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3 Tunisian parties, including Ennahda, face legal probe over foreign funding
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 4: Opinion
The Immortality of the Soul (Aquinas 101), a short video	2 14:16 trailing wife [11144]
We've Discovered the Real Reason the CDC Is Requiring All Kids Wear Masks in Schools	7 15:26 Dron66046 [11157]
It can't happen here? It is happening here!	5 11:35 Skidmark [11148]
Blinken meets WHO director-general to push investigation in coronavirus origins	5 16:40 Airandee [11165]
Resurgent Terror	4 13:28 magpie [11152]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Mozambique jihadist insurgency: Rwandan troops kill 30 jihadists near Palma	1 14:34 trailing wife [11157]
Good Morning	7 08:07 Procopius2k [11153]
U.S. Court Upholds Conviction of Alleged Hizbullah Agent	1 11:24 NN2N1 [11158]
Turkey Detains 208 Afghan Migrants En Route to Italy	0 [11166]
Fighting Reported in 20 Provinces in Past 24 Hours	0 [11165]
Taliban lynch local comedian in Kandahar province	4 13:37 Chearong Hapsburg6040 [11159]
PMF thwarts an ISIS infiltration attempt in Khanaqin	0 [11159]
Azerbaijan attacked Armenian positions in Gegharkunik this morning	0 [11158]
Syrian air defense uses Pantsyr-S to down militants' drone	0 [11159]
Anti-ISIS operation kicks off in Kirkuk	0 [11171]
Germany charges Syrian doctor with crimes against humanity	2 08:53 JohnQC [11170]
US sanctions Syrian militia accused of killing Kurdish politician	0 [11188]
Kurdish, Iraqi forces arrest over a dozen ISIS suspects	0 [11170]
Tampa, Fla. man sentenced to five years in prison for burning down a sports store during BLM race rioting last year	3 08:47 JohnQC [11143]
Antifa brawl and get beat up at a “We Are Israel” event in El Cajon, Calif.	10 22:47 trailing wife [11164]
Protests continue as a water shortage plagues the country. Iran	2 18:03 Lord Garth [11158]
Members of Ain Zara Municipal Council Kidnapped	0 [11149]
Man Killed after Throwing Grenade at Security Patrol in Sibrata	0 [11167]
Inmates Escape During Prison Attack in Libya’s Bani Walid	0 [11171]
Iran jihadis groups and regime forces evacuated their checkpoints on the roads in Eastern Horan, after threats by FSA to attack, in support of Daraa al-Balad	0 [11183]
SAA 4th Division deployed to Daraa as clashes and violence spreads	0 [11176]
Hizb militant arrested in south Kashmir's Pampore	0 [11190]
Page 2: WoT Background
‘Our lives are in danger': Afghans queue up to get passports	3 22:42 trailing wife [11157]
Feds exempting some illegal migrants from normal ID requirements on flights	2 12:09 Chris [11146]
Jailed Muslim cleric and wife released from Nigerian prison	0 [11162]
Fighting alongside Taliban, how Pak’s Lashkar is adding to woes of Afghansitan	0 [11152]
Tunisia in Political Turmoil as President Dismisses More Officials	0 [11149]
3 Tunisian parties, including Ennahda, face legal probe over electoral foreign funding: Official	0 [11184]
Pakistan Reopens Spin Boldak Crossing Held by Taliban	0 [11164]
Taliban’s delegation visiting China	0 [11161]
Kaka Hama: Iraq will replicate Afghanistan's scenario after the U.S. departure	0 [11142]
Russian, Tajik, Uzbek troops to practice fighting terrorists in drills near Afghan border	0 [11149]
Yazidis register to claim government compensation for missing, dead relatives	0 [11148]
The West and the US are “unjust and malicious” in their negotiations, Iran's supreme leader said in a meeting with outgoing President Hassan Rouhani	2 14:08 Skidmark [11153]
Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq leader Qais al-Khazali derides reported news of a U.S. troop withdrawal in Iraq	0 [11154]
IRGC Qods Comdr. Qaani has told top Iraqi officials that Iran wants to evaluate the outcome of Iraq-US strategic dialogues ‘positively’	0 [11162]
Hyde Park no longer safe for Christians	1 08:57 JohnQC [11170]
Texas Governor Greg Abbott authorizes his national guard troops to start ARRESTING migrants at the border on state charges - while city says border agents are releasing infected migrants to hotels when they are captured by cops	8 19:29 KBK [11169]
Page 3: Non-WoT
First in world, Israel agrees to give seniors 60+ third COVID jab	2 18:24 Spoter B [11159]
Fauci's Agency Dumped Millions Into Chinese Entities To Study Infectious Diseases Since 2012, Federal Data Shows	3 17:58 Raj [11153]
Beijing calls for calm after historic tech stock rout	2 12:22 Mullah Richard [11140]
Dusty Hill has passed away in his sleep at home in Houston, TX	0 [11140]
Ron Popeil, creator of the infomercial and dozens of products including Pocket Fisherman and Hair in a Can, dies aged 86	0 [11150]
Murders in Minnesota jumped 58 PERCENT last year to an all-time record amid demands to 'defund the police' after George Floyd's death	1 12:28 NoMoreBS [11150]
Washington, DC mayor announces plan to hire 170 additional police officers amid crime spike	5 16:12 Mike Kozlowski [11162]
Rep. Timothy Ramthun Discusses Proposed Wisconsin Forensic Audit with The Gateway Pundit (VIDEO)	2 18:27 Too Old To Work [11166]
South Texas Police Department Issues Public Health Announcement After COVID-Stricken Migrants Seen ‘Coughing, Sneezing' At Whataburger	2 11:49 Skidmark [11173]
Seattle mayor begs for more cops after six weekend shootings, 250 officers gone in 17 months	10 15:38 Dron66046 [11166]
Graduate gender studies student expressed desire to slash throats of cis women	14 22:39 trailing wife [11173]
Indian teenager beaten to death, hanged for wearing jeans	11 19:27 trailing wife [11160]
Migrant child coronavirus outbreak: Whistleblowers say they were told to downplay infections at Fort Bliss	0 [11153]
Atlanta woman, dog found stabbed to death in park, $10G reward being offered	12 15:07 Dron66046 [11172]
Remington: US gunmaker offers $33m to Sandy Hook shooting victims	7 12:47 Omaviger Shavick6547 [11170]
'Armed robber' is beaten up with a sex toy: Cashier grabs 18-inch 'weapon' and bashes knife-wielding 'thief' at Russian sex shop	6 17:03 ed in texas [11163]
China spotted building second new nuclear missile base after silo complex uncovered in latest sign of 'significant arsenal expansion'	3 14:50 Mike Kozlowski [11160]
Iran keeps setting new maxima for Covid infections	0 [11152]
Five high-ranking Cuban generals dead in 10 days	7 12:36 NoMoreBS [11156]
Just a Reminder, Everyone...	14 15:05 trailing wife [11150]
Page 6: Politix
Oh My, Something About That New York Times Journalist Who Recently Called Trump Supporters ‘Enemies of The State’	6 20:25 Crusader [11179]
Biden raises eyebrows with claim he 'used to drive' 18-wheeler truck	7 19:33 CrazyFool [11168]
'There's a new sheriff in town': Biden vows to crack down on federal agencies that don't 'Buy American' - before confusing Trump and Obama in 'Freudian slip' and mingling with a maskless crowd	5 22:40 trailing wife [11160]
Here comes the bipartisan Senate infrastructure bill that Trump warned about…	4 09:13 Skidmark [11144]
Kyrsten Sinema blocks Democrats' plan to spend $3.5 trillion on infrastructure, setting up major cuts	0 [11152]
Democrat state lawmaker won't seek re-election after using anti-Asian slur	2 14:58 trailing wife [11146]
DOJ won't back GOP rep's defense in Capitol riot suit from Swalwell	1 11:06 Matt [11151]
New York Times reporter deletes tweet calling Trump supporters 'enemies of the state'	5 12:35 Abu Uluque [11154]
Jake Ellzey Defeats Susan Wright In Runoff Special Election For Texas' 6th Congressional District Seat	3 08:36 magpie [11150]
Newsom yanks his children from summer camp after maskless photos appear on social media	4 16:13 Warthog [11164]
‘Obsession with Defending Criminals': HIV Transmission Decriminalized in Illinois	4 11:13 Cesare [11162]
Ted Cruz tears into Biden intel officials for having no answer and sitting silently instead of sanctioning China for state-sponsored cyberattack on 30,000 Microsoft Exchange servers	6 13:21 Dron66046 [11157]

-Great Cultural Revolution

We've Discovered the Real Reason the CDC Is Requiring All Kids Wear Masks in Schools

BLUF:
[Katie Pavich - Townhall] So, why the mask mandate for children? Look no further than the teachers unions, who have been lobbying the CDC to issue mask guidelines for students. In May, when the CDC repealed mask guidelines for the vaccinated, which they reversed this week, the country's largest teacher's unions insisted kids still wear them.