Flotsam and Jetsam - Trump Bombs Iran

Two days after saying he would decide "within two weeks" whether or not to bomb the nuclear facilities in Iran with the bunker busting bombs and warnings that Fordow Could Be a Tougher Nut to Crack Than Most People Think (Dave Strom at Hat Hair) and Options for Targeting Iran’s Fordow Nuclear Facility (CSIS) , President Trump sent a small fleet of American aircraft to bomb the Fordow uranium enrichment facility, and two other nuclear sites, Natanz and Eshfahan. They can't say they weren't warned. First, a diversion was arranged, when apparently loaded B2 Spirit bombers flew to Guam from Whitman airbase in Missouri, while the bombers in raid actually headed east from Whiteman, a 15 hour trip one way. Reuters, Trump says Iran's key nuclear sites 'obliterated' by US airstrikes. From Fox, US strikes 3 Iranian nuclear sites, Trump announces, "While Republicans largely praised the move, Democrat leaders largely criticized it." and Trump addresses nation on 'spectacular military success' of US strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities. Insty has around up at FROM THE EARTH-SHATTERING KABOOM DEPARTMENT. Don Surber, Trump ends Iranian nuke program. Sundance at CTH, The United States Has Bombed Iran and President Trump Address to the Nation. Althouse reads the NYT, “American warplanes dropped bombs on three nuclear sites in Iran on Saturday, President Trump announced on Saturday night, bringing the U.S. military directly into the war after days of uncertainty about whether he would intervene.” Ace, in all cap, italic red font, with the trademark flaming skull, TRUMP: US BOMBERS HAVE HIT THREE IRANIAN NUKE SITES INCLUDING FODROW and Trump To Address Nation at 10 PM Eastern on the Successful Bombing of the Primitive Screwheads "I would just point out that 99.9% of Iran was not bombed." So, a mostly peaceful bombing? Bob Hoge at RedState, Confirmed: US Did Use 6 Bunker-Busters to Destroy Iran's Nuke Facilities, Dozens of Tomahawk Missiles. Matt Margolis at PJM, Here’s How The White House Pulled Off a Flawless Strike on Iran. Twitchy, Iran, Look Over Here! Fox News’ Jennifer Griffin Says B-2 Bombers Headed to Guam Were a Distraction.

Insty, TRUMP REMINDS IRAN THAT THERE ARE “MANY TARGETS LEFT.” Accompanied by VP Vance Secretary Hegseth, and Marco Rubio, he says we took out the nuclear capability as we had warned, notes that Iran has been killing Americans for many years, and says that’s coming to an end." Dave Bernstein at Insty, PROMISE MADE, PROMISE KEPT: "I was there when Trump said this last September: “I wanted one thing from Iran, no nuclear weapons. I didn’t want much, no nuclear weapons. And now, they’re very close to getting it, and you can’t let that happen.” Iran should have taken him seriously and literally." Cathy Salgado at PJM, ‘God Bless America’: Netanyahu Praises Trump for Iran Strike. Jason Cohen @JasonJournoDC, "NEW: CNN's Van Jones calls on "progressives" to "GET ON BOARD" with Trump's stance that Iran *can't* have nuclear weapon "I think progressives underestimate how dangerous Iran is. Iran is not a normal country. Normal countries don‘t blind women because they showed some hair. They don't empower little gangs and proxies to surround a country and fire rockets and r*pe people." Sarah Arnold at TownHall sees The Problem With Democrats Calling Trump’s Strike on Iran’s Nuclear Program 'Impeachable' "to proceed with impeachment, lawmakers must prove President Trump's actions constitute a "high crime or misdemeanor" under Article II, Section 4 of the U.S. Constitution. This could be a difficult case to make, as previous presidents have exercised similar military authority without prior congressional approval. For example, former President Obama authorized military action in Libya, and in 1998, former President Bill Clinton launched cruise missile strikes as part of Operation Infinite Reach, targeting sites in both Sudan and Afghanistan." Ed Morrissey @EdMorrissey "Lloyd Austin gave us Kabul. @PeteHegseth gave us Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan. Just sayin'." Quote, Ed Morrissey @EdMorrissey, "Consider the opsec in place, along with the rapid marshaling of assets to the region and the expert logistics demonstrated in this mission ... and tell me if anyone will be arguing that @SecDef is some kind of amateur in over his head after today. x.com/MaryMargOlohan…" Insty, HE’S AN IRANIAN ASSET: David Bernstein @ProfDBernstein "In case you had any doubt (a) which side Mehdi was on; and (b) whether he just goes around calling anything he doesn't like a "war crime."" The Telegraph, This is the ‘beginning of the end’ for Iran’s supreme leader. But what comes next?. Mark Tapscott at Insty, NOW WE MAY KNOW HOW MANY SLEEPER CELLS BIDEN ENABLED: Now that President Donald Trump has obliterated Iran’s nuclear bomb-making facilities, we may well find out in coming days just how many terrorist sleeper cells were able to enter this country during the Biden era. It’s my hurriedly posted PJMedia column. From sundance, a Good Video Summary of President Trump’s Focus on Deconstructing the Global Order. NYPo, Wealthy Whoopi Goldberg fails to see the irony of her ‘oppression’ narrative – or that the US is NOTHING like Iran. The Vigilant Fox @VigilantFox, "Rep. @WesleyHuntTX just delivered the most powerful rebuttal to Whoopi Goldberg’s crazy race claim—and Bill Maher’s liberal audience erupted in applause. “I don’t even ever want to hear Whoopi Goldberg’s conversation about how it’s worse to be black in America [than to live in Iran].”

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From NewsMax, Pakistan to Nominate Trump for Nobel Peace Prize, prior to the attack, it will be interesting to see if they withdraw it. Pop Times, Donald Trump Says “I Was the Hunted, Now I’m the Hunter,” Explaining 45-47 Difference. Orange County Reg, Arriving in LA, Vice President JD Vance stands behind Trump’s military deployment. From Twitchy, Gavin Newsom and Dems Lose Their Minds After JD Vance Disses Senator Alex Padilla By Calling Him 'José'. David Burge @iowahawkblog, "Guam cringed so hard it capsized" Quote Media Research Center @theMRC "Talk about Tone-Deaf messaging! Democrat Rep. Hank Johnson releases hilariously bad anti-Trump song, and you just have to hear this" Lyman Stone 石來民 @lymanstoneky, "The thing about the conservatives opposed to selling Federal lands (e.g. I noticed @L0m3z ), is that they clearly have not actually read @BasedMikeLee 's actual bill. Massive failure of literacy on the part of the based right. So let's look at the bill!" At the Balmer Sun, This is a test of the emergency broadcast system: Will Senate cut NPR, PBS? We can only hope. 

NewsMax, Vance Warns Governors: Control Riots or Feds Will Act. At Althouse, How is Gavin Newsom in debates? "I wondered, reading this quote from Newsom: "Since you’re so eager to talk about me, how about saying it to my face. Let’s debate. Time and place?" . . . How would the debate go? I asked Grok to compare the debating skill of the 2 men and to predict the outcome: here. (NOTE: bad link is fixed)." From WokeSpy, FBI and IRS Put Riot Funders on Notice: “Imprisonment and Fines” Will Come. At LifeZette, Swalwell Wants Prosecutors to Charge Federal Agents Who Arrest Democrats.

Matt Margolis, Is Tim Walz Trying to Get More Lawmakers Killed? and Now We Know Why the Minnesota Assassin Story Disappeared Overnight. Althouse, "In a rambling, conspiratorial letter addressed to the FBI, alleged assassin Vance Boelter claimed Gov. Tim Walz instructed him to kill U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar so that Walz could run for the U.S. Senate..." ""... according to two people familiar with the contents of the letter. The letter... is incoherent, one and a half pages long, confusing and hard to read, according to two people familiar with the letter’s contents.... Federal prosecutors allege the letter was left behind in a Buick that Boelter deserted near his home in Green Isle, Minn. It also allegedly contained Boelter’s confession that he carried out the shootings that killed state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, and injured Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette...." From "Letter to FBI from shooting suspect made wild claims about Klobuchar and Walz, sources say/People with direct knowledge of a letter Vance Boelter addressed to the FBI say it is rambling and conspiratorial" (Minnesota Star Tribune)." Victory Girls, Minnesota Shooter Boelter Is Crazy, But What Did Dems Know? I don't think I believe Walz ordered a hit on Klobuchar, but it certainly plays hell with the press concept that Boelter was motivate by rightwing ideation. I do want to hear Walz actually explain his relationship with Boelter, and why he appointed him to a state board. Also from Althouse, "Feras Hamdan, a 36-year-old Ohio doctor, turned himself in... after allegedly forcing Republican Representative Max Miller off the road in a road rage incident." Bill Glahn at Power Line, Pardon me? "Local TV station broadcasts disinformation about a Trump pardon for an accused political assassin. You may think that you hate legacy media enough, but you don’t."

Hans von Spakovsky at Da Signal sees a Federal Judge Kicks Radical Professors and Their Union to the Curb Where They Belong "In a brilliant opinion Monday, New York federal district court Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil not only denied the preliminary injunction sought by the American Association of University Professors and the American Federation of Teachers, she threw out their lawsuit against the Trump administration entirely." When you can't even count on an NY judge.

From Da Blaze, State Department worker fired after undercover video captures him admitting to helping migrants exploit loopholes. 

Stacy McCain takes on NY Times on the Left’s Skrmetti Bungle: ‘Somebody Set Up Us the Bomb’ "Despite their belief that they are on “the right side of history,” the Left lost this case so decisively that it will likely be decades before they could even hope to undo the self-inflicted damage to their cause." From Althouse, "There are a lot of conversations happening right now. People know the movement is stuck. They know we’ve gone too far. They know we’ve lost the thread." "Said said Dana Beyer, "a physician and longtime trans activist in Maryland," quoted in "How the Transgender Rights Movement Bet on the Supreme Court and Lost/The inside story of the case that could set the movement back a generation" (NYT)(free-access link)." Wall Street Mav @WallStreetMav "The gall of white men, how dare they."

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