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 My son has narrated the last book I wrote.
Please consider listening to it and encouraging others to do so too. (Click on Book Cover) World & Nation Trump: US Has 'Massive' Amounts of Munitions President Donald Trump is strongly disputing reports that the United States is facing significant munitions shortages after the war with Iran, insisting the military has ample supplies, that production is rapidly expanding, and that he will seek to prosecute the "leakers" behind the claims. "The U.S. has massive amounts of 'munitions,' especially of certain types," Trump wrote on Truth Social early Thursday. "Additionally, large amounts are being manufactured and shipped to the U.S. as needed. Defense companies are building the largest number of plants and factories in our country's history. The 'leakers' of these treasonous statements are being hunted down. Long term jail sentences will be sought!" Trump's comments came after several reports this week claiming that the United States has used almost all of its global stockpile of long-range precision missiles while fighting Iran.
Iran threatens Gulf retaliation over fresh US strikes Iran has warned its Gulf neighbors of retaliation if the United States launches fresh strikes against it, raising the stakes of any military action by threatening Washington's closest regional allies. The warning was delivered through high-level diplomatic contacts after President Donald Trump threatened last week to strike Iran's energy network and infrastructure. The Times of Israel reported Thursday that the message was conveyed through senior diplomatic channels, citing two senior Iranian officials, two Gulf sources and a senior regional diplomat familiar with the discussions. Trump canceled the planned strike, which he said would have been the largest military operation since World War II, in hopes of reaching a deal over Iran's nuclear program and reopening the Strait of Hormuz. The strait, through which about one-fifth of global oil shipments pass, has seen commercial shipping largely halted by Iranian attacks on vessels. Iran President: Contact With Khamenei Is Difficult Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Wednesday that communication with the nation's reclusive supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, has become "very difficult," adding to signs of strain within Iran's leadership after reports that Khamenei recently told the president he would accept his resignation if it were resubmitted. Pezeshkian has denied that he offered to resign as president. Mojtaba Khamenei hasn't been seen in public since replacing his father, Ali Khamenei, who was killed in one of the first strikes launched against Iran by the U.S. and Israel on Feb. 28. Mojtaba Khamenei was reported to have been seriously injured in the attack. A report Monday by the Tehran Municipality-affiliated Iranian daily Hamshahri asserted the recordings were being withheld for fear of revealing Khamenei's location and condition.
Top IRGC commander vows to pursue nuclear weapons as long as US has them Iran’s top Revolutionary Guard commander declared Wednesday that Tehran would continue working on nuclear weapons as long as the United States and Israel possess them, intensifying concerns that Iran is using negotiations over the Strait of Hormuz to postpone concessions on its nuclear program. "As long as the United States and Israel possess nuclear weapons, we will continue working on them for our national security," IRGC commander-in-chief Ahmad Vahidi said, according to a translation of remarks circulating Wednesday. "If they disarm, we will disarm." Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded by vowing that Israel would continue preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, with or without a diplomatic agreement. GOP split over Rand Paul’s DOJ strategy in Fauci contempt push The Kentucky senator plans to send the criminal referral directly to the Department of Justice Republican senators debated Sen. Rand Paul's, R-Ky., plan to send a criminal contempt referral against former White House COVID advisor Anthony Fauci directly to the Department of Justice, raising questions about the legal viability of the effort and the procedural path forward. Paul, the leader of the push, told Fox News Digital on Tuesday that he was confident the votes would be there to move forward with holding Fauci in contempt of Congress, and that his next plan is to move forward with sending the referral directly over to the Justice Department. Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Miss., said his office has already begun drafting a memo to Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to urge the Justice Department to pursue a criminal contempt case against Fauci. Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Miss., says his office is drafting a memo to Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to urge the Justice Department to pursue a criminal contempt case against Anthony Fauci. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images; Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images) Zohran Mamdani savagely booed at NYPD event - and is forced to flee after 1 minute New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani was viciously booed by crowds on Staten Island on Tuesday night. The mayor, whose wife Rama Duwaji has a staggering net worth, was attending a New York pro-police celebration, but met with animosity rather than a warm welcome. He was set to deliver remarks at the Midland Beach boardwalk for the NYPD's 43rd Patrol Borough National Night Out Against Crime. Around 3,500 residents and families had gathered to celebrate the occasion when the mayor showed up, the Staten Island Advance reported. However, Mamdani's planned speech didn't last long. Upon greeting the masses, the democratic-socialist was met with jeers and calls to leave, according to social media videos of the incident. It comes after Mamdani was embarrassingly forced to abandon a controversial plan to arrest a powerful friend of Donald Trump. Though he gave little indication that he was disturbed by the heckling, Mamdani spoke for just one minute before he was whisked off the podium by his team. Trump didn’t make this deal: The Strait of Hormuz grand bargain looks done and Iran wins Iran and Oman are inching closer to announcing a temporary arrangement for shipping through the Strait of Hormuz - but the circumstances surrounding whatever deal may or may not emerge today suggest that the United States will now begin work on a lasting peace deal that includes major concessions for Tehran. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said on Wednesday, August 5, that Tehran and Muscat had reached a “mutual understanding” on the geographic parameters of a new route through the waterway. Baghaei said a joint statement setting out the main points was in the final stages of review and drafting, provided unnamed third parties did not obstruct the process. Fetterman to oppose Blanche’s nomination to head Justice Department Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) says he will vote against acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s nomination to serve in the role permanently, putting more pressure on Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) to limit GOP defections on the high-profile nominee. “If you’re going to bring up Blanche, I’m not going to vote for him,” Fetterman told “The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart” podcast. He noted that he’s supported some of President Trump’s Cabinet picks, most notably Markwayne Mullin’s nomination to serve as secretary of Homeland Security. Fetterman could have blocked Mullin’s nomination in the Homeland Security Committee because the panel’s Republican chair, Sen. Rand Paul (Ky.), voted against him. Trump told donors 'we need to elect JD,' source confirms, as he weighs Vance or Rubio in 2028 Private remark offers rare glimpse into President Donald Trump's thinking on 2028 presidential Vice President JD Vance discusses the war in Iran, efforts to negotiate with the regime, criticism directed at Indiana Fever WNBA player Sophie Cunningham and the birth of his fourth child on ‘The Ingraham Angle.’ President Donald Trump has publicly been coy about whether he might back Vice President JD Vance or Secretary of State Marco Rubio to succeed him in the White House, but private comments to donors suggest he might be leaning toward the man he already picked as his running mate in 2024. "At the end of the day, we need to elect JD," Trump said during an Oval Office meeting with donors roughly two weeks ago, a source with knowledge of the comments, who asked to remain anonymous to speak more freely, confirmed to Fox News Digital. While Vance remains the clear hypothetical frontrunner, Secretary of State Marco Rubio has narrowed the gap in national polls and surveys conducted in key early voting presidential primary states, as well as in Republican straw polls, ahead of a race that is not expected to begin in earnest until after this autumn's midterm elections.
Sanders' answer when asked if he will endorse socialist Hong in Wisconsin sparks instant mockery: 'Says a lot' 'I don't think so,' Sanders responded when asked about endorsing Hong's gubernatorial campaign Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., was asked if he would endorse Democratic Socialist of America (DSA) member Francesca Hong’s Wisconsin gubernatorial bid, and his response sparked immediate mockery on social media. "I don’t think so," the Vermont socialist told "Pod Save America" host Jon Favreau when asked if he is going to endorse Hong’s campaign for governor. "I met Francesca a couple of years ago. I was in Wisconsin, and she seems very, very nice, but again this is a race I’m just not that familiar with." Sanders added that "we have not gotten involved in many governors' races" other than recently in Maine, where he endorsed Democrat Troy Jackson, who ultimately replaced disgraced Senate candidate Graham Platner, a candidate Sanders endorsed. Smithsonian director admits she sees history as ‘tool’ of ‘social justice’ in resurfaced 2025 clip During her presentation, Hartig asserted that the US' 'long and violent racial history continues to be present' After an explosive series of congressional hearings on alleged woke "ideological capture" at the Smithsonian, a resurfaced video of a presentation by National Museum of American History Director Anthea Hartig shows her calling "history as a practice" a "prime tool of social justice." In a series of July hearings on Capitol Hill, Hartig defended the Smithsonian’s record of objectivity and nonpartisanship. However, in a resurfaced presentation to University of California, Los Angeles students in February 2025, Hartig described "a number of ways in which your National Museum of American History is taking an equity-based, justice forward, community driven and necessarily humble approach to public history and to service." Later in her presentation, Hartig asserted that the "United States’ long and violent racial history continues to be present in our reckoning, if you will." She said that "redress in the form of reparation, of course, goes beyond acknowledgement of wrongdoing; it should leverage responsibility, it should think about the act of correction, as we pursue restorative justice and, for us [on the call], restorative justice through history." Oil Refinery in Russia's Yaroslavl on Fire After Ukrainian Drone Attack A major oil refinery in Russia's Yaroslavl region is on fire after a big Ukrainian drone attack and emergency services are working to put out the blaze, Mikhail Evrayev, the regional governor, said on Thursday. Unverified images posted on social media showed plumes of thick black smoke rising over the facility. Evrayev said in a statement on Telegram that the refinery's storage tanks had been struck by falling drone debris in what he described as the biggest enemy attack on Yaroslavl, some 250 km (160 miles) northeast of Moscow, so far.
Rogers versus El-Sayed is a referendum on the future of America Will normal beat radical and Rogers win in Michigan By Hugh Hewitt
Abdul El-Sayed won Michigan’s Senate Democratic primary Tuesday over Congresswoman Haley Stevens. El-Sayed had a 1% win in a race that featured a third candidate, Mallory McMorrow, who had dropped out but who nevertheless polled around 4% of the total vote. Mike Rogers is the GOP nominee in the fall against El-Sayed. In 2024, Rogers — a very respected, former seven-term Congressman from Michigan who served as chairman of the House Intelligence Committee — tallied 2,693,680 votes, or 48.30% of the total electorate in the state in a Senate race he lost to Elissa Slotkin. Republicans need only turn out the same electorate as voted in 2024 and Rogers will win the 2026 race. That sort of turnout is usually, however, a big lift in a non-presidential year, because statewide elections are not as exciting to the average American as presidential contests. Professors’ union’s endorsement of Abdul El-Sayed is just more proof that the far left rules US academia By New York Post Editorial Board
At a time when the hard left’s dominance of higher education has stripped academia of public trust, the American Association of University Professors decided to “fight back” by endorsing political candidates — starting with Michigan extremist Abdul El-Sayed in his primary against Rep. Haley Stevens.. OK, the AAUP has been heading this way for years now: Its president, Todd Wolfson, called J.D. Vance a fascist in a 2024 statement; it opted to side with Hamas amid the Gaza war, abandoning its nearly two-decade-old opposition to academic boycotts. But embracing a guy whose comment on an attempted massacre at a Jewish day school was “Hurt people hurt people” — yikes. |
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