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Judge Orders FBI to Release Manifesto from Deranged Trans Shooter to Nashville News Outlet
by Jim Hoft Mar. 16, 2024 9:40 am32 Comments
A federal judge ordered the FBI to release the manifesto from the deranged trans shooter for a private review by Star News Digital Media Inc.
Audrey Elizabeth Hale murdered six innocent Nashvillians at the Covenant School on March 27, 2023, nearly a year ago.
Her manifesto is reportedly littered with racist, anti-Christian language.
Just the News reported:
A federal judge ordered the FBI to provide Covenant School shooter Audrey Hale’s manifesto and other documents for a private review as part of a lawsuit from Star News Digital Media Inc., the parent company of The Tennessee Star.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/03/judge-orders-fbi-release-manifesto-deranged-trans-shooter/
Retired Gen. Mark Milley Reaping Massive Reward Despite Disastrous Afghan Withdrawal and Rampant Politicization of the Military
by Allison Anton, The Western Journal Mar. 16, 2024 8:15 am132 Comments
The United States has been blessed to count some of the greatest military leaders in history among its generals.
George S. Patton, Dwight D. Eisenhower and even Robert E. Lee have gone down in history for their remarkable leadership and strategic and tactical brilliance in the most trying times of our history.
Retired Gen. Mark Milley is, alas, not one of their illustrious rank.
Although, based on how he’s enjoying his retirement, some seem to be unaware of that fact
The Intercept reported Monday that Milley, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is “cashing in” on his retirement by going on a lucrative speaking tour, joining the faculty of Princeton and Georgetown universities and enjoying a well-compensated advisory position with JPMorgan Chase Bank.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/03/retired-gen-mark-milley-reaping-massive-reward-despite/
Harmeet Dhillon Reveals Moment She Was Almost Killed by an Illegal Immigrant
by Michael Schwarz, The Western Journal Mar. 16, 2024 7:15 am112 Comments
Marxist Democrats have distorted the very concept of compassion and then weaponized it against U.S. citizens and legal immigrants alike.
After all, no other tactic could have compelled law-abiding Americans to tolerate illegal immigration for as long as they have.
In a Thursday post on the social media platform X, conservative lawyer and Republican Party official Harmeet Dhillon described her near-fatal collision with an illegal immigrant in San Francisco.
“An illegal alien totaled my car in 2007 while making an illegal left turn into oncoming traffic. He fled the scene,” Dhillon began.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/03/harmeet-dhillon-reveals-moment-almost-killed-illegal-immigrant/
ANOTHER ONE: United Airlines Boeing 737 Lands at Airport with Missing Exterior Panel
by Cristina Laila Mar. 15, 2024 7:40 pm544 Comments
Another one!
A 25-year-old United Airlines Boeing 737 landed at an Airport in Oregon on Friday with a missing exterior panel.
Per CNN: United Airlines Boeing 737-800 lands safely in Medford, Oregon with an under-fuselage panel missing. United says the issue was first discovered when parked at the gate.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/03/another-one-united-airlines-boeing-737-lands-airport/
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The Truth About Florida State Guard’s Special Operations Unit
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Founders wanted to create similar special operations units across a coalition of states, which would not be subject to federal oversight or presidential authority.
A student at Stronghold SOF Solutions engages ground targets from an MH-6 Little Bird. (All photos, screenshots and videos courtesy of Stronghold SOF Solutions.)
When Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced he was “reactivating” the Florida State Guard nearly two years ago, veteran special operators and business partners Brandon Graves and Tom Morton knew they could contribute, so they locked themselves in their office and began writing an unsolicited proposal that they planned to send to the governor’s team.
Graves and Morton had recently opened Stronghold SOF Solutions, a one-of-a-kind tactical training facility located in Florida’s Panhandle. Stronghold’s training staff are all former special operators. The 50-acre facility is just minutes from the 7th Special Forces Group. Just a few of Stronghold’s offerings include a two-story live-fire shoot house, a 4160-foot runway, four 360-degree dynamic ranges, MOUT/SOUC sites, an underground training facility and a demolition range that can support up to 40-pound charges. The facility has a clubhouse, drone-friendly airspace and helos – a Soviet-designed Mi-17 and a Boeing MH-6, better known as a Little Bird, which has become the taxi of choice for many special operators.
In their proposal, Graves and Morton wrote of an untapped resource – retired special operations veterans – who would be the perfect force to fulfil FSG’s mission of responding to natural or manmade disasters. They offered to select, train and validate a 60-man special operations force.
“We got their attention in Tallahassee,” Graves said. “They were excited about it.”
Morton said the concept they floated in their proposal is the same concept that led to the creation of Stronghold.
“One reason we built this place was to be a stronghold for our colleagues getting out,” he said. “We wanted this to be a place to help guys springboard into their next life. The GWOT (Global War on Terror) is basically over, and there are thousands of guys with 20 or more years of experience in special operations, which cost the government millions of dollars to produce. We’re trying to leverage that talent and make it available to this state and other states.”
Florida awarded Stronghold SOF Solutions a no-bid contract worth up to $1.2 million. Graves and Morton knew the legacy media would push back against their efforts, yet neither special operator anticipated the ferocity of the media’s attack.
A 450-year history
The Florida State Guard traces its lineage to 1565, when the Spanish in St. Augustine stood up the first company of armed citizen volunteers, according to the FSG website.
Three-hundred and seventy-six years later, in 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt federalized many states’ National Guard units and sent them to war. In response, the Florida Legislature created today’s Florida State Guard to safeguard the Sunshine State.
On June 14, 2022, DeSantis announced he was reactivating the FSG with a “statewide rapid response land-based, maritime, and aviation capabilities.”
Last week, 205 candidates passed the FSG’s three-week Initial Entry Training and will join the 120 State Guardsmen who were already part of the group.
“The Florida State Guard serves an important role in emergency response for the state. I am pleased to see this important volunteer force continue to grow to serve the people of Florida,” DeSantis said in a statement.
While many of these candidates had prior military service, they should not be confused with the 60-man special operations force Graves and Morton helped create, which is known officially as the Florida State Guard Special Operations Company, or SOC.
A drone equipped with night vision captures a “squirter” during training at Stronghold’s live-fire shoot house. (All photos, screenshots and videos courtesy of Stronghold SOF Solutions.)
Special Operations Company
The SOC is chock-full of tabs, tridents, wings and berets. Its members include former Navy SEALs, Army Rangers and Special Forces, MARSOC Marines, Air Force Special Operations veterans and more.
“The vast majority are prior SOF guys, but we did select a few other skills,” Morton said. “The FSG has a more law enforcement-centric mission rather than purely military, so we attempted to build a team that would be successful at this mission.”
“Every one of them has the SOF mindset,” Graves said. “We vetted and trained all of them.”
The state agreed to purchase guns and gear for the SOC. As it stands now, the 60 members are issued Sig-Sauer P-320 9mm handguns and Sig-Sauer MCX-SPEAR Carbines.
The kit state officials purchased for the SOC leaves a little to be desired. However, special operators are seldom satisfied with any issued gear.
Students train at Close Quarters Battle and shooting while moving. (All photos, screenshots and videos courtesy of Stronghold SOF Solutions.)
Three things at once
The state contract required Stronghold to “select, train and validate” a 60-man force in just two weeks.
“Those three aspects of a training environment are located at different points in a SOF unit’s work-up cycle,” Morton said. “And we had two weeks to do all of that. Fortunately, for the SOF community, training never really stops. We piggy-backed off of the military’s investment. We really just needed to perform a function check, to make sure all the skills were still there.”
Stronghold’s trainers started with a series of rifle and pistol qualifications on a flat range, along with vehicle work and bail-out drills. The trainers transitioned to battlefield medical training, using Special Forces 18-Delta medics. All members are now certified in TCCC (Tactical Combat Casualty Care).
During week one, the operators worked on individual Close Quarters Battle skills in the shoot house. “We were watching closely,” Morton said. “We were taking metrics of everything.”
During week two they focused on team-based skills, including aircraft operations with the Mi-17 and Little Bird. The second week added maritime skills, which were taught by a Coast Guardsman and Navy SEALs and included VBSS (Visit Board Search and Seizure) missions in the Gulf of Mexico.
“The best way to think about this training is less military and more like Coast Guard or law enforcement stops out on the water,” Morton said.
Toward the end of week two, the students were put through validating exercises – full mission profiles of maritime interdictions on the water, and hostage rescue missions using simunitions, which were conducted in the shoot house.
“They received their warning order, planned, moved to the shoot house, entered, cleared and exfilled,” Graves said. “We had excellent role players who would escalate their behavior during the training. It started with verbal abuse, throwing things, then brandishing a weapon but not pointing it. In the final escalation, the role player would point and shoot. We were really hyper-focused on when to use force. These guys really shouldn’t need to go to that level yet. We want to make sure they’re ready, but we don’t anticipate anything close to that level of threat.”
Media Pushback
The legacy media has tried to label Graves as a DeSantis supporter as if to imply that Stronghold’s no-bid contract was awarded for personal or political reasons. However, neither Gaves nor Morton or Stronghold have ever donated a dollar to any of DeSantis’ political campaigns. (Nor have they ever met DeSantis personally.)
This type of bashing was expected.
“It’s fair to say we quickly realized there was a political aspect to all of this,” Morton said. “Whenever politics are involved, the media is going to take every opportunity to spin it in a different way – their way. There are a lot of training companies out there, but I’m not aware of one like ours in the state of Florida – especially one with our facilities.”
What was not expected was the media’s bashing of an American hero.
“The engagement of a combat training company with links to an accused war criminal raises serious questions about the intentions of Florida Governor DeSantis’s civilian military force,” a reporter wrote of one Stronghold trainer, retired Navy SEAL Chief Eddie Gallagher.
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To single out Gallagher was a new low and extremely unfair, Morton said.
“If they really knew his story, he’s a guy who served his country for 20 years. He’s a true warfighter. He’s been in the worst situations. He pushed through Mosul, which was extreme. He took care of his guys. In my opinion, he is a great example of what a patriot should be. They really used all that against him. Most of the media’s negative coverage that’s been pointed at us was through our relationship with Eddie,” Morton said.
To be clear, Gallagher ran afoul of the normal tension and distrust that exists between the conventional Navy and the extremely unconventional SEAL Teams. It’s something any special operator can face, regardless of their branch of service. Gallagher was charged with seven crimes but acquitted of six. President Trump immediately congratulated Gallagher via Twitter. Four weeks later, Trump ordered the Secretary of the Navy to revoke the Navy Achievement Medals, which were given to Gallagher’s prosecutors as a reward for their prosecution.
The Navy didn’t give up despite the acquittal and ordered Gallagher demoted from E-7 to E-6. Trump intervened and stopped the demotion cold. Undeterred, the Navy quickly convened a “Trident Review Board,” to determine whether Gallaher should be stripped of his SEAL Trident. For Trump, that was too much. He tweeted: “The Navy will NOT be taking away Warfighter and Navy Seal Eddie Gallagher’s Trident Pin. This case was handled very badly from the beginning. Get back to business!”
Graves has zero regrets. He and Morton consider Gallagher a close friend and one of their best instructors.
“In special operations, there are guys who are trained and guys who are experienced,” he said. “Eddie is both trained and experienced. From a practical standpoint, he is one of the best guys we could bring in. He is a confident, capable, highly experienced guy. Unfortunately, the system turned its teeth on him.”
New Federalism
Graves and Morton are in talks with officials in Texas and Louisiana who have expressed interest in creating special operations units in their states.
“It’s federalism – trying to get the decision making back to the state level,” Graves said. “We need a system where the states can rely on each other. We can create similar units in a coalition of states if they put the financial means behind it. We can vet, train and run the exact program, so anytime there’s a manmade or naturals disaster, the states can send each other resources.”
Morton added that they are not trying to replace federal resources. They want to give governors additional options.
“We are certainly not opposed to federal assistance,” Morton said. “What we are really getting at is trying to help state create the environment where states have the means to solve their own problems.”
Said Graves: “The concept whereby states begin to arm themselves and build the capabilities of State Guards removes the ability of the federal government to leverage their assistance.”
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https://www.ammoland.com/2024/03/the-truth-about-florida-state-guards-special-operations-unit/#axzz8UZIYOJIN
CIVILIZATION’S THIN VENEER: Haiti Has Fallen, Cannibal ‘Barbeque’ Now in Charge
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John Boch –
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The body of a man lies in a pool of blood alongside his motorcycle, in the Delmas area of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
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Haiti hasn’t always been a completely disorganized craphole. For now though, the Caribbean island nation shows us a real-time example of just how the veneer of civilization is thinner than most people think. With a bona fide cannibal gang leader now in charge, thugs with guns are the law. Given the very unstable nature of daily life, how long will it take for a massive flotilla of boats full of illiterate Haitians to head for America?
No doubt the criminal class in Haiti, not wanting to get cross with the new Head Cannibal in Charge, will be first to leave. The noble concept of women and children first? Not among the criminal class.
Unlike the Haitians who live a largely a hand-to-mouth existence (median income about $1,600) in their third-world hell hole, America has a Constitution that recognizes our God-given right to keep and bear arms. Having an armed populace tends to act as a check and balance against tyrannical leaders who dine on their enemies and thugs with guns running the streets.
Moreover, for those Americans who own firearms and know how to use them, we don’t have to worry so much about becoming unarmed victims of illegal alien bad guys bringing their criminal gang habits with them. Instead of cowering on their knees and begging for mercy from criminal thugs, the gun owner can shoot them. Most people, including criminals, prefer not to be shot and try to avoid it.
Those who don’t own guns in America? Now might be time to reconsider their love of gun control and embrace personal defense, and responsibility, instead. After all, a stern word goes a lot further when it’s backed up by deadly force.
For those who only trust the science: it’s scientifically proven that criminals commit fewer crimes after they’ve been shot.
Our message to the non-gunowners of America: you don’t have to live and die as a defenseless victim. Empower yourself. Get informed. Become a gun owner.
https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/civilizations-thin-veneer-haiti-has-fallen-cannibal-barbeque-now-in-charge/
Be Afraid, But More Importantly Be Armed: Citizens Will Be Best First-Line Defense Against Terrorists Coming Across Border
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Stills from video footage showing the moment a policeman is shot in the head on a Paris street by terrorists soon after they murdered 12 people at the offices of the publisher Charlie Hebdo in 2015. Terror like this could be coming to American streets thanks to Biden’s open border policy.
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FBI Director Christopher Wray must be frustrated. He issued one of the strongest terrorism warnings earlier this week, but few seemed to notice and even fewer seemed to care. Instead, the legacy media remained fixated on the testimony of former special counsel Robert K. Hur, who concluded that Joe Biden committed multiple federal crimes but was too incompetent to stand trial. While Hur’s findings were certainly newsworthy, they were not news. Most of the country already knew Old Yeller’s best days are behind him.
Wray’s warning, however, was dire. He told the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence that known or suspected terrorists were infiltrating the country across the wide-open southern border using counterfeit documents. One of the smuggling networks, he said, has ties to ISIS. Add to this the thousands of unknown border crossers from countries that hate us, and the more than 80,000 military-age males from China, and you have a terrorist hellbroth just waiting to bubble over.
“The threats from homegrown violent extremists that is jihadist-inspired, extremists, domestic violent extremists, foreign terrorist organizations and state-sponsored terrorist organizations all being elevated at one time since October 7, though, that threat has gone to a whole other level,” Wray said. “And so, this is a time I think for much greater vigilance.”
We should thank Director Wray for his timely information and for his candor. This is precisely why we have fought so long and so hard to restore our Second Amendment rights, so that law-abiding Americans no longer have to bend a knee and beg the Crown to sell them back their constitutional rights in the form of a permit to carry defensive arms. Constitutional carry levels the playing field, making it easier for the good guys and gals to lawfully carry arms.
In the 29 states that now offer some form of constitutional carry, when a terrorist rears their ugly head – be they a card-carrying ISIS member or a lone-wolf jihadist – Americans can take immediate action without waiting for First Responders to arrive, assess the situation, plan and then respond.
Time and time again, we have seen how judicious marksmanship can end a madman’s murderous plans.
In 2015, an off-duty police officer shot two home-grown terrorists who were trying to gain entry to an exhibit at the Curtis Culwell Center in Garland, Texas, which featured images of Muhammad. ISIL (the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant) took credit for the attack – their first upon American soil.
In 2019, 71-year-old Jack Wilson dropped a 43-year-old shotgun-wielding madman, who had fatally shot two parishioners at the West Freeway Church of Christ in a Fort Worth suburb, with a single round to the head.
In 2022, Elisha Dicken fired 10 rounds from his Glock at a madman who was shooting people inside an Indiana shopping mall. Eight of Dicken’s rounds struck the bad guy, who was 40-yards away. Dicken was carrying his Glock lawfully because of Indiana’s recently enacted constitutional carry law.
Despite these and many lesser-known examples, the left and the legacy media they control still consider an armed response by a private citizen a fantasy. Instead, they continue to push the laughable Run, Hide, Fight response.
One of the most important lessons learned after last year’s Hamas attacks is that terrorists are capable of much better planning than most thought possible, especially when paired with a state sponsor such as Iran. There is no reason not to believe a terrorist group would be even more prepared for an attack on American soil. Their target analysis will likely include the possibility of armed opposition. In other words, the terrorists are more likely to focus on a target where concealed carry is heavily regulated if not impossible, and civilians have no option other than to run, hide or fight.
Despite our misgivings about the FBI and how it has been weaponized by the Biden-Harris administration, Wray’s warning should not go unheeded. However, now is not the time for paranoia. The main goal of terrorism is to terrorize. They want us to overreact, change our lifestyle and curtail our own freedoms.
Instead, use the time Wray has given us to service or upgrade your EDC. Replace batteries. Re-confirm zero. Buy those extra mags you’ve wanted. Most importantly, go to the range and train. Shoot up your old defensive ammo and replace it with new.
The author’s EDC consists of a Staccato C2 with a Streamlight TRL-7A and a Holosun HE508T, a Benchmade Emerson CQC7, a Streamlight Wedge, spare mag and a C&G holster. Author Photo
There are 21 states that do not offer any form of constitutional carry, including several that make it nearly impossible for law-abiding Americans to defend themselves. This will prove to be a deadly mistake and it must change. Once your EDC is prepped, please help make that change.
Constitutional carry saves lives and it should be the law of the land. Every American should enjoy their God-given right of self-defense, regardless of where they live. It may be the only thing that saves Americans when the next inevitable attack occurs on our soil.
https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/be-afraid-but-more-importantly-be-armed-citizens-will-be-best-first-line-defense-against-terrorists-coming-across-border/
Police Searching for Black Male Driving Grey Honda in Pennsylvania — Multiple People Shot at Several Locations
by Cassandra MacDonald Mar. 16, 2024 11:00 am450 Comments
People in Falls Township, Pennsylvania, have been asked to shelter-in-place after multiple people were shot at several locations on Saturday morning.
Police are searching for Andre Gordon, 26, a black male armed with a shotgun who is driving a carjacked dark grey 2016 Honda CR-V with a Pennsylvania plate reading KFR-1534.
According to reports, at least four people have been shot, three fatally, at three different locations.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/03/police-searching-black-male-driving-grey-honda-pennsylvania/
Pa. gunman who killed family members tracked to New Jersey home amid hostage standoff with SWAT
The suspected shooter, Andre Gordon, killed his stepmother, 13-year-old sister and the mother of his two children, authorities said.
The gunman accused of fatally shooting his family members, including a 13-year-old girl, in Pennsylvania before fleeing to New Jersey is barricaded inside a home in Trenton with hostages, officials said.
The suspected shooter, Andre Gordon, 26, allegedly shot and killed the victims at two locations in Levittown, Pennsylvania. Police said he then carjacked a driver at gunpoint and fled to New Jersey where he was “tracked to his home” in Trenton.
SWAT team members from the Trenton Police Department were on scene, authorities in Pennsylvania said.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/residents-suburban-philadelphia-township-told-shelter-place-confirmed-rcna143721
Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville Warns “We Are Losing Our Kids to a Satanic Cult – They’ve Basically Taken God Out of Everything”
by Ben Kew Mar. 16, 2024 10:20 am272 Comments
Alabama Senator Tommy Tuverille has warned that a “satanic cult” are trying to groom America’s children into their warped ideology.
Tuberville made the remarks during a speech on Friday at a warehouse in front of approximately 100 Republican delegates in Utah, where he was campaigning for Trump-aligned Senate candidate Trent Staggs.
“I’ve traveled all over the country — all 50 states — I’ve been in good places and bad places,” Tuberville warned. “The one thing I saw, we are losing our kids to a satanic cult.”
The former college football coach added that the choice in this year’s election is between those who are pro and anti-American.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/03/alabama-senator-tommy-tuberville-warns-we-are-losing/
GOP Lawmakers Warned Mayorkas About Crime Risk from Venezuelan Gangs – But Were Completely Ignored (VIDEO)
by Jim Hoft Mar. 16, 2024 10:40 am127 Comments
Rep. Troy Nehls (R-TX) joined Rachel Campos-Duffy on FOX and Friends this morning to discuss the illegal alien crime wave facing the nation today as a result of Joe Biden’s open border policies.
During their conversation Rep. Nehls told the FOX News audience that GOP lawmakers warned Mayorkas about the crime risk after allowing thousands of Venezuelan gang members into the country.
Nehls said he never heard back from Mayorkas. The regime is not concerned about the illegal alien gang members.
Mayorkas was impeached by the US House in February. Mayorkas and Biden have led the greatest mass invasion into America in history – by far. Over 10 million illegal aliens have crossed the open border into America since Joe Biden came into office.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/03/gop-lawmakers-warned-mayorkas-about-crime-risk-venezuelan/
More cancer since injections began:
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/extreme-events-us-cancer-deaths-spiked-2021-and-2022-large-excess-over-trend
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW – Dr. Michelle Perro, Dr. Stefanie Seneff and Dr. William Makis discuss COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine Induced Turbo Cancers & more (Moms, Doctors, Scientists) (Feb. 20, 2024)
Dr. William Makis MD – March 16, 2024
https://makismd.substack.com/p/exclusive-interview-drmichelle-perro
Dr. Sabine Hazan was mentioned during this presentation.