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Todd Herman Show Notes: 8.18.2021

Aug 18, 2021, 6:10 AM | Updated: 8:49 am

DOWNLOAD: Todd Herman’s COVID Truth Resources

LISTEN TO HOUR 1:

WATCH: Psaki Can’t Offer Any Guarantee That All Americans Will Be Evacuated From Afghanistan

WATCH: NSA Sullivan Claims Biden Admin. Did Plan for ‘All Contingencies’

WATCH: Pentagon Spox John Kirby: Biden Admin. Doesn’t Know the Number of Americans in Afghanistan

WATCH: Pentagon Spox John Kirby: No Plan to Get Americans to Airport

WATCH: Rep. Mark Green: Biden Failed to Understand the Capability of Taliban

READ: Libertarians Were Wrong about Marijuana Legalization

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WATCH: Dr. Marc Siegel: ‘Bullying and Shaming’ People into Getting Vaccinated Won’t Work with the Black Community

WATCH: “Chris Sky, one year ago – predicting exactly what was going to happen, which is happening now

WATCH: National Education Association President: Masking Is Not About a Right, It’s About a Responsibility

WATCH: Twitter Offers Word Salad to Explain Why It Won’t Ban Taliban Spokesman

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LISTEN TO HOUR 2:

WATCH: Joe Biden discusses President Donald Trump’s foreign policy

WATCH: The Taliban’s Message to President Biden – March 5th, 2021

READ: Sources: US to recommend COVID vaccine boosters at 8 months

WATCH:  Officials: Delta causing COVID-19 cases in Washington to ‘spread like wildfire’

READ: What Is the True Vaccine Breakthrough Rate? The CDC Doesn’t Want You to Know

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READ: Frank Blethen’s Battle To Save The Seattle Times (and Local Journalism)

WATCH: What Happens If Biden Loses Chuck Todd? President Forfeited ‘Competency’ Card

 

FLASHBACK: The Trial of Tony Fauci

Part 2

JUST A FEW MORE THINGS:

THING 1  CNN on ‘Unprecedented Crisis’: ‘July Was the Busiest Month for Illegal Border Crossings in 21 Years’

THING 2 MSNBC Guest: Growth of Latino Population Is ‘Tremendous Political Power’

THING 3  CNN: 3,000 U.S. Troops Headed to Afghanistan as Country Begins To Collapse

THING 4 CNN’s Acosta Dings Biden Admin on Taliban Resurgence: ‘Won’t Admit’ They Were Caught by Surprise, ‘But They Were’

THING 5 MSNBC: W.H. Says Biden Has No Regrets About Afghanistan Withdrawal

LISTEN TO HOUR 3:

WATCH: Nato summit: Donald Trump says we would be in World War Three if he was not US President

WATCH: National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan: “Certainly A Fair Amount” Of US Weapons Have Fallen Into The Hands Of The Taliban

WATCH: Australia Police Pepper Spray Children for Not Wearing Masks

WATCH: Jayapal: People Won’t Get Infrastructure Jobs Without Free Community College and Trade School

 

 

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Todd Herman Show Notes: 8.18.2021