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Ed Braaten
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Article VIĀ of the U.S. Constitution states that "all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States."

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Alright, folks, gather ā€˜round—got a story for you. So, you all remember that whole #inauguration thing, right? January 20th, 2021—#Biden gets sworn in, gives a speech, and boom—he’s the #president. But… hold up, wait a minute! Did anyone notice something weird? #Trump didn’t put his hand on the #Bible. And why was that, huh? Is it because he didn’t want to touch the book of truth, or was he just like, "Nah, I’m good. I’ve got my own version of the Bible— it’s called *Trump’s Greatest Hits*ā€? But get this—he’s not president yet. *Not* president, people. You all missed that little detail, didn’t ya?

Everybody's like, "Oh, Trump’s still president," but no, no, no. He was never sworn in. So, what happened? Biden leaves the White House, everyone’s like, ā€œOh, it’s still all happening, #America’s got a leader!ā€ But nooooo—#America doesn't have a president right now. That's right! *No one’s in charge!*

So now—hold onto your hats, folks—we’re free! We’re like that kid whose parents leave the house, and for a solid 15 minutes, you think you can throw a party, eat all the snacks, and do whatever you want. But then—hold up—you're still grounded.

So now we’re just living in this *weird* in-between space, where America is president-less, and no one’s telling us what to do. We’ve got freedom, baby! Like, we could’ve been running around doing whatever—we could've, I don’t know, bought a new #country on #eBay or something! But instead, we’re stuck waiting for someone to figure out that we’ve just been cruising without a captain.

But hey, take the small wins, America—*we’re free*... until someone finally realizes we forgot to elect a president again.

Article VIĀ of the U.S. Constitution states that "all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States."

Article VIĀ of the U.S. Constitution states that "all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States."

Article VIĀ of the U.S. Constitution states that "all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States."

Jared Kushner, Trump’s son in law and the architect of the Abraham accords wrote on X:

ā€œSeptember 27th is the most important day in the Middle East since the Abraham Accords breakthrough.

I have spent countless hours studying #Hezbollah and there is not an expert on earth who thought that what #Israel has done to decapitate and degrade them was possible.

This is significant because #Iran is now fully exposed. The reason why their nuclear facilities have not been destroyed, despite weak air defense systems, is because Hezbollah has been a loaded gun pointed at Israel. Iran spent the last forty years building this capability as its deterrent.

President Trump would often say, ā€œIran has never won a war but never lost a negotiation.ā€ The Islamic Republic’s regime is much tougher when risking #Hamas, Hezbollah, Syrian and Houthi lives than when risking their own. Their foolish efforts to assassinate President Trump and hack his campaign reek of desperation and are hardening a large coalition against them.

Iranian leadership is stuck in the old Middle East, while their neighbors in the GCC are sprinting toward the future by investing in their populations and infrastructure. They are becoming dynamic magnets for talent and investment while Iran falls further behind. As the Iranian proxies and threats dissipate, regional security and prosperity will rise for Christians, Muslims and Jews alike.

Israel now finds itself with the threat from Gaza mostly neutralized and the opportunity to neutralize Hezbollah in the north. It’s unfortunate how we got here but maybe there can be a silver lining in the end.

Anyone who has been calling for a ceasefire in the North is wrong. There is no going back for Israel. They cannot afford now to not finish the job and completely dismantle the arsenal that has been aimed at them. They will never get another chance.

After the brilliant, rapid-fire tactical successes of the pagers, radios, and targeting of leadership, Hezbollah’s massive weapon cache is unguarded and unmanned. Most of Hezbollah fighters are hiding in their tunnels. Anyone still around was not important enough to carry a pager or be invited to a leadership meeting. Iran is reeling, as well, insecure and unsure how deeply its own intelligence has been penetrated. Failing to take full advantage of this opportunity to neutralize the threat is irresponsible.

I have been hearing some amazing stories about how Israel has been collecting intelligence over the past 10 months with some brilliant technology and crowdsourcing initiatives.

But today, with the confirmed killing of #Nasrallah and at least 16 top commanders eliminated in just nine days, was the first day I started thinking about a Middle East without Iran’s fully loaded arsenal aimed at Israel. So many more positive outcomes are possible.

This is a moment to stand behind the peace-seeking nation of Israel and the large portion of the Lebanese who have been plagued by Hezbollah and who want to return to the times when their country was thriving, and Beirut a cosmopolitan city. The main issue between Lebanon and Israel is Iran; otherwise there is a lot of benefit for the people of both countries from working together.

The right move now for America would be to tell Israel to finish the job. It’s long overdue. And it’s not only Israel’s fight.

More than 40 years ago, Hezbollah killed 241 US military personnel, including 220 #Marines. That remains the single deadliest day for the U.S. Marine Corps since the Battle of Iwo Jima. Later that same day, Hezbollah killed 58 French paratroopers.

And now, over the past six weeks or so, Israel has eliminated as many terrorists on the US list of wanted terrorists as the US has done in the last 20 years. Including Ibrahim Aqil, the leader of Hezbollah’s Islamic Jihad Organization who masterminded the 1983 killing of those Marines.ā€

I've been using Fossify Music Player on my Pixel Phone running #GrapheneOS. My song library is in a folder on my phone that I keep synced with #syncthing. To add new songs I purchase the MP3's from Amazon using my Desktop #Linux computer, cleanup the MP3 embedded file tags with #EasyTag and then move them to the phone via the shared syncthing folder on my desktop. I never stream music over a network connection on my phone.

LOL! A "Cybersecurity Giant" running a Sharepoint server? 🤣

#Israel has a 9/11 #memorial that includes all of the victims names. Thank you #Israel!

Putting things in perspective:

Turkey's President Erdogan has called for Islamic countries to ally against ā€œthe growing threat of expansionismā€ from Israel.

Let's go to the map shall we.

That tiny speck of red - that's Israel. The rest are Arab League states, but tell me more about Israeli ā€œexpansionismā€

(Aviva Klompas on X)

#Erdogan #Israel #propaganda #antisemitism