Dozen of world’s deadliest fighter jets arrive in Israel as Trump orders Iran to end nuclear program

Anthony Blair / NEW YORK POST

 

The planes, widely considered the best in the world due to their speed and stealth, arrived in the Jewish state Tuesday evening as tensions with Iran soar, the Jerusalem Post reported. 

 

Designed by Lockheed Martin, the F-22s cost around $350 million each, and are so vital to the US that the Pentagon has forbidden their sale or licensure to any foreign government.

The dozen jets were previously stationed at the RAF Lakenheath base in southern England and were seen taking off earlier on Tuesday, the Times of Israel reported.

F-22 and F-35 fighter jets, along with B-2 bombers, were used in June 2025’s Operation Midnight Hammer, in which the US struck three Iranian nuclear sites.

More than 300 US military aircraft are deployed across the Middle East, according to open-source intelligence monitoring and publicly available flight data.

Democrats cool to Trump pushing SAVE Act election bill in voter dial

A focus group of Republicans, Democrats and Independents showed sharp divides and rare moments of unity

Rachel Wolf / FOX News  

Democrats were not happy with President Donald Trump's State of the Union remarks on implementing voter ID requirements and the SAVE America Act.

A dial test administered by Lee Carter, the president of Maslansky & Partners, showed Democrats taking a serious dive when the president spoke about the issue. During his speech, Trump asked lawmakers to pass the SAVE America Act in order "to stop illegal aliens and others who are unpermitted persons from voting in our sacred American elections." He decried allegedly "rampant" cheating in American elections.

"It's very simple. All voters must show voter ID. All voters must show proof of citizenship in order to vote. And no more crooked mail-in ballots except for illness, disability, military or travel. None," Trump said.

"Why would anybody not want voter ID? One reason, because they want to cheat," Trump added, referring to Democrats. "They make up all excuses. They say it's racist. They come up with things. You almost say what imagination they...Read more and see video here.

President Trump's Amazing 2026 State of the Union Address in Full

Trump wins gold!

Trump plays economic cheerleader-in-chief at State of the Union 2026 — using hockey champs to show USA ‘winning’

Steven Nelson and Ryan King / NEW YORK POST 

WASHINGTON — President Trump boasted he pulled off an economic “turnaround for the ages” in the longest State of the Union address in history — while using the US Olympics men’s hockey team as evidence that the country was “winning” like never before.

Trump played cheerleader-in-chief to a vast TV audience, describing the country as thriving while bringing stability to the world — and dusting off his signature campaign line about voters fearing the country would be “winning too much” on his watch.

The president took the opportunity to attack the Supreme Court for striking down his “reciprocal” tariffs — which he credited for bringing America’s economic “turnaround” — and blamed Democrats for having “caused” the affordability crisis.

Trump also touted new economic proposals to ban investors from scooping up homes, force drug companies to lower prices, require health care pricing transparency and restrict members of Congress from stock trading.

“Our country is winning again. In fact, we’re winning so much that we really don’t know what to do about it,” Trump told the joint session of Congress in his 108-minute address, praising the US men’s hockey team for having demonstrated this best by bringing home the gold. Read more, see photos, and video here. 

RIGHT SIDE PATRIOTS...Podcast                                

Here's the podcast of last nights LIVE radio broadcast where Right Side Patriots Craig Andresen and Diane Sori discussed 'A Misguided Re-Dedication'; 'Save "SAVE"'; Kash Patel at the Olympics; the State of the Union Address; and the ramifications of the cartel killing in Mexico. Listen to it on https://rspradio1.podbean.com or on our Right Side Patriots website at https://rspradio1.com/?page_id=39 

 

Op-ed:

A Misguided Re-Dedication

By: Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor

The article is the authors opinion alone, and does not necessarily represent the views of blogspot.com or Google  

 

...Again why so...because as I previously stated at the beginning of this article, religion has never left America...people themselves of their “own free will” have either left religion or embraced religion. Americans remain free to pray or not to pray as they so choose...free to believe or not to believe...the choice is theirs alone. Instead, the truth being ignored by the faithful in relation to the hateful political discourse birthed during these most dangerous of times, should not be driven by a supposed need “re-dedicate” or return to religion, but by the need to return to the law of our land as laid down in the U.S. Constitution. In my opinion it's the Constitution that has been corrupted by those who truly do not understand the nature of politics itself nor religion's role...or the much needed lack thereof...in said politics, that has caused much of the divide within not just today's Republican party, but within our nation as well. Read the entire article here.

Putin’s freezing campaign backfires spectacularly — only hardening Ukrainian resolve 4 years into war

Caitlin Doornbos / NEW YORK POST 

KYIV, Ukraine — Four years after Russia invaded Ukraine, many residents here are living without hot water, heating or power. 

But as they wait in long soup lines for a chance to warm up from winter temperatures, residents told The Post, they’d rather be freezing than surrender to cold-hearted Russian dictator Vladimir Putin.

“If someone wants to make us give up, we will not give up because there will be no respect for us,” said Olha Sukhobok, 48.

Thousands of Kyiv residents have been without heat or electricity for two months after Putin ordered his troops to target Ukraine’s energy infrastructure to break the Ukrainians’ will. But rather than pushing Ukrainians toward concessions, Russia’s campaign of cold and darkness is stiffening public resistance to what they see as an ineffective deal that would reward Moscow’s invasion without preventing re-invasion, according to interviews with more than a dozen civilians here.

“Russia is striking the energy system to make people suffer and panic, maybe force people to leave or make a bad deal. It’s their strategy. They are not going to break the Ukrainian will, but psychologically, it’s a big pressure,” said Sukhobok, as a World Central Kitchen volunteer handed her a steaming bowl of stew. Read more, see photos, and video here.