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The Texas law is called The Texas Heartbeat Act. Technically, it's not an abortion law, but a law to protect the life of the unborn. Abortion ends the life of the vulnerable, the growing baby in the womb. The Texas law protects the unborn from the moment the heartbeat is detected (around 5-6 weeks of pregnancy). I believe that a baby in the womb has the right to life, liberty and pursuit of happiness, and should be protected, not terminated or aborted. https://www.texastribune.org/2021/05/18/texas-heartbeat-bill-abortions-law/ Maybe this bill and similar in other states would truly make abortion very very rare. 50 Million + babies have been killed since the Supreme Court legalized abortion in 1973. If you have the stomach for it, this website has images of babies aborted at different stages of pregnancy. Other States' "heartbeat bills" have been tied up in courts. Proponents of the Texas law vowed to challenge the bill in court.

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Good to know that they didn't hang somebody from the helicopter. What would be good news is if US can get the equipment back, or destroy them before China, Russia and Iran can get hold of them. But I'm not holding my breath. They can't even get all the US citizens and allies out. With all that happened in Afghanistan the past couple weeks, I don't think Biden and his officials will be held accountable. Nobody will be fired. Already, the media is starting to shift the narrative to make it favorable to Biden and the democrats. It was an "extraordinary success" according to Biden, and the media will slowly push that narrative. Pelosi will not investigate Biden, and the GOP leadership will mostly be quiet except for a few tweets or a strongly worded letter. Rand Paul and a handful of Republican representatives would try to push for investigations but the Democrat leadership will just ignore them.

He's safe.

Some of her posts (images from this blog) -- Here's the article on Breitbart about Kareem Nikoui. https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/08/27/kareem-nikoui-killed-in-afghanistan/ EDIT: Her account has been restored (per Breitbart report)

Biden in charge?

I understand. It's not about caring more about one group or another; all these could have been prevented with a proper withdrawal in the correct order. I still can't believe that the military would leave their dogs behind, and this report needs to be verified and corroborated. But then again, if the people in the airport are denying passage to American citizens, it's not a stretch that they would also leave the military working dogs behind. Meanwhile, the blame game intensifies. It seems some in the government is blaming the Pentagon for the decision to only hold Kabul airport (the Taliban offered to let US control Kabul's security but they decided to only keep the airport), and an intel leak that Pentagon knew about the incoming terrorist attack that killed 13 service members, 24 hours before it happened. Despite the finger-pointing about the Afghanistan mess, I would be surprised that they would hold anyone of the US Officials accountable. So far, the only one "fired" (relieved of duty) is the Marine officer who criticized the military leadership and asked for accountability for the chaotic exit.

Still needs more verification. It is hard to believe that the military would leave their dogs behind. This group is trying to get the dogs out of AFG --

Web archive of the article: https://web.archive.org/web/20210830160016/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/29/world/taliban-american-university-of-kabul-afghanistan.html (For those behind a paywall (NYT, WaPo) I always check wayback machine if the article (URL search) is archived or can be archived.)

I'm sure there are democrat politicians who would like for Biden to resign and install Kamala in his place. But I don't think the leadership would allow an investigation into Biden's handling of Afghanistan. 25th amendment would be more likely than an investigation.

I don't understand why they're preventing private efforts to help evacuate the people from Afghanistan. Unless they just don't want them to succeed as it would make the government look bad. It has the potential to become Benghazi but 100x worse. Is it really Biden making the decisions? As to investigations, who will initiate it? Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer will not allow an investigation.

It's about to get much uglier. Why is the US government preventing the rescue of Americans? (see the thread below). [Threadreader app link]

BTS from new music video? https://www.instagram.com/p/CTKybg5rrxp/

Nazarene Fund and "Pineapple Express" are just two of the many efforts to get vulnerable people out of Afghanistan. They can't rely on the government to evacuate our citizens and allies. It didn't have to be this way.

This is horrible. Lara Logan is a good journalist and I don't see a reason for her to make up this story. archive | image

Every time I read about the fallen 13, or see their story shared on TV or social media, I feel a deep sense of sadness and grief. When I think about the Americans and allies who will be left behind in that country, I feel sad and fearful for them. I don't know anyone in my family who is happy about the Afghanistan situation. Many are sad and some are angry, especially the vets. Putting politics aside, I'd like to share this sincere action to honor the troops:

I archived the article: https://web.archive.org/web/20210828001537/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2021/08/27/joe-biden-has-blood-hands-presidency-will-not-recover/ Here's a copy:

They released the names of 6 (out of 13) young men (20-22 years old) who were killed in the terrorist attack in Afghanistan yesterday. https://nypost.com/2021/08/27/these-are-the-us-service-members-killed-in-kabul-airport-attack/

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Keilah Grace has been really quiet on social media for months, but posted on FB and IG almost every day since she announced that she auditioned. Here's one of my favorite posts: https://www.facebook.com/keilahgraceofficial/posts/945681779495835 https://www.instagram.com/p/CTASCzWLDsP/

40+ is actually pretty good number these days, and most of that was added during the season. After the season is over, only a few of us still visit and/or post updates on a fan thread. I try to keep up with most of my favorites even after the season is over, and post updates on the threads I maintain.