♦️Biden stated that the United States is not going to recognize the power of the Taliban in Afghanistan in the short term.

♦️Hawaii will require vaccine passports in restaurants, bars and gyms.

♦️House Representative Ronnie Jackson accused the Biden administration of lying about helping Americans evacuate Afghanistan, saying he was "sick of the lies."

♦️U.S. Congressman Darrell Issa: "At least 500 Americans are stuck in Afghanistan.

♦️Biden laughs and takes selfies outside while the Taliban holds up planes full of Americans and won't let them out of the country.

♦️U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland released a statement about Texas' new abortion law. The "heartbeat" law would effectively outlaw abortion in the state after six weeks and give any citizen, including those outside Texas, the right to sue anyone who "aids and abets" an abortion after six weeks. "We will not tolerate violence against those who wish to obtain or provide reproductive health services," Garland said in a statement.

♦️"Vacation is more important to him than the lives of American citizens" - Tennessee Congressman Harshbarger calls for Joe Biden's impeachment.

♦️Democrat Senator Blumenthal blames the Biden administration for abandoning Americans in Afghanistan: "I am furious at the delays and inaction of our government."

♦️Arizona Secretary of State Kathy Hobbs is mired in lies: the EZAZ Civic Action Group found 170 problems with her leadership on the election.

♦️The European Commission has threatened the governors of Poland's five provinces to block 126 million euros, COVID-19 pandemic relief funds, because of the infringement of LGBT rights.

♦️Mexican troops dispersed a migrant caravan headed for the U.S. border.

♦️Rudy Giuliani: Biden should be held accountable for arming the enemy with billions of American weapons.

♦️American entrepreneur Jeff Bezos and Russian-Israeli venture capitalist Yuri Milner invested in Altos Labs, a startup developing life-extension technology.

♦️Texas Governor Greg Abbott will sign an election integrity bill today.

♦️WHO is going to suspend almost all of its medical facilities in Afghanistan. Western sponsors cannot cooperate with the new Afghan government because it is against their rules.

♦️Indian media circulated a video of airstrikes in the Panjshir Valley of Afghanistan, claiming that the strike had been carried out by the Pakistani Air Force. In fact, however, the footage shown was taken from a video game called Arma-3.

♦️The Turkish government fined WhatsApp $235,000 for insufficient protection of user data.

♦️Israel is launching airstrikes on Gaza.

♦️The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) has lifted restrictions on attendance at away European cup games and national team matches, imposed earlier amid a coronavirus pandemic.

♦️The German economy minister Altmaier was taken to the hospital due to a "medical emergency.

♦️The United Nations (UN) has warned that a serious humanitarian crisis is brewing in northern Ethiopia: 5.2 million people, or 90 percent of the population, are in urgent need of humanitarian aid. This includes 400,000 people who are already facing starvation.

♦️There was a 6.5 magnitude earthquake in Canada.

♦️Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and his allies may be preparing for a military coup in Brazil (The Guardian)