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🚨 JUST IN: JD Vance just concluded his blockbuster Hungary rally in an ELECTRIC moment, the crowd gave him a STANDING OVATION Phenomenal showing for JD! 🇺🇸🇭🇺 "Will you stand against the bureaucrats in Brussels? Will you stand for sovereignty and democracy? Will you stand for Western civilization? Will you stand for freedom, for truth, and for the God of our fathers?" *Crowd erupts* "Then my friends, go to the polls in the weekend, stand with Viktor Orban because he stands for you and he stands for all these things. God bless Hungary and God bless the United States of America!"

BREAKING: Judicial Watch obtained 207 pages of FBI records showing there was no probable cause to raid President @realDonaldTrump’s home at Mar-a-Lago! @TomFitton judicialwatch.org/fbi-objections…

@hiitsmemooneh @lizpeek The DC Visa Industrial Complex slipped traitors into our country for money. Just my opinion

‼️Another Islamic regime official’s child living in the United States ‼️ Leila Khatami, mathematics professor at Union College in Schenectady, New York. Her father is Mohammad Khatami, former President of the Islamic Republic of Iran (1997–2005). Under his presidency, student protests were violently crushed, dissidents were repressed, and “Death to America” remained official regime policy. Her aunt (by marriage) is Zahra Eshraghi, granddaughter of Ayatollah Khomeini and wife of Khatami’s brother. Why is Leila Khatami allowed to live and teach in New York—shaping young American minds—while her family remains central to the leadership of the same regime that murders Iranians for demanding freedom? It’s long past time for the U.S. government and American universities to review and revoke the legal status of such regime-connected individuals.

@Arkypatriot DC District Court will protect the leaker & reporter

I hope they are found and I hope they get the ultimate punishment for treason

@AAGDhillon @HarmeetKDhillon Why doesn’t he want to use income level?

Sounds fishy/illegal. Will review!

One American named Nick Shirley opened the door and let the light in on the astonishing amount of Democrat fraud in this country. This kid is one of the great American heroes, and if we ever bring the crooked Democrat Party to justice, only then will he be truly appreciated.

𝐕𝐃𝐇 𝐓𝐎 𝐒𝐔𝐒𝐀𝐍 𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐄: 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐀𝐋𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐘 𝐓𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐃 𝐑𝐄𝐓𝐑𝐈𝐁𝐔𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍. 𝐈𝐓 𝐅𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐄𝐃. Susan Rice went on Preet Bharara's podcast and, using Game of Thrones imagery, told corporate America, academia, and anyone who's worked with the Trump administration: "𝘠𝘰𝘶'𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘋𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘥 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘱." Get your documents ready. When Democrats come back to power, it won't be forgive and forget. Victor Davis Hanson took those eleven minutes apart piece by piece. Start with Rice herself. This is the woman the Obama administration wheeled out 𝐟𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 on Sunday television to tell the American people that the Benghazi attack — which k!lled four Americans — was a spontaneous reaction to an obscure internet video. It wasn't. It was a pre-planned, well-armed, well-organized assault by radical Islamists. The Obama administration knew their security was too lax and didn't want to admit the attack was preventable. Rice lied anyway. She's the one who assured Americans that Syria's WMD was dealt with after Obama drew his famous red line and then erased it. Assad still had the weapons. Rice told the public otherwise. She's the one who wrote a memo to herself in the final weeks of the Obama administration — a 𝐂𝐘𝐀 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐨 — crafting a paper trail to suggest the meeting where they planned to subvert the incoming administration over the false Russian collusion narrative was all above board. She's the one who requested the 𝐮𝐧𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 of Trump-related names in otherwise classified intelligence files. That's the person now lecturing America about accountability. Then VDH hits the substance — or lack of it. Rice never once specified what anyone actually did wrong. She just promised punishment. If she's talking about companies rolling back DEI, that was in accordance with the 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭'𝐬 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 barring race-based preferences. If she's objecting to executive orders, Barack Obama was the one who said "𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐'𝘮 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘵" when he lost Congress. You don't get to set the precedent and then cry foul when the other side follows it. And how exactly does Rice know Democrats are coming back? Inflation is down to 𝟐.𝟒% (Bureau of Labor Statistics). GDP growth is projected at 𝟐.𝟐% (Deloitte). Energy production is at record levels. The Big Beautiful Bill hasn't even fully filtered through the economy yet — and it hits before the midterms. November is a long way away. As for the 2028 bench, VDH is blunt. Gavin Newsom? No. AOC after her Munich Security Conference performance? No. Pete Buttigieg? Not viable. Kamala Harris? "𝘝𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨." Josh Shapiro might have a shot — except VDH notes the anti-Semitic faction of the new Democratic Socialist wing would block him, just as they sidelined him in the 2024 VP selection. Against that, Rubio's Munich speech and Vance's 2024 debate dominance make them a formidable team. But the real demolition comes at the end. Rice is threatening retribution? Her party already tried it. They tried to remove Trump from 𝟐𝟓 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐭𝐬. Impeached him twice. Tried him in the Senate as a private citizen. Letitia James pursued a nearly $𝟓𝟎𝟎 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 civil fraud case over a loan where the bank had zero complaints and was repaid with interest. Alvin Bragg shoehorned a federal campaign violation onto a state misdemeanor. E. Jean Carroll's lawsuit may have cost Trump $𝟗𝟎 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧. Jack Smith and the FBI raided Mar-a-Lago over an archival dispute while Joe Biden had classified materials from his Senate days sitting in multiple unsecured locations. Fani Willis turned a phone call about uncounted votes into a felony indictment. Every single one of those prosecutors ended up mired in their own ethical scandals. Russian collusion in 2016. Laptop disinformation in 2020. A decade of sustained political warfare — and Trump is still standing, more powerful than before. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐭, 𝐒𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐧. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝. dailysignal.com/2026/02/26/sus…

@DavidAsmanfox I’m concerned they will try a fake ceasefire that allows Iran time to gather & strengthen its proxies & resources. All or nothing. Total surrender. No fake ceasefires for me

Oh, sure, let’s wrap up the conflict in Iran by leaving it up to our courageous allies…like Starmer the Braveheart in the UK, or Spain’s sticky-fingered Socialist PM, who wouldn’t let us use the air bases in Spain that we pay for. Certainly, Sen Kaine has thought this through.

@tjohn6041 @Arkypatriot Perhaps you should study the facts a bit more so you grasp the decisions and choices made before during and after the attack. The AC-130 story is likely a “red herring” to divert from truth.

@Arkypatriot @OpinIndependent Bengazi as it is remembered didn't ever happen. Initial reports claimed that an AC-130 flying overhead and getting denied permission to fire. This was false and air support was hours away when the Embassy was attacked. Unfortunately this false narrative has stuck around.

If you’re mad at President Trump for destroying American assets to save our pilots, but you weren’t mad at Biden for leaving millions of dollars worth of American weapons and technology behind in Afghanistan after the disastrous pull out along with the death of our 13 military members you might be a liberal or anti-American No man left behind was definitely not a Biden presidency philosophy.

𝐕𝐃𝐇: 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐋𝐄𝐅𝐓'𝐒 𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐑 𝐈𝐒 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐑-𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐎𝐋𝐔𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐈𝐒 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆 Victor Davis Hanson opens with a claim that sounds hyperbolic until he backs it up: we are watching 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫-𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝟗𝟎 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬. No president has attempted to fundamentally restructure the nature of American government since FDR's New Deal in the mid-1930s. Trump is doing it — and the left is losing its mind because it's working. The scoreboard is hard to argue with. Trump closed the border — something critics said couldn't be done. Over 𝟔𝟕𝟓,𝟎𝟎𝟎 illegal aliens have been deported, more than 400,000 of them charged with or convicted of crimes, and an estimated 𝟐.𝟐 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 have self-deported (Department of Homeland Security). He declared war on DEI and is winning. He barred biological males from women's sports with full public support. Universities are now rushing to cut deals — agreeing to stop gouging the federal government on grant surcharges exceeding 40-50%, to follow Supreme Court rulings on race-based preferences, and to restore free speech on campus. Abroad, Iran no longer poses an immediate nuclear threat. H-z-b, H-m-s, and the Houthis are in disarray or severely degraded. There's progress on Ukraine. And the economic doomsayers? Wrong across the board. VDH notes the 𝘞𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘑𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 news page predicted a recession. Critics said tariffs would crash the stock market. Instead, foreign investment commitments have surged past $𝟗.𝟔 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 (White House), with tariff revenue projected at $𝟏𝟗𝟒 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 for 2026 alone (Tax Foundation). But VDH's sharpest insight is about why this time is different from Trump's first term. In term one, he was surrounded by people who thought they knew better — Rex Tillerson, Jim Mattis, Bill Barr, the anonymous op-ed writers — all either blocking or reinterpreting the MAGA agenda from within. This time, the team is aligned. And instead of treating progressive overreach as a set of individual policy disputes, Trump is going after 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐭𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟. That's the part the left really can't stomach. PBS and NPR — defunded. Cable and network news — facing court ramifications when they lie and defame. Universities — hit with fines, endowment taxes, and scrutiny over a $𝟏.𝟕 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 student loan program, campus segregation in dorms and graduation ceremonies, and discriminatory hiring practices. The Department of Education itself is being questioned. And the foundational progressive assumption — that residency equals eventual citizenship — is being dismantled. If you came here illegally, you face deportation, even without a violent criminal record. VDH's framework is elegant. The left holds power even when it doesn't control a single branch of government. It does this through 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐨𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 — even though its actual constituency is only about 40% on most issues. Trump is the first president to recognize that fighting the policies without dismantling the power structure that produces them is a losing game. His warning is worth hearing. The resistance is coming, and it's going to be "𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘤, 𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥." The left knows that if this counter-revolution succeeds, it will be very difficult to force an unpopular agenda on a country that never wanted it. VDH's advice is two words: brace yourself. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲'𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐡𝐞'𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲'𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐡𝐞'𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭.

@HarmeetKDhillon Isn’t that an unlawful terroristic threat?

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@Real_Blue_Goose @CynicalPublius @Landeur Approximately 250,000 American service members died in the European theater of World War II, according to U.S. Department of Defense figures. This accounts for the majority of the total 407,000 U.S. military deaths in the war (with the rest primarily in the Pacific theater).

@Paula18527444 @ProfMJCleveland Projection is low IQ

@OpinIndependent @ProfMJCleveland Claiming we haven’t learned anything is low IQ

Wait! Did we really build an airstrip inside of Iran as part of the rescue???

@Paula18527444 @ProfMJCleveland Hateful name calling is low IQ

@OpinIndependent @ProfMJCleveland Apparently we’ve learned something asshat because they rescued him

@singel_jo @Arkypatriot I was going to reply but decided not to bother

@OpinIndependent @Arkypatriot Are you a military expert? Wow. Interesting take on things. Quite a concern about that soft soil landing .

@Arkypatriot @SteveLovesAmmo Sugar Daddy or Sugar Momma….i don’t think those gals care which

@SteveLovesAmmo But I’ve got over eight Elons and a shit ton of women looking for a sugar daddy

My timeline looks vastly different and better since the bot purge. I’m digging it.

@ChicThomas2 @Arkypatriot Benghazi, Afghanistan, Viet Nam, failed rescue in 1980. On this new mission, we had competent leaders at the top, succeeded nobly, beat the odds and brought our pilot home!

@Arkypatriot @OpinIndependent 💯🔥💪too many bitches on here bashing Our great President when they should be thanking him for giving Our Country back and ensuring the safety of America and Our Troops. Not one of them could turn the mess into success...ONLY #TRUMP & OUR MILITARY 🎖️🪖🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲

@postmaster3000 @ProfMJCleveland Yes successfully rescued our pilot. A happy day for America!

@OpinIndependent @ProfMJCleveland This mission achieved its objectives with zero casualties, though?

@WyattEarpMenifi @Arkypatriot Costs of this mission don’t concern me.

@OpinIndependent @Arkypatriot 7.2 Billion in military equipment left behind in Afghanistan is ok though…