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Lead: Iran Calls U.S. Bridge Strikes a ‘War Crime’

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Just one day after President Trump publicly floated the idea of bombing Iran’s bridges and critical infrastructure, Iranian officials say that’s exactly what happened.

In Trump’s own words: “We’re not attacking at the highest level. The highest level is the bridges, which we can knock down. I would say in one day we could knock down every bridge in Iran, there’s not a thing they can do about it.”

Iran’s Foreign Ministry is now accusing the United States of committing a “blatant war crime” after airstrikes damaged two railway bridges, including one connecting Iran with Turkmenistan and China.

Iranian media also says another strike disrupted passenger rail service between Tehran and Mashhad, where millions of mourners gathered ​​​​​for the funeral procession of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

The timing isn’t going unnoticed.

Targeting transportation routes during one of the country’s largest public gatherings raises obvious questions about whether the strikes were directed solely at military objectives.

U.S. Central Command acknowledged carrying out attacks on roughly 90 targets but has not confirmed whether the railway bridges were among them.

It’s hard to ignore the fact that Washington routinely condemns attacks on civilian infrastructure when carried out by its adversaries. Yet when similar allegations are directed at the U.S., the conversation quickly shifts to military necessity.

Whether the bridges were the intended target or not, expanding the battlefield to include civilian infrastructure creates a precedent that may not remain confined to Iran.

Another “Safety Feature.” Another Privacy Loss

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We’re being conditioned to accept constant monitoring as normal, and this latest move only confirms it.

As of July 7, every new passenger car and van sold in the European Union must include a driver-monitoring camera under the bloc’s General Safety Regulation.

Known as the Advanced Driver Distraction Warning system, it uses an infrared camera to track your eyes and head movements, warning you if it determines you’ve looked away from the road for longer than the permitted time.

Brussels says it’s about saving lives as part of its Vision Zero initiative to eliminate traffic deaths. Maybe it will. But it’s also another example of governments normalizing constant surveillance in the name of public safety.

Officials insist the system won’t include facial recognition or biometric identification and is designed as a “closed loop,” meaning the camera data is supposed to remain inside the vehicle and not be transmitted to any third party.

The problem is that we’ve heard promises like this before.

Automakers have already been caught sharing driver behavior with data brokers, and Tesla employees were previously found accessing private vehicle camera footage.

And once people get used to cameras monitoring them while they’re inside their own cars, it will be easy to mandate additional tracking features. But maybe that’s been the plan all along.

This isn’t only happening in Europe, either. Similar technology is expected to be mandated in the U.S. by 2027, complete with a feature that can disable your vehicle if it determines you’re not fit to sit behind the wheel, all under the guise of “impaired driver detection.”

What it all seems to boil down to is that the surveillance infrastructure is rapidly expanding, and if allowed to continue, it’s only a matter of time before our cars, homes, and offices are infiltrated by it.

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News by the Numbers

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10-20 million. That’s how many estimated people gathered during the 3 days of ceremonies and processions honoring Sayyed Ali Khamenei after he was assassinated in a joint U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran.

100 gigawatts. That’s how much output China’s high-powered microwave weapons can deliver, and, if used for anti-satellite purposes, would be enough power to threaten low-Earth-orbit satellite networks such as Starlink.

$3.6 billion. That’s how much money Toyota plans to invest to move a portion of its production from Mexico to Texas after the company said U.S. tariffs had cost it nearly $9 billion. President Trump responded to the announcement by posting, “Toyota is moving from Mexico to the United States (Texas!). A really big deal. Tariffs at work!”

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Lead: The Intelligence Was Outdated. They Fired Anyway.

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A CNN report released Tuesday suggests the deadly strike on an Iranian elementary school that killed 168 children was not the unavoidable mistake the government portrayed it to be.

Nor did President Trump’s claim hold up when he said, “Based on what I’ve seen, that was done by Iran.”

According to multiple sources familiar with the investigation, senior U.S. military commanders were warned that the information used to identify targets inside Iran was based on intelligence that was years old. Those warnings were embedded directly inside the Pentagon’s targeting databases, flagging that the information needed to be re-vetted before strikes were approved.

Instead of re-vetting the intelligence before unleashing a deadly missile strike, commanders reportedly signed off anyway because it was faster and they were on a timeline.

This information was never disclosed to those demanding accountability, even when military officials reportedly determined within days that outdated intelligence had contributed to the strike. Months later, the public is still getting the runaround whenever the administration is confronted about what happened.

Just last month, when asked by a journalist at the G7 summit in France whether anyone would be held accountable, President Trump replied, “It’s such a strange question to be asked at this date, because you’re talking about a long time ago.”

A long time ago? Tell that to the parents who buried their children only four months ago. Grief doesn’t expire because the news cycle moved on.

In the same statement, Trump also said, “Nobody did that on purpose. Mistakes are made. War is nasty.” Can it really be called a mistake if commanders ignored warnings that the intelligence was unreliable? Doesn’t that sound more like criminal negligence?

But outdated intelligence wasn’t the only issue. The military’s safeguards had already been weakened after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reduced the personnel responsible for identifying and preventing civilian casualties.

In light of what we now know, it’s worth asking: If the tables were turned and Iran carried out the same attack on U.S. soil, taking the lives of innocent American children, would it still be acceptable to simply call it a “mistake” and move on?

A Nation Left in the Dark

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Cuba has suffered yet another nationwide blackout, with Union Electrica (UNE), the state electricity company, announcing a “total disconnection” across the entire island on Monday, leaving the country’s 9.6 million inhabitants without power.

For many Cubans, this isn’t an occasional inconvenience like a California rolling blackout. It’s a way of life. Some have electricity for only a few hours a day, while others go days without power, and this was all before the latest nationwide outage.

No electricity means no refrigeration, no lights, no internet, no running businesses, and often no reliable access to food or clean water on a regular basis.

Officials blame the blackouts on a lack of fuel, and it’s not hard to see why when the U.S. has imposed the longest-running trade embargo in history on Cuba.

Since January, the U.S. has tightened its oil restrictions, allowing just one Russian oil tanker to dock on the island. Without this needed fuel, power plants can’t operate, which causes the electrical grid to shut down. These economic sanctions are often sold as a way to pressure governments. But ordinary families are the ones sitting in the dark without food, medicine, or electricity.

Cuba is gradually restoring its power after the blackout, but the country’s energy crisis is far from over as sanctions continue to choke off fuel supplies.

Hoping to bring relief to its people, Cuba called an emergency session of the U.N. General Assembly, where it argued that the U.S. is carrying out what it describes as an “act of genocide” through its energy blockade and economic sanctions, saying the measures have created a humanitarian crisis for the Cuban people.

The United States wasn’t sympathetic. During the U.N. session, U.S. Ambassador Michael G. Waltz told Cuban representatives: “There always seems to be enough power for the Cuban dictatorship. Change your ways, turn the lights back on for your people.”

Translation: Give in to the demands of the United States, so that we may benefit, and then the suffering of your people will be over.

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11%. That’s the percentage of U.S. adults using GLP-1 medications for weight loss, according to a 2026 survey. The rate has nearly quadrupled since 2024, when it stood at 3%. GLP-1 drugs can help people lose weight, but at what cost?

$6.6 billion. That’s what U.S. airlines spent on fuel in May, nearly double what they spent a year earlier as the war with Iran drove oil prices higher.

94%. That’s the likelihood, according to traders on prediction market Kalshi as of July 7, that Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner will drop out before July 14. More than $4.4 million has been wagered on the outcome so far.

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Lead: Trump Declares Fertilizer Emergency

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For months, warnings about fertilizer shortages were treated as if they were overblown. Not anymore.

It seems things have gotten bad enough that President Trump has declared a national emergency over America’s fertilizer supply.

The White House is temporarily lifting tariffs on phosphate fertilizer imported from Morocco to help farmers, but that’s not a solution. It’s an admission that the supply chain is already breaking down.

The administration wants Americans to believe this is simply about getting more fertilizer into the country. It’s not, though.

The real problem is that fertilizer production depends on far more than phosphate. Sulfur, ammonia, natural gas, and shipping routes are all essential pieces of the puzzle, and many of those supply lines were disrupted after the conflict surrounding the Strait of Hormuz escalated.

This is impacting everyday people.

You can’t interrupt the global supply of fertilizer ingredients and expect grocery store shelves to remain untouched. Farmers pay more, crop production suffers, and food prices climb. Eventually, consumers pay the price.

Will Trump’s declaration make a positive impact?

Not really.

Emergency declarations don’t manufacture fertilizer. They don’t reopen shipping lanes. They don’t magically restore supply chains that have already been damaged. What they do is simply acknowledge that the crisis is here.

Anyone paying attention knew this was coming. Yet instead of addressing the underlying supply chain problems, the government waited until declaring an emergency was the only option.

So now we wait… because today’s fertilizer shortage will become next year’s famine.

Alzheimer’s Disease – Another Big Pharma Goldmine

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How much confidence would you have in an Alzheimer’s blood test that incorrectly tells 40% of healthy people they may have the disease?

A new FDA-cleared blood test designed to detect Alzheimer’s disease, Fujirebio’s Lumipulse plasma test, is drawing criticism after Mayo Clinic researchers found it produced an alarming number of false-positive results when used in real-world patients.

Considering these tests can cost between $500 and $1,000, you’d think the accuracy rate would be a little more impressive.

Instead, people who don’t actually have Alzheimer’s could be told they might, triggering fear, additional medical tests, spinal taps, and potentially life-changing medical decisions.

The researchers noted that the faulty results were linked to differences in testing reagents, prompting a Class II recall of some components, and urged doctors to interpret positive results cautiously.

Where does that leave us today?

The test is currently being used as a gateway to Alzheimer’s drugs like Leqembi, an estimated $26,500-a-year treatment that only offers modest slowing of disease progression and comes with risks such as brain swelling, brain bleeds, and seizures.

Is there an alternative to these dangerous drugs they’re pushing?

There’s been research into using low-dose lithium to prevent and possibly reverse Alzheimer’s disease, suggesting it may be a more effective, less expensive, and safer approach. Its cognitive benefits were recognized as far back as 1949, but their significance has obviously been swept under the rug.

Even more concerning, studies have shown that Alzheimer’s rates increased alongside the mandated COVID mRNA injections.

Once again, it seems the government and the pharmaceutical industry are more interested in profits than in our well-being.

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What’s Trending

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Delta is trending after one of its planes was struck by fireworks on the Fourth of July while landing at Chicago Midway International Airport.

Newport Beach, CA, is trending after about 400 people were arrested during a Fourth of July celebration. Reports say that fireworks were launched at police officers and other event-goers. Officers on horseback charged into the crowd in an attempt to bring the situation under control.

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Lead: Military Integration Without a Vote

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One of the most controversial provisions in this year’s National Defense Authorization Act just took another step toward becoming law, and Congress didn’t even allow lawmakers to vote on removing it.

The provision, now listed as Section 219 (formerly Section 224), would require the Pentagon to appoint an official responsible for coordinating U.S.-Israel defense technology cooperation, including research, weapons development, testing, integration, and industrial collaboration.

According to supporters, the provision simply strengthens a long-standing alliance. But doesn’t an alliance suggest both sides benefit? It does.

But that doesn’t seem to be the case here.

It’s always been a one-sided relationship in which the U.S. keeps giving while Israel keeps taking.

An effort led by Representatives Thomas Massie and Ro Khanna sought to strike Section 219 from the defense bill before it reached the House floor. But the House Rules Committee refused to make the amendment eligible for debate.

In other words, Congress never even got the chance to vote on it.

Khanna criticized the decision, saying, “Congress has blocked Thomas Massie and my amendment to prevent the integration of our military with Israel. This is unconscionable; they’re not even giving us a vote on the amendment.”

The concerns extend beyond the legislative process, though. Former National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent warned, “The dangers of allowing any other nation to access our sensitive military technologies are obvious, including the fact that back doors and spyware can be installed that will most certainly be used by the Israelis to influence U.S. policy.”

Those national security concerns shouldn’t be taken lightly.

In recent weeks, the Pentagon raised the counterintelligence threat level after reports that Israeli espionage activities had become more aggressive than usual.

And this is the foreign government we’re expected to trust with deeper access to America’s military technology and intelligence?

Rewriting the 4th of July

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You’d think a Fourth of July celebration would focus on America’s founding. Not in Democrat-run San Diego County, where officials have turned the America 250 event into a showcase for DEI initiatives.

Instead of celebrating the founding of the United States, attendees will sit through a tribal blessing, a land acknowledgment, performances of both the National Anthem and the Black National Anthem, followed by nearly two hours devoted to stories from tribal, Latino, Pacific Islander, African American, and LGBTQIA+ communities.

Then… the fireworks.

As David McIntosh, president of Club for Growth, put it: “The official government July 4th itinerary of San Diego reads like the opening ceremony of the Democratic Socialists of America convention.”

Meanwhile, Bill Wells, the mayor of El Cajon, who released the minutes from the SD County Board of Supervisors meeting, said he had alternative plans:

1. Acknowledge America and its greatness.
2. Celebrate with fireworks and the American National Anthem.

On top of bad event planning, it seems turning Independence Day into a DEI event isn’t exactly a great fundraising strategy. Internal emails show at least one sponsor walked away rather than sign a pledge supporting DEI principles and immigrant communities. Meanwhile, organizers admitted they still didn’t have enough money to pay for the stage, lighting, and sound.

At this rate, the event will either be labeled a flop because it strays far beyond the meaning of a traditional Fourth of July celebration — or it won’t happen at all because sponsors are walking away.

Good job, San Diego County.

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What’s Trending

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The Empire State Building is trending after a Russian couple climbed to the very top without wearing any safety gear while holding a banner that read, “When the power of love beats the love of power, the world knows peace,” a quote attributed to Jimi Hendrix. Once at the top, the man proposed to the woman. They then climbed back down and were promptly arrested.

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Lead: The Court Gets One Right

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The Supreme Court has rejected President Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship, ruling 6-3 that children born in the United States to illegal immigrants and temporary visa holders remain U.S. citizens under the 14th Amendment.

Justice Clarence Thomas, who disagreed with the Supreme Court’s decision, argued that the Court got the history wrong. He wrote that the 14th Amendment was intended to secure citizenship for freed slaves, “not… the children of foreign temporary visitors and illegal aliens.” He also said the amendment “has instead been repurposed for political projects that the Reconstruction Congress did not support.”

Thomas’s view was that because much of the application of Trump’s Day 1 executive order was “consistent with the original public meaning” of the clause in the 14th Amendment, it should have been upheld.

If Thomas is right about the amendment’s original purpose, then this ruling isn’t preserving the Constitution but instead redefining it.

President Trump called the ruling “Too bad for our Country,” adding that Republicans could “easily make up for it in Congress through legislation.”

In another major ruling, all nine Supreme Court justices agreed that states can prohibit transgender athletes from competing in female school and college sports without violating Title IX, the 1972 federal law prohibiting sex discrimination in education.

Trump said the decision was a “big win,” and so did many others.

Not everyone agrees, though. Defenders of LGBTQ rights say the decision opens the door to discrimination. But what about biological girls? Don’t they have rights too?

According to the Court, they do.

Justice Brett Kavanaugh made that clear when he pointed out that forcing women and girls to compete against males would “deny equal opportunity to female athletes because, as all agree, females and males have inherent physical differences.”

Yesterday was a good day for girls’ sports. Young women shouldn’t have to sacrifice the opportunities they spent years working toward or their safety just to satisfy someone else’s ideology.

Six Years Too Late

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For those of us who thought the COVID-19 pandemic was over years ago, we were wrong.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced yesterday that Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has signed determinations terminating the COVID-19 Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) declarations.

The move came after HHS determined that the circumstances justifying those emergency authorizations no longer exist. This change won’t go into effect until next year, though, because those who were profiting from these EUAs need to wind down their operations.

Here’s how RFK Jr. explained the decision:

“Americans deserve a regulatory system that is transparent, accountable, and rooted in the rule of law. By ending these COVID-19 Emergency Use Authorization declarations, we’re reinforcing public confidence that emergency authorities are temporary and targeted.”

Public confidence? It’s a little too late for that.

Why?

Because over a million unreported deaths and injuries were caused by the COVID vaccines rolled out under these Emergency Use Authorizations. The public was lied to about many aspects of COVID. Vaccine providers and health agencies were given a free pass to keep risks such as myocarditis hidden from the public. Federal employees were mandated to get vaccinated, with certain employees being investigated for espionage for choosing not to.

Reports suggested that the COVID shot saved mostly the elderly and few people under the age of 45. Yet we were all directed to get vaccinated, even infants. On top of this, the government admitted to over-counting COVID deaths, which could be viewed as a scare tactic to coerce as well as profit.

At the end of the day, the emergency powers that paved the way for the rapid rollout of COVID vaccines are finally coming to an end, but the products themselves have already moved beyond that. Pfizer and Moderna’s mRNA vaccines already have full FDA approval, so they aren’t dependent on emergency authorization anymore.

So, no, ending the COVID Emergency Use Authorization declarations six years later isn’t going to magically restore the public’s confidence.

More importantly, how has it been allowed to go on for this long in the first place?

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News by the Numbers

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$529,000. That’s how much cash four Venezuelan nationals stole from rest-stop ATMs in Connecticut in under two weeks. They’ve been detained and, if convicted, could spend more than ten years in the slammer.

17. That’s how many states alleged that three major U.S. egg producers colluded to manipulate egg prices between 2022 and 2025, driving wholesale egg prices to unaffordable levels. The producers agreed to settle for $3.3 million and donate 53 million eggs on top of that.

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Lead: Gaslighting the Gas Market

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President Trump is demanding that gas companies lower prices immediately. The problem is that gas prices aren’t set by presidential decree. They are driven primarily by global crude oil prices, refining capacity, inventories, taxes, and competition.

This is reminiscent of President Biden blaming grocery stores and retailers for inflation. When prices are politically inconvenient, the temptation is always to blame the companies at the end of the supply chain.

Oil prices have fallen sharply over the past week, nearly erasing the “war premium” that followed the U.S.-Iran conflict. But that drop appears to be driven more by market sentiment than by a meaningful improvement in supply. Commodity strategists warned Monday that traders may be pricing in an overly optimistic outlook while underestimating the remaining supply risks.

During the conflict, the United States authorized the release of 172 million barrels from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to help stabilize markets. Even after the ceasefire, the SPR remains at its lowest level since 1983, and combined U.S. strategic and commercial inventories have fallen substantially. In other words, the market has largely priced out the geopolitical risk, but much of the emergency oil that helped calm prices has already been consumed.

World leaders are not so sure the crisis is over. President Trump claims that Iran has requested a meeting on Tuesday but Iranian leaders say that they do not intend to meet with any U.S. officials.

“We will not have any negotiation meetings at any level with the American side in the coming days, and the fact that the U.S. representatives are traveling to Qatar has nothing to do with the visit of the Iranian delegation,” Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said.

Okay then. Can U.S. negotiators just show up and hope to catch the Iranians for an elevator pitch? Can President Trump end this energy crisis because he’s bored of it and demand that it is over by Tweet?

Weapons of Mass Lobbying

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Should a defense contractor get to enrich shareholders with stock buybacks while it’s behind schedule on taxpayer-funded government contracts?

The House will debate exactly that question this week as lawmakers consider an amendment to the annual defense bill that would prohibit certain Pentagon contractors from buying back their own stock if they are failing to meet production and delivery requirements. The idea is simple: if taxpayers are paying you to build missiles, ships, and fighter jets, maybe build the missiles, ships, and fighter jets before rewarding Wall Street.

Enter the lobbyists. America’s weapons makers have deployed their most powerful weapon yet: their lobbyists, sent to kill the bill before it can reach the battlefield. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Business Roundtable, and major defense industry groups are urging lawmakers to kill the proposal, arguing that it amounts to the federal government dictating how private companies allocate their capital.

But this isn’t some radical new concept. The federal government has long attached conditions to taxpayer money. Banks that accepted TARP bailout funds after the 2008 financial crisis faced restrictions on executive compensation, dividends, and stock buybacks. Utilities and financial institutions are often subject to capital and reserve requirements before they can return money to shareholders. Companies that want federal dollars routinely accept strings attached.

This proposal would simply add another condition for a narrow class of companies: if you’re relying on taxpayer-funded defense contracts, you shouldn’t be enriching shareholders while you’re behind on the weapons, ships, or aircraft those taxpayers already paid for. Under the proposal, contractors would generally be prohibited from buying back stock or paying dividends unless they meet government performance standards or receive a waiver from the Secretary of War.

The coalition behind this proposal are a motley crew. President Trump issued an executive order with this mandate in January and the Senate approved the language a few weeks ago. The current amendment has support from Democratic Senators Elizabeth Warren, Josh Hawley, and Mike Lee.

Congress has a simple choice: side with the taxpayers who paid for the weapons, or the lobbyists paid to protect the profits.

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News by the Numbers

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225 pounds. That is how much 7 year-old Casper O’Brien weighed when he died. His parents were charged with murder, torture and child abuse in Michigan this week. Authorities say that the boy and his 5 year-old sister were unknown to the state and that the parents called a veterinarian to treat the boy on the morning that he stopped breathing.

$4,333. That is the value of the Bad Bunny tickets that Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor declared on her annual disclosures. They were gifted to her by the singer’s record label for a concert in Puerto Rico.

$200. That is how much it costs per person per night to stay in an old steel tower 34 miles off the coast of North Carolina. This TikTok about it has gone viral with most people saying: “No way!”

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Lead: Israel Called the Shots

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“When I came to President Trump, I told him, ‘We are going into Iran. I did not ask permission. I simply informed him.'”

Those were Netanyahu’s words during a speech on Wednesday at the Muni Expo conference for local officials in Tel Aviv.

Netanyahu also said he was told, “This is impossible,” and “not to do this.”

But Israel, knowing Washington has historically backed them no matter what, and that any escalation in Iran would put American forces in harm’s way, knew full well this would drag the U.S. into the war.

The U.S. is no victim, though, or innocent bystander; it decided to fund Israel’s military campaign, genocide and all.

In extended remarks, Netanyahu discussed his military achievements, saying Israel went “out into the arena, to initiate, to attack,” adding that “the most important thing we did” in the recent conflicts “was break the barrier of fear.”

So Israel says it broke the barrier of fear. Perhaps for itself.

Because in doing so, it brought terror to the families of the more than 20,000 children who have been killed and more than 44,000 children who were wounded in Gaza in only two years, as well as the families in Lebanon who have been bombed and displaced.

And according to his recent speech, “There is still work to be done, also in Gaza, also in Lebanon, also against Iran.”

It appears Israel is not finished yet. After all, if this is Israel’s war, then it ends when they are ready to end it.

So, to those who branded people antisemites for arguing this was “Israel’s war,” even after Marco Rubio spelled it out for everyone that the United States’ hand had been forced into the conflict, and to those who overlooked AIPAC’s unseating of a congressman who opposed U.S. military aid to Israel… has Netanyahu now made it clear this was Israel’s war from the very beginning?

The Military Build-Up

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Ford and General Motors are in discussions with defense contractors about converting some of their factories to produce military weapons.

Interesting timing, considering we’re supposedly winding down the latest war.

Speaking to reporters this week, President Trump said that companies, including General Motors and Ford, are discussing plans to manufacture weapons such as Patriot air-defense missiles and Tomahawk cruise missiles as part of a major expansion of U.S. military production.

“I know General Motors is all excited about building weapons now,” Trump said, adding that some civilian factories could be converted for military use as part of what he described as a “big strong economic push.”

The proposal comes after reports that the Pentagon has been meeting with major manufacturers about shifting idle production lines toward weapons production, reviving a World War II-style strategy of turning America’s industrial base into a wartime machine.

Why the sudden urgency?

Years of wasting weapons on the Ukraine war, combined with the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran, have burned through large portions of America’s missile stockpile.

All for what?

And now… the U.S. must build more weapons to waste them in more useless wars, while American taxpayers foot the bill.

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Batman: Knightfall is trending because DC and Warner Bros. Animation have released its official trailer. The Knightfall storyline is the first chapter of the Knightfall trilogy, with the next two being Knightquest and KnightsEnd.

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Lead: Senate Discovers War Powers

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The Senate finally found its backbone on Tuesday, voting to limit President Trump’s ability to wage war against Iran without congressional authorization.

How brave.

Not before the bombs fell. Not before the world held its breath waiting to see whether the conflict would spiral into a regional war. Not before lawmakers spent weeks cheerleading military action and wrapping themselves in the flag.

Only after the administration signed a memorandum of understanding and signaled that a diplomatic framework was taking shape did enough senators decide it was safe to take a stand.

The measure passed 50-48, with four Republicans joining Democrats to support the resolution. Further, it is a toothless, non-binding concurrent resolution that lacks legal force and does not require presidential action to remove U.S. forces from Iran.

The vote is being hailed as Congress reasserting its constitutional war powers. Critics might call it something else: a low-risk act of courage after the danger had already passed.

Meanwhile, the Pentagon is reportedly preparing to ask Congress for roughly $80 billion, most of it tied to the costs of the war with Iran. If I were to place a bet, I’d wager Congress will approve it because Congress rarely denies the Pentagon money.

Which means that the real test of the Senate’s courage won’t be a symbolic vote after the fighting subsides; it will be whether lawmakers are willing to deny the money that keeps it going.

UN Details Widespread Death and Maiming of Palestinian Children in Gaza

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The United Nations published a horrifying report detailing the wholesale slaughter of Palestinian children by the Israeli military. The numbers are shocking and the stories are a nightmare. You’ve been warned.

The report estimates that at least 20,000 children have been killed and 44,000 wounded between October 7, 2023 and October 7, 2025. This accounts for 30% of the Palestinian casualties, and the rate may be higher because of the estimated 5,160 children that are still “buried under the rubble.”

The children that were wounded are often wounded for life and will require medical care that is not available in Gaza. The report says that they have suffered from what is medically known as “polytrauma,” or “multiple traumas impacting multiple body parts at once, such as bone fractures, significant soft tissue damage, brain and spine injuries, nerve and organ damage and perforating wounds.”

Doctors reported what they described as “clustering” of injuries, with children arriving on different days with similar wounds to specific body parts. One physician cited in the UN report said the pattern led him to conclude that some children appeared to have been deliberately targeted.

This is consistent with reporting by the BBC last year.

“Based on the clustering of injuries and the targeted body parts, I assess that the Israeli soldiers have been deliberately shooting teenage boys in a game of target practice – a different body part being targeted on different days… There is a very clear pattern that suggest this is a deliberate aiming of different body parts [of children],” says a doctor who visited Gaza on medical mission.

Other children are at risk for injury because at least 10 percent of the explosives sent into Gaza have not detonated.

When the United Nations asked Israel why it was in violation of the United Nations law to ensure children “all the rights of human beings, as well as rights held by them alone as children, including under article 25 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR),10 which entitles them to special care, assistance and social protection, and under the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC),” Israel “maintained its longstanding position that it does not have legal responsibility under the CRC for Palestinian children in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including Gaza.”

Israel has signed and ratified the CRC, they are just choosing not to honor it. And the rest of us are watching our governments choose to do nothing about it.

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