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Governor Dunleavy Joins Suit to Defend National Guard Members’ Medical Freedom
Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy has joined Texas in federal court to stop the federal government from requiring National Guard members to obtain COVID-19 vaccines as a condition of their service to the state of Alaska and its people.
Governor Dunleavy and Texas Governor Greg Abbott are plaintiffs in the case against President Biden and Department of Defense officials. The governors contend the unconstitutional vaccine mandate usurps state sovereignty and illegally undermines their authorities as commanders of state National Guard units. READ MORE
As Hunger Spreads in Afghanistan, Hospitals Fill With Premature, Dying Babies
Her son died immediately after birth. Her daughter, born premature and weighing 700 grams, equivalent to 1½ pounds, was put into an incubator at the provincial hospital in Maidan Shahr. Breathing seemed to take all her strength, jerking her little body with each gasp. Two days later, she was gone, too.
Palwasha’s husband, Wali Muhammad, was burying their son when he got the call. The hospital wrapped the girl’s body in a checked cloth, a miniature bundle, for the parents to take away. READ MORE
NATO Back In Its Comfort Zone After the Chaos of Afghanistan
NATO is right back in its element. As tensions mount with Russia, the world’s biggest military organization is focused on security: defending the territory of its 30 member countries. That involves deterring any attempt to destabilize countries on its eastern flank like Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland.
Members of the U.S.-led alliance have diverse interests in their dealings with Russia, and in their dealings with the current focus of President Vladimir Putin’s ire — Ukraine. But NATO is not riven by business, political and energy concerns in the same way the European Union is. It does not do sanctions. READ MORE
