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Marathon talks that failed to produce a breakthrough between the United States and Iran were not the final word in negotiations, officials in the US and the region said Monday, as the contours of the two sides’ disagreement — primarily over Tehran’s nuclear ambitions — came into sharper focus. Read Full Article ⟶ Source link

National conservatism was dealt a blow this week when Hungarians ousted Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in the country’s parliamentary elections on Sunday. The country turned out in record numbers to elect Péter Magyar, a former Orbán loyalist and the leader of the center-right Tisza party, who declared that “together, we liberated Hungary.” With record turnout, preliminary election results put Magyar’s Tisza party on course for 138 seats in the 199-seat parliament, with Orbán’s nationalist Fidesz party on course for 55, and the far-right Our Homeland on course for six. While Orbán’s defeat has undoubtedly been met with dismay by his…

The war on Iran was neither inevitable nor necessary. As recently as March 3, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency Rafael Grossi said the IAEA “has found no evidence that Iran is building a nuclear bomb.” On March 18, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard told a Senate Intelligence Committee that since the first round of bombing Iran in Operation Midnight Hammer, “[t]here has been no efforts…to try to rebuild their enrichment capability.” She testified only that Iran “could…begin to develop a militarily viable ICBM [intercontinental ballistic missile] before 2035, should Tehran attempt to pursue the capability.” The…

Big Energy Shift From Enemies’ Pockets and Into Ours Source link

After President Donald Trump said the U.S. Navy would blockade the Strait of Hormuz to prevent the shipment of oil and other goods to and from Iran, Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., defended the decision. Iran has controlled the vital international shipping route since shortly after the U.S. and Israel launched attacks Feb. 28. When Iran said it would charge tolls for ships attempting to pass, Trump initially condemned the idea, floated a U.S.-Iran tolling “joint venture,” then settled on the blockade plan.  Donalds, who is running for the Republican nomination for Florida governor, reached back to the early 19th century…

How Iran Won the Meme Wars Source link

 Of late the UFO community has gone into a frenzy over some papers written by astronomer Beatriz Villarroel (with co-author Steven Bruehl, also Gary Nolan, and others), claiming to have found “transients” on Palomar Sky Survey plates taken (mostly) between 1949 and 1957. These are being interpreted as something mysterious, probably aliens putting things in geosynchronous orbit, objects that have since disappeared.A good summary of Dr. Villarroel’s methods is in this paper by Isabela Melamed, Not Seeing the Star Cloud for the Stars.   She writes,Within a 10×10 arcminute section — about the size of a dime held at arm’s length — they…

Tuesday, April 14th on RealClearPolitics – Joined by Matthew E. Bunson, Editorial Director of EWTN News:00:00 Swalwell Resigns 15:40 Kamala for Governor?18:0… Source link

California’s massive “empire of fraud” is finally getting the attention of the national media and the federal government.This week, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche promised a crackdown on fraud in state administration of federal assistance programs. He highlighted recent federal prosecutions that had resulted in guilty pleas — including a half-billion dollars in health care and COVID fraud. Those guilty pleas include a California man who submitted $270 million in fraudulent claims through California’s Medicaid program for costly prescription drugs.After independent journalist Nick Shirley’s video investigation of huge amounts of welfare fraud in Minneapolis by Somali immigrants went viral, there…

Representatives Eric Swalwell (D-CA) and Tony Gonzales (R-TX) officially resigned from Congress Tuesday shortly before their colleagues in the House voted to expel them from the body. The resignations, announced Monday and finalized with the reading of their letters of resignation on the house floor Tuesday, came as a result of explosive scandals involving the representatives’ personal lives. Swalwell, who was running for governor in California, was accused of rape and sexual misconduct by several women and is currently the subject of an investigation by the Manhattan District Attorney’s office; he suspended his campaign on Sunday. Gonzales became the subject…