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Firebrand GOP rep: Democrats side with Iran ‘simply because they hate’ Trump
MAGA firebrand Congressman Randy Fine, R-Fla., warned the U.S. must stop Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons as he cautioned America is losing the battle against radical Islam.
In a wide-ranging interview with Digital, he weighed in on the debate over whether Rep. Ilhan Omar D-Minn., should be deported after the recent announcement by Tom Homan that the Department of Homeland Security was investigating the congresswoman.
«If she engaged in immigration fraud, she should be deported. And by the way, as should anyone who engaged in immigration fraud. And look, the woman is enmeshed. She’s bathed in fraud. I think the best example that we know is fraud is when she said she made 30 million dollars, which she either did and then lied about it and said she didn’t make it, or she made it up in the first place,» he claimed.
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«I mean, this is someone whose community that she comes from engages in wholesale welfare fraud. Some of her relatives had been involved in that as well, and if she engaged in immigration fraud she should be denaturalized. She should be deported back to her home country of Somalia.»
A request sent to Omar’s office for reaction to Fine’s accusations was not returned by time of publication.
Fine said that the battle against political correctness is directly tied to mainstream Islam.
«Well, I don’t know that we’re winning. I think we’re losing. And you can see it in the unbelievable fear that people have about talking about mainstream Islam. I saw a video today about a mosque in Texas that [is] literally showing the erasing of a church and the building of a mosque. They are openly fundraising on the premise that they will eliminate Christianity in this country.
«And people are absolutely petrified to speak the truth about it. That is a battle we are losing. And if we’re not willing to tell the truth about mainstream Islam, we’re done. You can see what has happened in the United Islamic Kingdom. That will happen to America if we are unwilling to deal with this problem,» he said.
«I’m not surprised because when they stood up, the Iranians killed an estimated 100,000 of them. People are afraid. They don’t have weapons. They don’t have access to the internet to learn about what is going on.»
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He continued, «And I think they’re hoping that the American pressure, both military and economic, will cause the regime to either restructure or collapse. I certainly would like to see them stand up for themselves and overthrow the mainstream Muslim religious leaders that are in charge there.»
Following the IRGC’s recent call to the American electorate to oppose Donald Trump in the midterm elections, Fine said that the move has the potential to impact the ballot box.
«Well, I hope it does. Look, it’s been clear to me, based on my time in Congress, that the Democrats are on the side of Iran, and it’s simply because they hate Donald Trump.
«What’s extraordinary about it is the same Democrats who called for an overthrow of the mainstream Muslim religious leaders who run Iran all of a sudden got upset when Donald Trump did something about it. And I personally believe the conflict would have been over a long time ago if it wasn’t for Democrats supporting the enemy,» he said.
«See, the mainstream Muslim religious leaders in Iran can see that Democrats aren’t on board. And they say, ‘hey, maybe we can wait out Donald Trump and the Republicans and get that nuclear weapon that we want to use in the United States.’ So, I’m not surprised.»
He added, «I think we need to make sure people understand that Muslim terrorists in Iran have endorsed the Democratic Party. That’s who you’re voting for. You’re voting it for the people supported by Muslim terrorists if you vote Democrat.»
Despite strong support for Trump’s military engagement in Iran, Fine does not believe that regime overthrow is an imperative.
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«I don’t think it should be an explicit goal of American foreign policy. I think it probably happens as a result. But I’m an America First guy. And if crazy people want to run Iran, that’s not America’s problem unless they threaten America. And that’s what they have done.»
He said, «For 47 years, the mainstream Muslim religious leaders who’ve run Iran have said ‘death to America.’ They’ve killed thousands of Americans. They’re trying to build missiles that can reach America. They’re trying to build a nuclear weapon that can reach America, so stopping that is in our interest.»
He added, «But if they said, ‘look America’s our friend, we’re going to leave you alone’ well then it’s not an America First problem anymore. We’re not the world’s policeman, but we have to look out for America’s interests and making sure Iran can’t nuke us: that’s about as America First as it gets.»
However, given the prospect of Iran obtaining a nuclear weapon, Fine’s answer modulates.
«I mean, the answer is they can’t have a nuclear weapon. And by the way, we had explicit intelligence that they were getting close. And so we did something about it. And I absolutely support that.»
Fine said,»The most important thing about the Iran conflict that I tell people, is Iran was spending tons of money to build a missile that could go thousands and thousands and thousands of miles. They already had missiles that could make it to Israel. They had all the missiles they wanted that could hit Israel, as we’ve seen. They had missiles that could hit Europe, as we’ve also seen.»
He concluded,»You know where they didn’t have a missile that could hit? The United States of America, which is why they were focused on building a long-range missile, so they could threaten the east coast of the United States. That’s simply something we can never, ever allow to happen, and that’s why I’ve supported the president in this.»
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En los bosques tropicales de Panamá viven insectos de menos de un centímetro que mantienen conversaciones sorprendentemente complejas sin emitir sonidos como los percibimos los humanos.
Son los membrácidos, pequeños animales reconocibles por una llamativa estructura semejante a un casco sobre su cuerpo, pero capaces de pasar inadvertidos entre tallos y hojas pese a su peculiar apariencia.
Su secreto está en las plantas. Según una investigación divulgada por el Instituto Smithsonian de Investigaciones Tropicales (STRI), los membrácidos se comunican mediante vibraciones que transmiten por los tallos.
Sujetan sus patas a la planta y sacuden o hacen rebotar rápidamente el abdomen, generando señales que viajan por el tejido vegetal hasta ser detectadas por otros individuos a través de sus patas.
Para una persona que observa la escena, aparentemente no está ocurriendo nada, porque los humanos no pueden escuchar ni sentir directamente esas señales. Pero cuando los científicos registran las vibraciones y las convierten en sonidos audibles, aparece una comunicación inesperadamente elaborada.
Algunas señales cambian de tono, incorporan pulsos y pueden prolongarse durante el intercambio entre dos ejemplares.
La investigadora postdoctoral de NOMIS-STRI Judith AH Smit estudia precisamente ese lenguaje oculto. Al escuchar las grabaciones obtenidas durante sus experimentos, encontró una comparación difícil de imaginar para animales tan pequeños: las señales producidas por las hembras pueden recordar al canto de las ballenas, con respuestas prolongadas cuyo tono disminuye gradualmente.
Los membrácidos, conocidos en inglés como treehoppers, pertenecen a un grupo extraordinariamente diverso, con más de 3,000 especies conocidas alrededor del mundo.
Panamá ofrece un escenario privilegiado para investigarlos: existen alrededor de 300 especies descritas en el país, y Guayaquila gracilicornis, utilizada por Smit en sus estudios, resulta particularmente abundante en Gamboa.
Una de sus características más reconocibles es el pronoto desarrollado que forma estructuras parecidas a cascos, espinas o extensiones sobre el cuerpo. A pesar de ese aspecto extravagante, su reducido tamaño facilita que permanezcan escondidos.
Para Smit, encontrarlos resulta relativamente sencillo una vez que se aprende dónde y cómo buscarlos entre la vegetación tropical.
Pero la parte más fascinante aparece cuando buscan pareja. El cortejo funciona como un auténtico dúo entre macho y hembra, en el que cada uno produce su propia señal vibratoria. Smit lo compara con el conocido juego infantil de “Marco Polo”: uno llama, el otro responde y ese intercambio proporciona información que permite localizar al compañero sobre la planta.
El macho de Guayaquila gracilicornis produce una vibración compleja que puede pasar de tonos bajos a altos e incorporar pulsos, mientras una hembra receptiva responde con otra señal. A medida que intercambian mensajes, ambos pueden modificar su comportamiento durante la búsqueda, hasta reducir la distancia que los separa y finalmente encontrarse sobre el tallo.
Este comportamiento también cuestiona una visión tradicional de la comunicación animal centrada principalmente en machos que cantan, bailan o realizan exhibiciones para atraer pareja.
Las observaciones del Smithsonian muestran que las hembras de estos membrácidos desempeñan un papel activo, responden a las llamadas y pueden influir en la manera en que el macho se comporta durante el cortejo.
Durante el cortejo, el macho de Guayaquila gracilicornis produce una compleja señal vibratoria con cambios de tono y pulsos, mientras espera la respuesta de una hembra receptiva.
Para descubrir cómo funciona esa conversación, Smit trabajó junto con Maria Paz Rueda Rodríguez y Omar Morosse, quienes recolectaron ejemplares y sus plantas hospedantes para estudiarlos en los laboratorios del STRI en Gamboa.
Allí, machos y hembras preparados para aparearse fueron colocados juntos en recintos instalados en ambientes tranquilos para registrar sus interacciones.
Captar algo que una persona no puede percibir exige instrumentos especialmente sensibles. Los investigadores utilizaron acelerómetros capaces de amplificar las vibraciones y un vibrómetro láser Doppler, que mide el tiempo empleado por un rayo láser para viajar hasta la planta y regresar.
Así pueden detectar movimientos diminutos y transformar esas señales físicas en sonidos que los científicos sí pueden escuchar y analizar.
El equipo fue todavía más lejos y reprodujo artificialmente las “conversaciones” para observar cómo reaccionaban los insectos. Mediante un dispositivo similar al mecanismo que hace vibrar un teléfono celular, transmitieron señales por las plantas.
Los investigadores pudieron alargarlas, modificar su tono y cambiar determinadas características, comprobando después si los membrácidos respondían o alteraban su comportamiento.
El experimento busca responder una pregunta mayor: hasta qué punto estos pequeños animales pueden modificar su comunicación dependiendo de quién está al otro lado.
Comprender esa flexibilidad permitiría conocer mejor cómo seleccionan pareja y cómo ajustan su comportamiento durante las interacciones sociales, un terreno mucho menos estudiado que la comunicación mediante sonidos.
Las vibraciones, además, no constituyen una rareza exclusiva de los membrácidos. Otros animales utilizan movimientos transmitidos por superficies para comunicarse; investigadores del STRI han estudiado, por ejemplo, arañas lobo cuyos machos vibran el abdomen y golpean sus patas durante el cortejo, mostrando que existe todo un universo de señales fuera del rango sensorial humano.
El trabajo también abre interrogantes sobre cómo estas formas de comunicación responden a un ambiente transformado por las actividades humanas.
Smit está interesada en conocer qué ocurre ante factores como contaminación lumínica, ruido o calentamiento global y si los animales pueden modificar sus señales y conductas para adaptarse a condiciones diferentes de aquellas en las que evolucionaron.
Para la investigadora, estudiar animales tan pequeños obliga finalmente a salir de la “burbuja sensorial” desde la que los humanos interpretamos la naturaleza. Mientras prepara junto con sus estudiantes la publicación de los resultados, los membrácidos de Panamá revelan un mundo de duetos, llamadas y respuestas que siempre estuvo allí, viajando silenciosamente por los tallos sin que pudiéramos escucharlo.
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‘Crazy’ FlyDubai landing explained by Israeli pilot, who offers steps to prevent future crises
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Eliran Almog, a former Israeli helicopter pilot turned aviation cybersecurity firm CEO, explained just how «crazy» it was that the near-hijacked FlyDubai flight 1073 managed to land safely after a violent midair attack.
«You can’t imagine being in that position. You see the videos, you hear the kids screaming, and people don’t necessarily understand what is happening,» the former Israeli Air Force pilot told Fox News Digital.
After an Omani national copilot — who has since been identified as 29-year-old Hamam al-Hammami — allegedly stabbed FlyDubai flight 1073’s pilot Capt. Smit Machchhar mid-flight, the aircraft plummeted more than 14,000 feet in 30 seconds.
«The g-force on the plane was enormous, and you basically think you are going to die,» Almog said, adding «it’s crazy that the aircraft did not break up in the air, and landing it with the tail damage it sustained was remarkable.»
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A FlyDubai aircraft carrying Israelis who experienced an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia is seen parked at Ben Gurion International Airport, near Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2026. (Ariel Schalit/AP)
Despite sustaining serious injuries, Machchhar was able to hit a button to open the cockpit door, allowing Israeli passengers to rush into the cockpit and subdue al-Hammami, officials said. A second FlyDubai crew that happened to be aboard the craft then stabilized the plane and successfully completed an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia.
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«As a pilot, if I were in this situation, I’m not sure I could have landed the aircraft. Every commercial aircraft is different, requiring different setup, landing procedures and limitations,» Almog explained.
Captain Smit Machchhar, the Indian pilot who allegedly was attacked on a FlyDubai plane heading to Israel on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2026. (Israel Foreign Ministry)
Almog, who now advises airliners and adjacent businesses on how to shore up their cybersecurity, explained how crucial it was for carriers to ensure their pilots undergo thorough screening processes for both psychological and potential political risks.
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«We give a lot of weight in the process to the characteristics of the pilot. The technical and cognitive skills are important, but we make sure that the pilot is balanced and resilient in extreme cases,» he said.
«Because aviation is critical infrastructure, we must rethink how we screen pilots — not just initially, but continuously. Even for experienced pilots, we need the right tools in place to identify when someone is facing family issues, psychological distress, or developing extreme views that could impose risk. These are practices the industry needs to adopt, and I call on governments and regulators to step in,» he continued.
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While numerous countries, including Israel and Saudi Arabia, are conducting their own investigations into al-Hammami and the FlyDubai incident, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Fox & Friends in a Thursday interview that the copilot had been exposed to «Islamist radical indoctrination.»
President Donald Trump, meanwhile, suggested the pilot could have been trained or motivated by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
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Almog told Fox News Digital that geopolitical concerns, such as the ones imposed by the ongoing wars in the Middle East, are increasingly becoming airlines’ top risk factor for a number of reasons.
«If you ask the airlines today what are the main risks that they are looking forward on, it is geopolitical risk,» he said. «… We are tracking GNSS and GPS jamming and spoofing activities, and I can show you the map and you can understand exactly where the conflicts are.»
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Almog also explained how pilots are not the only people airlines need to screen or keep an eye on.
«Pilots aren’t the only ones who can crash a plane. Over 80% of cybersecurity threats come from insiders — many of whom may not even realize they are posing a risk,» he said. «It isn’t just pilots; it’s cabin crew and maintenance personnel. A plane can crash without the right fuel balance or proper maintenance parameters. Aviation relies on a complex supply chain. It would be a mistake to limit psychological screening and background monitoring to pilots alone — it needs to expand to every person who impacts flight operations.»
Almog also praised both the resiliency of the flight’s passengers and the heroism of Capt. Machchhar.
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A side by side image of Capt. Smit Machchhar, the FlyDubai pilot who was stabbed in mid air on Sept. 30, 2026, and India Prime Minister Narendra Modi during an Oct. 2, 2026 phone call between the pair. (Narendra Modi YouTube Channel via AP)
«Ultimately, this was a chain of circumstances that prevented a total disaster,» he said. «Beyond personal resilience, it took the courage of the off-duty Indian pilot who opened the door, and the fact that FlyDubai had two other pilots on board who landed the aircraft safely.»
«As a pilot, I can tell you that isn’t easy. Landing an unfamiliar commercial aircraft type under extreme stress requires specialized training, which is why rigorous screening and continuous support for flight crews are so vital,» he added.
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Tennessee prison chief resigns after failed execution as former US attorney tapped to lead independent review
The head of Tennessee’s prison system is resigning after the state’s failed lethal injection of convicted murderer Christa Pike left her hospitalized and on a ventilator.
Tennessee Department of Correction Commissioner Frank Strada will step down this month, Gov. Bill Lee said Saturday.
In a statement distributed by the governor’s office, Strada said stepping aside was «in the best interest of Tennesseans» while an independent review examines what went wrong during the botched execution.
«I believe this review is entirely appropriate and necessary, and I look forward to doing everything I can to help determine exactly what occurred,» Strada said.
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At Lee’s request, the Tennessee Attorney General’s Office has retained former U.S. Attorney Ed Stanton to conduct an independent review of the correction department’s actions in carrying out Pike’s court-ordered sentence, the state announced Saturday.
The review will examine the state Department of Correction’s actions in carrying out Pike’s court-ordered sentence, including whether the state’s execution protocol was followed and whether additional recommendations are needed.
Lee also called off the remaining execution scheduled in Tennessee this year pending completion of the review.
Stanton previously conducted an independent review of Tennessee’s lethal injection protocol in 2022. His work prompted the state and Attorney General’s Office to substantially rewrite the protocol before executions resumed.
Lee said Strada served with integrity, adding that he appreciates his «willingness to put the interests of Tennesseans first during this difficult moment.»
«I have accepted his decision to step down and am grateful for his commitment to ensuring a smooth leadership transition,» Lee said.
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Pike, 50, was injected with two doses of pentobarbital on Wednesday night, and prison officials used at least seven needles while trying to find a vein.
Pike was heard crying, whimpering, and breathing loudly during the execution, according to a Friday court filing from her lawyers.
She was taken to the hospital, where she had to be intubated and put on a ventilator, her lawyers said.
In a statement obtained by The Associated Press, Pike’s four-person legal team celebrated the departure of Strada but said it wasn’t enough.
«What happened to her Wednesday reflects a systemic failure that goes far beyond any one person,» they said. «We hope the governor’s call for a full, independent review will expose the profound problems within Tennessee’s entire death penalty system.»
Her lawyers said in the court filing that the prison staff did not correctly place the IV lines. They also claimed staff failed to realize that one of Pike’s veins burst, leading to at least some of the pentobarbital entering her body.
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Strada became commissioner of Tennessee’s correction department in January 2023 after serving as deputy director of the Arizona Department of Corrections. In late 2024, he announced that Tennessee would solely use pentobarbital as its execution drug.
Four people have been executed in Tennessee since last year, according to the department.
On the evening of Jan. 12, 1995, Christa Pike, then 18, lured 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer into a wooded area near the University of Tennessee’s agricultural campus.
Pike and her boyfriend, Tadaryl Shipp, then spent 30 minutes torturing Slemmer, while 18-year-old Shadolla Peterson served as a lookout.
According to her confession to authorities, Pike killed Slemmer because she believed she was interested in her boyfriend romantically.
Even though Shipp directly participated in the murder, he was ineligible for the death penalty because he was 17 at the time. He was sentenced to life in prison with parole, which he has not yet received.
Peterson, who cooperated with investigators and testified against Pike and Shipp, was given 460 days in jail after pleading guilty to being an accessory.
Pike was the only one in the case sentenced to death and became one of the youngest women to be sent to death row. She would have been the first woman to be executed in Tennessee in more than 200 years.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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