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** Can 'America only' Massie survive today’s AIPAC mobbing? ([link removed])
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By Jack Hunter on May 19, 2026 12:05 am
Featured Image Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) told ([link removed]) a reporter outside the Capitol on Friday, “I’m walking to an airplane to rejoin the most expensive congressional race in U.S. history.”
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** Trump appears poised to restart the Iran war ([link removed])
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By Trita Parsi on May 18, 2026 05:25 am
Featured Image The Middle East is once again teetering on the brink as Trump appears poised to reignite war with Iran. Press reports ([link removed]) indicate he will convene military advisers on Tuesday, though my understanding is that both the meeting and the decision are likely to come sooner. Over the past several hours, Trump has flooded Truth Social with a barrage ([link removed]) of incendiary ([link removed]) threats ([link removed]) . While some of this may be theatrical brinkmanship designed to force Tehran into submission, sources in the Iranian capital tell me they expect the United States to resume hostilities within the next 48 hours.
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** Can we please talk about WHY we are in a missile shortage? ([link removed])
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By Katherine Thompson on May 18, 2026 12:05 am
Featured Image Pentagon leadership was on Capitol Hill ([link removed]) last week defending the Trump administration’s massive $1.5 trillion dollar defense budget request ([link removed]) . A major focal point was the dismal state of America’s munitions arsenal, which has been drained significantly to arm Ukraine and prosecute the ongoing war in Iran.
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** China's position on the Hormuz Strait: What 'open' really means ([link removed])
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By Trita Parsi on May 16, 2026 08:20 am
Featured Image There is some confusion as to why China’s UN ambassador just criticized ([link removed]) the US-Bahraini resolution on the Strait of Hormuz, given that Trump officials claim ([link removed]) that the Chinese told Trump in Beijing that they agree that the Strait must be reopened.
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** Ukraine's conscription crisis is getting increasingly bloody ([link removed])
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By Branko Marcetic on May 13, 2026 12:05 am
Featured Image The war in Ukraine has been defined by periodic bursts of certainty that Russia is on the back foot, if not close to collapse, and that Ukraine, conversely, is inches away from victory. We appear to be ([link removed]) in the middle of one of these moments of euphoria now.
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