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https://t.me/beholdisraelchannel/56439 The name of the operation עָם֙ כְּלָבִ֣יא “People like a Lion” Listen to this: The Israeli strike caught ALL the Iranian commanders in bed. Not a single warning signal was activated!

[snip] To begin CNN This Morning's discussion of the anti-ICE riots, host Audie Cornish called on Karen Attiah, the creator and leader of the Resistance Summer School. As per its website, the school is: A "structure for radical learning . . . Students will explore how colonial legacies and racial hierarchies shape global politics, diplomacy, conflict, and coverage —and how media systems often reinforce (or resist) these power structures." Take a look below at the school's insignia featuring a clenched fist, a traditional socialist symbol. And it adopts as its motto, "A Luta Continua" [The Struggle Continues.] That was the...

Abstract We apply a newly developed attitude network-modelling technique (Response-Item Network, or ResIN) to study attitude–identity relationships in the context of hot–button issues that polarize the current US-American electorate. The properties of the network–method allow us to simultaneously depict differences in the structural organization of attitudes between groups and to explore the relevance of organized attitude–systems for group identity management. Individuals based on a sample of US-American crowd workers (N = 396) and the representative 2020 ANES data set (N = 8280), we model an attitude network with two conflictive partisan belief-systems. In the first step, we demonstrate that the...

CNN - When the Trump Justice Department took the extraordinary step of arresting a local judge seven weeks ago, plenty feared what it could portend. Milwaukee Judge Hannah Dugan’s case will play out in the weeks and months to come – she’s pleaded not guilty to obstructing the arrest of an undocumented immigrant – but arresting judges and public officials isn’t something to undertake lightly. Critics warned of the chilling effect it could lead to and the precedent it would set. Virtually nothing in the past seven weeks will have tempered those fears. The fervor to arrest public officials who...

Israel spent years preparing for the operation against Iran’s nuclear and missile programs, a security official tells The Times of Israel, including building a drone base inside Iran and smuggling precision weapons systems and commandos into the country.

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Loved ones are heartbroken after a grandmother self-deported to Mexico, leaving her family behind after living in Southern California for 36 years. The woman, identified only as Regina, is a 51-year-old mother and grandmother who has lived in South Los Angeles since 1989. While working to gain citizenship in the U.S., she raised a family and was employed as a garment worker in L.A.’s Fashion District. As the Trump administration began increasing its immigration enforcement efforts, Julie Ear said he mother grew frightened over what her future would look like. “She was afraid they would come to her house,” Ear...

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US stock futures fell Thursday as an Israeli attack on Iran shook global markets, leading oil prices to spike as the Israeli defense minister declared a state of emergency. Futures attached to the Dow Jones Industrial Average (YM=F) dropped 1.5%. S&P 500 futures (ES=F) plunged 1.6%, and those attached to the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 (NQ=F) sank 1.7%. On Thursday night, Israel conducted what it called a "preemptive strike" against Iran, citing fears over development of nuclear weapons in Tehran. Explosions erupted across the Iranian capital, reports said. Crude oil (CL=F) soared 8% as the strikes hit the third largest producer...

IDF Spokesman Effie Defrin on Friday morning told a press conference that Iran had launched over 100 drones toward Israel in recent hours. He also noted that over 200 IDF aircraft have attacked over 100 targets in Iran with over 330 munitions. He did not say when they would reach Israel, but in April 2025, it took such drones several hours. *** It was unclear whether Israel had any such alliance this time, given that it launched a preemptive strike, and the other two times it was attacked by Iran first.

These days, it seems that a mysterious group called “the CBO” rules the world. Or at least Washington. Unfortunately, they’re not very good at predicting things and their bad calls can lead to bad policy results. The Congressional Budget Office and the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) predict what will happen with spending, tax revenues and deficits from new bills and congressional budgets. They have made headlines of late with their absurd warning that the Trump tax bill to extend the 2017 tax cuts and other reforms, like eliminating taxes on tips, would add some $4.6 trillion to the debt...

A federal appeals court panel late Thursday temporarily lifted a judge’s order ruling President Trump’s deployment of the National Guard illegal, enabling the troops to remain assisting with immigration raids in Los Angeles, for now. The ruling from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals landed mere hours after U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer ordered the president to return control of the troops to California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) by Friday afternoon. The Trump administration in urging the 9th Circuit to immediately intervene called the judge’s order “unprecedented” and an “extraordinary intrusion” into Trump’s authority.

Iran has launched at least 100 suicide drones against Israel. Iran's retaliation may be underway.

Pro Tip, Senator Klobuchar: if you want to give people the impression that Donald Trump and the Republicans are looking to starve women and children out of spite, it's better not to put that message out there by dragging out a morbidly obese public employee as the face of your cause. Senator … I … I don’t know how to put this nicely but please fire your social media team. https://t.co/U94IliEtnm— Jarvis (@jarvis_best) June 12, 2025Today, we heard from Felecia, a single mom of four who works up to three jobs at a time to make ends meet. She counts...

Global oil prices jumped after Israel said it had struck Iran, in a dramatic escalation of tensions in the Middle East. Benchmark oil contracts, Brent Crude and Nymex light sweet, were up by more than 10% after the news emerged. Traders are concerned that a conflict between Iran and Israel could disrupt supplies coming from the energy-rich region. The cost of crude oil affects everything from the price of food at the supermarket to how much it costs to fill up your car.

On Thursday, the United States House of Representatives narrowly passed the first rescissions package, which will eliminate billions in unnecessary spending by the federal government. The bill will now go to the Senate, where it requires only a simple majority to pass. This first rescissions package is said to cut $9.4 billion in spending.The House of Representatives passed President Donald Trump's $9.4 billion plan to claw back federal funds for foreign aid, PBS and NPR.The 214 to 212 vote was mostly along party lines, with no Democrats voting for the bill. Four Republicans voted against the measure, however – Reps....

Israel targets Iran: IRGC, Iran military chiefs killed, Khamenei threatens revenge Tehran planning 'a harsh response,' Iranian security source says • IDF hits Natanz nuclear site • IDF attacks on Iran expected to continue 'for days at a time'. June 13, 7:24 AM Israel expecting Iranian response over coming hours ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF Israel is expecting retaliatory strikes from Iran to begin over the coming hours, Israeli media reported on Friday morning, citing defense assessments. June 13, 7:20 AM Iran can't have nuclear weapon, Trump says after Israeli strike By Reuters. US President Donald Trump said that Iran cannot have...

A graduate student fears she won't be able to complete her 11th year of college in America because President Donald Trump might deport her. Oriette D’Angelo, a doctoral student studying Spanish and Gender, Women and Sexuality studies at the University of Iowa, moved from her home country of Venezuela to Chicago in 2015 on a student visa. The 34-year-old, who is also a professor, chose to flee her home of Lechería after she watched it decline. Although she's been in the US for years to seek academic and professional opportunities, D’Angelo is scared her dreams could soon be crushed by...

BRET BAIER: “I just spoke to President Trump. One thing the president was aware of Israel's action before it happened.” “He gave me a quote. He said: ‘Iran cannot have a nuclear bomb. We're hoping to get back to the negotiating table.’” “The President is looking to see if there is retaliation... the US will defend itself and Israel if Iran retaliates."