OKLAHOMA CITY (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Republican U.S. Sen. James Lankford would seem to have all the conservative credentials he’d need to coast to re-election in deep-red Oklahoma.
A devout Baptist, Lankford was the director of the nation’s largest Christian youth camp for more than a decade. He speaks out regularly against abortion and what he describes as excessive government spending. And his voting record in the Senate aligned with former President Donald Trump’s position nearly 90% of the time.
But like several other seemingly safe GOP incumbents, Lankford, who didn’t even draw a primary opponent in 2016, finds himself under fierce attack by a challenger in his own party. The antagonist is a 29-year-old evangelical minister and political newcomer who managed to draw more than 2,000 people to a “Freedom Rally” headlined by Donald Trump’s former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn, at which…
For more than a week, global attention to Afghanistan has focused on the Taliban’s stunningly swift return to power, and the international airlift that is getting diplomats, Western workers, and refugees out. But a small cohort of disease experts is riveted by the political turnover for another reason: They worry it could undermine the long campaign to eradicate polio, which hinges on that country—and where, after years of disappointments, success now seems close.
Since 1988, a dogged and very expensive international campaign has chased polio from most of the world. Afghanistan is one of only two countries in which the circulation of wild poliovirus has never been interrupted; Pakistan, with which it shares a long border, is the other. Case counts have ebbed and spiked as religious and political factionalism interrupted delivery of vaccines to children, and they surged again last year, to 140 cases in the two countries, after the Covid pandemic forced a three-month halt in the…
An explosion has caiused multiple fatalities and injuries at the Kabul Airport in Afghanistan. Among the fatalities are children and US Servicemembers. The attack happened just outside the gate of the airport.
Here is what the meainstream media is saying right now:
Two suicide bombers struck a packed crowd outside the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul on Thursday, killing at least 12 American service members and scores of Afghan civilians, officials said.
In the final days of its 20-year presence in Afghanistan, the U.S. military sustained one of the highest single-day American tolls of the war.
“Today is a hard day,” said Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr., head of the United States Central Command. And he warned that the danger was not over.
“We have other active threats against the airfield,” General McKenzie told reporters at a news conference in Washington.
The bombs were set off near a crowd of families at the airport gates who were desperately hoping…
Marine Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr., chief of U.S. Central Command, said that after an explosion at the airport’s Abbey Gate, where Americans were searching potential Afghan evacuees, gunmen opened fire. Another blast later occurred at a hotel outside the airport. He attributed the attack to the Islamic State, which claimed responsibility, and indicated that U.S. military action in response is possible.
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Two suicide bombers and gunmen attacked crowds of Afghans flocking to Kabul’s airport Thursday, transforming a scene of desperation into one of horror in the waning days of an airlift for those fleeing the Taliban takeover. The attacks killed at least 60 Afghans and 12 U.S. troops, Afghan and U.S. officials said.
The U.S. general overseeing the evacuation vowed the United States would “go after” the perpetrators of the bombings, and warned that more such attacks are expected. U.S. President Joe Biden later echoed those sentiments in an address to the nation in which he spoke directly to those responsible for the attack.
“We will not forgive. We will not forget. We will hunt you down and make you pay,” Biden said.
Gen. Frank McKenzie, head of U.S. Central Command said the attacks would not stop the United States from evacuating Americans and others, and flights out were continuing. He said there was a large amount of security at the airport, and…
The U.S. State Department issued a dire warning late Wednesday urging any Americans near certain parts of the Kabul airport to “leave immediately.” Hamid Karzai Airport remains the only viable means of egress for the majority of Americans in Afghanistan, but the State Department tweeted, “#Afghanistan: Due to threats outside the Kabul airport, US citizens should avoid traveling to the airport and avoid airport gates unless you receive instructions to do so. Those at the Abbey Gate, East Gate, or North Gate now should leave immediately.” Australia and the United Kingdom issued similar warnings to citizens. The airport has been center stage for the American military’s withdrawal from the country and the subsequent evacuation of tens of thousands of U.S. citizens and Afghans who worked with the U.S.
The Pentagon says “a number of U.S. service members were killed” or wounded.
“We can confirm that a number of U.S. service members were killed in today’s complex attack at Kabul airport,” Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said in a statement on this morning’s attack. “A number of others are being treated for wounds. We also know that a number of Afghans fell victim to this heinous attack.
An explosion outside Kabul airport on Thursday killed at least 13 people, including children, and wounded many Taliban guards, a Taliban official told Reuters.
The Russian Foreign Ministry said a second explosion went off outside the airport in the Afghan capital, adding that at least 13 were killed and 15 injured.
What we know so far
Two explosions went off outside the Kabul airport.
At least 13 people have been killed and more than 15 injured.
US officials say one of the explosions appears to be a suicide bomb.
A United States official said US service members were among the wounded, adding he was citing an initial report and cautioning that it could change. He said there were casualties but did not know how many or of what nationality.
Kabul’s Emergency Hospital said in a tweet that it has received more than 30 patients so far while six others were already dead on arrival.
Thousands of people have been gathering outside the airport in recent days….
Two explosions, suspected to be suicide bomb attacks, killed at least 13 people including children outside Kabul airport, a Taliban official said.
This number of fatalities was also reported by the Russia’s Foreign Ministry.
Scores of people have also been injured in the attacks at the airport’s Abbey Gate and the nearby Baron hotel.
It comes after the UK and US had warned of a “highly lethal” terror attack and urged people to stay away from the airport for their own safety as thousands are desperately attempting to flee after the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan.
Pentagon spokesman John Kirby confirmed there have been at least two explosions. He said on Twitter: “We can confirm that the explosion at the Abbey Gate was the result of a complex attack that resulted in a number of US & civilian casualties.
“We can also confirm at least one other explosion at or near the Baron Hotel, a short distance from Abbey Gate. We will…
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) said there had been “no reported UK military or UK government casualties”, but the US Pentagon press secretary, John Kirby, confirmed a “number” of US military personnel were killed
The Taliban said at least 11 people had been killed in the blasts, although there has been no confirmation of this.
Mr Johnson called the attacks – reported to be carried out by suicide bombers – “barbaric” and “despicable”.
But he said the operation to evacuate people would continue “according to the timetable we have got”.
A former Royal Marine who was near to the explosions close to Kabul airport has said his vehicle was targeted by a gunman.
A number of people are feared to have been killed in at least two explosions outside the airport after warnings that a terror attack could be launched.
Paul ‘Pen’ Farthing, who founded the Nowzad shelter, is aiming to get 200 dogs and cats out alongside his staff.
Mr Farthing, who was outside the airport in a car, said: “We’re fine.”
But he added that “everything is chaos here at the moment”.
A Russian transport helicopter was looted at the Kabul airport during the chaotic scramble to flee Taliban militants following the group’s sudden takeover of Afghanistan, the aircraft’s operator UTair confirmed to The Moscow Times on Wednesday.
Unidentified individuals boarded the Mil Mi-8MTV helicopter on Aug. 17, two days after Kabul fell to the Taliban and the Afghan government fled the country, said Natalya Melekhova, a spokesperson for Russia’s third-largest airline UTair.
“They opened a container with airborne rescue equipment, which contained tools and unopened food supplies. The inner lining was also damaged. Our engineering staff put things back in order on board and performed the work necessary to guarantee safe departure,” Melekhova said.
She added that the helicopter and all UTair personnel were moved to a secure location on Aug. 22.
The Russian Telegram channel Baza had reported earlier Wednesday that…
Just yesterday we wrote about OnlyFans deciding to end its sexually explicit content in light of the financial institutions, the banks, using their considerable monopolistic power advantage to threaten OnlyFans with depersonalization if they didn’t.
After they made the announcement, the CEO made it clear this was not an inhouse decision, it was a banking decision. The backlash against OnlyFans itself however, did not relent. Even the progressives took up the mantle under the guise of honoring and respecting “sex workers.”
OnlyFans saw the writing on the wall, that with or without the banks if your users were not having it, you’d for sure be done if you continued down this banking-preferred path. Just a few days after making the announcement, OnlyFans is now reversing its decision and letting the sex content stay, and even letting more to be created on its platform.
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The Iraqi insurgent group Qasim al-Jabarin is claiming responsibility for a series of seven attacks on US Military caravans in Iraw over the last week. The result of the attacks did not lead to any US deaths, but they disrupoted the flow of supplies.
24 de agosto de 2021, 16:43Baghdad, Aug 24 (Prensa Latina) The insurgent Qasim al-Jabarin group claimed on Tuesday seven attacks against seven US military caravans in Iraq, according to the Saberin news website.
Two of the actions took place in the Al-Diwaniyah province, two others in Babylon, another in the capital district of Yusufiyah, while the rest occurred in the provinces of Al Muhatna and Dhi Qar.
Recently, the harassment of US interests in that country escalated with bombs set off as vehicles passed by, loaded with military logistics.
Those caravans enter Iraq from the Syrian border in the west or through Kuwait in the south.
Iraqi irregular groups consider the US troops as occupiers who frequently violate sovereignty and disrespect local laws.
The rejection of Americans increased in tone after the assassination by US aircraft of the Iranian General Qassem Soleimani and the Deputy Commander of the Popular Mobilization Units, Abu Mahdi al-Mohandes.
The South Koreans might be showing the American DNC (an oxymoron that was difficult to even write) how to use fear of misinformation by uneducated and unaware people conditioned that way by their own government schools and DNC-owned media machines to create unconstitutional censorship laws.
South Korea’s ruling party is set to push through a bill stepping up penalties for “fake news,” with international media groups arguing the measure could hamper press freedoms and opposition lawmakers saying it’s intended to silence critics.
President Moon Jae-in’s progressive Democratic Party used its supermajority in parliament Wednesday to move out of committee the bill to revise the Press Arbitration Act, setting it up a full vote in a plenary session as early as this week.
Ethiopia is in the middle of a civil war in the region of Tigray, which also includes foreign troop invasions by its neighhbor, Eritrea. In response, Ethiopia is using drones to comabt the ‘insurrectionists’ and those drones appear to be Iranian drones, the Mohajer-6 drone to be exact. This drone cut its teeth, in part, over the skies of Libya and Syria.
Citing images shared on the internet, several media outlets have reported that the Ethiopian National Defence Force is using Iranian-made Mohajer-6 combat unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) as it fights a civil war.
Who took the photos remains unknown. However, they show the Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed visiting an airport with what appears to be the drone in the background. The fact-checking website Bellingcat and some open-source researchers independently geo-located the images, indicating that they were taken at the government-controlled Semara Airport.
Semara is the capital city of the country’s Afar province, which abuts the Tigray region where government forces are battling the anti-government Tigray Defense Forces (TDF).
The Senate Armed Services Committee approved a proposed language change to the Selective Service law from men being required to sign up for the potential draft to men AND women being required to sign up for the potential draft, the writing is on the wall for American women. You too will be drafted if the DNC has its way, in the name of ‘equality.’
The Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday approved a language change in the $768 billionNational Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that would expand the “Selective Service”—the oxymoronically named requirement under threat of imprisonment for 18-year-old males to submit their names to a national registry of potential military conscripts—to include the female of the species.
As Ella Lubell noted here yesterday, among those cheering this development is the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), whose lawsuit challenging the male-only draft was denied a hearing last month by a Supreme Court that nonetheless signaled its potential interest should Congress decline to change the law. “Men-only registration actually impedes women’s full participation in civic life,” the ACLU maintains.
It’s worth pausing on that logic, particularly in light of what that “L” stands for. Is “participation” really the right word to describe being coerced by the state…
A neonazi group that combines its own actual racism and holocaust denials with a version of nationalism based solely on race is “calling out” those who use anti-racism to advance neofascism. The irony of a neonazi group calling our neofascists is that neither side represents or respects basic human dignity and human rights against the forces of authoritarianism.One bitter consequence of using the theme of anti-racism to advance neofascism is that it delegitimizes actual anti-racist efforts and makes racist groups more appealing to people who have been demonized by the neofascists. The potential growing popularity of this radical racist organization comes directly from the racism and neofascism of these leftist organizations which demonize “white people” for their “sin skins” while promoting an anti-Christian and authoritarian set of policies.Far right group has compiled a list of individuals who oppose racism and fascism – The Ferret From theferret.scot
2021-08-25 12:56:23Excerpt:
A far right group linked to neo-Nazis has allegedly compiled a list of around 60 organisations and individuals in Scotland who oppose racism and fascism, The Ferret can reveal.
The list, claimed to have been made by Patriotic Alternative (PA) Scotland, names charities, political parties, student groups and 33 individuals. They include Stand Up to Racism, Edinburgh University Marxist Society, Anti-Fascist Action Dundee and the Scottish Socialist Party, among others who oppose fascism.The alleged covert project by PA is called Scottish Anti-Anti Fascists (SAAF) and involved the infiltration of left wing groups.
No one saw this coming, A scheme to use contact tracing apps to monitor Covid-19 outbreaks was early criticized for not being able to adequately defend privacy against malicious attacks. It turns out the fears were well-founded as now millions of people that used these apps now have their private data accessed and stolen by hackers.
More than a thousand web apps mistakenly exposed 38 million records on the open Internet, including data from a number of COVID-19 contact-tracing platforms, vaccination sign-ups, job application portals, and employee databases. The data included a range of sensitive information, from people’s phone numbers and home addresses to Social Security numbers and COVID-19 vaccination status.
The incident affected major companies and organizations, including American Airlines, Ford, the transportation and logistics company J.B. Hunt, the Maryland Department of Health, the New York City Municipal Transportation Authority, and New York City public schools. And while the data exposures have since been addressed, they show how one bad configuration setting in a popular platform can have far-reaching consequences.
The exposed data was all stored in Microsoft’s Power Apps portal service, a development platform that…
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