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@LIVELEANWa @overton_news Must be that 18-dimensional chess that Iran is playing?

@overton_news On notice, you think China gives a crap about that. The days are over where the US just pushed countries around, Iran is showing that.

BREAKING: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says the U.S. has already put two Chinese banks on notice over possible Iranian money flows — warning of potential secondary sanctions. BESSENT: “I do have an update on sanctions.” “Iran is the…or used to be the largest state sponsor of terrorism.” “China was purchasing more than 90% of their oil, which is about 8% of China’s energy needs.” “We believe this blockade in the straits, there will be a pause of Chinese buying.” “But I will tell you that two Chinese banks received letters from the U.S. Treasury…I’m not going to identify the banks…but we told them that if we can prove that there is Iranian money flowing through your accounts, then we are willing to put on secondary sanctions.”

@FierceLionPrv28 @GuntherEagleman Peace through strength. How novel.

Trump just announced the Strait of Hormuz is permanently open, with China agreeing to cut off all weapons to Iran—direct result of the naval blockade’s maximum pressure. This is smart, strength-based diplomacy delivering peace without endless war. What astute diplomatic phenomenology does this triumphant recalibration of adversarial incentives provoke among discerning stewards of republican primacy?

🚨Straight from Trump! China is very happy that I am permanently opening the Strait of Hormuz. I am doing it for them, also - And the World. This situation will never happen again. They have agreed not to send weapons to Iran. President Xi will give me a big, fat, hug when I get there in a few weeks. We are working together smartly, and very well!! Doesn’t that beat fighting??? BUT REMEMBER, we are very good at fighting, if we have to - far better than anyone else!!!

@Aelthemplaer ??

You cannot simultaneously close the mental hospitals and permit trials because you are insane. You can't have a society under these conditions.

@UltraLuxeFender @SecMullinDHS @USCIS @AliMayorkas @FBIDirectorKash @realDonaldTrump @DAGToddBlanche What laws did he break? Bad attitude doesn't count.

@SecMullinDHS @USCIS Why is @AliMayorkas still walking free? You know, the guy who imported all these criminals that are killing innocent Americans? @FBIDirectorKash @realDonaldTrump @DAGToddBlanche

On Monday, a DHS employee, Lauren Bullis, was brutally shot and stabbed to death by Olaolukitan Adon Abel, a 26-year-old, born in the United Kingdom, who was naturalized by the Biden Administration in 2022.  Since President Trump took office, @USCIS has implemented measures to ensure individuals with criminal histories and who otherwise lack good moral character do not attain citizenship. He possesses a prior criminal record that includes convictions for sexual battery, battery against a police officer, obstruction, and assault with a deadly weapon, vandalism and now stands accused of murdering @DHSgov employee Lauren Bullis by shooting and stabbing her while she walked her dog. He has also been arrested for the murder of an unidentified woman whom he reportedly shot outside a Checkers, before randomly shooting a homeless man multiple times outside a Kroger in Brookhaven. These acts of pure evil have devastated our Department and my prayers are with the families of the victims.

@JohnHemmings2 Do you mean 'schadenfreude?'

Presumably if a hacker group have been detected, it hints that more sophisticated state actors might have long had the quiet run of the place. Whatever the case, one cannot help but feel achadenfreude.

@24_70xu So they're only for use in shallow waters? I guess that would make enemy pleasure craft the targets? Because ships need deep water.

Iran has deployed its Ghadir-class midget submarines in the Persian Gulf and near the Strait of Hormuz. A large number of these submarines have been deployed and given clear instructions that if any enemy ship crosses into Iran’s waters, they should immediately destroy it. These submarines are specifically designed to operate in shallow waters, and the United States has no counter to them.

@townhallcom They clapped for that? WTF?

Joe Biden spots a black guy and thinks he looks like Obama.

@employee81820 @HargusJeremy Already can in Europe and the UK.

These people are off-the-rails crazy. NY already bans wrist-brace type slingshots (aka wrist-rockets) and slungshots. Mere possession is a Class A misdemeanor, punishable by up to 1 year in jail and a fine. What next? Scissors, pocket-knives and pointy sticks? I bet a sharp-wit could get you 2 years in jail.

New York is coming after airguns and BB guns now, including the classic Red Ryder. The latest push reclassifies them as “imitation weapons,” requiring bright colors, plugged barrels, and toy-like restrictions that would effectively ban functional models. This goes beyond hunters or sport shooters. Airguns and BB guns are essential training tools for safe, low-cost practice, building skills, safety habits, and confidence before moving to centerfire. This is still incremental infringement at work: start with “safety” rules on low-power guns, then expand the net. Rights erode one “reasonable” step at a time. We train hard with what we have because readiness matters. Restricting practice tools only makes people less safe and less capable. Stay alert on this one, New York. Contact your reps, support legal challenges, and keep training however you can.

@RanjYousif @GuntherEagleman The ports that can provide income to Iran are blockaded. Everything else is fine. But you already knew that.

@GuntherEagleman so the blockade is less "blockade" and more "we will stare at you really hard while you pass through"

UPDATE: No major incidents in the Persian Gulf despite the U.S. Navy blockade. A Chinese-owned oil and chemical tanker that got turned back on Day 1 just successfully passed through the Strait of Hormuz today. President Trump and CENTCOM continue to stress: The entire area is NOT blocked — only Iranian ports and Iranian ships are being targeted. - @MattFinnFNC

@rhhunts1 @DerrickEvans4WV Think about how much that stump would have cost to grind out. Lucky!

@DerrickEvans4WV A tree fell over and hit the ground. What am I missing?

Imagine doing all of that work and then this happens….

@girlpowertbh @MichaelGllghr @NASAArtemis Shoulda been an ape

Imagine you come back from the moon and this is one of the first things you see

@denniswbyron @TheBabylonBee Pius XII played both sides. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Pius… "Pius maintained links to the German Resistance, and shared intelligence with the Allies of WWII, but...he developed alliances with Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy and...arranged secret negotiations with Hitler's envoys."

@TheBabylonBee That's not satire. That WAS the position of the then Pope (and his successor was the Vatican ambassador to the Nazis)

Pope Condemns Allied Forces For Not Just Talking It Out With Nazis buff.ly/jisfzC1

@MattWhitlock Has she offered to take a pay cut yet?

Kathy Hochul making a weak plea for wealthy people who have left New York (to red states like Florida) to come back to pay their high taxes to fund failing (unaccountable) social programs: “I need people who are high net worth to support the generous social programs we have in our state. Some patriotic millionaires who stepped up. Ok! Cut the me the checks. But if you want to supportive, maybe the first step should be go down to palm beach and see who you can bring back home

@AndrewSolender @axios So you're also calling for his resignation from Congress?

NEW: Rep. Doris Matsui is the latest House Democrat pulling her endorsement of Eric Swalwell, per statement to @axios:

@everwill @bb_media_uk @TRobinsonNewEra @daveatherton @FreespeechShell @BasilTheGreat @benonwine @CraigHouston_ @DonnaLouise1212 @georginalibbie @liamtuffs1 Liberals in power is the thing that isn't working. Both genders are equally guilty.

@bb_media_uk @TRobinsonNewEra @daveatherton @FreespeechShell @BasilTheGreat @benonwine @CraigHouston_ @DonnaLouise1212 @georginalibbie @liamtuffs1 Time to face facts: this experiment with women in power is not working.

🚨 MAKE THIS MAKE SENSE… This is Judge Tracey Lloyd-Clarke, Recorder of Cardiff. She’s just sentenced a British army veteran Daffron Williams, 41 to two years in prison (with half to be served inside) over Facebook posts made after the Southport child murders. This is a man who served in Iraq and Afghanistan. A man dealing with PTSD. The judge even acknowledged his service, his character references, and his mental health… and still sent him to jail for words posted online. One of those posts said “civil war is here” and included anti-Islamic imagery. At the same time, she’s been locking others up too like 24-year-old David Morgan, who got 20 months for offensive tweets. But here’s where it gets hard to ignore… A man called Rees Newman convicted of the historic rape of a girl under 14 stood in front of the same judge for breaching his sex offender conditions… And she suspended his prison sentence. Why? Because prisons are too full. So let’s get this straight. A veteran with PTSD goes to prison over Facebook posts. A convicted child rapist walks free due to overcrowding. How is that justice? 🤔

@_false_idol_ @Truthful_ast It's new. Give it time.

@Truthful_ast Pluto doesn't make the cut because it hasn't cleaned its orbit. It's definitely a particularly cool system but there's too much stuff around it to call it a planet

I think it should become a planet again simply because it’s the largest binary object

@keepingkt @candynotcandace He's found his circus. Now we all just need to refuse to attend.

@candynotcandace Good job. Moore is a clown in search of a circus.

Democrats sure are putting in a lot of work to discredit a series before it's even started running. That alone should raise a question: why? In January, I was warned directly that if Spotlight continued its investigation into Gov. Wes Moore's military records—and one of his superiors—that his office would send files to every media reporter to try and discredit us.  We saw the same playbook in 2022 when a FOX45 reporter asked why Moore allowed claims that he had received a Bronze Star that he didn't have at the time. His team accused the reporter and media outlet of bias and a smear campaign. Two years later, after the New York Times wrote about the Bronze Star Moore hadn't received, the narrative changed, and the governor said it was "an honest mistake." In an August 2024 statement on his military record, Moore acknowledged he knew before leaving Afghanistan that he had not received the award.  Spotlight's reporting digs deeper into Moore's military records and more, and our investigative series will begin to publish soon. This is standard journalism to scrutinize the words and records of elected officials and candidates who hold positions of power and public trust. Our loyalty is to the Maryland public we serve — not any public official or political party.  Our work has been fair. We've sent hundreds of questions. Most have gone unanswered. We've offered multiple sit-down interviews with the governor and his staff. They have declined repeated requests.  Moore's office hasn't seen a word of this series yet, but the governor and his communications staff are actively campaigning and peddling a narrative to smear it. In fact, his director of media strategy said this week of us, "They don't deserve to be treated like a news outlet and nothing that comes out of Sinclair should be taken seriously." They continued this effort last night in an interview on MSNOW with Jen Psaki, Biden's former press secretary.  The real questions you should be asking right now: Why don't they want you to read the series? What is it they don't want you to know? And if we're so wrong about everything, why not just release the records and prove it? If you want to know more, keep reading The Baltimore Sun, a 200-year-old newspaper that has survived many governors.

@JoseRui27556516 @JeffEisenach @allenanalysis I'm pretty solidly MAGA. I'm in favor of deporting anyone who has committed any additional criminal act while they were here. Period, no exceptions. But I've been conflicted about the people who've been here for a long while, and have obeyed all the rules. This works for me.

@JeffEisenach @allenanalysis It could work but since dems will give us citizenship the moment they can, many republicans feel reluctant to vote for it, besides the maga base will get mad, deportations at this point are part of their identity for some reason lol

🚨BREAKING: 20 Republicans and 20 Democrats just co-sponsored the Dignity Act — the first serious bipartisan immigration bill in decades. What it actually does: No amnesty. No citizenship. No handouts. A pathway to legal work status for long-term undocumented immigrants who meet strict requirements — fully funded by restitution payments from immigrants themselves, requiring zero taxpayer dollars. Mike Lawler’s own words: “This is not amnesty. It’s accountability, it’s fairness, it is dignity.”

@OYourNameHereO @GuntherEagleman @MikeKelleyPHD She is NOT like a reporter. Unless you mean because they both breathe?

@GuntherEagleman @MikeKelleyPHD She’s the reason I turn it OFF!

🚨 TRUMP: “For Fox executives only: Take Jessica Tarlov off the air. She’s a real loser! From her voice to her lies and everything else, one of the worst personalities on television. People cannot stand watching her!”

@arejayheix @NickFondacaro But it's so clever! How could they not use it over and over ad nauseum? Every time I hear it, the body language of the person using it has this quick, smug little self-congratulatory face wriggle. Just so, so clever.

@NickFondacaro You’re so dumb. If Trump has proved anything it’s tat that stupid TACO moniker does not describe him at all.

And there it is. After the media spent most of yesterday and today suggesting Trump was going to nuke or otherwise genocide Iran, CNN is already suggesting Trump will "chicken out" and drops the "TACO" line: WOLF BLITZER: The president is sticking to his very, very tough language right now. Is he painting himself though into a corner? If the Iranians don't accept the concessions that he wants? KIMBERLY DOZIER: This could be a high stakes negotiating tactic to try to get them to blink, but so far they haven't. They've proved consistently that they can take more pain, and they see themselves as gaining in political stature every time they force Trump to bypass one of his deadlines, which we might see tonight. The TACO, Trump always chickens out syndrome. Or we could see as a gulf official I just spoke to was worried about a massive strike against many targets in Iran that then causes Iran to retaliate against the gulf. So far, they've been doing destructive attacks, but they haven't unleashed the full scope of what gulf officials think they could do. PAMELA BROWN: And, Peter, we've seen empty threats before from the president. This seems different, though. And if he doesn't follow through and or doesn't get anything tangible in the negotiations, I mean, what kind of a position would that put the U.S. in this war? PETER BERGEN: Well, actually, I'm reminded in his first term he said he could he could end the Afghan war in a week, but it would kill 10 million people. So, he's made these kind of very grandiose kind of threats before. I mean, in this case, obviously, this, you know, who knows what's going to happen at 8 p.m. tonight? The only person who knows is the commander-in-chief. Um, I presume to if he wants to kind of retain some form of credibility, he's going to have to do something because he's threats have been so over the top. But you know, they could be limited and they could be dressed up as well. The negotiations continue. So the limited strikes and continued negotiations, I mean that wouldn't be surprising. BROWN: Yeah.