US Military Has Started Withdrawing From Afghanistan – Biden Turns His Back on Thousands of Americans Stranded Behind Enemy Lines

The US military has started withdrawing from Afghanistan.

Thousands of Americans are now trapped in a potential hostage situation because of Joe Biden.

According to Fox News Pentagon reporter Lucas Tomlinson, the US is reducing troop presence, US officials said.

Joe Biden on Tuesday agreed to stick with the August 31 Afghanistan withdrawal deadline after the Taliban threatened “consequences.”

The Taliban on Monday announced they will not extend the August 31 deadline for US withdrawal from Afghanistan.

The terrorists are calling the shots now and barking orders at Joe Biden.

Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told reporters on Tuesday they are keeping their August 31 deadline. Majahid also announced the Taliban will no longer allow Afghans to leave the country.

Joe Biden left the Taliban army with weapons, missiles, aircraft, uniform, cash and even energy drinks and now the army he created is barking the orders at the Biden regime.

DEVELOPING…

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/08/breaking-us-military-started-withdrawing-afghanistan-biden-turns-back-thousands-americans-stranded-behind-enemy-lines/

Pfizer CEO says he expects COVID-19 vaccine trials for children ages 5-11 will wrap up as soon as September

Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla says that he expects COVID-19 vaccine trials for children ages 5 to 11 will be completed in September.

On Monday, the Food and Drug Administration approved the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for full use in people ages 16 years and older.

What are the details?

During a Monday interview with NBC News' Lester Holt, Bourla said that Pfizer is running "very large studies right now" on children younger than 12 years old and anticipates that those studies will end in September, at which point the biopharmaceutical company will submit its data to the FDA for emergency use authorization.

According to the network, the company expects further data on toddlers and children up to 4 years old soon thereafter.

Dr. Peter Marks, the FDA's director for its Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, said that the trials continue and that the agency has to wait for Pfizer to submit the data from their trials in order to maintain a "good safety dataset."

"[W]e certainly want to make sure that we get it right in the children ages 5 through 11 and then even younger children after that," Marks said.

On Monday, Bourla said that he has high hopes that the FDA approval will encourage vaccine-hesitant to get inoculated against COVID-19.

"Based on the longer-term follow-up date that we submitted, today's approval for those aged 16 and over affirms the efficacy and safety profile of our vaccine at a time when it is urgently needed," Bourla said in response to the news. "I am hopeful this approval will help increase confidence in our vaccine, as vaccination remains the best tool we have to help protect lives and achieve herd immunity."

What else?

Following the FDA's Monday announcement, the American Academy of Pediatrics called for the agency to "work aggressively to authorize a vaccine for ages 11 and younger" as the highly contagious Delta variant wreaks havoc with the numbers of children being diagnosed with the coronavirus.

"The clinical trials for the COVID-19 vaccine in children ages 11 years old and younger are underway, and we need to see the data from those studies before we give this vaccine to younger children," American Academy of Pediatrics President Lee Savio Beers said in a statement. "The dose may be different for younger ages. The AAP recommends against giving the vaccine to children under 12 until authorized by the FDA."

https://www.theblaze.com/news/pfizer-ceo-vaccine-trials-children-5-11

Pelosi And Moderate Dems Strike Deal Over $4.1 Trillion Economic Plan

Moderate Democrats have finally agreed to a deal with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to move forward with their party's $4.1 trillion economic plan, according to Bloomberg, citing a lawmaker involved in the negotiations.

The agreement would allow for the adoption of the Senate's $3.5 trillion tax and spending blueprint, while setting up a final vote on a separate $550 billion infrastructure bill no later than Sept. 27. The blueprint, meanwhile, is slated to receive a Tuesday vote as part of a rule governing debate on the bill, along with another on voting rights legislation.

The anticipated vote Tuesday would adopt the $3.5 trillion budget resolution as part of a rule governing debate on the infrastructure bill and voting rights legislation. -Bloomberg

According to the report, the deal came after a pressure campaign from the White House and Democratic leaders.

Ahead of an expected House vote Tuesday afternoon, the Rules Committee reconvened to put the deadline for the infrastructure vote into writing, which was enough to appease the group of 10 centrists who threatened to hold up the budget framework if the House didn’t pass the infrastructure bill this week.

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In addition to Pelosi’s pressure campaign, Biden and his top aides made calls to the group of moderates and other House Democrats to again emphasize White House support for Pelosi’s strategy and the importance of the budget resolution, the infrastructure bill and the voting rights legislation to the president’s goals, according to officials. -Bloomberg

"These negotiations are never easy," said Rules Chairman Jim McGovern (D-MA), adding "It is my hope that my colleagues who recognize the very simple choice to advance the presidents agenda or obstruct it."

The group of moderate Democrats - who had previously objected to Pelosi's two-track approach to passing the infrastructure vote in tandem with the $3.5 trillion blueprint was passed - were at odds with progressive Democrats who backed Pelosi's approach.

"We’re going to have to leap together," said Pelosi ally Rep. Brendan Boyle (D-PA), adding "The most progressive members of my caucus, the most moderate members of caucus need to come together and recognize it’s either going to be doing both bills or we’re really in the end not going to be able to pass either one of them."

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/pelosi-and-moderate-dems-strike-deal-over-41-trillion-economic-plan

White House @PressSec

says "completion of the [Afghanistan] mission by August 31st depends on continued coordination with the Taliban."

https://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/1430251478539776001

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College Admissions Scandal: Woman Pleading Guilty For Paying $500K To Get Son Into USC

BOSTON – The chief executive officer of a California liquor distribution company has agreed to plead guilty to a conspiracy charge in connection with securing her son’s fraudulent admission to the University of Southern California (USC) as a purported athletic recruit.

Marci Palatella, 66, of Hillsborough, Calif., will plead guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit honest services mail fraud. According to the terms of the plea agreement, the parties have agreed to a sentence of six weeks in prison, a $250,000 fine, two years of supervised release, with a condition of home confinement for the first six months of supervised release, and 500 hours of community service.

As set forth in the charging document, Palatella agreed with William “Rick” Singer and others to pay $500,000 to facilitate her son’s admission to USC as a football recruit, even though he was not actually being recruited and would not play on the USC football team.

Palatella will be the 33rd parent to plead guilty in the case.

https://breaking911.com/college-admissions-scandal-woman-pleading-guilty-for-paying-500k-to-get-son-into-usc/

'Losing your life is not the worst thing': Pastor in Sydney's Covid-riddled west slams lockdown during ranting sermons as he compares the virus to 'seasonal flu' - and there's not a mask in sight

Pastor confessed to conducting an illicit wedding on Saturday despite lockdown

Martin Becket streamed his Sunday service while allegedly flouting mask laws

He joked the service had a congregation of '100 or so people we snuck in'

Minister branded coronavirus 'just a seasonal flu' and said masks were 'stupid'

Police confirmed they had been tipped off about service and were investigating

An anti-mask church minister is under police investigation after his live-streamed Sunday service allegedly flouted Sydney's rigid lockdown laws, with the lively pastor even boasting that he recently performed an illegal wedding.

Pastor Martin Beckett raged against Covid rules from the pulpit during a sermon broadcast on Facebook from The Rock Community Centre in the city's virus-riddled west at Kingswood, Penrith, saying 'losing your life is not the worst thing'.

In footage from the fiery sermon, he rallied against Covid restrictions, comparing the deadly virus to a 'seasonal flu' and claiming people were being forced to live in fear.

He also made the potentially tongue-in-cheek comment that the prayer meeting was being held in a room with his musicians and 'just the 100 or so people we've snuck in.'

Mr Beckett is seen on stage with a band, with none of the four wearing masks, as well as an unmasked sound technician moving around the room.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9921915/Coronavirus-Australia-Penrith-Sydney-pastor-accused-breaking-Covid-lockdown-rules.html

=Federal Grand Jury Expands RICO Indictment Against MS-13 by Adding Defendants and 4 Previously Unsolved Murders

https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/federal-grand-jury-expands-rico-indictment-against-ms-13-adding-defendants-and-4

China Uses UN Human Rights Council To Attack The US, UK And Australia of ‘Using Democracy to Bring About Great Suffering’ in Afghanistan

The Biden regime is abandoning thousands of Americans to the Taliban in Afghanistan. Conditions on the ground are about to get much worse.

The Chinese UN envoy Chen Xu has given the Taliban a green light to hunt down Americans and hold them accountable for “human rights abuses” in Afghanistan.

Sky News Australia reports:

The Chinese envoy to the UN has slammed the US and Australia for apparent “violations of human rights” in Afghanistan and has accused Coalition forces of using democracy to bring about “great suffering”.

The Human Rights Council held a special session in Geneva on Tuesday in order to address “serious human rights concerns” in Afghanistan a week after the Taliban took control in Kabul.

Despite the concerns over human rights abuses perpetrated by the Taliban, China’s envoy to the United Nations, Chen Xu, used the special session to attack America and its allies.

“The US, UK, Australia and other countries must be held accountable for the violation of human rights committed by their military in Afghanistan and the evolution of this current session should cover this issue,” Mr Chen said.

“Under the banner of democracy and human rights the US and other countries carry out military interventions in other sovereign states and impose their own model on countries with vastly different history and culture.”

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/08/china-uses-un-human-rights-council-attack-us-uk-australia-using-democracy-bring-great-suffering-afghanistan/

==Trump Slams Biden After It’s Revealed He Only Evacuated 4,000 Americans From Afghanistan, But 21,000 Afghans

President Trump slams Biden for evacuating Afghans over Americans in his latest America Last policy

45th President Donald Trump has released a statement slamming Joe Biden for his disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal, noting that new reports suggest only 4,000 of the 37,000 people evacuated from Afghanistan are American citizens, with the rest being likely refugees who will now be settled throughout the West.

“Biden surrendered Afghanistan to terrorists and left thousands of Americans for dead by pulling out the Military before our citizens. Now we are learning that out of the 26,000 people who have been evacuated, only 4,000 are Americans,” wrote President Trump.

https://nationalfile.com/trump-slams-biden-after-its-revealed-he-only-evacuated-4000-americans-from-afghanistan-but-21000-afghans/

OnlyFans founder Tim Stokely says banks forced him to ban porn

The founder of OnlyFans blames big banks like JPMorgan Chase for forcing him to ban sexually explicit content — and says the company will “absolutely” bring back porn if Wall Street becomes more accepting.

“The change in policy, we had no choice — the short answer is banks,” OnlyFans founder and CEO Tim Stokely told the Financial Times on Tuesday.

He said “unfair” banks often unfairly flag transactions or even outright refuse to work with OnlyFans due to “reputational risk,” making it difficult for the company to transfer money to the hundreds of thousands of sex workers who use the platform to sell explicit photos and videos.

Stokely’s comments come less than a week after OnlyFans announced it will ban “sexually explicit content” on the platform while still allowing some nudity. Many sex workers who use OnlyFans said they were blindsided by the abrupt rule change after having built lucrative followings selling dirty pictures and videos on the platform.

“I’m beyond disappointed in OnlyFans’ decision — angry and betrayed would be a more accurate description,” OnlyFans creator Courtney Tillia, who rakes in between $20,000 and $100,000 per month on the platform, told The Post over the weekend.

Stokely argued that the explicit content ban is designed to protect people like Tillia.

“This decision was made to safeguard their funds and subscriptions for increasingly unfair actions by banks and media companies — we obviously do not want to lose our most loyal creators,” he said.

Tim Stokely“We do not want to lose our most loyal creators,” said Tim Stokely.Instagram

Stokely said that OnlyFans pays out over $300 million each month to more than 1 million creators.

The founder also slammed several big banks by name for discriminating against sex workers.

“JPMorgan Chase is particularly aggressive in closing accounts of sex workers or . . . any business that supports sex workers,” he said.

Bank of New York Mellon, meanwhile, has “flagged or rejected” every wire transfer associated with OnlyFans — making it difficult for the company to transfer money into creators’ bank accounts, according to Stokely.

He also accused London-based Metro Bank of abruptly closing OnlyFans’ corporate account in 2019.

JPMorgan Chase declined to comment. Bank of New York Mellon and Metro Bank did not immediately reply to requests for comment.

Stokely said that if banks become more accepting of sex workers, OnlyFans would “absolutely” allow sexually explicit content on his platform once again.

https://nypost.com/2021/08/24/onlyfans-founder-tim-stokely-says-banks-forced-him-to-ban-porn/

Darts legend Kyle Anderson dead at 33

Kyle Anderson, a decorated Australian darts player, has died.

The Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) confirmed his death on Monday in a statement. Anderson was 33.

“We send our condolences and best wishes to Kyle’s family and friends at this terribly sad time, particularly his wife and children,” PDC president Barry Hearn said. “He was a popular player on the tour and his talent and dedication made him an inspiration to other players around the world.”

No cause of death has been confirmed.

Anderson, nicknamed “The Original,” competed in seven World Championships. The right-hander won the Auckland Darts Masters in 2017.

The darts world continues to share messages of condolences and memories with Anderson.

Fellow PDC athlete, Simon Whitlock tweeted, “Totally gutted to wake to the terrible news about Kyle. Not only a brilliant player but a very nice man. Many times I played against him and loved playing with him. You will be missed Kyle but never forgotten – tragic.”

Anderson was a father and husband, according to his Twitter bio. He would have celebrated his 34th birthday on Sept. 14.

https://nypost.com/2021/08/24/darts-player-kyle-anderson-dead-at-33/