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Americans Still Held Hostage by Taliban

Biden spokesman Ned Price claims the Biden administration “pulled every lever available” but those pesky Taliban keep blocking flights with Americans (Twitter). From Rich Lowry: An ongoing national humiliation, with new exercises in fecklessness and excuse-making every day (Twitter).

Biden Approval Sinking

Lowest levels yet, according to Reuters (Reuters). From Hugh Hewitt: Who would have thought that running away, abandoning allies and helpless people to the Taliban and leaving American citizens and legal permanent residents would sink a POTUS’ standing? (Twitter).

Thousands of Illegal immigrants Pack in Under Bridge in South Texas

From the story: Thousands of Haitian migrants who have crossed the Rio Grande since Tuesday are sleeping outdoors under a border bridge in South Texas, creating a humanitarian emergency and a logistical challenge U.S. agents describe as unprecedented. Authorities in Del Rio say more than 8,000 migrants have arrived at the impromptu camp, and they are expecting more in the coming days. The sudden influx has presented the Biden administration with a new border emergency at a time when illegal crossings have reached a 20-year high (Washington Post). From Ted Cruz: I am on the ground in Del Rio, Texas tonight. As of this moment, there are 10,503 illegal aliens under the Del Rio International Bridge. This manmade disaster was caused by Joe Biden. Tweet also has video (Twitter). Another from Cruz later (Twitter).

FAA Stops Drones Flying Over Bridge Where Illegal Immigrants Crowd

From Fox LA reporter Bill Melugin: NEW: We’ve learned that the FAA just implemented a two week TFR (Temporary Flight Restrictions) over the international bridge in Del Rio, TX, meaning we can no longer fly our FOX drone over it to show images of the thousands of migrants. FAA says “special security reason” (Twitter). From Tom Cotton: What a coincidence. The FAA better be ready to explain to Congress why they’re suddenly blocking the media from covering Biden’s border crisis (Twitter). Later from Melugin: Top Democrats were outraged about hundreds of migrants being held under a bridge during the Trump administration’s border surge in 2019. Now in 2021, when the situation is significantly worse with thousands of migrants under bridges? Crickets (Twitter). From Susie Moore: They’re running out of rugs to sweep their messes under (Twitter).

Strassel: Democrats Know Climate Bill Would Kill Economy and Dem Political Hopes

But progressives are pushing this agenda with the $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill (WSJ). Biden is working on behalf of the far left on this one (WSJ). But the president has failed to get Manchin on board (NY Post).

Women Account for Nearly Half of All New Gun Purchases

From the story: …an estimated 3.5 million women became new gun owners from January 2019 through April of this year. About 4 million men became new gun owners over that period, they found. For decades, other surveys have found that around 10% to 20% of American gun owners were women.

WSJ

Dutch Foreign Minister Resigns Over Afghanistan Evacuation Mess

Taking responsibility for their part in what was mostly a Biden disaster. But Biden’s people kept their jobs.

Yahoo

Biden Taking Meds from Florida

The story reminds us months ago “Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida was being roundly castigated for promoting the use of Regeneron’s monoclonal-antibody treatment as part of his state’s efforts to fight COVID-19.” Now the Biden administration is seeing the benefits and seeks to ration what Florida receives (National Review). From Ron DeSantis: I will fight like hell to overcome Biden’s cruel decision to drastically reduce lifesaving monoclonal antibody treatments for Floridians. We’ve seen steep reductions in hospital admissions due to early treatment efforts. It’s wrong to penalize Florida for his partisan bitterness (Twitter). When pressed on this, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said “Our supply is not unlimited and we believe it should be equitable… We’re not going to give a greater percentage to Florida over Oklahoma” (Twitter).

Amazon Blocks Ad for Book Critical of Black Lives Matter

They later admitted their policy was “inaccurately enforced” and reversed the ban.

Daily Signal

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California Cities Lead in Salary Needed to Buy a Home

You’ll need over a quarter million dollars a year for a house in San Jose. But you barely need $40,000 to pull it off in other cities.

Visual Capitalist