Security

• State Department IG to probe Biden administration’s chaotic Afghanistan withdrawal (Fox News)

• “I will share my thoughts in the coming days and weeks”: Top U.S. envoy to Afghanistan steps down (Washington Examiner)

• Midnight runs: Biden secretly flying underage migrants into New York in the dead of night (New York Post)

• Haiti kidnappers demand $17 million ransom for missionaries (BBC News)

• North Korea fires two ballistic missiles into Sea of Japan (Fox News)

Politics

• The writing is on the wall: House Democrat retirement rush continues with two new departures (Politico)

• “Chill[ing] lawful dissent by parents”: 17 state AGs condemn DOJ targeting school board meetings (Daily Wire)

• Supreme Court protects cops from lawsuits in two qualified immunity cases (Fox News)

Economy

• China’s GDP slows to disappointing 4.9% in third quarter (The Hill)

• U.S. careening into another recession as worried consumers flash warning signs (New York Post)

• LA ports a ghost town much of the weekend despite President Biden’s goal to move cargo (Washington Examiner)

• Climate backfire: Coal-fired power jumps as natural gas prices soar (Washington Times)

“Social Justice”

• NYC commission votes unanimously to move Thomas Jefferson statue from city council chambers (ABC 7)

• Federal judge rules University of North Carolina can continue race-based admissions (Fox News)

• Rioters tear through Portland and cause $500K in damage; cops say new law restricting response leaves them powerless (Daily Wire)

Health

• City leaders, police departments push back over impending COVID vaccine mandates (USA Today)

• Nick Rolovich fired as Washington State football coach after refusing COVID vaccine (The Oregonian)

Notables

• Jury selection moving slow in Ahmaud Arbery slaying trial (AP)

• Ten absurdly wasteful items tucked into the Democrats’ $3.5 trillion tax-and-spend monstrosity (Daily Signal)

• DOJ ignores Washington Post-prompted death threats against Waukesha, Wisconsin, school board member (The Federalist)

• Silent disgrace: Where is the national media on abandoned Americans in Afghanistan? (Hot Air)

Belly Laugh of the Week

• Monkey business: Enormous bronze Harambe statue appears on Wall Street (Daily Wire)

Someone has placed a massive gorilla and a lot of bananas in front of the Wall Street bull.

We live in wild times. pic.twitter.com/b7B4h1kUFV

— Pomp 🌪 (@APompliano) October 18, 2021

Closing Arguments

• Policy: It’s time to transform the WTO (National Review)

• Satire: Pete Buttigieg says he cannot come into work as he is on breastfeeding duty (Babylon Bee)

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