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Candace Owens: "Judaism is a faith, Israel is a state, what Netanyahu has done to the Palestinians since Oct 7 is a holocaust’
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I can now confirm that Israel formally requested access to the Iran MoU and was denied. A remarkable and highly unusual development between close allies on an issue of such critical national security importance.
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this copaganda is being disseminated because LA police shot someone's dog and the aftermath is on video
Watch police rescue dogs locked in U-Haul near Temecula latimes.com/california/story…
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If Trump ever learns about these polling numbers he will never take another call from an Israeli PM
Israelis' Opinion of President Trump All 🟢Positive: 38% (-20) 🟤Negative: 54% ( 19) changes w. May 25 via Kantar/Yisrael Hayom
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Trump: "I want to mention Iran. We appreciate the relationship we've had over a short period of time with Iran. We're not investing any money. I have the right to if we want, but we're not investing any money. We didn't pay for it like Obama did. He paid billions of dollars."
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The $1.7 billion sent to Iran under Obama was a settlement returning Iran's frozen pre-1979 arms funds plus interest, not U.S. taxpayer money paid as claimed. brookings.edu/articles/the-u… armscontrolcenter.org/wp-content/upl…
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Megyn Kelly: How is this different from where we were before we launched this war? In February the Strait was open, nuclear sites were destroyed, and we weren't at war. Vance: Well, we did additional destruction
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We've achieved opening the Strait that was open before the war that Trump lost.
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Lindsey Graham: Here’s what we’ve achieved. If this thing goes through, we’ve opened up the straits…There will be in a permanent ceasefire, hopefully, and we’ll try to get a nuclear deal with Iran. Hopefully, that will work out. If it doesn’t, then we’ve still achieved opening up the straits and stopping the fighting
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The Strait of Hormuz was open to shipping before the 2026 war with Iran began in February. Iran closed the strait in March 2026 following US and Israeli strikes. The June agreement is to reopen it. britannica.com/event/2026-Ira… aljazeera.com/news/2026/6/15… cnn.com/2026/06/14/wor…
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Axelrod: When I was in the white house, I got a call from Donald Trump. And he called to say he wanted to build a ballroom. And he said, we have those shitty little tents. He never raised security. He is obsessed with building a ballroom. This just became a convenient way to divert public money into the project because he it became much more expensive and he couldn't extort enough from the donors
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This is treason. If the Congress wants to create an information co-opt with Israel then they need to write a stand alone bill and conduct a recorded vote. Who the hell wrote this into the NDAA?
‼️Breaking: U.S. Senate bill directs @SecWar to consult Israeli government on Israeli technologies they think should be integrated into the U.S. military. 1/
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Student debt relief? “Too expensive.” Universal healthcare? “Too expensive.” Housing the homeless? “Too expensive.” Trump’s Iran deal $300 BILLION? "Fuck yeah!" They always find the money. Just never for you.
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Someone did the math. May want to rerun the IRR on that $5 trillion in capex stat...
Microsoft is moving Copilot Cowork to usage-based pricing and is considering a Microsoft-hosted version of DeepSeek as a cheaper option (@inafried / Axios) (Visit Techmeme dot com for the link and full context!)
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WATCH: Hillary Clinton said that while she was Secretary of State, Netanyahu and his government repeatedly pushed the U.S. to support military action against Iran. “It was relentless. It was a constant push.” She recalled Israeli officials trying to convey urgency by saying: “Our planes are on the tarmac.” Her response: “Well, good luck.” When asked whether she felt she was being played by an ally that receives enormous U.S. aid, she replied: “All the time.”
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A 1-year-old in Mississippi was shot and killed by police after a cop opened fire on a vehicle involved in an alleged shoplifting incident at a Walmart. An adult was also critically wounded. A witness says they saw 2 women leaving the store with an infant, Kohen Kartier Wiley, and a box of diapers. Relatives deny that Wiley's mother and aunt were shoplifting, with some saying they had a digital receipt on a phone. This is a national tragedy. The officers knew about Kohen Kartier Wiley being in the car before they opened fire. Firing into a moving vehicle in a crowded parking lot over a non-violent offense is both criminally reckless and completely unjustified. RIP Kohen Kartier Wiley
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Breaking News: The Justice Dept. is seeking to throw out a lawsuit against Elon Musk’s company, xAI, over the data center's air pollution, saying it has the right to run polluting gas-burning turbines in Mississippi despite not having permits for them. nyti.ms/4vf29dw
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This is excellent Couldn’t agree more:
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Fantastic headline by the LA Times And an excellent story by @LATvives
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I need her to sue everyone. The entire who pulled the trigger, the entire LAPD department & her neighbor called the cops. EVERYONE.
UPDATE—First exclusive interview with the woman whose family dog was shot & killed by the LAPD. "He’s my baby," nurse Marie Marseille said through tears. "It doesn’t make any sense to me. I can’t make sense of anything." By — Gina Silva @ FOX 11 Los Angeles
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National Park Service employees vacuum out the algae from the bottom of the Reflecting Pool. No word on how long it will take to sweep all 338,000 square feet (8 acres) of the Reflecting Pool.
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Over $100,000 has been raised for the family of Jameson, a dog fatally shot by police during a noise complaint investigation after the Knicks' NBA finals win The 2-year-old was still wearing his Knicks shirt when his owner returned home
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Here is the entirety of JD Vance's appearance on The View, which did not go well for him (and kudos to the hosts for actually asking him hard-hitting questions and followups)
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