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U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., shared his reaction on Friday night’s edition of "The Ingraham Angle" to a New York Times report earlier in the day that a recent U.S. military drone strike in Afghanistan resulted in deaths of innocent civilians, including children – contradicting an earlier account from the Biden administration. U.S. SEN. RAND PAUL, R-KY: If it’s true, it’s another sad instance of just the most incompetent withdrawal we’ve ever seen in our history. But, yeah, we’ll await the facts as they come forward. … In the end, if we made a mistake in it, that’ll be one...

Two active-duty staff sergeants of US Armed Forces—one Army, one Marine—filed a class-action lawsuit on August 17 against the leaders of the Department of Defense (DoD), the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for being forced to receive a COVID-19 vaccine despite having had and recovered from COVID and acquiring natural immunity to SARS-CoV-2. The lead plaintiffs in the lawsuit, Staff Sergeant Daniel Robert, US Army, and Staff Sergeant Holli Mulvihill, USMC, maintain US Sec. of Defense Lloyd Austin “ignored the DOD’s own regulations and created an entirely new definition of ‘full...

The New York Times obtained exclusive security camera footage and witness accounts to show how the military launched a drone strike that killed 10 people in Kabul on Aug. 29 without knowing whom it was hitting.

Joe Biden is a man in obvious cognitive decline. But he is not crazy, stupid or incompetent. Biden knows who he is and for whom he works. He is a stooge for the global Great Reset and he is doing his job exactly as it was assigned to him by his superiors. His job, in fact the whole purpose of his dubious presidency, is to precipitate the following: · Collapse the supply chain, the dollar and ultimately the American economy. · Collapse the American military and embolden enemy forces. · Collapse the American healthcare system. · Collapse the American border....

Muhammad Ali once said, "It ain't bragging if you can back it up." So, I'm gonna brag. I've got the best track record of political predictions anywhere on radio or TV. I talk three hours a day on the radio with my show, "Wayne Allyn Root: Raw & Unfiltered," on USA Radio Network. I also hosted 750 episodes of my own talk show for three years on Newsmax TV. I've written literally thousands of newspaper columns and commentaries over the past decade. And I've written 14 books. My 15th book comes out on Thursday: "The Great Patriot Protest & Boycott...

My dear friend, are you a hider today? One who hides from Almighty God in the cloak of demonic darkness (Gen. 3:6-11; John 3:19-21; Eph. 2:1-3)? Are you hiding in your traditions, family, culture, political party, skin color, "good" works, vices, social justice crusades, career, global movements, conservatism, liberalism, marxism, religiousness, abortion rights, pro-life passions, greeds, creeds, violence, gangs, humanitarian institutions, genders, sports, movies, etc., etc.? What are you hiding in that will keep you from coming to the ETERNAL Light of Almighty God your ETERNAL RIGHTEOUS Creator, who so loved you that He came forth from Heaven's glory to...

Yes, I realized it’s September 12th, and no, that title isn’t a reference to Sgt. Pepper. The shock of September 11, 2001, was only compounded the next day, when the country woke up and realized it wasn’t a sick dream. The first day in the new reality, without those who were taken. The main memory, the feeling that sticks with me from 20 years ago is anger. I wasn’t scared or even sad, I was pissed off. I didn’t know anyone lost that day, but I was mad. I’d stayed in Baltimore that day for a conference on e-books. I...

My late brother, a World War II veteran, had a talent for getting at the heart of things and a knack for expressing his thoughts forcefully on his feet. In the Brooklyn, New York of the 1930s he could boast that he argued with priests and took them down in face-to-face debate. In spite of his Catholic upbringing, he managed to make his family wonder what had gotten into him. The scholar in my brother induced him to read Thomas Aquinas and other luminaries of Christianity, presumably to debunk church teaching, and when he discovered the depth of his ignorance...

“Freedom is never more than a generation away from extinction.” Ronald Reagan On the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks that killed nearly 3000 people, most of whom were our fellow Americans, and the full impact of that monumental day in our history has yet to be realized. It’s worthwhile, however, to take stock of how it shaped America in 2021. It appears that the targeted attack on America was successful beyond the terrorists’ wildest dreams. On 9/11, we were shaken to our very cores, aroused from our malaise, and saw the end of an “Age of Innocence.” Immediately...

I have no doubt that Joe Biden set September 11, the 20th anniversary of the worst attack on American soil, for his botched bug out from Afghanistan thinking it would be a triumphant conclusion to twenty years of war in Afghanistan. Doesn’t look like that plan was worth following. Hundreds, perhaps thousands, of people who should have been evacuated first are now hostage to murderous barbarians there. Doesn’t look like that plan was worth following. Billions of dollars of military equipment was left behind to be used by these same enemies of western civilization. Doesn’t look like the plan was...

The race for the Governor’s office under the gold dome could come down to one major endorsement ahead of the 2022 election. Robert Cahaly is a pollster who founded The Trafalgar Group. His company surveyed more than a thousand people statewide and determined that the endorsement of from former President Donald Trump is monumental. “He can move either one of them over the finish line,” Cahaly said. According to the poll, a Trump endorsement would give Republican candidate and former Democrat Vernon Jones 55% of the vote. But if Trump endorses Governor Brian Kemp, the Incumbent would win the nomination...

While it has been 20 years since the September 11 terror attacks, the images of the day are indelible on American memory. First responders and New York City residents emerged from the area, covered in a thick gray soot that rained down on the site. Of the nearly 3,000 people killed, the NYPD suffered 23 fatalities, 37 members of the PAPD were lost and 343 FDNY members were killed: the largest loss of life of any emergency response agency in history, according to the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States.

The comic that debuted Queens’ friendly neighborhood Spider-Man was auctioned off for a record-setting $3.6 million Thursday.

US troop's withdrawal from Afghanistan seemed to bear some good news for Iran. Khamenei (Iran's Supreme Leader) welcomed the idea because his regime would have felt no threat from the US forces in its eastern borders. Furthermore, he was banking on a coalition between Ashraf Ghani's government and the Taliban. This relatively weak and fragile alliance could create an opportunity and pave the way for an increase in Iran's influence in Afghanistan. With this in mind, Khamenei had ordered then-Foreign Minister Javad Zarif to invite Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar to Iran while the Taliban was still considered a terrorist group....

A man has been charged after police allegedly found explosives at his residence, according to Pennsylvania State Police. Police are also accusing him of detonating two explosive devices on Thursday on Maple Street bridge in South Fork Borough. No injuries were reported as a result of these incidents. “Troopers believe that… [he] detonated these devices as a matter of personal enjoyment and did not have any specific intent to cause injury to any persons or damage to any property; however, damage was observed on the Maple Street bridge,” state police said. Police say 57-year-old Mark Stephen Yatsky is facing charges...

Jet skis are set to be used as a new way to intercept migrants in the Channel Officers will use them to spin boats around and escort them back to France Priti Patel has ordered a major replacement of five ageing border patrol boats The new vessels could be used to block dinghies from entering UK waters The sum is on top of the £54million to be given to France for coastal patrols Training is said to have taken place over the summer, with officials learning how to redirect migrants back to French waters using the high-powered armoured ‘personal water...

RICHMOND, Va. -- Workers returned Friday to the site in Richmond where a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee stood for more than a century, but won't resume their search for a 134-year-old time capsule state officials believe is buried in the statue's enormous granite pedestal. Crews spent about 12 hours Thursday removing massive stones and digging in search of the 1887 time capsule, but were unable to find it. Work was underway Friday to reassemble the pedestal pieces that were removed, but crews ...

Tens of thousands of people, including many DJs and musicians, took to the streets in the Netherlands on Saturday over coronavirus restrictions on nightlife. The Netherlands had allowed music festivals to go on and nightclubs to repoen in July. But the government reimposed restrictions on nightlife shortly after lifting them as COVID cases soared. The protest movement, which has rallied under the slogan “Unmute Us,” held demonstrations in Amsterdam and other major cities. Protesters danced next to a truck in the Dutch capital with the slogan “Give Us Back Our Safe Spaces” while another rallygoer held a banner that read...

#### Joe Biden chant erupts from the the boxing crow at Holyfield Belfort fight that Trump was hosting on 9/11.

The FBI has released its first declassified 9/11 document exactly 20 years after the deadly terror attack which claimed the lives of 2,996 people. The document was published Saturday evening, a week after President Biden signed an executive order directing the agency to make the secret files available to the public for the first time. The order came amid significant pressure from the families of 9/11 victims, who are eager to probe potential Saudi government links to the attack.