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This is the way to combat the false lure of socialism to young women. With real stories. Great campaign from @IWV
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I'm not voting for anyone who thinks the wrong side won the Cold War or cheers for the Intifada like it's the World Cup.
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Sen. Tim Sheehy (R-MT) delivers an incredibly powerful speech about Iran.
Watch every second of this.
"Yesterday we saw the president of the United States and many others at Dover Air Force Base presiding over a ceremony that is very sacred to those of us who served, and that is a dignified return of remains from the war zone.
That process happens beginning in the war zone through Dover to the hometown of our fallen heroes. I participated in many of those ceremonies myself to include carrying friends of mine off the plane.
One of those is on this bracelet. He was cut in half by an Iranian EFP.
This regime that we are fighting does not care about our partisan politics. They don't care who you voted for, who you pray to, or where you live. They want to kill all of us. And they don't just say it, they actually do it, and they've been doing it for forty-seven years.
This is a war of choice. The Democrats are correct. It's a war of choice that was begun by a radical lunatic band of terrorists that took over a beautiful nation 47 years ago, took it over with brutality, force, and savagery. And the second they took it over, they didn't free their people, they didn't unleash the largest oil reserves in the world to build schools and bridges.
They took it over to murder their own people and to spread their disgusting ideology across the world, and that is exactly what they have been doing. They don't just say it and talk about it. You don't have to believe what they say. You can simply watch what they've done.
They have attacked families, women, children, innocent people. They don't just attack them and kill them, they rape them. They skin them alive on camera. They celebrate it. They honor those people who do disgusting things that we would put in jail for the rest of their lives in this country, and they do it for fun, and they pay them money to do it, and they're heroes to that nation.
They've done it to friends of mine. They've done it to families who've been in this chamber. And the fact that we sit here and listen to elected officials of this country defend these lunatics who want us all dead. They want all of you dead. They want all of us dead.
They don't want us to disappear with a snap of a finger. They want us to be raped, burned alive, and cut into pieces. Watch the video from October 7. That's what they want to happen from Maine to San Diego, from Seattle to Miami. They want this country turned into a burning husk of its former self, and you don't have to theorize that.
That's what they do. From the 1983 barracks bombing, where 280 Marines were vaporized in a morning, from USS Cole to the Achille Lauro, to every terrorist attack, from the Houthis, Hezbollah, Hamas. These are not humanitarian freedom organizations. They are death-dealing cults, and they want all of us to die brutal deaths.
William Buckley was abducted in 1985, an American military officer. He was skinned alive on camera by the Iranians. American prisoners of war who were captured. They were never called prisoners of war because they were captured by lunatic terrorists, so they were not subject to the Geneva Convention. They were captured and murdered, power drills through their brains. This is in Iraq. These are families that have dealt with this, and they've never gotten a single dime.
These families have never gotten restitution, and not a single president has ever stood up to them. Love Donald Trump or hate him, love his policies, hate ICE, love ICE, whatever. There's never been a single president who has stood up to Iran and hit back. For 47 years, our troops and our families have been absorbing attack after attack after attack all over the world.
And their radical ideology does not stop at the Persian Gulf. It doesn't stop at Tel Aviv. They want to do this everywhere. It's a global radical ideology, and we've been fighting it for half a century.
We didn't start this war. We did not, but we will finish it. And forever wars are not popular with anybody these days. Both sides of the love to attack our forever wars. And I can promise you, being someone overseas wearing the uniform, when you're fighting for your country, you don't care what party's in office, but you're fighting to defend your country, and you turn on the news and see your elected officials stabbing you in the back, telling you that you're failing, that you've failed every goal of the war, is what I just heard.
Last time I checked, we've wiped these bastards out. An occasional missile strike and boats in the straits, that's not military strength. Those are the flailings of a failing empire. Those are the flailings of a nation in collapse because they deserve it. So I encourage our colleagues on both sides of the aisle, whatever's politically convenient, whatever plays well on Twitter or Facebook, think about the people who are deployed right now, standing on that wall with a loaded weapon, who have volunteered to defend our country and our way of life.
Because they are there defending us in a just war, because we did not start a war with the Iranian Revolutionary Guard. They started it with us 47 years ago, and their attacks have gone unanswered for half a century. It's time to fix this problem and make sure another generations of Americans does not have to fight this murderous, savage adversary."
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This article was written by a 26 yr old college student by the name of Alyssa Ahlgren, who's in grad school for her MBA. What a GREAT perspecitve..👍🏽
My Generation Is Blind to the Prosperity Around Us!
I'm sitting in a small coffee shop near Nokomis (Florida) trying to think of what to write about. I scroll through my newsfeed on my phone looking at the latest headlines of presidential candidates calling for policies to "fix" the so-called injustices of capitalism. I put my phone down and continue to look around.
I see people talking freely, working on their MacBook's, ordering food they get in an instant, seeing cars go by outside, and it dawned on me. We live in the most privileged time in the most prosperous nation and we've become completely blind to it.
Vehicles, food, technology, freedom to associate with whom we choose.These things are so ingrained in our American way of life we don't give them a second thought.
We are so well off here in the United States that our poverty line begins 31 times above the global average. Thirty One Times!!!
Virtually no one in the United States is considered poor by global standards. Yet, in a time where we can order a product off Amazon with one click and have it at our doorstep the next day, we are unappreciative, unsatisfied, and ungrateful. ??
Our unappreciation is evident as the popularity of socialist policies among my generation continues to grow. Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez recently said to Newsweek talking about the millennial generation, "An entire generation, which is now becoming one of the largest electorates in America, came of age and never saw American prosperity."
Never saw American prosperity! Let that sink in.
When I first read that statement, I thought to myself, that was quite literally the most entitled and factually illiterate thing I've ever heard in my 26 years on this earth. Many young people agree with her, which is entirely misguided.
My generation is being indoctrinated by a mainstream narrative to actually believe we have never seen prosperity. I know this first hand, I went to college, let's just say I didn't have the popular opinion, but I digress.
Why then, with all of the overwhelming evidence around us, evidence that I can even see sitting at a coffee shop, do we not view this as prosperity? We have people who are dying to get into our country.
People around the world destitute and truly impoverished. Yet, we have a young generation convinced they've never seen prosperity, and as a result, we elect some politicians who are dead set on taking steps towards abolishing capitalism.
Why? The answer is this,?? my generation has only seen prosperity. We have no contrast. We didn't live in the great depression, or live through two world wars, the Korean War, The Vietnam War or we didn't see the rise and fall of socialism and communism.
We don't know what it's like to live without the internet, without cars, without smartphones. We don't have a lack of prosperity problem. We have an entitlement problem, an ungratefulness problem, and it's spreading like a plague."
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I want to tell you the story of a young woman who you have probably never heard of. Her name is Mary Anne. She was born on a remote island in Scotland, where life was harsh and unforgiving.
On May 2, 1930, when she was 18 years old, she got on a boat headed for Ellis Island to start a new life. She arrived here 11 days later.
She wasn't chasing fame, riches, or power. She came for the unique opportunity that America offered. Her sister was already here and had found a job as a maid. So, Mary Anne MacLeod joined her, listing her occupation as “domestic” on her Ellis Island immigration papers.
She came to America knowing that she would clean the houses and toilets of the wealthy families in New York. She and her sister lived and worked hard through the worst days of the Depression. And she persevered.
Six years later, she married a man named Fred. He was the son of German immigrants. Then In 1942, she became a citizen.
Mary and Fred would end up having five children: two daughters and three sons.
One of those sons, they named Donald.
A woman who came here as a maid, the lowest of jobs, would raise a son who would change the very skyline that greeted his mother when she arrived at Ellis Island.
After that, he would become the 45th and 47th President of the United States.
There is no other country in the world where a woman can arrive with nothing, and in ONE generation, her son would lead the entire world.
For America’s 250th anniversary, I wanted to present President Trump with this painting I did, and then I ran out of time and talent. So, I asked a good friend of mine, Mike Malm, to help me finish it. This is how I envisioned her coming into the United States.
Mary Anne MacLeod Trump should be a household name. Her story is everything that is great about America.
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I've known @FBIDirectorKash for some time, both in and out of government, and have seen him in numerous public/private social situations. Not once have I seen him intoxicated or acting inappropriately. That this story is based on anonymous sources tells you all you need to know.
Hey @S_Fitzpatrick I was Kash Patel’s Sherpa on the transition. I spent nearly all day everyday with him for 3+ months and have been with him frequently since.
I have never seen the type of behavior that you’re describing from him.
Your anon sourced story is BS.
Oh and by the way, it was no pressure campaign that got Kash confirmed. He did his homework, studied every brief I wrote him (and I wrote them all personally). If I sent him material at say 2am, he would respond with questions by 3am. He was always available and never hard to reach. Ultimately, he addressed any concerns senators had. He studied the law enforcement issues in each of their states and came prepared with plans, ideas, and questions for addressing the unique law enforcement needs of each state. THAT is who Kash Patel is and it’s why the FBI has been so effective in the last year.
I’ve never once seen him over drink. Not once. You are spinning that narrative because you know POTUS doesn’t view that favorably, even admitted as much in your story.
And I’m not hard to find. Pretty obvious why you didn’t reach out to me for comment.
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🚨 $300 Million Daring Rescue: U.S. Special Ops Blow Up Their Own Planes Inside Iran to Save Downed Pilot — No Casualties, Just Controlled Chaos
I posted the events nearly in real time as they transpired. I was called a liar and ridiculed; of course, no apologies are expected. They wouldn't come anyway. The following is pieced together from my Pentagon source speaking on background:
The current picture of the F‑15E rescue mission inside Iran is beginning to take shape, and it’s one of the most daring U.S. combat search‑and‑rescue (CSAR) operations since the 1980 Tabas disaster — ironically, over nearly the same landscape.
🛰️ The Shoot‑Down and Ejection
- On April 3rd, a U.S. Air Force F‑15E Strike Eagle was shot down deep inside southwestern Iran during Operation Epic Fury—the joint U.S.–Israeli campaign targeting Iranian military infrastructure.
- The aircraft, from the 494th Fighter Squadron (RAF Lakenheath), was struck by Iranian surface‑to‑air fire while operating near the Kohgiluyeh and Boyer‑Ahmad / Khuzestan border area in the Zagros Mountains.
- Both crewmen ejected successfully.
- The pilot was rescued within hours.
- The Weapons Systems Officer (WSO) landed
roughly five miles northwest of a small
mountain plateau, where he spent over a day
evading Iranian patrols.
⚔️ The Rescue Operation
This was no routine rescue—it was a miniature invasion executed against a nation on high alert:
- First Insertion: U.S. Army special operations elements were inserted by helicopter and supported by MC‑130J Commando II aircraft under cover of darkness. The WSO’s locator beacon provided intermittent fixes; small drones and Reaper UAVs orbited above to suppress threats.
- Landing Zone: A makeshift landing strip—a straight dirt patch long enough for short takeoff/landing operations—was carved out amid hostile terrain.
- Aircraft composition:
- 2x MC‑130J (AFSOC) for insertion, exfiltration,
and refueling.
- 4x MH‑6 Little Birds (160th SOAR) for precision
pickup and security.
- Multiple MQ‑9 Reapers for ISR and kinetic
overwatch.
- A‑10s and F‑35s provided “Sandy” air cover,
striking IRGC convoys that approached the area.
The WSO was ultimately snatched from a mountain ridge by one of the Little Birds that landed nearly on the slope itself—an extraordinarily dangerous maneuver. He was ferried back to the landing strip, treated for injuries, then loaded onto an aircraft for exfil after daylight.
💥 The Catastrophic Cost
After the WSO was safe, the extraction turned into a logistical nightmare:
- Both C‑130s bogged down; nose gears buried in soft desert soil.
- Iranian forces began converging on the site.
- U.S. command ordered the aircraft destroyed to prevent capture.
- Three AFSOC Dash‑8s (smaller transports) were flown in to evacuate roughly 100 personnel plus the rescued WSO.
- The U.S. subsequently employed airstrikes—believed to be precision JDAM or AGM‑114 Hellfires—to obliterate the two C‑130s, four MH‑6s, and equipment left behind.
- Iran fired on the withdrawing convoy, reportedly downing two MQ‑9 Reapers.
📉 Estimated Costs and Losses
- Total material loss: approximately $300 million (two AFSOC C‑130s, four MH‑6s, two MQ‑9s, and assorted gear).
- Personnel: No U.S. deaths reported; a few minor injuries.
- Iranian casualties: dozens estimated from airstrikes on approaching IRGC vehicles near both the mountaintop and the airstrip.
🧠 Broader Context & Analysis
This event is layered with both military and political significance:
1. Strategic bravado vs. prudence:
It was militarily impressive—pulling off a 36‑hour deep-cover mission under Iranian radar—but politically volatile. Iran now claims a “major American defeat,” invoking Tabas (1980), while U.S. officials insist the operation was a total success with all Americans safe.
2. Institutional spin on both sides:
- Tehran amplifies propaganda about “downed
aircraft” destroyed by Iranian fire to project
victory.
- Washington downplays the scale of hardware loss
for optics.
- The truth lies in between: the extraction
succeeded, but the material cost and risk profile
were immense.
3. Historic echo:
The IRGC’s statement, “The God of the sands of Tabas is still here,” shows how Iran sees symbolism in repeating U.S. humiliation on its soil. But this time, the Americans left a scorched runway, not corpses.
4. Operational takeaway:
This demonstrates an important fact about modern warfare—even domination of the air does not equal safety in hostile territory. Advanced sensors and drones do not eliminate the ancient problems of terrain, mud, and morale.
🩸 Bottom Line
The U.S. recovered its man. That’s the headline.
But to do so, it:
- Penetrated deep into Iranian territory,
- Fought off armored IRGC columns,
- Abandoned and bombed millions in hardware, and
- Risked an international incident that could have ignited a full-scale war.
It’s a victory operationally, but a strategic reminder: fighting high-tech wars against entrenched regional powers always devolves into primitive ground struggles—and both Washington and Tehran will twist the narrative to their advantage while hiding the true costs from their own people.
Details about the rescue op for the U.S. Weapon Systems Officer, via a U.S. military official:
"The mountain top area on the left is where the WSO was hiding (he ejected 5ish miles northwest of there). The right area is the makeshift landing strip where they landed 2 C-130s and had 4 MH-6 Little Birds.
"One Little Bird flew to that mountain top area and rescued the WSO and brought him back to the landing strip. And of course the two C-130s' nose gears got stuck in the dirt. So after a few hours they had to bring in three AFSOC Dash-8s to fly out the rescued WSO and the 100 or so personnel involved in the op." 1/2
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FROM PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP
WE GOT HIM! My fellow Americans, over the past several hours, the United States Military pulled off one of the most daring Search and Rescue Operations in U.S. History, for one of our incredible Crew Member Officers, who also happens to be a highly respected Colonel, and who I am thrilled to let you know is now SAFE and SOUND! This brave Warrior was behind enemy lines in the treacherous mountains of Iran, being hunted down by our enemies, who were getting closer and closer by the hour, but was never truly alone because his Commander in Chief, Secretary of War, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and fellow War Fighters were monitoring his location 24 hours a day, and diligently planning for his rescue. At my direction, the U.S. Military sent dozens of aircraft, armed with the most lethal weapons in the World, to retrieve him. He sustained injuries, but he will be just fine. This miraculous Search and Rescue Operation comes in addition to a successful rescue of another brave Pilot, yesterday, which we did not confirm, because we did not want to jeopardize our second rescue operation. This is the first time in military memory that two U.S. Pilots have been rescued, separately, deep in Enemy Territory. WE WILL NEVER LEAVE AN AMERICAN WARFIGHTER BEHIND! The fact that we were able to pull off both of these operations, without a SINGLE American killed, or even wounded, just proves once again, that we have achieved overwhelming Air Dominance and Superiority over the Iranian skies. This is a moment that ALL Americans, Republican, Democrat, and everyone else, should be proud of and united around. We truly have the best, most professional, and lethal Military in the History of the World. GOD BLESS AMERICA, GOD BLESS OUR TROOPS, AND HAPPY EASTER TO ALL!
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Donald Trump was overwhelmingly elected by the American people to be our President and Commander in Chief. As our Commander in Chief, he is responsible for determining what is and is not an imminent threat, and whether or not to take action he deems necessary to protect the safety and security of our troops, the American people and our country.
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence is responsible for helping coordinate and integrate all intelligence to provide the President and Commander in Chief with the best information available to inform his decisions.
After carefully reviewing all the information before him, President Trump concluded that the terrorist Islamist regime in Iran posed an imminent threat and he took action based on that conclusion.
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Strategic Suicide: Iran’s Historic Blunder. China’s Oil Lifeline Is About to Collapse.
The US and Israel struck Iran, but the real shockwave will hit Beijing.
This isn’t just another Middle East escalation. Iran is the backbone of China’s West Asia strategy: discounted oil, yuan settlements, sanctions evasion, and a critical Belt and Road anchor. Now missiles have crossed Gulf airspace, Dubai has shut down, and regional alignment is shifting fast.
If Iran destabilizes, China loses a sanctioned oil lifeline and a key geopolitical pillar. If Hormuz closes, the energy shock hits Beijing hard.
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To honor Bill Clinton’s testimony under oath today, let me recount some of Bill’s sexual predation. He’s guilty AF.
When I was the Air Force Military Aide to President Clinton, I traveled with him everywhere. One night, we were returning to D.C. late after a long trip to Europe on AF-1. We landed at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, like we always do. We helicoptered on Marine One to the White House. We were all tired. It was around midnight when we landed on the South Lawn.
After deplaning with the “Nuclear Football” and a few of the president’s bags, I followed him to the residence elevator and ensured he was good before sending him up to bed. The presidential valets were ready to receive him. I headed to my bedroom in the East Wing. I was bushed. I showered and crawled into my bed to fall asleep to the TV. Shortly thereafter, my phone rang, and it was the AF-1 presidential pilot. “Buzz, we have a problem,” he said. "Oh s**t,” I thought.
Apparently, Clinton had cornered a female AF-1 steward in the galley and molested her. She was young, a staff sergeant, and married with children. I knew her, liked her, and she was super sweet. Now, she was in tears and sitting in front of the AF-1 pilot and commander. I asked the pilot, a really good guy, what she wanted. He told me that she didn’t want to be another “bimbo”; she wanted to remain in the Air Force and be promotable.
All she wanted was an apology. She just wanted it to go away. In the time of Monica Lewinsky, Paula Jones, and Kathleen Willey, this wasn’t surprising to me. It was, however, terribly disappointing and sad. I knew inherently that if I, or anybody else in the military, had done something similar, we’d be at Fort Leavenworth breaking big rocks into little rocks. Yet here was the “commander in chief,” and all he was facing was the prospect of an apology. I was appalled.
So, that morning, a few hours later, and as a young major, I had to walk to the Oval Office and tell the President of the United States that he needed to apologize to the young lady for his assault. Over my years as a combat pilot, I’ve been shot at with hot metal by men who really wanted to kill me, but this was the toughest day in my life. I remember on my way to talk with him thinking, “I didn’t sign up for this sh*t.”
I approached Clinton in the Oval Office. I’d arranged for his personal aide to be there too. He was nonplussed. Quiet. But he didn’t seem ashamed or embarrassed.
Two weeks later, on our next trip, we got the two together on board AF-1 in the president’s office, and he offered a very uncontrite “half apology.” He didn’t care. He was filling a square and covering his tracks. It was stunningly disappointing.
If anybody in the military had done that, it would’ve been jail, expulsion, or both. It would’ve been Fort Leavenworth. But not for this president, not for this man. It was just another day. Yet another in my experiences working for a man with absolutely no integrity and no moral fiber. Character matters in people, especially our leaders, and in Bill Clinton, there was none.
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"I want to live in a country where there are rules, the law is respected and the law is enforced."
A Mexican restaurant in, Arizona, run by Jorge Rivas, a Salvadoran businessman and local conservative figure, recently opened its doors with an unusual offer: to offer free food to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents. Rivas, owner of Sammy's Mexican Grill in Catalina and known for his support of former President Donald Trump and for leading pro-Trump Latino groups in the community, said the agents are welcome and will be treated "respectfully and as they deserve."
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.@SenJohnKennedy - “Governor Tim Walz, whatever he says, believe the opposite. I’m sorry, the man learned to lie before he learned to talk. He’s just a less masculine version of Hillary Clinton.”
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3-Minute Recap for Fri, 30 January: What you’re NOT hearing about the Lemon indictment
Ripped and Rich: Why MAGA and Everyone Else Needs More MAMA theepochtimes.com/opinion/ri… via @epochtimes
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Finding Ilhan Omar’s husband’s firm failed to pay even more back taxes, this time to the IRS, not just Delaware and DC—and do they have a Hunter Biden problem? First the Hunter Biden problem. Nearly a dozen LLCs or shells rapidly set up in either Tim Mynett’s or his partner’s name, just one with an apparent functioning business, his E Street political consultancy — its operations have wound down. (See list of LLCs/shells at bottom).
9 of the 11 LLCs/shells were set up before or right around the time frame Ilhan Omar disclosed their net worth rocketed from just $16K to up to $30M. They appear to have started out with some kind of business intent, but then failed to the point they owed back taxes to the IRS, Delaware and DC. A marketing firm, a winery, a cannabis and an investment firm now appear to be storefront shells that show little business operations-no apparent products, clients or Internet presence.
His investment firm’s DC address is the same as a WeWork that shares space with a Walmart unit and the American Trucking Assn, as reported earlier.
An IRS tax lien of nearly $206,000 was reportedly filed against Mynett’s pr and marketing company— EStreetCo — for unpaid federal income, Social Security, and Medicare taxes from 2021. The lien was filed in Sonoma County, California in January 2023. The company claimed the IRS debt had been paid.
EStreetCo is not Mynett's former political consulting firm, E Street Group. An FEC complaint was filed in 2019 against Omar’s campaign for improper payments to her husband’s political consultancy, but the FEC dropped it. His firm received $2.9 million from Omar's campaign during the 2020 election cycle.
Also, Delaware canceled their Rose Lake Capital registration in 2024 for failure to pay roughly $403,000 in back taxes and because it lacked a registered agent, and its Washington, D.C. registration was canceled for failing to pay around $1,770 in back taxes.
Public filings and court documents from 2024 show the winery had only about $650 in its bank account. The winery has no active online presence, no functioning sales portal, and minimal evidence of actual wine production or distribution. An investor sued for not delivering promised returns, saying they “fraudulently misrepresented” that the winery “was a legitimate company.”
South Dakota cannabis growers sued their pot LLC, alleging promises of investment returns that were not delivered.
There’s no clear public evidence that Rose Lake Capital is actively engaging in fund management, investment deals, or public operations as it claims on its website in 80 countries, as reported earlier. It shares space apparently at a WeWork in DC and
there are no SEC registrations for them or their firm as investment advisors.
E Street Group LLC
EStreetCo
Born to Run GP LLC
Rose Lake Capital LLC
Rose Lake Holdings LLC
Rose Lake Inc.
eStCru LLC
eSt Ventures LLC
Badlands Fund GP LLC
Badlands Ventures LLC
WPEH LLC
WPMC LLC
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