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GUTFELD: Trump's not only willing to talk about his policies, but he'll talk to anyone, everyone, at any time

September 5, 2024 Published by Fox News

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So, Donald Trump gave an interview with scientist Lex Fridman yesterday. Now, it may not be the biggest news, but it does tell you that Trump’s not only willing to talk about his policies, but he’ll talk to anyone, everyone, at any time. He’ll put everything out there, answer any questions, so you know who he really is. Now compare that to Harris. Imagine if they were real estate agents. Trump would take you on multiple house tours, show you every nook and cranny, the showerheads, the basement, the utility room. He’ll show you the servant’s entrance, which isn’t a euphemism.

He might never shut up as he points out the woodwork in the crawl space, as you get more than everything you wanted to know before making an offer. Now compare that to Harris. If she were the agent, all you’d have is a single picture on the website, and it might look like this. But when you go to see it, it looks like this. See, Trump not only has nothing to hide, it wouldn’t matter to him if he did. Hell, he’ll tell you where he stands on anything. Even when bullets are flying, he still has to get the last word in. The Trump-Vance ticket has done about 37 interviews since last month, compared to only one for Harris and Walz.

So, wherever you stand politically, the fact that Trump will tell us what he intends to do in office makes him, right now, the far superior candidate. Well, that, and he didn’t bang Willie Brown. But the truth is, Kamala is quite burdened by her past. Whether it was helping to destroy San Francisco, her bang-up job with our southern border or that she fakes phone calls like when Kilmeade calls me asking for money. Meanwhile, with Lex and Trump, Donald showed his usual flair for nuance. Like, is Kamala a Marxist?

DONALD TRUMP: Well, she’s a Marxist.

LEX FRIDMAN: Her father’s a Marxist, and she’s…

DONALD TRUMP: That’s a little unusual.

LEX FRIDMAN: Whenever we use terms like communism for her and I don’t know if you know this, but some people call you a fascist.

DONALD TRUMP: Yeah, they do. So I figure it’s alright to call them a communist. Yeah, they call me a lot worse than I call them.

There you go. Then Fridman bragged that he had a lot of friends.

LEX FRIDMAN: I have a lot of friends who are independent, many of whom like your policies, but they are troubled by what happened in the 2020 election and statements about widespread fraud. What can you say to those independent voters to help them decide who to vote for?

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DONALD TRUMP: Right, I think the fraud was on the other side. I think the election was a fraud, and many people felt it was that, and they wanted answers. And when you can’t challenge an election, you have to be able to challenge it.

Now Trump, makes a good point. Just because they don’t let you prove something doesn’t mean it isn’t true. That’s why, until you come to measure my height, I still assert I’m five foot seven. But what about UFOs? Of course, a lot of people are very interested in footage of UFOs.

LEX FRIDMAN: A lot of people are very interested in footage of UFOs. The Pentagon has released a few videos. And, there’s been anecdotal reports from fighter pilots. So a lot of people want to know, will you help push the Pentagon to release more footage, which a lot of people claim is available?

DONALD TRUMP: Oh, yeah. Sure, I would do that. I’d love to do that. I have to do that.

See, now, it’s not clear if Trump really believes UFOs, but he sees it’s an apolitical issue where just being curious is a sure win because we all want to know. For example, are anal probes all they’re cracked up to be? I’m still not convinced, aliens! Prove me wrong. Trump also suggested he’d release Jeffrey Epstein’s entire client list.

LEX FRIDMAN: It’s just very strange for a lot of people that the list of clients that went to the island has not been made public.

DONALD TRUMP: Yeah, it’s very interesting, isn’t it? Probably will be, by the way.

LEX FRIDMAN: So if you’re able to….

DONALD TRUMP: I’d certainly take a look at it.

Maybe, finally, all those famous libs who claim they’ll leave the country if Trump wins, actually will. He also pondered God. I wonder if he thinks our country is missing a lot of religion.

DONALD TRUMP: I think our country is missing a lot of religion. I think it really was a much better place with religion. It was some… It was almost a guide, you know. To a certain extent, it was a guide. You want to be good to people. Without religion, there’s no real… There are no guardrails. I’d love to see us get back to religion, more religion in this country.

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You know he’s right. Praising God sure beats worshiping a golden cow. Now, I had to get out of there somewhere. Lex also asked Trump if he thought much about death. I wonder if that is what it is.

DONALD TRUMP: It is what it is.

Say that to my urologist every month. But you also can’t argue with Trump’s assessment of life.

DONALD TRUMP: And you know, to a certain extent, life is what you do while you’re waiting to die, so you might as well do a good job.

Take that, Aristotle. In your face, Plato. Trump pretty much sums up the meaning of life in his own way. Calm, thoughtful, no political bull—t. A little harsh, maybe. Just a billionaire everyman. The guy that Americans relate to far more than what’s become of the Dems. I mean, look at their candidate, which her party is happy to hide because transparency would only reveal a vast nothingness, a lonely cackle in the wilderness, a career hack that hides her views and led a palace coup against her boss. And yet it’s Trump, the known quantity, who’s the risk. But God forbid you be objective over him because that only helps him.

Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump participates in a Fox News Town Hall with Sean Hannity at the New Holland Arena on September 04, 2024 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

‘MORNING JOE’ HOST: For some reason, the mainstream media have… What are we nine years into Donald Trump’s era in American politics, still doesn’t know how to cover Donald Trump. And their objective and I put that word in quotes. Their objectivity actually is not objective at all. It ends up playing to Donald Trump’s advantage every day because they are so numbed by the hate.

OK, let me translate those anuses. If we play up the threat enough, then we don’t have to be objective. When I tell you being unbiased is wrong, I’m actually being biased when I say it. But that’s OK because being unbiased is wrong. You follow? Neither do I. Meanwhile, they ignore the fact that the guy they claim is an unforeseen danger will talk to anyone who will listen.

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Remember, it was Trump who actually went and talked to the little rocket man who told NATO and China to pay up, who told Mexico to knock it off. This was the Donald Trump who would actually talk to you and not have the media do it for him.

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AFC South breakdown: How will the division shake out in 2024 NFL season?

September 5, 2024 Published by

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With the 2024 NFL regular season around the corner, every team in the league is set to make some tough decisions, cutting down the roster to get 53 men who will start the year with Super Bowl aspirations.

However, with only so many playoff spots to secure, every team will be fighting to come out of their division as winners, or at least earn a wild card spot.

FOX Sports’ Colin Cowherd gave his predictions for how each division will shake out before training camp began. Using those rankings, here is a breakdown of each team in each division, continuing with the AFC South.

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Colin says: “I worried about the Texans pulling back, but they had another really strong draft and free agency period. Stefon Diggs, Joe Mixon. I’ll take them to win.”

The surprise of the NFL last season was the Texans, a team that had a great draft and free agency period, but some believed C.J. Stroud and company would need time before reaching their potential.

Now, they are expected to defend their AFC South crown after going 10-7 last season.

As Cowherd mentioned, Houston doubled down on Stroud’s emergence as one of the best quarterbacks in the league after his rookie season, getting him Mixon in the backfield and Diggs as another elite weapon at wide receiver.

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While many believe the Texans had a great draft, getting two secondary pieces to shore up that area of the depth chart, it is clear the biggest acquisition of the offseason is a vital piece to what the team accomplishes in 2024.

Diggs’ time in Buffalo was elite alongside Josh Allen, but talks of tension in the locker room ultimately led the Bills to move on, and the Texans jumped with the right trade package.

Diggs, alongside Nico Collins and Tank Dell, creates possibly the best receiving corps in the league with one of the game’s young stars. Will this look on the field as it does on paper? Diggs’ ability to work at any level should create a total problem for defenses all season long.

The roster is stacked, including the addition of edge rusher Danielle Hunter to beef up the defensive line. The quarterback has proven himself with his young weapons, and the offensive line is stout.

So, just how far can the Texans go this season? If they do not make the playoffs, it will be a disappointment, but this is the position the franchise wanted to be in again after drafting Stroud and Will Anderson Jr. with the second and third overall picks in last year’s draft.

As long as health is on their side, the Texans are the favorites to win this division, and could very well be a favorite to take the AFC depending on how things shake out.

Colin says: “I think it’s Trevor Lawrence’s best roster yet. Jaguars finish second. They were 9-8 last year and Trevor Lawrence fell apart down the stretch. They’ll rebound.”

Duval County was not happy to see Lawrence and the Jaguars falter in the second half to the point where they did not make the playoffs, but Cowherd’s optimism may give them solace heading into 2024.

The Jaguars do have a star-studded roster even if Calvin Ridley is no longer in the receiving corps. Travis Etienne still holds down the backfield, while deep threat Gabe Davis joins Christian Kirk, and rookie Brian Thomas Jr. is a first-round pick many believe could be Lawrence’s best threat in the pass game in 2024.

Meanwhile, Josh Hines-Allen and Travon Walker see Arik Armstead on their defensive line now, while center Mitch Morse and guard Ezra Cleveland creates better protection for the quarterback Jacksonville paid a whopping $275 million over five years this offseason.

Lawrence has no choice but to pick up his game, which as seen can be elite but needs more consistency, as he is among the highest-paid quarterbacks in the league now.

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Some major players who will contribute this season have already been mentioned, but a sneaky pickup that could pay huge dividends for the Jaguars is Darby, the veteran cornerback who comes from the stingy unit that is the Baltimore Ravens.

In a pass-heavy division, the Jaguars need a solid secondary, which also sports new safety Darnell Savage, who can be the nickelback as well.

Darby has proven he can be a pest for offenses, allowing just 19 catches on 43 balls targeted his way last season over 16 games (seven starts). His workload increases in Jacksonville, and if he can post numbers like that in Duval, then the Jaguars’ defense will be noticeably better.

The Jaguars lost five of their final six games last season, falling out of the division lead to allow the Texans to win it all. In those games, Lawrence threw for an average 62.37% completion rate with nine touchdowns and seven interceptions. He also lost three fumbles, and the bounce fell out of his hands five times.

Simply put, Lawrence needs to show more consistency, which was seen in the five-game win streak earlier in the year with six touchdowns to two interceptions and a 70.89% completion rate.

Of course, football is a team sport, and it is not all on Lawrence. However, when losing happens, and a lot of it, like the second-half crumble, fingers get pointed at the quarterback. The roster talent is there, especially on offense. The Jaguars are a playoff-ready team and the quarterback is the driving force here.

Colin says: “I like the Colts, but I question Anthony Richardson’s playing style and staying healthy.”

The Colts took Richardson fourth overall last year, and there were flashes of exactly what they were thinking with the Florida product. He has a cannon for an arm, appears to be a natural leader on offense and, gosh, he is hard to tackle when he gets going with his legs.

However, to Cowherd’s point, is Richardson’s play style of trying to barrel over defenders while making passes each week the right idea? He suffered a shoulder injury last season that forced him out after just four games. He went 2-2 in those games with a 59.5% completion rate, three passing touchdowns and one interception and four rushing touchdowns.

Will the Colts change things up, or simply hope that Richardson’s rushing reps do not end up with him on the season-ending IR again?

Laiatu Latu was just a tank for a lackluster UCLA Bruins squad in his senior season in 2023, which is why the Colts took him in the first round. He had 13 sacks, 21.5 tackles for loss and two interceptions as a defensive lineman.

The Colts have players like Richardson, Michael Pittman Jr., Jonathan Taylor and others on offense that bode well now and for the future. However, they needed some on the defensive line in what is a solid defensive corps to begin with.

Latu may not start right away, as the Colts also employ Kwity Paye and Tyquan Lewis off the edge. However, fans can bet coordinator Gus Bradley will be swapping him in to give the pass rush another solid player that can wreak havoc on gamedays.

“He’s fine, he’s good to go,” head coach Shane Steichen said earlier this offseason about Richardson and his shoulder entering his second season. However, there have been clips at practice of Richardson throwing balls with his left hand instead of his right, and because it was just four games to go off of, many Colts fans are wondering what is in store for their signal caller in 2024.

It is easy to say success in the NFL hinges on the quarterback, but it is very true for the Colts when that is their biggest question mark on offense. They have the receiving talent, and Taylor is more than a capable running back.

Fans will know early on just how healthy and ready Richarson is to tackle his second year in the league – one he hopes to play all 17 games in.

Colin says: “The Titans, I have questions at quarterback and their offensive line’s worse than Will Levis.”

Tennessee has a new head coach in town in Brian Callahan, and he is going with Levis to lead the way in this new regime, though he does not really have a better option with Mason Rudolph behind him.

Levis showcased an arm for the NFL, but his decision-making skills and ability to consistently lead an offense are still questionable.

Either way, Tennessee GM Ran Carthon beefed up the talent around him and made moves that could see them compete better than what experts project them to be in 2024.

How do you help a young quarterback? You get them elite talent, and that is what Ridley can be alongside DeAndre Hopkins in this offense … if Levis can get him the ball.

Ridley had an interesting time in Jacksonville, as he had over 1,000 yards, but he never truly broke up with Lawrence throwing him the ball. Now, he remains in a division where he could be seeing more targets on a Titans team that could be more pass heavy with coordinator Nick Holz in place.

Ridley’s burst of speed is still there, and he is a red zone threat, just like Hopkins. Levis has two elite options when they are healthy and playing, which is always a good thing.

Carthon did not just bring in offensive weapons – running back Tony Pollard replaced Derrick Henry as well – but he bolstered the defense, which needed some better talent.

Sebastian Joseph-Day is next to Pro Bowler Jeffery Simmons in the defensive interior, linebacker Kenneth Murray Jr. comes over from the Los Angeles Chargers to replace Azeez Al-Shaair, and Chidobe Awuzie is added at cornerback.

Also, L’Jarius Sneed, who shined with the Kansas City Chiefs, will be alongside Awuzie, while Quandre Diggs comes in at free safety.

Lots of new pieces can have trouble gelling quickly, but if Dennard Wilson can get this group together as coordinator, it has the opportunity to be a lethal bunch with turnovers possible on every snap.

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Here’s When You (or Your Kids) Should Actually Take a Sick Day

September 5, 2024 Published by Marygrace Taylor

Well+Good

You wake up with congestion, some fatigue, maybe a headache. You’re not dying, but you obviously aren’t totally fine either. So how do you know when to stay home from work? (Or if this is all happening with your kid, how do you know when to pull them from school?)

It’s worth pointing out that “taking a sick day when necessary is crucial,” says Joel “Gator” Warsh, MD, a board-certified pediatrician and founder of Integrative Pediatrics and Medicine Studio City in Los Angeles. It gives you or your kid time to rest and get better while reducing the spread of germs to others in your community. “Additionally, prioritizing sick days fosters a culture that values self-care and consideration of others’ health, underlining the significance of putting well-being first,” he says.

All sounds great! But of course, there are real-world pressures and expectations to consider (not to mention sick day guilt). So, here’s exactly what you need to know about when to give yourself or your child a break.

When to stay home from work

Earlier this year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released updated recommendations on when to stay home if you’re sick with infections like the cold, flu, RSV, and COVID-19. Now, the go-to move is to just stay home anytime you have symptoms of a possible respiratory virus, including:

Chest discomfort
Chills
Coughing
Decrease in appetite
Diarrhea
Fatigue
Fever
Headache
Muscle or body aches
New loss of taste or smell
Runny or stuffy nose
Sneezing
Sore throat
Vomiting
Weakness
Wheezing

You can go back to work once your symptoms have been improving for 24 hours and you haven’t had a fever, the CDC adds.

If you absolutely need to go to work, “you should stay away from others as much as possible and wash your hands frequently to avoid spreading germs,” says Robert Biernbaum, DO, chief medical officer at WellNow Urgent Care. And definitely draw a hard line at a fever or flu-like symptoms like fatigue, body aches, or chills, he adds. “A fever is the biggest indicator that you have an infection and you need to stay home.”

But honestly? It’s better to not push yourself. “It can be tempting to try to power through when you’re not feeling well, but it’s always important to make sure you’re not putting anyone else at risk, and that you’re giving your body enough time to rest and recover,” Dr. Biernbaum says.

When to call out sick when you work remotely

There can definitely be some murkiness about sick days when you’re WFH, since you don’t have to stress about spreading germs and can basically stay in bed if you need to. That said, your own wellbeing still counts here, so don’t ignore it.

“The most important thing is to listen to your body and not push yourself too hard. If your symptoms are impairing your ability to focus or participate in virtual meetings, or you feel mentally or physically exhausted, that’s an indication that you need to sign off for the day to get some rest and stay hydrated,” Dr. Biernbaum says.

When to keep kids home from school

The list of stay-home symptoms from the CDC applies to kids and adults. Basically, you should give your kid a sick day any time they have any signs of a possible respiratory virus, including:

It’s also a good idea to check with your child’s school to see if they have any specific procedures or guidelines around when and how long to keep kiddos home when they’re not feeling well.

As for when your kid or teen says they’re sick and need to stay home, but you think they might be faking? “Children may exaggerate their symptoms to avoid attending school, however, there are ways to determine if they genuinely need time off: Observe for consistent symptoms,” Dr. Warsh says.

In other words, check to see if their complaints line up with their actions. If they say they have a sore throat or a tummy ache but they’re still eating and playing normally, they’re probably not actually sick.

That’s not to say something isn’t going on. Chances are your kid is feeling anxious or stressed about something, Dr. Warsh says. Take it as your sign to invite them to talk about what might be on their mind and brainstorm other ways to cope besides staying home.

When to go to the doctor

Have a mild cough or cold? You can probably manage at home and be back on your feet within a couple of days. But give your doctor a call if things start to get worse, recommends the Mayo Clinic. Think: A fever over 101°F that doesn’t break after three days, a fever going away and then coming back, shortness of breath, wheezing, or intense headache or sinus pain.

The threshold’s a little different for kids. Call the pediatrician if your child has a fever for more than two days or if they have severe coughing, wheezing or trouble breathing, ear pain, unusual fussiness or fatigue, or no interest in eating. You should also seek immediate medical care for infants 12 weeks and younger who have a fever of 100.4°F or greater, the Mayo Clinic recommends.

Trump touts foreign policy chops at Fox News town hall: ‘I was the toughest on Russia’

September 5, 2024 Published by

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Former President Donald Trump told a Fox News town hall in Pennsylvania on Wednesday night that he was the “toughest” on Russia and that several global conflicts would not have happened under his watch.

“I was the toughest on Russia. Putin would even say, you know, if you’re not the toughest guy, you are, you’re killing us,” Trump told Sean Hannity while discussing his actions opposing the Nord Stream pipeline. “I’d hate to see you if you were really tough.”

“This was the biggest job they’ve ever had and I stopped it.”

Trump continued, “We have things going on in the world right now with Israel and with the Middle East, it’s blowing up. It’s blowing up. We have Ukraine and Russia. That would never happen. That would have never happened. October 7th would have never happened. If I were the president, they would have never happened. And everybody knows it.”

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Trump went on to say that the “whole world” was a safe place during his presidency.

“That was the question they asked Viktor Orban, who is considered a very strong man. They said, ‘he’s a strong man,'” Trump said. “Sometimes you need a strong man. He’s a strong man. He’s the prime minister of Hungary.”

“And he said, you bring back Trump, everybody. Now I’m not saying it, but he said it because I’d rather say respect. But he said everybody was afraid of Trump. You bring him back, you’re not going to have any problems. It’s all going to go away. The world is blowing up.”

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Trump pointed to the various problems going on around the world and said, “We’re heading into World War three territory.”

Recent Fox News polling shows that 4% of voters rank foreign policy as their most important issue heading into the 2024 election.

The polling shows that voters favor Trump by 5 points in terms of who is better positioned to handle foreign policy.

Ukraine can finish this war, if Biden will only untie its hands

September 5, 2024 Published by Jonathan Sweet and Mark Toth, Opinion Contributor

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Shortly after the Russian attack on Kharkiv Monday morning, the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, Bridget Brink, posted on X that “Russia attacked Ukrainian civilians today in Kharkiv with ballistic missiles and aerial glide bombs. Forty-four people were injured, including seven children due to start school tomorrow. The U.S. condemns this and every attack on Ukraine by Russia.”

The attack on Monday involved a mix of 35 missiles and 23 drones, all fired from within Russia — from Bryansk, Voronezh, Kursk, Volgograd, and Belgorod Oblasts.

The previous week, President Biden had provided a statement about a similar Russian attack on Ukrainian civilians. “I condemn, in the strongest possible terms, Russia’s continued war against Ukraine,” Biden said. “Let me be clear: Russia will never succeed in Ukraine, and the spirit of the Ukrainian people will never be broken….The United States will stand with the people of Ukraine until they prevail.”

What Biden and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan seemingly fail to comprehend is that Ukraine will never prevail if it cannot fight back.

“Weaken Russia” and defend are not strategies that will allow Ukraine to prevail — only strategies that afford Russia the initiative and virtually guarantee more days like Aug. 26, Sept. 2 and now Sept. 3, when 41 Ukrainians were killed and another 180 injured in a Russian missile strike on the city of Poltava.

Karel Rehka, chief of the general staff of the Czech Armed Forces, said it best, “If we want Ukrainians to prevail, we have to let them bring the war to the Russian territory.”

Would someone please tell the president? The Ukrainian civilian population has become the bill payer.

Condemnation does not stop the bombing. Neither have the air defense weapons sent to protect Ukrainian citizens. Shooting missiles, glide bombs and drones out of the sky is not the solution — destroying the weapon system and all their associated enablers (crews, radars, ammunition storage facilities, command and control networks) is the solution.

Ukraine needs deeds, not words. This begins with a release of restrictions on Ukraine striking Russian targets that present a clear and imminent threat, regardless of their physical location, with weapons provided by the U.S. and NATO. That means letting the Ukrainians use ATACMS, Storm Shadow, SCALP, F-16 fighter jets and whatever other weapon systems Ukraine deems necessary to strike Russian targets within Russia.

That is the same policy afforded to U.S. Central Command in the Middle East, where they routinely determine the Houthi weapon systems they destroy in Yemen to “present a clear and imminent threat to U.S. and coalition forces, and merchant vessels in the region.”

Biden should also consider the bipartisan proposal presented by Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) to authorize retired pilots from the NATO alliance and the U.S. to be hired by Ukraine to fly their newly acquired F-16 fighter jets, defending Ukrainian skies and providing close air support to ground forces.

There is historical precedent — the American Volunteer Group, also known as the Flying Tigers, were American pilots and ground crews, former members of the U.S. Armed Forces, recruited to fight on contract for the Chinese Air Force against the Japanese. Their service in that capacity was memorialized in a 1942 movie starring John Wayne.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has a plan to win the war, and he is bringing that plan with him to New York when he attends the 79th Session of the United Nations General Assembly this month. The question is whether anyone in the Washington establishment will embrace it.

He is slated to present the plan to President Biden and the two presidential candidates, Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump.

The Biden administration’s persistent need to examine, re-examine and consider Ukrainian requests over the last 31 months has repeatedly given Russia time to react, and now reposition, upwards of “90 percent of the aircraft that conduct glide bomb strikes from Russian airspace away from airfields within range of Storm Shadow and ATACMS missiles,” according to the Institute for the Study of War.

As retired Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges, former commander of U.S. Army-Europe, has stated, “This terrible policy, which actually protects Russian airfields better than it protects Ukrainian civilians, is a manifestation of the fact that we don’t have a clearly defined objective.”

Although the Russians have moved “some targets” out of range, there are at least 250 military and paramilitary targets in Russia that remain within range of the ATACMS missiles provided by the U.S.

Targets beyond the range of ATACMS can be struck by Ukrainian-made weapons. The Palianytsia missile-drone, described by Andrii Kharuk as a lightweight cruise missile, has a range between 300 and 450 miles. It was recently used to strike the Savasleyka military airbase, located nearly 413 miles from the Ukrainian border, destroying a MiG-31K and two Il-76 aircraft.

Former NATO Commander and retired Air Force Gen. Philip Breedlove accurately summarized the situation Biden has created: “This war is going to end exactly how Western policymakers decide it will end. If we keep doing what we’re doing, Ukraine will eventually lose. Because right now….we are purposely not giving Ukraine what they need to win.”

The speed of Biden has been detrimental to Ukraine’s ability to prevail on the battlefield. Biden has one last opportunity, as he often states, to be “on the right side of history.” He must lift restrictions on Ukraine’s use of U.S. and NATO supplied long-range weapons and allow them to strike the list of targets they presented to senior officials in Washington last week.

Col. (Ret.) Jonathan Sweet served 30 years as a military intelligence officer. Mark Toth writes on national security and foreign policy.

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The U.S. Has Been at War in Yemen for 20 Years, but Houthis Can Still Choke the Red Sea

September 5, 2024 Published by Nick Turse

The Intercept

Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels attacked two oil tankers in the Red Sea on Monday with ballistic missiles and a one-way attack drone, according to U.S. Central Command, which characterized the strikes as “reckless acts of terrorism.”

The U.S. responded on Tuesday with an airstrike on a “Houthi missile system” that the U.S. claimed “presented an imminent threat to U.S. and coalition forces, and merchant vessels in the region.”

The Saudi-flagged Amjad and the Panama-flagged Blue Lagoon 1 struck on Monday are just the latest ships to be damaged by the Houthi rebels, who have attacked more than 80 merchant vessels since the war in Gaza began in October 2023, and have said the attacks will continue until Israel’s war on Gaza ends.

The Houthi campaign has led to a 90 percent decline in shipping activity through the Red Sea, according to a report from the Defense Intelligence Agency, and shows little sign of stopping, even though two U.S. aircraft carriers are now deployed in the region.

For more than two decades, the United States has been at war in Yemen. In these years, U.S. leaders have talked endlessly about fostering peace, stability, and prosperity in that Middle Eastern nation. “Ultimately, peace in Yemen serves the interest of all Yemenis, just as it does those of our regional partners,” said U.S. Special Envoy for Yemen Timothy A. Lenderking earlier this year. “The United States stands ready to support.”

Despite the rhetoric, the Yemeni people have suffered immensely — and the central target of U.S. military action in the country, the Houthi rebel group, is exerting more influence on the world stage than ever before.

One of the original battlegrounds in the U.S. war on terror, Yemen is just one of many majority-Muslim nations — from Afghanistan and Iraq to Niger and Somalia — ravaged in the forever wars. More than 940,000 people have died in America’s collection of post-9/11 conflicts due to direct violence, almost 4 million have died indirectly from causes like food insecurity and battered infrastructure, and as many as 60 million people have been displaced, according to Brown University’s Costs of War Project.

Since 2002, the United States has conducted nearly 400 attacks in Yemen, ranging from commando raids and drone assassinations to cruise missile attacks and conventional airstrikes. U.S. drone strikes there repeatedly killed and maimed civilians. Other Yemenis, including women and children, were massacred by Navy SEALs in a ground raid in 2017. In the last week, the U.S. military has repeatedly struck targets there.

For years, the U.S. employed a low-profile proxy force to conduct secret counterterrorism missions in Yemen. America also provided weapons, combat training, and “logistical and intelligence support” for the Saudi Arabia-led coalition’s war in Yemen — launched in support of Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, who was overthrown by the Iran-backed Houthi rebels — from 2015 until 2021.

A recent investigation by The Intercept revealed that the kingdom of Saudi Arabia has repeatedly stiffed the Defense Department on a bill for support of that Saudi war that killed hundreds of thousands of Yemenis and sparked a humanitarian catastrophe. For months — up to and since publication — the Pentagon has ducked The Intercept’s requests for comment on the unpaid bill.

Despite the unpaid debt of $15 million — the remaining balance of a $300 million bill for aerial refueling missions which the Pentagon has repeatedly attempted to collect — the Biden administration recently lifted its ban on selling offensive weapons to Saudi Arabia, authorizing an initial shipment of air-to-ground munitions to the kingdom. The restriction did not apply to sales of so-called defensive arms and military services. Those sales have amounted to almost $10 billion over the past four years.

“For decades the United States has supported and partnered with autocrats in the region, arguing that these security relationships and assistance would lead to regional security and stability,” said Seth Binder of the Washington-based Middle East Democracy Center. “Instead, as we’ve seen in Yemen, it has too often brought conflict and immense suffering.” While Binder stressed that the U.S. does not bear most of the blame for the toll suffered by Yemenis, he said “it is undeniable that its policies have had a significant and destabilizing effect.”

The long-running humanitarian crisis in Yemen, despite a cessation in the conflict between the Houthis and Saudi Arabia, is growing worse. Yemen now finds itself on the edge of socioeconomic collapse, its health care system barely functions, and it’s beset by climate shocks and outbreaks of preventable diseases. The Fund for Peace ranks Yemen sixth out of 179 nations on its Fragile States Index, second only to Syria in the Middle East.

At least 17 million Yemenis are now food insecure, including 3.5 million who are acutely malnourished. Around 4.5 million are internally displaced, many of whom have suffered multiple displacements over several years. More than 18 million people, over half of Yemen’s population, require humanitarian assistance.

Fears of a wider regional conflict, stemming from the Gaza war, threaten to worsen an already catastrophic situation. “The regional dimension of the conflict in Yemen is getting more and more pronounced,” Hans Grundberg, U.N. special envoy for that country, advised the U.N. Security Council in July. “I reiterate my warning to the Council that we risk a return to full-scale war and all the predictable human suffering and regional implications this entails.”

Since November 2023, the Houthis have attacked U.S. military forces in the Middle East, including ships and aircraft, as well as commercial shipping in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden in reaction to the U.S.-supported Israeli war in Gaza. In response, the U.S. has carried out many strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen, reportedly killing civilians.

Israel and the Houthis have also engaged in tit-for-tat attacks, further widening the Gaza war. Israel is already fighting Hamas on its southern front in Gaza and is regularly trading fire with Hezbollah, another Iran-backed militia, in Lebanon to the north.

After a Houthi one-way drone hit Tel Aviv in late July, the Israeli military attacked Yemen — with U.S.-made F-15 and F-35 fighter jets — hitting the Red Sea port city of Hudaydah and reportedly killing three people and injuring 87. A local official said the attack — the first ever by Israel in Yemen — caused at least $20 million in damage to a port that serves as a key entry point for food, fuel, and aid to already impoverished northern Yemen.

“Yemenis have suffered from war and conflict for far too long,” Binder told The Intercept. “Moments of optimism and hope have often been short lived and sadly, the Houthi response to the Gaza war again risks putting Yemenis through more violence and suffering.”

The post The U.S. Has Been at War in Yemen for 20 Years, but Houthis Can Still Choke the Red Sea appeared first on The Intercept.

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There’s a big disconnect between beef eaters and pollution

September 5, 2024 Published by Futurity (National Geo)

People eating beef are less likely to live near the industry’s pollution, researchers report.

Anyone who’s researched ways to lower their environmental impact has likely heard they should eat less meat, particularly beef.

Even at scale, cows are an inefficient way to feed people—it takes nearly four tons of water to recoup one ton of beef, and many farming practices emit greenhouse gasses and pollutants.

University of Pittsburgh researchers are the first to trace one of those pollutants, nitrogen, along the US beef supply chain at the county level.

They found high spatial disconnect between where people eat beef and where nitrogen’s impacts are felt.

Previous research looked at production-based impacts, says Vikas Khanna, professor of civil and environmental engineering in the Swanson School of Engineering.

“They’ve asked, ‘what does it take to produce a certain quantity of beef?’ And they tend to report average environmental impacts,” such as how much water, greenhouse gasses, or other pollutants result over the entire process.

In a paper in the journal Environmental Science and Technology, Khanna and PhD student Anaís Ostroski map the impacts of nitrogen county by county, providing the clearest picture yet of which areas face some of the environmental effects of cattle farming. Khanna and Ostroski are joined by Oleg Prokopyev, a former professor of industrial engineering at Pitt now at the University of Zurich.

“It is essential to measure nitrogen losses and understand where they happen due to the cascading effects on the environment,” says Ostroski, the paper’s lead author.

“A single molecule of reactive nitrogen can cause multiple adverse effects until it is converted back to stable atmospheric nitrogen. Food supply chains have grown increasingly complex; we found that when beef is consumed in a given county, it is associated with nitrogen losses in more than 200 counties on average.”

Our atmosphere is 79% nitrogen, but atmospheric nitrogen has strong bonds and doesn’t react with other substances. The nitrogen used for fertilizer, however, is reactive. As it accumulates it can create surface-level ozone, which can lead to respiratory problems. When rain washes nitrogen fertilizers from croplands into waterways, it can spark runaway algae growth, which takes oxygen from the water, suffocating fish and other marine life.

In 2017, beef consumption was responsible for about 1,330 gigagrams of nitrogen released into the environment—that’s enough to fertilize about 19.5 million acres, or 20% of all the corn grown in the United States.

The new research shows people living along the East Coast and in large swaths of California, Nevada and Arizona are more than 600 miles away from the nitrogen that entered the environment in service of their burger.

The pollution happens in a few different ways along the supply chain. Cows are fed food that is grown using nitrogen fertilizers. Much of that is leached away by rainwater, tainting nearby land and water supplies.

Beef cattle are kept in processing facilities where nitrogen is released in wastewater. Here, Khanna sees an opportunity to minimize nitrogen pollution by implementing a circular economy model where valuable nutrients like nitrogen and phosphorus are recovered from the wastewater.

“Recouping nutrients from animal wastewaters would be a win-win solution,” he says. Nitrogen would be kept out of the ecosystem, and farmers could reuse the nitrogen as fertilizer while also reusing the treated water for irrigation.

While it’s important to look at technological solutions to reduce the impact of cattle farming on the environment, Khanna has words of caution about technological exuberance, “Let’s not just look at the trees and miss the forest. It is important to look at potential solutions from a holistic perspective to make sure we are not solving one problem at the expense of others.”

Funding for this research came from the National Science Foundation.

Source: University of Pittsburgh

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JESSE WATTERS: Russian collusion is back

September 5, 2024 Published by Fox News

Fox News host Jesse Watters discusses how the Biden administration is trying to push another Russian election interference story Wednesday on “Jesse Watters Primetime.”

US LAUGHS OFF REPORTS OF PUTIN EYEING ALASKA AS RUSSIA’S ‘FORMER REAL ESTATE’: ‘NOT GETTING IT BACK’

JESSE WATTERS: What would you say if I told you Russia collusion is back? You’d say, Jesse, Democrats are stupid, but they’re not that stupid. No one would believe it. Well, you’d be wrong because it’s back.

They’re doing it again, and they’re using the same guys they always use.

That guy there was Ken Dilanian, who, if he’s not a CIA agent, he’s a CIA puppet. Every deep state hoax, agent Dilanian has got the scoop. Sources told him there was Russia collusion in ’16.

The laptop was fake, and COVID definitely didn’t leak from the lab. Ken Dilanian was busted sending the CIA drafts of stories before he published them. One draft he sent to the CIA had the subject line, “Does this look better?” The L.A. Times had to disown Dilanian after he was outed as a CIA collaborator.

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The United States government has interfered in nearly every country’s elections. The CIA used to buy off entire political parties in Italy and Japan, literally handing out cash as suitcases of cash to politicians, and has staged violent coups in Iran, Guatemala, Vietnam, Indonesia, countless countries and pumped out American propaganda throughout Europe and Asia for decades. And we’re now in an all-hands-on-deck situation because of a few Russian websites.

This article was written by Fox News staff.

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Fun Facts: Cluttered house? A typical home has 300,000 things

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From furniture to toiletries, a typical home holds 300,000 items, according to statistics cited by professional organizer Regina Lark. Test your knowledge here with these fun facts!

Georgia high school suspect flagged to FBI a year ago and more top headlines

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