Peloni:  Highly recommended video.  Note full text and correction below tweet.

Masha Kleiner | X | Jan 18, 2025

At a time when Israel is being attacked by the Islamic regime and its endless proxies, and while the Jewish diaspora is facing an unprecedented rise in antisemitism in modern times, both in Canada and worldwide, some Jewish organizations and activists choose to support BDS and… https://t.co/PSMoNhj5Cq pic.twitter.com/RSxcZDIupR

— Masha Kleiner (@mashakleiner) January 19, 2025

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Peloni:  Is Rubio a changed man, a former member of the Republican wing of the Uniparty turned into a MAGA faithful?  Or is he merely positioning himself for a better grasp as Trump’s successor over the clearly outmatched Vance, in hopes of leading the Deep State back to power after Trump term ends?  As is true with the removal of the Censorship Apparatus, Rubio’s pursuit of the MAGA agenda will only last as long as he wants it to, making the issue of his sincerity in becoming a MAGA devotee overnight a critical point of interest to Trump’s supporters.  Choose carefully what you take from this.

Sundance | April 16, 2025

The State Dept. Global Engagement Center was the epicenter of the Dept of State operation to control speech on social media platforms.  Following revelations from within the Twitter Files, and facing increasing scrutiny, the GEC operation was shut down – but the remnants of the operation remained active within the State Dept.

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Thomas McInerney LTG, USAF (Ret) & Paul E. Vallely MG, US Army (Ret)

Guest Editorial: Bill Gertz | April 15, 2025

The new chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff has warned that the U.S. military currently is unable to deter China and other adversaries and called for urgent defense reforms. Gen. John Caine, who was sworn in as chairman on Monday, stated in recent Senate testimony that the weaknesses include an inability of the military system to support and respond rapidly to a conflict. “The U.S. does not have the throughput, responsiveness, or agility needed to deter our adversaries,” Gen. Caine stated in written answers to the Senate Armed Services Committee.

The disclosure comes as the U.S. military is facing potential conflict with China in the Taiwan Strait where the commander of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command has said China has been rehearsing for large-scale military operations against a key U.S. partner, Taiwan. Adm. Sam Paparo, the commander, told a Senate hearing last week that China is engaged in “unprecedented aggression” against Taiwan. Adm. Paparo said U.S. forces can deter China and prevail in a conflict but warned that “the margin is eroding.” The command needs “additional sustained investment” in long-range weapons and a strengthening of air and missile defenses with drones and artificial intelligence, Adm. Paparo said.

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By Hugh Fitzgerald | April 15, 2025

The Israelis are constantly working to improve their weaponry, both as to performance and as to cost. The Iron Dome anti-missile system, first introduced in 2006, has been impressive enough, capable of intercepting more than 90% of the missiles launched toward Israel. However, it is expensive: each interception requires the firing of two Tamir missiles. Each Tamir missile costs $40,000, meaning that each interception costs $80,000. But now the Israeli scientists at Rafael and Elbit have developed a high-energy laser system that will reduce the cost of such interceptions to the scarcely believe price of two dollars. Here are some details from an October 2024 story that remains pertinent:

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Tariffs built America

by Daniel Greenfield | April 16, 2025

The Father of the Constitution was also the father of tariffs. Indeed, the first piece of legislation passed was James Madison’s Tariff Act. Madison, known as the Father of the Constitution, saw tariffs as a driving purpose of the Constitution and a sustaining force of the new government.

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Peloni:  Gabbard’s rather consistent pro-Iran stance has seemingly borne fruit with the successful appointment of her pro-Iran appointment of William Ruger to replace her initial appointment of the pro-Iran Daniel Davis, after the latter appointment was reportedly cancelled by Trump himself.

This is how administrations are hijacked from within.

by Daniel Greenfield | April 15, 2025

Charles Koch (Photo By Gavin Peters – Gavin Peters, CC BY-SA 3.0)

This is how administrations are hijacked from within.

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The Abraham Accords were the greatest foreign policy accomplishment of Trump’s first administration; he has made it clear that his new administration will seek to expand them- Forbes, March 8, 2025.

Dr. Martin Sherman | Apr 15, 2025

By Andrea Widburg | Am Thinker | April 15, 2025

Image by AI.

Before Israel was founded, the State Department was anti-Zionist. Since Israel’s founding, the State Department has been hostile to Israel in ways great and small. (Marco Rubio seems to be a wonderful exception to this rule, helped by a pro-Israel president.) And, of course, the Democrat party and its media outlets hate Israel. That’s why two former State Department employees have taken to the pages of the New York Times to complain that, with Israel achieving military victories, the Trump administration must force it to surrender.

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Moshe Phillips

By Tufts University – Tufts Brand Quick Guide, Public Domain

The late March detention of doctoral student Rumeysa Ozturk at Tufts University has generated a great deal of attention, but most reports have missed a critical point: It highlights the rise of extremist anti-Israel rhetoric on campuses, particularly at Tufts. Ozturk’s case is not just about one student’s detention; it underscores a broader issue that must be addressed. Hate groups on campus are dangerous.

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By Gerald A. Honigman

Kurdish Flag (Photo By Sarchia Khursheed – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0)

President Trump, it’s time to stop using and abusing America’s most loyal and effective allies in the region of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), the Kurds.

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Peloni:  Major Update:   In the aftermath of Witkoff’s statement of capitulating to Iran maintaining a nuclear program, Witkoff, the State Dept and the White House have all made statements making it clear that Trump’s position on eliminating Iran’s entire nuclear program is unchanged.

Peloni:  And just like that, Qatari allied Witkoff walks back Trump’s requirement of full dismantlement of Iran’s nuclear program after just the first meet and greet with Iran.   This is a huge scale-back of previous statements made by Trump himself which demanded Iran have no nuclear program.

White House Special Envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff appears to confirm tonight on Fox News that the Trump Administration is no longer pushing for the total denuclearization of Iran or the destruction of its nuclear program, instead wishing to impose limits on Iran’s… pic.twitter.com/SLNXVX0LHJ

— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) April 15, 2025

Nuclear talks set to continue in Rome, Italy, next Saturday

All Israel News Staff | Published: April 14, 2025

By Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America – Donald Trump, CC BY-SA 2.0

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday reiterated that he won’t allow the Iranian regime to acquire nuclear weapons, while expressing dissatisfaction with the pace of the nuclear talks that began last Saturday.

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Peloni:  See also : Trump admin reportedly reconsiders F-35 jet sale to Turkey

Sinan Ciddi | April 14, 2025

President of the Republic of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan  (Photo By kremlin.ru, CC BY 4.0)

Syria’s interim president, Ahmad al-Sharaa, received a warm welcome at the Antalya Diplomatic Forum in Turkey on April 11, where his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, lambasted Israel as a “terrorist state.” Together with 20 other heads of state, Sharaa also heard Erdogan’s pledge “to work toward a future in which Syria experiences years of stability, prosperity, and peace” — a formula increasingly understood in Israel as code for growing Turkish domination and control over Syria, with which both Jerusalem and Ankara share a border. Erdogan’s statement came just two days after Turkish and Israeli officials met in Azerbaijan for talks aimed at establishing deconfliction mechanisms amid both countries’ ongoing military operations in Syria.

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This “one weird trick” allowed a bunch of D.C. judges to seize power over the country.

Daniel Greenfield | Apr 14, 2025

US Supreme Court.  By Photo by Mr. Kjetil Ree. – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0

The Supreme Court’s ruling in J.G.G. v. Donald J. Trump was not an unqualified triumph for the Trump administration’s deportations of foreign gang members, but it was a definite rebuke not just to Judge Boasberg, but to the entire D.C. Circuit Court shadow government.

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Peloni:  Is there any greater statement of Western betrayal of Ukraine’s ‘sovereignty’ than for the West to contemplate with fork and knife in hand as they look to carve their own slice of Ukraine, sardonically some distance from the front lines.  Of course, despite the calls to save Ukraine’s ‘sovereignty’, the spoils of Ukraine have always played a factor in the West’s new found obsession over the borders of this Russian border state-let.

Partition Remains a Possible Option, Just Not Kellogg’s Version

Stephen Bryen | Weapons and Strategy | Apr 14, 2025

President Trump and General Keith Kellogg, special envoy on Ukraine and Russia

Is a partition plan a realistic outcome for ending the Ukraine war. General Keith Kellogg’s proposal appears to have already encountered difficulties. However, that does not mean that some type of partition is out of the question.

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