From the Heritage Foundation, I'm Tim Desher, and this is Heritage Explains.

I want to read to you a few paragraphs from a recent op-ed published in The Hill by Joe Concha.

Now, we don't normally do this unexplains, but with all that's going on, I figured we could use Joe's help to synthesize.

And I quote, it was a horrible, no-good, very bad Friday afternoon for President Biden as he headed out for a long weekend at the beach.

The FDA rejected Biden's COVID-19 booster shots for all Americans.

France recalled its ambassador to the U.S.

after team Biden snubbed our oldest ally in making a national security deal with United Kingdom and Australia.

And a drone strike, the administration claim took out a key ISIS-K planner, did no such thing.

The Pentagon confirmed that 10 civilians were killed,

including seven children. As the seasons change, it's safe to say Biden's first summer as

president went about as well as it has for the Baltimore Orioles, currently about 45 games out of

first place in the American League East.

End quote. Nice job, Joe. We really appreciate you tracking this. But if you'll allow me,

I'd like to add a couple. Hit that music, John Pop.

How about the rising inflation and skyrocketing prices for things like groceries and

gas hitting Americans directly in the pocketbook?

Or violent crime increasing in our cities?

Or the now infamous debacle in Afghanistan.

I mean, at this point, the Orioles are, well, they're looking pretty good.

But then, this old familiar story with a new location and different characters came onto the scene.

An urgent crisis at the border.

More than 10,000 men, women, and children seeking asylum in Texas.

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