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With Strait of Hormuz held hostage, Trump’s
Iran deal is worse than Obama’s
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Posted by Mercedes44 6/20/2026 6:25:27 AM Post Reply
As he prepared to sign his “memorandum of understanding” with the Islamic dictatorship of Iran, President Trump again insisted that his deal was much different than that of his predecessor, President Barack Obama. He’s right — it’s probably worse. Obama’s treaty did not prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon, it simply punted the issue down the road in exchange for cash. Trump’s agreement has the same vague promises, the same payouts, but with the added twist that Iran can and will take the world hostage by shutting the Strait of Hormuz at will. On Friday, just days after the signing of the MOU, Iran moved to close the Strait,
White House spars with MAGA allies as
Iran deal sparks conservative revolt
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Posted by Mercedes44 6/20/2026 6:23:09 AM Post Reply
The Trump White House is lashing out at some of its most reliable allies as a bitter civil war erupts on the right over the administration’s controversial Iran agreement. Conservative commentator Batya Ungar-Sargon became the latest target Friday after she blasted the deal as an “utter humiliation” for the US and accused Vice President JD Vance of unfairly attacking Israel while defending Tehran. Within hours the official White House rapid-response account on X unloaded on the conservative pundit in a pair of scathing posts. “The only humiliation here is Batya desperately begging for an additional brain cell because her failing TV show—
Ex-hospital CEO accused of funneling $14M
for lavish lifestyle, son’s $109K Beverly
Hills baptism
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Posted by Mercedes44 6/20/2026 6:21:00 AM Post Reply
A former hospital executive siphoned at least $14 million from a health system and used company money to bankroll a lavish lifestyle that included a $109,000 Beverly Hills baptism celebration for his son, according to a bombshell lawsuit. Michael Sarian, the ousted founder and former CEO of Healthcare Systems of America, was accused of diverting millions of dollars from hospitals in Florida and other states into personal accounts, family trusts and other unauthorized uses while the facilities struggled to pay bills and maintain operations. The lawsuit, which was first reported by the Miami Herald, alleges Sarian treated company accounts as his personal piggy bank,
Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger Picks
LGBT Activist Who Fought Girls’ Bathroom
Protections for State Board Role
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Posted by Mercedes44 6/20/2026 6:19:22 AM Post Reply
Virginia’s Democrat Governor Abigail Spanberger has chosen and LGBT activist who has fought against protections for girls’ bathrooms to sit on a state board that directly influences related policies. During the election, Spanberger regularly dodged questions on this issue when asked by reporters. No we know why. Her decision to appoint this person to this role just shows that Democrats have not changed at all. They are not budging on this issue and will go right back to where they were before the 2024 election the instant they retake power.
Homeland Security Clocks Anti-Ice NJ Dems
Mad That DHS Denied Access to Delaney
Hall With Reality
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Posted by Mercedes44 6/20/2026 6:17:30 AM Post Reply
You know the sensation - the annoying feeling of continually having to swat away swarms of gnats that insist on circling your summer BBQ fixin's. It serves as an especially apt metaphor for Democrats and anti-ICE leftists (but I repeat myself) ahead of Father's Day cookouts this weekend. Things have been heating up at Newark, New Jersey's Delaney Hall detention facility in clashes between ICE agents and the protesters. RedState's Nick Arama wrote about violent disturbances that stretched across two nights in late May:
GOP bullish on political impact for Republicans
of Trump MOU with Iran
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Posted by Mercedes44 6/20/2026 6:15:55 AM Post Reply
Republicans are largely skeptical that President Trump’s deal with Iran will deliver a geopolitical win, but they are bullish about its impact on the midterms, with gas prices already dropping. One national Republican operative described feeling “relief” after the agreement, pointing to positive reactions from markets. Oil prices have fallen to their lowest point since the war began at the end of February following the announcement of the memorandum of understanding between the U.S. and Iran this week. Brent Crude, the international oil benchmark, sat at $79.53 per barrel on Thursday, while West Texas Industrial, the U.S. benchmark, was at $76.55.
Net Zero Leaves Britain Paying France
to Take Our Power
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Posted by Mercedes44 6/20/2026 6:13:53 AM Post Reply
The cackhanded pursuit of Net Zero by Ed Miliband and his predecessors has left Britain having to pay France and other countries to take excess power off our hands for a significant portion of the year. The Telegraph has more. It’s the Ed Miliband paradox: why does Britain have among the highest power prices in Europe when we have so much electricity that suppliers have to pay customers to use it? It was a question repeated across the energy industry last week after power prices briefly turned negative, meaning customers and countries abroad were paid to use surplus electricity generated in Britain rather than having to pay for it.
NATO 3.0 and Shifts in Force Posture and Funding replies
Posted by Mercedes44 6/20/2026 6:12:10 AM Post Reply
Thursday morning, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth spoke at the headquarters of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in Brussels, announcing a six-month review of American force posture and funding relating to NATO as part of the Trump administration’s efforts to build “NATO 3.0.” In 2026, the U.S. is forced by geopolitical necessity to prioritize deterring China, a monumental effort that will require a shift in resources and a change in force posture, with the U.S. moving forces and funding into the Pacific.
Soros-Backed Philly DA Larry Krasner's
Death Penalty Problem Just Blew Up Again
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Posted by Mercedes44 6/19/2026 9:33:10 PM Post Reply
In January 1984, Robert Wharton and an accomplice forced their way into a Philadelphia home at knifepoint, then spent hours torturing, strangling, and drowning Bradley and Ferne Hart. On the way out, they turned off the heat. The couple's seven-month-old daughter was left alone in the dead of winter. She was found three days later, dehydrated and barely breathing. Wharton confessed. A jury sentenced him to death. Forty years later, a top official in the Philadelphia District Attorney's office tried to get him off death row and lied to a federal judge to do it. Now she's paying for it. Nancy Winkelman, former supervisor of Soros-
Alleged Mastermind Behind Foiled Plot
to Attack White House UFC Freedom 250
Event ID’d As Mexican Illegal
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Posted by Mercedes44 6/19/2026 9:30:39 PM Post Reply
The alleged mastermind behind the foiled terrorist plot to attack the UFC Freedom 250 event at the White House Sunday, is an illegal immigrant from Mexico, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) revealed Thursday. Abraham Hermosillo Alvarez, 31, was arrested by the FBI on Sunday in the small town of Western, Nebraska, and ICE subsequently lodged a detainer against him. DHS said Alvarez failed to leave the country when his B2 tourist visa expired in 2001 and he was subsequently “granted DACA by the Obama administration.” “This illegal alien should NEVER have been allowed in our country—
Los Angeles moves to let noncitizens vote
in local elections, Republicans raise alarm
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Posted by Mercedes44 6/19/2026 9:28:25 PM Post Reply
The Los Angeles City Council is facing criticism from a Republican Party leader after deciding to move forward with a Nov. 3 ballot initiative to allow noncitizens to vote in local elections. The council voted Thursday to put the measure on the general election ballot. “Yesterday's vote by the LA City Council, a body that cannot keep its streets clean of filth, save the lives of broken drug-addicted souls in encampments, fight fires or stop crime, is an affront to all Americans,” Roxanne Hoge, Los Angeles County Republican Party chair, told The Center Square, answering questions by email.
WTH? Biden Shouts “Where’s My Granddaughter?”
After Jill Biden Leaves Him Alone and
Confused on Stage at Obama Center Opening (VIDEO)
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Posted by Mercedes44 6/19/2026 12:20:00 PM Post Reply
83-year-old Joe Biden was abandoned by his wife and former boss on stage at the Barack Obama Presidential Center opening ceremony in Chicago on Friday, left staring aimlessly into the crowd. The confused Biden was left behind as Obama danced off the stage, and Jill Biden followed him, forgetting about her husband. The Bidens were included among four former presidents and former first ladies who attended the ceremony. Biden looked distressed as he looked out into the crowd from the podium. He took off his sunglasses and waved before asking the crowd one strange question. “Where’s my granddaughter?” Joe shouted as the camera panned away from him and ended its feed.