Nine attorneys aligned with former President Donald Trump who filed an unsuccessful lawsuit challenging Michigan’s 2020 presidential election results will have to pay financial penalties and face other punitive actions for their legal effort, a district court judge ruled on Wednesday.
“This lawsuit represents a historic and profound abuse of the judicial process,” U.S. District Judge Linda Parker wrote in her scathing decision on the case.
“It is one thing to take on the charge of vindicating rights associated with an
allegedly fraudulent election,” she wrote. “It is another to take on the charge of deceiving a federal court and the American people into believing that rights were infringed, without regard to whether any laws or rights were in fact violated. This is what happened here.”
The ruling stems from a lawsuit brought by the attorneys — including Trump backers Sidney Powell and Lin Wood — which sought to decertify…
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…
A student created a third eye for the phone obsessed. This invention looks like it came out of Black Mirror.
If you are always on your phone, then Minwook Paeng probably thought of you when he created The Third Eye. A robotic prosthetic eye is ttached to the user’s head to detect obstacles while thy scroll through TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, and their private messages.
Third Eye opens automatically when the wearer tilts down their heads. A warning buzz is emitted if an obstruction is detected. In this way, the virtual-obsessed can stay online regardless of hazards offline.
His device was developed at the Royal College of Art and Imperial College in London, where he studied Innovation Design Engineering. This year’s theme was “phono sapiens” which was a satire of modern-day humans and their obsession with their smartphones.
“The smartphone has permeated into modern life so deeply that it’s impossible to deny the evolution of phono sapiens,” Paeng told Dezeen.
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…
The DNC-led American military has declared its intentions to switch the bulk of its efforts in Afghanistan to troop withdrawal rather than rescue of allies and American citizens in the last few days before the Taliban-imposed August 31st deadline occurs. The move is being met with cries of indignation from the many Americans who have ties to American citizens and allies still trapped in Taliban hell.
The move makes it clear to those still trapped in Afghanistan that if they want to get out, American soldiers might no longer be there to help them.
Whatever the DNC-led American military says, it is doubtful that many more Americans or allies will be evacuated over the last few days barring a massive overrun of the airport by desperate humans hoping to avoid being murdered, raped, or enslaved by the Taliban, the poster children for Islamo-fascism.
The US troops will be prioritised in the evacuation from Kabul while evacuations will continue for people from the area.
The roughly 5 400 troops at the airport will be brought to zero by 31 August.
More than 10 000 people were at Kabul airport waiting to be evacuated.
The US military will continue evacuating people from Kabul airport until a 31 August deadline if needed, but will prioritise the removal of US troops and military equipment on the last couple of days, the Pentagon said on Wednesday.
There are about 5 400 troops at the airport, a number that President Joe Biden says is set to go down to zero by the end of the month, depending on cooperation from the Taliban.
The US deadline on reporting on the origins of the Covid-19 virus breakout that turned into a worldwide pandemic is almost here, and insiders are reporting that the Biden adminsitration is about to declare that the virus did, in fact, come from China, and, specifically, a leak in the Wuhan Lab.
If the Biden administration does follow through with this, or, more accurately, if the leaked reports are true, then this telegraphs the DNC’s attempts to limit the power that China currently has over them, as their de facto ally and inspirtation, but ultimately competitor for hegemony over the world. The DNC-CCP relationship is complicated, and while they still yet need one another, they also ultimately will have to compete with one another for control of the neo-fascistic-socialist model that China perfected and the DNC wants to emulate here in America.
The Biden administration will only follow through with this if they perceive they no longer need the CCP as much as they once did, specifically the Chinese market to fund their anti-American activities on our shores. If they release an equivocating report, it telegraphs that their need for that anti-american funding from a Chinese market is still very much needed.
Time is running out on speculation and soon we will see just where the DNC stands in its assessment of its power compared to that of the CCP, its frenemy.
President Biden’s 90-day deadline for an intelligence report into the origins of COVID-19 is fast approaching. But the American desire for a U.S.-led investigation is not shared by China – a country that continues to push the world, including CBS News’ Ramy Inocencio, to look outside of Wuhan for answers.
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.
It is not clear how OnlyFans will get around the tyrannical will of the banking powers, but at this point they are left but with little choice to try, as they will surely die if they continue with the ban, so what do they have to lose anymore to try to find an alternative financial house to allow them to complete transactions on their platform?
Sophia Bernardi, a spokesperson for OnlyFans, told The Washington Post that the move came after the company’s banking partners assured OnlyFans that it “can support all genres of creators.” Tim Stokely, founder and CEO of OnlyFans, told the Financial Times this week that Bank of New York Mellon, Metro Bank and JPMorgan Chase were the banking partners that caused the initial decision.
The American media, aka DNC Pravda, are trying to convince you that the Taliban are reformed, that you should give them a chance to prove they’ve grown up, and anyone who doesn’t see this racist and/or bigoted. Yet, while they pontificate on the benevolence of the Taliban, with one Canadian official referring to the Taliban as their brothers, the killings of people who don’t believe the Taliban way have already begun, and our American media, DNC Pravda, is silent.
The Taliban has vowed to play a global role in tackling climate change and world security, despite their shocking track record of orchestrating civilian executions and eroding the rights of women and minorities.
Abdul Qahar Balkhi, a member of the Taliban’s Cultural Commission, told Newsweek: “We believe the world has a unique opportunity of rapprochement and coming together to tackle the challenges not only facing us but the entire humanity.
“These challenges ranging from world security and climate change need the collective efforts of all, and cannot be achieved if we exclude or ignore an entire people who have been devastated by imposed wars for the past four decades.”
This bizarre attempt to rebrand comes a day after UN human rights chief, Michelle Bachelet, cited multiple credible reports of serious human rights violations committed by the Taliban in Afghanistan including “summary executions” of civilians and Afghan security forces who had surrendered.
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.
As the US prepares to leave by the Taliban-set deadline of August 31st, France might be leaving even sooner, with operations expected to end within the next few hours.
PARIS — France will push on with evacuation operations from Afghanistan as long as possible but will likely end these operations in the coming hours or days ahead of an Aug. 31 deadline, government spokesman Gabriel Attal said on Wednesday.
Western nations rushed to complete the evacuation of thousands of people from Afghanistan on Wednesday as the Aug. 31 deadline for the withdrawal of foreign troops drew closer with no sign that the country’s new Taliban rulers might allow an extension.
Talks between leaders of the Group of Seven industrialized nations on Tuesday resulted in no extension of the Aug. 31 deadline for evacuations.
Attal added he could not currently give a precise deadline as to when France’s Afghanistan evacuations would end. (Reporting by Dominique Vidalon; Editing by Sudip Kar-Gupta)
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