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RUBIO 2028 UNOFFICIAL CAMPAIGN VIDEO
You can literally turn every speech by Sec. Marco Rubio into a presidential campaign video. Yes, he's that good! He is the most coherent and persuasive Trump appointee. On anything related to the Iran war, the president should only allow Rubio to speak. Also, Marco possesses one vital quality that he-who-shall-not-be-named utterly lacks: LOYALTY!
THREE CAMPS OF TRUMP'S IRAN ADVISERS –– WSJ reports of cabinet and outside advisers advocating differing options have been calling on Trump to make a final decision.
🔘 Vance, Witkoff, Qatar, Gulf Allies, Outside Advisers: Make a deal to end the war now.
🔘 Rubio, Bessent: Hold the line, tighten the sanctions, and continue the naval blockade.
🔘 Hegseth, Cooper, Netanyahu, Outside Advisers: Return to major combat operations and strike infrastructure. Your "legacy depends on forcing Iran to surrender its nuclear program," allowing you "to boast the political sacrifice was worth the cost."
🕊️ THE DOVES
To avoid imminent strikes and bridge the gap, Qatar's ruling Sheikh spoke with Trump today. Other Gulf officials said "there were signs that both sides were looking for an off-ramp," and they've been trying to arrange a call with Trump or someone high-up.
🔸 The Qatari's 11th Hour Proposal –– Shrink timetable for nuclear preliminary talks from 60 days (June MoU) to 2 days, to move almost immediately into nuclear negotiations. a face-saving way for Trump to begin winding down the war.
🔹 The 2-day proposal is intended to offer a face-saving way for Trump to begin winding down the war.
🔹 It's unclear if Iran would accept the Qatari proposal, but regime officials are expected to return to Doha as soon as Saturday to discuss it.
🐦⬛ THE RAVENS
Tighten sanctions and continue the naval blockade to choke Iran further, put them into a worse position over time through sustained and increasing pressure and coercion, and ultimately forcing better terms or internal strain, rather than stopping now and taking a weak deal or escalating to major strikes immediately.
🦅 THE HAWKS
Pentagon said its job is to develop and execute military options for the president.
🔸 Pentagon official –– Should Trump listen to those advising him to “finish the job,” the Pentagon stands ready to execute his orders swiftly. But he added that the ideal time frame to resume operations begins later this month when additional equipment arrives in the Middle East.
🔹 In about 2 weeks, USS Roosevelt carrier strike group will arrive to the Middle East.
🔹 Later this month, an additional Marine expeditionary unit will join 20 other ships already in the region.
🔹 The US has spent weeks moving air defense to Israel, relocating personnel potentially vulnerable to Iranian attacks, and deployed additional ships, munitions, and troops to the region.
🔸 Hegseth & Cooper to Trump –– The only way to make Iran surrender its nuclear material is for the US to target "Iranian energy infrastructure, nuclear facilities and missile and drone arsenals."
🦉 THE OWLS
Experts have expressed varying views, and at least one organization quoted by the WSJ, the Brookings Institution, has a history of foreign funding from none other than Qatar.
🔸 Suzanne Maloney of Brookings Inst. –– Any options available to Trump “will likely only compound the strategic and economic price that Americans have already paid.”
🔸 Behnam Ben Taleblu of FDD –– Unsure if further strikes will force Iran into a deal, and thinks Trump should instead "hold the line" to allow the sanctions and the blockade to work. He says Trump holds all the cards, "and that winning hand will put the onus of escalation or engagement on the Islamic Republic."
🔸 Gregory Brew of Eurasia Group –– Pushing for a peace deal to end the war will result in a regime less willing to make concessions. Tehran wants to go back to the June MoU to sell oil on the open market and have the Strait opened before any nuclear talks on the nuclear issue even start. He argued that maintaining the status quo may be attractive, "but it also means that Trump commits to continuing the war for the foreseeable future, with oil prices remaining high and Iranian attacks in the strait the new normal.”
WSJ also reported that Trump's officials have told him that no course is without risk: Iran is threatening to expand its retaliation beyond the Middle East if attacked, but if Trump signals an intention to get out, Tehran could extract greater concessions in talks or push for a seizure of the Strait of Hormuz.
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Comment –– Which Camp Will The President Choose?
The Ravens Club
The President currently hangs out at this club. They're well known for being steadfast and calculated. People in this camp have pursued or advocated sustained pressure, blockade, sanctions, or coercion to degrade an adversary and force better outcomes without rushing into full war or accepting a weak deal.
During the Cuban Missile Crisis, President Kennedy imposed a naval blockade on Cuba, using sustained pressure and positioning to force Soviet withdrawal of missiles without invasion or an immediate face-saving deal that looked like retreat. Teddy Roosevelt's "big stick" diplomacy used the credible threat and positioning of naval strength (and economic leverage) to coerce without always needing full-scale war, aiming for favorable outcomes through pressure. Through Operation Pocket Money, Nixon used naval mining and sustained coercion to constrain the North Vietnamese while pursuing negotiations from a stronger position, rather than immediate full withdrawal or unlimited escalation. Eisenhower used heavy containment and pressure on the Soviet bloc by maintaining military readiness and economic measures to constrain them over the long term without rushing into major hot war or accepting the status quo as permanent.
But no member of the Ravens Club has ever encountered an adversary that is both incapable of behaving as a rational actor and lacks the natural instinct of self-preservation as a result of a deeply rooted, incurable disease of the mind. The President can only afford to stay in this camp not much longer. As any shrewd Raven understands, its members have no obligation to stay in the club if the tools offered at the club do not get a member's job done for a sustained period of time. And 47 years is a very, very long time. The economic pressure campaign –– although nothing close to the levels seen today –– has been tried by the President since his first term. Soon, and I mean very soon, the President must leave the Ravens Club and look for membership at the Doves Club or the Hawks Club.
The Doves Club
Surely, though, the President would never consider the Doves Club, right? They are weak and despised! And it is not just their humiliating initiation practice and the stain of shame and ridicule which all members of the Dove Club carry even after death, but the President has himself despised all members of the Doves Club, considering them weak and pathetic.
I need not tell you the number of times and the variety of the vulgar terms the President has used to describe Carter, Biden, and Obama, in particular when it comes to their handling, or should I say appeasement, of the same adversary the President faces today. He despises Hoover too, and is the one president he never wants to be like. His fear of being like Hoover was so great that just this June the President, drunk on Hoover fear, accidentally stumbled into the Doves Club. He was able to escape though, and never went through the full initiation process. I do not think he would ever want to go through that today.
James Buchanan is one member of the Doves Club the President never mentions. There is consensus among American historians that James Buchanan was the worst American president. That is why barely anyone remembers or knows his name. Given Trump's ego, I find it hard to believe that he would be okay joining the Buchanan sub-committee at the Doves Club. I mean, even the other members there don't like Buchanan.
But sometimes it might be better to be unknown and have zero legacy than to be known as the biggest appeaser and the weakest leader in history. Cowardice may be forgiven, but not when one is in a position where their cowardice causes the largest war in history, killing more than seventy million people (3-3.7% of global population). Some men are not built for pressure. Some men are utterly oblivious to the fact that their adversary is using them, and promising things with no intention of ever keeping such promises. One such man is the President of the Doves Club, the former British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, who signed away Czechoslovakia's Sudetenland to Hitler in exchange for a promise of peace. He came home waving the paper, and declared "peace for our time." Eight months later, Germany took the rest of Czechoslovakia, then invaded Poland. Chamberlain believed Hitler could be satisfied with concessions, and that belief cost millions of lives and nearly lost the war before it started.
A great man from the Hawks Club helped save the world from Nazi Germany, and in describing spineless men like Chamberlain, this great man, Sir Winston Churchill, said: "Each one hopes that if he feeds the crocodile enough, the crocodile will eat him last.”
President Donald Trump does not belong in the Doves Club, among the weak, the rejects, and the cowards. This is the club of last resort, the club you go to when no other club will accept you. This club is incompatible with Trump's DNA.
The Hawks Club
We have arrived at the last club, the club of the most strong and admired. This is the club everyone wants to be in, but few are ever allowed to even remotely approach it. History never forgets the men in this club. Their names echo in eternity, for these are men who have achieved great things in their life.
These are the men Trump admires. These are his heroes. They are the ones he has repeatedly tried to compare himself to, and tried to surpass their greatness. He was well on his way to this club, but had to step back momentarily. He understands that the only way to secure his legacy, his greatness, is to confront and resolve the one issue he has talked about more than anything else, and he has done so since the birth year of this issue: The Islamic Republic of Iran.
A man does not keep a 47-year issue bottled up. And he hasn't. Men in Hawks Club are not animals; they always attempt to resolve matters amicably, but they never hesitate to use violence with those who only understand the language of violence.
Trump will handle the Iran matter, one way or the other, but both ways will result in the unequivocal defeat of the greatest terror organization to have ever existed. He will do it for America, he will do it for the world, and you know what? He will also do it for himself. Trump has had many great geopolitical achievements, but for him, this one is also personal. This one will not only earn him an endless membership in the Hawks Club, but also the personal satisfaction of accomplishing a 47 year old goal.
US OFFERS REWARDS FOR IRAN NUCLEAR INFO — The State Dept.’s Reward for Justice has offered a reward of up to $20 million for information on Iran’s nuclear program, including info on:
🔸 nuclear scientists & staff
🔸 nukes-related tech/capabilities
🔸 nuke-assoc. orgs & personnel
🔎 First of Its Kind Offer — A quick search on @RFJ_USA X account showed no prior Iran+Nuke-related offers. A search on rewardsforjustice.net also returned no such results. The only other nuclear-related offers appear to have been about Russians and North Koreans.
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Comment — I wonder: why now?
Is the US trying to get confirmation and justification for an attack, or just the opposite, that Iran’s nuclear program is dead?
Or is the US updating its target list for a potential next round of strikes?
Does the Mossad no longer have updated information on this, is the US putting in the extra effort to potentially get information the Israelis don’t have, has the US stopped trusting Israel on this particular issue because of perceived Israeli bias/interest, or is the US simply trying to independently (because of growing anti-Israel sentiment in American domestic politics) acquire such information so that the CIA doesn’t have to say “based on intelligence from Israel” we believe x, y, and z (on which the president will rely to take military action)?
UPDATE: CENTCOM has shared on its X page the reward + “possible relocation” offer posted earlier today by the State Dept.’s Reward for Justice. This is the first time ever CENTCOM has shared a Reward for Justice call for action. Like I said in the post above, there’s something happening, and I’m more inclined now to believe the US is updating and adding to its list of targets for the next round of strikes. teapawt.net/centcom/status/2118856…
Rewards for Justice is offering a reward of up to $20 million and possible relocation for information about Iran’s nuclear program, including its facilities, equipment, and associated personnel, such as those in the scientific community, or the movement of any of the above.
Submit a tip: rewardsforjustice.net/reward…
VANCE PERSONALLY DRIVING NEW IRAN CEASEFIRE + NUKE TALKS
Axios (by Barak Ravid, relying on 2 anonymous sources):
🔸 Past 2 weeks VP JD Vance has been personally in indirect talks with Iran aimed at a new ceasefire & restarting nuclear negotiations.
🔸 Almost-daily calls with Qatar PM Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman + Pakistan Army chief Asim Munir (+ other mediators). Witkoff & Kushner also involved. Discussing a working-level US–Iran technical meeting “in coming days.”
🔸 ~2 weeks ago Vance sent a letter to SNSC Secretary Mohsen Rezaei proposing resume direct talks; Iranian officials say it created positive momentum; Trump insisted the letter was to coordinate humanitarian aid, such as medicine, for Iran.
🔸 Trump for now willing to let diplomacy play; military “ready to launch strikes on a relatively short timetable” if he flips. Today Trump told reporters: “We’re talking to them.”
⏪ CONTEXT ⏪
Vance blamed the midterm losses on the Iran war, which some interpreted as a betrayal of Trump. But Vance has also been widely blamed for the failed June MoU, which collapsed after Iran began striking ships in the Strait of Hormuz.
Before and after the signing of the June MoU, many had publicly warned Vance that it wouldn’t work and that the regime wouldn’t honor its end of the agreement.
But Vance, and others associated with him, including Alex Bruesewitz, began a campaign of what has been described as an indiscriminate labeling of anyone who disagrees with the MoU as a paid Israeli foreign influence agent. Indeed, Vance and Bruesewitz pushed that campaign on both the Joe Rogan Podcast and the Tucker Carlson Show.
The critics of the MoU appear to have been proven right on the issue over and over again.
And yet, Trump’s campaign in Iran wasn’t the only thing Vance blamed for the midterms loss, he also listed America’s relationship with Israel as one of the top 4 reasons for the loss. The President’s son, Donald Trump, Jr, surprised many after he publicly agreed with Vance’s assessment. Recent polling data shows registered Republicans continue to hold strongly favorable view of Israel, which is even more favorable among MAGA voters.
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Comment — Midterm panic is not a strategy. Don’t let the deal camp trade blockade leverage and unfinished objectives for another pause Iran will break the second enrichment restarts. The regime and its enforcement arm, the IRGC, are more than happy to either drag negotiations out until Trump’s term is over, but they’ve said conditions which even the American voters will not accept. Trump should listen to his instincts, and finish the job. An actual win in Iran is the only way any Republican presidential candidate, who was at any point this year associated with Trump’s administration, stands a chance at winning in 2028. There’s still time to fix what Vance and Wiles broke with the initial MoU. Let’s hit the regime hard and coordinate with the opposition leaders so that the Iranians can finally rise up and be the boots on the ground while we provide them with air cover. If Trump is seriously interested in a deal, it’s never going to happen with this regime; he’d have to continue eliminating many more layers of the regime leadership.
teapawt.net/axios/status/211883859…
Vance leads behind-the-scenes push for new Iran deal axios.com/2026/11/06/vance-l…
Urgent Intel retweeted
NEW: The U.S. Treasury has sanctioned eight Canadian money services businesses and associated digital currency wallets under E.O. 13902. The designations target entities across Toronto, Vancouver, and Montreal linked to Iranian financial networks.
SUSIE WILES WAS CANNED by Trump because she was the End-The-War & Sign the MoU Leader of the administration. One day before the MoU was signed, a CNN article came out (which I covered then) with a “deeply reported look inside the internal conversations that led to the US-Iran agreement, including Trump officials’ skepticism of Iran honoring its commitments.” Here’s a link to the original article: cnn.com/2026/06/16/politics/…
Today is my last day as White House Chief of Staff.
Serving President Trump in the White House has been the honor of a lifetime. I’m so proud to have been a part of what we’ve accomplished together from securing our border and cutting taxes to strengthening our economy and putting America First.
More than anything, I’m grateful for the extraordinary people I’ve had the privilege of working alongside. While my role may be changing, my commitment to the President and the mission never will.
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2026 MIDTERMS DEBRIEF
The last 48 hrs have been insane, but if you think the big story here is a big Dem victory, you don't know the half of it. I'll walk you through:
- What happened (w/add'l background)
- What's planned for the future
- What we need to do next
1. What Has Happened So Far
As you probably know already, the midterms were a bloodbath for Republicans. We went from a majority in the US House and Senate, AND state governors to Democrat majorities in all three. As if that's not bad enough, 10 state legislative chambers flipped from Republican to Democrat including 7 House chambers and 3 Senates.
The cherry on top for the Dems is Texas, my home state. Texas has been red for over 30 years, but in this midterm election all state-wide offices were won by Democrats (US Senate, Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, etc.) and the State House also flipped to the Dems. Thankfully, the Republicans maintain a strong majority in the State Senate, and a narrow majority in the State Supreme Court, which at least provides a good defense against new laws from our new, Democrat overlords, but otherwise leaves us in a pretty bad position.
The Texas outcome has massive implications for the nation. Without Texas, no Republican can win the Presidency full stop. Did Texas turn blue long-term, or was this a one-time-thing? More on that later.
1b. What Led to What Happened So Far
I've seen all kinds of theories about why there was such a bloodbath for this midterm. Some of them are just wild guesses. Some are good-faith assessments based on decent (but incomplete) analysis. But many are straight-up propaganda and disinformation meant to distract you from the truth, and my friend, you need to know the truth.
I don't claim to be perfect or all-knowing, but I pay a lot of attention to politics on the macro, and have made some decent predictions in my time. In 2024 I predicted a landslide for Trump. In the Summer of 2021 I predicted that Russia would invade Ukraine within six months (I ended up being off by 32 days because it was an abnormally warm winter). If you've followed me here for a while, you've seen the quality of my takes, and I'll leave it to your judgement to believe what I'm saying here or not, but I want you to know I'm sincere, and that this is based on thoughtful analysis of my own and others who I trust.
Ok, so here's what happened: Going back to the 2024 Presidential Election, there was a new ingredient in the mix. Sure, Kamala Harris was one of the worst Presidential Candidates in history. That certainly helped. But that wasn't the only thing. X (formerly known as Twitter) was the marketplace of ideas. It was somewhat flat, meaning that there were few-if-any "ivory towers." People were sharing ideas, and in many cases, the good ideas were winning. While conservatives were getting suppressed on Facebook, Instagram, and all the other big social media platforms, they could actually talk freely on X, and gone was the feeling that you were the only one who noticed that the Emperor was wearing no clothes. It created a massive groundswell of support for Trump. There was no uncertainty. We knew he was the best candidate, and we knew by a wide margin, and we could no longer be gaslit into believing we were some kind of weirdos for thinking so just because every other platform and media outlet was working 24/7 to convince us of that.
Without X, can you imagine the story about the assassination attempt against Trump in Butler? You don't have to imagine. The media did everything possible to play it down. But there was no such downplaying on X. We all saw the footage. We all knew exactly what happened. There was no denying it.
Trump did win, and for once the "little guy" had a shot. You didn't have to be part of a big establishment to have a voice, and some of the best ideas were actually winning.
But that changed fast.
Big players realized they needed to figure out this X thing or it was game over. Russia, China, Iran and deep-state entities started pouring money into bot proliferation to spread lies, disinformation, and propaganda like wildfire. It was meant to sow confusion and chaos within the Republican Party, and begin splitting what had become a powerful political juggernaut into many smaller factions. They propped up the extant groyper movement, pushing antisemitism, white supremacy, Catholic integralism, isolationism, and anti-war narratives. The bots served to attack and bash anyone over the head who expressed differing opinions, while also propping up a small army of talking heads/influencers who were willing to embrace the propaganda and spread it themselves (folks like Tucker Carlson, Candace Owens, Mike Cernovich, Nick Fuentes, Megyn Kelly, Matt Walsh, Brett Cooper, etc.) Some of these influencers may have been paid directly, but with monetization and massive bot armies, that may not have been necessary.
Some folks just realized that if they jumped on board the groyper train, they had no shortage of followers, likes, shares, positive comments, and so on, all reflecting in their bi-weekly payouts, and that was enough.
Pretty soon, almost all of the "space" for discussing politics was filled with anti-Trump rhetoric. Sure, there were still a number of good people out there with integrity, who were saying the right things, but their voices were suppressed by negative comments, and organized reporting from the bot armies, and instead of focusing on the Left, they were locked into never-ending fights with this propaganda movement, aka the Woke Right.
Today it is the Woke Right that claims that Republicans lost the election because of things like the Iran War, and our relationship with Israel. But that's simply not true. Republican voters didn't show up, and the reason they didn't show up is NOT because of these policies, but because of the way the army of influencers and bots criticized and attacked said policies non-stop for the last 1.5 years.
The War in Iran was necessary. Iran was close to getting nukes. This is an unacceptable outcome for the security of the United States and the Free World. Someone had to stop them. We did it. When Iran then took the Straits of Hormuz hostage, it prolonged the conflict. Mature, intelligent adults with integrity would have made this case calmly, but that's not what the Woke Right talking heads did. They just criticized and attacked, and over time it worked.
Bottom Line: This election was lost due to overwhelming loads of propaganda from folks who pretend to be on our side, but are definitely not.
2. What's Planned for the Future
Why lose an election?
Well, the truth is, for the Woke Right it's not really a loss. At the end of the day, they don't really consider themselves a true part of the Republican Party. In their own words, they want to gut the Republican Party along with conservative institutions, and wear it like a skin suit. Before you gut something, you typically kill it, but in order to kill something, especially when that thing is strong, you need to make it weak. Thus the midterms.
Enter JD Vance.
JD Vance is part of the woke right. He's great friends with Tucker Carlson (as he has reiterated again and again). For a long time he was a "Never Trumper," even comparing Trump to Hitler. He is a self-described distributist, who wants to give the government more, not less power, and he is solidly within the post-liberal camp, which seeks to eliminate significant, Constitutional liberties in favor of a stronger government so we can finally "get things done."
To add to the list, Vance has always been against the Iran conflict, has made multiple passing anti-Israel remarks, and his big post right after the midterm was quite the reveal, as he essentially through President Trump under the bus for the midterm loss. Remember, JD Vance is the Vice President. Of anyone and everyone, he should be loyal to the President, but his whole post smacked of disloyalty, especially in the context of his repeated, vocal opposition to Trump's policies.
The result of the midterms is that the Democrats will obviously be able to impeach Trump in the House. But they lack 10ish votes in the Senate.
I would not be surprised to find out that there are 10 Republicans in the Senate willing to backstab Trump for one reason or another, which would make JD Vance the President.
Remember what I said: The Woke Right isn't really part of the Republican Party. They just want to gut it and wear it like a skin suit. If I'm correct that Vance is truly a part of the Woke Right, then making him President would be the ultimate expression of their plan.
Since this movement is post-liberal, their goal is to accumulate maximum power, and use it to maximum impact, regardless of Constitutionality. Many people (falsely) call Trump a dictator, but he remains solidly within the bounds of the US Constitution, because at the end of the day he is a good actor, and not a tyrant.
The Woke Right is not made up of good actors. They will absolutely do everything they can to get outside the bounds of the Constitution, and seize power. I'll be honest - I don't know exactly what that looks like, but many of them have talked about it incessantly enough, that I know that's what they want, and that's what they'll do if they have the chance.
A Vance Presidency is not an option.
But a Democrat Presidency is also not an option. It's not enough for us to keep President Trump in the White House for the next two years. We also need to make sure Republicans (the right Republicans can win again in 2028).
3. What We Need to Do Next
The imminent threat is a Trump impeachment in the House that leads to a Trump conviction in the Senate, which leads to President JD Vance.
Several things need to be done with urgency: The Trump administration needs to work tirelessly to figure out which, if any, Senate Republicans might stab Trump in the back, and get them onto their side by whatever legal means necessary. If they remain threats, then they need to be exposed, and the public of loyal Republicans should put massive pressure on them to support, and not betray, the President.
Secondly, Trump should ask Vance to resign, and Republicans should put pressure on him to do so. If Trump will not be removed from office, and it's made clear that Vance has not future running for President in 2028, then that might be enough to get him to leave. Once he's off the table, he no longer presents an imminent threat, and we can look at the long-term threats.
Republicans must win the White House in 2028.
The fight to pick the best candidate begins now. Some of the very best options, in my opinion, include:
@marcorubio
@RonDeSantis
@PeteHegseth
The truth is, and I don't know how Hegseth would feel about this, but I believe he should continue being @SecWar. If he's willing to do that, I would keep him there if at all possible. I also think that, while he'd be a great President, I don't know if he's as electable as Rubio or DeSantis.
This leaves Rubio and DeSantis. I don't know which one of them should be President, but it should be one of them, and the other should be VP. If they can figure that out sooner rather than later, I would be grateful, and I think it would be what's best for our Party and our Nation.
Having a good candidate, who hopefully runs an outstanding campaign will be central to getting other Republican wins on the board in 2028. We need to work hard to develop good policy that doesn't patronize or cater to the whims of foolish people, but also takes into account what people are going through. We need strong orators who can make a real, solid case for conservative policies.
And we need an outstanding ground game in every single state. That means we need good people to stand up, ready to run for office, and they need armies of volunteers to blockwalk, make phone calls, poll watch, and so on.
Additional resources should be spent on Texas.
If we don't win Texas back in 2028, then it's basically game over from a political perspective.
Conclusion
As long as this is, I feel like I've left a lot out, but it's probably already too long for many. I've quoted this often, but when asked what kind of government we had, Benjamin Franklin famously replied, "A Republic, madam, if you can keep it."
We do have a Republic. It is up to us to keep it. People who hate America and hate Freedom wish to destroy our Republic. We're going to have to work hard to defend it. This midterm election was a massive blow, but we're not dead yet. In the famous words of Donald Trump, we need to "Fight, fight, fight!"
Lastly, don't lose hope. Don't despair. Remember that God is in control, and that He is good, and you can have eternal life with him if you believe in His Son, Jesus Christ.
SOLI DEO GLORIA
PAX AMERICANA 🇺🇸
TEHRAN DIVIDED OVER MIDTERMS RESULTS –– Reformist and pragmatic conservative outlets want Iranian leaders to exploit Republican's midterms and secure economic concessions, while hardline outlets want to preserve so-called maritime leverage regardless of who is in power in Washington ..
Save The Economy (reformists & pragmatists)
🔹 Shargh –– de-escalate for the sake of the economy.
🔹 Khorasan (ties to Ghalibaf) –– pursue a negotiated settlement but require parliamentary oversight.
🔹 Sobh-e No (ties to Ghalibaf) –– make the most of Trump's defeat & secure binding economic commitments.
🔹 Hamshahri –– swift diplomatic action needed as shipping disruptions are straining domestic supply chains & contributing to increased food prices.
Maintain Hormuz Pressure (hardliners)
🔸 Kayhan –– US political changes has no bearing on Iran's "operational dominance" in Hormuz.
🔸 Javan –– continue using Hormuz to pressure the US.
🔸 Tehran Times –– US elections don't change Iran's ability to restrict traffic through Hormuz and don't change Iran's conditions for de-escelation.
🔸 Commentators –– JD Vance's outreach shows pressure on America is working.
Be Careful Camp
🔸 Resalat –– don't assume election results will change Washington's approach, as both parties are unreliable.
🔸 Jomhouri Eslami –– Washington won't tolerate an indefinite Hormuz closure, which could result in a wider regional war.
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Comment –– I thought the JD comment was interesting. But more than anything, I think this shows that the pressure on the regime is working. Division within the regime is real. But keep in mind their opinions don't matter because the so-called Supreme Leader has already publicly committed to positions irreconcilable with America's demands and interests. In the end, unless something extraordinary happens, war is coming.
Source –– iranintl.com/en/202611057512
RUBIO –– told NYT he's not going to resign & that Trump deserves credit for taking action against Iran.
🔸 Resignation Rumors –– Working for Trump until the end of his term has “always been my plan." He added: "I don’t know where these things come from, to be honest with you ... I love the work I’m doing.”
🔸 Trump's Campaign In Iran –– Trump "deserves a tremendous amount of credit" for taking action that he thought was necessary even if it was not popular among voters. He added: "Ultimately, that is the price of leadership — is the willingness to do things that may not be politically popular or expedient but are necessary for your country and its long-term future."
🔸 Re JD Blaming Iran War for Midterms Loss –– Rubio initially deflected when asked whether he agreed with JD Vance's assessment that Republicans lost the midterms because of the Iran War. But he then said: "Higher prices at the gas pump, I acknowledge, is not like the kind of thing you campaign on and brag about."
TRUMP: stocks suffered one of the worst days because the elections resulted in “Dumoctats” getting elected.
TRUMP ON IRAN –– Since 1979 the regime has killed thousands of Americans; in the last 7 months they killed 75,000 protesters. A decision on Iran is coming very soon.
Timestamp of subjects:
• 00:01 –– Iran Mediator Proposal
• 00:27 –– Pete Hegseth Stays
• 01:00 –– Iran Conflict Not a War
• 01:53 –– Iran Under US Occupation
• 02:30 –– Losses In Other US Wars
• 03:23 –– Iran A Problem Since 1979
• 04:06 –– Decision On Iran Coming Soon
🔸 Hegseth has done a fantastic job. We had more generals than in World War Two. Many of those people were woke. I don't like a woke general. Hegseth probably has the opposition from the woke.
🔸 We control the Straits. We're doing more right now going through the straits than we did before the war started.
🔸 Iran conflict is not a war. Nobody's been killed in about seven months, six months.Russia Ukraine is a war, with 25,000 people being killed a month. We've lost 18 lives. 18 is far too many. In Vietnam we lost thousands and thousands over a 21 year period. In Afghanistan tremendous numbers. 18 is too many, one is too many.
🔸 It will take Iran 25 to 40 years to rebuild, a neighboring country told Trump.
🔸 It is virtually an occupation. We're not looking to be wise guys, but right now it's an occupation. We are there for seven months and we control everything that we've wanted to control.
🔸 Iran started it in 1979. During that period they killed thousands of Americans. Over the last seven months they've killed 75,000 protesters, hanging many from cranes.
🔸 Now we'll make a decision. Do we want to go further and just certify it, meaning where it'll never happen again. I would rather not destroy the rest of the country if possible, but maybe I'll have to. You'll know soon enough.
📰 IRAN TO REUTERS RE NEGOTIATONS –– an Iranian official told Reuters that Tehran has sent the US a nuclear proposal through Qatari mediators, but that the proposal will only be open for discussion after Washington fully meets Iran's seven preliminary demands.
• The New York Times reported that SNSC Secretary Mohsen Rezaei has privately signaled openness to discussing the nuclear issue while negotiating with Qatar alongside Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf. However, regime-linked sources on X have called NYT's reporting false.
• Rezaei also met Putin today in Moscow and supposedly delivered a private message from Mojtaba Khamenei.
⏪ REWIND FOR CONTEXT: On February 20, 2026 (one week before Epic Fury started), Trump said:
"They better negotiate a fair deal. They better negotiate. You know, the people of Iran are a lot different than the leaders of Iran. And it's very, a very sad situation. But 32,000 people were killed over a relatively short period of time. They were going to hang 800 two weeks ago. Hang, hang some by crane. They lift them up with a tall crane and they play them around the square. They were going to hang 837 people and I gave them the word, if you hang one person, even one person, that you're going to be hit right then and there. I wasn't waiting two weeks of negotiating and they gave up the hanging. They didn't hang 837. Supposedly, they didn't hang anybody. But no, I feel very badly for the people of Iran. They've lived like, they've lived in hell."
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Comment — There is a lot going on, but the state of the negotiations, along with the wording used by Trump tells me something big is coming. This is especially true since Iran has refused to make any concessions and wants the US to give everything before they have to even start talking on the most important matter: the nuclear issue.
REZA PAHLAVI CONTINUES TO CALL ON IRANIANS TO CONNECT WITH HIS TEAM TO OVERTHROW THE REGIME
In an X post, Iranian Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi once again called on all Iranian who would like to overthrow the Islamic Republic to connect with him either through scanning a QR code on live TV or through his Telegram bot.
🔸 Regime tried to stop Iranians from joining Pahlavi’s Telegram bot by spreading false info on its security, yet hundreds of thousands of “students, teachers, and doctors to workers, soldiers, police forces, and other segments of society” reached out.
🔸 Regime fears the power of the united Iranian people, and regime’s missing leader hides in fear and doesn’t even release a voice recording.
📣 “Once again, I invite all of you compatriots who believe in the overthrow of the Islamic Republic and in building a free and prosperous future to join the national cooperation campaign to save Iran.”
ℹ️ How to connect:
Option 1 — scan QR code during live broadcast on Iran National Revolution Television and Iran International Network.
Option 2 — Telegram @ BarkhiziranBot (t.me/BarkhizIranBot)
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Comment — I can confirm, from what I have personally seen, the negative stories on the Telegram bot and is security. I can also confirm that I have been checking almost daily the count on the number of users of Pahlavi’s bot on Telegram. There are tens of thousands of new users each day.
‼️ MAJOR REZA PAHLAVI CALL FOR ACTION: I HAVE A PLAN TO OVERTHROW THE REGIME & INVITE ALL IRANIANS TO GET IN TOUCH IMMEDIATELY — Iranian Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi made a major announcement today on X.
🔸 Regime is weaker than ever before and “they fear a nationwide and effective uprising that would end the life of this satanic regime.”
🔸 “[Iran] can no longer endure further losses. We must join hands and seize every opportunity to save Iran.”
🔸 “We have plans both for overthrowing the Islamic Republic and for governing Iran afterward.”
🔸 He gave the military, law enforcement, and security services another chance to join the people or face repressions.
🔸 This time, I invite not only the military and government forces, but all Iranians from all walks of life who are fed up with this regime and seek a free and prosperous future for Iran, to connect directly with my team via Telegram at t.me/BarkhizlranBot and join the national campaign for Iran's salvation today.
🔸 “We are ready to triumph over the Islamic Republic and forge a new future…”
ENEMY MEDIA LOVES TUCKER CARLSON
Iranian and Russian state media channels have been aggressively pushing Tucker Carlson’s videos in an attempt to portray the fall of Donald Trump and argue against the war in Iran.
Meanwhile, a Turkish propaganda channel is already pushing Tucker’s video trying to shift all blame away from JD Vance even though it was JD that pushed for a terribly failing MoU.
TRUMP reposted: “Trump was elected to do politically difficult but necessary things.” (immigration, Iran, special interests, AI/SI). “Republicans paid the costs. The benefits will be with us for many generations.”
Urgent Intel retweeted
THE SILENT MAJORITY ALWAYS MAKES THE FINAL CALL IN CA.
CA Secretary of State says there are 27172905 eligible voters. The total ballots being counted about 13 million.
That means 14.2 million people did NOT vote.
Becerra won by 2.3 million votes.
In Los Angeles city there are nearly 4 million voters. If the ballots shown are correct then we have 1.08 million people who voted.
So, that’s about 3 million who didn’t bother to vote for mayor. Nithya claimed victory ahead by only 26 thousand votes.
If voters want to change CA it requires all of them who want change vote.
There are 10.5 million Democrats in the state. And Republicans plus Independents add up to 11.1 million. So… theoretically it’s not impossible to overcome. We would be wise to listen to Reagan.