Secretary of State Antony Blinken used the occasion of an interview at the Aspen Security Forum to announce that Iran “is now probably one or two weeks” away from having enough fissile material to construct a nuclear weapon. The real news is that Iran may already have a bomb. //

What is much more likely is that the Iranians have a nuclear weapon on hand. In February 2023, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Colin Kahl told the House Armed Services Committee that Iran could make enough fissile for one nuclear bomb in "about 12 days." If they could make enough material for a bomb in "about 12 days" a year and a half ago, there is no reason to assume they didn't. There is nothing in the behavior of the Biden White House that could have possibly deterred them. Just last month, the official White House estimate was 18 months (see How Close Is Iran to Getting Nuclear Weapons? New Info Alarms Intelligence Officials). //

Blinken, of course, tried to blame it all on the Trump administration for leaving the Obama-conceived Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action that guaranteed Iran a path to owning a bomb without troublesome sanctions by calling Iran out for cheating (Trump Says Iran Is Violating Nuclear Deal and the Left Goes Bonkers (VIDEO) and BREAKING. President Trump's Remarks on Leaving the Iran Nuclear Deal – RedState).

The real fault lies in a strategy based on nothing more than the hope that a terrorist state dedicated to the destruction of the United States could be convinced to forgo developing a nuclear weapon by bribing them.

"Seeing Donald Trump get up after getting shot in the face and pump his fist in the air with the American flag is one of the most bada-- things I’ve ever seen in my life," Zuckerberg said Thursday during an interview at the company’s headquarters in Menlo Park, California, according to Bloomberg.

"On some level as an American, it’s like hard to not get kind of emotional about that spirit and that fight, and I think that that’s why a lot of people like the guy." //

Zuckerberg said Meta is making changes that he hopes will mean Facebook is not as much of a flashpoint in elections going forward. “The main thing that I hear from people is that they actually want to see less political content on our services because they come to our services to connect with people.” Meta is already recommending less political content to its users, he added. “I think you’re going to see our services play less of a role in this election than they have in the past.” //

Mary Frances
12 hours ago
Trump raises his "fight" fist to America. Biden raises his middle finger to us.

UpLateAgain Mary Frances
12 hours ago
You can't really blame Biden. That's all the weight he can heft.

Hallen
an hour ago
The US should have taken care of this a year ago. There is a reason we have to be strong worldwide. When we clean up messes, nobody can do much about it. They may whine. They may call us bullies, but their governments pretty much all smile and wipe the sweat off their brow. They know that since the US did it, there won't be escalations.

With Israel and others having to do these things, it's the perfect excuse for others to escalate.

Anyone who doesn't get this is fooling themselves. It's why Biden's foreign policy is so dangerous. His weakness invites total war. A strong president would have bombed the Houthis out of existence by now -- well, at least their capability of harassing anyone. That would have ended that problem. Now, it's a much, much bigger problem. That's Biden's fault.

Watching the RNC last night was fascinating in more ways than one. It was incredible to see the unity there, but that unity wasn't forced at all. People were very excited to be charging forward under one banner.

It wouldn't be a stretch to say that the banner the RNC was rallying around had the name Trump/Vance plastered in bold letters on it, but despite that fact, the RNC's primary focus wasn't Trump. Don't get me wrong, it was a massive part of the messaging to be sure. It would be weird if it wasn't, given recent events and the fact that he's the official Republican candidate.

But ultimately, the RNC's message was very simple but very profound.

"This is about you."

The funny thing is, in any other election cycle, this message would have been worthy of eye rolls. Every election cycle, politicians and talking heads smile at the camera and tell you how much they want to get into office to fix all the problems for Americans, but this year, it actually felt genuine. //

The thing is, the left's message is also "this is about you." However, now that we've watched them at their most unhinged, "this is about you" looks pretty unhinged when the left says it. It's like a salivating wolf saying the phrase to sheep.

The Democrat Party's approach to "helping" America takes on the feel of them saying, "This is for your own good," whereas the Republican Party's approach is "You don't need us in your way to thrive." The Democrats want you to submit; the Republicans want you to live like an American should. //

Many within the party, and indeed on the left, truly believe they know better and that what they're doing is a good thing. They think they're the heroes.

But they lost the plot. They forgot they are fallible humans themselves. They got so infected with their own hate that they think their hatred of people is good. They willfully operate on this hate under the full understanding that their hatred causes them to, as was pointed out by Trump last night, operate for only half the country while damning the other half, but doing so in good conscience.

They brainwashed themselves into thinking villainy is a virtue.

The reason the RNC seemed so genuine and united is because amidst all the villainy we've experienced over the past few years, one party still remembers an America as it's supposed to be.

A gunman who tried to kill Donald Trump was able to fly a drone and get aerial footage of the western Pennsylvania fairgrounds shortly before the former president was set to speak there, law-enforcement officials briefed on the matter said, further underscoring the stunning security lapses ahead of Trump’s near assassination.

Thomas Matthew Crooks flew the drone on a programmed flight path earlier in the day on July 13 to scour the Butler Farm Show grounds ahead of Trump’s ill-fated rally, the officials said. The predetermined path, the officials added, suggests Crooks flew the drone more than once as he researched and scoped out the event site. [....]

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