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Spreaker August 31, 2021 Click to View Podcast
Biden breaks promise to ‘stay’ in Afghanistan until every American evacuated By Jessica Chasmar Fox News August 31, 2021 President Biden appears to have broken his promise to stay in Afghanistan until every American is evacuated. Marine Corps Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr. announced Monday evening that the last of the U.S. troops stationed at the Kabul airport had left, completing the military’s drawdown in the country, even though hundreds of Americans likely remain. McKenzie, commander of U.S. Central Command, said some American citizens who wanted to leave Afghanistan remained in the country. Continue Reading…..
Spreaker August 30, 2021 Click to View Podcast
Antwerp Zoo Says Woman Who Had ‘Affair’ with Chimp Asked to Stay Away for ‘His Health’ By Kate Hogan PEOPLE.com August 29, 2021 A woman who was having an “affair” with a chimpanzee at a Belgian zoo is in fact allowed to continue visiting the venue, despite earlier reports. According to Ilse Segers, the communications manager of the Antwerp Zoo, Adie Timmermans was not banned from the zoo but rather asked to “change her behaviour” around Chita the chimpanzee, Segers said in an email to PEOPLE. “There is no ban to see Chita, not for any visitor at…
By Ron Kampeas Times of Israel August 29, 2021 JTA — Zebulon Simantov, Afghanistan’s last Jew, has not left Kabul, despite the best efforts of some Jewish figures and organizations. One of them was Moshe Margaretten, a US ultra-Orthodox fixer whose passion is bringing Jews out of danger. Margaretten paid Moti Kahana, an Israeli-American businessman who helped extract people from war-torn Syria, to be a middleman and get Simantov out — but Kahana told Margaretten what many others had heard: Simantov was not leaving because of his long-standing refusal to grant his Israeli wife a “get,” or decree of…
Romney, criticizing Trump and Biden, says the US is facing current situation in Afghanistan ‘because of terrible decisions made by two administrations’ By John L. Dorman Business Insider August 29, 2021 “Leaving Americans behind and leaving our Afghan friends behind who’ve worked with us would put upon us and will put upon us a moral stain,” the senator said. “This did not have to happen. It was preventable. We didn’t have to be in this rush-rush circumstance with terrorists breathing down our neck.” He emphasized: “But it’s really the responsibility of the prior administration and this administration that…
California looking to be the first state to pay people to stay sober By Associated Press MarketWatch August 29, 2021 Frustrated by out-of-control increases in drug overdose deaths, California’s leaders are trying something radical: They want the state to be the first to pay people to stay sober. The federal government has been doing it for years with military veterans and research shows it is one of the most effective ways to get people to stop using drugs like cocaine and methamphetamine, stimulants for which there are no pharmaceutical treatments available. It works like this: People earn small…
Legal experts welcome sanctions of pro-Trump lawyers, say more needed By John Kruzel TheHill August 29, 2021 Attorneys behind some of the dubious litigation over former President Trump’s 2020 election loss were sanctioned this week by a federal judge in a move that was welcomed by legal ethics experts. More disciplinary steps are needed to deter efforts to undermine future U.S. elections, said experts who spoke to The Hill, adding that the system for holding pro-Trump election lawyers to account was working as it should. “The wheels of ethical accountability grind slowly but deliberately,” said Bradley Moss, a…
Fact check: Georgia candidate Herschel Walker is a serial promoter of false 2020 conspiracy theories By Daniel Dale CNN August 28, 2021 Washington (CNN)Republican former football star Herschel Walker announced this week that he is running for a US Senate seat in Georgia. Some senior Senate Republicans have expressed concerns that Walker’s past words and actions threaten his chances to beat incumbent Democrat Raphael Warnock. But Walker was urged to run by former President Donald Trump. In addition to a longtime personal relationship with Trump, Walker has a quality Trump prizes in 2022 candidates: a willingness to say…
Special Ops veterans’ secret mission to rescue 500 Afghans in Kabul rivaled a ‘Jason Bourne thriller,’ commander says By Joshua Zitser Business Insider August 28, 2021 An all-volunteer group of US Special Operations veterans carried out a covert nighttime mission on Wednesday. As many as 500 Afghan assets, enablers, and their families were escorted to safety, ABC News reported. The mission was modeled on Harriet Tubman’s Underground Railroad, a former Green Beret captain said. Continue Reading…..