“This is a fund specifically dedicated to the education and upbringing of Marine Rylee McCollum's child who is expected for September. His sacrifice at HKIA to protect the lives of those who cannot themselves will not be forgotten.”
gofundme.com/f/rylee-mccoll…

“Max Soviak was killed in the Kabul airport attack in Afghanistan. His family is going thru much turmoil & grief so we wanted to start a fund in honor of Max & his family, to help w/ everything financial so they can focus on their family during this time.”
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“Kareem is my nephew. He was & always will be our hero. He was a light in our family. Funny charming driven talented & dedicated to being a Marine. This was my sister’s worst fear & it has come to life. As you can imagine, the pain for them is unbearable.”
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27 Aug

"A local man serving in Afghanistan died Thursday... A notice fwd'ed to the Sandusky Register from the school district states: 'Max Soviak, a 2017 Edison grad, was killed in Afghanistan from the attack at the Kabul airport.' Soviak was a U.S. Navy medic."
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“A Marine from Wyoming was among the troops killed Thursday in a suicide bomb attack... Rylee McCollum had been sent to Afghanistan on his first deployment when the American evacuation began... Rylee's older sister said he was expecting a baby in 3 weeks.”
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"The City of Rio Bravo is mourning the loss of a local hero. A Laredo Marine is one of the 13 U.S Service members killed in the attack at the Kabul Airport in Afghanistan. One of the victims in the attack was U.S. Marine David Lee Espinoza, 20."
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22 Aug

https://twitter.com/trevorjtweets/status/1429463415655907334

if you care about the bowls, the only two options are not to keep the door closed forever or swing it open & let them crash - you could remove a pane of glass, for instance, and pull the bowls out carefully that way. a great example of a difficult (but def not impossible!) task.

https://twitter.com/trevorjtweets/status/1429463415655907334

https://twitter.com/trevorjtweets/status/1429540987886612480?s=20

don't give up Bagram. don't get blindsided by Taliban. remove Americans & embassy workers & Afghan allies before Kabul falls, not after, & keep U.S. troops there til it's done. bomb Taliban if it moves on Kabul. or just open the door & let the bowls crash.

https://twitter.com/trevorjtweets/status/1429540987886612480?s=20

https://twitter.com/trevorjtweets/status/1429553862147547147?s=20

imagine thinking "don't get blindsided by the Taliban" is too much to ask of the most advanced & most expensive military & intelligence apparatus in the world.

https://twitter.com/trevorjtweets/status/1429553862147547147?s=20

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22 Aug

Blinken to Wallace: "We’re in direct contact with Americans and others to help guide them to the airport, right place, right time, to get in more safely and effectively."

Blinken to Wallace about Biden's lie that al-Qaeda is "gone" from Afghanistan: "Are there al-Qaeda members & remnants in Afghanistan? Yes. But what the President was referring to was its capacity to do what it did on 9/11. And that capacity has been very successfully diminished."

Wallace: "Mr. Secretary, does the President not know what’s going on?"

Blinken: "This is an incredibly emotional time for many of us, & including allies & partners who have been shoulder-to-shoulder with us in Afghanistan for 20 yrs at high cost to themselves as well as to us."

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