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I haven’t tracked down the full show from which this clip is taken…so no idea how old this is…what Sec DHS reveals is shocking, not shocking.
Houston, we have a (much bigger) problem (than my imagination can come up with).
https://truthsocial.com/@CitizenFreePress/116139577235778641
Appears some preparatory work is going on in the Middle East, with potential retaliatory attack vectors being taken out…
Afghanistan (where the Autopen left all our equipment):
Hezbollah:
Did you notice the US team is now requesting the previously enriched uranium be delivered to the US.
Use it for SMR’s to power AI data centers?
I don’t see them accepting the implications of exposing stealth aircraft under a full moon. Two more weeks?
Yes, I did.
SMRs may be the ancillary reason, but the main reason is to prevent Iran from having a stockpile of material that can, in relatively short order, be turned to weapons grade (although even at the grade it is, it could be used in dirty bombs).
They have many other assets in theater, including drone squadrons…
Every time I see the Pakistan/Afghanistan news, it reminds me of Sundance’s discussion about “assigning responsibility.
Related, NK/Russia provides a nice balance to SK/Japan/US on the border of China.
Softening up begins. Taking out the proxy missiles capabilities.
Detroit fraud…
I came across this on Twitter – I just love it!
Beach Eagle (my name for him) – I wonder if he was inspired by Douglas MacArthur – I have been re-reading the bio by Manchester – the sunglasses are a nice touch!
https://x.com/antibearthesis/status/2026621226265846057?s=20
Cute.
100,000 murders – between this and abortions, they are feeding the maw of Satan…
My first thought was: Cui bono? The elderly husband who couldn’t care for his wife anymore (although I read she didn’t want to die…)? Children or other relatives who stand to inherit an estate? The Canadian government if there is no one to inherit? Will a newly vacated home house “migrants?”
I’d like to know what percentage of the MAID victims – because, yes, that’s what they are — are white, elderly, poverty-stricken rather than terminally ill. I’d like to know the percentage of how many terminally ill people ended up terminal because they could not receive appropriate medical care.
I’ll never get the answers but am rather certain that some ghoul is tracking those statistics.
All, very very good questions.
Would like to see Colton Moore win the Special Election for the remainder of MTG’s term. The Special Election is March 10. His polling numbers look good (see below). There are 21 candidates and if no candidate gets at least 50% there will be a run off between the top 2 finishers. There will be an election in November when MTG’s term ends.
GOP Forum Straw Poll: Moore won a straw poll at a Northwest Georgia GOP forum on February 12, 2026, securing 45% of the vote. His closest competitor, former prosecutor Clay Fuller (who has been endorsed by Donald Trump), followed with 19%.
As a citizen in this(!) district, I am absolutely delighted to see “a great big field.” Isn’t this the way that “elections” are supposed to be in this country? I actually have a choice to make! (Wow …)
Now, let’s start to go back to having a similar selection of “political parties.” If you surf to the WikiPedia article on “Defunct American Political Parties,” the first thing that you will observe is that it is “a great big list!” Howcum not today?
I agree. My brother is also a citizen of this district. He is looking forward to voting in the Special Election.
U.S. Vice President JD Vance said Thursday that while military strikes against certain targets in Iran, primarily nuclear and long-range missile sites, remain under consideration by President Donald J. Trump, he and many other officials prefer a diplomatic option and that that if strikes do occur, there is “no chance” that it would result in the United States becoming involved in a years-long, drawn-out war in the Middle East.
“The idea that we’re going to be in a Middle Eastern war for years with no end in sight – there is no chance that will happen,” Vance told The Washington Post in an interview as he returned to Washington from an event in Wisconsin on Thursday.
He further said during the interview that he still sees himself as a “skeptic of foreign military interventions,” a description he believes continues to apply to President Trump.
This kinna feels like a demonstration of capabilities.
Some more on the CPB drone shoot-down. According to Reuters, citing unnamed congressional aids, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) barred flights over Fort Hancock, Texas and surrounding areas due to the accidental shoot-down of a government drone by a military counter-unmanned aircraft system (C-UAS).
The drone, a Customs and Border Protection (CBP) drone, was flying in an area characterized increased cartel drone traffic near the Mexico-U.S. border. According to the FAA, the incident did not impact commercial flights.
This is not the first incident involving the targeting of a friendly and or non-threatening aerial object by laser-based C-UAS positioned near the border and/or at C-UAS training ranges near CPB areas of operation, as lawmakers continue to push for increased coordination between the military, CBP, and the FAA in order to mitigate the frequency of such incidents.
Foreign Minister Badr Al Busaidi is scheduled to meet with Vice President JD Vance and other U.S. officials in Washington on Friday for previously unreported talks in an effort to stave off a potential conflict with Iran, sources tell NewsNation.
The United States is prepared to deploy Task Force Scorpion Strike, an operational unit equipped with LUCAS loitering munitions, for potential strikes against Iranian territory, according to CENTCOM spokesperson Captain Tim Hawkins.
“We established this squadron last year to rapidly equip our forces with new combat drones, and their capabilities continue to expand,” Hawkins said.
The unit operates under Special Operations Command Central (SOCCENT), which oversees special operations within U.S. Central Command’s area of responsibility.
One of the unit’s drones successfully completed testing in the Persian Gulf in mid-December last year, launching from the deck of the USS Santa Barbara (LCS-32), an Independence-class littoral combat ship.
The vessel is currently deployed to the region as part of a naval task group.
@Polymarket
BREAKING: Anthropic CEO formally refuses to comply with the Department of War’s demands.
yes because they want complete access to defense systems. I know we all are on full out attack on Bannon. But, he has been all over this specific instance also for months.
https://www.rt.com/russia/633095-rubio-nuclear-deal-russia-china/
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Any future nuclear arms control agreement must include China alongside the US and Russia, Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said. He stated that Washington will continue pressing for trilateral talks with Beijing and Moscow.
Any “deep strikes” are NOT Ukrainian drones – currently the only such drones that launch from their territory are BRITISH.