Out d' Coup | Kabul Airport Bombing; COVID Spikes; Don't Drink Poison; PA Prison Gerrymandering; More Mastriano; Pennridge; KU Mallet Center; Sean's Book

<p><a href='https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/08/27/afghanistan-kabul-taliban-live-updates/'>Bombing at the Kabul airport in Afghanistan</a> leaves at least 112 people dead and 111 injured. That includes 13 U.S. service members. </p> <p>Florida is facing its worst COVID outbreak since the beginning of the pandemic thanks to a Governor stuck in a right-wing media fantasyland and the rapid spreading delta variant. <a href='https://www.wmfe.org/orlando-officials-conserve-water-to-save-oxygen-for-coronavirus-patients/188467'>The Orlando area has begged residents to conserve water </a>because the oxygen used to clean the water is needed in hospitals.</p> <p>And more devastating news on the COVID front. According to the go-to forecasting model, the University of Texas COVID-19 Modeling Consortium, the <a href='https://www.mcall.com/coronavirus/ct-aud-nw-us-covid-deaths-20210826-smkunvsee5eeflmg35kyatnw2a-story.html'>U.S. is expected to see an additional 100,000 deaths</a> unless people start doing basic things like getting vaccinated, wearing masks, and social distancing. That hits extra hard as schools across the country send kids back to classroom with a hodge-podge of safety plans passed by local school boards. </p> <p>And for the fake-concern about the safety of vaccines, the FDA fully approved the Pfizer vaccine. That’s right folks, it’s official now. What’s your next excuse for putting other people at risk?</p> <p><a href='https://www.kxan.com/news/texas/texas-poison-control-says-calls-about-ivermectin-livestock-dewormer-on-the-rise-medication-not/'>Poison control center calls in Texas are up 550%</a> after residents start taking the horse medicine, ivermectin, in order to fight covid. </p> <p>Evacuation orders are given to residents and visitors in the Lake Tahoe region as <a href='https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/08/26/lake-tahoe-caldor-fire-evacuation-warnings/5608685001/'>the Caldor Fire</a> has grown to more than 213 square miles and is only 12% contained. </p> <p>The <a hr