Sidney O. Smith III

Joined X to support free speech & oppose lawfare. I am a realist in US foreign policy & a sound money advocate. Independent. Catholic convert.

[Sidney O. Smith III @SidOSmith]

Unquestionably, one of the most fascinating and studied artifacts/relics in history is the Shroud of Turin. The Shroud has mesmerized scientists and the religious of all faiths alike. This interview is one of the best I have seen.

https://t.co/38cVHHDPDQ

[DaVinci @BiancoDavinci]

2.000 years ago and now, ancient roman structures.

[Sidney O. Smith III @SidOSmith]

Eloquent and thoughtful words from the man who prophetically warned us in his farewell prez speech that the military industrial complex would destroy the American dream.

[Brandon Weichert @WeTheBrandon]

“But these people gave us a chance. And they bought time for us so we can do better than we have before." - Dwight D. Eisenhower

Have we lived up to the sacrifices of these giants? Is America today the same place they died for? Do we produce men like this today?

[Curt Mills @CurtMills]

“The aggressiveness of the Israeli intelligence collection on top U.S. officials during the second Trump administration has been ‘unhinged,’ one senior official said” https://t.co/4ZmdV7iPvp

[Sidney O. Smith III @SidOSmith]

Andreeva triumphs with incredible artistry and class, at age 19. Like her idol, Djokovic, she showed grace under pressure and, in many ways, saved the sport this week. She rose above. Truly amazing. Russia has a star who is winning over the world. @kadmitriev

[TNT Sports @tntsports]

19-year-old Mirra Andreeva is the youngest women's singles Roland Garros champion since 1992 ⭐️

[Thomas Massie @RepThomasMassie]

Pentagon Sees Growing
Espionage Threat From Israel:

The Defense Department has increased the counterintelligence threat assessment to its highest level, and Israel is believed to have eavesdropped on American negotiations with Iran.
https://t.co/Q7GfYWG2JZ

[Thomas Massie @RepThomasMassie]

@StephenM Most of the FISA judges are federal judges from outside of DC, and we’re talking about warrants for the FBI to search the databases, not the Secretary of War… unless the Secretary of War is targeting America citizens… is there something you want to tell us?

[Johnny Midnight ⚡️ @its_The_Dr]

Didn’t know Clint could play! I remember one movie he was at a piano.

[Holden Culotta @Holden_Culotta]

Theo Von: “What’s really going on with data centers?”

John Kiriakou: “This has to be intel-related.”

“Look at the companies that are involved.”

“Palantir.”

“NVIDIA.”

“Abraxas.”

“These big companies that either took CIA investments to get started as seed money or are staffed by retired senior CIA officers.”

Von: “Is the CIA now spying on our own people?”

Kiriakou: “Oh, yeah.”

“That’s what Ed Snowden warned us about.”

“Without Ed Snowden’s revelations, we wouldn’t have any idea that NSA and CIA were spying on Americans.”

“And this place in Utah, he and Julian Assange told us about Utah.”

“This new compound in Utah that NSA has built has enough memory storage space for every phone call, every email, and every text message from every American for the next 500 years.”

“According to Ed Snowden, NSA, CIA, other governmental organizations are scooping up all this data, and they’re just holding it.”

“Why?”

“Until the immediate post-9/11 period, if the government wanted your information, they had to go to a federal judge.”

“And the judge had to say: that’s a legitimate reason, I��ll sign the warrant.”

“Now, they just write something called a national security letter.”

“They give it to your provider … and they just turn it over.”

“Or they go to these new data centers and just put your name in … and everything pops up.”

“You don’t have any legal protections.”

“They just take whatever they want.”

@TheoVon @JohnKiriakou

[Sidney O. Smith III @SidOSmith]

@Judgenap I appreciate Prof. Sach's taking the time to do these interviews. I am of the view that if the assassination of JFK had not taken place, the US would have experienced a different historical trajectory and people like Prof Sachs would have ended up Sec of State or the like.

[Sulaiman Ahmed @ShaykhSulaiman]

JUST IN: ALBANIANS CALL FOR PM EDI RAMA TO RESIGN AFTER STRIKING DEAL WITH JARED KUSHNER FOR PROTECTED COASTLINE

“Albania is not for sale. Albania belongs to the Albanian people, and we decide what we want to do here.

It's not that some corrupted politicians can decide what they can do with our property.

He's trying to trade our country as a personal property of him and his family and his collaborators.

We want him to resign.”

[Chief Nerd @TheChiefNerd]

THEO VON: “There's just something about [Tulsi Gabbard] that seems genuine to me.”

JOHN KIRIAKOU: “And that's why [Democrats] tried to destroy her … They were threatened by her message. She just wouldn't get with their program.”

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

More than half of the publicly identified donors to President Trump’s White House ballroom project have won new or expanded federal contracts worth more than $50 billion, according to a report from a government watchdog group. https://t.co/wEAqxMA7AG

[Catherine Herridge @C__Herridge]

DIG DEEPER: After the clash between @SecScottBessent + @SenRonWyden I ran "Adam Wyden" through the DOJ Epstein Files portal:

29 hits including this April 2016 "thank you email" via Epstein’s assistant

Video clip @theblaze

[Thomas Massie @RepThomasMassie]

On June 8, 2026, I’ll speak on the floor of the House to honor and memorialize the brave crew of the 🇺🇸 USS Liberty who died and were wounded in an unprovoked attack by 🇮🇱 Israel on June 8, 1967. Catch my speech on @cspan.

[Sidney O. Smith III @SidOSmith]

Amazing. @usslibertyvets

[Thomas Massie @RepThomasMassie]

On June 8, 2026, I’ll speak on the floor of the House to honor and memorialize the brave crew of the 🇺🇸 USS Liberty who died and were wounded in an unprovoked attack by 🇮🇱 Israel on June 8, 1967. Catch my speech on @cspan.

[Trita Parsi @tparsi]

I have the deepest respect for the German people. I spent both winters and summers there growing up, and have tremendous admiration for the country.

But its foreign policy has been nothing short of an embarrassing disaster as of late.

From its support for the genocide in Gaza, ostensibly to "make up" for its conduct of another genocide (!?!), to its handling of the Iran file, to its recent direct and blatant attack and undermining of international law and the UN Charter.

As a result, I am not surprised in the least that Germany lost its bid for a UNSC elected seat, despite being the second-largest financial contributor to the UN and for its leadership role negotiating the Pact of the Future.

In fact, it is justice that Germany lost.

Hopefully, it will prompt some serious rethinking in Berlin. The world will be better off if Germany goes back to the country it was in 2003, when it rightfully stood up for international law and opposed the invasion of Iraq.

https://t.co/sjvNWWAhZg

[Thomas Massie @RepThomasMassie]

The Iran War Powers Resolution that I cosponsored (opposing the war) just passed the House of Representatives.

The People’s House is sending a message: end this war.

[Thomas Massie @RepThomasMassie]

Israel has used American-supplied munitions to kill tens of thousands of innocent civilians.

America is morally obligated to end support of Israel’s devastation of Gaza and its people. I’m cosponsoring the Block the Bombs Act to limit the transfer of offensive weapons to Israel.

[Monika Wiesak @MonikaWiesak]

It was possible for a people, over hundreds of years of foreign domination & religious persecution, to maintain their national identity & faith. Those who may believe that some nations may be permanently subjugated & eventually wiped out, would do well to remember Ireland. – JFK

[Trita Parsi @tparsi]

Just as Israeli commentators regularly express joy over the death and destruction Israel has wreaked in Gaza, pro-war and pro-Israeli commentators in Washington express the same sadistic pleasure in black smoke billowing in Tehran while feigning concern for the Iranian people...