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Republicans file impeachment articles against Blinken over Afghan disaster, call for Biden's resignation

Joseph Clark
The Washington Times
Fri, 27 Aug 2021 16:27 UTC
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Secretary of State Antony Blinken
House Republicans on Friday introduced articles of impeachment against Secretary of State Antony Blinken for "high crimes and misdemeanors" leading up to the chaotic withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan.

Republican Reps. Ralph Norman of South Carolina and Andy Harris of Maryland co-sponsored the resolution. They said "inexcusable failures" on behalf of Mr. Blinken led to the lives lost in Thursday's terrorist attack in Kabul and "set a horrible precedent on the international stage."
"Secretary Blinken's complete and utter failure of managing this avoidable catastrophe makes him unfit for leadership, and I hope my colleagues will join me in pushing for his removal."
State Department spokesman Ned Price brushed the calls for Mr. Blinken's impeachment aside Friday, saying there were more pressing matters at hand:
"Secretary Blinken is focused on one thing and one thing only: the evacuation of American citizens and our allies and partners."
At this time, the impeachment articles have virtually no chance of advancing in the Democratic-run House.
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Who profits from the Kabul suicide bombing?

Pepe Escobar
The Saker
Fri, 27 Aug 2021 00:00 UTC
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Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid holds press conference in Kabul
ISIS-Khorasan aims to prove to Afghans and to the outside world that the Taliban cannot secure the capital

The horrific Kabul suicide bombing introduces an extra vector in an already incandescent situation: It aims to prove, to Afghans and to the outside world, that the nascent Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan is incapable of securing the capital.

As it stands, at least 103 people - 90 Afghans (including at least 28 Taliban) and 13 American servicemen - were killed and at least 1,300 injured, according to the Afghan Health Ministry.

Responsibility for the bombing came via a statement on the Telegram channel of Amaq Media, the official Islamic State (ISIS) news agency. This means it came from centralized ISIS command, even as the perpetrators were members of ISIS-Khorasan, or ISIS-K. Presuming to inherit the historical and cultural weight of ancient Central Asian lands that from the time of imperial Persia stretched all the way to the western Himalayas, that spin-off defiles the name of Khorasan.

The suicide bomber who carried out "the martyrdom operation near Kabul airport" was identified as one Abdul Rahman al-Logari. That would suggest he's an Afghan, from nearby Logar province. And that would also suggest that the bombing may have been organized by an ISIS-Khorasan sleeper cell. Sophisticated electronic analysis of their communications would be able to prove it - tools that the Taliban don't have.
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What happens when the technocrats hold all the cards?

Patrick Wood
Technocracy News
Tue, 24 Aug 2021 00:00 UTC
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As editor of Technocracy News & Trends, I am not particularly satisfied in reporting story after story, day after day, on various aspects of the so-called Covid pandemic. Why fight the propaganda machine? Does it really matter? Aren't other sites covering it anyway?

After replaying these questions every morning in light of Technocracy, I always come to the same conclusion:
IT'S NOT JUST A STORY, IT IS THE ONLY STORY!
This is Technocracy's coup d'état. It specifically started on January 30, 2020 when the World Health Organization declared that COVID-19 was a pandemic, calling for emergency powers, lockdowns, social distancing, masks, vaccines, etc.

I flatly predicted this coup in 2015 in Technocracy Rising: The Trojan Horse of Global Transformation. There was no way at that time to understand the means of the coup, but it was clear to me that it was coming, that it had a timetable and intention:
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Democrats attack Supreme Court for blocking Biden eviction moratorium

Houston Keene
Fox News
Fri, 27 Aug 2021 16:56 UTC
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NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio attacked the Supreme Court as a 'group of right-wing extremists'.

Democrats are lashing out at the Supreme Court for blocking President Biden's eviction moratorium.

"If a federally imposed eviction moratorium is to continue," the ruling said about the moratorium Biden imposed as a means of protecting renters financially affected by the coronavirus, "Congress must specifically authorize it."

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Trump says Kabul airport explosion wouldn't have happened if he were president

Samuel Chamberlain
New York Post
Fri, 27 Aug 2021 00:32 UTC
Donald Trump
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Donald Trump hammered Biden over the suicide bombings outside Kabul’s airport, claiming that “it would not have happened if I was your president.”
Former President Donald Trump hammered President Biden over the deadly suicide bombings outside Kabul's international airport Thursday, claiming in a videotaped statement that "it would not have happened if I was your president."

The 45th president released the 2-minute, 15-second statement to Fox News prior to an appearance on the cable network's "Hannity" program. In his remarks, Trump memorialized the 13 US service members who died in the "savage and barbaric" attacks, which also killed at least 60 Afghans and were claimed by the ISIS-K terror group.

"These noble American warriors laid down their lives in the line of duty," he said. "They sacrificed themselves for the country that they love, racing against time to rescue their fellow citizens from harm's way. They died as American heroes and our nation will honor their memory forever."

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COVID Noncompliance now labeled top 'Terror Threat'

Dr. Joseph Mercola
Mercola.com
Wed, 25 Aug 2021 13:36 UTC
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When you think of potential terror threats, what comes to mind? Did opposing irrational and/or illegal COVID measures make your list? Well, it recently got top billing on the Department of Homeland Security's list of potential terror threats as we approach the 20th anniversary of 9/11.

Over the past 18 months, COVID countermeasures have become increasingly tyrannical, and we now appear to have reached a new high (or low, depending on your perspective). The U.S. government is actually viewing citizens who exercise their Constitutional rights as domestic terrorists, enemies of the state.
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Don't be fooled: Democrats' H.R. 4 legislation is just another attempted power grab

Kyle Hupfer
Real Clear Politics
Thu, 26 Aug 2021 00:00 UTC
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In June, Democrats failed to sell the federal takeover of state elections known as H.R. 1/S. 1 to the American people. The bill was a laundry list of left-wing fantasies, including using taxpayer dollars to fund political candidates, undermine widely supported voter ID requirements, and totally destroy the authority of states to run their own elections. Americans saw the bill for what it was — a Democrat power grab — and it failed. Now, Democrats are coming back to the table with new legislation called H.R. 4. They're dishonestly calling it a compromise. Don't fall for their partisan lies: H.R. 4 has the same rotten core as H.R. 1 and would make our elections far less secure.

H.R. 4's goal is to eviscerate the right of states to manage their own elections with appropriate transparency and ballot-security safeguards. It will attempt to misuse the 1965 Voting Rights Act to achieve this goal. "Preclearance" is central to H.R. 4 — this plank of the law would require every state election official to submit any election law changes to the Department of Justice for approval. In short, Democrats want states to ask Washington, D.C., for permission to pass local laws that would, for example, require voter ID — a policy that polls consistently find roughly 80% of Americans in support.
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Marking the unvaccinated as they marked Jews in the 1930s

Martin Armstrong
Armstrong Economics
Fri, 27 Aug 2021 22:51 UTC
The Jew
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History indeed repeats. In Europe, they demand that the "unvaccinated" wear masks to identify themselves, just as the Jews were forced to wear yellow stars to identify themselves in society. Interestingly, there were Jews in Germany who saw the threats and set sail for America. I was told many years ago that other Jews thought they were crazy. To put it in today's terminology, they were conspiracy theorists.

The lies about everything to create this lockdown to crush the economy so they can Build Back Better are gradually surfacing. Hopefully, the majority will wake up and see that they have been played for the fool. The conspiracy theorists of the 1930s in Germany were correct. Little by little, the "conspiracy theorists" today will also be correct.

Yet, the vaccinated are now still vulnerable to getting and spreading COVID-19. When will the lie be exposed? How much longer? The computer shows the collapse in public confidence, which is becoming obvious. They should have listened to Lincoln who said it is "better to remain silent and be thought a fool" than to speak and to remove all doubt. World leaders have spoken and are clearly fools if they actually believed COVID could be eradicated with lockdowns and vaccines.
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Saudis sign military cooperation agreement with Russia


RFE/RL
Tue, 24 Aug 2021 20:54 UTC
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Saudi Arabia and Russia have signed a military cooperation agreement at an arms expo outside Moscow.

Saudi Deputy Defense Minister Khalid bin Salman announced on Twitter on August 24 that he signed the agreement with Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin "aimed at developing joint military cooperation between the two countries."

Salman also met with Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu during his visit outside Moscow to the arms expo International Military-Technical Forum Army-2021.

The deputy defense minister said the meeting explored ways to "strengthen military and defense cooperation between our two countries."
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New Zealand extends draconian lockdowns

Alisha Rahaman Sarkar
The Independent
Fri, 27 Aug 2021 20:50 UTC
Jacinda Ardern
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The New Zealand government has extended a strict nationwide lockdown until the end of August to curb the spread of the Delta coronavirus variant, prime minister Jacinda Ardern announced on Friday.

Most severe level four restrictions would likely remain in place in the city of Auckland for another two weeks. Except for Auckland and Northland, the rest of the country will move to a lower level three from next Tuesday, Ms Ardern said.

Under level three lockdown, people are required to stay in their bubbles, public venues are kept shut, regional travel is prohibited, gatherings are limited except for weddings and funerals. Restaurants and retail shops are allowed to operate but only for click-and-collect or delivery services.
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