We noted CNN reporter Clarissa Ward’s strange statement on Monday about the Taliban: “They’re chanting death to America, but they seem friendly at the same time.” Washington Times columnist Tim Young mocked this on Twitter: The Taliban are sooo “friendly” that the female CNN reporter went from dressing like a free woman to covered head to
As if it were not enough that the Taliban took complete control of Afghanistan—imposing its will and murderous tactics on innocent citizens; endangering Americans still present in the country; and complicating efforts to extract Afghans who provided important support, such as translators—it gets worse. The Taliban has also seized tens of billions of dollars of
Chris Cuomo laying low during his break from CNN. A few weeks ago, Chris Cuomo announced he would be going on a holiday. This came as news of his brother’s issues with women led to his eventual resignation as Governor of New York. Advertisement – story continues below CNN’s Chris Cuomo Going On “Long-Planned Vacation”
Uber and Lyft drivers protest during a day-long strike outside Uber’s office in Saugus, Massachusetts, U.S., May 8, 2019. (Brian Snyder/Reuters) A California judge on Friday struck down a 2020 ballot measure that allowed Uber and Lyft to classify their gig workers as independent contractors, allowing them to deny said workers full-time benefits. After Uber,
In March 1975, an American president was fighting to save an American ally from being overrun by an implacable enemy. The North Vietnamese Army, mounting a massive conventional strike on the Army of the Republic of Vietnam, was plunging closer to Saigon. Gerald Ford urged the Democratic congressional majority to authorize military aid to South
In this article PFE 22UA-DE Empty vials of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine are seen at a first come first serve drive-thru vaccination site operated by the Lake County Health Department on January 28, 2021 in Groveland, Florida. Paul Hennessy | NurPhoto | Getty Images The Food and Drug Administration is working to approve the Pfizer
The US president’s latest appearance reflected the need for a display of leadership and control for a situation that’s developing so fast. It has been only a week since Kabul fell, a week since President Joe Biden’s Afghanistan withdrawal policy revealed all its flaws. It feels like far longer. And so for the second time
On Friday night, Twitter decided that, without warning, it would temporarily suspend Christina Pushaw, the press secretary for Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. According to a screenshot from Pushaw, the ban will last 12 hours. Pushaw was suspended from the platform for twelve hours. Conservatives were quick to note the hypocrisy, stating that Twitter has not told Pushaw why she
Michael Mina, M.D. Ph.D., an associate professor of epidemiology at Harvard, gave a wide-ranging interview about the state of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. It contained a shocking amount of honesty from an expert who has been a corporate media favorite over the last 18 months, with regular contributions in The New York Times, Washington Post, and
The State Department told the Daily Caller News Foundation it will “no longer” charge Americans thousands of dollars to board evacuation flights out of Afghanistan. But the State Department did not answer when asked if it will reimburse those who have already been charged to board flights out of the country. An online form that,
The Supreme Court Building in Washington D.C., August 5, 2021 (Brent Buterbaugh/National Review) As Dan notes, President Biden’s illegal eviction-moratorium edict is headed back to the Supreme Court. Rich and I discussed this briefly on our TMR podcast today, including the likelihood that the realtors’ group that is suing the administration (specifically, the CDC) would
Mississippi public health officials warned the public against ingesting ivermectin, a drug meant for horses, to combat COVID-19 after a surge in poisoning calls involving the drug, The Hill reported. A letter from State Epidemiologist Paul Byers said that more than 70% of recent calls to the Mississippi Poison Control Center were related to the
A number of Twitter users pounced on CBS News in response to a tweet linking to an article titled, “How climate change helped strengthen the Taliban.” Much attention has recently been focused on Afghanistan where the Taliban has seized control. The U.S. is currently scrambling to evacuate its citizens and others, and the Biden administration
When she was named the new CEO of the Associated Press, Daisy Veerasingham claimed “The importance of AP as an unbiased, factual news source cannot be overstated – our journalism reaches more than half the world’s population every day.” But the AP isn’t unbiased on Ron DeSantis. The latest “scoop” by reporter Brendan Farrington went so
Joe Biden’s bungled handling on the withdrawal from Afghanistan and his actions in the following days have got the whole world on edge. Rep. Ronny Jackson of Texas, who was the White House doctor under Obama and Trump, is calling for Biden to resign, and he is not alone. First, take a look at Jackson’s
A healthcare worker prepares a Pfizer coronavirus vaccination in Los Angeles, Calif., January 7, 2021. (Lucy Nicholson/Reuters) The Food and Drug Administration is aiming to give full authorization to the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine by Monday, sources familiar with the matter told the New York Times on Friday. All coronavirus vaccines currently offered in the U.S. —
Following the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan last weekend, the International Monetary Fund made it clear that Afghanistan will not be able to access the IMF’s financial resources, at least in the short run. The IMF stated that “There is currently a lack of clarity within the international community regarding recognition of a government in Afghanistan,
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President Joe Biden has told US citizens stuck in Afghanistan and allies who worked alongside American forces “we will get you home”, but admitted he cannot promise what the “final outcome” of the troop withdrawal will be. In a news conference at the White House, he admitted images of people desperately trying to flee the
Immediately following President Biden’s contentious Friday press conference about the ongoing disaster he created in Afghanistan, ABC News special coverage slammed him for saying things about the crisis that were just blatantly false. Correspondents described his lies as “breathtaking” and completely out of touch with the dire reality facing U.S. citizens and Afghan allies still
The End Needs to Be Nigh… Anyone who reads the stuff I write knows that I tend to not get too worked up by the political news of the day. Yeah, I’ll rant a little, but then I’m off to play video games and enjoy a good meal. Nothing lingers. This guy we’ve got playing
The Taliban executed the relative of a journalist and seriously harmed another after a door-to-door search for the reporter in Afghanistan. The unnamed journalist, who works for German state-owned broadcaster Deutsche Welle (DW), is one of several reporters the Taliban have hunted in the aftermath of the Afghan government’s collapse, the media outlet reported. The
President Joe Biden delivers remarks on evacuation efforts and the ongoing situation in Afghanistan during a speech in the East Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., August 20, 2021. (Ken Cedeno/Reuters) During remarks at the White House on Friday, President Biden asked: “What interest do we have in Afghanistan with al-Qaeda gone?” But
The Taliban “massacred” and viciously tortured several members of the Hazara ethnic minority in Afghanistan, according to the human rights group Amnesty International. Amnesty International reported Thursday that nine Hazara men were murdered between July 4-6 in the Malistan district in the eastern Ghazni province. “Six of the men were shot and three were tortured
The Delaware Division of Public Health has issued an apology for a vaccination memo that some people believed was fat-shaming to encourage vaccination. What are the details? WBOC-TV reports that Delaware’s health department issued an apology following the controversy spurned on by the ad. The since-deleted ad — which was shared to the department’s Facebook
Afghanistan continues to be a mess and President Joe Biden has no plan to get Americans and our allies out safely, but Friday morning’s Politico Playbook got to what REALLY matters in DC: the party scene! According to reporter Tara Palmeri, the backlash to former President Barack Obama’s 60th birthday in Martha’s Vineyard “is having
A British diplomatic memo leaked to Bloomberg News reveals Joe Biden promised G-7 allies in June at the summit in Cornwall, England that “critical US enablers” would remain in place to keep Kabul stable. British officials took Biden’s word and assumed they would keep the embassy safely functioning. They were wrong. Scoop: Biden told key
A healthcare worker prepares the Moderna coronavirus vaccine at a vaccination center in El Paso, Texas, May 6, 2021. (Jose Luis Gonzalez/Reuters) This is certainly creative . . . as judicial legislating often is: On Tuesday, a federal judge in Manhattan (the Southern District of New York, SDNY) ordered that a defendant who is unvaccinated
Mixed messages about COVID-19 from the media, politicians, and public heath officials have left many Americans questioning what information they can trust. Across the nation, some political leaders and health experts continue to push for individuals to be vaccinated. We now know, however, that those who are vaccinated still may be infected by the coronavirus
In this article TPT-GB Topps’ baseball cards from the 2016 season are on display during the “Open Topps Baseball Series 1 Cards ” event at the Topps’ offices on February 10, 2016 in New York City. Kris Connor | Getty Images Mudrick Capital Acquisition Corporation II on Friday said its SPAC merger with The Topps