Kathleen

Kathleen Ellis, Author, Mentor & Your Dream Cheerleader, Wife, Mother & Gigi, lives to inspire!

[Kathleen @keedesign]

@MrJohnJnr Hmmm an old man, career politician, college educated, and he doesn’t know how to get his birth certificate??? How in the world did he become a senator???

[Kathleen @keedesign]

@ValerieAnne1970 @RFKJr_Official @RobertKennedyJr

[MJTruthUltra @MJTruthUltra]

There are reportedly tick outbreaks all over the US right now… and a significant rise in Alpha-gal syndrome (also known as the “red meat allergy”

This is something to consider…
- Bovista 200
- Lycopodium 200
- Arsenicum album 3.
- Twice daily.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

True

[M.A. Rothman @MichaelARothman]

𝐈𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐖𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐍 𝐉𝐔𝐒𝐓 𝐃𝐄𝐌𝐎𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐇𝐄𝐃 𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐊 𝐔𝐘𝐆𝐔𝐑 𝐎𝐍 𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐎𝐖𝐍 𝐏𝐀𝐍𝐄𝐋: “𝐈 𝐋𝐄𝐓 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐀𝐊 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐆𝐀𝐑𝐁𝐀𝐆𝐄 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐏𝐀𝐆𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐀, 𝐒𝐎 𝐍𝐎𝐖 𝐈𝐓’𝐒 𝐌𝐘 𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐍 𝐓𝐎 𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐀𝐊 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐓𝐑𝐔𝐓𝐇”

On a Piers Morgan panel, Iranian activist Goldie Gemara (Goldie Ghamari) dismantled Cenk Uygur — of The Young Turks — for pretending to speak for a people whose language he doesn’t speak and whose country he’s never lived in.

Gemara’s opening: “𝘊𝘦𝘯𝘬 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘐𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘯, 𝘴𝘰 𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘢 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘐𝘳𝘢𝘯. 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘺 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘊𝘦𝘯𝘬 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬 𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘴𝘰 𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘢 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴” — at which point Cenk tried to interrupt. It did not go well for him.

Her response to the interruption: “𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘶𝘱𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐’𝘮 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘧 𝘰𝘧 90 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘐𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴. 𝘐 𝘴𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘩𝘶𝘵. 𝘉𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶”

Then the history lesson: “𝘐𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦. 𝘗𝘢𝘩𝘭𝘢𝘷𝘪 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘪𝘯 1979, 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘐𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘱 𝘥’é𝘵𝘢𝘵. 𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘑𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘺 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘒, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘍𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦”

And the line the woke-jihadist alliance cannot answer: “𝘐𝘳𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘰 1979. 𝘞𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘺, 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘌𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳. 𝘚𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐𝘳𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺, 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘺”

The receipts: Crown Prince 𝐑𝐞𝐳𝐚 𝐏𝐚𝐡𝐥𝐚𝐯𝐢 has been publicly calling for regime change from exile since the war began, stating Iran’s people want “𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘺” with him as interim leader (Guardian). Iranians have been tearing down Khomeini posters in Tehran, Tabriz, and Isfahan (Iran International). Iranian women have publicly burned their hijabs in celebration after Khamenei was k∗lled in Operation Epic Fury (Gateway Pundit).

𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧 “𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞” 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 “𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐝𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐈𝐫𝐚𝐧” 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲’𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲. 𝐆𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐞 𝐆𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐚 𝐢𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐦𝐞. 𝐒𝐡𝐞’𝐬 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝.

[M.A. Rothman @MichaelARothman]

𝐓𝐑𝐔𝐌𝐏 𝐁𝐀𝐍𝐒 𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐀 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐁𝐔𝐘𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐍 𝐅𝐀𝐑𝐌𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐖𝐈𝐋𝐋 𝐂𝐋𝐀𝐖 𝐁𝐀𝐂𝐊 𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐘’𝐕𝐄 𝐀𝐋𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐘 𝐏𝐔𝐑𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐒𝐄𝐃

USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins just announced the 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐅𝐚𝐫𝐦 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧 — a sweeping seven-point initiative to protect American agriculture from foreign adversaries.

“𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥, 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘷𝘶𝘭𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘶𝘴.”

The headline action: a 𝐭𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐛𝐚𝐧 on future purchases of American farmland by Chinese nationals and other foreign adversaries. But it doesn’t stop there — the administration will use presidential authorities to “𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐰 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝” by China, with fines up to 𝟐𝟓% 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞 for violations.

The plan was developed in coordination with the White House, Treasury, Defense, Homeland Security, and Justice departments, plus state governors and agriculture commissioners. USDA has already 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝟕 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 with foreign countries of concern and removed roughly 𝟕𝟎 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 affiliated with those contracts, with 𝟓𝟓𝟎 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 in the process of being removed (The Hill).

𝐍𝐨 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐞-𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐟𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲’𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐧.

[M.A. Rothman @MichaelARothman]

𝐈𝐑𝐀𝐍 𝐂𝐋𝐎𝐒𝐄𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐈𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐇𝐎𝐑𝐌𝐔𝐙 𝐀𝐆𝐀𝐈𝐍 — 𝐂𝐋𝐀𝐈𝐌𝐒 𝐈𝐒𝐑𝐀𝐄𝐋 𝐕𝐈𝐎𝐋𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐄𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐄

The ceasefire is barely hours old and Iran has already shut down the Strait of Hormuz — claiming that Israel violated the agreement by continuing to strike Hezbollah targets in Lebanon.

Glenn Beck broke the news live: “𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘏𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘶𝘻 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥. 𝘐𝘳𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐𝘴𝘳𝘢𝘦𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦”

There’s just one problem: 𝐈𝐬𝐫𝐚𝐞𝐥 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐥. President Trump confirmed it this morning when asked by PBS, saying the Lebanon front “𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘭” Netanyahu stated the same explicitly — the U.S.-Iran ceasefire 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐋𝐞𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐧 and Israeli strikes against Hezbollah will continue (Al Jazeera).

Beck drew a fascinating parallel to Project Valkyrie — the failed plot to kill Hitler and seize control from within. “𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘯 𝘐𝘳𝘢𝘯. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘰’𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘦 𝘐𝘳𝘢𝘯, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺’𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺, 𝘮𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘙𝘎𝘊, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘰, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯”

The internal chaos theory is backed by reporting. Iran’s command structure is so 𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝 that different factions are making contradictory moves — one side negotiates a ceasefire while another shuts down the strait. As Beck put it: “𝘞𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦. 𝘜𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺, 𝘸𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘺, 𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘦’𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵”

Beck also delivered the clearest defense of Israel’s right to act independently: “𝘑𝘦𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺. 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦” He noted Trump made the deliberate decision — 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐈𝐫𝐚𝐧’𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐦. America’s job was taking out the nuclear threat. Israel’s operations in Lebanon are Israel’s call (NBC News).

𝐈𝐫𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐬𝐫𝐚𝐞𝐥 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐜𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 — 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐡𝐨’𝐬 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬.

[Lara Logan @laralogan]

You won’t hear much about this across the media - does not mean it isn’t happening.

[M.A. Rothman @MichaelARothman]

𝐇𝐄𝐆𝐒𝐄𝐓𝐇: 𝐈𝐑𝐀𝐍 𝐁𝐄𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐑 “𝐆𝐄𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐑 𝐏𝐈𝐆𝐄𝐎𝐍” 𝐓𝐎 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐈𝐑 𝐓𝐑𝐎𝐎𝐏𝐒 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐓𝐄𝐋𝐋 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐌 𝐓𝐎 𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐏 𝐒𝐇𝐎𝐎𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆

A reporter asked Secretary of War Pete Hegseth about Iran’s claim that Strait of Hormuz passage would only be possible “in coordination with Iran’s armed forces” and “technical limitations.” His answer was vintage Hegseth.

“𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐𝘳𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴. 𝘈 𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴. 𝘊𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴. 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰, 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯. 𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘸.”

And on Iran’s continued strikes after the ceasefire was announced: “𝘐𝘳𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘱𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘵, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳.”

That’s not a metaphor. Iran’s military infrastructure has been so thoroughly 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐄𝐩𝐢𝐜 𝐅𝐮𝐫𝐲 that their troops in remote locations may literally lack the communications capability to receive ceasefire orders. Within hours of the ceasefire, Gulf states including 𝐁𝐚𝐡𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧, 𝐔𝐀𝐄, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐊𝐮𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭 reported new Iranian attacks, and a drone struck a Saudi pumping station along a 𝟏,𝟐𝟎𝟎𝐤𝐦 𝐩𝐢𝐩𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 (NBC News).

Markets reacted immediately to the opening — two ships, the Greek-owned 𝐍𝐉 𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡 and the Liberia-flagged 𝐃𝐚𝐲𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐚 𝐁𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡, became the first vessels to transit the Strait since the ceasefire (MarineTraffic). But roughly 𝟖𝟎𝟎 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐬 remain trapped, and shipping companies are still uncertain about security (Bloomberg).

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧. 𝐈𝐫𝐚𝐧’𝐬 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐨 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐞.

[M.A. Rothman @MichaelARothman]

𝐈𝐑𝐀𝐍 𝐋𝐀𝐔𝐍𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐃 𝐌𝐈𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐋𝐄 𝐀𝐓𝐓𝐀𝐂𝐊𝐒 𝐎𝐍 𝐅𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐒 — 𝐓𝐖𝐎 𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐒 𝐀𝐅𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐄𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐄 𝐖𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐎 𝐄𝐅𝐅𝐄𝐂𝐓

Read that list. Israel. The United Arab Emirates. Bahrain. Saudi Arabia. Kuwait.

𝐅𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 targeted by Iranian missiles and drones just 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 after a ceasefire was announced. Not two days. Not two weeks to “𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘴.” Two hours.

This is the regime the Democrats want us to negotiate with in good faith. This is the government whose “word” is supposed to guarantee the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.

The scale of Iran’s attacks across this conflict has been staggering. As of today, the UAE alone has intercepted 𝟓𝟐𝟎 𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐬, 𝟐,𝟐𝟐𝟏 𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝟐𝟔 𝐜𝐫𝐮𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐬 fired from Iran (Wikipedia, citing UAE Defense Ministry figures). An Iranian drone struck the Ali al-Salem base in Kuwait, 𝐢𝐧𝐣𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏𝟓 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐬. Seven ballistic missiles were fired toward Saudi Arabia. Strikes hit targets from Tel Aviv to Manama to Abu Dhabi to Erbil.

These are not military targets in a disputed territory. These are 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 — most of them U.S. allies, several of them Gulf states that have been neutral or quietly cooperative with Tehran for decades. Iran didn’t just violate the ceasefire — it declared war on the entire region simultaneously.

And it did it while asking for a deal.

𝐀 𝐜𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐞𝐭.

[M.A. Rothman @MichaelARothman]

𝐀 𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐒𝐇 𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒 𝐇𝐎𝐒𝐓 𝐉𝐔𝐒𝐓 𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐄𝐃 𝐓𝐑𝐔𝐌𝐏’𝐒 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐆𝐘 𝐁𝐄𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐍 𝐀𝐍𝐘𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐈𝐍 𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐍 𝐌𝐄𝐃𝐈𝐀 — 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐇𝐄’𝐒 𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐑𝐈𝐅𝐈𝐄𝐃 𝐎𝐅 𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐈𝐓 𝐌𝐄𝐀𝐍𝐒 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐄𝐔𝐑𝐎𝐏𝐄

GB News’ Alex Armstrong laid out the geopolitical map that American media refuses to draw: this war isn’t about toppling Iran. It’s about 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 — and America is winning on every front.

Start with oil. The Strait of Hormuz carries 𝟒𝟓% 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐚’𝐬 𝐨𝐢𝐥 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲. Trump effectively captured Venezuela’s oil supply in January. As Armstrong put it: “𝘓𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘸𝘩𝘰’𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘴𝘶𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘯. 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘪𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴.” China is in the middle of a tariff negotiation with Trump — and suddenly its entire energy supply depends on American goodwill.

Then Europe. With Russian energy off the table and domestic energy hollowed out by the “𝘭𝘦𝘧𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘯𝘦𝘵 𝘻𝘦𝘳𝘰,” Europe is becoming 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐢𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐚𝐬. Armstrong: “𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺 𝘢𝘴 𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘨𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘰𝘰.”

Armstrong connected the dots to what the Pentagon calls 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚 — Greenland through the Panama Canal, the entire Western Hemisphere secured as a self-sufficient American economic and security zone. “𝘕𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘯𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴, 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘥, 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦-𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘯. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢.”

The most striking part was his warning for Britain: “𝘞𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺. 𝘞𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 60% 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘥. 𝘞𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘫𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘺. 𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥.” He described Britain heading toward 𝐚 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝟏,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 as America withdraws from its traditional role.

When a foreign ally’s own news anchors are publicly acknowledging that Trump’s strategy is working — even as it leaves them behind — that tells you everything about who has the leverage.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐰𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐚𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐭: 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐢𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐨𝐬. 𝐇𝐞’𝐬 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬.

[M.A. Rothman @MichaelARothman]

𝐂𝐑𝐎𝐖𝐃𝐄𝐑 𝐎𝐍 𝐓𝐔𝐂𝐊𝐄𝐑: 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐁𝐀𝐒𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐘 𝐉𝐔𝐒𝐓 𝐌𝐀𝐃𝐄 𝐀 𝐇𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐄𝐂𝐇 𝐀𝐑𝐆𝐔𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓

Tucker Carlson defended Islam from mockery by tying it to Christianity—saying that mocking Islam is the same as mocking Christianity and that therefore we shouldn’t support it.

Crowder was having none of it: “𝘈 𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘤𝘬, 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦, 𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭. 𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯’𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 ’𝘸𝘦’𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥’ 𝘰𝘳 ’𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘵.’”

On Tucker’s specific framing: “𝘛𝘶𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘢 𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘦𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵. 𝘏𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘐𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘮 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐’𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘵𝘪𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳.”

Crowder’s blunt assessment: “𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘚𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘮 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘐𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘮. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘑𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘑𝘦𝘸𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘳𝘴—𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺, 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘦𝘴, 𝘸𝘦’𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘬!𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶.”

Crowder says you can criticize Trump on the economy or policy. Fair game. But: “𝘛𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘤𝘬 𝘐𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘮 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘤𝘬 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺—𝘯𝘰 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘤𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦’𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘩—𝘐 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦.”

𝐓𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜. 𝐂𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐡𝐞’𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟.

[M.A. Rothman @MichaelARothman]

𝐓𝐑𝐔𝐌𝐏 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐑𝐔𝐁𝐈𝐎 𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐎𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐕𝐈𝐒𝐀𝐒 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐍𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐋𝐘 𝟒,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐈𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐑𝐄𝐆𝐈𝐌𝐄 𝐄𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐄𝐒 𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐈𝐍 𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐀

Katie Miller confirmed on Hannity what should have been done decades ago: the Trump administration and Secretary Rubio are working to revoke the visas and green cards of 𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝟑,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐭𝐨 𝟒,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐈𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐬 who currently live in the United States.

Miller put it in terms the audience can feel: “𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘸 𝘰𝘧 𝘒𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘪, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘪𝘦𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘙𝘰𝘶𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘪, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘢𝘺, 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦𝘵𝘺, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘌𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨?”

That’s the question nobody in Washington wanted to ask for 𝟒𝟕 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬. While the IRGC chants “d∗ath to America” and funds proxy wars against American allies, the regime’s own families have been living in American suburbs, sending their kids to American universities, and enjoying the “𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺” that their government is actively trying to destroy.

Rubio already started. On April 4th, the State Department formally revoked green cards for at least four Iranian nationals connected to the current or former government — including the 𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐝-𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐐𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐦 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢 and the daughter of Iran’s former National Security Adviser Ali Larijani. Two have already been detained for deportation (State Department).

But those are just the public cases. The broader sweep — up to 𝟒,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐦𝐞-𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐬 — is the real story. As Miller said: “𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘶𝘱 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥”. The families of the people bombing American allies were living under American protection.

𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞. 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐞.

[M.A. Rothman @MichaelARothman]

𝐀 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐃 𝐂𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐏𝐒𝐘𝐂𝐇𝐎𝐋𝐎𝐆𝐈𝐒𝐓 𝐉𝐔𝐒𝐓 𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐃 𝐆𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐑 𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐒𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 “𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐁𝐈𝐆𝐆𝐄𝐒𝐓 𝐌𝐄𝐃𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐒𝐂𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐀𝐋 𝐎𝐅 𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄” — 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐀 𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐍𝐈𝐒𝐇 𝐒𝐓𝐔𝐃𝐘 𝐉𝐔𝐒𝐓 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐃 𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐑𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓

Dr. Dionne Joseph on GB News, reacting to a massive Finnish register study that tracked gender-referred young people for over two decades. The study examined 𝟐,𝟎𝟖𝟑 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 under 23 matched against 𝟏𝟔,𝟔𝟒𝟑 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐬 between 1996 and 2019 (𝘈𝘤𝘵𝘢 𝘗𝘢𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢, Ruuska et al.). The results are devastating.

Before referral, 𝟒𝟓.𝟕% of gender-referred youth had psychiatric morbidity. After gender-affirming interventions — the surgeries, the hormones, the puberty blockers — that number didn’t improve. It got 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞: 𝟔𝟏.𝟕% had psychiatric morbidity two or more years after referral, compared to 𝟏𝟒.𝟔% in the control group.

Dr. Joseph was unsparing: “𝘎𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳-𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘸. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘧𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘥, 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘦”.

She went further. The medical establishment “𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘥, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘩𝘪𝘥, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘰𝘣𝘧𝘶𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥”. She compared it to John Money’s infamous case with the Reimer twins, where the researcher “𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦’𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘵” with his subjects rather than publish the catastrophic outcomes. “𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘢 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘰-𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘦”.

On the suicide argument — the weapon used to bully parents into consent — she was definitive: “𝘖𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘦 𝘥𝘰 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘴𝘺𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘶𝘵𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 101 𝘱𝘴𝘺𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺. 𝘛𝘰 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘦𝘹 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘶𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭”. She said therapists telling children they’ll k∗ll themselves without transition are “𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘭. 𝘞𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨”.

Finland’s health authority has already changed course — breaking from WPATH to make 𝐩𝐬𝐲𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭-𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 instead of hormones and surgery. The evidence forced their hand. Meanwhile, American hospitals are still performing these procedures on minors and calling it “compassionate care.”

𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐰. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐝. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥.

[M.A. Rothman @MichaelARothman]

𝐄𝐗-𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐋𝐈𝐌 𝐖𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐍 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐂𝐀𝐍𝐀𝐃𝐀 𝐃𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐎𝐘𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐑𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐏𝐓 𝐎𝐅 “𝐈𝐒𝐋𝐀𝐌𝐎𝐏𝐇𝐎𝐁𝐈𝐀” 𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐖𝐎 𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐔𝐓𝐄𝐒

Yasmine Mohammed — a Canadian author, ex-Muslim, and survivor of a forced marriage to an al-Qaeda member — delivered one of the most precise takedowns of left-wing speech policing you’ll ever hear.

She started with the origin of the word itself: “𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮 𝘐𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘣𝘦, 𝘐𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘣𝘪𝘤, 𝘐𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘣𝘪𝘢 — 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘐𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴”. Not by Muslims generally. By “𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘴. 𝘎𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘱𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘐𝘳𝘢𝘯, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘧𝘨𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯, 𝘐-𝘚-𝘐-𝘚, 𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘭𝘪𝘮 𝘉𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘥, 𝘢𝘭-𝘘𝘢𝘦𝘥𝘢, 𝘛𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘣𝘢𝘯, 𝘏-𝘻-𝘣, 𝘏-𝘮-𝘴, 𝘏𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴”. She listed them one by one. “𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘢 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮”.

Their purpose was never to protect Muslims from bigotry — “𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘸 𝘪𝘯 𝘞𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴” — but to 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐭𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟. She called it what it is: “𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘰𝘮-𝘶𝘱 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘺 𝘭𝘢𝘸𝘴. 𝘞𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯’𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘪𝘯 𝘗𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘈𝘧𝘨𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘚𝘢𝘶𝘥𝘪 𝘈𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘢... 𝘴𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘵’𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳”.

And the West fell for it. “𝘓𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘣𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘰𝘵𝘴, 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺’𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘐𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘣𝘪𝘢, 𝘐𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘣𝘪𝘢, 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘱 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘐𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘮 𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘮𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘐𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘭𝘢𝘸𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯, 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘨𝘢𝘺 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦”.

This is a woman who 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐈𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐥𝐚𝐰, was forced into marriage with a jihadist, and escaped to the West to speak freely. When she criticizes the legal and political frameworks of Islam, she’s not being “phobic” — she’s being 𝐚 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡. And the progressive left wants to silence her using a word invented by the very regimes she fled.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 “𝐈𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐚” 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐠𝐚𝐲 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐯𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐛𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐲.

[M.A. Rothman @MichaelARothman]

𝐆𝐄𝐍𝐄 𝐒𝐈𝐌𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐒 𝐉𝐔𝐒𝐓 𝐓𝐎𝐋𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐎𝐒𝐓 𝐏𝐎𝐖𝐄𝐑𝐅𝐔𝐋 𝐈𝐌𝐌𝐈𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘 𝐘𝐎𝐔’𝐋𝐋 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐑 — 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐈𝐓’𝐒 𝐀 𝐑𝐄𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐑 𝐎𝐅 𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐋𝐄𝐆𝐀𝐋 𝐈𝐌𝐌𝐈𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐔𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐎𝐎𝐊𝐒 𝐋𝐈𝐊𝐄

The KISS frontman — born Chaim Witz in Haifa, Israel, the son of a Holocaust survivor — broke down telling the story of the day his mother was accepted to come to America.

“𝘔𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬 𝘌𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘯 𝘎𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯 — 𝘬𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘶 𝘴𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘋𝘦𝘶𝘵𝘴𝘤𝘩?” His mother, Flora Klein, had survived the Budapest ghetto and three Nazi concentration camps. She was trying to start over with nothing.

The consulate official told her in broken German: “𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢”. Then he said she had to raise her hand and swear allegiance. She didn’t understand — so she went rigid, hand raised, terrified she’d do something wrong.

What happened next is what separates this country from every other nation on earth: “𝘏𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘳, 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘱𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥: 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯”.

Simmons was visibly emotional. “𝘐’𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘢 𝘣𝘢𝘥 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘓𝘢𝘯𝘥. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘓𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢”.

He described walking into his first American supermarket as an eight-year-old boy: “𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘭. 𝘐 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘮 𝘪𝘵”. For a child of the Holocaust, America wasn’t a political idea — it was a 𝐦𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐥𝐞.

“𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘪𝘧𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘦. 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘊𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝘐𝘯 𝘐𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘰 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥. 𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘭𝘦 𝘌𝘢𝘴𝘵, 𝘐𝘴𝘳𝘢𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘈𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨. 𝘖𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦, 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨’𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘦”.

This is what 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 looks like. A woman who survived the worst atrocity in human history, stood in line, swore allegiance, learned the language, and raised a son who became one of the most successful entertainers in American history. No government handout. No sanctuary city. No anchor baby strategy. Just 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐭.

𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞 𝐒𝐢𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐬’ 𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫.

[Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh]

🚨 WOW! THOUSANDS of people fill Times Square NYC to the brim for Easter worship

America is a Christian nation 🇺🇸🙏🏻

[Mila Joy @Milajoy]

Stephen A. Smith finds Trump hilarious - says it's a winning strategy.

[American Debunk @AmericanDebunk]

This Trump post is elite. And you’ll start to see it too as you read along. You will love this breakdown.

We all know about the impending deadline on Tuesday. The deadline creates urgency for Iran and gives Trump an extra negotiation chip that didn’t exist before. We all know this.

But it gets better now.

Trump is now branding the deadline.

“Power Plant Day and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran.”

This branding is elite framing, as it turns an abstract military pressure into vivid, memorable visual events. People don’t remember vague threats.

They remember branded days—like “D-Day” or “Shock and Awe.” Trump makes the destruction feel scheduled, inevitable, and almost celebratory.

It sticks in the mind and signals total control.

And notice how nonchalant it sounds. Trump didn’t go for epic, carnage-heavy branding. He branded it the way you’d casually announce National Potato Chip Day.

That’s intentional. He’s making an apocalyptic-like event for Iran feel routine, even mundane, for the US. This makes the threat land harder because it flexes confidence and might. This is light work for America.

Then Trump uses a direct threat. Zero diplomatic filter. It bypasses the usual State Department word salad and hits the human survival instinct.

And the closer? “Praise be to Allah.” Oh. My. Goodness.

He doesn’t just threaten their infrastructure- he mocks their worldview by hijacking their own religious phrasing right before promising devastation.

This is too perfect.

It’s a reminder who’s writing the script for their “impending” doom.

This is calibrated dominance.

Watch how the media spins it tomorrow. They’ll call it “unpresidential.” The people who get persuasion will see genius.

What a time to be alive.

[Elizabeth MacDonald @LizMacDonaldFOX]

NEWS Eric Swalwell’s new and prior financial disclosures show a mix of questionable charges to his campaign, and dubious tax and cash management strategies amid signs of a cash crunch worsened by overspending on a high-flying lifestyle. Swalwell runs a high-earning $461K two-income household, but still charged dubious expenses to his campaign, made chronic and risky delays in paying income taxes, and made precarious withdrawals from retirement accounts.

He charged more than $244,000 in childcare expenses—tuition, daycare—to his campaign from 2019 to 2025, his disclosures show and the Sacramento Bee found. That’s the highest in the House, with nearly $60,000 in 2022 alone.

Here’s the possible ethics problem. They are permitted under FEC law only if the charges are incurred in years the candidate is running for office or performing campaign duties.

But in three of those six years he was not running for office. He charged $20K in childcare costs just days after his 2024 re-election. These FEC laws are notably lax (House members rarely charge these costs to their campaigns, reportedly only 68 during that time frame).

The reporting has been out there that Swalwell has also charged luxury items to his campaign, such as stays at high-end hotels (including a well-known luxury hotel in Dubai), a $17K yacht rental, and costly airfare and travel totaling tens of thousands of dollars. He charged $360K for car and limo services paid to a campaign staffer since 2021, reports show, and he charged for thousands of dollars spent on restaurants.

Swalwell’s campaign spent nearly $90,000 on travel in just the last quarter of 2023.

His household has large student loan debt, up to $100K, $15K-50K credit card balances, and a $1M-5M mortgage.

One of the biggest red flags his financial world is out of control is he reduced or zeroed out his tax withholding on his congressional salary in some years, effectively delaying paying federal taxes and incurring penalties.

Also he and his wife pulled significant cash, more than $145,000, from retirement accounts over several years. #News @EveningEdit @FoxBusiness @FoxNews @ap @CBSNews @abc @ReutersBiz @reuters @WhatsNewsWSJ @WSJ #ericswalwell @ericswalwell