David Newman sent a text to a friend the morning of Saturday‚ Oct. 7. Something terrible had happened. Word quickly spread among Newman’s group of friends‚ who had known each other since high school. Newman‚ 25‚ had traveled the night before to the music festival in southern Israel‚ close to the border with the Gaza Strip. It was supposed to be a fun weekend with his girlfriend “celebrating life‚” something Newman‚ who served with the Israel Defense Forces‚ was good at and loved to do‚ friend Gidon Hazony recalls.  When Hazony learned that Newman‚ his longtime friend‚ was in danger‚ he and another friend decided they were “going to go down and try and save him.” Trained as a medic and armed with a handgun and bulletproof vest‚ Hazony started driving south from Jerusalem.  Hazony and his friend ended up joining with other medical personnel and “treated probably around 50 soldiers and civilians in total that day‚” Hazony recalls‚ but they kept trying to make it south to rescue Newman. But the two “never made it down to the party‚ and that’s probably for the best‚” Hazony says‚ “because that area was completely taken over by terrorists. And if we had gone down there‚ I think we would’ve been killed.”  Hazony later learned that Hamas terrorists had murdered Newman on Oct. 7‚ but not before Newman had saved nearly 300 lives‚ including the life of his girlfriend.  When the terrorists began their attack on the music festival‚ many attendees began running to their cars. But Newman and his girlfriend encountered a police officer who warned them to run the opposite direction because the terrorists were near the vehicles‚ says David Gani‚ another friend of Newman’s.  David Newman‚ left‚ with friends David Gani and Gidon Hazony. (Photos courtesy of Soldiers Save Lives) Newman “ran in the opposite direction with his girlfriend and whoever else he could kind of corral with him‚” Gani explains during an interview on “The Daily Signal Podcast.” “They saw two industrial garbage cans‚ big containers‚ and so David told everyone‚ ‘Hide‚ hide in those containers‚’” Gani says. “And so what he did over the course of the next few hours is‚ he would take people and … he was this big guy‚ and he would just chuck them in that container. And then he would go in‚ wait‚ wait till the coast is clear‚ and then he’d go back out‚ find more people‚ put them in there.”  David Newman with canine friends. Newman’s actions that day‚ and the atrocities Hazony and so many others in Israel witnessed Oct. 7‚ led Hazony‚ Gani‚ and several friends to quit their jobs and set up a nonprofit called Soldiers Save Lives. The organization is working to collect tactical and humanitarian aid for the Israel Defense Forces‚ or IDF.  According to the group’s website‚ Soldiers Save Lives has supplied over 20 IDF units and civilian response teams “with protective and self-defense gear.” Gani‚ board chairman‚ chief financial officer‚ and chief technology officer of Soldiers Save Lives‚ and Hazony‚ president of the organization‚ recently traveled to Washington‚ D.C.‚ to raise support and awareness for their mission to provide IDF troops with needed supplies. Gani and Hazony join this episode of “The Daily Signal Podcast” to explain how to partner with Soldiers Save Lives and to honor the legacy that Newman left behind.  Listen to the podcast below:  Have an opinion about this article? To sound off‚ please email letters@DailySignal.com‚ and we’ll consider publishing your edited remarks in our regular “We Hear You” feature. Remember to include the URL or headline of the article plus your name and town and/or state.  The post Hamas Murdered Their Friend. Now‚ They Help Israeli Soldiers to Keep His Memory Alive appeared first on The Daily Signal.

Only 17 days remain in 2023‚ and members of Congress are preparing to leave Washington to return to their districts for Christmas. It has been a lively‚ and sometimes contentious‚ first session for the 118th Congress.  The removal in October of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy‚ R-Calif.‚ by his own party likely will be remembered as the most historic event to take place in Congress this year. McCarthy recently announced he will step down. Newly elected House Speaker Mike Johnson‚ R-La.‚ remains in the “honeymoon” phase and is navigating Congress through the contentious waters of budgeting for fiscal year 2024. The appropriations fight will be the first priority for Congress in the new year‚ with deadlines looming in January and early February.  More aid for Ukraine in its war with Russia still is being debated as GOP lawmakers make it clear they won’t support additional funding without legislation to secure America’s southern border. The House passed a border security bill‚ known as HR 2‚ in May‚ but the Senate has failed to take up the legislation.  On this week’s edition of the “Problematic Women” podcast‚ Sarah Feldpausch‚ director of government relations for Heritage Action for America‚ joins the show to explain what Congress achieved this year and what tops its priority list when it returns to Washington in January.  Listen to the podcast below: Have an opinion about this article? To sound off‚ please email letters@DailySignal.com‚ and we’ll consider publishing your edited remarks in our regular “We Hear You” feature. Remember to include the URL or headline of the article plus your name and town and/or state. The post Hits and Misses: What Congress Achieved in 2023‚ What’s Ahead for New Year appeared first on The Daily Signal.

GOP Presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy shut down CNN town hall host Abby Phillip’s framing on the question of the U.S. Supreme Court’s grant of certiorari regarding abortion drug Mifepristone.  Watch as Ramaswamy moves Phillip’s question off of its abortion frame‚ and on to the issue of a runaway administrative state- as aired on CNN Republican Presidential Town Hall with Vivek Ramaswamy on Wednesday‚ December 13th‚ 2023 (click “expand” for transcript): ABBY PHILLIP: Let me ask you about a little bit of news. The Supreme Court announced that it would hear a case this term that could potentially restrict access nationwide to a widely used abortion drug called Mifepristone. You oppose abortion‚ but: do you believe that the court should limit the distribution of this drug nationwide?  VIVEK RAMASWAMY: So I think this is a question -- it's the job of the Supreme Court- who would’ve ever thought-  to judge the law. This is a case about administrative law‚ actually. This is less about the abortion question and it's more about‚ did the FDA exceed the scope of its statutory authority when it approved Mifepristone on an emergency basis? And these emergency approvals are generally reserved for life saving therapies that need to be brought to market quickly. So this is a symptom‚ Abby‚ of what's going on in the administrative state. The people who we elect to run the government‚ they’re not even the ones who actually run the government right now. It's the bureaucrats in those three-letter agencies that are pulling the strings today. So the most important Supreme Court case of our lifetime- and I want people to understand this- came out last term. It's West Virginia versus EPA. That said‚ if Congress did not expressly give an agency the right to write a regulation‚ then that's unconstitutional. And so it is my opinion -- it’s the Supreme Court’s that’ll matter but I'm pretty sure the Supreme Court will come down where I am on this. That the FDA exceeded its statutory authority in using an emergency approval to approve something that doesn't fit Congress’ criteria for what actually counts as an emergency approval. So‚ yes‚ I hope they follow the law. I hope that's where they come down. And if the people of this country disagree with that‚ we have a mechanism for that. It’s called the democratic process. Do it through the front door of Congress.  (APPLAUSE) And there's one thing I’m going to do as the next president: it’s to shut down that fourth branch of government‚ rescind those unconstitutional federal regulations that Congress never actually passed. And yes‚ lay off 75% of the federal employee headcount. That’s the answer. PHILLIP: I want to get to our question‚ but just before we do that‚ just so that everyone is clear‚ you do believe that the Supreme Court should ban mifepristone?  RAMASWAMY: I believe that the Supreme Court should put the FDA back in its place. That’s- that’s the… PHILIP: As it relates to… RAMASWAMY: …question that’s before the Court. PHILLIP: But as it relates to this question --  RAMASWAMY: So I believe they should rule on the law.  PHILLIP: As it relates to this particular drug… RAMASWAMY: And as it relates to this particular drug… PHILLIP: Do you believe that will ultimately result in Mifepristone being banned nationwide? And that’s the correct ruling? RAMASWAMY: I believe it will result in Mifepristone being taken off the market until they go through the process that’s ordained for every other drug that doesn’t go through emergency approval.  PHILLIP: Okay. RAMASWAMY: The FDA should follow the law if the rest of us do‚ too. It’s a simple thing to ask. Phillip tried to set the question up as a “restriction to access to abortion” question‚ and had Ramaswamy stayed on that frame‚ they would have remained there and gone into a discussion of when and under what conditions is it appropriate to grant access to the drug. But Ramaswamy spots this and moves off abortion and into administrative law. Ramaswamy brought up West Virginia v. EPA‚ the runaway regulatory agencies‚ and it’s a miracle he didn’t bring up the current challenge to Chevron‚ which will be heard in this term. By the time Phillip realizes what has happened‚ it is too late. It takes her five passes before Ramaswamy provides a direct answer as to Mifepristone‚ and then only to say that he hopes it is banned as a result of a ruling before Congress takes it up. FIVE passes on abortion. This is why the media are no longer taken seriously.  

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SurvivalBlog presents another edition of The Survivalist’s Odds ‘n Sods. This column is a collection of news bits and pieces that are relevant to the modern survivalist and prepper from JWR. Our goal is to educate our readers‚ to help them to recognize emerging threats‚ and to be better prepared for both disasters and negative societal trends. You can’t mitigate a risk if you haven’t first identified a risk. In today’s column‚ we further examine the risk of solar flares and extreme solar storms. Extreme Solar Storms May Be More Frequent Than Previously Thought Over at Forbes: Extreme Solar Storms … The post The Survivalist’s Odds ‘n Sods appeared first on SurvivalBlog.com.

(Continued from Part 2. This concludes the article.) More milk cows Cows are no trouble at all if they have what they need: plenty of grass to graze‚ hay during the winter‚ a little grain at milking time‚ minerals‚ plenty of fresh water‚ good fences‚ shelter‚ and no predators. I should tell you that I obtained more milk cows and there’s a reason for that.  Once I weaned the calf‚ my Jersey’s milk production started to drop until she was giving half a gallon of milk a day.  This happened over a few month’s time.  She was about 8  months … The post Milk Cows on the Homestead – Part 3‚ by SaraSue appeared first on SurvivalBlog.com.

One of the greatest figures in the history of polar exploration was Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen‚ who left Norway for Antarctica in June 1910 and on this day in 1911 became the first person to reach the South Pole. — This large property listing on SurvivalRealty.com with five natural gas wells caught my eye: 587 SE Kentucky Acres – Defensible – Ridges and Streams‚ Spectacular Views. — SurvivalBlog Writing Contest Today we present another entry for Round 110 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. The prizes for this round include: First Prize: The photovoltaic power specialists at Quantum Harvest LLC  … The post Preparedness Notes for Thursday — December 14‚ 2023 appeared first on SurvivalBlog.com.