Author: Freedom Watch

New documents reveal concern among Capitol Police officers about others in the force after January 6 By Jessica Schneider CNN September 17, 2021 (CNN)A high-ranking Capitol Police officer, who was also a vocal Donald Trump supporter, told those under his command not to wear riot gear on January 6, according to internal documents reviewed by CNN that detail allegations submitted to an officer tip line. In this case, an unidentified Capitol Police lieutenant emailed the tip line to say the supervising officer in question “may have assisted the insurrection attempts through passive action.” The lieutenant said the officer…

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By Anna Coren, Julia Hollingsworth, Sandi Sidhu and Zachary Cohen, CNN CNN September 17, 2021 (CNN) — A United States military investigation into a deadly Kabul drone strike on a vehicle in August has found it killed 10 civilians and the driver and that the vehicle targeted was likely not a threat associated with ISIS-K, announced Gen. Frank McKenzie, the top general of US Central Command, at the Pentagon on Friday. McKenzie told reporters that the strike — which he said killed seven children — was a “mistake” and offered an apology. “This strike was taken in the earnest…

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Yahoo News September 14, 2021 A popular California ski resort whose name included a derogatory term for Native American women changed its name to Palisades Tahoe Monday. Resort officials had begun searching for a new name last year amid a reckoning over racial injustice. The renaming of Squaw Valley Ski Resort is one of many efforts nationally to address a history of colonialism and oppression against Native Americans and other people of color that includes removing statues of Christopher Columbus. Continue Reading…..

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Biden outpacing predecessors with ambassadorships for donors, political supporters By Fred Lucas Fox News September 14, 2021 Announcing his run for president in May 2019, candidate Joe Biden asserted, “Our Constitution doesn’t begin with the phrase, ‘We the Democrats’ or ‘We the Republicans,’ and it certainly doesn’t begin with the phrase, ‘We the Donors.'” However, a majority of President Biden’s nominees to ambassadorships thus far have been political appointees, frequently for big Democratic donors and key party players, at a rate higher than his predecessors. Continue Reading…..

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By Emiko Jozuka and Chie Kobayashi CNN September 14, 2021 Tokyo, Japan (CNN)Two people have died in Japan days after receiving doses from a batch of Moderna Covid-19 vaccines whose use was suspended Thursday following concerns over a contamination risk, the country’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare said Saturday. A causal link between the vaccine and the deaths has not yet been established, according to the ministry and Takeda Pharmaceutical Company, which distributes the Moderna vaccine in Japan. Japan suspended the use of about 1.63 million doses of the Moderna vaccine on August 26 as a precaution after…

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