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By Stephen Green That was one of the most difficult hours I've ever spent, and I can't encourage you enough to endure what I did. I'm talking about "Screams Before Silence," the new Oct. 7 documentary hosted by former Meta/Facebook chief operations officer Sheryl Sandberg and directed by Anat Stalinsky, best known for the Israeli TV series "Sovietzka." Consisting mostly of interviews with the survivors — some of whom also spent time as hostages — the movie also features devastating and uncompromising looks at the aftermath. Perhaps most upsetting are the smartphone videos, often cut into the interviews, showing you exactly what the victims experienced as the missiles rained down and Hamas terrorists went on their violence/murder/rape spree. The film's focus is on the sexual violence committed by Hamas during its terror invasion of southern Israel. It took nearly two days to drive out the invaders, during which they murdered about 1,200 Israelis (

By Mike McDaniel Let us say, just for the purposes of this discussion, you’ve come to recognize you really are on your own. Even if you live in a red state where crime isn’t exploding, but is humming along at its normal, bit-by-bit destructive pace, you understand even if you’re not directly a victim, it’s costing you. Your insurance rates are skyrocketing, everything is more costly, and crime always plays a part in that. Above all, you realize you, or someone you love, might get hurt or seriously dead. In my not-at-all-sleepy Wyoming town, not long ago, there were two kidnapping attempts at a local store, thwarted by smart female victims. The police can’t protect you. There are so very few of them, and even if you’re able to call 911, it’s going to take much longer than you’ll have for officers to arrive, even longer for them to orient, decide and act. Better yet,  the police have no obligation to protect anyone,  and can’t be successfully sued for failing to protect anyone.  Soun

By Tyler Durden Soon on the heels of President Biden last week signing into law a $61 billion aid package for Ukraine's defense, President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday indicated that he's working with Washington on a bilateral security agreement which  would last ten years . "We are already working on a specific text," Zelensky  said  in his nightly video address. "Our goal is to make this agreement the strongest of all." "We are discussing the specific foundations of our security and cooperation. We are also working on  fixing specific levels of support for this year and the next 10 years ." He indicated it will likely include agreements on long-term support centering on military hardware and joint arms production, as well as continuing reconstruction aid. "The agreement should be truly exemplary and reflect the strength of American leadership," Zelensky added. But ultimately a key purpose in locking such a long-term deal in would be

By Jennifer Van Laar On Sunday afternoon, President Joe Biden had a call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in which he again demanded that Israel provide the U.S. with its Rafah invasion plan ahead of time so that Biden's advisors could review them and weigh in. The White House claims this is needed to ensure that "civilians" in Rafah are protected, or whatever people the White House defines as civilians. The more skeptical among us believe there's a more nefarious motive. READ MORE:  Biden Admin Wants to See Israel's 'Credible and Implementable' Plan to Protect Civilians in Rafah - Why? A  readout of the call was provided by the White House,  but it didn't contain any hints to Netanyahu's response. President Biden spoke earlier today with Prime Minister Netanyahu. The President reaffirmed his ironclad commitment to Israel’s security following the successful defense against Iran’s unprecedented missile and drone attack earlier this

By Bob Hoge It’s a question many of our readers regularly ask in the comments section: what’s the point of all these House investigations if they never seem to lead to actual consequences for the president and the Biden Family Business, or for Alejandro Mayorkas and other corrupt political figures? Fox host Maria Bartiromo has some of the same queries, and she put them to House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan (R-OH) on “Sunday Morning Futures.” They were talking about the Judiciary Committee’s conclusion that the “hush money” case against Donald Trump was political persecution, but then Bartiromo cut to the chase. She got pretty worked as she demanded to know: where are the results? Well, look, I mean, at this point, American citizens are asking, what can you do about it? I mean, look, with all due respect, people are sick and tired of congressional investigations that go nowhere.  People are sick and tired of letters being written and sent to the people who we know are bad in

By Jim Hoft It must be another FBI freshman pledge weekend.  The Patriot Front “white supremacist” group went marching in Charleston, West Virginia this weekend. They found a drummer for this weekend’s march and they were chanting something but it was hard to understand. So these a$$holes from Patriot Front just marched through our beautiful town. While I support their 1st amendment right to PEACEFUL assembly…I also support our right to flip them off! pic.twitter.com/v1pox3xpEx — (((Mike Pushkin))) (@pushkinforhouse) April 27, 2024 These deep state a$$holes aren’t fooling anyone. FEDS? The Patriot Front holds itself out as a supremacist organization but most believe it to be a honeypot organized and funded by the Feds to entrap disgruntled Americans. The group (100 strong) marched through Charleston WV. Strangely there was no police presence. pic.twitter.com/zt0lKOnmsM — @amuse (@amuse) April 27, 2024 This sounds about right: You know they’re feds because the

By Susan Crabtree An incident involving a physical attack by a female Secret Service agent tasked with protecting Vice President Kamala Harris is raising questions about whether the agency had thoroughly vetted her during her hiring and whether an ongoing push to increase the numbers of women in the service and boost overall workforce staff played a role in her selection. The Secret Service agent assigned to Vice President Kamala Harris was removed from her duties Wednesday after physically attacking the commanding agent in charge and other agents trying to subdue her, according to an agency spokesman and knowledgeable Secret Service sources. Several sources in the Secret Service community identified the agent who physically attacked her superior as Michelle Herczeg. The altercation occurred at approximately 9 a.m. at Joint Base Andrews, the home base for Air Force One and Air Force Two, the call signs of the Boeing aircraft used by the president and vice president. Harris was

By Duke The push to keep Free Speech alive and thriving continues to move forward with the criticism of how progressive liberals have handled their feelings getting hurt on any topic. This is a subject that is near and dear to my heart, and it's something that I will continuously write and talk about because I feel it is just that important. Back at the end of 2022, I did a retrospective on the state of Free Speech on the tail end of COVID-19 with this:  Freedom of Speech via Comedy Made a Comeback in 2022, Can It Continue Into 2023? For me, that has always been comedy and for the past 10 years, the barometer I have used has been how brave comics feel to crack jokes and hurt people’s feelings. Just like facts, jokes do not care about your feelings, nor should the comics who tell them. I know that might be unsettling to some. But that is okay, and also, I don’t care. When somebody can take an everyday situation, make a humorous observation, and deliver a well-crafted line, it is

Good morning troops!     Welcome to another day in paradise, and another installment of REVEILLE!     This is your daily forum to share what you've heard, what you've learned, and what you know, and just shoot the breeze.     All subjects are on the table, just be sure to stay within the comment policy, as usual.      This is also a great place to tag me, Goofy, or Trackman if you have articles you'd like to have published. Of course that's not restricted to this page, and you can still contact us any way you prefer. SO! Git your lazy butts up, SS&S, and get down to formation! We got REVEILLE, PT, and today's missions to carry out!         Have a wonderful day my friends.   -Tex

By Andrea Widburg It’s Sunday, so it’s obviously time for a sermon. Today’s sermon comes from a young pastor gaily bedecked in an LGBTQ+ stole, explaining that Jesus believed he was a hen, thereby justifying transgenderism and drag. On the one hand, it’s incredibly funny; on the other hand, it’s less funny when you realize the inroads the whole “transgender” cult is making into American society. The video is short, but this cheerful young man, the kind of person who catches the attention of five-year-olds with his open, friendly demeanor and Mr. Rogers’ cadence, packs a lot into it: “Jesus was and humanity is God in drag.” pic.twitter.com/nQEF0igeDv — Catch Up (@CatchUpFeed) April 27, 2024 Drag is holy. There has been an assault on the rights of drag performers in this country, and we must call out the hypocrisy and the injustice. Jesus called himself a mother hen, longing to gather up her chicks. Gender is a construct, you see, and if Jesus can be a mother hen, then you can dres