Tulsi Gabbard resigning?  Apparently she has someone near to her heart to care for.  I can’t say I’m not disappointed.  I’m sure DJT will find someone suitable, if he hasn’t already.  Tulsi’s husband has some rare form of bone cancer and I’m sure she’s needed.

Apparently we don’t believe in climate change anymore.  Trump has appointed Kevin Warsh as Chairman to revitalize the Federal Reserve and hopefully, like Trump says, the economy will boom.  Without inflation going up.  Have we entered an era of prosperity?

The Pentagon just declassified a slew of UFO files, some of which show US fighter jets blasting various unidentified aircraft out of the sky. Biden let a Chinese weather balloon fly over sensitive locations and didn’t shoot it down until it was out to sea. There are many unanswered questions about these videos; we’ll keep you posted.

We wouldn’t know there was a war in Ukraine if not for the news, but people are still dying. I don’t know where this ends, but Europe has been at war for one reason or another forever. There’s no reason to blow up the world over Ukraine, so I hope the big powers stay out of it. Or is it too late?

Ilhan Omar is in trouble. Apparently these schemes were just a way to get the government to fund luxury, and Ilhan knew about the fraud, and may have participated in it. One woman just got a 40 year sentence and claims Omar knew what was up. Wouldn’t you hate to be in her shoes?  She thought she’d make a splash, but she’s in over her head.  Other Minnesota notables are in trouble too.  How would you like to be Tim Walz?

I remember back in the day, Muslims going to Minnesota for college.  It’s become a hotbed of fraud.  We’ll see how this turns out, but it won’t be pretty.  Why did they choose Minnesota?  The weather’s not nice, and they come from the desert. Sharia law? We don’t care about it.  But how many millions did they steal?  How many officials knew about it, or were benefiting from it?  They’ve figured out how to scam the government, and we’re just onlookers.

I think we can be thankful DJT is President.  He’s dedicated to righting the wrongs that have come our way.  

Pentecost is coming up this Sunday, so prepare.                                      

Mark Armstrong

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“This isn’t a show indictment,” Blanche said. “There was a warrant issued for his arrest, so we expect that he will show up here by his own will or by another way.”

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In late 1977, Jimmy Carter famously toasted the Shah’s Iran as “an island of stability.”Within fifteen months, the monarchy had collapsed, and the foreign-policy establishment that had built its assumptions around the Shah was left scrambling to comprehend a revolution it had utterly failed to foresee. The lesson should have been unmistakable: never again mistake repression for permanence, or assume that the political order in Iran is immune to upheaval. But the lesson was never truly learned.

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Even earlier this morning, EU lawmakers and diplomats agreed to implement the controversial trade agreement concluded last summer with the US, after hours of late-night talks in Strasbourg.

Our trade reporter Peggy Corlin writes that despite the breakthrough, which is set to soothe soaring transatlantic tensions, the deal remains fragile as long as US President Donald Trump continues to use tariffs as a tool of political pressure.

The negotiations concluded two weeks after US President Donald Trump threatened to impose 25% tariffs on EU cars if Europeans did not implement the agreement by 4 July. The deal is also considered heavily tilted towards the US, slashing tariffs on US industrial exports to 0% while keeping a baseline tariff on most EU exports at 15%.

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Putin and Xi oversaw the signing of more than 40 cooperation agreements in areas such as trade, technology and media exchanges. They stressed their growing trade, particularly in oil and natural gas, and declared themselves aligned on international relations.

The countries’ ties have reached “the highest level in history,” Xi said after the signing ceremony, speaking to members of the delegations and journalists. The two sides also agreed to extend a friendship treaty first signed in 2001.

Putin told those in the room that “the driving force behind economic cooperation is Russian-Chinese collaboration in the energy sector.”

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The U.S. has invited all NATO allies to join a Washington-led maritime security initiative in the Strait of Hormuz as Britain and France move ahead with their own effort to secure the chokepoint, statements provided to the Daily Caller News Foundation show.

The dueling efforts show Western governments are moving on separate but overlapping tracks to restore freedom of navigation through the Strait of Hormuz, where disrupted shipping threatens global energy markets and raises the risk of direct military confrontation with Iran. The U.K. and France have emphasized that their efforts are distinct from the proposed U.S. calls for broader participation in a separate initiative tied to maritime security in the strait.

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Officers responded to the Islamic Center of San Diego for a report of an active shooter around 11:43 a.m. Monday.

Outside the center were three adult men dead from gunshot wounds, according to San Diego Police Chief Scott Wahl, who spoke to the media after the shooting.

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There were no reported injuries or radiological release. The UAE, which has hosted air defenses and personnel from Israel, recently accused Iran of launching drone and missile attacks. Tensions have risen over the Strait of Hormuz, a vital energy waterway gripped by Iran, which is under a U.S. naval blockade.

“For Iran, the Clock is Ticking, and they better get moving, FAST, or there won’t be anything left of them,” U.S. President Donald Trump posted on social media shortly after a call with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, whose attack on Iran with the U.S. sparked the war on Feb. 28.

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Trump says twenty years is enough.  But Iran is not being forthcoming.  The way he looks at it most of us will be dead, and the next generation can deal with the situation.  But Trump’s not happy about the way Iran is negotiating. But the way we’ve been dealing death to Iran’s leaders… they don’t know which end is up.

Trump was just in “Chynah”, and we’re waiting to hear how things went.  China is the one country that’s continuing to do business with Iran. Surely that will get straightened out. We don’t want a war with China while we deal with Iran. China is the one place that could hurt us, but they won’t. The Bible tells us how things will play out, and we’re not there yet.

So far, peace talks with Iran have been unacceptable. The President wants pledges he’s not getting. Meanwhile, Iran menaces the Strait of Hormuz, where a good portion of the world’s oil flows. They could have done this anytime, but they’ve just gotten the daylights bombed out of them, so what’s left? I understand that we are sending oil to Europe to make up for the shortfall, but can we do that indefinitely?  

Everything old is new again. Here we are in 2026 worrying about the Strait of Hormuz. We were worrying about that narrow choke point years ago. My Dad did programs about it. So far Iran has not admitted defeat, and maybe we’ll have to deal with that. I learned one thing about the Middle East: The Arabs are braggarts. I could tell some stories.

The left is doubling down.  Hollywood has its cast of men who play women in movies and it’s all the rage right now.  My Dad used to describe people who celebrate these movies as pigs at the trough, but who’s looking out for Hollywood right now? I guess it’s the one thing they can tout, but I don’t want to be fooled.  

We’re at war with Iran, but you’d hardly know it. Gas prices are up, but at least we can sleep at night. Trump is promising lower gas prices, but the media is making hay while they can. I think most liberal media outlets are against Trump. They can’t stand him, and they’re hoping he will fail just to give them the satisfaction, and allow them to toot their horns in public. But so far so good.

Europe is building cages around its oil facilities, just in case a stray missile comes in. Who ever thought of it?  They’re literally building cages around their oil storage facilities so the explosives won’t reach the oil.  Maybe we should do that. Europe is where the action is, and we’re not making friends with them either. They’re outraged that Trump is such a strong leader. I’m sure his name is on everybody’s lips over there. Europe is backward by our standards. We can be thankful we live in the U. S.  

It looks like America is on a roll, and the media would like nothing better than for us to crash just so they can criticize Trump.

Comey, Clapper and Brennan may yet get their wings clipped.  We can only hope!  

Mark  Armstrong

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