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(President Trump's Operation Warp Speed Update) (Cases (157K) and Hospitalizations (12.5K) now the highest since January, Deaths (1,054) the highest since March. Cases and Hospitalizations may be starting to slow their rate of growth, but today's Death report was big jump - Vaccinations significantly stronger yesterday (over a million)) Administered: 359,623,380 (14,011,758 J&J) People Vaccinated, At Least One Dose: 199,887,548 Fully Vaccinated: 169,592,873

This morning CNN's New Day aired a report by correspondent Clarissa Ward from the Kabul airport. There, in addition to being roughly confronted by Taliban fighters, she was beseeched for advice by Afghans who had served as translators to US forces, desperate to get into the airport and out of the country. After that piece ran, Ward was interviewed live by co-host Brianna Keilar. Commenting on Biden's interview of yesterday with George Stephanopoulos of ABC News in which Biden refused to acknowledge failure, Ward described heart-rending scenes in which parents were throwing their babies over razor wire at the airport,...

In order to understand what is happening in fascist regimes like Communist China, knowledge of the layering of the bio-psychic apparatus is essential. Fascist regimes function to maintain their own survival by operating entirely from their destructive, secondary layer and repressing the lives of the people they govern. They are fundamentally opposed to protecting every one of the core functions of their inhabitant’s lives. This identifies the character structure of people governing these nations as emotional plague characters. With this information, it is possible to raise the following questions: Regarding the coronavirus pandemic, how can the Chinese Government consisting of...

It's time for The Jesse Kelly Show! Let's have some fun! Listen live at the link below. Jesse's show is now on over 200 radio stations across the nation, replacing Buck Sexton. Those of us who miss Rush very much know that no one could ever replace him, but if you give Jesse a chance, you'll find him to be a very intelligent, refreshing, naturally funny truth teller.Jesse is a former Marine. He and his beautiful wife live in the Houston area with their two young sons. He's a self-deprecating historyphile with an infectious laugh. His time slot is later...

The pending report from special counsel John Durham, who was tasked with investigating the origins of the FBI’s Trump–Russia probe, should be released to the public, Senate Republicans argued in a letter this week.More than 40 Republican senators, including Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), ( signed a letter) to Attorney General Merrick Garland asking that Durham, a former U.S. attorney, be allowed to continue his investigation and that his report is released to the public.[snip] In recent months, however, there have been scant reports about the progress of Durham’s investigation. According to an Aug. 13 (report) from The Wall Street...

Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, a Democrat, instructed Maricopa County to stop using any machines that had been handled by Cyber Ninjas. She said elections officials could no longer guarantee the machines had not been tampered with.

COVID Booster Shots for All Americans, Starting Sept. 20 WEDNESDAY, Aug. 18, 2021 -- After concluding that a third dose of a coronavirus vaccine is needed to fight off waning immunity in the fully vaccinated, the Biden administration said Wednesday it will begin offering booster shots to all Americans starting Sept. 20. The plan, which only involves the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines at this point, calls for Americans to get a booster shot eight months after their second dose. The officials said they expect a booster shot will be needed for people who received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, but...

OnlyFans, which has amassed a base of more than 130 million users largely for adult-oriented subscription fan pages, announced that it will ban sexually explicit content this fall. The U.K.-based company said it is making the changes “to comply with the requests of our banking partners and payout providers,” in a statement provided to Variety. Effective Oct. 1, 2021, “OnlyFans will prohibit the posting of any content containing sexually explicit conduct,” the company said in a statement. “In order to ensure the long-term sustainability of the platform, and to continue to host an inclusive community of creators and fans, we...

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is standing firmly by his decision to withdraw U.S. forces from Afghanistan, despite chaotic scenes of the Taliban rapidly seizing control and the U.S. rushing to airlift diplomats out of the country. Behind his confidence is a political bet that a war-weary U.S. public will stick with him and enable him to weather a firestorm of criticism, not just from his Republican opposition but also from Democratic allies who promise to investigate failures surrounding the withdrawal.Public support for the withdrawal has fallen from earlier this year, but pluralities still want U.S. forces out, according to...

THE Scottish Government wants its emergency coronavirus powers to become permanent – including the ability to order schools to close, impose lockdowns and operate virtual courts.Ministers are considering changing the law to permanently allow them to release prisoners early or permit a wider range of healthcare professionals to give vaccinations.They are seeking the public’s views on removing the planned expiry date for many of the temporary measures, with deputy first minister John Swinney arguing that some of the changes have had a “demonstrable benefit to the people of Scotland”.The majority of the Government’s current powers introduced during the pandemic are...

Secretary of State Antony Blinken is facing fire from critics circulating what they say was a prophetic warning from the late Sen. John McCain that Bliken was “dangerous,” including for wanting to remove US troops from Afghanistan. McCain said in 2014 that Blinken, who has largely been missing from public view since the Taliban retook Afghanistan, was wrong to advocate a US withdrawal. The top foreign policy hawk, who died in 2018, argued that the US should leave “a few thousand” troops to prevent a Taliban takeover. The Taliban’s rapid reconquest of Afghanistan triggered a chaotic rescue operation at Kabul’s...

CDC Director Walensky Says what many have been SAYING FOR MONTHS, there is an “INCREASED RISK OF SEVERE DISEASE Among Those Vaccinated Early”... https://twitter.com/ChuckCallesto/status/1428463480668053512

The North Carolina state Senate on Wednesday voted to approve legislation that would allow residents to bypass the longstanding requirement to obtain a permit from the local sheriff in order to purchase a handgun. While Republicans were successful in passing the bill in a 27-20 party line vote, the measure is expected to be vetoed by Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper, who has repeatedly signaled his support for additional gun control measures and implementing more restrictions on gun sales. GOP members in the state legislature argued that the requirement to seek approval from the local sheriff is not necessary due to...

....A slightly modified rendition of Melanie Safka's Stop! I Don't Wanna Hear It, sung by yours truly over footage of desperate refugees at Kharzai Int'l Airport. Biden's cavalier attitude and excuse making is the last straw. Kindly publish your own renditions alongside mine as a meme. my voice is neither sweet nor entirely in tune, but it is mine and I'll use it.

Earlier this month, we brought you the story of a Fremont Chevrolet mechanic caught taking a customer's C8 Corvette for a high-speed joyride, and it was even worse than that classic setup makes it sound. The tech ran the car up to 148 mph on a public highway in a street race that went viral once the video from the car's Performance Data Recorder was shared online. Michael showed up at the dealership the next morning, the general manager, Boni, met him outside, and he was taken to his office where the paperwork was completed and the new car was...

One measure of how far Joe Biden's stature has fallen among liberals due to the disastrous exit failure from Afghanistan is how even many in the media that until recent recent publicly adored him, have now turned against Biden. And perhaps no better example of this is the harsh criticism of Biden by Atlantic magazine contributing writer Peter Wehner on Wednesday starting with the title of his article, "Biden’s Long Trail of Betrayals."

Cardinal Cupich instructs Chicago Archdiocese priests not to give parishioners vaccine exemptionsCHICAGO (WLS) -- Cardinal Blase Cupich sent a message to priests in the Chicago Archdiocese Wednesday about Catholics and the COVID vaccine.He said religious exemptions for the vaccine go against church teachings, and priests should not provide them to parishioners.Recent Stories from ABC 7 Chicago

Jack Posobiec Flag of United States @JackPosobiec· 25m BREAKING: White House Walks Back Biden's Statement About Defending Taiwan, Says He Misspoke White House Walks Back Biden's Statement About Defending Taiwan, Says He Misspoke A senior Biden administration official said Thursday that American policy on Taiwan has not changed despite Joe Biden appearing to suggest the United States would defend the island if it were... humanevents.com

Biden Powercrats vs. America Democrats are bad enough. But there’s more to bemoan: The number of Republican office holders in Washington willing to fight is abysmally small. People who for years were considered reasonable by their friends are proving blasé about many of Joe Biden’s disastrous policies, and their friends wonder why. Part of the answer is that many of Biden’s newfound allies were so afflicted with Trump Derangement Syndrome that they lost the ability to think critically. Now the question is, have they lost the ability to think critically forever? Many of the NeverTrumpers were once Republicans and, given...