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  • Blinken: Iran is capable of producing fissile material in just 'one or two weeks'

    07/19/2024 9:42:56 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 15 replies
    Voice of America ^ | 07/19/2024
    Iran is capable of producing fissile material for use in a nuclear weapon within "one or two weeks," U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday. News of Iran's capabilities follows the recent election of President Masoud Pezeshkian, who has said his goal is to "get Iran out of its isolation," and who favors reviving the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and global powers. Blinken said that "what we've seen in the last weeks and months is an Iran that's actually moving forward" with its nuclear program. The United States unilaterally withdrew in 2018 from the Iran nuclear deal, which...
  • News Summary Intelligence Report 7/19/2024 Newsdump Friday*Trump Talks With Zelensky*Secret Service Director Will Testify Before House Committee*Worldwide IT Disruption Involving Crowdstrike In Microsoft Windows*

    07/19/2024 7:58:52 PM PDT · by Nextrush · 1 replies
    Nextrush Free ^ | 7/19/2024 | Nextrush/Self
    Russian air defenses downing... The notion that Iran could produce materials needed for a nuclear weapon in 'one or two weeks'... The man who tried to kill President Trump flew a drone over the site... Democrat US Senator Sherrod Brown of Ohio joining the list of Democrats calling for Joe Biden to step aside... The Biden Administration setting a goal for the federal government to eliminate single-use plastic... Donald Trump speaking with Ukraine's President... Tunisian President Kais Saied, who has ruled with wide ranging powers since July of 2021, wants re-election... In Kenya President William Ruto announcing 11 cabinet appointments......
  • Sen. Bob Menendez convicted of sprawling gold bar bribery scheme

    07/16/2024 10:05:01 AM PDT · by bitt · 58 replies
    https://nypost.com/ ^ | 7/16/2024 | Ben Kochman
    New Jersey Sen. Robert Menendez was found guilty Tuesday of accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars of bribes — including 1-kilogram gold bars — in exchange for using his powerful post to enrich and protect three businessmen and the Egyptian and Qatari governments. The bombshell jury verdict was delivered in Manhattan federal court after about 12½ hours of deliberations spread over three days. It capped a nine-week trial that revealed how the senator leveraged his position as the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to cater to the whims of men who showered him and his wife with...
  • Mark Pincus: Biden Is Even Riskier Than Trump

    07/19/2024 7:40:25 AM PDT · by Reno89519 · 31 replies
    The Free Press ^ | July 18, 2024 | Mark Pincus
    I’m a major donor to the Democratic Party. Only one strategy can rescue the Dems: an open convention. Being a large donor to the Democratic Party is like having elective surgery. You know it’s the right thing to do, but you also know it will be painful. You are often going to be thrown under the bus by the very candidates you support. I would know. I maxed out my giving in the last four presidential elections to the Democratic candidate: Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, and Biden again, this cycle. Perhaps that makes me sound partisan, but I...
  • Houthis claim responsibility for deadly Tel Aviv drone strike...Until Friday, Houthi drones or missiles directed at Israel had all been intercepted

    07/19/2024 5:30:01 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 15 replies
    CBC News ^ | JULY 19, 2024 | Staff
    An Iranian-made drone sent by Yemen's Houthi rebels struck Israel on Friday, leaving one person dead and at least 10 wounded in a neighbourhood near the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv. The aerial strike — the first lethal Houthi attack in Israel — rumbled through the centre of the city, causing shrapnel to rain down and spreading shards of glass over a large radius. "We are holding an investigation today and in the coming days to understand exactly from where the threat was fired and what are the needed responses to defend the country and what are the attacking responses...
  • Why are the Houthis and Iraqi Shi’ite militias threatening Saudi Arabia? - analysis

    07/19/2024 4:40:13 AM PDT · by bert · 10 replies
    Jreusalem Post ^ | 7/19/2024 | JONATHAN SPYER
    What’s behind the Yemeni Ansar Allah (Houthis) movement and two prominent Iraqi Shi’ite militias' latest statements, and what may they imply for the direction of events? Recent statements by the Yemeni Ansar Allah (Houthis) movement and by two prominent Iraqi Shi’ite militias reflect the close levels of cooperation and coordination between different elements of the Iranian-led Mehwar al-Muqawama (Resistance Axis) in the region. The statements consist of threats against Israel, Saudi Arabia, and the United States. Of particular note is the focus on Saudi Arabia by these organizations. What’s behind these latest statements, and what may they imply for the...
  • House Republican Compares Matt Gaetz to ‘Inflatable Sex Doll’ Over Apparent Makeover

    07/19/2024 4:28:36 AM PDT · by RandFan · 46 replies
    mediaite ^ | July 18 | Phillip Nieto
    Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-WI) compared Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) to an “inflatable sex doll” following his speech at the Republican National Convention. On Wednesday evening, the Florida lawmaker became the center of attention and mockery due to his appearance at his convention speech. Some users on social media suggested that Gaetz had recently undergone Botox or other cosmetic procedures. Van Orden took the accusations to a new level by comparing his fellow Republican colleague to an “inflatable sex doll” via a post made on X, formerly Twitter, on Thursday.
  • Trump shooter Thomas Crooks had “3 encrypted overseas accounts” — Rep. Michael Waltz (R–FL)

    07/18/2024 6:52:58 PM PDT · by george76 · 138 replies
    X twitter ^ | Jul 18, 2024
    Trump shooter Thomas Crooks had “3 encrypted overseas accounts” — Rep. Michael Waltz (R–FL) ... Rep. Waltz did not comment further and said more will be learned Monday during House hearing.
  • Kamala and Ayatollah Khamenei Support Pro-Hamas Agitators

    07/17/2024 7:52:05 AM PDT · by SJackson · 5 replies
    Frontpagemagazine ^ | July 17, 2024 | Joseph Klein
    The Unholy Alliance - as morbid as ever. Vice President Kamala Harris demonstrated once again why she would be a disastrous president if she were to succeed cognitively impaired Joe Biden. She just expressed her sympathy with the pro-Hamas, anti-Israel, anti-American agitators in an interview published on July 8th by the left-wing Nation Magazine.“They are showing exactly what the human emotion should be, as a response to Gaza,” said Vice President Harris, referring to the anti-Semitic demonstrators. “There are things some of the protesters are saying that I absolutely reject, so I don’t mean to wholesale endorse their points. But...
  • REPORT: IRAN SEEKS TO TAKE TRUMP OUT

    07/17/2024 7:37:42 AM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 35 replies
    Powerline ^ | 07/17/2024 | Scott Johnson
    Both CNN and the Washington Post reported yesterday that the Iranian regime is plotting to kill President Trump. Jewish World Review has posted the Washington Post story in accessible form here. Intelligence concerning the plot derives from a human source and is apparently unrelated to the attempted assassination of Trump over the weekend.NRO’s Jimmy Quinn quotes Rich Goldberg’s tweet on the rationale for such an operation: “Donald Trump is an existential threat to the Islamic Republic of Iran. The regime knows maximum pressure will return.”The incompetence of the Secret Service presents something of a national security crisis. The Post drily...
  • Iran calls accusations of plot to kill Trump 'unsubstantiated and malicious'

    07/16/2024 2:00:16 PM PDT · by McGruff · 27 replies
    Fox News ^ | July 16, 2024 | Louis Casiano , Bill Mears , David Spunt , Jake Gibson , Ben Evansky
    Accusations that Iran plotted to have former President Trump killed are "unsubstantiated and malicious," Iran's Permanent Mission to the United Nations told Fox News Digital. Authorities received intelligence in recent weeks from a human source regarding an Iranian plot to kill Trump, which prompted an increase in U.S. Secret Service protection, federal law enforcement sources told Fox News. The plot doesn't appear to be connected to Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, the gunman who shot Trump during his campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, over the weekend, the sources said. The Secret Service increased its protection detail assigned to Trump because of...
  • US authorities learned of potential Iranian assassination plot against Trump weeks before deadly shooting

    07/16/2024 1:44:00 PM PDT · by bitt · 44 replies
    https://nypost.com/ ^ | 7/16/2024 | chris nesi
    US authorities were warned about a potential assassination plot against former President Donald Trump by Iran weeks before the deadly shooting at Saturday’s rally — underscoring concerns about the level of protection that the presidential candidate was given, according to a report. Although there is no known connection between Thomas Matthew Crooks and the Iranian republic — considered a rogue state by the US government — advance knowledge of such a threat appears wildly out of alignment with Trump’s level of protection at the Butler, Pa., rally. The Trump campaign declined to address the outlet’s inquiry whether it was aware...
  • [CNN Exclusive] Secret Service ramped up security after receiving intel of Iranian plot to assassinate Trump; no known connection to shooting

    07/16/2024 11:56:38 AM PDT · by John Robinson · 58 replies
    CNN [sorry!] ^ | Tue July 16, 2024, Updated 2:43 PM EDT
    "US authorities obtained intelligence from a human source in recent weeks on a plot by Iran to try to assassinate Donald Trump, a development that led to the Secret Service increasing security around the former president in recent weeks, multiple people briefed on the matter told CNN.""The existence of the intelligence threat from a hostile foreign intelligence agency — and the enhanced security for Trump — raises new questions about the security lapses at the Saturday rally in Butler, Pennsylvania...
  • Iran Ex-President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Denounces Terrorism After Trump Shooting

    07/16/2024 10:39:15 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 7 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 07/16/2024 | JOHN HAYWARD
    Former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad denounced “acts of terror and terrorism” on Sunday, seemingly in response to the assassination attempt on former U.S. President Donald Trump in Pennsylvania on Saturday evening, although Ahmadinejad did not refer to Trump by name in his message. “Acts of terror and terrorism, both state and non-state, are among the most heinous anti-human actions, the depth of whose evil, words cannot fully express. Humanity is suffering such severe pains all over the world,” Ahmadinejad said on Twitter, where he has over 144,000 followers, although his account has been largely inactive for about two years. Ahmadinejad...
  • Erdogan says Turkey will not approve NATO attempts to cooperate with Israel

    07/12/2024 1:05:49 PM PDT · by Navy Patriot · 25 replies
    Reuters ^ | July 12, 2024 | Rooters
    ISTANBUL, July 12 (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday it is not possible for NATO to continue its partnership with the Israeli administration. "Until comprehensive, sustainable peace is established in Palestine, attempts at cooperation with Israel within NATO will not be approved by Turkey," Erdogan said at a news conference at the NATO summit. Turkey also continues its diplomatic efforts to end the Russia-Ukraine war, he said. Erdogan said as well that he has instructed Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan to meet Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to start to restore relations with Syria.
  • US intel chief says Iran is attempting to stoke Gaza protests

    07/09/2024 8:48:29 PM PDT · by Freeleesy · 24 replies
    CNN ^ | 9 Jul 2024 | Katie Bo Lillis
    Iran is attempting to covertly stoke protests in the United States related to the conflict in Gaza, US Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines said in a statement on Tuesday, posing as activists online and, in some cases, providing financial support to protesters.
  • Iran's Newest Navy Warship Sinks in 'Accident'

    07/08/2024 11:50:54 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 27 replies
    Newsweek ^ | 7/8/2024 | Ryan Chan
    Iran has lost one of its newest indigenous warships after it capsized in an "accident" in its home port, the country's state media said on Sunday. The Iranian navy's Moudge-class frigate the Sahand was under repairs at a dock in Bandar Abbas, on Iran's south coast, when the incident took place, according to the state-run Islamic Republic News Agency, quoting a statement from the military. A water leak caused the warship to "lose its balance," the Iranian military said. Photos carried by state media showed the Sahand rolled over and partially submerged among several ships moored nearby.
  • Steve Forbes' Warning: The Winds Of War Are Gaining Gale Force (short video)

    07/08/2024 8:37:07 AM PDT · by SaveFerris · 26 replies
    Forbes Breaking News YouTube Channel ^ | Jul 4, 2024 | Forbes Breaking News
    Steve Forbes warns that a major war between Israel and Iran, which could bring in more nations, is nearly inevitable.
  • Reports: Iranian frigate sinks in port

    07/07/2024 6:57:56 AM PDT · by Eleutheria5 · 36 replies
    Arutz Sheva ^ | 7/7/24
    The Iranian Students' News Agency, citing "Defense Press" reports that the Iranian Navy's Sahand frigate was involved in an accident t in the area of ​​Bandar Abbas, a port city in the south of the country. Several reports say the warship capsized...
  • Iran Mullahs Drastically Speed Up Their Nuclear Program, US Administration Sits Idly By

    07/06/2024 10:06:21 AM PDT · by T Ruth · 14 replies
    Gatestone Institute ^ | June 22, 2024 | Majid Rafizadeh
    • The United Nations' International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) recently issued an unusually jarring warning, highlighting a development in Iran's nuclear program. IAEA inspectors confirmed that, for the first time, Iran has commenced the process of feeding uranium gas into three cascades of advanced IR-4 and IR-6 centrifuges at its Natanz enrichment facility. • By waiving sanctions on Iran, the Biden administration has effectively provided financial support amounting up to an estimated $100 billion to the mullahs. Worse, the Biden administration has turned a blind eye to Tehran's destabilizing and aggressive policies, both within the region and without. • Iran's...