Iran Claims Two-Missile Strike on U.S. Warship, CENTCOM Denies — Breitbart
US threatens ‘devastating’ response to any Iran attack on shipping — Breitbart
US Destroys Six Iranian Ships In Straight Of Hormuz During ‘Project Freedom’ — Daily Caller
War Secretary Pete Hegseth on Iran: ‘They don’t control the Strait’ — Rapid Response 47, X
US says Iran attacks below threshold for wider war in Persian Gulf — Iran International
Maersk says ship passed through Strait of Hormuz under U.S. military protection — CNBC
Does Supreme Court Ruling Shuffle ’26 Election Deck In GOP’s Favor?
Voting Rights Act Decision Reveals Angry Row Between Two Supreme Court Members — SCOTUSblog
SCOTUS gave the GOP a generational opportunity with redistricting — will they take it? — Human Events
Republicans Poised to Outmaneuver Democrats in Redistricting Fight — Legal Insurrection
Washington, D.C. Police Officers Face Firing For Falsifying Crime Data — Washington Post, via Archive.today.
Community Groups Wail After Walgreen Closes Long-Term Chicago Store Due To Soaring Theft — Citizen Free Press, X
State-Level Fraud Epidemic: An Assault On Democracy
Former Minnesota fraud investigator tells lawmakers he was pressured to bury evidence of Somali childcare scam — American Tribune
How The Feds Pay Immigrants Billions To Hang Out With Their Families — Luke Rosiak, X
‘Explosive Report’ Shows California Warned Of Rampant Fraud In 2022 — Defiant L’s, X
Canada’s Continuing Collision With Reality
Canada: When a Government Stops Defending its Citizens — Front Page Magazine
Alberta separatist group says it has enough signatures to trigger referendum on leaving Canada — AP
Canadian Air Force training platoon with 83% non-citizens devolved into ethnic infighting — Juno News
16 days from momentum to meltdown in Canada-US trade talks — Politico
Is Cuba’s Liberation Next On Trump’s Agenda?
Trump Goes All In On Regime Change In Cuba — The Federalist
Nick Shirley Went to Cuba. He Almost Didn’t Make It Home — PJ Media
Trump Escalates Maximum Pressure on Cuba’s Dictatorship: Expanded Sanctions, Aircraft Carrier Deployment Looms, and Clear Warnings of Imminent Change on the Island — Gateway Hispanic
Why Is Left Growing Increasingly Violent?
From DC Hilton to Fort Hood — Front Page Magazine
Plurality of Democrats Say U.S. Is a Force for Evil — The National Pulse
Arson Suspect Wanted to Target ‘The Rich’ in Deadly Palisades Fire, Court Hears — The National Pulse
Gunshots Fired Near White House, National Mall — Daily Caller
L.A.’s Mayoral Race Heats Up: Far-Left Bass Vs. TV Star Pratt
Spencer Pratt, Nithya Raman lead fundraising as LA mayor’s race tightens — Fox LA
Volatility Ahead in LA Mayor’s Race; UCLA Luskin Poll Finds 40% of Voters Undecided — UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs Poll
Miscellaneous, But Important, Stuff . . .
The cursed generation — Intelligencer, via MSN
From DOJ to Ballot Box: The Rise of Lawfare Candidates — Julie Kelly, Real Clear Investigations
The New York Times’s Latte Logic of Social Collapse — Heather Mac Donald, City Journal
Jerome Powell and So-Called ‘Fed Independence’ — Brian Wesbury, Real Clear Politics
Why airlines are always going bankrupt — David Oks Blog, via Marginal Revolution
The Claremont Institute Condemns the Disbarment of John Eastman — Claremont Institute
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