Fish swimming in drugs can’t ‘just say no,’ reminds Dr. Steve.
A former adviser to President Trump during the COVID-19 pandemic said Sunday that the U.S. is equipped to handle an Ebola outbreak. “The U.S. right now does not have a confirmed head of the [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)], it does not have a confirmed head of the [Food and Drug Administration (FDA)],…
President Trump convened a meeting with his senior national security team on the war with Iran on Friday morning, two U.S. officials told Axios. Why it matters: Trump is seriously considering launching new strikes against Iran barring a last-minute breakthrough in negotiations, sources who have spoken directly with the president say.Split screen: Trump's Iran meeting took place as the head of the Pakistani military, Field Marshal Asim Munir, traveled to Tehran in an apparent eleventh-hour effort to bridge the gaps and prevent a resumption of the war.A Qatari delegation also arrived in Tehran on Friday to support the mediation effort.Munir is expected to meet on Saturday with Gen. Ahmad Vahidi, the commander of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and a key player in the Iranian decision-making process. A U.S. official briefed on the diplomatic efforts described the negotiations as "agonizing." The U.S. official said drafts are "going back and forth every day" without much progress.Inside the room: Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, CIA Director John Ratcliffe, White House chief of staff Susie Wiles and other officials attended the meeting along with Trump, the sources said. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dan Caine did not attend as they were in Europe and at the Naval Academy graduation ceremony, respectively.Trump was briefed during the meeting on the status of the negotiations and the different scenarios if talks collapse. The intrigue: Several hours after the meeting, the White House announced a change to Trump's schedule for the weekend. After a planned speech in New York on Friday evening, he will return to Washington rather than staying at his Bedminster Golf Club.Trump also wrote on his Truth Social account that he was not going to attend Don Jr.'s wedding this weekend due to "circumstances pertaining to Government, and my love for the United States of America." "I feel it is important for me to remain in Washington, D.C., at the White House during this important period of time," he wrote. Behind the scenes: A source close to Trump and a second source with knowledge of the situation told Axios that Trump had grown increasingly frustrated about the negotiations with Iran over the past several days.On Tuesday, he told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he wanted to give diplomacy another chance, but by Thursday night he was leaning toward ordering a strike, the two sources said. A source close to Trump said the president has raised the possibility of a final "decisive" major military operation, after which he could declare victory and end the war.There is no indication Trump has made a decision to resume the war.The other side: Iran's Foreign Ministry said Friday that talks were ongoing but a deal was not close.The semi-official Tasnim news agency, which is affiliated with the IRGC, quoted a source close to the Iranian negotiating team on Friday who said "talks over disputed issues are still ongoing and no final result has yet been achieved." The source claimed the current focus is on "ending the war," and no other issue will be negotiated until that has been achieved.Between the lines: Trump has appeared close to resuming the war several times over the past six weeks before deciding against it. Some sources close to the negotiations still believe there is an opportunity over the next 24 hours for some kind of breakthrough.The two sources familiar with Trump's thinking say he appears inclined to proceed with military action unless something unexpected happens in the talks.
If Donald Trump doesn’t make radical changes to his inner circle soon, he will be trapped in a living hell during the last two years of his administration.That is the opinion of Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC), given in a surprisingly candid interview with Politico in which he revealed he has a better relationship with the president than it appears on the surface.Speaking with Politico’s Jordain Carney, Tillis said he wants Trump to succeed at pushing forward conservative principles, but that his close aides are undermining him with poor advice — setting the president up for a fall.In particular, the North Carolina Republican, who is retiring, pointed the finger at Trump insider Stephen Miller and former Fox News personality turned Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.“You’ve mentioned Stephen Miller by name before but are there other advisers that you are thinking of?” he was asked.“I think Hegseth misinformed him on the challenges [of Iran]," he responded. "I suspect that Hegseth cast aside concerns he was hearing from some of the finest people that ever served in uniform and took his cowboy-ish approach to going into Iran. I’m glad the president did what he did in Iran. I’m not glad that he has Hegseth advising him on the details.“I think Hegseth is largely responsible for why we’re in this, ‘Are we in a war? Are we not in a war? Are we in a cease-fire? Are we not in a cease-fire? Do we have a deal? Do we not have a deal? Are they going to have nuclear capabilities? Are they not going to?’ All of that I’ll lay at the feet of Pete Hegseth and his incompetence.”He added, “I’d love to see Pete Hegseth fired because he’s incompetent and doing a horrible job. That’s kind of on a Christmas wish list, but what I mainly want to do is get Republicans reelected in November, including bringing them back a majority in the House.” Then he went on to lambast others in Trump's inner circle for their approach to the upcoming midterms.“I believe that there are people in the White House who couldn’t care less about what happens in November, and that goes to show you how stupid they are,” he said.“Because if they don’t get Republicans reelected, they’re going to create the most miserable two years of this president’s life, beginning in 2027. And they will just surf on to something else, saying, ‘Sorry, boss, didn’t see that coming,’ and they’ll just surf off to somebody else to be a parasite on in the future in their little political roles without any accountability whatsoever.”
Democrat California Gov. Gavin Newsom called upon Californians to skip Chevron this holiday weekend after the company began posting signs blaming his government for high gas prices. The post Gavin Newsom Advises Californians to Skip Chevron as Company Blames Him for High Gas Prices appeared first on Breitbart.
Right-wing politicians have turned the Bible into a multipurpose weapon, says Dr. Steve.
Loomer also called for the deportation of “every Muslim in America” following the shooting.