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Recent ISIS Attacks Represent Part of Broader Threat, Muslim Reformer Warns

March 14, 2026/in Anti-Semitism, Assassination attempt, Courts & Law, Culture War, Elections, Hot Topics, Immigration, National Security, Radical Islamic Terrorism, Terrorism, Violence, Waste, Fraud and Abuse/by The Daily Signal

Amid concern that radical Islam is influencing violent attacks across America in the wake of President Donald Trump’s Operation Epic Fury in Iran, a Muslim reformer warns that Americans can expect more attacks in the short term, though he expects a positive result in Iran will bring the threat to an end.

“In the next few weeks, we need to be vigilant, there’s probably going to be more attacks,” Dr. M. Zuhdi Jasser, a Muslim reformer who founded the American Islamic Forum for Democracy, told The Daily Signal in a phone interview Friday. Jasser draws a clear distinction between political Islam or Islamism—the movement dedicated to imposing Islamic law, Sharia, on the broader society—and the practice of Muslims who stand for American values and religious freedom.

A White House official told The Daily Signal that the administration is closely monitoring intelligence regarding threats.

“The entire Trump administration is closely monitoring all intelligence and remains vigilant to deter potential threats if they arise,” the official said in a statement Friday. “This situation underscores how critical our efforts have been to deport criminal illegal aliens, institute travel restrictions from various countries, and restore integrity to America’s law enforcement organizations – even before any military action in Iran.”

Jasser, a primary care doctor and military veteran, noted that the people carrying out attacks in the U.S. “are not getting orders from Tehran, it’s just part of the Jihadi brand as they have a final opportunity to act out with the propaganda that’s coming out as a result of the war.”

Jasser, a Republican candidate for Congress in Arizona’s 4th Congressional District, predicted that Trump’s joint operation with Israel will give cover for the Iranian people to pursue their freedom and defeat “one of the primary global hive minds of radical Islam, which is Tehran.”

Violent attackers don’t represent the beginning of a new threat, but the last gasp of a long-term one, he argued.

“Many of these Islamists that have been waiting for that time in which they get to be soldiers and to the Jihadi ‘cool’ thing, which is to end their lives in what they feel is going to heaven but ultimately is a genocidal act… it’s their last opportunity to do so,” Jasser said. Their violence “proves that they are an internal threat to our democracy and our freedoms, and that we’re doing the right thing in Iran.”

The Muslim reformer spoke after America experienced at least four violent attacks seemingly motivated by Islamism after Operation Epic Fury began.

1. Texas Shooting

A gunman later identified as Ndiaga Diagne opened fire at a bar in Austin, Texas, early Sunday morning, about 24 hours after President Trump announced Operation Epic Fury. Diagne, a naturalized citizen who had been born in Senegal, killed two people and wounded 14 before police shot and killed him. He had been wearing a shirt with an Iranian flag and a hoodie reading “Property of Allah.” The FBI is investigating the shooting as an act of terrorism, possibly tied to the war.

2. Gracie Mansion Bombing

On Saturday, March 7, Emir Balat, 18, and Ibrahim Kayumi, 19, attempted to detonate two improvised explosive devices, targeting protesters outside Gracie Mansion, the residence of New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani. The protesters had been opposing radical Muslims. According to the Justice Department, both men expressed their support for the Islamic State, or ISIS.

3. Old Dominion University

On Thursday, Mohamed Bailor Jalloh, 36, shouted “Allahu Akbar” before opening fire inside a classroom for the Reserve Officer Training Corps at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, according to an FBI special agent. Jalloh killed an Army ROTC instructor and injured two others. Jalloh, who died of stabbing injuries after the ROTC students responded in self-defense, had previously been convicted of attempting to provide material support to ISIS.

4. Temple Israel Synagogue

Ayman Mohamad Ghazali, 41, a Lebanese-born naturalized citizen, rammed a vehicle into the building of Temple Israel Synagogue in West Bloomington Township, Michigan, on Thursday. He damaged the building and engaged in gunfire with armed security, who killed him. The FBI has described the attack as a targeted act of violence against the Jewish community. A source in Michigan’s Lebanese American community told CBS News that an Israeli airstrike in Lebanon killed the suspect’s two brothers and other family members.

The Council on American-Islamic Relations, which bills itself as the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights organization but has faced criticism for historic ties to terrorist funding networks and for condemnations of Israel’s war in Gaza, condemned the recent acts of violence in the U.S.

“Regardless of whether the recent attacks were motivated by opposition to the U.S.-Israel bombing of Iran or motivated by ideological extremism, they are unacceptable crimes that the American Muslim community condemns,” a CAIR spokesperson told The Daily Signal in a statement Friday.

“American Muslims will, God willing, continue speaking out against all forms of criminal violence, whether terrorism and hate crimes here at home or ethnic cleansing and genocide overseas,” the spokesperson added.

Jasser attributed some of the threat to lax border enforcement under the previous administrations of Barack Obama and Joe Biden.

He warned of the “unvetted invasion” of the Obama and Biden years, where many crossing the border have been “known to be adherents to the ideologies of radical Islamism, be it on the Sunni side of ISIS, Hamas, or the Shia side of Hezbollah, the IRGC, and others.”

AUTHOR

Tyler O’Neil

Tyler O’Neil is senior editor at The Daily Signal and the author of two books: “Making Hate Pay: The Corruption of the Southern Poverty Law Center,” and “The Woketopus: The Dark Money Cabal Manipulating the Federal Government.” Tyler on X: @Tyler2ONeil.

Leftist Groups Meeting With Cuban Politburo Reveals ‘Just How Coordinated’ Opposition to Trump Is: Chip Roy

March 14, 2026/in Communism, Culture War, Elections, Hot Topics, Must Read, News, Policy, Politics, Socialism, Terrorism, The Truth, Violence, Waste, Fraud and Abuse/by The Daily Signal

Rep. Chip Roy is demanding an “immediate” investigation into the leftist network of activist groups organizing protests against President Donald Trump’s intervention in Iran after some of the network’s leaders met with the Cuban Communist Party’s Politburo earlier this week.

“That this group would openly meet with Cuba tells you how urgent it is for the administration and state law enforcement entities, including attorneys general, to immediately investigate these groups and the myriad other groups that are clearly acting against our national security interests,” the Texas Republican told The Daily Signal in a phone interview Thursday.

Roy suggested that the network is “very clearly operating unlawfully in terms of their engagement with foreign interests.”

“They’re on the side of Iran, they’re on the side of Cuba, they’re on the side of anything opposing America, and they’re operating within our framework in our country,” he added. “The fact that they’re openly going and engaging and sitting down with Cuba … it just tells you how coordinated the entire network is.”

Vijay Prashad, executive director of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research, a hub of the activist network funded by Shanghai-based billionaire Neville Roy Singham, announced the Cuba meeting on X Tuesday.

“Last evening, the [International Peoples’ Assembly] delegation spent several hours with leaders from the Cuban Communist Party Politburo, including the President of Cuba, the Foreign Minister, the no. 2 in the Party, and the head of the International Department,” Prashad wrote.

He further noted that he represented Tricontinental in the meeting, along with Manolo De Los Santos.

“We gave the President a number of our texts,” he added. “We had a very encouraging dialogue about the resilience of the Cuban Revolution and its untiring sense of fight against US hyper-imperialism.”

Santos, the founder of The People’s Forum, and Prashad form part of a network of leftist groups that includes Code Pink and the ANSWER Coalition. These groups organized protests against Trump’s ouster of Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro, and more recently against the attacks on Iran’s regime. The same groups also organized “anti-racism” protests after the 2020 death of George Floyd, and anti-Israel encampments after the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel.

“What we saw, out in the open, was a coordination between the Cuban leadership, including the president and the Politburo of the Cuban Communist Party, and the leaders of the groups that organize mayhem on our streets, over Gaza, [Immigration and Customs Enforcement], Iran, whatever cause comes their way,” Mike Gonzalez, a senior fellow for national security at The Heritage Foundation, told The Daily Signal in a statement Thursday.

“Included in that meeting was Vijay Prashad, Neville Roy [Singham’s] top ideologue and a top leader of the International [Peoples’] Assembly, which was created in Caracas to defend Maduro and which includes CodePink, Manolo De Los Santos, also funded by Singham, a leader of the People’s Forum, and Brian Becker, who holds leadership positions in the Party for Socialism and Liberation and the ANSWER Coalition,” Gonzalez added. “All these groups organize chaos in our streets.”

The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform voted in January to subpoena Singham, over his funding for activist groups and his ties to the Chinese Communist Party.

The Daily Signal reached out to Tricontinental, Code Pink, the ANSWER Coalition, and The People’s Forum for comment, but they did not respond by publication time.

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Tyler O’Neil

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As Domestic Terror Attacks Pile Up, Democrats Continue to Leave Homeland Security Un-Funded

March 14, 2026/in Anti-Semitism, Assassination, Assassination attempt, Communism, Criminal Illegal Aliens, Culture War, Featured, Hot Topics, Immigration, Iranian influence, Marxism, News, Policy, Politics, Radical Islamic Terrorism, Terrorism, Violence, Waste, Fraud and Abuse/by The Geller Report

Democrats are now fully aiding and abetting terrorist organizations:

Times of Israel: A bomb attack on protesters outside the governor’s mansion in New York City. An attack on the nation’s largest Reformed synagogue outside of Detroit. At least one student killed at Old Dominion in an attack from a gunman with a known history of supporting ISIS. In San Jose, Jewish-American diners attacked for the singular offense of dining in public while Jewish.

Fox News: Just a week earlier: A man with wearing “Property of Allah” kills three at an outdoor beer garden in Austin.

Washington Examiner: The list could go on. And yet: DHS has operated without funding since Feb. 14, after lawmakers failed to reach an agreement on reforms to immigration enforcement policies included in the funding package…. The war abroad has heightened the likelihood of attacks inside the U.S., which falls under the DHS’s jurisdiction.

Appropriations: On March 4, Republican leaders had issued a warning: Nearly three weeks into the Democrats’ shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security, the American people are facing an evolving threat environment. Democrats must agree to the bipartisan, bicameral funding agreement they helped negotiate in January. Senate Democrats irresponsibly shut down DHS, knowingly limiting the capabilities of the department responsible for protecting Americans from dangerous individuals.

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Pamela Geller

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The Islamic Republic’s plan is the Samson Option to set the Middle East ablaze

March 14, 2026/in Anti-Semitism, Culture War, Hot Topics, Iranian influence, National Security, News, Policy, Radical Islamic Terrorism, Terrorism, Violence, Waste, Fraud and Abuse/by Amil Imani

Iran’s mullahs know their regime is falling, and they intend to take the rest of the world down with them.

The missiles currently lighting up the skies over the Persian Gulf are not the precision tools of a confident power; they are the desperate flailing of a regime that has realized its end is near.

For decades, the Islamic Republic of Iran has maintained a thin veneer of “Islamic solidarity” to mask its expansionist ambitions.

But as the “Epic Fury” strikes of early 2026 continue to dismantle the regime’s internal command, that mask has been ripped away, revealing a cold, nihilistic truth: If the regime in Tehran is to fall, it intends to take the rest of the world with it.

This is not a war of religion. It is a war of survival by a regime that would rather see the Middle East reduced to ash than see itself consigned to the scrapheap of history.

To the casual observer, the sight of an Islamic Republic launching drones at the United Arab Emirates or striking targets near Qatar’s Al Udeid Air Base seems like a paradox. Why would a self-proclaimed champion of Islam attack its brothers?

The answer lies in three brutal strategic realities: the logic of “Forward Defense,” the leverage of regional chaos, and the cold geography of foreign basing.

The Islamic Republic’s attacks on its Muslim neighbors — Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Jordan, and Pakistan — are a calculated move to internationalize their own misery.

By striking oil refineries in Ras Tanura and desalination plants in Abu Dhabi, Tehran is attempting to force a “Samson Option.” Like the biblical figure who pulled down the pillars of the temple to crush his enemies, the regime is pulling down the pillars of regional stability.

The logic is brutal: If the world allows Israel and the West to strike Iranian soil, the regime will ensure that no oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz. By dragging every neighbor into the conflict, they hope to create a humanitarian and economic catastrophe so vast that the international community will be forced to intervene and demand a ceasefire to save the global economy.

They are using the lives of millions of fellow Muslims as human shields for their own political survival.

The most potent weapon in Tehran’s arsenal is not a nuclear warhead, but the price of a barrel of crude oil.

The recent drone swarms targeting the “East-West” pipeline in Saudi Arabia were not intended to win a military victory; they were intended to trigger a global depression.

By pushing oil prices toward $200 a barrel, the regime is holding the global working class hostage. They know that Western governments fear inflation more than they fear a regional war. This is economic terrorism on a grand scale.

The Islamic Republic is betting that if they make the war “too expensive” for the average citizen in London, New York, or New Delhi, the political will to dismantle the regime will evaporate.

The most devastating technical blow to the regime has been the systematic dismantling of its “Axis of Resistance.” For decades, the IRGC bragged of a “unified command” that could strike from four frontiers simultaneously.

That doctrine collapsed in the face of superior electronic warfare and the Epic Fury air campaign. In Lebanon, the loss of senior command-and-control nodes has rendered Hezbollah’s elite units localized and reactive.

Meanwhile, in Yemen, the Houthi missile launches have been neutralized by the Iron Beam laser systems – a technological leap that has made Iran’s expensive drone swarms look like obsolete toys.

The “Axis” is no longer a synchronized machine; it is a collection of disjointed militias, each looking to their own borders and refusing to commit suicide for a falling regime in Tehran.

There is a fundamental misunderstanding in some diplomatic circles that the Iranian leadership can be “incentivized” to step back. This ignores the ideological DNA of the Revolutionary Guard (IRGC). These are men who have spent forty years preparing for an apocalyptic final stand. They do not want a seat at the diplomatic table; they want to preserve their grip on power at any cost.

The strikes against targets in Pakistan and Iraq’s Kurdistan region are a demonstration of this “die hard” mentality. It is a message to their own restless population and to the world: We are still here, we are still lethal, and we will burn every bridge behind us. They are not interested in a “soft” transition or a peaceful reformation. They have chosen a path of maximum friction, preferring a catastrophic collapse to a quiet surrender.

For years, the regime used the Palestinian cause and “Islamic unity” as a shield to justify its meddling in foreign capitals. Today, that shield is in pieces. You cannot claim to be the leader of the Muslim world while simultaneously launching Shahed drones at the mosques of your neighbors or the infrastructure that feeds their children.

The Islamic Republic has proven that its only true “faith” is the preservation of its own clerical autocracy. To them, the “Ummah” is nothing more than a tactical playground, and their fellow Muslim nations are nothing more than collateral damage in a losing game of chess.

As the smoke rises from the ruins of the Middle East’s energy infrastructure, the reality is clear. The regime in Tehran is no longer a state; it is a regional contagion. They are not fighting for a cause; they are fighting to stay alive for one more day, regardless of how many lives it costs or how many economies they destroy.

The world is now witnessing the final, violent convulsions of a dying system. The only question remains: How much of the world will they succeed in dragging into the abyss with them?

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AN ALL-ENCOMPASSING WAR — Everything is Connected

March 14, 2026/in Anti-Semitism, Commentary, Culture War, Hot Topics, Iranian influence, News, Policy, Radical Islamic Terrorism, Terrorism, The Truth, Violence, Waste, Fraud and Abuse/by Karen Schoen

There is so much misinformation regarding America’s war with Iran, I wanted you to see the missing history which will help you understand, how did we get here? I decided the best was to put together a timeline of events leading to today. So with the help of GROK, Chat GPT, PBS and my research, we now can see the events leading to this war.

NO! The Iran war is not President Trump’s fault.

President Trump did not start the war but I believe Trump was just tired of being threatened daily as Mullah’s yelled. “Death to America.” After years of being the recipient of Iran’s anger, President Trump had enough.

To understand everything you must know the timeline of events concerning Iran:

1930s buildup: Under Reza Shah Pahlavi, Iran (then Persia) pursued strong economic ties with Nazi Germany for modernization, trade, and to counter British/Soviet influence. Germany became Iran’s top trading partner by 1940–41 (~half of imports/exports). Reza Shah admired aspects of Hitler’s regime and leaned pro-German (e.g., Aryan racial rhetoric, refusing to expel German agents fully). However, no formal military alliance existed—Iran declared neutrality in 1939.
1941: Britain and the Soviet Union (US allies) invaded and occupied Iran (Anglo-Soviet invasion) to secure oil/supply lines against potential German threats and open the “Persian Corridor” for Lend-Lease aid to the USSR. Reza Shah was forced to abdicate; his son Mohammad Reza Shah succeeded him.
1942: Iran signed the Tripartite Treaty with Britain, USSR, and later aligned with Allies; expelled Axis nationals and cut ties.
1943: At the Tehran Conference, US President Roosevelt, British PM Churchill, and Soviet leader Stalin guaranteed Iran’s postwar independence and sovereignty. Iran declared war on Germany (September 1943). The US provided some aid and cooperation during the occupation. Although there was no direct “alliance with Hitler”—Iran was neutral but sympathetic/pro-German economically until Allied invasion shifted it to the Allied side.Post-WWII to 1979: From Cooperation to Close US Ally
1953: US (CIA) and UK orchestrate coup (Operation Ajax) to overthrow Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh after oil nationalization; reinstate Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi as pro-Western monarch.
1950s–1970s: Iran becomes a key US ally in the Cold War. US provides military aid, nuclear technology (under “Atoms for Peace,” including reactor and uranium), and support against Soviet influence. Shah buys advanced US weapons; Iran helps stabilize Gulf region.
1953-U.S. and British intelligence agencies help elements in the Iranian military overthrow Iran’s prime minister, Mohammed Mossadeq. The coup brings back to power the Western-friendly monarchy, headed by Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.
1954- Under U.S. and UK pressure, the shah signs the Consortium Agreement of 1954, which gives U.S., British, and French oil companies 40 percent ownership of the nationalized oil industry for 25 years.
1957 – Under President Eisenhower’s “Atoms for Peace” initiative, developing countries receive nuclear education and technology from the United States. It lays the foundation for the country’s nuclear program, and the United States later provides Iran with a reactor and weapons-grade enriched uranium fuel. Their collaboration continues until the start of Iran’s 1979 revolution.
1960 – Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Venezuela establish the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to rival the mostly Western companies. OPEC profits skyrocket
1970s: Shah’s regime grows authoritarian; US backs him amid oil wealth and modernization.
1972 – Nixon visit Iran and asks for Iranian help opposing Soviet ally Iraq.
1973- Arab-Israeli War, Oil embargo against the west. Iran gets rich.
1979–Present: From Enemies to Direct War
1979: Iranian Revolution overthrows Shah; Ayatollah Khomeini establishes Islamic Republic. US labeled “Great Satan.” Shah flees to US (for medical treatment). Iran turns from pro-west to anti-west in days. Shiite Khomeine vows to “export” its revolution to its neighbors.
1979–1981: Iran hostage crisis—52 Americans held at US embassy in Tehran for 444 days. US severs diplomatic ties (April 1980); imposes sanctions/freezes assets.
1980s: Iran-Iraq War (1980–1988)—US tacitly supports Iraq (e.g., intelligence, arms sales) against Iran. Iran mines Gulf; US Navy clashes (e.g., 1988 USS Vincennes shoots down Iran Air Flight 655).
In 1985, the militant Iranian sponsored group Hezbollah emerges in Lebanon and pledges allegiance to Khomeini. Beruit, once the financial hub of the Middle East was destroyed.
1979-1981 – A group of radical Iranian college students takes fifty-two Americans hostage at the U.S. embassy in Tehran, demanding that the United States extradite the shah. Presdient Carter’s policy of appeasement sanctions produced hugh gas lines whereby Americans realized the dependency of our fuel.
1981 After 444 days, President Reagan got the hostages released under the Algiers Accords. He promised to keep US out of Iranian politics.
1980-1988 Iran-Iraq War. America sided with Iraq (Sunni’s)
1983- Two Trucks loaded with explosives drove int US-French barracks killing 241 US military. Group called Islamic Jihad, sponsored by Hezbollah, front for Iran took credit.
1984 – US State Department to designate Iran as a state sponsor of terrorism.
1985 – Iran -Contra – A senior Reagan administration officials begin secretly selling weapons to Iran for release of Americans held hostage by Hezbollah in Lebanon. The money from the illegal deal was used to fund the right-wing Contras rebel groups in Nicaragua for release of hostages. Congress prohibits further funding of the insurgency.
1992- President Clinton and Congress Congress passed the Iran-Iraq Arms Nonproliferation Act, which sanctions materials that could be used to develop advanced weaponry.
1993 – A Truck bomb was detonated in parking garage under the North Tower. al-Qaeda took credit. 6 were killed.
1996 – Iran and Libya Sanctions Act imposes an embargo against non-American companies investing more than $20 million per year in Iran’s oil and gas sectors.
1998- Secretary of State Madeleine Albright meets with Iran’s deputy foreign minister at the Six-Plus-Two talks during the 1998 UN General Assembly. 2000, Albright acknowledges the United States’ role in overthrowing Mossadeq and some sanctions were lifted.
2001- September 11, 2001 (9/11) was the date of the deadliest terrorist attacks in U.S. history, carried out by 19 militants affiliated with al-Qaeda. 2,977 people died. US launched the “War on Terror leading to invasions of Afghanistan (2001) and Iraq (2003), among other long-term consequences.
12/2001 – After the 9/11 terrorist attacks, President George W. Bush’s administration establishes a back channel with Iran to help coordinate the defeat of the Taliban, a shared enemy that had provided safe haven to members of al-Qaeda in Afghanistan. United States and Iran collaborate on the Bonn Agreement regarding state-building and the repatriation of Afghan refugees.
2002: President Bush labels Iran part of “Axis of Evil” for WMD (Weapons of Mass Destruction) pursuits and terrorism support. But at the behest of, Grover Norquest, Bush 43 loosened policy on Muslims making it hard for our military to identify the enemy.
2000s–2010s: Escalating tensions over Iran’s nuclear program; UN/US sanctions; proxy conflicts (e.g., Iraq, Syria, Hezbollah). USS Cole was hit by suicide bombers.
2003 – Iraq war begins. US Army study on the Iraq War concludes that “an emboldened and expansionist Iran appears to be the only victor” in the conflict.
2006 – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sends President George W. Bush an eighteen-page letter—to ease U.S.-Iran nuclear tensions, but Iran takes no steps to slow its uranium enrichment program, Separately, the U.S. Congress approves the Iran Freedom Support Act in September to fund Iranian civil society and promote democracy.
2007 – At UN meeting Ahmadinejad calls the dispute over Iran’s nuclear program “closed” and says his government will disregard Security Council resolutions calling on the country to halt uranium enrichment.
2009 – Terrorist attack on Ft Hood
2011 – Iran–U.S. RQ-170 incident- U.S. stealth surveillance drone (the Lockheed Martin RQ-170 Sentinel) after it malfunctioned and crashed. Obama did nothing to retrieve or blow up the drone allowing Iran to reverse engineer.
2013 – UN Security Council plus Germany plus Iran sign an initial nuclear agreement, providing Iran with some sanctions relief. Obama praises the deal for cutting off Iran’s “most likely paths to a bomb,” while Rouhani hails it as a “political victory” for Iran. It is believed that Valarie Jarrett, Obama’s right hand (non government) had tremendous influence over Obama when it came to Iran.
2015: JCPOA (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action) nuclear deal (Obama era)—Iran limits program for sanctions relief. Janet Napolitano oversaw the removal of words like: “jihad,” “sharia,” “Islamist,” or portrayals of the Muslim Brotherhood from DHS training material.
2016 – Obama gave pallets of cash $1.7Billion to Iran to settle a pre-revolution claim.
2018: Trump withdraws from JCPOA; reimposes “maximum pressure” sanctions. Trump complained there was no way to enforce the deal.
2019- Trump designates the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)—a branch of the Iranian army—a foreign terrorist organization (FTO). On June 13, two oil tankers are attacked near the Strait of Hormuz, about a month after four commercial ships are damaged in the same area. Drones attack oil facilities of state-controlled Saudi Aramco in eastern Saudi Arabia, striking the country’s second-largest oil field and a critical crude causing prices to spike. Iran-backed Houthi rebels claim responsibility
2020: US drone strike kills IRGC General Qasem Soleimani; Iran retaliates with missiles on U.S. bases in Iraq. Failure to extend UN arms embargo on Iran. Trum issues new sanctions. Following the assassination of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, a top nuclear scientist, Iran’s parliament approves a bill to boost uranium enrichment to 20 percent—far beyond the concentrations permitted by the JCPOA.
2021 – 2024 Biden’s relaxed sanctions and allowed Iran to continue to enrich uranium. By allowing Iran to continue to sell oil they were able to fund their proxies who continued terrorist attacks on Israel and the US. Biden withdrawal from Afghanistan left $80 Billion+ in weapons for Iran’s proxies to resell or re*engineer.
2024–2025: Renewed indirect US-Iran talks (via Oman); escalating Israel-Iran shadow war.
June 2025 (Twelve-Day War): Israel launches major strikes on Iranian nuclear/military sites (June 13). Iran retaliates. US joins (June 21–22), bombing key nuclear facilities (Natanz, Fordow, Isfahan). Trump claims program degraded; brief ceasefire late June.
Late 2025–early 2026: Failed/stalled nuclear talks resume (e.g., Geneva/Oman). Iran advances enrichment; US/Israel military buildup. Protests in Iran; regime crackdowns.
February 27–28, 2026: Trump orders Operation Epic Fury. US and Israel launch massive joint strikes (hundreds in first wave) on Iranian nuclear, missile, military, leadership, and infrastructure sites (Tehran, Isfahan, etc.). Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei killed (plus senior IRGC commanders, officials, family). Controversial civilian casualties reported (e.g., Minab school strike). February 28 onward: Iran retaliates—closes Strait of Hormuz; launches hundreds of missiles/drones at US bases (Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, UAE), Israeli targets, Cyprus (UK bases), etc. Hezbollah escalates; regional disruptions (oil prices, airports).
March 2026 (ongoing as of mid-March): Continued exchanges; US/Israeli counterstrikes. Reports of US casualties; debates on regime change (potential Mojtaba Khamenei succession blocked/discussed). No clear resolution; international calls for de-escalation.

The shift from WWII-era indirect alignment (Allies vs. Axis) to postwar alliance, then post-1979 hostility, culminated in direct US-Iran war in 2025–2026 over nuclear threats, regional power, and regime goals. Events remain fluid. It is important you do your own research. I found it very interesting that each source has a different interpretation of events and important dates. It is important that we posses the basic knowledge of what is happening and why this war will change history. It is also important that you pay attention to your local government and state.

The Iranian mullahs don’t care about dying. They don’t value life and will kill anyone who is a non believer. They also don’t care how long it takes. They will lie and infiltrate with the goal of eventually taking over local governments. It is important that you are armed with the truth for this is all encompassing war attacks our culture, education and economy.

Are you prepared?

Among the Jew Haters’ Odious Traits is Ingratitude!

March 13, 2026/in Anti-Semitism, Commentary, Communism, Culture War, Elections, Hot Topics, Immigration, Marxism, News, Policy, Radical Islamic Terrorism, Social Issues, Socialism, Terrorism, The Truth, Violence, Waste, Fraud and Abuse/by Joan Swirsky

In the 1960s, the Russian KGB and Yasir Arafat literally invented the entire concept––or should I say fiction––of a “Palestinian people,” you know, those perpetual “victims” who have received billions —more likely trillions — in “aid” from the world’s bleeding hearts, but after over 50 years, have become famous for a few things only:

Relentless attacks on Israeli Jews, the better to fulfill their Charter, which calls for the end of Israel and all Jews on earth.
Building tunnels in which to store arms and bombs to kill Jews.
Launching balloons of fire into Israel to kill Jews.
Spreading lies and calumny through the craven mass and social media to vilify Jews.
Launching a vicious surprise attack on innocent Israelis on October 7, 2023, in which more than a thousand Israelis were murdered and hundreds taken hostage for over two years.

What I’ve never seen or read or heard is that the Arabs who call themselves “Palestinians” have done one single solitary thing to benefit mankind. Their singular obsession has been to annihilate the Big Satan, America, and––again, inscribed in their Charter––the Little Satan, Israel.

Let’s Talk Numbers

Christianity and Islam are the two largest religions in the world, with approximately 2.4 billion and 2.6 billion adherents, respectively — literally half the people on our Earth of about 8 billion.

In stark contrast, Judaism comprises 15 million people, about seven-and-a-half million in Israel, about the same number in the United States, and about one million scattered throughout the world.

To see the most vilified state in the entire world, look here at the infinitesimal red strip, surrounded by 300 million Arabs, once enemies until President Donald J. Trump succeeded for the first time in history in establishing the Abraham Accords in 2020, which now include the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Morocco, Sudan, Kazakhstan, and Somaliland…with more promised in the near future, once the existential threat that Iran posed to both America and Israel has all but been obliterated by the U.S. and Israel in Operation Epic Fury and Operation Roaring Lion.

Israel is home to more than a million and a half Arabs, a significant number of whom have been elected to Israel’s legislature, the Knesset, and now an Arab Party has been elected to Israeli leadership. Nevertheless, those scary Jews are such a menace that here is how Israel’s surrounding states have practiced ethnic cleansing for decades.

But nothing compares to the long and besieged history of the Jews. And neither time nor education has dented the scourge of Jew-hatred. The human species seems to have a need to hate, and the Jews are always the perfect targets for bullies who prey upon small marks, as well as the green-eyed fanatics who cannot help caving to their pathological jealousy.

Emotion Is Stronger than Intellect

Most people thought anti-Semitism had been relegated to the trash bin of history after Hitler and millions of his willing executioners ––as Daniel Goldhagen has written––from Germany, Poland, Austria, France, Belgium, Switzerland, et al. — with savage premeditation — gassed to death six million Jews in the 1930s and ’40s.

But the sad truth is that the world’s hatred of God’s “Chosen People” simply went underground after the Holocaust, while racist parents continued to imbue their children with “the oldest hatred.” Sure enough, it has burst forth in all its hysterical ugliness in — of all places — the Democrat Congress!

As the late Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom, Jonathan Sacks, explained: “Anti-Semitism is a virus that survives by mutating. In the Middle Ages, Jews were hated because of their religion. In the 19^th and 20^th centuries they were hated because of their race. Today they are hated because of their nation state, Israel. Anti-Zionism is the new anti-Semitism.”

That is not to minimize the virtual pandemic of anti-Semitism that erupted after Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, 2023, an attack that was apparently so inspiring that it made seemingly normal people––including heads of many governments and once-objective political commentators like Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens––side with the murderers of 1,200 innocent Israelis, and rationalize the savage rapes of Jewish women, the wrenching of babies out of their arms to be put in hot ovens to bake to death, the incarceration of hundreds of hostages in rancid tunnels, deprived of food and physically and psychologically abused beyond description.

In their twisted viewpoints, they called it “the resistance.”

Yet despite the actual pandemic of anti-Semitism, the Jews of the world have stayed laser-focused on their mission to improve the world, which goes back to the Bible up until this very day.

If the Shoe Fits…

If Jew-haters weren’t such raving hypocrites, if they had a shred of integrity, of character, of true fidelity to their beliefs, they would never avail themselves of the following Jewish innovations:

Israeli inventions and discoveries, including astounding contributions in the fields of chemistry, physics, optics, medicine, economics, computing, defense, agriculture, et al.

Here is Michael Ordman’s comprehensive weekly update of Israel’s jaw-dropping innovations, breakthroughs, medical miracles.

Here is a list of Israel’s top 44 greatest inventions of all time, including:

Given Imaging (best known for PillCam), the gold standard for intestinal visualization.
Netafim (smart drip and micro-irrigation).
BabySense (to prevent crib deaths).
MobileEye (safer driving by detecting pedestrians, etc.).
Intel Israel (revolutionized computers).
Mazor Robotics’ Spine Assist and other surgical robots.
WatchPAT (for sleep apnea).
EarlySense (continuous monitoring of vital signs, including alerts for falls and bedsore prevention).

Other incredible Israeli inventions include:

ReWalk Robotics, which allows paraplegics to stand, walk, and climb stairs.
Waze, the GPS-based travel app.
EWA company’s technology to absorb the air’s humidity and condense it into water.
Israel’s cows produce up to 10.5 tons of milk a year — 10% more than North American cows and almost 50% more than Germany’s cows!
Israel developed the cherry tomato.
The Viber app allows you to make calls across the world for free, using Wifi.

And don’t miss www.nocamels.com.

And let’s not forget IsraAID, a humanitarian aid organization founded in 2001, which has rushed to emergencies — hurricanes, tsunamis, earthquakes, mudslides, building collapses — in more than 50 countries!

Here is how Israel streamlines wartime operations by creating fortified, fully equipped operating rooms and pop-up clinics.

Also the astounding military innovations developed in Israel and now taught in every military college in the world.

That is not to omit this very short list of Jewish trailblazers, which pharmacist Meyer M. Treinkman compiled:

Dr. Jonas Salk led the team that created a vaccine for polio.
Dr. Albert Bruce Sabin developed an oral polio vaccine.
Dr. Paul Ehrlich discovered arsphenamine (Salvarsan), which cured syphilis.
Dr. Albert Ludwig Sigesmund Neisser discovered the causative agent (pathogen) of gonorrhea, as well as the bacterium that causes leprosy.
Dr. Ludwig Traube developed Digitalis therapy for heart disease.
Chemist Alfred Einhorn first synthesized Novocaine (Procaine) in 1905.
Dr. Oskar Minkowsky identified the pancreas as the source of the control of blood sugar, which led to the discovery of insulin.
Spiro and Ellege discovered Pyramidon and Antypyrin for the treatment of headaches.
Professor Oscar Leibreich proposed the use of Chloral Hydrate for the treatment of convulsions.
Dr. Bela Schick invented the “Schick Test” for diphtheria, which eventually led to its eradication.
Nobel Prize–winner Robert Baram innovated treatment for ear and brain damage.
Dr. Selman Abraham Waxman invented the wonder drug Streptomycin, against tuberculosis.
Dr. August Wasserman invented the Wasserman Test to test for syphilis.
Dr. Casimir Funk discovered vitamins.
Chaim Weizmann, the first president of Israel, discovered synthetic acetone, which was key to the British in WWI.
Just recently, an Israeli startup––AISAP––developed a bedside ultrasound that equips a doctor of any specialty a cardiologist-level report in five minutes. The FDA cleared it in August 2024.
Did I forget to mention that all those beautiful and trendy clothes and shoes that the Jew haters wear with such pride, are all designed by––this is the short list––Ralph Lauren, Levi Strauss, Calvin Klein, Michael Kors, Donna Karan, Stuart Weitzman, Kenneth Cole, Diane von Fürstenberg, Elie Tahari… all Jews. Not to omit Estee Lauder and Helena Rubinstein, among others, in the cosmetics field.

THE CREATIVITY NEVER STOPS

Again, the short list of Jewish contributions to the world.

Mark Zuckerberg created Facebook in 2004 and co-founded Meta Platforms (formerly Facebook).
Sergey Brin, co-founder of Google.
Jan Koum, co-founder of WhatsApp, which was purchased by Meta Platforms for $19 billion.
Evan Spiegel, co-founder of Snapchat and CEO of Snap Inc.

Heads Up, Jew-Haters!

In 1995, Dear Abby reran a column in which the late comedian Sam Levenson said that “anti-Semitism could be hazardous to your health.” Levenson challenged Jew-haters to boycott all the medicines and treatments Jews had discovered.

“Go on, boycott!” Levenson advised. “Humanitarian consistency requires my people to offer all these gifts to all people of the world. Fanatic consistency requires that all bigots accept syphilis, diabetes, convulsions, malnutrition, as a matter of principle.

“You want to be mad?” he continued. “Be mad! But I’m telling you, you ain’t going to feel so good!”

Democrat Party No Longer Exists — Replaced by the Red (Communist)/Green (Islamist) Alliance

March 13, 2026/in Anti-Semitism, Communism, Culture War, Elections, Hot Topics, Immigration, Marxism, Must Read, News, Policy, Politics, Propaganda, Queers and pedophiles, Radical Islamic Terrorism, Socialism, Terrorism, The Truth, Violence, Waste, Fraud and Abuse/by Royal A. Brown III

We no longer have a Democrat Party in the U.S. Instead what we have are crazy, anti-American politicians and their equally crazy supporters on the left. Can you think of even one of the 47 U.S. Senators claiming to be Democrats or voting with Democrat caucus whose world-view and policies are pro-traditional American or supportive of our Constitution and our country? Maybe only one — Fetterman of PA who still has some Blue Dog Democrat tendencies. Same thing can be said of the 214 Democrats in House but without a single outlier like Fetterman.

Back to Red/Green Alliance and their CRAZY thinking anti-American actions vs. COMMON SENSE, Pro-American actions. Following is a list of what the CRAZY’S stand for and support — or hills they have chosen to die on. Note that these are not listed in any priority sequence but all are bad and some are overlapping in scope or content.

1. No national election integrity e.g. nothing in law to prevent illegal aliens from fraudulently voting in our elections e.g. no support for SAVE Act. No Voter ID; eliminate the Electoral College, steal elections with fake paper ballots, etc.

2. Open borders allowing 20 million illegal aliens to invade our country during Obama and Biden regimes (10-15 during Biden) — note, since these illegal aliens violated our immigration laws, they are criminals even if no prior records. In addition to the crime many of these illegals have brought — they are costing us

$151B a year in taxpayer funds to pay for free social security benefits, schools, medical care, phones etc.

3. Men allowed in Women’s sports; women’s restrooms; women’s prisons.

4. Mutilation of children based on false claims of need for gender transition long before their brains are mature and thinking is critical.

5. Support for Islamic, Sharia law which ignores our Constitutional law; brings violence and fraud and does not promote assimilation. Under Sharia non-Muslims who won’t convert to Islam are Infidels who only deserve to be killed, enslaved, groomed/raped or taxed into poverty.

6. Abortions provided on demand resulting in murder of over 60 M babies all in the false name of “woman’s health”.

7. Defunding of Police and replacement with feckless social services.

8. Lawfare against political opponents resulting in illegal FBI censorship, raids, charges and trials by corrupt leftist judges legislating from bench and issuing injunctions in attempts to stop all POTUS Trump’s great EOs.

9. Green New Deal; Climate Change; Great Reset; ESG all of which will reduce American prosperity while making 1%ers richer; inefficient, costly, low lifespan; raptor killing windmills are good alternative energy sources; coal, natural gas and nuclear power are bad .

10. Push for Public schools, colleges and universities to indoctrinate students with liberal ideology; LGBTQxyz perversion; pro-Hamas, antisemitism; and other Communist; Democrat Socialist and Islamic propaganda.

11. Denigration of both Christianity and Judaism replaced with secular humanism, atheism and/or Islamism.

12. Decline of Biblical morals and values. “The USA is not a Christian nation” Barack Obama

13. Continued false emphasis on Marxist CRT including U.S. is a systemic racist nation; there are no real truths including God’s truth (only what individuals think are true); use of “revisionist” history to try to make America look bad and destroy American Exceptionalism with lies such as “Christian Nationalists are White Supremacists” , “white privilege”; white males are biggest threat to nation; and other ID politics like BLM.

14. Humiliating your opponents and constant chaos are keys to “social justice” and now even violence against political opponents is justified.

15. Criminals like narco terrorists; violent illegal alien demonstrators attacking police and others; etc. should be protected and provided Due Process.

16. Violence against political opponents including assassination fits the communist mantra of “the ends justify the means”.

17. Accuse your political opponents of that which you do.

18. Weakening of our military, DHS, FBI, DOJ, CIA other governmental entities with “social engineering” such as DEI and Transgender hires and promotions so that we aren’t perceived as a threat by other nations including our enemies.

19. Spread the myth of “toxic masculinity” and replace with “femininity”; that men should not be the leaders of families; that LGBTQ “families” are just as stable as nuclear families made up of one man, one women and their child(ren).

20. Marriage and having children is bad for women’s independence and happiness (it has been proven that unmarried, childless women especially those under the age of 45 are the most angry and unhappy people on the planet. Just look at who you see are in the majority at protests against ICE and other common sense government activities.

21. Draconian gun control is the answer to reducing crime in the U.S., never mind that criminals will obtain guns illegally and the murder rate is down 20% across the country since the border has been sealed.

22. Islam is a religion of peace. This is a complete lie as evidenced by violent attacks by Islamists against Americans as well as Christians and Jews world-wide. Islam is actually a geo-political theocratic form of ideology/government with the goal of world conquest by terrorism; migration; rape/grooming of infidel women/girls; high birth rate. Islam is not a race but and ideology which involves people of all races and ethnicities.

23. The main threat to the USA is white supremacy and white men. Another total fallacy. The main threat is the Red/Green alliance including Communism and Islamism and their common goal of world-wide domination. This includes the Communist Chinese who are the leading Communist power (together with surrogates like N. Korea, Cuba, many African countries) as well as Islamic governed countries like Iran, Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and others.

Etc., Etc. — I’m sure I’ve missed something.

Iran’s Supreme Insult: Mojtaba Khameni, The Fraud of Succession

March 13, 2026/in Anti-Semitism, Culture War, Elections, Hot Topics, Iranian influence, National Security, News, Policy, Politics, Radical Islamic Terrorism, Terrorism, The Truth, Violence/by Amil Imani

The “New” Ayatollah has arrived, and it is a horrible joke played on the back of a nation. As of March 9, 2026, the Assembly of Experts — under the boot of the Revolutionary Guard – has officially crowned Mojtaba Khamenei as the Supreme Leader. This is not a leadership transition; it is a palace coup by a shadow prince who has spent fifty-six years hiding behind his father’s robes.

For decades, the Islamic Republic claimed to be a revolutionary departure from the hereditary monarchy of the Shah. Today, that mask has been incinerated. By placing Mojtaba on the throne, the regime has revealed itself as nothing more than a tyrant mullah.

Let us be clear: Mojtaba Khamenei has generally the same credentials for the job as a 100-pound black lab. Zip. Nada.

In a system that ostensibly requires the “Supreme Leader” to be a pinnacle of Islamic jurisprudence, Mojtaba is a lightweight. He has never held a responsible job, never managed a government department, and has zero formal management training. His “career” consists entirely of being his father’s gatekeeper. He is a man of the shadows who has never won an election, never faced a public debate, and never managed anything more complex than his own illicit financial networks.

The people of Iran are expected to bow to a man who entered the seminary relatively late in life and whose only “scholarly” achievement is being the son of the previous boss. It is an insult to the intelligence of every Iranian citizen.

Make no mistake, this is not a man of peace. Mojtaba is the darling of the IRGC (Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps) precisely because he is a hollow vessel for their militant agenda. While he lacks the theological weight of his predecessors, he is deeply embedded in the security apparatus that has spent decades murdering its own people.

He was the architect of the 2009 crackdown on the Green Movement, a man who views dissent not as a dialogue but as a target. His rise signals a “defiant consolidation” – a regime retreating into its bunker, doubling down on missile projects and regional proxy wars while the Iranian people starve under the weight of his father’s failures.

This is not a government; it is a protection racket. The IRGC has hand-picked Mojtaba not for his wisdom, but for his weakness. They require a Supreme Leader who is beholden to the bayonets of the Basij and the ballistic missile commands. By placing a man with zero military experience and zero administrative history at the helm, the Guard has ensured that the “Supreme” office is nothing more than a rubber stamp for their own corporate and militant expansion. Mojtaba is the ultimate “Shadow Man,” a cardboard cutout designed to provide a face for a military junta that has completely cannibalized the Iranian state. He is their insurance policy against accountability.

Even the digital world is beginning to recoil from this illegitimate transition. On March 12, 2026, reports surfaced that Elon Musk’s X platform has become a battleground for the regime’s propaganda, with the Trump administration already denouncing the broadcasting of the new leader’s messages as state-sponsored terrorism.

The regime is desperately trying to use Western platforms to project an image of stability, but the world sees the truth: an injured and hiding “leader” who cannot even show his face to the public he claims to rule.

This appointment is a great injustice to the people of Iran. It is a desperate gasp from a dying theocracy trying to survive through nepotism. The appointment of Mojtaba Khamenei is the final proof that the system is unreformable.

The streets of Tehran have already begun to echo with the cries of “Death to Mojtaba!” during the night. The Iranian people do not want a “Wonder Dog” Ayatollah; they want their country back. They do not want a “Khamenei’s Prince”; they want a new and modern Iran.

The transition to Mojtaba is not a sign of strength; it is a sign of a regime that has run out of ideas and out of time. There is no “maybe” here. There is no “partly.” This is a total betrayal of the Iranian nation. We do not need dialogue with a hereditary cleric; we need full and complete regime change.

The thunder is rolling in the streets of Iran. The “Shadow Men” of the March 9 CC News report are finally being dragged into the light, and they will find no shelter there. The era of the Khamenei dynasty ends not with a peaceful handover, but with the total and necessary collapse of this fraudulent house of cards. We need full and complete regime change. Anything less is a death sentence for Iran.

Lebanese President Denounces Hezbollah, Demands It Submit to Lebanese State

March 13, 2026/in Anti-Semitism, Culture War, Hot Topics, Iranian influence, National Security, News, Policy, Radical Islamic Terrorism, Terrorism, The Truth, Violence/by Jihad Watch

The President of Lebanon, Joseph Aoun, is furious, as are other members of his cabinet, including the influential minister of justice, Adel Nassar, because of Hezbollah’s decision to attack Israel, that has invited reprisal by the IDF, and that, in turn, has caused great damage to infrastructure in the Hezbollah strongholds in southern Beirut and the Bekaa Valley, and led 600,000 Lebanese to be displaced, leaving their homes to seek shelter in parts of Lebanon where the IDF will not be attacking.

Aoun’s comments on Hezbollah can be found here: “Lebanese president Joseph Aoun calls for new ceasefire with Israel, vows to disarm Hezbollah,” by Goldie Katz, Jerusalem Post, March 10, 2026:

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun called for the implementation of a new ceasefire agreement with Israel, demanding a complete halt to all Israeli action against Hezbollah during a virtual meeting with the President of the European Council Antonio Costa and the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen on Monday.

Aoun’s proposed initiative included a request to establish a “complete ceasefire” with Israel and a plea for logistical support for the Lebanese Armed Forces.

He stated that after receiving support, the Lebanese military will disarm Hezbollah and “confiscate all weapons” from the terrorist organization.

What kind of support does Aoun mean? He means both money from the European countries and weapons from America, that just a few months ago provided $230 million worth of weaponry in order to strengthen the Lebanese National Army and to embolden the Lebanese state to go after Hezbollah and to disarm its operatives, by force if necessary.

While attempting to disarm Hezbollah, Lebanon and Israel will engage in “direct negotiations under international sponsorship, to reach the implementation” of ceasefire terms, Aoun suggested.

Aoun noted that, on March 2, the Lebanese government announced a ban on all Hezbollah military actions after the terrorist group launched strikes against Israel in an attempted retaliation for the death of Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Hezbollah attempting to ‘buy fall of Lebanese state’
He decried Hezbollah’s attack as an attempt to lure the IDF into conflict with Lebanon, perpetrated by those who want to “buy the fall of the Lebanese state… at the price of destroying dozens of our villages and the fall of tens of thousands of our people for the sake of the Iranian regime’s calculations.”

Though Aoun did call for Israel to halt all its operations in Lebanon in order that the Arab states could then put pressure on Hezbollah, he did not engage in any name-calling against the Jewish state. He regretted only that Israel’s attacks on Hezbollah have spooked enough Lebanese living in the terror group’s grip to want to quickly leave the area because of fear of Israeli bombs.

Meanwhile, Iran has succeeded in doing what Israel failed to do. Its war against Israel and the Gulf Arab states has only brought them closer together against a common enemy.

At least 70% of Lebanese — the Christians and the Sunnis — have been opposed to Hezbollah, but it is only now that they, and their leaders, have been expressing openly their fury that Hezbollah, which is rightly regarded as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the madmen in Tehran, has dragged Lebanon yet again into a war it does not want. Hezbollah is seen clearly as an enemy of the Lebanese state, whose authority it does not recognize. But three developments have now emboldened the Lebanese opponents of Hezbollah to speak out.

First, the Lebanese National Army has been receiving large infusions of weapons from the Americans. Second, the shipments of weapons that Iran used to send to Hezbollah no longer arrive; the route through Syria has been shut down by the Sunni government in Damascus, that rightly regards both Iran and Hezbollah as its mortal enemies. Third, Israel’s campaign against Hezbollah has greatly reduced its power. The IDF has destroyed at least 80% of the 150,000 missiles and rockets that Hezbollah once had in its arsenal. Since 2024, the IDF has managed to kill about 5,000 Hezbollah combatants, and to wound severely, using those “exploding pagers,” about 4,000 combatants, so that they have been rendered unfit for combat.

Lebanese Justice Minister Adel Nassar has summed up the position of the current government:

Hezbollah “deliberately attacked” Israel, on Iran’s orders, so as to relieve some of the military pressure on Iran. He insists that Hezbollah cannot continue to have and maintain a military structure within the state. It is pulling down upon the heads of all the Lebanese the violent response from Israel to Hezbollah’s attacks. Nassar is said to be considering taking legal action against Naim Qassem, the current head of Hezbollah, for dragging Lebanon into another most unnecessary and unwelcome war. Hezbollah, on Iran’s orders, started this latest war, by attacking and killing Israeli soldiers and civilians. Hezbollah, not Israel, is being blamed by Beirut for the current misery in Lebanon, with 600,000 of its citizens displaced. With the IDF pounding Hezbollah from the air, and the Lebanese military ramping up its ground attacks on the terror group, we may be witnessing the last days of Hezbollah as a military force. And in Lebanon, when that happens, a great many people will say to themselves the Arabic equivalent of “free at last, thank God almighty, we’re free at last.” Come to think of it, that’s what they will soon be saying in Iran.

AUTHOR

Hugh Fitzgerald

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WWIII: It Is not Marxism, It Is Soviet Fascism

March 13, 2026/in Commentary, Communism, Culture War, Elections, Hot Topics, Marxism, News, Policy, Politics, Socialism, Terrorism, The Truth, Violence/by Simona Pipko

“The Fascists of the Future will call themselves Anti-Fascists.” — attributed to Sir Winston Churchill

We are at war. This war is aimed at you, your family, your country and at Western civilization as a whole. To survive and win the war awareness and knowledge about the enemy is imperative. “Operation Epic Fury” is a part of a war waged against Western civilization in the 20th century: Now, it is a fury response to that war. But America is divided over “Operation Epic Fury,” even some decent Democrats are against it. That happened, because. America was missing the Russian history of the 20th century and didn’t know that Venezuela and Iran are countries of Soviet fascism. The title WWIII: It is not Marxism; it is Soviet Fascism requires knowledge of all three terms. As a former Soviet attorney. I have been writing about WWIII and Marxism for decades, and about Soviet Fascism for the last 15-20 years. I have been writing about all terms of the title, because they are inextricably connected. Russia was the first and the only country to win the victory of Socialist Revolution in1917. The Soviet/Russian system of Socialism, a corrupt, abusive, and violent system has been spread globally.

The Soviet/Russian Dictator Stalin has established a highly-centralized regime of one-party system, a brutal force of the Police State with huge Security Apparatus—the system of Soviet Socialism. History gave Stalin a nickname: “the famous murderer of the 20th century.” But America, especially young people, are not familiar with that. Perhaps only Anne Applebaum examines the systematic repression and terror employed by Stalin’s regime. I was also writing about it, but my prime subject was the agency that carried out the murders, repressions and deportations of the dissidents—the KGB’s Mfia/Army—the Evil Doer (my term).

Unfortunately, neither Democrats nor some Republicans know a very intriguing fact in History of the 1930s. Adolf Hitler came to power in 1933 due to the democratic election in Germany. Stalin began designing his economic system of Soviet Socialism at the same time, after he killed, imprisoned, and deported all his political opponents, old Bolsheviks. Before WWII Stalin and Hitler were partners. To secure the Fascist Ideology of Germany for a thousand years, Hitler had established the powerful agency—Gestapo. To secure his model of Soviet Socialism, Stalin had recognized well-known the KGB, a Law Enforcement agency. The Soviet people called the KGB—the Soviet Gestapo. By doing that, both Hitler and Stalin had weaponized and secured their ideological and economic systems. The model of Stalin’s Soviet Socialism has been exported throughout the globe—a conspiracy against Western civilization. This is the main focus of WWIII. Here is my definition of WWIII: Recruitments and Drugs, Infiltrations-Penetrations, and Assassinations. Just recall the activities of Biden’s team and you will recognize the model of Soviet Socialism in America.

In terms of Marxism, Karl Marx gave to the world the Marxist Theory, a utopian Theory (Theory—hypothesis assumed for the sake of argument or investigation).Dictionary. Please, remember the definition of Theory. There are four main points in Marxist Theory, the fourth one is that: “Marxist Theory can be applied only in industrially developed European countries.” Karl Marx. Marxist Theory was very successful in Europe, but no one country materialized the Theory in Europe. Contrary to the Marxist Theory, the first Socialist Revolution occurred in 1917 Russia, an agricultural country. The leader of the revolution, Lenin was assassinated and Joseph Stalin had become an ultimate ruler of a former Great Russian Empire spreading eleven time zones.

Stalin knew Marxist Theory, in his youth, he was traveling to Azerbaijan both Russian and part of Persian/Iran to organize Marxist groups. Knowing the area, he bequeathed to begin the invasion of his Soviet Socialism in the Middle East from Iran. Stalin had married his model of Soviet Socialism with Islam; it was the fusion of criminal Ideology with menacing force. Stalin’s devoted disciples materialized it by implementing the model of Soviet Socialism, which I called Soviet Fascism in Iran. By the way, the Revolutions of 1979 in the Middle East have been designed, orchestrated and supervised by the Chairman of the KGB Yuri Andropov 1967-1982. He had developed Stalin’s legacy and became the First Secretary of the Communist Party of the USSR in 1982.

Another Stalin’s devoted disciple, Putin has continued Andropov’s design. After the assassination of a prominent political figure and a reformist, St. Petersburg Governor Anatoly Sobchak, on September 20, 1989, Putin left for Moscow. He fooled Yeltsin and became his advisor. Vey soon he was catapulted from the KGB to the Prime Minister of Russia and then to President. Nobody knew the word drone 28-30 years ago, at the time Vladimir Putin gave an order to Iran to build the Drone factory. He even supervised the construction. By that time Iran had a strong connection with the KGB’s Mafia/Army through the Intel Apparatus and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard of Iran. Russia and Iran have been tied economically, ideologically and strategically, of course, they share the Intel. They were partners, as all countries of Soviet Socialism, which I called Soviet Fascism. Russia designed and used all her proxies in terrorist activities throughout the world. The Evil Empire is alive and well and all her proxies are Evils. Russia shared her power with China in the 21st century—it became a new “Axis of Evil” . The time has come to call a Spade a Spade—we are dealing with Soviet Fascism spread globally.

When I was teaching in the New York University; student always asked me: Why didn’t European countries follow Marxist Theory, though he was very popular? It was a difficult question, but I tried to answer. Do you know the European intellectual movement of the 18th century, called Enlightenment? It was heavily influenced by 17th-century philosophers such as Descartes, Locke, and Newton, and its prominent exponents include Kant, Goethe, Voltaire, Rousseau, and Adam Smith. Look at this constellation of geniuses, teaching the West reason and individuality for two centuries of successful development of capitalism. None of them was arguing about the war. Karl Marx started with war and abolition of private property. Think about people’s life and culture in Europe for two centuries, some of them have already enjoy private property. For them Marx Theory was a bombshell… My students have been satisfied.

While I am writing, the TV is talking about a terrorist plot with explosive devices inspired by ISIS, it is close to the Mamdani Gracie Mention in the center of New York City. Discussing the plot the investigators mention terrorists Tsarnaev brothers, but not naming Russia. I have been writing about Russia for four decades, but our counterintelligence doesn’t read it and this terror in New York is the result of that. Russia is a Terrorist State, all known terrorists’ Islamic groups are controlled and administered by Russia. Many years ago in the 20^th century, Stalin married Islam with Communist Ideology, inculcating and instilling Muslim’s brain with ideology, considering a common enemy—Western civilization. Stalin’s devoted disciples followed his legacy. Since than the Taliban, ISIS, Al-Shabab and Al-Qaeda are supervised by Russia. After the Boston bombing, I was writing and suggested to the FBI to save the life of the old brother Tsarnaev, let him talk about the KGB training him for 6 month in Russia. That information was necessary for the future. Alas, they didn’t listen to me and killed old-Tsarnaev… For details, please, read my columns.

It is not a coincidence that I have been reporting about the KGB’s Mafia/Army—the Evil Doer for decades. Do you remember a huge students’ protest in Columbia University? Maybe you remember the same protests in 200 other colleges and Universities? All of that was organized, coordinated and controlled by the KGB’s Mafia/Army-the Evil Doer. The Russian Intel is sabotaging America in many different ways, forms and shapes. You also know the transgender people, the Dems’ heroes, actually 90 percent of them are spies organized and controlled by the Evil Doer. Biden’s team consisted of 85-90 percent of Communists, Socialists, Anarchists and other thugs destroying America with impunity. This underground war against the American Republic has been going on for 70-80 years; our CIA and FBI have been infiltrated and malfunctioned for the last thirty years. It is more than Iranian retaliations, it is a clear present danger from many others, created by the Soviet/Russian Intel for hundred years.

I don’t trust the Democrats, especially Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine. They hate Trump so much that they are rooting for our enemy to win. What a shame! I don’t know why the authority tolerate it is beyond me. I have been writing about treasonous Dems for years. Just watch how, in my opinion, two Russian moles would run for the presidency in 2028 America: Mayor Pete and Rahm Emanual. We have thousands if not a million of sleeper cells generated for 70-80 years. Now you know who are Antifa, BLM, and other gangs fighting the Trump administration. To deal with them, we need politically knowledgeable members of the FBI and CIA. Learn about other traitors, by reading my columns.

“Operation Epic Fury” was the last chance for Western civilization to survive. The military victory will not prevent revival of Iranian Fascism. We have a good lesson in Russia. The Iranian people are waiting for deep changes politically, ideologically and economically. Those changes are possible only under strong, competent and peace-oriented leaders. Remember, we are dealing with a highly-centralized regime of one-party system, a brutal force of the Police State with huge Security Apparatus—the system of Soviet Fascism in Islam. I don’t know when and how “Operation Epic Fury” ends. Nevertheless, I’d like President Trump and PM Netanyahu to be familiar with my opinion. I am very grateful to them and wish them good luck! We can help Trump by voting Republican in an upcoming Midterm election.

To be continued at www.drrichswier.com/author/spipko/, You can view and purchase my books at www.simonapipko.com.

The FBI Is Worried About Iranian Drone Attacks on the U.S. West Coast

March 13, 2026/in Culture War, Elections, Hot Topics, National Security, News, Policy, Radical Islamic Terrorism, Terrorism, Violence/by Conservative Commandos Radio Show and AUN-TV

The FBI has warned police departments in California that Iran may retaliate against the United States by launching drones aimed at inflicting damage on the country’s west coast, according to a bombshell ABC News report.

“We recently acquired information that as of early February 2026, Iran allegedly aspired to conduct a surprise attack using unmanned aerial vehicles from an unidentified vessel off the coast of the United State Homeland, specifically against unspecified targets in California, in the event that the US conducted strikes against Iran. We have no additional information on the timing, method, target, or perpetrators of this alleged attack,” read an alert offered by the bureau at the end of last month and the outset of the Trump administration’s ongoing operation in Iran.

ABC News’ John Cohen, the former head of intelligence for the Department of Homeland Security, commented : “We know Iran has an extensive presence in Mexico and South America, they have relationships, they have the drones and now they have the incentive to conduct attacks,” said Cohen. “The FBI is smart for putting this warning out so that state and locals can be better able to prepare and respond to these types of threats. Information like this is critically important for law enforcement.”

Truist Bank Makes an Important Withdrawal from LGBT Activism

March 12, 2026/in Child Sex, Child Sex Trafficking, Culture War, Economy, Hot Topics, News, Policy, Queers and pedophiles, Social Issues, Waste, Fraud and Abuse/by Family Research Council

There haven’t been a lot of industries untouched by the anti-woke revolution in the last three years. But there is one pocket of the economy that’s been slightly less eager to roll back the radical agendas that have been swallowing companies whole these last two decades: banks. But, in a sign that no corporate entity can escape the consumer muscle flexing across America, that may be about to change.

In what everyone hopes is a genuine pivot, Truist Bank has agreed to stop submitting to the Human Rights Campaign’s Corporate Equality Index — a dramatic change considering the company’s string of 100% scores leading up to 2026. The move, prompted by a Heritage Foundation shareholder proposal, is the first big domino to fall in a financial sector that’s escaped largely unscathed from the grassroots movement.

As most people know, HRC’s index, produced by the largest and loudest LGBT activist group in America, ranks businesses on how well they implement extreme policies like covering the cost of gender-transition procedures for staff and their families, publicly lobbying for pro-LGBTQ legislation, forcing employees to undergo multiple ideological trainings, opening restrooms to both sexes, introducing a pronoun sharing guide, recruiting employees based on sexual orientation and gender identity (not merit and experience), and more. A perfect score from HRC essentially means the wokest of the woke.

But, in a seismic shift, CEOs have fled the index this year, refusing to carry the leftist political baggage that could paint a target on their backs and sink their profits. Just this year, the 2026 index lost a whopping 65% of its Fortune 500 participants, dropping from 377 companies in 2025 to just 131.

Jerry Bowyer, a former columnist for Forbes who now serves as president and CEO of Bowyer Research, can’t underscore just how significant this concession is, especially for a major bank. “We’ve seen that from a lot of the regional banks … even from tech companies and consumer companies.” But this, he told “Washington Watch” guest host Jody Hice, “is really astonishing.”

Stephen Soukup, visiting fellow in the Heritage Foundation’s Free Enterprise Initiative, agreed. “I think it’s pretty clear that the Human Rights Campaign is losing what remains of its relevance in the effort to influence American corporate behavior. Truist Bank is the latest example of a major corporation to admit that its public and private positions on the HRC and its Corporate Equality Index were at odds with one another,” he told The Washington Stand.

It’s worth noting, he continued, “that this concession came in what was an otherwise combative engagement with Bowyer Research on behalf of its client, the Heritage Foundation. As a shareholder of Truist, Heritage filed a proxy proposal asking the bank to evaluate the business risks it creates when its values are misaligned with those of its shareholders. The bank refused to budge on many important questions, but not on its participation with the HRC” — a telling sign of the organization’s cratering influence.

Of course, as Bowyer pointed out, the index didn’t used to be a list of wildly controversial demands on transgenderism. Back in the day, it was essentially an agreement that businesses wouldn’t discriminate against people who identify as LGBT. “But little by little, [HRC] moved the goalposts until finally it was bathroom wars, Bud Light branding, and puberty blockers for the children of employees.” Getting a 100% may have seemed like an A+ in corporate board rooms, Bowyer underscored, but to most Americans, “it’s an F-minus.”

Gradually, thanks to Robby Starbuck’s crusade and other long-suffering soldiers of the movement like Soukup, businesses that were growing uncomfortable with the over-the-top concessions they had to make to HRC started to peel off. Groups like Bowyer’s, who represent the interests of shareholders against companies “who’ve been,” as he describes it, “led around by the nose by activist groups,” started asking CEOs, “Why don’t you just stop participating altogether? You don’t have to have these outside groups who are determining your policies, who are pressuring you. Just focus on being a bank. … Focus on being a credit card company. And a lot of them are saying, ‘Okay, that’s what we’re going to do.’ Because frankly, I’m not sure they all realize what they were signing up for. … It was sold to them as a way to decrease controversy,” he pointed out. But in the last few years, what it became was “a huge magnet for controversy.”

Equally significant, at least where Truist is concerned, is their willingness to fix the debanking problem that’s been plaguing Christians and conservatives for years. Thanks to Joe Biden’s weaponization of the federal government, major financial institutions were encouraged after January 6 to “comb through the private transactions of their customers” to look for “suspicious charges” (without warrants) of legal activities involving political and religious expression.

Observers warned that it would lead to a flood of cancellations where conservatives were concerned. They were right. What was already a growing problem of viewpoint discrimination at the nation’s banks became an epidemic. More institutions started freezing assets and locking conservatives out of accounts, citing “reputation risk” to justify their bias.

Faith groups and leaders have been a common target. In just the past few years, Bank of America suddenly closed the accounts of reputable ministries like Indigenous Advance Ministries and Timothy Two Project International, claiming that the groups “exceeded the ‘bank’s risk tolerance.’” JP Morgan Chase piled on, canceling the account of the National Committee for Religious Freedom (NCRF), headed by former U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom Sam Brownback. “In order for their account to be reinstated,” The Washington Stand’s Dan Hart reported, “JPMorgan demanded that NCRF turn over a list of high-level donors, ‘a list of candidates it intended to support, and its criteria for political support.’”

President Trump, outraged by the injustice — and a victim of this coordinated attack himself — issued an executive order last year to crack down on debanking. “It is the policy of the United States that no American should be denied access to financial services because of their constitutionally or statutorily protected beliefs, affiliations, or political views, and to ensure that politicized or unlawful debanking is not used as a tool to inhibit such beliefs, affiliations, or political views. Banking decisions must instead be made on the basis of individualized, objective, and risk-based analyses.”

After several months of conversations, Truist agreed, offering Bowyer a link to its updated service agreement that addressed concerns about politicized debanking. “This is an issue,” he said in an organization statement, “that we’ve been engaging the company on for more than two years — and it’s a true blessing to see a prohibition on debanking based on ‘political opinions’ come as fruit of that engagement.” The message, he hopes, is “back to neutral.”

But now isn’t the time to let up on the gas pedal. “Christians need to get in the game,” especially on the investment side, Bowyer urged. When companies started becoming left-wing operatives, “The problem wasn’t the Biden administration,” he argued, or any Democratic administration before it. “The problem is you weren’t showing up. …We complain about a process of woke capitalism that we helped create with our absence and neglect.”

Asked if he thinks the change is sustainable in a post-Trump world, Bowyer was frank. The “vibe shift,” he argues, “started before the election of Trump. I don’t think Trump cause[d] it.” He believes the two were basically parallel tracks that combined to create this powerful climate of pushback. But, he acknowledged, “Starbucks is still going to be Starbucks. Disney is going to be Disney. I mean, they didn’t really want to talk, and they didn’t change anything. But that’s maybe three or four out of 100 companies we’ve engaged with, most of which have been extremely productive engagements,” he underscored. In his opinion, this is “the biggest reverse march through the institutions I’ve ever seen in my life. The ESG and DEI bubble is just collapsing before our eyes.”

As Soukup stressed, the momentum for change is only snowballing. “It’s worth noting that this concession came in what was an otherwise spirited engagement with Bowyer Research on behalf of its client, the Heritage Foundation.” The fact that “Truist is willing to resist some efforts by its shareholders to rein in its political activity, even as it willingly defies the Human Rights Campaign” is significant. “The spell is broken. Corporate fear of the HRC is dead. Bowyer Research and the Heritage Foundation scored an important victory for shareholders, even as they keep the pressure on Truist to do better.”

The successes keep coming — beyond most consumer activists’ wildest dreams. But “to quote Churchill,” Bowyer said, “It’s not the end. It’s not the beginning of the end. But,” he smiled, “it just might be the end of the beginning.”

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Suzanne Bowdey

Suzanne Bowdey serves as editorial director and senior writer at The Washington Stand.

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Iran’s Selection of New Supreme Leader Tells World ‘Regime Isn’t Reformable’

March 12, 2026/in Anti-Semitism, Assassination attempt, Culture War, Hot Topics, Iranian influence, National Security, News, Radical Islamic Terrorism, Terrorism, Violence, Waste, Fraud and Abuse/by The Daily Signal

The selection of Mojtaba Khamenei, son of slain Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, as Iran’s new supreme leader sends a clear message that “the regime isn’t reformable,” one foreign policy expert says.

The 88 senior Shiite clerics who met to name Ali Khamenei’s successor could have chosen to largely hold to their “national priorities” and also “send something to [U.S. President Donald] Trump,” said Ilan Berman, senior vice president of the American Foreign Policy Council, but “that’s not what’s happening here.”

Ali Khamenei did not leave a succession plan, but the son is someone who “the hardliners in the system can coalesce around,” Berman told The Daily Signal.

While Mojtaba Khamenei may have been the only clear choice still alive to take the role, his selection contradicts the doctrine of the regime, which opposes dynastic rule.

Mojtaba Khamenei is only the third supreme leader of the Iranian regime, which was established 47 years ago following the Iranian Revolution. The leaders of the Islamic Republic of Iran rule the nation under Sharia law and have long been known to fund terrorist proxy groups in the region.

The new leader has close ties to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, which was established following the Iranian Revolution.

“What we know about him, although he’s kept a low profile, he has been much more hardened than his father was, [and has] very close ties to the IRGC,” Jacob Olidort, director of American security at the America First Policy Institute, told The Daily Signal. He added that the selection indicates the IRGC is playing “an increasingly greater role” in decisions over Iran’s future.

It would be “consistent with Israel’s approach” if Israel now uses its intelligence to target and kill the new Iranian leader, Olidort explained, a sentiment Berman also expressed.

It is unclear whether the selection of the new leader means a long conflict with Iran. Trump has declared the war will continue until Iran’s “unconditional surrender,” which could occur if its military ran out of munitions or simply no longer had the will to fight, Berman said.

For Israel’s part in the conflict, Berman believes the “Israelis are moving fast and they’re breaking things because they understand that at any moment, President [Trump] may see a political alignment in Iran that is sufficient for him to declare victory.”

Trump told CBS News on Monday that “the war is very complete, pretty much,” CBS News’ Weijia Jiang wrote on X.

“They have no navy, no communications, they’ve got no Air Force,” Trump told Jiang over a phone call, adding that the U.S. is ahead of the estimated four-to-five-week timeline Trump had initially estimated.

Trump did not provide a name, but reportedly told CBS News that he has someone in mind to replace Mojtaba Khamenei as leader of Iran.

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Virginia Allen

Virginia Allen is a senior news producer for The Daily Signal and host of “The Daily Signal Podcast” and “Problematic Women.” Send an email to Virginia. Virginia on X: @Virginia_Allen5.

Trump Pushes to ‘Finish the Job’ in Iran

March 12, 2026/in Anti-Semitism, Culture War, Elections, Hot Topics, Must Read, National Security, News, Policy, Radical Islamic Terrorism, Terrorism, The Truth, Violence, Waste, Fraud and Abuse/by Family Research Council

While the media drones on about the unpopularity of the president’s operation in Iran, Americans’ opinions, with all due respect, don’t really matter. In eight months, voters will have the chance to grade the Trump administration’s decision to level the Islamist regime that’s terrorized the West for decades. But until then, the only thing that anyone should care about, apart from the safety of U.S. troops, is the United States and its allies getting as close to eliminating one of the world’s greatest existential threats as humanely possible.

That doesn’t mean there isn’t confusion about next steps. In one soundbite, President Trump says the war is almost over, and in the next, he allows for the possibility of ground troops. One thing he could certainly stand to improve is his messaging. And yet, as contradictory as his statements may be, the why of the administration’s action should never be in question. As Thérèse Shaheen is quick to point out in National Review, “In the case of Iran, the threat is not speculative. Iran’s intent, capabilities, and behavior have had demonstrably dangerous results for America and Americans.” If the president had intelligence that a “catastrophic conflict” was likely, then acting now, she argues, “may prevent greater destruction later.”

We may never know what classified information went into Trump’s decision-making or timeline, but the reality is this: the majority of people in this country elected him to act in the best interest of America. Like it or not, voters chose him to use his own judgment when it came to confronting the bullies of this world. And they supported him, recognizing that this was a possibility. As Trump himself bragged this week, “No other president had the guts to do it.”

And the reality is, even after months of diplomatic attempts, Iran’s leaders were never interested in peace. “[They’ve] been notorious for using negotiations to drag out talks to continue enriching uranium — while never agreeing to anything,” House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) told Family Research Council President Tony Perkins on “This Week on Capitol Hill.” “They were never going to agree to stop working towards a nuclear weapons program. And so, President Trump finally said, ‘If they will kill tens of thousands of their own people, they will not hesitate to kill Americans if they get a nuclear bomb, and once they get that bomb, it’s too late to negotiate with them, because then you lose that leverage.’ This was the time to strike.”

As a planet, the hope now must be that the alliance of America, Israel, and other Arab nations finishes the job. And based on the reports from Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and other top officials, the U.S. will not accept anything but the complete dismantling of Iran’s military and nuclear power. Deep into its second week, Hegseth told the media that Tuesday “will be yet again our most intense day of strikes inside Iran,” which is a bold statement considering the 5,000 targets already hit.

Meanwhile, the decimated government, including new Supreme Leader Mojitaba Khamenei, is struggling to respond. According to the secretary, “The mullahs are desperate and scrambling. Like the terrorist cowards they are, they fire missiles from schools and hospitals, deliberately targeting innocents, because they know their military is being systematically degraded and annihilated.” Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Caine explained that Iran is “fighting, and I respect that. But I don’t think they’re more formidable than what we thought.” Even now, the conflict is dramatically one-sided. “We’ve made significant progress in reducing the number of missile and drone attacks out of Iran,” Caine acknowledged. “Ballistic missile attacks continue to trend downward, 90% from where they’ve started, and one-way attack drones have decreased 83%, since the beginning of the operation.”

Incredibly, Iran’s targets continue to be other neighbors, which most experts believe only helps the U.S. “The talking points you heard going into this [were], ‘If we ever did what needed to be done with Iran, the whole Middle East would be in an uproar against us,” Rep. Michael Cloud (R-Texas) pointed out on “Washington Watch” Monday. “[And] what we’ve seen is the opposite, where we see other nations, maybe not to the extent we’d like, but they’re certainly not joining in the fight with Iran. They’re saying, ‘These guys have been a menace to our region. We want peace for our kids. We want peace for our family. We want peace for our region. And what that means is taking out the capability of Iran to do evil things in their region and around the world.’”

From a strategic standpoint, broadening their response is foolish, most agree. “Iran has done Trump a favor by attacking all its Arab neighbors,” Elliott Abrams argues, “which makes those neighbors U.S. and Israeli allies. The U.S. does not now need to cajole them into assisting our forces this week and helping to stop Iranian missiles and drones aimed at Israel; we are all on the same side against Iran. We can assume that after the war, there will be new U.S. diplomatic efforts to bring Israel and the Arabs closer by expanding the Abraham Accords.”

While his crippled country tries to retaliate, the younger Khamenei remains in hiding — his dwindling lieutenants still talking tough. Almost comically, Iran’s National Security Council secretary insisted Iran isn’t losing the war before threatening Trump, “Even those greater than you have failed to eliminate the Iranian nation. Be careful not to be eliminated yourself!”

The choice of the late ayatollah’s son was a defiant shot across the bow, most believe. “He’s a chip off the old block,” Dr. David Adesnik shook his head on Monday’s “Washington Watch,” “and the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. … He’s not necessarily a distinguished religious thinker,” the vice president at the Foundation for Defense of the Democracies warned. “He’s someone who’s made his way by being put in positions of power by his father and managing them relatively well, at least from his father’s perspective. I think you would count him among the hardest of the hardliners in the regime. His choice is an indication that other hardliners in the Revolutionary Guard and outside the Revolutionary Guard are continuing to steer this war in a direction of further confrontation, not one of any compromise.”

He added, “If President Trump wanted there to be a [moderate] who might be interested in a resolution, this is not his man.”

It all raises the question: where is this headed, and what does victory even look like? Adesnik isn’t sure. “I regret to say I have a fair amount of uncertainty. … I think we’ve been hoping to some extent the Iranian people would come out, renew their protests, and overthrow the regime, but of course, that would mean doing it while there’s fighting going on. And it’s not entirely clear. How long will we persist? Would we cut a deal that perhaps ended the war and left Mojtaba Khamenei, the new leader, in power? Or are we really going all the way to the end?”

Trump defined success as an Iran that’s incapable and unwilling to develop nuclear weapons, but he also had strong advice for the country’s oppressed people. “When we are finished, take over your government. It will be yours to take. This will be, probably, your only chance for generations.”

Either way, this administration and its allies are changing the course of history. “Even if the regime hangs on,” Abrams suggests, “its pretense to be the dominant regional power — with a huge ballistic missile array and a nuclear weapons program — will have been shattered. While we cannot predict the date of its collapse,” he goes on, “whether that takes weeks, months, or years, that collapse has been brought closer. The credit belongs to Donald Trump, who has made a bold and risky decision that deserves firm support.”

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Suzanne Bowdey

Suzanne Bowdey serves as editorial director and senior writer at The Washington Stand.

By What Authority?

March 12, 2026/in Commentary, Communism, Culture War, Elections, Hot Topics, Immigration, Marxism, News, Policy, Politics, Social Issues, Socialism, Waste, Fraud and Abuse/by Jerry Newcombe, D. Min.

A Texas member of the state House of Representatives from the liberal district of Austin catapulted to national fame last week. Why? He beat outspoken Jasmine Crockett in the Democratic primary as a candidate for the U.S. Senate.

After this victory, Congressman James Talarico, said, “We are not just trying to win an election, We are trying to fundamentally change our politics. And it’s working.”

What makes this politician of interest is that in the name of religion, he makes a lot of radical claims. He refers to the Bible as if it supports things that it clearly opposes. One might ask, “What translation is he reading?”

Not that he’s completely unique in this sense. There are liberal denominations, including the one he belongs to—the United Presbyterian Church (USA)—that have largely abandoned much of the plain reading of Scripture. Talarico is working toward a Master of Divinity degree at the denomination’s Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary.

Because of his expressed religiosity, he is perceived as possibly winning over professing Christians in the Lone Star State.

But is he really just “the left’s Trojan horse,” to use a phrase from Peter Cordi? Writing in the Washington Examiner, Cordi notes, “State Rep. James Talarico, the Democratic nominee for the Texas Senate race, was sold to voters as an ‘electable’ moderate. Now that his old posts are resurfacing, people are starting to see how extreme his views really are.”

▪Talarico promotes open borders. But does he lock his own doors? If so, what hypocrisy.

▪He promotes transgender rights and even wants to make sure transgenders can have access to abortion. But we all know biological men cannot get pregnant.

▪Talarico has even said, “God is nonbinary.”

The Bible notes that the Creator has made us in His image, male and female. Throughout the Scriptures, God uses “He,” “Him,” and “His” in His self-revelation. But He’s supposedly some “nonbinary” entity.

Talarico’s views on life and abortion are also quite radical. He said, “The Virgin Mary consenting to the angel Gabriel’s message suggests that the Bible is pro-choice, and that a woman’s consent is an inextricable part of the creation process.”

In 2022, he wrote a letter to President Biden, pleading the cause of abortion. He complained that “an anti-choice minority has taken advantage of the undemocratic loopholes in our political system to impose their radical program on our country. This minority is threatening our most basic rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”

So, in other words, we need to defend the right to life—by destroying life? Abortion is the deliberate taking of a human life in utero.

And on it goes.

Alex McFarland, a prolific author, preacher, and youth specialist, comments, “Talarico’s faith-based bid to flip Texas to the Democratic Party is nothing more than a plot to persuade Texas Christians to give him a vote. The great state of Texas is tragically becoming less Christian by the day, and ultimate opportunist Talarico is capitalizing on this dip in faith by muddying the water and ultimately creating a brand new religion based on this ‘progressive’ Christ…. Talarico’s version is not the real Jesus.”

The founders of America believed in natural law, which the Creator has impressed upon His creation. Sir William Blackstone, one of the sources quoted by the founding fathers and by the Supreme Court throughout the ages, wrote about “the laws of nature and of nature’s God”—a phrase found in the Declaration of Independence, whose 250th birthday we celebrate this year.

Blackstone penned: “Upon these two foundations, the law of nature and the law of revelation [“the holy scriptures”], depend all human laws; that is to say, no human laws should be suffered to contradict these.”

The founders expected us to be self-governed through religious influence (on a voluntary basis). John Adams famously declared, “Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.”

But it would seem to me that politicians like Talarico are using religious words to mask a very secular agenda. An undermined Bible is just as meaningless as no Bible. Yet our nation was built on the Bible.

As President Jackson said, the Bible is “the rock upon which our republic rests.”

When President Lincoln received a copy of the Scriptures, he remarked, “All the good the Savior gave to the world was communicated through this book. But for it we could not know right from wrong.”

Who knew we would have to wait for 21 centuries to find out what the Bible really means after all?

If the likes of Texas State Rep. James Talarico had their way, we would have no clue what is right and what is wrong—even if reading the same book.