NYTIMES (Abdi Latif Dahir and Emile Ducke) - Iran Journey Reveals Society’s Wartime Defiance and Hope
From the capital, Tehran, to the holy city of Mashhad, the Iran I saw was a nation of many layers: defiant but also weary, despairing but hopeful.
WASHINGTONPOST (Annie Gowen, Anthony Faiola) - The Vatican says these breakaway Catholics are sinning. Many are defiant.
The newly excommunicated Society of St. Pius X has established an outpost of traditionalism on the Kansas prairie.
DAILYCALLER (Natalie Sandoval) - ‘Something That We Will Not Ever Accept’: Mamdani Suggests He’ll Defy Supreme Court’s Immigration Ruling
City must move 'beyond just language of solidarity'
DAILYCALLER (Derek VanBuskirk) - EXCLUSIVE: Boer Leaders Say South Africa Will Not Learn From Trump’s Cutting Of AIDS Funding
'Given repeated opportunities.'
NYTIMES (Azadeh Moaveni) - Trump’s War Has Turned Iran Into a Symbol of Defiance
Iran’s defiance in the face of Western aggression has become a rallying cry.
HUFFPOST - Jimmy Kimmel Hits Trump Right In The Ballroom At Sunday Night Awards Show
The late night host won a Peabody Award for his defiance of the president and the FCC.
REDSTATE (Rusty Weiss) - Not In My County: Defiant Upstate Exec Vows to Rebel Against Hochul’s Newly Passed Radical Anti-ICE Law
SUBSTACK (The Grayzone) - The Grayzone at S. Lebanon funeral for family targeted by Israel
As Israel continues violating a supposed ceasefire in Lebanon, The Grayzone’s Wyatt Reed travelled to the southern city of Saida to document the funeral of a family of nine massacred by yet another Israeli airstrike in the nearby town of Jibchit.
Despite knowing they could be killed at any moment, community members insisted they will continue defying Israeli orders to abandon their homeland.Open
JUSTTHENEWS (The Foreign Desk Staff) - Most Cubans remain defiant against US over energy crisis, others quietly say deal is only way out
A gallon of gasoline, when available, now costs two months' wages and some Cubans say privately they want the energy crisis to end, even if it means giving in to U.S. pressure
NYTIMES (Adam B. Ellick and Simon Romero) - Cuba’s President Projects Defiance in Standoff With the U.S.
Miguel Díaz-Canel’s stance on “Meet the Press” reflected how Cuba is digging in against pressure from a Trump administration distracted by the war in Iran.