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Ordinary US citizen concerned about the encroachment of Woke Fascism and Cultural Marxism into what was once a free country. Trump 2024, Save America.

[David Giglio @DavidGiglioCA]

The @SenateGOP hates it’s own voters.

The argument that you must vote for them because “things will be worse under Democrats,” is BS.

They hate you. Votes are earned, nobody is entitled to them.

[Shehbaz Sharif @CMShehbaz]

I am honoured to announce that the historic ‘Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding’ has been electronically signed today between the United States of America and the Islamic Republic of Iran. The Memorandum has been signed by honourable Presidents of both the countries and also endorsed by me as the mediator. The signing of this agreement at the highest level of the respective governments demonstrates the commitment of both sides to a diplomatic resolution of the conflict. Islamabad MoU shall enter into force with immediate effect and as a first step, Islamic Republic of Iran will instantly reopen the Strait of Hormuz and the United States of America will immediately lift the naval blockade.

I offer my heartfelt congratulations and sincere appreciation to the President of the United States, Donald J. Trump whose steadfast commitment to diplomacy and preference for peaceful resolution have once again helped end a conflict that could have led to devastating consequences for the region and beyond. I also commend the dedication and tireless efforts of the United States negotiating team, including J.D. Vance, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, for their invaluable contributions to this achievement.

I express my profound respect and appreciation to His Eminence Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of Islamic Republic of Iran and President Masoud Pezeshkian for their wisdom, foresight and statesmanship in embracing the cause of peace. I also wish to recognize the efforts of the Iranian negotiating team, including Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Abbas Araghchi and Eskandar Momeni, whose patience, perseverance and commitment to constructive engagement were instrumental in bringing this agreement to fruition.

I would especially like to acknowledge the sincere efforts and constructive engagement of the leadership of the State of Qatar in helping reach this point. I also highly commend the leadership of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Republic of Türkiye and the Arab Republic of Egypt for their indispensable role and invaluable contributions in this regard.

I would also like to make special mention of Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir, whose tireless efforts, selfless dedication and instrumental role were critical in facilitating this breakthrough and advancing the cause of peace and regional stability.

May this Memorandum of Understanding serve as an enduring foundation for greater understanding, mutual respect and shared prosperity for the complete region.

@realDonaldTrump
@JDVance
@SecRubio
@SteveWitkoff
@SEPeaceMissions
@drpezeshkian
@mb_ghalibaf
@araghchi

[Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal]

🚨🇺🇸🇮🇷 BREAKING: It is done.

The U.S. and Iran have remotely signed the memorandum to end the war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, and per Axios the agreement is now in effect, with Trump himself signing from a dinner in France alongside Macron.

The timetable jumped ahead of Friday's planned ceremony, with sources saying both sides wanted the strait open sooner.

The Vance and Ghalibaf meeting in Switzerland is still on for Friday to launch the nuclear talks.

One genuinely strange wrinkle: officials describe this as a "second signing," with the deal first signed electronically on Sunday, though a mediating diplomat denies that first one ever happened.

Nobody has explained why two were needed.

Source: Axios

[Rich Baris THE PEOPLE'S PUNDIT @Peoples_Pundit]

I tried to warn to people while on @TuckerCarlson.
AIPAC doesn't give a shit about the Republican Party, Donald Trump or America.

It donates to all and puts Israel First, and that means green-lighting those votes.

And re: Gallrein, they bought him for $32M.

He has no choice.

[David Giglio @DavidGiglioCA]

Good thing Trump helped get AIPAC Ed Gallerin elected in KY-4, that should help him bigly during the House vote.

I wonder if Chris LaCivita will have conserved any of Trump’s PAC funds to take on AIPAC and their impeachment push???

[Rich Baris THE PEOPLE'S PUNDIT @Peoples_Pundit]

The "panicans" were always right and the NeoMAGACons were always faking MAGA, and always put Israel First, and America Last.

Most predictable scenario, ever.

Lot of clapping seals should start thinking of alternative careers.

They hurt @realDonaldTrump and the nation, badly.

[Chungster @Chungster_]

You mean the Reagan that said Israel was committing a "holocaust" in Lebanon?

[Cernovich @Cernovich]

Yep.

[Tracy Shuchart (𝒞𝒽𝒾 ) @chigrl]

DANGER DANGER!
Cushing crude storage just hit 20.034M ...critical levels

[Lisa Abramowicz @lisaabramowicz1]

We're seeing the biggest contraction in the gap between US 2-year and 30-year yields going back to April 2025 following the Fed's rate decision and hawkish tone.

[Daniel Davis Deep Dive @DanielLDavis1]

Ben Shapiro @benshapiro is an Israeli first advocate, fair enough. That renders his assessment inaccurate from an *American* point of view.

But regardless of whose interests he prioritizes, his understanding of the military balance bt the U.S. and Iran is deeply flawed. What he utterly fails to understand or acknowledge is that this war, as laid out by Trump on 28 February, was militarily unattainable and thus doomed to failure from before the first bomb was dropped.

Vice President Vance got us out of this losing deal with the least odious terms available. There were two paths that were NOT viable, attainable options:

1) Return to active combat actions. Had we given in to the emotional desire to hit Iran again, we would have caused marginally more damage to them - but their military response would have caused irreparable damage to the global economy and likely plunged us into a depression.

2) kept the blockade in place and tried to outlast Iran. They would have suffered a lot and been hurt by an extended blockade - but we would have suffered even more bc our strategic petroleum reserve was nearly exhausted and a prolonged Iranian blockade would also have spawned a deep recession or depression on us.

Hence, this lost war needed to end as soon possible, and VP Vance deserves credit for taking the last ugly escape.

[Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal]

🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish soccer fans are completely draining Boston’s beer supply, with bars running dry across the city.

Sam Adams says its Boston Taproom completely ran out of Boston Lager. The Tartan Army drank 4x the normal holiday volume.

Emergency delivery trucks are rushing downtown. Local pubs report running out of beer for the first time in decades.

Hide your alcohol, the Scots are in town 😂

Source: NBC / Writer: Michael

[DD Geopolitics @DD_Geopolitics]

🇺🇸🇮🇷 IRAN PUBLISHED THEIR VERSION OF THE MoU FULL TEXT - AND THEY DIFFER. AGAIN.

Both Washington and Tehran have now officially published what they each describe as the authoritative text of the Islamabad MOU.

We compared both versions article by article - and they are not identical. Shocking, right?

Here are the four articles where the texts diverge:

Article 5 — Strait of Hormuz passage

🇮🇷 "Iran will make arrangements for safe passage "with no charge, for 60 days only."

🇺🇸 "with no charge for 60 days" — the word only is absent.

This has real implications: Iranian version makes explicit that toll-free passage through the Strait is strictly time-limited — after 60 days, Iran reserves the right to introduce charges. The US version leaves that question open. Given that the future administration of the Strait is itself subject to negotiation between Iran and Oman (a clause both texts agree on), the presence or absence of "only" will matter when that negotiation begins.

Article 11 — Frozen funds

🇮🇷 "Released funds must be fully available for payment to any ultimate beneficiary designated by the Central Bank of Iran — with the US required to issue all necessary licenses and permissions."

🇺🇸 The funds will be "made fully available for use." The beneficiary designation clause is entirely absent.

This is the most consequential difference in the document. The Iranian text establishes that Iran's Central Bank has complete, unilateral discretion over where the released funds go — and that the US is obligated to approve whatever transactions Iran designates, with no conditions.

The US version says nothing of the sort.
Whether those funds could flow to entities currently under separate US sanctions — including military or proxy-related entities — is precisely the question this clause answers in the Iranian text and leaves unanswered in the US one.

Four articles, four differences, all four favour Iran's interpretation in the Iranian text.
This is not unusual in NORMAL diplomacy — both sides routinely leave deliberate ambiguities in agreed documents to sell the deal domestically.

What is unusual is that both sides have now published their version as the official, authoritative text.

The discrepancies will need to be resolved before the formal signing in Switzerland on Friday — or they will become the first disputes of the 60-day negotiation period.

[Senator Rand Paul @SenRandPaul]

Your 4th Amendment rights matter. Reform FISA.

[Cassandra MacDonald @CassandraRules]

This guy is such a shit weasel.

He needs to move to the land he actually cares about. He only lives here so he can spread propaganda for the place that has his actual loyalty.

[Clint Russell @LibertyLockPod]

Welcome to the People's Republic of Britain. You've already been disarmed, invaded, censored, raped and jailed. Now they are making online anonymity illegal so that they can hunt down any remaining dissenters. RISE UP. Now or never.

[Trita Parsi @tparsi]

I fully understand. It is extremely disorienting when Trump actually makes sense. But what he is saying is true. This warning - that the overuse of financial sanctions would cause a rush away from the dollar - was first stated by Jack Lew, under Obama.

In a major 2016 speech, Lew warned against "sanctions overreach," arguing that excessive use of sanctions could encourage countries and companies to avoid the US financial system and the dollar. He said:

"The more we condition use of the dollar and our financial system on adherence to U.S. foreign policy, the more the risk of migration to other currencies and other financial systems grows."

[Shadow of Ezra @ShadowofEzra]

Ben Shapiro throws JD Vance under the bus, blaming him for a peace deal with Iran that does not benefit Israel in any way.

Shapiro admits the establishment has failed to achieve its original goals and would prefer the Strait of Hormuz remain closed.

“The Vice President has not served the President well.”

Ben Shapiro is a complete traitor.

[Trita Parsi @tparsi]

There is some poetic justice in that Israel is the biggest loser in the US-Iran deal, since it was Israel who aggressively pushed for this idiotic war of choice.

And if it leads to Netanyahu losing the elections and ending up in jail, the justice will be near complete.

[Quincy Institute @QuincyInst]

Will the US stand up to Israel to end the war with Iran?

The US and Iran have finally reached a ceasefire agreement, but in order for it to hold the US must get Israel to stop bombing Lebanon.

We have the leverage. The question is, will we use it?

The US supplies Israel's weapons, provides diplomatic cover at the UN, and shares intelligence that makes its military operations possible. A president willing to condition any of that would have serious power over Israeli decision-making, and recent polling shows most Americans, including most Jewish Americans, support doing exactly that.

The obstacle isn't public opinion, it's political will.

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