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Trump administration officials are discovering that a daunting number of longstanding U.S. allies and security clients are adopting hedging policies or even openly opposing Washington’s decision to wage war against Iran. That sobering reality has become even clearer over the past week than it was during the earlier stages of the armed conflict. On April 12, the president called upon NATO members to join U.S. naval forces in blockading Iranian ports. The proposed move was in response to Tehran’s continuing efforts to selectively close the vital Strait of Hormuz to foreign shipping. However, most of Washington’s alliance partners refused to…
If the US invades Iran, Tehran will act through its allies in Yemen to close the Bab al-Mandab Strait, which connects the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean. “If the enemy wants to take action on land in the Iranian islands or anywhere else in our lands or to inflict costs on Iran with naval movements in the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman,” an Iranian military official told the semi-official Tasnim News Agency. “We will open other fronts for them as a surprise so that their action will not only be of no benefit to them but will…
There was never a genuine complaint. It wasn’t an opportunistic hit job either. It was something far more deliberate, a coordinated effort. Source link
When a program is rotten to its core, reform isn’t enough. Source link
There are eight key indicators to watch as the US government falls deeper into the self-perpetuating debt spiral. Indicator #1: Federal Budget Deficits The chart below shows the actual and projected federal budget deficits. It’s important to note that these projections rest on the ridiculous assumption that there will be no wars, recessions, or other events that drive additional federal spending. That assumption is already out the window with the Iran war: the Pentagon has requested an additional $200 billion, for starters. Even with this rosy and unrealistic forecast, the US government is projected to run a cumulative deficit of over…
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Artemis II: Back to the Future Source link
President Donald Trump called on Congress to extend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) Section 702 for 18 months. While FISA was intended to surveil foreigners to provide security, it was expanded and abused to illegally surveil Americans. “When used properly, FISA is an effective tool to keep Americans safe. For these reasons, I have called for a clean 18-month extension,” the President posted on Truth Social Wednesday. “HOWEVER, the Critical and Common Sense Reforms that were made in the last Reauthorization of FISA must remain intact to protect the American People from abuses.” The House is set to vote…
Poisoned Ivies: The Inside Account of the Academic and Moral Rot at America’s Elite Universities, by Elise Stefanik, Threshold Editions, 256 pages, $29. Elise Stefanik seems to be stepping away from politics, having suspended her gubernatorial campaign and announced that she will not seek re-election to Congress. The New York Republican’s new book, Poisoned Ivies: The Inside Account of the Academic and Moral Rot at America’s Elite Universities, was presumably intended to advance her political career. It may instead serve as a coda to it. Central to Poisoned Ivies is a congressional hearing held December 5, 2023, when three Ivy…
NA After the Supreme Court struck down Donald Trump’s massive International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) tariffs in a case I helped litigate along with the Liberty Justice Center and others, litigation continued over tariff refunds owed to the many businesses that paid illegally collected tariffs under IEEPA – a total of some $166 billion. In March, Judge Richard K. Eaton of the US Court of International Trade – the judge assigned to oversee the refund process – ordered the administration to grant refunds to to all those businesses that were forced to pay the tariffs – including those that…