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September 24, 2024
Crime
NatSec
News
World

Biden-Harris Secretary of State Faces Congressional Contempt Charge.

House Republicans are pushing to hold Secretary of State Antony Blinken in contempt of Congress and formally denounce other Biden–Harris officials over the disastrous August 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan. The House Foreign Affairs Committee subpoenaed Blinken on September 3 to appear for testimony this Tuesday, but he did not attend.

Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) adjourned the meeting noting that Blinken was not in attendance and that he would be pursuing charges of contempt of Congress for defying a congressional subpoena. The Foreign Affairs Committee noted in its contempt resolution report, released Monday, that Blinken’s subpoena had been rescheduled once before to accommodate his travel plans.

Contempt of Congress can result in fines up to $100,000 and imprisonment ranging from one month to one year. However, if Congress votes to hold someone in contempt, the Biden-Harris Justice Department (DOJ) must generally decide on prosecution.

The Biden-Harris DOJ most recently used the law against former White House chief strategist Stephen K. Bannon. The Donald J. Trump ally was imprisoned for four months for defying a congressional subpoena demanding he testify at the corrupt January 6 hearings, arguing President Trump had invoked executive privilege.

Blinken played a pivotal role in the retreat from Afghanistan, being the “principal decisionmaker” during the withdrawal. He was also blamed for keeping the U.S. Embassy in Kabul open too long and delaying a Noncombatant Evacuation Operation (NEO) request until the Taliban seized the capital.

House Republicans are also considering a resolution to condemn senior Biden regime officials over the withdrawal that led to 13 U.S. service members’ deaths in an Islamic State-Khorasan (ISIS-K) suicide bombing on August 26, 2021. The resolution could censure President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, Blinken, and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, among others.

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House Republicans are pushing to hold Secretary of State Antony Blinken in contempt of Congress and formally denounce other Biden-Harris officials over the disastrous August 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan. The House Foreign Affairs Committee subpoenaed Blinken on September 3 to appear for testimony this Tuesday, but he did not attend. show more
September 12, 2024
William Upton
Politics
War

Biden-Harris WH Spox Disparages Veterans in Accidental ‘Reply All’ E-mail on 9/11.

White House National Security Council communications adviser John Kirby denigrated a group of veterans in what he intended to be an internal White House email on the 23-year anniversary of 9/11. The Biden-Harris official hit reply-all when sending his comments, including a Fox News reporter who had asked the White House to respond to the veteran group’s criticism of the Biden-Harris government’s disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal.

“Obviously no use in responding. A ‘handful’ of vets indeed and all of one stripe,” Kirby wrote late Wednesday on a White House communications team email chain. The flippant comment was in response to accusations leveled by Rep. Cory Mills (R-FL) and several other veterans that Kirby provided “cover” for the deadly withdrawal during a Monday press conference. Kirby had blasted a new report the House of Representatives issued regarding the Biden-Harris government’s handling of the Afghanistan withdrawal, claiming it “says little or nothing new.”

Viewed by many in the White House and media as the more steady hand in the press briefing room—compared to Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre—Kirby followed up his errant reply-all email, telling the reporter: “Clearly, I didn’t realize you were on the chain.”

Following Kirby’s condescending reply-all gaffe, the Biden-Harris White House communications team attempted to clean up the situation—issuing an on-the-record response from the official. “While I acknowledge not every veteran agrees with them, I stand by my comments in the briefing room. What was cherry-picked and selective was the report itself. And what’s most important is that America’s longest war is over and those still serving in uniform are better positioned to meet the threats we face today,” Kirby’s statement claims.

Image by Petty Officer 1st Class Carlos M. Vazquez II.

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White House National Security Council communications adviser John Kirby denigrated a group of veterans in what he intended to be an internal White House email on the 23-year anniversary of 9/11. The Biden-Harris official hit reply-all when sending his comments, including a Fox News reporter who had asked the White House to respond to the veteran group's criticism of the Biden-Harris government's disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal. show more
September 9, 2024
NatSec
News

Biden-Harris Govt Misled Public Over Afghanistan, Finds Congressional Report.

House Foreign Affairs Committee Republicans have issued a report accusing the Biden-Harris government of misleading the public regarding the 2021 U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. They allege the decision led to chaotic conditions and ignored military warnings, ultimately costing 13 U.S. service members their lives in a Kabul suicide bombing.

Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) criticized Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’s planning and execution during an interview on Sunday, ” highlighting what he called “moral negligence.” The report, released Monday, suggests that political considerations were prioritized over national security concerns. The politicization of the military and its role in the attack on Abbey Gate at the Kabul Airpot are also the subject of a recently released documentary from the American Principles Project.

The House Foreign Affairs Committee report states that Biden-Harris government officials, including Gen. Austin Miller and former White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki, were interviewed as part of the investigation. However, Secretary of State Antony Blinken has not yet testified despite a Committee request, prompting McCaul to issue a subpoena.

White House spokeswoman Sharon Yang dismissed the GOP report, calling it biased and based on selective facts. Yang emphasized that the decision to withdraw was difficult but necessary to redirect resources to other threats and end the prolonged conflict. Responding to accusations by Congressional Democrats that the timing of the report’s release is politically motivated, Chairman McCaul argued that obstruction by the White House and military leaders delayed his investigation by nearly two years.

The report recommends reestablishing a Crisis Bureau within the State Department to handle emergency evacuation situations to avoid similar military disasters in the future. Additionally, committee members contend that certain standard operating procedures within the Departments of Defense and State must be better maintained.

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House Foreign Affairs Committee Republicans have issued a report accusing the Biden-Harris government of misleading the public regarding the 2021 U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. They allege the decision led to chaotic conditions and ignored military warnings, ultimately costing 13 U.S. service members their lives in a Kabul suicide bombing. show more
September 9, 2024
Data

DATA: Majority Say Trump Was Right to Attend Arlington Cemetery with Afghan Troop Families.

A majority of likely U.S. voters (59 percent) has said they believe it was “appropriate” for President Donald J. Trump to attend Arlington National Cemetery with the families of troops who lost their lives during President Biden’s botched Afghanistan withdrawal. Just 30 percent said they believed it was inappropriate, with 12 percent remaining undecided.

Additionally, 56 percent agree that Vice President Harris “bears responsibility for the deaths of U.S. troops killed in the terrorist attack” that occurred at the Abbey Gate on August 26th, 2021. Thirty-eight percent said she bears no responsibility.

Over a third of Democrats backed Trump’s appearance at Arlington in the data released by Rasmussen Reports on Monday morning, with a whopping 70 percent of Hispanic voters backing Trump over the issue, which Democrats attempted to use against him.

Meanwhile, even a quarter of Democrats agree Harris bears some responsibility for the actions of her government, alongside Joe Biden, which led to the loss of American lives and the deaths and injuries of over 300 others.

A new documentary illustrating the pain of the families was released last week, and has been watched millions of times since its premiere:

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A majority of likely U.S. voters (59 percent) has said they believe it was "appropriate" for President Donald J. Trump to attend Arlington National Cemetery with the families of troops who lost their lives during President Biden's botched Afghanistan withdrawal. Just 30 percent said they believed it was inappropriate, with 12 percent remaining undecided. show more
September 4, 2024
Culture
News

Trump, Bannon & More Star in Hard-Hitting New Documentary.

The American Principles Project (APP) has released a new documentary recounting the tragic story of the 2021 suicide bombing at Abbey Gate in Kabul airport, which claimed over 180 lives, including those of 13 American military personnel. ‘Culture War: The Deadly Consequences of a Woke War Machine’ investigates the far-left cultural policies within the military enacted by the Biden–Harris government and how those policies precipitated the deadly attack.

“The disastrous and deadly withdrawal from Afghanistan did not happen in a vacuum. For years, our military has been gradually weakened by far-left cultural policies imposed by Democrats,” said APP’s president, Terry Schilling—who also served as an executive producer on the project along with the Logan Circle Group’s Harlan Hill. Schilling continued: “[U]nder the current Biden–Harris administration, this social experimentation has gone into overdrive, with predictably catastrophic results.”

“No more men and women in uniform should have their lives put at risk because of the failures of incompetent ideologues here in Washington. Our military, and our entire country, deserve better,” he added.

Released on YouTube and X (formerly Twitter), ‘Culture War’ features perspectives from top U.S. political leaders, including former President Donald J. Trump, former White House Chief Strategist and War Room host Stephen K. Bannon, former Trump White House chief-of-staff Mark Meadows, and Representatives Matt Gaetz (R-FL) and Jim Banks (R-IN). Through interviews with policymakers closely connected to the events leading up to the deadly bombing and family members of four service members who perished, the film offers an in-depth look into the Biden–Harris government’s disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal.

For further information on the film, viewers are directed to visit CultureWarDoc.com.

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The American Principles Project (APP) has released a new documentary recounting the tragic story of the 2021 suicide bombing at Abbey Gate in Kabul airport, which claimed over 180 lives, including those of 13 American military personnel. 'Culture War: The Deadly Consequences of a Woke War Machine' investigates the far-left cultural policies within the military enacted by the Biden-Harris government and how those policies precipitated the deadly attack. show more
August 26, 2024
Jack Montgomery
War

Trump Flies to Arlington for Afghan Troop Memorial, Which Joe and Kamala SNUB!

Former President Donald J. Trump attended a memorial ceremony for the 13 American servicemen and women murdered during the Abbey Gate bombing amid the Biden-Harris government’s botched withdrawal from Afghanistan. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris skipped the event, as did former presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush.

President Trump attended the ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia, to mark the third anniversary of the Abbey Gate attack. By disrupting the timetable of former President Trump’s planned withdrawal from Afghanistan, the Biden-Harris government created a chaotic situation in which the Taliban overran Kabul while U.S. and Western personnel were still present. Hundreds were killed or injured when a suicide bomber, allegedly from the Islamic State-Khorasan Province (ISIS-K) group, targeted would-be evacuees and the U.S. troops overseeing them at Kabul airport’s Abbey Gate.

The Biden-Harris government also surrendered Bagram Air Base, which Trump intended to retain, and a huge number of U.S. ground vehicles, helicopters, and weapons, which Trump intended to evacuate. The Taliban paraded these spoils through the streets earlier this month.

Trump has criticized Vice President Kamala Harris for her role in the debacle, recalling that she was “the last person in the room with Biden when the two of them decided to pull the troops out of Afghanistan” and was “all for it.”

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Former President Donald J. Trump attended a memorial ceremony for the 13 American servicemen and women murdered during the Abbey Gate bombing amid the Biden-Harris government's botched withdrawal from Afghanistan. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris skipped the event, as did former presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush. show more
August 19, 2024
William Upton
Data
Election 2024

DATA: 2 in 3 Say Tim Walz’s Stolen Valor is Serious Problem.

New election data reveals nearly two-thirds of voters believe that accusations Kamala Harris‘s 2024 running mate, Governor Tim Walz (D-MN), exaggerated his military record is a serious problem. According to the Rasmussen Reports survey, just 38 percent of respondents said the fact that Walz has embellished—in the best case—his military service is not a serious problem. Meanwhile, 55 percent said it is a very serious problem. Just six percent said they were not sure.

The data shows that among all age demographics, over 50 percent view Walz‘s exaggerations as a serious problem. Additionally, 54 percent of white voters say they have a problem with Walz’s military embellishments. Meanwhile, 55 percent of black voters agree. Among Hispanics the number sits at 67 percent.

Since being announced as the 2024 Democratic Party’s vice presidential nominee, Walz‘s record as a member of the Minnesota National Guard has come under close scrutiny. The Minnesota Democrat appears to have falsely claimed the rank of command sergeant major, a title his former battalion leader—Lieutenant Colonel John Kolb—says he did not earn.

Additionally, despite allowing constituents and supporters to believe for years that he served in either Iraq or Afghanistan, records clearly show Walz was only ever deployed overseas to Italy. In fact, the Minnesota Democrat actually took early retirement after his unit became aware they would be deployed to Iraq—with Walz opting instead to run for Congress.

His service record isn’t the only embellishment regarding Walz‘s tenure in the National Guard. After a drunk driving arrest in 1995, Walz would falsely claim on the campaign trail that he failed the field sobriety test because of a misunderstanding due to hearing loss from his National Guard service.

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New election data reveals nearly two-thirds of voters believe that accusations Kamala Harris's 2024 running mate, Governor Tim Walz (D-MN), exaggerated his military record is a serious problem. According to the Rasmussen Reports survey, just 38 percent of respondents said the fact that Walz has embellished—in the best case—his military service is not a serious problem. Meanwhile, 55 percent said it is a very serious problem. Just six percent said they were not sure. show more
August 19, 2024
Christopher Tomlinson
Immigration
World

Thousands of Afghan Migrants Returning to Afghanistan… on Vacation.

Thousands of Afghan asylum seekers living in Germany are reportedly spending their vacations in the homeland they claim they were forced to flee. They are doing so through a passport trick that makes it appear as though they only traveled to Iran.

Of the 400,000 Afghans living in Germany, around 60,000 have a Blue Pass, a replacement for a passport given to asylum seekers that allows them to travel but explicitly states that they have no right to return to the country they supposedly fled.

Despite this, hundreds travel back to Afghanistan every week from Hamburg alone. They first travel to Iran, where they can secure a double entry visa. The double entry visas are not stamped into the passports or attached to them. This means they can be easily hidden from German authorities or simply discarded before returning to Germany, so it appears the asylum seekers’ only destination was Iran.

Federal Minister of the Interior Nancy Faeser, roughly equivalent to U.S. Homeland Security Secretary, expressed little interest when confronted with the allegations, denying the Interior Ministry was even responsible and insisting the issue is a matter for local immigration authorities. However, Heiko Teggatz, chairman of the Federal Police Union, called for a law to force countries to attach visas to passports. He says the Federal Police, who manage the border, are too short-staffed.

In recent years, there have been several high-profile stabbing attacks by Afghan asylum seekers in Germany, including a mass stabbing attack in May at an anti-Islamisation rally and another mass stabbing of soccer fans in June.

Despite these crimes, the German government refuses to deport Afghan criminals back to Afghanistan, claiming the country is too dangerous for them. This view is seemingly not held by the asylum seekers who are returning to the country on vacation.

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Thousands of Afghan asylum seekers living in Germany are reportedly spending their vacations in the homeland they claim they were forced to flee. They are doing so through a passport trick that makes it appear as though they only traveled to Iran. show more
August 16, 2024
War
World

ICYMI: Taliban Parades U.S. Equipment Abandoned by Biden-Harris.

The Taliban is parading the American military hardware abandoned to them by the Biden-Harris government. The parade included U.S. military vehicles, helicopters, and weapons and was held at Bagram airbase, which former President Donald J. Trump had planned to keep in American hands following an orderly withdrawal from the country.

According to a report from the Department of Defense Inspector General, the Biden-Harris government left behind equipment valued at $7.12 billion in its botched withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021.

The equipment inventory left behind includes nearly $1 billion worth of aircraft, over 40,000 military vehicles, more than 300,000 weapons, and tens of millions of dollars worth of ammunition. Almost all the communications equipment provided to Western-backed Afghan forces and advanced electronics are also under Taliban control.

The U.S. withdrawal has been criticized for its chaotic execution and impact on America’s reputation. Analysts argue the Biden-Harris regime’s perceived weakness may have influenced Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s decision to invade Ukraine six months later.

During the Afghanistan withdrawal, a terrorist attack in Kabul killed 13 U.S. service members.

Former President Donald J. Trump has described the fiasco as a humiliation for America, paving the way for not just the Ukraine war but the later Hamas terror raids on Israel. He argues these global crises would not have arisen under a reelected Trump administration.

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The Taliban is parading the American military hardware abandoned to them by the Biden-Harris government. The parade included U.S. military vehicles, helicopters, and weapons and was held at Bagram airbase, which former President Donald J. Trump had planned to keep in American hands following an orderly withdrawal from the country. show more
August 13, 2024
William Upton
Corruption
Politics
War

Senior Investigator for Afghan Withdrawal Resigns, Blasts House Committee for Unserious Investigation.

The senior investigator for the House Foreign Affairs Committee’s inquiry into the Biden-Harris government’s disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal resigned in protest on Monday. Jerry Dunleavy, a former journalist turned congressional investigator, blasted the committee and its chairman, Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX), for being “derelict in their duty” and running a “sham” investigation.

“I did not come lightly to this decision to resign & to blow the whistle publicly, but I could not be a part of this sham any longer & my conscience simply will not allow me to be silent,” Dunleavy wrote in a post on X (formerly Twitter).

“[A]fter a year of pushing the Committee to do the right thing & to run a serious investigation that relentlessly searches for the truth, it has become undeniably clear to me that McCaul & his team are unwilling to take even the most basic steps necessary to ensure that President Biden, VP Harris, & all the top Biden-Harris diplomatic & national security & military leaders are made to answer for the horrors which unfolded & continue to unfold in Afghanistan & around the world,” he added.

Dunleavy accuses Chairman McCaul and the Foreign Affairs Committee of failing to pursue key witnesses at the Biden-Harris State Department and United States Central Command (CENTCOM). Additionally, the former congressional investigator says the committee refused to properly investigate security lapses that resulted in ISIS-K’s deadly attack on Abbey Gate at the Kabul Airport.

The former investigator says that McCaul has been too hesitant to wield his committee’s power and has failed to obtain answers and justice for the Abbey Gate Gold Star families. “McCaul & the Committee made promises to the Abbey Gate Gold Star families & to the American public at large — & those promises simply have not been kept,” Dunleavy wrote.

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The senior investigator for the House Foreign Affairs Committee's inquiry into the Biden-Harris government's disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal resigned in protest on Monday. Jerry Dunleavy, a former journalist turned congressional investigator, blasted the committee and its chairman, Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX), for being "derelict in their duty" and running a "sham" investigation. show more