The Trump administration notified Israel it is sending dozens more refueling planes to the country ahead of a potential expansion of military operations against Iran, three U.S. and Israeli officials said. Why it matters: After he was presented with several new military plans in a Situation Room meeting Tuesday, President Trump is considering a massive offensive in Iran that would be wider in scope than the current strikes around the Strait of Hormuz. The big picture: Among the options being considered are bombing Iranian infrastructure facilities like power plants, conducting more attacks on Iran's nuclear facilities in order to bury Iran's enriched uranium even deeper, and bombing the Pickaxe Mountain underground site that is suspected…
The Trump administration notified Israel it is sending dozens more refueling planes to the country ahead of a potential expansion of military operations against Iran, three U.S. and Israeli officials said. Why it matters: After he was presented with several new military plans in a Situation Room meeting Tuesday, President Trump is considering a massive offensive in Iran that would be wider in scope than the current strikes around the Strait of Hormuz. The big picture: Among the options being considered are bombing Iranian infrastructure facilities like power plants, conducting more attacks on Iran's nuclear facilities in order to bury Iran's enriched uranium even deeper, and bombing the Pickaxe Mountain underground site that is suspected…Open
TRUMP SET TO DELIVER MAJOR SPEECH THURSDAY … REPORT: REVEALING 2020 ELECTION INTEL … CNBC: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/13/trump-2020-election-intelligence-speech.html President Donald Trump plans to claim in a Thursday night speech that newly declassified intelligence reports reveal a foreign nation’s plans to interfere in the 2020 presidential election, two White House officials told MS NOW on Monday.
State of the Union: The U.S. military struck Iran for the sixth consecutive night. The post Iran War Day 140: War Widens After Reported U.S. Infrastructure Strikes appeared first on The American Conservative .
The U.S. bombed Iran for the sixth consecutive night and Iran retaliated with strikes on U.S. bases and energy targets in the region, as the Iran War entered its 140th day on Friday. CENTCOM claimed it struck military targets and that its strikes were aimed at “degrading Iranian military capabilities and holding Iran accountable for recent attacks on commercial shipping.” Iranian media cited by the Financial Times reported that U.S. strikes hit civilian infrastructure, including six bridges in a southern port, a railway, and an airport. An Iranian energy official reported power outages throughout Bandar Abbas, a port city in the south, due to U.S. attacks on energy infrastructure. A spokesperson for Iran’s armed forces said …Open
If you’re in the Washington DC area, join Max Blumenthal in person at Busboys and Poets on 14th and V St.
If you’re in the Washington DC area, join Max Blumenthal in person at Busboys and Poets on 14th and V St. NW at 6 PM on July 21st to hear about his reporting from Iran, where he covered the funeral of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, documented US-Israeli war crimes, and conducted a series of interviews with officials, negotiators and average Iranians about the return of war to their country. Max will also discuss his detention and illegal seizure of his phones by US authorities under Israeli pressure, and what he’s doing to fight back. This Substack is reader-supported. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Open
During his January 22, 2026, testimony before the House Judiciary Committee, former Special Counsel Jack Smith rejected accusations of spying, telling lawmakers, “My office didn’t spy on anyone.” Smith and his team defended the use of toll records as a “routine and lawful” investigative step. Mounting evidence of the deep state operating through Biden’s weaponized […] The post Jack Smith’s Unconstitutional Surveillance: 44 Members of Congress Targeted appeared first on StoneZone .
During his January 22, 2026, testimony before the House Judiciary Committee, former Special Counsel Jack Smith rejected accusations of spying, telling lawmakers , “My office didn’t spy on anyone.” Smith and his team defended the use of toll records as a “routine and lawful” investigative step. Mounting evidence of the deep state operating through Biden’s weaponized Justice Department emerged Tuesday when Senators Chuck Grassley and Ron Johnson released a damning “Arctic Frost Filter Review ” document from Jack Smith’s Special Counsel probe. This explosive development doesn’t just undermine, it destroys, Smith’s credibility, as it proves his team accessed not merely toll record metadata but the raw content of private…Open