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The Islamic extremist Taliban has received at least $239 million in U.S. aid aimed at counterterrorism after State Department vetting procedures fell apart, according to a government watchdog.The government watchdog, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), issued a July 2024 report identifying at least 29 grants where the Taliban may have erroneously received counterterrorism funds.SIGAR "investigators found that the State Department failed to comply with its own counterterrorism partner vetting requirements in Afghanistan," Judicial Watch reported.The funds came from State Department divisions called "Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor" and "International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs."The SIGAR report identified...

The former head of counter-terror policing today likened the worst of the riots to 'terrorism' and called a bid to torch a migrant hotel 'an attempt at a modern day lynching'. Neil Basu said thugs who tried to burn down a Holiday Inn Express in Rotherham while people were inside should be facing life in jail 'not a five-year sentence for violent disorder'. He said the shocking incident on Sunday was an example of a serious act of violence that was 'designed to cause terror' and 'people should look very carefully' at the legal definition of terrorism. Six people will...

A quiet yet insidious transformation is taking place: American Christian churches are being systematically converted into mosques, signaling an Islamic conquest intent on erasing the nation’s heritage and conquering its Christian population.Recent trends in religious property transactions reveal a concerning shift in America’s religious landscape. A striking example is the sale of the Calvary Temple of Praise Inc. building in Sanford, Florida, to Masjid Al Hayy. This transaction highlights a broader trend: while Christian churches are experiencing a decline, Islamic mosques are witnessing significant growth. This trend points to a deeper and more troubling phenomenon: the slow but steady erosion...

Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem (8/6/24)[Prayer]Names and Titles of God (The Sacrifice) Ephesians 5:22 And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.King James Version________________________God Bless America.ML/LTOS

Following or not the advice of the master during the campaigns can lead to victory or defeat on November 5th. Sun Tzu, the Chinese military strategist from around (historians are uncertain) the 6th century BC, is famous for the (still studied at West Point) book The Art of War. There are 13 short chapters, each on a different aspect of warfare. The first chapter is "Laying Plans," and the last, "The Use of Spies." The Art of War is ostensibly about warfare, but it finds many applications in other aspects of life. It is a short book that you can...

Iran expert Jaber Rajabi said that Iran has not managed to achieve major goals despite its extreme declarations. Experts on Iran told Saudi Arabia's Al Hadath news channel on Monday that they believed Tehran's strategy of unifying different fronts against Israel has failed since October 7. Iran expert Jaber Rajabi said that Iran has not managed to achieve major goals despite its extreme declarations. Rajabi pointed out that Israel possesses advanced military equipment, including fifth-generation fighter jets and advanced defense systems, that can efficiently address any Iranian threat. While Iran and its allies have formulated military plans in recent years...

The Pentagon announced Monday that it had finished withdrawing U.S. forces from a $110 million military base in Niger, Africa, as the nation’s ruling regime takes over. Niger’s Air Base 201 previously hosted hundreds of U.S. troops who have now evacuated at the request of the country’s military junta.... Some equipment from Air Base 201 was shipped out, such as weaponry, but other equipment was left behind.... “What the [Biden administration] was not understanding, is that these guys are cold-blooded. This new government in Niger? They don’t care. They do not want the United States involved in their country,” Michael...

Claiming that their anti-Israel rhetoric lit the fuse that convulsed Columbia University this spring, five Columbia students are suing a collection of far-left lawmakers over their support for anti-Semitic encampments at the college. Democrat Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York and fellow progressive “squad” members Reps. Jamal Bowman of New York and Ilhan Omar of Minnesota were named in the lawsuit as well as several anti-Israel organizations, .. “The Gaza Encampment was extreme and outrageous conduct. It was illegal. It violated university rules. Its occupants harassed, followed, physically blocked, intimidated, and bullied Jewish students,” .. “During the protests, I witnessed...

Remember the Sixties? Our Democratic friends gave us guns and butter: a war in Vietnam to stop a domino falling in the Cold War and LBJ’s Great Society eye-watering spending on welfare, Medicare, and Medicaid. In 1968 Americans had had enough and elected Richard Nixon as president. Nixon and Kissinger created an opening to China and ended the Vietnam war. Remember the Seventies? After deep-sixing Richard Nixon, our Democratic friends gave us stagflation in the late 1970s: in other words, a stagnant economy plus eye-watering inflation. In 1980 Americans had had enough and elected Ronald Reagan as president. Reagan killed...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — After hearing Josh Shapiro might be Kamala Harris's pick for Vice President, Democrats worry his name on the ticket might cost them the all-important "Death To America" vote. "I think Josh is very qualified to be Harris's VP pick," Chuck Schumer told the press over the weekend. "I do worry he might discourage those wishing to obliterate the U.S. and wipe Israel off the face of the Earth. We really need those votes." The Harris team announced it is nearing a decision on who will join the current Vice President on the national ticket. Governor of Pennsylvania...

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Corporate media outlets recently locked arms to dispel Donald Trump’s assertion that illegal immigration hurts “black jobs,” yet experts told the Daily Caller News Foundation that the former president is right about the problem being all too real. Trump said during a Q&A with the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) that “coming from the border are millions and millions of people that happen to be taking black jobs,” according to Politico, with the remarks igniting a bevy of critiques from corporate media outlets, with one going as far to say that “black jobs” don’t exist and others leaning on...

RECAP: • A man in his 50s has been taken to hospital following a serious assault during disorder in Belfast last night - police say they're treating the incident as a racially-motivated hate crime • Six people are appearing in court in Sheffield following riots that took place outside a hotel in Rotherham over the weekend - charges include violent disorder and assault of an emergency worker • Extra prison spaces will be made available from next week to manage some of the detentions stemming from the unrest. Plans for the spaces had already been in place but they will...

A brazen US Postal Service worker in Tennessee was caught red-handed hurling multiple boxes of what appeared to be mail into a dumpster in a viral video posted to social media. TikTok user @Mrs_Denton19 was dumbfounded as she watched the unidentified USPS worker in uniform go back and forth from his mail van and dump the boxes in the Nashville neighborhood of Antioch on Saturday morning. “I can’t make this up,” she said in bewilderment. “He is dumping mail — federal mail — in the dumpster. And looking around while he’s doing it! This gotta be a crime of some...

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American politician Tulsi Gabbard has slammed MSNBC for misrepresenting Joe Rogan's comments about the Democrat presidential candidate, Kamala Harris. In a recent video on X, the 43-year-old called out the news outlet for journalistic malpractice and branded it a propaganda machine for the Democrats.

Rogan is reportedly suing MSNBC for editing his podcast episode to falsely imply a Kamala Harris endorsement. In episode #2182 of his podcast, Rogan was actually critical of Harris. The video posted by MSNBC, however, spliced together different parts of the episode to suggest otherwise.

Join with fellow FREEPERS to pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Healthcare, Education, Churches, and the Media. I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone: for kings and all those in authority that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. ~ 1 Timothy 2:1-2 Religion Forum Threads labeled [Prayer] are closed to debate of any kind. THAT I MAY KNOW HIM . . . (Phil. 3:10)

A Bronx prosecutor abruptly resigned after he was caught on video allegedly attempting to meet a young boy he communicated with online, according to a clip produced by internet vigilantes who expose wannabe child predators. William C.C. Kemp-Neal, 30, quit his post in the Bronx District Attorney’s office four days after the group Dads Against Predators posted footage of him filmed in the parking lot of the Target on East Sandford Boulevard in Mount Vernon. In the clip taken July 8 at around 8:30 p.m., the video vigilantes approach a man identified as Kemp-Neal, asking if he’s Marcus. Almost immediately,...

A clip of Vice President Kamala Harris from 2017 calling on "everybody" to be "woke" resurfaced on social media, sparking critics and conservatives to lambaste the official Democratic nominee as a "Communist functionary" who is "too radical" to serve as president. "We have to stay woke. Like everybody needs to be woke. And you can talk about if you're the wokest or woker, but just stay more woke than less woke," then-Sen. Harris said in 2017 during Recode's annual Code Conference, alongside philanthropist Laurene Powell Jobs, the widow of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, during the conference. The conference focused on...