02 U.S. Politics

U.N. Chief Guterres Releases Video Urging World to Embrace Islam’s Ramadan– www.breitbart.com

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Islam in general and Ramadan in particular hold the key for society to prosper if it embraces a “noble vision of hope and peace” that Muslims hold dear, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres tells the world in a newly released video message.

The exhortation to heed the example of Ramadan comes as the veteran Portuguese Socialist arrives in Turkey to fast with Muslims and show his support for their religion, as Breitbart News reported.

The Turkey visit comes just days after Guterres used the U.N.’s own International Day to Combat Islamophobia to plead, “The world’s two billion Muslims hail from all corners of the globe, reflecting the vast diversity of humanity itself.”

He said “Islamophobia” is real and growing and the time has come for the world to heed his call, “Let’s eradicate the scourge of Islamophobia from every country and community.”

Americans Who Say Economy, Politics Rigged Against Them Even Higher Than Right After Great Recession, Poll Shows– dailycaller.com

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Most Americans think the country’s economic and political systems are rigged against them — at levels greater than in several decades, according to an NBC News poll released Thursday.

The new survey found that almost 6 in 10 voters presently feel the economic and political systems are weighted against people such as themselves, which ties a record high share over about 40 years of national polling from NBC News. Of those surveyed, 59% agreed with the statement that both systems are stacked against them, while 38% disagreed and 3% were unsure.

Oil Prices Rise as Iran Strikes Multiple Tankers in Defiance of Trump– www.westernjournal.com

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Iran is escalating its war on the world by attacking multiple oil tankers, sending oil prices skyrocketing.

Iran’s actions came despite a Truth Social warning from President Donald Trump on Tuesday that, “If Iran does anything that stops the flow of Oil within the Strait of Hormuz, they will be hit by the United States of America TWENTY TIMES HARDER than they have been hit thus far.”

In the early hours of Thursday, three oil tankers were set ablaze, according to CNBC, following three ships attacked on Wednesday.

Ron Johnson Says Floor Vote For SAVE Act Would Be ‘Disastrous’– thefederalist.com

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., says putting the SAVE America Act on the Senate floor for a “one-and-done” vote, as seemingly suggested by Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., would be a “disastrous” failure.

“We ignore our base at our own peril, and we don’t want to dispirit our base,” Johnson said. “And right now, that’s kind of the path we’re going on.”

After an enormous amount of pressure from the Republican base and the White House, Thune announced this week that he plans to bring the SAVE America Act up for a floor vote. The legislation would require voter ID and proof of American citizenship to register to vote.

How the Iran war is disrupting the Strait of Hormuz– www.channelnewsasia.com

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Maritime traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has almost completely stopped in the days since the United States and Israel launched strikes against Iran.

Iran sits above this strategic waterway, which is a vital route for exports of oil, gas and other commodities from the Persian Gulf, and has targeted tankers in the area.

Its Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has warned ships not to sail through the passageway, saying that vessels “could be at risk from missiles or rogue drones”, according to Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency.

Wisconsin’s Democrat AG Is Still Waging Fani Willis-Style Trials– thefederalist.com

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The lust for political vengeance against anyone who provided assistance to Donald Trump in the 2020 election is still in full swing in Wisconsin, as evidenced by an ongoing abusive criminal prosecution that has now reached the state supreme court with motions over possible misconduct by the trial judge and a request for two biased members of the high court to recuse themselves from the case.

Not to be outdone by discredited Georgia prosecutor Fani Willis, Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul, the Les Misérables Inspector Javert of Wisconsin, has been obsessively pursuing a lawyer, Jim Troupis, along with two other defendants, Kenneth Chesebro and Mike Roman, for engaging in completely lawful political activities.

Trump: Iran’s Navy and Air Force Have Been Destroyed– slaynews.com

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President Donald Trump has just announced that Iran’s navy and air force have now been completely destroyed following a series of U.S.–Israeli strikes.

On Wednesday, Trump revealed that the Iranian regime’s military capabilities have been significantly weakened during the conflict that began in late February.

Speaking to reporters as he departed the White House aboard Air Force One, Trump said the strikes had dealt major blows to Tehran’s military infrastructure and leadership.

Potomac Disaster Demonstrates Environmental Hypocrisy › American Greatness– amgreatness.com

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Politicians in and around Washington, D.C., posture as guardians of the planet while standing by seemingly unconcerned for weeks as raw sewage from their backyard spills into the Potomac River, flowing through the nation’s capital and into the Chesapeake Bay’s fishery.

The spill started on January 19 with the failure of a 60-million-gallon-a-day pipe in the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority (DC Water) system. While DC Water reported that a bypass around the break had been completed five days later, Betsy Nicholas, president of the Potomac Riverkeeper Network (PRKN), said about 300 million gallons of sewage had gone into the river, and residual spillage had continued to pollute for an extended period.

Israel’s Iron Dome Swarmed By Hundreds of Hezb’Allah Missiles, Trump Gives Israel Green Light to Do What’s Necessary to Defeat Hezbollah– gellerreport.com

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Americans have the ability to watch from afar. Israelis are “under it”—defending themselves from an onslaught. Ward Clark of RedState: The Israel Defense Forces has announced what it is describing as a “large-scale wave” of missile strikes on Hezbollah in Beirut, after the terror group’s “deliberate decision” to act as a proxy for Iran: The IDF has begun a large-scale wave of strikes on Hezbollah infrastructure in the Dahieh area, Beirut. Interception efforts against Hezbollah projectiles are ongoing. The IDF is operating with determination against the Hezbollah terrorist organization following its deliberate decision to attack Israel on behalf of the Iranian regime.”

Oil prices jump, U.S. markets retreat as Iran war worsens supply concerns – National– globalnews.ca

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Markets on Wall Street retreated and oil prices jumped another five per cent again early Thursday as the war in Iran approached its second week with no indication that the United States and Israel were ready to scale back their attacks.

Futures for the S&P 500 lost 0.5 per cent before the opening bell, while futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average were 0.6 per cent lower. Nasdaq futures were also down 0.5 per cent. On Wednesday, the Dow declined 0.6 per cent to its lowest level the year.

Oil prices initially shot more than nine per cent higher as supply concerns worsened with Iranian attacks on commercial shipping around the Strait of Hormuz. The U.S. campaign of airstrikes in Iran is now in its 13th day.

FBI Investigating ‘Mystery’ Phone Calls from NYC Bomber’s Home After Attack– slaynews.com

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Federal investigators are examining three phone calls placed from the family home of one of the suspects accused in an ISIS-inspired attempted bombing targeting Christian protesters and a conservative activist in New York City earlier this month.

According to a report from Fox News, the calls were placed from the suburban Philadelphia home of suspect Ibrahim Kayumi in the hours after the March 7 attack.

The calls were made to either 911 or non-emergency law enforcement lines.

US and Israel Strike ‘Regime’s Protest-Crushing Machine’– gellerreport.com

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US and Israel Strike Basij Checkpoints in Iran; Hitting ‘the regime’s protest-crushing machine’

The Basij are the paramilitary forces (often voluntary) that serve to enforce Sharia law and civil compliance on the streets. They are a key impediment to protestors coming outside and taking their country back. Iranian activist Nariman Gharib: The IDF and US forces delivered precision strikes, surgically dismantling Basij checkpoints in the heart of Tehran’s streets, the very thugs who beat, arrest, and shoot protesters every single night. No civilian casualties. Just clean, targeted operations. And the people? They’re not hiding. They’re back on the rooftops, voices shaking the city: “Marg bar Basij!” (Death to Basij!) “Marg bar dictator!” (Death to the dictator!) The regime’s own enforcers are being eliminated while the people cheer from the rooftops. The fear is gone. (Gharib).

Similar reports coming out of the west, in the province of Ilam: The IDF says it destroyed major bases of Iran’s internal security forces and the Basij militia in Ilam Province. These are the same forces used by the regime to crush protests and brutalize Iranian civilians. In simple terms: Israel hit the regime’s protest-crushing machine (Mossad).

John Cornyn Touts Support from Pastors with Ties to Soros-Linked Group That Lobbied for ‘Gang of Eight’ Amnesty– www.breitbart.com

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Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), battling a runoff challenge from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R), is touting support for his Senate campaign from pastors who are signatories of the Evangelical Immigration Table, a group linked to George and Alex Soros’s Open Society Foundations, and which has a record of backing amnesty for illegal aliens living in the United States.

This week, Cornyn rolled out his campaign’s Faith Advisory Council, which comprises five pastors across Texas. Among those pastors are Max Lucado of Oak Hills Church in San Antonio, Dr. Jack Graham of Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano, and Dr. Gus Reyes of Texas Baptist Christian Life Commission in Dallas.

President Trump Addresses Potential Iranian Drone Strikes In California– wltreport.com

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President Trump addressed reports of Iran potentially launching drone strikes on California.

As WLT Report previously covered, the FBI sent out warnings to dozens of police departments in California, warning that Iran may attempt to attack the West Coast with drones.

In the bulletin, the FBI warned police departments in California to be vigilant of a potential retaliation attack from Iran in the form of military drones.

Thune Covers For RINO Pals As He Does His Screw America Act– thefederalist.com

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Stuck in a do-nothing U.S. Senate, the SAVE America Act would be safer in a Canadian euthanasia clinic.

And Senate Majority Leader John Thune has become a laughable Pawn Stars meme, effectively telling President Donald Trump and fellow Republicans, ‘The best I can do is a Screw America Act.”

He’s helpless. That’s the South Dakota Republican’s answer to the urgent call from actual conservatives warning him that the window for critical election integrity reform is quickly closing. Just call him John “Very, Very Difficult” Thune.

Can Trump’s ‘gunboat diplomacy’ stop Iran from blocking the flow of oil? Not likely, say experts– www.cbc.ca

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With jagged cliffs rising from the Arabian Sea, the Strait of Hormuz is striking in its scenery — and these days, its emptiness. This resource superhighway, which normally hosts more than a hundred of the world’s largest oil and liquid natural gas (LNG) tankers every day, has seen no more than a handful all week.

They are the brave ones, daring to run these front lines where U.S. and Iranian naval forces face off. At least 14 commercial vessels have suffered some kind of violent incident, leaving at least eight mariners dead.

UTenn removes Native American ‘knowledge that we weren’t supposed to be sharing’– www.thecollegefix.com

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It’s time to start paying attention to the Marxist infiltration of archeology.

On its surface, the field certainly isn’t as important as medicine or other hard sciences where a lot of the concerns about DEI have been concentrated. And for good reason. These fields more directly impact our day-to-day lives.

But the figurative “book burning” that’s happening in anthropology classrooms, archeological digs, and university museums sets a dangerous precedent that, if left unchecked, could be equally devastating to society.

Iran was nowhere close to a nuclear bomb, experts say– www.scientificamerican.com

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Confusion on whether Iran truly needed only “two weeks to four weeks” to make a nuclear weapon, as President Donald Trump suggested on Monday, hangs over the ongoing U.S. and Israeli war on the Persian Gulf nation. Nuclear experts call this claim unlikely—but the confusion may stem from some basics of atomic chemistry.

“There was no evidence that Iran was close to a nuclear weapon,” says Jeffrey Lewis of the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies. His comment echoed those of other experts after the war’s start, as well as statements from International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Rafael Grossi at that time and in 2025 and last year’s “threat assessment” report by U.S. intelligence agencies.

According to an IAEA estimate, as of June 2025, Iran possessed 441 kilograms of 60 percent enriched uranium, where the percentage refers to the share of the isotope uranium 235 (U 235) found in the material. That would be enough for 10 nuclear weapons if the material could be enriched further to full 90 percent weapons-grade concentrations, according to the IAEA. That further enrichment would take a matter of weeks in a fully functioning Iranian nuclear complex, perhaps explaining the time line within Trump’s declaration.

At Annual Meeting, Largest Teachers Union Admits It’s An Activist Front– thefederalist.com

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Most Americans believe that conferences for public school educators feature practical, hands-on sessions designed to improve academic and behavioral outcomes and effectively manage the various roles and responsibilities assigned to teachers by elected officials and school administrators.

Unfortunately, modern education conferences often look more like political rallies than thoughtful explorations into the art and science of teaching. And no group offers a more politicized conference experience than the nation’s largest teacher union, the National Education Association (NEA).

AG Bondi Leaves D.C Home, Moves to Secure Military Base amid Surge in Death Threats– slaynews.com

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Attorney General Pam Bondi has reportedly relocated from her Washington, D.C., residence to secure housing on a military base after federal authorities warned of escalating threats against the nation’s top law enforcement official.

According to reports citing officials familiar with the situation, the move occurred within the past month.

It came after law enforcement flagged credible security risks tied to multiple high-profile developments.

An Assault Weapons Ban Is Heading to Spanberger’s Desk. Here’s What to Expect.– townhall.com

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An Assault Weapons Ban Is Heading to Spanberger’s Desk. Here’s What to Expect. – townhall.com

The Republican Party once held a supermajority in the House of Delegates and controlled the Senate. Those days are gone for good, likely never to return, as the state’s political landscape has shifted. The Democrats once again control everything in Richmond, and they’re now juiced up on leftist insanity. An assault weapons ban is one of many insane policy items on their agenda. Local reporter Neil Minock has reported on the slew of new taxes that could be coming, but this anti-gun bill isn’t a shock.

VMI under attack by Democrat-controlled legislature in Virginia, GOP lawmakers warn– www.thecollegefix.com

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VMI under attack by Democrat-controlled legislature in Virginia, GOP lawmakers warn – thecollegefix.com

Five Congressional Republicans from Virginia are sounding the alarm on a set of bills winding their way through the state legislature that seek to create controls over the Virginia Military Institute that critics say could destabilize the college and create a troubling state-overreach precedent.

The GOP lawmakers sent a letter March 5 to President Donald Trump and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, asking the administration to step in and address the controversy, as the bills have made significant headway in recent months.

They argued that the Virginia state legislature does not necessarily have the authority for such oversight measures of VMI, one of six senior military colleges governed by Title 10, the federal law that regulates the armed forces.

9th Circuit upholds first grader’s free speech rights in ‘black lives matter’ case– www.washingtonexaminer.com

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A federal appeals court handed an elementary school student a significant win this week for her free speech rights in the classroom, vacating a lower court’s ruling that had placed her speech rights at the whim of teachers and administrators.

A three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit found that the lower court did not properly apply the standard set in the 1969 Supreme Court ruling Tinker v. Des Moines, which found that a student does not lose his free speech rights at school and that schools may only restrict speech if it causes significant disruption to the learning environment. The ruling said the lower court was wrong in finding that the student’s drawing, at the center of the dispute, was not protected by the First Amendment.

“This case presents an important issue: to what extent is elementary students’ speech protected by the First Amendment? Applying the criteria set forth in Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District, we hold that elementary students’ speech is protected by the First Amendment, the
age of the students is a relevant factor under Tinker, and schools may restrict students’ speech only when the restriction is reasonably necessary to protect the safety and well-being of its students,” the ruling said.

Oil shortage chaos as emergency meeting called with petrol prices surging | World | News– www.express.co.uk

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An emergency meeting has been called amid fears over a severe global oil shortage, with petrol prices already surging in the UK. Over 30 members will “assess the current security of supply and market conditions to inform a subsequent decision on whether to make emergency stocks […] available to the market,” IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol said in a statement.

Oil prices dropped by more than 11% as markets began anticipating a release of emergency oil reserves, a sharp reversal after prices had surged to nearly $120 per barrel on Monday following the supply disruption. Fatih Birol noted that energy ministers from the Group of Seven nations met earlier on Tuesday to discuss possible responses to the crisis.

ICE Houston Confirms Arrest of Over 400 Illegal Alien Child Predators– slaynews.com

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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested over 400 illegal alien child predators in the Houston area during the first year of President Donald Trump’s second term, according to a new agency report.

All 414 illegals were charged or convicted of child sex offenses.

The total is nearly double the 211 arrests recorded during the final year of former President Joe Biden’s administration, ICE said in a press release.

Gavin Newsom’s Wife Caught Pocketing Millions For Her Woke Pet Project– trendingpoliticsnews.com

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Jennifer Siebel Newsom drew headlines last month when she scolded reporters at her husband’s Planned Parenthood press conference, insisting they weren’t asking enough about what she called a “war on women.”

Now the California first partner is facing uncomfortable questions of her own.

IRS filings reviewed by the Daily Mail show Siebel Newsom has paid herself and her company, Girls Club LLC, a sizable cut of the annual revenue from her nonprofit, The Representation Project, in some years close to a third of what the charity brought in. Over roughly the past decade, the payments total more than $3.7 million, the report said.