Matthew Continetti

‘in lashing out against the world, the Iranian regime has made its own best case for U.S. intervention.’ My column this week @wsjfreeex ⁦@WSJopinion⁩ wsj.com/opinion/free-e…

Prior to Operation Epic Fury, the Iranian regime used the Karaj Surface-to-Surface Missile Plant to assemble ballistic missiles that threatened Americans, neighboring countries, and commercial shipping. The photo dated March 1, 2026, shows the plant prior to U.S. strikes. The image dated March 11, 2026, shows the same location after U.S. forces struck the facility with precision munitions.

NEW: Six U.S. allies now back a potential Strait of Hormuz coalition axios.com/2026/03/19/str…

The President would be wise to allow the military to complete the air campaign and destroy the IRGCs tools of regional power projection. Only then can we set the conditions for conducting convoy operations and opening the Straits. nytimes.com/2026/03/19/opi…

This week on the What The Hell Is Going On podcast, @DPletka and @MarcThiessen discuss the war in Iran and the media coverage that has followed. Tune in for their breakdown of what victory looks like and myths about the war and its operational success. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wth…

Republicans overwhelmingly back Trump over Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly on Iran war, poll finds trib.al/EE9887D

'At every turn, it seemed, our leaders and media worked to deflect Americans from uncomfortable questions and push them toward approved opinions and behaviors.' Excellent @jamesbmeigs @WSJFreeEx @WSJopinion wsj.com/opinion/free-e…

NYT on-line , front page. Obama solved the Iran problem , Trump tore up the deal. Yes Obama removed sanctions on Iran's oil exports dreaming they would spend the money on the water supply etc. But from day 1, they raced ahead towards the bomb .

WSJ: “Democrats Are Too Cozy With Hasan Piker” wsj.com/opinion/free-e…

"Some of these Americans are in their early or mid 20s, and we give them the gift of this incredible responsibility, hundreds of thousands of pounds of aircraft," Chairman of Joint Chiefs Dan Caine says of B-1 and B-52 bomber crews. "Their mission actually begins the day prior, when they're given a target, or a bunch of targets, and they begin to study those targets--looking at what are the effects required, what are the weapons required to get there, how will we program these weapons, what is the weather, what is the tanker flow? "It's an incredibly complex problem that we give each and every one of these crews, and they work it over the period of 24 hours prior, get some rest, and then step out the door to go fly. "The last thing they do is they check all of their equipment -- their oxygen mask, survival gear. "They crank the jets about an hour prior to take off and then launch into the daylight, doing their pre-flight checks. And as the kids say, lock in and prepare to go to war, sometimes on a long and stressful journey."

Today: @jamesbmeigs on Covid’s aftereffects; @emmma_camp_ on the feminism of consensual relationships; @lilyycohenn and @ThirdWayTweet urge the left to call out its antisemites; + @matthennessey fosters a secret hope about the California governor’s race. on.wsj.com/4rGWKcC

Israeli strikes on Iran’s Basij militia, the regime force used to suppress dissent, are intensifying in western Iran. IDF footage shows a Basij soldier killed at a guard post outside a base. In recent days, more than 10 Basij posts in Tehran have also been hit. The approach is systematic: find, track, and strike regime forces wherever they operate.

RT @LucasFoxNews: Gen. Caine: “We're flying further to the east now and penetrating deeper into Iranian airspace to hunt and kill one-way a…

How Trump can increase pressure on the Cuban regime @ConnorPfeiffer @dcexaminer washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4494637…

Listen and learn! x.com/cowenconvos/st…

NEW from me Rama Duwaji — the wife of NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani— shared several posts glorifying Palestinian terrorism on old social media accounts that remain active. Duwaji also used the N-word. freebeacon.com/democrats/zohr…

The demise of the mass market paperback—as an affordable object aimed at improving access to written materials AND as an aesthetic object with its own forms and beauties—is deeply depressing.

If the war keeps taking out murderous Iranian political and security leadership I am concerned that there will no longer be suitable candidates to lead the UN Human Rights Council.

There's no break in MAGA. Trump's approval with MAGA GOP is literally 100%. 90% of MAGA GOP approve of US military action in Iran. Those who disapprove of Trump are not MAGA at this point. Importantly: MAGA makes up the same share of voters as it did when Trump won in 2024.