President Biden’s Botched Afghanistan Pullout To Be Investigated

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By Breitbart. Diana Shaw, acting inspector general for the State Department, has launched a series of investigations into President Joe Biden’s botched Afghanistan withdrawal. . .

An action memorandum sent to Secretary of State Antony Blinken on October 15 indicated that the probe will focus on:

State Department’s Special Immigrant Visa program; Afghans processed for refugee admission into the U.S.; resettlement of those refugees and visa recipients; and the emergency evacuation of the U.S. Embassy in Kabul ‘to include evacuation of U.S. citizens and Afghan nationals.’

In a letter sent on Monday, Shaw notified leaders of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and House Foreign Affairs Committee of the investigation, describing them as “several oversight projects.”

“Given the elevated interest in this work by Congress and the unique circumstances requiring coordination across the Inspector General community, I wanted to notify our committees of jurisdiction of this important work,” Shaw wrote. (Read more from “President Biden’s Botched Afghanistan Pullout To Be Investigated” HERE)

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State Watchdog to Launch Review of Biden’s Afghanistan Withdrawal

By The Hill. The acting inspector general of the State Department is launching a number of inquiries into the Biden administration’s handling of the U.S.’s withdrawal from Afghanistan, according to a notification sent to Congress and obtained by The Hill.

State Department acting Inspector General Diana Shaw on Monday notified the chairs and ranking members of relevant committees in the House and Senate that the investigative body would be launching “several oversight projects related to the suspension of operations at U.S. Embassy Kabul, Afghanistan.” . . .

Shaw will focus on four areas of inquiry, including a review of the Afghan Special Immigrant Visa Program; the process for refugee admission in the U.S.; resettlement of Afghan refugees and visa recipients; and Embassy Kabul’s emergency action planning and execution, including the evacuation of U.S. citizens and Afghan nationals.

The Biden administration’s end of operations in Afghanistan was thrown into chaos with the fall of the Western-backed government in Kabul on Aug. 15 to a lightening takeover of the country by the Taliban, the fundamentalist Islamist group that had battled U.S. forces over 20 years of engagement in Afghanistan.

Both Democrats and Republicans have criticized the administration’s handling of the U.S. exit from Afghanistan, questioning how two decades of financial and physical investment failed to stand up the Afghan government and armed forces in the face of the insurgent Taliban. (Read more from “State Watchdog to Launch Review of Biden’s Afghanistan Withdrawal” HERE)

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Let’s Go Brandon: Anti-Biden Rap Song Soars to #2 on Itunes

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The anti-Biden rap song “Let’s Go Brandon” is the second best-selling single on iTunes’s charts.

The song, performed by rapper Loza Alexander, sits just behind Adele’s “Easy On Me” and is the number-one song on iTunes’s hip-hop charts. The title of the track, which went viral on TikTok, is a reference to a televised interview earlier this month between NASCAR driver Brandon Brown and NBC Sports reporter Kelli Stavast. During the interview, NASCAR fans can be heard chanting, “F— Joe Biden.” Stavast, in an apparent attempt at damage control, said the fans were cheering, “Let’s go Brandon!” . . .

In the song, Alexander references the viral interview clip, saying, “Tried to cover up, but tell the people, ‘Go Brandon.’ But we know what they saying, though. You can hear thе chant in every post.” The artist also takes aim at the president, rapping, “Don’t nobody want this commie ‘causе we not in China.” (Read more from “Let’s Go Brandon: Anti-Biden Rap Song Soars to #2 on Itunes” HERE)

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Do as I Say, Not as I Do: Biden Enjoys Maskless Date Night

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The White House tried to downplay photos of President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden maskless in an upscale Washington, D.C., restaurant, contravening the capital’s indoor mandate.

The Bidens had their masks in hand as they left Italian seafood restaurant Fiola Mare last Saturday, according to Jen Psaki.

“There are moments when we all don’t put masks back on as quickly as we should,” she told reporters Monday. “But I don’t think we should lose the forest through the trees here.” . . .

The first couple was photographed without masks indoors and outdoors as they left the restaurant, which boasts a $40 tortelloni bolognese dish on the menu.(Read more from “Do as I Say, Not as I Do: Biden Enjoys Maskless Date Night” HERE)

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High Inflation Expected To Last Well Into 2022

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High inflation will last well into 2022, economists say, indicating that supply chain bottlenecks will keep increasing prices and curbing production.

Experts expect to see average inflation of 5.25% in December, slightly down from the current maximum predicted 5.4% figure, according to The Wall Street Journal. If inflation stays around its current level, Americans will experience the longest period during which inflation has stayed above 5% since 1991.

“It’s a perfect storm: supply-chain bottlenecks, tight labor markets, ultra-easy monetary and fiscal policies,” Michael Moran, Daiwa Capital Markets America’s chief economist, told the WSJ.

Economists believe that consumer price inflation will drop to 3.4% by June 2022 and 2.6% by the end of 2022, according to the WSJ. These figures remain 1.8% above the inflation level seen before the COVID-19 pandemic. (Read more from “High Inflation Expected To Last Well Into 2022” HERE)

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DISTURBING FOOTAGE: Man Breaks Into Home, Unzips Pants Prior To Entering Young Girl’s Room

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A creep broke into a Florida home this week, apparently started to take off his shorts — and then traipsed into a young girl’s bedroom, according to disturbing new video and local police.

The intruder, described as between 40 and 60 years old, entered the home on Flora Avenue in Holiday between 12:50 and 1:07 a.m. Thursday, the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office said on Facebook.

Security camera video released by the sheriff’s office shows the man walking into the young victim’s bedroom. Her age was not specified.

He then exits and appears to undo his shorts, cops said — though the bottom of the clip is cut off. A moment later, he wanders back into the room, the footage shows.

The homeowners woke up when their dog started barking, police said.

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Former Military Officer Makes Scary UFO Claim

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Former Air Force Captain Robert Salas allegedly had a wild experience with UFOs.

In an interview with The Sun, Salas claimed to have been overseeing 10 nuclear missiles at Malmstrom Air Force Base in Montana when a UFO took them offline in 1967.

Salas recently told The Sun the following in part about the alleged incident:

I was in charge of ten nuclear missiles at the time when a UFO came over and hovered over our facility and while it was hovering there it was seen by all our guards. I was underground 60ft, locked into a concrete capsule. It was reported to me directly by those guards. While the object was up there we lost all ten missiles due to guidance and control failure…This object, whatever it was, would have had to send a signal to each missile separately and disable the guidance system.

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GOP Rep. Issues Dire Warning: ‘We Will Lose the New Cold War With Communist China Within the Decade’

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After a bombshell Financial Times report that China tested a nuclear-capable hypersonic missile in August which circled the planet before zoning in on its target, Republican Representative Mike Gallagher — a member of the U.S. House Armed Services Committee — said that this news should serve as a “call to action.”

“​​This test should serve as a call to action. If we stick to our current complacent course — or place our hopes in bankrupt buzzwords like “integrated deterrence” — we will lose the New Cold War with Communist China within the decade,” Rep. Gallagher said in a statement. “The People’s Liberation Army now has an increasingly credible capability to undermine our missile defenses and threaten the American homeland with both conventional and nuclear strikes. Even more disturbing is the fact that American technology has contributed to the PLA’s hypersonic missile program.”

“We know from a recent Washington Post report that Phytium uses US-derived technology to power a military supercomputer that models hypersonic flight. While the Biden administration rightly placed Phytium on the Commerce Department’s Entity List, it has not applied the Foreign Direct Product Rule that was successfully used to counter Huawei. As a result, US-derived technology produced by TSMC still enables Phytium’s malign work. This needs to change,” Rep. Gallagher continued. “Phytium is just the beginning. The US government has long failed to apply maximum pressure against the Chinese Communist Party’s Military-Civil Fusion strategy. With our homeland now exposed, in part, by advanced technology derived from Military-Civil Fusion, we need to aggressively decouple from anything associated with Military-Civil Fusion. We must end joint ventures, investments, and research collaborations that involve areas associated with Military-Civil Fusion. We also need to stop the flow of Wall Street capital into Chinese tech.” (Read more from “GOP Rep. Issues Dire Warning: ‘We Will Lose the New Cold War With Communist China Within the Decade’” HERE)

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Department of Labor Releases Bulletin About Potential COVID Vaccine Injuries

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The Department of Labor has posted a bulletin, dated October 1, 2021, about how the federal government will handle potential injuries inflicted on federal workers by Wuhan coronavirus vaccines.

President Joe Biden mandated the vaccination for all federal workers and contractors by December 8. The subject line of the bulletin reads, “Coverage for Injuries Resulting from the COVID-19 Vaccination Mandate for Federal Employees.”

“The Federal Employees’ Compensation Act (FECA) covers injuries that occur in the performance of duty. The FECA does not generally authorize provision of preventive measures such as vaccines and inoculations, and in general, preventive treatment is a responsibility of the employing agency under the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 7901. However, care can be authorized by OWCP for complications of preventive measures which are provided or sponsored by the agency, such as adverse reaction to prophylactic immunization,” the bulletin states. “Further, deleterious effects of medical services furnished by the employing establishment are generally considered to fall within the performance of duty. These services include preventive programs relating to health.”

“However, this executive order now makes COVID-19 vaccination a requirement of most Federal employment. As such, employees impacted by this mandate who receive required COVID-19 vaccinations on or after the date of the executive order may be afforded coverage under the FECA for any adverse reactions to the vaccine itself, and for any injuries sustained while obtaining the vaccination,” it continues. (Read more from “Department of Labor Releases Bulletin About Potential COVID Vaccine Injuries” HERE)

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Meteorite Crashes Through Roof, Lands on Woman’s Bed While She Sleeps

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A 2.8-pound meteorite crashed through a woman’s roof in British Columbia and landed on her bed while she was asleep on Oct. 3, the New York Times (NYT) reported.

Ruth Hamilton, 66, woke up to her dog barking and a sound resembling “an explosion”. She turned on the light and found a hole in her ceiling, the NYT reported.

While Hamilton was dialing 911, she noticed a large gray object between her pillows, the NYT reported. “Oh, my gosh,” she said to the operator, “there’s a rock in my bed.”

The rock barely missed Hamilton’s head and left drywall debris all over her face, according to the NYT.

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Poll Reveals Slim Majority Trust the Media

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Trust in the media has dropped significantly in recent years, according to a recent poll from Gallup.

According to the polling outlet , respondents were asked, “In general, how much trust and confidence do you have in the mass media – – such as newspapers, TV and radio – – when it comes to reporting the news fully, accurately and fairly – – a great deal, a fair amount, not very much or none at all?”

Only 36% of Americans said they had a “Great deal/Fair amount” of trust in the mass media, broken down as only 7% saying they have “a great deal” and 29% “a fair amount.”

In 2016, the trust in the media was at a record low at 32% — not far off from this year’s numbers. (Read more from “Poll Reveals Slim Majority Trust the Media” HERE)

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