Flotsam and Jetsam - The Iran Israel End Game

There's not any really great developments in the Iranian Israeli war. It sort of feels like the end of a chess game, pieces moving around the king, with Iran maneuvering for a draw that allows them to stay in game and Israel looking for an opportunity for a checkmate. At PJM, Charlie Martin has A Reminder: Iran CANNOT Have Nuclear Weapons. Sundance hosts President Trump Takes Questions From Media About ongoing Israeli Bombing of Iran Sites. NewsMax cites Trump on Iran: It's 'Late to Be Talking'. Da Wire, Trump Lacerates Reporter Asking Him To Publicly Reveal His Plans On Striking Iran, "You don’t seriously think I’m going to answer that question..." At Althouse, "I have ideas on what to do but I haven’t made a final—I like to make the final decision one second before it’s due." "Said President Trump." A Larry video at Hat Hair, Trump Stares Down Iranian Supreme Leader, Delivers Fiery Warning! Dave Strom notes an Impotent Iran Threatens United States, Beege Welborn sees Awful Lot of American Firepower Pointed Iran's Way at the Moment and John Sexton reports the NY Times Editorial Board: President Trump Must Go to Congress Before Striking Iran. From TWZ, F-15E Armed With Drone Killing Laser-Guided Rockets Appears In Middle East, "With 42 rockets and eight missiles, an F-15E now has 50 air-to-air engagement opportunities, not including its gun." USNI News reports Aircraft Carrier USS Nimitz Sailing to Middle East, Says Official and Iranian Government Aircraft Make Mysterious Dash To Oman "Iran's presidential A340 and two A321s have flown to Oman days after Israel declared air superiority over the country." CSIS, Ungentlemanly Robots: Israel’s Operation Rising Lion and the New Way of War. Ace, Three Iranian Planes Fly to Oman as Israel Reportedly Begins Attacking the Ayatollah's Bunkers "Iran just threatened "a surprise that will be remembered for centuries." Then they released a video strongly hinting they were about to attack the US or Israel with a nuke. But now the The Bee can exclusively report on what this "surprise" is:" At Reuters Xi says China 'deeply worried' about Israel-Iran conflict, urges de-escalation.

At Am Spec, The Most Dangerous War Game Finally Happened "War games are not meant to be predictive, but in this case, it was. The Iranians launched a massive retaliatory strike on Israel almost immediately." Jawad Iqbal at Spec World, wonders Is it curtains for the mullahs? "The ruling cadre looks vulnerable and rattled." Newt Gingrich explains Why the Mullahs Have to Go. PJM's Bob Spencer worries Is Israel Dragging the U.S. Into Another Regime Change War? Driscoll at Insty, PAST PERFORMANCE IS NO GUARANTEE OF FUTURE RESULTS: Tucker Carlson Plays Gotcha with Sen. Cruz on Iran. Sundance hosts the whole (2 hr) thing, Tucker Carlson Debates Senator Ted Cruz on Israel and Foreign Policy. At Da Wire, Tulsi Gabbard Joins Trump In Situation Room Amid Reports Of Rift With President, "Trump also dismissed Gabbard's March testimony before Congress, when she said Iran did not appear to be close to building a nuclear weapon." Sundance sees A Dangerous Moment – The Targeting of Tulsi Gabbard. Twitchy, Cancel Your Dream Iranian Vacay? Americans Devastated as State Dept. Ruins Summer Plans for Zero People. Elica Le Bon الیکا‌ ل بن @elicalebon, "It’s so weird being Iranian right now, scrolling through my feed and seeing all my fellow Iranians praying for freedom, and seeing every white leftist & terror sympathizer praying the oppressor wins… “for humanity.” PJM's Cathy Salgado reports Iranians Chant for Shah’s Return As Terrorist Regime Collapses. Dave Strom, WTH, ABC News? Nicholas Fondacaro @NickFondacaro, "Sunny Hostin decries Israel's preemptive strike on Iran, suggesting it happened for no reason, fears for the life of Ayatollah Khamenei, and claims a country has no right to bomb a country threatening to nuke them. She claims Israel's strikes were "illegal," but doesn't stays silent when confronted about Iran funding terrorism and launching their own strikes on Israel previously. . . "

Rasmussen Reports @Rasmussen_Poll "Trump Overnight Presidential Job Approval - is in. Single overnight approval for last night: 55.96% He remains unchanged today in the 5-day rolling average." From Ace, Blue Collar Wages Rise 2% In Just the First Five Months of Trump's Second Term, the Most in 60 Years "Nice:" From Fox, Left's tariff doomsday predictions fall flat as Trump's America thrives, "Gas prices are down, small business optimism is up as predictions of demolished wealth fail to materialize." NewsMax reports Trump Knocks Fed's Powell: 'I'd Do a Much Better Job'. At Da Signal, Senate ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ Overhaul Rattles GOP. Mil.com reports Air Force Lowered Annual Recruiting Goal Due to Budget Woes, But Still on Track to Hit Target This Month.

From Da Beast (with large grain of salt), Trump ‘Reamed Out’ Hegseth for Flop Birthday Parade and ICE Barbie Visited Biohazard Lab With RFK Jr. Before Hospitalization. From Twitchy, 'Be Careful...': Pete Hegseth Calmly Ruined a Triggered Dem Sen. Elissa Slotkin's Bait Attempt. Nick Arama at RedState, The Unhinged Question Sen. Slotkin Asked Pete Hegseth on the Guard in LA - His Response Just Wrecks Her. Madeline Leesman at TownHall, Troops Were Mobilized in 3 States to Support ICE. Driscoll at Insty has DISPATCHES FROM BARACK PROJECTION, "OBAMA: Obama: US ‘dangerously close’ to moving toward autocracy." From the Brownstone, “No Kings,” Except for the Bureaucrats.

Rick Moran at PJM reports Democrats Walk Out of Hearing Probing Biden's Mental Fitness When He Was in Office. Beege Welborn at Hat Hair VIP on the Senate Hearing: How a Geriatric, Desiccated Corpse With a Mushroom Brain Was 'President'. Ace, Republican Senators Open Hearings Into the "Massive Cover-Up" of Biden's Cognitive Decline, Democrats Boycott Hearings Entirely, "More hearings."

At TownHall, 'Becca Downs sees Jerry Nadler Tries and Fails to Get Into ICE Facility, and It Gets Worse for Him From There. Dave Strom, Democrats Now Begging to Be Arrested. PJM's Stephen Kruiser says Dear Democrats: I Won't Let You Exhaust Me With Your Diaper-Filling Tantrums. Ilya Shapiro @ishapiro, "Yes, globalizing the intifada is all about a struggle - a kampf, if you will." Quote Joel M. Petlin @Joelmpetlin, "Anyone who really believes that "globalize the intifada" is a legitimate call for Palestinian equality and equal rights is either a liar or a moron. Zohran Mamdani is both, and he should never be elected as the mayor of NY City or anywhere else." At NYPo, Michael Goodwin thinks Cuomo should thank Mamdani for making him look like the safe, stable choice for NYC mayor. From Fox, Trans Dem Rep. McBride suggests party went too far with transgender agenda before public was ready. "McBride said progressives became 'absolutist' while voters were still at 'Trans 101 stage'". At Hat Hair, John Sexton cites Ezra Klein on Why the Left is Losing on Trans Issues.

John Sexton, After Weeks of Internal Drama, the DNC is Broke. Benny Johnson @bennyjohnson, "Trump and Elon defund USAID. ***one month later*** DNC: “we’re broke now”" At Da Wire, USAID Gave Known Con Man $800M Contract To Do Kamala’s Work On ‘Root Causes Of Migration’ "Biden admin gave $800M contract to a home-based company despite knowing its manager received past contracts through bribery."

Matt Margolis at PJM, Supreme Court Delivers a Crushing Blow to Trans Agenda "Supreme Court delivered a 6-3 decision Wednesday that upholds Tennessee's ban on so-called "gender-affirming care" for minors." NewsMax, Supreme Court Rules Against Challenge to Youth Transgender Procedure Ban. Ace sees A Return to Sanity: Supreme Court Upholds Bans on "Gender Affirming Surgery" for Children 6-3 in a Major Repudiation of the Extremist Transgender Cult, "Update: Thomas Warns Against Deferring to Fake "Experts"" Althouse, "Supreme Court allows Tennessee ban on gender-transition care for minors." From Da Caller, Trump Admin Notches Win In Columbia Funding Fight. "A federal judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit filed by two teachers unions over the Trump administration’s funding cuts to Columbia University." OTH at Public Notice Liz Dye reports a Judge rules that anti-woke is just racism.

From the Pop Times, Released Docs: The Biden Administration Targeted Law Abiding Citizens as Domestic Terrorists. At ET, Jeanine Pirro Nominated for Full Term as DC Federal Prosecutor, "Senate Judiciary Committee chair Chuck Grassley said on Tuesday that he had met with the nominee."

At Da Blaze, Phone associated with accused Minnesota assassin’s home traveled to Dubai, Nepal, India, and Turkey, report says. I wonder if there was any USAID money involved? Add a little extra tinfoil to your hat: DC_Draino @DC_Draino "I’m starting to think these Minnesota shootings really were a targeted hit job by Democrats against a defiant Democrat legislator that didn’t toe the party line Why? Because that’s the 1 thing the media is rushing to say it’s NOT about Even though Melissa was the only Democrat to vote with Republicans to repeal free healthcare for illegal aliens." Quote DC_Draino @DC_Draino "There is something truly bizarre about these Minnesota Democrat shootings The cops weren’t supposed to show up while the assassin was at Melissa Hortman’s home It made the shooter rush out and now it seems like they’re cleaning up the crime scene to frame it as something different Just bizarre." Fox 9, Lawmakers shootings: Trump says calling Walz would ‘waste time.’ "Walz said he wasn't surprised by the lack of outreach from Trump, saying, "I think I understand where that's at."" At the Pop Times an Ex-Coast Guard Lieutenant Arrested for Allegedly Threatening Trump’s Life And Calling for His Assassination.

Matt Margolis thinks The Latest Immigration Numbers Practically Prove Joe Biden's Criminal Intent. Beege Welborn sees Blue States Fighting to Feed, Clothe and House Illegals...and Then There's Florida and I Spy With My ICEy Eye: Crackpot Kathy Hochul. At Da Wire, States Must Work With ICE Or Lose Transportation Funding, Secretary Says. Cathy Salgado notes ICE Raided a Food Plant. Americans Rushed to Apply for Opened-Up Jobs. John Lott at Da Fed observes As Deportations Rise, The U.S. Is On Track For The Lowest Murder Rate On Record. It might be related, but remember correlation doesn't equal causation. Ace, Maryland Man Arrested for Attempting to Stab a US Attorney, Plus: US Murder Rate Plummets, and Border Patrol Encounters Only 95 Illegals, The Lowest Single Day Number in History "When I say "Maryland Man," I mean it like the Democrat-Media Regime means it. I mean "illegal alien criminal." This particular Maryland Man is from El Salvador and currently threatening to slit public servant's throats in the Albany, NY region, after fleeing from other jurisdictions due to a stack of warrants against him. Oh, and he had just been deported, but snuck back in." John Sexton, Illegal Alien Accepts Plea Deal on Multiple Rape Charges. From the Pop Times, “The View” Co-Host Sunny Hostin Insists Being Undocumented is Not Illegal, Blames Misinformation.

Katie Jerkovich hears JD Vance Signed Up for Bluesky With Trump-Level Troll and Hilarity Ensued. Comfortably Smug @ComfortablySmug "Wow. They banned JD Vance from Blue sky in under 15 minutes What a hero." More on the story from Althouse, JD Vance — signing onto Bluesky — starts a conversation about the Supreme Court's upholding of a state law banning transgender drugs and surgery for minors. "First, the site takes him down, but he's back up, and they're saying that happened because the account was flagged as a possible impersonation. I don't know what Bluesky's rules are about that, because when I searched for "JD Vance," I got various un-cancelled accounts that look like impersonations:"

From the College Fix, Five U. Minnesota regents’ properties targeted in vandalism spree. At Campus Reform, Pro-Hamas Harvard student org files amicus brief to protect university funding amid anti-Semitism concerns.

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