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Israel launched its long-awaited attack on Iran last night, bombarding the Islamic Republic with dozens of missiles and striking its top nuclear facility and at least five military bases.
The assault reportedly killed Iranian Revolutionary Guard commander Hossein Salami and other top military leaders, and Israel believes other officials and nuclear scientists also perished. The episode came just days after White House envoy Steve Witkoff warned that Iran could unleash a “mass casualty response” if the Israelis bombed its nuclear facilities.
Earlier this week, unnamed Washington sources expressed concern over Israel's ability to fend off Iran’s retaliation, which would inevitably lead to Benjamin Netanyahu ordering the American military to step in and fight on his country’s behalf. Tehran launched its first counterstrike last night, firing over 100 rockets at its attacker within hours of the initial assault.
On Thursday, Iran’s president threatened to “destroy” any country that eliminates his government’s nuclear facilities. Now, the world will learn what that looks like. Read more.
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U.S. Says It Was “Not Involved.” That’s Not True. |
Secretary of State Marco Rubio insisted the United States played no role in Israel’s attacks on Iran on Thursday, describing the campaign as “unilateral action,” saying “we are not involved in strikes against Iran,” and adding that “our top priority is protecting American forces in the region.”
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While the American military may not have physically perpetrated the assault, years of funding and sending weapons to Israel, which Donald Trump just bragged about on Truth Social, undeniably place the U.S. at the center of last night’s events. Washington knew these attacks would happen. They aided Israel in carrying them out. Politicians purporting to be America First can’t now credibly turn around and say they had nothing to do with it. Our country is in deep. Read more.
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Trump Knew the Attack Was Coming |
Donald Trump admitted he had prior knowledge about Israel’s attack on Iran on Thursday, telling Bret Baier he knew of the Netanyahu government’s plan to conduct the preemptive strikes and that the assault came as no surprise.
Despite being complicit in the act of war, the president hopes last night’s events will help his ongoing nuclear negotiations with Iran. Steve Witkoff was scheduled to participate in the next round of talks on Sunday, but whether that will still happen is up in the air.
"Iran cannot have a nuclear bomb, and we are hoping to get back to the negotiating table. We will see. There are several people in leadership in Iran that will not be coming back," Trump said following the strikes.
It’s worth taking a step back and wondering how any of this helps the United States. We can’t think of a single way. Read more. |
Somehow, Yesterday’s India Plane Crash Had a Survivor |
Yesterday’s Morning Note highlighted footage from a catastrophic Thursday morning plane crash in India. Anyone who watches the video would quickly assume the disaster had no survivors. But they would be wrong.
British man Vishwashkumar Ramesh miraculously walked away from the crash scene with no apparent life-threatening injuries, somehow dodging the fate each of his 241 fellow passengers appeared to have suffered. After recovering in the hospital, he will return to his wife and four-year-old son.
The plane fell from the sky less than a minute after taking off in Ahmedabad, barreling into the ground and causing a massive fireball to burst into the air.
Ramesh’s brother reportedly told an interviewer that he has “no idea how he survived.” Neither do we. Read more.
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Liberal Governor Confronted for Urging Men to Use Women’s Bathrooms |
“Everyone should use the other gender's bathroom today!”
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker tweeted those exact words in 2017, promoting a message that would have justifiably gotten him beaten up in a time before America’s culture wars reached peak insanity. He ended the post with #protecttranskids, as if encouraging grown men to whip their penises out in the same rooms where young girls do their business is protecting children.
Republican Congressman Brandon Gill hammered Pritzker over the old tweet on Thursday, bombarding him with deeply reasonable questions on how in the world he could push for a male invasion of female restrooms.
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At one point, the congressman asked, “Did you ever consider that women don’t want you in their bathrooms?” But come on. Take a look at the governor. What possible reason could there be for America’s sweethearts to reject the idea of getting up close and personal with him? Read more.
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The Creepy Porn Lawyer Gets a Win |
Bad news for America’s porn star community: Michael Avenatti will be out of prison sooner than expected.
The truly creepy lawyer who represented Stormy Daniels in her 2018 lawsuit against Donald Trump received some good fortune yesterday when U.S. District Judge James Selna reduced his sentence from 14 years all the way down to eight. That means Avenatti, who pleaded guilty to wire fraud and tax obstruction, could be a free man as soon as 2029.
Despite hilariously claiming to be a champion of women, Avenatti rose to fame by exploiting Daniels on the national stage, getting rich off “representing” her while she performed at strip clubs as sexually deprived men threw things at her. If you happen to be an adult film actress, we cannot overstate how strongly we recommend staying away from the Creepy Porn Lawyer. He does not have your best interests at heart.
Read more here and watch a throwback of Tucker confronting Avenatti here.
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Democrat Senate Candidate Loves Sharing Sex Magazines with His Moms |
Allow us to introduce you to Zach Wahls.
The liberal Iowa state legislator announced his 2026 Senate candidacy on Wednesday, describing himself as someone who lives by “Scout’s Honor” and pledging to bring those deeply held values to Washington.
A closer look at Wahls’ personal life, however, paints an enormously different picture. The Senate hopeful once boasted on Reddit about sharing Playboy magazines with his lesbian moms, a habit he now describes as "normal guy" behavior that will help him connect with male voters.
“My moms bought me a subscription to Playboy when I was 16 at my request,” he posted in a chat. “Only rule? They got first dibs.”
He also wrote about his porn star preferences, saying he “was all about the Asians when [he] was younger,” but eventually developed a stronger liking for “tall brunettes.” He also confessed that he used to consume lesbian porn, but gave it up with age. We swear we’re not making this up. Read more.
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“From this day forward, it’s going to be only America first. America first.”
That’s a direct quote from Donald Trump’s first inaugural address, and it’s the same sentiment that thrust him back into the White House in January. Now, the world will find out if he really meant it.
Now that Benjamin Netanyahu and his war-hungry government have executed their long-awaited assault, the president faces a legacy-altering decision: to support, or not to support?
We’d like to take this opportunity to state our position as clearly as possible. The United States should not at any level participate in a war with Iran. No funding, no American weapons, no troops on the ground. Regardless of what our “special ally” says, a fight with the Iranians has nothing to offer the United States. It is not in our national interest.
If Israel wants to wage this war, it has every right to do so. It is a sovereign country, and it can do as it pleases. But not with America’s backing. At an absolute minimum, the United States continuing to insert itself in this conflict will further whip up the radical Islamic world’s hatred for the West and fuel the next generation of terrorism. The worst case? Thousands of immediate American deaths, all in the name of a foreign agenda that has nothing to do with our country.
It goes without saying that neither of those possibilities would be beneficial for the United States. But there is another option: drop Israel. Let them fight their own wars.
No matter how many bogus antisemitism allegations neocon ghouls like Mark Levin hurl at Americans who advocate for that path, opposing destroying the United States in the name of the Netanyahu government has nothing to do with Israel. It’s about America. We reject the idea of involving the U.S. in an Israeli war for the same reason we would stand against doing the same thing on behalf of Eritrea, Suriname, Cambodia, or any other random country you could close your eyes and point at on a map. It is not America’s fight. Engaging in it would be a middle finger in the faces of the millions of voters who cast their ballots in hopes of creating a government that would finally put the United States first. What happens next will define Donald Trump’s presidency.
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June 13, 1807: Thomas Jefferson receives a subpoena to testify in Aaron Burr’s treason trial. After killing Alexander Hamilton in their infamous duel, Burr went into hiding and concocted a seditious plan to create a new nation over which he would rule. A leak led to the plan’s failure and Burr receiving an indictment for treason. The accused criminal and former vice president hoped Jefferson would produce documents that would exonerate him, but the president refused to comply. In the end, Supreme Court Chief Justice John Marshall found Burr not guilty by lack of evidence. Read more.
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