As Iranians pour into streets across the globe, we see what real RESISTANCE looks like. The contrast to the resistance wanna bes here is on full display.
Does anyone edit anything at TFP? The picture of the AUSTIN, TX police responding to the shooting there is captioned,
“THREE U.S. TROOPS WERE KILLED AND FIVE WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED AS IRAN COUNTERED THE U.S. STRIKES THIS WEEKEND. (RICARDO B. BRAZZIELL/THE AUSTIN AMERICAN-STATESMAN VIA GETTY IMAGES)”
It is sad to hear. Even Wyoming is getting invaded by California Democrats and will get overwhelmed, like Colorado in previous decades. I was in Jackson last summer and it was rainbow flags everywhere.
I actually have more hope for Texas—Hispanics are much more reasonable and flexible in their thinking than white California democrats.
“MAGA” online influencers are not in the same club as republican voters. Heck, they’re not in the same club as dem voters either. They’re in the club of “me first” not America first. Tucker, Owens, all of them can go kick rocks. They’re like distasteful movie stars at this point- I’m tired of listening to their unqualified opinions and wish they just did interviews instead of injecting their toxic opinions on all of us.
Combat operations and/ or combat strikes ain't War. War Powers Act 1973 is pretty specific with 48 hours notice and 60 days. Pledges of no boots is good enough for me. Plans for "after" got us repeatedly into protraction in past conflicts or wars.
No pundit has anything like inside information to CentCom.
This action is needed, in my opinion. The larger picture of reclaiming our hemisphere (Venezuela) and protecting the US and once and for all solving the ME thorny problem plaguing the entire world. Undoubtedly this will lead to more Abraham accords, cooperation between the ME and the US, Israel, and the world. The additional pressure on China/Russia brings more future cooperation.
a flash poll is almost worthless. Next week we might have some sense where sentiment is. But I can assure you 45% will oppose because they hate Trump, they might really be against the war but that is almost irrelevant for them.
The strategy has long been to push every regional or border state into either compliant US allies (Jordan, Egypt, Gulf monarchies) or else collapse them into disarray, as they did w/Lebanon in 1982.
Israel, the US and Western powers promote ethnic, separatists actions across the region, not really to "take over," but to render them so weak with constant infighting that they cannot defend themselves against US/Israeli forces.
The goal is to collapse Iran into civil war with Balochs, Kurd, Azeri, etc. and other regional groups.
As a result, the Iranian state will no longer be capable of defending itself, the Palestinians or the Syrian or Lebanese against the expansion of Israeli borders/Greater Israel Project.
A follow up to the story which the FP did last week: I know the film I Swear about the Tourette's sufferer and his campaign to raise awareness is not yet released in the US. I have seen the kerfuffle on TwiX. I have also seen the surprising mockery of Tourette's from SNL and other places. One would think they would know better in 2026. This is John Davidson's dignified response: https://x.com/DreyfusJames/status/2028425126908223717
When the film is released in the US, I would recommend watching it (even if it is a hard watch). It is a dark comedy in many ways but also heart breaking. Then maybe people will begin to understand the difference between voluntary and involuntary and what Tourette's actually is -- a neurological condition (aka there is a definitive test to say that a person actually suffers from it) and maybe they will learn some compassion. I like to think if people had actually seen the film then they would have had more compassion instead of punching down the way they have. And maybe the next time the BBC will think ahead and take steps like not sitting someone with that form of Tourette's beside a mic and then ensuring the tics are bleeped out.
It is horrible when you mock someone for a disability. If you didn't like when Trump mocked the disabled journalist, you should like it even less when abled celebrities dump on a disability campaigner.
They could have mocked the BBC or BAFTA for not bleeping out the word or for sitting him near a mic but they chose to mock him. There is a difference.
He is responding by redoubling his efforts to educate people about the condition. If you had seen the film or indeed one of the documentaries about his life -- you'd know that he has been beaten, and generally humiliated for something he can't control. He did try suicide and finally chose to respond by campaigning for greater awareness.
If you can control a tic, you don't have Tourette's.
From Iranian journalist and dissident Masih Alinejad, targeted for assassination three times, these words for New York City's Mayor Mamdani who seems weepy about the killing of the ayatollah:
"I don’t feel safe in New York listening to someone like you, Mamdani, who sympathizes with the regime that killed more than 30,000 unarmed Iranians in less than 24 hours. You stayed quiet when we have faced massacre, when Islamic Republic assassins were sent here in New York to kill us. Stay quiet now!”
The New York Times obituary for the ayatollah makes him sound like Santa Claus.
And there's almost nothing about Iranians in the streets everywhere shouting for sheer joy. But it was the comments sections that finally made me want to puke with such rage -- so many, many stupid readers of The New York Times, who agree with the Islamist Mamdani and their feckless left-slanted newspaper -- that I've given up even my $4 a month subscription.
I remain convinced that at the end of the day, the radical left will oppose anything that Donald J Trump does. It does not matter that the 21st century Iranian regime is the moral equivalent of the 20th century German Nazi regime, and that Iranians the world over are celebrating these attacks.
Did you see the news reporter covering g the Iranian celebrations in Texas and was told to not do it? He refused. I’m sure he will be fired but at least some are starting to stand up to the false media narratives.
As Iranians pour into streets across the globe, we see what real RESISTANCE looks like. The contrast to the resistance wanna bes here is on full display.
Does anyone edit anything at TFP? The picture of the AUSTIN, TX police responding to the shooting there is captioned,
“THREE U.S. TROOPS WERE KILLED AND FIVE WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED AS IRAN COUNTERED THE U.S. STRIKES THIS WEEKEND. (RICARDO B. BRAZZIELL/THE AUSTIN AMERICAN-STATESMAN VIA GETTY IMAGES)”
https://www.the-journal.com/articles/3-dead-14-injured-after-shooting-at-a-bar-in-austin-texas/
BLUE TEXAS!
Every two years I predict that Texas is inching closer and closer to turning BLUE.
And every two years I am roundly mocked for being Chicken Little.
Sorry but the demographics are shifting in my home state.
Each election cycle we spend more and more to win contested seats by a narrower and narrower margin.
In CA Democrats could turn-off the funding spigot and not worry about a Republican contender.
When TX flips it is game over.
The Party ain't over yet nor will it be in 2026 but even in the few years I have left (I'm 77) we are going to see a seismic shift.
So perhaps Voltaire was correct, we should just tend our gardens.
BUT if we wish to keep the ship afloat (sorry for all the mixed metaphors) then we need to understand that a good defense seldom wins games.
You have to play both sides of the ball well in order to win.
It is sad to hear. Even Wyoming is getting invaded by California Democrats and will get overwhelmed, like Colorado in previous decades. I was in Jackson last summer and it was rainbow flags everywhere.
I actually have more hope for Texas—Hispanics are much more reasonable and flexible in their thinking than white California democrats.
Agree with much of what you say.
The only thing saving TX is the insanity of the candidates the Democrats run.
If they followed the VA model and promised moderation then they would flip the state sooner.
As VA has shown once you get power you can do all the DEI stuff you want.
Democrats understand that TX can be flipped but if you flip a WY with a small base you can make just as many gains in the Senate as in TX.
You may be correct on the Hispanic vote but I'm not seeing it in our neck of the woods (central TX).
Some good news during these tumultuous times...
https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/canadian-residents-detention-sparks-legal-battle-1782328
All old news but TFP can never keep up with the fast paced geopolitical changes.
It is interesting to see which old news they choose to note, sometimes.
“MAGA” online influencers are not in the same club as republican voters. Heck, they’re not in the same club as dem voters either. They’re in the club of “me first” not America first. Tucker, Owens, all of them can go kick rocks. They’re like distasteful movie stars at this point- I’m tired of listening to their unqualified opinions and wish they just did interviews instead of injecting their toxic opinions on all of us.
They are pretty easy to avoid if you’re not a FreePress subscriber. I bet most Americans would have difficulty identifying them.
Combat operations and/ or combat strikes ain't War. War Powers Act 1973 is pretty specific with 48 hours notice and 60 days. Pledges of no boots is good enough for me. Plans for "after" got us repeatedly into protraction in past conflicts or wars.
No pundit has anything like inside information to CentCom.
This action is needed, in my opinion. The larger picture of reclaiming our hemisphere (Venezuela) and protecting the US and once and for all solving the ME thorny problem plaguing the entire world. Undoubtedly this will lead to more Abraham accords, cooperation between the ME and the US, Israel, and the world. The additional pressure on China/Russia brings more future cooperation.
The polls claiming 3 in 4 Americans are against the bombings are bogus.
a flash poll is almost worthless. Next week we might have some sense where sentiment is. But I can assure you 45% will oppose because they hate Trump, they might really be against the war but that is almost irrelevant for them.
Disagree. This is unnecessary self harm
The strategy has long been to push every regional or border state into either compliant US allies (Jordan, Egypt, Gulf monarchies) or else collapse them into disarray, as they did w/Lebanon in 1982.
Israel, the US and Western powers promote ethnic, separatists actions across the region, not really to "take over," but to render them so weak with constant infighting that they cannot defend themselves against US/Israeli forces.
The goal is to collapse Iran into civil war with Balochs, Kurd, Azeri, etc. and other regional groups.
As a result, the Iranian state will no longer be capable of defending itself, the Palestinians or the Syrian or Lebanese against the expansion of Israeli borders/Greater Israel Project.
Praying for the safety of all American and IDF forces
Evil must be confronted and defeated
And yet how many of our fellow citizens want members of our armed forces dead? Including many who serve in congress whether they say it or not.
Technically it’s not “war” since it wasn’t declared by congress — but that’s what the US does. Exerts our will while walking the thin line. Classic imperial moves: https://unorthodoxy.substack.com/p/war-without-a-declaration-whats-happening
A follow up to the story which the FP did last week: I know the film I Swear about the Tourette's sufferer and his campaign to raise awareness is not yet released in the US. I have seen the kerfuffle on TwiX. I have also seen the surprising mockery of Tourette's from SNL and other places. One would think they would know better in 2026. This is John Davidson's dignified response: https://x.com/DreyfusJames/status/2028425126908223717
When the film is released in the US, I would recommend watching it (even if it is a hard watch). It is a dark comedy in many ways but also heart breaking. Then maybe people will begin to understand the difference between voluntary and involuntary and what Tourette's actually is -- a neurological condition (aka there is a definitive test to say that a person actually suffers from it) and maybe they will learn some compassion. I like to think if people had actually seen the film then they would have had more compassion instead of punching down the way they have. And maybe the next time the BBC will think ahead and take steps like not sitting someone with that form of Tourette's beside a mic and then ensuring the tics are bleeped out.
And the photojournalist Paul Conroy who was with Marie Colvin when she was killed in Homs, Syria (and was seriously injured) has died of a heart attack in Cornwall. https://www.thetimes.com/uk/media/article/paul-conroy-photojournalist-dies-qr36qwpd0 or https://archive.ph/ke4Ll
Oh, SNL made some jokes? How horrible.
It is horrible when you mock someone for a disability. If you didn't like when Trump mocked the disabled journalist, you should like it even less when abled celebrities dump on a disability campaigner.
They could have mocked the BBC or BAFTA for not bleeping out the word or for sitting him near a mic but they chose to mock him. There is a difference.
He is responding by redoubling his efforts to educate people about the condition. If you had seen the film or indeed one of the documentaries about his life -- you'd know that he has been beaten, and generally humiliated for something he can't control. He did try suicide and finally chose to respond by campaigning for greater awareness.
If you can control a tic, you don't have Tourette's.
But you liked Trump's reporter bit.
Did I? Maybe you did but not me.
I thought he was out of order at the time and continue to think so. For the avoidance I think mocking disabilities is deeply unfunny.
Move along Michelle. Nothing important to respond to here.
T-1000: A troll not worth feeding.
Wow.
6:02AM - TFP dropped their 'War: What Is It Good For?' story.
6:42AM - 1 comment.
Brutal.
I come here for the comments.
I'll skim the headlines, read a story or two and ignore the remaining field of bovine excrement.
This is your twitter? 🤔
Exactly my routine.
But will TFP notice??? Probably not.
Why would they? The $150 million dollar check has been cashed.
Speaks to the lack of true engagement they’ve lost !
From Iranian journalist and dissident Masih Alinejad, targeted for assassination three times, these words for New York City's Mayor Mamdani who seems weepy about the killing of the ayatollah:
"I don’t feel safe in New York listening to someone like you, Mamdani, who sympathizes with the regime that killed more than 30,000 unarmed Iranians in less than 24 hours. You stayed quiet when we have faced massacre, when Islamic Republic assassins were sent here in New York to kill us. Stay quiet now!”
The New York Times obituary for the ayatollah makes him sound like Santa Claus.
And there's almost nothing about Iranians in the streets everywhere shouting for sheer joy. But it was the comments sections that finally made me want to puke with such rage -- so many, many stupid readers of The New York Times, who agree with the Islamist Mamdani and their feckless left-slanted newspaper -- that I've given up even my $4 a month subscription.
I remain convinced that at the end of the day, the radical left will oppose anything that Donald J Trump does. It does not matter that the 21st century Iranian regime is the moral equivalent of the 20th century German Nazi regime, and that Iranians the world over are celebrating these attacks.
Same clowns that published the Jussie Smollett attack was a far-right hate crime.
Did you see the news reporter covering g the Iranian celebrations in Texas and was told to not do it? He refused. I’m sure he will be fired but at least some are starting to stand up to the false media narratives.
No, I didn't. Thank you.
And yeah, Texas, recently shot up by an Islamist with a rap sheet, wearing a "Property of Allah" sweatshirt and having a Koran in his car.