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This is an excerpt from an opinion article by former U.S. Ambassador to the EU Gordon Sondland. America has crossed the Rubicon with Iran. There is no going back to the world that existed before this war, no matter how much we might wish otherwise. We have attacked Iran’s military infrastructure, inflicted enormous damage on its economy and demonstrated that the United States is prepared to use overwhelming force. Now, at precisely the moment when we have gained the upper hand, Washington seems increasingly preoccupied with how quickly we can declare victory, bring down gasoline prices and move on.

President Trump said Thursday that the United States no longer needs a deal with Iran, declaring that "those days have long since passed." Instead, he's directed Vice President JD Vance to train his sights on the ever-growing crime and corruption taking place in Democrat-run cities and states. Trump singled out Minnesota, California, and Illinois as "poorly run, corrupt disasters" in a Truth Social post earlier this morning, warning that "Billions of Dollars (are) being stolen each and every month." He also claimed the federal budget could be balanced by straightening out the massive corruption alone. Then the president turned to...

President Donald Trump announced that he has directed Vice President JD Vance to drop negotiations to end the war with Iran and instead focus on alleged “CORRUPTION” in Democratic-run states. In a Thursday morning Truth Social post, Trump announced the new assignment for his vice president, who has spent months spearheading diplomatic efforts to end the conflict and recently blamed the war for Republicans’ devastating midterm election losses. "I have asked Vice President Vance to focus his complete and total attention on the Massive Corruption and Crime taking place in Democrat run Cities and States throughout the U.S. The Blue...

With an urgency commensurate with the stakes, temperate Americans of all political persuasions, but especially conservatives, should act together to implement this proposition: JD Vance’s ambitions must be stymied. He says Tucker Carlson (Putin fanboy, Hitler apologist, Churchill disparager, megaphone for Holocaust denial) is his friend, therefore Carlson belongs in the conservative movement. Vance said he will not throw Carlson “under the bus,” because a Vance virtue is acknowledgment of his debts: Carlson ardently lobbied Donald Trump to make Vance his running mate. A president’s character counts because the nation cannot count on the sufficiency of the Constitution’s Madisonian ingenuity....

The Trump administration acted Tuesday to cut millions more Americans from the nation's largest food assistance program, even as enrollment continues to fall from other administration cuts. A proposed rule issued by the Department of Agriculture would limit automatic eligibility for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, also known as food stamps, for households receiving cash aid under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program. Currently, households receiving TANF benefits qualify for SNAP without needing to meet federal income thresholds. TANF eligibility varies by state but is generally 130% to 200% of the federal poverty level. SNAP eligibility is generally 130%...

(Excerpted) What the polls told us going into the election was not that Americans were inalterably opposed to war with Iran; they were opposed to NOT WINNING a war with Iran. As General George S. Patton famously said in a speech to his troops during World War II, “Americans love a winner and will not tolerate a loser. Americans play to win all the time.” Donald Trump’s entire public persona was built around winning: The Art of the Deal, The Art of the Comeback, and The Apprentice were all about Donald Trump the winner. And right now, despite all the...

This is a fairly long video on YouTube, over an hour. Victor does a great job analyzing what happened in the election. Short synopsis: The media was effective in demonizing Trump. People wanted the border closed. Trump did it, so people did not see it as an issue in the election. It was done. People wanted deportation, but not in their face, on TV. The imaging from Minneapolis was very effective against Trump and the Republicans. The Media was effective at turning Homeland Security into the SS. The Trump administration did a bad job on explaining inflation. Inflation is down,...

Yesterday’s biggest news, which many of you have already heard, was headlined atop the New York Times’ website like this: “In Elevating Stephen Miller, Trump Doubles Down on Hard-Line Agenda.” It only took four days to whipsaw from euphoric triumphalism back to complaining about President Trump. Trump’s promotion of MAGA favorite Stephen Miller to chief of staff produced the predictable corporate media diagnosis: he isn’t surrendering enough. Miller replaced Susie Wiles, who stepped down after Tuesday’s shellacking and a breast cancer diagnosis earlier this year. President Trump called Miller an “MVP every year.” Cue instantaneous Democrat disgruntlement. “Donald Trump learned...

House Democrats now have won at least 254 seats, and while some race results are still being counted, they estimate they’ll end up with a majority close to 260. “This is the largest majority that any party has had this century,” House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-New York) said on X. “News of our demise was greatly exaggerated.”

Nearly 700 rural hospitals are facing financial pressures that are putting them in danger of shutting down… Many of the states with significant numbers or percentages of rural hospitals at risk are largely rural states. But New York, Pennsylvania, and Georgia are also among the states with the most rural hospitals that are deemed at grave risk of closure. More than 100 rural hospitals have closed nationwide between 2015 and 2026… In addition, 56 rural hospitals have eliminated inpatient services since the beginning of 2023. Lisa Kidder Hrobsky, at the American Hospital Association, said the $50 billion Rural Health Transformation...

President Donald Trump questioned the results of the midterm elections in a jaw-dropping social media post, less than a week after he, his preferred candidates, and GOP control of Congress were smacked down in a brutal rout. Taking to Truth Social on Monday morning, the president said: “Does anybody really believe that this ‘Election’ was honest. How could the Polls be so wrong??? Some early voting “dumps” were so large that it was impossible to win, no matter how many people went to vote.” He added: “It’s all about the machines, which are far more important than the voter!” The...

President Donald Trump took a swipe at Vice President JD Vance Sunday evening for blaming the GOP’s disastrous midterm elections on the Iran War, saying that “a lot of people didn’t like his comments.” Tuesday’s results gave Democrats reasons to celebrate across the country, leaving Republicans grim about seemingly everything except for narrowly winning the gubernatorial and Senate races in Florida. Enough congressional seats flipped blue — despite a Trump-backed gerrymandering effort pushed in multiple red states — to turn over majority control of both the U.S. House and Senate. Many other state and federal races previously assessed as safely...

President Trump said he offered the job of White House press secretary to Dana White, president and CEO of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). In a Truth Social post on Saturday, Trump said that he requested White bring “assistants” with him and named several UFC fighters. “I am pleased to announce that the Great Dana White, a violent Fighter and Warrior, has been offered the job of Press Secretary of the United States,” Trump wrote. “I have requested that he bring with him assistants, even though some are not from our Country, of Islam Makhachev, Khabib Nurmagomedov, Justin Gaethje, Daniel...

A longtime strategist for former President Barack Obama is already looking forward to 2028, saying that he’s spoken to 29 Democrats who are at least toying with the idea of running for president in the next election cycle. Jim Messina, who managed Obama’s 2012 presidential campaign, laid out his thoughts during an Election Day appearance on Bloomberg TV, where he said that the Democrats’ Tuesday blowout — particularly with regard to the gubernatorial elections in key swing states — changed the presidential map going in to the 2028 cycle. “If we win the House and the Senate, we will have...

With Democrats soon to control Congress, the loyal consigliere is expected to take a maximalist approach to executive power WASHINGTON—After a brutal election that gutted Republican power in Washington, President Trump has chosen one of his most loyal and divisive advisers as the new White House chief of staff, signaling a combative posture for the final two years of the Trump era.Stephen Miller, a fierce political operative who has been at Trump’s side for more than a decade, has been a vocal advocate of the no-holds-barred style of governing that delighted the president’s most die-hard MAGA supporters—and was repudiated by...

Gov. Ron DeSantis is preparing to run for the GOP’s 2028 presidential nomination, according to three people briefed on his plans, after his home state of Florida was one of the few conservative bastions to survive the Democrats’ sweeping midterm victory. “Florida’s walls not being breached by the blue wave gives DeSantis more credibility than nearly anyone in the opening days of the 2028 primary,” said Dan Eberhart, a longtime Republican donor and energy executive, who served as a surrogate for DeSantis’s unsuccessful 2024 presidential campaign. Already, DeSantis has reached out to at least one national political consultant about working...

Of course, it was the Iran war—though I don’t think people, including Vice President JD Vance, are fully putting their finger on why.Fairly close to 100% of the electorate, whether they love or hate Donald Trump, understand him not as somebody to follow into a military campaign of his own impulsive choosing, unprovoked by any national emergency.Though in his arrogance and presumption it would have been hard for any underling to put it to him, there was something else: the unique and sequined nature of his legitimacy.His freakish rise in our politics is so much the reciprocal of the illegitimate...

President Donald Trump is expected to devote more attention to his presidential library during his final two years in office. With Democrats preparing to take control of Congress in January after their sweeping midterm victories, Trump is expected to focus increasingly on projects he can pursue without congressional approval, CBS News reported Thursday, citing current and former administration advisers. "He undoubtedly recognizes that the library development season opens now, and he will go for it," a senior administration official told CBS News. Another official said Trump will focus on "all things he can control, which means: Building." The president has...

Breaking: President Trump names Stephen Miller ( @StephenM ) as White House Chief of Staff effective Monday

President Donald Trump met with his national security team Thursday to discuss whether to resume military operations against Iran, senior officials confirmed to Fox News. There were meetings at the White House Wednesday and Thursday, the officials said. Nov. 9 marks a new moon in the Middle East, meaning little to no moonlight — a condition favorable for military operations, they added. Trump told reporters in the Oval Office earlier Thursday that Washington would “make a decision” on resuming the war. “Do we want to go further” with strikes to ensure Iran's nuclear program is dead and that “it will...