No 4D Chess here. Don’t be mistaken, we’re being led by incompetent lightweights that couldn’t find a coconut on Coconut Island.

CHINA: Following the United States' botched withdrawal from Afghanistan, the CCP dispatches warships and fighter jets to conduct drills near Taiwan.

It was always a foregone conclusion that the Taliban would take control after the US left Afghanistan. But it was not inevitable that America's withdrawal had to be an international embarrassment. It turned out that way because America no longer does real diplomacy.

The Afghan government was crooked. Everyone on the ground knew it. The regime was stealing money while letting the countryside crumble. Pres. Ghani refused to step aside, and the Afghani military appeared vacillating.

Instead of forcing Pres. Ghani to accept the inevitable Taliban takeover, America's diplomats foolishly called on the Taliban to accept the Ghani regime. That was never going to happen.

Six months ago, the US had real negotiating power. It had boots and military equipment on the ground, and it was bankrolling the Ghani administration. America had bargaining chips.

But instead of negotiating, the US made a series of unrealistic ultimatums focused on fantastical ideological goals. Worse still, the US failed to back any of its ideological demands and allowed Ghani to sabotage talks.

Ultimately, the US gave up and failed to play the strong diplomatic hand it had. The Afghanistan exit turned out ugly not because America was powerless to stop it, but because America no longer does real diplomacy.

UW Medicine pulls heart transplant patient from list after refusing COVID vaccine

https://mynorthwest.com/3094868/rantz-uw-medicine-transplant-covid-vaccine/

INBOX: The Supreme Court of Texas ruled absent House Democrats can be arrested. The opinion orders district courts to rescind their temporary restraining orders given to Democratic members who have broken quorum since July.

JUST IN: U.S. Judge Joseph Kacsmaryk refused on Tuesday to rescind his ruling that directs the Biden admin. to revive the Trump-era "Remain in Mexico" policy.

Unless an appeal is successful, the U.S. will be required to revive Trump's policy this Saturday.

BREAKING: Americans who got a Pfizer or Moderna vaccine will be offered a booster shot 8 months after their second dose starting the week of Sept. 20, Biden health officials say. -- AXIOS

NEW: Oklahoma City Public Schools says six employees have been put on administrative leave for refusing to comply with the district's mask mandate. Employees of the district are only allowed to opt-out for medical reasons. The teacher’s union says they will sue the district.

When asked by George Stephanopoulos about the Afghanis seen falling from the USAF C-17, Biden angrily replied, “That was four days ago, five days ago.”

Can you image the reaction if Trump had given that cold (and inaccurate) response?

BREAKING: Biden Administration quashed special Trump program to rescue Americans trapped in crisis zones.

Trump on Newsmax tonight: "It's inconceivable that anybody could be so incompetent...to imagine you take out your military before your civilians...There's never been anything so poorly handled."

When 200,000 Brits were trapped at Dunkirk, Churchill sent fishing boats across the Channel to rescue them.

While 10,000 Americans are trapped in Afghanistan, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin says, "We don't have the capability to go out and collect large numbers of people."

This story got lost in the midst of Biden’s Afghan disaster. But it’s wild. Check it out…

“A supposed DNA match between Rep. Ilhan Omar and her second husband Ahmed Elmi allegedly proves that the two are siblings”

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9891015/amp/Claims-DNA-match-proves-Ilhan-Omar-married-brother.html?__twitter_impression=true

BREAKING (Reuters) - The FBI has found scant evidence that the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol was the result of an organized plot to overturn the presidential election result, according to four current and former law enforcement officials.

Though federal officials have arrested more than 570 alleged participants, the FBI at this point believes the violence was not centrally coordinated by far-right groups or prominent supporters of then-President Donald Trump, according to the sources, who have been either directly involved in or briefed regularly on the wide-ranging investigations.

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BIG WIN: A federal judge in Louisiana on Wednesday issued a temporary restraining order preventing Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine from mandating COVID-19 vaccination as a condition of student enrollment.

Statement regarding Americans trapped in Afghanistan from Donald J. Trump, 45th President of the Untied States:

"Leaving Americans behind for death is an unforgivable dereliction of duty, which will go down in infamy."

New York Post: "Biden lies through his teeth, fails to fess up to Afghanistan shambles for third time" #DUMKIRK

CHAOS: Shooting outside the Kabul airport near the north gate.

INBOX: "America's Team," the Dallas Cowboys, will *not* require proof of COVID-19 vaccination for fans attending games at AT&T Stadium this season. - FOX 7

TONIGHT: Donald J. Trump rallies with Rep. Mo Brooks in Alabama.

🎥: https://electionwiz.com/2021/08/21/watch-trump-holds-big-rally-with-mo-brooks/

Biden is tanking.