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Israel launches 'preemptive strikes' on Iran as explosions are heard across Tehran: Jerusalem declares 'special state of emergency' and braces for all-out-war
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Dem Rep. Casar: TX Has Been Peaceful, It's Abbott's Fault if It's Not, He's Doing Opposite of Newsom
They’re just throwing spaghetti against the wall, flailing about in the vain hope of something resonating with the voters who abandoned them to vote for Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans.
[Breitbart] On Wednesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The Briefing,” Rep. Greg Casar (D-TX) said that California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) has taken the opposite approach with the National Guard as Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) and protests in San Antonio have been peaceful, but if they aren’t, it’s Abbott’s and President Donald Trump’s fault.

Casar said, “Independent journalists right there are describing these peaceful protests, where, we just had protests in San Antonio just a couple of days ago, same thing, hundreds of people, zero incident. But people like Donald Trump and Gov. Abbott are actually trying to escalate the situation, right? They’re trying to light the fire, pour gasoline on it, everybody else gets burned, and they try to blame Democrats for it. We need to make it very clear that it’s people like Greg Abbott and Donald Trump that should own any chaos by their escalating of tensions, not Democrats or not people who are trying to defend the civil rights of people in their community.”

Host Jen Psaki then stated, “The difference here, not to scare people from Texas who are watching, but they’re probably firm stock, Gov. Newsom is trying to protect the people in his state. He just doesn’t want it to be militarized. He doesn’t want the National Guard to be intervening in these protests. That’s sort of the opposite of the governor of Texas.”

Casar responded, “Right. In Texas, you have the President and the Governor separating families, just at a rate like we’ve never seen before. And then, when people go out and do what anybody would do, protest people in your community being terrified or even worse, people from your community being taken away unjustly, when they go out there and protest, we have a Governor that I think sincerely wants to see someone get hurt so that then he can act like a strongman to come in and save the day, when, really, it’s people like the Governor that are stoking up this kind of division.”
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Posted by: Skidmark || 06/13/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [104 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Moment security drags US senator out of Noem LA press briefing
Posted by: Skidmark || 06/12/2025 15:13 Comments || Top||

#2  The left is a one-trick pony. Blame their opponents for what left is doing and spread chaos. Declare the left a terrorist/criminal organization.
Posted by: JohnQC || 06/13/2025 9:11 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Politix
Sen Padilla (D-CA) threatens Sec of DHS
[X] BREAKING: Secretary Kristi Noem fires back at Democrat Senator Alex Padilla — who’s now claiming mistreatment after storming a DHS press conference.

"I think his statement is actually ridiculous."

She laid out exactly what happened from her perspective.

"This man burst into a room, started advancing towards the podium, interrupting an opening statement, elevating his voice, shouting questions."

"People tried to stop him from interrupting the press conference, he refused and continued to lunge towards the podium and that is when he was removed from the room."
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all the Democrat media is trying as hard as possible to frame this as 'Senator put in handcuffs' etc. making Padilla the victim.

Courtesy of Skidmark, Fox News reported the story here.
And from 3dc:
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Posted by: Lord Garth || 06/13/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [153 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Dear Senator (snort) Padilla. FAFO you loathsome POS. Typical Dem dimwit.
Posted by: Whiskey Mike || 06/13/2025 6:32 Comments || Top||

#2  ....Given that he was in plain clothes with no ID and no warning, I almost wonder if The Honorable Senator from California wasn't hoping to get a few bruises to show off on C-Span.

Mike
Posted by: MikeKozlowski || 06/13/2025 6:41 Comments || Top||


#4  It was a hair brained stunt. Was posted on X even before the cuffs went on. And 6 hours later no one cares because Israel bombed Iran.
Posted by: Angstrom || 06/13/2025 12:22 Comments || Top||

#5  Given that he was in plain clothes with no ID and no warning, I almost wonder if The Honorable Senator from California wasn't hoping to get a few bruises to show off on C-Span.

That'd be my guess. He knew what would happen and he did it anyway for the street creds.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 06/13/2025 12:55 Comments || Top||

#6  It is AGAIN a secret service FAILURE. He should have been shot, immediately. Repeatedly. A lifetime supply. Act like a terrorist, die like one.
Posted by: Silentbrick || 06/13/2025 14:20 Comments || Top||


Trump's plan to slash 'woke' foreign aid, NPR funds clears House as Senate battle looms
[FoxNews] The $9.4 billion spending cuts package will now head to the GOP-controlled Senate.
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Posted by: Skidmark || 06/13/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [33 views] Top|| File under:


California Dem tells Hegseth he's an 'embarrassment' to the US, should 'get the hell out' of the DOD
[FoxNews] A California Democrat told Pete Hegseth on Thursday that he is an "embarrassment" to the United States and should "get the hell out" of the Department of Defense after the secretary chided the lawmaker for a "silly question" he asked during a House hearing.

The outburst from Rep. Salud Carbajal was immediately followed by a call for decorum as lawmakers from the House Armed Services Committee were questioning Hegseth about the Department of Defense's Fiscal Year 2026 budget request.

Tensions started escalating on Capitol Hill as Carbajal asked Hegseth a series of yes or no questions, beginning with the deployment of the National Guard and U.S. Marines in Los Angeles to quell the unrest generated by anti-ICE protests.

"Let's call it for what it is. It's political theater. Hegseth, are the Marines in Los Angeles ordered to protect property by any means necessary?" Carbajal asked him.

"Sir, I would say the ICE officers and police officers being attacked is not political theater," he responded, before Carbajal cut him off and said "just yes or no?"

"The National Guard and Marines have the full authority to protect federal ICE agents," Hegseth continued.

"Yes or no? Can you just say yes or no? This isn't Fox anymore. Just yes or no," Carbajal said.

At one point, Carbajal told Hegseth that "Kindergartners can give me a yes or no" and asked him, "Do you think political allegiance to Trump is a requirement for serving our nation, either in uniform or a civilian in the department?"

"Congressman, you know what a silly question that is," Hegseth responded.

"You know what? I'm not going to waste my time anymore. You're not worthy of my attention or my questions. You're an embarrassment to this country. You're unfit to lead. And there's been bipartisan members of Congress that have called for your resignation. You should just get the hell out and let somebody competently lead this department," Carbajal concluded.

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Posted by: Skidmark || 06/13/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [103 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Rep. Salud Carbajal is a childish mental midget. So get the hell out of government and out of our country, dickhead.
Posted by: DarthVader || 06/13/2025 1:31 Comments || Top||

#2  That miserable fuq is my legislator. I live in a wondrous purgatory.

"God is happy, msabu. He plays with us."
Posted by: Cured Romantic || 06/13/2025 21:52 Comments || Top||


Israel-Palestine-Jordan
US embassy to boycott Tel Aviv Pride Parade, in Trump-era reversal
[IsraelTimes] Notification of absence sent to Foreign Ministry reportedly referred to ‘LGB’ community, in line with Trump administration’s moves against transgender community.

Due to attack on Iran: Pride Parade is cancelled
Hold it in the West Bank or Gaza. Hilarity ensues
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Posted by: trailing wife || 06/13/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [70 views] Top|| File under:

#1  See Trump will side against Israel from time to time. I bet that 90 percent of the embassy staff would have gone anyway.
Posted by: Super Hose || 06/13/2025 7:03 Comments || Top||




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