Ukraine’s ‘high hopes’ for F-16s dashed

“Unfortunately, it is already clear that we will not be able to protect Ukraine with F-16s throughout the fall and this winter,” he said. “There were high hopes for these aircraft, that these could really become part of the air defense.”

https://www.rt.com/news/581385-ukraine-f16-next-year/

Maui wildfires expose rift over island’s tourism: ‘We’re more vulnerable than anyone admits’
https://archive.is/Xroja

Sirens were silent during the Lahaina fire. Maui’s emergency chief says he doesn’t regret it
https://archive.is/iav05

Democrats’ ‘War Game’ for Election Includes West Coast Secession, Possible Civil War
(2 Aug 2020)

'In one scenario, John Podesta — the former chair of Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, and a leading figure in party circles — played former Vice President Joe Biden, and refused to concede the election.

The result: the threat of secession by the entire West Coast, followed by the possible intervention of the U.S. armed forces:

But conveniently, a group of former top government officials called the Transition Integrity Project actually gamed four possible scenarios, including one that doesn’t look that different from 2016: a big popular win for Mr. Biden, and a narrow electoral defeat, presumably reached after weeks of counting the votes in Pennsylvania. For their war game, they cast John Podesta, who was Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman, in the role of Mr. Biden. They expected him, when the votes came in, to concede, just as Mrs. Clinton had.

But Mr. Podesta, playing Mr. Biden, shocked the organizers by saying he felt his party wouldn’t let him concede. Alleging voter suppression, he persuaded the governors of Wisconsin and Michigan to send pro-Biden electors to the Electoral College.

In that scenario, California, Oregon, and Washington then threatened to secede from the United States if Mr. Trump took office as planned. The House named Mr. Biden president; the Senate and White House stuck with Mr. Trump. At that point in the scenario, the nation stopped looking to the media for cues, and waited to see what the military would do.

Notably, on Election Night in 2016, Podesta publicly refused to concede the election to President Donald Trump.'

https://www.breitbart.com/2020-election/2020/08/02/democrats-war-game-for-election-includes-west-coast-secession-possible-civil-war-john-podesta/

Biden administration tells 9/11 families that attack mastermind could be spared death penalty https://trib.al/qN3POBc

Biden hopes to tighten South Korean, Japanese bond at Camp David

WASHINGTON/SEOUL/TOKYO, Aug 17 (Reuters) - When Yoon Suk Yeol this week commemorated his country's 1945 independence from Japan, the South Korean president didn't dwell on the brutal 35-year occupation his people endured under their neighbor.

Instead, the 62-year-old leader, too young to remember the humiliations of Japanese rule, celebrated the country as a "partner" that now shares the same values and interests. Facing nuclear threats from North Korea - a constant worry for both Seoul and Tokyo - Yoon reserved his condemnation for "Communist aggression."

U.S. Steel takeover would threaten Pittsburgh's identity, historians say

https://www.post-gazette.com/business/powersource/2023/08/17/us-steel-pittsburgh-cleveland-cliffs-esmark/stories/202308160095

“Will be interviewed today by the Great Larry Kudlow on Fox Business, at 4 PM Eastern. I think everybody will find it fascinating—Great Chemistry!” - President Donald J. Trump

Crooked Joe Biden is leading our Country to HELL

https://twitter.com/TrumpWarRoom/status/1692219956836905344?s=20

"Can you tell us about your Hawaii trip, sir?"

BIDEN: "No"

https://twitter.com/RNCResearch/status/1692223462683652557?s=20

blinken “has figured out that the United States – that is, our ally Ukraine – will not win the war” against Russia, Hersh wrote on his Substack blog, quoting an anonymous US intelligence official.
“The word was getting to him through the Agency [CIA] that the Ukrainian offense was not going to work,” Hersh’s source continued, without specifying when these warnings began to surface. “It was a show by [Ukrainian President Vladimir] Zelensky and there were some in the administration who believed his bullshit.”
https://www.rt.com/news/581411-cia-blinken-counteroffensive-fail/

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President Trump Slams Joe Biden's Disgraceful Decision to Pay $6 Billion to the Iranian Dictatorship

DERANGED JACK SMITH!

https://twitter.com/TeamTrump/status/1692217598010667457?s=20

James Comer Demands NARA Provide All Documents for VP Biden’s Secret Pseudonym ‘Robert L. Peters’

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/08/17/james-comer-demands-nara-provide-records-related-joe-bidens-work-ukraine/