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Star Trek: Soviet edition PART 2. TNG era this time.

Isaiah Esquire danced his way through the Oregon House of Representatives on Wednesday to the sounds of Aretha Franklin, followed closely by fellow Black drag performer Aqua Flora, who held a pride flag aloft as they sashayed down the chamber’s center aisle. “Normally, colleagues, we don’t applaud during performances,” Speaker Pro Tempore David Gomberg, a Democrat from Otis, told the chamber after the lawmakers gave the performers a standing ovation for their lip sync. “But there are times when I think exceptions are appropriate.” Esquire and Flora were featured performers in the House the day before Juneteenth, exemplifying the artistry...

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) confirmed today that it has launched Sejil medium‑range ballistic missiles—with a range up to 2,000 km—directly at Israel for the first time in recorded history. This marks a serious escalation in the ongoing tit-for-tat conflict between the two nations. The solid-fuel, two-stage Sejil—first tested in 2008—is highly maneuverable and difficult to intercept, strengthening Iran’s strategic posture. Spokesmen from the IRGC proudly confirmed that three Sejils—each boasting a range between 2,000 and 2,500 km, Mach‑13 speeds, and a warhead capacity up to 700 kg—were launched deep into Israeli territory under the cover of Operation True...

An Israeli strike on Iran’s hardened Fordow nuclear facility would not necessarily trigger an immediate, apocalyptic war but could instead be flipped to Iran’s strategic advantage. Rather than a suicidal retaliation, Tehran would likely respond with “retaliation in layers”: deniable proxy attacks, cyber-attacks, and maritime harassment.

VIDEOSheeesh! Talk about WEIRD timing!!! These two videos about an American visiting Iran were posted on TikTok 2 days ago. However, don't worry (for now) about this guy since I found out this was recorded back in April. Since his shtick is visiting hard to visit countries such as Iran, Syria, and Afghanistan, I would give that up like NOW. Waaaay too dangerous and I would hate to see this guy posting his own hostage video on TikTok. He is practically begging to be arrested. His visit to Iran was probably innocent but it is not hard to see another...

Laura Loomer @LauraLoomer In 2012, @TuckerCarlson said, “I do think, I'm sure I'm the lone voice in saying this, that Iran deserves to be annihilated. I think they're lunatics. I think they're evil.” When you go to Qatar, it poisons your brain. 9:48 PM · Jun 18, 2025

President Trump has now responded to a provocative report from one of the nation’s leading papers regarding a critical decision on Iran as the country continues attacking Israel. On Wednesday, The Wall Street Journal alleged that President Trump on Tuesday night told aides that he approved attack plans for Iran but was holding off his final order to see if Tehran would agree to abandon its nuclear weapons program. The authors cited three anonymous sources that were supposedly “familiar” with Trump’s thoughts while coming up with their report. The Gateway Pundit previously reported President Trump was potentially weighing a strike...

You might remember Jussie Smollett. He was the guy who staged a racist and homophobic attack on himself in 2019. Chicago police say they're investigating a suspected racist and homophobic attack of Jussie Smollett by two masked men which happened at about 02:00.They say the actor was punched in the face, had an "unknown chemical substance" poured on him and a rope wrapped around his neck.Jussie Smollett tells police the two attackers also made reference to MAGA (make America great again) - the slogan often used by then-President Donald Trump and his supporters.He goes to a doctor and police describe...

Makes one almost feel sorry for Barack. Imagine this sentiment coming from your wife. Wow. Michelle Obama on being 'glad' she didn't have a son: 'He would've been a Barack Obama'

How gullible can Audie Cornish be? On Thursday's episode of CNN This Morning, host Cornish claimed that in addition to Iranian leaders: "The people of Iran are striking a defiant tone." Audie's evidence: a video clip of a motorcycle parade in Tehran, featuring people waving Iranian flags. Can Cornish possibly believe this was an authentic, organic demonstration of the views of most Iranians, and not an astroturf event staged by the regime? What does Audie think would happen to people who tried to stage a "No Ayatollahs!" protest in Tehran?Get the rest of the story and view the video here.

While the Supreme Court’s 2024-2025 term is winding down, Associate Justice Samuel Alito is not. On June 6, the George W. Bush appointee participated in a sit-down interview with the Hoover Institution’s Peter Robinson. Released on Wednesday, the roughly hour-long exchange covered a variety of issues relevant America’s ongoing political discourse. From the importance of maintaining free speech in society to the weaponization of nationwide injunctions, here are the most insightful remarks from one of the Supreme Court’s most senior justices. History of Originalism After alluding to the activist nature of the Supreme Court under former Chief Justice Earl Warren,...

Two weeks ago, legendary financial and geopolitical cycle analyst Martin Armstrong was signaling a big turn toward war. We all know Ukraine is out of control with no peace deal in sight, and now the Middle East is blowing up too. Armstrong says, “I think Trump has been kind of snookered into this . . . Netanyahu knew he could not get the nuclear. Now, he says we are losing because they have not been able to achieve that. So, Netanyahu says President Trump, please go in and attack Iran and eliminate that, which is World War III. . .....

Absent the leaders in Beijing acting like they will be the next Golden Horde, America’s fleet of aircraft carriers might have been headed for the mothball fleet, floating museums, or candidates as artificial reefs. That’s not going to happen. The odds are that the Trump administration will extend the lease on life for carrier-centric fleet operations for another generation. Here is why.

In a new report released by the Center for Strategic and International Studies, commonly known as CSIS, Project Director Heather Williams explains that the much-discussed GBU-57 might not be able to destroy the Iranian nuclear facility at Fordow. Williams explains that the “GBU-57 has never been used in combat, but has been put through extensive testing; it is believed the United States has approximately 20 of the bombs available.”

“Zionism must be destroyed, [I’m] grateful for all the resistance fighters" Dr. Ryan Rao saidA medical doctor in Hawaii has come under fire after posting dozens of shocking comments about wanting Zionists to die on Monday, as well as praising the deaths of Israelis on his public social media over the past week. Ryan Christopher Rao — a internal medicine specialist and hospitalist at the Queen’s Medical Center Punchbowl, in Honolulu, Hawaii — has posted numerous missives against Zionists on his public Facebook page, making statements such as “I Hope All The Zionists Are Deleted” on Monday, June 16.The doctor...

The liberal victim mentality will lead to its sycophants making insane comments in order to justify hating America. That truth was on full display during Wednesday’s edition of The View as moderator Whoopi Goldberg and co-host Sunny Hostin proclaimed it was worse to be black in American than live under the oppressive theocratic regime of the ayatollahs in Iran. Hostin also insisted that Israel needed to use “diplomacy” when dealing with an enemy threatening to nuke them, not bombs. What triggered Goldberg’s rage was right-leaning co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin pointing out the fact that people in the Iran were actually...

One of the longest periods of "stability" in Europe was near-century that followed the defeat of Napoleon in 1815 and concluded with the death of King Edward VII in 1910. Under the Pax Britannica, western civilization reached its height, physically, mentally, and morally, with enormous advances and achievements in science and the arts. Then, in 1914, a disruption in one of the restive provinces of the Austro-Hungarian empire soon enough became a war to death among three relatives (George V, Kaiser Wilhelm II, and Czar Nicholas II, all of whom could trace their family ties by blood or marriage through...

For the sake of urgency I’m going to talk in direct and bold terms about the targeting of Tulsi Gabbard. The IC system is attempting to remove her as a disruptive influence by using Iran as a wedge to get her out, but the issue they have with her has nothing to do with Iran. CTH approaches this after being very concerned about Tulsi Gabbard’s ability. Not because of intent, but rather because we doubted she understood the scope of the IC opposition aligned against the office of the Director of National Intelligence. She started out with these weaknesses, but...

President Trump on Wednesday said Tucker Carlson called him to apologize for his Iran comments. Earlier this week Tucker Carlson appeared on Steve Bannon’s “War Room” to discuss the ongoing Iran-Israel fight. Last Friday Israel bombed nuclear sites in Tehran and wiped out many of Iran’s nuclear scientists and top military brass. Iran responded by launching missile strikes at Tel Aviv. The United States assisted Israel and intercepted Iran’s missiles. On Monday evening, President Trump cut his G7 visit in Canada short and returned to DC to meet with his National Security Council team amid rumors the US would get...

For the sake of urgency I’m going to talk in direct and bold terms about the targeting of Tulsi Gabbard. The IC system is attempting to remove her as a disruptive influence by using Iran as a wedge to get her out, but the issue they have with her has nothing to do with Iran.CTH approaches this after being very concerned about Tulsi Gabbard’s ability. Not because of intent, but rather because we doubted she understood the scope of the IC opposition aligned against the office of the Director of National Intelligence.She started out with these weaknesses, but she learned...