How Trump Took Iran’s Trump Card—the Strait of Hormuz—and Made It His Own — Batya Ungar-Sargon, Substack
Iran Denies Charging Indian Ships a ‘Toll’ to Transit the Strait of Hormuz — Breitbart
Iran demands compensation from Gulf states after accusing them of role in US-Israeli strikes — The National
Executions in Iran doubled in 2025 — marking a 36-year high: report — New York Post
How Israel Derangement Syndrome blinds media to basic Mideast facts — New York Post
Trump says Iran talks may resume this week, but opposes enrichment compromise — Washington Post
Netanyahu Warns Iran War Could Restart ‘Very Quickly‘ — The National Pulse
Iran: A Longer View — Victor Davis Hanson, American Greatness
Dems’ Hoax To Impeach Trump Revealed By Document Dump
Gabbard Exposes Congressional Plot to Impeach Trump — The Daily Signal
Newly Declassified Docs Reveal Bias of Impeachment ‘Whistleblower’ — Paul Sperry, Real Clear Investigations
DNI Tulsi Gabbard Releases a Statement with Document Release from Two Silos — The Conservative Treehouse
They Knew Trump Ukraine Impeachment Was A Hoax, Impeached Him Anyway — Sean Davis, The Federalist, via X
Alan Dershowitz: Trump could move to expunge 2019 impeachment after release of bombshell evidence — Just The News
Tax Time: Are You Ready? No?
Tax Invasion — Larry Sand, American Greatness
How Trump Hopes To Make The Economy Work For Families And Not Vice-Versa — The Federalist
Taxing, Borrowing, and Printing: Three Ways America Pays for Government — The Daily Economy
ICYMI: Most Americans Say They Face ‘Higher Taxes’ This Year, Call Tax Code ‘Unfair’: I&I/TIPP Poll — Issues & Insights
Trump Plays For Big Stakes In Global Chess Game
In slap to China, Indonesia, US sign ‘major’ defence cooperation agreement — Aljazeera
The Bad, Bad Biden COVID Years
The Biden Admin Knew of COVID Vaccine Stroke Risk and Covered It Up — PJ Media
New data reveal a staggering rise in stillbirths and miscarriages after the Covid shot — American Thinker
Biden DOJ ‘weaponized’ federal law to prosecute pro-lifers — and give them longer prison sentences — New York Post
Has Pope Become Politicized, Too?
Pope Leo XIV, the lamentably political pontiff — American Thinker
Trump blasts Pope Leo as ‘weak on crime,’ says he prefers his ‘MAGA’ brother after pontiff’s veiled jabs over Iran war, immigration — New York Post
California, The Fraud State
California Introduces Law Banning Investigations of Somali Fraud — Front Page Magazine
On Background: Dismantling California’s Empire of Fraud — Real Clear Politics
More Signs Of California Election Fraud — Doreen Linder, via X
California Democrats Find a Way to Shut Up Investigative Journalists and Cover for Illegal Aliens — Victoria Taft, PJ Media
Another Red State, Fully Californicated — Stephen Green, PJ Media
Some Miscellaneous Other Stuff Of Interest . . .
Trump Critic Wins Majority Government in Canada — Andrew Malcolm, Red State
Plus: Canada, Circling the Drain — Powerline
Biden ‘had to choose’ Harris for VP but ‘wanted it to be’ Gretchen Whitmer: report — Fox News
The economic value of eliminating cancer — NBER, via Marginal Revolution
High Profile Democrats Demand Meaningful Education Reform — Larry Sand, Front Page Magazine
Democrats Go Full Anti-Semite — Civus Americanus, American Thinker
Blue States Bleed Families While Red States Gain Ground — Legal Insurrection
The lesson behind Argentina’s miracle recovery — after rolling back socialism — New York Post
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