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Lead: Trump Demands “Team Effort” to Protect the Strait of Hormuz
In a Sunday morning post, President Trump declared that many countries will deploy warships alongside the U.S. to help keep the Strait of Hormuz open and secure.
Hours later, Trump’s messaging was rephrased as more of a request, or motivational speech seeking help from other countries, using phrases such as “team effort,” “everlasting peace,” and “harmony.”
Peace is thrown out the window, though, when someone states, as Trump did earlier that day, “In the meantime, the United States will be bombing the hell out of the shoreline, and continually shooting Iranian Boats and Ships out of the water.”
The countries he’s directing this messaging toward are not taking the bait; zero warships have been deployed on their part so far. Do they have a better solution? It turns out they do.
According to the Financial Times, EU countries such as France and Italy have opened diplomatic talks with Tehran to negotiate safe transit for their ships through the Strait.
Iran’s foreign minister confirmed this himself, saying some European nations are bypassing Washington and negotiating directly with Tehran.
India is doing the same, Foreign Minister S Jaishankar told the Financial Times that negotiations between New Delhi and Tehran allowed two Indian-flagged gas tankers to pass through the Strait of Hormuz yesterday.
As diplomacy remains absent from the table, the U.S. and Israel instead moved forward with military strikes, including recent attacks on a deprived residential area of Shiraz. In a continued defense, the IRGC stated that its naval forces attacked four U.S. bases.
When will this war end? Kevin Hassett, director of the National Economic Council at the White House, seems to have an answer, or does he? “It’s not going to last for months. President [of the US Donald] Trump’s team has briefed us that it’s going to be four to six weeks, beginning two weeks ago, and that we’re ahead of schedule.”
Apparently, we’re ahead of schedule, with maybe four weeks till the war’s end, which is great news. Did they pull that statistic out of a hat, though?
Broadcasters Being Silenced
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The FCC chair, Brendan Carr, threatened broadcasters over their coverage of the war with Iran.
Carr suggested broadcasters could face consequences — including license issues — if their war coverage spreads what the administration considers distortions.
This is a chilling precedent.
The media is attempting to cover a rapidly unfolding war while operating under massive information gaps and partial blackouts. Carr is essentially warning that if they get the story wrong, they could be punished.
Meanwhile, Tucker Carlson says he is facing criminal threats over his commentary on the war:
Why this is scary…
In times of war, governments have historically tried to shape the narrative to maintain public support and gain control. But when that crosses into threats of punishment against media figures and outlets for what they consider “distortions” or “propaganda”, it risks eroding our civil rights.
The government labels anything not aligned with their wartime narrative as propaganda, but last I heard, propaganda is legal.
Threats and censorship put pressure on journalists by creating a fear of punishment that can discourage reporting that challenges the official narrative. The risk of job loss or even having bank accounts shut down is very real when the government tries to silence those attempting to reveal the truth.
In 2019, Carr said, “Should the government censor speech it doesn’t like? Of course not. The FCC does not have a roving mandate to police speech in the name of the public interest.” At the time, he appeared to defend uncensored news coverage. Why the change of heart? Maybe he, too, is being threatened and falling in line to keep his position.
This isn’t about defending the media—they’ve done plenty to destroy their own credibility. The concern is the government openly signaling it may use regulatory power to punish coverage it doesn’t like during a war. Even if the FCC technically only controls broadcast licenses, the message is clear: report something the government disagrees with and there could be consequences. That kind of pressure during wartime is dangerous.
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Did you miss our last live show? No problem, you can catch the replay here! In it, we speak with Tucker Carlson regarding the Iran war and Trump’s economic collapse.
What’s Trending
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The Oscars are trending as people discuss the 2026 winners list, celebrity acceptance speeches, and fashion seen on the red carpet.
Sean Penn is trending for winning best supporting actor, but opting not to attend the Oscars because he had a trip to Ukraine planned.
Pedro Pascal is trending after viewers said he looked almost unrecognizable at the Oscars, most likely because he was missing his trademark mustache.
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