The FlyDubai pilot who was stabbed by his terrorist co-pilot has been identified as Indian national Smit Machchhar.
The veteran pilot reportedly fought back against his first officer and alerted the crew and passengers aboard the plane, who managed to intervene.
Machchhar is being credited as averting a possible terror attack. May he make a complete recovery.
Should Thomas Massie even be allowed to run? He’s not a citizen of Israel, he’s not funded by Israel, nor does he have a major donor who was in Epstein’s phone book.
Why would Trump announce Iran has opened the strait, thank them, then announce in the next sentence of the same tweet that the U.S. blockade is still in effect but only for Iran? Did he think they’d accept that? Of course not. Because Israel doesn’t want to end the war and Trump hoped this would make Iran look bad.
A message from Venezuelans to Hollywood celebrities who have been spreading propaganda about our tragedy for decades while cosplaying as righteous revolutionaries CC @MarkRuffalo@mrdannyglover@SusanSarandon@NaomiCampbell
I’m furious.
We’ve gotten official word that “several” students at my college have had their visas pulled (among the hundreds reported across the country). No reasons given. My school is about as activist as a jar of peanut butter.
My other international students are worried. Is there a list? Who’s being pulled. Is any politics bad? Now they’re afraid to express themselves.
If you say “good,” you have my utter contempt.
My foreign students came to America to learn, both the specifics of their majors, but also the larger lessons America has to teach about freedom and success, about being able to explore ideas and experiment with different versions of themselves.
And Trump is taking that away. Be quiet. Keep your head down. Free speech is for others, not you. Just like back home.
If you’re thrilled because all those blue-haired woke kids are getting their comeuppance, you should know that during the culture wars, my international students have always been a breath of fresh air, challenging woke shibboleths because they came from worlds where none of that made sense. I’d gladly take 10 kids from China over 10 kids from a progressive Brooklyn private school (sorry Zoe).
But I’m sure the Trump administration is carefully vetting their deportation lists, not just doing random searches of social media sites for dangerous words like “trans,” or “Palestine,” or “free speech.”
Because we can trust the government.
Today’s Russian attack included missiles launched from the waters of the Black Sea. Our partners know exactly which vessels were involved and from which part of the sea the launch occurred. This is one of the reasons why Russia is distorting diplomacy, why it is refusing to agree to an unconditional ceasefire: they want to preserve their ability to strike our cities and ports from the sea.
A ceasefire at sea is not just about free navigation and the export of food products — it is, above all, about overall security and bringing peace closer.
Putin does not want to end the war — he is looking for ways to preserve the option of reigniting it at any moment, with even greater force. That’s exactly why all forms of pressure on Russia must continue: strengthening our ability to defend ourselves, maintaining sanctions, and ensuring that diplomacy — any conversation with Moscow — leaves no opportunity to kill.
If there is a ceasefire, it must be unconditional — one that does not allow for the destruction of life. Ukraine has agreed to the United States’ proposal of a full, unconditional ceasefire. Putin is refusing. We are awaiting a response from the United States—none has come so far, and we also expect a response from all in Europe and around the world who truly want peace.
As a person with a *strong* track record of criticizing Elon Musk, I feel extremely confident asserting that this was not a Nazi salute. Elon Musk is a friend to the Jews. This is a man with Aspergers exuberantly throwing his heart to the crowd. We don't need to invent outrage.
Remember when the USA gov offered a tax credit for EVs and then the manufacturers of EVs raised the prices inline with that tax credit?
What do you think will happen to all prices when everyone gets a base income?
(I'll also retweet.)