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By Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America – J. D. Vance, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikipedia
In a recent interview, VP JD Vance announced his opposition to free market economics, Margaret Thatcher, and meritocracy, to which Steve Moore responded the release of a corrective statement which he followed up with the following two interviews:
Peloni: Khaled Hassan examines Saudi Arabia and his comments are quite interesting.
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Avi Abelow | Meta | July 17, 2026
The war against Iran has entered a fascinating new stage, and this time, the United States is leading the escalation.
As of now, the days of worrying about President Trump’s memorandum of understanding with Iran, promoted by the Vance-Witkoff wing of his administration, appear to be behind us.
That deeply flawed arrangement was never going to last.
Peloni: Rabbi Pesach Wolicki covers recent headlines which clearly indicate significant escalations in the region.
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Ahmad Sharawi | July 17, 2026
Abu Muhammad al-Jolani. Photo by Kremlin.ru, CC BY 4.0, Wikipedia
Outside Syria’s parliament building in Damascus, lawmakers filed past the stone façade for the chamber’s first session since Bashar al-Assad’s fall. Inside, the freshly minted lawmakers stood to take the constitutional oath as President Ahmad al-Sharaa looked on. The ceremony was carefully staged to show both Syrians and foreign observers that independent political institutions have returned after more than half a century of Assad family rule.
By | July 16, 2026
Ivan Aivazovsky, View of Constantinople by evening light. Public domain
Lars Møller reminds us of how Constantinople, the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire and then of the Byzantine Empire, fell to the Muslim Ottomans, and how the story of that fatal defeat may offer lessons to Westerners today, who are under a different kind of Muslim assault, this one from within, where steady demographic conquest has replaced swift conquest on the battlefield. More on his history lesson can be found here: “The Prophecy From Constantinople,” by July 14, 2026:
Peloni: As I noted yesterday, this move to begin targeting IRGC infrastructure represents a key shift in US policy. Is the once promised demise of the IRGC at hand? The loss of energy and transportation infrastructure will leave Iran in a dire economic state, and with what appears to be near daily tightening of US sanctions on the Iranian regime, this will have an important effect upon the regime’s ability to function. Trump noted in his speech last night that success in Iran won’t take long, and continuing to target Iranian infrastructure is what cause that statement to be realized.
By Pamela Geller |
Damage to strategic bridge in Iran. Screengrab via X.
Trump had warned over and over again about hitting infrastructure. It looks like that time has now come.
Peloni
Pres. Trump Addresses the American public with results of investigations into Election Fraud in the US Elections Screengrab via Youtube
In an important article by Joan Swirsky prior to the last US election, she noted that Voter Fraud [was] The Only Issue That Matters in 2024. With this in mind, Trump’s remarks during a national address to the nation stands as an important first salvo in response to this issue. Notably, responding to a ridiculous suggestion by nonother than AOC, the Democrats favorite silly source of reason, ABC and NBC refused to carry Trump’s remarks indicating that his statements needed confirmation before they could be aired publicly. This was hardly a surprising move by these Legacy Media groups, and Trump addressed this fact in his own comments. What was likely more interesting than this is that following Trump’s 30 minute address, Fox News returned almost immediately to the coverage of the Iran war rather than to digest and reflect on what should be understood to be a shocking series of revelations by Pres. Trump with evidence aplenty in hand.
Yehudit Katsover & Nadia Matar, co-chairs of the Sovereignty Movement | Ribonut.co.il | July 16, 2026
Screengrab via Youtube
Yesterday, representatives of the Sovereignty Movement joined an inspiring tour with the Habayta Movement, led by Yehoshua Sherman and Eliav Libi—two bereaved fathers who transformed personal tragedy into a force for national renewal.
In the Habayta Movement and its leaders, we found true partners in the struggle for Israeli sovereignty. They are leading a revolution—both in public awareness and on the ground.
Peloni: WOW!!
Peloni: Reuters reports that the ABC and NBC are refusing to air Trump’s Address to the Nation. It is expected that he will be releasing new intelligence reports on the 2020 election in an important push for election integrity reforms. He is also going to be addressing the situation in Iran, hours after shifting towards including attacks on Iranian infrastructure. Trump described what he will be addressing tonight as being “really big news.” So we will see, at least those of us who are not glued to watching ABC and NBC.
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Peloni: US military strikes on Thursday expanded to include targeting infrastructure.
By Pamela Geller |
President Donald Trump and his national security team meet in the Situation Room of the White House, Saturday, June 21, 2025. Photo by The White House – Flickr, Public Domain, Wikipedia
The President is very serious about a new course against the terror regime.
Prof. Jeffrey Lax | X | July 16, 2026
J.D. Vance on Joe Rogan Podcast. Screengrab via Youtube
Now look, I actually SUPPORTED the MOU. Very publicly, in fact. In op-eds, on major shows. So you can’t call me an operative of the Israeli government. I supported the MOU as worth a shot even though I believed Iran would violate it.
Peloni: This week, Gadi Taub and Mike Doran return to discuss the passage of the Draft Evasion law over which Mike shares two important observations at the 21min. mark following which he and Gadi both agree with what has been mentioned on this site several times: that if the Left comes to power, they will pass the Haredi legislation with whatever terms the Haredi want – as Yossi Baum stated, the Left doesn’t want the Haredi in the IDF, they want them in a Left led govt – and that the High Court will simultaneously drop its objections to the same Right Block legislation which it vetoed because the veto was only intended to obstruct and diminish the Right’s political options. At the 32min mark they shift to talking about the defunct MOU in which Mike draws attention to the fact that Trump’s efforts to draw Iran back to negotiations is failing, and that a far more pronounced set of targets will need to be chosen to punish Iran for its failure negotiate. The final topic discussed is the Rahm Emannuel and Ro Kanna visits to Israel which are covered beginning at the 49min mark. Notably, the latter visit resulted in a new round of the Settler Violence accusations, to which Gadi proposes that a Fast Response Group be put together to help dispel the nonsensical claims made by the likes of Ro Kanna in real time due to Israel’s govt failures to do as much.
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Diane Bederman | July 16, 2026
Michelangelo, profeti, Jeremiah. Photo by Michelangelo – Web Gallery of Art: Image Info about artwork, Public Domain, Wikipedia
What we learn from history is that we do not learn from history: Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
The prophet Jeremiah understood that a nation can appear strong while its moral foundations quietly crumble. His warning was timeless: No society can endure if it abandons justice, compassion, honesty, and responsibility.
Peloni: As Washington prepares its pivot to Asia, it will provide little support for the Gulf states. As Professor Eyal Zisser explains below, the consequence of this has significant implications for Israel, Gulf weaknesses, and the potential for improving ties between them.
Qatar hoped its close ties with Iran would protect it in a time of crisis. Instead, the latest conflict has reinforced an old lesson: when Tehran senses weakness, it tends to strike even harder.
Prof. Eyal Zisser | July 17, 2026
President Donald Trump speaks with Mohammed bin Salman, Deputy Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, during their meeting Tuesday, March 14, 2017, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C. (Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead)
Since late February, the Persian Gulf has been engulfed in conflict. Although the US and Israel initiated military action against Iran, it was the Gulf states that found themselves absorbing much of the fallout. Determined to stay out of the fighting, they refused to allow US forces to launch attacks on Iran from bases on their territory and carefully maintained a posture of neutrality, as though the conflict did not directly concern them.
Bridget Toomey & Edmund Fitton-Brown | July 15, 2026
Houthi Drone. Screengrab via Youtube.
The Houthis and Saudi Arabia broke a four-year truce after Iran and its Yemeni proxy attempted to establish a direct flight path between Tehran and the Houthi-controlled capital of Sanaa. The flight openly flouted the Saudi-imposed air blockade of the Iran-backed terror group, established to prevent the flow of arms and support.
Peloni: As I have noted before, those who took part in the October 7 slaughter should take note that we will find you, and we will kill you. It is just that simple, and that is a promise which will not be broken.
Slowly but steadily, Israel is ensuring that the people who crossed its borders with murder on their minds face an appropriate consequence.
Am Thinker | July 14, 2026
Graphic created by AI using official Israeli images of just eight October 7 terrorists. AmThinker.com
“To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.” — Proverbs 21:3
“Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made He man.” — Genesis 9:6
Israel may be a leftist country, but it’s still one that was founded on the Bible—and the Jewish Bible is about the rule of law and the necessity for justice. That’s why it was good to learn that a special Israeli unit is bringing justice to the October 7 attackers.
UPDATE: Osint613: “A lot of people thought the MOU was a bad agreement. That is not a coordinated influence campaign. It is people expressing their opinions.
The MOU did not collapse because people criticized it. It collapsed when Iran attacked ships in the Strait of Hormuz. The regime killed the deal, not the people who questioned it.”
And Trump came to that same conclusion following the latest Iranian attempt to assassinate him while the blunderous policy of the MOU was being pursued.
See source for more detail from Jay here: https://x.com/Osint613/status/2077722201520840948
Peloni: It is amusing that Vance seems to be reading the same script which has been pushed by Tucker Carlson of being targeted by Israel while responding to claims that he is fulfilling an agenda supportive of Carlson’s pro Iran, anti Israel bias. Is this really how he is preparing for the midterms – by appealing to the “I hate Israel” constituency using the oldest Jew Hating tropes of all time that Israel is controlling the world? Perhaps Vance is reacting to the possibility that his opposition to American meritocracy and free market economics was not enough to pull from the Democrat constituency, so now he is now focusing on competing for their anti Israel base as well. It is not news to report how politics makes for interesting bedfellows, but it is still somewhat enlightening nonetheless.
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Linda Goudsmit: The most important three words in this excellent article are “Muslim settler-colonists.” Unless and until Americans understand that Islam is most definitely NOT a religion like any other, the Muslim threat to America’s stability and sovereignty will continue unabated. Islam is doctrinally a binary, supremacist, expansionist, sociopolitical, replacement ideology with a religious wing. Its singular goal is to make the world Muslim in an Islamic totalitarian caliphate where the whole world will follow the Iranian model and be ruled by Islamic theocrats according to sharia law. Everything else is details. No business deals, no peace deals, no amount of money will change 1400 years of Islamic replacement ideology.
The most threatening element in today’s entire Islamic advance is that the globalist elite want Iranian hegemony in the Middle East. For globalists, it is Israel and the United States that are the two existential obstacles to establishing globalism’s own planetary Unistate. America’s anti-American, antisemitic Muslim/Marxist alliance represented by the radical leftist Democrat party is being funded and fomented by the globalist elite. And its escalating antisemitic, anti-Israel, anti-Netanyahu rhetoric is being marketed as “in America’s interest” by disingenuous men like J.D. Vance.
President Trump has lost his way and is now being played by the enemies of America. If the President does not return to the counsel of his America 1st leaders, Rubio and Hegseth, Trump ’47 will facilitate the collapse of America with his Western deals that are not considered binding deals in the Muslim world. History is a great teacher and history teaches us that the Middle East is replete with nations that were once Christian and are now Muslim because of the success of Muslim settler-colonists. Egypt, Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, and even Iran were once Christian nations. Whether by force or by fake deals, Islam’s unchanged goal for 1400 years is the Islamic caliphate, and the short-sighted, avaricious Kushner/Witkoff negotiating team is a gift to the enemies of America.
As many as 1 million may support Al Qaeda and ISIS.
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Hamas soldier storming Alumim in southern Israel during October 7 Massacre. Photo by CCTV footage: No human authorship – I24, Public Domain, Wikipedia
In 2024, 37% or 1 in 3 Muslims in America, told a Pew survey that they have a positive view of Hamas. In a new Pew survey, 44% or nearly 1 in 2 Muslims in the US now support Hamas.
Peloni: John Spencer provides a LONG list of actionable targets and strategies which have been left untapped while focusing on negotiation strategy with an enemy whose strategic strength has always been in negotiating its survival while evading all terms and commitments forced on it.
John Spencer | Jul 15, 2026
Bushehr, Iran, under attack on July 8, 2026. Screengrab via Youtube.
The war against Iran that began on February 28 was never designed as a regime-change campaign. Had the United States intended to overthrow the Islamic Republic, it would have applied vastly different forces and pursued Tehran’s political collapse from the opening hours. Operation Epic Fury, a regime-behavior change campaign, began with limited objectives:
