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Janet Mills Insists She’s Staying in Senate Race
Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) is not dropping out of the Democratic U.S. Senate primary despite trailing in the polls and having no advertisements booked after Wednesday, the Portland Press…
Have We Ever Seen a Dumber 24 Hours?
I had a great conversation with the great Julie Mason on her Sirius XM show this afternoon. You can listen here. Save to Favorites
Trump’s Ceasefire Declaration Sparks Confusion
Bloomberg: “President Donald Trump’s declaration of a two-week ceasefire in the war against Iran has soothed global markets. But a series of conflicting statements — and actions — since the…
Iran Hawks Fear Trump Will Give Away Too Much
Aaron Blake: “For Iran hawks on the right, Tuesday night was initially time to revel in how President Donald Trump had again proven his detractors wrong with his supposed Art…
Trump Supporters Fume About Iran War
New York Times: “The people logging into Truth Social each day tend to count themselves among the most ardent supporters of President Trump and his MAGA movement. In recent weeks,…
Iran’s Tolls in the Strait of Hormuz Violate Trade Norms
Associated Press: “To end the war with the United States and Israel, Iran is demanding the right to collect tolls in the Strait of Hormuz as a precondition for reopening…
GOP Leaders Mum as Trump Swings on Iran
New York Times: “As President Trump swung this week from threatening to annihilate Iran to announcing a cease-fire whose terms and durability remain murky, Congress — the branch of government…
Hegseth and Caine Strike Different Tones on Iran
Washington Post: “Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dan Caine struck different tones on Wednesday while describing the state of hostilities with Iran, with the former characterizing…
Extra Bonus Quote of the Day
“God deserves all the glory. Tens of thousands of strikes carried out under the protection of divine providence. A massive effort with miraculous protection. God is good.” — Defense Secretary…
Ritchie Torres Calls for Probe of Futures Trades
“Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY) on Wednesday called for a federal probe into suspicious trading activity in oil and equity futures markets just before President Donald Trump’s announcement of a five-day…
Michael Avenatti Released from Prison
“Michael Avenatti — the blustery lawyer who repped Stormy Daniels in her lawsuit against Donald Trump and then went to prison for ripping her and other clients off — is…
Justice Department Says Pam Bondi Won’t Testify
Washington Post: “Former attorney general Pam Bondi will not appear on Capitol Hill next week for scheduled testimony about the Justice Department’s investigations of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, department…
Trump Made a Deal That Gives Him Nothing He Wanted
Nancy Youssef: “President Trump said he went to war to ensure that Iran never acquired a nuclear bomb. The war ended—for now, at least—with a demonstration that Tehran possesses an…
Iran Will Probably Get a Nuclear Weapon Eventually
Jonathan Last: “Follow the logic: Iran’s purpose in pursuing nukes wasn’t to use the first one on Tel Aviv. It was going to use nukes the same way North Korea…
Is the Iran War Over?
Punchbowl News: “Top Trump administration officials — including the president — are talking like the war with Iran is already over…” “Reality check. Iran maintains that it controls the strait,…
A Complete Strategic Failure
Phillips O’Brien: “Donald Trump yesterday showed how few cards the USA had to play in his war of choice, when he went from threatening to destroy Iranian people, culture and…
Iran Halts Oil Tanker Traffic
“Iran is halting oil tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz after Israel attacked Lebanon,” CNN reports. “Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said earlier that Lebanon was included in the…
Iran’s Peace Proposal Differed From the One Released
“When President Donald Trump announced a two-week ceasefire with Iran yesterday, he said the US had received a 10-point peace proposal that he believed was a ‘workable basis on which…
Our Hormuz Humiliation
Paul Krugman: “So the world’s greatest military power went to war with a poor, medievalist theocracy. It was an incredibly uneven match…” “Yet Iran won. The Iranian regime has emerged…
Israel Not Happy About Ceasefire
“Israel, which wasn’t formally part of the Iran negotiations, expressed unhappiness after learning that a deal was finalized at a late stage without its consultation,” the Wall Street Journal reports….
