (PJ Media)

Security

• Biden administration to “take action to protect Dreamers” after court rules against DACA (PM)

• What could possibly go wrong? Pentagon loosens access rules to secret programs, raising security leak fears (Washington Times)

• DHS spent $330,000 on computer system that’s been broken since 2018 (Washington Times)

Health

• Biden accused of “moving goalposts” on percentage of Americans who need to get the jab (Fox News)

• New York hospitals fire/suspend staff who refuse COVID vaccine (Reuters) | D'oh! New York governor declares “disaster emergency” amid staffing shortage crisis (Washington Post)

• California police seize enough opioids to kill 50 million people (Daily Wire)

Economy

• One reason for the supply chain wreck: A record number of cargo ships are stuck outside of California as ports can’t keep up (Jalopnik)

• Ford jolts auto industry with $11 billion investment in electric vehicles (NBC News)

• Energy crisis puts Europe’s climate plan to the test (Bloomberg)

Heartland

• Brilliant: New Jersey will pay the people who have been paid not to work to return to work (National Review)

• Turning back time: Western Washington University creates segregated housing specifically for black students (Fox News)

• RNC challenges Vermont legislation giving voting rights to non-citizens (Fox News)

Culture

• Anti-Semitic attacks in 2020 outnumbered attacks against Muslims, Asians, and “transgender” people combined (Free Beacon)

• R&B superstar R. Kelly finally convicted in sex trafficking trial (AP)

• John Hinckley, who shot President Reagan, wins unconditional release (NPR)

Notables

• Five Supreme Court cases to watch this term (Daily Signal)

• China to clamp down on abortions for “non-medical purposes” (CNBC)

Closing Arguments

• Policy: Science needs fixing, not just funding (National Review)

• Policy: Higher education just isn’t built for men right now (Deseret News)

• Humor: Wife claims $3.5 trillion spending spree at Target actually cost $0 (Babylon Bee)

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