Jake Tapper 🦅

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[Jake Tapper 🦅 @jaketapper]

"To see what is in front of one’s nose needs a constant struggle."

-- George Orwell

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

Exclusive: Six soldiers died on day two of the Iran war in a drone strike on Port Shuaiba, Kuwait. Dozens more were wounded, some seriously.

It's one of the war's costliest attacks for U.S. personnel — and survivors fear no one will be held accountable. https://t.co/jBXpUs3bZz

[U.S. Central Command @CENTCOM]

At 5 p.m. ET today, U.S. Central Command forces began launching more strikes against Iran to continue degrading their ability to attack civilian mariners and commercial ships freely transiting the Strait of Hormuz. The Commander in Chief has directed the strikes to hold Iranian forces accountable.

[Manu Raju @mkraju]

Full statement:

[Manu Raju @mkraju]

News — Mitch McConnell for the first time reveals what happened to him and sends out a picture of him from hospital. Says he took a fall, was briefly unconscious and dealt w case of pneumonia.

[Jake Tapper 🦅 @jaketapper]

His father died at around the same age, 69, from a heart attack — not the same thing but both under the umbrella of cardiovascular disease.

[Max Cohen @maxpcohen]

Lindsey Graham’s office sends this out re: cause of death

[State of the Union @CNNSOTU]

Jake Tapper: Iran has declared the Strait of Hormuz closed. Is that true, Mr. President?
President Trump: It's open as far as we're concerned.

[State of the Union @CNNSOTU]

Senator Tim Scott pays tribute to his friend Senator Lindsey Graham: "He was one of the first folks in the Senate to welcome me with open arms."

[State of the Union @CNNSOTU]

Rep. Himes: Subpoenaing journalists is "using the tools of the government to attack one of the fundamental cornerstones of our democracy."

[State of the Union @CNNSOTU]

Rep. Jim Himes on the war with Iran: "My concern is that on the backside of this war, Iran is going to be more motivated than they were a year ago to actually produce the weapon that they know will forever take off the table an attack on their country."

[State of the Union @CNNSOTU]

Brian Tyler Cohen on Graham Platner: "In large part, he was a great representation of, I think, what a new Democratic Party needed to look like in terms of the aggressiveness, the willingness to actually fight... Obviously, what he did was disgusting,” and the Democratic Party has zero tolerance for that.

[State of the Union @CNNSOTU]

NATO Amb. Whitaker said Iran "is controlled by a bunch of crazy people, and ultimately, they're going to have to understand the United States is very serious."

[Jeff Storobinsky @JeffStorobinsky]

.@jaketapper Anchor of @CNNSOTU w/

@KSoltisAnderson @briantylercohen @finneyk @DavidJUrban

The week in review

7.12.26 958 am ET 8 Minutes

[Kit Maher @KitMaherCNN]

“I spoke to him, and then I got a call a few hours later,” Trump tells @jaketapper of Sen. Lindsey Graham. “But they found out about it I think about 8 o’clock, about his problem. So it had to be something very quick because he was fine — other than being tired, he was fine.”

[State of the Union @CNNSOTU]

President Trump tells @jaketapper Senator Lindsey Graham called him just before he passed away: "He called me last night. He just got back from Ukraine, and he had a great trip. He was telling me about the trip... He was a strong advocate for Save America, and that's what he called me about last night."

[Holly Dagres @hdagres]

“We hit [Iran] very hard last night. We had a deal with them yesterday—they were giving up everything,” then they hit a ship two hours later, President Donald Trump says to CNN’s @jaketapper. “These people have something wrong with them.”

[Andrew Leyden @PenguinSix]

Last night, Senator Lindsey Graham was transported to GWU Hospital on Medic 7, seen here just after his arrival. He passed away shortly thereafter.
https://t.co/v25cplOlXe

[Lindsey Graham @LindseyGrahamSC]

Statement from the Office of U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina).

[נדב וימן Nadav Weiman @weimanadav]

I was there with Rep. Khanna as an expert on settler violence.

Armed settlers were the first to arrive, and then, as has become the norm, Israeli soldiers joined them. Together they detained the delegation for over an hour

The IDF is lying and not for the first time.

[U.S. Central Command @CENTCOM]

At 7:15 p.m. ET today, U.S. Central Command forces began launching the third round of strikes this week against Iran after Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps forces blatantly attacked M/V GFS Galaxy, a Cyprus-flagged container ship transiting the Strait of Hormuz. A civilian crew member is missing and the vessel is unable to continue the journey due to an onboard fire and significant engineroom damage.

Iran was provided yet another opportunity to demonstrate adherence to the Memorandum of Understanding after being held accountable for earlier attacks on commercial vessels but has again failed.

In response, the United States is imposing a heavy cost by continuing to degrade Iran’s ability to attack civilian mariners and commercial ships freely transiting the strait. The strikes are being carried out at the direction of the Commander in Chief.

[Erick Erickson @EWErickson]

“@jaketapper the coolest thing about the progress we’ve made…”