While the issue of Afghanistan has been the main focus of the news headlines in recent weeks, the crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border continues to be a major problem for the country and now Republicans and former border security officials are raising the alarm over how the two crises can intertwine. Terrorist organizations finding a…
The United States left behind $85 billion worth of military equipment that the Taliban now has full control over. Rep. Jim Banks knows precisely how dangerous that is—in 2014 he deployed to Afghanistan with the Navy and was assigned as a Foreign Military Sales Officer. “My job was to help on the front end and…
The Pentagon had little to say Tuesday about the news that the Biden administration had failed in its humiliating attempt to grovel before the Taliban in order to extend the August 31st deadline for withdrawal and instead doubled down on its plans to be out of the country by the deadline that is just one week away.…
House Republicans had harsh words for the Biden administration and Democratic leadership in Congress as the crisis in Afghanistan escalates. While the Taliban takes over due to President Biden’s reckless withdrawal move, the administration appears unphased. Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN), an Afghanistan veteran, said that the president has “blood on his hands.” “Because of the…
We discussed this on the Triggered Podcast yesterday, but the fallout from Joe Biden’s failure in Afghanistan could have devastating consequences abroad that go beyond the issue of eradicating radical Islamic terrorism. The chaos in Kabul is a stain on this presidency that’s not even a year old. They couldn’t manage a withdrawal. Desperate Afghans…
It’s a rough week for President Biden who, despite a brief appearance at the White House in which he blamed others for his colossal mismanagement of our country’s withdrawal from Afghanistan, has remained secluded at Camp David — and the hits just keep coming. In a stinging rejection issued Monday, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries…
Army veteran Matt Zeller issued a strong rebuke Monday night on MSNBC to President Biden’s Afghanistan speech, saying he was “appalled” by the lies the commander in chief told the American people about having planed for every contingency. Zeller, a Biden supporter, said the administration completely ignored his organization’s actual plan for how to evacuate…
Army veteran Matt Zeller didn’t mince words Monday on MSNBC’s “Deadline: White House,” when asked to respond to President Biden’s Afghanistan speech, which co-host Nicole Wallace claimed, “95 percent of the American people will agree with everything [Biden] just said.” Co-host Brian Williams, meanwhile, praised the president for his “consequential speech.” “Didn’t run from it, he…
The Texas Supreme Court granted Gov. Greg Abbott his emergency motion for temporary relief on Sunday when it comes to mask mandates in Dallas and Bexar counties. In reporting for The Texas Tribune, Allyson Waller called it “a pivotal moment.” On Friday, the 4th Court of Appeals in San Antonio had upheld a Bexar County mask mandate for…
Speaking with Secretary of State Antony Blinken, CNN’s Jake Tapper demanded to know on Sunday how President Biden got the Afghanistan withdrawal “so wrong.” While the secretary tried to shift blame to Biden’s predecessor setting a May 1 withdrawal timeline, Tapper pushed back, noting that the deadline was passed, troops were still on the ground,…
Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas announced Customs and Border Protection U.S.-Mexico border apprehensions for the month of July while speaking at a press conference in Brownsville, Texas on Thursday. In July, despite the extreme summer heat, CBP had 212,672 apprehensions, beating out June’s apprehensions, which totaled 188,829. Only 95,788 of the 212,672 encounters resulted…
A Democratic legislator took to the floor of the Texas Senate on Wednesday evening in Austin, railing against a Republican-backed voting rights bill for more than 15 hours. The legislator, state Sen. Carol Alvarado (D-Houston), began speaking at 5:50 p.m. on Wednesday and held the floor until approximately 9 a.m. on Thursday. In accordance with…
The U.S. Department of Labor announced Wednesday morning that the Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased .5 percent in July after rising .9 percent in June and tying last month’s year-over-year increase of 5.4 percent — the largest jump since 2008. “This is the type of thing, economists like to brush it off and say ‘it’s…
Every time we’d written about New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s political fate in the midst of his myriad scandals, we’ve expressed skepticism about the prospect of true accountability. His approach has been shameless, his resistance to relinquishing power has been complete, and his party has appeared unwilling to force him out. That combination, merged with New York’s deep blue…
Everyone must wear masks again, including the vaccinated. That’s the edict that is being reimposed in some parts of the country. The Delta variant doesn’t make you sicker and it’s not more lethal, but the unvaccinated are the biggest group impacted by the new spike. We have three vaccines that are effective, the latest studies on the Johnson…
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis continued to fire back at President Biden on Wednesday after the commander in chief got confrontational with GOP governors over the rise in Covid cases. “I say to these governors: Please help. But if you aren’t going to help, at least get out of the way,” Biden said Tuesday. “The people…
MCALLEN, Texas — The city leaders for the border town of McAllen declared a local state of disaster due to the continuing increase of illegal immigrants crossing into the United States and being released by Border Patrol within the city. In a statement sent out on Wednesday, the city of McAllen explained the respite center run…
The White House will not call this a crisis. The administration tells us the border is closed and secure. They wave away concerns about their glaring culpability, blaming the previous president (whose administration massively reduced this problem), “seasonal” migration patterns (an excuse getting pulverized in real time), and risible “root causes” (see more below). The reality is that the Biden…
New York Attorney General Letitia James James announced Tuesday New York Democrat Governor Andrew Cuomo broke the law by sexually harassing eleven women, many of them aides. But Cuomo’s sexual harassment scandal isn’t the only one detailed in the lengthy report. Documents included in the appendix show CNN Anchor Chris Cuomo was involved in managing the scandal…
As Katie and I covered, Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday threatened Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) with legal action over an executive order he signed on Wednesday which stopped ground transportation of illegal immigrants who might test positive and which directed any vehicle suspected of such a violation to be stopped and turned back. After Gov. Abbott refused to back…
