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NEW: “The Tesla [Roadster] vehicle does not meet the FAA’s definition of an aircraft,” the agency told me this morning.
FAA didn’t immediately respond to a follow-up request asking about its general jurisdiction over the airspace. politi.co/4ymc5CZ w/ @SamOgozalek
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Here is an official with the U.S. Border Patrol posting an image of a Kirov-class Russian battlecruiser
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As a homicide detective, I can say with all of my being that there is no lesson learned in seeing someone die. But there is a price. And that price is your peace. Your decency. And the soul of our society.
We don’t have to be this way, this fake tough but real ugly way. Stop
Breaking news: The firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be live-streamed, the Defense Department said.
“People need to understand that there’s serious consequences for these types of things,” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said. wapo.st/4hNxK0C
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The President is very disappointed in the lack of professionalism among the Houthis.
I cannot make this up.
PS: Oil just hit 100 bucks a barrel again
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Reporter: How do you define ceasefire?
Trump: “I'd say in that part of the world, ceasefire is when you're shooting in a more moderate manner.”
Huh?
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And we just all pretend it's normal and this is not a sign of serious, alarming cognitive issues
Trump claims he was the one who took out Osama bin Laden. xitter.cf/Acyn/status/2041218155…
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We all need to know less about each other
My wife was formerly promiscuous. I was a virgin.
She was then radically born-again. Committed to church, evangelized constantly, Puritan books in her bedroom, prayer journals, grief over past sexual sin, etc.
We got to know each other well for over a year, dated for four months, engaged for two and a half, and didn't sin sexually with one another. Our first kiss with each other was at the altar on our wedding day (reaction pic attached!).
We've been married for over five years now, and she's been the most wonderful and godly wife, mother to our three children, and homemaker you could imagine.
She's more pure than most virgins, as biblical purity has less to with past sins (though they certainly matter) and more to do with one's current posture of the heart and daily decisions to honor the Lord (Matt. 5:8).
We're far too quick to forget the story of the woman labeled as a known "sinner" (likely a prostitute) in Luke 7:36-50 who was washing Jesus' feet with her tears while kissing them too. The Pharisees were shocked that Jesus let a public sinner do this.
Jesus responded with a parable about debts being forgiven and ended with this powerful conclusion: "Her many sins have been forgiven; that’s why she loved much. But the one who is forgiven little, loves little" (Luke 7:47).
Everyone seems to highlight the benefits of virginity, and it certainly is a blessing. But we forget to highlight the benefits of being forgiven much as well. My wife knows the depths of Jesus' forgiveness more than most people, enabling her to more easily live out a life of passionate love for her Savior.
A woman or man's past sexual sin matters. But what matters far more when it comes to deciding who to marry is if the person is truly born again, if their repentance is real, if they truly have a heart for Christ, if they truly follow Jesus and obey his commands.
"God has chosen what is foolish in the world to shame the wise, and God has chosen what is weak in the world to shame the strong. God has chosen what is insignificant and despised in the world — what is viewed as nothing — to bring to nothing what is viewed as something, so that no one may boast in his presence. It is from him that you are in Christ Jesus, who became wisdom from God for us — our righteousness, sanctification, and redemption, — in order that, as it is written: 'Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.'" (1 Cor. 1:27-31)
"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has passed away, and see, the new has come!" (2 Cor. 5:17)
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Spend an afternoon with a Gold Star child or an operator who lost 24 friends in combat and watch how fast the war memes stop being funny. Really gross stuff.
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Calling it “the situation room at Mar-a-Lago” doesn’t morph that blanket fort into a SCIF.
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I'm shocked the guy who mocked a Vietnam war POW, harassed a Gold Star family, laughed at an 80 year old getting hit in the head with a hammer would say something so repulsive about the murder of Rob Reiner. Really completely out of the blue.
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“Locker room talk”
None of these guys have ever seen a locker room.
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It's the anniversary of the action for which he received the Medal of Honor- which took his leg, which killed my friend Tom Kennedy, and in which Groberg saved the life of current Vice Chief of Staff of the Army.
That trumps your dislike of him because he was born elsewhere
There are probably so many people who the Army could honor who have received the Medal of Honor. But who did the Army choose to honor instead on their social media page under the Trump admin?
@FlorentGroberg Florent Groberg, a Democrat who spoke at the 2016 DNC where he campaigned against Trump in support of @HillaryClinton and was praised by Obama.
You’d think that the US Army of all places would actually invest in some proper vetting, but nope. Inadequacy, screw ups, and zero political knowledge of anything in the Trump era is totally accepted my many in this admin.
Under the Army Secretary Dan Driscoll @SecArmy, there have been several instances of either him, or the Army promoting anti-Trump Leftists on their official social media channels.
Remember the Vindman screw up?
Are we supposed to believe the Army couldn’t find a Republican and US born soldier?
They had to find an immigrant who voted for Hillary Clinton and spoke at the DNC as Obama’s guest?
Isn’t this the type of thing political advisors are supposed to be keeping Dan Driscoll informed of?
Doesn’t seem like he knows too much about all of the players. A very ALOOF person. Not a good trait to have when you’re in charge of the Army.
Just another observation. I like to pay attention to the details. It’s the details that will get you. Every. Single. Time.
Details present patterns. And patterns present red flags.
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The Army honored Groberg, as it was the anniversary of his heroic actions which earned him the MOH- tackling a suicide bomber. The blast killed four Americans.
He spoke at the DNC for 60 seconds about service & sacrifice.
He served under presidents from both parties.
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1. Saves the career of the briefer who had to deliver the bad news
2. Gives top cover to GOP members who can now say "I haven't seen the intel"
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US official tells Fox: the 700 Marines ordered to help in LA have not yet arrived to help control the riots. The Marines will remain at Seal Beach south of Los Angeles and will be undergoing training for a few more days, despite Defense Secretary Hegseth telling lawmakers today that the Marines were trained and ready.
"The Marine unit is an infantry unit and needs to learn protocols for use of force in a domestic setting," a U.S. defense official tells Fox News.
Earlier this morning Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said all the military units on the ground have been fully trained for what will likely be domestic riot control.
HEGSETH to House Defense Appropriations Committee: “As far as training all of the units on the ground have been fully trained in their capabilities of what they're executing on the ground.”
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The helicopter started falling apart mid-air because the pilot was black?
Is that how technology works?
I wonder why it took them so long to tell us who the pilot was.
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The helicopter crashed because it lost its rotor, not because of pilot error.
“Everything we train for as helicopter pilots is under the assumption that the rotor system is still attached to the aircraft,” said Brandt Anderson, a former U.S. Army combat helicopter pilot.
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