Just Two Thoughts

The thoughts below is my {Diane Sori) thought alone, and does not necessarily represent the views of blogspot.or google.com   

  

[[[ I am so sick of hearing the word "affordability" by both sides of the political aisle. Simply, buy what you and your pocketbook can afford to buy...NOT demand to have what you and your pocketbook says you cannot afford to buy. It is as simple as that. ]]]

 

[[[ Don't go to war unless you are prepared to win! And NEVER are deals made with the enemy a win! ]]]

Copyright @ 2026 Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor / All Rights Reserved

Just a Thought

This thought below is my {Diane Sori) thought alone, and does not necessarily represent the views of blogspot.or google.com    

 

[[[ Whether some want to hear it or not, what I post here is fully documented and verified. I start by saying that Trump said these things and more yesterday during a Long Island rally for Republican candidates in the gubernatorial and congressional elections in New York State. 

 

“After we finish defeating Iran, which is being very badly defeated — pretty soon I’ll be declaring the Hormuz Strait a territory of the United States." So I guess Trump now thinks he can negate international maritime law!

 

Also at the rally, Trump acknowledging the economic effects the war has had here at home. Trump said that ensuring Iran could not build a nuclear weapon was worth paying “a tiny little bit more for your gasoline," adding that “When you have to pay a little bit more, you’re at $4. It’s okay,” and “I’ll never apologize. I did the right thing.”

 

Folks, that's $4 for REGULAR...imagine what PREMIUM, HIGH TEST, and DIESEL will cost!!!

 

And what happened to last summer's taking out Iran's nuclear plants...didn't that end their nuclear programs...what they want and desire now are two different things...or is the reality of NOT having finished the job last summer as Israel wanted to do now coming back to haunt? To me it seems so...as Iran has yet to be defeated for defeat and a win means the enemy has surrendered! Simply, as of today, Iran has not surrendered or even come close to surrendering, and possibly never will!

 

Trump really needs to learn to shut his mouth and tone down his misplaced rhetoric and overinflated ego, because if not we Republicans could well lose not just the November midterms, but in 2028 as well...a truly scary thought indeed. ]]]

 Copyright @ 2026 Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor / All Rights Reserved. 

Obama Judge Hits Reverse, Gives Trump the Green Light on Somali Deportations

Kyle Becker / RedState 

 

It's finally happened. An Obama-appointed judge has decided to uphold the law, rather than indulge her feelings about Donald Trump. Her cocktail circuit friends will surely be disappointed in her. 

So will Rep. Ilhan Omar (MN-5), given the litigants in the case. The case, African Communities Together v. Mullin, challenged the Trump administration's decision to terminate Somalia's TPS designation, which had been scheduled to take effect March 17. 

U.S. District Judge Allison D. Burroughs had initially stepped in on March 13, just four days before the termination was supposed to become effective, and temporarily froze the administration's action.

As we reported earlier on RedState, Burroughs had faced an impeachment effort after refusing to clear the way for the Somali deportations. Read more, see X and photos here.

Trump says he’ll declare Strait of Hormuz a US territory after defeating Iran, during Long Island rally

Steven Nelson / NEW YORK POST

 

WASHINGTON — President Trump said Friday that he plans to declare the Strait of Hormuz “a territory of the United States” after the Iran war — as he again slammed US allies for not helping break Tehran’s hold on the waterway.

“After we finish defeating Iran, which is being very badly defeated — pretty soon I’ll be declaring the Hormuz Strait a territory of the United States,” Trump said during a Long Island rally for Republican candidates in the gubernatorial and congressional elections.

Trump acknowledged the economic effects of the nearly six-month conflict, but argued that ensuring Iran could not build a nuclear weapon was worth paying “a tiny little bit more for your gasoline.”

“When you have to pay a little bit more, you’re at $4. It’s okay,” he said. “I’ll never apologize. I did the right thing.”

Just a Thought

This thought below is my {Diane Sori) thought alone, and does not necessarily represent the views of blogspot.or google.com   

 

[[[ Let me start by saying that I want us...the U.S. and our ally Israel...to win this war as war does require a definitive winner and looser, and for the sake of the Iranian people it best be us.

  

But now comes this new announcement that “Watch this space for more announcements coming next week because we are going to apply measures like have never been seen in the history of economic isolation on a country,” as per Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent during a Newsmax interview last night . And while that's well and fine, the fact remains that of late it seems that every Friday afternoon there's some big new important  announcement that more times than not turns out to either have gone nowhere or be a minimal success at best.

 

So here I say, as I'm sure many others do, that wouldn't it be better to tell us...as in "We the American People" ...that whatever that something was, was a success after actually having been accomplished..after all common sense and logic sort of dictates just that, instead of us choosing to let the enemy know that something big "is coming soon."

 

Nothing like giving the enemy a heads up so they can prepare their retaliation ahead of time, while the Iranian people...the very people who begged us for help...are the ones not only suffering the most, but who truly do seem to be lost in the shuffle of everything Hormuz. What a sad situation we and they now find ourselves in, and it will surely only get worse before it gets better...if there even is now a "better" to be had. ]]] 

Gun rights groups capitalize after judge reverses decades-old restrictions: 'Monumental'

The ruling also appears poised to stand without a challenge from the federal government

Alec Schemmel / Fox News

Gun rights advocates are wasting little time putting a "huge" federal court victory inThe ruling also appears poised to stand without a challenge from the federal governmentto action after a judge struck down decades-old firearms restrictions as unconstitutional.

Gun Owners of America (GOA) and Silencer Shop, a federal firearms licensee covered by the ruling linked to the sale and transfer of silencers, notified the Trump administration Thursday they planned to begin transferring gun silencers without going through the National Firearms Act registration and approval process that has governed such transactions for decades.

Just after midnight Thursday, two gun owners walked out of a Texas firearms dealer with silencers without first completing the federal registration and approval process that has governed such transfers for generations, according to Gun Owners of America. Read more, see video and photos here.

Dire conditions reported aboard USS Abraham Lincoln as sailors try to jump overboard after longest deployment-ever at sea

Samuel Chamberlain / NEW YORK POST 

Democratic lawmakers are demanding answers from the War Department about conditions on board the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln after multiple reports indicate the grind of an extended deployment has taken a severe mental toll on the ship’s roughly 5,000 sailors and Marines.

On Tuesday, Navy Times reported that at least two sailors had to be prevented from jumping overboard, while other family members who spoke to the outlet said their loved ones were in a deep funk aboard the Lincoln.

The Wall Street Journal reported that one person actually “went overboard” in early August but was quickly rescued, citing a US official. 

The carrier began a scheduled seven-month deployment in the South China Sea this past November, but was redirected to the Arabian Sea in January, shortly before the start of Operation Epic Fury against Iran. It has remained there ever since. Read more, and see photos bere.