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Please consider listening to it and encouraging others to do so too. (Click HERE) World & Nation Next Indirect US-Iran Talks After Khamenei Funeral: Mediators The next indirect U.S.-Iran talks will come after the late Iranian supreme leader's funeral, mediators said Thursday, as diplomacy inches ahead on ending the Middle East war. Following the foes' indirect discussions in Doha on Wednesday, President Donald Trump as well as mediators Qatar and Pakistan offered signs that diplomacy was holding, despite exchanges of fire this week. An interim deal was agreed to reopen the vital Strait of Hormuz and end hostilities, but major questions still need to be tackled in talks, including Iran's nuclear programme.
'Foreign' Ship in Hormuz Tied to Iran Iranian state television claimed this week that a foreign ship got stuck in the Strait of Hormuz after ignoring instructions to use a route laid out by the Islamic Republic's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard. But the ship is tied to Iran — and seems to have been in the strait for months. The vessel, based on its shape, reported location and other details, is the container ship Arista, reportedly flying a false flag linking it to the island nation of Comoros.
Russia launches massive strike on Ukraine as Poland scrambles jets, Finland restricts airspace Russia on Thursday launched a large-scale missile and drone attack on Ukraine, targeting Kyiv and other regions across the country. Russia's Defense Ministry said that it carried out a "massive strike using long-range precision air, land, and sea-based weapons and attack drones." Moscow said the strikes targeted military-industrial facilities, fuel and energy complexes in Ukraine's capital and the Kyiv region as well as military airfields in the Dnipropetrovsk, Poltava, Cherkasy and Chernihiv regions. Mamdani gets roasted after telling sweltering New Yorkers to set ACs to 78 degrees: 'Commie' Republican Gov Sarah Huckabee Sanders and Rep Brandon Gill were among those linking the AC advice to socialism New York City's socialist mayor Zohran Mamdani sparked viral outrage on Thursday when he responded to a heat wave affecting the city by instructing residents how to set their air conditioners. The blowback came as New York City expanded emergency heat measures during a historic holiday weekend heat wave, with officials warning temperatures could feel as hot as 112 degrees. "New York: it's hot out there, and the power grid is working overtime to keep us cool," Mamdani posted on X as the city dealt with sweltering temperatures. "Set your AC to 78 degrees, turn off lights/electronics you're not using, and unplug what you can. Our City is doing its part too: maintaining the 78 degrees rule in our buildings, dimming/turning off our lights during peak electricity demand, asking private partners to do the same, and powering down non-essential equipment. A stable grid means the AC stays on, and lives are saved. Let's ease demand — and get through the heat — together." Khamenei body in cold storage as feared Basij mobilizes ahead of historic Iran funeral Dr Omar Mohammed notes no major world power is sending its top leader, calling it 'isolation showing through the pageantry' Tehran is preparing for the July 9 burial of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, more than four months after his death, as authorities mobilize the Basij militia and mount a massive security operation ahead of what is expected to be a "historic" turnout. The lengthy delay to the funeral has raised questions about how Khamenei's remains have been preserved, as Islamic tradition, analysts say, generally calls for prompt burial and discourages chemical embalming. "The mechanism is almost certainly refrigerated cold storage, not embalming, as Islam bars chemical embalming," counterterrorism expert Dr. Omar Mohammed told Fox News Digital. "Shia law allows delayed burial and preservation by cold in exceptional cases, and a clerical exemption for a Supreme Leader is easy to get," he added. Pennsylvania Democrats boot GOP lawmaker from House floor over patriotic America 250 suit House Speaker Joanna McClinton ordered the Republican lawmaker to remove his red, white and blue outfit or leave the floor A Republican lawmaker was booted from Pennsylvania’s Democrat-controlled State House chamber over his choice of patriotic attire celebrating the U.S. founding 250 years ago this week in the commonwealth. The dispute comes as Americans prepare to celebrate the nation's semiquincentennial and as the Trump administration showcases the Great American State Fair while the Shapiro administration features America250PA concerts and fairs from Pittsburgh to Wilkes-Barre. America’s most prominent swing state has long enjoyed closely-divided government, with Gov. Josh Shapiro controlling the executive, Democrats holding a one-seat House majority and Republicans holding a four-seat Senate majority – which has led to dustups like that involving state Rep. Eric Davanzo this week. Federal judge blocks Postal Service from carrying out Trump mail-in ballot order Judge Emmet Sullivan's order blocks the Postal Service from carrying out Trump's order nationwide A federal judge blocked the U.S. Postal Service from carrying out an executive order on mail-in ballots on Wednesday. President Donald Trump had ordered the Postal Service to transmit ballots for states only if those states first provided a list of mail-in voters, among other requirements. The ruling from U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan blocks the Postal Service from implementing the order nationwide. Sullivan argued that the order would violate the settlement agreement in an earlier 2020 lawsuit between the Postal Service and the NAACP. That agreement allowed the courts to oversee the Postal Service's actions relating to the "monitoring and timely delivery of Election Mail." "The Proposed Rule violates paragraph 2 of the Agreement because the Postal Service cannot post documents reflecting ‘practices and policies for prioritizing the monitoring and timely delivery of Election Mail’ if its policies provide that it will not accept ‘noncompliant mailing’ and therefore will not deliver mail-in or absentee ballots to some voters, and if it will not mail ballots to any voters in a state where the state ‘declines or fails to certify a list,’" Sullivan wrote in his opinion. Newsom's office responds to SCOTUS ruling on women's sports as California faces ongoing trans athlete wave A spokesperson confirmed state law remains unchanged, and boasted about Newsom's record in serving the trans community California Gov. Gavin Newsom's office has responded after the U.S. Supreme Court made a historic ruling on trans athletes in women's sports on Tuesday. The court ruled 6-3 to uphold state laws that protect women's sports from biological male trans athletes. California is one of 23 states in the country that don't have laws to protect women's sports, and since 2014, has had a law in place to protect the rights of males to compete against females. A spokesperson for Newsom's office said the Supreme Court ruling will not impact California's current setup. Fired trans Dem campaigner calls on followers to ‘kill your local Republican’ and vows ‘trans jihad’ A transgender activist and former campaign volunteer for a Democratic congressional candidate in Wisconsin called for deadly violence against Republicans — and vowed to unleash “trans jihad” against the “animals” in the MAGA movement in a series of unhinged videos on social media. In one such posting, Teha Delaruelle, who briefly volunteered on the campaign of Wisconsin Democratic Socialist Katrina deVille, who is also transgender, sits in front of a dry-erase board scrawled with “kill your local Republican” in black marker. “We’re going to make this the moderate position for the state of Wisconsin,” Delaruelle says while pointing at the sick message. “But I need your help, because we have one month do to this, so let’s do it,” the activist says, flashing a double thumbs-up. Trump, GOP Renew 'Communist' Attacks on Democrats Ahead of the Midterm Elections President Donald Trump and his fellow Republicans are reviving a line of attack against Democrats heading into the midterm elections: They're communists. In just the past week, Trump has issued dark warnings that members of the Democratic Party's ascendant left are communists who want to "completely destroy the traditional American way of life" and even engage in assassinations. Vice President JD Vance has similarly called out communism as a political shift that is "something we haven't seen in the U.S."
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz pardons illegal migrant convicted of sexually assaulting 10-year-old girl Minnesota officials, including Democrat Gov. Tim Walz, last month pardoned an illegal immigrant who was previously convicted of sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl and who was slated to be deported. With the recommendation of the Minnesota Clemency Review Commission (CRC), the Minnesota Board of Pardons — led by Walz, state Attorney General Keith Ellison and state Chief Justice Natalie Hudson — granted a pardon for Laos national Tou Lue Vang, 42, at its June 10 meeting, according to a letter informing Vang of the decision from Carli Stark, the executive director of the state CRC. The pardon essentially gives Vang a clean slate. “Being granted a pardon is a notable achievement and a reflection of the work you have done since your conviction,” Stark wrote in her letter to Vang. Celebrate the Supreme Court, our Constitution and America at 250 Seven decisions covering asylum, temporary protected status, girls' sports and the First Amendment closed a defining term By Hugh Hewitt
The Supreme Court ended its 2025-2027 term Tuesday and many of its members will soon leave the Beltway for the summer. There are courses to teach, lectures to give and seminars to lead — and perhaps a book to work on as they enjoy their annual break. The justices long ago adjusted their rhythms to the facts of the District of Columbia’s summer, but this year, they, like many other Americans will also be celebrating our nation’s 250th birthday. Robes, gavels and the necessary secrecy aside, the court is a very human institution peopled by Americans of exceptional accomplishment and dedication. Even when followers of the court are disappointed or even outraged by this or that decision, the court continues to outpace the other branches of government when it comes for respect for the institution and its long and steady support for the Constitution. On three occasions, the court has left terrible stains on American history. The "anti-cannon" trio of terrible decisions — Dred Scott, Plessy v. Ferguson and Korematsu v. United States — have all been reversed, with members of the court repeatedly expressing shame for their predecessors that penned or signed on to those decisions. On our 250th, fight to save this Republic from socialist madness by Mike Solana, Editor-in-Chief Pirate Wires
It’s been 250 years. 250 years of blood and stone and steel, of the frontier, from California to the moon, of farmland and towers and Hollywood. Of trains and planes and baseball. Of gold. Of silicon. Of the Ivy League. It’s been 250 years of war for freedom and for peace, and of fireworks on the Fourth of July. We built the greatest nation in history: an optimistic, idealistic empire of liberty, and abundance. But our Founders always said it was an experiment, and lately — we all feel it — the vibes are off. The United States as originally framed, instantiated in concepts of freedom, which came with a duty to, you know, improve things, is largely vanished, as half the country pushes for socialism and the other half sleepwalks through the Trump years thinking we solved all our problems with country music and giant American flags. Meanwhile, a third of the country just got here, tens of millions of whom show no interest in actually becoming American. State capacity is paralyzed in almost every national metro, and the industry holding our entire economy on its back is under threat from an increasingly bipartisan war on innovation. We have a lot to celebrate, but also a lot of work ahead of us. Franklin said we had a Republic, if we could keep it. So enjoy the weekend, and rest up. But be aware of where we are, centuries later, exactly where we started. We fight for this, or we lose everything. |
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