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Effectively allows -- blocks abortion in texas. other states, already eight other states had tried to pass a similar law. theyre going to copy this. theyre going to maybe try to do the same thing which would effectively then ban many more abortions so that when the supreme court comes to have oral arguments for this big case and you have some of the conservative justices who dont think that the courts should step in, that this should play out in the states, well, the playing field by next june c...

Would be responsible if we did not act immediately to just double down and make sure that we were being as anticipatory as possible, but this was to believe there are credible threats, in fact, was to believe there are credible threats, infact, i was to believe there are credible threats, in fact, i would say specific credible threats, and we want to make sure we are prepared for those. and i dont think, and im sure you can understand, that just by virtue of the fact that we may be taking other ...

Adolf hitler dismembering czechoslovakia without the checks allowed to be present. that destroyed the confidence in the room of the afghan government must have had a devastating impact on the afghan military.— had a devastating impact on the afghan military. had a devastating impact on the afj han milita . ., .,, ., afghan military. there are those who sa the afghan military. there are those who say the british _ afghan military. there are those who say the british and _ afghan military. there...

Because this attack was able to be perpetrated and we did suffer as well as our afghan friends, suffer casualties. were going to do the forensics on this, barb, and clearly try to figure out what went wrong. because clearly something went wrong. but it would be irresponsible if we didnt act immediately to just to double down and make sure that we were -- that we were being as anticipatory as possible because we still believe there are credible threats. in fact, i would say specific credible thre...

0 much but if it is significantly pushed back and what are you seeing in terms of flow to abbey gate. is it less people being allowed in or still a rush of people? which could lead to some -- what are you seeing today? >> so, what i can report as my discussion with the commanders there on the the ground is that multiple activities have taken place to increase the force protection specifically in communication with the taliban of how they are executing their check point operations and communicati...

Leaves behind the u.s. military leaves before all of the special immigrant visa applicants can get out, which seems likely. what repercussions will there be, if any? >> i mean, i dont think, again, just looking through domestic political calculation here, jake. i dont think there will be many domestic political repercussions for that, assuming he gets a whole bunch of those afghans, those siv applicants out that helped the u.s. in this 20-year effort or as many as possible. and you can see in th...

With tiktok in mind, chris, to what extent has it been the year of tiktok 2021? because it seems to have come out of nowhere. it has. nobody can be a beneficiary. of the pandemic, i dont think, julian, but tiktok has been someone that survived - a little bit better. in march 2021 alone, . we spent as much time on the app as we did _ from the stone age until today, so that gives us an idea just how much we are addicted i to all those creators. thats quite a statistic. kya, you create a weekly new...

I think the really important thing to remember about social media is often, were going there to see... you know, unpolished is better, almost. were looking for things that are relatable and almost, kind of, more attainable than the typical celebrity, and i think thats the secret. chris stokel—walker has written books about youtube and now tiktok as well. with tiktok in mind, chris, to what extent has it been the year of tiktok 2021? because it seems to have come out of nowhere. it has. nobody ...

Thats what were fighting. the group is almost irrelevant. so an hour later after he said that, the pentagon had to clean it up. >> we know that al qaeda is a presence, as well as isis in afghanistan. what -- what we dont think is that -- what we believe is that there isnt a -- a presence that is significant enough to -- to -- to merit a threat to our homeland as there was back on 9/11, 20 years ago. >> and he is right. john kirbys solid guy. he knows what he is talking about. straight shooter. b...

If hed waited and maybe, you know, done a more drawn—out withdrawal, waited at least until the autumn or the winter, then we would not have been in the taliban fighting season. were now at the height of the taliban fighting season. in the autumn and the winter they far less potent. they tend to, you know, be a great deal less active, and therefore we would not have seen, i dont think, the real descent into chaos we have seen now and the speed of the fall of the afghan government. and then i th...