🚨🇺🇸🇮🇷 Trump's own intelligence director told him before the war exactly how it would go, and every prediction landed... -Tulsi Gabbard warned in the Oval Office that killing Iran's supreme leader would likely produce a MORE hardline regime open to acquiring nuclear weapons -She said Tehran would rush to close the Strait of Hormuz and destabilize global energy markets -She said Iran would strike U.S. forces and partners across the region -Military leaders separately warned of casualties, munitions shortages and readiness problems for an overstretched force -Trump DISMISSED the concerns in those meetings, and Hegseth and Caine said repeatedly they would navigate any complications... -The tally at the 6 months: an estimated 3,000 Iranians and 18 American servicemembers dead, 756 U.S. troops wounded, damaged bases, drained oil reserves and shrunken stockpiles -Bessent announced the goal is to collapse the regime under a campaign named Operation Economic Outcast Go down that list line by line. The IRGC now runs Iran, Mojtaba Khamenei sits above it with hardliners in every security post, parliament is drafting NPT withdrawal legislation, and the strait carries a fifth of its prewar traffic. That is literally Gabbard's briefing, delivered in order, and right on schedule. Vance argued for the other path, telling Trump that Iran might trade away its nuclear program at the table and that failure there would only strengthen the case for striking later. He lost the argument to a Pentagon promising "decisive options." Asked in June why he took a temporary deal, Trump pointed to internal polling showing nearly 80% of Americans wanted the war over REGARDLESS of terms. Six weeks later, support sits at 31%, gas is a dollar higher, and the strategy is still unclear, seemingly fluctuating between Truth Social tantrums and confused aides leaking contradictory reports, with no real end in sight. Source: The Wall Street Journal / Writer: Daniel

🇺🇸🇮🇷 Stephen Walt gave Tucker his unfiltered take on why the US went to war with Iran. He said it wasn’t because Iran was about to get a nuke or launch some imminent attack. The real trigger was Netanyahu’s visit to the White House. Netanyahu convinced Trump the regime was teetering and a short, sharp campaign would make it collapse. Walt argued Trump was already feeling invincible after the Maduro operation in Venezuela and saw a chance to solve a 40-year problem before leaving office. An administration full of yes-men didn’t push back hard enough. Walt also noted that previous American presidents had rejected similar pitches from Netanyahu. This time Trump said yes, and it turned out to be far longer and messier than advertised. Source: TCNetwork / Writer: Sol

🇺🇸 Seriously!??! A cop wouldn't let this father stop his car from rolling away They pulled him for speeding, and his reason? He was rushing to get his daughter to hospital Writer: Ian

🇺🇸 Flock Safety protects its privacy fiercely while selling tech that puts cameras on every street. Yet when elected officials spend our tax dollars at their lobbying events, suddenly filming them is the problem? Hell no. If the public has to live under more surveillance, the people buying the cameras don’t get a free pass to operate in secret. Ben Jordan is flipping the whole debate back on them. Writer: Val