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Please consider listening to it and encouraging others to do so too. (Click HERE) World & Nation Trump's patience running out, warns of ‘strong military action’ if Iran talks fail: 'Not much time' President Donald Trump said Monday that he is prepared to order “strong military action” against Iran if negotiations fail, warning that Tehran has little time to reach a deal. “We are in very deep talks with Iran: If they don’t work out, we will go back to very strong military action,” Trump told Axios on Monday. Asked how long he would give the negotiations, Trump said: “Not much time. Either it goes fast or not at all.” Trump said mediating countries urged him to hold fire during the three-night pause. “All of the people that deal with Iran asked me: ‘Don’t fire,’” he said, adding that he believes Tehran wants an agreement. Trump Demands SAVE America Act Before Senate Break President Donald Trump on Monday said Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., should not begin the summer recess until the chamber passed the SAVE America Act "or, far better still, TERMINATES THE FILIBUSTER." Trump used Truth Social to intensify pressure on Senate Republicans to remain in Washington until Congress approves the election security legislation, which he has made one of his top legislative priorities. "John Thune should not allow the United States Senate to 'leave town' until it passes The Save America Act or, far better still, TERMINATES THE FILIBUSTER," Trump wrote. "Republicans can then quickly pass everything they ever dreamed of, including a full and deep throated SAVE AMERICA ACT, the Budget, and the ever looming Debt Ceiling disaster." Trump likes daily strikes on Iran, Sen. Kennedy says: ‘You have to kill a few chickens to scare the monkeys’ Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) claimed Sunday that President Trump likes to conduct daily strikes on Iran as he called for the US to ramp up pressure rather than pause them to allow negotiations to continue. Kennedy said the US should act quickly to accomplish its war goals as the conflict approaches its sixth month, warning the president that previous daily attacks on Iran are just not working. “The president likes the daily attacks. He believes that sometimes you have to kill a few chickens to scare the monkeys,” Kennedy told CBS News’ “Meet the Press,” referencing the old Chinese idiom. Saudi Arabia Destroys Drones Launched by Iran-Backed Groups in Iraq Saudi Arabia's air defenses intercepted and destroyed drones launched from Iraq that attempted to target oil facilities in the kingdom's Eastern Province and Riyadh, the Saudi Defence Ministry said on Monday. The ministry said the drones were launched by Iran-backed armed groups in Iraq. Saudi Arabia's Foreign Ministry condemned the attack against the kingdom, reaffirming its right to respond to the sources of "the aggression" and deter those responsible.
Exposed Fauci diary shows he estimated COVID-19 death rate to be much lower than what he told Congress Diary entries from February 2020 put the case fatality rate at 0.2-0.3%, but he later told lawmakers it was higher Entries from early 2020 in a now-exposed personal diary kept by Dr. Anthony Fauci during the COVID-19 pandemic show that he privately estimated the death rate from the illness was significantly lower than what he told Congress under oath only weeks later. Fauci, 85, has come under intense scrutiny for years regarding his approach leading the U.S. response to the coronavirus pandemic, and his alleged links to the Chinese lab where the virus originated. He will return to Capitol Hill on Wednesday before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee to speak about his newly publicized personal records. "The stated mortality over all of this when you look at all the data including China is about three percent. It first started off as two and three," Fauci said in testimony before the House Oversight Committee on March 11, 2020, according to a transcript of the hearing. NBA star Kyle Kuzma blasts Mamdani for ‘cosplaying’ as ‘a mayor playing president’ after Netanyahu arrest fail NBA star Kyle Kuzma blasted New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani for “cosplaying” as president over his empty threat to arrest Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The Milwaukee Bucks forward, a frequent critic of progressive politics, said Mamdani’s video address last week proved he is more concerned with “content” than running America’s biggest city. “This is 2026. People cosplaying as things they don’t have the authority, the talent, or the track record to actually be. Just for content,” the NBA veteran posted on X Sunday afternoon in response to Mamdani’s clip. “A mayor playing president. A founder playing operator. A content creator playing one-on-one thinking he’s a pro. A 25yr old with a ring light playing economist. Everyone auditioning. Nobody building,” he continued. Pulte Announces Fourth Round of DNI Layoffs Acting Director of National Intelligence Bill Pulte said Sunday his office had conducted a fourth round of "thoughtful, measured" layoffs since he took office on June 19 as part of the Trump administration's effort to refocus the intelligence community on its core national security mission. Pulte announced the latest personnel reductions in an evening post on X, writing that his team had been "smartly, and carefully" shrinking the Office of the Director of National Intelligence while recentering the agency on "national security, the law, and the statute." "As of this evening, we just finished a 4th round of thoughtful, measured layoffs. Thank you!" he wrote.
Cracker Barrel CEO Julie Felss Masino steps down after ‘woke’ rebrand sparked backlash from customers — and even Trump Cracker Barrel CEO Julie Felss Masino is stepping down after the failure of her “woke” rebrand last year, which was rolled back following intense backlash from loyal customers, the company announced Monday. David Deno, a restaurant exec who most recently served as CEO of Bloomin’ Brands, which owns Outback Steakhouse, will replace Masino on August 10, according to a Cracker Barrel press release. Masino will remain at Cracker Barrel in an advisory capacity until October 9 to ensure a smooth transition, the company said. Russia sets new condition for Ukraine peace agreement after Rubio talks An essential element of compromise must be included in any peace agreement on Ukraine, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said, according to TASS. The Kremlin leader's ally made a new statement on Ukraine after concluding talks with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio. "Any agreement on Ukraine must contain an essential element of compromise," Lavrov said. "If there is a proposal and there is agreement, then were there agreed results in Anchorage? There were. President Trump, and I will not reveal any great secret, repeatedly said that our proposal was partly a compromise. We accepted this: it is a compromise proposal, and any agreement must probably contain an essential element of compromise," Lavrov added. Tim Walz’s 'worst day' disgrace Until very recently, Tou Lue Vang was a Laotian national and illegal immigrant living in Minnesota who had been convicted of sexually assaulting a child and was subject to a final removal order issued by a federal immigration judge. That description still applies, except for the part about his living in Minnesota. Thanks to an intervention by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Vang has finally been deported from the United States. One might assume that, regardless of the fraught political brawl over immigration enforcement, political figures of all stripes would agree that this is an appropriate outcome for an illegal immigrant convicted of sexually abusing a minor. He was illegally present in this country, violated a child here, and then enjoyed full due process. Fetterman trolls the Democratic Socialists of America as Israel kills Hamas terrorists: 'Cry harder' Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., an ardent supporter of Israel, trolled the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) in a Thursday post on X. "Israel keeps killing Hamas members. @DemSocialists, cry harder," he wrote, tagging the DSA. In a Thursday post on X, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) highlighted the elimination of several terrorists. The lawmaker said that he "will always be the last man standing within the Democratic caucus in the Senate that's pro-unapologetically standing for Israel." Rule Japanica: America and Japan are building the alliance China fears We are truly in a golden moment with Japan, where we stand shoulder to shoulder to protect our shared interests By Nick Snyder
Former executive director of CISA Bridget Bean discusses China's rapid advancements in A.I. and the potential security risks for the U.S. on 'The Ingraham Angle.' These days, nobody does it better than Japan — especially from an American alliance perspective. From standing up to Chinese and Russian aggression to securing reliable supply chains, Japan and America are working together better, and with more urgency to coordinate and cooperate, than any other alliance around the world. In fact, Japan has pushed all its chips into the middle of the table to make an enormous existential bet on America. It’s time to say out loud what policymakers already acknowledge behind closed doors: for the United States, Japan has become the new special relationship in the world’s most important region. Americans will always have a unique fondness for the United Kingdom, where our history, values and the bond of shared bloodshed, alongside family ties, will keep us forever close. And our intelligence relationship, which has no parallel in the world, will continue to make our alliance enormously beneficial to both Washington and London. However, in terms of pure military and economic value, the UK alliance provides far less than Japan. Given London’s recent economic pandering to Beijing, it has also become a far less reliable ally across the Indo-Pacific. Russia pulled back from the Arctic, for now. NATO must act before those troops return Satellite imagery shows missile systems vanishing as new barracks and depots rise near Finland and Norway By Lt. Col. Robert Maginnis, (ret.)
While serving as an infantry battalion and brigade operations officer in Alaska, I learned that the Arctic is among the most unforgiving battlefields on earth. Aircraft can deliver soldiers to remote areas, but they cannot improvise roads, fuel or supply units once the fighting begins. In extreme cold, poor preparation kills soldiers as surely as enemy fire. That lesson returned as I studied recent satellite imagery from Russia's far north. Advanced air-defense systems are disappearing from established Arctic positions even as Russia pours concrete for barracks and depots closer to Finland and Norway. The two trends look contradictory. They are not. Russian President Vladimir Putin is operating on two clocks: sustaining today’s war effort while building options for a confrontation on NATO's northern flank once the Ukraine conflict slows. |
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