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 My son has narrated the last book I wrote.
Please consider listening to it and encouraging others to do so too. (Click HERE) World & Nation Rubio: Iran attacking ships in Strait of Hormuz effectively killed MOU, but diplomacy still on table Speaking to reporters at Joint Base Andrews before departing for the Philippines to attend the ASEAN foreign ministers' meeting, Rubio said Iran was expected to reaffirm that the strategic waterway would remain open to commercial shipping and stop attacking vessels. Instead, he said, Iran attacked three ships late last week. "I think we're always open to diplomacy," Rubio said. "It has to be real. It has to be a deal that they're willing to live by." When asked whether the memorandum of understanding was effectively dead, Rubio said Iran had already answered that question through its actions. "They're not complying with it," Rubio said. "The straits are supposed to be open, free of tolls, free of attack, free of all the things they're doing against these ships. They can't have an MOU that's alive if they're violating the terms of it." Armed loon sets off ‘incendiary device’ outside NYC fed HQ as terrorism task force probes anti-ICE attack An armed maniac lit an “incendiary device” outside a federal building in lower Manhattan early Monday in an anti-ICE attack being investigated by the terrorism task force, according to officials and sources. The unidentified man started a fire outside of 26 Federal Plaza around 8:30 a.m., ignited fireworks and threatened passersby with airsoft rifles around 8:30 a.m., police and sources said. Suspect being taken into custody by police officers. Federal police took the perpetrator into custody at the scene — and found a cart with an anti-ICE message on it, sources said, with immigration agents among those who responded. Iran issues harrowing order to residents after US strikes cripple power grid Iran issued a harrowing order to its citizens after U.S. strikes allegedly hit the country's power grid. Iranian citizens were told to turn off their air conditioning during peak hours amid the strain the strikes caused on the country's energy supply. Tehran's energy ministry said that the power restrictions were necessary "to help ensure a stable electricity supply in the southern provinces, which are currently facing extreme heat and attacks on electricity supply facilities," according to the Daily Mail. It comes after Trump's strange reaction after learning the new Iranian Supreme Leader's sexuality. Temperatures in the capital were expected to reach well over 100 degrees Fahrenheit on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, with highs of 102 degrees over the weekend. Putin humiliated as drones set Russia’s Amazon ablaze in Moscow Moscow has been rocked by fresh drone strikes that set fire to the warehouses of the country’s biggest online retailer, in yet another blow to Vladimir Putin’s reassurances of imminent “victory.” Ukraine launched one of its largest long-range drone attacks since 2022, striking a Wildberries warehouse in Kotovsk, in Russia’s Tambov region, and a Wildberries logistics center in Elektrostal, in the Moscow region. Regional authorities said eight people were killed in the attack, and another 25 were injured. Some Russian business owners who sell products through Wildberries took to social media to vent about the damages incurred in the drone strike, lamenting that merchandise had been destroyed and predicting bankruptcies as a result. Pentagon identifies 2 US soldiers killed in weekend attack by Iran The War Department confirmed the identities early Monday of two soldiers who were killed in an Iranian missile attack on a Jordanian military base last week. Pvt. Isabella Gonzales, 19, of Carrollton, Texas, and First Lt. Tyler James Feehan, 25, of Ewa Beach, Hawaii, died after Friday’s missile strike on the Muwaffaq Salti Air Base east of Amman, according to a Pentagon statement. Officials previously announced that a third service member, who has yet to be publicly identified, was killed in Iraq on Saturday during the “controlled detonation” of a downed Iranian drone. Furious Iran accuses US of striking Iranian nuclear facility in revenge attacks for deaths of two Americans
US Strikes on Iran Lead to Retaliation Across Gulf Iran Aims to Restore Gas Output After Strikes Houthis Set Maritime Embargo Against Saudi Arabia Hamas Names Khalil Al-Hayya as New Leader US Gas Prices Hit $4 Again as War Escalates Energy Secretary: Traffic Will Flow Through Hormuz US Renews Iran Strikes for 9th Straight Night Wild new details emerge after posh CA city chief caught on ‘random’ yacht at 7 a.m. with empty bottles of booze A California city chief allegedly locked herself inside the wheelhouse of a “random” 75-foot yacht and repeatedly sounded its horn before two bottles of booze were found empty in a bizarre early-morning episode ending with her arrest. Elaine Forbes, 53, who started as Sausalito’s city manager just three weeks ago, was allegedly discovered aboard the Lisa Marie early Saturday after Captain Bill Aubrey heard its horn blaring shortly after 5:30 a.m., The San Francisco Standard reported. Forbes’ family has since said she has been experiencing a “mental health crisis” and urged the public not to “rush to judgment” as more details emerge about the stunning incident. Qatar Air Force One to Be Enhanced President Donald Trump said Sunday that the Boeing 747-8 donated by Qatar to serve as a temporary Air Force One will soon undergo additional upgrades, adding the aircraft will be "maxed out" with enhanced capabilities. Speaking to reporters after returning to Joint Base Andrews from the FIFA Club World Cup final in New Jersey, Trump was asked why he was flying on the Qatari aircraft despite reports that it lacks the same antimissile defenses as the traditional Air Force One fleet. "Well, it has — it has a lot, and you know it has a lot of capability, but as I understand it, in about a month or so, they're going to send it to have it be maxed out," Trump said. "They're going to be sending it, and they'll have it be maxed out. It'll take about a month." Trump did not specify what upgrades the aircraft would receive, though his remarks appeared to acknowledge the retrofitted jet does not yet match the full defensive capabilities of the two specially built VC-25 aircraft that have served as Air Force One for decades.
Sore-loser Argentina turn their backs to Spain during World Cup trophy celebration after igniting post-match brawl If you weren’t looking closely, you might have missed the dirty move Argentina pulled on Spain after the final whistle. They took measures beyond the post-match brawl to show their frustrations about losing the World Cup Final 1-0 on Sunday afternoon. During the trophy ceremony, Argentina players turned their backs as Spain lifted the trophy as the newly crowned champions. Punches thrown as wild brawl breaks out after final World Cup whistle
Argentina’s semifinal hero becomes World Cup final scapegoat after recklessness turns into red card Wayne Rooney gives brutal verdict on World Cup final’s first-ever halftime show Firestorm erupts online after Minnesota paper praises Tim Walz's clemency for child sex offender The opinion column compared the rape case to January 6 pardons, drawing widespread condemnation Minnesota's flagship paper came under fire over the weekend after a columnist defended Democrat Gov. Tim Walz reasoning for pardoning an illegal immigrant just before the convicted child rapist was set to be deported. "The Minnesota Star Tribune is cheering on Tim Walz protecting an illegal alien monster who raped a 10 year old girl. No one should read this depraved rag. They are sick," said House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., on X. Minnesota's Board of Pardons is composed of Walz, state Attorney General Keith Ellison and state Chief Justice Natalie Hudson. They voted on June 10 to grant clemency to Tou Lue Vang, a Laotian national who between 2002 and 2004 repeatedly raped a child. Lue was set to be deported from the United States before the clemency was issued. Warren defies Schumer as Dem civil war explodes over must-win Senate race Warren's endorsement of Abdul El-Sayed highlights a widening rift between progressive and establishment wings of the Democratic Party There’s a battle to shape the Democratic Party this fall, and two top Senate Democrats are taking different paths in their bids to put their mark on the process. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., endorsed Abdul El-Sayed in the duel for the Democratic Senate nomination in Michigan. It’s a break from Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., who is backing Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich. The diverging endorsements are emblematic of the fight going on behind the scenes and publicly in the Democratic Party as the old guard fights to stand its ground, while a progressive surge threatens to completely overtake the party. Hegseth Steers Pentagon Contracts to Defense-Tech Startups War Secretary Pete Hegseth's effort to overhaul the Pentagon's weapons-buying system by directing more money to defense-tech startups is reshaping military procurement, but the initiative is facing growing scrutiny on Capitol Hill. According to The Wall Street Journal, Hegseth has spent more than a year rewriting long-standing acquisition rules to speed purchases of drones, artificial intelligence, and other emerging technologies while cutting through bureaucracy that has long favored the nation's largest defense contractors. The changes have sparked a wave of venture-capital investment and drawn thousands of startups into the defense sector, even though established defense companies continue to receive the overwhelming majority of Pentagon contract dollars.
Burnham Becomes UK's Seventh PM in a Decade After Starmer Resigns The moment for Andy Burnham has finally come. After weeks as leader-in-waiting, Burnham officially became prime minister on Monday during a meeting with King Charles III at Buckingham Palace. He succeeded Keir Starmer, on a day when Britain’s political turbulence gave way, at least temporarily, to smooth choreography. Buckingham Palace has released a photo of the two men shaking hands. The ceremony known as “kissing hands” marks the transfer of power. Democratic Socialists want to remake America in their image. That’s terrifying DSA manifesto released on Bastille Day proposes ending capitalism and remaking the constitutional system By Jonathan Turley
"Imagine the end of capitalism." Those words in the Democratic Socialists of America manifesto offer Americans a world without landlords, debt, mandatory work hours, and "food, education, energy, medicine, and transportation... are common goods and utilities." The left often refers to radical changes as "reimagining" everything from police to the Supreme Court to prisons to borders. However, the rise of socialists in the Democratic Party has moved such claims from the merely rhetorical to the outright revolutionary. The release of the DSA platform on Bastille Day, July 14, was fitting since the Jacobins pushed for the same unicameral system that the socialists are now advocating.The platform promised to change the constitutional system and end the rule of "the same criminal class of billionaires and war profiteers." The DSA, which counts various Democrat figures such as New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, includes a plan to eliminate the Senate, the Supreme Court, the presidency and other institutions in remaking the American constitutional system. Mamdani and his DSA comrades have one goal — a communist revolution in America By Miranda Devine
Mayor Zohran Mamdani said he is looking for a way to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if he comes the UN General Assembly in the fall. Our preening mayor, Zohran Mamdani, says his administration’s legal department is examining how best to arrest Benjamin Netanyahu if the Israeli prime minister visits New York for UN week in September. “He’s a war criminal who has been charged by the International Criminal Court,” Mamdani told The New York Times in an interview published over the weekend. Well, Marco Rubio has thoughts on that and much more. The formidable secretary of state last week announced a campaign to “dismantle the ICC — brick by brick, if necessary.” |
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