Flotsam and Jetsam - Iran Strikes Back, Agrees to Ceasefire, Breaks Ceasefire

All in one day. You can say a lot of things about the Trump years, but it's never boring. Open Source Intel@Osint613 "This would usually mean an attack is expected soon." Quote Open Source Intel @Osint613 "BREAKING: Qatar’s Foreign Ministry has announced a closure of the country’s airspace in response to the current situation." And sure enough, after warning Qatar, who warned the US, the Iranians lobbed a few easily intercepted missiles at the US bases in Qatar and Iraq. Ace, Iran Launches Six Missiles Towards US Base in Doha, Qatar. "Trump warned Iran that if they retaliated against the US, his mission would change from destroying Iran's nuke program to destroying the government and its military leadership. Iran launched six missiles towards our base at Doha. Reportedly, all were intercepted." Cutie Pavlich at TownHall, BREAKING: Iran Strikes Back. Raylan Givens @JewishWarrior13 "As I posted earlier, this was all a show (a very weak show) for the propaganda machine of Iran. 10 missiles launched, most intercepted. No injuries or casualties. If this is what the “gate of hell” looks like. We are in good shape. "Quote Raylan Givens @JewishWarrior13, "BREAKING Iran has now fired six ballistic missiles towards Qatar and Iraq." Yashar Ali @yashar "BREAKING President Trump says he hopes the Islamic Republic of Iran has “gotten it all out of their system,” and will not attack US bases and personnel in response to the bombing of nuclear sites. He also thanks the Islamic Republic for giving advance noticed (something reporters say was done with Qatar)." Althouse, "But the fact of the matter is, I had expected by now you would hear harsher rhetoric and seeing more missile attacks. " "Why would the Iranians be downplaying the amount of damage done? Well, they're probably wildly embarrassed about this. Here was the national treasure of Iran, right? The nuclear program was the symbol of its strength and its resistance to the United States. . . Said David Sanger — on today's episode of the NYT podcast "The Daily," "The U.S. Bombed Iran. Now What?" (Podscribe) — answering the question "What has been the response from the Iranians so far?" Jeff Charles at TownHall, This Is Who Warned Qatar Before Iran Launched Missiles at US Military Bases. "A spokesman for Iran’s Armed Forces explained that the attacks were carried out by the Revolutionary Guard Corps. “We warn our enemies that the era of hit and run is over,” he said, according to The New York Times." Ace, Trump Thanks Iran for Giving Him Advanced Warning About Their "Very Weak" Missile Attack Update: Trump Announces Agreement to Ceasefire and End of the "12 Day War" and Trump Announces "Total Agreement" to a Ceasefire and End to "12 Day War" "We'll see. The Mullahs are just playing for time to secure their hold on the country." wretchardthecat @wretchardthecat, Iran effectively gives up. World waits on developments. NYPo, Trump announces Israel and Iran have agreed to cease-fire ending ‘12 Day War’. Capt. Ed at Hat Hair, BREAKING: Trump Announces Iran-Israel Cease Fire; UPDATE: Iranians Confirm; UPDATE: Netanyahu Confirms. Althouse, "CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE! It has been fully agreed by and between Israel and Iran that there will be a Complete and Total CEASEFIRE (in approximately 6 hours from now, when Israel and Iran have wound down and completed their in progress, final missions!)..." "Writes President Trump, on Truth Social." Driscoll at Insty sees a BURIED LEDE: Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran Confirms Trump Ceasefire Going into Effect. ZitoSalena@ZitoSalena "“until the very last minute” Contrived way to confirm cease-fire is on." Sarah Arnold at TownHall sees Hours After Trump Declares Ceasefire, Iran Denies Agreement, Blames Israel for Starting War. And then, of course from Driscoll, WELL, IT WAS NICE WHILE IT LASTED: Israel War Room @IsraelWarRoom, "BREAKING: The IDF has detected new Iranian missile launches toward Israel. Civilians are being told to take shelter. Iran has violated the ceasefire set by @POTUS Trump just 13 minutes after it took effect at 7:00 a.m. local time." Cutie Pavlich, Strikes Resume After Iran Violates Trump's Ceasefire. Not that I didn't expect it, but you have to wonder who, if anyone, is in charge in Iran these days. Open Source Intel @Osint613, "BREAKING Report: Khamenei is currently unreachable. Top Iranian officials including former President Hassan Rouhani, MP Ali Larijani, and former Justice Minister Sadeq Larijani are seeking his approval to begin direct talks with the United States but have failed to make contact. A source told IranWire that only a small group has access to Khamenei. Ali Larijani, from a prominent clerical family, wants to position himself as a future leader after Khamenei, but his authority is weak since Khamenei disqualified him twice from running for president. - IranWire." So I suppose this means Israel gets to keep beating the stuffing out of Iran, while the US gets to go back to being a spectator. Virginia Kruta at Da Wire hears JD Vance: Iranians ‘Not Very Good At War,’ Should ‘Give Peace A Chance’, "They were trying to draw this process out as long as possible so that they could rebuild their nuclear weapons program."

From RCP, FNC's Griffin: "In 18 Years, I've Never Seen Such Operational Security." Insty at his NYPo, gig, Trump’s Iran strike revealed a second surprise: a competent White House. Vicky Taft at PJM says I Guess We Know Who Learned a Lesson From That Signalgate 'Scandal' ... and It Wasn't the Democrats. Philip Klein @philipaklein "Tucker 3 wks ago wrote that Iran “has a fearsome arsenal of ballistic missiles, many of which are aimed at US military installations in the Gulf.” He predicted, “The first week of a war with Iran could easily kill thousands of Americans.”" Roger Kimball at Spec World says On Iran, trust Trump’s instincts "Those who compare Trump’s actions to the ‘forever wars’ have seriously misjudged him." Bloomberg whines Iran Stands Alone Against Trump and Israel, Stripped of Allies. Capt. Ed hears Medvedev After Trump Rebuke: On Second Thought, We Won't Supply Nukes to Iran and Putin to Iran FM: Sorry for Your Troubles. Say Hi to the Ayatollah. 𝗡𝗶𝗼𝗵 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗴 ♛ ✡︎ @NiohBerg "China: "Do not close the Strait of Hormuz" Russia: "Israel is kind of a Russian country, so we're not intervening" Hezbollah: "We don't have hands, eyes or dicks, so we can't help you but good luck bro"" PressTV.IR, Iran's atomic body condemns American assault on nuclear sites, vows legal action. Suing Trump? Now there's a novel thought. Driscoll cites the Great VDH, VDH : Ten Iranian Questions.|2. But what happens now? Won’t Iran release its terrorist cells in the U.S., or attack U.S. bases nearby with missiles and drones, or unleash missiles at the Gulf oil fields, or mine the Straits of Hormuz, or unleash a new unforeseen volley of missiles at Israel?" Not if they're smart. At the Chronic, Is the U.S. Vulnerable to a Drone Sneak Attack? Yes, but unlike the Biden/Harris admin, I assume Trump/Vance is actually working on it. Rabbi Michael Barclay at PJM, America Must Be Ready for Threats—From Iran and the Democrats.

Don Surber notes Trump saves world, Democrats complain. The Great VDH at NYPo, Trump’s support keeps growing while Democrats howl at the moon. PJM's Matt Margolis sees Democrats Got Caught in a Huge Lie About Trump’s Iran Strike. Ace, Democrats Call for Trump's Impeachment Over Iran Bombing, Refuse to Explain Why They Previously Supported Obama and Hillary Clinton Bombing Muslim Countries Without Congressional Authorization, "AOC hit the stupid wall at birth, but now she's hitting the looks wall at about 170 mph" and Turns Out, Trump Did Call Democrat Leaders Before the Strike. Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries Was Just Too Busy to Pick Up the Phone. "Schumer did pick up the phone, but somehow did not leak advanced word to Iran." Katie Jerkovich at RedState, When You Lose ‘The View’: Co-Hosts Destroy Democrat Narrative About Trump Airstrikes. At Twitchy, The View's Meltdown: Shrews Spiral Over U.S. Strike on Iran with Clueless Rants. Stephen L. Miller @redsteeze "Thing that happens every weekend in New York City is happening again. Just changed the signs out." Quote Brian Krassenstein @krassenstein, "Massive anti-war / Anti-Trump protests breaking out in New York and DC." A Michele Tafoya vid at Hat Hair, on Hypocrisy in the Wake of the Attacks on Iran’s Nuclear Facilities. From NewsBusters, Scott Jennings MOCKS Democrat on Iran Regime: 'Fiery But Mostly Peaceful Butchers'. Dave Strom at Hat Hair reports MTG Big Mad at Trump. Hat Hair cites ZeroHedge, Trump Slams Massie As 'Not MAGA' Amid Iran Policy Infighting Among President's Base. The inimitable Kurt Schlichter at TownHall predicts Trump's Attack on Iran Will Not Destroy the America First Movement. Matt Vespa Yes, This Is a Real Live Fact-Check From the NYT About the Iran Bombing. Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh " LMAO...! Pete Hegseth said "our boys" in B2s are on their way home from Iran. New York Times responds: "yet, both men and women have trained to fly them." Althouse, "There's an enormous amount of love in Israel for, for your president, for Donald Trump. And it's love that he's, he's earned by, by his actions." "Said Caroline Glick, the International Affairs Advisor to the Prime Minister of Israel, to Ben Shapiro, on today's episode of his podcast, "Trump's MASTERSTROKE: What Comes Next?!" (Podscribe)."

From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 06.23.25 EBL, “Bomb Iran“, Vox Popoli: Turkey is Next, The Japan That Can Say No, Why Pakistan Backs Iran, The Iranian Expedition, and Team Trump and Bibi, American Conservative: Trump Risks a Strategic Misfire in Iran, American Greatness: Trump Torches Thomas Massie on Truth Social, President Trump Thanks God, Asks For The Lord’s Protection After Successful Strikes on Iran’s Nuclear Facilities, The Trump Doctrine (aka the Businessman’s Way of War), American Thinker: Trump Is No TACO After All, BattleSwarm: Iran – Uncle Sam’s Stick Gets Bigger, BREAKING – U.S. Hits Iranian Nuclear Sites, Fordow Damage Assessment, and Iran Attacks Empty U.S. Qatar Base…With 6 (Intercepted) Missiles, Da Tech Guy: A Moment 46 Years in the Making, also, Cause and Effect: “‘Never seen such operational security’” Edition, Dana Loesch: U.S. Bombed Iranian Nuke Sites, Elizabeth Nickson: World Tells Muslims Conform Or Get Off My Lawn, First Street Journal: World War III Watch, also, There is only one crime in war, and that’s the losing of it, The Geller Reports President Trump Announced US Has Completed Successful Attack on THREE Iran Nuclear Sites, President Trump’s Great Military Deception Strategy, China Issues Warning to Iran After Threats to Close the Strait of Hormuz, President Trump Announces Ceasefire Between Israel and Iran, IDF Hits Tehran’s Notorious Evin Prison, Destroys Khamenei’s ‘Israel Doomsday Clock’, Matt Taibbi: Divided America is Vulnerable in Wartime, Power Line: Motive Unclear, Misplaced Sympathy, “Regime change”, “You don’t know what you’re talking about”, and The gates of Evin Prison, This Ain’t Hell: Six B-2 stealth bombers headed to Guam from their US base, President Donald Trump: Remember, there are many targets left, Victory Girls: No Democrats, Bombing Iranian Nuclear Sites Is Not An Impeachable Offense, also, Could Iran Activate Terror Sleeper Cells In The United States? and The Federalist: Whatever Happens Next, Iran Doesn’t Need To Be Made Safe For Democracy.

Kimberly Klacik @kimKBaltimore "Stocks are up. The market is healthy. Oil is down. WW3 crybabies exposed. Trump is still winning." Leslie Eastman at LI reports Trump, Rubio Facilitate Peace Pact Between DRC and Rwanda to End Decades-Long Mineral War "“Transactional diplomacy”, including multi-billion dollar investment in critical mineral resource development, is replacing “soft power.”" WUWT, Trump Closes Notorious EPA Lab That Conducted Illegal Human Experiments. Lauren Lee @sheislaurenlee, "BREAKING: RFK Jr. Announces Program to END Insurance Pre-Authorization! “85% of Americans say that they have had delays in health care because of prior authorization. The doctors hate it. It costs them 12 to 15 hours a week filling out forms.” This is a MASSIVE win for everyday Americans against Big Insurance!"

Like a dog with a bone, Jonathan Turley, ‘Where’s Jackie?”: Why the Public Needs Answers on Biden’s Alleged Incapacity. Driscoll at Insty, GOODER AND HARDER, FUN CITY: "Shocking poll shows Zohran Mamdani overtaking Andrew Cuomo in NYC’s ranked choice primary." From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 06.23.25 Director Blue: Top 20 Most Blatant Democrat Lies, EBL, The Next Mayor of New York?

At Breitbart, Commission Proposes New Local Authorities for Palisades, Malibu, Altadena After Fire, to get it out of the suffocating hands of the LA bureaucracy. It might help for a while.

Bill Melugin @BillMelugin_ "BREAKING: SCOTUS allows Trump admin to deport illegal aliens to third party countries - for now. Trump admin appealed to SCOTUS after a federal judge in Boston blocked third party removals & blocked the removal of aliens to South Sudan w/ several convicted murders on board, including one with a deportation order since 1999. Big win for Trump admin - for now." At Althouse, "The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Trump administration to deport migrants to countries other than their own, pausing a federal judge’s ruling..." ""... that they must first be given a chance to show that they would face the risk of torture and letting the administration send men held at an American military base in Djibouti on to South Sudan. The court’s brief order gave no reasons and said the judge’s ruling would remain paused while the government pursues an appeal and, after that, until the Supreme Court acts. The court’s three liberal members issued a lengthy dissent." The NYT reports." Insty cites the WSJ: Justice Jackson’s Strange Lament: In dissent she feeds a ‘perception’ about the Supreme Court she admits is wrong. "The Supreme Court ruled 7-2 Friday that oil refiners can challenge California’s electric-vehicle mandate. The decision shouldn’t have been controversial, but Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s dissent accusing her colleagues of favoring “moneyed interests” deserves a rebuttal. . . . As Justice Brett Kavanaugh notes in the majority opinion, “EPA’s and California’s own actions—their statements, their enforcement decisions, their litigation positions—undermine the central premise of their redressability argument.” Lo, if blocking the regulations wouldn’t have an impact, why are EPA and California seeking to defend and enforce them?" Ace, Federal Magistrate Orders Trump to Release Abrego Garcia "Back to this crap again." "The Trump administration quickly moved to counter the ruling, filing a notice of appeal and signaling that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) would likely take Garcia into custody regardless of the court's release order. Holmes herself acknowledged that her decision may ultimately be symbolic. "Either Abrego will remain in the custody of the Attorney General... or he will likely remain in ICE custody subject to anticipated removal proceedings that are outside the jurisdiction of this Court," she noted." At Twitchy, Stephen Miller says Expect ‘Fireworks’ as White House Holds Rogue Judge Accountable for Defying Supreme Court. "The highest court in the land recently ruled that Trump could deport illegal aliens to countries that they are not from. Murphy has made it clear he will defy the ruling." Duane Patterson at Hat Hair, America's Coming Two-Party System: Republicans And District Court Judges. "Until the Supreme Court finally reigns in these rogue district court judges, we are seeing the left-wing judiciary become much more potent and powerful than the Democratic Party is by a long shot." From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 06.23.25 The Federalist, Here Are 10 Great Clarence Thomas Quotes To Commemorate His 77th Birthday and Federal Judge In California Remains At The Ready To Wrest Control Of National Guard From Trump.

At Da Fetched, House Democrat Breaks Ranks, Backs Trump’s National Guard Deployment in LA Riots, Henry Cuellar (D-TX). From Da Mail, Democrat mayor SMIRKS as he defends 'doxing' ICE agents. "Names of agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) were posted to online by the City of Nashville, as part of a public records request that mandates information about immigration be posted online to a city website. Mayor Freddie O'Connell is currently under investigation by two Congressional committees for allegedly helping illegal immigrants in Music City evade deportations." Drew Berquist, ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Detention Facility for Illegal Aliens Proposed by Florida Attorney General.

Sean Davis @seanmdav "The former abortion reporter for the Washington Post is VERY mad that Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has a big family. Apparently she sent a deranged list of questions to the family demanding to know why they didn’t abort their oldest daughter. What a psycho!" From Ace,
"BBC Presenter Corrects the Woke Script Written For Her, Clarifying That "Pregnant People" Means, Obviously, Pregnant Women "This is actually a major breakthrough, insanely enough. One employee of the BBC actually Believes In the Science (TM) and is willing to share it with the public. Huzzah."

From the College Fix, Senate tames endowment tax plan, but universities still on the hook. "The Senate Finance Committee recently proposed a revised endowment tax plan for private colleges and universities with a top tax rate of 8 percent compared to the House’s 21 percent maximum rate." Up from 1.4%.

The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: Kiss .500 Goodbye up more or less on time and under budget.