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Iran’s so-called “Supreme Leader” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei emerged from exile Thursday to claim victory over Israel and said his country had “delivered a hand slap to America’s face” in his first public comments since a ceasefire was declared in the war between the two countries. AP reports Khamenei spoke in a video broadcast on Iranian state television, his first public appearance since June 19 and aside from his sweeping claims on social media. Viewers were told the U.S. had only intervened in the war because “it felt that if it did not intervene, the Zionist regime would be utterly destroyed.” But the…
Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) said Thursday on MSNBC’s “The Weeknight” that President Donald Trump was “deliberately misleading the country about the results of the military action he took” in Iran. Co-host Michael Steele said, “You sat in the hearing, you got the briefing. Tell us what you are making of this right now. How concerned are you about the stability of our foreign policy makers to deal with the thing that they’ve started to unleash in the Middle East by going after Iran and sort of carrying the waters, if you will, for Benjamin Netanyahu’s designs against Iran?” Van…
The US president has called out Natasha Bertrand for a report questioning the effectiveness of America’s recent strikes on Iran US President Donald Trump has demanded that CNN Pentagon correspondent Natasha Bertrand be fired for questioning the effectiveness of the recent US military action in Iran. He also mentioned her coverage of the 2020 Hunter Biden laptop story.Bertrand co-authored a CNN exclusive published on Wednesday, which, citing a preliminary US military intelligence assessment, contradicted Trump’s claims that the American strikes had obliterated Iran’s nuclear facilities. The CNN account was later supported by other media outlets.“Natasha Bertrand should be FIRED from…
On Thursday evening, GOP Senator Eric Schmitt (MO) demanded access to sealed Biden autopen records after Neera Tanden admitted she controlled the autopen for more than a year and a half. Ex-Biden official Neera Tanden admitted under oath to the House Oversight Committee during a closed-door testimony on Tuesday that she controlled Joe Biden’s autopen. House Oversight Chairman James Comer recently identified five Biden aides who were involved in the cover-up of Joe Biden’s mental decline and autopen scandal. Director of Domestic Policy Council Neera Tanden was brought before the Committee on Tuesday and admitted she was authorized to use…
Metallica’s self-titled album becomes a bestseller again decades later as the band’s Load debuts on … More multiple lists thanks to a super deluxe edition. American heavy metal band Metallica – winners of the ‘Rock and Roll Artist of the Year’ award – attend the 8th Annual Billboard Music Awards at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, 8th December 1997. L – R: James Hetfield, Kirk Hammett, Lars Ulrich, Jason Newsted. (Photo by Vinnie Zuffante/Getty Images)Getty Images This week is all about Load for Metallica. The hard rock legends recently delivered a super deluxe edition of the decades-old…
Rapper Azealia Banks pulled out of two music festivals in the United Kingdom under pressure to support Palestine. Banks was scheduled to perform at Maiden Voyage festival and the Boomtown festival, but the rapper revealed on Wednesday that she would be pulling out. “So guys I am cancelling Boomtown and Maiden Voyage,” she wrote in a lengthy post on X. “The promoters have been stressing me out for weeks trying to force me to say free Palestine and threatening to cut me from the bill because I won’t say free Palestine and I’m not dealing with the threats and I’m…
On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Lead,” CNN Senior Political and Global Affairs Commentator, former U.S. Ambassador to Japan, and former Obama Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel stated that “I don’t agree with the president of the United States, do not, on many, many issues. But you have to admire that when the United States says all options are on the table, he just proved all options are on the table. And China and Russia and even North Korea have to step back, because that has a level of deterrence.” Emanuel said, “[T]he one big loser, in my view, ……
The world’s wealthiest have seen their fortunes increase by $33.9 trillion over the past decade, according to the anti-poverty charity The richest 1% of the people on Earth have gained over $33.9 trillion in real terms since 2015, according to a new report by UK-based anti-poverty group Oxfam.The amount is enough to end extreme poverty 22 times over, based on the World Bank’s highest income threshold of $8.30 per person per day.Approximately 3,000 billionaires worldwide have collectively increased their wealth by $6.5 trillion over the past decade, bringing their total net worth to 14.6% of global GDP, the report claims.Oxfam…
New Jersey Rep. LaMonica McIver appeared on Jen Psaki’s MSNBC show this week and said that she never thought she’d face charges over her alleged assault during an anti-ICE stunt. Millions of Americans just thought to themselves – We know. The left never expects to face consequences for their actions because they almost never do. She has pleaded not guilty. McIver should call President Trump and ask him if he expected the Democrats to try to jail and bankrupt him for years. She might actually learn something. The Hill reports: McIver: Assault accusation ‘a scary situation’ Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-N.J.)…
Aaron Pierre in Rebel RidgeNetflix It was announced on Wednesday that directing legend Denis Villeneuve would be the first James Bond director under the new Amazon reign, diving into the lore of the legendary secret agent some time after his next Dune movie. Or his third Dune movie? Or one of the other projects he’s supposedly working on? The timeline is a bit unclear here. Villeneuve is a surprising choice for the spot, albeit he has effectively never made a bad film, and any franchise would be lucky to have him. It is somewhat notable that fellow directing icon Christopher…