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Please consider listening to it and encouraging others to do so too. (Click on Book Cover) World & Nation Trump: Iran 'Officially a Failed Nation' President Donald Trump on Monday declared Iran "officially a Failed Nation," saying the Islamic Republic is being propped up only by "FAKE NEWS" from the U.S. media as its military, economy, and leadership crumble. "IRAN IS DEAD!" Trump wrote in a Truth Social post, pointing to what he described as the destruction of Tehran's naval and air forces, the collapse of its currency, and soaring inflation. "They have no Navy, they have no Air Force, they have no currency, they are not paying their soldiers or police, Inflation is at 300%, and their leadership is in total disarray and incapable of properly representing the country," Trump wrote. Trump also accused Tehran of killing more than 100,000 protesters and called for Iranian leaders to face prosecution for "war crimes against humanity."
Trump Vows to Hit Back 'Hard' After First Exchange of Fire With Iran in Weeks President Donald Trump threatened to hit Iran "hard" after the two foes traded fire for the first time in over a month. Late Sunday, the United States carried out strikes on an Iranian island in the Strait of Hormuz, with Tehran quickly retaliating by launching attacks on U.S. military targets in the Middle East that were intercepted. The exchange raised fears of a return to major hostilities, with the U.S. president vowing to respond.
Putin unleashes new fury on Ukraine as report exposes fear hanging over war’s end Retired Air Force Lt Gen Richard Newton said military momentum has shifted toward Ukraine despite critical gaps Questions over whether the Russia-Ukraine war is entering a new phase are mounting as Kyiv endures repeated drone attacks and near-constant air raid alerts, including growing waves during daylight hours — an expansion beyond the nighttime barrages that have become grimly familiar to residents of the Ukrainian capital. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia launched nearly 1,500 drones over four days, more than half of them jet-powered, accusing Moscow of attempting to wear down Ukraine and its population. The attacks have repeatedly interrupted Kyiv’s metro system and daily commutes, Reuters reported Aug. 31, as residents are forced to seek shelter during daytime air raid alerts. As Ukrainians seek some semblance of normalcy at the end of the summer and prepare for the start of the school year, the relentless attacks are again sending already exhausted Kyiv residents underground. Russian President Vladimir Putin has simultaneously intensified attacks on Ukraine’s warehouses and logistics network, damaging distribution centers used by major retailers and disrupting food deliveries. VP Vance says Trump’s social-media posts are warning Iran of ‘consequences’ Vice President JD Vance said Monday that President Donald Trump’s recent social-media posts are meant to send a message to Iran over its alleged attacks on commercial shipping. “The president likes to switch it up on social media a little bit,” Vance told reporters on the tarmac at Joint Base Andrews, adding that Trump “would be the first to say he doesn’t make announcements about military actions on social media.” Vance said the U.S. has “a lot of tools at our disposal” to prevent or reduce Iranian attacks on commercial vessels, and described Trump’s message as a warning to Tehran. Smiling Scott Bessent arrives at G20 finance meeting with vow to make Iran ‘come to their senses’ Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent was grinning from ear to ear as he arrived at a Group of 20 finance ministers reception Sunday with the hope of marshaling global support for his “Operation Economic Outcast” campaign against Iran. Bessent was accompanied by Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh and was later seen walking with JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon outside the G20 Finance Track reception in Asheville, NC. The treasury secretary spent most of last week previewing a series of measures meant to isolate the Islamic Republic from global markets by punishing countries and financial institutions still doing business with Tehran. “I think it could be within weeks or months,” Bessent told reporters on Monday when asked about how long “Operation Economic Outcast” will last. Trump calls for leaders of ‘failed nation’ Iran to be tried for ‘war crimes against humanity’ after latest US strikes
Oil prices jump 3% to over $90 after US-Iran exchange strikes for first time in a month Trump admin shuts down 270 driving schools in fraud crackdown The administration shut down hundreds of driving schools for granting licenses to illegal immigrants President Donald Trump's administration announced a "historic" crackdown on trucking fraud during a news conference in Detroit on Monday. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced the move alongside Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin, saying tens of thousands of illegal drivers' licenses were issued during former President Joe Biden's administration. Duffy noted that millions of illegal immigrants were allowed into the country under Biden and many were granted commercial drivers' licenses, with many of them not even able to speak English. The administration is shutting down 110 driving schools that were the "greatest offenders" in granting drivers' licenses to illegal immigrants, as well as 160 additional schools that Duffy says lacked proper space for driving tests or had unlicensed instructors. New federal grand jury subpoena issued to former James Comey advisor in leak investigation: sources The DOJ has subpoenaed Daniel Richman, a longtime friend and former adviser of James Comey A federal grand jury issued a subpoena to former FBI Director James Comey's longtime friend and advisor on Monday as part of a new investigation into Comey allegedly leaking classified information to the media. The subpoena targets former Comey adviser Daniel Richman and indicates that the Justice Department has launched a fresh investigation into the leak of classified information to the New York Times. The issue was also investigated under President Donald Trump's first term, but was cut off when former President Joe Biden entered office. The new investigation is in addition to the one centered on Comey's alleged threats against Trump. Election whistleblower warns foreign actors are spending billions to turn Americans against AI Brittany Kaiser says state restrictions may force companies to process information in countries lacking US protections America's rivals stand to gain from a growing backlash against the data centers powering the nation's AI boom and foreign money is helping fuel it, Brittany Kaiser warned. Kaiser, a former Cambridge Analytica employee and election whistleblower, told Fox News Digital the opposition looked strikingly similar to political influence efforts she encountered in her previous work. "As a former whistleblower on elections' intervention, the uproar of discontent around American AI data centers looked very familiar to political interventions that I have seen in the past," Kaiser told Fox News Digital. El-Sayed’s Hasan Piker problem follows him to Dem convention as Jewish voters break ranks The Senate candidate wouldn't condemn the controversial socialist streamer, who he says is irrelevant in Michigan Socialist-adjacent Michigan U.S. Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed addressed the media during Saturday's state Democratic Party Nominating Convention, where he was dogged by many of the same questions that have plagued his campaign for months. Surrounded by media in a hallway at the Lansing Center, where the convention took place, El-Sayed was peppered with questions from the press about his relationship with far-left online personality Hasan Piker, along with his stance on Israel and Gaza, which has driven a wedge between his campaign and some Democrats, especially Jewish ones. El-Sayed, a vocal critic of Israel who describes their military actions against Hamas in Gaza as "genocide," is facing off against former Rep. Mike Rogers, the Republican nominee in the Great Lakes battleground state, for a crucial open Senate seat the Democrats must hold in the midterm elections. Trump: Data Centers Are Boon to Communities President Donald Trump on Monday urged communities to embrace data centers, warning that opposition to the facilities will cost Americans jobs, tax revenue and economic growth while benefiting China. "The only reason that communities throughout the U.S.A. should not want Data Centers is if they want to end up being backwards and poor," Trump wrote on Truth Social. "If they want to be successful and rich, with far lower taxes and jobs all over the place, let Data Reign," he added. "If we kill the Golden Goose, you will only have yourselves to blame." Trump said communities unwilling to host the massive facilities could lose the investment to other parts of the country and argued that Beijing stands to gain from efforts to slow America's artificial intelligence infrastructure buildout.
Lionel Messi retires from Argentina national team after his father’s death Lionel Messi’s final game in an Argentina shirt was this year’s World Cup Final at MetLife Stadium. The soccer legend, 39, announced on Monday that he is retiring from the national team after Argentina lost to Spain in the final, four years after he led his country to a World Cup title. He noted in his Instagram post, which featured a photo of a handwritten message across three pieces of notebook paper, that he wrote those words on July 21, two days after Argentina’s loss to Spain. Messi’s decision comes more than three weeks after his father, Jorge, died at 68 following a battle with an illness. GOP trailing in 8 battleground Senate races 2 months before Election Day: polling aggregate Republicans are trailing in eight of the major battleground Senate races, just two months out from Election Day, the RealClearPolitics aggregate of polling shows. The GOP had long been widely seen as the underdogs for control of the House due to historical trends against the party in control of the White House, but the Senate map is starting to look increasingly fraught, even in once reliably red states such as Texas and Ohio. “It points out the obvious that Republicans are in pretty bad shape going into the midterms and that they’re looking at historic losses,” Republican strategist Terry Holt bluntly told The Post about the bleak polling. Republicans are down 2 points in Alaska, 7.5 points in Georgia, 2.3 points in Maine, 1.8 points in Michigan, 2.6 points in Ohio, 2 points in New Hampshire, 8 points in North Carolina, and 1.9 points in Texas, according to the latest RCP polling aggregate data of the Senate races. My family fled the ‘butchers’ in Iran 50 years ago. We can’t give them what they want The regime manufactures 10,000 drones a month and is moving assets underground By Shirin Yadegar
On Tuesday, Aug. 25, President Donald Trump announced that the U.S. Navy has removed or detonated every Iranian mine in the international waters of the Strait of Hormuz. Tankers are moving again, gas prices should finally start to ease and Washington will be tempted to exhale. That would be a mistake. It took the most powerful navy on Earth six months to undo Tehran’s damage to the strait. The 60-day negotiating window produced nothing; Iran's foreign ministry said the deadline "essentially has no relevance," and the regime that just lost this round is already winding the next clock. I know that clock. My family lived under it before we fled Iran, a Jewish family that watched the revolution turn our homeland into a place where we could no longer safely exist. Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei and the rest of the regime leadership are not trying to beat the American military; they are trying to outlast the American taxpayer, and the regime is banking its survival on exactly that. A year after Operation Midnight Hammer and the 12-Day War showed the world what American power can do in a matter of days, the American public’s worst fear is materializing anyway: a drawn-out conflict. The strait may be reopening, but the squeeze of the past six months reached pocketbooks nationwide, midterm elections are approaching and Washington is debating how, and how fast, to prosecute this war. Letitia James’ abuses of power laid bare as top prosecutor blows the whistle By New York Post Editorial Board
A prosecutor in New York Attorney General Letitia James' office claimed that he was ordered to dig up dirt on President Trump and his allies. New York Assistant Attorney General Daniel Wiesenfeld may be Whistleblower of the Year: He just called out Attorney General Tish James’ horrific abuses of power in burning “significant public taxpayer dollars to target convenient public enemies,” not least President Donald Trump, with no cause. The office should focus on prosecuting “rampant nonprofit homeless shelter fraud and antisemitic crimes in and around synagogues,” he thundered in a weekend email blasted to 2,000 staff in the state AG’s office. His first-hand knowledge doesn’t directly implicate James: He alleges only that his direct superior, Investor Protection Bureau Chief Shamiso Maswoswe, told him to target “Trump himself, Truth Social, Hewlett Packard (DOJ approved merger)” without bothering to first find “a credible reason for targeting the organizations and individuals.” But he (understandably) believes Maswoswe was following orders from James, who after all ran for the office vowing to target Trump. |
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