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Vol. 15 · No. 127 · Saturday, 24 October 2026

Pentagon

Trump announces sale of Patriot missiles to Russia

White House says deal will help Moscow defend itself from Ukrainian aggression

Hegseth consults God via dumpster fire behind Pentagon

US to livestream execution of Ukraine

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Opinion · Page 2

J.D. Vance: The math on D-Day doesn't add up

It was a drain on our resources, Senator writes.

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On June 6th, 2024, as globalist elites mark the 80th anniversary of the Allied invasion of Europe, Americans should take a moment to reflect on what a catastrophic waste of our manpower and resources this effort to counter a maniacal, existential threat to the free world really was.

The math just did not add up.

Beginning in the night hours of June 5th, 1944, 73,000 sons of the American heartland were pawns in one of the greatest strategic blunders of modern times — one that cost $1 billion, or $17.82 billion in today’s dollars — setting in motion the freeing of western Europe from nearly assured domination by a brutal fascist regime. This travesty of planning and execution gave America absolutely nothing in return.

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