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President Donald Trump signed executive orders Tuesday aimed at lowering drug prices and blocking illegal immigrants from receiving Social Security benefits. He also delivered a strong message to communist China, saying the ball is now in its court as trade tensions escalate.Harvard University could lose its tax-exempt status and be taxed as a political entity, according to Trump, who made the statement Tuesday on Truth Social. He said it would happen if the school continues promoting what he called “political, ideological, and terrorist-inspired” content. The comments follow the Trump administration's decision to freeze more than $2 billion in funding to Harvard over its refusal to implement policy changes.The Department of Homeland Security says it will revoke Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for thousands of Afghans and Cameroonians. Following a review by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem determined that conditions in both countries no longer meet the requirements for TPS.

Monday, April 14th, 2025Today, the Trump administration once again defies court orders - this time in the Abrego Garcia case; a disgraced former cop is found to have been the person that led to the deportation of the stylist to CECOT; the Federal Trade Commission's blockbuster antitrust case against Meta kicks off today in the District of Columbia; the Social Security Administration is shifting to Twitter posts for official messaging after cuts to communications staff; Trump floated a plan to exempt hotel and farm workers from deportation; the Trump regime is set to end protections for Afghans and Cameroonians; DOGE overrode Social Security staff to put people on the dead list; team Trump is gaming out how to send US Citizens to El Salvador; Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro's home was set on fire by an arsonist; hundreds of students at military base schools walkout in protest of anti-diversity policies; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.Thank You, AG1New subscribers, go to drinkAG1.com/dailybeans to get a FREE $76 Welcome Kit, bottle of D3K2 AND 5 free travel packs in your first box when you sign up.Guest: Michael LukensMichael Lukens - Executive Director - Amica CenterAmica Center For Immigrant RightsAmica Center for Immigrant Rights (@AmicaCenter) | TwitterAmica Center (@amica.center) • InstagramStories:TEAM TRUMP IS GAMING OUT HOW TO SHIP U.S. CITIZENS TO EL SALVADOR | Rolling StoneGay Venezuelan stylist sent to Salvadoran prison after a disgraced Milwaukee cop's report | Milwaukee Journal SentinelTrump administration overrode Social Security staff to list immigrants as dead - The Washington PostTrump Will End Temporary Protections for Afghans and Cameroonians - The New York TimesTrump floats plan for undocumented farm and hotel workers to work legally in the U.S. | NBC NewsSuspect in custody after arson attack on Pa. governor's home, police say | The Washington PostSSA shifts to X posts for official messaging after cuts to communications staff | Federal News NetworkThe biggest trial in Meta's history starts Monday. Here's what to know | NPRHundreds of Students at Military Base Schools Walk Out to Protest Trump Administration's Anti-Diversity PoliciesGood Trouble:Head to AmicaCenter.org to keep up with the latest in the fight to protect immigrant rights - News - Amica CenterFind Upcoming Actions - 50501 MovementFederal workers - feel free to email me at fedoath@pm.me and let me know what you're going to do, or just vent. I'm always here to listen. Check out other MSW Media podcastsShows - MSW MediaCleanup On Aisle 45 podSubscribe for free to MuellerSheWrote on SubstackThe BreakdownFollow AG and Dana on Social MediaAllison Gill Substack|Muellershewrote, BlueSky|@muellershewrote, Threads|@muellershewrote, TikTok|@muellershewrote, IG|muellershewrote, Twitter|@MuellerSheWroteDana GoldbergBlueSky|@dgcomedy, IG|dgcomedy, facebook|dgcomedy, danagoldberg.com, Twitter|@DGComedyShare your Good News or Good Trouble:dailybeanspod.com/goodFrom The Good NewsPileated woodpecker - WikipediaMalicious Women Candle Co. Reminder - you can see the pod pics if you become a Patron. The good news pics are at the bottom of the show notes of each Patreon episode! That's just one of the perks of subscribing! Federal workers - feel free to email me at fedoath@pm.me and let me know what you're going to do, or just vent. I'm always here to listen.Share your Good News or Good Trouble:https://www.dailybeanspod.com/good/ Check out other MSW Media podcastshttps://mswmedia.com/shows/Subscribe for free to MuellerSheWrote on Substackhttps://muellershewrote.substack.comFollow AG and Dana on Social MediaDr. Allison Gill Substack|Muellershewrote, BlueSky|@muellershewrote , Threads|@muellershewrote, TikTok|@muellershewrote, IG|muellershewrote, Twitter|@MuellerSheWrote,Dana GoldbergTwitter|@DGComedy, IG|dgcomedy, facebook|dgcomedy, IG|dgcomedy, danagoldberg.com, BlueSky|@dgcomedyHave some good news; a confession; or a correction to share?Good News & Confessions - The Daily Beanshttps://www.dailybeanspod.com/confessional/ Listener Survey:http://survey.podtrac.com/start-survey.aspx?pubid=BffJOlI7qQcF&ver=shortFollow the Podcast on Apple:The Daily Beans on Apple PodcastsWant to support the show and get it ad-free and early?Supercasthttps://dailybeans.supercast.com/Patreon https://patreon.com/thedailybeansOr subscribe on Apple Podcasts with our affiliate linkThe Daily Beans on Apple Podcasts

Afghan women’s rights activists are facing deportation from Pakistan, along with hundreds of thousands of Afghans living there. The activists risk imprisonment or death if they return to life under the Taliban in Afghanistan. Afghans have sought refuge in Pakistan for years, but the government says they cannot remain there indefinitely. As international resettlement programs shut down and Pakistan accelerates removals, where can Afghans go? In this episode: Liliana Harrington, Senior Campaigner for Avaaz Episode credits: This episode was produced by Sarí el-Khalili and Chloe K. Li, with Melanie Marich, Remas Alhawari, Kisaa Zehra, Phillip Lanos, Spencer Cline, and our guest host Kevin Hirten. It was edited by Noor Wazwaz. Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our video editors are Hisham Abu Salah and Mohannad Al-Melhem. Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera’s head of audio. Connect with us: @AJEPodcasts on Instagram, X, Facebook, Threads and YouTube

Several Trump administration orders have tossed into limbo the futures of tens of thousands of Afghan nationals who seek to resettle in the U.S. And in Massachusetts, this new political reality cast a cloud over an Eid celebration in Ipswich this week.

Patriotism's back in style. Along with it comes reasonable questions about when a love of your country is a good thing, and when it can lead you astray. Our series on the art of national pride continues with IDEAS producer Tom Howell gathering insights from Afghans, Israelis, and Americans in hopes of finding the key to doing patriotism right.

As we continue our Launch 25 series, this episode highlights four inspiring electives from four passionate disciple-makers. We begin with Brian, who reflects on two of Jesus' parables and what they mean for us as disciple-makers. Hannah then shares how she has seen prayer multiply in her journey with Afghans. Next, Sally introduces a creative way to engage people through Discovery Dinners. Finally, Roger introduces us to Sam who takes us to New Zealand, where groups are forming among Maori communities! Elective 1: Brian – What Would I Give Everything Up For? Brian explores what it means to be treasure hunters in the Kingdom, reflecting on Jesus' parables of the pearl of great price and the hidden treasure (Matt 13:44-46). He challenges us to consider what we are willing to give up for the sake of making disciples and reminds us that the greatest treasure is seeing lost people transformed by Jesus. “We have the opportunity to learn to love people we have never met, rather than just loving the people we've already met.” – Brian Elective 2: Hannah – Multiplying Prayer Hannah shares her journey of multiplying prayer while reaching Afghans. She encourages us in three key areas: 1. Team: Pray with others who share your heart. After joining a prayer-filled disciple-making community in Melbourne, Hannah developed a lifestyle of prayer. “If we are going to multiply prayer, we first need a lifestyle of prayer ourselves.” – Hannah 2. Prayer Partners: Have a support network backing you in prayer. Hannah built a team of intercessors to stand with her in prayer. 3. Mobilizing Prayer: Take practical steps to multiply prayer in your context. This could be prayer walking, committing to regular prayer times, or forming new prayer partnerships. Hannah's journey led her to pray on (or near) location for Afghanistan and later for the Afghan diaspora worldwide. Pray4Afghans Hannah also shares how her Pray4Afghans prayer initiative was birthed from this prayer: “What's it going to take to reach Afghans?”. God responded: “A people on their knees and an army of workers.” This initiative began with a three-day global prayer and fasting effort and has now grown into a monthly 24-hour prayer network, mobilising more people to step into intercession. Elective 3: Sally – Discovery Dinners Sally highlights to us the importance of identifying brokenness in our communities. “Address the brokenness before you address the lostness.” – Sally For her, in Sydney's Northern Beaches, it was a sense of purposelessness. She and her husband, Michael, started hosting what they call 'Discovery Dinners' —gatherings where people explore their life purpose through their own stories and the stories of Jesus. These dinners serve as a practical tool for both self-discovery and introducing people to Jesus, helping them connect their purpose with Him. Listen in to learn how Discovery Dinners work and click here to access some Discovery Dinner Resources to get you started. Elective 4: Roger & Sam – Starting Groups in the Harvest We hear firsthand stories from New Zealand, where groups are forming among Maori gangs. After a training led by Roger, Sam was stirred by a divine dissatisfaction. Inspired by a prophetic vision of a global disciple-making movement, Sam searched for a model that could scale. When he encountered Discovery Bible Study (DBS) through Roger's training, he knew he had found the answer. Sam started with his existing men's group, and soon DBS spread throughout the church, leading to multiplication. Over time, social change began to emerge—what Sam sees as an indicator of true movement. “Who is in your sphere of influence? Stay in that community and start a discovery group!” - Sam For more insights, check out Sam's website. “Plug into a wider DMM community. We thought we were alone, but of course, we weren't!” - Sam Listen in for practical wisdom and inspiring stories from these four elec...

Welcome to the Back to Business Podcast, where we spotlight Calgary's industry leaders and delve into the heart of entrepreneurialism in our vibrant city!Farkhunda Muhtaj is an Afghan-Canadian professional footballer and social activist who bridges the worlds of sport, education, and humanitarianism. She captains the Afghanistan Women's National Football Team and is the first signing for Calgary WILD FC, where she serves as both a footballer and Community Ambassador. She will be competing in the inaugural season of Canada's first professional women's soccer league, the Northern Super League. As Co-Founder of the Scarborough Simbas, a non-profit organization, Farkhunda uses sport to support the settlement of refugees in Canada (Greater Toronto Area). She also founded Ayenda FC, the unofficial Afghan Youth National Football Team, in 2021, following her evacuation of over 300 Afghans, including members of the Afghanistan Youth National Team, to Portugal after the Taliban's return to power. She holds two degrees from York University, earning a BSc in 2019 and a B.Ed in 2021, and captained the university's women's soccer team, earning accolades such as USPORT Academic All-Canadian, OUA First-Team All-Star, and an OUA Gold Medal. She is a member of Canada Soccer's Women's Advisory Committee and the FIFA World Cup 2026 Toronto Sport, Physical Activity, Health & Wellness Program Advisory Body. After competing in the Netherlands for the past few years, Farkhunda is excited to return home and help grow women's football.Get Connected With Farkhunda:https://www.farkhundamuhtaj.com/ https://www.instagram.com/farkhundamuhtaj/?hl=en https://www.linkedin.com/in/farkhunda-muhtaj-01440515a/Sponsored by the Wagner Investment Management Team with Wellington-Atlus Private Wealth (https://advisor.wellington-altus.ca/wagner/)Visit www.calpeteclub.com for information on our next networking and membership opportunities.https://calpeteclub.com/https://twitter.com/calpeteclubhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/calgary-petroleum-club-3a5868117/https://www.facebook.com/calpeteclubhttps://www.youtube.com/user/calpeteclub

Wednesday on the News Hour, the European Union and Canada announce retaliatory tariffs on the U.S., escalating President Trump's Trade war. The Trump administration takes aim at the Department of Education, firing nearly half its workforce. Plus, hundreds of thousands of Afghans who worked with America live in fear of Taliban retribution after the U.S. suspended its refugee program. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

Some 200,000 Afghans left behind during the 2021 U.S. withdrawal are now left in further limbo by the Trump administration’s refugee program suspension. Many fought alongside the U.S. and received refugee visas last year, now they may never be allowed to come to the U.S. Nick Schifrin and producer Sonia Kopelev spoke to refugees hoping to fulfill a dream they thought they had been promised. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

Some 200,000 Afghans left behind during the 2021 U.S. withdrawal are now left in further limbo by the Trump administration’s refugee program suspension. Many fought alongside the U.S. and received refugee visas last year, now they may never be allowed to come to the U.S. Nick Schifrin and producer Sonia Kopelev spoke to refugees hoping to fulfill a dream they thought they had been promised. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

For the last four years, Dave Lavery — a former soldier and UN security advisor — has helped Afghans safely evacuate to Canada. But this past November, during his most recent trip to Afghanistan, he was detained by Taliban Intelligence and Security Forces.But what happens when the person sent in to rescue needs saving?The Globe's international affairs reporter, Janice Dickson, sat down with Dave at his home in Doha where he recounted his detainment, where he was taken, and how he survived 77 days in captivity.Questions? Comments? Ideas? Email us at thedecibel@globeandmail.com 

In today's episode we discuss the LUMS Protests, PTI meeting CJP, Violence in Kuram, Imports going up, PECA and Racist Tweets against Afghans.Uzair Younus and Shehzad Ghias do the round up of this week's news in our new show 'This Week in Pakistan. Chapters:0:00 Lums Protest6:45 PTI meets CJP13:14 Petition filed against Transfer of Judges16:30 Violence in Kuram19:48 Indian Fishermen released20:59 Imports have gone up21:51 Mustafa Aamir Case26:53 Murder of Aakash Ansari28:00 Racist Tweets against Afghans30:28 PECA32:26 Lurking Drought in Sindh34:30 Pakistan vs India36:50 Wrapping up the NewsThe Pakistan Experience is an independently produced podcast looking to tell stories about Pakistan through conversations. Please consider supporting us on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/thepakistanexperienceTo support the channel:Jazzcash/Easypaisa - 0325 -2982912Patreon.com/thepakistanexperienceAnd Please stay in touch:https://twitter.com/ThePakistanExp1https://www.facebook.com/thepakistanexperiencehttps://instagram.com/thepakistanexpeperienceThe podcast is hosted by comedian and writer, Shehzad Ghias Shaikh. Shehzad is a Fulbright scholar with a Masters in Theatre from Brooklyn College. He is also one of the foremost Stand-up comedians in Pakistan and frequently writes for numerous publications. Instagram.com/shehzadghiasshaikhFacebook.com/Shehzadghias/Twitter.com/shehzad89Join this channel to get access to perks:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC44l9XMwecN5nSgIF2Dvivg/join

Doesn't our patience run out quickly when we Afghans are Acceleration is another face of pride. Patience in trouble? is tied to humility. We need to learn from Job's patience

jQuery(document).ready(function(){ cab.clickify(); }); Original Podcast with clickable words https://tinyurl.com/23r77m8z Contact: irishlingos@gmail.com Over €1bn spent on accommodation Breis agus €1bn caite ar lóistín d'iarratasóirí tearmainn i 2024. For the first time ever, the state spent over €1bn in 2024 on providing accommodation for applicants for international protection. Den chéad uair riamh, chaith an stát breis agus €1bn i 2024 ar lóistín a chur ar fáil d'iarratasóirí ar chosaint idirnáisiúnta. New figures, provided by the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Norma Foley, show that on average, the state spends €2.75m per day on accommodation for people applying for international protection. Léiríonn figiúirí nua, atá curtha ar fáil ag an Aire Leanaí, Comhionannais, Míchumais, Lánpháirtíochta agus Óige, Norma Foley, gur ar an meán, go gcaitheann an stát €2.75m in aghaidh an lae ar lóistín do dhaoine atá ag cur isteach ar chosaint idirnáisiúnta. The figures were provided to Aontu leader, Peadar Tóibín. Cuireadh na figiúirí ar fáil do cheannaire Aontú, Peadar Tóibín. They show that €1.005bn euros was spent last year on applicants for international protection. Léiríonn siad gur caitheadh €1.005bn euro anuraidh ar iarratasóirí ar chosaint idirnáisiúnta. This represents a 54% increase in the amount of money spent on them in 2023. Is ionann sin agus ardú 54 faoin gcéad ar an méid airgid a caitheadh orthu in 2023. The state has spent €2.5bn on providing accommodation for applicants since 2019. €2.5bn atá caite ag an stát ar lóistín a chur ar fáil d'iarratasóirí ón mbliain 2019. Minister Foley indicated that on average the state spent €84 per day on each applicant for international protection during 2024. Thug an tAire Foley le fios gur ar an meán gur chaith an stát €84 in aghaidh an lae ar gach iarratasóir ar chosaint idirnáisiúnta i rith 2024. This represents a 9% increase on the €76.80 spent on each applicant per day during 2023. Is ionann sin agus ardú 9 faoin gcéad ar an €76.80 a caitheadh ar gach iarratasóir in aghaidh an lae le linn 2023. Included in this expenditure are accommodation costs, facilities management and other costs. San áireamh sa chaiteachas sin, tá costais lóistín, bainistiú áiseanna agus costais eile. The largest proportion of international protection applicants currently staying in state-provided accommodation are of Nigerian origin, according to the latest figures provided by IPAS, the agency responsible for providing accommodation for asylum seekers. Is de bhunadh na Nigéire iad an sciar is mó de na hiarratasóirí cosanta idirnáisiúnta atá ag fanacht i lóistín atá curtha ar fáil ag an stát i láthair na huaire, de réir na bhfigiúirí is déanaí atá curtha ar fáil ag IPAS, an áisíneacht atá freagrach as lóistín a chur ar fáil d'iarratasóirí tearmainn. There are currently 6,914 Nigerians in the system. 6,914 Nigéarach atá sa chóras i láthair na huaire. There are 3,072 Georgians, 2,733 Algerians, 2,388 Somalis, 2,209 Zimbabweans, 2,157 Jordanians, 1,715 Afghans, 1,656 Pakistanis, 1,373 Bangladeshis and 1,249 South Africans. Tá 3,072 Seoirseach ann, 2,733 Ailgéarach, 2,388 Somálach, 2,209 ón tSiombáib, 2,157 Iordánach, 1,715 Afganastánach, 1,656 ón bPacastáin, 1,373 ón mBlanglaidéis agus 1,249 ón Afraic Theas. There are 694 from the Occupied Territories in Palestine. 694 atá ann ó na Críocha Gafa sa Phailistín. South Africa, Algeria and Georgia are currently classified as safe countries. Tá an Afraic Theas, an Ailgéir agus an tSeoirsia rangaithe ina dtíortha sabháilte i láthair na huaire.

The Brereton inquiry uncovered shocking allegations of war crimes committed by Australian soldiers in Afghanistan. But there was one failing of Australian soldiers that wasn’t investigated. According to documents and interviews, some Australian soldiers in Afghanistan used foreign rules of engagement in combat which they weren’t trained in, or permitted to use. The use of these rules may have resulted in the killing of a large number of unarmed Afghans who would not otherwise have been killed. Today, contributor to The Saturday Paper Ben Mckelvey, on how and when Australian special forces are allowed to kill. Socials: Stay in touch with us on Twitter and Instagram Guest: Journalist Ben MckelveySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

After years of military service, and long before running for Congress, Rep. Pat Harrigan, R-N.C., and his wife started a family and focused on growing their business in North Carolina. The couple had “nothing to do with politics until Afghanistan came crashing down” in 2021.    Watching Afghanistan fall so quickly back into the hands of the terrorists that Harrigan had fought to defeat during his military service was one of the reasons Harrigan says he decided to run for Congress.     “Our politicians failed us,” he said. “Our military leaders failed us. And at some point, you just step back and you realize, if we're structurally so weak that we would lose Afghanistan the way that we lost it, we're just asking our adversaries to attack us.”    “I really do believe that the way that we left Afghanistan condemned the next generation of Americans to conflict,” Harrigan added. “And I want to do everything that I can possibly do here in Washington to deter that next conflict that I think is very likely to happen. And in the event we are not able to deter it, I want to set the conditions to win it because there's no substitute for winning.”    Harrigan's passion for strengthening the U.S. defense industrial base began to take form during his years of military service, going back to when he was 23 and found himself in Afghanistan overseeing about 350 Americans, Afghans, and expatriates at a small combat outpost.  The position was “very difficult,” Harrigan says, but also a “very rewarding leadership experience that really shaped a lot of who I am today.” Harrigan, a graduate of West Point, returned to Afghanistan in 2015 after becoming a Green Beret.    The congressman joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” just one month into his term to discuss how the Trump administration can restore U.S. military readiness, and decrease wasteful use of military resources that is adding to the U.S. national debt.    Please enjoy my conversation with Rep. Pat Harrigan! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A developer has been selected to turn San Diego's 101 Ash Street, into housing and retail space. The sentencing of Jesse Alvarez, the man convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend's fiancée, was delayed for a sixth time. Members of San Diego's military community are calling on lawmakers to help Afghans who helped the US during the war after their plans to resettle in America were disrupted by a President Trump executive order.   What You Need To Know To Start Your Wednesday. 

Three-and-a-half years ago, the United States abruptly left Afghanistan, leaving thousands of Afghans who had served along the American military in limbo, and in danger. Some did get out, through the U.S. refugee resettlement program. Now, that President Trump has suspended refugee resettlement programs, it's left many of those still waiting to get out, and their families, […]

There has been a Christian community in Syria since the first century AD. But it is shrinking fast and faces terrifying new threats as the country's government, following the overthrow of President Assad, forges alliances with hardline Muslims including foreign jihadists – Uighurs from China, Uzbeks from Central Asia, Chechens from Russia, Afghans and Pakistanis. Mgr Michael Nazir-Ali, the former Anglican Bishop of Rochester who is now a Catholic priest of the Ordinariate, has written a heartbreaking piece for The Spectator about the Christians of Maaloula in southwest Syria. It's one of the last remaining communities to speak Syriac, a dialect of Aramaic, the language of Jesus Christ. ‘Were this community to be destroyed, something precious and irreplaceable would be lost', he writes. Yet that is exactly what may happen. When the then-Bishop Nazir-Ali visited the town in 2016, he discovered that the predecessors of the jihadis who recently toppled Bashar al-Assad ‘had systematically destroyed and desecrated the town's churches and monasteries. Orthodox nuns were kidnapped and held to ransom … young men had been singled out and executed when they refused to convert to the extremists' version of Islam.' Will it happen again? Ahmad al-Sharaa, head of the new Syrian transitional administration, has told Church leaders they have nothing to fear. But can he be trusted? As Mgr Nazir-Ali tells Damian Thompson in this episode of Holy Smoke, it is time for the West to act.  Produced by Patrick Gibbons.

There has been a Christian community in Syria since the first century AD. But it is shrinking fast and faces terrifying new threats as the country's government, following the overthrow of President Assad, forges alliances with hardline Muslims including foreign jihadists – Uighurs from China, Uzbeks from Central Asia, Chechens from Russia, Afghans and Pakistanis. Mgr Michael Nazir-Ali, the former Anglican Bishop of Rochester who is now a Catholic priest of the Ordinariate, has written a heartbreaking piece for The Spectator about the Christians of Maaloula in southwest Syria. It's one of the last remaining communities to speak Syriac, a dialect of Aramaic, the language of Jesus Christ. ‘Were this community to be destroyed, something precious and irreplaceable would be lost', he writes. Yet that is exactly what may happen. When the then-Bishop Nazir-Ali visited the town in 2016, he discovered that the predecessors of the jihadis who recently toppled Bashar al-Assad ‘had systematically destroyed and desecrated the town's churches and monasteries. Orthodox nuns were kidnapped and held to ransom … young men had been singled out and executed when they refused to convert to the extremists' version of Islam.' Will it happen again? Ahmad al-Sharaa, head of the new Syrian transitional administration, has told Church leaders they have nothing to fear. But can he be trusted? As Mgr Nazir-Ali tells Damian Thompson in this episode of Holy Smoke, it is time for the West to act.  Produced by Patrick Gibbons.

durée : 00:59:12 - Le 13/14 - par : Bruno Duvic - David Martinon invité de 13h30 était l'ambassadeur de France à Kaboul lors de la prise de la capitale d'Afghanistan par les talibans en août 2021. C'est lui qui a organisé l'évacuation des derniers Afghans qui ont pu fuir le pays. C'est le récit du documentaire Kaboul Chaos diffusée le 31 janvier.

Tuesday, January 28th, 2025Today, our good trouble about spamming OPM's DEIA snitch email address seems to be working; Trump's plan to dismantle our institutions by targeting the federal workforce is taking shape; the US Air Force reinstates teaching about the Tuskegee Airmen after an initial ban; flights for Afghans approved for special US visas are being blocked; Colombia caves to Trump's tariff threats and begins taking deportees; Trump resumes sending 2000 pound bombs to Israel and says he wants to clear out Gaza; a pardoned January 6th rioter has been shot dead by police for resisting arrest; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.Thank You AG1AG1 is offering new subscribers a FREE $76 gift when you sign up. You'll get a Welcome Kit, a bottle of D3K2 AND 5 free travel packs in your first box. So make sure to check out DrinkAG1.com/dailybeans.HRC Telephone Town HallStories:Trump's Gaza proposal rejected by allies and condemned as ethnic cleansing plan (Emma Graham-Harrison | The Guardian)Flights canceled for refugees who were slated to travel to US | CNN Politics (Priscilla Alvarez and Haley Britzky | CNN)Jan. 6 rioter recently pardoned by Trump shot, killed by Indiana sheriff's deputy while resisting arrest (Matt Christy | Fox59)U.S. Air Force resumes teaching about Tuskegee Airmen and WASP following outcry over DEI review (TPR Staff | Texas Public Radio)Good Trouble Trump's DEI Snitch Email Is Being Targeted by Spammers | The BulwarkDEIATruth@opm.gov Have some good news; a confession; or a correction to share?Good News & Confessions - The Daily Beanshttps://www.dailybeanspod.com/confessional/From The Good NewsContributors - TRANS MILITARY VOICES Check out other MSW Media podcastshttps://mswmedia.com/shows/Subscribe for free to MuellerSheWrote on Substackhttps://muellershewrote.substack.comFollow AG and Dana on Social MediaDr. Allison Gill Substack|Muellershewrote, Twitter|@MuellerSheWrote, Threads|@muellershewrote, TikTok|@muellershewrote, IG|muellershewrote, BlueSky|@muellershewroteDana GoldbergTwitter|@DGComedy, IG|dgcomedy, facebook|dgcomedy, IG|dgcomedy, danagoldberg.com, BlueSky|@dgcomedyHave some good news; a confession; or a correction to share?Good News & Confessions - The Daily Beanshttps://www.dailybeanspod.com/confessional/ Listener Survey:http://survey.podtrac.com/start-survey.aspx?pubid=BffJOlI7qQcF&ver=shortFollow the Podcast on Apple:The Daily Beans on Apple PodcastsWant to support the show and get it ad-free and early?Supercasthttps://dailybeans.supercast.com/Patreon https://patreon.com/thedailybeansOr subscribe on Apple Podcasts with our affiliate linkThe Daily Beans on Apple Podcasts

Thousands of Afghans who helped the U.S. military during the war in Afghanistan are stranded after President Trump suspended the refugee admissions program. Shawn VanDiver, president of #AfghanEvac, joins us. And, a new article from The Atlantic found that communicating via text is harder for men. The article's author, Matthew Schnipper, explains the social implications. Then, many rural Italian towns are offering properties for 1 euro in an effort to revitalize their communities. Rubia Andrade Daniels bought three of them in 2019. Spoiler alert: they were all fixer-uppers.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

For three months, Dayna Curry and Heather Mercer were prisoners of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan, accused along with other aid workers of trying to convert Afghans to Christianity. In October of 2001 their prison cells were suddenly shaken by the thunder of U.S. bombs falling on the city of Kabul. Weeks later, after a cold, sleepless night in a steel shipping container, the girls and their colleagues found themselves in a new prison south of Kabul, with rockets crashing down on the contested town they were in. Suddenly, there were men banging on their prison doors. They thought their Taliban captors were returning, and now their fate was clearly uncertain as the situation around them dissolved into total chaos. Then, to their surprise, an anti-Taliban soldier came in with reams of ammunition around his neck. He was just shouting two wonderful words, "You're free! You're free!" I'm Ron Hutchcraft and I want to have A Word With You today about "You're Free!" What a feeling to be imprisoned, to be in great danger, and then to have a liberator suddenly come crashing into your chaos shouting, "You're free!" Well, that's an experience shared by many who have met the ultimate Liberator. His rescue of folks like you and me is described in the Bible in John 8, beginning with verse 34. It's our word for today from the Word of God. "Jesus replied, 'I tell you the truth, everyone who sins is a slave to sin.'" When Jesus talks about "sin," He's talking about something a lot deeper than breaking some religion's rules. He's referring to the fact that we've all decided to run our own lives instead of letting God run them - which has led us to a lot of selfish choices, a lot of hurtful actions, and a lot of accumulated garbage in our lives. There's not one of us who doesn't know the weight of the guilt of our mistakes; the bondage to our dark side that has made it impossible for us to shake some of the junk that we really don't want in our lives. But Jesus moves from talking about our slavery to our dark side to the promise of something better - freedom! In fact, He goes on to say, "If the Son (that's Him - the Son of God) sets you free, you will be free indeed." Now, Jesus Christ is offering to you and me the promise of being liberated forever from the guilt, the shame, and the slavery of this sin-prison we're in - something no religion could ever do for you. He wants to remove your guilt with total forgiveness for every wrong thing you have ever done - a total new beginning. He wants to remove the shame and replace it with a new sense of cleanness and worth. He wants to give you the spiritual power to stop doing the things you've never been able to shake. But for Jesus to be able to rescue you from the prison of your sin, He had to give His life. He went to the cross to pay for and remove your death penalty for every wrong thing you have ever done. There is a death penalty. Sin is a capital crime against the God of the universe. And only paying the death penalty can set us free. And Jesus said, "I'll take it instead of you." So He stands ready to make this day your Liberation Day if you'll tell Him you're opening your life to Him...that you're going to depend totally on Him to be your personal Rescuer from your personal sin. If you've never done that, you can swing open the door to Him right now. You can tell Him right where you are, "Jesus, I turn from the running of my own life. I believe when You died on the cross You did it for every sin I've ever committed. I believe you're alive, and I am now pinning all my hopes on You. I am yours." Go to our website, I think it will help you get this settled. Just check out ANewStory.com. You know what this day could be for you? This could be the day that Jesus, the great Liberator, comes into your life and makes this awesome announcement, "You're free! You're free!"

In this episode of Purple Political Breakdown, we explore major global events, scientific breakthroughs, and policy debates:Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince plans a $600 billion investment in the U.S., with discussions focusing on Middle Eastern peace and economic opportunities.Groundbreaking research on bipolar disorder identifies 36 genes linked to the condition, using data from 2.9 million participants.Chris Brown files a $500 million lawsuit against Warner Bros., claiming defamation in a recent docuseries.The release of 25 crew members after Yemen's Houthi movement seized a cargo ship during the Gaza conflict, aligning with a new Hamas-Israel ceasefire deal.We also dive into:Elon Musk's critique of the $500 billion Stargate AI initiative, its implications for U.S. innovation, and rising tensions in the AI sector.Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s nomination as Secretary of Health and Human Services and his controversial history on vaccine safety.A federal judge halting Trump's executive order restricting birthright citizenship, emphasizing constitutional protections.Trump's immigration crackdown and the suspension of refugee programs affecting thousands of Afghans.The Biden-Trump clash on prescription drug policies and its impact on Americans.Finally, we celebrate an inspiring innovation: Tanzania's Soma Bags, turning waste into opportunity for rural education and sustainability.Join us as we break down these stories and their broader implications!

President Trump's executive order suspending all refugee admissions into the U.S. has far-reaching consequences. Tens of thousands of Afghans, including family members of active-duty U.S. service members, are now in limbo despite some already receiving approval to relocate to the U.S. White House Correspondent Laura Barrón-López discussed more with Shawn VanDiver of AfghanEvac. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

President Trump's executive order suspending all refugee admissions into the U.S. has far-reaching consequences. Tens of thousands of Afghans, including family members of active-duty U.S. service members, are now in limbo despite some already receiving approval to relocate to the U.S. White House Correspondent Laura Barrón-López discussed more with Shawn VanDiver of AfghanEvac. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

Among the flurry of executive orders from President Donald Trump on day one, was an order to temporarily suspend all refugee resettlement. Minnesota has seen a surge of refugees in recent years. The latest state data from 2023 shows Minnesota welcomed an estimated 2,000 refugees. And another 1,000 humanitarian arrivals from Afghanistan and Ukraine.We're already seeing the first impacts of the executive order. Nearly 1,600 Afghans cleared by the U.S. government to resettle in the U.S. had their flights canceled.Jane Graupman is the executive director of International Institute of Minnesota, which is one of five resettlement agencies in Minnesota. Nasreen Sajady is the executive director of the Afghan Cultural Society, a nonprofit supporting Afghan refugees in Minnesota.Graupman and Sajady joined Minnesota Now to talk about what's next.

Watch The X22 Report On Video No videos found Click On Picture To See Larger PictureMSNBC is trying to convince the people that the economy is doing well and they are being force to believe it is not. Yellen's computer has been hacked, they are preparing to bring the economy down. The Fed is trapping Trump but they fell into the trap. Audit the Fed is now gaining steam. The [DS] is panicking their power is diminishing, they know they have a certain amount of time to strike back. Trump and the patriots countered a [FF]. Trump has called off the inauguration and will have it in the rotunda. There will be fireworks only and everyone will be safe.   (function(w,d,s,i){w.ldAdInit=w.ldAdInit||[];w.ldAdInit.push({slot:13499335648425062,size:[0, 0],id:"ld-7164-1323"});if(!d.getElementById(i)){var j=d.createElement(s),p=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];j.async=true;j.src="//cdn2.customads.co/_js/ajs.js";j.id=i;p.parentNode.insertBefore(j,p);}})(window,document,"script","ld-ajs"); Economy MSNBC Panelist Says People Are Just ‘Believing' The Economy Was Poor Under Biden MSNBC panelist and Futuro Media founder Maria Hinojosa said Friday that voters are simply “believing” the economy is poor under President Joe Biden due to the constant negative narrative they are told. Throughout his 2024 campaign, President-elect Donald Trump said he would bring back a strong economy, as many Americans polled said the issue was one of their top concerns before heading to the ballot box in November. On “The ReidOut,” Hinojosa was asked if she believed Americans were still concerned about “the price of eggs” over the “fragility of democracy,” to which she said economists had told her Biden's economy is “great.” Source: dailycaller.com https://twitter.com/MarioNawfal/status/1880147369896845674  than 50 files on Yellen's machine. The breach occurred via BeyondTrust, a third-party cybersecurity provider, marking what Treasury officials labeled a "major incident." China denied involvement, stating it opposes hacking in all forms. This breach highlights rising cybersecurity tensions between the U.S. and China, raising concerns over safeguarding sensitive government systems. https://twitter.com/KobeissiLetter/status/1880396242863419605 Federal Reserve withdraws from global regulatory climate change group The U.S. Federal Reserve announced on Friday it had withdrawn from a global body of central banks and regulators devoted to exploring ways to police climate risk in the financial system. In a statement, the Fed said it was exiting the Network of Central Banks and Supervisors for Greening the Financial System (NGFS) because its increasingly broadened scope had fallen outside the Fed's statutory mandate. The central bank joined the group in 2020. The exit comes three days before President-elect Donald Trump, who is critical of efforts by governments to prescribe climate change policies, is set to take office. Source:  gazette.com  https://twitter.com/TrumpWarRoom/status/1879929501192454144 https://twitter.com/WatcherGuru/status/1879956982389699008   https://twitter.com/GovRonDeSantis/status/1880015040432218461   Political/Rights Nolte: Jury Finds CNN Guilty of Defamation, Awards $5 Million Plus Punitive Damages In their zeal to find a villain other than His Fraudulency Joe Biden for the debacle that was America's withdrawal from Afghanistan, the convicted liars at CNN (that's never gonna get old) decided to demonize Mr. Young as a black market operator exploiting desperate Afghans for huge sums of money to get them out of the country. Convicted liar Jake Tapper (tee hee) introduced the segment this way: “Afghans trying to get out of the country face a black market full of promises, demands of exorbitant fees, and no guarantee of safety or success.” Months later, the convicted liars and CNN tried to take it all back with an on-air apology from...

AP correspondent Haya Panjwani reports on a CNN defamation case.

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A version of this essay has been published by Open Magazine at https://openthemagazine.com/columns/shadow-warrior/I have been thinking about the ongoing vilification of Hindus in the media/social media for some time, e.g. the Economist magazine's bizarre choice of Bangladesh as its country of the year while Bangladeshis are genociding Hindus. The simplest way I could account for it is as the very opposite of Milan Kundera's acclaimed novel The Unbearable Lightness of Being. There is some karma at play here, and it is very heavy.The nation of immigrants, or to be more precise, its Deep State, is apparently turning against some of its most successful immigrants: law-abiding, tax-paying, docile ones. Irony, while others go on murderous sprees. In an insightful article in Open magazine, Amit Majmudar explains Why They Hate Us.There has been an astonishing outpouring of pure hatred against Indians in general, and Hindus in particular, on the Internet in the wake of Sriram Krishnan's seemingly accurate statement that country caps on H1-B visas are counterproductive. But this was merely a spike: for at least a year, Hindus have been vilified and name-called as “pajeets” and “street-shi**ers” on the net.It is intriguing that in 2024, both Jews and Hindus have been targeted: Jews by the extreme left on Gaza, and Hindus by both the extreme left and the extreme right, on what is, basically, a non-issue. H1-B is a very minor issue compared to, say, the wars and the US national debt.In fact, the H1-B brouhaha may well turn out to be a medium-term plus for India if it compels young Indians to seek employment at home. It will of course be a minus for the million-plus Indian-origin individuals who are in line for Green Cards, given the per-country cap of 9800 per year: mathematically, it will take them over a century to gain permanent residence.From the host country's point of view too, it is necessary to distinguish between generally desirable immigrants who contribute to the national wealth, as opposed to others who are a net burden on the exchequer, as I wrote recently.On reflection I attribute the withering assault on Hindus to four things: racism, religious bigotry, economics and geo-economics, and narrative-building.Presumably, all this had something to do with British colonial propaganda, which painted India as an utterly horrifying and pestilential country. Motivated and prejudiced imperialists ranging from James Mill to Winston Churchill were considered truthful historians. And it continues. I mentioned above the Economist magazine's baffling decision to certify Bangladesh's Islamist reign of terror.In another instance, in the Financial Times, a British chess correspondent (a nonagenarian named Leonard Barden), was underwhelmed by D Gukesh's staggering feat of becoming world champion at a teenager, and seemed to suggest that a) Gukesh won because his opponent Ding Liren of China was ill, b) Gukesh would have lost to either of two Americans, Caruana and Nakamura (both immigrants to the US, incidentally) if they had been in the fray. Barden, who probably remembers imperial times, also seemed to think poorly of the emerging Indian challenge in chess. These Anglosphere prejudices affect Americans.I also have some personal experience of American racism, as someone who went to the US on a student visa, got his Green Card and stayed on for twenty years before returning to India. A factor in my return was alienation, and the feeling of being an unwanted outsider, engendered by casual racism, even though on the face of it, I had a great life: good job in Silicon Valley, nice house, dream car. Obama's and Biden's regimes did nothing to change that feeling. Trump's second coming may not either.RacismIn general, I find Americans to be very nice people, gregarious, friendly and thoughtful: I had a number of good friends when I lived there. But I also think that racism is inbuilt into the culture (after all, it has not been that long since Brown v. Board of Education, Bull Connor, Jim Crow, George Wallace; and earlier the Asian Exclusion Act).There have been many acts of discrimination and racism against Hindus (although the term “Hindoo” [sic] included Sikhs and Muslims as well). See, e.g., the serious anti-Indian riots in Bellingham, WA in 1907 when “500 working class white men violently expelled Hindoo migrants from the city”. (both images courtesy @Hindoohistory on Twitter).Another remarkable story was the saga of Bhagat Singh Dhind, a Sikh, who was granted US citizenship three times, only to have it be taken away twice. The first time, in 1913, it was because, although ‘Hindoos' are Caucasians, they are not white. The second time, because the Supreme Court ruled in 1923 (US v Bhagat Singh Thind) that it would retrospectively cancel the citizenship of some 77 naturalized ‘Hindoos' based on the 1917 Immigration Act.The “Barred Zone” provision in that 1917 Act denied citizenship to Indians and Southeast Asians by making a large swathe of territory in Asia verboten. Curiously, Japanese, Koreans and some Chinese were exempt. Iranians, some Afghans (and some Baloch, if you look at the map closely) were deemed white. So far as I know, that is still the working definition of “white” in the US. (source: qz.com)There were real human costs: there is the sad story of Vaishno Das Bagai, a San Francisco businessman, who was rendered stateless after denaturalization, and seeing no way out (he was a Ghadar Party activist against British rule in India) committed suicide.Anyway, Dhind, evidently a persistent fellow, got his citizenship a third time because he had served in the US Army in World War I. Third time lucky: his citizenship was not revoked again.After the Luce-Celler Act of 1946, 100 Indians and 100 Filipinos a year were allowed to immigrate to the US, with the prospect of future naturalization as US citizens. Race based limitations were replaced with a quota system by the 1952 Immigration and Nationality Act (aka McCarran-Walter Act), but it still retained significant caps based on national origin; that Act also introduced the H-1 category for skilled immigrants.As a result of all this, the number of Indian immigrants to the US (e.g. nurses) started going up. The general euphoria surrounding the Civil Rights Movement also conferred a certain respect upon Gandhi, because Martin Luther King reportedly was inspired by his non-violent techniques of protest.But that did not mean US blacks made common cause with Indians, because often unofficial ‘minority quotas' were achieved by bringing in Indians and Chinese, which in effect meant blacks did not get the jobs they legitimately spilled their blood for.I was one of those who went through the ‘labor certification' process in the 1980s, when it was relatively easy to get a Green Card because there were very few Indians applying. The trickle became a flood after the Y2K issue when a lot of Indians arrived on H1-Bs.I personally experienced mild forms of public racism, for instance from Latinos in New Jersey calling me a ‘dot-head', to an unseen voice shouting “No Indians wanted here” when I was being shown apartments in NJ. This was around the time Navroze Mody was beaten to death in Hoboken, NJ by ‘Dotbusters'.Later, there were whites asking if I were leaving the country when I walked out of a mall with a suitcase in Fremont, California. When I said yes, they expressed their approval.Religious bigotryThe death of former US President Jimmy Carter at the age of 100 is a reminder of the power of fundamentalist Christians in the US. He was a faithful member of the Baptist Church, and in his eulogies, he was praised as a simple and decent man who upheld his Christian beliefs.But the impression of Baptists, and American evangelists in general, in India is vastly different. They were implicated in the story of the fervid young American man who attempted to evangelize the famously hostile tribals of North Sentinel Island. They promptly shot him dead with arrows for his pains.The result of Christian conversion in India has often been negative, contrary to pious platitudes. It has created severe fissures in society, turning family members against each other. The net result of conversion has been to create separatism.Verrier Elwin, a missionary, converted large numbers of people in the Northeast of India, and the result has been calls for a separate Christian nation in that area. Sheikh Hasina, before being deposed, claimed that there were plans afoot for a Christian “Zo” nation, for Zo/Kuki/Mizo/Naga converted tribals, to be carved out of India and Bangladesh.There are precedents, of course: the Christian nations of South Sudan (from Sudan) and East Timor (from Indonesia).The Indian state of Manipur which has seen a lot of conversion recently, is also troubled, with armed Kuki Christian terrorists killing Hindu Meiteis. .The bottom line is that the very precepts of Abrahamisms, of an exclusive god (or god-equivalent), an in-group out-group dichotomy, and the demonization of non-believers as the Other, are antithetical to the Hindu spirit of inclusivity and tolerance.Hindumisia or Hindu hatred is rampant in the West, and increasingly on the Internet. The evolution of this hostility can be seen in a taxonomy of monotheistic religions:* paleo-Abrahamisms: Zoroastrianism, Judaism* meso-Abrahamisms: Christian, Islamic religions* neo-Abrahamisms: Communism, Fascism, Nazism, DMK-ism, Ambedkarism, and so onThe arrival of Christians in India was far from peaceful; the historical record shows that the Jesuit Francis Xavier was proud of his idol-breaking. Claude Buchanan made up lurid tales about his alleged encounters with Hindu practices; William Bentinck and his alleged abolition of sati were lionized far beyond reason, because sati was a very isolated practice.The continued deprecation of Hindus by Christians can be seen vividly in Kerala, where Christians are considerably more prosperous than Hindus (data from C I Issac, himself a Christian and a historian). Here's an American of Kerala Christian descent hating on Hindus, perhaps unaware that “Thomas in India” is pure fiction, and that Francis Xavier, the patron saint of Christians in India, was a fanatic and a bigot. ‘Syrian' Christians of Kerala who claim (without proof) to be ‘upper caste' converts discriminate harshly against ‘lower-caste' converts to this day. Hardly all ‘children of god'.Incidentally, there may be other, political, considerations here. This woman is apparently married into the family of Sydney Blumenthal, which is part of the Clinton entourage, i.e. Democrat royalty. Tablet magazine discussed the ‘permission structure' used by Democrats, especially Obama, to manufacture consent. Hindus may be getting ‘punished' for supporting Trump.I personally experienced Christian bigotry against Hindus at age 10 in Kerala. My classmate Philip (a local Malayali) told me casually: “All your gods are our devils”. Reflexively, I told him, “Your gods are our devils, too”, although no Hindu had ever told me Christian gods were devils.Others have told me identical stories from places like Hyderabad. This meme likely came from Francis Xavier himself. It may well be taught to impressionable children as an article of faith in church catechism.Francis Xavier invited the Inquisition to Goa, and many, if not most, of the victims were Hindus. Here's an account from Empire of the Soul by Paul William Roberts:“The palace in which these holy terrorists ensconced themselves was known locally as Vadlem Gor – the Big House. It became a symbol of fear… People in the street often heard screams of agony piercing the night… Children were flogged and slowly dismembered in front of their parents, whose eyelids had been sliced off to make sure they missed nothing. Extremities were amputated carefully, so that a person would remain conscious even when all that remained was a torso and head. Male genitalia were removed and burned in front of wives, breasts hacked off and vaginas penetrated by swords while husbands were forced to watch”.Below is a tweet by another American presumably suffused with Christian compassion. I am reminded of a Kerala Christian woman repeatedly trying to convert a Scheduled Caste friend, using similar memes denigrating Kali. Finally, my friend got fed up and asked her: “You worship the mutilated corpse of a dead Arab stuck on a stick. And that's better?”. Her jaw dropped, and she blubbered: “But… but, that's a metaphor”. My friend retorted: “Then realize that Kali is a metaphor too”. Not much self-awareness on the part of the would-be converter.Therefore, the religion factor, of Hindus being the ultimate Other, cannot be overstated. There is basically no way to reconcile the Hindu world view with the Christian. Dharma is incompatible with Abrahamisms/Semitisms. And no, it's not Jimmy Carter who's relevant, it's Francis Xavier.Economics and Geo-economicsThere is a serious issue with the engineering community in the US, which has nothing to do with the H1-B program. Engineers have been unable to unite, create a cartel, keep their numbers low and value to the consumer high, and bargain to keep salaries high. This is a signal failure on the part of the US engineers, and blaming others isn't going to solve the problem.Consider, in contrast, doctors (and to a lesser extent, nurses). They keep their numbers very low, successfully portray their contribution to society as very high, and keep out foreign doctors as much as possible: the result is that their salaries are astronomical (a recent Medscape survey suggests that the top-earning specialty, Orthopedics, earns an average of $568,000 a year. And that's the average).In contrast, according to Forbes in 2023 the highest-paid engineering specialty, Petroleum Engineering, earned only $145,000, and in fact wages had actually declined. Even much-ballyhooed software engineers ($103,000 ) and AI engineers ($128,000) make very little. And lest you think H1-B depresses wages, there are almost no H1-B petroleum engineers. The bottom line is that engineering is not a high-income occupation in the US. Why? No syndicate.How about nurses? According to a report, Nurse Anesthetists make an average of $214,000.And there are plenty of Indian-origin doctors and nurses in the US. Why does this not create a hue-and-cry? The answer is two-fold: one, the scarcity value, and two, those in medicine have created a narrative, and the public has bought it, that their services are so valuable that the nation must spend 20% of its GDP on what is, by objective measures, pretty poor outcomes in health: ranking tenth out of 10 in high-income countries, at very high cost.There have been grumbles about the helplessness of American engineers for years: I remember forty years ago some guy whose name I forget constantly complaining in the IEEE's email groups about immigrant engineers enabling employers to lower the salaries they pay.In addition, engineers regularly go through boom-and-bust cycles. They have no leverage. I remember after a boom period in the 1970s, unemployed aerospace engineers were driving taxis. If there is another ‘AI winter', then we'll find unemployed AI engineers on the street as well, despite massive demand right now.It is true that there may be subtle intricacies, too. The US companies that contract out their positions to H1-B engineers may well be paying prevailing wages, say $60 an hour. But there are middlemen: big IT services companies who take on the contracts, and provide ‘body-shopping' services. They may well be severely underpaying the actual engineers at only, say, $35 an hour, in a bizarre revivification of ‘indentured labor', i.e. wage slavery. It is difficult for those on H1–Bs to change employers, so they are stuck.There is a larger geo-economic angle as well. The US likes being the top dog in GDP, as it has been since 1945. Unfortunately, through the fecklessness of all Presidents from Nixon onwards, they have somehow allowed China to ascend to a strong #2 position. At this point, I suspect the Deep State has concluded that it would be impossible to dislodge China, given its manufacturing clout.I wrote a year ago that a condominium with China may well be the best Plan B for the US. Let us consider what has happened to the other countries that were at the top of the economic pyramid: Germany and Japan.The 1985 Plaza Accord whereby the US dollar was depreciated led to a Lost Decade for Japan, which has turned into a Lost Four Decades; that country which was booming in the 1980s lost, and never regained its momentum.Germany was doing pretty well until the Ukraine War and the arrival of the Electric Vehicle boom. But at this point, it has more or less lost its machine tools business, its automobile business; add its social and political views, and its future looks grim.If this is what has happened to #3 and #4, we can expect that an aspiring #3, namely India, will face a concerted effort to ruin it. It is in the interests of both the US and China to suppress a potential competitor, especially when there is the tiresome mantra of “India is the fastest growing large economy in the world”.The Bangladesh coup, which benefits both the US and China by creating a massive new war front on India's East, is therefore possibly the result of a tacit collusion between the Deep State and the CCP. Similarly, the sudden spike in anti-Hindu rhetoric and this H1-B hoo-haa may well be financed by Xinhua, and it clearly benefits the Democrats, as it has driven a wedge between Christian fundamentalist MAGA types and other Trump supporters. It also puts the Indian-origin and/or Hindu members of Trump's team on notice: they better self-censor.Even immigrant Elon Musk, not to mention Vivek Ramaswamy, Kash Patel, Jay Bhattacharyya, and the non-Indian Hindu Tulsi Gabbard, are all in the firing line of the Deep State. Even though the IEEE has been moaning about depressed engineering salaries for half a century, it is curious that this became a cause celebre just days before Trump's accession to the Presidency.Narrative-buildingThere was a sobering incident in New York's subways on December 22nd, when a woman, now identified as 61 year old Debrina Kawam, was set on fire by an illegal immigrant, Sebastian Zapeta, from Guatemala, who had been deported earlier but came back to the US. I saw a video purportedly of her burning to death, shockingly without screaming, rolling on the ground to douse the flames, or anything else. She just stood and burned, as Zapeta fanned the flames.A New York City subway policeman walked by. The people who were busy capturing the footage on their smartphones did not intervene or help. It reminded me of Kitty Genovese, a 28 year old woman who was raped and stabbed to death on March 13, 1964, in full view of onlookers in the apartment block where she lived in Queens, New York. Nobody bothered to intervene as she died, screaming.It is really odd when people refuse to get involved in helping a dying person. There's something morally wrong here, and it should have been worth exploring in the very articulate media.Yes, Debrina Kawam's baffling story got widespread airplay immediately after it happened, but it died surprisingly quickly. Here's the Google Trends index of interest in that story.The big new story was H1-B, which shot up and displaced the subway murder story. Note the respective timelines: the Google Trends below is about H1-B. It is hard to believe this was an organic shift. It was “manufacturing consent” with placement aforethought.I wrote recently about how narratives are created out of thin air with the intent of manufacturing consent. The abrupt U-turn on Sheikh Hasina was one of the examples. Now the neat and abrupt switch from the NYC subway burning-alive also points to something that is deliberately planted to divert attention away from inconvenient questions.Let us now see how the H1-B narrative survives the New Orleans story of the son of immigrants, ex-soldier, and ISIS member driving a truck and ploughing into a New Year crowd, killing many. Of course, the narrative will carefully not say anything rude about the religion of the alleged perpetrator, because there will be… consequences.ConclusionThe furious drama and narrative about H1-B will subside soon; ironically, it may well be to the benefit of the Indian nation if this kind of propaganda reduces the attractiveness of the US for talented would-be Indian immigrants, who might stay on at home and build innovative companies. Canada and Britain have already ceased to be desired destinations.However, the underlying issues of racism, religious bigotry, economic warfare and astroturfed narrative are real and will not go away. These are danger signals about “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” for Indian migrants to the US, and that's a sad start to 2025.3450 words, Jan 2, 2025Here's the AI-generated podcast from NotebookLM by Google: This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit rajeevsrinivasan.substack.com/subscribe

Derrière l'Iran, la Turquie est le pays qui compte le plus grand nombre de réfugiés au monde. Principalement des Syriens que le gouvernement voudrait voir rentrer dans leur pays. Mais aussi de nombreux Afghans en situation précaire.(Cette émission est une rediffusion) ► En Turquie, face à l'hostilité croissante de la population envers les réfugiés, le gouvernement a durci sa politique migratoire et les Afghans en payent le prix fort. Reportage Anne Andlauer. Interview de Tania Racho, enseignante à l'Université Paris Saclay et assesseure à la CNDA.► En Irlande, le nombre de personnes souffrant d'Alzheimer devrait tripler dans les 20 ans à venir. L'agence européenne du médicament vient d'autoriser un médicament pour ralentir la maladie, mais la prise en charge passe aussi par le lien social. Reportage Clémence Pénard.► En République Tchèque, le youtubeur tchèque Janek Rubes s'est fait une spécialité de débusquer les arnaques de touristes dans le centre de Prague. Papier Alexis Rosenzweig. La chronique musique de Vincent Théval en Belgique : Ding Dong un titre de l'album Comic Trip de Sylvie Kreusch.

Derrière l'Iran, la Turquie est le pays qui compte le plus grand nombre de réfugiés au monde. Principalement des Syriens que le gouvernement voudrait voir rentrer dans leur pays. Mais aussi de nombreux Afghans en situation précaire.(Cette émission est une rediffusion) ► En Turquie, face à l'hostilité croissante de la population envers les réfugiés, le gouvernement a durci sa politique migratoire et les Afghans en payent le prix fort. Reportage Anne Andlauer. Interview de Tania Racho, enseignante à l'Université Paris Saclay et assesseure à la CNDA.► En Irlande, le nombre de personnes souffrant d'Alzheimer devrait tripler dans les 20 ans à venir. L'agence européenne du médicament vient d'autoriser un médicament pour ralentir la maladie, mais la prise en charge passe aussi par le lien social. Reportage Clémence Pénard.► En République Tchèque, le youtubeur tchèque Janek Rubes s'est fait une spécialité de débusquer les arnaques de touristes dans le centre de Prague. Papier Alexis Rosenzweig. La chronique musique de Vincent Théval en Belgique : Ding Dong un titre de l'album Comic Trip de Sylvie Kreusch.

Last time we spoke about the Long March. Amidst escalating conflicts, the Red Army, led by the newly empowered Mao Zedong, faced immense pressures from the Nationalist Army. Struggling through defeats and dwindling forces, they devised a bold retreat known as the Long March. Starting in October 1934, they evaded encirclement and crossed treacherous terrain, enduring heavy losses. Despite dire circumstances, their resilience allowed them to regroup, learn from past missteps, and ultimately strengthen their strategy, securing Mao's leadership and setting the stage for future successes against the KMT. During the Long March (1934-1936), the Red Army skillfully maneuvered through treacherous terrain, evading the pursuing National Revolutionary Army. Despite harsh conditions and dwindling numbers, advances and strategic ploys allowed them to cross critical rivers and unite with reinforcements. Under Mao Zedong's leadership, they faced internal struggles but ultimately preserved their unity. By journey's end, they had transformed into a formidable force, setting the stage for future victories against their adversaries and solidifying their influence in China.   #131 The Complicated Story about Xinjiang Welcome to the Fall and Rise of China Podcast, I am your dutiful host Craig Watson. But, before we start I want to also remind you this podcast is only made possible through the efforts of Kings and Generals over at Youtube. Perhaps you want to learn more about the history of Asia? Kings and Generals have an assortment of episodes on history of asia and much more  so go give them a look over on Youtube. So please subscribe to Kings and Generals over at Youtube and to continue helping us produce this content please check out www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals. If you are still hungry for some more history related content, over on my channel, the Pacific War Channel where I cover the history of China and Japan from the 19th century until the end of the Pacific War. I've said probably too many times, but theres one last major series of events I'd like to cover before we jump into the beginning of the 15 year war between China and Japan. When I say Xinjiang I imagine there are two responses from you in the audience, 1) what the hell is Xinjiang or number 2) oh what about that place in northwest China. That pretty much sums it up, the history of this province, or region if you want to call it that is almost never spoken about. It was a place as we have seen multiple times in the series, where conflicts come and go like the weather. But in the 1930's things really heated up. What I want to talk about is collectively part of the Xinjiang Wars, but more specifically I want to talk about the Kumul Rebellion. There's really no way to jump right into this one so I am going to have to explain a bit about the history of Xinjiang.  Xinjiang in a political sense is part of China and has been the cornerstone of China's strength and prestige going back to the Han dynasty over 2000 years ago. In a cultural sense however, Xinjiang is more inline with the Muslim dominated middle-east. It's closer to th Turkic and Iranian speaking peoples of Central Asia. From a geographical point of view Xinjiang is very much on the periphery. It is very isolated from western asia by the massed ranks of the Hindu Kush, the Pamirs, the Tien Shan, the Indian Subcontinent of Karakoram, Kunlun, the Himalaya ranges and of course by the Gobi desert. It neither belongs to the east or west. As a province of China its the largest and most sparsely populated. It can be divided into two main regions, the Tarim Basin and Zungharia and then into two lesser but economically significant regions, the Ili Valley and Turgan Depression. The Tien Shan mountain range extends roughly eastward from the Pamir Massif, creating a formidable barrier between Zungharia and the Tarim Basin. This natural obstacle complicates direct communication between the two regions, particularly during winter. The Ili Valley, separated from Zungharia by a northern extension of the Tien Shan, is physically isolated from the rest of the province and can only be easily accessed from the west. This western area came under Russian control in the mid-nineteenth century and now forms part of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic. Now it has to be acknowledged, since the formation of the PRC in 1949, Xinjiang changed in size and ethnic composition. The CCP drove a massive Han migrant wave over. Regardless, Han's make up a minority and according to some population statistics taken during the 1940s, Xinjiang was dominated by 7 Muslim nationalities, roughly 3.5 million people out of a total population of 3.7 million. 200,000 of these were Han settlers, while 75,000-100,000 were Mongols, Russians, Tunguzic peoples (those being Sibo, Solon and Manchu), a few Tibetans, Afghans and Indians. Among the various indigenous Muslim nationalities of Xinjiang, the Uighurs stand out as the most numerous and politically important. This Turkic-speaking group primarily consists of sedentary agriculturalists who reside in the oases of the Tarim Basin, Turfan, Kumul, and the fertile lowlands of the Hi Valley. In the late 1940s, the Uyghur population in Xinjiang was estimated to be approximately 2,941,000. Following the Uyghurs, the second-largest Muslim nationality in the region is the Kazakhs, with an estimated population of around 319,000 during the late Republican Period. Kirghiz come in third, with an estimated population of about 65,000 at the same time. Both the Kazakhs and Kirghiz in Xinjiang are nomadic Turkic-speaking peoples, with the Kazakhs primarily found in the highland areas of Zungharia and the Hi Valley, while the Kirghiz inhabit the upland pastures of the Tien Shan and Pamirs. There also exist a small group of Iranian-speaking 'Mountain' Tajiks living in the upland Sarikol region in the far southwest, with an estimated population of 9,000 in the mid-1940s; a primarily urban group of Uzbeks residing in larger oasis towns and cities of the Tarim Basin, numbering approximately 8,000 in the mid-1940s; and a smaller group of Tatars settled mainly in Urumqi and the townships near the Xinjiang-Soviet border, estimated at 5,000 during the same period. Lastly, it is important to mention the Hui, a group of Chinese-speaking Muslims dispersed throughout China, particularly in Zungharia and Kumul within Xinjiang, as well as in the neighboring northwestern provinces of Gansu, Qinghai, and Ningxia. Known as 'Tungan' in Xinjiang, the Hui population was estimated at around 92,000 in the mid-1940s and held significant political and military influence during the Republican Period. Excluding the Ismaili Tajik's of Sarikol, the Muslim population of Xinjiang, whether Turkic or Chinese speaking, are Sunni following the orthodox of Hanafi Madhhab.  As for the non Muslim population, excluding the Mongols who numbered roughly 63,000 and inhabit a narrow strip of land along the northeastern frontier between Xinjiang and the Mongolian People's Republic, Tien Shan, Ili Vally and Chuguchak, most were newcomers, migrants from the mid 18th century while the region was being conquered. Again according to the same statistics from the 1940s I mentioned, Hans represented 3-4 % of the population. Although the Han population disproportionately held power with the main administrative areas, they had no sizable territorial enclaves. The Han population can basically be divided into 5 groups; descendants of exiled criminals and political offenders; Hunanese settlers who came over after Zuo Zungtang's conquests; Tientsin merchants who were supplying Zuo's army; Shanxi caravaneers who came to trade and Gansu colonists. Lastly there were the Tunguzic Peoples and Russians. The Tunguzic speaking Sibo, Solon and Manchu settled mostly in the Ili region. The Russians also tended to live in the Ili region. These were mostly White Russian refugees from the civil war.  Xinjiang's first Republican governor was Yang Zengxin, a Yunnanese native. He had previously worked as the district magistrate in Gansu and Ningxia earning a reputation as a good manager of the local Tungan Muslim population. In 1908 he was transferred to Xinjiang and quickly found himself promoted to by the last Qing governor of Xinjiang. He held out his post after the Xinhai revolution and quelled a Urumqi rebellion soon after. Yang Zengxin's survived politically by always siding with whichever faction he thought was winning. For example in 1917, President Li Yuanghong dispatched Fan Yaonan to watch over Yang and try to replace him if possible. Yang recognized quickly whichever Warlord faction held power over the Beiyang government should be courted. Thus Yang held out for a long time and his province was comparably peaceful compared to most of warlord era China. To maintain his power, Yang enacted a divide and rule style, trying to placate the conflicts between certain groups within Xinjiang, but made sure to exclude Russian influence. Basically Yang tried his best to keep groups who could come into conflict away from each other, keeping the Uyghurs of southern Xinjiang away from the pastoral nomads of Zungharia and Tien Shan. Above all Yang considered the Bolshevik Russians to be the greatest threat to his regime, in his words “The Russians ... aimed at ... isolating the country from all outside influence, and at maintaining it in a state of medieval stagnation, thus removing any possibility of conscious and organised national resistance. As their religious and educational policy, the Russian administrators sought to preserve the archaic form of Islam and Islamic culture. . . Quranic schools of the most conservative type were favoured and protected against any modernist influence”. During his 16 year of power, Yang established himself as a competent autocrat, a mandarin of the old school and quite the capable administrator. Yet his economic policies were long term exploitative causing hardship and exhausting the province. Yang realized he was reached the threshold of what the population was willing to endure and endeavored to allow corruption to emerge within his administration provided it remained within acceptable limits. IE: did not spring forward a Muslim revolution. He opened junior positions in the administration to Muslims which had a duel effect. It made the Muslim community feel like they were part of greater things, but placed said officials in the path of the populations anger, insulating senior Han officials. Ironically it would be his fellow Han Chinese officials who would become angry with him. Some were simply ambitious of his power, others felt that Xinjiang should be more closely inline with China proper.  Rumors have it that after a dinnr party, Yang deliberately surrounded himself with opium addicts, stating to his subordinates “the inveterate opium smoker thinks more of his own comfort and convenience than of stirring up unrest among his subordinates”. Needless to say, Yang later years saw him seriously alienating senior officials. By 1926 he claimed “to have created an earthly paradise in a remote region” so he seemed to be quite full of himself. That same year he turned against his Tungan subordinates. He accused many of conspiring with Ma Qi, a Tungan warlord of Xuning in Qinghai, whom he also thought were driven by Urumqi. Deprived of his formerly loyal Tungans, Yang found himself increasingly isolated. A expedition was sent to Urumqi in 1926, whr G. N Roerich noted “The Governor's residence consisted of several well-isolated buildings and enclosed courtyards. The gates were carefully guarded by patrols of heavily armed men ... The Governor's yamen seemed to us to be in a very dilapidated condition. The glass in many of the windows on the ground floor was broken and dirty papers and rags had been pasted on the window frames. Numerous retainers roamed about the courtyards and villainous bodyguards, armed with mauser pistols, were on duty at the entrance to the yamen.” It seems likely Yang had decided to leave Xinjiang at that point. He had amassed a immense personal fortune and sent much of it to his family in China proper and also to Manila where he had a bank account. Further evidence of this was provided by Mildred Cable and Francesca French, two members of the China inland Mission who reported 'Wise old Governor Yang ... as early as 1926 ... quietly arranged a way of escape for his family and for the transference of his wealth to the security of the British Concession in Tientsin. Later in the same year, accompanied by several 'luggage cases of valuables', Yang's eldest son was sent out of Sinkiang, travelling incognito, in the company of these missionaries”. It was also at this time Yang erectd a statue of himself in th public gardens at Urumqi. According to Nicholas Roerich, this memorial was paid for with forced contributions 'from the grateful population'; by all accounts the statue was in execrable taste . While the NRA was marching upon Beijing in June of 1928, Yang ordered the KMT flag to be raised in Xinjiang. This gesture indicated to all, Yang was about to depart the province. One of Yang's most dissident subordinates, a Han named Fan Yaonan decided to act. Fan Yaonan was an ambitious modernist who received his education in Japan and someone Yang distruste from day one. Fan was appointed the post of Taoyin of Aksu by the Beijing government, an appointment Yang could have easily ingored, but was grudgingly impressd by Fans abilities. Fan proved himself very useful to Yang and was soon promoted to the Taoyin of Urumqi alongside becoming the Xinjiang Provincial Commissioner for Foreign Affairs. It seems Fan and Yang mutually disliked each other. At some point in 1926 Fan got together with a small group of like minded officials, such as the engineer at Urumqi's telegraph station and the Dean of the local school of Law, and Fan told them he wanted to assasinate Yang. Some believe Fan sought to gain favor with the KMT as motivation. Regardless on July 7th of 1928, 6 days after Yang took the post of Chairman of the Xinjiang Provincial Government under the KMT, Fan attacked. On that day, Yang was invited to a banquet to celebrate a graduation ceremony at the Urumqi law school. Fan had arranged the banquet, with 18 soldiers present, disguised as waiters wearing “red bands around their arms and Browning pistols in their sleeves”. During the meal, Fan proposed a toast to the health of Yang at which time “shots rang outsimultaneously, all aimed at the Governor. Seven bulletsin all were fired, and all reached their mark. Yang, mortally wounded, but superb in death, glared an angry defiance at his foes, 'who dares do this?' he questioned in the loud voice which had commanded instant obedience for so many years. Then he fell slowly forward, his last glance resting upon the face of the trusted Yen, as though to ask forgiveness that he had not listened to the advice so often given to him”. According to Yan Tingshan who was also wounded, Fan Yaonan finished Yang Zengxin off with two shots personally. After the assassination, whereupon 16 people were killed or wounded, Fan went to Yang official residence and seized the seals of office. He then sent a letter summonig Jin Shujen, the Commissioner for Civil Affairs in Xinjiang and Yang's second in command. Jin called Fan's bluff and refusing to come, instead sending soldiers to arrest the assassin. It seems Fan greatly miscalculated his personal support as a short gun battle broke out and he was arrested by Jin and shortly thereafter executed with his complices on July 8th. And thus, Jin Shujen found himself succeeding Yang, a less able man to the job. Jin Shujen was a Han Chinese from Gansu. He graduated from the Gansu provincial academy and served for a time as the Principal of a Provincial normal school. He then entered the Imperial Civil Service, where he came to the attention of Yang, then working as the district Magistrate at Hozhou. Yang took him on as district magistrate and Jin rose through the ranks. By 1927 Jin became the Provincial Commissioner for Civil Affairs at Urumqi. After executing Fan, Jin sent a telegram to Nanjing seeking the KMT's official recognition of his new role. Nanjing had no real options, it was fait accompli, they confirmed Jin into office and under the new KMT terminology he was appointed Provincial Chairman and commander-in-chief. In other words an official warlord.  Following his seizure of power, Jin immediately took steps to secure his newfound power. His first step was to double the salaries of the secret police and army. He also expanded the military and acquired new weaponry for them. Politically, Jin maintained the same old Qing policies Yang did, pretty much unchanged. Jin did however replace many of the Yunnanese followers under Yang with Han CHinese from Gansu. Jins younger brother, Jin Shuxin was appointed Provincial Commissioner for military affairs at Urumqi and his other brother Jin Shuqi was given the senior military post at Kashgar. His personal bodyguard member Zu Chaoqi was promoted to Brigade Commander at Urumqi. Jin maintained and expanded upon Yang's system of internal surveillance and censorship, like any good dictator would. According to H. French Ridley of the China Inland Mission at Urumqi “people were executed for 'merely making indiscreet remarks in the street during ordinary conversation”. Jin also introduced a system of internal passports so that any journey performing with Xinjiang required an official passport validation by the Provincial Chairman's personal seal, tightening his security grip and of course increasing his official revenue. Travel outside Xinjiang became nearly impossible, especially for Han officials and merchants seeking trade with China proper.  Under Jin Xinjiang's economy deteriorated while his fortune accumulated. Yang had introduced an unbacked paper currency that obviously fell victim to inflation and Jin upted the anty. Within a process of several stages, he expanded the currency, causing further inflation. Under Yang the land taxes had been a serious source of the provincial revenue, but Yang was not foolish enough to squeeze the Turkic peasantry too hard, he certainly was intelligent enough to thwart peasant revolts. Jin however, not so smart, he tossed caution to the win and doubled the land taxes, way past what would be considered the legal amount. Jin also emulated Ma Fuxiang, by establishing government monopolies over various profitable enterprises, notably the gold mine at Keriya and Jade mine at Khotan. He also monopolized the wool and pelt industry, using his police and army to force the sale of lambskins at a mere 10% of their market value. Just as with Yang's regime, wealth flowed out of the province in a continuous stream, straight into banks within China proper. According to George Vasel, a German engineer and Nazi agent hired to construct airfields in Gansu during the early 1930s, he knew a German pilot named Rathje who was secretly employed by Jin to fly a million dollars worth of gold bullion from Urumqi to Beijing. Jin did his best to keep all foreign influence out of Xinjiang and this extended also to KMT officials from China proper. Jin also of course did his best to conceal his corrupt regime from Nanjing. For all intensive purposes Jin treated Xinjiang like a feudal, medieval society. He tried to limit external trade to only be through long distance caravans. All was fine and dandy until Feng Yuxiang occupied Gansu and thus disrupted the traditional trade routes. Alongside this the Soviets had just constructed a new railroad linking Frunze, the capital of Kirghiz with Semipalatinsk in western siberia. This railroad known as the Turksib was aimed primarily to develop western Turkstan, integrating it within the new soviet system. The railroad was constructed 400 miles away from the Xinjiang frontier, on purpose to limit any activities with capitalists. When the railway was completed in 1930 it virtually strangled Xinjiang. China's share of Xinjiang's market dropped by 13% and the value of trade with the Soviets which had dropped to zero since the Russian civil war was not rising past 32 million roubles by 1930. The Soviet trade gradually was seizing a monopoly over Xinjiang and this of course affected the merchants and workers who were unable to compete. The revenue of the merchants and workers declined as new taxes were levied against them. Meanwhile alongside an increase in Soviet trade, the new railway also increased Soviet political influence over Xinjiang. It was also much faster and easier to travel from China proper to Xinjiang via Vladivostok, the trans-siberian railway and Turksib than across the North-West roads of China. For the Turkic speaking Muslims of Xinjiang, it was quite impressive and many wanted to do business and mingle with the Soviets. However to do so required a visa, and thus KMT officials in Nanjing held the keys. Jin's policies towards the Turkic Muslims, Tungans and Mongols were extremely poor from the very beginning. It seems Jin held prejudice against Muslims, some citing bad experiences with them in Gansu. Whatever the case may be, Jin rapidly antagonized both his Turkic speaking and Tungan Muslim citizens by introducing a tax on the butchering of all animals in Xinjiang and forbidding Muslims to perform the Hajj to Mecca. Some point out he did that second part to thwart a loophole on leaving Xinjiang for trade. Obviously the Muslim majority of Xinjiang and the military powerhouse of Torgut Mongols in the Tien Shan bitterly resented Jin. Despite wide scale hostility against him, the first challenges at his autocratic rule came not from various minority groups, but some ambitious Han officers under his command. Palpatin would say it was ironic.  In May of 1929 the Taoyin of Altai attempted a coup against Jin, but he was forewarned and able to confine the fighting to the Shara Sume area. In the spring of 1931 troubles broke out in Urumqi as discontented Han officers and soldiers attacked Jin's yamen. The attack failed, and the instigators of the plot were all executed. The same year, Jin annexed the Kumul Khanate, known to the Chinese as Hami, finally pushing the Turkic speaking Muslims into open rebellion. Going back in time, after Zuo Zengtangs reconquest of Xinjiang in the 1870s, a few local principalities were permitted to survive on a semi-autonomous basis. Of these Kumul was the most important and was ruled by a royal family dating back to the Ming Dynasty and descended from the Chaghatay Khans. The Khanate of Kumul dominated the chief road from Xinjiang to China proper and was therefore of strategic importance to the Chinese. It extended from Iwanquan northwards to the Barkul Tagh and along the mountains to Bai and south to Xingxingxia along the Xinjiang-Gansu border. During the Xinhai Revolution of 1911, Maqsud Shah was sitting on the throne of Kumul. He was known to the Chinese as the Hami Wang, to his subjects as Khan Maqsud or Sultan Maqsud and to Europeans as the King of the Gobi. He was the last independent Khan of Central Asia as the rest were tossing their lot in with the progress of the times. During Yangs regime he was content with allowing Kumul to train its semi autonomous status, mostly because Maqsud Shah was very friendly towards the Chinese. He spoke Turkic with a marked Chinese accent and wore Chinese clothes. On the other hand he had a long whit beard and always wore a turban or Uyghur cap. He was a staunch Muslim ruling a petty oasis kingdom from an ancient and ramshackle palace in Kumul proper, one of three towns making up the capital of Kumul, known to the Chinese as Huicheng. He had a bodyguard consisting of 40 Chinese soldiers armed with mausers and had a Chinese garrison billeted in fortified Chinese town. The third city in his domain was known as New City or Xincheng, populated by a mix of Chinese and Turkic peoples. By 1928, shortly after the assassination of Yang, it was estimated Maqsud Shah ruled over roughly 25,000-30,000 Kumulliks. He was responsible for levying taxes, dispensing justice and so forth. His administration rested upon 21 Begs, 4 of whom were responsible for Kumul itself, 5 others over plains villages and the other 12 over mountain regions of Barkul and Karlik Tagh. Maqsud Shah also maintained a Uyghur militia who had a reputation as being better trained than its Chinese counterpart at Old City. Throughout Yangs regime, Kumul remained relatively peaceful and prosperous. Maqsud Shah paid a small annual tribute to Urumqi and in return the Xinjiang government paid him a formal subsidy of 1200 silver taels a year. Basically this was Yang paying for the Sultans compliance when it came to moving through his strategic Khanate. For the Uyghurs of Kumul, they were free from the typical persecution under Chinese officials. The only tax paid by citizens of Kumul was in livestock, generally sheep or goats, given annually to the Khan. The soil of the oasis was rich and well cultivated. Everything was pretty fine and dandy under Yang, but now was the time of Jin. In March of 1930, Maqsud Shah died of old age. His eldest son Nasir should have inherited the throne of Kumul, but Jin and his Han subordinates stationed in Kumul Old City had other plans. Shortly after Maqsud Shah's death, Nasir traveled to Urumqi, most likely to legitimize his rise upon the throne. Nasir was not very popular amongst his people, thus it seemed he needed Jin's aid to bolster him. However there also was the story that it was Jin who ordered Nasir to come to Urumqi to perform a formal submission. Now at the time of Maqsud Shah's death, Li Xizeng, a Han Chinese divisional commander stationed in Kumul suggested to Jin that the Khanate should be abolished and annexed officially. There was of course a great rationale for this, if Jin took control over Kumul it would offer increased revenue and new positions for his Han Chinese officials. Thus Jin ordered a resolution be drawn up by his ministers to abolish the Khanate, dividing Kumul into three separate administrative districts, Hami centered around the capital, I-ho and I-wu. When Nasir arrived in Urumqi he was given the new position of Senior Advisor to the provincial government, but forbidden to return to Kumul. Basically it was the age old government via hostage taking. Meanwhile another official named Yulbars was sent back to Kumul with a group of Chinese officials to set up the new administration.  While the people of Kumul had no love for Nasir and were taxed pretty heavily by his father, this did not mean that they wanted the Khanate to end. For the Turkic Muslims the Khanate held a religious significance. For Uyghurs there was a question of national pride associated with it. Of course there were economic issues. Within Xinjiang Han were allowed to settle, but in the Khanate there were restrictions. In the words of the Nanjing Wu Aichen on the situation “subject peoples obstinately prefer self-government to good government”. Well Jin's government was definitely not good, so what outcome does that give? The newly appointed Han administration upset the people of Kumul from the very minute of its installation. When it was announced the privilege of being except from direct taxation by Urumqi was to be abolished, ompf. To add insult to injury, one years arrears of taxes were to be collected from the Uyghurs. On top of that, Kumul was tossed wide open to Han settlers who were incentivized to settle by giving them a tax exemption for two years. Yeah that be some wild policies. To add even more misery, Kumul being situated on the chief road from northwestern Gansu to Xinjiang saw an enormous flow of refugees from famine and warfare going on in Gansu. A column of these refugees were seen by Berger Bohlin of the Sino-Swedish Expedition of 1931. His account is as follows “During my stay at Hua-hai-tze I witnessed a curious spectacle. The Chen-fan region had for a number of years been visited by failure of the crops and famine, and large numbers of people therefore emigrated to more prosperous tracts. Such an emigration-wave now passed Hua-hai-tze. It consisted of a caravan of 100 camels, transporting 150 persons with all their baggage to Sinkiang, where it was said that land was being thrown open”. It seemed to Bohlin that the refugees looked carefree and happy and that the ruler of Xinjiang, Jin Shujen, a Gansu man himself was enthusiastic to have them come settle his province. Jin had his official in charge of I-ho district Lung Xulin provide land for the would-be settlers coming from Gansu. Lung Xulin responded by forcing his Uyghur population to leave their cultivated land and simply handed it over to the refugees. The expropriated Uyghurs were compensated for their land by being given untilled lands on the fringe of the desert where most soil was barren. The Uyghurs were also assessed for their land tax based on their old holdings. To make this even worse hear this, untilled land was exempt from taxation for two years, so they didn't even get that, while the Gansu refugees were excused from tax payments for three years. So yeah the Kumul people quickly organized a petition and sent it to the yamen in Urumqi. There was zero acknowledgement from the yamen it was received and nothing was done to address the long list of grievances, especially from the Uyghurs. Instead the Gansu settlers kept flooding in and with them the price of food skyrocketed, largely because of the enormous amount of provincial troops sent in to watch over everybody. Now for the moment the Turkic speaking Muslims in the region remained relatively peaceful, and this perhaps lulled Jin into a false sense of security. But according to Sven Hedin of the Sino-Swedish Expedition “Discontent increased; the people clenched their teeth and bided their time; the atmosphere was tense and gloomy. Inflammable matter accumulated, and only a spark was needed to fire the powder magazine.”  I would like to take this time to remind you all that this podcast is only made possible through the efforts of Kings and Generals over at Youtube. Please go subscribe to Kings and Generals over at Youtube and to continue helping us produce this content please check out www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals. If you are still hungry after that, give my personal channel a look over at The Pacific War Channel at Youtube, it would mean a lot to me. The history of Xinjiang is unbelievably bizarre, complicated and quite frankly really fun. Before researching this I had no idea about anything and am really enjoying this as I write it. The next episode is going to be on the Kumul Rebellion, so buckle up buckaroo. 

During recent years, the international community has witnessed the scope of the Taliban's brutal rule in Afghanistan since the militant group regained power over the nation in August 2021. Amid the Taliban's draconian restrictions on the rights of women and girls – together with the use of arbitrary arrest and detention, plus enforced disappearance and torture – the militants insist that there are now no Christians residing in the country. Most house churches that existed before the Taliban's takeover have since been closed, forcing many believers to either flee the country or go even further underground. In this edition of Closer to the Fire, host Greg Musselman is joined by Brother Adib, an Afghan Christian leader who currently resides in Canada. Adib shares how he came into a relationship with Jesus in 2006, the opposition he faced for his decision to leave Islam, and how he escaped Afghanistan with his family. Adib also explains why he is so passionate about reaching Afghans with the Gospel message here in Canada – as well as in Afghanistan and other nations around the world – through his ministry work with the Jesus Network and Afghan Church of Toronto. Length: 50 minutes To view the interview with Adib Maxwell https://vomcanada.com/af-videos/video/af-opportunities-gospel.htm Episode Notes Jesus Network: www.jesusnetwork.ca Afghan Church of Toronto: www.afghanchurch.ca Voice of the Martyrs Canada: www.vomcanada.com

In the first episode of our special holiday series taking a left-field look at conflict and war, we hear personal stories from two countries that have had to grapple with multiple crises in recent years: Lebanon and Afghanistan. Journalist Sune Engel Rasmussen lived and worked in Afghanistan for nearly a decade. He spent hundreds of hours interviewing everyone from Taliban fighters to female activists for his book “Twenty Years: Hope, War, and the Betrayal of an Afghan Generation” He talks about the lasting impact of America's post 9/11 invasion in 2001 on young Afghans and how the Taliban managed to make such a startling comeback.Plus: Victoria Lupton, founder and CEO of charity Seenaryo on how Lebanon is faring post-ceasefire deal and their film Tilka, which follows five women navigating the collapse of the country prior to the war. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

From the Ingles Studio this is your news minute on the Marietta Daily Journal Podcast presented by Credit Union of Georgia. Today is Monday, December 9th and I'm Keith Ippolito. Distinguished Flying Cross Awarded to Cobb Air Force Major Maj. Adam Haas, a flight nurse with the 94th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross with a Combat Device for his bravery during the Afghanistan evacuation in 2021. The award ceremony took place at Dobbins Air Reserve Base before over 200 airmen and airwomen, with Maj. Gen. Melissa Coburn presenting the medal. The Combat Device signifies actions under combat conditions, making Haas' dual recognition exceptionally rare. During the mission, Haas and his team provided medical aid to victims of a suicide bombing at Kabul International Airport. The attack killed 107 Afghans and 13 U.S. service members amid the U.S. military's withdrawal from Afghanistan. Entering unsecured, hostile areas, Haas directed the largest aeromedical evacuation in Kabul Coalition Hospital's history, ensuring the safety of his team and patients. Reflecting on the mission, Haas humbly credited his team and said his focus remained on helping those in need. For more news about our community, visit mdjonline.com. For the Marietta Daily Journal Podcast, I'm Keith Ippolito. Produced by The BG Podcast Network NewsPodcast CurrentEvents TopHeadlines #BreakingNews #PodcastDiscussion #PodcastNews #InDepthAnalysis #NewsAnalysis #PodcastTrending #WorldNews #LocalNews #GlobalNews #PodcastInsights #NewsBrief #PodcastUpdate #NewsRoundup #WeeklyNews #DailyNews #PodcastInterviews #HotTopics #PodcastOpinions #InvestigativeJournalism #BehindTheHeadlines #PodcastMedia #NewsStories #PodcastReports #JournalismMatters #PodcastPerspectives #NewsCommentary #PodcastListeners #NewsPodcastCommunity #NewsSource #PodcastCuration #WorldAffairs #PodcastUpdates #AudioNews #PodcastJournalism #EmergingStories #NewsFlash #PodcastConversations #podcast #podcasts #podcaster #podcastlife #podcastshow #podcasting #podcasters #podcastersofinstagram #itunes #applepodcasts #spotifypodcast #soundcloud #youtube #radio #radioshow #comedy #music #hiphop #art #entrepreneur #covid #motivation #interview #repost #loveSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Redefining Mindsets and Building Community In this week's Team Never Quit Podcast, Marcus and Melanie's guest is Earl Granville, a true testament to resilience, leadership, and the power of positive mindset. Earl shares his transformative journey from trauma to triumph, offering listeners insights into how to redefine their own mindset to create the space for positive shifts in life. He discusses stepping out of your comfort zone, becoming the leader you are meant to be, and the critical importance of building and maintaining a healthy community. Earl's story is nothing short of inspiring. Just two weeks into basic training at Fort Benning, GA, with his twin brother Joe, the tragic events of 9/11 unfolded, marking a pivotal moment in his life. Earl went on to serve nine years as an Infantryman in the Army National Guard, with multiple deployments to Bosnia, Iraq, and Afghanistan. During his final tour, Earl lost his left leg below the knee due to a roadside bomb, and tragically, he also lost two of his teammates, Major Scott Hagerty and Specialist Derek Holland, on that same day. After the loss of his limb in combat and the passing of his brother Joe, who took his own life while serving on active duty, Earl discovered the power of a positive mindset and became a passionate advocate for mental health, physical fitness, and resilience. He continues his journey as a public speaker, traveling the country to share his story and motivate others to overcome challenges. In addition to speaking, Earl works with several non-profits like Operation Enduring Warrior, the Oscar Mike Foundation, and WarriorStrong, all of which help wounded veterans and law enforcement officers stay physically active post-injury. Earl's efforts have earned him numerous awards, including the 2018 Attorney General Heart So Big Award, the Junior Chamber International (JCI USA) TOYA Award, and the 2018 Daughters of the American Revolution Veterans Volunteer Award. He retired as a Staff Sergeant with multiple honors, including the Bronze Star, Purple Heart, and Combat Infantryman Badge. Tune in to hear how Earl Granville's story of overcoming adversity and his commitment to positive change can inspire you to face your own challenges with resilience, build stronger connections, and lead a life of purpose. In This Episode You Will Hear: • One good thing about these conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan is that we've had a lot of people in their 20s and 30s that were losing limbs that causes technology to be boosted. (3:48) • The amputee's best friend is your Allen wrench. (7:03) • [At] NYPD, the culture today is like the modern day Vietnam veteran. (21:09) • Joining the military made it about me. What can I get out of this? Sure – free college. But going to Iraq, I became an NCO, put in charge of people. I realized this isn't about me, it's about us. (37:27) • There's pride that people take when tragedy happens. It's what the community does to honor those who aren't here anymore. (42:52) • I remember going over the headset talking to my guys like “Damn, it's beautiful here, look at this green grass. Who's water the grass in Afghanistan?” The next thing I remember, I saw nothing but black. (65:52) • I was ejected out of my Humvee and I wasn't wearing mu gunner's harness which probably saved my life, because the roof peeled back like a tuna can. (70:04) • Everything happened right in my situation. I really do feel that way. What do I have to complain about? (70:20) • Afghans don't have the will to fight. (76:26) • Have you ever met an Afghan or an Iraqi with an Iraqi flag or an Afghan flag tattoo? (76:43) • I went under for surgery on my hip, and I woke up in Germany, with a nurse pulling a breathing tube out of my throat. (79:02) • Joe [my twin brother] seeing me in this state, says to me: “I shoulda just gone with you. (84:23) • It's not forever. I'm gonna get my independence back. I'm gonna be walking again, cause it's not forever. (96:08) • While on active duty, my twin brother, Staff Sergeant Joe Granville, takes his own life. (97:57) • How do I get this second chance at life, and Joe [my twin brother] take his away? (98:08) • Not every mental health situation with an armed forces service member is PTSD related. (109:00) • The big thing people need is purpose – military or not. (110:29) • I found this passion of physical fitness once again thanks to being introduced to Crossfit. (120:41) • People you surround yourself with, I truly believe, makes who you are. 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Next Sunday, December 8, the arched doors of the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris will open to the public for the first time since April 2019, when a devastating fire nearly destroyed the great Gothic church. What will they see? Correspondent Bill Whitaker has a first look inside a modern miracle of repair and restoration by workers and artisans who made possible French President Emmanuel Macron's impossible-sounding pledge to complete the rebirth in five years. As Macron tells Whitaker, “The decision to rebuild Notre Dame was…about our capacity to save, restore, sometimes reinvent what we are by preserving where we come from.”Located in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay and only accessible by boat, Smith Island, Maryland is a place where time stands still, and its residents speak a unique dialect. Rising sea levels and erosion are changing the landscape and placing residents at risk of becoming some of the country's first climate refugees. Correspondent Jon Wertheim meets these locals to hear how climate change threatens their way of life - and the island itself - but where their perseverance and pride are inspiring a new generation of islanders.Correspondent Cecilia Vega travels to the UK for an intimate portrait of actor Kate Winslet, Hollywood's most non-Hollywood A-Lister, and discusses her transformative journey to starring in and producing her latest film, “Lee.” Winslet, who has been a vocal advocate against the insults and inequalities facing women in the film industry, relies on this experience for her current role, portraying American photographer Lee Miller, who worked for Vogue as one of the few female war correspondents on the frontline of WWII. As Vega discovers, Winslet and Miller share a resilience and see the world through a similar lens, making her connection more than just a role.After the dramatic exit of the United States military from Afghanistan in 2021 left the country under Taliban control, U.S. allies found themselves in danger. Correspondent Jon Wertheim reports on the unimaginable story of nearly 400 Afghans who were evacuated under the guise of a wedding party. Wertheim reveals the treacherous, high stakes rescue operation organized by American citizens and led by former Army intelligence officer Jason Kander that concealed men, women, and children in an Afghan wedding palace. This is a double-length segment.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

President Zelensky says that with Donald Trump in power in the US, Ukraine's war with Russia will end sooner than expected: does this signal a big change in his thinking? We hear from a Ukrainian MP.Also in the programme: we hear live from South Africa where a stand-off continues between police and illegal miners at an abandoned gold mine; and we follow the Afghans leaving their homeland in the hope of making it to the UK.(IMAGE: Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky attends a press conference after the 5th summit of the European Political Community (EPC) in Puskas Arena in Budapest, Hungary, 07 November 2024 / CREDIT: Zoltan Balogh /EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

Moving to the US as an immigrant from another country can sometimes take years. But in 2021, after the US's disastrous exit from Afghanistan, many Afghans' safety and futures were upended overnight, leaving some with no choice but to abandon their homes in a rushed exodus. Reporter Adreanna Rodriguez has the story of two women who find themselves entangled in an overburdened system while adapting to becoming mothers in a country where everything is an unknown. Find a resource guide and annotated transcript at our website here. Find more information—including transcripts and resource guides—visit 70MillionPod.com (Here). Follow @70MillionPod.

Dr. Farouq Samim cried as the Taliban swept back into power in 2021. While he was safe in Ottawa, many members of his family were stranded – and at risk of death – back in Afghanistan. Determined to do something, he paired up with two lawyers he didn't know to launch a secret mission: Operation Abraham.The Globe's International Affairs reporter, Janice Dickson, got inside access on how this rescue effort ended up saving over 1,500 people over three years despite bureaucratic hurdles and increasing threats.Questions? Comments? Ideas? Email us at thedecibel@globeandmail.com

Mikael Cook served as a U.S. Army engineer in the reserves. He was sent to Afghanistan in 2019 helping to build out infrastructure for U.S. military camps, working with local translators and other workers. He befriended his Afghan co-workers, especially an interpreter, Muhammad, and his brother Abdul.Following the Trump administration's decision in 2020 to withdraw from Afghanistan after nearly 20 years, it fell to the Biden administration to execute the withdrawal which they did very abruptly in August 2021, creating administrative and civil chaos and abandoning our allies and billions of dollars of U.S. military equipment. The scene at Kabul's Hamid Karzai International Airport were horrific with thousands of Afghans, who had worked for the U.S. and feared Taliban reprisals, desperate to escape. With no helping coming from the Biden administration, it fell to an ad hoc coalition of U.S. civilians and military members ­­– later dubbed “Digital Dunkirk' – to help rescue as many Afghans as they could. On August 26, 2021, in the midst of the chaos at the airport, an ISIS-K terrorist suicide bomber detonated an explosive belt that killed 13 U.S. servicemen and over 169 Afghan civilians.Mikael Cook tells this tragic and dramatic story from various perspectives in his riveting book, “Life and Death at Abbey Gate: The Fall of Afghanistan and the Operation to Save Our Allies.”Heroes Behind HeadlinesExecutive Producer Ralph PezzulloProduced & Engineered by Mike DawsonMusic provided by ExtremeMusic.com

Welcome to The Adams Archive Dive deep into the shadows with Austin Adams as he unearths the hidden truths behind today's most controversial topics. The Adams Archive isn't just a podcast—it's a journey into the unseen, the unexplored, and the unsettling realities that shape our world. With a fearless approach and a commitment to uncovering the facts, Austin brings you stories that others won't. Summary: In a world where information is controlled and narratives are spun, The Adams Archive cuts through the noise to bring you the raw, unfiltered truth. Across our episodes, we delve into the intricate web of politics, culture, and technology, exposing the undercurrents that mainstream media often ignores. We begin by unraveling the chilling details of the recent security threat against Donald Trump. Austin takes you on a deep dive into the background and history of the individual behind this plot, revealing a complex tapestry of foreign mercenary work and potential ties to international entities. Transitioning from political intrigue to the complexities of the entertainment industry, we discuss the legal issues surrounding P Diddy. By exploring the allegations and controversies that have surfaced, we shed light on the hidden machinations of fame, power, and accountability. As we navigate these turbulent waters, we also tackle the growing issue of censorship in social media. With Meta's recent ban on RT, the Russian media outlet, we discuss the implications of corporate control over information and the impact on global narratives. Each episode seamlessly weaves these topics together, providing a comprehensive understanding of the forces at play behind the headlines. Austin's insightful analysis and investigative prowess make The Adams Archive a must-listen for anyone seeking the truth.   If you're ready to see beyond the surface and question the official story, hit that subscribe button now! Join us on YouTube, Substack, and all our social media platforms to stay updated on the latest episodes and exclusive content. Your support fuels our mission to bring you the unvarnished truth. Thank you for being a part of The Adams Archive community. Together, we're uncovering the realities that matter. All the Links: For easy access to all our content and platforms, visit: https://linktr.ee/theaustinjadams ----more---- Full Transcription  Hello, you beautiful people, and welcome to The Adams Archive. My name is Austin Adams, and thank you so much for listening today. On today's episode, we are going to be doing a deep dive into the background and history of the individual who conducted the second assassination attempt on Donald Trump's life in just 65 days.  Now, the reason that we can have almost a full episode on this is because there is so much to discuss. Whereas the last individual was some 20 year old with very little history that was, was able to even be pulled up, let alone be able to indicate something much, much deeper going on. But that is not the case today. This individual has years, dozens of years of history conducting what seems like a foreign, foreign mercenary work. And so we'll dive into the history of that. We'll talk about the potential ties. We'll look at who he's been associated with in the past. We'll even look at some of the, the articles that I was able to dig up myself, his criminal history, all of it.  Now on top of that, what we're going to open with today is the fact that P Diddy is now going to jail.  So we'll read that article, if you've listened to that episode a little bit ago, where I did a whole deep dive on the court documents. It is horrific. So we will discuss that too. And we will also discuss Meta Banning RT, which is the Russian media outlet. So, all of that and more coming up. Make sure you stick around, but first go ahead and hit that subscribe button, leave a five star review and head over to ronanbasics. com this hat on my head, this phone sleeve in my hand. If you are watching here on YouTube, all our Faraday products, Faraday products help you to be protected against the modern threats that are from your technology. So things like your cell phone, your wifi router, your microwave, all of the technology around you emits. 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The very first article that we're going to discuss is coming from CNN. Nonetheless. Now, the reason I found this to be ironic  is the fact that  Oh, the irony involved in it.  MetaBan's Russian state media outlet RT over foreign interference activity.  Hmm. That's interesting. So let's go ahead and read this because the irony that this article sits on CNN is hilarious because if Facebook's gonna going to remove any news outlet that is associated with the government  and pushing propaganda, The first one that they would have to remove would be CNN.  So,  uh, here we go. It says, Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram announced Monday, let me go ahead and share this with my screen here if you're watching, um, announced Monday that it has banned Russian state media broadcaster RT and other Kremlin controlled networks alleging the outlets have engaged in deceptive influence operations and attempted to evade detection.  After careful consideration, we expanded our ongoing enforcement against Russian state media outlets, uh, I don't know how you pronounce that. RT and other related entities are now banned from our apps globally for foreign interference activity, a meta spokesperson said in a statement.  Prior to Monday's ban, RT had 7. 2 million followers on Facebook and 1 million followers on Instagram. RT did not immediately respond to CNN for comment.  The move comes days after the U. S. Justice Department  Announced charges against two RT employees for funneling nearly 10 million into a U. S. company identified by CNN as Tenant Media to create and amplify content that aligned with Russian interests.  The Covert Influence campaign was aimed at the American public ahead of the 2024 U. S. presidential election. U. S. presidential election.  Tenet Media boasts a slate of high profile right wing pro Trump commentators, including Tim Poole, Dave Rubin, Benny Johnson, and several others. All of them have released statements saying that they are victims of the alleged Russian scheme. After the Justice Department announced Announcement RT responded with mocking statements that did not address it was actually pretty hilarious the response that they made they like basically just laughed at them  The Kremlin commented that in the band that by meta on Tuesday with these actions meta is discrediting itself This complicates the prospect prospects for normalizing our relations with meta. Definitely somewhat true  Now where I see this being a problem  Is the fact that if you're going to run with that, essentially, you're now saying that if anybody's a state run media that is pushing any type of propaganda, you know, like the CIA interfering with our elections,  the NIH having a portal to discuss what content should be removed  from Metta  and Twitter and all of these other organizations, right? Like, We know 100 percent they have the same access to the news outlets. So what is the, what is the, the bar here being set?  Because if this is the bar, almost every single major news outlet has to get kicked off of Facebook and Instagram. It says executives from Meta, Microsoft and F, uh, Microsoft and Alphabet, which owns Google are expected to testify before the Senate intelligence committee on Wednesday on their platforms work to combat foreign relations to us elections.  So.  This is them trying to  fix without fixing the election, right? They're not going to do it in the same way. Mark Zuckerberg said, well, he just said this. Mark Zuckerberg just said he wasn't going to interfere.  Not allowing a, the  organization which is representing essentially a country  in their, their position on news news. to be seen by citizens. Why? Because you think we're stupid. This is where the privacy or the, the, the conversation surrounding  censorship really bothers me. Like who are you to discern anything? Who are you to tell me who to listen to and who not to listen to? Right? Like that would be your mom and your dad in high school telling you, Oh, that's a bad friend. Don't listen to them. It's like, no, let me judge for myself. I'm an adult. I'm intelligent. Very, very, very intelligent. likely much more intelligent than any individual of the government that's making these types of decisions.  So let me use my discernment, because you don't get to tell me what's truth, and what's not truth. Who's a, a factually based network, and who's not? That's not how this works. Freedom of speech has to go both ways, right? Now it says, uh,  well, this is the CNN  comment section, so this should be interesting.  It says if they are  banning deceptive influence operations, then the Harris campaign must be next. Yeah.  Uh, yeah.  Okay, so moving on. I thought that to be interesting. It is, it is quite ironic that it is META that is banning all of these, you know, the Russian state media when they were the ones taking directions from  our government. They were the controlled media. They were, that's exactly who they were. And now they're, they're just doing what they're being told again by the Harris campaign, because they don't want any, any information or news coming out from the entities that want to, I don't know, stop the war that they're in and not continue it like Kamala Harris would.  So there you go.  All right.  Now let's look at this real quick. Let's see if they have a list of all of the influencers.  Who were involved in this investigation?  Hmm. According to the indictment, some of the creators were told the project was being bankrolled by a man named Edward Gregorian.  Let's see the indictment.  I don't see a list here.  Here we go. Alright, let's see the indictment.  Where are the names? Where are the names? Hmm.  Let's see. Let's see. New  YouTube's Edward Gregorian. Founder 1 accepted interim payments.  So 8, 000 per month plus a percentage of any deals that Founder 1 closed with influencers.  Influencer talent scouting.  I want to see what the name of that was.  Anyways, maybe for another time after I've done the research.  But interesting, none the less. All right, moving on. This one is big.  P Diddy  was arrested in New York after a grand jury indictment. P Diddy is going to jail now, my friends. Finally, this human piece of garbage is getting what he deserves after 30 years, almost, in the music industry, tormenting, terrorizing, and blackmailing everybody in the industry, including celebrities, athletes,  you name it. He was blackmailing them, politicians, all of them.  He was the, the  P Diddy was the Epstein of the music industry and is now arrested  in jail in New York. Thank God.  Now, this article comes from the post millennial. It says Sean Diddy Combs has been arrested after a grand jury indictment in Manhattan on Monday.  The New York times has spoke with somebody who is not authorized to speak about it. What? Who spoke with somebody who was not authorized to speak about it. Okay. That's a weird statement.  said that the, but I'm going to speak on it. And they said charges in the indictment were not immediately clear. A federal official said in the spring.  Uh, so now if you go back, I could just riff off of this one.  I'll put this down for a second, but if you go back, do you, if you do not remember what was happening,  essentially there was a music producer named little rod and little rod  essentially went after.  P. Diddy for trying to blackmail him.  He was, he was saying that P. Diddy was, uh,  he was in a room when he shot somebody that he threatened to eat his face, that he put him in a position where Cuba Gooding Jr. was making sexual advancements on him. He then showed this little rod  a video of another famous producer engaging in sex acts with another man trying to convince him and say that, Hey, we're just going to do this one time so that you get used to this. Cause this is what the music industry is about.  It happens all the time.  And then he promised little rod. He promised this producer that if he engaged in these sex acts, that he would then get producer of the year awards.  Now, if you understand what Epstein was doing when he was blackmailing people, um, He was essentially taking them and giving them some sort of, you know, illegal, illicit drugs, activities, access to minors, and then using that blackmail against them in the future.  And this tells you  exactly how, what, what is happening, exactly what is happening behind the curtain in the music industry, which is the fact that all of the hits on the radio that you hear are fake. That is not something that has been a grassroots musician getting put into this position because they make the best music. No.  No. It's the same thing with  the movie industry. Hollywood. Right? By now you should know this.  It's all fake. They're blackmailing people. So you remember, you ever hear the selling your soul to the devil, signing the contract with the devil to get what you want in life?  That's what this is. That is the metaphor in action. They are essentially conducting themselves in a way that they commit these types of acts, sometimes knowingly, sometimes not, like in the P. Diddy case, because P. Diddy had cameras all in every single room of his house recording all of the time. Then he would bring all these people over, have these freak off parties,  bring in underage prostitutes, give those prostitutes alcohol,  drug the people that he wanted to then go have sex with these prostitutes,  videotape them doing it. And now he has you. He's gotcha. Now, is it he, that's the question that should be asked too. Is he the one that is using this blackmail against people? No, it's the head of, I believe it's the universal studio or not universal studios. Um, the Sony, uh, music industry record label.  So it was the head of this record label that essentially put him into power to begin with. He took a 21, 22 year old P. Diddy, Puffy, Sean Diddy Combs, whatever frickin name he had at the time, and he created Bad Boy Records with him. He essentially put him into this position in power, embedded him into the industry, and then had him collect blackmail on these individuals, and only he was the gatekeeper. He was the person who decided whether or not you passed go in the music industry, and the only way that you did that was by committing gay sex.  and letting them essentially videotape it, or sex with a prostitute that was underage.  And that's what this court document outlines. It's like 90 pages. Now, there's all sorts of horrific other things in there. He shot his son's friend in the bathroom and watched him essentially bleed out. Uh, he, he beat the hell out of this woman in the middle of a hotel on camera. P. Diddy is the worst person that you can imagine. And it couldn't have happened to a better person now that he's in jail.  Very happy to see this, but you have to understand that. I think that's the takeaway from all of this is Epstein was not on his own.  There is a Epstein in every major industry, whether it's finance, whether it's politics, whether it's music industry with P Diddy, whether it's Hollywood,  they're all rigged. Every single one of them has a gatekeeper.  And if you do not allow yourself to be blackmailed, you will not make it in the industry. That's the way it works. Every major musician, the same record label  that  picked up Sean Diddy, Combs,  P. Diddy,  and put him in this position,  that groomed Diddy to groom the entire industry to only allow certain types of, of  rappers into the industry,  also owns the contract of Taylor Swift.  Also brought to power, and this goes back decades, Janis Joplin, Aerosmith, all of these major musicians  were on this record label that was run by the single individual who had  Diddy do all of this.  There's a gatekeeper in every industry.  That is the takeaway here. Now what I wouldn't be surprised about is if what happened to Jeffrey Epstein very well may happen to Diddy. Diddy's probably going to get abstained. And the reason for that is because he has all of this blackmail and that man is going to chirp like a canary. I think the adages sing, but he's going to chirp like a canary because  I've heard him rap. He's not a very good singer, uh,  but he's going to sing like a canary as soon as he gets in there  and the very powerful people in, in those positions that he has blackmail on. Probably don't want him to do that, just like they didn't want Epstein to be able to talk about them, to get out of their sentencing.  That's the way it was.  Now, if you recall, the person that kind of was the,  the, his, his bodyguard was the one that was having all of this, uh, power and influence that had associations with, I think it was the Wharton school of business and all of these like very interesting potential three letter agency associations, uh, with these entities that are very closely tied to them.  So,  Ding dong. Diddy's dead. Happy, happy that that happened. Couldn't have happened to a worse person. Very, very glad about it. All right. Now that leads us into our next topic, which is going to be about all about the alleged attempt, not alleged, the actual attempted assassination of Donald Trump.  Now I went into a deep dive on this and I tried to do as much of my own,  as much of my own digging as possible. So I'll tell you the tools I used, how I did it, all of that.  But I was able to find some very interesting things and I hit some dead ends that are even more interesting.  And I'll talk about those.  But first let's go ahead and hear exactly  what happened. And then we will hear from Trump himself.  And then we'll look into the history of this  shooter.  All right. So, I do have somewhere on here a video  where it explains  what happened.  Let's see.  Alright, and here is the Secret Service and FBI holding a press conference where they explain exactly what happened. Here we go.  According to the allegations in the complaint,  a U. S. Secret Service agent walking the golf course perimeter saw what appeared to be a rifle poking out of the tree line.  After the agent fired a service weapon in the direction of the rifle, a witness saw a man later identified as Ralph fleeing the area in the tree line.  Ralph was later apprehended by officers from the Martin County Sheriff's Office in coordination with the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office.  The complaint alleges that in the area of the tree line from which Ralph fled,  Agents found a digital camera, a backpack, a loaded SKS style rifle with a scope,  and a black plastic bag containing food.  The serial number on the rifle was obliterated.  According to the complaint, Roth was convicted of felonies in North Carolina in December 2010.  Now, the weapon is interesting because this is a SKS style,  essentially a rifle, and  you can't buy those. I mean, it's really not a common weapon in the U. S. Now, this man wasn't able to actually have a weapon in the U. S. because he's had two felony charges, one for, uh, weapons of mass destruction, which we'll talk about in a few minutes here, but where did he get this rifle?  It's a very common rifle in where he was embedding himself trying to recruit Afghani soldiers for the Ukraine war. So how did he get back to the U. S. potentially with that rifle?  It's an interesting question to ask. 2002  and March 2010  and therefore  was prohibited from possessing a firearm.  Right. The FBI is leading this investigation, this ongoing investigation.  As the Attorney General stated earlier today, the FBI is continuing its investigation of this incident as an assassination attempt  upon the former president.  The investigation  So there you go. Essentially, Trump went to go golfing as a very spontaneous last minute golf outing, and somehow, this man was able to figure it out,  fly here from Hawaii, and  Not sure how that happened. And then post up for more than 12 hours cell phone data sets.  So there's a  video that went around.  that was talking about how the, I believe it was one of the, um, the sheriffs that were there or another individual that was involved in the case talking about how they had no idea. How did this man get access to know that he was going to be golfing on this golf course that day? And then how did this man that was either generally embedded in Ukraine or Afghanistan and lived in Hawaii, get to this golf course in time to be there for 12 hours. And this person alleges that there had to have been a leak. This had to have been a conspiracy. He had to have been tipped off by somebody who was involved in the close proximity of Trump's campaign, where he would have actually known to be at this golf course on that day, because it was very last minute, very spontaneous golf trip.  And nobody knew about it other than his campaign staff.  So how did this man know? Well,  Hopefully, one day, we'll find out.  Now, what's interesting about this too is that this is absolutely going to take the spotlight off of the first assassination attempt,  which was  absolutely atrociously handled by law enforcement and by the Secret Service.  Another interesting fact about it is that this man had a GoPro on himself during the time of committing this act. Who did he expect to watch this video? Why would you record yourself doing it?  So let's read up a little bit more about this after we hear Trump's response. And this happened just last night on the 16th. Here it is. I'm  relieved that you're here with us today after the second attempt, um, on your life at the Trump National Golf Club. It's just horrifying. Can you run us through what happened?  So, uh, I was playing golf with Some of my friends, it was on a Sunday morning and very peaceful, very beautiful weather. Everything was beautiful. Nice place to be. And all of a sudden we heard shots  being fired in the air  and I guess probably four or five.  And it sounded like bullets, but what do I know about that? But Secret Service knew immediately it was bullets.  And, uh, they grabbed me and, uh,  I think probably the other one, Steve is one of the people, Steve Woodcuff, a great friend of mine, a great, uh, great businessman from mostly New York and Florida, great businessman. And more importantly, just a fantastic person. So we're in the group. And, uh, everybody just, we got into the carts, and we moved along pretty, pretty good. Uh, I was with an agent, and the agent did a fantastic job. There was no question that we were,  I would have loved to have sank that last putt. But, uh, we decided, let's get out of here. And, what the, uh, gunfire was, actually, interestingly, was a, uh, Secret Service agent  had seen a barrel of a AK 47, which is a very powerful gun.  And, uh, he started shooting at the barrel and started shooting in the bushes. Well, could only see the barrel. How good is that? Right. But could only see the barrel based on that. He started shooting  and, uh, ran towards the target and was shooting a lot of, I mean, those were the shots we heard. The other one never got a shot off and he ran across the street  and grabbed his car, hopped into his truck or car.  And amazingly a civilian.  In that area saw something and it looked very suspicious  and in the car, drove their car to the back of his  truck of some kind  and took pictures of the license plate, gave them to the sheriff's office, Sheriff Bradshaw is fantastic, great, great sheriff for a long time  and within a fairly short period of time they tracked him down on the highway, it was a pretty high speed chase and they ended up getting him, they got him. Yeah.  You wouldn't want to have somebody like that out there, you know, he dropped his gun, the AK 47, he left his gun, he left a cameras behind left a lot of things behind. So the agent did a fantastic job. The civilian did a phenomenal job, a woman. I mean, who would think you could take 1000 times like that? How many people would have the brainpower to follow him  and not many inches of the back of his truck so that they end up getting and the key was the license. So they got the license and After they had the license, you know, there's all sorts of technology where they can literally pinpoint where this truck is. I never knew something like that existed. And, uh, they pinpointed him on the highway.  They got him with a high speed chase. So, they got him.  It was amazing. So, Secret Service did a great job. And I think, I can say honestly, the Sheriff's Office, law enforcement, everybody really did a great job.  So, right from his mouth, that's what happened. And again, it goes back to the question, how did this man know that he was going to be on that golf course? It was a spontaneous trip. There's no reason that this, that he should have been able to be tipped off about this, unless it was somebody in Trump's campaign.  or the secret service or somebody doing security for him. But how would you even get to this individual? So this is where let's bring up. Who was Ryan Routh?  Who was this man?  It's a very, very interesting case.  And we have a bunch of different articles here that we'll look at that talk about who he is. We'll look at all the news articles that he's been speaking or he's actually been seen in the news. talking to the news companies about the Ukraine war. So he's a very, very active  recruiter,  a mercenary recruiter for the Ukrainian war.  Now, how does one go back and forth between here in Ukraine, into Afghanistan, do a bunch of news talks  and not be known by the FBI. This man had to have been on their radar. He was in an Azov commercial, which is the special forces arm of essentially of Ukraine.  The same one that was accused of being a extension of the Nazi party, essentially.  He was in their commercial.  So let's look at this timeline that discusses exactly who he is and where he's been seen and what we know about him.  Alright, this article just gives a bunch, a bunch of sources.  Uh, it says,  A source with direct knowledge of the investigation confirmed to The Guardian that the suspect in Sunday's case is 58 year old Ryan Wesley Routh, though law enforcement has not officially named him, which they have now, and was no immediate indication of a motive. The son of the man accused of trying to assassinate Donald Trump at his Florida golf course Sunday night. Said his father had traveled to Ukraine and volunteered to provide the son, what the son described as humanitarian aid to troops defending the country from Russian forces that invaded in 2022, which is not the case. This man was there to recruit  foreign soldiers to the Ukrainian war saying that he had NATO trained soldiers ready to fight thousands of them.  How does a foreign mercenary recruiting for Ukraine  in commercials for the Azov battalion not be on the radar of the FBI? Especially when this man went on long, long, long tangents all day every day on social media talking about his motives  for doing so. It says he just so happened to be filmed in  2022 by Newsweek about his effort to recruit mercenaries to fight in Ukraine. So we'll look at that.  And then the New York times even wrote a profile on Ryan Roth back in 2023. So let's look at some of these articles where it talks about him.  The first being that  the son of the suspect talks out about the assassination attempt. And then in this, in this interview, he essentially says that he hated Trump.  It says the son of the man accused talks about, uh, assassinating Donald Trump at his Florida golf course on Sunday, said his father had traveled to Ukraine and volunteered to provide the son what the son described as humanitarian aid to troops.  Uh, now there's a video here that we can watch  where he's actually talking about this. And this man  has half blue hair and a U. S. flag t shirt on.  Ukrainians and the rest of the world are caring and kind and, and generous and, and unselfish and, and take care of one another. And it's just a matter of,  you know, we need to stand up for that. That is the most important thing in the world. You know, when you talk to a 20 year old guy that sold everything he owns to come here and fight, that is heroism. You know, he's coming here to risk his life. for humanity, for the Ukrainians, you know, guys that sell everything they own to come here and support the Ukrainians while others sit at home and, and, and do nothing. Hmm. And that was the Guardian.  There's an extension of that,  uh, video that we'll watch here as well, but here's an actual video. I haven't seen this one yet. Body cam footage footage showing the arrest of the shooter.  Let's watch that real quick.  Driver,  take two steps to your right.  Take two steps to your right driver, and they're sitting here. There's three officers, four officers, five officers, six officers in view,  sheriff's  telling him to get out of his vehicle.  This man now has his shirt over his head and he's getting taken to the ground.  Should have tripped a leg. Just at least a nice take down. Uh.  Okay, so let's, let's see if we can find the next video, uh, the extension of that video where he continues to talk.  And here it is.  Who you are and why are you here? Uh, I'm 56 from the U. S., U. S., uh, from North Carolina originally. So I live in Hawaii now. So I flew all the way from Hawaii here. So the question as far as why I'm here. to me. You know, a lot of the other conflicts are gray, but this conflict is definitely black and white. This is about good versus evil. This is a storybook. You know, any movie we've ever watched this is definitely evil against good. I mean, we're battling a situation here where, you know, the Ukrainians and the rest of the world are caring and kind and, and generous and, and unselfish and, and take care of one another. And it's just a matter of.  You know, we need to stand up for that. That is the most important thing in the world is just to show human beings that we're kind and we're caring and that we take care of one another and that the world is united so that we feed each other and make sure that, you know, we all move forward as as one collective whole unit. So, you know, we feel the pain of one country's failure and their conflicts and we enjoy the successes of other countries that are doing good and we all work together and for some reason. Russia does not grasp this concept that we're, we're all one unit and we have to get along and work together and, and, and,  and be normal human beings. This is 2022. We have to work together. It's, it's, it seems asinine that we have a leader in a country that does not understand the concept of, of being unselfish and being generous. Thank you very much. And being kind and just the basic moral values that are required by human beings these days. It blows my mind.  Now I want to listen to that video. Tell me who you are and why are you here? Uh, I'm 56 from the U. S., U. S., uh, from North Carolina, originally. Still live in Hawaii now, so flew all the way. I just wanted to hear him pronounce his own name, uh, but he didn't do that. Okay. So, uh, essentially this man has been in several, several news stations all over the world. He's been seen in written about in the New York times. He's been on news week. He's been plastered all over as a recruiter for, for mercenary teams.  And you're trying to tell me this man was not, no radar.  Has no ties to the FBI has no ties to the CIA has has not been on any list anywhere.  This man.  Absolutely has been tracked.  And here's yet another article by the newindian. in, which the title to this article is U. S. Mercenary Plans to Recruit Pakistani Based Afghan Refugees as Fighters in Ukraine. Now who is that mercenary?  Well you read on in the article here, and that's the same individual,  the same person  who tried to  kill Trump.  So when we start looking through more and more of these articles,  one thing that comes up is that there's actually a website that he ran recruiting foreign fighters and it says attempted Trump assassination or assassin. Ryan Ruth  ran a Ukrainian foreign fighter recruitment website  where he offered 1,  200 per month.  To Afghani soldiers  to fight in the Ukraine war  from all over the world on this site. He had advocated for nuking Russia, stealing bombs and weapons from other countries to give Ukraine. He seems to have been totally radicalized by the media. This says in the left in recent years, his writings are filled with lunatic MSNBC style takes on the Ukrainian war. His social media shows he was also a big fan of many Democrat politicians. Here's the recruitment website. Now I also understand that I think he actually voted for Donald Trump in 2016. Um, and then he actually wanted to push for it. So, so the assassin  that tried to kill Donald Trump actually wanted a Vivek  and Nikki Haley ticket, which he posted on his Instagram, crying to Vivek, asking him to jump on the ticket with Nikki Haley as the presidential candidate.  Now, why would some warmongering Democrat  Wanting to expand the war in Ukraine and how much we're offering them in terms of  Access to supplies and soldiers. Why would that want a Nikki Haley ticket? Hmm. I wonder if she's maybe the biggest war hawk that was on on the presidential  Candidacy,  so let's look at this website  This website is FightForUkraine. com. ua and it says military recruitment. It's a terrible website, by the way. Um, military recruitment. Pay 1200 USD per month for all ages, genders, and skill levels to none. Ukrainian Army wishes and hopes to pay every person helping in the fight for freedom and human rights, but the country is struggling and funds and support dwindling. So our expectations must be realistic, and what we each must give will be far beyond normal sacrifice. But it is what we all must do.  Each one of us is responsible for the outcome of this war, as our every single action must stand for humanity and show kindness, caring, selflessness, altruism, empathy, generosity, and all of the moral goodness that this battle is about.  Volunteering in Ukraine is the most honorable and noble sacrifice. And every human on the planet should be here for freedom and human rights, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.  Uh, fighters do not waste time in the embassy of your country. Just come with gear and food and money. Expect nothing. Everyone must slowly be vetted and you must prove loyalty.  Now there's actually a way that he tells them how to basically traffic themselves  into Ukraine. And here's what it says. You do not need a visa. Simply get all military gear and money and fly to Krakow.  Take an intercity train or bus to this bus station.  Take a local train or bus to here. Make your way to the border with Ukraine.  Tell the border guard you want to join the International Legion, and they will take you to the office and meet with Nazar and the leaders. Now I wonder who Nazar is. If you do not have military experience, you must sell yourself that you are capable. They will run your passport and go through your phone and make sure you are not Russian. If accepted, you go directly to a nearby base and train. There is a tent located alongside the sidewalk to the border for the Foreign Legion. It is very casual.  You can sell yourself there to be shipped to the base in Western Ukraine. If all of the above fails, cross the border to Ukraine, take a bus to the border town, Lviv, get a train to Kiev, get in touch with me. We can call and visit countless units in need of help. We have unlimited places to fight and help, so please do not hesitate.  Insights from the fighters. I like how we use this like a, uh,  Customer review style. Uh, I was injured in the car accident and many people have been seriously killed or hurt just in transit from bad driving. So be careful who you ride with. Like, okay,  do not expect anything to be given to you. You will need to come with everything you need or you may, you may need or buy it here. Anything you are lucky to get given as a bonus and whatever food you can bring is smart as well.  Yeah. It doesn't sound like what,  I don't know. I want to ship myself for  And here is his face on this recruitment website.  And it has his email, his Facebook, his Twitter, his phone number, WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram, Viber.  I want to see if this is a, uh, let's see, is this a link tree? Oh, it goes to his WhatsApp.  Well, I'm definitely going to be on some list somewhere. No.  Uh,  Here it is. So there's his literal mercenary recruitment website.  The assassin of Donald Trump had a mercenary recruitment website for Ukrainian fighters. Now, who he was trying to get to come over were Afghani soldiers that he was trying to convince to do this. Now, there is a whole, uh, let's see, there's a whole recording of every one of the tweets he ever made.  That is up on Twitter right now that I looked through and that's where I saw the Vivek and Nikki Haley ticket situation. Now here's a video of him, uh, talking about it.  To be cooperative. That's Ryan Ruth, a U. S. citizen who set up the International Volunteer Center in Ukraine to help connect foreigners to Ukrainian military units. Now I'm talking to over 100 soldiers every day and pretty much everybody,  all of my contacts in Ukraine, they were adamant and pretty much yelled at me every time that I suggested that we bring in Afghans. The Ukrainian government didn't respond to our request for comment.  Ukraine is reluctant to.  There you go. So another news outlet that had this man on camera, how does he have all of this, all of these connections? How does he have all these ties? How is he able to get to Ukraine? Know who to send these people to?  Sounds a little fishy to me.  And as we move through some more of these articles, he is found in this as of battalion ad campaign.  And here is that.  There he is.  Now, some people were saying this is a BlackRock ad. No, it's not.  It's an Azov Battalion ad. Just a Nazi ad.  And then,  there's more and more articles with his name on it. One being the New York Times. And if we search his name here, You'll see, with Legion growth stalling, Ryan Routh, a former construction worker from Greensboro, North Carolina, is seeking recruits from among Afghan soldiers who fled the Taliban. Mr. Routh is, who spent several months in Ukraine last year, said he planned to move them, in some cases illegally, from Pakistan to Iran to Ukraine. So if the New York Times is writing about this person, if he's in an Azov battalion campaign, ad campaign.  There's no way this man's cell phone was not being monitored. There's no way this man didn't have ties to the CIA. There's no way they weren't on his radar at the very least to where they would be monitoring him. No way if this mercenary recruiter in Ukraine  from the United States  wasn't on their radar, wasn't being monitored, and didn't have some ties to people who may want to monitor him. alert this potential asset to go do a specific task at a specific time at a specific place when the opportunity arose.  This one is absolutely clear cut to me. There's no way this man didn't have associations with three letter agencies or at least weren't on their radar to where he would have been stopped.  But again, we go back to the fact that this had to have been leaked. Somebody knew about this and told this man where to go and when in this last minute golf outing.  We can probably purchase some passports through Pakistan since it's such a corrupt country, he said in an interview with Washington. It is not clear whether he has succeeded, but one former Afghan soldier said he had been contacted and was interested in fighting if it meant leaving Iran, where he was living illegally.  So, the New York Times was writing about him, and this was in, let's see,  this was written March 25th.  2023. So just last year,  uh, here is a picture of his blue house in Hawaii.  You can't make this stuff up. Uh, his blue house in Hawaii with a Biden Harris sticker on his truck.  Very interesting.  Now here's a, a  conspiratorial thought coming from, uh, a Russian.  Account, I believe this person is some sort of  Diplomat, excuse me. It's 6 a. m. Here  The deputy chair of the Security Council of the Russian Federation All right And he said I wonder what would happen if it turned out that the failed new Trump shooter Routh Who recruited mercenaries for the Ukrainian army was himself? Hired by the neo nazi regime in Kiev for this assassination attempt.  Now that's another interesting theory, right? Maybe it wasn't the CIA. Maybe it wasn't BlackRock or Vanguard. Maybe it was the entity that is in a foreign war  where if  he gets into office,  they may not get the funding they need. Maybe it was Zelensky that called this man who they knew had ties. How many United States individuals are over there recruiting mercenaries for that?  How many are there? 5, 10, 20, 1?  And why aren't we considering the fact  that it could have been the Azov Battalion, it could have been the Ukrainian Army, it could have been Zelensky himself  that called this man, told him where to be with military intelligence,  and told him what to do so that the cash cow could keep producing supplies, producing soldiers, producing more and more money to Ukraine so that they continue to fight this proxy war on behalf of the United States.  That's an interesting theory that I don't think anybody's really considering.  So  is it Ukraine wanting to continue their war? Is it somebody from Israel wanting to continue their war? Because they know if Trump gets in office, he is not pro war the same way that Kamala will be. He cannot be bought off the same way that Kamala can be. He is not a puppet for the powers that be the way that Kamala is.  So there's only one way to get rid of Trump on this ticket and this assassination. I do not believe this is going to be the last attempt on his life before the election. And I do not believe that the assassinations will stop. The assassination attempts will stop even when he gets in office. I don't believe that. There's no reason to. They're trying to stop him from being in office.  Not trying to stop him from being elected. It's trying to stop him from being the president. So these  assassination attempts will continue.  Especially now that the floodgates have opened. Not one, but two now.  Looking through the comments here of what was said underneath that.  Now some more information about here. Let's do a rapid fire round. Some more information here about this man.  Is that he has a long standing criminal record. Long standing criminal record. Let me go ahead and change this over here.  Um, everything from petty  traffic stops.  Many, many times he had his license revoked. Um, but here is a long list. So everybody has these screenshots. I went to the source.  This is the North Carolina Judicial Branch e courts portal website  where you can see every one of his criminal cases dating back to 2001.  And if we go look into some of these cases, the one that was most interesting to everybody involved weapons of mass destruction.  Now, everybody was curious about this. You couldn't seem to find any information about this.  And it doesn't say anything in the court records. You actually have to pull the full court file.  So I went  to pull the whole court file.  And you can do this only through one software, one platform, and it's called PACER, and it's what lawyers use to be able to pull legal files. It's what people can use in their own legal cases to pull these. It's essentially a government database where you can pull all of the, the files for, for publicly available court cases.  Now when I went to PACER,  made an account,  signed into that account, searched several other legal cases, I had no issues.  Now, I took this case, the one here about possession of a weapon of mass destruction from 4 29 of 2002,  and asked it to pull the full file of that case. Immediately when I did that, I was logged out of my account. My account was turned inactive,  and I cannot get a hold of anybody at PACER to be able to access these files. I stayed on hold for an hour and a half yesterday  trying to get on the phone with somebody. And every time they picked up, they hung up on me.  Now I don't think that part's as fishy as the fact that it automatically logged me out, deactivated my account. As soon as I searched for these files,  there's absolutely a coverup happening  and I might be, I, I, I, I commend you.  I don't commend you. I. I highly encourage you to go to PACER, the PACER website, which is pacer. psc. uscourts. gov.  Right? pacer. psc. uscourts. gov.  And you can go here and search for a case,  create an account, and I'll even show you that my account won't work.  But you can create an account and search a specific court case.  Now the court case that you're going to look up is going to be Ryan Routh vs. the state of North Carolina.  When you search that, you will be immediately logged out, your account will be deactivated, and you will not be able to log in or search for any more court cases. Now I  will show you exactly what I'm talking about here.  So if I go to log into PACER, again, the only governmental database where you can access these types of documents, I was going to pull the full court file because nobody was finding information out about  this man's case.  It says, Although you have a PACER account, your account is inactive. If you have questions or further details on how to activate your search privileges, contact PACER Service Center at 800 676 6856 between these hours. You may continue to log in and perform other activities, e file, request filing privileges, but you will not have PACER search privileges. Now when I continue,  it won't even let me logged in.  There's currently an issue with your Pacer account. For additional information, contact the Pacer Service Center at 800 676 6856. It won't even let me log in.  They won't pick up the phone. They answer why. And this happened immediately as I pressed the enter button to look up and pull that court case.  Now I was able to find one single article  that talks about what happened  back in 2002  and here it is.  This is from greensboro. com man with gun. And I don't think anybody really, there's been a couple of times I've seen this article referenced. Most people haven't seen this article. It was very, very difficult to find.  Man with gun barricades himself inside business says an armed man was arrested Monday morning after barricading himself in a business during a three hour standoff with police.  Now I would like you to note that this was updated in January 24th of 2015.  Interesting.  Uh, Ryan Routh, 36, was arrested without incident at 1 a. m. Monday at United Roofing, 1735 West Lee Street, Greensboro Police said.  Routh was pulled over at about 10 p. m. Sunday during a traffic stop, police said, but he put his hand on his firearm and drove to United Roofing where he remained barricaded inside.  Ralph was charged with carrying a concealed weapon in possession of a weapon of mass destruction. Now, everybody was like a weapon of mass destruction. Did he have a nuke? Did he have a chemicals? What was it? That that was this weapon of mass destruction. This is the only place that you can find it. After I tried to pull those court documents, a fully automatic  weapon.  So nothing too, too crazy there. Again, how did he get that weapon? What was he doing with that weapon?  All good questions. He was also charged with resisting, delaying, and obstructing a law enforcement officer and driving while his license was revoked.  So there you have it. Now,  when you do some searches on Ryan Routh, you can find his emails, his addresses, his phone numbers. And one of the emails that I found of his leads back to him,  a company.  And I'll show you how I found this here, but a company called icom design.com.  Now what's interesting about this is this is a Greensboro number  and when you look up Icom design, 'cause this is all it is, it was allegedly a website building company back in 2002 to 2004.  Um, but there's no information on it.  It's been updated to show a copyright of 2024.  There's an email that you can click.  And if you look on LinkedIn, there's a few individuals who are associated with ICOM Design.  This is one of them.  Ananda Rose Benet.  Interesting. Greensboro, North Carolina. An intern at ICOMdesign. com.  With a pretty recent picture with pink and blue hair. Ananda Rose Benet.  And it says she's a web designer, dah, dah, dah, dah, an intern at ICOM Design back in 2012 and has worked there for 11 years. Probably not, this might just be an old,  nobody's going to be an intern for 11 years. Um, but when you also look up more people who were a part of this ICOM Design, which is where I found, uh, an email that was associated with him, so I'll show you that.  So there's a website that you can go to and use.  And it will show you  addresses, phone numbers, associates,  family members,  job history, all of it.  So you can verify this information yourself. Look at his addresses,  um, phone numbers that he's associated with. This three, three, six area code is a Greensboro area code. You can see. Oh, this is his wife, Laura Routh. Sorry, I was doing some more digging here, but let's look up Ryan.  So his current address is Hawaii. Hers is North Carolina, which is interesting as well,  but  Previous addresses, but here's his website. Now you can see United roofing was a roofing company. He owned you can see GSO skate park at yahoo. com and that was basically his son 10 years ago or so was trying to create a skate park in local Greensboro area without a permit and it became this big news article thing and he was trying to raise money for it and he did with some oil company also sketchy.  GSO skate park at yahoo. com that he was trying to get people to send funds to. Um, I can validate that for you in several different ways. Um,  here I'll show you where I found that just so you can see it.  Uh,  here we go.  Where's the article?  That's the barricade article. That's not what we're looking for. Um,  oh.  That got pulled. That's interesting.  I just looked at that article yesterday and now it is scrubbed,  scrubbed from the internet.  That's interesting. Um,  so you can validate that by the skate park. Let's see if I'll just look it up for you.  Here's the article where you can see a skateboard park.  Skateboard park closed. Skate park violates zoning laws. And you can see that Ryan Routh was mentioned several times throughout this article because his son was one of the founders of this skate park. Here it is. Ryan Routh says he brought in the structural design engineer. Here's his what his company United Roofing Co.  Talked about how they were gonna charge some money so that they could put up a porta potty and all this stuff. All right. So just to show you that what we're looking at is true here. Even the GSO skate park at yahoo. com was accurate,  which I was like, no way. This guy's associated with, you know, a skate park. That makes no sense. But then I found the articles and there it is. And that tells you how far I've been digging into this personally. Um, you probably won't hear about that on any other channel or individual.  Um, but that led me to Matt at ICOM design. com. Now, why would he go by Matt is one question.  But ICOMdesign. com, then you go to ICOMdesign. com.  And this is the website that you're met with. It's a front website. It doesn't make any sense. There's a phone number, which I have yet to call.  And if you want to do that and let me know how it goes, let me know. 336 854 8500.  Click to email. This is it. Then you can take that and you go to LinkedIn and see who's associated with ICOMdesign. com. All right. There's five individuals who are listed under that.  Let's see if we can pull up the icomdesign. com people.  Let's go back. And there was three of them that were opera singers  and in Hawaii.  So icomdesign. com, Matt at icomdesign. com  is a front website that has employees in both states where he lives and operates.  And several of them are opera singers.  Now I would have thought the opera singers would have been a different entity altogether, but the fact that they live on the exact island  that he lived in  makes the association make sense.  It doesn't make it make sense, but it validates it.  Right? So if you go to, maybe not icomdesign. com, Well, let's go to ICOM design and we look up who are the employees.  It's not showing it anymore. It won't even try to let me access her. But if we go back, I was able to find,  get access to those individuals by going around it the same way that I was, I got to her. Um,  so let's see LinkedIn, but anyways, that was what I found on that front is that yeah. The people that were working at this ICOM Designs were located in  both states that he operates out of, Hawaii  and North Carolina,  and there's only a front website here, and his  name is associated with this mat at ICOMdesign. com.  Not sure where that's going to lead us, but we'll continue diving down that hole. It's very interesting.  Now back to the case here, possession of weapons of mass destruction, right? I tried to follow that, hold on as many strings as I could until I hit a dead end where they locked me out of my account and wouldn't give me any more information.  Um, found this article.  Now let's see what else we have here. Um,  he even had this soldier's passport and birth certificate.  Uh, In his posts on LinkedIn.  So his LinkedIn was still up when I looked yesterday. I'm not sure if it will be today. Let's look.  It's going to be pulled. I bet it is  because his picture's gone now.  Let's see. Oh, there it is. Okay. So here's his LinkedIn 10 connections would be really interesting to see who those 10 people are.  Now, sometimes you can look over here and it will recommend people  who are associated with them. It just won't tell you,  right? It's not going to tell you who their connections are,  but it shows that he was, uh, the owner of Campbox Honolulu for the last six years, they've made essentially one building the entire time. So where's this man getting his money from to make all these flights from here and back, uh, with no history whatsoever of any success in any business that he's had ever.  And then you can look at what were some of his comments. What has he  posted, what has he discussed, right? Go to activity, show all activity.  And you'll see some of his posts. Here's one of them that has a bunch of people commenting on it now. 144 comments. And then there was another one, if you go under comments,  where he had this.  person was, uh, some sort of recruiter, um,  onsite hiring. And then this man,  Carl Hugely  commented on this  and said,  um, details. Now that man's sense has removed  his comments since yesterday.  I have your passport and birth certificate here in Hawaii. Call me 808 379 9411. And it's this Carlton Hughley. Okay. So there's the comment. He said the interested, and he probably searched this man's name, tried to tell him I have it. Why would you have somebody's passport and birth certificate? That's pretty crazy situation to find yourself in. Uh, so that's his really, his only comment on LinkedIn.  So I will continue digging into this and seeing how many dead ends I hit.  But there's a lot of strings to pull on here, guys.  A lot of strings to pull on here.  Now I'm going to look through. I created a notes situation on this, um, so that I could track everything that we looked at. But, um, but anyways, there's your breakdown. There's the situation.  I will continue to do a deep dive on this. Hopefully more information comes out. This one is so sketchy.  So sketchy. Like I said, there's absolutely zero chance that this man has all these ties, all these associations, all these news network interviews  was in an as off battalion  advertising campaign  was being interviewed by the New York times by newsweek  was a recruiter, a mercenary recruiter in Ukraine going back and forth constantly and somehow managed to evade the radar of the CIA and the FBI.  And I do think that the idea is very interesting that this man was potentially put up to this by his association and his allegiance to, because you listed that to that video, he has a strong belief in what is happening in Ukraine, or at least he pretends to.  So if he was asked or tasked to do this  by Ukraine, because they want to stop Trump from getting an office because they know that  The money train will stop when Trump goes in office.  It's an interesting theory,  but I'm sure there's many mothers that are just as crazy, if not crazier, that could also be true.  So  subscribe, leave a five star review, head over to ronanbasics. com  and until next time,  thank you for listening.   

Are Afghans open to the gospel? This week on The Missions Podcast, Alex and Scott sit down with David, a Live Global missionary working with Afghan refugees in the United States who are ministering to their own people. Together they discuss some of the historical, cultural, and religious conflicts of modern day Afghanistan, how Afghan refugees got connected with ABWE, and how God is orchestrating miraculous connections that are leading Afghan people to himself. David (name changed for security purposes) is a missionary with Live Global living and working in the western United States. He and his wife have extensive experience working with displaced peoples and help lead the Afghan Initiative, which is joint effort by ABWE ministries Live Global and EveryEthne to reach Afghan people in the United States with the gospel. This week's Overtime discusses the challenges that Afghans face in migrating to the United States and what our call as Christians should be in response to the political and social challenges of immigration. Do you love The Missions Podcast? Have you been blessed by the show? Then become a Premium Subscriber! Premium Subscribers get access to: Exclusive bonus content A community Signal thread with other listeners and the hosts Invite-only webinars A free gift! Support The Missions Podcast and sign up to be a Premium Subscriber at missionspodcast.com/premium The Missions Podcast is powered by ABWE. Learn more and take your next step in the Great Commission at abwe.org. Want to ask a question or suggest a topic? Email alex@missionspodcast.com.

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