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I've never pinned a post before, but I want to do my small part to ensure the Bibas family isn't forgotten. May the horrors they suffered be avenged. #IStandWithIsrael

MEMORIAL DAY: Twenty years ago, when I asked my husband, a retired Army Lt. Col, where he had been all day with our two-year-old son, he said "visiting with friends." It took me a moment to realize what he meant. Along with his Army buddies, they spent the day at Arlington National Cemetery @ArlingtonNatl visiting graves. Between Iraq and Afghanistan, this generation has given so much and lost so many friends.

One of the most heartbreaking photos. This little boy's father was murdered by Hamas on October 7. He lay on top of his father's grave so he could be close to him. I will never stop reminding the world of the evil we are fighting against.

Ian Weikel was my best friend when we were lieutenants. A year older and also married, I looked up to him and tried to follow his example. If I’ve been a good husband and Army Officer, it is in large measure because of him. Ian left this mortal world 20 years ago in April 2006 when an IED struck his vehicle near Taji, Iraq. I’ve worn his KIA bracelet 24/7 ever since as a reminder to be a good man. It’s well worn now and tough to read… on the rare occasion I do take it off, like to go through airport security, I have to put on my reading glasses to tell which way to put it on. There is probably some symbolism there about getting older, the years that have gone by, the life I’ve lived, and the presence Ian continues to have in my life. I’ve never really thought about it like that until now… While Ian was KIA that day in Iraq, he lives forever in me and every soldier I’ve ever led. He lives forever in those who loved him. He lives forever at the USMA Rugby complex where they’ve retired his jersey. He lives forever at the elementary school named in his honor on Ft Carson. If you’ve followed along with these posts this weekend, I appreciate it. I appreciate you taking the time to read & think about my friends. In that way, you have honored them. I saved Ian for last because I knew it would be tough. I owe him too much to accurately describe. Forever young and the best of all of us. Again, if you’re still reading - thanks. I really do hope you had a meaningful weekend.

Today we are proud to announce the release of American Scapegoat: How a Corrupt Justice System Sacrificed Derek Chauvin to the Mob by former federal prosecutor T.J. Harker (@TJ_Harker). Six years ago today, George Floyd died while in custody of Minneapolis beat cop Derek Chauvin, sparking the most destructive riots in our nation's history and becoming the pretext for an era of mass political hysteria that threatened to rip apart the very fabric of American life. Cities burned. Floyd's body was paraded around in a gold casket. Every institution was made to bend the knee to BLM. Ordinary white Americans, represented by the person of Derek Chauvin, were called to account for three centuries of racial grievance. All most Americans saw of that day was the grainy cellphone footage of Officer Chauvin's knee restraining the back of George Floyd's neck. Few bothered to learn any other details about the case, and by the time the trial rolled around, the verdict was a foregone conclusion. An innocent black man had been killed by a racist white cop, they were told. And for America to atone for its original sins, that racist white cop had to pay the price. What they didn't know was that Chauvin's knee did not prevent Floyd from breathing. They didn't know Chauvin was following procedure by the book. They didn't know Floyd had taken lethal amounts of fentanyl minutes before being restrained. They didn't know Floyd had a pre-existing heart condition. They didn't know the autopsy report had been revised under threat of professional harm. They didn't know the original prosecutor removed herself from the case after seeing all of the evidence. They didn't know the subsequent prosecutors had to abandon their theory of the case just days into the trial. They didn't know the prosecution never established a cause of death, let alone that Derek Chauvin was responsible. In American Scapegoat, author T.J. Harker breaks down what happened on that fateful day six years ago, analyzes the thousands of court documents manipulated and recontextualized to achieve the trial result Minnesota politicians demanded, and relives the trial itself in thorough, painstaking detail to definitively show that Derek Chauvin did not kill George Floyd. Never in modern American history has our justice system been so corrupted by public mass hysteria than in the case of Derek Chauvin. This is the story of that trial. This is the story of how a man was sacrificed to the mob. American Scapegoat is available for pre-order now. Coming Fall '26.

24 May 1940 | A Dutch Jewish boy, Philip Cohen, was born in Amsterdam. He arrived at #Auschwitz on 18 February 1943 in a transport of 1,108 Jews deported from Westerbork. He was among 847 of them murdered in gas chambers after the selection.

Remembering shira sohat Her life was taken on October 7 ,2023 May her memory be blessing , We remember.

On this day in history, May 25, 1929, Hungarian Jewish girl, Edit Spitzer, was born. In July 1944, she was deported to Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber. She reached 15 years of age before Hitler killed her.

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Excellent column for Memorial Day from @MattHennessey. open.substack.com/pub/wsjfreeexp…

She wrote a church pamphlet on marriage and sexuality in 2004. This year, the Finnish Supreme Court used that pamphlet to convict her of “hate speech.” Thank you @ShannonBream for highlighting Päivi Räsänen’s shocking story—and Europe’s censorship crisis—on @FoxNewsSunday.

24 January 1942 | A Czech Jewish girl, Jiřina Steinerová, was born in Prague. She was deported to Auschwitz from the Theresienstadt Ghetto on 18 May 1944. She did not survive.

Remember Carmel Gat, who was kidnapped by Hamas on October 7 from her home. She was held hostage in a dark underground tunnel, where she was starved, tortured, and beaten. She was an innocent soul, yet they murdered her because she was Jewish. Never Again is now.

25 May 1933 | Dutch Jewish girl, Sara Knoop, was born in Amsterdam. She arrived at #Auschwitz on 27 January 1944 and was murdered in a gas chamber right after the selection made by SS doctors.

Shalev Madmoni was brutally murdered by Hamas on October 7. Remember her.

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@FatScribe I think I would have shot him the first time he went for his waistband.

@OfficerDunphy Solid work, indeed -- by all of those officers. Stupid effing kid.

FAFO. Excellent work by LAPD Central Division. youtube.com/watch?v=OMB-x_…

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"Teens." cwbchicago.com/2026/05/driver…

@FatScribe @LloydLegalist Is he? I didn’t know.

@OfficerDunphy @LloydLegalist Rick Freakin' Moranis ... so good to see him working in film again.

The key to effective leadership. #themoreyouknow #Leaders #LeadersLead