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Please consider listening to it and encouraging others to do so too. (Click on Book Cover) World & Nation Far-left Michigan Dem Abdul El-Sayed beats Rep. Haley Stevens in record-breaking Senate primary Dr. Abdul El-Sayed was projected Wednesday to defeat Rep. Haley Stevens in a nail-biting Michigan Democratic Senate primary, giving progressives their most significant victory yet in this midterm election cycle. El-Sayed — who championed radical left-wing economic and social reforms, including so-called “Medicare for all,” abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), hiking taxes and ending US aid to Israel — was called as the winner by the Associated Press and other outlets shortly before 10 a.m. ET. With 99% of the expected vote tallied, El-Sayed led Stevens by fewer than 15,000 votes out of more than 1.5 million cast, an unexpectedly close result after a series of surveys in the final week before primary day showed him leading by double-digits.
US nears temporary deal with Iran to open Strait of Hormuz — and it doesn’t include tolls: report The US, Iran and Oman are nearing a deal that would temporarily reopen the Strait of Hormuz without any tolls — with an agreement expected to be announced as soon as today, according to a report. The deal under consideration would establish a 60-day agreement between Oman and Iran for shipping in the strategic strait, US and regional sources told Axios. During those 60 days, the US and Iran would return to the negotiating table to hammer out nuclear concessions and try to find a “permanent solution” for the strait, a regional source told The Post. Iran executes 56 since March, dozens tied to anti-regime protests, UN official says Iran has executed at least 56 people on national security-related charges since March, including 27 in cases linked to anti-regime protests earlier this year, according to United Nations Human Rights Chief Volker Turk. Turk said more than 100 others are at risk of being put to death on similar charges. "I am alarmed by the rise in executions and death sentences issued in Iran since March, and that capital punishment continues to be used to instill fear among the population and suppress dissent," Turk said in a statement. "I urge the authorities to urgently halt all executions and move towards the abolition of the death penalty." Iran, Oman Reach Understanding on Hormuz Route, Iran FM Says Iran and Oman have reached an understanding on the geographic coordinates for a shipping route through the Strait of Hormuz, and a joint announcement is being finalized, provided certain third parties did not interfere, Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said on Wednesday. Baghaei added that any such agreement between Iran and Oman would not, by itself, guarantee security in the strategic waterway. The proposed deal between Iran and Oman would give Tehran control over ships entering the Gulf through the Strait of Hormuz, a senior Iranian source and two regional officials told Reuters on Wednesday, in one of the biggest concessions yet to Iran.
FBI opened probe into whether Trump was Russian agent after he fired James Comey, newly revealed memos show The FBI opened an investigation into whether President Trump was “wittingly or unwittingly” acting as a Russian agent when he fired then-Director James Comey in 2017, according to bombshell documents released by the White House Wednesday. The probe, called “Oxferd Comma,” grew out of Crossfire Hurricane, the bureau’s probe into whether Trump’s 2016 campaign colluded with the Kremlin to get the 45th president elected. “Based on the facts and circumstances provided to date, the FBI believes that opening this investigation is the least intrusive method to address the serious national security risk posed by the activities alleged,” one of the declassified bureau memos shows. The Trump White House initially cited Comey’s handling of the investigation into former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s use of a personal email server as the reason for his dismissal — but it was later revealed the president fired Comey because he wouldn’t publicly state that Trump was not a target of Crossfire Hurricane. GOP Rep. Chuck Edwards drops re-election bid after scathing House ethics report finds ‘inappropriate conduct’ Rep. Chuck Edwards (R-NC) announced early Wednesday that he was ending his bid for a third House term, two days after the House Ethics Committee recommended he be censured by his colleagues for “unprofessional and inappropriate conduct” toward two female staffers. “After much prayer and reflection, I’ve decided to withdraw from my re-election campaign,” Edwards wrote in a statement posted on X at 3:30 a.m. “I will complete my current term. Serving Western North Carolina has been the honor of my life. Thank you for your trust, prayers, and support. God bless WNC and America.” Edwards, a 65-year-old married father and grandfather, “went beyond norms of professional behavior by giving both women lavish gifts,” “commenting on the two women’s appearance,” and “inviting them to intimate dinners and vacations,” according to the 20-page report released Monday. Moscow just got handed a choice it cannot win: Guard the refineries at home or leave gaps over the ground it holds in Ukraine Ukrainian strikes hit a pair of Wildberries storage facilities on Monday night, as well as another location associated with the retailer near the Russian capital. The strikes are part of Ukraine’s ongoing strikes against targets within Russia, which have included the online retailer that provides services similar to Amazon. The strikes are a significant expansion of Kyiv’s strikes against Russia proper and bring the war in Ukraine into stark focus for a Russian public that has been largely shielded from the effects of the war happening just over their border with Ukraine. Once glamorous celebrity vacation hotspot is now overpriced and overrun with tourists and influencers: ‘Descended like locusts’ The South of France used to radiate an effortless je ne sais quoi. Today, it’s radiating content creation. Once synonymous with understated glamour, Brigitte Bardot-era beach clubs and impossibly chic Europeans escaping the spotlight, St. Tropez has become the latest victim of overtourism, influencer culture, and luxury brands chasing viral visibility. “It’s not so much influencers in general that are the problem; it’s what happens when they start strip mining lovely locations for content and leave them quite bedraggled after having descended on them like locusts,” critiqued Kiki Astor on Instagram. She, like many others, feels that St. Tropez has become a see-and-be-seen destination, a popular hot topic on travel forums and Reddit threads. Mourners of the “old St. Tropez” take to social media to lament the pitfall of influencer culture on the iconic summer travel spots and reminisce about the understated elegance that existed before Instagram. Hawaii Democratic House candidate faces felony threat charges after beach fight caught on video Kirill Basin faces two felony terroristic threatening charges and $1M bail after the Keawakapu Beach incident on Maui A Hawaii Democratic congressional candidate was knocked unconscious during a profanity-laced beach confrontation captured on video days before he appeared in court on two felony terroristic threatening charges. The video opens with Hawaii Democratic congressional candidate and U.S. House candidate Kirill Basin approaching a group of beachgoers and telling one man, "Put your bag away, bro. Put your bag away." A woman then approached Basin as music by the Pixies played from a nearby speaker. Basin told the group, "I told him if he wants to go to the hospital, come here." The confrontation briefly appeared to cool when Basin said, "It is over," before shaking another person's hand. The reprieve lasted only seconds. Jeanine Pirro's Mystery Box at White House Revealed U.S. Attorney for D.C. Jeanine Pirro presented Donald Trump with a box full of evidence that exonerated alleged vandals of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool after the president criticized her decision to drop felony charges against an Olympic canoeist accused of damaging the landmark, according to reports. Special: Top Expert Turned an $8,000 Stake Into $38 Million by Doing This 1 Simple Thing... See More Here Pirro arrived at the White House on Monday carrying a large white box and additional documents that she used during an Oval Office meeting with Trump, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, and White House Counsel David Warrington, The New York Times reported. The evidence supported Pirro's conclusion that the damage to the Reflecting Pool stemmed from a flawed installation by a government contractor rather than criminal vandalism by David Hearn, a three-time Olympic canoeist, or other defendants, CBS News reported.
Democrats mock Trump’s alarm bells — but the DSA’s communist coup is real By Rich Lowry
Sometimes a red scare isn’t such a bad thing. Over the last several weeks President Donald Trump has been issuing five-alarm-fire warnings claiming the Democratic Socialists of America are really just communists — and his opponents have blasted him for the worst sort of McCarthyism. Trump’s rhetoric has been blunderbuss and over-the-top, but the DSA does have a communist problem. The DSA is a matryoshka doll of subversion: It is attempting to infiltrate and take over the Democratic Party (with some success), while Marxists are infiltrating and taking over the DSA (also with some success). In other words, the most important movement within the Democratic Party is in the process of falling under the control of communists. Iran’s regime won’t negotiate in good faith. Trump must break its grip Electricity grids, oil refineries and command-and-control systems are now seen as the Iranian regime's critical vulnerability By Erfan Fard Fox
At Camp David, President Donald Trump signaled that Washington is entering a more dangerous phase in its confrontation with Iran. The objective is seemingly no longer limited to dismantling Iran’s nuclear infrastructure; it is now to weaken the Islamic Republic’s ability to govern, sustain itself and ultimately survive. America’s strategy toward Iran is undergoing its most significant shift in decades. The objective is apparently no longer simply to destroy Tehran’s nuclear program, but to systematically degrade the regime’s capacity to govern and sustain itself. At Camp David, President Donald Trump said the United States is prepared to intensify military pressure, warning that Washington would "hit them very hard" until the regime reaches a point where it "can’t go on anymore." Trump’s repeated cancellations of planned large-scale strikes have raised questions about U.S. credibility and strategic coherence. Meanwhile, Tehran — backed by Moscow and Beijing — is exploiting that uncertainty, while Trump appears to be placing his hopes on a faction within Iran’s Supreme National Security Council. |
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