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Things are not looking good for Iran right now.  And their day just got a little worse with the news of two more strikes from the Israelis.  Israel blew the front gates off of Iran’s most notorious prison, where they have held political prisoners, academics, and human rights activists for years under the terror and…

As the predictable debate and accusations over President Donald Trump’s bombing of Iranian nuclear sites on Saturday night continued to grow on Sunday, hyper-hypocritical congressional Democrats with apparently zero relevant memory called for… wait for it… Trump’s impeachment. I know: YAWN. Advertisement Then something unpredictable and perhaps unprecedented happened: An apparently rational Democrat — a…

President Trump, in a Sunday night social media post, celebrated U.S. airstrikes that took out Iran’s key enrichment facilities, describing the operation as a success for having obliterated the rogue nation’s nuclear ambitions. Advertisement Trump’s post on Truth Social appears to push back on a New York Times report citing officials who believed one of…

A big election is coming on Tuesday. In New York City, the U.S.’s largest city, the voters will be voting for the Democrat nominee for mayor using a ranked voting system (for only the second election cycle). In this heavily blue city, this will likely be the election that counts.  Advertisement Now, you probably have…

President Donald Trump’s decision to bomb Iran’s nuclear facilities has elicited more than a few hot takes. Multiple Democrat politicians immediately called for his impeachment, while others suggested some variation of World War III had just been started.  Advertisement SEE: AOC and Other Unhinged Democrats Say Bombing Iran Is Grounds for Impeachment Those takes were…

I wrote earlier about Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s interaction with “Face the Nation” host Margaret Brennan.  Brennan seemed to think she knew more about intel and policy than Rubio. Rubio schooled her, explaining it was enough to know they had all the elements for the weapon, including the enrichment and the ability to deliver…

The mullahs threatened they could awaken terrorist “sleeper cells” in the U.S. should we attack them. Well, now we have attacked them—in extraordinary fashion, no less—and multiple cities are on heightened alert for possible violent responses. Advertisement What if some potential terrorists were let in by an administration that refused to police its borders or…

We have the latest serving of Hollywood being woke, once again, and this time the example of virtue signaling is about as neutered as it gets. Director Danny Boyle was on the promotional junket for his latest release and he saw a need to comment about one of his past films, sounding deeply apologetic –…

Up until now, President Donald Trump has stopped short of calling for regime change in Iran, but after he ordered the massive U.S. strikes on the Islamic Republic’s nuclear sites Saturday evening, he appears to have changed his tune. If the current despotic, extremist regime can’t make “Iran Great Again,” perhaps it’s time for someone…

Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) appeared on “Fox News Sunday” with host Shannon Bream this morning and right out of the chute, he was asked to react to President Trump’s national security and defense teams pulling off a successful bombing mission Saturday, which severely damaged, based on initial reports, three of the Iranians’ nuclear sites. Advertisement…

How’s your Sunday going? For the members and attendees of CrossPointe Community Church in Wayne, MI, theirs was a harrowing one. A potential mass shooting was thwarted by a quick-thinking deacon and a quick-acting armed security guard. The church was holding a special service highlighting the church’s vacation bible school program with roughly 150 people…

We’ve written about how the U.S. strike on Iran’s three nuclear sites on Saturday was such an epic military operation, from the incredible operational security and deploying decoys, to how well the operation was carried out, completing all the strikes within 25 minutes, and reportedly, getting all our people out safely without even being fired…

My neighbor was just telling me about an exhausting 13-hour flight she took home from Europe. I find the Los Angeles to New York journey, a mere five to six hours, to be taxing—but what about a 37-hour flight? That’s got to be tough. Advertisement But that’s how long it took for our Air Force…

Early Sunday morning, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dan Caine laid out some of the details of Saturday’s “Operation Midnight Hammer” to wipe out three of Iran’s nuclear sites. It involved deception, precision timing, great operational security, and the element of surprise. Perhaps most importantly, it appears…

Images are now emerging showing the before and after at Iran’s underground Fordow nuclear facility. The “before” being of course previous to Saturday night, the “after” being after the United States unleashed numerous bunker-busting bombs and reportedly absolutely demolished the site. Advertisement Part of the mountain was simply vaporized: The first satellite images from Iran’s…

How’s your gas tank? You might want to top off in the next few days. Due to the ongoing fracas in the Middle East between Israel and Iran, and now, the United States, oil prices may be headed up. If Iran succeeds in closing the Strait of Hormuz, even for a few days, the rise…

Fresh off of debuting a towering new flag pole—replete with an American flag so large it can probably be seen from outer space—on the South Lawn of the White House, President Trump met with Italian soccer team Juventus in the Oval Office Wednesday afternoon. The team, in Washington, DC, for a FIFA Club World Cup…

The parade of clowns on the left, performing like circus monkeys for their base, continued Wednesday, when Reps. Jerry Nadler and Dan Goldman, both Democrats from New York, were denied access to an ICE Court in lower Manhattan. Advertisement The building, located at 26 Federal Plaza, is the same facility in which New York City…

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court handed down a big win for common sense and sanity in their ruling on the U.S. v. Skrmetti case, upholding a Tennessee law that was passed in 2023 and which effectively banned so-called “gender affirming” care for minors, including puberty blockers and transition surgery. Advertisement As RedState reported, in a…

Whoopi Goldberg has made some whoppers in the past, but her comments on Wednesday comparing life for Black Americans in the United States  to Iran might be her dumbest take yet. Advertisement During the ABC News daytime talk show “The View,” the co-hosts battled over the dangers of life in Iran. Goldberg, a millionaire member of…

On Wednesday, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth appeared before the Senate Armed Services Committee to answer questions on his budget.  However, Democrats were immediately going after him on other issues. We reported on his encounter with Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI), but there was a lot of unhinged action from the Democrats.  Advertisement READ MORE: Don’t…

Most Americans don’t care who you are or what you look like; they care whether or not you can do the job. Their first questions are, do you know what you’re doing? Are you competent? Not really too much to ask. Since President Donald Trump was elected, he has made it a top priority to…

A senior Army officer has been dismissed from his position inside the Joint Chiefs of Staff office tasked with developing policy and strategy for the Middle East over inflammatory comments he made about Israel and its relationship with the U.S. on social media. Colonel Nathan McCormack, an Army infantry officer who served as a branch chief…

Donald Trump unloaded on Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell Wednesday, mocking his mental capacity and imploring him to reduce interest rates. In a move sure to tick off the president, however, the Fed refused to budge once again. Advertisement The Federal Reserve on Wednesday kept interest rates steady amid expectations of higher inflation and lower…

President Donald Trump put a plan he had into place for a long time on Wednesday: flagpoles on the North and South Lawn of the White House. They’re going to cost about $100,000 total, he said. He’s paying for it as a gift to the country.  Advertisement Trump said he’s always wondered why the White…

As RedState reported earlier, the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on Wednesday about the extensive White House cover-up of former President Joe Biden’s decline. Advertisement Though the hearing, which was titled “Unfit to Serve: How the Biden Cover-Up Endangered America and Undermined the Constitution,” was designed to ask and address critical questions related to…

As we’ve seen with most if not all of President Donald Trump’s advisors and cabinet members, it hasn’t worked out well at all for smug Democrat lawmakers as they’ve tried to play “gotcha” during hearings, or attempted to lead member of Team Trump down false paths, always laden with TDS-riddled questions and barbs. Advertisement In…

Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) slammed the Democrats who boycotted a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing into the alleged cover-up of former President Joe Biden’s mental decline. Advertisement In the clip shared on X on Wednesday, Cornyn noted that only two of his Democratic colleagues had attended the hearing into who was running the White House the last…

It’s the Boeing E-4B “Nightwatch,” and it’s known as the “Doomsday Plane” because it’s outfitted to keep the president and top officials safe during times of national emergency. Advertisement There are four of them, and they make routine flights throughout the year to maintain readiness. Even so, speculation mounted Tuesday after one of them flew…

Former President Barack Obama, who authorized drone strikes on American citizens without judicial process, harassed journalists by naming them as criminal co-conspirators to gain access to their emails and phone records, and weaponized the IRS against his political opponents, is super-concerned that the Trump administration is leading the United States down a path toward autocracy.…

President Donald Trump has been crystal clear when it comes to Iran: They cannot be allowed to have a nuclear weapon. It’s evident, based on actions taken by Israel and the administration’s unwavering support of them, that both nations are in agreement on that and determined to ensure that Iran does not acquire such weaponry. …

Republican political strategist Ana Navarro gets paid well by ABC, CNN and Telemundo to propagate leftist propaganda as a supposedly wise Republican LatinX voice. No one bothers to note that Navarro has not supported a Republican since Jeb Bush and John McCain, but that’s beside the point. Navarro’s latest bit on a Tuesday CNN panel…

On Tuesday, we reported how NYC Comptroller and mayoral candidate Brad Lander was arrested when he held onto a person that federal agents were trying to take into custody outside of the immigration court in New York City. Homeland Security said he was arrested for assault and impeding a federal officer. Advertisement He was released…

There was some crazy action at the ICE facility, Delaney Hall, in Newark on Thursday night.  That’s the facility the three House Democrats were trying to get into when they caused a ruckus. Now, Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-NJ) is facing assault charges in that prior incident.  Advertisement READ MORE: New: LaMonica McIver Arrives at Next…

What Israel and the Trump Administration just accomplished in Iran is simply a masterclass. While recently working to get a deal done regarding Iran’s nuclear facility, we are now learning that President Trump’s patience was wearing thin with Iran’s refusal to truly come to the table. Trump has been crystal clear that Iran would never…

So here’s the thing: We already knew CNN host Jake Tapper has been a shameless hack throughout both of President Donald Trump’s terms, right?  And that was before he co-wrote his controversial book, “Original Sin,” and then promptly proceeded to trot to as many interviews as fast as he could to shamelessly shill for the book,…

As we’ve seen, Israel is currently engaged in an ambitious campaign to make sure an appropriate application of high explosives disassembles Iran’s nuclear facilities. They’re decapitating Iran’s military, too, while they’re at it, and taking a number of Iran’s nuclear scientists and engineers off the board, as well.  Advertisement They aren’t working in a vacuum.…

Friday, June 13, 2025 Good morning, and welcome to RedState’s “Morning Minute” — a brief glimpse at which stories are trending at the moment and a look ahead at what the day may bring. Consider this your one-stop shop for news to kickstart your day.  Advertisement TOP O’ THE MORNIN’ Red-Hot at RedState  Trump Drops…

Israel’s highly successful attack on Iran’s nuclear weapons enterprise and other regime targets was the product of years of preparation. Overnight, while the world was watching Israel Air Force strikes throughout Iran, on the ground, Israeli commandos from the IDF and Mossad were engaged in their own war. Precision-guided missiles, smuggled into Iran, attacked Iranian…

Israeli attacks on Iran are continuing on Friday, with reports of nuclear facilities, ballistic missile sites, and the IRGC leadership being totally decimated. This was not a warning shot to get the Mullahs back to the negotiating table. It was a decapitation of Iran’s military capabilities, both nuclear and traditional.  Advertisement As RedState reported, IRGC…

As RedState extensively covered, California Senator Alex Padilla (D-Idiot), while in Los Angeles on other business, decided to go uninvited to a press conference being held by Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and then disrupt it. Padilla soon realized his version of “peaceful protest” would not fly in this venue. Padilla was quickly…

President Donald Trump on Friday morning sharply criticized Iran for rejecting an opportunity to make a nuclear deal, and warned of further dire consequences following Israeli airstrikes on Iranian nuclear facilities. Advertisement Trump made the comments, blaming Iran for forcing Israel into taking preemptive action, on his Truth Social media platform. “I gave Iran chance…

Just hours after U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer issued a temporary restraining order against the Trump administration related to the President’s federalization of 4,000 California Army National Guard soldiers, ordering that Trump must return control of the Guard back to California, a three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals blocked enforcement of the…

As RedState reported, explosions were reported in Iran earlier on Friday morning local time, and it didn’t take long for Israel to confirm they had struck. The attacks came after months of the Trump administration trying to give the Mullahs a diplomatic out that they simply refused to take.  Advertisement But while initial assumptions were…

As we reported, Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) created an incident at DHS Secretary Kristi Noem’s press briefing in Los Angeles on Thursday. She was making opening remarks.  Advertisement It wasn’t even time for questions when Padilla came up on the side of the room without identifying himself, no one knew who he was, and haranguing…

A federal judge in San Francisco has ordered President Donald Trump to immediately return control of California’s National Guard to Governor Gavin Newsom, ruling that Trump’s unprecedented federalization of 4,000 Guard members violated both federal law and the Constitution. Advertisement U.S. District Judge Charles R. Breyer granted California’s emergency request for a temporary restraining order…

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent appeared before the Senate Finance Committee on Thursday to talk about President Trump’s reconciliation bill and how it affects taxes and economic policy overall. Advertisement On Wednesday, as we wrote, it was the House Ways and Means Committee’s turn to hear from him and during part of the back-and-forth, the cabinet…

As expected, fauxfended Democrats are attempting to milk the stunt Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) pulled earlier in the day during a DHS press conference, with the main talking point seeming to be that if they’ll drag a United States Senator out of an administration official’s presser and put them in handcuffs, what will they do…

Israel launched preemptive strikes against Iran’s nuclear facilities early Friday morning, with explosions heard across Tehran as the long-threatened military action finally materialized following the collapse of diplomatic negotiations. Advertisement Axios reported that “The Israeli Air Force conducted a strike in Iran on Thursday, according to two sources with knowledge of the operation. It’s not…

It’s safe to say that the Democrat governors who attended Thursday’s House Oversight Committee hearing on sanctuary state governors and their policies did not have a good day. Advertisement Three of them were on hand: New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker. Walz, the failed 2024 Democrat vice…