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This is correct but it is worse than they are describing. Vahidi is the only official with direct access to Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei. But Mojtaba was gravely wounded on February 28. Three leg surgeries, a hand surgery, severe facial burns, cannot speak. He communicates only through handwritten notes that Vahidi controls. As long as Vahidi holds the narrative that the Supreme Leader is alive and communicating through him, he is the de facto ruler of Iran. Vahidi has cited the Supreme Leader to block nuclear talks. He ordered the UAE attacks without the President's knowledge. He has been underground since taking command on March 1. Pezeshkian knows all of this. He knows he won't get that meeting. He is requesting it to build a record that exposes Vahidi making decisions in the Supreme Leader's name.

BREAKING: @FoxNews is on scene in Portsmouth, VA where the FBI is raiding the office of Virginia Senate President Pro Tempore L Louise Lucas, a Democrat and close ally of VA Governor Spanberger. Fed law enforcement sources tell FOX this is in connection to a major corruption probe, and the FBI is serving multiple search warrants, approved by a federal judge, at her office and a next door cannabis dispensary. More to come with correspondent @AlexHoganTV, who reports that Lucas just showed up on scene as the FBI searches her office.

USDA crackdown throws 4.3 million scammers and freeloaders off food stamps. The bad news is there’s another 30 million scammers and freeloaders munching on your paycheck.

Senator Rick Scott and Reps. Elise Stefanik and Josh Gottheimer just introduced bipartisan bills to cut off federal R&D funding to universities for 5 years if they take research money from China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, Qatar, Turkey, Cuba, or Venezuela

How do you see these kinds of numbers, from the Washington Post no less, and refuse to do everything in your power to pass the Save America Act?

What this means is, they don't want to codify a ceasefire in a UNSC resolution that might not hold. It keeps the legal door open for resumption of hostilities. By replacing it with IMO language they are shifting from a temporary ceasefire arrangement to a permanent institutional framework for Hormuz navigation. It keeps their hands free in the short term while building something that outlasts this specific conflict. So the move is: remove the temporary thing that might collapse tomorrow, replace it with a permanent thing that outlasts this war entirely. Keep your hands free in the short term while building something durable in the long term. The IMO (International Maritime Organization) is the UN's permanent shipping regulatory body. Putting Hormuz navigation under IMO authority means it becomes a standing international institution, not a temporary arrangement between the US and Iran.

Yes. That’s what happens when you lose a war. The Iranian military doesn’t exist now. The IRGC are so degraded they’re ineffective in any serious way. The murderous regime is a week or two from total financial collapse. The gulf allies are working to get guns into the hands of the Iranian people to actively overthrow the regime. Time is on America’s side. Time is NOT on the murderous Iranian Regime’s side. If the Regime wants to survive, its only choice is complete, unconditional capitulation to the United States’ demands. Its a binary choice: surrender & meet our demands, or we collapse the regime & get what we want anyways. There’s no third option. China, Russia, Pakistan, India & North Korea cannot save the Iranian regime.

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Actually, you did start it. New York did mid-decade redistricting last cycle and tried again this cycle. This is your fourth attempt at partisan gerrymandering since becoming governor.

This is actually both amusing, & infuriating at the same time. First, it’s amusing to me how desperate they are to try to stop this. It tells us all just how dangerous this decision is to their ability to rig elections via racial gerrymandering & how dependent the Left is on that gerrymandering. It’s a crucial piece of their ability to take political power. Seeing the panic & acts of desperation due to this Supreme Court decision on the left is pretty satisfying. This cuts them right to the bone. But second, it’s also deeply enraging: seeing the Left try to overturn a US Supreme Court decision that affirms a lower court decision abolishing the use of racism to draw districts to give Democrats free congressional house & senate seats & swing states in Presidential elections is enraging. The Left is actively trying to subvert the law & constitution to protect racism to protect their political ambitions. The Left are lawless, racist totalitarians.

Deeper analysis on the UN Security Council vote and how the US just made China's decision impossible from every angle This isn't the first time China has faced this vote. China already vetoed the first Hormuz freedom of navigation resolution on April 7. The vote was 11-2 with only China and Russia voting no. But here is what makes this interesting. China's own Ambassador Fu Cong said in his explanation of vote: "China does not go along with Iran's attacks on Gulf States and the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz" and "hopes navigation resumes as soon as possible." China conceded the argument and then vetoed anyway. Now the US is forcing a second vote with a tougher draft, co-authored by Saudi Arabia, Qatar, UAE, Kuwait, and Bahrain. When you dive into the conflict for China here it gets even more interesting because 45-50% of China's crude oil imports transit the Strait of Hormuz. China is the single largest buyer of Hormuz oil at 37.7% of all crude exiting the strait. Saudi Arabia, UAE, Iraq, Kuwait, and Qatar are far bigger and more reliable suppliers than Iran. China-GCC trade hit $288 billion in 2024. China-Iran trade including covert oil flows is roughly $40 billion. That is a 7 to 1 ratio. Iran supplies China roughly 1.38 million barrels per day at an $8-10 per barrel discount below Brent. That is valuable but it is not worth alienating the Gulf states who just co-drafted a resolution against Iran. Option 1: Veto it again. China will frame it the same way they framed the first, as responsible restraint to prevent escalation. The new draft being tougher with Chapter 7 language gives Beijing more rhetorical cover to call it one-sided. But the political cost is higher this time because five Gulf states co-authored it. Calling a resolution biased when your own top oil suppliers wrote it is a harder sell. It directly contradicts what their own ambassador said on April 7th. It will enrage Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, and Bahrain, the same countries China depends on for energy security and $288 billion in annual trade. And it hands Trump a headline weapon with the approach of a very important summit. Option 2: Abstain or vote yes. China throws Iran under the bus. The same ones giving them discounted oil, the 25-year strategic partnership, Belt and Road ties, and the anti-US axis all take a hit. Beijing looks like it caved to US and Gulf pressure 9 days before hosting the summit. (This won't happen just presenting why not) But that isn't all. This goes beyond the Middle East conflict. The South China Sea. The Taiwan Strait. The Malacca Strait. These are all international waterways where China claims expanded control and the US Navy conducts freedom of navigation operations. The US has conducted at least 46 freedom of navigation operations in the South China Sea since 2016 and regularly transits the Taiwan Strait with destroyers. China protests every single one, arguing there is "no legal basis of international waters" in the Taiwan Strait and that Beijing has "sovereignty, sovereign rights and jurisdiction" over it. The April resolution that China vetoed used language encouraging states to "coordinate efforts, defensive in nature" to deter "attempts to close, obstruct or otherwise interfere with international navigation" in a strait. That is almost word for word how the US describes its own operations in the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea. Here is where both options trap China. If the resolution passes with China's support or abstention, it establishes a UN Security Council precedent that international straits must remain open and that military escort operations to keep them open are legitimate. That won't happen because the US would cite that precedent every time it sails a destroyer through the Taiwan Strait. China just endorsed the principle at the UN. This is the least likely outcome but it illustrates the position they are in If China vetoes, they are on record saying the UN should not enforce freedom of navigation in international straits. The US narrative becomes: China blocked the world from keeping Hormuz open to protect Iran while 80+ countries and 22,500 sailors are trapped and that it doesn't care about the other Gulf countries and muddies the waters with their interest there. And the US still conducts its Taiwan Strait transits unilaterally, now arguing that China's obstruction at the UN is exactly why multilateral solutions fail and American solo action is necessary. There is no clean path. Every option costs Beijing something it cannot afford to lose. Bessent said publicly on May 4: "I would urge the Chinese to join us in supporting this international operation" and "China and Russia should stop blocking initiatives moving through the United Nations." The timing is not accidental. This vote will happen 9 days before Trump sits across from Xi in Beijing. The US is weaponizing international law against China's entire maritime strategy in Asia.

A ten strike law preventing people from leaving prison after that many violent crime convictions would reduce period violent crime by 20% Five strikes would cut violent crime by 40% Three strikes would halve violent crime Two strikes would remove ~two-thirds of violent crime

🚨‼️I don’t doubt that deception is coming. I don’t doubt that the world is being prepared for something. And I don’t doubt that whatever “disclosure” becomes, it will be used to attack Genesis, the Bible, and the Lord Jesus Christ. But the Church does not need secret meetings to know how to prepare. We already have Ephesians 6. We already have 2 Thessalonians 2. We already have 2 Corinthians 11:14. We already have Galatians 1:8. We already have the whole armour of God, the written word, the gospel, and the blessed hope. If they say they created us, Genesis already answered them. If they say Jesus was invented, John 1 already answered them. If they preach another gospel, Galatians 1:8 already answered them. If they come with signs and wonders, 2 Thessalonians 2 already warned us. So yes, prepare the people, but prepare them with Scripture, not panic. The Church is not looking for disclosure. The Church is looking for Jesus Christ.

Rubio and Southcom commander Gen. Francis Donovan shaking hands at Southcom headquarters in Doral...in front of a map of Cuba. Subtle.

Democrats Clarify Everyone Is A Nazi Except The Guy With Nazi Tattoo buff.ly/F4M8O6S

BLM put this chart together? Do they... are they... um... aware what it shows?

no matter what your fundamental view on $MSTR may be, it is an undeniable fact that there is simply no other company in the world that can trade $1 BILLION NOTIONAL via options in a single day over 3(!) trades (h/t:@saylor) it is a technical marvel of hyperliquidity via BTC

Here’s how Walker responded when Trump invited him to the White House to discuss Walker’s obstruction of redistricting efforts in Indiana. Good riddance.

💥BREAKING: South Carolina House Speaker moves to Redistrict! They can do this IN SPITE OF the Governor! The House will take up Sine Die Resolution that includes Reapportionment paving the way for a Special Session! Massive first step! 🚨Keep the pressure on the SENATE!

This forensic accountant may have exposed how NYC Mayor @ZohranKMamdani’s campaign cheated the system. In plain English: $80 MILLION in tax-deductible charity money (your donations) flowed through nonprofits into political groups. Those groups shared the exact same treasurers, offices, and bosses as Mamdani’s “independent” super PACs. They moved $950,000 in one transfer, did a $45,697.14 same-day penny-perfect swap, then dumped $1.8 MILLION into attack ads and door-knocking for him. It’s illegal for campaigns and “independent” groups to coordinate like this. It’s illegal to use tax-free charity cash for elections. Where there is smoke there’s fire. Read the full report. The public filings don’t lie.