Iran Update: Are You Tired of Winning Yet?
Posted By: Mercedes44, 3/16/2026 5:45:48 AM
Friday the 13th marked the beginning of the third week of the Iran war. And despite the doom and gloom from Democrats in Congress and their spokespeople in the media, we are winning. Big time. According to the secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs, General Dan Caine, we have destroyed 90% of Iran’s ballistic missiles and 95% of their drones, and we are well on the way to destroying their ability not just to assemble more, but to manufacture missile and drone components.
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President Donald Trump said Monday that he has asked China to delay his official trip to the country by a month amid an ongoing conflict in the Middle East that he feels requires him to stay in the United States.
Israel and the United States waged a conflict against Iran last month in an effort to stop the country from developing a nuclear weapon. Approximately 200 American servicemembers have been wounded in the conflict and 13 have died.
Trump reiterated during a White House event that he would "love to" go to China, "but because of the war, I want to be here. I have to be here, I feel."
Exclusive: Video shows Arizona center
processing ballots in manner that alarmed
Congress’ monitors 6 replies
processing ballots in manner that alarmed
Congress’ monitors 6 replies
Video footage captured by congressional observers shows a third-party election vendor in Arizona’s largest county processing live ballots and performing signature verification in 2024 far away from the official Maricopa County election center where bipartisan monitors witness such activities, a discovery that prompted the observers to file a formal report alleging “alarming” concerns.
The video obtained by Just the News depicts a visit by one Republican and one Democratic congressional staffer to a third-party printing company responsible for conducting signature verification on ballots during the 2024 election.
This may be the first time a country won Women’s hockey gold, Men’s hockey gold, and paralympic sled hockey! It’s been a rough losing streak for the Canucks! The most brutal loss the US men’s team defeating Canada in overtime at the Olympics in February.
The US men’s hockey team won its first gold medal in in 46 years!
President Donald Trump spoke from the White House to the U.S. Olympic men’s hockey team Sunday after their thrilling 2-1 overtime victory over Canada to win the gold medal in Milan, Italy.
The waiver allows that oil to move into global markets for a short period while energy prices face pressure from the conflict in the Middle East.
The decision came as oil markets tightened following the confrontation with Iran and disruptions in regional shipping lanes. Energy traders have warned that sudden supply shocks can push gasoline and heating costs sharply higher. The oil already sitting on tankers represents existing production instead of new drilling, and allowing those barrels to move simply puts supply into circulation that otherwise would remain stranded.
Trump warns of ‘very bad’ future if
NATO allies refuse to help open critical
Strait of Hormuz 5 replies
NATO allies refuse to help open critical
Strait of Hormuz 5 replies
President Trump on Sunday warned NATO faces a “very bad” future if the US allies fail to help reopen the crucial Strait of Hormuz, as oil prices soar during the Iran war.
Trump said in an interview with the Financial Times that European nations and other global powers that rely on Gulf oil should join a US-led effort to secure the waterway — where roughly a fifth of the world’s oil supply normally flows.
“It’s only appropriate that people who are the beneficiaries of the Strait will help to make sure that nothing bad happens there,” Trump told the British outlet,
In just the first five months of the new fiscal year, the federal government has already spent more than $3 trillion – more than it spent in all of 2009 – $1 trillion of which it had to borrow.
And what is all this money going toward? The federal government was told 15 years ago to take a full, annual inventory of everything it does. It’s never been able to get that done.
“Each year, the federal government spends trillions of dollars on federal programs that support the American people and address policy goals,” notes the Government Accountability Office in a report released earlier this month. “However,
Friday the 13th marked the beginning of the third week of the Iran war. And despite the doom and gloom from Democrats in Congress and their spokespeople in the media, we are winning. Big time.
According to the secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs, General Dan Caine, we have destroyed 90% of Iran’s ballistic missiles and 95% of their drones, and we are well on the way to destroying their ability not just to assemble more, but to manufacture missile and drone components.
Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel has drawn criticism for calling on migrants in Germany to vote against the populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) party.
Merkel, who served as the architect of the European Migrant Crisis in 2015, when she unilaterally decided to open the EU’s borders to unprecedented waves of foreigners from the Middle East and Africa, resulting in dramatic demographic transformations in her country and across the continent, appears to have let the cat out of the bag as to her motivation for doing so.
Democrat tries to boot Swalwell from California
governor race with evidence dug up by
Trump official 7 replies
governor race with evidence dug up by
Trump official 7 replies
criminal referral first filed by a Trump administration official is now emerging as a new point of contention in the 2026 California governor’s race, as Democratic candidate and billionaire Tom Steyer seeks to use the allegations to challenge the candidacy of fellow Democrat Rep. Eric Swalwell.
The issue stems from a November 2025 referral submitted by Bill Pulte, director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, to the U.S. Department of Justice.
In the letter, Pulte alleged that Swalwell may have made false statements on mortgage documents tied to a Washington, D.C., property by indicating the home would serve as a primary residence, which can qualify borrowers for more favorable loan terms.
George Soros’s Open Society Foundations is funding the slavery reparations campaign against Britain. The Telegraph has the story.
The Open Society Foundations (OSF), established by Hungarian investor George Soros and now led by his son, Alex Soros, has donated vast sums from its $23 billion (£17.2 billion) endowment to progressive causes.
The foundation has provided hundreds of thousands of dollars to groups seeking to claim reparations from Britain for slavery and colonialism.
The OSF helped to found a joint Caribbean and African campaign, and supported organisations that are now considering international litigation that could heap pressure on the British Government.
Democrats are fighting over a rare Senate opening in Illinois, with Tuesday’s party primary likely to decide the deep-blue state’s next senator.
At the top of the 10-candidate field, Reps. Raja Krishnamoorthi and Robin Kelly and Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton are blitzing ads, exchanging jabs and drawing support from national figures as they barrel toward the March 17 showdown. And Gov. JB Pritzker (D), who’s backing Stratton, looms large.The winner will be all but assured to succeed Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), whose decision to retire after five terms set off a high-stakes scramble in Prairie State politics.
Formula 1 has called off Grand Prix races in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia next month due to the ongoing conflict with Iran, the sport and its governing body confirmed on Saturday.
Officials announced the decision in a statement ahead of the Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai, noting it was made after “careful evaluations” and in consultation with the FIA and race promoters in the respective countries. The races were scheduled to take place in Bahrain on April 12 and in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on April 19.
“It has been confirmed today that, after careful evaluations, due to the ongoing situation in the Middle East region,
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Joe Kent, the director of the National Counterterrorism Center, has announced his resignation. Director Kent outlines his decision as driven by opposition to the war against Iran.
Kent, a senior deputy to Director of National intelligence Tulsi Gabbard posted his resignation letter on the X platform, writing: “I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran.” … “Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation, and it is clear that we started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby.” (image)This is quite a remarkable development. (snip) out of an abundance of caution I prefer to await to see how President Trump and/or
Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union,” former Biden Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said President Donald Trump was no longer fit for office.
Buttigieg said, “What I’m worried about is not the soldiers and the people who are serving. What I’m worried about is their political leadership, like Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump. You know, we lived through a war that was sold to us on false pretenses when I was younger. This war has not been sold on any pretense. The president just went ahead and did it. Here’s the biggest thing that has not changed since the war in Afghanistan or the war in Iraq.
Rhode Island Dems Push ‘Firearm Safety
Training Certificate’ Requirement for
Gun Purchases 24 replies
Training Certificate’ Requirement for
Gun Purchases 24 replies
Rhode Island Democrat House members are pushing legislation to require Rhode Islanders to obtain a “Firearm Safety Training Certificate” prior to purchasing a gun.
The legislation, H 7755, is sponsored by state Reps. Jennifer Boylan (D), Teresa Tanzi (D), Justine Caldwell (D), Robert Craven (D), Matthew Dawson (D), Earl Read (D), and others.
The text of H 7755 requires the would-be buyer of a handgun to “Present to the person selling the firearm a valid firearm safety training certificate issued by the office of the attorney general.”
The movement to put federal agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and other agencies at polling places is having the effect of flushing out into the open those from the left who want to protect shady election systems. The one-party state of New Mexico, with Democrat majorities in the House and Senate and a Democrat governor, was the first to pass legislation and have it signed into law that bans military or armed federal agents from polling places and ballot drop box locations.
One of the lesser known woke governors in the country, and one of the more extreme ones, Michelle Lujan Grisham, signed into law SB 264,
Why France is bolstering military presence
in the Middle East, as Macron prepares
for postwar talks 22 replies
in the Middle East, as Macron prepares
for postwar talks 22 replies
France’s government is bolstering the country’s military presence in the Middle East, dispatching its aircraft carrier and other warships, while President Emmanuel Macron engages with key players in the conflict, including Iran, in a bid to position Paris for future diplomatic talks.
Macron said that France’s military involvement is strictly “defensive” and aims to avoid making the country a party to the war.
He reaffirmed that position after one French soldier was killed Thursday in a drone attack in Iraq.
“We are not at war with anyone,” Macron said.
Rep. Jasmine Crockett insisted she “followed all protocols” in hiring a fugitive security guard who had a criminal history and was under federal investigation when he was fatally shot in a standoff with Dallas SWAT.
Crockett (D-Texas) confirmed in a statement on Monday that her security guard, Diamon-Mazairre Robinson, whom she knew under the alias of Mike King, was shot by police in Dallas on Wednesday night — blaming “loopholes” in the system for his ability to circumvent the vetting process. [snip]
“The fact that this individual was able to somehow circumvent the vetting process for something as sensitive as security for a member of Congress
‘One Battle After Another’ triumphs
at 98th Academy Awards in coronation for
Paul Thomas Anderson 21 replies
at 98th Academy Awards in coronation for
Paul Thomas Anderson 21 replies
LOS ANGELES — Paul Thomas Anderson’s “One Battle After Another” was crowned best picture at the 98th Academy Awards, handing Hollywood’s top honor to a comic, multi-generational American saga of political resistance.
The ceremony Sunday, which also saw Michael B. Jordan win best actor and “Sinners” cinematographer Autumn Durald Arkapaw make Oscar history as the first female director of photography to win the award, was a long-in-coming coronation for Anderson, a San Fernando Valley native who made his first short at age 18 and has been one of America’s most lionized filmmakers for decades. Before Sunday, Anderson had never won an Oscar.
But “One Battle After Another,”
The rumor that's circulating in Middle Eastern political networks claims that Iranian cleric Hojtaba Khamenei may be in poor condition while he struggles to command respect among key figures inside the regime.
Mojtaba Khamenei remains widely viewed as the center of Iran's leadership after the death of his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who served as Iranian supreme leader for over 30 years and whose death created a sudden leadership vacuum.
Iranian state media later confirmed the killing and declared a 40-day national mourning period as the regime moved quickly to maintain control and reassure supporters that the government remained intact. The Iranian supreme leader has held ultimate authority over Iran's military forces,
NEW YORK CITY – New York City will add 800 more “slow zones” capped at 15 mph by the end of the year, officials said Monday. The move will bring strict speed limits to schools across the city, increasing the number of schools with slow zones to 1,300. City officials said every eligible school across the five boroughs will receive a reduced speed limit by the end of Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s first term. They described the expansion as the largest use of Sammy’s Law, which allows New York City to set its own speed limits. The law is named for
State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli just revealed that New York City is now spending $81,000 per street homeless person — in a town where average take-home pay is no higher than $40,600. And Mayor Zohran Mamdani want to spend more: City Hall projects it to hit nearly $97,000 in the coming year. Overall, this spending has skyrocketed from $102 million in 2018 to $368 million last year, up 320% even as the street-homeless population grew just 26%.
A Mauritanian illegal immigrant marked for deportation since 2002 has continued to live in the US and is a registered Democrat who voted in every election since 2008, authorities claim.
Mahady Sacko, 50, who goes by the nickname “Sacko Scorpion,” was busted last week in Philadelphia for allegedly falsely claiming citizenship to cast a 2024 ballot.
He was picked up in a joint operation between Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the FBI who charge he “falsely represented that he was a US citizen in order to vote and register to vote” in the last preidential election, according to a press release.
Sacko denied the charges when
Is Lesbianism Ruining America’s Future?
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oday, most of those self-identifying as LGBTQ are young women. The growth has been dramatic. In the US, some thirty percent of Gen Z women (age 18-27) are self-identifying as LGBTQ, etc.—mainly lesbian and—compared to around 1-2% for women in the World War 2 generation. This means that almost a third of traditionally marital-age women are likely disinterested in traditional marriage. This is a significant factor in why almost half of Americans are unmarried.
As a result of the decline in marriages, the American replacement rate continues its slide south of the 2.1 children per couple needed for replacement. It is now hovering at 1.6. If one argues that lesbian couples