Only 6 months to finish your Christmas shopping. Of course, the US attack on three nuclear sites in Iran, and the subsequent attempt by President Donald Trump to force Israel and Iran into a ceasefire is still the focus of the news. After a shaky start, (Trump Tried to End the War. Iran Would Rather Murder Jews - VodkaPundit at PJM, Trump Shows Frustration at Israel, Iran, and the Leftwing Gaslight Media, Iran violated the ceasefire a bit, and Israel rushed to punish them for that. Trump's annoyed that his ceasefire isn't being embraced by both sides. - Ace), the ceasefire seems to be holding up. Meanwhile the mainstream media and the Democrats (but I redund), are doing whatever they can to cast doubt on the effectiveness of the strikes. Matt Vespa at TownHall sees CNN's Anti-Trump Narrative Fell Apart Live On-Air Last Night At Hat Hair, Capt. Ed records Trump's f-bomb, Cease Fire, Ceased? 'Two Countries That Don't Know What the F*** They're Doing'. Althouse is mortified, "They basically are 2 countries that have been fighting so long and so hard that they don't know what the fuck they're doing." Later, "That appeared to suggest that the two sides... want the truce to hold." NYT: From "Live Updates: Shaky Cease-Fire Takes Hold, Under Pressure From Trump/President Trump lashed out at both Iran and Israel for launching attacks after his cease-fire announcement. Iran denied violating the truce and Israel’s retaliation appeared limited, suggesting that the deal remained intact for now." Joel Kotkin at Unherd, Trump’s Iran ceasefire depends on American oil. Da Wire, Oil Prices Fall As Iran’s ‘Weak’ Retaliation Gives Way To Ceasefire. The ceasefire is more in Iran's interest that Israel's, who would prefer to continue with the business of dismantling Iran from the top down. But Iran could use the breather to put its government back in order and take stock of the damage done (there are more than a few holes to fill). President Trump wants a peace, even if it's only temporary. I don't believe for a second Iran and Israel are done. NewsWeak, Trump Rejected Putin's Iran Offer: 'I Need Help With You.' Fox Business, reports Trump declares China can purchase Iranian oil as market signals cautious optimism. "Oil prices continue to drop after Trump brokers ceasefire agreement between Israel and Iran." At Insty, A KNOWLEDGEABLE FRIEND COMMENTS ON THE IRAN/ISRAEL SITUATION: "Noteworthy that the first overt cooperative military action against a Muslim nation by Israel and the United States has not resulted in any significant squawking. Hushed awe, if anything. . . "
John Sexton at Hat Hair reports on a Leaked DIA Report: Iranian Nuclear Sites Sealed Up but Not Destroyed, issued with low confidence, but leaked to anti-Trump news outlets. Jennifer Griffin @JenGriffinFNC "According to well-placed sources who have seen the classified DIA assessment of the bomb damage assessment (BDA) after the US military strikes last weekend, DIA assesses that the Iran nuclear program could be back on line in a matters of “months” from 1-2 months on the low end to less than a year on the high end. This is a preliminary intelligence assessment and is deemed "low confidence," in intelligence parlance. . . . According to the preliminary DIA intelligence assessment: an unknown amount of the highly enriched uranium (the 440 kg that was enriched to 60 percent) was moved out of the Fordow facility. One possibility, according to the DIA assessment, is that it was moved to the “3rd site” that the Iranians told the IAEA about ahead of the strikes – a secret site." Brit Hume @brithume "Bear in mind that the CNN correspondent who broadcast this story swallowed the infamous Steele dossier hook, line and sinker." Ward Clarke at RedState, FAKE NEWS FAIL: CNN Exposed for Bad Iran Strike Reporting. Karoline Leavitt@PressSec, "FAKE NEWS CNN STRIKES AGAIN: This alleged "assessment" is flat-out wrong and was classified as "top secret" but was still leaked to CNN by an anonymous, low-level loser in the intelligence community. The leaking of this alleged assessment is a clear attempt to demean President Trump, and discredit the brave fighter pilots who conducted a perfectly executed mission to obliterate Iran’s nuclear program. Everyone knows what happens when you drop fourteen 30,000 pound bombs perfectly on their targets: total obliteration." Karoline Leavitt @PressSec, "This CNN story was written by the same "reporter" who wrote the very first FAKE NEWS story claiming the Hunter Biden laptop was disinformation. How did that work out for you, @NatashaBertrand?" Well, she's still getting paid. This is the first use of the giant bunker buster bombs against actual enemies so some doubt as to the actual damage inflicted on targets hundreds of feet underground is to be expected, and we don't actually expect Iran to less us come an inspect them. I have no doubt Trump was overly optimistic when he called the targets totally obliterated. Still, this feels like a set up from anti-Trump staffers left at the DIA. Seth Mandel at Commentary, on Pooh-Poohing the Iran Bombing "Iran’s pursuit of nuclear weapons has been made more dangerous for them, vastly more expensive, and more difficult by significant margins. And any progress at all will have to evade Israel’s watchful eye." John Sexton, What Happened to Iran's Stockpile of Enriched Uranium? (Update). "J.D. Vance was just asked about the 900 pounds of enriched uranium on Bret Baier's show. He was somewhat non-committal on where it is. He suggested he believes it's buried but also said that even if the Iranians have it, they can't enrich it further at the moment (which is true). Elliot Kaufman @ElliotKaufman6 "The best-informed journalist in Israel says Israel believes i) all the centrifuges have been hit; and ii) the highly enriched uranium was not moved and has been buried deep underneath Fordow and Natanz by bombs. That would mean the strikes were an immense success." Quote Amit Segal @AmitSegal "I was interviewed by @BiannaGolodryga on @CNN about the uranium buried in Fordo and Israel's next steps." Tim Burchett @timburchett "It’s ironic that Democrats want Iran to have nukes but don’t want you to have a gun." THURSTON, WE HAVE A PROBLEM: Christiane Amanpour @amanpour,
“You cannot bomb away the memory of how to make a bomb,” says former Secretary of State John Kerry, “One of the dangers here is that the more this goes on in a military way, the more power goes to the worst offenders within Iran: the IRGC. And that’s not good for anybody.” Darrell B. Harrison @D_B_Harrison "“You cannot bomb away the memory of how to make a bomb,” says former Secretary of State John Kerry Um, actually, you can—by ‘bombing away’ those who know how to make a bomb. When you do that, the memory of how to make a bomb goes into eternity with them. I tend to agree with Kerry, knowledge once spread is hard to eradicate, but you can make them very uncomfortable to get into the field.
At NYPo the Divine Miranda Devine says Trump’s ‘spectacular’ Iran strike could carve his place in history as most courageous leader since Ronald Reagan. The Freep, Trump Keeps His Promise on Iran. The World Is Safer for It. Phil Wegman at RCP, Wartime President: Trump Makes Good on Promise To Stop Iran From Getting Nuclear Weapons. Jeff Blehar at NRO says Trump’s Iran Strike Shows Precisely Why Elections Matter. JNS, Would anyone but Trump have done it? "By acting to avert an existential threat to the West and Israel that his predecessors had allowed to grow, the president has secured his place in American and Jewish history." Don Surber asserts Trump Always Confuses Opponents, "The TACO that helped him end Iran's nuke program." Austin Bay, Simultaneous Strategic Bombing Strike, 12 Day War and Mid-East Peace? Katie Jerkovich at RedState notes Trump Shares Incredible Message From NATO Secretary General, the message to the President from Rutte congratulated and thanked the President for the "truly extraordinary" actions, stating that it was something "no one else dared to do" following the U.S. airstrikes to take out several of the Islamic State's key enrichment facilities." Cynical Publius @CynicalPublius, "Anybody who thinks Iran not having nuclear weapons benefits only Israel is a rat-brained lobotomite devoid of reasoning skills." NewsBusters remembers Obama 2012: A President Should Use ‘All Options’ to Stop Iran’s Nuclear Program. Sarah Arnold at TownHall hears Scarborough Shock Viewers with Rare Defense of Trump’s Iran Strike: 'Any President Would've Done It and Biden Ally Admits Only Trump Had the Guts to Strike Iran, Something He Says Kamala Harris Would Never Do. At Da Mail, CNN pundit Van Jones shames liberal colleagues for their Iran comments. MAZE @mazemoore "Erin Burnett five days ago: Iran is years away from a nuclear weapon. Trump is risking starting a world war for no reason. Erin Burnett today: Iran's nuclear program has only been set back a few months. This is a big deal. This is CNN." From LifeZette, Greg Steube Destroys Thomas Massie’s Claim Trump’s Iran Strike Was Illegal. John Sexton sees The AOC-Trump Battle Turns Hilarious. Hat Hair's Dave Strom says Nobody Bats a Thousand, But Tucker Got This One Very Wrong. TCW thinks Tucker’s wrong, Trump is an America First pragmatist. Capt. Ed cites a Poll: Media Reports of MAGA Death Over Iran Strikes Are ... Greatly Exaggerated. John Kass, Iran, Israel and the Constant Threat of Nuclear War. Sgt Mom at the Chicago Boyz, The Long Awaited Fix. Inside Paper, Iraq probes drone attacks on military radar systems. At Twitchy, THIS Is NOT a DRILL! Scott Jennings Just Dropped THE New Meme of the Year and It's Truly GLORIOUS
ET reports Bondi Says DOJ on ‘High Alert’ Over Concerns About Iranian Sleeper Cells "‘Over 1,000 have entered our country, and I can tell you we are on high alert,’ Bondi said." From WokeSpy, Tom Homan: Iranian Sleeper Cells Could Be Hiding Among Biden-Era Gotaways, or even supposedly legitimate Iranian immigrants. Capt. Ed watches CBS: ICE Rounds Up Former IRGC Sniper, 10 Other Iranian Illegals in 48 Hours. I expect a District Court judge to set them free ASAP. Fox remembers Over 700 Iranian nationals released into US during Biden administration despite terrorism concerns. "Trump's decisive action against Iran raises alarm about security risks following Biden's release of 729 special interest aliens."
Sundance at CTH sees NATO Nervously Awaits Godzilla Trump’s Arrival, Pre-Stage Agreement for Big Spending Increase. DW.com, NATO members agree to 5% defense spending increase.
Sundance also gives Credit Where Due – Majority Leader John Thune Eyes Friday for Senate BBB Votes to Begin. Tom Knighton at TAW says Sure, give me another reason to support One Big Beautiful Bill. From TNP, The Senate Parliamentarian Is Gutting Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill.’ CNN reluctantly reports Fed officials are starting to break rank and join Trump, to lower interest rates. "Fed Vice Chair for Supervision Michelle Bowman on Monday downplayed the potential impacts of Trump’s tariffs on prices and said the US central bank should swiftly lower rates to preserve the labor market’s health." Sarah Anderson calls it a MUST WATCH: VA Secretary Collins Destroys Lying Democratic Senator During Hearing. Beege Welborn at Hat Hair, Oh! Won't Someone Stop Her?! Murkowski Threatens to Become the (D) We Were Already Sure She Was.
At PJM VodkaPundit wonders Is New York City About to Go Full Communist? Sarah Arnold, Socialist Muslim Projected to Win in Democratic Primary for NYC Mayor; UPDATE: Cuomo Concedes to Mamdani. Althouse, Who votes and who doesn't vote when it's incredibly hot?, "I see it's going to be record-breakingly hot in New York City today — 100 degrees. And today is the NYC primary: "The contest has narrowed into a two-man sprint between Andrew M. Cuomo, the state’s scandal-plagued former governor, and Zohran Mamdani, an assemblyman and democratic socialist with a short track record, with a crowded field of nine rivals trailing behind. Polls suggest the outcome is a tossup" (NYT). . . I see the Cuomo group as pragmatic and the Mamdani group as passionate. Not sure how that interfaces with heat. The heat is personal, specific — about you, right now. In that light, I'll predict Cuomo prevails. But he needs to prevail with more than 50% or that "ranked-choice" voting could throw the nomination to Mamdani." A Chi Trib Editorial: Want to know how a socialist mayor would govern New York City? Ask Chicago. Driscoll at Insty, CUOMO CONCEDES TO ZOHRAN MAMDANI IN NEW YORK CITY MAYORAL PRIMARY. "UPDATE (FROM GLENN):" Kamel Amin Thaabet @K_AminThaabet "Mamdani is basically what would happen if you pulled some random kid out of the Columbia Hamas encampment and made them Mayor." Daniel Greenfield - "Hang Together or Separately"@Sultanknish "Mandani polls poorly with minority and working class voters And voters over 50 He underperforms among women They aren't enough white hipsters in New York to give him the numbers he's supposedly getting especially in places like the Bronx There's something very wrong here." Rita Panahi @RitaPanahi "NYers just elected a socialist nepo baby mayor. Good luck, loons." Well, they have a chance to choose the lesser evil in the election, with Adams running as an Independent. OTH, NYC has a history of choosing badly, and then showing regret next time around, Dinkins paved the way for Giuliani.
From Twitchy, Chuck Todd’s Biden Revelation: Finally Admits That Joe’s ‘Family Man’ Act Was a 40-Year Con, abetted by the media. James Rosen at NYPo opines Hollywood and Obama should be judged for covering up Joe Biden’s frailty. Bob Hoge at RedState thinks you should Watch: AG Pam Bondi Claps Back at Bitter Dem Congresswoman in Epic Congressional Face-Off. Not too bad!
From Ace, Jasmine Ratchet Runs to Be the Ranking Democrat Member of the House Oversight Committee; The Democrats Reject Her In Humiliating Fashion "She received the lowest vote total of any candidate. I wonder why. Must be because Democrats hate black women." Turns out there is such a thing as bad press. Mitch Berg at Hat Hair VIP says Incredibly, Democrat Approach To Young Men Is Cratering.
From Da Caller, California Dems Blame Wildfires On Trump After Their Party Created Tinderbox Of Regs. Beege Welborn replies Is there anything Trump can't be held responsible for? The man's a machine.
Collin Rugg @CollinRugg "NEW: Big Balls no longer works for the United States government, has resigned according to WIRED. DOGE legend Edward Coristine, a 19-year-old high school graduate, resigned yesterday according to the White House. “Coristine received full-time employment status at the GSA late last month … As of Tuesday afternoon, his Google Workspace account with the General Services Administration (GSA) was no longer active,” WIRED reported." Sister Toldja at RedState, MTG Goes for the Coup de Grace After House Democrat Embarrasses Herself During DOGE Hearing. Oversight Committee @GOPoversight, "Watch Democrats FUMBLING to explain after being called out for their FAKE POLL that adds up to 110%. @RepBrianJack: “Is it meant to add up to 110% or is that an error?” *gibberish* @RepMTG: "It still adds up to 110%. That's a fake poll right there!" They have ZERO substance." From the Washington Stand, OPM Watchdog Says Agency Failed to Enforce Teleworking Rules under Biden.Batya Ungar-Sargon @bungarsargon "When someone tells you there are jobs Americans won't do, your job is to add "...for those wages." It's godless to build an economy on jobs so poorly paid and unsafe that only desperate foreigners will do them. Mass deportations are the answer to an economic and moral emergency." Quote Daniel Kishi @DanielMKishi, "A meatpacker in Nebraska has developed a "novel pitch" to attract more American workers: competitive pay, predictable shift scheduling, and better workplace ergonomics." Tom Knighton at TAW wants to Make them suffer "Anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activists in Denver, Colorado, managed to thwart agents trying to arrest an illegal migrant wanted in Italy for child rape. ICE Colorado said on Friday their agents were trying to detain Jose Reyes Leon-Deras, a criminal alien from El Salvador who was convicted of child rape in Italy, when members of a local anti-ICE group alerted him to their presence. ICE said the group, Colorado Rapid Response, posted on social media that ICE was in the area, allowing him time to flee."
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