03A-00 Apocalypse

The mid-air collision over the Potomac River that led to the deaths of 67 people, 64 people on the jet and three on the helicopter, was caused by pilot error an initial NTSB report claims. The report cites the altitude of the helicopter, which was at 300 feet, 100 feet over the 200 feet limit.

Video of the crash leaked by airport workers shows the helicopter appears to have had plenty of time to see the plane and get out of the way. The airport workers were arrested. The pilot is Rebecca Lobach, whose social media presence appears to have been scrubbed before her name was released. Her family, reportedly, was worried she would be called a DEI hire.

NTSB Update Confirms Black Hawk Helicopter Made Crucial Error Before Plane Crash– www.westernjournal.com
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The National Transportation Safety Board released an update on Tuesday informing the public that the Black Hawk helicopter that collided with an American Airlines plane in Washington, D.C., last week was flying too high at the time of the crash.

The agency found that the Black Hawk was positioned at 300 feet on the air traffic control display.

That is 100 feet higher than the ceiling of 200 feet for helicopters in the National Capital Region, according to a report from Fox News.

The report confirms earlier analysis of the crash, including from President Donald Trump, who wrote in a post on Truth Social that the “helicopter was flying too high, by a lot. It was far above the 200 foot limit.”

But it leaves key questions unanswered, particularly the cause of the error: Malfunctioning equipment? A mistake by the pilot? Some other reason?

The NTSB also recovered various parts of the Bombardier CRJ700 operated by American Airlines from the Potomac River.

The parts include the “right wing, center fuselage, part of the left wing and left fuselage, significant portions of the forward cabin and cockpit, vertical and horizontal stabilizers, tail cone, rudder, elevators, TCAS computer and quick access recorder.”

 

Two DC Airport Workers Arrested Over Plane Crash Footage

But he said that the American commercial air travel system remains safe.

“We have the safest skies in the whole world. Traveling by air is the safest mode of transportation,” Duffy said.

“It’s not just air traffic controllers, but we do have technologies on airplanes to keep them separated,” he added. “So, yeah, no, this is the safest system.”

Duffy also criticized the diversity hiring that has occurred for air traffic controllers and said that the country should instead focus on hiring the most qualified candidates.

“You can’t focus on diversity, equity and inclusion when you try to hire air traffic controllers. You focus on the best and brightest,” Duffy added.

“I mean, again, some people like me like to have this conversation around equity. But if it’s your pilots or if it’s your air traffic controllers, you want the best. You want the brightest protecting yourself and your family. That’s what we’re going to do with the department.”

State Farm proposes home insurance price hike after $1 billion spent on LA fire claims– www.washingtonexaminer.com
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State Farm wants to raise home insurance rates for Californians by an average of 22% after the company paid out roughly $1 billion in claims due to the Los Angeles fires.

As the largest home insurance company in the United States, State Farm covers 20% of the area devastated by the fires in Los Angeles County, which the company said ranked as “the costliest disasters in the history of State Farm General.” In Altadena alone, 6,000 homes, or around 40% of all residential units, were destroyed by the fires, according to a Los Angeles Times analysis.

US firm unveils plan for 100,000-strong humanoid robot army to counter China – Interesting Engineering
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Figure AI announced that it had signed its second major commercial partner, bringing the dream of humanoid robots from labs into everyday life closer than ever. CEO Brett Adcock said the deal might make it possible to ship 100,000 humanoid robots over the next four years.

While details of the new customer remain under wraps, Adcock claims it is “one of the biggest U.S. companies,” spurring immediate speculation that it could be a large retailer or technology enterprise with significant labor needs.

Adcock’s remarks came in an update on LinkedIn, where he emphasized the importance of forging deep relationships with high-capacity customers rather than spreading the company’s efforts thin across many smaller clients. “Our newest customer is one of the biggest U.S. companies,” Adcock said.

‘Kill web’: China’s warship crushes US fleet in sci-fi-style drone war simulation – Interesting Engineering
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A Chinese simulation allegedly showed that a single Type 055 destroyer and escort could weather an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer missile bombardment. The war game was set in the western Pacific, just a few hundred kilometers east of Taiwan.

During the simulation, a single Type 055 was tested against no less than eight Arleigh Burke’s. The Chinese destroyer was not alone; it was accompanied by unmanned drone mothership vessels.

These motherships were equipped with 32 drones and 14 unmanned boats. During the simulation, the American ships launched 32 Tomahawk and LRASM stealth anti-ship missiles, all aimed at the Type 055.

U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Vows to Prosecute Individuals Who Targeted Musk’s DOGE Employees › American Greatness– amgreatness.com
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Edward Martin, President Trump’s interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia vowed on Monday to prosecute any “individuals and/or groups” who broke the law by targeting employees of Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

On Sunday, the tech magazine, Wired, doxxed six of Musk’s DOGE employees, calling them too young and inexperienced to help Musk reform the government. Threats on social media soon followed.

Numerous posts on Reddit and Blue Sky called for harassment and/or violence against the men, whose ages range from 19 to 25.

One Reddit subgroup even called for the public execution of the young, but highly qualified DOGE software engineers.

“We are in contact with the FBI and other law enforcement partners to proceed rapidly,” Martin stated. “We also have our prosecutors preparing,” he added.

Editor Daily Rundown: Homan Vows To Go After New Jersey Gov Phil Murphy If He’s Harboring Illegal Immigrant– dailycaller.com
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NEW OVERNIGHT … TOM HOMAN IS COMING FOR NJ GOVERNOR … DW: Border Czar Homan: I’ll Prosecute NJ Governor If He’s Concealing An Illegal Alien (VIDEO)

“Let me read a headline to you: ‘Chicago leaders encourage residents to exercise their rights in resisting Trump’s deportation policies.’ The governor of New Jersey, Phil Murphy, basically admitted he knew somebody that didn’t have full documentation that he was hiding over his garage. Your comment on all of that?” Fox news host Sean Hannity asked Homan.

“I think the governor is pretty foolish … I got note of it. Won’t let it go. We’ll look into it. And if he’s knowingly, knowingly  harboring, concealing an illegal alien, that’s a violation of Title VIII, United States Code 1324. I would seek prosecution or the Secretary would seek prosecution,” Homan answered.

“So maybe he’s bluffing; maybe he’s not; we’ll deal with that,” he continued., then turned to sanctuary cities.

After less than a month, the Swedish Prosecuting Authority has ruled that a subsea cable connecting to Latvia and the Swedish island of Gotland was not cut deliberately as an act of sabotage. Rather, the investigators concluded the cutting of the cable was an accident due to a combination of weather conditions and “deficiencies in equipment and seamanship.”

Swedish prosecutors rule Baltic subsea cable cut an accident – Capacity Media
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An investigation into the ship that supposedly severed a subsea cable connecting Latvia to the Swedish island of Gotland was cut accidentally, authorities confirmed.

The Swedish Prosecution Authority ruled that the cable cut, which occurred in late January, was not an act of sabotage and that a combination of weather conditions and “deficiencies in equipment and seamanship” contributed to the cable break.

Swedish authorities had seized the ship, analysing its equipment to determine if the cut was deliberate. The seizure order on the ship has now been lifted, though the investigation remains ongoing to “determine whether there are other crimes that can be suspected in connection with the cable break”.

A potential trade war 2.0 could be setting off between China and the U.S. as China has responded to President Donald Trump’s 10% import tariff on ALL Chinese goods with tariffs of their own.

These tariffs include a 15% tariff on U.S. coal and a 10% tariff on crude oil, farm equipment, and select vehicles. In addition to that, numerous investigations into U.S. companies have been announced, with Alphabet Inc being the biggest of those targeted companies.

China hits back with tariffs on U.S. goods– japantoday.com
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China on Tuesday slapped tariffs on U.S. imports in a swift response to new U.S. duties on Chinese goods, renewing a trade war between the world’s top two economies as President Donald Trump sought to punish China for not halting the flow of illicit drugs.

Trump’s additional 10% tariff across all Chinese imports into the U.S. came into effect at 12:01 a.m. on Tuesday.

Within minutes, China’s Finance Ministry said it would impose levies of 15% for U.S. coal and LNG and 10% for crude oil, farm equipment and some autos. The new tariffs on U.S. exports will start on Feb 10, the ministry said.

China also said it was starting an anti-monopoly investigation in Alphabet Inc’s Google, while including both PVH Corp, the holding company for brands including Calvin Klein, and U.S. biotechnology company Illumina on its “unreliable entities list”.

Separately, China’s Commerce Ministry and its Customs Administration said it is imposing export controls on tungsten, tellurium, ruthenium, molybdenum and ruthenium-related items to “safeguard national security interests”. China controls much of the world’s supply of such rare earths that are critical for the clean energy transition.

Anti-ICE Protesters Waving Mexican Flags Block L.A. Freeway– www.breitbart.com
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Protesters were seen shutting down traffic on the 101 Freeway in Downtown Los Angeles on Sunday while waving Mexican flags in opposition to ongoing ICE raids in the city and elsewhere in the United States.

The protests reportedly began on Olvera Street and later grew to a few thousand people as they marched on City Hall and later to the 101 Freeway where they shut down traffic. While some in the crowd waved American flags, a majority were waving Mexican flags or flags from other countries south of the Southern Border. Video of the protest began circulating online:


 

WATCH: Woke Ivy League Students Agree that U.S. Constitution Needs to be Repealed– lidblog.com
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Folks here is one of the best videos to show why our system of miseducation needs to be purged of anti-American leftists.

In this Prager U video, you will see that 65 percent of Ivy League students agree that the U.S. Constitution needs to be dumped.

These people are dangerously misinformed. But the sad fact is, these students have “learned” exactly the propaganda that the dangerous, communists that are teaching them wanted them to learn!

These halfwitted students didn’t arrive at these conclusions on their own. They were spoon-fed this leftist pablum.

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