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AFGHANISTAN CONTINUES TO DOMINATE THE NEWS, WHAT TO DO WITH MIGRANTS RELEASED FROM JAIL? SABBY SABS & FIORELLA GET TOGETHER! TWITTER ASKING EVERYONE TO FLAG "MISINFORMATION"?

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Top Headlines:

• 🏖️  The media's systemic failure on Afghanistan: Judd Legum, Popular Information

  IndependentLeft.news @IndLeftNews

  The media's systemic failure on Afghanistan

  

  popular.infoThe media’s systemic failure on AfghanistanAfter two decades of war, President Biden finally made the decision to fully withdraw U.S. forces from Afghanistan. It did not go as planned. The Afghan government and security forces, which the United States spent two decades building up, evaporated in days. The Taliban, the Islamist group which ha…

• 🏖️  US Senator’s tweet over Taiwan provokes Chinese threats of war: Peter Symonds, WSWS

  World Socialist Web Site @WSWS_Updates

  Just days after the fall of Kabul, the danger of an even more disastrous conflict between the US and China over Taiwan has erupted into the media.

  

  wsws.orgUS Senator’s tweet over Taiwan provokes Chinese threats of warThe US debacle in Afghanistan has brought forth panicked calls in Washington for the US to shore up its prestige internationally by aggressively backing its allies and confronting its rivals—chiefly China.

• 🏖️  An 18-year-old Venezuelan was among the first set free from Texas’ new jail for migrants. No one knew what to do with him.: Jolie McCullough, The Texas Tribune

  Texas Tribune @TexasTribune

  One Venezuelan migrant's 24 days in prison and the ensuing dysfunction after his release confirm some immigrant rights advocates' fears about what can go wrong when Texas wades into federal immigration practices.

  

  bit.lyAn 18-year-old Venezuelan was among the first set free from Texas’ new jail for migrants. No one knew what to do with him.After more than three weeks in jail, a trespassing charge against the man was dropped because state troopers shouldn’t have arrested him under Gov. Greg Abbott’s border security push. He wound up in bureaucratic limbo for days as federal agenci...

• 🏖️  A Hell Of Our Own Making: Edward Snowden

  Edward Snowden @Snowden

  Some will say, "They didn't fight! They get what they deserve!" To which I say, "And what do we deserve?"

  

  edwardsnowden.substack.comA Hell Of Our Own MakingReflections on the road to Kabul

• 🏖️  Freedom of Speech According to the Gospel of Koch: Mark Ashwill, CounterPunch

Top Videos:

• 🏖️  INTERVIEW w/FIORELLA ISABEL: Sabby Sabs (1:09:45)

• 🏖️  Afeni and Compton Jay of FHL challenge Jen Perelman on her show and get their streams cut!: Rob Buechner (8:40)

• 🏖️  "Not My Fault" Says Biden & Kamala On Afghanistan w/ Ron Placone: The Jimmy Dore Show (14:54)

• 🏖️  The Taliban Is The New Afghan Government | Updates On Afghanistan: Unapologetic (12:38)

• 🏖️  Twitter Says Censor Tweets & Articles Through New Feature: Kit Cabello, Hard Lens Media (11:23)

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