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Untold War Stories@UntoldWarFacts22 seconds.That is how long it took for a 23 year old staff sergeant from Alabama to save the lives of his entire B-29 crew on a mission to Japan in 1945.He had to carry a burning phosphorus bomb 25 feet through the aircraft.He held it against his body while it burned through to the bone.This is the story of Red Erwin...🧵1/5Untold War Stories@UntoldWarFacts·Sep 26Replying to @UntoldWarFacts🧵 2/5Henry Eugene Erwin was born on May 8 1921 in Adamsville, Alabama. A small coal mining town outside Birmingham. His father was a coal miner who died when Henry was 10...

CBS’s Face the Nation host Margaret Brennan reportedly challenged CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss when Weiss asked reporters to investigate the scandal of Alaska’s ballot controversy. Fox News reported that several CBS staffers downplayed a New York Times report detailing how Democrats placed a decoy “Dan Sullivan” on the ballot to confuse voters and give Democrat candidate Mary Peltola an advantage in the Senate race. The New York Times reported that Peltola has ordered a staffer in Summer 2025 to find “as many people named Dan Sullivan in Alaska as you can.” ... The Justice Department has reportedly started investigating...

FeelGoodThoughts@feelgoodtale On April 6, 1967, 20-year-old Douglas Hegdahl, a farm kid from South Dakota, was knocked overboard from the USS Canberra in the South China Sea. By dawn, he was a prisoner of war in North Vietnam. Unlike the captured pilots who arrived in Hanoi, Doug had little military training or intelligence experience. His captors saw a confused, inexperienced young sailor and assumed he was too simple to be dangerous. Doug made a decision that would change his life and the lives of hundreds of others: he let them believe it. He acted clumsy, confused, and almost comically incompetent. His...

In this week's Avid Space industry update, SpaceX launches their second Starfall capsule, we have program updates from PLD Space, Rocket Lab and NASA, and Japan sends a lander to Mars' moon Phobos. NASA Releases New Details on Moon Base Progress | 6:05 Avid Space | 251K subscribers | 11,408 views | October 29, 2026 YouTube transcript reformatted at textformatter.ai *may* follow.

Embattled Rep. Ilhan Omar’s ex-husband and rumored brother, Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, referred to himself as a “gay man” in an academic paper published earlier this year. Elmi’s self-described sexual orientation adds to the mounting evidence that his 2009 marriage to Omar was a sham to obtain legal immigration status for her alleged brother. “As a gay man of the East African diaspora, my fieldwork was never neutral,” Elmi, a doctoral researcher at the University of Bristol, wrote in an August 2026 paper titled, “Out in the Field: Notes on Researching Queer Violence in Kenya.” “It was a space shaped...

The Justice Department is seeking to block Alaska’s election certification if Sen. Dan Sullivan narrowly loses, adding legal uncertainty to a race that could shape Senate control after Tuesday’s vote... The Justice Department filed a revised lawsuit on Thursday seeking to block certification of Alaska's election results if Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan loses narrowly, citing a New York Times report that Democratic operatives recruited a candidate with the same first and last names. The suit raises the prospect of a messy fight over a contest that could determine Senate control in next Tuesday's midterm elections...

He may be the leader of the Catholic church, but Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV is still a registered voter in Illinois and requested a mail ballot for the midterm elections. That’s according to the Will County clerk’s office. “Robert Francis Prevost is on the list of individuals who requested a vote by mail ballot for the upcoming election,” Kim Fladhammer, Will County clerk’s office chief of staff, told the Sun-Times. The pope, who is registered to a New Lenox address, made the request on Oct. 3. That mail ballot had to travel a long way — from Joliet to the...

Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s effort to restore voting rights to tens of thousands of convicted felons sparked controversy Thursday after an attorney obtained an executive citation addressed to "Betty No Last Name," purportedly notifying the recipient that her voting rights had been restored. The citation identifies No Last Name as one of more than 66,000 Virginians whose rights to vote, serve on juries and seek public office have reportedly been restored under Spanberger's administration. The controversy comes ahead of a Nov. 3 ballot measure that would make voting rights restoration automatic upon release from prison. "It’s a big deal," said...

The firing of Lt. Gen. Brett Sylvia, a top military planner on the Joint Staff, came after an "extensive" investigation into leaks, and the matter has been referred to the Justice Department, according to Sean Parnell, the top Pentagon spokesman. Parnell posted a lengthy statement on social media Thursday morning addressing the news of Sylvia's firing, which came out a day earlier. His comments are the first on-the-record response since it became public. "Following an extensive Air Force OSI investigation, the Department took necessary personnel action to protect sensitive information," Parnell said. "To protect the integrity of the investigation, no...

High-profile races that will determine which party controls the Senate for the next two years are extremely tight, according to a new CNN poll, as Maine and Kansas remain close and Democrats extended their leads in Texas and Michigan. Democrats, who are widely projected to win a majority in the House of Representatives, need to flip four Senate seats from red to blue in order to gain a 51-seat majority, protecting their majority from the vice presidential tiebreaker. MaineIn Maine, Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, is the only Republican incumbent running in a state that went for Kamala Harris in 2024....

~The French lady below does not seem obviously "far right"; she is merely describing the humdrum reality of our degenerating society:Josef Bosch @realjosefbosch · Follow It’s so anachronistic to hear a random woman—let alone a French one—speak like this. I can’t remember the last time I heard a white woman of any national origin speak this defiantly and bravely. Major blancpill.Video Here"Women are the first victims of immigration": merci, chère madame, there is a slogan for our times. If you're wondering why the "refugees" and "asylum-seekers" are all but exclusively male, that's because the human traffickers market the entire western...

A little-known congressional maneuver could block members of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) from being sworn in as members of the House of Representatives next year, even if they win their elections on Tuesday. Members-elect must swear an oath to uphold the Constitution before they can become full members of the House. At the beginning of a new Congress, that oath is typically taken en masse by all 435 members, led by the House speaker. But an argument circulating in conservative circles posits that any member-elect can challenge another member-elect's right to be sworn in, provided they have compiled...

[Catholic Caucus] Two Pilgrimages, Two Bans: Traditional Catholics Shut Out of Rome and Lourdes In the same weekend, traditional Catholics were denied their customary prayer service inside St. Peter’s Basilica and barred from public liturgies and processions at Lourdes. Two pilgrimages. Two holy places. And one unforgettable witness to a faith that no ecclesiastical restriction can extinguish. During the “Christ the King” pilgrimage organized by the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) in October 2026, I learned more vividly than ever that a pilgrimage’s true success does not rest on a basilica, a sanctuary, or even an official authorization from...

Two worlds met in Paris last week. Thanks to the presence of Art Basel, some of the world’s most valuable art that wasn’t already in the city was shipped there. It arrived just in time for Paris to go up in flames. Most of the art fair went ahead as planned at the Grand Palais, but the final weekend was canceled. Parisian friends and those who were visiting the city described scenes of Dada-esque absurdity. They navigated streets filled with burning bins and rioting “youths” in balaclavas, before slipping into champagne receptions. Some who attempted to get out of the...

Late-night shows, “The View” and “Saturday Night Live” hammer President Donald Trump and all things GOP 24/7. It’s literally all they do from a political perspective. They downplay the DSA, when they’re not making excuses for their egregious views, ignore Democrats behaving badly and pretend Hasan Piker isn’t a pox on the culture. These programs are in-kind contributions to the DNC. Period. That’s shameful enough. And while Fox News’ “Gutfeld!” is unabashedly on the Right, the show’s libertarian panelists (like Kat Timpf) routinely hold GOP feet to the fire. As well they should. The far-Left propaganda doesn’t merely exist on...

WASHINGTON — Alaska Senate hopeful Mary Peltola refrained from issuing an unequivocal denial of involvement in the effort to recruit another Dan Sullivan into the race — even as her campaign, which fired a lot of its original staff — distanced itself. Instead, Peltola lashed out at the press for coverage of her team’s alleged involvement in recruiting Dan J. Sullivan, also known as “Decoy Dan,” into the Alaska Senate race to confuse incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan’s (R) voters. “This is just another distraction. It’s another diversion. Every day it’s some new, you know, look over here moment. Not Dan...

Voter voices: What issues matter most to Americans With less than a week to go until the US midterm elections, which will determine which party controls Congress for the next two years, more than 43 million Americans have already voted. Data from the University of Florida Election Lab indicates that four to five million early votes have been cast each day, representing a much higher rate than in most previous elections. Texas has seen the highest above-average turnout rate so far, says Prof Mike McDonald, who runs the Election Lab database. Hispanic communities are also seeing a much higher turnout...

FOREST CITY, N.C. (WLOS) — An investigation is underway after a chemical exposure incident at a Chili's Grill & Bar in western North Carolina, officials confirmed. The incident led to multiple people enduring chemical burns after consuming drinks that were prepared with a cleaning chemical mistakenly identified as salt, according to a press release from the Foothills Health District. This occurred at the restaurant's Forest City location. The Foothills Health District said preliminary information indicates that on Monday, Oct. 26, an employee received a "granulated degreasing chemical" from a contracted worker power-washing the outside of the restaurant and put it...

Keith Ellison (D-CAIR): I Don’t Know Anything About The Muslim Brotherhood – Reality: The Muslim Brotherhood’s US-Branch Paid For Him To Make The Hajj To Mecca In 2008…

Join with fellow FREEPERS to pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Healthcare, Education, Churches, and the Media. I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession, and thanksgiving be made for everyone: for kings and all those in authority that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. ~ 1 Timothy 2:1-2 Religion Forum threads labeled [Prayer] are closed to debate of any kind. 60th Anniversary (from 2024) | A Time for Choosing But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you,then choose for yourselves this day whom...