Environmental fee idea is smart for optics.But Hormuz ≠ Malacca.
The narrowest point lies entirely in Iran/Oman territorial waters. No high-seas corridor. Oman’s latest statement with Iran is key: they affirm “freedom of navigation” but anchor it in “sovereign responsibilities over their territorial waters” deliberately favoring the Innocent Passage regime (more coastal state control) over full UNCLOS transit passage (Art. 38: unimpeded, no general tolls, no suspension).
This creates a gray zone. A clean compromise would need very narrow “navigational + environmental service fees” via Qatar/Oman mechanism, not disguised tolls.
Tulsi is a patriot, a great asset to the administration, and a dear friend. I'm sorry to see her go, but certainly understand that family comes first. She and her husband Abraham will be in my prayers as they face this next challenge together, and she has my gratitude for being a great addition to the administration and a loyal confidante.
Godspeed Tulsi!
LEGACY: @DNIGabbard declassified highly sensitive records and internal documents from the Obama White House.
The records make an even stronger case that the 2016 Russia collusion narrative was not rooted in credible intelligence.
Rather, intelligence was manipulated by the outgoing Obama Administration in coordination with IC leadership to fit a preferred political narrative.
As of May 2026, DNI Gabbard has declassified well over half a million pages of government records that were previously withheld from the American people.
Rand Paul: "Under the Biden administration, I sent criminal referrals for Anthony Fauci to Merrick Garland twice, and I sent them evidence that he had lied to Congress, which is a felony. They just ignored me."
Based on @C__Herridge's reporting & our CIA whistleblower's testimony, the CIA appears to be ILLEGALLY SPYING on @DNIGabbard's team, INTERFERING w/ investigations on the COVID coverup, the JFK, MLK, & RFK assassinations, UAPs, etc.
We've got to get to the bottom of what they're hiding.
@TuckerCarlson If MAGA has been killed I suppose Cornyn with an even more obscene amount of money should prevail against Paxton? And considering what happened to the establishment in Indiana and to Bill Cassidy that's very unlikely to happen. MAGA isn't just about a single unpopular issue.
I think asking questions is very legitimate. Worries and concerns are legitimate. Especially long term.
It is also clear that none of those people waving their arms about AI risks have actually used it, besides some random prompts perhaps.
I have used it for 2 years. Our small team built 2 new projects we could not even dream about before, and won a tender we could never have competed for before.
I have seen huge improvements to AI tools, but not only did we not fire anyone, the idea that any of us can simply be replaced is a joke spread by ignorant people who only talk about AI’s so-called superpowers, without realizing how much human guidance it needs to get anything actionable done properly.
So what new jobs can we do? As a project lead, I can now inspect the code my programmers have written, understand it quickly, and even suggest improvements of my own.
So for huge, overstaffed giants, yes, some people may lose their jobs. For smaller, leaner operations, it’s a blessing. Small teams can compete with bigger companies. It’s all about productivity.
And yes, the AI arms race with China is not just a fact; it lies at the core of all legitimate concerns.
The DOJ has ONE WEEK left to charge Anthony Fauci for the worst cover-up in modern medical history.
He lied to Congress about funding gain-of-function research in Wuhan. Millions died. Trillions were spent. And Fauci walked away with book deals and fawning media coverage instead of handcuffs. I re-upped my criminal referral to the DOJ because the evidence is overwhelming, and justice has been delayed long enough.
RT if you’re ready to see Fauci behind bars.
@BillKranerMoP@BenSwann_ It would have been great if the person posting this, used the full clip when just before she lists the reasons why Trump deserves respect. This is selective.
Plus she campaigned for him, still respects him somewhat, but strongly disagrees about the war. Like it or not many do
@NoFearThinker@Cernovich Bondi was loyal but incompetent, set her aside. Accountability lies with the judiciary, much of which suffers from TDS in blue jury jurisdictions. And what about the Senate still holding up Trump’s appointments and bills, how is that his fault? DC's plan: slow & wait him out.
I watched the Tucker and Buckley interview. Found it interesting. Here is what I don't understand from "Uncle Buck" and many more millions who agree with him.
He raised the issue of "no accountability" for Russiagate. Trump himself complains of this often. Federal prosecutors within DOJ sabotaged cases, making it so that the statute of limitations had expired. When indictments are brought, as against Comey, federal judges make up new rules. Trump is furious that there hasn't been accountability. Why blame Trump for this? Surely insiders like Buckley and Tucker understand how insiders can manipulate the system.
What is Trump supposed to do, given the constraints of his office? I've thought about this often, have talked to many smart lawyers about it. He doesn't have a lot of plays here.
Buckley also raises a lack of accountability for the J6 show trials. Trump free the oppressed. He dismissed pending cases. Men who were looking at 30 years in prison are out. Some of those dumb asses he pardoned went out and did more crimes. Which makes us all look like assholes. Trump took a huge risk, one I am grateful for.
Tucker covered the Douglas Mackey case. Biden tried to send an innocent man to prison for posting a meme and being effective against Democrats. How many more cases would have been filed against Tucker and others, had Trump lost in 2024?
I understand the Iran war objection, and the overall complaint that Trump is far too comfortable mocking Christ and Christianity. Christians should push back more aggressively. Buckley and Tucker talk of WASP values often. But those values are why were are in this predicament.
"Taking it with a stiff upper lip," breaks down when the rules of the game changed and you have to throw a tantrum to get results. I don't like this new cultural. And? This is politics. You win or you lose. Given the state of affairs today, losing means death by the Bolsheviks.
It was Biden who spied on Catholics and send grandmothers to prison to protesting abortion. These FACE Act cases were barely covered. I discussed them often.
If the choice is having someone who posts memes vs. someone who wants to throw Christians into prison, perhaps everyone should ask if maybe our brains have become digitized. What happens on a screen is not the same as real life.
The Truth social post may seem offensive to some, it was to me, but sitting in a prison cell isn't in the same universe. I'll take the infantile behavior over wrongful imprisonment. What serious person would not?
There are some other issues raised, Charlie Kirk being chief among them. My own views are more hardline than Buckley's or Tucker's. Charlie Kirk would be alive if far left wing political violence had been treated like the crisis that it was and is. Other than me and a few other people in 2015, who was talking about this? Almost no one. There is more than enough accountability to go around.
Voting for Trump in 2024, and 2016, and 2020, was the obvious choice.
What is the alternative? Democrat super majority? Turning the U.S. into LA and letting cities burn down (literally)? Illiterates driving 18 wheelers and smashing into our families? Jobs that my friend's dads had growing up being taken by the same people?
You think the Red Green Alliance won't line your families up like they did to Tsar Nicolas?
I am almost 50. Men in their 60's are responsible for the conditions we live in, as are men my age. We sat out too many elections. We don't do enough now to get out the vote.
Charlie understood that politics isn't a debate society. You need to discuss ideas, and win the narrative battles, obviously, but winning an argument doesn't mean all that much if people are unwilling or unable to use political power.
There's a lot to say about Trump, I've said plenty.
What is everyone doing to change electoral outcomes? That's the only question today that matters.
One of two things is true here, @AlexBerenson
Either you are right, or you are wrong.
If you are right, and Jordan had a relapse and is now suffering the consequences of the relapse, it is not “hard truths” for you to try and publicly shame him and his family in such a condition.
It’s actually totally counterproductive (if helping was your true objective), and makes you a world class a-hole.
Or, you are wrong, in which case you are trying to publicly shame a man and his family for a medical condition about which you are totally wrong.
Which makes you a world class a-hole.
So unfortunately, all paths lead to you being a world class a-hole.
It is not merely because you can say something that you should.
Sometimes, silence and gratitude is the best option.
@maxmorton6GDM And it is not the military I worry about. It it the FBI and CIA and others we have inside of our government that wesponize and abuse the system. They’ve already demonstrated they will abuse it. I honestly don’t get why @realDonaldTrump is willing to give up more of our rights.
@jimmy_dore Diplomatically neither Trump nor Iran can look weak, but this is so much more geopolitically complex. Why Pakistan? Of course because China is putting a lot of the pressure on Iran right now, has anyone even noticed the Malacca Strait deal US just made with Indonesia?
@barnes_law Yes WSJ is suddenly very credible and TDS free. Trump didn't act unhinged before. The bigger picture doesn't include China, and the deal with Indonesia about Malacca Strait has also nothing to do with the larger effort. This isn't some 4D chess, but it is so much more complex.