Todd Hermes

[Hesam Orouji @hesamorouji]

Trump’s greatest strength used to be his willingness to listen to experienced foreign policy voices such as Senator Lindsey Graham and Mark Levin. In the Middle East, his biggest asset was his alliance with Benjamin Netanyahu.

But once American isolationists like JD Vance—who appears to have little understanding of the Islamic Republic’s apocalyptic ideology—and businessmen such as Witkoff and Kushner inserted themselves into one of the most complex conflicts on earth, Trump’s greatest strength became his greatest weakness.

This disastrous MoU could leave behind one of the most shameful legacies of Trump’s presidency and ultimately hand the conservative movement a humiliating strategic defeat.

And the issue is not who will be blamed if America’s policy toward the Islamic terrorist regime fails. The consequences of such a failure would impose enormous costs on the United States, Israel, and their allies—costs that cannot simply be erased by scapegoating an inexperienced young politician like JD Vance.

History will not remember excuses. It will remember the strategic failure itself.
@POTUS @JDVance @SecRubio
@LindseyGrahamSC @marklevinshow

[Tim Brando @TimBrando]

I’m taking a break for at least a week from Social Media. However the Sorsby decision in Lubbock is worth an emergency #OnBrando 👋

[Nick Sortor @nicksortor]

🚨 EXCLUSIVE: I went undercover into a leftist training “class” here outside ICE Newark, where rioters are each handed ~$100 of equipment to pretend to be medics

These people are basically Antifa’s support staff

They were given goggles, latex gloves, and most notably, 3M P100 respirators with MULTIPLE spare cartridges — all new in the box.

The respirator + spare cartridges cost $75 each. And they were doling them out like candy.

These are NOT organic riots. They’re well organized and well-funded. These groups need to be broken up into a million pieces.

[Intel Doge @IntelDoge]

Assuming the draft is legitimate, and is signed and put in place, this can only be described as a catastrophic failure for the United States.

[WarMonitor @TheWarMonitor]

So Iran still has its nuclear program, the Strait of Hormuz remains under Iranian control, at least 13 U.S. troops are dead, and Americans can expect to keep paying higher prices for the foreseeable future... and that doesn’t even include the credibility lost on the world stage.

[Lindsey Graham @LindseyGrahamSC]

If a deal is struck to end the Iranian conflict because it is believed that the Strait of Hormuz cannot be protected from Iranian terrorism and Iran still possesses the capability to destroy major Gulf oil infrastructure, then Iran will be perceived as being a dominate force requiring a diplomatic solution.

This combination of Iran being perceived as having the ability to terrorize the Strait in perpetuity and the ability the inflict massive damage to Gulf oil infrastructure is a major shift of the balance of power in the region and over time will be a nightmare for Israel.

Also, it makes one wonder why the war started to begin with if these perceptions are accurate. I personally am a skeptic of the idea that Iran cannot be denied the ability to terrorize the Strait and the region cannot protect itself against Iranian military capability.

It is important we get this right.

[Adam Spolane @AdamSpolane]

Abreu closed it out, but between location and velocity that was about as shaky a nine-pitch outing that you'll ever see in a leverage spot

[Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh]

🚨 HOLY CRAP! LA mayor candidate Spencer Pratt just caught CBS engaging in ELECTION INTERFERENCE

He says they condensed a 1 hour interview into a “5 minute hit piece” after he WALLOPED Karen Bass

“They need to air the full, unedited interview.”

They KNOW Pratt is surging in LA

[Mykhailo Rohoza @MykhailoRohoza]

He extended a helping hand when Ukraine was almost on its knees.
Petr Pavel. A man who stood up for Ukraine’s right to defend itself.
February 2024. Ukraine was facing a critical shortage of artillery ammunition. For every 20 Russian artillery shells fired, Ukraine could answer with only one. Twenty to one.
And then he stepped forward — Petr Pavel. Right at the Munich Security Conference, he presented something that very few European leaders believed was even possible. He found a way to secure 800,000 artillery shells for Ukraine. Just think about that number — 800,000. At a time when many European countries were proudly announcing deliveries of 1,000 or 2,000 shells.
At first, Pavel’s idea seemed unrealistic and populist to many. But Petr knew how to persuade people, and soon several countries joined his side. That was the beginning of the “Czech Initiative.” By June 2024, Ukraine received the first ammunition shipments under this program.
It is hard to say where Russian forces would be today if not for those precious shells. But they undoubtedly played a key role in slowing the Russian offensives throughout 2024 and 2025.
In total, since the launch of this initiative, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have received more than 4 million shells of various calibers. The scale is truly staggering.
And it wasn’t only about ammunition. The Czech Republic also supported Ukraine in many other ways. By 2025, Czechia had completed the transfer of all of its operational Soviet-made T-72M1 tanks to Ukraine. Not one or two — all of them.
And that’s still not all. A country of just 10.5 million people welcomed around 400,000 Ukrainian refugees. This became the highest per-capita figure among all EU countries and Ukraine’s allies.
There are also even more remarkable things happening behind the scenes that cannot yet be discussed publicly.
But today, we simply want to say thank you to all Czechs — and especially to Petr Pavel — for the help, for the humanity, and for truly helping save us at a critical moment. 🇨🇿🤝🇺🇦

[Landry Locker @LandryLocker]

The Astros Golden Era may have inevitably came tumbling down, but the clear beginning of the end was when Jim Crane undermined the GM job and let Jeff Bagwell start calling shots. That was as bad of a display as you’ll see from an owner during a run like that. Jerry Jones-like.

[Tommy Callahan @yalltitanup]

I was throttled after publishing this & criticizing @ESPN for ignoring the story here.

Still the most accurate report you will find on the Vrabel-Russini story.

[Joseph Duarte @Joseph_Duarte]

At his weekly radio show, Houston coach Kelvin Sampson was asked what school(s) would be a good expansion target for Big 12.
“If you add UConn I’m headed to the lake house. Arizona is enough.”

[Adrian P 🇷🇴🇺🇦🇪🇺 @AdrianP_doc]

If Ukraine hit a train full of Russian civilians it would be all over world news this morning.

But when Russia hits a train full of Ukrainian civilians it's just another Wednesday.

We have a sick world because our media is sick

[Nick shirley @nickshirleyy]

https://t.co/nW20dFz1kZ

[Pete Thamel @PeteThamel]

Here’s the ESPN story on Mack Rhoades’ tenure as Baylor athletic director coming to an end, per ESPN sources. He’s expected to step away immediately. https://t.co/Qf4MfQUoXT

[Todd Hermes @tcadvocate39]

@FB_FilmAnalysis It was late and low.

[Front Office Sports @FOS]

Fox and ABC are refusing to air commercials critical of power conference commissioners, per Texas Tech booster Cody Campbell.

Campbell says the decision came after he’d already paid for the ads.

[Wesley Hunt @WesleyHuntTX]

If major TV networks can profit from ads selling beer, pills, and politics, then they can certainly air ads that protect women’s sports.

When networks start deciding which messages the public gets to hear, that’s no longer “business,” that’s bias.

If they refuse to run ads that defend fairness for student athletes, then maybe Congress should step in, because it’s not the media’s job to pick winners and losers in the fight for women’s sports.

[Ted Nguyen @FB_FilmAnalysis]

At some point, the Raiders have to get Jeanty more involved in the passing game. They can’t run block.

Get in some empty.

[Todd Hermes @tcadvocate39]

@SicEm365 It video…code

[Todd Hermes @tcadvocate39]

@SicEm365 Is there a video? The site asks for $15 per month.