Plus: On 20th Anniversary of 9/11, We Regrettably Are Less Safe
September 10 2021
Happy Friday from Washington, where President Biden is imposing vaccine mandates not only on federal employees but millions of other Americans who work for larger employers. Fred Lucas has details. Twenty years after the Sept. 11 attacks, we are more vulnerable to terrorists, Lora Ries writes. On the podcast, a former firefighter recalls what happened at ground zero in New York. Plus: the Justice Department sues Texas over a pro-life law; Biden’s “unity purge” of military academies; and uncounted ballots in Georgia and Pennsylvania. Thirty years ago today, a little-known rock band from Washington state, Nirvana, releases the breakout single “Smells Like Teen Spirit” from its second album, “Nevermind.”
“This is not about freedom or personal choice,” Biden says. “It’s about protecting yourself and those around you, the people you work with … the people you love.”
“Biden Democrats’ anti-life, anti-democracy attack on Texas and other pro-life states proves how out of touch they are,” pro-life leader Marjorie Dannenfelser says.
The president once again shows his vindictive streak, which is at complete odds with the man he presented himself to be during the presidential campaign and his own inaugural speech.
Two of the most closely contested states in last year’s presidential election logged a high number of unaccounted-for mail-in ballots, a watchdog legal group reports.
The nation’s largest teachers union threatened to publicly criticize the Biden administration if it didn’t implement stricter mask guidance for schools, internal emails show.
