Psaki: “That’s 120,000 Lives That We Have Saved, Including 6,000 Americans… I Would Let You Evaluate That For Yourself” – No Evidence ISIS-K, Taliban Can Attack U.S. Homeland

Today, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki was proud of the fact that 120,000 people were evacuated from Afghanistan, but only 6,000 were Americans.

If that’s even true…

She also told the Country that there was no threat of terrorist groups like ISIS-K or the Taliban attacking the United States.

Last week The Gateway Pundit reported on the billions of dollars of military equipment that Joe Biden left in Afghanistan, unguarded for his Taliban comrades.

Now, just two weeks before the 20th anniversary of 9/11, the Taliban are armed to the teeth with the fattest pockets they’ve ever seen.

Reporter: The President said he believed, and recently you followed and said the same that, “We believe that they were on pace,” this was before the attack, “On pace for the achievement of our objective.” So as we approach that deadline either tonight or tomorrow night, whatever it is, did the US accomplish its objective knowing that there will be likely thousands of SIV applicants and others still there and certainly some Americans as well? Did we achieve our objective?

Psaki: I think first we have to date evacuated more than 120,000 people. That’s 120,000 lives that we have saved, including 6,000 Americans and their families, many of them dual nationals. And we are continuing, our commitment is enduring to Afghan partners, to American citizens who may not have decided to leave. That is their right to determine when they want to leave. That commitment is enduring. But we have saved more than 120,000 lives and I would let you evaluate that for yourself. Go ahead.

Reporter: Can we talk about as the US prepares to leave, whether tonight or tomorrow, there are going to be billions of dollars worth of US-made munitions, arms, military aircraft, armored vehicles that have fallen in the hands of the Taliban here, giving them new capabilities they didn’t have before this. Are Americans less safe now because the Taliban now has access to billions of dollars worth of American-made weaponry?

Psaki: Well, let me unpack your question a little bit. Because the US military, part of their retrograde effort is to reduce the amount of military equipment or apparatus that anyone on the ground has access to. I’m not going to get into the details of how they do that, but that is part of their effort. I will also reiterate something that our National Security Advisor said just last week, we had to make an assessment several weeks ago about whether we provide materials to the Afghan National Security Forces so that they could fight the fight — obviously, they decided not to fight — or not. And we made the decision to provide them with that equipment and the material.

The third piece I would note that’s very important here is that we have not assessed that any group on the ground, whether it’s ISIS-K or the Taliban has the ability to attack the United States. Whoa. We clearly need to… Sorry, that was an aggressive bug. We need to ensure that remains the case, but that is not a capability that we have assessed to be the case at this point in time. There’s a difference between the threat that is posed to US men and women serving or people who are gathering outside of the gates in Kabul, and whether these individuals can attack the United States.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/08/psaki-120000-lives-saved-including-6000-americans-let-evaluate-no-evidence-isis-k-taliban-can-attack-u-s-homeland/

FF incoming - up is down left is right

Secretary Blinken Walks Away, Ignores Reporter Asking About Americans Joe Biden Left Behind Enemy Lines in Afghanistan

Secretary of State Antony Blinken gave a press briefing to reporters on Monday after the last US planes left Afghanistan.

Joe Biden abandoned hundreds, if not thousands of Americans in Afghanistan behind enemy lines in what will no doubt turn into a hostage situation.

Biden was at Camp David and Blinken was sunning himself in the Hamptons when Kabul fell to the Taliban.

Blinken admitted Joe Biden withdrew from Afghanistan before the administration even knew how many Americans they were leaving behind.

“More than 123,000 people have been safely flown out of Afghanistan. That includes about 6,000 American citizens. This has been a massive military, diplomatic and humanitarian undertaking – one of the most difficult in our nation’s history,” Blinken said.

“The military mission is over. A new diplomatic mission has begun,” he added.

After his speech on Biden’s botched withdrawal, Blinken bolted from the lectern and refused to answer any questions from reporters.

Blinken turned his back and walked away as a reporter asked about Americans left behind by the Biden regime.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/08/secretary-blinken-walks-away-ignores-reporter-asking-americans-joe-biden-left-behind-enemy-lines-afghanistan-video/

Truck drivers, supporters around Australia stage ‘freedom of choice’ protests at councils, major roads

Truck drivers and “pro-choice” protesters from around the country have gathered outside council chambers and parliament houses and blocked major roads on Tuesday morning as a sign of defiance against vaccine and testing mandates.

Protests have been organised for dozens of locations in all states and territories, borne out of a fury towards mandatory vaccinations for authorised workers – including truck drivers – from 12 local government areas in Sydney.

One of the figureheads of the campaign, Brock, took to TikTok on Tuesday morning to encourage people – whether they drive a truck or not – to support the protest.

“Today’s the big one, and we’re going to kill it. I know we will,” he said.

“It’s all about people’s freedom.”

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/breaking-news/truck-drivers-supporters-around-australia-stage-freedom-of-choice-protests-at-councils-major-roads/news-story/5ed28f2e56a9b624886f033df5c5049f

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New York ends religious exemption for COVID vaccine mandate: 450,000 healthcare workers affected==

Healthcare employees in the state must take the experimental injection or face termination regardless of religious objections.

Healthcare workers in the state of New York ordered to get the COVID-19 jab will not have the option of a religious exemption, thanks to emergency authorization passed late last week.

In Thursday’s decision, a New York State Department of Health board unanimously approved a COVID-19 mandate for all New York healthcare personnel.

In passing the measure the board also scrubbed the option for a religious exemption, effectively forcing the more than 450,000 healthcare workers in the state to get the jab whether they have religious objections to the abortion-tainted injection or not.

Under the new rules, no more religious exemptions will be granted, and previously obtained religious exemptions will be invalidated.

The new emergency mandate took effect immediately, and will be subject to review after 90 days.

As noted by Becker’s Hospital Review, the mandate will apply to those working in hospitals, nursing homes, diagnostic and treatment centers, adult care facilities, certified home health agencies, hospices, long-term home health care programs, AIDS home care programs, licensed home care service agencies, and limited licensed home care service agencies.

Personnel subject to the new rules include all employees, members of the medical and nursing staff, contract staff, students, and volunteers, “who engage in activities such that if they were infected with COVID-19, they could potentially expose other covered personnel, patients or residents to the disease,” the Democrat & Chronicle reported.

Employees working in hospitals and nursing homes must get the first dose of their shot by September 27, while employees of other facilities named in the statement must get their first dose by October 7.

Those who refuse to take the injection may be fired.

Many people have strong reasons for opposing the experimental shot, particularly those whose religious beliefs lead them to oppose the murder of unborn babies through abortion.

Such moral positions have led many to object to the COVID-19 “vaccines,” since all of the coronavirus injections currently on the market have close ties with abortion.

https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/new-york-ends-religious-exemption-for-covid-vaccine-mandate-450000-healthcare-workers-affected/?utm_source=featured&utm_campaign=usa

Virginia Supreme Court upholds reinstatement of teacher who opposes transgender pronoun mandates

Loudoun County Public Schools didn't explain why "immediate suspension and restricted access" to public meetings "was the proportional or rational response to addressing the concerns of so few parents," justices said.

Loudoun County Public Schools failed to convince the Virginia Supreme Court that it had the right to suspend a teacher - and ban him from school board meetings - for publicly speaking against a proposed transgender pronoun mandate.

The high court upheld a circuit court ruling that reinstated Tanner Cross as his free speech lawsuit proceeds against the district. It cited recent First Amendment precedents from both the U.S. Supreme Court and the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which does not have jurisdiction over Virginia federal courts.

"[I]t is settled law that the government may not take adverse employment actions against its employees in reprisal for their exercising their right to speak on matters of public concern," and the district doesn't dispute that Cross was speaking on an "issue of social, political, or other interest to a community," the high court said.

The district and its officials "incorrectly minimize Cross’ interest in making his public comments" at a board meeting. He had a "compelling" interest in sharing his view that the proposed policy, which was later approved, "can harm [children's] physical or mental wellbeing" and that it could "burden his freedoms of expression and religion" by forcing him to address students as the opposite sex.

The defendants have no evidence to support their contention that Cross was suspended based on their "reasonable expectation that parents and students would avoid interacting with Cross to the point he could not fulfill his duties," according to the high court.

The affidavits filed by the principal and superintendent don't claim they tried to remove Cross "because they thought doing so would quell further disruption at Leesburg Elementary," but rather as punishment for a previous "disruption" that the court already deemed unsupported by evidence.

The district's claim that it was acting in the interest of "student wellbeing" also appears to be "pretextual" because it isn't mentioned in the affidavits and because Cross expressed his opposition to the proposed policy "in even stronger terms" in a private email to the school board and superintendent, yet faced no repercussions for that.

"The only disruption the Defendants can point to is that a tiny minority of parents requested that Cross not interact with their children," the high court ruled. "However, the Defendants identify no case in which such a nominal actual or expected disturbance justified restricting speech as constitutionally valued as Cross’ nor have they attempted to explain why immediate suspension and restricted access to further Board meetings was the proportional or rational response to

addressing the concerns of so few parents."

https://justthenews.com/nation/free-speech/virginia-supreme-court-upholds-reinstatement-teacher-who-opposes-transgender

Perceptions Are Reality

Historical Case Studies of Information Operations in Large-Scale Combat Operations

https://www.armyupress.army.mil/Portals/7/combat-studies-institute/csi-books/perceptions-are-reality-lsco-volume-7.pdf

Former Chiropractor Sentenced to Federal Prison for Distribution of Oxycodone

https://www.justice.gov/usao-or/pr/former-chiropractor-sentenced-federal-prison-distribution-oxycodone

Tax cheat Pfizer had a thoroughly pleasing pandemic year, paying zero tax in Australia last year on a billion dollars in sales.

The scam is Pfizer is a veteran tax cheat. Aided and abetted by its auditors and tax advisory cronies from KPMG and EY, it created almost a billion in fake share capital to match against profits a few years back – and never could explain it when we busted them (see below).

https://www.michaelwest.com.au/pfizer-whats-the-scam/