DOD to House Up to 30,000 Afghan Refugees on US Military Bases

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The Department of Defense is set to house up to 30,000 Afghan refugees on U.S. military bases in the coming days as the Taliban have swept through the nation following President Joe Biden’s near-total troop withdrawal.

The individuals will be recipients of the SIV program, short for Special Immigrant Visas for Afghans, which grants asylum to residents of the country who worked for the U.S. government in some capacity, according to DOD documents obtained by Fox News on Sunday. Fort Bliss in Texas and Fort McCoy in Wisconsin are among the military installations that will be accommodating the Afghans.

“The situation in Afghanistan may lead to DoS [Department of State] allowing Afghan SIV applicants to be moved to temporary housing locations while still being vetted for parolee status,” the document read.

Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said the United States can house “several thousand” refugees “immediately,” though more could flood in the future. (Read more from “DOD to House Up to 30,000 Afghan Refugees on US Military Bases” HERE)

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Big Surprise! Hollywood Celebs Blame Trump

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Hollywood celebrities have sprung into damage control mode following President Joe Biden’s disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan, attempting to blame former President Donald Trump for Biden’s mismanaged and chaotic retreat that has left the country in Taliban control, including the U.S. embassy in Kabul.

Stars including Bette Midler, Sophia Bush, George Takei, and Rosanna Arquette have used their social media influencer status to assign blame for the fiasco to Trump, citing the former president’s 2020 agreement with the Taliban.

As Breitbart News reported, the Trump administration agreed to fully withdraw troops from Afghanistan by May 1, 2021, in exchange for the Taliban agreeing not to attack U.S. troops and to cut ties with al-Qaeda and other international terrorist groups.

But the Biden administration reneged on the Trump deal by extending the Afghan war by four months, before again changing the date for troop withdrawal to August 31. Biden’s prevarications prompted the Taliban to drop its end of the bargain, setting in motion the Islamic extremist group’s takeover of the country.

None of that stopped Bette Midler from trying to spin Biden’s debacle as Trump’s fault. “This should be laid at Trump’s fat feet,” the future Kennedy Center honoree tweeted Monday.

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Arizona Senate President Says Maricopa Audit Report Being Prepared

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Arizona Senate President Karen Fann provided a brief update on the progress of a report on the 2020 election audit conducted in Maricopa County.

The Republican leader said the companies contracted to conduct the review, led by Cyber Ninjas, are putting together a report on their findings from the audit, which has been subject to intense criticism by county officials and others, including Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs , who has cast the audit as a “political stunt ” meant to cast doubt on election integrity.

“Confirming audit companies are preparing the draft report to present to the senate team. Senate team will then review for accuracy and clarity for final report which will be released publicly,” Fann said in a tweet on Monday.

Fann was responding to a Twitter account that warned people to beware of a tweet appearing to quote former Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne, a supporter of the audit , saying the report is being finished and delivered to the state Senate next week. (Read more from “Arizona Senate President Says Maricopa Audit Report Being Prepared” HERE)

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Mom Says Southwest Flight Attendant Told Her to ‘Glue’ Mask to Toddler’s Face

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A Virginia Beach mother is speaking out after a mask incident she said involved her 2-year-old on a recent Southwest Airlines flight.

Ali Cleek was on an Aug. 12 flight from Orlando to Norfolk, Virginia, with her husband and two children, 4 and 2. Her 2-year-old daughter, Drew, was crying and would not keep on her mask, Cleek told FOX News.

“Drew is a thumb sucker and her only way she biologically knows how to soothe herself is by sucking her thumb which is damn near impossible with a mask,” Cleek posted to Instagram after the incident.

Cleek and her husband held Drew down, she said, trying to get her to wear her mask while two flight attendants stood over them, watching. . .

Cleek said she was given two options. Cut a hole in the mask, she said she was told sarcastically, or “glue it to her face.” The flight attendant, Cleek said, indicated she had glue available.

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Former President Trump Calls on Biden to ‘Resign in Disgrace’; Watch Videos of Panicked Afghanis at Kabul Airport

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By New York Post. Former President Donald Trump Sunday called on President Joe Biden to “resign in disgrace” over his handling of the Afghanistan withdrawal and other issues.

“It is time for Joe Biden to resign in disgrace for what he has allowed to happen to Afghanistan, along with the tremendous surge in COVID, the Border catastrophe, the destruction of energy independence, and our crippled economy,” the former president wrote in a statement. . .

Trump’s administration had negotiated the terms of the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan by May 1. Trump even considered withdrawing troops from the region before leaving office. . .

“I made early withdraw possible by already pulling much of our billions of dollars of equipment out and, more importantly, reducing our military presence to less than 2,000 troops from the 16,000 level that was there (likewise in Iraq, and zero troops in Syria except for the area where we KEPT THE OIL),” he said in an email to supporters in April. (Read more from “Former President Trump Calls on Biden to ‘Resign in Disgrace’” HERE)
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Videos show desperation at Kabul airport as Afghans and foreigners try to escape the Taliban

By Jared Keller. he scene at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul has devolved into chaos as both Afghan and foreign nationals seek to flee Afghanistan amid the Taliban’s violent campaign to reclaim the country.

The Taliban captured Kabul on Sunday as former President Ashraf Ghani fled to neighboring Tajikistan, leaving Taliban fighters to occupy the presidential palace and mark the return of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan almost exactly 20 years after the United States initially invaded the country. . .

“The security situation in Kabul is changing quickly including at the airport,” the embassy said in a statement. “There are reports of the airport taking fire; therefore we are instructing U.S. citizens to shelter in place.”

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Speaker Pelosi’s Mask-Less Aide Shares Cozy Photo, Rubs House Hypocrisy in Your Face

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Shane Smith, a Special Assistant to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D.-Calif.), seems to have been granted a dispensation from the Speaker when it comes to her own policy.

On August 13th, the Aide was caught on social media celebrating the opportunity to bring his parents to the Capitol. Smith posted a picture atop the Speaker’s balcony with his parents expressing gratitude for the opportunity to show them where he works. No social distancing was observed as the family, including what looks like two sexagenarians (a vulnerable population), held each other for the picture.

He ended the recap of his family visit with: “P.S. we wore masks the entire time we were inside because…you know…common sense and CDC guidelines.” According to wannabe Drs Smith and Pelosi, and House Physician Dr. Brian Monahan, Covid cannot be contracted outside the Capitol walls.

Smith’s hubris is an extension of his boss’ hypocrisy who has had conflicts with her own policy. Exactly two days after Speaker Pelosi issued her mask decree, she administered the Oath of Office to newly-elected Rep. Jake Ellzey (R-Tex.) alongside his wife and two children. No one, including the Speaker, wore masks. (Read more from “Speaker Pelosi’s Mask-Less Aide Shares Cozy Photo, Rubs House Hypocrisy in Your Face” HERE)

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Protesters Yell ‘Biden You Betrayed Us’ at Anti-Taliban Rally

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Members of the Afghan diaspora and their supporters protested in Washington, D.C., on Sunday amid the Taliban’s aggressive operations in Kabul, Afghanistan, NPR reported.

The protesters gathered in Lafayette Park, right across from the White House, NPR reported. Hundreds of people from various parts of the country gathered there to protest on Sunday, according to NPR. They were numerous chants including those that said, “Free Afghanistan!” and “Save Afghanistan!” NPR reported.

The Daily Caller tweeted a video of the protest as it unfolded. Protesters can be heard on this video chanting, “Biden you betrayed us!” and “Congress you betrayed us!”

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Judge Orders Biden to Reinstate Trump’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ Policy

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A federal judge in northern Texas issued a nationwide injunction on Friday, ordering the Biden administration to reinstate former President Trump’s Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), or “remain in Mexico” policy. The lawsuit was filed by Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt, alongside Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.

U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk ruled the Biden administration must “enforce and implement MPP in good faith until such a time as it has been lawfully rescinded in compliance with the [Administrative Procedure Act] APA and until such a time as the federal government has sufficient detention capacity to detain all aliens subject to mandatory detention under Section 1255 without releasing any aliens because of a lack of detention resources.”

Moreover, to ensure compliance with the ruling, the administration must file a report with the court on the 15th of each month beginning Sept. 15, detailing “the total monthly number of encounters at the southwest border,” “the total monthly number of aliens expelled under Title 42, Section 1225, or under any other statute,” “Defendants’ total detention capacity as well as current usage rate,” “the total monthly number of ‘ applicants for admission’ under Section 1225,” “the total monthly number of ‘applicants for admission’ under Section 1225 paroled into the United States,” and “the total monthly number of ‘applicants for admission’ under Section 1225 released into the United States, paroled or otherwise.”

Kacsmaryk ultimately concluded that the federal government “failed to consider several critical factors, including the benefits of the remain in Mexico policy,” and failed “to show a reasoned decision” for canceling MPP. (Read more from “Judge Orders Biden to Reinstate Trump’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ Policy” HERE)

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CEO of Fact-Checking Website Snopes Suspended for Lying

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The co-founder of the fact-checking website Snopes, David Mikkelson, is a self-proclaimed arbiter of truth. That is, of course, when he’s not reportedly plagiarizing.

A recent BuzzFeed investigation discovered that between 2015 and 2019, the CEO wrote and published at least 54 plagiarized articles containing material from outlets such as The Guardian and the Los Angeles Times. Snopes conducted an internal review confirming the allegations and subsequently suspended Mikkelson from his editorial duties. He remains an officer and 50 percent shareholder of the company. . .

Mikkelson often deceived readers under a pseudonym he originally created “as a joke intended to mislead the trolls and conspiracy theorists who frequently targeted the site and its writers in the run-up to the 2016 US presidential election,” BuzzFeed reported.

“The results of our internal audit confirmed that I engaged in multiple serious copyright violations of content that Snopes didn’t have rights to use,” Mikkelson said in a statement. “There is no excuse for my serious lapses in judgment. I am sorry. I have given full authority to our managing editor, Doreen Marchionni, to take any measures needed to address these issues.” (Read more from “CEO of Fact-Checking Website Snopes Suspended for Lying” HERE)

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Get the Vaccine or Get Fired? These Health Care Workers Choose Termination

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They were hard to miss on the corner of a busy four-way intersection at the entrance to Winchester Medical Center: a group of about 20 people – many of them nurses, some in scrubs – protesting the hospital’s recent coronavirus vaccine mandate.

Some were on a quasi-strike, skipping a day of work to stand on the side of the road in scorching heat, holding signs that demanded, “NO FORCED VACCINATION.” . . .

The nurses’ employer, Valley Health, the parent company of Winchester Medical Center, had given them an ultimatum: Get the shot or face termination. And those standing on the street corner Tuesday had already made up their minds.

Valley Health announced a vaccine mandate for its 6,300 employees at its six locations on July 19, while offering religious and medical exemptions for eligible applicants. The hospital system joins a growing number of medical institutions, universities, governments and companies that have turned to employee vaccine requirements to ensure the safest possible workplaces as the highly contagious delta variant ushers in another deadly wave. For the majority of Valley Health employees, the policy was not a problem; 75 percent are fully vaccinated, the company said. (Read more from “Get the Vaccine or Get Fired? These Health Care Workers Choose Termination” HERE)

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