Scott D
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Trump was crazy in his first term, but people stopped him.
Gary Cohen put the tariff memorandum in the shredder.
Nobody let him bomb North Korea.
There were rational people in the room who looked at each other and said — we’re going to curb his crazy.
If he’d won in 2020 he’d still have had Republicans around him.
Not perfect. But people who loved the country and would have kept him in check.
And we’d be done with him by 2024.
But he lost and losing fortified him.
Trump 1 had guardrails.
Trump 2 has none.
That’s the difference and that’s why this moment is so much more dangerous.
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Man desperately trying to save job.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar
BARTIROMO: Do you have anything to tell us about the 2020 election being rigged against President Trump? KASH PATEL: Absolutely. I am never going to let this go. They tried to rig the entire system. That's something I'm not going to allow. We are going to be making arrests. It's coming. I promise you it's coming soon.
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Trump tells Iran that if they don’t agree to his “very fair and reasonable DEAL” the US will “knock out every single Power Plant, and every single Bridge, in Iran.“
Targeting civilian infrastructure is widely considered a war crime under the Geneva conventions.
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🇮🇷🇺🇸 Iran says it's rearming faster than the U.S can restock.
Gen. Mousavi: missile and drone stockpiles are growing quicker than before the war.
The ceasefire gave Iran exactly what it needed: time to reload.
Mario Nawfal@MarioNawfal
🇮🇱🇮🇷 Netanyahu dusts off his old script: "Had we not moved to attack Iran, they would have possessed the nuclear bomb, and it would have been the beginning of the end for the Jewish people." He's been saying Iran is about to have a nuclear bomb since 1992. Source: Al Jazeera
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Is everyone cool with @joerogan getting trump to offer fda approval for a drug that he fets the research wrong about here - while @DrPatrick waits to be able to save more people from cancer?
instagram.com/reel/DXR3OpIiT…
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“The next president must say on day one: We’re tearing down this arch; we’re razing Trump’s ballroom…Washington ceremonial architecture must be returned to the purpose for which it exists—to promote democracy, not the demented ego of one sick man.”
newrepublic.com/post/209211/tr…
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🇮🇷🇺🇸 Iran's state media confirmed that the Strait of Hormuz has been closed again:
"The U.S. did not fulfill its obligations. Therefore, the Strait of Hormuz is now closed again, and passage requires Iran’s approval."
When it reopened, Iran warned the U.S. had to lift its blockade, but Trump didn't, so they've clamped down again.
Source: IRIB
Mario Nawfal@MarioNawfal
🇮🇷🇺🇸 Iran's embassy issuing military threats mid-negotiation... not great diplomacy.
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🇺🇸 🇮🇱 U.S. government employees have quietly accepted Mossad listening to their calls as an inevitable reality.
Joe Kent breaks down exactly how Israel punches so far above its weight, through lobbying money, media ownership, and intelligence dependency.
"They are doing a fair amount of spying on you as well.
But with the Israelis, it's actually just a little bit more, it's a little bit extra."
America built the dependency. Israel exploited it.
@joekent16jan19
Mario Nawfal@MarioNawfal
🇺🇸 🇮🇱 Strong words from Trump mean nothing if the checks keep clearing. Joe Kent breaks down why words without action guarantee the same trap repeats. "Until we actually restrained the Israelis, until we actually say we are taking things away from you so that all you can worry about is the defense of your country and not going on the offense, we'll fall back into the same pattern." Trump knows he got played. The question is whether he cuts the leash or just tweets about it. @joekent16jan19
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@AdamKinzinger RThis post comes off like you are rooting for the Iranians?
Shameless.
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@brianstelter Brian
Soon you will be kicked to the curb by Paramount. I would have thought you would have moderated somewhat in an effort to keep your job at CNN. You are still the most partisan guy on TV.
Later Tater!
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Bottom line: Hegseth's media-bashing hasn't worked. The polling hasn't budged. Trump and Hegseth's messaging is not moving public opinion, which remains broadly opposed to the Iran war.
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@ForecasterEnten Harry
You should run a poll to see how many democrats want America to lose the war so President Trump doesn’t win.
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On Tax Day, Trump's paying the piper with the public.
His net approval is -28 pts on taxes (vs. +2 at this point in term 1). He's 58 pts underwater with independents.
One reason why: Trump & the GOP's signature Big, Beautiful Bill's net approval is -20 pts. -41 with indies.
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CJR: "Orbán’s downfall and Magyar’s ascent both have a lot to do with the tireless work of investigative journalists." cjr.org/the_media_toda…
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🇮🇷 Speaker Ghalibaf just walked out of 20 hours of talks and came back with this.
- "You are indebted to the Iranian nation and still have much to do to make amends"
- "If you choose war, we will fight; if you come with logic, we will respond with logic"
- "We will not submit to any threats"
- "If they test our will again, we will give them a greater lesson"
Mario Nawfal@MarioNawfal
🇺🇸🇮🇷 JD Vance is the frontrunner for the 2028 presidential election That makes him the wrong person to be leading Iran negotiations A politician with his eye on the White House has two incentives in that room: (1) end the war and (2) make sure the deal doesn't hurt him politically What these talks need is a negotiator with exactly one job: end the war, whatever it takes, however it looks
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Let’s see what Beijing says about this.
Open Source Intel@Osint613
President Trump after talks with Iran breakdown: “The trump card president holds if Iran won’t bend: a navel blockade”
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🚨🇺🇸🇮🇷 IRAN WALKS AWAY WITH $180 BILLION
Fmr U.S. Navy Intel Officer Malcolm Nance on what Iran actually won from this war
Sanctions lifted, oil flowing, and Hormuz tolls rolling in; Iran's proxy network, missiles, and nuclear threshold strategy were validated, not destroyed.
"Donald Trump is their ATM."
@MalcolmNance
Mario Nawfal@MarioNawfal
🚨🇺🇸🇮🇷 IRAN HAS THE HORMUZ MINE MAP AND ISN'T SHARING IT Fmr U.S. Navy Intel Officer Malcolm Nance found Iraq's mine map himself in Desert Storm buried under rubble and handed it to Schwarzkopf, Iran has the same map and has zero reason to hand it over. "They're just not going to give it to us. They will keep it for their own purposes." Iran's play: do nothing and wait for a U.S minesweeper to hit something. @MalcolmNance
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@LauraLoomer @nikitabier Laura
You are Boss!
Keep up the great work.
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@nikitabier I broke the story about Qasem Soleimani’s niece which led to her and her daughter being arrested by ICE, and everyone stole my work.
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Alex Jones@RealAlexJones
IS THE FIRST LADY MELANIA TRUMP ABOUT TO LEAVE PRESIDENT TRUMP OVER THE EPSTEIN CASE COVERUP? - Major Friday Night Update
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🚨 JUST IN: President Trump says funding for ICE and Border Patrol is now being FAST TRACKED through the US Senate via RECONCILIATION
This means we only need 50 SENATORS plus JD Vance to pass it.
Let’s go!!! Give ICE and Border Patrol EVERY DOLLAR they need for deportations!
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