Wonder what these cities have in common
https://www.metro.us/u-s-justice-department-to/
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department is launching a new strike force aimed at cracking down on illegal firearms trafficking, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco said on Tuesday.
The strike forces will be focused on reducing violent crime by targeting activity in “significant gun trafficking corridors” including New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Washington, D.C., Monaco said during an event sponsored by the Police Executive Research Forum.
Judge says Maddcow just a paid shill
https://greenwald.substack.com/p/a-court-ruled-rachel-maddows-viewers?dg
A Court Ruled Rachel Maddow's Viewers Know She Offers Exaggeration and Opinion, Not Facts
"Maddow’s show is different than a typical news segment where anchors inform viewers about the daily news," an Obama-appointed judge ruled.
In response, OAN sued Maddow, MSNBC, and its parent corporation Comcast, Inc. for defamation, alleging that it was demonstrably false that the network, in Maddow's words, “literally is paid Russian propaganda." In an oddly overlooked ruling, an Obama-appointed federal judge, Cynthia Bashant, dismissed the lawsuit on the ground that even Maddow's own audience understands that her show consists of exaggeration, hyperbole, and pure opinion, and therefore would not assume that such outlandish accusations are factually true even when she uses the language of certainty and truth when presenting them (“literally is paid Russian propaganda").
In concluding that Maddow's statement would be understood even by her own viewers as non-factual, the judge emphasized that what Maddow does in general is not present news but rather hyperbole and exploitation of actual news to serve her liberal activism:
Trump knew what he was doing in Afghanistan
https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3138259/how-us-withdrawal-afghanistan-raises-chinas-risk-jihadist-attacks
Since the September 11 attacks in the United States, China’s Afghan policy has revolved around three pillars: the US exit; curtailing the growth of Uygur militants in the Afghanistan-Pakistan border region; and ensuring stability to expand its Belt and Road Initiative to Afghanistan. However, this might change abruptly with the US withdrawal.
The US exit is simultaneously good and bad news for China. On one hand, the strategic vacuum created will allow China to expand its influence in the region. On the other, the void will be too big to be filled by China alone. The unrest in Afghanistan could spill over into Xinjiang, notwithstanding the geographical barriers.
Arguably, the US withdrawal will generate intense strategic competition between China and Pakistan on one side and India on the other. Furthermore, the revival of the Taliban’s self-styled theocratic rule could deal a blow to Beijing’s policy of fighting the “three evil forces” of separatism, religious extremism and terrorism.
China has been critical of US policies such as drone strikes in Afghanistan, considering them a threat to its regional interests and national security. Paradoxically, though, the presence of the US and Nato has benefited China in three distinct ways.
First, it has served as a bulwark against Islamist extremism while allowing Beijing to stabilise Xinjiang through domestic counterterrorism efforts. The US exit will remove that buffer.
China shares a 90-kilometre border with Afghanistan through the Wakhan corridor, which abuts Xinjiang province. Greater instability on the western frontier when China is already concerned about border issues elsewhere will add to its worries.
Second, the US and Nato being in Afghanistan have allowed China to spread the reach of its Belt and Road Initiative to Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province and Central Asia without having to worry about Afghanistan. This might no longer be the case.
Finally, the US presence in Afghanistan did not expose China directly to the jihadist threat. Jihadist warnings to China over its oppressive policies against Xinjiang’s Uygur community have remained rhetorical. With the US exit from Afghanistan, this dynamic will change.
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2021/06/22/epic-bucks-county-pennsylvania-resident-and-taxpayer-confronts-the-school-board/
Simon Campbell, a resident of the Pennsbury School District in Bucks County Pennsylvania confronts the school board in an epic confrontation of their brutal censorship. Not only does Mr. Campbell bring the righteous indignation, he also brings the citations, documents and receipts; including the board’s own internal communication.