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It just happened again…. By my count, this is the fourth time this has happened in the past few years. Quite strange. Are they all related somehow? Or just four houses randomly exploding? Either way, here’s the latest out of Tate Township, Ohio: WATCH: Video shows the moment a home exploded this morning in Tate Township, Ohio, killing 2 people A neighbor told local news outlet WCPO that a man with his hair on fire came running from the house after the blast and told him he’d been working on the home’s furnace when “all… pic.twitter.com/2jdfUuKryf — Breaking911 (@Breaking911) November 19, 2024 Here are more details, from local WLWT: Two people are dead and one person was taken to the hospital after a house exploded and caught on fire in Bethel, Ohio. It happened around 8:44 a.m. Tuesday at a home on Vic Joy Drive when fire officials responded to report of a fire with possible entrapment. This content is imported from Twitter. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. Bethel-Tate Fire Chief Christopher Cooper confirmed crews heard reports of an explosion on the way to the scene and when they arrived, they found debris and heavy fire. The large flames were under control in about 45 minutes, with four mutual aid departments responding. Cooper said debris was sent across the neighborhood. Fire officials confirmed two people have died, a man and a woman. Cooper said the age and relationship between the victims are unknown at this time. A third person, a man, was taken to UC Medical Center with burn injuries. Neighbors said they were able to talk to him, saying he was a heating repair man and that he was covered in soot and burned but was alert and able to talk. “He’s bent over with his hands on his knees, trying to trying to get his breath, his face was dirty. I got closer and was like ‘are you ok?’ and his whole hair was singed. And me and the other neighbor said you need to go get an ambulance,” Neighbor Stephanie Young said. The man’s current condition is unknown at this time. Cooper also confirmed there was a large amount of cats in the area. The cause is unknown and is now under investigation by the Ohio State Fire Marshal’s Office. Investigators remained at the scene throughout the day Tuesday and responded again early Wednesday after flames rekindled under the rubble of the fire. Photos and videos taken from the scene show the extent of damage to the home, with debris scattered across the lawn and the house still in flames. Cooper said they are now working to sift through debris and find the source of the explosion fire and will likely be at the scene all day. He says neighboring homes suffered minor damage. A neighbor’s doorbell camera captured the moment the house exploded. The explosion could be felt by surrounding homes in the area, with many taking to social media to report what they felt. “I heard a boom,” Young said. “You could feel it; it was louder than any boom I’ve ever heard. This was undeniably loud.” She said she opened the door, and that’s when she could see the debris. “A mess. Just everywhere,” Young said. Watch the full news report here: As I mentioned, this is NOT the only time this has happened recently. Remember this? Maryland House Explodes, Leaving Two Dead And this? WATCH: House Explodes As Police Approach With Search Warrant And this? WATCH: House Suddenly EXPLODES In Plum, PA WATCH: House Suddenly EXPLODES In Plum, PA This is something you don't see every day.... Gas leak? Meth? Bomb? DEW? No reports yet on exactly what caused it, but wow.... Take a look: WATCH: House exploded in Plum, Pennsylvania, Ring camera footage shows pic.twitter.com/61ki4Xy7aw — Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) August 13, 2023 Reports say 4 people are dead and multiple properties have been damaged: House Explodes, Four People Die (Caught on Ring Doorbell) PLUM, PA - Four people are dead in an explosion in Plum Borough that destroyed three homes and damaged at least a dozen more. This Ring doorbell video shows the moment one of the houses exploded. One more person is still… pic.twitter.com/qW6kZpkBrt — DOORBELL NEWS (@DoorbellNews) August 13, 2023 Total destruction: Total devastation is the only way to describe the situation in Plum along Rustic Ridge Drive #SKY4 follow @toriyorgeytv and @WTAE for the latest. The size of the blast radius is breathtaking 5 homes destroyed no fewer than a dozen damaged. Debris hundreds of yards away. pic.twitter.com/opkHNxOiKb — SamHall (@SamDHallJr) August 12, 2023 The AP reports the following: Four people were dead and a fifth was unaccounted for following a house explosion in western Pennsylvania that destroyed three structures and damaged at least a dozen others Saturday morning, authorities said. Allegheny County officials said three people were taken to hospitals after the blast shortly before 10:30 a.m. in the borough of Plum, about 20 miles (32 kilometers) east of Pittsburgh. Three people were transported to area hospitals, including one who was listed in critical condition and two who were treated and released. More than 20 firefighters were evaluated, many for heat exhaustion, authorities said. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office was expected to provide additional information about the deceased victims. Emergency officials suspended operations Saturday night due to weather and concern for the safety of investigators. Crews were expected to resume working at the site on Sunday morning. Emergency responders reported people trapped under debris after one house apparently exploded and two others were engulfed in flames, county spokesperson Amie Downs said. Similar explosions have happened recently elsewhere. In Dunbar: Firefighters are battling a fire after a home exploded and collapsed in Dunbar, injuring two people. Dispatchers said nearby homes are being evacuated due to a gas leak. (South Charleston Fire Department Photo)https://t.co/uJuCZ1ng86 — Eyewitness News (@wchs8fox11) August 7, 2023 And Plano: https://twitter.com/MzJJBlues/status/1690731959125671936 But the strangest thing is that this does not appear to be the only explosion in Plum: There is a serious issue with house explosions within Plum Borough. It’s overdue for a deep investigation into what’s happening here https://t.co/650ldYouxZ — Ashlie Hardway (@AshlieHardway) August 12, 2023 Six in one township? What? This is absolute INSANITY! SIX house explosions??? @TribLIVE please rip into this so no other Plum families have to suffer Article: https://t.co/8RFhJhelhm pic.twitter.com/fK0JWvAMPK — Ashlie Hardway (@AshlieHardway) August 13, 2023 From TribLive: There have been at least two previous house explosions in Plum since 2008, both in the Holiday Park neighborhood. The most recent was April 22, 2022, at 5021 Hialeah Drive. A couple and their three sons who lived there survived. As of September, the cause of the explosion had not been released. Matt Brown, chief of the Allegheny County Department of Emergency Services, said in an email Saturday that the investigation has been lengthy because of forensic testing of natural gas lines and appliances and follow-up interviews. He said all of that requires extensive planning and coordination. A March 2008 house explosion on Mardi Gras Drive was eerily similar in its destruction to Saturday’s incident on Rustic Ridge Drive. In that incident, when the house at 171 Mardi Gras exploded, two others were destroyed and 11 were damaged. A grandfather, Richard Leith, 64, of Trafford, was killed and his granddaughter, Gianna, then 4, suffered a broken leg. A National Transportation Safety Board investigation found that a 2-inch natural gas distribution pipeline had been hit by a backhoe when a sewer line was replaced five years prior in 2003, stripping the pipeline of its protective coating and making it susceptible to corrosion and failure. Questions to be asked on #plumgasexplosion from a former journalist:1. Excavating companies are the ones who run individual homeowner lines to their home - not the gas co. Was there 1 common denominator excavator who ran lines to these homes and didn’t follow proper protocol? -> — Ashlie Hardway (@AshlieHardway) August 13, 2023 Very strange...

It has taken a few weeks for the left-leaning media to regain their footing since President Trump’s cataclysmic victory knocked them off their feet, almost exactly two weeks ago. But it seems as though they have indeed regained at least some of their composure, and are now engaging in the same old mud slinging that they always resort to when there’s nothing more solid to throw at conservatives. Here is one CNN report from a few days ago running with the previously investigated closed case, regarding the accusations of sexual assault against Pete Hegseth — nominated by President Trump as the next Secretary of Defense. CNN is trying to ‘Kavanaugh’ Pete Hegseth. I don’t remember this kind of investigative zeal over the allegations against Doug Emhoff. pic.twitter.com/sr0YKJXxyu — Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) November 19, 2024 But now there is concern that a possible leaker — or two — may be aiding the media attacks; adding a perception of legitimacy to the hit pieces being pushed by the media against prominent Trump nominations. Last Thursday, for instance, Vanity Fair ran a piece in which they described panic among the Trump transition team because of the allegation against Pete Hegseth mentioned in the CNN report above. The Vanity Fair story cited a source from within President Trump’s transition team. Donald Trump’s transition team scrambled Thursday after Trump’s incoming chief of staff Susie Wiles was presented with an allegation that former Fox & Friends cohost Pete Hegseth, Trump’s nominee to be Defense Secretary, had engaged in sexual misconduct. According to two sources, Wiles was briefed Wednesday night about an allegation that Hegseth had acted inappropriately with a woman. One of the sources said the alleged incident took place in Monterey, California in 2017. According to the transition source, the allegation is serious enough that Wiles and Trump’s lawyers spoke to Hegseth about it on Thursday. A source with knowledge of the meeting said that Hegseth said the allegation stemmed from a consensual encounter and characterized the episode as he-said, she-said. On Thursday evening, Hegseth’s lawyer Timothy Parlatore said: “This allegation was already investigated by the Monterey police department and they found no evidence for it.” One Hegseth ally blamed the surfacing of the sexual misconduct allegation on GOP establishment members who are trying to thwart Hegseth’s nomination. “They’ll try to kill all these nominations before the confirmation vote,” the ally said. And then, just yesterday the same writer ran with a story highlighting “doubts within the Trump transition” regarding Hegseth’s ability to survive the allegations. In yesterday’s article in Vanity Fair, the writer referenced not one, but two different GOP sources, seemingly within President Trump’s transition team. For now, Donald Trump is reportedly standing by Pete Hegseth, his embattled pick for defense secretary, but some Trump transition officials are beginning to doubt whether the Fox News host can survive the controversy. According to two Republicans close to Trump, the transition team is quietly preparing a list of alternative defense secretary candidates should Trump abandon Hegseth. “It’s becoming a real possibility,” one of the sources says. The second source tells me that transition team members are frustrated that Hegseth failed to disclose he had paid a financial settlement to a woman who alleged he raped her at a Republican women’s event in 2017. The incident was investigated by Monterey police in 2017 with no charges ever filed. Recently, someone claiming to be “a friend” of the accuser contacted President Trump’s transition team with the accusations, according to a report in The Independent. Police investigated Hegseth for alleged sexual misconduct in Monterey, California in 2017. The Washington Post reported at the weekend that Hegseth paid the woman who accused him of sexual assault as part of a non-disclosure agreement. Despite the payment, he has maintained the encounter was consensual. The Post, citing a statement from Hegseth’s attorney Timothy Parlatore, reported that Hegseth was “visibly intoxicated” when he encountered a woman in Monterey seven years ago. Parlatore said in this statement that the woman contacted the police, and they concluded, “the Complainant had been the aggressor in the encounter.” However, Monterey police did not confirm this to the Post. Hegseth later agreed to pay the woman as part of an NDA because he was concerned he’d be fired by Fox News, the Post reported. The NDA and payment came after she threatened to litigate further in 2020, the Post reported, citing Hegseth’s attorney. The Post also obtained a memo which was written by an unnamed individual — who claims to be a friend of the accuser — and sent to Trump’s presidential transition team. That memo claimed Hegseth raped a 30-year-old conservative group staffer in a hotel room in Monterey in 2017, the Post reported. Police investigated the incident but Hegseth never faced charges, the memo said. As reported, President Trump has acknowledged the alleged attempts to discredit his nominations, and is so far standing behind his picks. But that hasn’t stopped the increasing attacks and ignorant mud slinging against President Trump’s would-be cabinet members. Check out this reaction video showing Whoopi Goldberg completely rambling against Pete Hegseth — as if she knows anything about the military herself — followed by the perfect synopsis of her own ignorance. Whoopi Goldberg yet again is saying things she doesn’t know. This time about Pete Hegseth. Whoopi Goldberg should probably STFU, but that’s my reaction. Jeff Responds.and he will be more graceful than I would be. pic.twitter.com/RaqMXD91es — (Jason) Stands For Truth (@TrueJMitchell) November 20, 2024 Contrast Whoopi’s ignorant rant with Representative Cory Mills’ informed take on Pete Hegseth, and the things that are central to the job of the Secretary of Defense. Rep. Cory Mills delivers best case you’ll hear for Pete Hegseth as Defense Secretary: “He’s going to come in and we’re going to get back to what it was to prioritize— not diversity, equity, and inclusion— but increase lethality, readiness, and being properly equipped.” pic.twitter.com/oAdrKt5FiE — Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) November 20, 2024 And don’t forget the continuing attempt to paint Pete Hegseth as a white supremacist NAZI… The Associated Press ran a smear piece on Pete Hegseth claiming his tattoo that says “Deus Vult” is linked to “white supremacist groups.” It is NOT evil to be Christian. DEUS VULT. Stand with Pete Hegseth. pic.twitter.com/NCLFkh2jtK — Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) November 16, 2024 To any shill out there that’s still talking about Pete Hegseth’s tattoo… You’re an idiot!! pic.twitter.com/co16LhVtCR — SaltyGoat (@SaltyGoat17) November 17, 2024 It’s amazing how a little homework can shed light on the left’s attempts to demonize someone when they have nothing of substance to use in their attacks. They simply resort to making things up! While the witch hunts against Pete Hegseth, RFK Jr., Matt Gaetz, and others nominated by President Trump to help carry out his mandate for change, I’d like to show you the counter to those baseless attacks. Here’s Senator Tommy Tuberville spitting straight facts — not accusations — but facts; those incredibly stubborn things that stand up to all the mudslinging and character assassination attempts by the left. Sen. Tommy Tuberville just threw down the gauntlet, defending by name Matt Gaetz, Pete Hegseth, and RFK Jr. from the Senate floor — all while standing in front of a sign that reads: “Number of Democrats who voted AGAINST Biden’s 21 Cabinet Nominees: 0” This is the way. pic.twitter.com/L7Cg7N7ZDt — Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) November 20, 2024 But as I began with, the fact remains that there are allegedly two different individuals, according to one Vanity Fair writer, who are reportedly leaking information from within President Trump’s transition team. I don’t know whether that is true, or whether it is a concoction to add legitimacy to a flimsy accusation, and thereby paint the Trump team as being disorganized and panic stricken. If it is not true — shame on the media for continuing to spread the lies that have lost them the confidence of the American people.  If it is true — I’m praying those individuals are found out and removed. There is a reason President Trump isn’t exactly following the script during the transition process.  The operation is happening at Mar-a-Lago; away from prying federal eyes and ears. And away from attempts from within the Deep State to prevent it’s own deconstruction. The last thing President Trump needs are moles leaking information from inside of his transition team in an attempt to mitigate his ability to install the right people in the right areas of responsibility. I have no doubt the attacks will continue.  Some will surely dredge up facts; no one is perfect, and almost all of us have things in our past that we’d rather not have dredged up. But so far, I’m not seeing substantial investigations by the mainstream legacy media — I’m seeing the same old smear tactics that they resort to when they have nothing else to run with.