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Taliban Hunting Down Afghans with Ties to West

Jim Geraghty details a number of tragic stories as the Taliban step up their reign of terror on the people we left behind.

National Review

Cluster of Haitians Under Texas Bridge Grows

Approaching 15,000, according to this story, as they keep coming (Fox News). From Bill Melugin of Fox LA: NEW: CBP sources confirm in the last 24 hrs they have processed 2,166 migrants in Del Rio sector, meaning approx 12-13k still at bridge. At least two buses are taking single adult men to Weslaco in the Rio Grande Valley, a sector where they are already 500% over capacity @FoxNews (Twitter). From the Wall Street Journal editorial board: The massing of thousands of Haitians under a bridge near Del Rio, Texas, in recent days is the latest example of government failure and perverse incentives that are producing chaos at the border. The scenes from the area couldn’t have been scripted better by immigration restrictionists: Thousands of migrants crossing the Rio Grande en masse in the expectation that they’ll be able to claim asylum in the U.S. The thousands of Haitians fleeing desperate poverty somehow made it to Mexico, then traveled to the border, probably with the help of the cartels that control the human traffic. U.S. border agents have closed the legal Del Rio Port of Entry, so normal cross-border traffic essential for commerce is shut down. Some 15,000 Haitians and others are trapped in awful conditions around the Del Rio International Bridge, without basic necessities. The migrants may be carrying Covid-19, and border agents are overwhelmed (WSJ).

Senate Parliamentarian Tells Dems Amnesty Can’t Be Part of $3.5 Trillion Spending Package

From the story: While Democrats previously vowed that they would pursue an alternative proposal should they disagree with the ruling, the decision from the nonpartisan Senate rules arbiter likely closes the path forward for providing legal status through the so-called budget reconciliation process, which allows Democrats to sidestep a filibuster. With bipartisan immigration talks stalled, Democrats widely viewed the social spending package as their best chance to enact immigration reform (Politico). From David Limbaugh: That they even tried is scandalous. That the parliamentarian invoked the rule of law is amazing in today’s climate of disrespect for the law, but much appreciated (Twitter). From Marc Thiessen: Anyone surprised by this doesn’t understand how budget reconciliation works (Twitter). From Rich Lowry: This is self-evidently the right decision—the idea that amnesty for 8 million people is primarily a fiscal measure that belongs in the reconciliation bill was always laughably absurd (Twitter). From National Review: The amnesty would cover an estimated 8 million illegal aliens, easily constituting the largest amnesty in American history. The bill has a broad definition of so-called Dreamers. To benefit from DACA, illegal immigrants had to have entered the United States when they were under the age of 16 and resided here since 2007. In the reconciliation bill, the standards shift to include people who came under the age of 18 and resided here on or before January 1 of this year (National Review).

Woodward and Costa: Biden Aides Avoid Unscripted Events

We knew this, but now the book adds details. From the story: “They called the effect ‘the wall,’ a cocooning of the president,” the book says, describing the effort to counter Biden’s “tendency to at times be testy or mangle statements.”

The Hill

Biden Administration Admits Killing 10 Civilians in Kabul Airstrike

And yet not a single ISIS member was killed. Seven children and an aid worker were among the dead.

NY Post

Texas Doctor Brags He Broke Law, Killed Unborn Baby

And WaPo published his op-ed explanation, essentially the manifesto of a killer. But in it, one particular paragraph tells a lot about how his and many other abortionists had their world view tragically shaped: In medical school in Texas, we’d been taught that abortion was an integral part of women’s health care. When the Supreme Court issued its ruling in Roe v. Wade in 1973, recognizing abortion as a constitutional right, it enabled me to do the job I was trained to do.

Washington Post

Lomborg: Global Warming Saves Lives

Bjorn Lomborg dares to reveal some very simple math that will torture progressives. From the series of tweets: Global warming saves 166K lives/year Cold deaths 9x deadlier than heat (Twitter). Thread comes complete with several articles from scientific journals, including this one (The Lancet).

Taliban Fighters Upset They Missed Chance at Martyrdom

As Biden made the takeover of Afghanistan so easy. From the story: “Many of my fighters are worried that they missed their chance at martyrdom in the war,” Nifiz said. “I tell them they need to relax. They still have a chance to become martyrs. But this adjustment will take time.”

Washington Post

Facebook Aware Platform is Used for Human Sex Trafficking

And is less concerned with the human toll than they are with finding new users.

WSJ

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Google Removes Ads from Pro-Life Group

From the story: Google removed and blocked advertisements from pro-life group Live Action, including ads about a medical treatment used to reverse the abortion pill and a video depicting how an unborn child develops in the womb. Live Action President Lila Rose shared a screenshot of the notification she received from Google, which says the ads were removed for using “restricted drug terms,” “restricted medical content,” “health in personalized advertising,” and “misleading content.”

Washington Examiner