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September 4 2021
Good morning from Washington, where President Biden doesn’t seem to be getting the grief that his predecessor did over mounting COVID-19 deaths. David Harsanyi finds this curious. The left reveals itself by embracing death over life in Texas, Nicole Russell writes. Plus: “fact-checkers” take sides over U.S. deaths in Kabul; Florida means business in rejecting vaccine passports; and Pennsylvania edges closer to joining an interstate climate pact. Seventy years ago today, President Harry Truman’s speech at a conference in San Francisco becomes the first coast-to-coast TV broadcast, airing over 87 stations in 47 cities.
“For the first time … a decision by the Independent Regulatory Review Commission has opened the door for Pennsylvania to join an interstate initiative without legislative approval,” says one lawmaker.
Two Gold Star fathers, Darin Hoover and Mark Schmitz, appeared on Fox News’ “Hannity” to bitterly complain that Biden repeatedly checked his watch during the ceremony.
An amendment rejecting the use of critical race theory in America’s military academies may not have made it out of committee, but the spirited debate about it is revealing.
