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RNN TELEGRAM - 🇾🇪 Yemeni Armed Forces: — With the help and success of Allah, the Yemeni Armed Forces were able, a short while ago, to shoot down an armed reconnaissance drone of the "Wing Loong 2" type belonging to the criminal Saudi enemy while it was carrying out hostile actions in the airspace of Ma'rib Governorate, using an appropriate weapon.

🇮🇷 Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps: — At 02:29 AM today, the fifty-second MQ-9 drone belonging to the terrorist US army was intercepted and destroyed by fire from the new advanced air defense system of the IRGC Aerospace Force in the skies of Qeshm Island in southern Iran.

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    Massie is a Republican who is being pushed out because of his stance against genocide. He has been outspoken on this. Needless to say he's going down swinging and I hope the Dems pick it up. Most likely they will take either the house or the senate. Trump is going to be a lame duck president until 2028. So they would have momentum, but you know how dems were built to fuck up the most easy of setups,

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    Articles of impeachment has been filed against Hegseth.

    The articles are for high crimes and misdemeanors, including the war in Iran, the Trump administration’s boat strikes in the Caribbean and Hegseth’s alleged suppression of free speech in his fight with Democrats over their calls for troops to refuse illegal orders.

    Massie’s effort is unlikely to succeed in a GOP-controlled Congress. But the nature of the resolution means the House will be forced to vote on it this week, setting up a politically complicated vote for Republicans right before the midterm elections.

    A group of nine Democrats, led by Rep. Yassamin Ansari (D-Ariz.), introduced an impeachment resolution in April against Hegseth. They accused him of prosecuting an unauthorized war in Iran, targeting civilians and mishandling classified information, among other charges. But Massie’s move is a first-of-its kind effort to go after a Cabinet member in the same party.

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    Thomas Massie's press release

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    Rep. Massie will force the House to vote on eight specific charges against the Secretary of Defense. The charges are summarized as follows:

    Article I - Waging War in Contravention of the War Powers Resolution of 1973 Section 2(c): Charges Secretary Hegseth with waging the Iran war despite no declaration of war, statutory authorization, attack on the United States, or imminent threat. It establishes that the war was unlawful from its inception.

    Article II - Waging War in Contravention of the War Powers Resolution of 1973 Section 5(c): Charges Secretary Hegseth with continuing the Iran war after both Houses of Congress directed the removal of U.S. forces through H. Con. Res. 86. It focuses on his refusal to obey Congress’s express direction to terminate unauthorized hostilities.

    Article III - Waging War in Contravention of the War Powers Resolution of 1973 Section 5(b): Charges Secretary Hegseth with continuing hostilities in Iran after expiration of the War Powers Resolution’s 60-day termination period and any potential 30-day withdrawal period. It establishes that he treated mandatory statutory deadlines as discretionary.

    Article IV - Ignoring Laws that Minimize Civilian Casualties: Charges Secretary Hegseth with ignoring laws that minimize civilian casualties. 

    Article V - Extrajudicial Killings: Charges Secretary Hegseth with replacing maritime law enforcement with unauthorized lethal military targeting of suspected drug traffickers, resulting in at least 221 deaths. It also addresses denial of quarter, secondary strikes on survivors, failure to rescue shipwrecked persons, and the creation of artificial legal authorities for the campaign.

    Article VI - Suppressing Free Speech: Charges Secretary Hegseth with using DOD authority to retaliate against and intimidate Senator Mark Kelly for constitutionally protected speech questioning unlawful military orders.

    Article VII - Kidnapping of a Sovereign Foreign Leader: Charges Secretary Hegseth with directing Operation ABSOLUTE RESOLVE to seize Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores in Venezuela without constitutional or legal authority.

    Article VIII - Unlawful War in Yemen: Charges Secretary Hegseth with initiating Operation ROUGH RIDER without congressional authorization or an imminent threat to the United States, while also violating war powers reporting requirements. It further addresses extensive civilian deaths and unlawful strikes on civilian objects, rescuers, and other protected persons.


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    Christopher Plyler, 43, pleaded guilty to posting a comment that read, "Let them come I’m ready to kill ICE Nazis and make them pay with their lives the war is on."

    GRAND HAVEN, Mich. — A Grand Haven man will spend a year in prison for threatening Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents online, according to U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Timothy VerHey.

    Christopher Ray Plyler, 43, was sentenced to 12 months in prison for communicating an interstate threat. According to investigators, Plyler posted threatening comments on YouTube videos about the civil unrest in Minneapolis spurred by immigration enforcement.

    In one of these messages, Plyler reportedly discussed using chemicals to attack ICE agents, and his Google search history showed he looked up how to make hazardous gases.

    Plyler pleaded guilty in May to posting a comment that read, "Let them come I’m ready to kill ICE Nazis and make them pay with their lives the war is on."

    “Threatening federal officers for doing their job will not be tolerated in this district. Our immigration laws were enacted by our representatives in Congress and they will be enforced," said VerHey. "Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have been given this job, and it is unreasonable for anyone to direct their anger towards them for doing it. Nobody gets to veto federal law by making threats against these officers, and anyone who tries will be prosecuted by my office.”

    “There is a clear line between expressing an opinion and threatening to kill federal law enforcement officers. Crossing that line has consequences,” said Jennifer Runyan, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Detroit Field Office. “I am grateful for the outstanding work of our FBI Grand Rapids Resident Agency Joint Terrorism Task Force and the United States Secret Service. Their diligence, coordination, and commitment helped disrupt a potential threat before it could be carried out.”

    The case was investigated by the FBI and the U.S. Secret Service.

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