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A father of four who worked as an interpreter for U.S. special forces in Afghanistan before fleeing the country for safety in America was fatally shot while working as a rideshare driver in Washington, D.C. this week, relatives and authorities said.

The Metropolitan Police Department said it was looking for suspects in the fatal shooting Monday of a man identified as 31-year-old Nasrat Ahmad Yar, of Alexandria, Virginia.

Officers were initially called for reports of an unconscious person just after 12 a.m. that day. When they arrived, they found Ahmad Yar inside a vehicle with at least one gunshot found, police said. The 31-year-old was taken to a hospital, but was pronounced dead "after all life-saving efforts failed," police said.

Relatives of Ahmad Yar told NBC Washington that he was a father of four who had risked his life working with U.S. special forces in Afghanistan for a decade.

“He was alongside shoulder to shoulder helping American soldiers,” said his cousin Mohammad Ahmadi.

After U.S. forces pulled out of Afghanistan in 2021, Ahmad Yar went on the run and eventually made it to the U.S.

“Then he came here. He was so happy,” Rahim Amini, described as his best friend, told the outlet.

Ahmad Yar had initially started his life in the U.S. in Philadelphia but he felt it was too dangerous, so he moved to Northern Virginia, NBC Washington reported.

Lol, even the extreme left NYT recognizes Pedo Joe's hypocrisy.

Biden calls Zelensky ‘Vladimir’ during NATO remarks in latest gaffe

Ironically, the same day as Auntie Kamala talked about reducing population — for the kids — Sniffy Joe tried to eat a terrified baby on camera:

https://twitter.com/bennyjohnson/status/1680209371429519360

Don’t miss the final hair sniff. Whatever Joe has, it’s getting worse.

https://nypost.com/2023/07/12/biden-calls-zelensky-vladimir-during-nato-remarks/

Biden calls Zelensky ‘Vladimir’ during NATO remarks in latest gaffe

Bidet is a deep embarrassment to America.

Podcaster Scott Adams spun out an elegantly macabre possible scenario about how this works out which is worth repeating here: The House moves to impeach… Joe Biden retaliates by threatening the entire Deep State Blob with revealing a whole lot of dark info on their dastardly secrets, their sexual proclivities and adventures (think: the Epstein client list), and other incriminating deets-and-receipts that would, theoretically, bring ruin to scores of political celebrities. In which case, the Blob just up and offs dumb-ass “Joe Biden,” using their cunning ways of arranging for him to die in his sleep… because, he was old… and it was his time…. Salutes to you, Scott, for that one! (And then, of course, there is all that follows that).

Biden has officially passed 365 days of vacation since taking office 2.5 years ago. People have thoughts.

🚀 The Wall Street Journal ran a story yesterday headlined, “Russia and China Sent Large Naval Patrol Near Alaska.”

In what is being called a “historic first,” last week Russian and Chinese naval vessels patrolled international waters together just off the coast of Alaska. They were shadowed by four U.S. destroyers and Poseidon aircraft until they left the area.

On Friday, Russia’s Defense Ministry explained that Russian and Chinese vessels had carried out drills involving communications training, helicopter landings and takeoffs from the decks of each other’s ships, and a joint anti-submarine exercise in the southwestern part of the Bering Sea where a mock target was detected and destroyed.

According to the Journal, Russian and Chinese exercises have increased significantly over the last year, but last week’s operation was historic in that it included the largest such group to ever approach American shores.

I suppose improved Russia-China relations is another success story for which we can thank Joe Biden.

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Sgt. Tyler Vargas-Andrews, a Marine who survived the explosion in Kabul that killed 13 Americans, says that when Joe and Jill Biden came to his hospital room, the president reached out to shake his hand even though his arm was gone, immediately started talking about his son, and then leaned into his face and asked him "what do you want."

Russians got richer last year even as the war in Ukraine raged on, while the US and Europe lost trillions of dollars, UBS reported.

Russia added $600 billion of total wealth, the Swiss bank found in its annual Global Wealth Report, published Tuesday.

The number of Russian millionaires also rose by about 56,000 to 408,000 in 2022, while the number of ultra-high-net-worth individuals — people worth over $50 million — jumped by nearly 4,500.

But the US lost more wealth than any other country last year, shedding $5.9 trillion, while North America and Europe combined got $10.9 trillion poorer, UBS reported.

There were also 1 million fewer American millionaires by the end of 2022, although the US still accounted for over 50% of the world's ultra-high-net-worth individuals, the bank said.

Russia's wealth gains came despite its invasion of Ukraine in February, which has led to the West imposing sanctions on the Kremlin that led to its economy shrinking and triggered a slump for Moscow-listed stocks.

UBS acknowledges that "wealth trends in Russia are difficult to determine at this time," but did highlight it as one of a handful of countries that had gotten richer in 2022.

Rising oil prices could be one factor behind the wealth increase, with exports of the commodity a key economic engine for Russia. The cost of a barrel of benchmark Urals crude jumped by about $7 last year, data from Refinitiv indicated.

Mexico, India, and Brazil all also added significant amounts of wealth in 2022, UBS's report suggested, while the US, Japan, China, Canada, and Australia lost the most.