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The US intelligence community believes that Iran is reconstructing its military facilities at a surprising pace. CNN reported on Thursday, speaking with four US officials familiar with intelligence that indicates that Iran has rebuilt its military production facilities faster than estimated. Two sources said that Tehran has already started producing new drones. While President Donald Trump and other top US officials have claimed that Iran was nearly militarily defeated during the first five weeks of the war, multiple intelligence leaks to the press suggest that Tehran retains most of its critical military resources. Over the past month, sources said the…
In his role as the titular head of the Republican Party, the wins are stacking up for President Trump. Going into this week’s primaries, nearly every Indiana state senator who defied Trump’s push to redraw congressional districts in the Hoosier State found themselves without their own seat. On Saturday, Trump settled another score when Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy – who’d sided with the Democrats on impeachment – lost his primary election. Tuesday’s elections notched yet more payback. “I want to thank President Trump for his support, his endorsement, and his counsel as I navigated this campaign, which is a journey of…
Robby Soave and Christian Britschgi discuss Republican Rep. Thomas Massie’s primary defeat in Kentucky and how his refusal to be a Trump yes-man cost him his seat in Congress. Then, they break down why Jeff Bezos is going viral after floating a proposal to eliminate income taxes for the bottom 50 percent of earners. Finally, they dissect Christian’s reporting trip to California for his feature article, “Samurai vs. Squatters: On the Street With the Hired Swords Reclaiming California Property Owners’ Stolen Homes.” 0:00—Tough loss for Massie 18:25—Bezos made some claims about taxes. 28:40—”Teen takeovers” in Navy Yard, Washington, D.C. 37:06—The…
The Democratic National Committee has belatedly published its own autopsy on the 2024 election, and it’s nothing if not passive-aggressive. DNC Chairman Ken Martin published the 192-page after action report, commissioned in 2025, with a Substack post earlier today, throwing its unnamed author — identified in news reports as Democratic strategist Paul Rivera — straight […]Read More…Read Full Article ⟶ Source link
The president doesn’t seem to care who can actually win in Texas, leaving the GOP’s Senate majority at risk. Source link
The Palestinian Christian story of erasure is rarely told because it fails to factor neatly into the convenient narratives used by Western governments about Israel, writes Ramzy Baroud. The 870-year old Church of Saint Porphyrius and the minaret of the Katib al-Wilaya Mosque in the historic centre of Gaza in 2005. It was hit by Israel on Oct. 19, 2023, just 12 days into Israel’s war on Gaza. (rahimabaid, Wikimedia Commons, CC-A-3.0) By Ramzy BaroudZ Network The video is horrifying, though it is the kind of horror now synonymous with the behavior of Israel, its military, its armed settlers, and society…
The US fired hundreds of its most advanced interceptors to protect Israel from Iranian missiles during the first five weeks of the war. According to a Department of War assessment described to The Washington Post, the US used 200 Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) interceptors and over 100 SM-3 and SM-6 missiles in defense of Israel. Israel only used 100 Arrow interceptors and 90 David’s Sling missiles. Speaking about the imbalance, an administration official told The Post, “In total, the U.S. shot around 120 more interceptors and engaged twice as many Iranian missiles.” The official added that “The imbalance…
Trump’s DOJ establishes a $1.8 billion fund to compensate those allegedly targeted by government weaponization, sparking Democratic outrage. Source link
The ‘Thucydides Trap’ is a misread of history: wars are not inevitable between rising and ruling powers, and today’s US-China balance points more to deterrence than destiny. Source link
Alan MacLeod reports on a network of anti-government Cuban media outlets funded by USAID, NED and Open Society to sow discontent and soften up the Caribbean nation for a potential U.S. invasion. Alan MacLeod for MintPress News Amid escalating U.S. aggression towards the Cuban island through a maximum pressure campaign and the threat of military intervention, the United States government has been covertly funding a huge network of Cuban media outlets, which claim to be independent, in a push for regime change against the independent, socialist government. These outlets present themselves as unbiased investigative journalism, but are quietly being financed by Washington…