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Passenger Booted From Flight After Alleged Midair Stripdown

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A female passenger was removed from an American Airlines flight after allegedly taking off her clothing during the trip and behaving indecently, according to reports.

The incident occurred aboard American Airlines Flight 1779, which departed Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport on Sept. 11. The passenger, whose identity has not been released, allegedly disrobed while the plane was in the air.

Fox News reported that the woman behaved indecently during the flight. The aircraft had been scheduled to leave at approximately 7 p.m. ET but departed at 9 p.m., about two hours behind schedule. Flight 1779 ultimately arrived in Miami at 11:23 p.m.

According to Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System (ACARS) logs published by AirLive, the lead flight attendant stated that a female passenger had removed all of her clothing and engaged in indecent acts in view of other passengers.

The matter was subsequently reported to American Airlines’ Integrated Operations Center, while law enforcement authorities were notified.

Despite the disturbance, the aircraft continued to its scheduled destination and did not require a diversion, according to AirLive.

When Flight 1779 arrived in Miami, Miami-Dade County sheriff’s deputies were waiting at the gate. The passenger was taken into custody after the plane landed.

American Airlines confirmed that an incident had occurred during the flight. The airline provided a statement to USA Today regarding the passenger’s removal.

“The individual was removed from the aircraft. The safety and security of our customers and team members is our top priority. We apologize to our customers for the inconvenience and thank our crew members for their professionalism.”

The Miami-Dade County Sheriff’s Office also confirmed that deputies responded to the aircraft following a report of a disturbance.

“The preliminary investigation revealed that the disturbance happened in flight, which prompted MDSO to reach out to the FBI,” officials said.

The FBI is now investigating the incident, according to USA Today.

Authorities have not publicly identified the passenger or provided additional details about what prompted her alleged behavior during the flight.

The incident comes as airlines and law enforcement continue to deal with disruptive behavior aboard commercial aircraft.

In this case, the flight was able to continue to Miami without being diverted, and authorities were waiting when the aircraft reached the gate.

American Airlines said the safety and security of passengers and crew remained its top priority and thanked the crew members for their professionalism following the disturbance.

The investigation remains ongoing, with the FBI involved after being contacted by the Miami-Dade County Sheriff’s Office.

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Nancy Mace Demands Public Execution for Lindsay Clancy [WATCH]

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South Carolina Republican Rep. Nancy Mace delivered an uncompromising response Monday to the case of Lindsay Clancy, the admitted child killer whose Massachusetts jury failed to reach a verdict.

Mace said Clancy should receive the death penalty in a public execution, as reported by The Gateway Pundit.

Her remarks followed weeks of uproar surrounding the deadlocked jury, the supporters cheering Clancy, and an attempted appeal to President Donald Trump for a pardon that he cannot legally grant.

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Mace made clear that she had no interest in softening her position.

“Her children are dead. She should be dead too,” Mace told TMZ DC.

Mace then called for capital punishment and insisted that the sentence be carried out in public.

“She should get the death penalty. It should be public. It should be a public execution.”

When asked how the execution should be performed, Mace said the specific method did not matter much to her. She did, however, reject lethal injection as the chosen method.

“It could be by a firearm; it could be the electric chair. I don’t really care. Not an injection.”

Mace continued by calling Clancy a serial killer and arguing that a public punishment should serve as a warning.

Her answer left no ambiguity about how she views the deaths of Clancy’s three children.

“She’s a serial killer. She should get the electric chair. She should get the death penalty. It should be public. It should be a warning to women everywhere. You don’t kill your kids.”

The South Carolina Republican later reinforced her position on X after the TMZ clip circulated. “100%. She murdered her kids. Lindsay Clancy doesn’t deserve to live.”

The explosive comments came as the aftermath of the jury deadlock continued to fuel controversy.

A group of Clancy supporters, described as a “pink mob,” has cheered the admitted child killer while anger has focused on the lone juror who would not look past the three dead children.

That holdout, identified as a Black man, has reportedly been smeared, doxxed, and pursued by fellow jurors and left-wing media.

A GiveSendGo campaign created for his security and legal defense has already collected more than $115,000.

Meanwhile, Clancy attorney Kevin Reddington appeared on Good Morning America last week and asked President Trump to pardon his client.

The extraordinary request ran directly into the basic problem that Clancy’s case is at the state level.

Trump noted that the matter is a state case, meaning the requested presidential pardon was not legally available. He also said Clancy “did a horrible, horrible thing.”

The president separately warned that “there’ll be a price.” Mace had an equally sharp description for Reddington’s pardon push, calling the stunt “nasty” and “ugly.”

Mace’s demand for a public execution placed her squarely against those attempting to excuse Clancy or rally around her after the jury deadlock.

Her words focused relentlessly on the three children who are dead and the punishment she believes their killer deserves.

The prosecution has not announced whether it will pursue a second trial.

Until that decision is made, the case remains unresolved while Clancy’s supporters, the targeted holdout juror, and Mace’s blunt demand for the death penalty continue drawing attention.

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Georgia’s ‘Historic’ Youngest Mayor Booted After Alleged Taxpayer Spending Spree and Explicit Messages with 18-Year-Old Student

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Ten months was all it took for the political rise of Georgia’s youngest elected mayor to come crashing down. Jayden Williams, 23, had been presented as a “historic” figure and once called himself “the Obama of my family.”

As The Gateway Pundit reported, the Stockbridge City Council removed Williams on Saturday after an investigative hearing that lasted roughly 10 hours.

Council members considered allegations involving his use of a city purchasing card and his communications with an 18-year-old male high school student.

“The City of Stockbridge confirms that the City Council has taken formal action concerning the Office of Mayor following proceedings conducted pursuant to applicable City processes,” officials said.

“As a result of that action, the Mayor has been removed from office.”

Mayor Pro Tem Elton Alexander is serving as acting mayor while Stockbridge prepares for a special election.

Williams can appeal the council’s decision to Henry County Superior Court, and no criminal charges have been filed.

The financial investigation began after city workers noticed unusual charges and notified management and the city attorney.

An independent investigation by a law firm followed, putting the young mayor’s spending under a far less flattering spotlight.

Atlanta News First and Fox News reported that the alleged personal spending on the municipal purchasing card exceeded $4,000.

The reported purchases included restaurant meals, clothing, a haircut and a movie, while about $2,600 was spent on fuel.

Evidence presented during the hearing also included roughly $200 spent at Academy Sports, along with additional clothing purchases.

Lyft rides were charged while a city vehicle was assigned to Williams, according to the hearing coverage.

Restaurant bills were reportedly labeled as “small business spotlight” expenses even when the establishments were outside the city.

The council also examined a Pandora charge that produced more than one explanation from Williams.

Alexander said investigators found that Williams initially claimed the Pandora purchase involved gift cards for staff. Williams later said the items were gifts for community members, according to Alexander’s account of the investigation.

A restaurant manager testified that Williams ate with a group at the establishment on Father’s Day.

The manager also said the restaurant had no record of gift card purchases that matched Williams’ explanation.

City records introduced during the proceedings showed that a municipal vehicle had been checked out for 183 days between January and July.

Fuel purchases also included one from a day when the vehicle was not checked out in Williams’ name.

Williams told council members that some charges were accidental because the city purchasing card looked like his personal card.

He also said he reimbursed the city for purchases that were not allowed.

On the city’s purchasing ethics rules, Williams testified that he did not remember reading the materials provided after he took office.

He recalled only a signature page, according to the hearing account.

The council separately reviewed allegations involving an 18-year-old male high school student who reportedly connected with Williams through a political mentorship program.

A police report documented sexually explicit and sexually suggestive communications between the pair.

The student told investigators that he and Williams exchanged nude photographs.

Police did not pursue criminal charges because the student was 18 and legally considered an adult under Georgia law.

Investigators still referred the matter for administrative review.

They cited ethical and professional concerns involving an elected official and a high school student who was connected to a mentorship program.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that Williams argued the communications took place before he was sworn into office.

He also maintained that the mentorship program was not sponsored by the city.

Williams denied sending nude images and denied wrongdoing.

Those denials did not prevent the Stockbridge City Council from taking formal action and removing him after only 10 months in office.

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Trump Blasts His Own Supreme Court Picks After Justices Block Mail Ballot Rules [WATCH]

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President Trump railed Tuesday against the three Supreme Court justices he nominated after Amy Coney Barrett, Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh each voted to block new rules for mail ballots before the November midterms.

The clash put Trump in open conflict with his own picks over a major election dispute.

As reported by The New York Post, Trump delivered the criticism in a blunt written statement that portrayed the three justices as dramatically different from the candidates he originally considered for the nation’s highest court.

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He accused them of becoming hollow versions of their former selves.

“These are not the people I interviewed to serve on the United States Supreme Court; they are merely a shell of their original selves,” Trump wrote about Barrett, Gorsuch and Kavanaugh.

The attack amounted to a remarkable public rebuke of all three nominees from the president who selected them.

Trump did not soften his disappointment or conceal his anger over their votes against his request.

“This Supreme Court is bullied and cajoled by the Radical Left into making decisions that have set America back at least a hundred years.”

Trump’s complaint extended beyond Barrett, Gorsuch and Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court as an institution.

His statement accused the court of bending under pressure from the Radical Left and issuing decisions that he said had pushed the country backward.

The voting alignment left Trump with support from only Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas.

They were the only two justices who sided with the president in the dispute over the planned election rules.

Trump had asked the high court to stay a lower court decision that enjoined his March order.

The Supreme Court’s action kept the new requirements from taking effect before voters head into the November midterms.

The case centered on rules intended to change how states handled voter eligibility lists and absentee ballots.

Those requirements were part of the president’s March order, which had already encountered opposition in the lower court.

Under the proposed rules, every state would have been required to draft a list of citizens eligible to vote.

The list would have served as the approved pool for receiving absentee ballots under the new system.

Absentee ballots would have been sent only to people appearing on that approved list.

Those ballots also would have arrived in secure envelopes equipped with barcodes as part of an effort to prevent election fraud.

The planned system therefore paired state-prepared eligibility lists with tighter controls on absentee ballot distribution.

The barcode requirement for secure envelopes was another component of the proposed safeguards described in the order.

The Supreme Court’s refusal to grant Trump’s request meant those changes could not be implemented before the November elections.

The lower court’s decision enjoining the March order continued to block the rules from taking effect.

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Trump’s reaction focused squarely on the justices he had personally nominated and the direction of the court’s decisions.

His language left no ambiguity about how sharply he viewed their departure from his position in the case.

Barrett, Gorsuch and Kavanaugh stood together in voting to block the rules, while Alito and Thomas sided with Trump.

That division prompted the president to question whether his three nominees still resembled the people he had interviewed for the court.

The dispute now leaves the proposed voter list, absentee ballot, and secure envelope requirements blocked before the midterms.

It also leaves Trump publicly furious with three Supreme Court picks he once interviewed and ultimately chose for the bench.

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Pennsylvania Man Accused of ISIS Attack Plot Nabbed With Rifle and 190 Rounds [WATCH]

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Federal authorities arrested a 21-year-old Pennsylvania man accused of preparing a violent attack on behalf of ISIS after tracking him to a hotel, the Justice Department announced Tuesday.

Agents seized a semiautomatic rifle, five magazines and 190 rounds of ammunition, as reported by The New York Post.

Jonathan Hunter Kramer, of Valencia, allegedly pledged allegiance to ISIS and offered to distribute explosives manuals online.

According to a federal criminal complaint, Kramer also wrote that he was preparing for his “mission” but still needed a “weapon.”

Kramer is charged with receiving a firearm and ammunition while knowing, or having reasonable cause to believe, that they would be used to commit a felony or a federal terrorism crime.

That includes providing or attempting to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization.

The FBI had been aware of Kramer since a 2023 investigation, when he was still a minor.

The Justice Department said he was charged and adjudicated delinquent in Pennsylvania for his role in a plot to carry out a mass casualty attack and for possessing child sexual abuse material.

Authorities opened another investigation after receiving an anonymous tip on March 19, shortly after Kramer was released from a juvenile detention facility.

The tipster reported that Kramer was ordering “mysterious” packages and “talking to his friends from before” his juvenile adjudication.

Investigators said Kramer used the online name “Hamza Al Rashid” and claimed an affiliation with ISIS.

He allegedly offered to share explosives manuals and posted messages about preparing for his “mission,” while saying that he was missing a “weapon.”

On Friday, FBI agents watched Kramer leave his home carrying a bag and take a rideshare to a store.

According to the complaint, he purchased a disposable phone while agents continued monitoring his movements.

Kramer then met another person in the store parking lot and retrieved a long black bag from the trunk of a vehicle.

He traveled to a hotel in Cranberry Township and paid cash for a room, according to authorities.

Witnesses at both the store and the hotel told investigators that the long bag produced a metallic clicking sound when Kramer put it down.

After checking into the hotel, he traveled to a sporting goods store, where agents observed him at the gun counter.

Agents approached Kramer after he returned to the hotel carrying two bags from the sporting goods store.

Searches of Kramer, his hotel room, and his home uncovered the rifle, the ammunition, and the magazines, according to the complaint.

Authorities said two of the five rifle magazines were loaded.

The remaining three magazines were each capable of holding 30 rounds, adding to the alarming cache federal investigators said they discovered during the searches.

Agents also recovered a rifle scope and bipod, an entrenchment tool, pepper spray, and approximately 30 knives.

The complaint further described a handwritten note that read, “DoNt look For me[.] IDK what I did buT I cant live In constant Fear.”

Attorney General Todd Blanche said the arrest occurred as Americans marked the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

He credited the federal agents whose investigation stopped the alleged plan before it could advance further.

“Their outstanding work thwarted this alleged attack before innocent lives could be lost,” Blanche said.

His statement emphasized the stakes of the investigation while federal prosecutors proceeded with their case against Kramer.

FBI Director Kash Patel said Kramer had been “plotting a violent attack in support of ISIS.”

Patel cited Kramer’s online activity and his acquisition of weapons in describing the allegations facing the Pennsylvania man.

The Justice Department did not identify any specific target connected to the alleged attack. Kramer was booked into the Butler County Jail and made his first court appearance Monday.

Federal prosecutors have asked that Kramer remain in custody without bond. They argued that he poses a danger to the community as the case moves through the federal court system.

Clancy Juror Makes Stunning Admission on How the Mostly Female Panel Wanted to Leave Its Mark [WATCH]
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Clancy Juror Makes Stunning Admission on How the Mostly Female Panel Wanted to Leave Its Mark [WATCH]

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Paula Devlin, one of the jurors in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial, is continuing to speak publicly after the panel failed to reach a verdict.

Her latest CBS interview offered a revealing glimpse into how much some jurors believed their decision could carry a broader social message.

Lindsay Clancy admitted killing her three children in January 2023, and prosecutors sought murder convictions.

Her attorneys argued that she should be found not guilty because insanity left her without criminal responsibility, making her mental condition the central dispute in the trial.

Jurors faced several possible verdicts, including first degree murder, second degree murder, manslaughter, not guilty, and not guilty because of a lack of criminal responsibility.

The deliberations eventually produced an extraordinary eleven to one division.

Eleven jurors reportedly supported finding Clancy not guilty because of insanity.

One black male juror refused to join them, preventing the panel from delivering the sweeping insanity verdict that the rest of the jury apparently wanted.

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The judge declared a mistrial last Friday after the deadlock became impossible to resolve.

The decision followed a tense courtroom confrontation involving Clancy’s defense attorney Kevin Reddington, bringing the closely watched proceeding to an abrupt and unsatisfying halt.

Several jurors soon began speaking with reporters about why they supported Clancy.

Rather than allowing the record to speak for itself, members of the panel stepped into the media spotlight and began publicly defending the conclusion they could not make unanimous.

Devlin continued that media tour over the weekend and described the case in language that sounded more like a social campaign than a narrow examination of criminal responsibility.

Her remarks suggested that members of the mostly female jury viewed the trial as a chance to send a message.

“We knew that this was a turning point, and this would be something that could change something to make it better for other women…” Paula Devlin said.

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That admission raises serious questions about whether some jurors were focused solely on Clancy and the evidence before them.

A criminal jury is not supposed to use one defendant as a vehicle for changing society.

Jurors are expected to apply the law to the facts, not chase a cultural legacy, advance a cause, or make something better for an entire demographic group.

Devlin may have intended her comment as an expression of compassion, but it landed very differently.

It sounded like an acknowledgment that the majority wanted their decision to leave a broader mark beyond the courtroom and beyond the specific evidence presented.

The jury was not sequestered during the trial, which made obedience to the judge’s instructions especially important.

Jurors were expected to avoid news coverage, commentary, social media campaigns, and other outside material that could influence their consideration of the case.

Clancy attracted vocal online support, including TikTok videos from women who portrayed her through the lens of motherhood and mental health.

There is no confirmed proof in the supplied reporting that jurors watched those videos, but Devlin’s remarks will fuel understandable suspicion about outside narratives.

That concern becomes even sharper when a juror openly describes the case as a turning point for other women.

Courts decide individual guilt or criminal responsibility, not whether a verdict might satisfy an online movement or produce a preferred social result.

The lone dissenting juror held his position while facing pressure from eleven other people.

Whatever one thinks of the evidence, refusing to surrender an honestly held judgment simply to create unanimity is precisely what an independent juror is entitled to do.

The mistrial means prosecutors must decide how to proceed after years of grief, litigation, and public attention.

It also means the public will continue examining whether this jury approached the case as a sober legal duty or as an opportunity to make history.

Public confidence depends on jurors following instructions and deciding cases without ideological ambitions.

Devlin’s own words have now placed that confidence under a harsh spotlight, and no amount of friendly television packaging can make the quiet part unheard.

Brandon Johnson Moves Toward a Second Term as Mayor of Chicago as Homicides Pile Up [WATCH]
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Brandon Johnson Moves Toward a Second Term as Mayor of Chicago as Homicides Pile Up [WATCH]

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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is preparing to ask voters for another term, telling the New York Times that he intends to run again while promising more of the progressive governance that has defined his tenure.

His expected bid comes as Chicago continues wrestling with a grim national reputation for sheer homicide totals.

Speaking from his downtown campaign office, Johnson said he plans to “double down” on his agenda and “push for a city that is accessible” to working-class residents.

Apparently, the mayor believes Chicago voters have seen enough progress to demand another serving.

Johnson, 50, framed his leadership as a crusade against billionaires and corporate interests while claiming his administration has prioritized ordinary residents.

“That’s what we’re doing,” he told the newspaper after describing his vision of making Chicago the safest and most affordable major city in America.

The mayor also posted a “four more years” video on social media Sunday, promoting what he considers the major achievements of his first term.

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That slogan may be an easy sell inside progressive circles, but the situation beyond City Hall offers a considerably tougher campaign message.

Public safety remains one of Johnson’s largest political liabilities, especially in struggling neighborhoods on the city’s south side where gun violence has tormented families for years.

Chicago regularly records the highest total number of homicides among American cities, even though several cities post higher rates when population is considered.

The Labor Day weekend provided another bloody reminder of the crisis.

Thirty-eight people were shot across the Democrat governed city, and eight of those victims were killed, according to reporting cited in the original account.

The final weekend of August was scarcely more reassuring.

Forty people were shot during that period, including two who died, adding another round of victims to statistics that Chicago residents have been forced to watch accumulate with depressing regularity.

During the 12 month period before September 4, authorities reported 435 homicides in Chicago, according to the ABC7 Neighborhood Safety Tracker.

The tracker said the chance of being murdered in Chicago is “already considerably higher than the risk of dying in a vehicle crash in Illinois.”

There has been a measure of improvement in the weekly murder count, with Chicago averaging eight homicides per week.

That figure is below the average of ten per week recorded in 2019 and also falls beneath the annual average from the previous three years.

Still, fewer killings than during other grim periods hardly turns Chicago into the safe urban model Johnson promised.

For families living in neighborhoods where gunfire remains a familiar sound, City Hall celebration may feel more like political salesmanship than a victory lap.

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Johnson has also drawn fierce criticism from conservatives and moderates over his sanctuary city agenda and resistance to immigration enforcement under President Donald Trump.

His administration escalated that conflict by issuing an “ICE On Notice” order instructing Chicago police to investigate federal immigration agents.

City records showed that Johnson directed nearly $640 million toward caring for illegal aliens over a two-year period.

Critics argue that money could have supported Chicago’s troubled public schools, strengthened police resources, or addressed basic needs among citizens already paying the city’s bills.

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Johnson previously worked as a labor organizer and won the mayor’s office in 2023 after defeating incumbent Mayor Lori Lightfoot.

He plans to formally launch his reelection campaign at the DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center, according to the Times.

The nonpartisan mayoral election is scheduled for February 2027.

If no candidate receives more than 50 percent of the vote, the two leading contenders will advance to an April runoff.

Potential challengers are already lining up, including Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias, who is generally viewed as a more moderate progressive than Johnson.

United States Representative Mike Quigley of Chicago’s north side and Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza have also entered the contest.

The Times described the coming election as a “formidable test” of Johnson’s “brand of progressive politics.”

Chicago voters will decide whether promises about affordability and accessibility can outweigh violent crime, sanctuary policies, massive migrant spending, and the stubborn realities visible on their own streets.

‘God is Good’: US Airman Reveals Astonishing Iran Survival Story After Being Downed in Iran [WATCH]
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‘God is Good’: US Airman Reveals Astonishing Iran Survival Story After Being Downed in Iran [WATCH]

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A United States Air Force colonel has revealed the extraordinary story of how he survived nearly two days behind enemy lines in Iran after his F-15E Strike Eagle was blasted from the sky.

His account is a stunning testament to American training, faith, courage, and the military promise to leave no man behind.

The weapons systems officer, identified publicly only by his mission call sign, Dude 44 Bravo, discussed the ordeal during an interview with CBS host Norah O’Donnell.

The interview aired during the season premiere of “60 Minutes” on Sunday evening.

Bravo and his pilot, known by the call sign Alpha, were flying over southwestern Iran on April 3 when an Iranian fighter struck their aircraft with a shoulder-fired missile.

The $30 million jet went down in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer Ahmad province near the Iraqi border.

Bravo described the missile impact as “getting hit by a freight train,” a blunt summary of the violent attack.

Alpha managed to eject both men before the damaged fighter crashed, but that was only the beginning of Bravo’s nightmare.

“My parachute was damaged in the initial attack. At one point, when I looked up and saw no parachute, that was the most terrifying thing I’ve ever seen,” Bravo told O’Donnell.

He estimated that he was falling toward the ground at somewhere between 70 and 100 miles per hour.

Rather than surrender to panic, the colonel focused on freeing tangled pieces of the damaged parachute and slowing his descent.

“I wasn’t focused on the speed at which I was falling. I was instead focused on trying to correct the problems that were in front of me. And doing anything I could to unfurl or pull pieces of the parachute loose,” he said.

Bravo slammed into the ground and suffered a broken back, broken arm, broken shoulder, sprained ankle, and cuts across his head and face.

Those injuries would immobilize most people, but this Airman was stranded in hostile territory where capture could mean being paraded before Iranian cameras.

Despite the pain, Bravo moved away from his landing location and began climbing toward safer ground.

“I had injuries, but we all train to adapt and overcome the things that we’re faced with,” he said.

“I moved as quickly as I could, despite the injuries, away from the place that I landed.”

Iranian fighters searched for him while a reported $60,000 bounty was placed on his head.

Bravo climbed a 7,000-foot ridge in the Zagros Mountains and concealed himself in a crevice, all while lacking food, water, and meaningful medical care.

His grim sense of humor remained intact as he pushed himself forward.

“Never let a lack of motivation put you on Iranian TV,” Bravo said, delivering the sort of brutally practical advice that only makes sense when hostile forces are hunting you.

After darkness arrived on his first day, Bravo transmitted a brief radio message that initially made American authorities worry about an Iranian trap.

“When I got to the moment where I could review and think about all that I’d gone through, I sent, ‘God is good,’ as a recognition of all that he had brought me through,” he said.

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said he was awakened during the night with news that the aircraft and its crew had gone down.

His response was direct and unmistakably American: “Whether they’re alive or not, we’re going to go get them,” Hegseth said.

Alpha landed roughly five miles from Bravo and suffered only minor injuries.

United States Special Operations forces recovered him within half a day during a dangerous daytime raid, even as American helicopters took enemy fire.

The first rescue force could not locate Bravo, forcing military leaders to prepare another mission while the injured colonel remained alone for another day.

The second operation involved dozens of aircraft, MQ 9 Reaper drones, large search and rescue planes, and small Little Bird helicopters operating from a makeshift desert strip.

American forces finally reached Bravo around sunrise on Easter Sunday, nearly 50 hours after his fighter was shot down.

Seeing his rescuers, he said, was “one of the greatest moments” of his life, and he was soon able to call his wife and tell her he was safe.

Bravo credited Alpha, the rescue crews, military training, leadership, and faith for bringing him home.

“It’s a story of the teamwork, the training, of the faith, of the decisions and the leadership to do something that will live in history as an example of what America’s willing to do, in order to uphold our promise and leave no man behind.”

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Plot Twist in the Lindsay Clancy Case as Surprising Person Revealed to Be Involved in Doxxing Lone Holdout Juror
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Plot Twist in the Lindsay Clancy Case as Surprising Person Revealed to Be Involved in Doxxing Lone Holdout Juror

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The mistrial in the Lindsay Clancy triple murder case has produced yet another disturbing chapter.

After one juror refused to join the other eleven, activists and media figures began circulating enough personal details to place a glaring target on the holdout’s back.

The jury split eleven to one, preventing a verdict and setting the stage for prosecutors to try Clancy again.

She was accused of strangling her three young children with exercise bands inside the family home before attempting to take her own life.

Clancy’s defense portrayed her as a deeply troubled mother overwhelmed by mental illness.

Prosecutors presented a far darker picture, arguing that the killings were deliberate acts carried out separately and with enough planning to support murder convictions.

Testimony also showed that Clancy had dealt with numerous medical and mental health professionals before the deaths.

According to evidence presented in court, she was not always truthful about her medications and did not disclose thoughts about killing her children because she feared losing custody.

Then came the jury room spectacle.

During an NBC Boston interview after the mistrial, three female jurors revealed that nurses serving on the panel had discussed toxicology matters during deliberations, effectively bringing their own specialized opinions into the room.

That revelation alone should have raised serious questions about whether jurors relied only on evidence admitted in court.

Had prosecutors known such outside expertise was being offered during deliberations, they could have asked the judge to investigate or declare a mistrial on entirely different grounds.

The interview also exposed identifying details about the holdout.

One juror disclosed that he was one of only three men on the panel and the only Black man, information that dramatically narrowed the field for anyone determined to discover his identity.

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The women described how the holdout wrapped the rope evidence around a bottle to demonstrate the force needed to strangle a child.

Their apparent shock focused on his demonstration, rather than the violence prosecutors said Clancy inflicted upon three defenseless children.

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Meanwhile, reporters covering the courthouse drama appeared captivated by defense attorney Kevin Reddington, greeting every pronouncement from “Kevin!” as if it carried divine authority.

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Reddington publicly announced that the split was eleven to one in favor of his client, citing a note sent by jurors to the judge.

Such detailed jury communications are not generally handed to the courthouse cheering section.

Yet Reddington disclosed the split and continued discussing deliberations while the case remained unresolved, adding heat to an atmosphere already primed for intimidation.

Reddington also claimed publicly that one juror was failing to apply the reasonable doubt standard.

Later reporting indicated the holdout was not simply refusing to consider acquittal, but was struggling with which degree of murder he believed the evidence supported.

That distinction matters because it demolishes the easy narrative that one irrational man sabotaged eleven enlightened jurors.

The holdout may have believed Clancy was guilty while disagreeing about the precise charge, which is exactly the sort of legal judgment jurors are required to make.

Reddington nevertheless accused the man of having “robbed” the other jurors of their preferred result.

He then poured gasoline on the situation by declaring, “I hope that guy can sleep well at night.”

The defense attorney’s wife, Deb Reddington, joined the online campaign by directing followers to the NBC Boston interview that revealed the juror’s race and sex.

She also reportedly promoted claims describing the holdout as a “criminal” and a “squatter,” based on an old domestic violence arrest and a family dispute.

A later Gayle King interview on CBS supplied still more identifying information, confirming that the holdout was a Black man in his thirties.

Piece by piece, the media and Clancy’s defenders assembled a road map for the mob while pretending this was merely public interest journalism.

The court should have anticipated this circus by sequestering the jury and imposing strict limits on public commentary from the participants.

Instead, outside pressure was allowed to grow while a private citizen was vilified for refusing to surrender his judgment to the crowd.

Deb Reddington has since removed her X account.

In the old language of courtroom combat, that looks a lot like consciousness of guilt, especially after helping amplify the very clues that made the holdout easier to identify.

A juror’s duty is not to deliver a fashionable verdict, advance a political message, or satisfy television personalities.

His duty is to judge the evidence honestly, and no amount of mob outrage gives lawyers, spouses, reporters, or activists permission to endanger him for doing it.

Mississippi’s Education Comeback Leaves Higher-Spending Blue States in the Dust [WATCH]
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Mississippi’s Education Comeback Leaves Higher-Spending Blue States in the Dust [WATCH]

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Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves credited a series of conservative education reforms with helping propel his state from near the bottom of national academic rankings to some of the country’s strongest results in reading and math.

Kayleigh McEnany highlighted Mississippi’s progress while discussing the struggles American students have faced on international assessments.

She pointed to fourth-grade reading scores as an example of the state’s transformation.

“Look at this: Mississippi back in 2015 was ranked number 47 in fourth-grade reading. Over about a decade, Mississippi climbed a lot all the way up to number nine,” McEnany said.

“And if you adjust for demographics, Mississippi becomes number one in the nation for both fourth-grade reading and math, and number one in the nation for eighth-grade math.”

McEnany also highlighted the performance of Black students in Mississippi compared with Massachusetts despite differences in education spending.

“And get this: among Black students in fourth-grade reading, Mississippi outranks Massachusetts, a state widely thought to have some of the best schools in our country, and one that spends twice as much per pupil than Mississippi does, about $11,000 more, to be exact,” McEnany said.

Asked how Mississippi accomplished those gains, Reeves pointed to education measures adopted more than a decade ago and the state’s continued focus on implementation and accountability.

“We really went to work, and we’ve proven that conservative policies work,” Reeves said.

“We passed conservative reforms in education in 2012 and 2013. We focused on ensuring that we implemented those reforms properly, and we had a built-in accountability piece that ensured success.”

McEnany then cited results showing that Black and low-income children in Mississippi have outperformed comparable students in several other states.

She asked Reeves whether reducing absenteeism was responsible for the results.

“Well, it’s a combination of a number of things,” Reeves responded.

Among the policies Reeves identified were expanding school choice for students with special needs, establishing public charter schools in failing districts, and adopting the science of reading.

Mississippi also established a third-grade reading requirement that Reeves described as an important accountability measure.

“We instituted the science of reading, and we put in a test at the end of the third grade wherein if you are in the third grade and you’re not reading at an adequate level, you cannot get elevated to the fourth grade,” Reeves said.

“And so that’s that built-in accountability piece that a lot of states don’t get.”

Reeves said the improvements have extended across different groups of Mississippi students rather than being concentrated in particular schools or communities.

“But the important thing that you just pointed out, and this is what scares the left so much, and that is our conservative policy reforms don’t just work for some of our kids in some of our school districts,” Reeves said.

“They’re working for all of our kids in all of our school districts.”

Reeves pointed specifically to the progress of Black fourth graders, who he said ranked 45th among their peers in 2013 but have since risen to third nationally.

“They’re now number three in America amongst their peers and headed towards number one,” Reeves said.

He also highlighted Mississippi’s Hispanic students.

“Hispanic students in Mississippi, when compared to their peers around the country, number one in America in reading scores, number one in America in math,” Reeves said.

McEnany contrasted Mississippi’s approach with states that have responded to educational problems by reducing academic standards.

“And blue states, we’ve seen blue states try to lower standards,” McEnany said.

“So in other words, rather than pulling kids up, they’re bringing standards down. You’ve not done that in Mississippi.”

Reeves said Mississippi had deliberately pursued the opposite strategy by repeatedly increasing expectations.

“While a lot of other states around the country are lowering standards, we’ve done the exact opposite. We have raised standards,” Reeves said.

“And not only have we raised them once or twice, we’ve raised them four or five times over the last 12 years.”

Reeves argued that Mississippi students responded to those increased expectations by improving their performance and said the same approach could be applied elsewhere.

“Kids in Mississippi can do that. Kids across America can do that, and I think that’s something that as a national policy we should continue to focus on,” Reeves said.

“Raise the bar. Raise the level of expectations for our kids.”

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