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[Robert Sterling @RobertMSterling]

Please keep the jurors in the Lindsay Clancy trial in your prayers this week. The role they are serving in is not an easy one, and the burden placed upon them with this trial is one they will carry with themselves for years. Maybe even the rest of their lives.

Years ago, I served on a jury for a trial not unlike that of Lindsay Clancy. The crime did not garner the same level of media attention (fortunately), but the details of it were every bit as horrifying. A man had committed an unspeakably evil act against a young child, and I was among the unlucky 13 impaneled to hear his case.

To this day, it haunts me.

For a week, we sat in a courtroom, being presented the most gruesome, disgusting evidence imaginable. Testimonies from detectives, pathologists, nurses. Articles of clothing with DNA residue. Photographs of a victim no older than one of my own children.

But that wasn’t the worst part.

The worst part was being mere feet away from the man who had done it. I don’t know any way to describe other than that we were in the room with a demon. There was a physical demonic presence, and we were forced to sit face to face with it, told to give it the presumption of innocence. Evil incarnate.

After closing arguments, we went into the jury room and immediately voted to convict on all counts. The man is now serving a life sentence without parole. It’s far better than he deserves.

I said thanks to the prosecutor and the cops, walked out of the courthouse, got in my car, and broke down sobbing.

I drove home, held it together in front of my kids until the end of the day, then cried myself to sleep. Only time in my life I’ve ever done that.

I don’t think I’m a snowflake. I saw plenty of terrible things in the Middle East. But the human brain isn’t meant to process evidence like that being presented to Lindsay Clancy’s jurors, and the human soul isn’t meant to countenance such evil. For normal, decent people, being exposed to this violates every precept we have about humanity—or at least what humanity is supposed to be. It causes spiritual harm. Trauma.

So please, pray for these men and women. Pray for wisdom as they make an incredibly weighty decision. Pray for divine guidance as they (hopefully) dispense justice for Lindsay’s three children.

And pray that they find peace and healing for themselves when they leave the courtroom and go back to their own children. May their burden be light.

[Wall Street Apes @WallStreetApes]

🚨 A new scam is taking place in America that allows scammers to get your phone number to get past 2-Factor Authentication

Scammers can then get access to your social media accounts, bank accounts and more

AT&T Employee “I work at AT&T and over the last couple days, I've witnessed multiple malicious port-outs, which means that a scammer has tricked your cell phone carrier into allowing them to port your number over into a device that they control, which in turn lets them do the two-factor authentication

Allowing them into your bank account, your email, your social media. A way to prevent this from happening, and this isn't just for AT&T, this is for any cell phone carrier that you have. Most of them have a port-out protection that you should turn on because this has been happening quite a bit lately. So just letting you know”

Again this could happen on any cell phone carrier you have.

I researched and found port-out protection is a free feature offered by major U.S. carriers, including T-Mobile, Metro, and others

Make sure you do this

[Emilia @emiliathreads]

@RealCandaceO Atleast you spoke

[Tommy Robinson 🇬🇧 @TRobinsonNewEra]

A serial rapist has been charged with kidnapping and sexually assaulting a woman over several days in a hotel room.

This comes just months after being let off with no prison time for two other attacks, including the rape of a 15-year-old girl at gunpoint.

Abdimahat Bille Mohamed, 28, was only free because of the astonishing plea deal he was given in May in progressive Hennepin County, Minnesota.

It's becoming everyday now, just like the UK.

Get them out!

[Wasson Watch Co. @WassonWatch]

"Now do the USS Liberty."

Every time Israel comes up, someone mentions the USS Liberty. Hey, even when Israel is not the topic, people bring it up. A lot of folks see it as some kind of ace-in-the-hole that proves without a shadow of a doubt that Israel is a raging enemy of the United States.

So, yeah, let's talk about the USS Liberty.

The USS Liberty was a US Navy technical research ship, which was sailing in the Mediterranean Sea near the Sinai Peninsula on June 8, 1967, two days after the start of the Six-Day War, in which Israel was attacked by a coalition of Arab states including Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Iraq, and Lebanon (so all of its neighbors). It was mistakenly attacked by Israeli forces, which mistook it for an enemy Egyptian ship. The attack resulted significant casualties for the US Navy, including 34 killed, 171 wounded, and the ship heavily damaged.

Here's the story:

Several days BEFORE the war started, the Liberty was ordered to proceed to the eastern Mediterranean to perform signals intelligence (SIGINT) collection in international waters near the north coast of Sinai, Egypt. They were initially provided an allowable closest point of approach (CPA) of 12.5 nautical miles (NM) from Egypt and 6.5 NM from Israel, but once the war started they sent follow-on messages increasing those distances to 20 and 15 NM respectively, and again later to 100 NM from both countries, BUT DUE TO INEFFECTIVE MESSAGE HANDLING AND ROUTING, THESE MESSAGES WERE NOT RECEIVED UNTIL AFTER THE ATTACK.

So, the USS Liberty sailed right into the middle of a heavy, active war zone because of poor communication. This was a critical, deadly mistake, leading to the opportunity for further mistakes.

Between 0545 and 0940 the Liberty was spotted multiple times by different Israeli aircraft, and was marked on the Israeli Central Coastal Command (CCC) control table. However, the Liberty was on the move, and at 0545 it had started at 70 NM from Gaza, and later it was about 20 NM from Arish (on the northern coast of Sinai). With the movement of the vessel, and multiple hours without any sighting, it was removed from the CCC control board 1100 due to the positional information being considered out of date.

At 1124 it was reported that Arish was being shelled from the sea. This may have been due to exploding munitions that Egyptian forces had set on fire during their retreat.

Israeli torpedo boats and aircraft were dispatched to the area. Multiple reports were sent back about the Liberty, and it was unfortunately not identified as a US vessel at that time, and there were reports about other vessels coming through at the same time, which may have also been mixed up with reports about the Liberty.

Based on the available information, Israeli forces believed the USS Liberty was an Egyptian destroyer. At 1400 two Israeli Mirage III fighter jets were given permission to engage. They strafed the ship with their 30-mm cannons and rockets. In addition to killing as many as 8, and wounding 75, this initial attack unfortunately severed the ships antennas, and knocked down the flag, making accurate identification of the ship even less likely, and slowing the ability of the ship to communicate.

Over the proceeding 90 minutes there were several more attacks from the air and sea, resulting in significant damage to the Liberty and its crew, before the ship was positively identified as the USS Liberty at 1530.

At 1600, two hours after the attack started, and 30 minutes after its conclusion, Israel informed the US embassy in Tel Aviv that its forces had mistakenly attacked a US Navy ship. At 1640 the Israeli torpedo boats (which had been involved in the attack) returned to help, but were refused. Later Israel also provided a helicopter to fly US naval attache Commander Ernest Carl Castle to the Liberty.

Within hours apologies were sent by Israeli Prime Minister Levi Eshkol, Foreign Minister Abba Eban, and charge d'affaires Ephraim Evron to President LBJ. Within 48 hours Israel offered to financially compensate the victims and their families.

This was a tragic incident of friendly fire, which is unfortunately all-too-common in war. Some have suggested over the years that it was an intentional attack by Israel, but there's simply not evidence to support that position, while there is significant evidence to the contrary:

- As soon as Israeli forces positively identified the Liberty, they ceased the attack, and immediately apologized
- Both the US and Israel conducted investigations afterwards concluded the attacks were not intentional
- NSA transcripts later showed that the Israeli personnel communicating about the ship believed it was Egyptian
- The attack happened while Israel was being attacked by multiple enemies, and was literally defending its very existence, which meant decisions had to be made quickly without all of the available information

One point some have made is that survivors of the attack felt like it was intentional. And that's their prerogative. Getting shot at doesn't feel good. It feels intentional, whether it is or not. In the instance where the USS Liberty was getting shot at, at that point it was intentional in the sense that the Israeli forces did not know they were American, but believing them to be Egyptian, they were trying to kill them. But the fact is, many people who experience friendly fire report feeling it is intentional.

And as I mentioned previously, friendly fire events are all-too-common. Here are just a few you might not be aware of:

1. Operation Cobra, Normandy, July 25, 1944 (World War II) - USAAF Eighth Air Force bombers mistakenly bombed US positions near Saint-Lo, France, killing 111, and wounding 490.
2. Gulf War, February 26-27, 1991 (Operation Desert Storm) - Multiple friendly fire incidents occurred resulting 35 Americans killed, 9 British killed, and 72 Americans/22 British wounded across 17 ground and 10 air incidents. One notable incident involved a US A-10 firing Maverick missiles on British armored vehicles.
3. Sicily Campaign, July 11, 1943 (World War II) - US anti-aircraft gunners fired on a formation of US C-47 transport planes carrying paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne Division, downing several aircraft, and killing between 23 and 37 troops (estimates vary), and wounding at least 60.

War is Hell, and friendly fire is part of that Hell. Multiple errors led to the USS Liberty being attacked, but the biggest was the failure in communication that resulted in the Liberty sailing right into the middle of an active warzone. That error cannot be underplayed.

However, the USS Liberty incident is a far cry from the "headshot" argument for why Israel is an evil enemy of the United States. Using it as such as frankly childish. It's baseless. And it's quite easily refuted if you simply look at what happened and weigh the evidence rationally.

Haters will read this and call me a "Zionist Shill" who "got the phone call" and on, and on, and on, but the truth is I just care about the truth. And no amount of baseless insults will ever change that.

SOLI DEO GLORIA

[Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh]

🚨 GREAT NEWS: President Trump just gained a MASSIVE ally with Japan.

Hard right-winger Sanae Takaichi has officially become the country's first female Prime Minister.

Takaichi has promised a CRACKDOWN on migration into Japan, and has been compared to the late, great Shinzo Abe.

Anti-mass migration is RISING! 🇺🇸🇯🇵

[Thomas Massie @RepThomasMassie]

Imagine that, Americans want to know where their food comes from. I’ll be sponsoring legislation soon to reinstate country of origin labeling for beef and pork! This is especially important if our supermarkets are going to be flooded with beef from Argentina.

[Daniel Horowitz @RMConservative]

We need a Manhattan Project for healthy, abundant food much more than we need Data Centers.

-Pass Prime Act
-Expand exemptions from inspections to those who sell locally
-Restore country of origin labeling
-repeal stupid conservation programs and free up land for hay (which is at a record low)
-stop gobbling up ranch land with data center bull crap food is more important than AI slop
-Offer independent ranchers and farmers all the tax, regulatory, and land use favors offered to AI in the AI Action plan
-Devolve crop insurance programs to the states
-allow states to pick up some regulatory and USDA inspection/cert/labeling functions.

More on today's show: https://t.co/sZ4kbibGxI

[MAGA Voice @MAGAVoice]

HOLY SH*T 🚨 Japan’s new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has made Mass Deportations one of her FIRST Policies. Appointing Kimi Onoda for the job

Adopting Donald Trump’s policies WORK

Nations worldwide are waking up

[Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok]

BREAKING: Republican Danbury, CT Mayoral Candidate Emile Buzaid’s office was shot up. The front window was shattered in the attack.

This follows multiple Democrat CT officials joining no kings protests and promoting messages calling for violence against Republicans.

[Mike Lee @BasedMikeLee]

State law—not federal—should apply to beef that’s produced and sold in the same state

States are more than capable of enforcing their own health and safety standards, and letting them do so here—instead of the U.S.D.A.—would make a lot of sense

Share if you agree

[Alex Jones @RealAlexJones]

BOOM! Trump Just Released The Biggest Development In The 20 Year History Of The Jeffrey Epstein Case.

President Trump Has Now Signaled He Is About To Give Gislane Maxwell A Pardon Confirming Alex Jones' Prediction That Trump Would Use The Epstein File To Blackmail The Deep State

In This Historic Report Alex Jones States That He Believes This Is The Wrong Decision By The President

[Candace Owens @RealCandaceO]

It’s blitzkrieg week!

Today we produce irrefutable proof that 48 hours before Charlie died, he expressed that he was done with being bullied by Israel.

Plus there’s been a Turning Point in the story about the SD cards on 9/10.

Join us LIVE:

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[Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok]

BREAKING: Portland police just arrested Nick Sortor

They will arrest an independent journalist but not violent antifa members who assault cops and journalists

FREE NICK SORTOR

[MAGA Voice @MAGAVoice]

I DON’T CARE IF THIS OFFENDS YOU. ITS TIME TO FIRE 90% OF THE GOVERNMENT

SHUT IT ALL DOWN 🔥

[Nick Sortor @nicksortor]

🚨 The City of Portland REFUSED to arrest or cite the Antifa thug who BEAT @KatieDaviscourt with a pole last night…

But they HAPPILY cited me for overstaying the parking meter by 9 minutes!

Portland OPENLY BACKS vioIent criminals. Time for federal intervention! This CANNOT continue!

[Luke Rudkowski @Lukewearechange]

Yes please and more!

[Freedomain - with Stefan Molyneux, MA @StefanMolyneux]

Ditch unrepentant hard left friends and family.

If they win, these ‘relationships’ will end anyway because YOU’LL BE IN A FUCKING GULAG.

[DC_Draino @DC_Draino]

It somehow gets worse for Netflix

First they release a trans cartoon for kids from a guy who celebrated Charlie’s murder

Then @elonmusk says he’s cancelling his Netflix subscription which triggers a boycott

Now docs are leaked showing racial discrimination against white people

Can you say PR crisis?

[Homeland Security @DHSgov]

“We have room for but one flag, the American flag. We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language. And we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people.” - Theodore Roosevelt

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