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If someone asks you how much a single baby's life is worth to the United States Air Force, tell them about the night an American fighter squadron scrambled a supersonic interceptor for a five-month-old boy.
On December 23, 1986, five-month-old Andrew Baumann was dying of heart fter his parents had already lost his baby sister to the same condition.
Near midnight in Fargo, North Dakota, a donor heart finally became available, but the civilian medical jet broke down on the freezing tarmac with the four-hour survival window ticking away.
Civilian doctors could not ride in a fighter jet without ejection-seat training and high-altitude pressure suits.
Sixteen minutes after a desperate 2:00 a.m. phone call to the North Dakota Air National Guard, First Lieutenant Robert Becklund climbed up the ladder of a McDonnell Douglas F-4D Phantom II.
He strapped a red-and-white plastic cooler holding the tiny heart directly into the back ejection seat.
At 3:06 a.m. on Christmas Eve, Becklund blasted off alone into the dark winter sky and pushed his twin-engine fighter close to six hundred miles per hour across fifteen hundred miles.
He touched down at Moffett Naval Air Station at 4:43 a.m.
Even after seven and a half hours outside a body, that tiny heart beat strong inside Andrew's chest, and the boy grew up to graduate college and get married.
A superpower is measured by how fast its deadliest machines fly to save its smallest citizen.
On December 23, 1986, five-month-old Andrew Baumann was dying of heart fter his parents had already lost his baby sister to the same condition.
Near midnight in Fargo, North Dakota, a donor heart finally became available, but the civilian medical jet broke down on the freezing tarmac with the four-hour survival window ticking away.
Civilian doctors could not ride in a fighter jet without ejection-seat training and high-altitude pressure suits.
Sixteen minutes after a desperate 2:00 a.m. phone call to the North Dakota Air National Guard, First Lieutenant Robert Becklund climbed up the ladder of a McDonnell Douglas F-4D Phantom II.
He strapped a red-and-white plastic cooler holding the tiny heart directly into the back ejection seat.
At 3:06 a.m. on Christmas Eve, Becklund blasted off alone into the dark winter sky and pushed his twin-engine fighter close to six hundred miles per hour across fifteen hundred miles.
He touched down at Moffett Naval Air Station at 4:43 a.m.
Even after seven and a half hours outside a body, that tiny heart beat strong inside Andrew's chest, and the boy grew up to graduate college and get married.
A superpower is measured by how fast its deadliest machines fly to save its smallest citizen.
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The President of the United States of America, authorized by Title 10, Section 8742, United States Code, takes pride in presenting the Air Force Cross (Posthumously) to Senior Airman Jason Dean Cunningham, United States Air Force, for extraordinary rations against an opposing armed force while serving as a Pararescueman of the 38th Rescue Squadron, 347th Operations Group, in action near the village of Marzak in the Paktia Province of Afghanistan on 4 March 2002.
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On that proud day, Airman Cunningham was the primary Air Force Combat Search and Rescue medic assigned to a Quick Reaction Force tasked to recover two American servicemen evading capture in austere terrain occupied by massed AlQaida and Taliban forces. Shortly before landing, his MH-47E helicopter received accurate rocket-propelled grenade and small arms fire, severely disabling the aircraft and causing it to crash land. The assault force formed a hasty defense and immediately suffered three fatalities and five critical casualties. Despite effective enemy fire, and at great risk to his own life, Airman Cunningham remained in the burning fuselage of the aircraft in order to treat the wounded. As he moved his patients to a more secure location, mortar rounds began to impact within fifty feet of his position. Disregarding this extreme danger, he continued the movement and exposed himself to enemy fire on seven separate occasions. When the second casualty collection point was also compromised, in a display of uncommon valor and gallantry, Airman Cunningham braved an intense small arms and rocket-propelled grenade attack while repositioning the critically wounded to a third collection point. Even after he was mortally wounded and quickly deteriorating, he continued to direct patient movement and transferred care to another medic. In the end, his distinct efforts led to the successful delivery of ten gravely wounded Americans to life-saving medical treatment.
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The President of the United States of America, authorized by Title 10, Section 8742, United States Code, takes pride in presenting the Air Force Cross (Posthumously) to Senior Airman Jason Dean Cunningham, United States Air Force, for extraordinary rations against an opposing armed force while serving as a Pararescueman of the 38th Rescue Squadron, 347th Operations Group, in action near the village of Marzak in the Paktia Province of Afghanistan on 4 March 2002.
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On that proud day, Airman Cunningham was the primary Air Force Combat Search and Rescue medic assigned to a Quick Reaction Force tasked to recover two American servicemen evading capture in austere terrain occupied by massed AlQaida and Taliban forces. Shortly before landing, his MH-47E helicopter received accurate rocket-propelled grenade and small arms fire, severely disabling the aircraft and causing it to crash land. The assault force formed a hasty defense and immediately suffered three fatalities and five critical casualties. Despite effective enemy fire, and at great risk to his own life, Airman Cunningham remained in the burning fuselage of the aircraft in order to treat the wounded. As he moved his patients to a more secure location, mortar rounds began to impact within fifty feet of his position. Disregarding this extreme danger, he continued the movement and exposed himself to enemy fire on seven separate occasions. When the second casualty collection point was also compromised, in a display of uncommon valor and gallantry, Airman Cunningham braved an intense small arms and rocket-propelled grenade attack while repositioning the critically wounded to a third collection point. Even after he was mortally wounded and quickly deteriorating, he continued to direct patient movement and transferred care to another medic. In the end, his distinct efforts led to the successful delivery of ten gravely wounded Americans to life-saving medical treatment.
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Pararescue's early days. They always said we needed to be strong like ox, smart like tractor.
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The World Cup has turned America into a discovery channel for the rest of the world.
And they are not handling it well.
In the best possible way.
Here is what they are discovering:
Free public restrooms. Europeans pay every time.
Free water at every restaurant. Just appears.
odas. Iced tea. Unlimited.
Free chips and salsa before you even order.
Free warm bread with dinner.
Ice in drinks like civilized people.
Air conditioning everywhere. Not a moral debate. A fact.
Parking lots attached to the actual place you are going.
Drive throughs where the food comes to the car while you sit in it.
Ranch dressing by the gallon.
Tex-Mex that cannot be explained only experienced.
Dental care that actually works.
Buccee’s. There are no words for Buccee’s.
Then they found the grocery stores.
Five of them within one mile.
Each one the size of an aircraft hangar.
Burgers. Steaks. Brisket. Ribs. Pulled pork. Lamb. Veal. Every cut of every animal ever domesticated by human civilization available in one refrigerated aisle at ten in the morning on a Tuesday.
The Germans stood in the meat section for forty five minutes.
In silence.
Processing.
They finally understand why we do not have trains.
We have roads wide enough for the cars we actually drive.
Parking lots the size of small European countries.
Airports in every city worth visiting.
Why would we need trains.
The Germans are taking ranch home by the bottle.
The Dutch found queso and briefly lost the ability to speak.
The Japanese are photographing HEB like it is the Louvre.
The Czechs are weeping in West, Texas.
Welcome to America!
The greatest country on earth.
And they are not handling it well.
In the best possible way.
Here is what they are discovering:
Free public restrooms. Europeans pay every time.
Free water at every restaurant. Just appears.
odas. Iced tea. Unlimited.
Free chips and salsa before you even order.
Free warm bread with dinner.
Ice in drinks like civilized people.
Air conditioning everywhere. Not a moral debate. A fact.
Parking lots attached to the actual place you are going.
Drive throughs where the food comes to the car while you sit in it.
Ranch dressing by the gallon.
Tex-Mex that cannot be explained only experienced.
Dental care that actually works.
Buccee’s. There are no words for Buccee’s.
Then they found the grocery stores.
Five of them within one mile.
Each one the size of an aircraft hangar.
Burgers. Steaks. Brisket. Ribs. Pulled pork. Lamb. Veal. Every cut of every animal ever domesticated by human civilization available in one refrigerated aisle at ten in the morning on a Tuesday.
The Germans stood in the meat section for forty five minutes.
In silence.
Processing.
They finally understand why we do not have trains.
We have roads wide enough for the cars we actually drive.
Parking lots the size of small European countries.
Airports in every city worth visiting.
Why would we need trains.
The Germans are taking ranch home by the bottle.
The Dutch found queso and briefly lost the ability to speak.
The Japanese are photographing HEB like it is the Louvre.
The Czechs are weeping in West, Texas.
Welcome to America!
The greatest country on earth.
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Stop scrolling for a second and watch this amazing young lady perform the National Anthem at the World Cup in LA.
Chills 🇺🇸❤️
Chills 🇺🇸❤️
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Most prominent terrorist attacks since 1970 and their religion:
1. Munich Olympics massacre (1972) - Islam
2. Beirut barracks bombing (1983) - Islam
3. TWA Flight 847 (1985) - Islam
4. Rome & Vienna airport attacks (1985) - Islam
5. Pan Am Flight 103 (1988) - Islam
6. World Trade Center bombing (1993) - Islam
7. Paris Metro bombings (1998) - Islam
8. US Embassy bombings Kenya & Tanzania (1998) - Islam
9. USS Cole bombing (2000) - Islam
10. 9/11 attacks (2001) - Islam
11. Bali bombings (2002) - Islam
12. Istanbul bombings (2003) - Islam
13. Madrid train bombings (2004) - Islam
14. London 7/7 bombings (2005) - Islam
15. Fort Hood shooting (2009) - Islam
16. Toulouse/Montauban shootings (2012) - Islam
17. Boston Marathon bombing (2013) - Islam
18. Brussels Jewish Museum shooting (2014) - Islam
19. Ottawa Parliament attack (2014) - Islam
20. Charlie Hebdo / Hyper Cacher attacks (2015) - Islam
21. Paris November attacks (2015) - Islam
22. San Bernardino shooting (2015) - Islam
23. Brussels airport/metro bombings (2016) - Islam
24. Nice truck attack (2016) - Islam
25. Berlin Christmas Market attack (2016) - Islam
26. Orlando Pulse nightclub shooting (2016) - Islam
27. Westminster Bridge attack (2017) - Islam
28. Manchester Arena bombing (2017) - Islam
29. London Bridge/Borough Market attack (2017) - Islam
30. Barcelona/Cambrils attacks (2017) - Islam
31. Strasbourg Christmas market attack (2018) - Islam
32. London Bridge stabbing (2019) - Islam
33. Samuel apart beheading (2020) - Islam
34. Vienna shooting (2020) - Islam
35. October 7 Hamas-led attacks (2023) - Islam
36. Arras school stabbing (2023) - Islam
37. Solingen knife attack (2024) - Islam
38. New Orleans Bourbon Street attack (2025) - Islam
39. Bondi Beach Hanukkah attack (2025) - Islam
40. Winterthur train-station stabbing (2026) - Islam
I couldn’t list them all, obviously, but let’s put it into perspective.
Islamist terrorist attacks worldwide since 1979:
1979–April 2024: 66,872 attacks
By period:
1979–2000: 2,194 attacks
2001–2012: 8,265 attacks
2013–April 2024: 56,413 attacks
Total Deaths: at least 249,941
Now, who is the biggest threat to the world, again?
1. Munich Olympics massacre (1972) - Islam
2. Beirut barracks bombing (1983) - Islam
3. TWA Flight 847 (1985) - Islam
4. Rome & Vienna airport attacks (1985) - Islam
5. Pan Am Flight 103 (1988) - Islam
6. World Trade Center bombing (1993) - Islam
7. Paris Metro bombings (1998) - Islam
8. US Embassy bombings Kenya & Tanzania (1998) - Islam
9. USS Cole bombing (2000) - Islam
10. 9/11 attacks (2001) - Islam
11. Bali bombings (2002) - Islam
12. Istanbul bombings (2003) - Islam
13. Madrid train bombings (2004) - Islam
14. London 7/7 bombings (2005) - Islam
15. Fort Hood shooting (2009) - Islam
16. Toulouse/Montauban shootings (2012) - Islam
17. Boston Marathon bombing (2013) - Islam
18. Brussels Jewish Museum shooting (2014) - Islam
19. Ottawa Parliament attack (2014) - Islam
20. Charlie Hebdo / Hyper Cacher attacks (2015) - Islam
21. Paris November attacks (2015) - Islam
22. San Bernardino shooting (2015) - Islam
23. Brussels airport/metro bombings (2016) - Islam
24. Nice truck attack (2016) - Islam
25. Berlin Christmas Market attack (2016) - Islam
26. Orlando Pulse nightclub shooting (2016) - Islam
27. Westminster Bridge attack (2017) - Islam
28. Manchester Arena bombing (2017) - Islam
29. London Bridge/Borough Market attack (2017) - Islam
30. Barcelona/Cambrils attacks (2017) - Islam
31. Strasbourg Christmas market attack (2018) - Islam
32. London Bridge stabbing (2019) - Islam
33. Samuel apart beheading (2020) - Islam
34. Vienna shooting (2020) - Islam
35. October 7 Hamas-led attacks (2023) - Islam
36. Arras school stabbing (2023) - Islam
37. Solingen knife attack (2024) - Islam
38. New Orleans Bourbon Street attack (2025) - Islam
39. Bondi Beach Hanukkah attack (2025) - Islam
40. Winterthur train-station stabbing (2026) - Islam
I couldn’t list them all, obviously, but let’s put it into perspective.
Islamist terrorist attacks worldwide since 1979:
1979–April 2024: 66,872 attacks
By period:
1979–2000: 2,194 attacks
2001–2012: 8,265 attacks
2013–April 2024: 56,413 attacks
Total Deaths: at least 249,941
Now, who is the biggest threat to the world, again?
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I am absolutely not retweeting this. You shouldn't either.
This wasn't allowed in public incase it offended anyone.
So please don't retweet it. Thanks 🙏dutchbarn.com
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During the holidays check on your homies.
It takes a tank of gas and just showing up, or as simple as a phone call to lift someone’s spirits.
No one is saving us but us.
No one cares but us.
If you in the dark place? Reach out. I promise homies will be in contact
It takes a tank of gas and just showing up, or as simple as a phone call to lift someone’s spirits.
No one is saving us but us.
No one cares but us.
If you in the dark place? Reach out. I promise homies will be in contact
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Nigerian Christians: "Every house was set ablaze and all our grains were burnt down....This morning we buried 29 people"
The world is silent.
The world is silent.
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We are not the same. 🙏
God bless the Kirk family & Turning Point USA. ❤️
God bless the Kirk family & Turning Point USA. ❤️
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People want to believe in a grand conspiracy because the idea that some goober can just grab a cheap rifle and take you out is too unsettling to accept.
The sad truth is it’s easy to take life. The only thing keeping us from hell on earth is a mutual agreement that we want to live in a civil society. Many are just waking up to the fact that the left has decided to break this agreement.
The sad truth is it’s easy to take life. The only thing keeping us from hell on earth is a mutual agreement that we want to live in a civil society. Many are just waking up to the fact that the left has decided to break this agreement.
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Do you remember when you joined X? I do! #MyXAnniversary
Actually X reminded me but I feel like an early adopter.
Actually X reminded me but I feel like an early adopter.
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WATCH: @caroljsroth issues a MAJOR warning and calls for action.
"If nothing is done...Millions of small businesses unknowingly are going to be made into financial criminals and could face jail time."
FULL SEGMENT: YouTube.com/@JesseKellyDC
"If nothing is done...Millions of small businesses unknowingly are going to be made into financial criminals and could face jail time."
FULL SEGMENT: YouTube.com/@JesseKellyDC
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The Constitution authorizes Congress—and Congress alone—to make federal law
Unelected bureaucrats have no such authority
And yet Congress routinely authorizes bureaucrats to make legally binding “regulations”—which have the effect of federal law—contrary to the text, structure, and original understanding of the Constitution
The REINS Act would fix that problem by requiring “major rule” regulations to be passed by Congress, and could not take effect unless or until that happened
Tell Congress: it’s time to pass the REINS Act!
Unelected bureaucrats have no such authority
And yet Congress routinely authorizes bureaucrats to make legally binding “regulations”—which have the effect of federal law—contrary to the text, structure, and original understanding of the Constitution
The REINS Act would fix that problem by requiring “major rule” regulations to be passed by Congress, and could not take effect unless or until that happened
Tell Congress: it’s time to pass the REINS Act!
The REINS Act will require all major regulations with $100 million or more in economic costs to pass an up or down vote in Congress.
When the invisible taxes are made visible—and the people who impose them can lose elections—we’re going to see them go down. Fast.
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Thank you to @RepBrandonGill and to @RepDaveTaylor for cosponsoring my bill to eliminate the Federal Department of Education (HR 899).
Unelected bureaucrats in Washington, D.C. should not be in charge of our children’s intellectual and moral development.
Unelected bureaucrats in Washington, D.C. should not be in charge of our children’s intellectual and moral development.
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