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The White House posting a graphic from the pro-Israel think tank, the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD), illustrates just how influential the pro-Israel lobby is within the Trump administration. The U.S. IC assessed that Iran was not seeking a nuclear weapon, yet unverified information from pro-Israel groups dominated the intelligence reaching POTUS in the lead-up to the war. The tragic part is that the successful Iran policy Trump enacted in his first term—and was enacting this time around—was working, and he was on his way to securing a much better deal than the JCPOA. This was a threat to Israel’s goal of getting the U.S. to provide the combat power for regime change in Iran. Groups like FDD, members of the media, donors, and key Israeli officials played a key role in convincing Trump that his policy should shift to zero enrichment and that the Iranian regime would quickly crumble if he struck now. Hopefully, POTUS will look at the results of the advice he has received from FDD and the Israel-first/neocon lobby and correct course.

Sen. Rick Scott on the new Florida congressional map: "I haven't seen the details of it. We have an obligation to have fair districts. Whatever they end up doing, it will go through the courts.." So you're in favor of the new map in Florida? Scott: "I haven't seen the details. But what I do know is it will ultimately go through the courts."

JUST IN: Democrat Maine Governor Janet Mills has dropped out of the race for U.S. Senate. Mills previously went viral after President Trump called her out to her face for refusing to comply with his executive order banning men from women's sports. One year later, Mills says she has to suspend her campaign for U.S. Senate because she doesn’t have the financial resources. She dropped out just weeks before her Democratic primary against Graham Platner. “While I have the drive and passion, commitment and experience, and above all else – the fight – to continue on, I very simply do not have the one thing that political campaigns unfortunately require today: the financial resources,” she said.