General Calls Delays in Afghanistan Withdrawal an Example of ‘American Arrogance’

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Retired Gen. Frank McKenzie said he believes the delay in withdrawing troops from Afghanistan can be attributed to “American arrogance.” He spoke to his many regrets about the withdrawal that led to the deaths of 13 U.S. service members in August 2021.

McKenzie, the head of United States Central Command at the time of the withdrawal, said in an interview with Fox News’s Jennifer Griffin that he regretted the U.S.’s decision to “stay on until the very end,” saying that often pushing that choice could land, and did land, the country in an “extremist situation.”

“I think it’s a case of American exceptionalism or American arrogance, depending on your perspective, to believe that you can actually withdraw, beaten from the field of battle, and still maintain a large political platform in the country you’re actually retreating from,” McKenzie said in the interview, which aired Thursday.

“I go back to the basic decision to wait so very late to begin to bring people out — after we had already given away Bagram Airfield, after we had already drawn down to a very low footprint in the country,” he continued. “I think those were the decisions that led to the scenes at the airport in Kabul.” (Read more from “General Calls Delays in Afghanistan Withdrawal an Example of ‘American Arrogance’” HERE)

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This Country Just Decriminalized Abortion

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Mexico’s Supreme Court deemed all federal penalties for abortion unconstitutional, announcing the controversial decision in the predominantly Catholic country in a social media post on Wednesday evening.

The court’s First Chamber issued a ruling saying that the federal criminal code that penalizes abortion “violates the human rights of women and persons with the capacity to gestate.”

The ruling responds to legal challenges regarding three statutes in the Mexican criminal code that sanction women who choose abortion, health professionals who perform abortions, and those who pressure pregnant women to abort. (Read more from “This Country Just Decriminalized Abortion” HERE)

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There’s a Huge Warning Sign That the Housing Market Could Be Headed For Trouble

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The housing market could face even greater trouble in the future as both supply and demand slip following low mortgage rate applications and a tight supply of homes, according to multiple sources.

The number of mortgage applications declined 2.9% in the week ending Sept. 1 compared to the previous week, bringing it to the lowest level since 1996 and showing a drop in the demand for new homes, according to a Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) press release. The supply of new homes for sale is also dropping and inventories have remained below pre-pandemic levels, culminating in a drop in both supply and demand and indicating possible danger in the housing market.

“The decline in mortgage applications reflects the reality that the income for many families simply cannot shoulder the mortgage payments of a new home given the combined impact of sharply higher mortgage rates combined with the surge in home prices,” Joel Griffith, a research fellow at the Thomas A. Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies at The Heritage Foundation, told the Daily Caller News Foundation.

Existing home sales fell 2.2% in July from June and 16.6% year-over-year, coming to only 4.07 million sold in the month, according to the National Association of Realtors (NAR). Part of that drop in demand can be attributed to rising costs for existing homes, which increased 1.9% in July year-over-year and exceeded $400,000 — which it has only done in three other months.

“When you go from record low mortgage rates to levels that we haven’t seen for almost 20 years, you destroy both the demand and supply,” Mohamed Aly El-Erian, an economist and chief economic advisor at Allianz, told CNBC in August. “And that’s the irony, that supply has come down and demand has come down as well. That is the way you destroy a housing market.” (Read more from “There’s a Huge Warning Sign That the Housing Market Could Be Headed For Trouble” HERE)

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‘Defund the Police’ Democrat Gets Violently Attacked, Now Demands Holding Criminals ‘Accountable’

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A Minnesota DFL Party official who championed defunding the police during the George Floyd riots has since changed her position after being violently attacked this week.

Shivanthi Sathanandan, the Second Vice Chairwoman for the DFL, posted an image of her bloodied face from the attack on Tuesday, explaining that she was carjacked at her home while her children were present.

“Four very young men, all carrying guns, beat me violently down to the ground in front of our kids,” she wrote in a Facebook post that included a photo she took of herself. “The young men held our neighbors up at gunpoint when they ran over and tried to help me. All in broad daylight.”

“Look at my face in the picture. This is the face of a mother who just had the s[***] beaten out of her. A mother whose only thought was, ‘let me run far enough and fight hard enough so that my kids have a chance to get away,’” she continued. “This is the face of a mother who just listened to her four year old daughter screaming non-stop, her 7 year old son wailing for someone to come help because bad guys are murdering his Mama in the back yard, her neighbors screaming in outrage… all while being beaten with guns and kicks and fists.” (Read more from “‘Defund the Police’ Democrat Gets Violently Attacked, Now Demands Holding Criminals ‘Accountable’” HERE)

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Pollsters See 2024 Weakness for Biden Among Non-White Voters

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Support for President Joe Biden appears to be dropping off among non-white voters, leading to fresh warnings about the incumbent being vulnerable as he seeks re-election in 2024.

A CNN poll, conducted by SSRS and released on Thursday, found 58% support for Biden among people of color who are registered voters in a hypothetical 2024 rematch against former President Donald Trump, the current GOP frontrunner who received 34% support from the same demographic. . .

The assessment prompted responses from other pollsters, journalists, and politicians.

“We’re still a while away from Election Day, but the Biden campaign is currently taking a lot of non-white support for granted,” said pollster Frank Luntz. (Read more from “Pollsters See 2024 Weakness for Biden Among Non-white Voters” HERE)

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Comer: ‘I Do Believe We Have the Votes for Impeachment Inquiry’

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House Oversight Committee chairman Rep. James Comer (R-KY) said Thursday on Newsmax TV’s “Rob Schmitt Tonight” that he believes he has the votes in the House to open an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden.

Comer said, “I do believe that we have the votes for impeachment inquiry. I think that with the revelation of all these emails, you know that Joe Biden was communicating with Hunter Biden about his business about all of the corruption that he was involved in. I think that was the straw that broke the camel’s back with a few of the Republicans that were a little nervous about going the route of impeachment inquiry. They realized that we need this tool to be able to win in court because that’s where we’re headed. We’ve just about picked all the low-hanging fruit.” (Read more from “Comer: ‘I Do Believe We Have the Votes for Impeachment Inquiry’” HERE)

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CNN Poll: Several GOP Candidates Lead Biden in Head-To-Head Matchup

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Former President Donald Trump, as well as South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott, former Vice President Mike Pence, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, and former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie are leading President Joe Biden in a head-to-head matchup, the latest CNN poll found.

The survey asked respondents who they would choose in a series of hypothetical head-to-head matchups, all including Biden and various GOP candidates.

Trump, the clear leader in the Republican primary race, leads Biden in a head-to-head matchup by one percent, or 47 percent to 46 percent. Notably, Trump’s lead is within the ± 3.6 percent margin of error.

However, the former president is far from the only Republican candidate besting Biden. In fact, the survey found some of Trump’s challengers performing even better than him against Biden.

Haley, for instance, leads Biden 49 percent to 43 percent — a lead well outside of the margin of error. (Read more from “CNN Poll: Several GOP Candidates Lead Biden in Head-To-Head Matchup” HERE)

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President Harris? Kamala Says She ‘May Have to Take Over’ as President and Is Ready to Do So (VIDEO)

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Vice President Kamala Harris said Wednesday that an important part of her job is the fact that she “may have to take over” if President Biden is unable to complete his term in office — and that she’s ready to do so if required.

Harris was pressed on her readiness for the Oval Office during an overseas trip — after she initially tried to deflect a question about the 80-year-old Biden’s age by pointing to his legislative accomplishments.

“Questions about the president’s age often go hand in hand with questions about how you would step in the role if necessary. Do you feel prepared for that possibility? Has serving as vice president prepared you for that job?” Associated Press reporter Chris Megerian asked Harris.

“Yes,” replied the 58-year-old vice president in Jakarta, Indonesia, where she is representing Biden at the annual Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit. . .

“But let us also understand that every vice president — every vice president — understands that when they take the oath, that they must be very clear about the responsibility they may have to take over the job of being president. I am no different.” (Read more from “President Harris? Kamala Says She ‘May Have to Take Over’ as President and Is Ready to Do So” HERE)

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Company Let FBI Seize Customer’s Gun Safe Contents Without a Court Order (VIDEO)

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Liberty Safe willfully granted the FBI backdoor access to one of its customers’ gun safes because the federal law enforcement agency demanded it.

“The feds called the manufacturer of his Liberty Gun Safe and got the passcode to get into it too. All for protesting at the Capitol over 2 1/2 years ago,” conservative YouTubers the Hodge Twins alleged in a post on X on Monday.

Nathan Hughes, the 34-year-old owner of the compromised Liberty gun safe, was arrested at gunpoint and charged last week with one felony and three misdemeanors related to his presence in the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021. During the raid on his home, the FBI ransacked his house and attempted to confiscate the firearms from his safe.

Liberty confirmed on Tuesday that it gave the disgraced federal law enforcement agency a combination to break into Hughes’ gun safe simply because the FBI produced a warrant to search Hughes’ home.

Safe companies like Liberty are not necessarily required to comply with law enforcement requests for combos to break into one of their purchased products unless a court orders them to do so. Liberty, however, claimed it is their “company protocol” to give law enforcement entry and access to its products as long as those agencies possess a warrant. (Read more from “Company Let FBI Seize Customer’s Gun Safe Contents Without a Court Order (VIDEO)” HERE)

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Obama, Clinton and Biden All Used Secret, Fake-Name Email Accounts to Hide Their Actions

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I am surprised that anyone is surprised that, as vice president in the Obama administration, Joe Biden used email accounts under fake names to loop his son Hunter into official US government business.

This is how the Obama administration rolled.

When high officials were involved in a dodgy activity they wanted to shield from public disclosure laws, they frequently used pseudonymous email accounts.

That included President Barack Obama himself.

As I argued at the time, one of the main reasons the Obama Justice Department whitewashed Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s criminally negligent mishandling of classified information, through the lawless homebrew server system she set up for doing official government business, is that Obama was implicated. (Read more from “Obama, Clinton and Biden All Used Secret, Fake-Name Email Accounts to Hide Their Actions” HERE)

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