Senator Tom Cotton is the current chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee and one of the strongest voices in full support of military strikes against Iran.
Good morning, and Happy Father’s Day to you.
SENATOR TOM COTTON (R-Arkansas): Thank you, Margaret.
MARGARET BRENNAN: So, I know you are staying on top of all these events.
When it comes to what President Trump has said publicly, he seems to be indicating not just that the U.S. had nothing to do with the attack on Iran, but he’s saying this is not America’s fight unless Iran hits the U.S.
Should it be such a bright line?
SENATOR TOM COTTON: Well, what the president said in his overnight post was a clear message to the ayatollahs, that, if you hit America in any way, whether our troops or our citizens or our ships, for instance, then you’re going to feel the full force and strength of the U.S. military in a way no one’s ever seen.
That’s a clear deterrent message, setting aside the threat that the nuclear program poses to Israel and to the United States, because, let’s remember, the Iranian regime has been terrorizing Americans. It’s killed thousands of Americans. It’s taken them hostage. It still chants “Death to America.” And it’s building missiles that can strike not just our troops or our friends in the region, but soon enough here in the United States as well.
And that’s why President Trump has been consistent for his 10 years in political life that we cannot allow Iran to have a nuclear weapon. We cannot allow them to have a path to a nuclear weapon with uranium enrichment. That’s the deal that he was trying to negotiate for the last two months.
But, as he said early last week, Iran was simply too stubborn. They weren’t willing to come to the table and negotiate. And I have to disagree with the reporter who said that Israel strikes in Iran ended those negotiations. It was Iran’s – Iran’s stubbornness that ended them.
President Trump was clear about that. And he is still clear that there is time, if they want to come back to negotiate an end to the uranium enrichment program, that he would accept that. But he’s given them chance after chance, as he said.
MARGARET BRENNAN: But, in terms of the line he’s drawing on military force, should the U.S. involvement be purely defensive and deterrent, or should the U.S. be willing to be engaged in these military operations?
SENATOR TOM COTTON: Well, I don’t think he’s drawn that line. He’s been very clear that all options remain on the table to defend our own people, to support Israel…
MARGARET BRENNAN: He hasn’t said that.
SENATOR TOM COTTON: But he – well, he said that for 10 years, and he said it for months leading up to this moment.
He said that Iran can make a deal and live happily without death, or there will be bombing. So, I think he’s appropriately kept all options on the table. He made clear in the early days of this conflict, on Thursday night and Friday morning, that we back Israel to the hilt. There’s almost 700,000 Americans in Israel at any time. So, of course, we’re going to protect Israel, and that we have the best military technology in the world.
And he said that he has proudly provided Israel with those weapons, both in his first term and in this term as well. So, we back Israel to the hilt all the way. But he’s appropriately keeping all options on the table.
MARGARET BRENNAN: But he’s emphasizing again and again, this isn’t us. This isn’t America. This isn’t an American operation.
SENATOR TOM COTTON: So, so far in this operation, we have not been involved in offensive strikes. We’ve been involved in other ways, through our provision of Israel with weapons over the years or our defense of Israel and its citizens and our citizens in Israel.
Now, he has said his objective remains the same, which is Iran’s nuclear disarmament. And he has said that that can happen still through a deal. I don’t think…
MARGARET BRENNAN: He prefers diplomacy.
SENATOR TOM COTTON: And he would like Iran to come back to the table, I think, now that Iran sees that Israel and America mean business…
MARGARET BRENNAN: Yes.
SENATOR TOM COTTON: … and surrender its enrichment capabilities voluntarily. If that doesn’t happen, though, I think these strikes are going to continue.
MARGARET BRENNAN: But to the point, if it’s really about destroying the nuclear program that Iran has, you know this very well, that there’s this underground facility at Fordow, very deep, under a mountain.
It’s long been assessed that only the U.S. has the capability with a bunker-buster bomb to take it out. Should the United States offer that kind of massive ordnance penetrator to Israel to finish the job?
SENATOR TOM COTTON: Well, I’m not going to speculate about the methods that the United States or Israel might use…
MARGARET BRENNAN: But should they?
SENATOR TOM COTTON: … to protect our own interests.
I will simply say this. It is, as you say, widely known that Israel does not have heavy bombers. It doesn’t have those 30,000-pound penetrating munitions. But, as we saw with Hezbollah last fall, as we saw in Iran on Thursday night, when the Mossad had infiltrated officers and agents and manufactured drones in Iran, Israel has more than a few tricks up their sleeve.
And I wouldn’t be surprised if Israel has other cards yet to play.
MARGARET BRENNAN: So, when it comes to differences in intelligence assessments, the U.S. intelligence that was made public in March said at the time the U.S. does not assess Iran’s building a nuclear weapon and that the supreme leader has not reauthorized the nuclear weapons program that he suspended back in 2003.
Was there more recent U.S. intel sharing or intel indicating that there was some kind of sprint for a bomb?
SENATOR TOM COTTON: Well…
MARGARET BRENNAN: Because that seems a very different assessment from what Israel’s claiming.
SENATOR TOM COTTON: Well, unfortunately, Iran enriched a lot of the uranium to near weapons-grade over the four years of the Biden administration. And they…
MARGARET BRENNAN: But that’s not weaponization. You know that.
SENATOR TOM COTTON: They are – they are close to having enough pure weapons-grade uranium for several weapons.
Now, that’s not the only step to having a weapon. You also have to have the weapon design. We’ve seen indications that Iran is once again exploring those weapon designs. And then, if you want to use a missile, obviously, you have to marry up the warhead to the missile. But Iran has other delivery methods as well, through terrorist proxies.
So I think that’s one of the reasons why both President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu thought we – things that were coming to a head. A second reason is, Iran is rapidly producing ballistic missiles, both medium-range to target Israel and short-range to target our troops, and they add substantially to those stockpiles every single month.
And at a time when Iran is both continuing its work on its nuclear program and trying to rebuild its offensive missile capacity, that the window to actually stop Iran from entering that zone of immunity was rapidly closing.
MARGARET BRENNAN: Right, but why Thursday night?
SENATOR TOM COTTON: Well, as President…
MARGARET BRENNAN: There seems to be a difference in this idea of a sprint.
SENATOR TOM COTTON: Well, as President Trump – well, as President Trump said on Friday morning, that he had given Iran 60 days to make a deal.
That was day 61.
MARGARET BRENNAN: And he scheduled talks on day 63. You know that.
I mean, this was a – this wasn’t really a hard deadline.
SENATOR TOM COTTON: He gave them 60 days. On day 61, the strikes began.
MARGARET BRENNAN: Day 63, Steve Witkoff wanted to meet with them.
But if this was a covert race to weaponize, though, it – it raises questions here, because it appears President Trump’s offer is to negotiate with the existing regime that is in place in Iran.
Do you support a deal with the existing regime in Iran to stay in place? Do you support his push for diplomacy?
SENATOR TOM COTTON: President Trump has always said his goal is to end Iran’s nuclear weapons program…
MARGARET BRENNAN: Right.
SENATOR TOM COTTON: … which means the surrender of its uranium enrichment capability.
MARGARET BRENNAN: But this would be offering them a lifeline, wouldn’t it?
SENATOR TOM COTTON: Well, it would be protecting our interests and securing Israel’s interests as well in Iran not having a nuclear weapon.
We’ve seen what happens when they don’t have nuclear weapons. They’re deliberately targeting civilian areas in Israel. We’ve seen their campaign of terror against Americans over the decades. That’s why we can’t allow them to have a nuclear weapon.
MARGARET BRENNAN: Right.
SENATOR TOM COTTON: And presidents have said – for 20 years, presidents have said that. George Bush said it, didn’t act on it. Barack Obama and Joe Biden, frankly, aided and abetted Iran’s nuclear program. Only Donald Trump has drawn that line and is willing to enforce that line.
MARGARET BRENNAN: But he’s not enforcing that line. It is Israel that’s bombing. As you just said, the United States is not involved in these offensive operations.
SENATOR TOM COTTON: But, in – in Israel, we are helping – we’re help…
MARGARET BRENNAN: Do you – but do you share the president’s assessment that the way to finish this is through negotiating with the existing regime that the Israelis have called for the Iranian people to rise up against?
SENATOR TOM COTTON: I think there’s multiple ways to eliminate Iran’s enrichment capability. They are today what they were Thursday morning, before these strikes started. As the president has said repeatedly, they can make a deal, or there’s going to be bombing.
MARGARET BRENNAN: I want to move to some domestic issues, but, very quickly, I know in the past, you have said that former officials who have a direct threat against them from Iran should continue to receive security. President Trump pulled it.
SENATOR TOM COTTON: I think we should…
MARGARET BRENNAN: Should they get it now?
SENATOR TOM COTTON: We should probably revisit the threat that all persons face – remember, President Trump faced assassination threats from Iran as well – in this moment of tension, to ensure that no one who worked for President Trump in the first term or works for him now could be the target of Iranian agents.
MARGARET BRENNAN: And that security detail was pulled by the president himself.
On immigration, the Trump administration has decided to pull back its policy a little bit. They are pausing raids on farms, hotels and restaurants. Arkansas has a lot of agricultural business in your state. Do you support this decision?
SENATOR TOM COTTON: I think we need to have robust worksite enforcement.
I don’t think ICE is going to show up at one or two restaurants where they have an illegal migrant working. Usually, it’s unscrupulous employers who have large numbers of illegal immigrants working in their worksites. And whatever worksite it is, whatever industry it is, ICE has to be able to go and enforce our immigration laws and remove illegal immigrants.
MARGARET BRENNAN: But the president has pulled back from that. That was the change in policy last week when it came to farms, in particular.
SENATOR TOM COTTON: I don’t – I don’t think we should – I don’t think we should pull back to any – on any kind of enforcement at all.
I think worksite enforcement in all industries needs to be able to move forward. And I think ICE agents on the front lines need the support of political leadership.
MARGARET BRENNAN: You would want more enforcement, including in manufacturing, including in construction, where it could impact the economy?
SENATOR TOM COTTON: We – we – we should – we should not – we should not declare any industry or any worksite that uses large numbers of illegal immigrants off-limits for enforcement of federal law.
MARGARET BRENNAN: I also want to ask you about the enforcement to date.
As you know, there has been outcry. We’ve seen protests across the country because of the enforcement policies. You wrote an op-ed supporting President Trump’s decision to send in federalized National Guard troops and active-duty Marines to California.
You referred to it as “the threat from the radical left, an overwhelming show of force to end the riots,” and talked about communities being terrorized.
Given the amount of tension in the country right now, is that really the language to use?
SENATOR TOM COTTON: Yes, when you see left-wing street militias who are throwing bricks and frozen water bottles at police officers and shooting them with fireworks.
And, unfortunately, you have mayors and governors in some places that won’t allow police to maintain order. The next step is to call in the National Guard. And if the governor won’t call on the National Guard, then the president has to federalize them.
We always hope that the local police are allowed to do their job and have sufficient numbers to do their job to maintain order and protect innocent life and property. But, if they can’t, or they’re not allowed to, the National Guard has to be on scene to restore civil order.
MARGARET BRENNAN: LAPD says they were handling when things turned violent yesterday. They fired rubber bullets, but they said they had it under control.
SENATOR TOM COTTON: The L.A. police chief said last weekend that his forces were overwhelmed, and they couldn’t manage the situation.
MARGARET BRENNAN: Senator Cotton, thank you very much for your time today.
SENATOR TOM COTTON: Thank you.
MARGARET BRENNAN: Face the Nation will be back in a minute, so stay with us.
Trump is getting backed into a corner on two fronts. Ukraine and now Iran. He may have let his mouth and ego over ride his brain. Not getting America involved in any wars is what he campaigned on as well as deporting all illegals. He is now back tracking on both issues and they will destroy his presidency and lose the midterms.
The perma-government is neutering him.
That is the intention. Destroy the America First agenda and DJT.
It seems that way even if it means destroying America itself.
Collateral damage, they need to bring the US to heel. Watch that link and this one:
Perhaps Trump has already made a deal with Putin. Putin sits this out with Iran, and lets Israel do it’s thing and Putin gets what he wants from Ukraine.
JUNE 15 2025
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sky news australia
Trump threatens ‘full might’ of US military against Iran as he calls for a deal
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Security Alert: U.S. Embassy Jerusalem (June 15, 2025)
The U.S. Embassy is not in a position at this time to evacuate or directly assist Americans in departing Israel.
Ben Gurion Airport remains closed, and there are no commercial or charter flights operating from there.
Land crossings to Jordan are currently operating and are scheduled to be open on Monday, June 16, with the following hours:
Allenby/King Hussein Bridge: 0800 – 1430.
The Northern (Jordan River/Sheikh Hussein) crossing: 0830 – 1430.
The Southern (Yitzhak Rabin/Wadi Araba) crossing: 0800 – 2000.
Before traveling to the border crossings, U.S. citizens should consult the Israel Home Front Command guidance.
Flights are available from Jordan on a limited basis. Please check with your airline and expect delays.
more:
https://il.usembassy.gov/security-alert-u-s-embassy-jerusalem-29/
I would not recommend an American enter a Muslim country or European Muslim area at this time.
My guess is that if Israel could infiltrate the Iranian hierarchy, they certainly have spies throughout our government as well as the Europeans.
Friend of a friend busted an Israeli posing as a Navy Officer on a debunk ship we gave to Egypt. He gave himself away by not assigning tasks out to others, kept the work all to himself so he could learn all the mechanisms of the ship.
“… our government …”
They don’t need ‘spies’ because they have an AIPAC operative (effectively a commissar) embedded in the office of 95% of our Senators and Representatives. Netanyahu can count on more Senators than President Trump. Cotton is one of them. Pres. Trump is trying to thread the eye of the needle here. One faction of transnationalists is/has been trying to pull us into war against Russia and another (overlapping) faction of transnationalists is trying to pull us into war against Iran.
We are a conquered people. It happened a long time ago. People DID notice, and there was resistance, but generational memory of that resistance has been erased, left only in old books long out of print. Our servitude persists because way too many of our ‘leaders’ are happy to take the donor money and do what they are told. Almost everyone else they know is doing it, and there is a queue of corrupt climbers waiting to take their place if they falter.
The transnationalists are pushing for war now because this is their last chance. The passing generation of older Heritage Americans are the majority of those still compliant or unaware. Moreover, as a direct result of our corrupt diversification, we are now not world leaders in any relevant military technology. Our industrial base is neither adequate for a serious war, nor is there the compliant human capital to rebuild it.
If it’s not our country, why should we fight or otherwise sacrifice for it? Let the open-borders lobby ask their imported Somalis, Pakistanis, Afghanis, etc to die for Israel. Our fight is here, to salvage what we can from the decaying corpse of what used to be our country.
Excellent summary of the situation. At this moment our part in the Iran conflict is being kept as covert as possible. It will become harder to hide our participation the longer the conflict continues. A German Air Force refueling tanker crew accidently activated the aircraft’s transponder while on an air to air refueling mission in Jordan. So NATO is assisting and no doubt we are as well.
The Israelis dealt a serious blow to the Iranians no doubt. However if Iran is able to hold on for a few months we will see how well Israel and the U.S. are able to sustain the war. The U.S. is continuing to supply material, weapons and combat information to Ukraine and now is supplying Israel for the Iran War. As you note, we certainly do not have the industrial capacity to wage long wars anymore.
So China continues to bleed our weapons reserves and controls the rare earth minerals needed to replace them. Think an old saying is amateurs talk tactics, professionals talk logistics. The logistics vs China are not presently in our favor.
Yes. Actually a dire situation. I listened to Trump announce the deal with China and he said we had a rare earth minerals deal. After that the Chinese readout said they had not agreed to such a deal.
So who knows.
Trump also welcoming Chinese at our universities!
America also has rare earth mineral mines. You’re just not allowed to dig them up because of “environmental” legislaton championed by Diane Feinstein (whose husband is/was involved in the business of importing such materials from China).
Looks like a large group of airborne tankers are currently underway heading east across the Atlantic as I type this. (Already being reported by disclose.tv)
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Slippery slope
And who supports open borders the most?????
“The situation between America and Iran is this: When you chant ‘Death to America!’ it is not just a slogan – it is a policy,” Ayatollah Khamenei explained in 2023.
https://bkdvk-zgpvh.campaign-view.com/ua/viewinbrowser?od=3z2bfeefc6e25f26cf812b76a5b8ac0e30e27282f9efb6946a6fa34a9221491b79&rd=11289f96a6f3c0014&sd=11289f96a6f3be2f9&n=11699e4bfdc33ec&mrd=11289f96a6f3be2e5&m=1
some forgotten history https://www.frontpagemag.com/american-blood-iranian-hands-daniel-greenfield/
They slipped into Dubai a few years ago. Assassinated a Hamas leader using stolen UK passports, and then left.
Crackpot talk… unbelievable. Yeah, let us all support Iran now that orchestrated major terror attacks against U.S. personnel and facilities (Beirut, Khobar Towers, USS Cole).
Let the Muslim lunatics have the nukes and hope “they will only use it against Israel.”
God bless Israel, but they are a formidable counterintelligence concern.
I had a friend that had interstate 40 running through his backyard. One day a lot of police had a van pulled over behind his house. They were there for a while. He tried to find out what had happened but was having no luck. No one published anything. But one of the agencies that was brought in was from a small town that a had bomb sniffing dog. The local paper published the police call. Israeli nationals had been following some nuclear material that we were transporting across the country. They had been following it for quite some time.
They own our government through the dual citizen oligarchs and politicians. Its not even hidden.
Yes, Israel grows older but her soul remains alive
All those tremulous stars still glitter, they will survive
Let their hearts now grow colder and as bitter as a falcon in the dive
For in the Middle East where life gets cheaper
Oh, here in this Hell the blood runs deeper
Now in the darkest hour
They will lift their spear and fly
Piercing into the sky and higher
Then with claws of fire, they will devour like a falcon in the dive!
We may like even less what ultimately comes out of the chaos of trying to destroy the Shia leadership.
What could be worse than the homicidal maniac death cult of the muslims? The death of Israel and the USA is more important to them than their own life.
The appearance of the Twelver Mahdi, who will be an actual homocidal head of a death cult, unlike the cuurent leaders of Iran who were more interested in money as they became millionaires and billionaires.
I like that Iranians should choose their leadership without fear, but will they get to choose? We already know what Zelensky is, or shall I say was!
Tom has the forever war virus.
Well, in his defense, the US has been involved in wars of one kind or other for what, 220-225 years, of it’s 250+ years existence……war is in our blood. A resident virus if you please.
Tom Cotton is a RINO, period. We need PRACE to break out as desirable and popular!
Ah the golden boy Cotton is just another example of not all who put on the uniform take their Oaths seriously or mean them when they swore it.
“The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge… He makes wars to cease to the ends of the earth; He breaks the bow and cuts the spear in two… be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.”
Why do these idiots keep going on these shows, legitimizing them?
The few hundreds of thousands left watching these shows will never ever vote for Republicans.
It’s time to starve these vile networks. No Republican should go on MSNBC or CNN and no Republican presser should take questions from these America hating, vile people.
Why are you assuming that the Republicans are on our side?
FAFO Israel, FAFO.
Tommy “Lockdown” Cotton
I don’t like Tom cotton. At all. But what is with people on the treehouse thinking the Iranian regime is anything other than an anti human Islamic fundamentalist group who would GENUINELY destroy America with glee if they could. You can dislike neocons while understanding how legitimately evil the mullah and ayatollah are
I don’t believe Iran or fundamental Islam would need a nuke to destroy America. They seem to be doing quite nicely ‘culturally’ changing/destroying Europe from WITHIN without the need for such an instrument………..
Have you noticed that the US bombs the crap out of countries then imports 100s of 1000s of their “refugees?”
It seems we do that with poorly educated, backward countries. I don’t seem to recall importing thousands/tens of thousands of Japanese or Germans after we bombed the crap out of them………
Operation Paperclip
There are labor intensive jobs and there are human capital intensive jobs.
We definitely “imported” the latter post WWII (see NASA (Germans), bio/chem weapons (Japanese)).
Additionally, and my memory may be flawed, since say 1955, I don’t recall the US bombing
Mexico
Columbia
Nicaragua
Venezuela
China
Cuba
India
Brazil
Dominican Republic
Phillipines
El Salvador
etc.
etc.
Countries we bombed?
Viet Nam
Iraq
Syria
Somalia
Yemen
Afghanistan
Cambodia
Laos
Lybia
War time immigration tends to fall toward political persecution reasons.
The bulk of immigration has come from countries we have not warred against – but which internal political forces deemed an imperative either for malevolent (change the vote purposes: Ted Kennedy Dems) or economic (cheap labor: Chamber of Commerce) objectives.
Yes, strange isn’t it.
When do the Iranians get protected refugee status?? Yes, America is this stupid..
So said Mark Steyn…
He exposed their playbook in “America Alone” and in “After America”.
In 2006, for pity’s sake.
Those who read these two volumes when they came out could see what you’ve described coming since then.
Like a slow moving train wreck from sea to shining sea (Europe and the UK as well)… but with more existential consequences.
I watched Dan Wooten interview Mark Steyn last night. Look what they’ve done to Mark…. 🥲
Oh no….😬
Watching. Thanks, Ad rem.
Oh geeeeeeeeeee….
I hate seeing him like this. His enemies have put him through hell.
But they didn’t silence him. We can’t lose his voice 🙏🏻
I have very very VERY few heroes, but Mark is one.
Likewise! The man is an absolute hero….and he’s my type too. 🥰
Well, I didn’t like to say, but…..mine, too 😎 😍
Every now and again, I like to make up a guest list for what I call my “Fantasy Dinner Party”. Past or present names find their way onto it. I think it’s about time to have another. They will be chosen for scintillating conversation. Mark’s shall be the first name I write down. Then Clarence Thomas. Just two off the top of my head. I’ll work on the rest later…
(I don’t suppose Sundance would be interested? 🤔😉)
Scintillating conversation……………of course! 🧠 🧠 🧠
👍🏻 😉
Very
BTW, did you happen to toss something of mine into the dustbin?
https://t.me/disclosetv/16147
What to make of this?
Right on, Frank.
The great ones have always had to navigate these ambiguous waters which they did with grace and strength and great fortitude.
I’ve never liked him, either, but do agree with you on the overwatch.
Sen. Tom Cotton( U – Arkansas) is destroying this country without the help of any boogerman mullah. The Uniparty is far more of a threat than whatever boogerman flavor of the day they throw up next.
He suffers from the dead pan eye syndrome. It is a symptom of crazy and islam.
Imagine Iran giving nukes to Hamas and Hezbolla. Frightening!
Maybe Pakistan would oblige……in the name of Allah of course. Think about it…….
Personally I think you have more to fear from Big Pharma and the interests of MIC companies like Lockheed, than the “mad men” Iranian regime atomic bomb (they have been “3 days away” from getting one for literally over 30 years if you believe Bibi.)
But believe what you will in order to sleep at night.
On Iran itself, if the people manage to overthrow the current regime, why would they switch out one (religious) caliphate for another (political/Western elite) caliphate.
Surely the Iranian people could do better than to be under the yoke of the Western elites and corporate interests, and they don’t need the West to find their destiny. One only needs to take a look at how successful Western regime changes turn out to be for the “regular people” trying to make a living and survive. Since the maidan coup in Ukraine in 2014, over 1 million dead Ukrainians that died for Western interest and counting.
Thinking of it, I can’t recall any successful western regime changes that did not totally destroy the sovereignty and prosperity of the country it targetted..
Cotton had the last word and it was a very strong one!
Stopped that vicious shark from circling.
Put her in her proper place.
Cotton, Lindsey, so many of these people are addicted to unceasing war around the globe. President Trump successfully ended his first term with not a single new war. Hopefully he can end the second the same way.
Of course he does.
If only Col. Douglas MacGregor were in charge of US ME foreign policy:
https://x.com/DougAMacgregor/status/1934083238630154312
He’s Persona non grata at the White House. However, he might well be welcomed in Tehran.
I don’t know whether there is, in fact, a solution to this problem. But I am old enough to recognize that MacGregor’s proposal, when stripped to the bone, sounds a lot like reverting to the situation as it was in the later 1950s.
wtf are you doing here? Blackmailed via something similar to an Epstein file? President Trump has been in the public eye for decades and was nearly assassinated.
Do you think maybe he just realizes Islamic extremists who actively facilitate the deaths of Americans maybe shouldn’t have a nuke? And if. IF they attack US servicemen then they should be effectively destroyed?
They are trying to crack MAGA with these paid agents, bots, etc.
After this war monger told us all “to move on” after the 2020 steal, he’s been on my Shite List. Hard to believe AR has 2 such worthless Senators while the immediately adjacent state to the north has a couple of solids.
Lots of States seem to suffer the 2 Shitbird Senators Syndrome.. far too many for comfort in any way, shape or form..
Hold my beer, I’m in WA.
You have our deepest sympathies.
I’m in blueMA. Warren and Markey.
If I drank beer, it would be to get so snozzled I wouldn’t care.
It’s often cost effective to buy a Senator but buying a State legislation is more difficult. Let’s get back to what our inspired Founders envisioned!
Yes! ^This^ is why we need to repeal the direct election of senators.
Ballot fraud works look at GA.
Another deep state tactics to get into war. We stay out.
It’s not going to be any “Epstein” crap that could eventually drag us into war with Iran.
Here is a collection of Trump-Epstein info…that corporate media NEVER report:
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TRUMP IS EPSTEIN’S #1 ENEMY
“Trump is Epstein’s #1 enemy, and you all were brainwashed to hate him for that very reason.”
[For those who have not figured out Trump’s affiliation with Epstein, allow me to explain.
Trump is the one who exposed Epstein in 2008, hence why all of DC fears him. Trump is Epstein’s #1 enemy.
Epstein was running a blackmail operation. He was seeking out the most powerful people on Earth, to compromise and control them. He tried to get Trump, but Trump did not bite.
Trump banned Epstein from his properties in 2008, for hitting on the teenage daughter of a club member at Mar-a-Lago. Then a couple months later, Epstein pled guilty to State criminal charges in Florida, for paying for sexual services from a 14 year old girl.
See the timeline? Epstein, tried to get close to Trump to compromise him, Trump found out Epstein was a sicko, then Trump helped turn him in to local police. But eventually the Clinton-controlled FBI intervened, and Epstein was let off the hook.
The Deep State have been coming after Trump ever since. Why? Because if Epstein is exposed, then all of DC goes down due to the blackmail Epstein possessed on the top players in DC. Hence why Clinton barged into Vanity Fair and threatened them not to write stories about Epstein. The Clintons told the MSM to bury the story.
Then when Trump got into office, he dedicated his administration to stopping human-trafficking WORLDWIDE via multiple executive orders, seized Epstein’s island, and then arrested Epstein and his accomplices in 2019.
Executive Order 13773 (see attached), is an EO literally dedicated to taking out Epstein’s international child sex-trafficking operation. “Transnational Criminal Organizations and Preventing International Trafficking”. February 9th, 2017.] …See more:
https://bioclandestine.substack.com/p/trump-is-epsteins-1-enemy
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TRUMP HELPED AUTHORITIES CONVICT EPSTEIN
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[A years-old video featuring an attorney representing dozens of victims of the late convicted underage sex abuser Jeffrey Epstein has surfaced in which he made some substantial claims about Donald Trump during his lengthy investigation.
The attorney, Bradley Edwards, who served as legal counsel for over 70 individuals victimized by Epstein, revealed in a 2018 video published by the Conscious Resistance Network that Trump was the most accommodating and cooperative witness he subpoenaed during his years-long pursuit of justice on behalf of his clients.
Edwards, who is widely acknowledged for his significant role in facilitating the prosecution and conviction of Epstein, told the network’s founder Derrick Broze about Trump’s behavior in the video.
In the interview, Broze referenced a lawsuit filed against Trump by two previous alleged victims of Epstein, which was actually dismissed before it even went to trial. Broze then asked Edwards for his perspective on whether he thought the allegations against Trump were credible.
“The only thing that I can say about President Trump is that he is the only person who in 2009, when I served a lot of subpoenas against a lot of people … he is the only person that picked up the phone and said, ‘let’s just talk, I’ll give ya as much time as you want, I’ll tell ya what you need to know,’” Bradley explained.
“And [Trump] was very helpful in the information that he gave and gave no indication whatsoever that he was involved in anything untoward whatsoever,” Bradley added. “But [he] had good information that checked out, and that helped us, and that we didn’t have to take a deposition of him.”
Broze then asked about the reliability of claims by Trump that he permanently expelled Epstein from Mar-a-Lago after hearing that the future convicted pedophile was behaving inappropriately around underaged girls, to which Bradley confirmed he “definitely heard that.”]…SEE MORE:
https://conservativebrief.com/attorney-for-80088/
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This is Attorney Bradley Edwards. He represented 70 trafficking victims of Jeffrey Epstein starting in 2009 & was instrumental in bringing him down.
He dedicated a decade of his life to the Epstein trafficking case.
This is what he said when asked about Trump’s involvement with Epstein:
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We also have this audio.
Trump kicked him out of mar-a-lago.
He knew something was off!
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BREAKING: EPSTEIN DOCUMENTS CONFIRM DONALD TRUMP DID NOT VISIT JEFFREY EPSTEIN’S HOMES OR EPSTEIN ISLAND
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“Not only was Trump fully exonerated by the Epstein files today, this means he was also not one of the sealed names, as some had claimed.
Now you know why the Deep State hates him.
They don’t have any blackmail on him.”
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Prominent Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre said former President Donald Trump did not partake in deceased pedophile Jeffrey Epstein’s sex crimes, newly unsealed documents show.
https://dailycaller.com/2024/01/09/virginia-giuffre-never-saw-trump-participate-jeffrey-epstein-docs/
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One month into his presidency, #Trump https://twitter.com/hashtag/Trump?src=hashtag_click utilized Executive Power to halt Epstein, making it one of his initial actions. Executive Order 13773, issued on February 9th, 2017, is explicitly dedicated to dismantling Epstein’s international child sex trafficking operation under the theme of “Transnational Criminal Organizations and Preventing International Trafficking.” For those anticipating Trump’s involvement in Epstein’s criminal activities, disappointment awaits. Far from being one of Epstein’s clients, Trump emerges as the primary figure who exposed the entire operation. Trump stands as Epstein’s number one adversary and any animosity towards him has been manipulated, as he played a crucial role in bringing Epstein’s actions to light.
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JEFFREY EPSTEIN CONNECTIONS, 2 books
Other books on Jeffrey Epstein focus on the depraved nature of his crimes, his wealth and his most famous/politically-connected friends and acquaintances. This book, in contrast, reveals definitively that Epstein’s activities were state-sponsored through his intelligence connections. Whitney Webb has done great job!
https://www.trineday.com/products/one-nation-under-blackmail-bundle
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Apt name Poison, as in spreading doubt and confusion. President Trump will always try to reach the best outcome in any given situation.
I have no doubt based on his actions that he is doing his level best for America.
He’s human but he is always positive and always trying.
Yet another, “I like President Trump but….”
There is no doubt and confusion on my part. If you are confused or have doubt then that’s on you. I know what I believe and I stated my opinion. You are free to disagree with it, however, I do suggest that you have an open mind to all scenarios using critical thinking. A wise leader would look at all options and not just drink the kool aid because it’s on the table and easy to drink.
Board member along w/Graham, Ernst, and other war mongers. The Institute has taken USAID money. Republicans for money, and of course “democracy”.
https://www.iri.org/about/
Yes. I, too, did my own research. Frankly, if any group has “for” or “to promote democracy” in its name, that’s a red flag.
well, Cotton would know.
He would also know that Iran has been at war with the USA since 1979….and has killed thousands of USA troops.
Time to reciptrocate X100
I recall in 1979 the best we could seem to muster against Iran was to collectively wear Mickey Mouse tee shirts where he’s shown shouting “Hey Iran! with a hoisted middle finger.
Sure. Time to kill tens of thousands of innocent civilians and get us involved in another 20 year war for Israel. Now that’s what MAGA is all about. NOT!
A clear attack on President Trump, matching pretty much anything coming from the Trump hating Democrats and it gets a whole lot of ‘likes’.
Getting hard to believe this is still CTH.
“Senator Tom Cotton is the current chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee and one of the strongest voices in full support of (making as much money as possible by exploiting) military strikes against Iran.”
*edited for greater accuracy………
Definitely a rock and hard place.
Just an opinion but since there seems to be rampant opinionating….
Israel seems to be doing great on their own on eliminating the assassins comprising the government of Iran. They don’t need any help.
Most of my life I’ve had to watch the hate from Jimmy Carters mistake that is Iran. Wipe out their theocracy completely IDF you’re doing the whole world a service.
When their US flags painted on the floors of the entryways of their government buildings are painted over and no longer walked upon I might consider modifying my opinion of Iran.
It seems the project has been ongoing for quite some time, Monti.
Hmmmmm…. Why would that be revealed if true?
Reverse psychology? Maybe he’s been too elusive to catch, so they spread rumors of him being a traitor and let his own people take him out?
So many here who think we are going to get into another Afghanistan or Vietnam of even WWII in Iran.
Chill out. Don’t set all your hair on fire.
In October 2024, our Intel Community (CIA & ODNI) reported that IRAN is NOT pursuing Nuclear Weapons.
US still believes Iran has not decided to build a nuclear weapon, US officials say | Reuters
WHO IS LYING?
Is Iran not pursuing Nuclear Weapons because they no longer desire to posses such things, or, have they been unsuccessful in their efforts due to the Israelis continuously sabotaging Iran’s nuclear weapons program over the past forty years?
(If all of their nuclear stuff keeps breaking, well, there’s probably a healthy underground economy out there supplying replacement stuff they can buy……………payable in US dollars, of course.)
Most likely EVERYBODY is LYING.
That’s what WAR is all about.
If we do not believe we are in the middle of a WAR; I have no idea what will convince those in denial.
Yeap!
War…
There…
And here.
Exactly! It’s all smoke for a reason. It’s all part of the Art of War. We get to find out what happened after it’s over.
Then we are totally screwed if everyone is lying. May as well just do what makes us happy as individuals TODAY, without being concerned about what tomorrow may bring. 🙁
So you really believe that country’s leaders are going to lay out plans for the general public to preview?
Seriously?
Do you really believe there are no enemies within our government?
Do you really believe that those employed in government staff positions are always leading the new Administration in the right direction?
Do you really believe that President Trump is always being told the truth by his advisors and even administrative staff?
Come on now.
Do you still believe Biden’s ODNI when his O handlers were still trying to restart the JCPOA?
Tulsi Gabbard went further saying that there’s no evidence that Iran has an intention to try to weaponize its nuclear energy program. While Netanyahu has been saying Iran is close to obtaining a nuclear weapon since the 1980s.
Cui bono if there’s a war with Iran? Not you and I. Not Tulsi Gabbard…
Of course Sea Island Tom Cotton wants USA to escalate its involvement in Iran conflict just like Levin, Hannity and Graham contrary to the will of We The People.
Thank you POTUS Trump for holding the line!
If these three are advocates for escalation, and increased American involvement — I am definitely a “nay.”
Same here Lorrie’
No American blood and treasure should be wasted here when America is over run by 50 million aliens.
Exactly, we have far better things for our military to do defending our own homeland’s borders
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The GOP has 20 senators up for re-election in 2026 (cotton is one of them). The Dems only have 13. Some of the republicans up are real road-apples that will have a very hard time getting through a general election successfully. If they don’t get primaried, they will likely lose the seat to the dems.
There is a pretty fair chance the GOP loses the senate in addition to the house. They should be working overtime to pass all-things Trump, but they are trying to out-slow a turtle. Trump is trying to be nice to these people, but they are gonna screw him (and us) again.
I don’t see at this point why there’s any assumption that any Dim would win any seat.
Their entire party is as popular as crabgrass in August.
Can we just cut to the chase here? The US Senate is a shit show that doesn’t represent the citizens…..not even one little bit. It’s their big club and brother we’re not in it.
Well, ‘DUH!’ He’s owned by APIC.
Is that AIPAC ‘s cousin?
If any of the readers here believe today’s CIA could pull off launching drones against Iranian targets from INSIDE Iran and kill 15 major military leaders and have five or six cars blow up in downtown Tehran, raise your hand. President Trump said this afternoon on his way to Calgary, “sometimes you have to let them fight.”
https://www.senate.gov/general/committee_membership/committee_memberships_SLIN.htm
Name anyone on this list that we couldn’t do without. I’d say that I’ll wait, but life is too short. Let’s DOGE SSCI.
I don’t think this is a forever war. I believe Iran is days away from collapse.
Reza Pahlavi, Crown Prince in exile has been in constant contact with his countrymen and is broadcasting support for the overthrow of the barbaric regime.
Who knows…
He might see his homeland once more.
My sister lived in Iran during the reign of the Shah and said that the Iranian people would welcome his son back with open arms.
I’ve heard this as well, many times and from different sources.
He’d have to have deep and trustworthy security.
Prayers for a righteous end to this nightmare 🙏🏻
After what the Iranians have been doing in Israel in the last 24-48 hours, I doubt it.
Laura Loomer
@LauraLoomer
There is a good chance
@khamenei_ir
will be dead in the next 48 hours with the way things are progressing.
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War with Iran. What could go wrong? It’s all upside, right? Right?
Could be IF you are invested in the correct industries…..certain oil/defense stocks………..maybe/possibly pharmaceuticals for the next ‘accidental’ biological ‘apocalypse’.
Cotton is a less feminine very of sissy Graham.
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Shorter Tom Cotton: “By God, I want a freaking war and I mean to have it!!”
We truly don’t hate CONgress or the media enough.
There is an obvious parallel between using Ukraine to conduct a proxy war between the U.S. and Russia, which is NOT in our best interests, and using Israel to conduct a proxy war with Iran, which is VERY MUCH in our best interests!
I find it seriously dumb that the CIA is pushing so hard for a dangerous conflict between the U.S. and Russia, (both nuclear powers), but appears indifferent to the U.S. joining forces with Israel to prevent Iran from producing nuclear bombs, (and the ICBMs to deliver those bombs to America’s shores)!
But I find it brilliant that a couple of weeks ago President Trump diverted 20,000 defensive missiles originally bound for Ukraine to be sent to Israel instead!
He knows very well which one is the better investment for American taxpayers!
We’ve spent a couple hundred billion dollars to support Ukraine’s war against Russia and gotten nothing for it…and spent far less to support Israel’s war against Iran, which is making America, (and the world) infinitely safer!
Not my war. Neither side eats bacon.
That stolen from tomorrow’s WRSA memes.
Oh please.
In Israel you can get bacon/pork at non kosher cafes
Many Israelis who arent religious eat pork.
Its called “Steak Lavan”–white steak
Pork… The other white meat. (Dating myself here)
I don’t understand the opprobrium directed at Senator Cotton here. Everything he said in that interview was right on the money. In particular, Israel does not have the B-2 bombers that can carry the MOAB bunker-buster 30k-lb weapons that can (we hope) destroy the under-mountain nuclear facilities in Iran. So, as he said, unless Israel has other tricks up its sleeve, or the Supreme Leader capitulates, we’ve got to use those bombers and bombs if we want to stop Iran’s nukes in their tracks.
Do the commenters here want a nuclear-armed Iran, and the consequent destruction of the State of Israel? Is that what Sundance wants?
Many of the commenters here, who are against US intervention, have spent whole military careers and multiple combat deployments in the Middle East. We don’t want to go back or see our sons and daughters going in our stead.
Listen to me, no matter what you hear, it never ever is just an air campaign. It will be a long protracted war and require an occupying force. Do you think our failures in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, or Syria will somehow be different this time. It literally is the definition of insanity.
Iran has been on the cusp of nuclear weapons for 40 years, it is always the boogeyman in the room.
All the war hawks in the room, make sure you are all the first to go. I don’t want to hear you are too old, get off you ass and go volunteer for the IDF. Go find glory on the battlefield.
Well said. I wonder how many people who support war with Iran have actually served in the military.
Amen. I will not sacrifice any more sons and grandsons for greedy lying bastard wars with no cause, no plan, and no end.
I don’t think destroying the Ayatollah-regime’s nuclear operations will entail an American occupation. I could be wrong, of course. But we have the moral and practical obligation to protect Israel from an Iranian atom bomb, which would destroy that tiny nation. And American bombs may be required. As President Trump says, “we’ll see.”
You are wrong. One doesn’t just bomb nuclear facilities, civilian or otherwise, and not cordon them off due to proliferation concerns.
Just be honest, occupation and Americans dying in pursuit is the practical “obligation” you are advocating for.
“Iran has been on the cusp of nuclear weapons for 40 years, it is always the boogeyman in the room.”
It would take about 40 H-bombs reliably delivered to destroy metropolitan Washington, DC.
It would take about 100 H-bombs reliably delivered to destroy metropolitan Los Angeles.
I estimate Iran has enough U-235 for around a dozen bombs and probably was making enough for another bomb each month.
“Israel does not have the B-2 bombers that can carry the MOAB bunker-buster 30k-lb weapons that can (we hope) destroy the under-mountain nuclear facilities in Iran.”
As long as Israel has air superiority, a modified airliner could carry and drop a 30,000 lb. bomb.
Iran already has enough bomb grade U-235 to make bombs and the U-235 could be hidden anywhere in Iran. Israel needs to decapitate the regime gradually until the U-235 is surrendered.
AN INTERESTING ISRAEL PERSPECTIVE, from Michael Yon
…”ZIMPs are desperate to continue using US military to achieve ZIMP goals. Goals that include destroying America. But of course ZIMPs cannot say that part out loud.”..
https://michaelyon.substack.com/p/zimps-attacking-iran-and-united-states
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What is this nonsense? I have Michael Yon’s moving photo from Iraq of the US soldier holding the wounded little child on my wall, for which I made a donation, some years ago. But these ravings about ‘ZIMP’ are so insane and beyond the rational pale that it seems Yon has gone completely bonkers. I don’t think I can leave that photo up any longer. Surely something has gone very, very wrong with Michael Yon.
He says: “ZIMPs staged the attack killing about 1,200 people at the drug and sex party just outside Gaza.”
There’s nothing “interesting” about his perspective, just a hateful nut. Plenty of ’em around.
They keep wanting to get us into a war with Russia. If they can’t use Ukraine as the vehicle it looks like they are trying for Israel.
The problem with “bombing Iran back to the Stone Age” is the people in charge in Iran are still living in the Stone Age and LIKE it.
We bombed Afghanistan backed to the Stone Age and they saw no change in their way of life.
Local reports state that the unknown drone which was shot down tonight by U.S. Forces over Erbil in Northern Iraq held a large explosive-warhead, with it landing in Zin City causing a significant explosion, only a few miles from the U.S. General Consulate.
https://nitter.poast.org/sentdefender/status/1934396586320146799#m
Iran is targeting US assets
Nothing in the middle east belongs to the United States. Can we focus on our border?
Many fear Iran, armed with nuclear ballistic missiles, could wipe out Washington DC.
Is there a downside?
For my chickens, probably.
The lack of a Langley, VA? Fort Meade, MD, New Carollton, MD, Arlington, VA…
At least that there bank at 20th Street and Constitution will have been vaporized.
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@ExxAlerts
BREAKING: 🚨 Multiple UNCONFIRMED REPORTS are now indicating Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has been ELIMINATED.
No OFFICIAL CONFIRMATION, but SIGNIFICANT CHATTER on multiple Middle Eastern channels.
No confirmation in any of the ME MSM. Latest is Iran’s tenth barrage headed Israel’s way and that looks a good hour old.
If true… I’m actually a bit surprised that Bibi is willing to show he is this desperate and panicked by his original blunder. According to earlier news he is crossing a red line set by Trump. Letting him know who’s boss.
That said, it’s not like Iran’s short of Mullahs. If the Western media wants to they can really paint Bibi as a deranged sociopath here. They won’t but its a heckuva an opportunity