Professor Pape’s verdict: Iran moves to hard power while Trump watches helplessly.

Professor Robert Pape of the University of Chicago delivered a clinical assessment this morning: the United States is no longer a player in the Persian Gulf. It is a spectator. Iran has completed its shift from survival to ambition to hard power and is now actively shaping the regional balance while Washington sits frozen in an escalation trap of its own making.

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Pentagon admits USS Abraham Lincoln crew is struggling after 266 days at sea

A “small number” of “mental health cases” were reported, while meals were “adjusted” due to limited fresh supplies. Calls home were also “limited,” though the ship is expected to be homeward bound “soon.”

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American warship runs out of tampons and pads as U.S. troops reportedly “beg” for extra supplies

“None of our packages were delivered,” families say

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USS Lincoln’s supply problems traced to Iranian attacks on a key Navy base in Bahrain, according to the New York Times.

Tehran’s retaliatory strikes reportedly came “soon after” the first day of the war, destroying a major logistics hub the Navy had relied on for decades.

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Trump has claimed he will make Strait of Hormuz a US territory "pretty soon."

The US president made the comments about Iran and Venezuela at an event focused on crime and policing in New York.

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Iran’s Rain Returns, After a Strike on a UAE Cloud-Seeding Base

For decades, large parts of Iran have suffered through severe drought, parched farmland, and dwindling water supplies. Now, areas that have struggled for generations are seeing rain and snowfall at levels not recorded in more than 60 years.

The timing is raising serious questions. The shift came shortly after a reported strike on a secret weather-modification and cloud-seeding facility in the UAE.

If the region had the capacity to alter precipitation, what exactly was that technology being used for, and who controlled it?


Was this simply a natural weather cycle finally turning in Iran’s favor? Or was outside interference involved all along? Were the U.S., Israel, and other adversaries quietly using weather technology to block rain and snowfall, deepening Iran’s drought and putting further pressure on its people?

The rain may have returned, but the questions behind it are only growing.

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The EU commission just quietly published a 500 page report planning for overnight 90% wealth confiscations.

Here some direct quotes:

If overnight, one off taxes are not anticipated by taxpayers, then the tax payers won't have the time to respond & amp; avoid the tax."

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Jacob Rothschild: “My family created Israel.”

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Ambassador Huckabee says he’s not using the term antisemitism anymore because it’s not effective so he’s going with “Jew-Hate” and Jews should have great anxiety because the Holocaust is back.

He says the rise of “Jew-Hate” after 10/7 is because of influencers paid by China, Russia and Qatar and lack of social media censorship.

When asked what gives him hope, he referenced biblical End Times.

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Warsaw hosts Poland’s LARGEST military parade in history, featuring troops from the United States, Canada, Australia, Sweden, and other countries in celebrations for Armed Forces Day.

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China's first robot school turns machines into workers

China has launched its first robot school, a facility training an initial cohort of 30 students for roles across the industrial, service, security and entertainment sectors.

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Last night’s so-called "wildfire" in Omiš, Croatia, captured in apocalyptic footage that looks like it was lifted straight from a feature film.

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Iran continues to export oil through railways and is significantly expanding its fleet of pressurized tank cars.

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For years, Oscar-winning American actress Susan Sarandon, who has defended the rights of the Palestinian people and therefore been blacklisted in the film industry and denied work, walked the streets of New York wearing a Palestinian keffiyeh.

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An Israeli woman interrupted pro-Palestine demonstrators during their rally outside the New York Times building.

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Rare cloud iridescence filled the sky over Mexico City with shimmering rainbow hues.

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The IDF releases footage showing its forces blowing up and destroying the town of Bani Hayyan in southern Lebanon.

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Netanyahu called Britain the “Islamic Republic of Britain” and Labour has earned every bit of the humiliation.

On a podcast the Israeli PM said the old Churchill-era solidarity with Israel is gone, and you won’t find it in “what’s known as the Islamic Republic of Britain.” He joked that some people say the first Islamic republic with nuclear weapons will be the UK, and that Israel is ensuring Iran doesn’t become the next one.

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Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar on Gaza:

“We defended ourselves in the most moral way.”

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Iran THWARTS Trump backed Syrian invasion of Lebanon. Threatens to wage hell on the Muslim Zionists in Syria for coordinating with Trump.

Iran continues to defend the entire region against the genocidal actions of the Epstein regime.

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