Author: Freedom Watch

Afghanistan drawdown leaves Biden at a crisis point with veterans By Natasha Korecki POLITICO September 5, 2021 The day Kabul fell, veterans’ mental health crisis hotlines lit up. As Taliban militia members streamed into Afghanistan’s capital, Veterans Affairs chief of staff Tanya Bradsher blasted out an email to the department’s senior staff. “My veteran network is reeling and I am sure yours are as well,” Bradsher wrote in the Aug. 15 email, which was obtained via a Freedom of Information Act request and shared with POLITICO. “Can we highlight in our comms channels that VA has resources available?…

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Biden’s Tree of Life synagogue claim not true, White House admits Fox News September 4, 2021 WASHINGTON — President Biden did not visit the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh after the murder of 11 congregants — despite saying so, the White House admitted Friday. Biden on Thursday told Jewish leaders that he remembered “spending time at” and “going to” the Tree of Life, but the synagogue told The Post he never visited. Nearly 24 hours after being asked about the discrepancy, a White House official said in a statement that Biden “was referring to a call he…

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Biden warns corporations like Apple, Disney, and Exxon Mobil that are trying to squash his tax hikes: ‘I’m going to take them on’ By Ayelet Sheffey Business Insider September 4, 2021 “It’s time for working families, the folks who built this country, to have their taxes cut,” Biden said in remarks after the jobs report was released. “And those corporate interests doing everything they can to find allies in Congress to keep that from happening … I’m going to take them on.” When Biden first unveiled his infrastructure plan, he proposed funding it with a corporate-tax hike to…

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Trump National Doral To Host Conference Featuring Five Recipients Of Trump Pardons By Zach Everson Forbes September 4, 2021 Roger Stone and George Papadopoulos have been added as special guests to AmpFest, an annual conference at Trump National Doral that already had announced that Michael Flynn and Dinesh D’Souza would be headlining. All four men received pardons from former President Donald Trump and are now drawing customers to one of his businesses. Stone, Papadopoulous and D’Souza have all appeared�������at AmpFest in previous years. Another beneficiary of a Trump pardon, Steve Bannon, will appear remotely. Continue Reading…..

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By Marshall Cohen CNN September 3, 2021 (CNN)The so-called “QAnon Shaman” who stormed the US Capitol in a horned bearskin outfit pleaded guilty Friday to a felony for obstructing the Electoral College proceedings on January 6. The defendant, Jacob Chansley of Arizona, is a well-known figure in the QAnon movement. He went viral after the January 6 attack because of the bizarre outfit he wore while rummaging through the Capitol. He made his way to the Senate dais that was hastily vacated earlier by Vice President Mike Pence — someone Chansley falsely claimed was a “child-trafficking traitor.” Continue Reading…..

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Dustin Johnson without a beard remains one of the most terrifying images in golf Golf Digest September 3, 2021 If you’ve never seen them, there’s a great collection of prank videos on the internet of dads who normally are always sporting a beard going clean-shaven and revealing it to their babies. Almost always, the baby’s reaction is one of terror, as the man they believe to be their dad looks like a complete stranger. We are literally all that baby every time we see Dustin Johnson, one of the great always-bearded athletes in sports, go completely clean-shaven. On…

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Cotton leads Senate GOP push on Biden’s Afghanistan withdrawal By Burgess Everett POLITICO September 2, 2021 Senate Republicans are pressing President Joe Biden to account for how many Americans, green card holders and special immigrant visa applicants remain in Afghanistan after the U.S. completed its withdrawal earlier this week. Led by Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), a group of 26 Republicans wrote Biden on Thursday morning requesting information by next week about who remains in Afghanistan after the frenzied evacuation effort at the end of August. “Our immediate priority is the safety and well-being of American citizens, permanent residents,…

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