A woman went viral on <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tiktok">TikTok</a> after posting a 50-part series documenting the downfall of her marriage. 
The entire saga is broken down into ten-minute segments, which social media users said they’re binge-watching like a TV show. The TikTok user, Reesa Teesa, racked up more than 122 million views on the “Who TF Did I Marry?” <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@reesamteesa?lang=en">series</a>. Each video clip has over one million views.
Reesa Teesa began the series by explaining how she met her ex-husband on a dating app. She identifies the man only as “Legion,” referring to a man possessed by demons in the Bible. Teesa explains how she got close to Legion during the COVID pandemic, leading to them moving in together and her becoming pregnant (though she said she later had a miscarriage). But after some time, Teesa said she began exposing many of her ex-husband’s lies.
Teesa said she posted the 50-part series so viewers could listen to her experience “like an audiobook,” per a report from <a href="https://time.com/6696963/who-tf-did-i-marry-tiktok-series/">Time</a>. 
“You can listen to all the times I made bad decisions, you can clearly listen to the good, the bad, the ugly, the embarrassing,” she said in a video posted Wednesday. “But most importantly, the redemption and the forgiveness that I am trying and learning to give myself. All in all, do not be dismayed that it is 50 parts.”
The first video in the series has 22.8 million views. Teesa has 2.3 million followers on the platform, thanks to the popularity of the series.
Teesa claimed that Legion lied about his job, employment history, finances, and family. She said she later found out that his family didn’t speak to him because of him being a pathological liar. Teesa called her ex “the United Nations of red flags.”
After the videos went viral, one viewer discovered the identity of her ex-husband, per Time. But Teesa said during a TikTok Live that she contacted that person and asked to have the information deleted. She said she didn’t plan to speak to her ex ever again.
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TikTok users love Teesa’s videos despite the time commitment it took to hear her whole story. One popular user comment addressed this phenomenon, which is unique compared to most short TikTok content. That user <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@reesamteesa/video/7338058381124488490?lang=en">said</a> Teesa “gave us our attention span back.” 
Many commentators are calling for the saga to be turned into a movie, which is what happened to a 2015 Twitter thread that went viral and eventually became the basis for the 2020 film “Zola.”

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Woman’s 50-Part Saga ‘Who TF Did I Marry’ About Alleged Pathological Liar Ex Goes Viral On TikTok

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A China zoo insists that its bears are real after people claimed one was nothing more than a person dressed in a costume in a video that went viral.
Images surfaced over the weekend from a zoo in the eastern province of Zhejiang showing a sun bear standing on its hind legs and looking very humanlike from behind, <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/sun-bears-zoo-china-denies-humans-costume-rcna97477" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NBC News</a> reported.
&#8220;Some people think I stand like a human, and it seems that you don&#8217;t understand me that much,&#8221; Hangzhou Zoo wrote on its official social media account from the perspective of the bear in the video, named Angela.
&#8220;Previously, some tourists thought that I was too tiny to be a bear,&#8221; the message added. &#8220;I have to emphasize again: I am a Malayan sun bear! Not a black bear! Not a dog! A sun bear!&#8221;
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A video of a bear standing in Hangzhou, China, swept through social media with conspiracy theories it was a human in a suit. The zoo tried to clear things up by releasing a statement in the bear’s voice. “I am a Malayan sun bear!” <a href="https://t.co/pJ36hDWhhM">https://t.co/pJ36hDWhhM</a> <a href="https://t.co/1pJL6zwM0S">pic.twitter.com/1pJL6zwM0S</a>
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The video blew up after the 15-second clip was posted on Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok, on July 27, NBC News noted. In the clip,  the sun bear is seen standing on its hind legs for a very long time, with what many viewers thought looked similar to a human in a costume wearing baggy pants.
The bear interacts with the tourists in the footage, as it almost appeared to raise a paw and wave at one point. The bear then sits down before walking away on all four paws.
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&#8220;Wrinkly seat happens when the back rise is too long,&#8221; one person wrote on X. &#8220;Requires a tailor to shorten the back rise by pinning the pants up to the waistband, removing excess material, and then dropping the crotch seam, so as to not give the wearer a wedgie.&#8221;
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wrinkly seat happens when the back rise is too long. requires a tailor to shorten the back rise by pinning the pants up to the waistband, removing excess material, and then dropping the crotch seam, so as to not give the wearer a wedgie <a href="https://t.co/I2IYquRboi">https://t.co/I2IYquRboi</a> <a href="https://t.co/PkFYwnz2S6">pic.twitter.com/PkFYwnz2S6</a>
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Another added, &#8220;I can’t get over how Sun Bears legitimately look like people dressed up in bear costumes.&#8221;
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I can’t get over how Sun Bears legitimately look like people dressed up in bear costumes <a href="https://t.co/xTX5AJ7lA8">pic.twitter.com/xTX5AJ7lA8</a>
&mdash; Carolyn Velociraptor | sudo -1200 int (@Arumi_kai) <a href="https://twitter.com/Arumi_kai/status/1686732999671386118?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 2, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/real-life-coke-bear-breaks-into-car-chugs-69-sodas" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Real Life &#8216;Coke&#8217; Bear Breaks Into Car, Chugs 69 Sodas</a>

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WATCH: China Zoo Hits Back After People Claim Bear Is Actually A Person In A Costume

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A viral video using animation from 3D modelling software shows how the Titan submersible imploded.
The Titan submersible submerged on June 18, quickly losing communications with its support vessel. Passengers Hamish Harding, 58, Shahzada Dawood, 48, and his son Suleman Dawood, 19, as well as French Navy pilot Paul-Henry (PH) Nargeolet and OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush perished in the tragedy.
The video, published on the YouTube account AiTelly , explains that Titan&#8217;s carbon fiber construction was insufficient to deal with the pressures of the deep ocean.
“In the case of the Titan submersible, the implosion was caused due to very high hydro-static pressure of the surrounding water, which happened in a fraction of a millisecond,” the video states.
“At the depth the Titanic rests, there’s around 5,600 pounds per square inch of pressure (PSI). That’s almost 400 times the pressure we experience on the surface. &#8230; When this force becomes larger than the force hull can withstand, the vessel implodes violently,” the narration continues.
“Existing technology is based on steel, titanium and aluminium. &#8230; But the Titian has had an experimental design; it used mostly carbon fibers, which have the advantage of being lighter than titanium or steel,” the video narrates.
The animators show what the inside of the sub would have looked like, how the joysticks directing the vessel worked, and how the thrusters powered the vessel underwater.
To indicate the small size of the vessel, they show its size next to a full-grown man and a small SUV.
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Within a week after the tragedy, Superintendent Kent Osmond of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police <a href="//D3B6ACAB-EF06-4359-8B00-512CDBBE9149/v" target="_blank" rel="noopener">revealed</a> that an investigation would be launched to determine whether a criminal investigation would be warranted.
“Such an investigation will proceed only if our examination of the circumstances indicate criminal, federal or provincial laws may possibly have been broken,” he said. ”Following the US Coast Guard&#8217;s announcement earlier this week that debris from the submersible was located and all five on board were presumed dead, we will now look at the circumstances that led to those deaths. Our investigators are engaged and active in this matter as of this morning. Once a determination has been made as to whether or not a full investigation will be launched, we will provide an update at that time.”

Titanic tourist submersible disappear on an expedition to explore the famed shipwreck

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A <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tiktok">TikTok</a> clip of a man in a dress welcoming small <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/children">children</a> into a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/disney">Disneyland</a> boutique full of princess costumes has gone viral on social media.
The original <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@kourtnifaber/video/7237564436070812974?lang=en">video</a>, which has racked up more than 7.1 million views as of Tuesday, was posted by self-described dental hygienist and mom of three Kourtni Faber’s account over the weekend. In it, a man with a mustache wearing a gown waves enthusiastically to a child and introduces himself as Nick as the customer enters the store.
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This is reportedly happening at Disneyland.
Grooming Exhibitionism or Trans Rights? <a href="https://t.co/6l72kT8BfW">pic.twitter.com/6l72kT8BfW</a>
&mdash; Bree A Dail (@breeadail) <a href="https://twitter.com/breeadail/status/1663452775580065792?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 30, 2023</a></blockquote>
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“I’m here to shop you around and make all your selections for the day,” the employee says. The video pans around the store full of princess costumes on mannequins and states that price captions ranging from &#8220;$250&#8221; to &#8220;$450.&#8221;
The video goes on to show a female store employee in the same uniform helping a young girl get a princess makeover. The original poster included the caption, “A dream is a wish your heart makes, when you’re fast asleep #disneyland #bibbidibobbidiboutique #corememory.”
Many commenters on TikTok professed that they “love” Nick and said he’s been working at the Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique for a while. 
“This is insane,” one Twitter user <a href="https://twitter.com/lax_miami/status/1663500860364660736" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a>.
“Absolutely grooming. That is a moment for little girls. Mustache has no business there,” another account <a href="https://twitter.com/TheChrisMoreno/status/1663504890084163586" target="_blank" rel="noopener">agreed</a>. 
“Disney is just an LGBT activist organization at this point,” another commenter <a href="https://twitter.com/dekach1n/status/1663525260254416898" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a>. “Any sane company would have backed down by now. Disney keeps doubling down because it would rather engage in political activism than return value.”
Another viewer <a href="https://twitter.com/afewcrayons/status/1663511430857932802" target="_blank" rel="noopener">echoed</a>, “This is disturbing and sick. You are vile.”
Disney Parks updated its uniform policy in 2021 to allow employees, or as they’re referred to in the park, “cast members,” to wear gendered clothing of their preference regardless of their biological sex.
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&#8220;We want our guests to see their own backgrounds and traditions reflected in the stories, experiences and products they encounter in their interactions with Disney,&#8221; a Disney official said in a <a href="https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2021/04/a-place-where-everyone-is-welcome/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> at the time. &#8220;And we want our cast members — and future cast members — to feel a sense of belonging at work.&#8221;
Other changes to the dress code included that cast members no longer had to cover their tattoos if appropriate, and men were permitted to wear nail polish.
“Inclusion is essential to our culture and leads us forward as we continue to realize our rich legacy of engaging storytelling, exceptional service, and Disney magic,” the statement continued. 
“Our new approach provides greater flexibility with respect to forms of personal expression surrounding gender-inclusive hairstyles, jewelry, nail styles, and costume choices; and allowing appropriate visible tattoos. We’re updating them to not only remain relevant in today’s workplace, but also enable our cast members to better express their cultures and individuality at work.”
Disclosure: The Daily Wire has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/videos/introducing-dw-kids">announced plans</a> for kids entertainment content.

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‘Disturbing’: Man In A Dress Welcoming Children To Disneyland Princess Boutique Sparks Outrage On Twitter

Man In A Dress Welcoming Children To Disneyland Princess Boutique Sparks Outrage On Twitter

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Shocking <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/viral-video" target="_blank" rel="noopener">video</a> of a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kids-sports" target="_blank" rel="noopener">youth wrestler</a> getting sucker punched after a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/sports" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrestling match</a> in Illinois started making the rounds on social media this week.
The incident took place at the &#8220;Beat The Streets&#8221; tournament on April 8 at Oak Park River Forest High School in Oak Park, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/illinois" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Illinois</a>, per <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2023/04/18/wrestler-sucker-punch-match-illinois-oak-park-police-investigation/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">TMZ</a>.
This <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/wrestling" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrestling</a> tournament included athletes from ages 8 to 18. A video from the event, which just started making headlines, shows an 8th-grader from SPAR Wrestling Academy and his opponent from Maine West High School finishing up on the mat during a 125-128 pound freestyle third-place match. The SPAR wrestler won in a 14-2 decision.
But just before the competitors were meant to shake hands, the losing athlete suddenly sucker-punched the winner in the head. The SPAR wrestler instantly crumpled to the floor as onlookers rushed to his side. One woman could be heard screaming, “What the f***! Oh my God” as she rushed over.
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Hafid Alicea of Maine West (IL) throws a sucker punch at the line… <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/wtf?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#wtf</a> <a href="https://t.co/9m4HAxl2oF">pic.twitter.com/9m4HAxl2oF</a>
&mdash; The Wrestling Room (Pat Mineo) (@MrPatMineo) <a href="https://twitter.com/MrPatMineo/status/1646980265766518787?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 14, 2023</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;He is making the best of the situation and is already back to training,&#8221; SPAR Wrestling Academy founder Justin Pearch told TMZ Tuesday.
&#8220;As you may know, wrestling matches can get heated but nothing leading up to the punch would give cause to such bad decision-making on the opponent&#8217;s part,&#8221; he said. &#8220;It’s not tolerated in our sport and SPAR Wrestling will never condone that behavior.”
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An Oak Park Police Department spokesperson said the incident is under investigation and that the parents of both minors are cooperating. The victim&#8217;s parents have reportedly filed assault charges, according to Pat Mineo of The Wrestling Room.
The Daily Mail <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/othersports/article-11988559/Youth-wrestler-sucker-PUNCHES-opponent-suffering-defeat.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">noted</a> that the SPAR wrestler is a two-time Illinois state wrestling champion.

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A <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/florida" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Florida</a>-based groom is getting trashed online for his vulgar, unorthodox <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/marriage" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wedding vows</a>, which were originally posted on <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tiktok" target="_blank" rel="noopener">TikTok</a> by photographer Jonathan Pajak.
The video clip has since gone viral on multiple platforms, with many commenters urging the bride, Destiny Lentini, to stay far away from her new husband, Michael Lentini.
The <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@lensculture/video/7213151238878154026" target="_blank" rel="noopener">TikTok video</a> now has racked up 23.5 million views. In it, Pajak sets the scene by saying he asked the groom if there was anything he wanted to say to his future bride. “I hope we have a lot of sex. A lot,” Michael replied.
The photographer also shared a clip of the couple reading their vows to each other as the groom’s mother officiated. Michael began his speech by saying, “You&#8217;re screwed.”
“Only two things are required to keep me happy. Keep my belly full and my balls empty,” the groom told his new bride in front of their gathered guests. “Although you&#8217;re amazing at half of it, we really need to get you some cooking lessons.”
“Even when my belly isn&#8217;t full there is no one I could love more in this lifetime unless I actually get a chance to meet Margot Robbie,” Michael continued.
“Since the beginning I was always told life gets even better when the kids fall asleep and you tell me to come to the bedroom. Nothing is better than the sound of gagging and headboard slamming.”
At that point the mother of the groom said his name as chastisement, but Michael forged on. “PS, since you&#8217;re so good at making decisions like marrying me, you can choose whether tonight&#8217;s going to end with being a toaster strudel or a Twinkie.”
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The absolute disrespect 🤯 <a href="https://t.co/0brOxWxyvg">pic.twitter.com/0brOxWxyvg</a>
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Commenters were completely appalled by the groom’s speech.
“My jaw was on the FLOOR&#8230; is this real? Immediately no,” one person said.
“I&#8217;d leave him at the aisle. Saying that with just me and him is already sad/disappointing but IN FRONT OF MY FAMILY? Mortified and ashamed,” another reaction said.
After the clip went viral, Destiny released a <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@destiny010513/video/7213566130101783851" target="_blank" rel="noopener">video</a> of her own defending her husband’s “humor.”
“&#8230;Yes I&#8217;m happy, yes I&#8217;m still married, yes I loved my wedding, and there is nothing that I would have changed,” she insisted. “I loved his vows, I loved my vows, I loved our wedding day.”
“His vows showed a piece of his personality which is the humor side &#8211; which is definitely Michael,” she added, saying Michael is “too good” for her. 
“You guys don&#8217;t truly know him so you don&#8217;t understand why or where I&#8217;m coming from when I say that,” Destiny concluded.

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Groom’s Vulgar Wedding Vows Go Viral On TikTok, Bride Defends His ‘Humor Side’

Groom's Vulgar Wedding Vows Go Viral On TikTok, Bride Defends His 'Humor Side'

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In a shocking development, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/james-okeefe" target="_blank" rel="noopener">James O’Keefe</a> announced last week that he was out at <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/project-veritas" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Project Veritas</a>, the investigative journalism group he founded over 10 years ago, after a conflict with the group’s board of directors. 
Under O’Keefe’s leadership, the group has taken on the biggest names in politics, journalism, tech, and healthcare, with a unique style of undercover videos and work with whistleblowers, all while earning the ire of the legacy media.
Project Veritas was officially launched by O’Keefe in 2011 as a non-profit organization with the goal of exposing corruption in public and private institutions. Since that time it has broken many major stories and shifted the narrative, from <a href="https://patch.com/new-hampshire/concord-nh/new-hampshire-attorney-general-we-will-do-better-voter-fraud" target="_blank" rel="noopener">influencing</a> election <a href="https://archive.ph/BJM18" target="_blank" rel="noopener">integrity</a> in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/new-hampshire" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New Hampshire</a> to embarrassing CNN over its <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/cnn-director-network-trying-to-help-blm-shootings-lose-a-little-steam-if-suspect-is-not-white" target="_blank" rel="noopener">coverage</a> of race. 
While some critics have labeled the style of Project Veritas’ work deceptive, much of the content revealed through the sting operations would not be known by following the traditional question-and-answer mode of journalism.
Here are five of the biggest stories put out by Project Veritas during O’Keefe’s tenure.
<h2>ACORN</h2>
The first major break for O’Keefe came with undercover videos filmed of activist group ACORN during the Obama administration. While the <a href="https://www.projectveritas.com/investigation/acorn/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ACORN story</a> was released before Project Veritas was officially created, it shot O’Keefe to prominence and offered a preview of the kind of journalism O’Keefe and his team would follow.
In 2009, O’Keefe and Hannah Giles <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/story/acorn-officials-videotaped-telling-pimp-prostitute-how-to-lie-to-irs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">went</a> into ACORN [Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now] offices and posed as a pimp and a prostitute. According to the videos put out by O’Keefe, ACORN staffers appeared to offer O’Keefe advice on how to avoid scrutiny of the IRS while running a brothel and discuss sex trafficking. 
The story exploded with a spokesman for the group calling the portrayal “false and defamatory.” Even President Obama <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/20/AR2009092002313.html">weighed</a> in, calling the actions in the video “inappropriate” and worthy of investigation. 
While an outside probe later <a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2009/12/acorn_workers_cleared_of_illeg.html/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">cleared</a> ACORN of illegal activity, the videos did lead to concrete action with Congress cutting funding for the group, and the IRS and the Census Bureau <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/12/us/politics/12acorn.html?_r=2&amp;scp=14&amp;sq=acorn&amp;st=cse" target="_blank" rel="noopener">dropping</a> their relationship with the activist organization. 
In the end, the group <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/23/us/23acorn.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">closed down</a> in 2010, just months after O’Keefe’s investigation.
<h2>Hillary Clinton Campaign Story</h2>
During the vicious 2016 presidential campaign, Project Veritas put out several major videos, taken from groups associated with the Clinton campaign, that appeared to show Democrat operatives discussing their strategies to provoke violence at Trump rallies and other ethically dubious campaign tactics. 
For example, Democrat operative Scott Foval said in the videos that there was a “script” put out at Trump events to attempt to get the “crazies” to “bite.”
&#8220;It is not hard to get some of these assholes to pop off,&#8221; Foval <a href="https://www.npr.org/2016/10/19/498587397/sting-video-purports-to-show-democrats-describing-how-to-commit-voter-fraud" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. &#8220;It&#8217;s a matter of showing up to want to get into the rally in a Planned Parenthood T-shirt, or &#8216;Trump is a Nazi,&#8217; you know. You can message to draw them out, and draw them to punch you.&#8221;
Both Foval and Democrat activist Robert Cramer ended up <a href="https://archive.ph/SJjS0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">losing their</a> jobs as a result of the videos, though both claimed that their comments were taken out of context.
<h2>Google And Political Bias</h2>
In July 2019, Project Veritas released <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/google-takes-action-against-whistleblower-who-james-barrett" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a video</a> of Greg Coppola, a senior Google engineer, saying that the tech giant designed its algorithms in a way that was biased against conservatives. 
“I’ve been coding since I was ten [years old],” Coppola told Project Veritas in the interview. “I have a PhD, I have five years’ experience at Google and I just know how algorithms are. They don’t write themselves. We write them to do what want them to do.”
“I think for a while we had tech that was politically neutral,” Coppola <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/google-takes-action-against-whistleblower-who-james-barrett" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in the video. “Now we have tech that really, first of all is taking sides in a political contest, which I think, you know, anytime you have big corporate power merging with political parties can be dangerous.”
Google has consistently maintained that it is politically neutral, but many conservatives remain unconvinced. 
According to Coppola, the crackdown by tech companies on conservative viewpoints began with the rise of Trump. Since Coppola’s comments, the battle between tech and conservatives has only grown fiercer. 
<h2>ABC Drops Interview With Jeffrey Epstein Accuser</h2>
One of the most explosive Project Veritas stories came in 2019, with the publication of a video obtained from an ABC insider showing host Amy Robach discussing her frustration that the network killed a story she wanted to do with an accuser of pedophile billionaire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jeffrey-epstein" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jeffrey Epstein</a>.
“I had this interview with Virginia Roberts. We would not put it on the air. First of all, I was told, ‘Who’s Jeffrey Epstein? No one knows who that is. This is a stupid story. Then the palace found out that we had her whole allegations about Prince Andrew and threatened us a million different ways. We were so afraid we wouldn’t be able to interview Kate and Will that we, that also quashed the story,” Robach said in the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lfwkTsJGYA" target="_blank" rel="noopener">video</a>.
She said that they had photos to back up the claims. “It was unbelievable what we had. Clinton. We had everything. I tried for three years to get it on to no avail and now it is all coming out and it is like these new revelations and I freaking had all of it,” Robach added.
The network later <a href="https://www.projectveritas.com/news/breaking-abc-news-and-amy-robach-respond-to-project-veritas-bombshell-epsteincoverup-story/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> that the material they had did not meet its editorial standards, but the video raised questions about media coverage of Epstein, who was often seen with the rich and famous before his arrest and subsequent death in jail.
<h2>Pfizer And The COVID &#8216;Cash Cow&#8217;</h2>
In January, Project Veritas put out a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pfizer-denies-conducting-covid-gain-of-function-research-in-delayed-response-to-veritas-video" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bombshell video</a> of a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/pfizer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Pfizer</a> official appearing to describe either proposed or ongoing experiments by the pharmaceutical firm. The video, which quickly racked up millions of views, shows Pfizer’s director of research and development, Jordan Walker, divulging that the company has considered mutating COVID through “directed evolution” in monkeys to develop new vaccines.
The video quickly raised questions about what kind of research Pfizer was conducting, and its view of the pandemic with Walker referring to COVID as a potential “cash cow” for years to come. 
Days after the video, Pfizer denied that it was conducting gain-of-function style research on COVID, but many remained skeptical. Project Veritas <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pfizer-exec-appears-to-admit-there-are-concerning-impacts-on-female-reproductive-health-from-vaccine-in-round-two-of-project-veritas-sting">later released</a> a video where Walker appeared to admit that Pfizer was aware of potential side effects of the vaccine on women’s fertility. 
The Pfizer videos were representative of the work of Project Veritas during O’Keefe’s era: an undercover sting of one of the most powerful companies in America that few would dare attempt. 
The group&#8217;s tactics and targeting of powerful entities found it in the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/journalism-is-on-trial-project-veritas-ordered-to-pay-democratic-consulting-firm-over-2016-sting-operation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">crosshairs</a> of corporations, nonprofits, Democrat operatives, the legacy media, and even the federal government. In November 2021, O’Keefe’s home was <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/06/us/politics/james-okeefe-project-veritas-ashley-biden.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">raided</a> by the FBI in connection with a stolen diary reportedly belonging to Ashley Biden.
O’Keefe’s ability to continue putting out narrative-shifting videos is part of what made it so shocking when he announced he was out at the company last week. The board accused him of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/project-veritas-releases-statement-on-why-james-okeefe-was-removed-from-company" target="_blank" rel="noopener">financial mismanagement</a> and some of the group&#8217;s employees had accused him of poor behavior. Many of the group&#8217;s former whistleblowers, however, have <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/former-project-veritas-whistleblowers-speak-out-in-support-of-james-okeefe" target="_blank" rel="noopener">come out in support</a> of O’Keefe, through both videos and letters. 
While O’Keefe may be done with Project Veritas, he is not done with investigative journalism, already hinting at forming a new organization. 
“Our mission continues on. I’m not done,” he said in a recent video. “The mission will perhaps take on a new name.”
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A viral video shows what appears to be an explosion rocking the skies over southeastern <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/montana" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Montana</a>.
The video, posted to Twitter by Billings, Montana, resident Dolly Moore, shows the aftermath of the explosion. A large smoke trail can be seen falling downward across the sky. Officials in the state have denied reports of an explosion, but the video has garnered more than 2 million views on Twitter in a little over four hours. In an interview with The Daily Wire, Mrs. Moore said she began recording when she saw a plane, then an explosion.
&#8220;I just started snapping pictures with my phone when I saw the plane fly over,&#8221; Moore told The Daily Wire over the phone. &#8220;It shook my office window.&#8221;
Officials have denied reports of an explosion, however. &#8220;We are aware of the video shared on Twitter and claims of a &#8216;massive explosion&#8217; over Billings,&#8221; the <a href="https://twitter.com/BillingsMT/status/1621686031694311424?s=20&amp;t=Jvig1wNy9Y6XmdLQMW87vw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">city of Billings</a> tweeted Friday night. &#8220;However, our PD, Fire &amp; airport have NOT been called to any incidents related to this video and there haven’t been any plane crashes picked up on radar.&#8221;
Moore said that she saw the plane fly over her house. She then ran to her office window and began filming. Shortly afterward, she says she saw a large explosion. She then began recording. In the video, an object descends from the sky very slowly, while a large, long smoke trail follows behind.
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Ok, so here’s what I just caught I few minutes ago out my window. I saw a jet go by so fast and then explosion in the sky. Holy crap! Billings MT. <a href="https://t.co/swr8ERC6pf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pic.twitter.com/swr8ERC6pf</a>
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Moore said the object moved slowly down, like nothing she had ever seen. &#8220;I remember in middle school when I saw the [Space Shuttle] Challenger explosion,&#8221; she said. &#8220;Debris went everywhere. This was not like that. There was one big object, like a mushroom in the sky, but very slowly coming down.&#8221;
&#8220;You know when you see a plane crash on TV and it&#8217;s all going very fast? This was not like that,&#8221; she added.
She also reported seeing jet fighters flying over her home two nights earlier. She also reported seeing Blackhawk helicopters flying over the area. As of 10:58 p.m. EST Friday night, the aircraft flight tracking website <a href="https://mobile.flightradar24.com/G20692/2f129688" target="_blank" rel="noopener">FlightRadar24</a> shows one Blackhawk helicopter flying around Billings.
&#8220;We have confirmed with @MontanaDES &amp; @GovGianforte that there have not been any explosions in, around, or across #Montana,&#8221; the city <a href="https://twitter.com/BillingsMT/status/1621694612330139650?s=20&amp;t=Jvig1wNy9Y6XmdLQMW87vw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">added</a>. &#8220;They are aware of the video and it can not be substantiated.&#8221;
Furthermore, Yellowstone County Sheriff Mike Linder told local news outlet <a href="https://www.kulr8.com/news/city-of-billings-reports-video-of-explosion-in-the-sky-over-billings-not-substantiated/article_ccacbd16-a429-11ed-ad17-b380aa32a87c.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">KULR 8</a> that he was trying to verify the video. He was not able to contact Mrs. Moore and did not receive complaints from other witnesses.
But Montana Republican Congressman <a href="https://twitter.com/RepRosendale/status/1621684334880034816?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1621684334880034816%7Ctwgr%5E45823a50f9669bc06a8293008d1e106a7fb19037%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ktvq.com%2Fnews%2Flocal-news%2Fvideo-billings-woman-captures-possible-explosion-in-sky-over-town" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Matt Rosendale</a> expressed concern about the reports. &#8220;I am genuinely concerned with the lack of transparency about the original Chinese Spy balloon and potential unexplained explosion above Billings,&#8221; he tweeted. &#8220;I have reached out to the Commanding Officer at Malmstrom Air Force base for details.&#8221;
Mrs. Moore told The Daily Wire that the video is legitimate. &#8220;We have no reason to make this up,&#8221; Mrs. Moore and her husband both said over the phone. &#8220;We&#8217;re not techies, we don&#8217;t know how to do that.&#8221;
It is not known whether this event has anything to do with the suspected Chinese spy balloon seen over Montana on Thursday. Officials said that the balloon had moved and was over the state of <a href="https://twitter.com/RogerMarshallMD/status/1621572987802599426" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kansas</a> Friday afternoon.

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Montana Officials Dismiss 'Explosion' Rumor After Viral Video Sets Internet Abuzz

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When masked bandits stormed his <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/las-vegas">Las Vegas</a> smoke shop, all Johnny Nguyen had to defend himself was a pocketknife and a bellyful of being a victim. It turned out to be enough.
Nguyen, who fended off the August 3 robbery in a heroic moment seen on viral surveillance video, told The Daily Wire in an exclusive interview what happened after he took down one of the thieves. The suspect had leapt over the counter and was coming at Nguyen when the shopkeeper fought back, stabbing him at least seven times with the pocketknife.
“&#8217;This wasn’t my idea. Please don’t let me die,&#8217;” Nguyen recounted the suspect saying as he called 911.
While Nguyen called for an ambulance, the thief, who claimed to be 17, called his mother.
“He told his mom he was dying and that he robbed a store,” Nguyen recalled.
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A robber in black bloc was stabbed &amp; subdued by an Asian-American shop keeper wearing flip flops in Las Vegas this week. The robber’s accomplice leaves his friend behind. Police are investigating the robbery &amp; stabbing. <a href="https://t.co/EJrF6syO1d">pic.twitter.com/EJrF6syO1d</a>
&mdash; Andy Ngô 🏳️‍🌈 (@MrAndyNgo) <a href="https://twitter.com/MrAndyNgo/status/1555610270256562176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 5, 2022</a></blockquote>
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According to Nguyen, the incident began when two masked males walked into Nguyen’s Smokestrom Smoke Shop. A third suspect held the door open from outside. Nguyen, a Vietnamese-American originally from Florida, said his heart was racing despite his calm demeanor seen in the footage. In the ten months he’s been in business, the store has already been robbed twice.
“I assumed they had a firearm,” Nguyen told The Daily Wire, noting one of the suspects had a partially unzipped backpack in front of his torso.
&#8220;Why are you guys wearing masks like that?&#8221; Nguyen can be heard asking them on the video before pleading with them to &#8220;just leave.&#8221;
In the video, one bandit can be seen taking the tip jar, grabbing other items, and fleeing. But the other one leaps and jumps over the glass case toward Nguyen, who grabs the knife and defends himself.
&#8220;I&#8217;m dead! I&#8217;m dead!&#8221; the suspect can be heard shouting as he falls to the floor.
Angelica Nielson, who works at a nearby restaurant, saw and recorded some of the aftermath.
“I just saw two guys running for their lives from our shop window,” Nielson told The Daily Wire.
The suspects fled down an alley before police and an ambulance arrived. Video she recorded outside Nguyen’s smoke shop shows the robbery suspect on a gurney being wheeled into an ambulance.
Nielson said Nguyen has earned the respect of area merchants since taking over the smoke shop a little less than a year ago.
“He came over to introduce himself and asked to use our microwave,&#8221; she recalled of their first meeting. &#8220;He was so sweet.”
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police arrested two individuals, including the suspect who is expected to recover. It is not known yet if Nguyen could face charges himself, but Nielson has set up a GoFundMe campaign for any potential legal fees Nguyen could incur.
Meanwhile, Nguyen said he has bought a gun. He said he worries that publicity around the video could make him a target, even though he has actually seen a slight uptick in business. But he ultimately stood by his decision to release the surveillance video.
<div id="attachment_420930" style="width: 624px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-420930" decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-420930 size-full" src="https://www.dailywire.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Screen-Shot-2022-08-08-at-9.45.51-AM.png" alt="Johnny Nguyen's Las Vegas smoke shop had been robed twice before, but this time, he fought back." width="614" height="348" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/08/Screen-Shot-2022-08-08-at-9.45.51-AM.png 614w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/08/Screen-Shot-2022-08-08-at-9.45.51-AM-300x170.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px" />Johnny Nguyen back behind the counter the next day, and urging other shopkeepers not to be victims. (Courtesy: Johnny Nguyen)</div>
“Maybe the video might prevent other stores from getting robbed because robbers will think, ‘This one will fight back.’”
His advice to other small business people: “Don’t give people a chance to harm you or your store.”
Nguyen was back behind the counter the next day and says the community has been supportive. But he says his parents back in Miami are worried.
​​“They told me I should sell the shop, go apply for med school, and become a doctor,” Nguyen chuckled. “Very Asian.”

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A viral video circulated on Tuesday that featured a man being attacked by an orangutan — through the bars of a cage at the zoo.
The video shows a man in a white short-sleeved t-shirt approaching the cage with his arms outstretched as though he was reaching for the <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/orangutan-named-karen-gets-covid-19-inoculation/">animal</a> — and that was when things took a sudden and dramatic turn.
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&#8220;Aah, aah, no, no!&#8221; the man could be heard shouting as the orangutan&#8217;s arms shot out from between the bars and grabbed ahold of his shirt, pulling him toward the bars as he tried to resist. Another man approached to try to help, getting swatted by the <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/watch-monkey-snatches-toddler-drags-her-away-by-her-hair/">ape</a> as he got close.
While the second man attempted to get a good grip on the first, the orangutan continued to slap at both, forcing them to retreat and try again as they attempted to push it back or break its grip.
The orangutan then used both hands to pull on the shirt until it could reach the man&#8217;s leg, using its legs to grip the bars for leverage. Once the ape had a solid grip on the man&#8217;s leg, it bear-hugged the leg for a moment before lifting the man off the ground, turning him until he was almost horizontal.
Some suggested that the man should have attempted to get out of the shirt rather than attempting to pull it from the orangutan&#8217;s grip.
&#8220;He can have that f***ing shirt,&#8221; @Druski2Funny <a href="https://twitter.com/Druski2Funny/status/1534236563193872386">tweeted</a> in response to the video.
@kiradontmiss <a href="https://twitter.com/kirawontmiss/status/1534235405868011520">agreed</a>: &#8220;I would&#8217;ve took [sic] my shirt off so fast &#8230; he can have that s**t.&#8221;
&#8220;That&#8217;s a strong a** shirt he wearing,&#8221; @HaHaDavis <a href="https://twitter.com/HaHaDavis/status/1534232325269209088?cxt=HHwWgIC-6fmK2MoqAAAA">added</a>, noting his surprise that even after apparently exceptional strain, the t-shirt had not ripped.
The fact that the ape had been able to get a good grip on the man and hold on — even as the other man attempted to help free him — was less surprising, as the average orangutan is much stronger than a human.
According to <a href="https://wildlifeboss.com/how-strong-are-orangutans/">wildlifeboss.com</a>, an orangutan is approximately five to seven times as strong as a human – and can lift up to 500 pounds. Though the average orangutan only stands about four to five feet tall, they have a reach of seven to eight feet.

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Disney has officially apologized to a couple whose marriage proposal got ruined by a rule stickler employee.
A <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/iamatotalpieceofshit/comments/v3j7sn/pos_destroyed_my_best_friends_moment_he_asked_for/">video</a> of the interaction went viral recently, prompting a swift backlash from the online community. The post titled “POS destroyed my best friend&#8217;s moment. He asked for permission beforehand” was posted on Reddit&#8217;s &#8220;I Am a Total Piece of S***&#8221; forum and received more than 95,000 upvotes, per <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/internet-slams-smug-disney-employee-interrupted-marriage-proposal-1712658">Newsweek</a>.
The video showed a man getting down on one knee in front of Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland Paris. But before the man can finish popping the question, an employee rushes over and snatches the ring box out of his hands. 
Onlookers look confused and some start booing the employee who jumped in on the proposal. The man can be heard saying, &#8220;She said yes,&#8221; appearing to point at the Disney employee who took the ring box out of his hands. 
“Yes, that&#8217;s great but over here will be even better,&#8221; the employee replies, ushering the couple off the elevated platform as the crowd keeps booing. 
The Reddit poster insists his friend was given permission to stage the proposal on that platform by a different Disney employee. User wasgehtlan shared in a comment under the video that his friend &#8220;actually asked a female co-worker&#8221; if proposing on the platform was allowed.
&#8220;The woman gave him permission, [then] this POS ran up to him and [grabbed] the ring,&#8221; the poster wrote.
&#8220;We regret how this was handled,&#8221; a Disney spokesperson told Newsweek. &#8220;We have apologized to the couple involved and offered to make it right.&#8221;
Commenters on the post couldn’t believe what happened. Many pointed out how “smug” the employee looked while breaking up the proposal. &#8220;He&#8217;s so proud of himself,” one person wrote.
&#8220;Look how f**king smug this guy is, just standing there and pointing to the gate,&#8221; another agreed.
Another commenter quipped that the man must have forgotten to pay the &#8220;$149 optional &#8216;Proposal Photograph&#8217; fee” upon entrance to the park.
Many people reacted to not just how the employee enforced the rules, but that instead of asking the people to leave the platform, he physically touched their property. The fact that it was likely an expensive engagement ring makes it even more egregious.
“When I worked there back in the days, we couldn&#8217;t move a parked stroller or backpack left unattended,” one self-described former Disney employee noted. 
(Disclosure: The Daily Wire has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/videos/introducing-dw-kids">announced plans</a> for kids entertainment content.)

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In a viral video garnering millions of views, a young Afghan girl, tears streaming down her face, weeps, “No one cares about us. We’ll die slowly in history.”
The video, tweeted out by famed Iranian dissident activist journalist Mashi Alinejad, shows the young girl traveling in a vehicle as she says quietly, “We don&#8217;t count because we were born in Afghanistan. I cannot help crying. I have to wipe my tears to be able to film this video. No one cares about us. We&#8217;ll die slowly in history.”
She concludes sadly, “Isn’t it funny?”
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&quot;We don&#39;t count because we&#39;re from Afghanistan. We&#39;ll die slowly in history&quot;
Tears of a hopeless Afghan girl whose future is getting shattered as the Taliban advance in the country.
My heart breaks for women of Afghanistan. The world has failed them. History will write this. <a href="https://t.co/i56trtmQtF">pic.twitter.com/i56trtmQtF</a>
&mdash; Masih Alinejad 🏳️ (@AlinejadMasih) <a href="https://twitter.com/AlinejadMasih/status/1426195246694780930?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 13, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai, who was shot in the head in Pakistan by a member of the Taliban in 2012, tweeted, “We watch in complete shock as Taliban takes control of Afghanistan. I am deeply worried about women, minorities and human rights advocates. Global, regional and local powers must call for an immediate ceasefire, provide urgent humanitarian aid and protect refugees and civilians.”
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We watch in complete shock as Taliban takes control of Afghanistan. I am deeply worried about women, minorities and human rights advocates. Global, regional and local powers must call for an immediate ceasefire, provide urgent humanitarian aid and protect refugees and civilians.
&mdash; Malala (@Malala) <a href="https://twitter.com/Malala/status/1426877173433094147?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 15, 2021</a></blockquote>
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“Local reports say Taliban fighters are already going door-to-door and forcibly marrying girls as young as 12 as Jihadist commanders order imams to create ‘marriage lists’ and offer girls for sexual servitude,” the <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9897005/Crying-Afghan-girl-shares-fears-dying-slowly-history-country-seized-Taliban.html">Daily Mail</a> reported. “Taliban soldiers are to marry the women aged from 12 to 45 &#8230; because they view them as ‘qhanimat’ or ‘spoils of war’ — to be divided up among the victors.”
The Taliban ruled Afghanistan between 1996-2001; after the 9/11 attacks, the United States ousted them from power. The <a href="https://2001-2009.state.gov/g/drl/rls/6185.htm">State Department</a> wrote in 2001 of one particular story under Taliban rule:
<blockquote>The day was much like any other. For the young Afghan mother, the only difference was that her child was feverish and had been for some time and needed to see a doctor. But simple tasks in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan today are not that easy.
The mother was alone and the doctor was across town. She had no male relative to escort her. To ask another man to do so would be to risk severe punishment. To go on her own meant that she would risk flogging.
Because she loved her child, she had no choice. Donning the tent-like burqa as Taliban law required, she set out, cradling her child in her arms. She shouldn&#8217;t have.
As they approached the market, she was spotted by a teenage Taliban guard who tried to stop her. Intent on saving her child, the mother ignored him, hoping that he would ignore her. He didn&#8217;t. Instead he raised his weapon and shot her repeatedly. Both mother and child fell to the ground. They survived because bystanders in the market intervened to save them. The young Taliban guard was unrepentent &#8212; fully supported by the regime. The woman should not have been out alone.
This mother was just another casualty in the Taliban war on Afghanistan&#8217;s women, a war that began 5 years ago when the Taliban seized control of Kabul.</blockquote>
President George W. Bush commented in November 2001 of Taliban rule, “Women are imprisoned in their homes, and are denied access to basic health care and education. Food sent to help starving people is stolen by their leaders. The religious monuments of other faiths are destroyed. Children are forbidden to fly kites, or sing songs &#8230; A girl of seven is beaten for wearing white shoes.”
The State Department added:
<blockquote>Under Taliban rule, women were given only the most rudimentary access to health care and medical care, thereby endangering the health of women, and in turn, their families. In most hospitals, male physicians could only examine a female patient if she were fully clothed, ruling out the possibility of meaningful diagnosis and treatment. These Taliban regulations led to a lack of adequate medical care for women and contributed to increased suffering and higher mortality rates. … 
In May 2001, the Taliban raided and temporarily closed a foreign-funded hospital in Kabul because male and female staff allegedly mixed in the dining room and operating wards. It is significant to note that approximately 70% of health services had been provided by international relief organizations — further highlighting the Taliban&#8217;s general disregard for the welfare of the Afghan people.</blockquote>

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Viral Video: Weeping Afghan Girl: ‘No One Cares About Us. We’ll Die Slowly In History’

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