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Polling shows that Trump's lost the political battle over the LA protests, even as immigration had been his best issue. His net approval on LA (-15 pt & with indies -24 pt) is way underwater. Further, ICE's popularity has fallen with -9 pt net approval on more workplace raids.

Trump, several times over the past months and even after admitting Putin was “tapping him along”: I’ll give him two weeks to make a deal. Putin today: “All Ukraine is ours.”

#BREAKING Iran nuclear issue cannot be resolved 'through military means': French FM

The U.S. Navy now has five guided-missile destroyers in the eastern Mediterranean, according to U.S. defense officials. This is a significant increase. Earlier this week, the U.S. had just one in the eastern Med. Following Israel's attack on Iran, the U.S. had two positioned in

What Whoopi Goldberg (Unintentionally) Got Right nationalreview.com/corner/what-wh…

"Had Congress approved Bush’s proposal and signed it into law, the reform would have extended Social Security’s solvency for roughly a decade and reduced the program’s long-term funding shortfalls by around one-third while protecting benefits for most retirees"

According to authorities in Iran, it is believed that at least five million residents have so far evacuated the Iranian capital of Tehran, following the start of airstrikes last Friday by Israel and this week’s post by U.S. President Trump.

The operating status of Embassy Baghdad and Consulate General Erbil is unchanged. The U.S. remains strongly committed to advancing our policy priorities in Iraq, strengthening Iraq’s sovereignty, and engaging with Iraqi leaders and the Iraqi people.

SCOOP - Japan scraps 2+2 meeting with Rubio & Hegseth over defence spending dispute. US was pushing Japan to boost spending to 3% of GDP but Bridge Colby abruptly increased the ask to 3.5%, angering Tokyo #USJapanScoop (w ⁦Leo Lewis⁩) on.ft.com/3TyrZYJ

US President Trump now says that the two-week deadline for the decision on Iran is to see if "whether or not people come to their senses."

How is Gabbard’s resignation not on Trump’s desk already? wsj.com/livecoverage/i…

This column and Dan's stuff on this topic generally (much of it linked in the piece) gets lucidly at what I think but have never taken the time or effort to write (opting instead for glib shitpoasts as is my wont).

Footage from Russian strikes on Kyiv a few nights ago.

When our fact-checker asked the WH & ODNI for evidence to support the claim that Gabbard and Trump are aligned on Iran nuke intel, the WH sent four Gabbard quotes. The problem? Two of them were actually from Tom Cotton.

Those who are beholden to the fiction that the modern American state is as, if not more, cruel than the Islamic Republic derive some perverse psychological satisfaction from that demented conclusion. | Noah Rothman trib.al/Sz7jT4m

“In the past year, we've seen an erosion of a decades-long taboo in Iran on discussing nuclear weapons in public, likely emboldening [its] nuclear weapons advocates. Iran's enriched uranium stockpile is @ its highest levels & is unprecedented for a state without nuclear weapons”

Well how were they to know the fact checker would check facts?

Earlier in the week, footage documented airstrikes on an unidentified target in Bagheri town, Iran.

Footage of an Iranian ballistic missile colliding with an Israeli interceptor over the Tel Aviv area moments ago.

Of Course the Federal Government Should Sell a Bunch of Land nationalreview.com/corner/of-cour…