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[Owendonovan]

How is this not being read correctly by 1/3 of Americans. It doesn't feel sustainable. Some of them have to be thinking "that's a stretch".

[ponchi101]

That is not what they voted for.
They voted for Tiny to get rid of all the "undesirables". That is the sole directive.
Everything else is minor.
That's the way they think.

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More footage of the actual crash is floating around. I understand it may be disturbing for some so I will post these as URL's.

https://youtu.be/gn5mS_TF6dQ?si=TC6H-z0VgdbEYjtQ

https://www.reddit.com/r/aviation/comme ... are_button

Also the names of the men on board the chopper have been released. The family of the woman on board has asked that her name not be made public. It's come to this.

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[Owendonovan]

Looks like a missile. Dark.

https://news.sky.com/video/philadelphia ... d-13300614

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The lives lost in the D.C. plane-helicopter crash

Sarah Lee Best, 33•Brielle Beyer, 12, and Justyna Beyer, 42•Jonathan J. Campos, 34•James ‘Tommy’ Clagett, 43•Chris Collins, 42•Kiah Duggins, 30•Andrew Eaves, 39•Danasia Elder, 34 •Ian Epstein, 53•Jinna Han, 13 and Jin Han, 49•Asra Hussain, 26•Sean Kay, 11, and Julia Kay, 42•Liz Keys, 33•Alexandr “Sasha” Kirsanov, 46•Spencer Lane, 16, and Christine Conrad Lane, 49•Sam Lilley, 28•Alydia Livingston, 11, Everly Livingston, 14, Donna Livingston, 48, and Peter Livingston, 48.•Capt. Rebecca Lobach, 28•Pergentino N. Malabed•Dustin Miller, 43•Ryan O’Hara, 28•Jesse Pitcher, 30•Lori Schrock, 56, and Robert “Bob” Schrock, 58•Wendy Jo Shaffer, 35•Evgenia Shishkova, 52, and Vadim Naumov, 55 •Mikey Stovall, 40 •Olivia Ter, 12, and, Olesya Taylor, 50

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va ... ?itid=mr_5

[Owendonovan]

Oldest person is 58, everyone too soon.

[eusebius]

A significant number of the passengers were elite level figure skaters and their parents and coaches. Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov were the world champions in the pairs discipline in 1994. Their son Maxim recently finished fourth at the US figure skating championships.

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55 of the 67 crash victims have been positively identified as family memorial takes place at crash site
Fifty-five of the 67 victims of the Potomac collision have been positively identified, D.C. Fire and EMS Chief John Donnelly said in a news briefing this evening.

Updated Feb. 2, 2025, 4:40 PM EST
By NBC News

Fifty-five of the 67 victims of the Potomac collision have now been positively identified, D.C. Fire and EMS Chief John Donnelly said in a news briefing this evening.

The announcement came hours after family members of the victims of the Potomac crash gathered at the site of the crash for a memorial to honor their loved ones.

Ten charter buses transporting the family members rolled onto the tarmac with a police escort at Reagan International Airport shortly after 9:20 a.m., stopping first by the crash scene before moving to Runway 33 — where the American Eagle jet was supposed to land on Wednesday.

A large memorial wreath could be seen near the riverbank.


Lifting operations' to remove wreckage from Potomac start tomorrow

Mirna Alsharif

"Lifting operations" to remove wreckage from the Potomac River will begin tomorrow, D.C. Fire and EMS Chief John Donnelly said this evening.

“While that’s going on, the local teams will continue to search down the shorelines and around the river to make sure that we’re getting all the debris that’s out there,” Donnelly said.

For the rest of today, Donnelly said, salvage crews are continuing to survey the crash site and prepare for tomorrow.


https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/li ... rcna190326

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Female Pilot in Crash Trump Blamed on DEI Was Top 20% Army Cadet
‘A COLOSSAL LOSS’
Capt. Rebecca M. Lobach died when the Black Hawk helicopter she was co-piloting collided with an American Airlines jet.
Jennifer M. Wood

Updated Feb. 2 2025 9:43AM EST
Published Feb. 2 2025 12:00AM EST


The Daily Beast/Getty Images/Samantha Brown

The brilliant Army career of the female helicopter pilot killed in the Washington D.C. plane crash—which Donald Trump blamed on “DEI”—has been revealed.

Capt. Rebecca M. Lobach, a native of Durham, North Carolina, was identified late Saturday by the U.S. Army’s Public Affairs office despite a previous request from her family to withhold her identity.

She had been in the top 20 per cent of Army ROTC cadets nationwide and picked for a prestigious role as a White House social aide. Her awards include the Army Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal, National Defense Service Medal and Army Service Ribbon.

Her distinguished career was at apparent odds with President Donald Trump suggesting that DEI hiring practices could have been to blame for the mid-air collision. He was backed up by his Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who had railed against “women in combat roles” before a sudden conversion to praising their service ahead of his Senate confirmation hearing.

Her family said in a statement that she had planned to pursue a career as a physician. Both her parents are doctors.

Lobach, who began her career as an aviation officer with the Army in July 2019, was one of the 67 people who died earlier this week when the Black Hawk helicopter she was co-piloting collided with an American Airlines jet coming in to land at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, causing both aircraft to plummet into the Potomac River.

Despite an earlier request for anonymity, the Army reported that they were sharing Lobach’s name “at the request of and in coordination with the family,” who also provided an official statement. It read, in part: “Rebecca began her career in the United States Army as a distinguished military graduate in ROTC at the University of North Carolina, and was in the top 20 percent of cadets nationwide.

“She achieved the rank of Captain, having twice served as a Platoon Leader and as a Company Executive Officer… With more than 450 hours of flight time, she earned certification as a pilot-in-command after extensive testing by the most senior and experienced pilots in her battalion.”

Lobach also served as a White House social aide during the Biden administration.


The Army released a photo showing Lobach taking part in a physical challenge.
U.S. Army

Military news site Task & Purpose spoke with several of Lobach’s friends and colleagues, who described her as a uniquely talented pilot.

“She was passionate about leadership, passionate about mentorship, and passionate about being a master of her skill craft,” 2nd Lt. Lexi Freas said. “Everything she did, she put 100 percent of her heart and effort into. No task was too big or too little for her to handle for her soldiers and the people that she mentored and loved.”

“It just rips my heart out that she is gone, violently and publicly,” 1st Lt. Samantha Brown said. “It is a colossal loss of human life. My heart goes to everyone impacted. It is absolutely terrible.”

When it was later discovered that one of the helicopter pilots was female, MAGA activists and online agitators began pointing the finger specifically in Lobach’s direction—even before she was identified, and even though the investigation is ongoing and no official cause has been determined.

The president has made no public comment since Lobach’s name was released.

The other two members of the helicopter crew had been named by the Army as Chief Warrant Officer 2 Andrew Loyd Eaves, 39, of Great Mills, Maryland and Staff Sgt. Ryan Austin O’Hara, 28, of Lilburn, Georgia.


Staff Sgt. Ryan Austin O’Hara, 28, was one of the three tragic helicopter crew.


Chief Warrant Officer 2 Andrew Loyd Eaves, 39, was one of the three tragic helicopter crew.


https://www.thedailybeast.com/female-pi ... 0-of-army/

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‪Phil Williams‬ ‪@philinvestigates.com‬
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There are significant questions about this image! No recognized group attaches its name to it. Some groups are worrying that this is another Russian plot to create chaos on the streets of America. Can anyone vouch for it?

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Mike Madrid‬ ‪@mikemadrid.bsky.social‬
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BlueSky is efficient. Madrid's post has already been deleted.

[ponchi101]

Ok. Go out and march. But, what are you marching for? Or against?

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Darby Saxbe
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BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.