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Trump has four bad choices on Iran. Here’s the least horrible one

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In his meeting with President Donald Trump this week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presented fresh intelligence that he says shows Iran is rebuilding elements of its nuclear program, apparently seeking to compel a resumption of the full-scale war. The decision rests almost completely with Trump, and no one knows where it will go. The […]

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'Surprising accusation' reveals RFK Jr's Trump days are numbered: analysis

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'Surprising accusation' reveals RFK Jr's Trump days are numbered: analysis

President Donald Trump is reportedly growing frustrated with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on a key issue, and that suggests his time in the administration is running short.The Wall Street Journal reported the president is running out of patience with Kennedy's probe into the supposed link between vaccines and autism, and MS NOW's Hayes Brown argued that may be putting the notorious vaccine skeptic on thin ice."It’s a surprising accusation, given the centrality of vaccine skepticism to Kennedy’s political brand and the Make America Healthy Again movement he is spearheading," Brown wrote. "It also cuts against the advice that the White House itself reportedly delivered earlier this year, to have HHS downplay the focus on vaccines ahead of the midterm elections."The Journal reported that Trump wants Kennedy to push federal guidelines toward fewer recommended childhood vaccinations, hoping this could eventually lower autism rates. Tensions reportedly boiled over in a mid-June Oval Office meeting, where Trump told Kennedy directly that he wasn't doing enough, and that he's grown disappointed after giving him more than a year and a half to deliver results."Despite the clear scientific consensus, the HHS department under Kennedy has already launched several new studies on vaccine safety and attempted to recommend a reduction in the number of immunization shots that children receive," Brown wrote. "But that isn’t enough for Trump, who has shown that he doesn’t care about backing his own wild claims with solid proof."The column emphasizes that no credible scientific link between vaccines and autism exists, reminding readers that the original 1998 study behind the claim was retracted in 2010 after its author was discredited, and no subsequent research has replicated its findings."Working for the federal government now requires a willingness to share in the president’s delusions," Brown wrote. "But providing evidence sufficient to convince people outside of the MAGA cult of personality, including federal judges and grand juries, has hampered efforts to deal out the vengeance that Trump has demanded."Brown compared Kennedy's predicament to FBI Director Kash Patel's struggles delivering on years of promised revelations about Jeffrey Epstein's death — claims that similarly evaporated once officials were in position to act on them, causing political damage to the administration. Trump has shown a similar pattern with unsubstantiated claims about the 2020 election."There are plenty of people in the world who are willing to say obviously untrue things in public for attention, money or both, but in private acknowledge the limits of their claims," Brown wrote. "But when Trump has decided something is true, there’s little that can shake his conviction.

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It costs $183 to save 100,000 jobs: Why Trump’s trade doctrine is a no-brainer for America

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It costs $183 to save 100,000 jobs: Why Trump’s trade doctrine is a no-brainer for America

President Donald Trump just declared to thousands of American manufacturing workers in Michigan, “You were sold out and betrayed by globalist politicians” who let foreign countries “steal your jobs, pillage your factories, and then loot the crown jewels of American industry.” Under Trump’s leadership, we are reducing our dependence on foreign countries for materials essential […]

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US troops brace to surrender phones after deadly attack video sullied Trump: report

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US troops brace to surrender phones after deadly attack video sullied Trump: report

U.S. troops deployed to the Middle East are bracing for the seizure of their phones after a viral video of a deadly Iranian attack left President Donald Trump answering for the deaths of two soldiers, according to a new report. The top U.S. commander for the Middle East warned troops in a July 28 letter that cellphone videos shared online were helping Iran assess the damage from its own strikes, Reuters reported.In Jordan, some troops have already been told their phones will be taken in the coming days, Reuters reported.Footage posted by the open-source account OSINTtechnical on X circulated on July 17 before CENTCOM confirmed that two American service members had been killed at Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan during an Iranian missile and drone attack, Times Now reported.Reuters reported that the prospect of confiscations was already rattling families at home — writing that "the possible seizure of phones has stoked anxiety among some family members, already on edge in recent months as they read Iranian claims of deadly strikes on bases throughout the Middle East."Admiral Brad Cooper, head of CENTCOM, argued in his letter that open-source reporting was effectively doing Iran's targeting work for them."Detailed lists, descriptions, and analyses of what was hit, openly published by news outlets are essentially performing Iran's Battle Damage Assessment [a military term for evaluating strike damage] for them, free of charge," Cooper wrote, Reuters reported.A service member's Meta smart glasses recorded footage posted to Instagram showing troops evacuating to a bunker during the July 17 attack — the kind of open-source exposure, Cooper wrote, that forced Trump to defend the war publicly before the Pentagon could control the narrative.Speaking to the New York Post shortly after the attack, Trump deflected Democratic criticism by invoking prior conflicts."Have you ever asked how many people died in Vietnam? Have you ever asked how many people died in Afghanistan in one day? In one day — run by Sleepy Joe Biden," Trump said."And it's a shame, but in this case, they died because they don't want to see Iran have a nuclear weapon and they don't want to see the Middle East blown up," Trump told the Post.Russia banned smartphones for soldiers in 2019 after open-source journalists used troops' social media posts to expose secret military operations in Ukraine and Syria, the BBC reported.Cooper stopped short of ordering specific steps, and a third source told Reuters the confiscations were not yet confirmed region-wide.

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Dow slumps 700 points, oil jumps over 6% after Trump vows to give Iran ‘beating’ following surprise attacks

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Dow slumps 700 points, oil jumps over 6% after Trump vows to give Iran ‘beating’ following surprise attacks

Stocks slumped Wednesday morning and oil prices jumped over 6% after President Trump vowed to “beat the f--king s--t out of” Iran – fueling fears of a lasting conflict that could reheat inflation and push the Fed to hike interest rates.

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‘Fake historian’ exposed as mastermind behind Trump’s Smithsonian obsession: report

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‘Fake historian’ exposed as mastermind behind Trump’s Smithsonian obsession: report

President Donald Trump's moves to discredit the Smithsonian Museum of American History are being driven by a notorious Christian nationalist "fake historian," according to a new report. According to Judd Legum's Popular Information, Trump's "Restoring Trust in the Smithsonian Institution" executive order, which requires signs be placed outside the museum disclaiming its exhibits as "inaccurate" and anti-American, closely mirrors the claims made by David Barton, a prominent far-right activist who has gained prominence in both GOP and Christian nationalist circles.Barton, along with his son Tim, head up WallBuilders, a group that promises to “teach US history and how our beginnings were overwhelmingly rooted in Christian ideology” — an easily debunked claim as Christianity and Biblical law are never mentioned anywhere in the Constitution and the document explicitly prohibits an "establishment of religion" by Congress."Despite having no degree in history, David Barton calls himself a historian," wrote Legum. "For decades, he has pushed the view that the founding fathers never intended for there to be a separation between church and state. David Barton’s work has been rejected repeatedly by actual historians" — and his 2012 book about Thomas Jefferson "was pulled from the shelves by its publisher after a group of historians from Christian universities accused him of including distortions and false information."There are a number of similarities, Legum noted, between Barton's work and Trump's new anti-Smithsonian order.For instance, the order says NMAH is too harsh on slavery, saying that "the words, actions, and ideas of America’s Founders helped spark a worldwide movement that ultimately ended slavery” — a similar distorted claim to the Bartons, who have written that slavery demonstrates "American exceptionalism." Trump's order and the Bartons also push rehabilitation of Christopher Columbus and call him an "American" hero, despite his never having set foot in the United States.Additionally, noted Legum, "the report ... alleges that the NMAH does not give proper attention to the founding fathers or the Declaration of Independence because it does not want to show that Christianity had an influence on them," a claim the Bartons have been making for years.To top it all off, the Bartons themselves have hinted they were involved in the creation of the report, as "in a podcast episode from January 6, 2026, the Bartons said that the White House had asked them to help identify problematic Smithsonian exhibits," said the report.Trump's Smithsonian order has come under heavy criticism, with Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-NM) calling it "one of the dumbest and most bizarre Executive Orders we have ever read."

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Trump Escalates Campaign Against Smithsonian With New “Warning Signs” Order

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Trump Escalates Campaign Against Smithsonian With New “Warning Signs” Order

Trump's executive order bashed the Smithsonian Institution for attempting to advance ideas of “social justice.”

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Paul has one of Fauci’s attorneys removed from hearing room

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Paul has one of Fauci’s attorneys removed from hearing room

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), chair of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, ordered security to remove one of Dr. Anthony Fauci’s attorneys from the committee’s hearing room on Wednesday after the longtime infectious disease expert invoked his Fifth Amendment right. The attorney attempted to speak several times, but Paul would not officially recognize…

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Hannity exposed as outside Trump's 'little circle' after 'Orwellian' gaffe: analysis

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Hannity exposed as outside Trump's 'little circle' after 'Orwellian' gaffe: analysis

Fox News’ Sean Hannity was exposed as being outside President Donald Trump’s “little circle” Tuesday after delivering a series of “Orwellian” remarks during the funeral for Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Zeteo’s Andrew Perez argued on Wednesday.Graham, who died of a brief and sudden illness earlier this month, was laid to rest Tuesday at the Washington National Cathedral in a funeral attended by Trump, his cabinet officials, world leaders and media figures, including Hannity.Speaking during the funeral, Hannity attempted to dispel claims that Graham was a “war hawk,” with the South Carolina Republican having a long record of advocating for military actions against other nations, including Iran, Iraq, Libya, Mexico, North Korea, Syria and Venezuela, among other nations.“[Graham] was often unfairly characterized as a warmonger,” Hannity said, per Zeteo. “I have heard that false criticism a lot. It’s not true. The truth was the opposite.”When delivering his own eulogy, however, Trump offered a starkly different characterization of Graham, one that directly contradicted Hannity's.“He was extremely hawkish. I will tell you, he never saw a war he didn’t like,” Trump said. “Only his true friends would understand that.”For Trump to not only directly contradict Hannity, but to argue that only Graham’s “true friends” would “understand” how “hawkish” he was, Perez argued, was telling.“Sorry, Sean. Seems you just weren’t one of the boys. Maybe you have to call Trump a ‘jacka--' and a ‘race-baiting bigot’ [as Graham once did], before scurrying back under the big man’s wing, to enter that little circle,” Perez wrote. “Either way, Graham was still in there when he said, on tape, that the U.S.-Israel war on Iran, in which more than 100 children were killed on day one by a double-tap strike on a school, made him want to cry with joy. Graham was still close to Trump when he was filmed advising Benjamin Netanyahu on how to respond to an arrest warrant for war crimes from the International Criminal Court.”

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