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“And now, over the past six weeks or so, Israel has eliminated as many terrorists on the US list of wanted terrorists as the US has done in the last 20 years.” //

Former President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and advisor, Jared Kushner, had some wise words yesterday about Israel.

Israel has to finish the job. Now. She cannot stop.

People have responded, “I don’t agree with you politically at all, but this is true!”

Kushner wrote:

September 27th is the most important day in the Middle East since the Abraham Accords breakthrough.

I have spent countless hours studying Hezbollah and there is not an expert on earth who thought that what Israel has done to decapitate and degrade them was possible.

This is significant because Iran is now fully exposed. The reason why their nuclear facilities have not been destroyed, despite weak air defense systems, is because Hezbollah has been a loaded gun pointed at Israel. Iran spent the last forty years building this capability as its deterrent. //

But today, with the confirmed killing of Nasrallah and at least 16 top commanders eliminated in just nine days, was the first day I started thinking about a Middle East without Iran’s fully loaded arsenal aimed at Israel. So many more positive outcomes are possible.

Contrary to what any pundits or politicians might tell you, Israel did not start this war with Hezbollah, the Iranian-funded terror proxy that controls Lebanon.

On Oct. 8, 2023, while Israel was trying to count the dead, the kidnapped, and the brutalized, and was still battling the Hamas terrorists that invaded the country the day prior, Hezbollah opened a “second front” against Israel to help Hamas and hasn’t stopped firing rockets since. For 10 months, over 60,000 civilians have been forced to flee from their homes in the North and live in hotels in central Israel, displaced and unfortunate casualties, as Israel worked to crush Hamas in Gaza. //

In the middle of a slow Tuesday, just weeks after Israel thwarted a massive and deadly rocket attack minutes before it was set to happen, thousands of beepers began blowing up throughout Lebanon. Incredibly, Israel appears to have learned of Hezbollah’s attempts to use low-tech forms of contact and entered the supply chain that the terror organization used to obtain its illicit communication devices. Then they waited for Hezbollah to distribute the pagers to the terrorists and incapacitated their ability to harm Israel. The next day, they repeated the operation, this time with walkie-talkies. And when the leadership of Hezbollah met days later to discuss their plans to invade Northern Israel, the IDF struck and eliminated essentially all of the terror organization’s leaders, evil people who were responsible for the deaths of thousands, including hundreds of Americans. In the days since, Israel has struck thousands of military targets and dealt a significant blow to Hezbollah’s ability to terrorize the world.

But Israel wasn’t finished. On Friday, minutes after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu finished addressing the United Nations General Assembly — to a hall voluntarily emptied of the world’s worst actors, who had wandered out of the room in a show of support for Hamas and Hezbollah — Israel destroyed the headquarters of Hezbollah, in Beirut. The operation successfully eliminated terror chief Hassan Nasrallah, the mastermind and architect of the murder of thousands of innocent Jews, Christians, and Muslims in countries around the world. //

This is not a war between Israel and the Lebanese people. Rather, it is a war between Israel and a heavily armed terrorist group that has hijacked Lebanon and is acting on orders from a different authority: the mullahs sitting pensively in Tehran.

In the pursuit of their master’s goals to destroy Israel and ultimately the United States, Hezbollah has provoked and attacked Israel for months, which stoically did not respond. Israel warned dozens of times for Hezbollah to stop and retreat to the Litani River in accordance with the United Nations resolution agreed to in 2006, which would allow the citizens of Northern Israel to return home.

Instead, Hezbollah decided to destroy Lebanon. They planted weaponry inside population centers, determined to exploit the Lebanese people as human shields, and escalated tensions into a full-blown war with Israel that the people of Lebanon overwhelmingly rejected. Their constant and deadly indiscriminate attacks have killed and injured dozens, most tragically seen by the massacre of 12 Druze children playing soccer in Majdal Shams in July.

Israel’s relative restraint in the face of Hezbollah’s ongoing aggression can largely be attributed to the miraculous protective capabilities of the Iron Dome. This advanced defense system, while reducing the immediate human toll of rocket attacks, has inadvertently created a perception internationally that Israel can absorb such violence indefinitely. The world, witnessing Israel’s ability to intercept most incoming threats, has grown accustomed to this scenario, often ignoring the deeper implications of allowing sustained aggression to persist unchallenged. This dynamic has led to a dangerous normalization of terrorism, where Israel is expected to continually endure hostilities without any response, which has only emboldened its many adversaries.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his government, much maligned on the international stage as dangerous extremists, have displayed a consistent and conciliatory tone in the face of Hezbollah’s war of attrition. For a year now, they have repeatedly attempted to tone down the conflict, even as Hezbollah leadership promised to continue to escalate and broaden the conflict.

Hurricane Helene brought massive rainfalls and flooding at unprecedented levels, and from northern Georgia to the Southern Appalachians, to Western North Carolina, and parts of Eastern Tennessee, roads have been washed away, entire cities have been leveled, and populations devastated.

But had it not been for concerned citizens and loved ones, and some citizen journalists posting on X, the rest of the country would have been left in the dark. Up until this morning, the legacy media has all but ignored the destruction and never questioned when the worst of the weather started on Friday, why President Joe Biden was sunning himself at Rehoboth Beach, DE or why Vice President and selected Democrat nominee Kamala Harris was schmoozing with her donors in California, all while people lost their homes, their communities, and their lives.

From some reports on Sunday, despite federal emergency declarations being issued, FEMA had not even been activated. //

As former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich observed, the scale of the disaster is too massive for the slow-moving FEMA. //

What most comes to the fore is how ineffective and inefficient the federal government is, and how essential and ingenious the local community is. This is what the fabric of America is comprised of, and despite the incessant meddling by this government to try and tear that fabric apart, we remain strong and even more bonded. We are going to be who we are, and the hell they wish to unleash in communities and electorally cannot change that.

California’s “deepfake” law shows, once again, that progressive authoritarians seek to ruin everything fun.

Gov. Gavin Newsom and the state’s legislature recently went full Karen and passed a law banning political deepfakes and placing restrictions on satire. Now, one of the nation’s leading satirical outlets is fighting back.

The Babylon Bee and the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) filed a lawsuit against the state of California on Monday, challenging new laws that the satire site claims target political parody and free speech, according to a Daily Wire exclusive.

Poor, agenda-driven choices made by FEMA, the Commerce Department and the FCC may be contributing to the death toll from Helene, and needlessly delaying recovery operations. //

Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok
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In case you’re wondering why the response to Hurricane Helene has been a disaster… Fema’s goal 1 is to instill equity as a foundation of emergency management. This is real
2:19 AM · Sep 30, 2024. //

Paul A. Szypula 🇺🇸 @Bubblebathgirl
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Biden’s FEMA just bent a knee to Elon Musk and is installing 30 Starlink received to help those affected by Hurricane Helene.

North Carolina would’ve had 19,522 Starlink kits installed now if the FCC hadn’t withdrawn the grant they had promised SpaceX.

4:05 PM · Sep 30, 2024 //

ALEX @ajtourville
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FYI – North Carolina would have 19,522 working @Starlink kits available today after Hurricane Helene had the FCC not revoked in bad faith the grant that was awarded to SpaceX as the winning bidder.
10:21 PM · Sep 29, 2024

A White House official told CNN that the administration believes Iran will soon attack Israel with ballistic missiles.

Another official, don’t know if it’s the same one, told Fox News, “We are actively supporting defensive preparations to defend Israel against this attack. A direct military attack from Iran against Israel will carry severe consequences for Iran.”

IDF Spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said “that as of now, no aerial threats have been launched at Israel from Iran.”

Brother Mikey @BrotherMikeyX
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"I will cripple you, and you have no idea what that means. Nobody does."

Harold Dagget, Chief Negotiator for the International Longshoremen Association, threatens to cripple the US economy with IMMINENT port strike.

In a recent interview, Harold explains the impact of what will… Show more
11:09 AM · Sep 30, 2024 //

Lest you think Daggett is a humble man of the people, here's a look at his cushy lifestyle:

Despite his eminent blue collar credentials, the union baron earned $728,000 last year from the ILA, plus another $173,000 as president emeritus of a local union branch, Politico reported.

He previously owned a 76-foot yacht, the Obsession, and has been spotted by his members riding in a Bentley, according to The New York Times.

Mr. Daggett can well afford a long, drawn-out strike, but many Americans will suffer greatly because of it.

Sunny @sunnyright
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Taft-Hartley is federal law.

The president has decided he doesn’t believe in certain federal laws because they hurt his political allies.

The media has no follow-up questions.

Jeff Stein @JStein_WaPo
President Joe Biden: I don't believe in Taft-Hartley
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9:18 AM · Oct 1, 2024

Fateh Sherif was, supposedly, an educator — the principal of Deir Yassin Secondary School. He was also an employee of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine (UNRWA.) Sherif also moonlighted as a Hamas leader, responsible for coordinating Hamas actions with Hezbollah, including recruiting and logistics operations.

Now he's been shuffled off the mortal coil by the Israeli Air Force after an air strike eliminated him, and the UNRWA is finally admitting he was one of theirs.

Elon Musk @elonmusk
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Very few Americans realize that, if Trump is NOT elected, this will be the last election. Far from being a threat to democracy, he is the only way to save it!

Very few Americans realize that, if Trump is NOT elected, this will be the last election. Far from being a threat to democracy, he is the only way to save it!

"Let me explain," Musk continued:

If even 1 in 20 illegals become citizens per year, something that the Democrats are expediting as fast as humanly possible, that would be about 2 million new legal voters in 4 years. The voting margin in the swing states is often less than 20 thousand votes.

That means if the “Democratic” Party succeeds, there will be no more swing states!! Moreover, the Biden/Harris administration has been flying “asylum seekers”, who are fast-tracked to citizenship, directly into swing states like Pennsylvania, Ohio, Wisconsin and Arizona. It is a surefire way to win every election.

America then becomes a one-party state and Democracy is over. The only “elections” will be the Democratic Party primaries. This already happened in California many years ago, following the 1986 amnesty.

The only thing holding California back from extreme socialism and suffocating government policies is that people can leave California and still remain in America. Once the whole country is controlled by one party, there will be no escape.

Everywhere in America will be like the nightmare that is downtown San Francisco.

@amuse @amuse
Replying to @BasedMikeLee
All according to plan. Guess how many migrants are eligible for naturalization under the current rules? 9 million…
11:11 AM · Sep 29, 2024 //

Corn Pop
8 hours ago edited
When I think of this scenario, I can only ask myself, "Why do the Democrats and far left nutjobs hate America so much?" I mean, everything they've obtained in life up until this point was due to the fact that America was NOT the country they're trying so hard to create. Knowing that, how the heck can they be so against it? Has the insatiable need for power corrupted their minds that they can no longer think like rational people? //

GBenton
8 hours ago
The idea can't be to continue the status quo, trading power back and forth every 4 years and hoping they don't steal the election.

If Trump wins, the next four years need to be dedicated to fixing the mess and dismantling their machine. Voter ID, paper ballots, same day voting for starters.

But we also need to expose what the Democrat party and media really is. Expose their corruption, past and present crimes, so that by the time the mid terms and next presidential cycle rolls around the party is in ruins.

Trump needs to declassify a LOT of their dirt. Show the public the true extent of their evil and destroy the Dem/MSM machine and make them so toxic that no company wants their name associated with the "D" brand. //

GBSNSG
7 hours ago edited
No Doubt. It's been telegraphed since Obama. Much of it under the radar of the "standing" government. As Obama built his deep state network. Hillary would have sealed the deal in 2016 but for DJT. They had fixes in, for sure. They did not, however, anticipate we the people to vote overwhelmingly for DJT, even the polls lied to them. Then in 2020, they saw the popularity of him, knew they would lose to him again, so they manipulated everything they could, including changing voter laws and gerrymandering, mail tampering, ballot stuffing, tampering with the courts, we all know it and they do too...
I liken it to the scene in The Hunt for Red October, when the crew is off and Ramius surrenders the RO to Capt. Mancuso. Then a torpedo swims by, realizing it was Russian, they assume battle stations. The next "fish" is launched and Ramius turns into the torpedo. The torpedo breaks over the hull as it didn't arm in the shorter distance. That was the Dems in 2016. Hillary was the torpedo and DJT was the Red October. The Dems did what the attacking Russian sub commander did for his second attack, removed all the "safeties", so it armed as soon as it launched. Same thing with everything the Dems did, so there was no way for DJT to win in 2020. The steal was in, regardless of the votes, the ballots, the machines, the internet, the water leaks, the obstruction of observers, the stop/start counts at midnight, the dead, the illegals; everything plus the kitchen sink was thrown in to ensure a Biden-Harris victory, even as weak a ticket as they were, it ensured the Dems had another 4 years to get back on track after the DJT hiccup between 2016-2020.
This whole administration has been by design, even the disenfranchising of the 14 million that voted for Biden in the DNC primary. They do not care; it is power and a national and global initiative to maintain it. That's all.

Mr. Musk is right, we must get DJT back in the White House and get to work.

Hurricane Helene is an unusual example of “conveyor belt” weather conditions, similar to those for Hurricane Sandy in 2012.

Brian | September 29, 2024 at 11:28 am
[QUOTE] Israel now finds itself with the threat from Gaza mostly neutralized and the opportunity to neutralize Hezbollah in the north. It’s unfortunate how we got here but maybe there can be a silver lining in the end. [/QUOTE]

Yes, I view the two, Hamas and Hezbollah, as the Iranian equivalent of a “fleet in being.”

A “fleet in being” is a naval force that extends a controlling influence without ever leaving port. Were the fleet to leave port and face the enemy, it might lose in battle and no longer influence the enemy’s actions, but while it remains safely in port, the enemy is forced to continually deploy forces to guard against it.” (Wikipedia)

Iran has lost the influence of it’s “fleet in being” as a force that could deter Israel.

So Iran is now isolated – naked as a Jaybird, one might say, to he whims or plans of Israel.

Brian in reply to Brian. | September 29, 2024 at 11:51 am
I might also suggest that under the Biden/Harris administration, the US removed sanctions from Iran and paid several billion $$ to them in ransom for a few Iranian/US hostages, and has consistently urged Israel to restrain itself and substitute negotiations and a ceasefire for definitive kinetic military operations.

If that wasn’t enough (!) to convince Israel that the US was an Iranian asset, Kamala’s snubbing of Netanyahu when he was in the US in favor of her addressing as sorority was proof beyond doubt that the US was not going to protect Israel from Iran.

So Israel (wisely) decided to abandon the US strategy of urging caution and negotiations rather than military operations.

And thus, behind the degradation of Hamas and now Hezbollah, did the final check on Israel’s restraint – US influence on Israel – collapse.

Your marriage is shaped by your commitment to say no. Your parenting is shaped by your willingness to say no. Your friendships are shaped by how often you say no. Your friendships and fellowship in the body of Christ are determined by your discipline in saying no. I am not talking about saying no to your spouse, your kids, or your friends, but rather about how spiritually important it is to say no to yourself. It is important to understand that no one is in greater danger of you than you are, because of the sin that still resides inside of you. That sin makes you susceptible to the myriad temptations that greet you every day. When faced with all of temptation’s deception, seduction, and allure, it is important that you say no to the sinful desires that draw you in and make you want to say yes.

You need to understand two things when you are facing temptation. First, in that moment no one can say no for you. Only by God’s empowering grace can you turn from temptation’s allure and run in the other direction, and no one else can do that for you. Second, you will say no only when you see sin as deeply evil and destructive. //

The imagery of lopping off your hand, amputating your foot, and gouging out your eye is here because your Savior understands your struggle with sin and temptation. Your commitment to seek the empowering grace you need in order to say yes to God and no to sin is more valuable than your hand, foot, or eye. Of course, God isn’t telling you to mutilate your body as a defense against sin, because that wouldn’t work. Sin is a battle of the heart and is won or lost there. Jesus’s use of hyperbole reminds us that no part of our body is more valuable than resisting sin and temptation.

Remember, however, that you never fight this battle of resistance alone or in your own power. By grace, the one who defeated Satan is always with you and always fights for you.

Questions raised about Dominion voting machines finally got the best form of sunlight today – sworn testimony in open court subject to cross-examination.

Election security experts Clay Parikh and Ben Cotton testified in Fulton County (Atlanta) Superior Court today. They testified that they were able to identify the master encryption passwords stored in plain text and unsecured on the databases housed in Dominion voting machines. They further testified that basic security protocols call for these passwords to be kept separate and secret so that only authorized persons can access them.

This information was turned over to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger in March 2024 at the latest, according to the lawyers at the hearing.

The allegations, if true, are explosive and have deep ramifications going back years. //

But surely Georgia, with its Republican Governor Brian Kemp and Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, would provide us with reassurances that this is not the case or that they are seeking to make sure it is not the case?

Instead, lawyers for Raffensperger came into court fighting the issuance of an order to ensure that this is not the case. And instead of fighting it with facts disproving the allegations, Raffensperger is relying on non-factual defenses.

The plaintiffs filed this case too late, he says. They filed in the wrong court, he says. They lack standing, he says.

Nowhere does he say, “It is not true that the master key is contained in plain sight on the machines' databases.” //

DonH-Texas
an hour ago
I suspect this comes down to $$$.

The state wants to claim the voting machines are a good value for the taxpayers. That the government officials involved made good decisions.

If the voting machines are suspect, then what? Does the state have a backup plan in place? I'm guessing that's a hard "no", and any alternative to the machines is going to cost big $$$.

So the arguments in court are a CYA move. I think the judge sees that, but he acts like a politician often, so maybe he plays ball with the state to keep his own options open for future advancement. //

Random US Citizen
an hour ago
More of the same. None of these cases has actually made it to trial. They've all been dismissed on technicalities, many because the people whose votes were potentially stolen or diluted lacked "standing" to file them. Never has a case actually reached the evidence and testimony stage. Not once. And that's not a coincidence, either.

Whatever happens--and I am extremely skeptical that any case will ever make it trial, because that would threaten the whole house of cards by which the current corrupt system keeps power--Rafffensperger needs to go. I'd prefer gently into that good night, but I'd settle for him never holding office as a so-called Republican again.

Brandon Morse @TheBrandonMorse
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Trump advocates for “one rough hour of policing” to teach criminals that committing crimes is dangerous again.
I’m all in on this idea.

12:19 PM · Sep 30, 2024 //

Cacao88
8 hours ago
So to clarify the left's position: days of violent city and business destruction by antifa and blm is ok, but one hour of enforced law and order is too much. //

anon-t3h4 anon-cdoc
4 hours ago
"....as a Christian..." I believe a parallel would be Jesus taking a whip to the money lenders in the temple'''?

I don't think Pres Trump was advocating anything more than enforcing the law vigorously. The left interprets it as Kyrstallnacht? Because he used the word "rough"? Why didn't they throw in racist/sexist/xenophobic, etc?

Enforce the law. Prosecute the criminals. Jail and significant fines. That would be pretty "rough" for most criminals....

to bad the judges and prosecutors would let them all skate.

so sad. //

oldgimpy&cranky
7 hours ago
You still don't get it: they have NO INTEREST IN "Curbing Crime". Zero, Zilch, ZIp, Nada, Nil, Nul.

I don't know how I can make that statement more plain, nor convincing.. They don't SUFFER the crime, and it keeps their base cowed and agitated. Gullible fools cry to their overlords and vote for them and their legislation.