I’ve missed so many people on here…it’s lovely to see them on here today…Abe, Noah, Jonah, Jeff, John, Charlie, Sunny, Dave, Dan, Rich, MK, M, Pradheep, and more…💛🥰
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The Iranian Sharia-Supremacist Regime and ‘Civilian’ Infrastructure - me @NRO ... nationalreview.com/2026/04/t…
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EXECUTED: Iran hangs 4 men, including an 18-year-old, arrested during a January protest crackdown in Tehran. All 4 were charged with 'enmity against God' and crimes against national security. Iran Human Rights says the killings are part of a 'strategy of survival' against the regime's own people. foxnews.com/world/iran-execu…
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It’s fascinating to see how three major news outlets in the U.S. published very similar takes on the same day, claiming China is the biggest beneficiary of the Iran War due to its government- directed green energy investments ( EVs, solar panels, batteries etc). Buried deep in those articles, however, are acknowledgement that China relies heavily on coal. 🙄
Nations that bet on China's supply chains are faring far better than those who took a chance with the US, writes @mihirssharma (via @opinion) bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
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Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s approval rating stands at 47 percent two months into the Democrat’s term, with 46 percent of voters disapproving in a Post-Schar School poll.
Her current ratings reflect sharp polarization among Virginia voters. wapo.st/4m9MN6o
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This isn’t just a Spanberger problem.
Over and over, people win by running as not insane and on the promise to focus on standard-of-living issues, only to go full culture warrior once elected.
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Oh? Spanberger was not the competent moderate the media portrayed?
Really shocking stuff.
A case study in how not to start a tenure. As I wrote a few weeks ago on Substack, according sources, she made poor sr staff decisions and is aloof and not leading, frequently rolled by progressive interests and powerful state leaders more liberal than her. Other than that...
Virginians deeply divided on Spanberger months after her landslide win wapo.st/4e53VIu
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I want to see the movie of this rescue mission. I want it in theaters by next year.
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For decades, Cuba has had a medical missions program that has sent doctors, nurses and other staff overseas. The U.S. has likened it to "forced labor."
Here's why the U.S. is pushing for the end of Cuban medical missions: abcnews.link/pJ10XL6
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The Trump Admin should be making this specific argument more clearly. Ignoring the regime's missile & drone program has never been a tenable course of action. Those who advocate for it are actually demanding that the US subject itself to a multi-front war against both China & Iran in the future.
Is Operation Epic Fury a strategic move?
In a recent conversation with @heatherwilly and @tomkarako, Kari Bingen argues that with Iran at its weakest point in recent history, there was no better time to launch a preventive attack.
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Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz: "The IDF has just carried out a powerful strike on Iran's largest petrochemical facility, located in Isfahan. Both facilities, which together are responsible for approximately 85% of Iran's petrochemical exports, have now been taken out of commission and are no longer operational".
🚨 Iran's South Pars Petrochemical facility in Assaluyeh has been attacked - Source with knowledge to the @Jerusalem_Post
“Neither the United States nor Israel has elaborated yet on the activities at Sharif University that these strikes were designed to frustrate. But the Law of Armed Conflict (LOAC) carves out exceptions to proscriptions on inherently civilian facilities, such as…”
A Serious Answer to a Silly Question nationalreview.com/corner/a-…
“…have had for attacking this and other appendages of Iran’s universities? Presumably, Ansari could not even conceive of the simplest explanation — that the Islamic Republic had used these facilities not just to placidly contribute to the sum of human knowledge but also to…”