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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 Trump blasts Tehran after Iran leaks its own demands in peace deal: ‘They better get their act together!’  President Trump expressed frustration with Iran after its Foreign Ministry said Tehran “had not reached a final conclusion” on any peace agreement. The president called them “very dishonorable people to deal with” and warned, “they had better get their act together and fast!” His threat comes amid confusion about the status of the peace deal and its contents, given that Iranian and US officials have given contradictory statements on the subject. Iranian state media reported that Tehran will negotiate with the US to retain the country’s uranium enrichment capabilities. It also reported that Iran has not agreed to ceding management of the Strait of Hormuz and wants the release of $24 billion of Iran’s frozen funds as “compensation” for damage incurred from the bombing campaign.
Vance says US-Iran deal has ‘potential to remake the region and lead to lasting peace’  Vice President JD Vance said Friday that a deal being finalized between the U.S. and Iran “has the potential to remake the region and lead to lasting peace.” “I'm seeing a lot of fake information about a potential deal to reopen the Strait and end Iran's nuclear weapons program. First, the Iranians are not receiving any cash, and no funds are being released for simply signing a deal or attending a meeting,” Vance wrote on X. “The deal is structured to ensure that the U.S. and its allies concerns are prioritized, and that if the Islamic Republic of Iran meets its obligations, then economic benefits will flow to them and to the entire region,” he continued. “I've noticed a couple of bizarre things in the reporting over the last few hours. First, people who (rightly) said Donald Trump was a historic president a month ago now criticizing a deal based on unconfirmed media reports. Second, people who say you can't trust a word said by the IRGC [Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps] who apparently believe anonymously sourced social media posts,” Vance added. Iran Still Has Access to Missiles Despite Attacks  Iran's network of underground missile facilities survived months of U.S. and Israeli airstrikes earlier this year and remains a key component of Tehran's military strategy, according to Iranian officials, Western diplomats, and analysts. The resilience of Iran's so-called "missile cities" has emerged as a major point of debate following a 40-day bombing campaign targeting missile infrastructure across the country, including a heavily fortified complex near the central city of Yazd, reports The Financial Times on Friday. Residents and analysts said Iran continued launching missiles throughout the conflict, even as U.S. and Israeli forces repeatedly struck missile sites.
Tim Kaine rejects claims Karmelo Anthony verdict was racist The Virginia senator's comments come after Rep Jasmine Crockett called Anthony a 'scared Black boy' on her podcast  Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., said he has a "hard time understanding" claims that the guilty verdict in Karmelo Anthony's murder trial was unfair or racially motivated, distancing himself from some Democrats and activists who have criticized the outcome of the case. "I have a hard time understanding why they would say that," Kaine said when asked about claims from some Democrats that Anthony's guilty verdict was unfair or racially charged. The Virginia Democrat’s comments come after protests and online criticism emerged following Tuesday’s verdict. Anthony was sentenced to 35 years in prison after being found guilty of intentionally stabbing and murdering Austin Metcalf. US officials closer to cracking UFO mystery after locating site of recurring glowing orbs  US officials have found a location in the Northeast where unexplained glowing orbs frequently appear in the night sky, bringing experts closer to solving a longstanding UFO mystery. The site’s existence, reported to the FBI and confirmed by agents, is being disclosed Friday as part of a third tranche of UFO files released pursuant to President Trump’s February declassification order. The location is not identified in documents, but it is described as being on a secluded pond. Feds left baffled by sighting of ‘orbs launching other orbs’ in western US, new UFO files reveal
UFO over Zimbabwe in summer 2008 had CIA on ‘high alert,’ new files reveal Judge Extends Block on Trump's $1.8 Billion 'Anti-Weaponization Fund'  A federal judge agreed on Friday to extend a court-ordered block on the Trump administration's creation and operation of a $1.8 billion settlement fund for compensating people who claim to be victims of government misconduct. Earlier this month, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told Congress that the government is scrapping its plans for the fund in the face of bipartisan opposition. Government attorneys have argued that lawsuits challenging the fund are now moot, but plaintiffs’ attorneys aren’t satisfied by Blanche’s assurances that the fund won’t move forward. Neither was U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema, who ruled that the "Anti-Weaponization Fund" will remain blocked until further notice from the court.
Ukraine to Request $20 Billion to Keep Momentum against Russia  Ukraine is seeking an additional $20 billion in military funding from its allies to cement what it sees as its current battlefield advantage over Russia, a Ukrainian defense source said on Friday. The request will be made next Thursday at a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group, an alliance of more than 50 countries also known as the Ramstein group that provides financial and military aid for Kyiv. Russia's advances have slowed this year, effectively grinding to a halt last month, as Ukrainian mid-range drone strikes have harmed its supplies and logistics for the front line. Long-range drone strikes are meanwhile inflicting pain on Russia's energy sector. SpaceX soars 23% in Wall Street debut and makes Elon Musk the first trillionaire  Shares of SpaceX soared 23% in their Wall Street debut on Friday, making the rocket maker’s CEO Elon Musk the first-ever trillionaire. The shares opened at $150 and kept rising, reaching $166.90 around 12:.20 p.m. ET. That price gave the company a market value of $2.18 trillion. Forbes is now estimating Musk’s net worth at $1.1 trillion. Institutional and retail investors jumped at the opportunity to buy 555.6 million shares of SpaceX at the offering price of $135 apiece. The $75 billion in proceeds easily topped the previous record IPO from oil giant Saudi Aramco in 2019. Musk says SpaceX is going public now because it needs money to fund its ambitions of putting satellites and data centers in space and eventually establishing a colony of people on Mars. BLAST-OFF: SPACEX TO INFINITY AND BEYOND?
Filing includes plans for cities -- on other planets... HISTORIC TEST OF MARKET... Don’t look now, but President Trump may have saved Ukraine. Just ask the Russians From the infamous Oval Office meeting to long-range drones threatening Russian supply lines, negative predictions were wrong By Victoria Coates
During the 2024 presidential campaign, many Democrats — and quite a few Republicans — darkly predicted President Donald Trump would hand Ukraine to Russian strongman Vladimir Putin on a silver platter if elected. In his desperation to get a quick deal, the argument went, Trump would give President Putin everything he wanted, and Ukraine would revert to being a Russian vassal state. Democracy would die, and an emboldened Putin would start eyeing NATO members as he put the Soviet Union back together. None of this has come to pass. To be honest, the situation in Ukraine has not gone as Trump expected during the first 18 months of his second term. As he has often said, he expected Ukraine to be the easiest to solve of the Biden-era messes he inherited — and it has turned out to be the most difficult. Graham Platner’s brain-dead baloney is the REAL scandal By David Harsanyi
Set aside, for a moment, that Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner spent years with a Nazi SS Totenkopf tattoo on his chest. Set aside that he blamed sexual assault victims for their predicament, or that he called rural white Americans stupid racists, or that he advocated political violence, or that he mocked a wounded Purple Heart recipient, or that he joked about the Virgin Mary being a “skank,” or that he joined a hookup site while married. Who among us is a saint, after all? The more interesting question is why Democrats have shown such loyalty to him. |
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