Tuesday – August 31, 2021

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1802 – Meriwether Lewis leaves Pittsburgh to meet up with William Clark and head west

1919 – The Communist Workers Party is formed in Chicago

1928 – Kurt Weill’s “Threepenny Opera” opens in Berlin (Mack the Knife anyone?)

1961 – A concrete wall replaces the barbed wire between East and West Berlin

1965 – Congress created HUD

1990 – Ken Griffey and Ken Griffey, Jr become the first father and son to play on the same time in a Major League Baseball game

1990 – East and West Germany sign a reunification treaty

1997 – Princess Diana and her companion and their driver die in a horrible car crash

News and The Politics out of D.C.

WELL… THE TALIBAN ARE IN CONTROL OF THE KABUL AIRPORT – AND THEY’RE GLOATING

    – BIDEN CALLS FOR A PRAYER AFTER WITHDRAWAL AND CELEBRATES AIRLIFT– PHOTO SHOWS THE LAST

AMERICAN SOLDIER LEAVING AFGHANISTAN

PSAKI ASKED IF THE US IS LESS SAFE WITH OUR WEAPONS IN TALIBAN HANDS

RETIRED MARINE SAYS HUNDREDS OF ORPHANS, CHRISTIANS TURNED AWAY BY U.S. MILITARY AND HANDED OVER TO THE TALIBAN

WAIT, THE TALIBAN OFFERED US CONTROL OF KABUL AND WE TURNED THEN DOWN?

ASKED ABOUT ABANDONED AMERICANS, SEC OF STATE BLINKEN TURNS HIS BACK TO MEDIA

BIDEN UNDER FIRE FOR USING THE TERM ‘BOY’ WHEN INTRODUCING A BLACK SENIOR ADVISOR

HERE ARE THE COUNTRIES AGREEING TO ACCEPT REFUGEES

90 RETIRED FLAG OFFICERS CALL ON GENERALS MILLEY AND AUSTIN TO RESIGN

CHASE BANK CANCELS GEN MICHAEL FLYNN’S CREDIT CARD

JUSTIFIED SHOOTING OR MURDER? — THE ASHALI BABBITT STORY NEEDS ANSWERS

HOW WILL BIDEN PAY FOR ALL HIS SPENDING? HE’S PLANNING ON ANOTHER DEATH TAX

LAWMAKERS WRITE TO BIDEN DEMANDING IMPEACHMENT (NO SHOCK, THEY’RE ALL REPUBLICANS)

PELOSI OMITS JOE MANCHIN’S REQUESTED CHANGES TO VOTING BILL… WILL THAT DOOM IT?

CDC GOES WOKE… PUBLISHING NEW GUIDE ON INCLUSIVE LANGUAGE

General News

OH JUDGE ORDERS COVID-19 PATIENT BE TREATED WITH IVERMECTIN (HE’S NOT A DOCTOR)

REQUIRED PROOF OF COVID VACCINATION CREATES AN HOURS-LONG LINE AT THE US OPEN

ALL SOUTH LAKE TAHOE RESIDENTS ORDERED TO EVACUATE DUE TO CALDOR FIRE

SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS QUITTING OVER “TOXIC PARENTS”

HOMESCHOOL EXPLOSION! FROM 13K IN 1973 TO 5 MILLION IN 2020

THE SUPPLY CHAIN SHORTAGE IS VERY REAL AND WILL LAST A LONG TIME

IF IT FEELS LIKE WE’RE ON EDGE… IT’S ONLY BECAUSE WE NEVER TAKE OFF EVEN ONE DAY AWAY

Other News Catching My Eye

WHO IS REPLACING MEGHAN McCAIN ON ‘THE VIEW?’

REPORTER BRACES FOR THE WINDS OF HURRICANE IDA… (WATCH BEHIND HIM)

IS ONLINE GAMING A PROBLEM? CHINA LIMITS KIDS TO 3 HOURS A WEEK

LIFEGUARD KILLED, 7 OTHERS INJURED AFTER LIGHTNING STRIKES A NJ BEACH