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Cries of “death to Khamenei” filled the night air in Tehran on June 15, rising above the thunder of Israeli airstrikes. The same defiant chorus had echoed through the city the night before, as if the people were rehearsing for the fall of the very system they were raised to fear. After five inconclusive rounds of talks between Iran and the United States, Israel launched its military campaign against the Islamic Republic’s leadership last week — and ordinary Iranians are not rallying around the regime. Instead, many are now mocking Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s fundamental miscalculation when he declared during...

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You may have seen news this week that Israel had planned to assassinate the supreme leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, before the US reportedly intervened. Donald Trump also warned on social media he knows "exactly where the so-called 'Supreme Leader' is hiding." But who is Khamenei? And why would Israel target him? Ali Khamenei is Iran's head of state, and has been for more than three decades. His title puts him above the president, Masoud Pezeshkian, as the country's most powerful religious and political leader. Apart from sweeping powers in governing the country, Khamenei also leads the hardline religious...

A GOP official in Congress told the Free Beacon 'there's no Republican divide,' stating that 'Republicans back Israel'

Former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad narrowly survived an assassination attempt after his vehicle was reportedly sabotaged, Iranian media reported Wednesday, News.Az informs via Newsweek. The plot was said to involve tampering with Ahmadinejad's car, which his security team discovered just in time to prevent a potentially fatal outcome.On the evening of Monday, July 15, while traveling to Zanjan for the Muharram religious mourning ceremony, the ex-president's chief security officer noticed that the air conditioner in his primary vehicle, a Toyota Land Cruiser, was malfunctioning, the London-based Iran International TV network reported. He then advised the former president to switch to...

*Unconfirmed* reports from Tehran that former president Ahmadinejad was assassinated at point-blank. This demon’s nickname was the “poison dwarf.’ This mass murderer lived too long.

ATLANTA — The family of Adriana Smith, a metro Atlanta nurse who was declared brain dead in February while pregnant, said her baby boy has arrived. According to her mother, April Newkirk, the infant, named Chance, was born prematurely Friday, June 13, around 4:41 a.m. by emergency Cesarean section. Newkirk said Chance weighs about 1 pound 13 ounces and is in NICU. "He's expected to be OK," Newkirk said. "He's just fighting. We just want prayers for him. Just keep praying for him. He's here now." She's now preparing to say goodbye to her daughter. Newkirk said the hospital will...

Decades of deception deliberately perpetuated by the abortion industry have given women a false sense of security about the alleged safety of the abortion pill (mifepristone). The abortion industry has attempted to downplay the abortion pill’s risks to women for a very long time, but has in recent years taken to accusing women of ‘overreacting’ when they visit emergency rooms (ER) for adverse events resulting from the abortion pill. If significant numbers of women are visiting ERs due to legitimate concerns about their abortion pill complications, who is at fault? KEY TAKEAWAYS: * Decades ago, the abortion industry began encouraging...

A first-of-its-kind clinical trial shows that therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) combined with intravenous immunoglobulin reduced biological age on average by 2.6 years, as measured by multi-omic biomarkers. The results provide early data on the impact of TPE on biological age, supporting its potential for new disease and longevity applications. Therapeutic plasma exchange is a procedure that separates, removes, and replaces a patient's plasma to treat certain diseases. The study investigated how TPE impacts biomarkers associated with biological age, including changes across the epigenome, proteome, metabolome, glycome and immune system, alongside physical measures like balance and strength. Research participants were assigned...

Israeli archaeologists working at a site outside of Caesarea uncovered an exquisitely carved marble sarcophagus that had been buried for nearly 1,700 years, according to a statement released by the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA). The Roman era coffin -- the first of its kind ever discovered in the region -- depicts a famous scene from mythology: a drinking contest between the god of wine, Dionysus (or Bacchus), and the legendary hero Hercules. A victorious Dionysus is surrounded by a lively retinue of attendants that includes lions, tigers, satyrs, Maenads, and the god Hermes. According to IAA archaeologist Nohar Shahar, the...

A recent investigation by University College Dublin archaeologist Conor Trainor posits that ceramic beehives found at the site of Knossos may be evidence that merchants on the island of Crete sold counterfeit products to their Roman clientele, The Conversation reports. Crete specialized in the production of a particular raisin wine sometimes known as passum. Drying out grapes before fermentation and making wine from raisins produces a sweeter vintage that was popular across the ancient Mediterranean world, especially with the Romans. However, this process requires time and patience, two things that Roman consumers may not have had. Trainor believes that there...

FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—A left-wing activist group known for putting its political opponents on a “hate map” with chapters of the Ku Klux Klan advised Justice Department prosecutors at a “hate crimes symposium,” newly unveiled documents show. America First Legal obtained the documents via a Freedom of Information Act request and provided them first to The Daily Signal. “All Americans should be shocked, appalled, and terrified that the Biden Justice Department was taking advice from a hate-filled, morally bankrupt organization like the Southern Poverty Law Center,” Ian Prior, senior counselor at America First Legal, told The Daily Signal in...

Tucker Carlson warned Monday that U.S. involvement in the escalating Israel-Iran conflict could bring down President Donald Trump and mark the collapse of America’s global influence. In an appearance on Steve Bannon’s WarRoom, Carlson argued a full-scale war in the Middle East could derail Trump’s second term and devastate the country’s standing globally. “I actually really love Trump. I think he’s a deeply humane, kind person,” Carlson said. “But I’m really afraid that my country’s gonna be further weakened by this. I think we’re gonna see the end of the American empire. He added, “But it’s also going to end,...

Since Planned Parenthood opened its first abortion center in New York in 1970, a cultural shift has sidelined fathers, eroding the family unit. The mantra “my body, my choice” promised women autonomy but often left men stripped of responsibility or voice in the life-or-death decisions for their unborn children. This narrative, championed by groups like the National Organization for Women, has framed men as irrelevant, accelerating a societal drift toward fatherlessness. In 1970, 75% of black children grew up in two-parent households. By 2011, that figure plummeted to 28%, according to U.S. Census data. The consequences are stark: crime rates...

A pro-life marketing agency has tapped into artificial intelligence to quickly bring answers and counsel to pregnant women considering abortion. Choose Life Marketing has announced that its new AI chatbot for pregnancy centers is called Olive, a name inspired by the peace and hope symbolized in olive branches throughout the Bible. According to the agency, Olive is the only pro-life AI advocate to exist and is always available in order to extend “calm and guidance to abortion-minded women searching for answers.” “Designed specifically for Pregnancy Help Centers, Olive doesn’t follow a cold script; she listens, responds with warmth, and engages...

As President Donald Trump privately mulled joining Israel’s campaign against Iran this month, one member of his Cabinet sent what he viewed as an audacious attempt to steer him in the opposite direction. At 5:30 a.m. on June 10, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard tweeted a cryptic, three-minute video warning that “political elite and warmongers” are “carelessly fomenting fear and tensions between nuclear powers” — and that the world is “on the brink of nuclear annihilation.” Trump saw the unauthorized video and became incensed, complaining to associates at the White House that she had spoken out of turn, according...

The Abortion Pill Rescue Network (APRN) has surpassed a new milestone: More than 7,000 babies have been saved through its Abortion Pill Reversal (APR) protocol. Heartbeat International, which manages the APRN, reported that the latest milestone was reached more quickly than previous ones, reflecting both increased demand and rising awareness of the reversal protocol. In recent months, inquiries from women seeking to reverse chemical abortions have risen by more than 20%, the organization said. “Milestones like this are important as we see chemical abortion exploding across the US,” president of Heartbeat International Jor-El Godsey said. The network offers an intervention...

A DePaul University student organization with ties to Planned Parenthood says it was told earlier in June by school officials to disband, end its operations, and cancel its events. Planned Parenthood Generation Action DePaul University (PPGenAction DePaul) is affiliated with Planned Parenthood Illinois Action. The group reportedly said school officials did not provide its leaders with any statement of violation of school policies or procedures to explain the order to disband the organization. According to the Chicago Sun Times, however, a DePaul spokesperson said the university does not allow student groups to affiliate with outside organizations “whose core missions are...

Caitlin Clark was in the middle of a fiery scene between the Fever and Sun on Tuesday night. Clark, while dribbling with the ball in the offensive end of the court during the third quarter of Indiana’s 88-71 win at Gainbridge Fieldhouse, was fouled near the right eye by Jacy Sheldon. The Indiana star took exception and bumped and shoved Sheldon. That’s when the Sun came to the defense of Sheldon, with Tina Charles coming close to Clark and wagging her index finger, while Marina Mabrey was more physical, pushing Clark to the ground. After all was said and done,...