Kirk Erwin

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[Kirk Erwin @KirkErwin]

Yes & no. Yes, this the way to save the Republic. No, we are not a democracy.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

This is the only way to save democracy in America

[Hidden History @HiddenHistoryYT]

On June 6, 1944, the Germans knew one thing for certain: to invade France, the Allies needed a port.

So they fortified every port on the French coast. Cherbourg. Calais. Boulogne. Turned them into fortresses. Poured millions of tons of concrete into the Atlantic Wall.

The Allies simply decided to bring their own port with them.

This is the story of the Mulberry Harbours, and it might be the single most audacious engineering feat in military history.

The problem was simple and brutal. You cannot sustain an invasion army of millions of men on landing craft alone. You need docks. Cranes. Piers. The infrastructure to pour supplies ashore by the thousands of tons every single day. Without a working port, any beachhead would eventually starve and collapse.

The Germans knew this. Their entire coastal defense strategy was built on it.

What they never imagined was that the Allies would build two fully functioning deep-water harbors in Britain, dismantle them into pieces, tow them across the English Channel, and reassemble them off the beaches of Normandy.

Starting in December 1943, 37,000 workers across Britain began secretly manufacturing the components. The project was so large it strained the entire British economy. 146 massive concrete caissons called Phoenixes, each one 60 metres long and 18 metres tall. Miles of floating steel roadways. Pontoon bridges. Breakwaters. Pier heads. Enough material to build a small city.

They built dry docks in the Thames and Clyde rivers just to construct the caissons. 1.5 million yards of steel shuttering. 31,000 tons of steel. Workers had no idea what they were building or why.

When D-Day came, tugboats began towing the pieces across the Channel at just 8 kilometres per hour. Hundreds of individual components, each one a logistical nightmare to move, crossing open water in the wake of the largest invasion fleet ever assembled.

Within 12 days, two working harbours stood off the Normandy coast. Mulberry A at Omaha Beach for the Americans. Mulberry B at Arromanches for the British and Canadians.

Then, on June 19, the worst storm to hit the Normandy coast in 40 years tore through the Channel.

For three days the storm raged. When it cleared, Mulberry A at Omaha was gone. 21 of 28 caissons completely destroyed. The piers smashed. The roadways scattered. The Americans scrapped it entirely and cannibalized the wreckage to repair the British harbor.

Mulberry B at Arromanches survived, barely, because of its slightly more sheltered position.

That one surviving harbor then proceeded to supply the entire Allied liberation of Western Europe.

2.5 million men. 500,000 vehicles. 4 million tons of supplies. All landed through an artificial harbor that was designed, built, floated, towed across the Channel, and assembled in secret, in less than six months.

After the war, Nazi armaments minister Albert Speer put it plainly.

Germany had spent 13 million cubic tonnes of concrete and 1.5 million tons of steel building the Atlantic Wall to deny the Allies a port.

"A fortnight after the landings," Speer said, "this costly effort was brought to nought by an idea of simple genius."

They built their own port.

And they brought it with them.

[Peacemaking Saint @PeacemakingSt]

Tonight my family and I watched Swiss Family Robinson. Absolute classic.

One scene in particular struck me.

Right after the Robinsons land on shore from their shipwreck, the mother suggests the family kneel in prayer before building a shelter.

Bring faith back into film.

[Brandon Tatum @TheOfficerTatum]

🚨 People are out here playing God and terminating pregnancies because they are terrified of being inconvenienced by a child with special needs.

If we do not stand up and defend the most vulnerable unborn babies among us, our entire culture is going to collapse.

[Glenn Beck @glennbeck]

As a father of a child with cerebral palsy, I was greatly disturbed by the story of the YouTuber couple who aborted their baby with Down Syndrome. They didn’t say the child was not a baby. They said it was not a life worth living, and not a life worth disrupting their own.

I know from personal experience, IT IS A LIFE WORTH LIVING. And my daughter was SO worth disrupting my plans. When I became a father of a child with special needs, I had countless plans. Since then, I've learned, my own plans only made me miserable. The real moments of happiness came from my family.

Raising my children was BY FAR the hardest thing I have ever done. But I wouldn't trade it for the world. Cherish your family. Don’t kill it.

[Sage Steele @sagesteele]

Oh my.

[Robert P. George @McCormickProf]

People with Down Syndrome are human beings. They are, as such, bearers of profound, inherent, and equal dignity and the right to life. To target them for extermination on the basis of their condition is as wicked as targeting people on account of their race, sex, or ethnicity.

[Kangmin Lee | 이강민 @kangminlee]

You didn't lose him to miscarriage or health complications, you killed him because he wasn't perfect enough for you.

Stop playing victim and face the reality that you murdered your child. You are not the victims here, it is your now dead child who didn't get a chance to live.

[Sage Steele @sagesteele]

What kind of human being publicly announces his decision to kill his baby??? And then tries to rationalize it???? This is so deeply disturbing on every level. May God bless that sweet, innocent baby.

[Military History Now @MilHistNow]

On this day in 1942, U.S. warships ambush a Japanese task force at Midway. Japan loses four carriers and nearly 250 warplanes in the ensuing battle. It's a turning point in the Pacific War.

[The Federalist @FDRLST]

Federalist CEO Sean Davis goes scorched earth against "history's greatest monster" Jill Biden for committing "elder abuse" against Joe.

"I think Jill might hate Joe more than Michelle hates Barack."

[Kristan Hawkins @KristanHawkins]

This is eugenics. It is morally bankrupt. And it should never be legal.

We must pass a PRENDA law to ban killing children based on their genetic code.

I pray my son with cystic fibrosis doesn’t read this man’s post.

[Kirk Erwin @KirkErwin]

From this day forward, @McJuggerNuggets , two words will haunt you until the day you leave this mortal coil: What if? As in, "What if we killed a blessing?"

[Jesse Ridgway @McJuggerNuggets]

This week, my wife and I made the very difficult decision to terminate the pregnancy due to Trisomy 21.

The choice was not made lightly. We really appreciate all of the personal stories that you guys shared with us, especially the unconditional support we received from fans with no matter what we decided.

I know some of you may be very disappointed to hear this news. We are devastated. This has been extremely traumatic for both of us, especially Ashley.

She underwent the procedure earlier this week and is on the mend. Thankfully, everything went smoothly, but emotionally we are drained.

Trisomy 21, also known as Down Syndrome, is caused by an extra chromosome. It is caused by an error in cell division, like a glitch. The odds of a baby having it is 1 in 1000.

When I first confronted this news, I was shocked but optimistic. If they’re a little slow intellectually, then we’ll make it work. I signed on to be a parent, come what may…but I just didn’t fully understand what Down Syndrome entailed.

Once we made it public, it became clear that MOST people don’t know what Down Syndrome entails (and no, it’s not the same as Autism):

50% of babies with DS have heart defects. 75% will have hearing challenges. Over 50% will have vision problems. Impaired immune function, developmental disabilities, learning disabilities, delayed physical development, poor muscle tone, structural issues with face, decreased lifespan, etc…Sadly, the list is long, feel free to look it up…Down Syndome isn’t a “blessing”, it is objectively shitty from a health perspective.

I didn’t realize just how rough it is for the child, let alone the family…more often than not, they would be fully dependent on others for the rest of their life.

The miscarriage risk is also close to 50%, which made matters worse…they may never see the light of day and it puts Ashley further at risk.

We spoke with doctors, friends, family and genetic counselors and learned that up to 90% of women terminate their pregnancy after learning the baby has Trisomy 21.

This was WAY higher than I expected, I thought it would be lower given that I hear so many say they kept or would keep the baby. I believe that’s because most terminations happen privately, it feels shameful. A lot of judgment being cast.

You never think you’d be in this type of situation until it happens to you and then things change.

To all of my fans who have weighed in on this topic who have Autism, Down Syndrome or any other conditions…we appreciate you. You matter a lot and we’re glad you’re here. I commend you and your families for having the strength and courage to push forward.

As for us, we made a difficult decision that we believe in the long-run will be beneficial for our family. Thankfully, we had a choice.

It will take a little time to move on, but we are excited to try again in the future and hopefully have a better outcome.

Love you guys & thank you for understanding. ❤️

[Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok]

OMG

"Wink Wink" an adult sex toy shop in Bellingham, Washington, is hosting "inclusive sex education" classes for children as young as 9-YEARS-OLD.

Why tf is a sex shop inviting children to their store?!?!

Extremely disturbing 🚩🚩🚩

[LifeNews.com @LifeNewsHQ]

@lilaroseshow 7 Incredibly Shocking Quotes From Planned Parenthood Founder Margaret Sanger https://t.co/YlKiqytL8R

[lilaroseshow @lilaroseshow]

Margaret Sanger didn’t just promote birth control.

She helped normalize a worldview where children were treated as burdens, fertility was treated as a disease, and “responsible” adults were told to limit their families to one or two kids.

[Kentucky Girl @Notwokenow]

I tweaked the title of Dr. Jill’s book for her.

Think she’ll like it?

[Kirk Erwin @KirkErwin]

Yes!

[Tironianae 🍊🍊 Z. - Ultra Verbum Vincet @Tironianae]

Alina Habba would have been one of the best US Atty's this country's ever had

But, Rino Chuck Grassley sided with Andy Kim & Cory Booker to use an unconstitutional blue slip maneuver to block her Appt

He's thinking about running again in (2028)

Time to Cornyn this dirtbag 👇

[Megan Basham @megbasham]

Why aren't British women allowed to carry pepper spray? I swear it's like their government wants to make things easy for the Muslim rape gangs.

[Kirk Erwin @KirkErwin]

Click the link below to read Jill Biden's extremely poorly written PhD dissertation.
https://t.co/XCSSHNqVmJ

[Bo Snerdley @BoSnerdley]

Another backhand slap at Kamala Harris. Doctor (of what?) Jill Biden believes Biden would have won against Trump. Obviously - Kamala couldn't pull it off.