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Don Jr: If Dad's Opening Guantanamo for Illegals, Why Not Alcatraz, Too?
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Don Jr: If Dad's Opening Guantanamo for Illegals, Why Not Alcatraz, Too?

Whether phrased as straightforward or with his trademark cheekiness, President Donald Trump never says anything publicly without a clear purpose. His son, Donald Trump Jr., has probably inherited that same quality of conveying serious purpose through occasional cheek. Wednesday on the social media platform X, Trump Jr. responded to his...
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Walmart Employee Coach Justin Helps Mom and Autistic Child During Meltdown
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Walmart Employee Coach Justin Helps Mom and Autistic Child During Meltdown

Walmart employee Coach Justin steps in to assist a mom and her autistic child during a meltdown, offering calm and support. His compassion and quick thinking turned a stressful moment into one of understanding and comfort.
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Rep. Thomas Massie Reintroduces ONE PAGE Bill To Terminate The Federal Dept. of Education
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Rep. Thomas Massie Reintroduces ONE PAGE Bill To Terminate The Federal Dept. of Education

You just have to love Rep. Thomas Massie. There is no one in Congress I trust more than Massie, although admittedly that is a very low bar. Proving once again that he’s one of the good guys, Massie just reintroduced HR 899, a one-page and even one-sentence Bill that would terminate the Federal Department of Education and return power back to teachers and parents: I just reintroduced H.R. 899, a one sentence bill to TERMINATE the federal department of education and return power back to teachers and parents. This is it, the entire bill: pic.twitter.com/2dLYVE9Iwn — Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) January 31, 2025 Here’s a closer look at the Bill: Yes! This is the way! Simple one-page, one-topic Bills. Get the Federal Government OUT of education! Brilliant! Now to the question of why do this? Simple: because the Dept. of Education has been an abject failure! “I’m from the Government and I’m here to help.” The United States has tanked in K-12 Education ever since the introduction of the Dept. of Education.  Everything the Government touches turns to sh*t. U.S. Education Rankings in International Comparisons 1979: Establishment of the U.S. Department of Education The U.S. Department of Education was established under President Jimmy Carter. There wasn’t a specific international ranking for this year, as systematic global comparisons of education were not yet in place. Standardized international assessments, like PISA, were introduced later to track educational performance globally. PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) 2000: First PISA assessment conducted. Reading: U.S. ranked 15th among 27 OECD countries. Math: U.S. ranked 19th (below average). Science: U.S. ranked 14th. 2003: U.S. maintained similar middle-tier rankings. 2006: Science performance improved slightly, but math scores remained below many OECD countries. 2009, 2012, 2015: Scores remained relatively consistent with minor fluctuations, but the U.S. did not reach top global rankings. 2018: Reading: U.S. ranked 8th. Math: U.S. ranked 30th. Science: U.S. ranked 11th. 2022: Math: 25 countries outperformed the U.S. Science: 9 countries outperformed the U.S. Reading: Only 5 countries had higher scores than the U.S. Note: PISA assessments have been delayed due to global events, such as the COVID-19 pandemic. TIMSS (Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study) Conducted in various years (e.g., 2015, 2019). U.S. students generally performed better in TIMSS compared to PISA. 2019 Results: Fourth and eighth graders in the U.S. scored higher than most participating countries in both math and science. Other Assessments & Rankings U.S. News & World Report (2020): Ranked the U.S. as #1 in education based on perceptions rather than strictly academic performance. Business Insider (2018): Ranked U.S. students 38th in global education. Different organizations use varied metrics, leading to diverse conclusions. General Trends & Observations The U.S. is known for having some of the best universities globally. However, its K-12 education system ranks middle to lower-middle compared internationally, particularly in math and science. Concerns about U.S. education rankings have been widely discussed since the late 20th century.
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BREAKING: First American Held Captive By Hamas To Be Released
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BREAKING: First American Held Captive By Hamas To Be Released

The first 12 days of President Trump’s new administration hasn’t been completely pain free or devoid of tragedy. But there have been plenty of celebratory moments, too. One such moment is approaching for a family from North Carolina, who at the hands of Hamas have endured a staggering 1 year, 3 months, and 18 days of hell on earth. Their suffering is complicated by geographic space and time, but their joy knows no such limits. BREAKING: First American hostage to be released from Gaza, Hamas says https://t.co/LiJUfcRpLB — Fox News (@FoxNews) January 31, 2025 Aviva Siegel just found out that her husband of more than 40 years is about to be released by Hamas as early as this weekend; Saturday, to be exact. Here’s the moment Aviva and her daughter celebrated together after hearing the news: Aviva, who was captured and held along with her husband, was herself released about a month into her captivity. I can only imagine what it would be like to be apart from my wife for that long, much less under those conditions. Her husband, Keith, has been held all this time — away from his wife, family, and freedom according to a Fox News report: American-Israeli Keith Siegel, 65, is set to be released on Saturday as part of Israel and Hamas’ ceasefire deal. He is the first of the American citizens taken on Oct. 7, 2023, to be released by the terror organization as part of this ceasefire deal. Hamas says that the hostages to be released alongside Siegel are French-Israeli citizen Ofer Calderon and Yarden Bibas, the father of the two youngest hostages, Kfir and Ariel Bibas. Six months into his time in Hamas captivity, in April 2024, Siegel was seen in a hostage video. In the clip, which confirmed Siegel was alive, he said, “It’s very important to me that you know I’m okay.” In a December 2024 interview with Fox News Digital, Siegel’s wife of more than 40 years, Aviva, said that her husband didn’t “look like himself.” “I’m just so worried about him, because so [many] days and minutes have passed since that video that we received,” she said. “I just don’t know what kind of Keith that we’re going to get back.” Keith and Aviva were taken captive during Hamas’ brutal surprise attacks on Oct. 7, 2023. In November 2023, Aviva was released from Hamas captivity as part of a ceasefire and hostage deal early in the war. She has been fighting for her husband’s freedom since she was released. Aviva’s dream is “seeing Keith in front of us and his grandchildren jumping into his arms and we’ll all cry together, and we’ll be the happiest people in Earth.” Seigel was kidnapped from a kibbutz where the couple lived in Israel, according to a story this morning from ABC’s Good Morning America: Keith Seigel is expected to become the first American-Israeli hostage to be freed after 15 months in captivity by Hamas on Saturday. @BrittClennett has more on the Israel-Hamas ceasefire. pic.twitter.com/7CwxiV2tgS — Good Morning America (@GMA) January 31, 2025 Hamas announced Friday that Siegel would be one of the next hostages released in a prisoner exchange. First American hostage, dad of youngest captive held in Gaza among next to be released by Hamas, terror group says https://t.co/cfyR6DIgQ2 pic.twitter.com/cYiG4p9vRr — New York Post (@nypost) January 31, 2025 Siegel hasn’t been seen since a video was released in 2024, according to a report in the New York Post: Palestinian terror group Hamas said on Friday it would free the father of the youngest hostages seized in its Oct. 7, 2023 attack on Israel and two others including a dual US citizen in the next exchange of hostages for Palestinian prisoners. Israeli-American Keith Siegel, who was taken hostage with his wife Aviva, was seen in a video released by Hamas last year. His wife was released in the first hostage-for-prisoner exchange in November 2023. On Thursday, Hamas freed three Israeli and five Thai hostages in Gaza while Israel freed 110 Palestinian prisoners after delaying the process in anger at the swarming crowds engulfing one of the hostage handover points. Under the cease-fire deal that halted more than 15 months of fighting, 33 hostages held by Palestinian terrorists in Gaza are to be freed in the first six weeks of the truce in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, many of whom have been serving life sentences in Israel. The hostages who have been released have detailed harsh conditions including lack of food and water. Watch this Associated Press story detailing Aviva’s experience while Hamas held her captive. This came just 3 months ago, with her husband having been held for a full year. It’s hard to call what they are experiencing “joy” — but I know it is. And it’s likewise strange to describe it as a “win” — though, that too, is true. Our wildest imaginings can not fathom what it must have been like to be held, mostly underground, by a group of people who consider your life nothing, and who consider their taking of your freedom even less of a concern that that. Let us thank God for this good news, and pray all goes well this weekend as the prisoner exchange goes forward. I keep glancing up at the main picture I chose for this story while writing — Keith Siegel, smiling, boonie hat… and a pile of grandkids on an adventure with Grandpa floating down the river. And I keep finding myself praying that God would give that picture back to Keith, once more. That He would see fit to give Aviva her husband, once again. And that these kids would know the joy once again captured in that picture. I pray that God will let this family be whole again, in spite of the evil they have endured.  Changed, but whole. And then, let the others come home.  Fifteen months is a long way to be away from your family. It is time for them to come home.  All of them.  Now.
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TWO New Videos Show Clear Moment Blackhawk Helicopter Crashes Into American Airlines Plane
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TWO New Videos Show Clear Moment Blackhawk Helicopter Crashes Into American Airlines Plane

Yesterday, President Trump told us to expect many more videos emerging showing the Helicopter/Plane crash, given the fact that cameras are all over this airport and general area. And he was right. Today we got two more extremely clear videos showing exactly what happened. First is here: Something’s very wrong with this pic.twitter.com/jKORbJeqSi — Mike Lee (@BasedMikeLee) January 31, 2025 Full video player here: Something’s very wrong with this pic.twitter.com/jKORbJeqSi — Mike Lee (@BasedMikeLee) January 31, 2025 Second one is here: BREAKING REPORT: New CLOSE UP footage emerges of the tragic collision between a Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines flight near Reagan International Airport leaving many with more questions than answers.pic.twitter.com/hAnrAlMxQm — Chuck Callesto (@ChuckCallesto) January 31, 2025 Full video player here: BREAKING REPORT: New CLOSE UP footage emerges of the tragic collision between a Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines flight near Reagan International Airport leaving many with more questions than answers.pic.twitter.com/hAnrAlMxQm — Chuck Callesto (@ChuckCallesto) January 31, 2025 MORE: BREAKING: New Angle of the American Airlines Plane vs. Blackhawk Crash In DC NEW ANSWERS: Why American Air Flight 5342 CRASHED into Helicopter NEW ANSWERS: Why American Air Flight 5342 CRASHED into Helicopter By now, I'm sure you have seen the news of the horrific American Airlines crash into the Blackhawk Helicopter in DC. There are no survivors, all 60 aboard the airplane are dead as well as everyone aboard the Blackhawk Helicopter. But now I want to advance the story and dig down into what may have really happened.... Because at face value, with all of our technology aboard the planes, aboard the Blackhawk, and within Air Traffic Control, plus just the visual look out the windows of the pilots aboard both craft, it seems almost impossible that this could happen. At face value, we're all thinking exactly what President Trump was thinking when he posted this: It looks like the Blackhawk just flies right into the plane, like a bug flying into a light on a hot summer night. How can that happen? I have some possible answers for you that I think might really help explain things. First, this morning we got a new angle of the crash that shows things much more clearly and reinforces all the questions I listed above -- how can this possibly happen? BREAKING: New Angle of the American Airlines Plane vs. Blackhawk Crash In DC Now let's dig into some answers, and for that I'm going to go to my friend MeetKevin who always does excellent work doing deep dives into things like this. But especially on this topic, because he recently got his pilot's license and is soon going to sit for his instrument rating test, so he's uniquely suited to break this down from the perspective of the cockpit. His analysis gave me a lot of new information I didn't previously understand, and while I hate seeing the number "33" featured so prominently in this crash, perhaps there's no grand conspiracy here at all....perhaps it's just a series of several very unfortunate events. I'm going to show you two videos, and I will put a full transcript below each video. The first video was from last night, as initial information was first coming in. I think it really gives some great information and lays a good foundation of things to consider here that might not be clear at face value, especially if you're not a pilot. Then in the second video, we have a LOT of new breaking information out this morning including actually communication recordings between the Helicopter and Air Traffic Control that potentially explain exactly how this may have happened.  Plus night vision goggles. Here is Video #1: FULL TRANSCRIPT: MeetKevin: oh boy oh boy oh boy we've got another aviation accident and this time it's in the capital Washington, D.C. This is absolutely terrible. What's going on? It looks like a regional jet, possibly with as many as 68 passengers, has collided with a military helicopter. I'm going to go through some of the evidence that we have right now. It looks like, first and foremost, that the plane that was involved was an American Airlines plane. This is what we currently believe, waiting to verify all of this information. The FAA did say, though, that this is PSA operating flight 5342 for American Airlines. It departed a Kansas, and it was a Bombardier regional jet which collided midair with a Sikorsky H-60—that is the Blackhawk helicopter. Apparently or potentially either a police helicopter or a military helicopter, it's unclear exactly which it is. The first Reuters report was that it was a military helicopter, some people say it was a police helicopter. Multiple agencies here responding from three different states in the area. You've also got Ted Cruz announcing that there are indeed fatalities. Donald Trump has been briefed on this, and they're working on a response right now to save as many lives as possible. Search and rescue continuing right now. But let's take a look at what appears to be the potential traffic data, and then I want to talk to you a little bit about the airport and give you my opinion on potentially what happened. So first, let's take a look at this. This is sort of an ADS-B exchange flight path here. You could see this happen at about 1:147 or 1:148 Zulu time. You can convert that to your own time frame. It's about maybe 50 minutes or so as of the time of this recording. Anyway, what you're going to look at here is you're going to look at the plane right here, and this right here—which is actually a helicopter showing up as a plane right here—and that appears to be the impact site right here. So if we sort of naturally extend the path that this plane is on, and we have some webcam footage of the actual accident as well, if we extend what the plane is doing, the plane was destined to land at this airport. It looks like the plane was expecting to land on Runway 33. That's because you'll see this—I'll zoom in on this in just a moment—but I want you to see that lineup for Runway 33, and then pay attention to where that helicopter is coming from. It's coming from the park area, and it's flying right over the final approach region here of the airport. I'll talk about my opinions in just a moment about what's going on here. You also do, in fairness, have an Air Force base right here, so you certainly would expect to have multiple controllers. You've got a military Air Force base right here, you've got a commercial airport right here, so it's unclear if this helicopter was coming in for a landing here, but it actually looks like—and I'll show you the webcam footage—that the plane likely descended on top of the helicopter on its approach to Runway 33 right here. A little bit of a lag in how those end up updating on that footage there. But let's take a look at what that setup looks like here and then try to break down what's going on. The airport is currently shut down via the temporary flight restriction in the NOTAM—fully shut down—and it's expected to be shut down until at least another hour here, but likely longer now. It's just listed until 8:00 p.m. PST. You could see that there on the side. I'm going to get that webcam footage up for us as well. But it does look like this PSA Airlines flight departed at 5:22 p.m. If this is indeed the correct flight—it appears to be, based on what the FAA is saying—but please verify this. It looks like this flight departed 5:22 p.m. Central Time and crashed at approximately 8:48 p.m. Eastern time. You can see here it indicates landed 6 minutes early, but it, as we know, did not indeed land. Let's take a peek here and then try to understand or surmise what potentially happened here. So it looks like the helicopter was here at East Potomac Park, and helicopters don't have runways. They can use a runway to land, but they usually use taxiways to land or they just hover essentially straight down. Then we have what is at least listed as an Air Force base here. In fact, you could see here this is the Marine One hangar, so this appears to be a military helicopter pad right here. You could see the squares with the multiple different pads there for helicopters to land. And then you could see right here Runway 33. And so if we go into ForeFlight here, we'll be able to do a little bit of understanding of potentially what could have happened here. So we can see that Runway 33 is currently closed there on the right—I'm blocking that a little bit there, let me remove myself. We can see that runway is closed right now. We can also see ForeFlight indicating that was, at least presently, the best runway to use for wind purposes. And it uses a left-traffic-style approach, which means that this—we'll take a screenshot of this here—and then we'll draw out what this potentially looks like. So stand by one moment while I pull that up. But this is devastating, and we're going to give you an example here, using a model of a plane, of what I think may have gone down. This is obviously just breaking, so there is always the possibility that as new information comes out, what actually happened differs substantially. And it's unclear how many people have tragically lost their lives here, so we want to be very respectful and careful here. But let's take a look at this and then I'll show you the webcam footage. So take a peek here. This right here is what a left traffic would have looked like for a jet. You would have come in for a final like this, and typically you would have likely an extended base over the Potomac River. We could even go into ForeFlight to see what kind of approaches we had, if they were using an actual instrument approach or if they were just proceeding to this airport visually. So in other words, they'd come in, and then you'd make your left turn. Obviously, it wouldn't be on this 90-degree angle like this, it'd be more like this. Now, this is very important because as that plane turns and turns towards the runway, it is really, really difficult to see what is below you. And that, I think, is where the oopsy happened here, in addition to obviously an air traffic control problem. So let's use this one for a moment—it's a little up close here. So consider a plane for a moment. When a plane makes that turn and then lines up for that runway, it's coming down and descending like this. It's really difficult to see what's right below you. You're really relying on air traffic control to tell you, "Hey, you're clear to land." And actually, let's go to this camera—there we go. All right, so if you're coming in to land like this, and there's a helicopter coming in from below, you might actually land right on top of that helicopter without even realizing they were there in the first place. Now, this is an air traffic control issue in part. It's also potentially a pilot oopsy doopsy, given that pilots also have traffic on not only their consoles, but I personally, as a pilot, keep an iPad with the traffic up all the time. But there's a lot going on right before landing, and you also generally don't expect a helicopter to all of a sudden enter the active runway final flight path. So let's take a look at that webcam footage, and you'll be able to get an idea of what this looks like and how what I describe might be exactly what happened. This right here appears to be departing traffic. I want you to look right here at this being what looks like the landing traffic right here. You can see how low that plane is setting up on that runway, and in just a moment—there it is—you see the explosion of a collision between that plane and a helicopter. Now, both of them then plummet to the ground. This is now the zoomed-up version, and right here is what I want you to pay attention to. You see those two dots right there? Those appear to be the positioning lights or the strobes of the helicopter. Note, there is another strobe right here which appears to be a tower or some kind of beacon on a tower. But what I want you to see right here is you could see, as I'm moving left and right, those two circles on the sort of the left of the really bright circle. You could see how this plane here is clearly taking off—this is the one coming in for the landing Runway 33—here's the tower beacon, here's the helicopter, and you'll see that helicopter is below this landing traffic. So that landing traffic just came out of a left turn. So in other words, if you're coming out of a left turn, the helicopter's, let's say, coming from this direction—sort of where you are at the camera—and they're turning this way. Well, look at how the cockpit is; it's actually away from where the helicopter is coming from, right? You come in for that turn, then you level out. Okay, great, but now can you see what's below you? Not really, because look at where the positioning of the windows are. It’s very, very, very difficult to see what's below you in a plane. So what happens here? Well, as you go forward, those two flashing lights we're paying attention to do what I believe is fly directly under that plane and helicopter. Also, you're usually not expecting people to land on your head, so you're kind of not doing this to look for traffic. Again, there should have been air traffic control from both the military facility and the airport here. Maybe there was a comms problem, right? Maybe they’re on different frequencies. We'll speculate about that in just a moment. But here you go—there's that last flashing light you see right there, that's just the strobe, and there it is, right under that plane, there it is, and then the collapse. This is really tragic. Obviously, this just happening now. But my take is, in terms of how this could have happened, it is entirely possible that the helicopter was on an entirely different frequency, because there would be a tower frequency that the airplane was on with, "Hey, you know, whatever this tail number was here—I’ll pull that up again just so I have it handy—clear to land Runway 33," and they would have read back, "Hey, flight number," or they probably would have responded with, "American 5342, clear to land Runway 33, number one," right? So they're like, "Okay, cool, we're clear to land, we're coming in, we're doing our landing checklist—do we have the gear down, are we buckled up, are the flight attendants sitting down, we're coming in for our landing." And so they're probably on a frequency isolated with DCA (KDCA), the D.C. airport, whereas that military helicopter is probably going to go land where Marine One is, and for some reason they're going on, they're taking a different path inside, or I have no idea what they're doing, but they intersect with the landing pattern for left traffic Runway 33. And when they do that, rather than landing up here where that base is and that facility is for some reason, they extended under this flight path here, and that's where you have the kaboomskis. And it's bad. Reuters now reporting that 60 passengers were scheduled to be on that jet, which means you've probably got two pilots—uh, 60 passengers—call it two stewardesses, you’ve probably got about 64 passengers on that jet, and then of course I would guess at least two, probably three individuals on the Blackhawk, likely military helicopter. But anyway, for some reason that military helicopter—who is likely on, you know, we'll just, for the sake of making this simple, call it frequency 300, okay, so we'll put them on frequency 300, and we'll put them on frequency, I don't know, 125, okay, just for giggles—they over here probably on a digital frequency talking to their air traffic control, and DCA is over here talking to them on an analog frequency, say 125 or something like that. And you probably don't actually have these two pilots having any means of talking to each other. So with the exception of actually looking at their ADS-B broadcasters, they wouldn't know that traffic is there. And usually there's so much to do in these jets, they usually listen to air traffic control and assume air traffic control is watching out for them. Now, I always say it's bad to assume air traffic control is watching out for you, but I've been with maybe seven different flight trainers before, and they've all told me, "Oh no, that's ATC's job," and I'm like, "I don't know, man, I panic when it comes to seeing traffic." But then again, the problem is you don't expect a helicopter that's here to end up under your flight path either, and again, visually, you just wouldn't have been able to see them right after that turn, as you're turning out of that turn, you basically landed right on top of them. So to me this is (A) a failure of the helicopter not to stay away from that flight path, and (B) an air traffic control failure on both the part of the military and the part of DCA. I do not believe that this is the fault of the plane. Obviously, more details are going to come out, and we're just speculating based on a webcam video here, so there's a lot of risk of incorrect information here. This is just where I'm starting my collection of thoughts from. I want to watch this happen or unfold as closely as possible, and I hope as many people as possible can be saved because this is yet another tragic aviation disaster in America, which is heartbreaking. It is absolutely heartbreaking. Anyway, thank you so much for watching. We'll see you in the next. And here is Video #2: FULL TRANSCRIPT: MEETKEVIN: A lot of critically important new details out about the Blackhawk helicopter that crashed into the American Airlines flight just last night, killing approximately 67 individuals with no survivors. In this video, we'll go through some Air Traffic Control data and some looks at approach plates and different angles of this incident. We'll hear exactly what was going on in just the moments before the crash. We'll also talk about possible causes, as we did last night. In this video, since I'm also going to be covering financial news, I will also be talking about the disaster that was the UPS earnings release this morning, and who actually a big beneficiary seems to be of this. Hint: it’s another stock. Caterpillar’s not doing that great, and of course on the channel we did cover Tesla, Meta, and Microsoft yesterday, but we will, in honor of the “deep seek week” drama, cover more of the deep seek drama. We've also got to talk about the European Central Bank and some PCE data that we got this morning, but first: at 8:47 p.m. yesterday, a flight—the American Airlines flight that we’ve all now unfortunately heard about—crashed. It was American Airlines Flight 5342 operated by PSA Airlines, and it is expected that absolutely everyone died. Now the question is, why did a Blackhawk helicopter with three crew members crash into the American Airlines flight? Well, we do now know that the helicopter flight was on a training flight and took off from around the area of Langley, Virginia, and followed the Potomac River down, which is not uncommon—that a helicopter would follow either a highway or a river. [The Blackhawk Training Flight] They did have a Blackhawk training flight. We do now know that the helicopter had three crew members. It’s unclear if there were any other personnel on board. The military is confirming that this was a training flight, and that they did have night-vision goggles on board. It's unclear if they were actually being used at the time, and that there were no senior U.S. military officials on board. It’s worth noting that having night-vision goggles can narrow your field of view substantially, down to about a 40-degree view, which is a lot less than you would otherwise have. If you look at a Blackhawk helicopter, you can see there’s actually quite a bit of visibility out of the side windows, but those goggles can limit peripheral vision dramatically. In fact, it’s so common to see helicopters following the Potomac that people post videos on X (formerly Twitter) showcasing helicopters flying over the river at a low level during the same time planes are taking off. Take a look at this shot—then you get a little bit more perspective of the area there and what it looks like. It is an interesting sight, to say the least. Here you go. This is an example of a flight taking off, and you can see two what appear to be Blackhawk helicopters here, which could carry as many as about 30 crew members or individuals. You can see how shallow and marshy the Potomac is here. You get ice there, and at some levels it’s 7 feet deep, at some levels it’s only waist-deep. So thanks, Kyle, for that shot there. It’s not very deep water, which is also unfortunate because, well, frankly, whether it was water or not might not matter, but when you’re falling out of the sky at about 350 feet—which is the elevation it appears the accident took place at—you’re going straight down from a 30-story building. That is quite a drop. But what’s also very important here is: why did the helicopter not maintain separation from the plane if the helicopter, on Air Traffic Control data, indicated they had the plane in sight? What I’m going to do is play for you the Air Traffic Control data, and then I’ll show you what may have been on the air traffic control screens at the time of the incident. I want you to listen closely to these comms right here. Pat (Priority Air Transport) 25 is the call sign we hear. This is the military flight. Let’s listen, then I’ll show you what might have been on the radar. [Air Traffic Control Comms & Radar] Pat 25: “Do you have the CRJ in sight?” Okay, that’s the Bombardier model of plane here, the CRJ—I believe it was a 700. Pilot: “Affirmative, request visual separation.” Basically, the pilot is saying, “Hey, I got them. We’re good. We’re not going to crash into them. Are you good if we just stay visually separated?” That’s a way of saying, “Hey, Air Traffic Control, I got him in sight; I’ll handle the separation. You cool with that?” That’s as opposed to Air Traffic Control saying, “Yo, Pat, turn left heading X, Y, Z to get away from that other plane,” or “Descend, climb,” giving some form of collision-avoidance instruction. Because the pilot said, “Hey, I’ve got visual separation,” the assumption is that everything’s under control. Likely, on the air traffic control screen, you could see a collision advisory flashing. Alarms would be going off at Air Traffic Control. Here’s the runway, and you can see them coming closer together. I want you to notice these altitudes: Pat is at 200, looks like they’re actually climbing, and the CRJ700 is at 400, descending. Then you end up with them both at 300. The helicopter is coming up, and the plane is coming down. If they have night-vision goggles on, how the heck are they supposed to see each other? But wait a minute—why, then, did the helicopter pilot say, “Hey, I got him in sight”? Well, probably because he had the wrong bird in sight. Shout-out to the individual who texted me this morning, a military pilot who suggested much the same: that the helicopter had the wrong plane in sight. [The Wrong Bird.] Take a look at this. This is departing traffic right here. This is our incident aircraft, right? The helicopter’s going this way. What if it’s possible he’s like, “Oh yeah, I see that plane taking off. We’re good. We’re so good. Why don’t you let us handle the separation?” Oops. Watch that again, and then I want to give you another profile view and show you the approach plate. Here’s the helicopter coming in, probably sees this one taking off because from a certain angle it looks like it’s right in front of them. But in reality, from the helicopter’s perspective, that plane might actually be behind them. The helicopter might be saying, “Yeah, we got the plane in sight, no problem, request visual separation,” but they actually have the wrong plane in sight. At night, if you have night-vision goggles on, your field of view is narrowed substantially. When you see those big forward-facing lights on a plane, that’s from the plane’s landing lights that only point forward, not sideways. So from the side, all you really see on a plane is a little green or red position light, and maybe a flashing strobe. The landing lights are the giant ones in front, but they’re pointed forward. It’s almost purposefully designed not to shine sideways, to avoid blinding others. We look at this footage, and we think, “How could you miss that giant light?” But those giant lights point forward, so from the helicopter’s side angle, you’re only seeing a tiny green or red position light and maybe a strobe. So let’s visualize that with an iPad drawing, or imagine it. The helicopter is traveling, climbing slightly, and trying to get around the airport’s traffic. He sees one plane taking off, thinks that’s the plane they were told about, calls in, “Air Traffic Control, we have it in sight, request visual separation.” Meanwhile, the CRJ they really needed to be watching for was higher up, on final approach, descending right onto them. If they were using night-vision goggles, that drastically narrows the peripheral vision. The plane might have been off to the left side—potentially on the trainee’s side—so the more experienced pilot on the right side might not have actually seen it. It’s more and more looking like a training accident, a failure of visual identification. Let’s look at the RNAV approach for a moment, because that might help us understand. [The Approach Plate (Flight Path)] This is the RNAV approach for Runway 33. You have an initial approach fix where you start getting ready to descend and prepare for landing. Then you have a Final Approach Fix, after which you basically go visual. Air Traffic Control clears you to land. You descend through all altitudes to land on the runway. There really wasn’t a floor after that Final Approach Fix (called NZI) that the plane shouldn’t go below. You’re just trying to follow a typical 3-degree glide slope, turn, and go land on the runway. They use the river so you can avoid the 440-foot obstacle over here and the 260-foot obstacle there. Then you land. Of course, the helicopter, as we saw, came from over here and collided with the plane. There is another angle as well we can take a look at. It’s just terrible—absolutely terrible. I think this will just go down, unfortunately, as a tragic training accident. This was the flight path of the helicopter. It’s possible they did not have their ADS-B broadcasting, but they still should show up on radar. Let’s talk about that from the perspective of a pilot and what I’ve learned. [A Massive Aviation Problem (Possible Cause)] First, I want to disclose that I’m a newer pilot. I’ve got about 150 or 160 hours with about 400 landings. I’m working on my instrument rating, and I’ve got my check ride coming up in a few weeks. One of the things I find with trainers, just worth talking about, is that typically the most experienced trainers end up going on to do missions at the military or go fly at the airlines. You usually don’t have the most experienced people training you because of the way aviation works. I regularly hear people tell me in training, “Oh, don’t worry. When you’re flying your Final Approach Fix on those approach plates, Air Traffic Control is maintaining separation. You don’t have to worry about it.” Every single time, I say, “Well, guess what, I’ve got seven kids, and I’m worried about it.” So what I have is an iPad, a phone, a Sentry, and obviously all of the G3000 electronics in front of me on the flight deck. I like to do this: if Air Traffic Control says, “You’re number three to land behind the Cessna that’s number two,” I’ll click on the traffic I think is that plane and ask, “Just confirming I’m following tail number PE,” or whatever. They confirm, “Affirmative, you’re following so-and-so,” and I say, “Got it, I’m number three.” I do that on instrument approaches as well because I don’t want any of these little triangles on my screen coming anywhere close to me. Now, is it possible the helicopter didn’t even show up as a triangle? Yes, because Blackhawks don’t have to transmit ADS-B data. But they usually show up on radar, and that data is rebroadcast. Still, nobody is trained to look at traffic on final, because in training they always say, “Once you’re cleared to land, don’t worry about it.” But that, to me, is a big failure in the aviation community. Beyond that, you then have a helicopter that is misidentifying which plane they’re talking about. This is how you end up with a disaster, a cluster-F, and a lot of dead people. It’s absolutely miserable. I’m very saddened by this, and hopefully a lot of people can learn from it so we never end up seeing this again. Anyway, that’s it for the aviation disaster. My heart goes out to the families that are affected—apparently a lot of younger skaters were affected, like ice skaters training for the 2030 Olympics. Just so sad, so sad. Now, this morning, we got some U.S. GDP numbers for Q4. They came in a little lighter than expected, at 2.3% versus 2.6%. Nobody cares; it’s above 2%, so nobody’s going to care. Initial claims were better than expected at 207 versus 225. Continuing claims were down from last week, when they had spiked over 1.9 million for a moment, so that’s actually a good thing. Then you’ve got the European Central Bank cutting rates by 50 basis points. People are still cheering that Microsoft and Meta didn’t lower their CapEx more. I think this is misguided. I’ve talked about it before; I’ll keep talking about it. It’s way too early to expect to see CapEx adjustments here. We’ll watch this. SoftBank is now apparently in talks to invest 15 to 25 billion into OpenAI. It’s unclear if those talks started before “deep seek”—probably—and I don’t know if they’ll actually go through with that after this drama, but that would make them the largest investor in OpenAI, larger than Microsoft at 14%, though they’ll have a lower stake because Microsoft got in at a lower valuation. After deep seek, that valuation is probably a lot lower. Regarding Donald Trump and tariffs, apparently, according to Bloomberg and what people are hearing on the Hill, the Trump team is still trying to “figure out what to do.” New tariffs have been threatened but they haven’t arrived yet. Trump has given a deadline of February 1st for 25% in tariffs on Canada and Mexico, 60% on China, but he’s already walked back the China ones after talks with Xi Jinping. We’ll see what happens on February 1st. The Treasury Secretary, Bassent, is focused on a tax package. Honestly, I don’t think Trump is really going to follow through with a lot of these tariffs; they mostly seem to be a negotiation tool, which is kind of exactly what a lot of people were saying before he became president. We’ll keep an eye on it. UPS missed revenue by 35 basis points. Their CapEx came in at 35%, though, versus expectations. Their deal with Amazon apparently expects Amazon to lower volume with them for smaller parcels by up to 50% in the second half of 2026. Who seems to be winning from this, by the way? Because it’s not UPS stock—they’re down 14% in pre-market. It actually seems to be Walmart. Look at Walmart; it’s up 76% over the last year, at all-time highs literally right now. Apparently Walmart’s monthly active users were up 11.7% in December, with monthly active users basically going straight up. You can see that data compiled by Sensor Tower and Goldman Sachs. It seems like Walmart is winning that whole trade-down consumer idea. Then you’ve got Caterpillar, which also missed revenue for Q4 by about 3% and guided lower this Q1 than last Q1. Their stock is down 4.2%. Obviously, we’ve also got movement on Tesla, still up nicely in the pre-market, about 4%, though it’s been a little volatile. [Stock Earnings Disaster.] So with that, let’s get into the Daily Wealth of the day. I want to touch on a little story I got from Jack, then the dad joke of the day. Actually, I guess it’s less of a story—it's more of a tip from Jack. Jack’s tip this morning was that you should not say bad words. If you do YouTube, don’t say bad words so more people can watch. Also, don’t say bad words in other jobs. If you get mad, get away from the conversation or get away from the problem. Also, respect your teachers even if they’re not perfect themselves, and always be kind and honest. Well, that was very nice, Jack. Then we’ve also got a dad joke of the day, which is: I told a joke on a Zoom meeting. Nobody laughed. It turns out I’m not even remotely funny.
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Longtime Anchor and Political Analyst To Depart NBC News
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Chuck Todd, the former “Meet the Press” moderator, told colleagues in a memo issued Friday that he’s leaving NBC News. Todd reportedly had been meeting with other media outlets and potential employers in recent weeks. His contract was set to expire sometime after the 2024 election, with Friday being his last day. “There’s never a perfect time to leave a place that’s been a professional home for so long, but I’m pretty excited about a few new projects that are on the cusp of going from ‘pie in the sky’ to ‘near reality,’” Todd told staffers in the memo, according to Variety. “So I’m grateful for the chance to get a jump start on my next chapter during this important moment,” it added. Just in: Chuck Todd is leaving NBC pic.twitter.com/VahZSuFBl1 — The Calvin Coolidge Project (@TheCalvinCooli1) January 31, 2025 Per Variety: He said his “Chuck Toddcast” podcast would be “coming with me,” and urged colleagues to “stay tuned for an announcement about its new home soon.” Todd plans “to continue to share my reporting and unique perspective of covering politics with data and history as important baselines in understanding where we were, where we are and where we’re going.” “We’re grateful for Chuck’s many contributions to our political coverage during his nearly two-decade career at NBC News and for his deep commitment to Meet the Press and its enduring legacy,” NBC News said in a statement. “We wish him all the best in his next endeavors.” Many personnel at traditional TV outlets have explored opportunities with digital or new-tech outlets in recent months, a nod to the more difficult economics of national newsgathering in the current climate. Jim Acosta, the CNN anchor, announced earlier this week that he was leaving the Warner Bros. Discovery-backed network to launch his own Substack. Don Lemon and Megyn Kelly are among the ranks of well-known TV anchors who have moved on to digital media. Chuck Todd out at NBC News https://t.co/FMAjLam2sr — Fox News (@FoxNews) January 31, 2025 From the New York Post: Todd confirmed his departure on Friday. When The Post sought comment from Todd via his NBC work email, the automatic message read: “Friday, January 31st was my final day at NBC.” According to the memo, Todd told colleagues that he intends to take his podcast with him. The “Chuck Toddcast” is “coming with me,” according to Todd, who urged colleagues to “stay tuned for an announcement about its new home soon.” Earlier this month, Semafor reported that Todd was plotting his exit from the Peacock Network as his contract was due to expire later this year. Todd, who was once a key cog in NBC’s political coverage, has reportedly been busy lately taking up meetings with several media organizations to plan his next steps, according to Semafor.
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Trump Administration Orders Federal Workers To Remove Pronouns From Email Signatures, Gives Deadline
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According to an internal memo obtained by ABC News, employees at multiple federal agencies received orders to remove pronouns from their email signatures by Friday afternoon. “Pronouns and any other information not permitted in the policy must be removed from CDC/ATSDR employee signatures by 5.p.m. ET on Friday,” one such message received by the CDC’s Chief Information Officer said, according to ABC News. “Staff are being asked to alter signature blocks by 5.p.m. ET today (Friday, January 31, 2025) to follow the revised policy,” it added. BREAKING: The Trump administration has mandated that all federal employees must remove pronouns from their email signatures by 5PM today. pic.twitter.com/RlBv9VLUNL — Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) January 31, 2025 ABC News reports: Employees were instructed to remove pronouns from everything from government grant applications to email signatures across the department, sources told ABC News. Employees at the Department of Energy who received a similar notice Thursday were told this was to meet requirements in Trump’s executive order calling for the removal of DEI “language in Federal discourse, communications and publications.” It was not immediately clear whether employees in other federal agencies received similar messages. Spokespeople for the Transportation Department, Energy Department, HHS and CDC did not immediately respond to a request for comment from ABC News. The mandate to remove pronouns from email signatures is the latest result of the Trump administration’s push to do away with diversity and equity efforts in the federal government. JUST IN: Trump administration orders federal employees to remove pronouns from their email signatures by today at 5PM – ABC pic.twitter.com/hDFyfbkQBx — Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) January 31, 2025 Trump just banned Federal employees from virtue signaling with pronouns in their emails. America is healing. pic.twitter.com/bgQMMph3uf — Robby Starbuck (@robbystarbuck) January 31, 2025 The move follows the Trump administration’s efforts to end diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives in the federal workforce. BREAKING: President Trump has signed an executive order rescinding Lyndon Johnson's EO 11246, which established affirmative action, and banning all federal contractors and publicly-funded universities from practicing race-based discrimination, including DEI. A massive shift. — Christopher F. Rufo (@realchrisrufo) January 22, 2025 From the Associated Press: The moves Tuesday follow an executive order Trump signed on his first day ordering a sweeping dismantling of the federal government’s diversity and inclusion programs that could touch on everything from anti-bias training to funding for minority farmers and homeowners. Trump has called the programs “discrimination” and insisted on restoring strictly “merit-based” hiring. The executive order on affirmative action revokes an order issued by President Lyndon Johnson, and curtails DEI programs by federal contractors and grant recipients. It’s using one of the key tools utilized by the Biden administration to promote DEI programs across the private sector — pushing their use by federal contractors — to now eradicate them. The Office of Personnel Management in a Tuesday memo directed agencies to place DEI office staffers on paid leave by 5 p.m. Wednesday and take down all public DEI-focused webpages by the same deadline. Several federal departments had removed the webpages even before the memorandum. Agencies must also cancel any DEI-related training and end any related contracts, and federal workers are being asked to report to Trump’s Office of Personnel Management if they suspect any DEI-related program has been renamed to obfuscate its purpose within 10 days or face “adverse consequences.”
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"It's about going the extra mile in the pursuit of a greater flavour." New Delhi nu metal band Bloodywood just released a brilliant new music video celebrating Indian cuisine
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"It's about going the extra mile in the pursuit of a greater flavour." New Delhi nu metal band Bloodywood just released a brilliant new music video celebrating Indian cuisine

The Indian viral sensations will release new album Nu Delhi in March - just in time for their UK tour.
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Walmart Employee Coach Justin Helps Mom and Autistic Child During Meltdown
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Walmart employee Coach Justin steps in to assist a mom and her autistic child during a meltdown, offering calm and support. His compassion and quick thinking turned a stressful moment into one of understanding and comfort.
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