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[[[ Remember back on March 4, 2025 when President Trump first said he can end the Ukraine war in “one day” if re-elected...well that war has now been ongoing for 4-years with no real concrete end in sight.

Now Trump said the Iran war will end "whenever I want it to end," during a midterm rally in Lubbock, TX on Tuesday. This war is now costing us over “47 billion dollars,” and to date shows no real end in sight either. Not only that, but unlike the Ukraine War, this war is directly affecting each and every American every time we “go to the pump.”

Also, now remember that Israel wanted to finish the job last summer when together we launched lots of bombs that did their job and went boom, and that Israel successfully made sure that many of the top members of the “regime” can no longer “fog a mirror” as they say. But when Netanyahu proposed this to Trump, our Commander-in-Chief emphatically said “NO” that he...I emphasize “he”...wanted to try diplomacy first. How's that been working out for “Mr. I, I, I...me, me, me”...NOT well I'd say.

So here the question becomes, why did Trump foolishly say what he said in Texas on Tuesday...with the answer being to try and “play superman” to his ever adoring die-hard supporters before the midterm election, after all even he knows his overall poll numbers are near an all time low.

Trying to flex misguided “political muscle” in a time of war...especially a war that brings with it still rising energy costs and the ever-dreaded “affordability” issues...is but an attempt to “save face” and nothing more. If Trump had really wanted to end this war in what he had promised would be a relatively short period of time, he would have done so when Israel suggested they do, and not when his ego alone tries to dictate the war's end. My thought, my opinion, and I stand by it. ]]]

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Dozens of House Dems ditch Ilhan Omar as party rallies to block Trump immigration probe

Ally Goetz / NEW YORK POST  

Dozens of House Democrats are keeping their distance from Rep. Ilhan Omar as the Minnesota “Squad” rep faces a federal investigation — even as party leaders rally behind her and demand that the Trump administration back off.

A letter led by Rep. Pramila Jaypal (D-Wash.) and signed by 175 House Democrats accused the Justice Department and the Department of Homeland Security of weaponizing law enforcement against Omar, whose Washington DC home was searched by federal agents earlier this month.

Around 40 Democrats declined to sign the letter from the 214-member caucus.

“Congresswoman Omar is seeking reelection in Minnesota’s 5th congressional district in just one week. News of the search warrant...Read more, see photos and video here.

Netanyahu bloc maintains edge over opposition in Israeli elections as vote count continues

Jewish News Syndicate / NEW YORK POST 

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s bloc of right-wing and religious parties held a lead over the opposition on Thursday morning, according to updated partial results from the Central Elections Committee.

Netanyahu’s Likud party had 1,085,162 votes (20.65%) after 5,278,597 votes had been counted at 12,032 voting stations, the committee said in an update at 9:08 a.m.

Netanyahu’s bloc, which also includes United Torah Judaism (293,990, 5.59%), Otzma Yehudit (292,985, 5.58%), Shas (277,689, 5.28%) and Religious Zionism-Zehut (250,996, 4.78%), had 2,200,822 votes, or 41.88%.

Gadi Eisenkot’s Yashar had 849,121 votes (16.16%). Together with B’Yachad (476,857, 9.07%), the Democrats (340,562, 6.48%) and Yisrael Beiteinu (311,728, 5.93%), his camp had 1,978,268 votes, or 37.64%. Read more, and see photos here.