And now for the bad news...

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□ [“Trump Announces Pause on Iran Strikes on Power Plants After Secret Talks"]

We've passed the 48-hour mark and he's not increasing the bombings like he said he would.  I'm sure there are talks going on, that's probably why he pushed pause, but it's not really clear what the point is here.  The mullahs will give up as little as possible and they want to delay Trump as long as possible for them to rebuild, rearm and bring in allies.  We've seen Trump doing this for the last year with Ukraine so that's not a good sign.

The Iranian military is nearly-gone, they can't do anything to stop us.  On the flip side, we're not sending in troops so there's a limit to what we're capable of doing.  Iranian state media is even saying there are no talks so if you have a reason to believe them, there you go.

Trump often says contradictory things, he's mentioned 'regime change' and said they're negotiating with whoever the highest-ranking mullah left is, suggesting they'll remain in power if they play their cards right.  I'm sure regime change is the goal but this is why Trump's always been so infuriating.

It's also not clear what's happening with Iran itself.  They announced plans to destroy the energy and desalination infrastructure in the Middle East - in fellow Muslim countries - although that was probably put on pause with those talks.  The Houthis are announcing that they'll get involved to help Iran, good luck with that.  At least sending in the troops is a way to make things clear with battles and territory.  Aren't the remaining mullahs in basically the same position Saddam Hussain was in back in the late-90s?  Or Yasser Arafat?

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□ [“CNN Forced to Admit ICE Agents Slash Atlanta Airport Wait Times to Under 40 Minute"]

I'm getting the impression this isn't as big a deal as the left hoped it would be.  No one has cited specific regulations or policies but the left insists that it's idiotic to have ICE working at airports while the right has said that ICE does that anyway, it's part of their job.  I'm guessing the latter is correct but have no proof yet.  Also very little proof, good or bad, of the wait time getting through an airport.

□ ["Minneapolis Mayor Tells Trump 'Just Hire More TSA Agents,' Completely Clueless That He Can’t"]

Another issue is that I think one leftist tactic involves knowing they're lying and getting away with it.  I suspect he knows full-well that Trump can't hire more TSA, it would require funding from Congress.  What he's doing is showing off to his fans who don't know any better.  I noticed this a couple months ago when the Clintons were demanding the Epstein files be released even though they know better than anybody why they can't be released.  I can't think of a specific name or pattern for it but this seems to be a common leftist tactic.

I've said it before but I think this is why it was so important to get ICE funded for the next several years in the Big Beautiful Bill.  Democrats will stay obsessed with destroying this federal agency and never notice the contradictions or hypocrisy of it all so this just makes it convenient for ICE to keep operating.  And there doesn't seem to be much in the way of leftist protests going on at the airports.  It's almost like they have actual security to keep such people out.

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□ [“Chuck Schumer Refuses to Admit Weakening Iran Terror Regime Is a Good Thing"]

I didn't watch the video, just read the transcript, but this is interesting.  In one sense, the media is trying to guide a pet politician in the correct direction and he keeps refusing.  He does obey by the end but it's a snapshot of how the internal leftist minds are in conflict.  They can deny being individuals all they want but they're still human beings and are not identical.

Schumer gets classified reports at the very top on what's going on but he needs to show off for his leftist audience.  Meanwhile RINO Joe Scarborough is trying to lead him along into a more popular viewpoint, that beating the mullahs is good.  They've hated the US and oppressed their people for half-a-century.  Schumer ignores that and complains that gas prices are getting close to what they were under Biden.  He doesn't even know what he's saying, he's just reciting a script.  And he's one of the lead Democrats.

So Scarborough has to rework that to appeal to the audience who actually believe this stuff.  No evidence but I'd bet at least some in this audience no longer believe it.  It's like Eastern Europe in the 80s when party members had to go to the underground markets just to get basic supplies like the commoners did, then go back to work and push the propaganda of how great everything was.  That just won't last.

They're not even try to hide the propaganda.  A CBS News reporter just got fired and immediately got a job for a leftist network.  Propaganda is a stereotypically-leftist occupation so we really should have seen this coming.  I mean, we did, but just accepted it as the way things go.  Instead we should be specifically ignoring them unless we're paid, it's our job to keep track of what these people say.  And that's going to be about all the audience they get, at least from real people.

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□ [“Trump Goes Off on Democrats, He'll Send National Guard to Assist TSA and ICE at Airports"]

I'm not sure how seriously we should take whatever Trump is saying, I'm just entertained by the fact that he's talking so much.  After four years of a White House where there were only unnamed unelected officials making decisions and saying very little, suddenly he's out everywhere.  His statement here is thrown out while he's at an airport, getting on or off a plane, and in addition to his comment about the National Guard, he also attacks Democrats and brings up the trans movement, voter ID and the Save America act, all in 1:20.  The guy just keeps thinking.

And that's not all he's said recently.  He did another interview on the phone where he talked about much the same things.  He's also in Memphis so he decided to stop by Graceland because why not?  The guy's pushing 80 and still has an impressive work ethic.  I'm not sure if the Save America act is actually going to pass but I wouldn't bet against it, just because he's the only one really doing anything.  That alone goes a long way towards guaranteeing victory no matter what.

As many reasons as there are to criticize Trump, we haven't seen this sort of leadership in a long time.  He just radiates energy.  I'm sure he's had it his whole life but he build his fame and popularity, he didn't just get appointed to some high-ranking position and use his power from there.  I'm not even sure how he became famous, although he partied at Club 54 in the 70s, make of that what you will, but he was being made fun of by the 80s, Art of the Deal, and later appeared in tv and movies.  We haven't gotten to see stuff like this for a long time.  No wonder the left hates him.

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