Author: Freedom Watch

Analysis: Biden’s presidency is under scrutiny as never before over Afghan chaos By Analysis by Stephen Collinson CNN August 19, 2021 (CNN)President Joe Biden is struggling against an intensifying examination of his judgment, competence and even his empathy over the chaotic US exit from Afghanistan. And each attempt the administration makes to quell a furor that’s tarnishing America’s image only provokes more questions about its failures of planning and execution. A defiant Biden on Wednesday rejected criticism of his leadership, as he battled the most significant self-inflicted drama of a term that he won by promising proficient government…

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US Capitol rioter sentencing delayed after online sleuths uncover new footage of alleged police assault By Marshall Cohen and Hannah Rabinowitz CNN August 19, 2021 (CNN)The sentencing for one of the January 6 US Capitol rioters was abruptly postponed Wednesday after new videos emerged of the man allegedly fighting with police, an unexpected twist in the case because prosecutors hadn’t previously accused him of committing violence that day. Robert Reeder of Maryland was charged in February with four misdemeanors. He pleaded guilty to unlawfully demonstrating inside the Capitol and was set to be sentenced on Wednesday afternoon, with…

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Late-night comedians carry water for Biden after Afghan speech By Lindsay Kornick Fox News August 18, 2021 Some late-night comedians are working to deflect blame against President Joe Biden’s Afghanistan policy following the Taliban takeover of the country. While some media outlets criticized Biden for the botched troopp withdrawal, many left-leaning comics, focused their ire on Republicans following Biden’s address on Monday, where he said he stood “squarely behind” it despite the chaos that followed. CBS’s “The Late Show” host Stephen Colbert attacked former President Donald Trump for his response to Biden’s speech and ultimately defended Biden’s policies.…

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Every wedding should have a Hillary Clinton Bible reading By Kate Bennett POLITICO August 18, 2021 You know you’re tight with the boss when she attends your wedding, but it’s a whole other level of closeness when she takes part in the ceremony. Such was the case this past weekend as Jake Sullivan, Hillary Clinton’s steadfast foreign policy adviser, married Maggie Goodlander on Saturday at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. The Democratic presidential front-runner was on the program at the couple’s evening wedding, reading from the Letter of St. Paul to the Romans, as the duo tied…

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