June 25, 2025
The Morning Report — 6/ 25 /25 
So, Iran's nuclear weapons capability has been neutralized and perhaps at long last the Mullahs heads might be on the chopping block and the doors have been blown off of Evin Prison. And despite that, or perhaps because of that, we have this tory:
As my good friend and friend of the blog Michael Walsh states:
On a completely different note, there goes New York City. Yes, I am well aware there are many here who could care less, and even I as a NYC native just shake my head in abject disgust and disappointment. And while this is only the Democrat Primary, the fact that as Daniel Greenfield suspects, and probably rightly so, the Tammany Hall machine still rigged it for one of the most outrageously maniac leftist candidates imaginable. And this in a city that suffered through two terms of Bill DeBolshevik, on top of a city council that is perpetually to the left of the Shining Path and Vietcong. So given all of that, you can easily calculate the odds of Curtis Sliwa or whoever the GOP candidate may be in winning the general. Regardless of one's prejudices against the city and indeed any blue city in America, that we have lost them for generations and some unforeseen cultural sea change notwithstanding, likely forever, is still a tragedy and an infamnia. Leftist madness might not be confined to big blue cities. Over time, it spreads everywhere and one day, those who sleep comfortably in solid red states and districts might wake up to find their neighborhoods and towns fundamentally transformed, to coin a phrase. Apropos of NYC, as Travis Bickle said in Taxi Driver "Someday a real rain will come and wash all this scum off the streets." And out of City Hall. everywhere else Leftists are in control, the media. and most especially the schools.
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Supreme Leader Khamenei insisted publicly that “Iran will never surrender to the enemies of Islam.” But the regime’s behavior contradicts this. And after Donald Trumps announcement there has been no IRGC press conference, no new vow of revenge. Messaging platforms long used to broadcast defiance have gone silent. Leaks suggest younger commanders within the Guard are urging a strategic pause—not out of diplomacy, but survival instinct. Even China and Russia, both traditional allies, have issued only neutral statements. There is no formal capitulation. But Iran’s actions—warning enemies of a missile strike, initiating the ceasefire, ceasing retaliation—amount to a modern, informal surrender. This was not peace. It was exhaustion. Iran has not been conquered. But it has been contained, weakened, and temporarily silenced.Indeed the word "temporarily" is the key, and it's not Iran the nation state, it's Islam that has been on the march in the Middle East and across the world for 1500 years, whether at the Gates of Vienna, or with the collapse of the Ottoman Empire post the Treaty of Versailles or after getting its ass kicked by Israel in several major wars and other military operations after the October '73 humiliation. But the nightmares of 9/11/01 here, 2004 in Madrid 2005 in London and the butchery and slaughter of Al Qaeda, Boko Haram, Abu Sayyaf, Isis and every other Islamic terror group will no doubt continue regardless of what the polticial/governmental future of Iran as a nation state holds. Please God may it be non-Islamic for the sake of the Iranian people and indeed the region and the world, but if past is prologue, I'm not holding my breath.
So, Iran's nuclear weapons capability has been neutralized and perhaps at long last the Mullahs heads might be on the chopping block and the doors have been blown off of Evin Prison. And despite that, or perhaps because of that, we have this tory:
Not the mass murder of Israelis that took place in the past, at the Nova Music Festival that was held in Israel on October 7, 2023, but a mass murder planned for the future, at the Boom Music Festival to be held in Portugal this July. Antisemites, encouraged by the hatred that has been heaped on Israel by so much of the world, with so many people both so ill-informed and so malevolent, have apparently been planning to do all kinds of terrible things to the 4,000 Israelis expected to attend this year’s festival. Perhaps the sudden revelation about the planning of that massacre will prevent it, if Portuguese authorities wake up from their stupor, from being attempted.And did you catch this item the other day?
Fourteen arrested after nearly 150 people report being jabbed with needles at French music festival
As my good friend and friend of the blog Michael Walsh states:
So the ongoing conflict in Iran should only end one way: with the destruction of the mullahs, the disestablishment of Islam, the eradication of Iran's nuclear capabilities, a stern warning backed up by force if necessary to other nuclear powers not to ship any nuclear bombs or other material to a fundamentalist Iran and the neutralization of the well at Jamkaran to end Shia Islam's belief in the resurrection of the hidden Twelfth Imam. The Jews have survived the destruction of the Second Temple and Christians the loss of Constantinople and the Church of Holy Wisdom (the Hagia Sophia, now a mosque), without any loss of belief; Islam ought to have the opportunity to do the same. The president's announcement late this afternoon that a cease-fire between Israel and Iran has been reached is, therefore, disappointing absent the collapse of the mullahs. . ."Fuckin' A Bubba" to quote Gus Grissom from The Right Stuff, but what of the other 1.5 billion Muslims, both Shia and Sunni all over the world? Unless and until they have a, shall we say "Come to Jesus moment" about their beliefs vis a vis their imagined destiny of global conquest and supremacy, we shall surely see Notre Dame (underscored by CBD's eloquent essay) and Westminster Abbey if not the Vatican itself transformed into mosques just like Hagia Sophia in the next 20 to 50 years. Whether via the sword or the maternity ward.
On a completely different note, there goes New York City. Yes, I am well aware there are many here who could care less, and even I as a NYC native just shake my head in abject disgust and disappointment. And while this is only the Democrat Primary, the fact that as Daniel Greenfield suspects, and probably rightly so, the Tammany Hall machine still rigged it for one of the most outrageously maniac leftist candidates imaginable. And this in a city that suffered through two terms of Bill DeBolshevik, on top of a city council that is perpetually to the left of the Shining Path and Vietcong. So given all of that, you can easily calculate the odds of Curtis Sliwa or whoever the GOP candidate may be in winning the general. Regardless of one's prejudices against the city and indeed any blue city in America, that we have lost them for generations and some unforeseen cultural sea change notwithstanding, likely forever, is still a tragedy and an infamnia. Leftist madness might not be confined to big blue cities. Over time, it spreads everywhere and one day, those who sleep comfortably in solid red states and districts might wake up to find their neighborhoods and towns fundamentally transformed, to coin a phrase. Apropos of NYC, as Travis Bickle said in Taxi Driver "Someday a real rain will come and wash all this scum off the streets." And out of City Hall. everywhere else Leftists are in control, the media. and most especially the schools.
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- ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY
- Authorities in that country aren't taking it seriously.
Mass Murder of Israelis Planned at Portuguese Music Festival
- Michael Walsh: The president's announcement late this afternoon that a cease-fire between Israel and Iran has been reached is, therefore, disappointing absent the collapse of the mullahs.. . (Fuckin' A bubba!!!! - jjs)
THE COLUMN: Unconditional Surrender
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Daily Tech News 25 June 2025
Top Story
- You don't need an author's permission to read their books. (Tech Crunch)
If they publish it, you can buy a copy and read it, according to a federal judge for the Northern District of California.
Groundbreaking? Not for people, no, but it may signal a seismic shift for all the content creators throwing lawsuits at AI companies, because this was one of those cases.
There is still an issue that Anthropic did not buy all the books it used to train its AI, at least, not at first. The damages for that will be the subject of a separate trial.
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June 24, 2025
Tuesday Overnight Open Thread - June 24, 2025 [scampydog]
Good evening and thank you for checking in on the Tuesday, ONT. Summer is here - funny tan lines, green grass, grilling, lemonade, and warm nights. Open thread - abstract concepts, cautionary tales, and a verbal shiv or two are encouraged.
Good evening and thank you for checking in on the Tuesday, ONT. Summer is here - funny tan lines, green grass, grilling, lemonade, and warm nights. Open thread - abstract concepts, cautionary tales, and a verbal shiv or two are encouraged.
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Elephants on Parade Cafe
Baby elephant having a bath with his bath toys. Too cute. I just linked this, but this friendly baby elephant is worth a repost. This baby elephant is even more rambunctious. Cat fight #1. Cat fight #2. Who was the most impressive? Puppy thinks she's a cowboy. Tree pavilion. This kitten is learning to pounce and this dog has agreed to help train her. Cats being absolute ninjas. Note that about two thirds of the way through a cat attempts to climb the exterior wall of a tall building and falls. But he does just get off the ground and run away. Can't have been pleasant, though. Soon after, a cat jumps from a building into a bucket of water on the ground. Crazy. All aboard the Dog Bus. Except for Kevin. I don't know if these guys are workers or intruders, but no one informed the cane corso on guard duty. I think I linked this before, but it's good: Two dogs got to know each other over FaceTime, and then finally had an IRL Moron Meet-Up.
Baby elephant having a bath with his bath toys. Too cute. I just linked this, but this friendly baby elephant is worth a repost. This baby elephant is even more rambunctious. Cat fight #1. Cat fight #2. Who was the most impressive? Puppy thinks she's a cowboy. Tree pavilion. This kitten is learning to pounce and this dog has agreed to help train her. Cats being absolute ninjas. Note that about two thirds of the way through a cat attempts to climb the exterior wall of a tall building and falls. But he does just get off the ground and run away. Can't have been pleasant, though. Soon after, a cat jumps from a building into a bucket of water on the ground. Crazy. All aboard the Dog Bus. Except for Kevin. I don't know if these guys are workers or intruders, but no one informed the cane corso on guard duty. I think I linked this before, but it's good: Two dogs got to know each other over FaceTime, and then finally had an IRL Moron Meet-Up.
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Quick Hits
Trump gave the stinkeye to oil markets, telling them they better not rise.
President Trump on Monday warned oil producers not to raise prices in the wake of U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, cautioning that a spike would benefit America's enemies. "EVERYONE, KEEP OIL PRICES DOWN. I'M WATCHING!" Key Details: Trump posted on Truth Social: "YOU'RE PLAYING RIGHT INTO THE HANDS OF THE ENEMY. DON'T DO IT!" Oil prices fell after the post, with Brent Crude and West Texas Intermediate both slipping by about one percent following earlier gains driven by Middle East tensions. In a follow-up message, Trump told the Department of Energy: "DRILL, BABY, DRILL!!! And I mean NOW!!!"Prices did in fact fall:
A push to impeach President Donald Trump over his recent military actions in Iran was blocked Tuesday after a decisive bipartisan vote in the House. The effort, led by Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, failed as top Democrats joined Republicans in shelving the resolution. Key Details: The House voted 344-79 to table Green's impeachment resolution, effectively killing it without a formal debate. A majority of House Democrats, including party leaders Hakeem Jeffries, Katherine Clark, and Pete Aguilar, voted to halt the effort. Green argued Trump's strikes on Iran were unconstitutional, while Trump fired back on Truth Social, daring progressives to "make my day."More than 100 Democrats voted against the measure, so you know it must have been so stupid even a Democrat can see it. The Democrats' other ratchet dum-dum who's also hitting the wall at 170 mph engaged in juvenile male taunting of Trump:
Alexandria Ocasio-CortezAs you probably know, Donkey-Chompers grew up in the affluent suburb of Westchester, not the Bronx. She is, as most socialists are, a child of privilege. New York City is voting to destroy the city today. I am pretty sure the Socialist Muslim who has only been in America for seven years and who has campaigned to defund the police and use NYC's medical budget to pay for transing children will win. Why? Because of... the "educated" classes.
@AOC Also, I'm a Bronx girl. You should know that we can eat Queens boys for breakfast. Respectfully.
Charlie KirkI saw someone speculating, plausibly, that when this pro-terrorist socialist wins, corporations and Wall Street will move out of NYC, possibly to Florida. And as you know, NYC is only able to keep its head barely above bankruptcy because of all those trillion-dollar-cap corporations paying taxes to have their offices in this unlivable shithole. It can't happen soon enough. They need to own their choices. How did I miss this? Disney's other wealth-killing anti-talent Rachel Zegler is attempting a career reinvention, explaining that she's just mentally ill.
@charliekirk11 The Muslim socialist running for NYC mayor Zohran Mamdani is so obviously a conman the only people dumb enough to support him are college-educated. This poll is the single most damning indictment of higher education in America that I've seen. Zohran Mamdani is Muhammad Mao
Even Snow White needs a shrink. Rachel Zegler has revealed that therapy and anxiety medication helped her overcome the monumental backlash she received while starring in Disney's live-action "Snow White" remake. The 24-year-old actress opened up about the controversy and how she moved past it in an interview with i-D magazine published on Monday, June 23.Don't worry, Screwhead, I'm going to choose to make you a victim for you. Instapundit mentions rumors that Zegler is being eyed for the Julie Andrews role in a Sound of Music remake, but I have a feeling the source of those rumors is Rachel Zegler's PR team. No one's going to take a hundred million dollar gamble on this bitchy brat again. Atlanta is facing another crime wave but they're focusing resources on stopping the Real Crime -- pedestrians scuffing up their rainbow pride crosswalks beyond normal scuffing. So close to Pride Month. So close to Pride Month.
Rachel Zegler in a white floral dress. 7
Rachel Zegler has revealed that therapy and anxiety medication helped her overcome the backlash she received while starring in "Snow White." GC Images
Rachel Zegler as Snow White in "Snow White." 7
The 24-year-old actress opened up about the controversy and how she moved past it in an interview with i-D magazine published on Monday. Walt Disney Co. "My f--king psychiatrist has seen me through all of it," Zegler explained, noting that her medical doctor constantly reminded her that "what you're going through isn't normal."
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Zegler said the decision was "truly a game changer" because "I just wasn't functioning" and "I wanted to function in a way that made me feel confident in the way I was moving through the world." Besides her psychiatrist and anxiety meds, the "West Side Story" star also cited her "mindset" as one of the things that helped her overcome the backlash she received. "I think a victim mindset is a choice, and I don't choose it," she explained. "I also don't choose nastiness in the face of it. I don't choose negativity in the face of it."
Atlanta installed its rainbow crosswalk at the intersection of 10th Street and Piedmont Avenue in 2015, and it reportedly cost taxpayers close to $200,000. The city updated the crosswalk to include the transgender flag colors, as well as brown and black; Lord knows how much that cost. The crosswalk even has its own Instagram account.The Gay Crosswalk is also starring as Reed Richards in Fantastic Four. Four people, three of them minors, were hunted down for the crime of cutting down pride flags at a bar and then for using scooters to mark up the rainbow crosswalk with tire rubber. They're all being prosecuted for hate crimes. Good work. Give yourselves each a $20 tip on the Underhills' account. CNN had another Fiery But Mostly Peaceful Moment, AWFLsplaining that when Iran chants "Death to America" and "Death to Israel," they actually mean it in a friendly way. Ditzy Dance Mom Erin Burnett made this declaration:
"I remember, Dana, one point being in Tehran years ago and they're chanting 'death to America' all around me, even as I say, 'oh, I'm an American, reporting for CNN,'" she said. "And they were happy to speak to me, so -- so those two sort of jarring realities of the chant and yet, the -- the friendliness have existed together.""We will wipe you from the pages of history," they screamed with a jovial wink.
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Jasmine Ratchet Runs to Be the Ranking Democrat Member of the House Oversight Committee; The Democrats Reject Her In Humiliating Fashion
She received the lowest vote total of any candidate.
I wonder why. Must be because Democrats hate black women. That's the rule, right? If any member of a group protected by the Democrat-Media Party fails, then it must be due to "hate" of one kind or another, right?Outspoken progressive Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) dropped her bid Tuesday to become the top Democrat on the powerful House Oversight Committee after it became clear she lacked the votes. "It was clear by the numbers that my style of leadership is not exactly what they were looking for, and so I didn't think that it was fair for me to then push forward and try to rebuke that," the lefty pol told reporters. Democrats later anointed Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) to become their ranking member on the Oversight panel, replacing late Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.), who died last month.Below, Jasmine Ratchet shows why I call her "ratchet," meaning an "unruly or poorly-behaved person." The woman has only one setting and that setting is Yelling and Hollering About Target Not Honoring Your One-Year-Expired Coupon for Fake Eyelashes.
Crockett, who has a penchant for going viral during committee hearings with her incendiary rhetoric, had touted her ability to go on the offense during the internal party battle to succeed Connolly. She acknowledged Tuesday that "people may be disappointed" by her loss but vowed to remain a "team player" nonetheless. On Monday, Democrats on the Oversight Committee voted on the successor to Connolly, and Crocket dropped hints that she came in last place. Later Tuesday, Democrats held a caucus meeting and voted Garcia as the ranking member. ... Crockett's loss marks the latest setback for the hard-left flank of progressives who wanted to put a firebrand as the top Democrat on the powerful investigative committee. Last year, "Squad" Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) was bested by Connolly in her quest to serve as ranking member.
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Disney Has a New $200 Million Movie About to Come Out So It Must Be Time for One of Its Overpaid Woke Communist Non-Talents to Open His Mouth Again
Pedro Pascal, related to the family of the Chilean communist Allende and a self-described "50-year-old Bougie Bitch" because that's how straight men talk about themselves, saw Rachel Zegler tanking Snow Beige and said, Hold mi cerveza.
Now he's got yet another unneeded Fantastic Four movie coming out within the month, and he decides it's time again to attack J.K. Rowling for not wanting a tranny's dick-n-balls in her face when she's in a changing room.Pedro Pascal defends calling JK Rowling a 'heinous loser' and says 'bullies make me f****** sick' in latest broadside at Harry Potter creator The actor has doubled down on his Instagram criticism of the British author By AIDAN RADNEDGE Pedro Pascal has launched a new attack on JK Rowling - defending his description of her as a 'heinous loser' as he declared how 'bullies' made him feel 'f***ing sick'. The Game Of Thrones and Gladiator II actor has doubled down on his criticisms of the Harry Potter author over her gender-critical opinions in a new interview. Pascal, 50, whose sister Lux recently came out as a transgender woman, initially made the scathing 'heinous loser' remark in April on Instagram. He was responding to activist Tariq Ra'ouf who was calling for a boycott of any future Harry Potter projects due to Rowling's outspoken stance on trans issues. The British writer, 59, had celebrated a ruling by London's Supreme Court determining that, specifically within the terms of Britain's Equality act, 'woman' meant a biological female and not gender. Rowling, who also writes under the pen name JK Galbraith, has also been involved in wars of words over the subject with Sir Stephen Fry, Boy George and the three young actors who played the main trio in the original Harry Potter movies. Now Pascal has continued his opposition to Rowling in a new interview with Vanity Fair, in which he addressed the response to his Instagram comment earlier this year. Campaigner Mr Ra'ouf had written on Instagram: 'It has become our mission as the general public to make sure that every single thing that's Harry Potter related fails...because that awful disgusting s**t, that has consequences.'Again with the hysterics. No one denies that this person doesn't exist. We deny his delusion that he's a woman. This is a matter of pure fact.
As well as liking the video, Pedro also shared a defiant comment, writing: 'Awful disgusting S**T is exactly right. Heinous LOSER behavior.' His older sister Balmaceda, also talking to Vanity Fair for the new feature, defended him against allegations of being a man talking down to a woman - saying: But it is heinous loser behavior. 'And he said that as the older brother to someone saying that our little sister doesn't exist.'
You have the right to exist. You do not have the right to use government or corporate force to compel free people to accept your deranged, delusionary view of the word. So if I understand this: People who do not play around with your brother's delusions are attempting to "erase" him from existence -- and you certainly don't want such bigots' money, do you? So you certainly are telling them not to see your movies, right? Trannies are insulting Rowling by saying she looks like a tranny. What an own-goal sort of insult.
Pascal himself has now told the magazine the backlash that followed made him feel like 'that kid that got sent to the principal's office a lot for behavioural issues in public schools in Texas feeling scared and thinking, "What'd I do?"' But the Hollywood star's main concern was whether he might have hindered the cause he was supporting. Pascal went on to add: 'The one thing that I would say I agonized over a little bit was just, "Am I helping? Am I f***ing helping?" 'It's a situation that deserves the utmost elegance so that something can actually happen, and people will actually be protected. 'Listen, I want to protect the people I love. But it goes beyond that. Bullies make me f***ing sick.' Pascal has previously shown his support for the transgender community, earlier this year sharing on Instagram the quote: 'A world without trans people has never existed and never will.' He added in his caption: 'I can't think of anything more vile and small and pathetic than terrorising the smallest, most vulnerable community of people who want nothing from you, except the right to exist.'
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Chicago Teachers Union President Declares That They Own Your Children
Not a juiced headline. She says this.
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Lisa Murkowski: You Betcha if the Senate Is Tied 50-50 I Might Just Defect to the Democrats
She means, she might just defect to the Democrats officially.
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Lowly District Court Judge Championed by Elizabeth Warren Now "Defies the Supreme Court," Decides That His Own Authority Is Greater Than Both the President's and Supreme Court's
Lowly district court functionary Brian Murphy ruled that Trump could not deport illegal aliens with deportation orders -- some convicted of attempted murder -- to a third country. I think Trump wanted to deport them to a third country because they claim their home country is a shithole country and they say they'd be persecuted there or some bullshit.
The Supreme Court overruled him and said that the deportations can continue. Deciding that he is now more supreme than the Supremes, this dinky little bureaucrat worm now writes an order that effectively blocks the deportation the Supreme Court just said could proceed. He's saying that the Supreme Court's ruling doesn't apply to the six people this case is specifically about.
President Donald Trump's administration urged the Supreme Court on Tuesday to allow it to immediately deport a group of migrants currently being held on a US military base in Djibouti to South Sudan, saying the judge handling the case defied the high court. The unusual motion came hours after a divided Supreme Court allowed the administration to resume deporting migrants to countries other than their homeland, including places like South Sudan, with minimal notice. Later Monday, a district court judge in Massachusetts ruled that the order didn't apply to the specific migrants in Djibouti. Describing the lower court's order as "untenable," the Trump administration accused US District Judge Brian Murphy of being in "defiance" of the Supreme Court's order and suggested in its brief on Tuesday that the justices remove him from the case. "The district court's ruling of last night is indefensible," the Department of Justice told the Supreme Court. "The district court's ruling of last night is a lawless act of defiance that, once again, disrupts sensitive diplomatic relations and slams the brakes on the executive's lawful efforts to effectuate third-country removals," the administration said. As is often the case on the Supreme Court's emergency docket, the order Monday afternoon provided little detail about the implications of the decision. The Trump administration had asked the justices to put on hold an order from Murphy, which found that the government's efforts to deport migrants to third-party countries without additional due process "unquestionably" violated constitutional protections. The Supreme Court granted that request, allowing the administration to continue those removals to third countries broadly while the litigation continues. But later Monday, Murphy ruled that the Supreme Court's order didn't affect a group of immigrants being detained by the US at a military base in Djibouti -- a group that has become a focal point in the fight over the removal policy. The migrants, including some from Cuba, Vietnam and Laos, were being held in a converted Conex shipping container. Murphy said the government must continue to assess claims they make about fear of being tortured before removing them to South Sudan. He had mandated those assessments in a separate order on May 21 that the Trump administration did not appeal. On Tuesday, the Justice Department also suggested the Supreme Court "may consider ordering that the case be reassigned to a different district judge." Administration attorneys urged the justices to "clarify" that its order Monday also covers Murphy's separate May 21 order involving the migrants in Djibouti. If the Supreme Court agreed to do so, that would mean those migrants could be removed to South Sudan.
Stephen Miller promises "fireworks" over this latest judicial insurrection.
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NEW: Trump DOJ asks SCOTUS for clarification on Judge Brian Murphy's "unprecedented defiance of this Court's authority" related to Murphy's order last night to ignore SCOTUS' hold on his ban on deporting criminal illegals to third countries. DOJ: "The district court's ruling of last night is a lawless act of defiance that, once again, disrupts sensitive diplomatic relations and slams the brakes on the Executive's lawful efforts to effectuate third-country removals. The district court's ruling of last night is indefensible."
Trump DOJ also suggests SCOTUS should pre-approve any future injunctions issued in the case and/or reassign the matter to a different judge. "The district court was not free to ignore this Court's decision or to insist that it can continue to enforce the very injunction that the stay order rendered unenforceable."
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Trump Shows Frustration at Israel, Iran, and the Leftwing Gaslight Media
Iran violated the ceasefire a bit, and Israel rushed to punish them for that.
Trump's annoyed that his ceasefire isn't being embraced by both sides. I think this would be a good time to just say "Let them fight, they clearly want to fight, and the US shouldn't particularly care about stopping them." Particularly given that Iran is crippled and ready to topple. But Trump does want to appease the Ron Paul pacifist bloc of MAGA, and he wants to honor his pledge to "end more wars than he starts."[W]hen Iran violated the planned ceasefire and Israel retaliated, Trump was none happy happy about it. Speaking to reporters before departing for the NATO summit at The Hague, Trump was asked whether he believed Iran remained committed to the ceasefire after Israel accused Tehran of violating the agreement. "Yeah, I do. Uh, they violated, but Israel violated it, too," he said, making clear that he saw fault on both sides. ... The crisis unfolded just hours after the ceasefire took effect, with Iran launching three missiles toward Israel. All the missiles were either intercepted or landed harmlessly, causing no injuries or damage. When pressed further on Israel's commitment, Trump didn't hold back. "Israel, as soon as we made the deal, they came out and they dropped a load of bombs, the likes of which I'd never seen before. The biggest load that we've seen. I'm not happy with Israel. You know, when, when I say, 'Okay, now you have 12 hours,' you don't go out in the first hour and just drop everything you have on 'em. So I'm not happy with them. I'm not happy with Iran, either. But I'm really unhappy if Israel's going out this morning because of one rocket that didn't land, that was shot, perhaps by mistake, that didn't land."Wasn't that the whole point of giving them 12 hours before the ceasefire? I'm sure that was the whole point as far as Israel is concerned. When countries accept a ceasefire to begin in the future, they're putting the ceasefire off precisely because they want to get in last licks.
Trump's frustration was palpable as he continued, "I'm not happy about that."Trump was also angry at the "gutless losers" at CNN and "MSDNC" for attempting to find the dark lining in the silver cloud.
... Trump summed up his exasperation with a blunt assessment: "You know what we have? We basically have two countries that have been fighting so long and so hard that they don't know what the f--k they're doing. Do you understand that?"
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The Morning Report — 6/ 24 /25 
Good morning kids. So, President Trump has announced that there is a ceasefire between Iran and Israel.
The Iranian regime approached the ceasefire on Tuesday morning local time by firing at least four (update: six) waves of missiles at Israel, with an impact on an apartment building that killed at least three civilians in Be’er Sheva. U.S. President Donald Trump had announced a ceasefire the day before, and called for “LOVE, PEACE, AND PROSPERITY” in the region. The Iranian regime apparently had other ideas for leaving a lasting impression, and fired nearly continuously, in wave after wave, for over an hour and a half before the ceasefire was set.God bless and keep you President Trump. But if you think you've achieved anything with this so-called ceasefire, you're delusional or you are being very badly advised. "Love, Peace and Prosperity?" jeez, even John Lennon is spinning in his grave with that howler! The world has yet to experience any prolonged/sustained period of that even between nations and ethnic/tribal groups that share even some commonality, let alone in the 1500 or so years since Islam first infected humanity. In my view, as the Eagles might sing it "It's another Taqqiya sunrise . . . " And for those who do not know what that word means, including perhaps you Mr. President, here you go: The invaluable religionofpeace (dot-com) lists a number of verses from the koran and hadith that go into great detail about this, but here's the abstract.
Muslim scholars teach that Muslims should generally be truthful to each other... unless the purpose of lying is to "smooth over differences" or "gain the upper-hand over an enemy." There are several forms of lying to non-believers that are permitted under certain circumstances, the best known being taqiyya (the Shia name). These circumstances are typically those that advance the cause of Islam - in some cases by gaining the trust of non-believers in order to draw out their vulnerability and defeat them.As I've been saying and writing since the Gaza invasion/pogrom of 10/7 and then the Israeli and now US attacks on the Iranian head of the snake, it's the Islam stupid! It will not rest until it has conquered the world and everyone has submitted or is dead. In the wake of 9/11 when Dubya declared we're not at war with Islam, I knew we were in trouble. Well, we may not be at war with Islam but for those with their head up their ass, Islam has been at war with us since the Seventh Century. And be sure to leave a little neck showing out of your perineum to make the lopping off of your head easier for Hassan and his rusty scimitar. And as if to illustrate the point
Dr. Yasir Qadhi, a radical Imam, told his fellow Muslims to side with Iran over the U.S. and Israel during a lengthy sermon on Saturday at the East Plano Islamic Center (EPIC) in Texas.Yasir that's our baby, I don't mean maybe. And he's right here in Texas. Let alone every other mosque in America and all over the world. If you feel like vomiting, click the link and you'll see everything he says is an absolute prevaricated lie and blood libel. On a happier note, I see that the Israeli Air Force quite literally blew the doors off of the notorious Evin Prison.
“Security footage shows one missile strike blasting open the doors of Evin Prison, where the Islamic Republic held its opponents and critics in brutal conditions, with public hangings,” . . . “In 1988, thousands of Evin prisoners were executed after cursory trials, according to Human Rights Watch. Many of those killed were viewed as a threat to the new Islamic government,” The New York Times reported. . .Noted Iranian dissident Masih Alinejad stated on X, “The Islamic Republic’s notorious prison, Evin was bombed by Israel. The regime responded by surrounding the prison with security forces to make sure none of the political prisoners could escape. This is the reality in Iran. At a time of war, political prisoners must be released not held hostage. If you want to act, aim your pressure at the Islamic Republic to release them now.” . . . “I really don’t know what will happen next,” Mesdaghi wondered. “If Khamenei survives this attack, I fear the regime will retaliate by executing more political prisoners. That’s why the world has to care — has to stand with the Iranian people, especially those being held hostage by this regime.”For the sake of Israel, the civilized world and the long-suffering Iranian people, I hope that blowing Evin's doors off is both symbolic and a harbinger of liberation for all of us, from evil and tyranny wherever it may be. Be it the Finsbury Park mosque, DNC headquarters, Soros HQ, the Chi-Com Central Committee or wherever. And lastly, a quick shout-out and thank you for your continued support in hitting our tip jar. It truly is appreciated more than you can know. Have a great day!
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Trump Announces "Total Agreement" to a Ceasefire and End to "12 Day War"
We'll see.
The Mullahs are just playing for time to secure their hold on the country.Posted by: Ace at 06:52 PM | Comments (349) | Trackbacks (Suck)
Trump Thanks Iran for Giving Him Advanced Warning About Their "Very Weak" Missile Attack
Update: Trump Announces Agreement to Ceasefire and End of the "12 Day War"
Update: Trump Announces Agreement to Ceasefire and End of the "12 Day War"
I wondered earlier if Iran had actually warned Qatar (and thus the US) that it would be attacking their bases. I had a memory which I wasn't sure was accurate that they had warned Israel last year before launching some Make It Look Good missiles. Trump lets the cat out of the bag and reports that Iran gave Qatar advanced warning:
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Democrats Call for Trump's Impeachment Over Iran Bombing, Refuse to Explain Why They Previously Supported Obama and Hillary Clinton Bombing Muslim Countries Without Congressional Authorization
Meanwhile, the Democrat-Media Party rallies for yet another fascist tyranny dedicated to the destruction of America:
AOC hit the stupid wall at birth, but now she's hitting the looks wall at about 170 mph.
I don't think this bozo is going to be able to command attention based only on the quality of her thinking.Progressive champion Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and a handful of other Democrats quickly floated the prospect of impeaching President Donald Trump for launching a military strike on Iran without Congressional authorization. "The President's disastrous decision to bomb Iran without authorization is a grave violation of the Constitution and Congressional War Powers," the four-term congresswoman from New York wrote on social media Saturday night, soon after the president announced the attack on Iran's nuclear facilities. Ocasio-Cortez charged that Trump "has impulsively risked launching a war that may ensnare us for generations. It is absolutely and clearly grounds for impeachment."If Rand Paul and Thomas Massie want to demand congressional authorization, that's fine. They demand congressional authorization for both Democrat and Republican military actions. But I won't hear it from this crew:
Democrat Rep. Sean Casten of Illinois also argued that the president's order to bomb Iran's nuclear sites without seeking Congressional approval could be considered an "unambiguous impeachable offense." Casten, a four-term representative whose district covers southwestern Chicago and surrounding suburbs, wrote Saturday night on social media that "this is not about the merits of Iran's nuclear program....to be clear, I do not dispute that Iran is a nuclear threat." But he highlighted that "no president has the authority to bomb another country that does not pose an imminent threat to the US without the approval of Congress. This is an unambiguous impeachable offense."
"I'm not saying we have the votes to impeach," Casten added. "I'm saying that you DO NOT do this without Congressional approval." The calls for impeachment are the most visible, and furthest reaching, representation of the party's anger with Trump for taking unilateral action against Iran. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York, the top Democrat in the chamber, wrote that the president had "failed to seek congressional authorization for the use of military force and risks American entanglement in a potentially disastrous war in the Middle East." "Donald Trump shoulders complete and total responsibility for any adverse consequences that flow from his unilateral military action," Jeffries added in a statement. While the executive branch technically doesn't have the legal authority to order a foreign military attack without the approval of Congress, previous presidents, including Bill Clinton, Barack Obama and Trump during his first term, launched comparable military actions in Libya, Sudan, Afghanistan and Iran.
Some are wondering if Trump will get a poll boost out of this. I think he will, and not just because he did something good. I think he'll get a poll boost because more Americans will wake up and see that no matter what Trump does, the Democrat-Media Party will find some disgracefully partisan way to attack him. I think their obsessive-compulsive viciousness will become apparent to more people, and more people will actually see Trump as sympathetic, besieged constantly by nasty, stupid, incompetent lunatics.
All of this venting reveals very short memories on the port side of Capitol Hill. Fourteen years ago, they couldn't get enough of presidential strikes on a nation in the very same region. Remember Hillary Clinton's chortling over the fall of Moammar Qaddafi and the role she and Barack Obama played in it? "We came, we saw, he died," she raved to Leslie Stahl after a joint US-EU bombing campaign decapitated Qaddafi's regime, and left a failed state in its wake... In March 2011, Obama ordered a series of military strikes on regime targets in Libya, not because of a clear and present danger to US security or assets, but because of a "responsibility to protect" doctrine promoted by Samantha Power. The Qaddafi regime was brutally suppressing dissent at the time, as Qaddafi had done for decades, but Qaddafi had also cooperated with the West on nuclear non-proliferation. Nevertheless, Obama and the Left wanted Qaddafi gone, and without going to Congress conducted military attacks with the express purpose of collapsing his regime in favor of the rebels in and around Benghazi -- a bitter irony, in the end. Obama never even bothered to formally report the action to Congress, as required under the War Powers Act, with the lame excuse that he ordered the strikes to support the action led by NATO. At the time, Harold Koh argued that the War Powers Act didn't apply because of the limited nature of the conflict -- which had been going on for three months at that point -- and the administration's interpretation of the word "hostilities" in the act. As long as US ground troops weren't involved, Koh argued, the president had full authority and no responsibility to notify Congress at all. Democrats then blocked a Republican effort to order the end of Obama's use of military assets in the operation.
Meanwhile, the Democrat-Media Party rallies for yet another fascist tyranny dedicated to the destruction of America:
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