Ann Buwalda

Exec Director of Jubilee Campaign USA. Voice for the Voiceless.

[Jubilee Campaign USA @JubileeC]

"As of August 2026, over four years after the murder of Deborah, none of the perpetrators who beat Deborah to death in Nigeria have been brought to justice for her murder even if it was documented on film and live streamed."

[Shanaka Anslem Perera ⚡ @shanaka86]

The most powerful warship ever built just disappeared.

The USS Gerald R. Ford, 100,000 tons of nuclear-powered floating sovereignty carrying over 75 aircraft and a crew of 4,500, switched off its transponder and vanished from every public tracking system on earth. The most advanced aircraft carrier in human history is somewhere in the Eastern Mediterranean and the only people who know its exact coordinates are the ones giving the orders.

When a carrier goes dark, it is not hiding. It is hunting.

The Ford has been deployed for 241 consecutive days. If this operation extends through April it will become the longest carrier deployment since Vietnam. The US Navy does not break fifty-year records for deterrence. It breaks them for war. And the Ford is not alone. The USS Abraham Lincoln holds station in the Arabian Sea with a second full carrier air wing, escort cruisers, and destroyers carrying enough Tomahawk cruise missiles to reshape the geography of Iran’s coastline.

Two carrier strike groups. Sixteen warships confirmed in theater. 150 aircraft between them. 800 potential daily sorties. Forty to fifty percent of all deployable US airpower in the Middle East concentrated in two floating airbases that Iran cannot see, cannot track, and cannot reach.

Now map the geometry. The Ford sits west of Iran behind Israel’s air defense umbrella. Any Iranian missile aimed at the Ford must first cross the most advanced integrated air defense network on the planet. The Lincoln sits south of Iran in the Arabian Sea, beyond the range of most Iranian ballistic missiles but within strike range of every target in southern Iran including the IRGC naval bases that would enforce any Hormuz closure. Iran is bracketed. West and south. Mediterranean and Arabian Sea. Two carriers that can launch simultaneous strikes from two axes while remaining in waters where Iranian retaliation has to cross through allied defense systems to reach them.

This is not a defensive posture. This is a kill box built from aircraft carriers.

The Ford went dark because what comes next does not benefit from Tehran knowing the launch point. The F-22s already destroyed the air defenses. The first wave of strikes already hit the leadership. The IRGC already fired its retaliation and hit one civilian with debris. Iran announced Hormuz closure via VHF radio and the US Fifth Fleet did not respond with a statement. It responded by repositioning assets that make the IRGC navy’s entire order of battle obsolete.

Iran threatened to close a 21-mile strait. America parked two aircraft carriers on either side of the country that borders it.

The Ford did not disappear. The Ford stopped telling Iran where to look. Because the next thing Iran sees from that ship will not be a transponder signal. It will be the sky filling with aircraft. https://t.co/BrzGRrU3VW

[Scott Morgan @confusedeagledc]

Islamist Militants Massacre 25 Believers, Torch Churches and Homes in Nigeria’s Adamawa State https://t.co/v8TWCl4PeQ via @Truth Nigeria

[Mike Pompeo @mikepompeo]

The Islamic Republic of Iran has now fired missiles at no fewer than six sovereign nations - each with massive Muslim populations. This rips the band aid off of the lie that the Ayatollah tells about being the protector of the Islamic faith.

He is a terrorist and evil. We cannot falter until he no longer terrorizes America, Israel, the entirety of the Gulf - including the world's food and energy supply - and the people of Iran.

[الائتلاف اليمني للمواطنة وحرية الضمير @AlmjlsFy]

في أرض اليمن تُرفع صلوات كثيرة في الخفاء، تحملها قلوب أنهكها الألم لكنها لم تفقد الإيمان.

هناك مسيحيون يعيشون بصمت، يواجهون الخوف والتهميش والمعاناة بعيدًا عن الأضواء، لكن صلاتهم ما زالت تنبض بالأمل والسلام.

الإيمان لا يعرف ضجيجاً، لكنه يصل إلى السماء مهما اشتد الظلام، ولأن الإنسانية واحدة، تبقى حرية العبادة والعيش بكرامة حقاً لكل إنسان، دون خوف أو اضطهاد.

[Ann Buwalda @ann_buwalda]

@lawandliberty1 China belongs on the list for sure

[Sean Nelson @Sean_ADFIntl]

Wonderful to moderate this panel presenting the work of amazing allied lawyers here in Africa advancing religious freedom and opposing persecution in their countries and across the continent. #IRFSummitAfrica @ADFLegal @ADFIntl @IRFSummit

[Ann Buwalda @ann_buwalda]

@elonmusk @MarioNawfal Before 2008, the H-1b quota was 195,000. Currently, over 400,000 petitioning companies apply each year for the H-1b lottery in hopes of getting one of the precious 66,000 H-1b visas. Each employer files a labor condition application promising to pay prevailing wages.

[Sean Nelson @Sean_ADFIntl]

BREAKING NEWS: Rhoda Jatau, Christian mother of five in Nigeria, was FULLY ACQUITTED & found NOT GUILTY of the frivolous "blasphemy" allegations against her. Her two-and-a-half years' long ordeal is over. Praise God! This video captures the WHOLE story 👇🙏 @ADFIntl @ADFLegal

[Senator John Curtis @SenJohnCurtis]

There is no greater example of the deterioration of freedom in Hong Kong than the sham trial of Jimmy Lai.
Jimmy Lai does not deserve to spend another Christmas in jail.

[Ann Buwalda @ann_buwalda]

Net Zero energy goals cannot be reached without slavery in China. Listen and learn why from Lord Alton. https://t.co/m1i54kcPKD

[UCA News @UCANews]

Indian Christians faced a record number of attacks in 2024. Anti-conversion laws & political climate create challenges. #ReligiousFreedom https://t.co/yRn5HXODZn

[NORTH PRESS AGENCY - ENGLISH @NPA_English]

The Manbij Military Council, part of the #SDF, successfully repels multiple #Turkey-backed attacks on #Manbij, northern #Syria.

https://t.co/Rp5y6gZJYz

[EuropeanSyriacUnion (ESU) ܚܘܝܕܐ ܣܘܪܝܐ ܕܐܘܪܝܦܝ @esu_int]

ESU Statement: New Chapter in Syria. Congratulations to the Syrian people.

More than 13 years of war new chapter is beginning today in Syria following departure of the Assad from the capital. Rights of every groups must be respected and guaranteed.

[Nadine Maenza @nadinemaenza]

As #HTS & Syrian Operations Room Coalition were deposing Assad, Turkish-backed Islamist militias (SNA) were attacking #Kurds, #Yazidis & #Christian converts in #Shabha region with horrific atrocities including killings, beheadings & kidnapping shared from witnesses fleeing to the NE.

Now with air-support from #Turkey, they go after NE Syria starting in Manbij. It was never about peace or Assad for #SNA & Turkey but ethnically cleansing NE Syria.

[Jubilee Campaign USA @JubileeC]

#ImmediateRelease #Canada
Family Appeal to Canada to Free Their Dad Imprisoned in Egypt

MFA @melaniejoly #FreeAbdulbaqiSaeed
https://t.co/TD28eGDsd2

[Rep. Bill Huizenga @RepHuizenga]

That is why I urge passage of my bill, H.R. 8863, the BRAVE Burma Act, to sanction the MEB and limit the Burmese military’s ability to conduct airstrikes on civilians. (2/2)

[Rep. Bill Huizenga @RepHuizenga]

The @statedept & @USTreasury could be doing far more to stop the brutal military junta from having access to the MEB’s dollar-based financial system, which it uses as a key financial lifeline to its transnational support networks. (1/2)