Flotsam and Jetsam - Iran Israeli War Goes into Overtime

h/t Insty

As reported yesterday Trump Says He Will Decide Whether to Bomb Iran 'Within Two Weeks.' Why the Hesitation? asks Rick Moran at PJM. "Within two weeks" could be today. Jeff Charles at TownHall attempts to answer, This Is Why Trump Is Giving Iran Two Weeks to Give Up Its Nuclear Ambitions "there is a concern that “we get somebody worse than Khamenei.”" That's a high bar. At NYPo, Iran rejects US talks after Trump gives two-week deadline to allow for negotiations. At Am Mind, Israel, Iran, and the Trump Doctrine. Capt. Ed at Hat Hair Israel to UN: Talk Time's Over, So Watch How We 'Limit' Iran's Nuke Program, NYT Wonders: What Message Would a Fordow Strike Send to China? and at VIP asks Should Trump Make Regime Change His Iran Policy? Lawrence Person's BattleSwarm Blog says Don’t Fear Regime Change in Iran. At Hat Hair, Dave Strom says Yes, There IS Evidence That Iran Is Pursuing Nuclear Weapons, "Occam's Razor suggests that when billions of dollars are spent to enrich Uranium beyond the point where it has any civilian use, the likely reason is that a military use is in mind," and That Whole 'Death to America' Thing Is Really No Big Deal, You Know. Fox reports Israel carries out strikes in Tehran as defense minister sends warning to Iranian proxy. I suspect that headline will be good for a few more days. At Da Caller, Senate Republicans Splinter Over Iran Threat. Senate Republicans splinter easily. Twitchy says Hey PSYCHOS Defending Iran, You SERIOUSLY Need to Check Out This Thread of 20 ACTUAL Laws In Iran. Scott Adams @ScottAdamsSays "Trump is trying to end Iran's actual authoritarian leadership while Democrats are trying to end Trump's imaginary authoritarian leadership." Quote Thomas Hern @ThomasMHern, "Former Obama official Ashley Allison gives a 50 second word salad about authoritarianism. This is the same person who said she isn't paid enough because of sexism and racism."

From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 06.20.25 (Morning Edition) EBL: How The Mossad Tricked Iran’s Top Generals To Their Deaths, CDR Salamander: What’s The Shelf Life Of Intel Reports?. And from In The Mailbox: 06.20.25 (Evening Edition), EBL, MAGA Message To Iran, Vox Popoli: No Victory Without Nukes and Winning, Gab: The Real Battle Is Here At Home – Not In The Middle East, American Conservative: The Neocons Are Working Hard to Co-Opt MAGA and Will Trump Betray America First?, American Thinker: Destroying Iran’s Nuclear Capability – Once Again, Israel, Da Tech Guy: Israel’s and Iran’s Tactics are Both Consistent With Their War Aims, The Geller Reports Israeli Air Force SUCCESSFULLY Struck the Iranian Nuclear Reactor in Arak, Iran, Iran Strikes Major Hospital in Israel, Central Israel Buildings in Missile Attack, and Jew-Hating Jihadi Zohran Mamdani Calls for Global Jihad, Says ‘Globalize the Intifada’ is Expression of “Palestinian” Rights, Legal Insurrection: FBI Watching Hezbollah Sleeper Cells in U.S. as Trump Weighs Iran Strike, The Federalist: Neocons Use Accusations Of ‘Appeasement’ To Morally Blackmail People Into Supporting Forever Wars.

Hat Hair's John Sexton sees CNN admit There's Really Not Much Inflation So Far. From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 06.20.25 (Morning Edition), The Federalist Tariffs Aren’t Raising Prices, CNN Admits After 5 Articles Insisting Tariffs Were Raising Prices. At the Daily Economy, Fed Holds Rates Steady Amid Economic Uncertainty "The Federal Reserve board isn’t committing to rate cuts, voting to holding its policy interest rate at 4.25 to 4.5 percent. As inflation and employment trends stabilize, caution is warranted." From Fox Business, Who could replace Fed Chair Powell? These are the top contenders. "President Donald Trump, unhappy with the Federal Reserve for not cutting interest rates, has called Chairman Jerome Powell a "numbskull," "Mr. Too Late" and referred to him as a "stupid person" before policymakers left interest rates unchanged for the fourth time this year on Wednesday." A video at Hat Hair, Trump Jr. Explains Why He’s Creating Parallel Systems: Banned, Deplatformed, and Debanked.

NewsMax opines We Have a Right to Know Who Propped Up Biden. From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 06.20.25 (Morning Edition) Twitchy: “Conservative” Pining For The Days The GOP Were Losers Does Not Go Over Well, Catherine Herridge Drops Bombshell Showing Media KNEW China Interfered In 2020 Elections, and Mark Cuban’s Big Reveal About Kamala’s Campaign Is A DOOZY. John Sexton hears Vox: Democrats Need to Become the Party of High Taxes and Blue States Are Shrinking and New York Democrats Are Worried. From Complete Colorado, DOJ request puts Jena Griswold’s elections record under scrutiny. At the Pop Times, FBI Docs: The Chinese Communist Party Potentially Rigged the 2020 Election for Biden.Ace, Trump's EO Permitting States to Check the Voter Rolls Against Federal Databases of Actual US Citizens Finds that Illegal Aliens Are Voting In All Kinds of Elections. "Why did no president take this simple step before? Could it be that the Democrats want illegal aliens to vote, and the Bush wing of the Fake Republican Party agrees, or at least doesn't want to upset their liberal friends and mistresses by disagreeing? Answer: Yes, that's exactly it." Mike Benz @MikeBenzCyber "The US government skyrocketed the USAID budget for Brazil while Bolsonaro was there. Not to help Brazilians economically, but to flood the political opposition in Brazil with money to try to take him out."

RedState's Joe Cunningham thinks Today's Supreme Court Decisions Pushed Back Hard Against the Administrative State. WokeSpy finds Sen. Elizabeth Warren FURIOUS that SCOTUS Protected Children. Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney, "BREAKING: A federal appeals court has indefinitely blocked Judge Breyer’s order to put Gavin Newsom back in control of the National Guard. The three-judge panel, which included two Trump and one Biden appointee, was unanimous." ABC7 Eyewitness News @ABC7 "A federal judge has ordered the release of Columbia University pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil." Ben Whedon at JTN, Judge orders ICE to release Mahmoud Khalil. "A federal judge on Friday ordered U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to release Mahmoud Khalil, whom authorities arrested months ago as part of the Trump administration's crackdown on antisemitism." Cam at Bearing Arms is joyous the Ninth Circuit Declares California Gun Rationing Law Unconstitutional. Paul Cassell at The Volokh Conspiracy examines the question Can Federal Prosecutors Avoid Judicial Review of Dismissal Motions by Conspiring Agreeing in Advance With a Defendant Not to Prosecute? "The Justice Department and Boeing are trying that dubious maneuver, which eviscerates the requirement in the federal rules that judges must approve dismissal motions." Kurt Schlichter at TownHall insists Republicans Must Rally Around Trump’s Judicial Picks.

At NYPo the Divine Ms. Devine is outraged about the FBI emails revealed to The Post that expose Biden DOJ’s obsession with piling on Trump charges.

Katie Jerkovich at TownHall sees New Polling that Crushes Dems' Fantasy About Opposition to Trump’s Immigration Policy. At Althouse, "I know of one landscaper that lost the whole crew he had, and he is just totally out of business, all of a sudden." "That quote is featured at the beginning of yesterday's NYT "Daily" podcast, An Interview With Trump’s Border Czar, Tom Homan." The quote is presented in a context that feels intended to generate empathy for those who've been affected by the "increasingly aggressive raids." But that "landscaper" — that is, person in the landscaping business — was, apparently, competing unfairly with anyone in that business who is dutifully following federal law and not hiring those in the country illegally." Becca Lower at RedState report Senate Confirms Border Patrol Veteran of 30 Years Who Was Fired by Mayorkas to Lead CBP. Beege Welborn at Hat Hair reminds us of That Time When the Dodgers Swung at ICE and Struck Out.

At ET, Elon Musk’s X Sues New York Over Content-Moderation Law. Ace, The New York Times is Boohoo Whinin' and Cryin' That Unrealistic Extremists in the ACLU Brought the Tennessee Trans Case to the Supreme Court and Lost Bigly "The article is trying to be nice to their trans allies, but the general thrust is that these people are so isolated in their progressive trans bubbles that they have no idea of what the rest of the country thinks about their extremist crusade to sexually mutilate children." Da Caller, MSNBC Rushes To Cut Off Pete Hegseth Right When He’s About To Expose Biden’s Massive Failure. WokeSpy finds the Media Baffled By Motorists Who Refuse to Be Dragged Out and Mauled. Scott Pinsker at PJM looks at The PR Fallout of Ted Cruz Versus Tucker Carlson: Yes, It’s Just as Bad as You Heard. "One guy came to talk; the other came for blood." He's not a Tucker fan. 

John Sexton sees Harvard Wins in Court and, Surprisingly, Trump Says Nice Things About the University. Donald J. Trump@realDonaldTrump "Many people have been asking what is going on with Harvard University and their largescale improprieties that we have been addressing, looking for a solution. We have been working closely with Harvard, and it is very possible that a Deal will be announced over the next week or so. They have acted extremely appropriately during these negotiations, and appear to be committed to doing what is right. If a Settlement is made on the basis that is currently being discussed, it will be “mindbogglingly” HISTORIC, and very good for our Country. Thank you for your attention to this matter!" From Campus Reform, MSU professor’s lawsuit advances against board members who called on students to label him ‘racist.’

VodkaPundit at Insty cites Da Signal's TYLER O’NEIL: SPLC Finally Clears Up ‘Major Misconception’ About Whether It Is ‘Anti-Christian.’ "The Southern Poverty Law Center, which the FBI cited in its notorious memo on “radical traditional Catholics,” puts conservative Christian nonprofits on a “hate map” alongside chapters of the Ku Klux Klan, claiming they are part of the “infrastructure upholding white supremacy.” . . . "

There are still plenty of good links at  the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 06.20.25 (Morning Edition) and In The Mailbox: 06.20.25 (Evening Edition). Linked at Pirate's Cove in the weekly Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup and links. The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: Kiss .500 Goodbye up more or less on time and under budget.