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Thursday, July 23, 2026
Saudi Nuclear Deal Sparks Alarm; Lindsey Graham's Death Opened Door
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The late Sen. Lindsey Graham had one dying wish — the thing he fought for behind the scenes: a nuclear deal between the United States and Saudi Arabia, but only if the kingdom signed a peace agreement with Israel and joined the Abraham Accords. Friends of the senator say he would never have supported the current deal that offers quid but no pro quo from the Saudis. The senator's passing opens the door for the deal to slip through Congress and may be a key reason it was announced. On Wednesday, the U.S. said it had approved an agreement with Saudi Arabia that would allow the kingdom to construct a nuclear power plant — a move that would give Saudi Arabia the ability to enrich uranium under limited safeguards. Washington's decision has sparked alarm among some Middle East experts and outright condemnation from others. “The U.S.-Saudi deal for a 'civilian' nuclear program — which potentially, after a two-year study, includes permitting Saudi Arabia to enrich uranium — is a serious mistake," said Morton Klein, president of the influential Zionist Organization of America. Klein noted the deal will "lead to widespread nuclear proliferation" and opens the door for "an unstable Middle East nation potentially obtaining nuclear weapons." Other conservative critics are opposing the deal. "25 years ago this 9/11 Saudi Arabia was behind the murder of thousands of Americans," famed syndicated radio host Mark Levin said in a post on X. Levin added bluntly: "No nuke deals with Saudi Arabia.” The pact, known as a 123 Agreement, was signed Wednesday by U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright and Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman, who inked a preliminary accord in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, last year. NBC News reported that although Congress will be required to vote on the agreement, lawmakers would need a veto-proof majority to block it. But congressional sources note the Saudis do not have strong support among Democrats or Republicans and may face a formidable bipartisan coalition opposing the deal. According to the agreement, before any uranium enrichment could begin on Saudi soil, a joint U.S.-Saudi team would first study whether enrichment is warranted and commercially viable. Only then would Americans build the facility without transferring the sensitive technology to the kingdom. Israeli political leaders and experts also have raised concerns about the process. Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett sharply criticized the proposed deal. "The nuclear deal taking shape with Saudi Arabia over Israel's head is a grave strategic failure that endangers our security," he said. "Allowing uranium enrichment on Saudi soil could trigger a regional nuclear arms race and lead to a highly dangerous loss of control," Bennett added. Saudi Arabia has consistently resisted U.S. efforts for it to join the Abraham Accords, like its neighbors United Arab Emirates and Bahrain. "We have to keep a very careful eye on Saudi Arabia," Alan Dershowitz told Newsmax. "It is a friend today but was an enemy in the past. We should be concerned about its status in the future." Apparently absent from Wednesday's announced agreement is the International Atomic Energy Agency's typical protocol, which would require monitoring, inspections, and verification. Both The Times of Israel and The New York Times reported that former President Joe Biden conditioned nuclear cooperation on the Saudis normalizing ties with Israel. Former Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman told The Times of Israel, "Everyone needs to understand that the Saudi civilian nuclear program will end up with nuclear weapons and lead to a mad arms race across the entire Middle East." Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., also questioned the deal, which does not appear to have safeguards in place. "We can't hand Saudi Arabia the keys to nuclear tech while ignoring its desire for nuclear weapons," he said. Opposition is also mounting on Capitol Hill. "Israeli sources warn the provision could spur regional proliferation if Washington ultimately allows Riyadh to enrich uranium on its own soil," Israeli newspaper Haaretz wrote. Graham, shortly before his death, said that he planned to oppose any regional deal with Iran if it did not include the Saudis normalizing relations with Israel. Graham wrote he would "never support" such a deal. According to Axios, the South Carolina Republican spent his final weeks laying the groundwork for a renewed push to broker a historic Saudi-Israeli normalization deal. Graham had been harshly critical of the Saudis for not fully supporting U.S. efforts in the recent conflict with Iran. On March 9, Graham said in a post on X that the U.S. should reconsider its security agreements with Riyadh. "Americans are dying and the U.S. is spending billions to dislodge the terrorist Iranian regime that threatens the region," Graham wrote. "Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia seems to be issuing statements and doing things in the background that are marginally helpful, but unwilling to participate in military operations to end the reign of terror coming out of Iran," he said. The Associated Press reported that the nuclear pact is expected to last 30 years and involve U.S. companies in the development program. The U.S.-Saudi nuclear deal is a 30-year agreement worth tens of billions of dollars to U.S. companies. |
A Platneresque Democrat Scandal Hits WI Governor's Race, and You Just Cannot Make This Stuff Up
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Though it's troubling on one hand, on the other, you just have to laugh at Democrats and the lengths they'll go to in order to try and thwart the will of the people in their party when it comes to nominees for public office. One example that immediately comes to mind, of course, is how then-President Joe Biden was treated by party "leaders" after his disastrous June 2024 debate performance. As RedState readers will recall, he was essentially forced out of the race three weeks later, and then endorsed his veep, Kamala Harris, who went on to become the Dem nominee and then lost bigly to Donald Trump. The other is Graham Platner, who initially seemed like a Teflon candidate who could literally get away with anything in the 2026 Maine Senate primary, including sexism, racism, homophobia, alleged domestic abuse, spousal cheating, etc. But when rape allegations hit, the pressure was put on Platner by establishment Dems, and he ended up suspending his campaign in early July, roughly a month after Maine's Democrat voters chose him to be the nominee. READ MORE: It's Over: Graham Platner Suspends Maine Senate Campaign In addition to the Nazi tattoo, one of the issues Platner's critics repeatedly brought up about him was his sordid Internet history, which included - among other things - sexual assault victim shaming, making crude "jokes" about self-pleasuring in a porta-potty, denigrating the military service of a fellow veteran who was seriously injured by enemy fire during the Afghanistan war - and wishing he had died. As it turns out, there is another Democrat contender for public office who it was just recently discovered has some Platneresque problems of his own. For establishment Democrats, the timing couldn't be worse because - as RedState reported - the supposedly "electable" candidate, Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley, was convinced to re-enter the Wisconsin governor's race just days ago after previously dropping out. Why did they get him to jump back into the race? Because Democrat Party leaders in the Badger State were terrified DSA state Rep. Francesca Hong, who is gaining in popularity among Democrat voters, would win the August 11 primary - and then lose to GOP Rep. Tom Tiffany (WI-07), the Trump-backed presumptive GOP nominee. And former Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes, the other Dem candidate in the race after current Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez exited under a cloud of campaign finance questions, is considered "too progressive." As to the self-inflicted scandal Crowley and the state's Democratic leadership now find themselves in, here are some of the deets (language warning):
Here's one area where this scandal differs a bit from the various Platner Reddit post controversies: Platner took ownership of what he wrote (though he claimed he was a "different person" now). But the Gov. Tony Evers-backed Crowley and his campaign are saying that though he had access to the account in question, he didn't write the offensive posts: And yet NBC News cast doubts on those statements, noting that some of the posts were written in first person and were clearly about Crowley:
Also, as the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel observed, the bio for the X account reads "A different side of me...," which doesn't sound like an account run by "10-12 people." The account is still active as of this writing, and includes other embarrassing gems, like this one:
Now, here is what I think is the "tell" that Crowley is... not being honest about who ran that account. Notice how both he and his campaign were careful to note that the posts were from "a decade and a half ago." Why would that matter except to downplay their current significance, as if to imply "Even if it was something I wrote back then, I'm not the same person today"? That would be something important for Wisconsin voters to know, and to evaluate. But even if there was a way to confirm the posts were indeed written by him, I could see a scenario where Crowley claims he was "young and foolish," something we saw play out to some extent in a Utah Democrat House primary. But Crowley was a grown man in his early to mid 20s when that stuff was written, so that excuse wouldn't necessarily fly. In any event, it remains to be seen how this plays out among Democrat voters and those same establishment Democrats who rushed to pull Crowley back in to try and save the day. Relatedly, there's a Democrat gubernatorial debate coming up soon, which promises to be quite lively in light of recent events:
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Trump Rallies in Georgia, Touting the Trump Accounts, New Policies, and Key Economic Wins
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On Wednesday, President Trump held a rally at Wheeler High School in Marietta, GA, to highlight the administration's economic policies and promote the candidacies of Republican gubernatorial nominee Rick Jackson and Republican nominee for United States Senate, Rep. Mike Collins (GA-10). After remarks from Jackson, Secretary of Education Linda McMahon, and SBA Administrator Kelly Loeffler, Trump took the stage to rousing applause and greeted the crowd in Wheeler Auditorium. Trump began:
More cheers and applause. Trump moved into his remarks, skewering the legacy media, while the crowd booed as he laid into his jabs.
Trump then expressed his love and support for the state, saying:
WATCH:
Trump continued, acknowledging that he came straight to Georgia from Dover Air Force Base, where he attended the dignified transfer service and paid homage to four fallen heroes who were killed in action in the Iran conflict. Trump then spoke about First Lt. Tyler Feehan from Georgia. After the dignified transfer, Feehan's family - his mother Shari, his father Stephen, and his uncle David - were headed back home, so President Trump transported them home on Air Force One. Trump gave a beautiful homage to Lt. Feehan and to his family. WATCH: Trump updated the audience on the conflict with Iran and the military action taking place, then moved into the administration's economic wins, with the Trump Accounts being the focal point. Trump began:
WATCH:
Trump brought families to the stage to offer visual testimonials of the benefits of the Trump Accounts and how their investment in American families could change a generation. Trump was joined by Cole Loden and his family, a Georgia resident and former Kennesaw State football player. And Dean and Gabrielle Fung-a-wing and their four children. Fung-a-wing is a legal immigrant from Suriname, who presented his American story: how he and his wife built a business, and how he opened Trump Accounts for his four children in order to invest in their future. "Standing with me today are my wife and our four beautiful children," Fung-a-wing said. "We opened Trump Accounts for each of them because investing in the next generation strengthens the fabric of America." WATCH:
President Trump also took potshots at Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA), the radical Left, and talked about the lies of the Democrat Socialists and the destructiveness of communism. Trump said: "Communism is the single greatest threat to our country and our history. [...] It is the enemy of the free people everywhere and in the world. It's squalor, it's poverty, it's death, it's destruction. That's why we declare again today that the United States of America will never be a communist country." WATCH:
Read More: Breaking: House Passes Trump’s SAVE America Act As Part of NDAA, Setting Up Senate Showdown The Swamp Protects Its Own: 198 House Democrats Reject Congressional Stock-Trading Crackdown Trump concluded with promises to push the Great Healthcare Plan to move healthcare out of the hands of insurance companies and back to the American people's control, and pledged once again to pass the SAVE America Act. "To defend American elections," Trump said. "And I have to say, Mike Johnson and Congress have done a great job, but we're having a hard time in the Senate. The Senate... What they're doing, it's just not right. "The Senate is the place where you send things when you want them to die." WATCH:
And what would a Trump appearance be without the Trump/YMCA Dance? As usual, the president did not disappoint.
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Democrats Are Walking Into a Minefield
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Here’s my minority position – I think Republicans are set to do surprisingly well in the 2026 midterms and very, very well in 2028. Oh, I don’t put it beyond the Republicans to screw up any advantage they’ve been handed. Republicans have the uncanny ability to squander a good thing, but what the Democrats are handing over is pure electoral gold. If you look at the relative positioning of both parties in terms of future electoral success, there is zero question that the Republican Party is much better situated to begin a lengthy sojourn in power. The Democrats have walked themselves into a minefield, and they’ve got no map. Let’s take a look at a few of these land mines. Some of them are obvious, some a lot less so. Will they all fully manifest by 2028? No, some will arise in later cycles. What’s important to remember is that even if the Democrats were aware of them, there’s not a lot they can do about them. One of the problems with the Democrats is that, ironically, the liberals are absolutely resistant to change; they not only don’t want to do it, but they can’t do it. They’ve confused their ideology with a religion, limiting the ability of Democrat politicians to exercise a key tool in any effective politician's toolbox – the flexibility to do a 180 on their most deeply-held beliefs when it makes sense at election time. The first land mine is an obvious one, but that’s not going to stop them from stomping on it. The Democrats are going harder and harder left. Right now, the success of the socialist insurgents has been limited to deep blue districts. Where they try to do it in more purple areas, they have more mixed success. In Virginia, they managed to elect a sociopath as AG who wants to kill the kids of Republicans to teach them to be good people. It didn’t work in Maine, though; Herr Platner got punted after he was accused of going a rape too far. Normal Americans don’t like the weird stuff Democrats are getting into. There’s the transsexual stuff, of course. Normal Americans are getting tired of that freak show, but Democrats are doubling and tripling down on it. It’s become a litmus test for them, depriving them of crucial flexibility. They need to reach out to normal people who don’t think some dude should be sporting his turgid pride as he walks through a girl’s locker room. But also, there’s their whole thing about criminals. Normal people are against being murdered. Democrats are going to get painted as enabling the worst of social pathologies, just like they did in the 70s, which helped Ronald Reagan and the GOP take over until Bill Clinton came along and was able to lead a Democrat Party back to at least a semblance of sanity. There’s a procedural land mine that President Trump has been talking about for years – election fraud. Fraud is a huge part of how they win. It is not going to go away in one fell swoop – the GOP simps are too weak to pass the SAVE Act – but it’s going to be curbed over time. Take voter ID – it is unsustainable for the Democrats to keep to the 20 side of an 80/20 issue forever. Nor can Democrat judges sitting in the Tatooine Federal District Court protect the fraud forever. Between the reforms Trump can impose (it looks like his mail-in voting postal regulations are going into effect), the revelations from the multiple investigations, and the reputational damage to Democrats defending shady practices (is California still counting from last June?), we’re going to end a lot of the scams and run down their reputations as the die on the hill of protecting the remaining grifts. Another land mine is the swap out at the top of the Democrats’ racial hierarchy. Democrats have always been about constituencies, knitting them together to form a majority. But it’s always in flux. The white working class used to be a big piece of the puzzle, and the Democrats dumped them. In the last few cycles, Democrats have lost their headlock on Hispanics, who don’t appreciate weirdness, and many of whom have personal experience with communism. There’s a lot of talk about how Dems grabbed the affluent college-educated whites who used to be Republican voters, and that’s true, to an extent. But a lot of these are wine women, particularly single ones and including young ones, and they’re psychotic and will further alienate normal people (married women still prefer Republicans). But the big problem for Democrats is their biggest and most loyal constituency, blacks. We’re already seeing the fallout in Texas, where the darling of the faculty/Chardonnay set, heretical imp James Talarico, defeated noted particle physicist Jasmine Crockett in the Senate primary. Well, Jazzy C and black Texans aren’t taking that very well. They believe, not without merit, that they have been ripped off. And they have been. Democrats take blacks for granted, which is the fault of blacks because they’ve allowed themselves, until now, to be taken for granted. But a black woman just roasted Talarico at one of his rallies, bringing this to a head. He’s already a problem because, well, blacks tend to be religious, and this guy is a blasphemous demon in human form who spreads satanic lies that will lead the unwary to eternal damnation. Black folk aren’t down with that. And it’s only going to get worse for the Democrats because blacks across the country are going to demand their share of the power, power that the ascendant leftists want for themselves. There is also the 2030 census, which will likely put the House out of reach of Democrats for a decade. Democrat failure is driving people from blue states to red states. The coming redistricting, along with the intermittent demonstrations of GOP manhood via gerrymandering, are going to crush the Dems. And if we go for the big enchilada, banning the counting of illegal aliens in the census, the Dems are screwed. There is another land mine, the baby bomb. Democrats aren’t breeding like conservatives. A lot of them are single women who have no intention of settling down and having children; when they do get knocked up, abortion remains readily available in blue states, and they make use of it. This blends with another problem for the Democrats, which is that a lot of their boomer base is aging out. If you recall those rallies for the Nazi tattoo guy, behind him on stage were always a bunch of gray crones who all looked like Billy Jack’s girlfriend. They’re not going to be around that much longer, and they are some of the Dems’ most devoted voters. Gen X is much more conservative; we have the advantage of being around for another couple of decades. And there are other effects that come from Democrats not reproducing, besides upping the average IQ and attractiveness of Americans. The birth dearth means fewer kids being indoctrinated in grade schools and colleges. Academia is where the Democrats not only found places for their members to get paid but gave them a chance to corrupt our youth. But fewer kids mean fewer unionized teachers paying union dues, while a lot of colleges are going away in the bankruptcy. That's fewer dollars and fewer worker bees making mischief. Combined with new technology that is making old education methods obsolete, as well as cost considerations and conservative attention that is going to work to undermine the leftist hold on these institutions, academia writ large is going to stop being so influential. Democrats have become fatally over-invested in their own version of the buggy whip industry. Immigration is going to continue to be a huge problem for the Democrats because they’re not going to be able to import a brand-new electorate from the Third World to make into welfare clients and electoral serfs. Deportations are ongoing, but the Republican goal isn’t to drag them all out of the country. It’s to drive them all out of the country. Initiatives like Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent leaning on the banks and other industries not to do business with them, as well as other reforms that make it unbearable to live here as an illegal, are going to make them pack up and go home in numbers that dwarf what ICE is doing. With the open door at the border slammed shut, the only way to generate more of these people is through birthright citizenship, and the recent Supreme Court decision, while not overturning it, began a discussion that’s inevitably going to lead to reforms that limit it. Here are some other things that the Democrats might find blow them up. The mainstream media may dismiss the government handout fraud stuff that we’ve been seeing, but fraud resonates. From California’s high-speed rail that’s cost billions of dollars and built about 15 inches of track, to massive Somali learing center schemes, to corrupt USAID payoffs to leftist NGOs and beyond, the crackdown is both going to starve the Democrats of money looted from the treasury and laundered into the pockets of the left and closely associated Democrats with fraud in the minds of the voters. Then there’s something they really can blame on the Jews. The Dems will have to deal with Jews’ sense of self-preservation as the Democrats fully embrace their new Hamas constituency and work to ensure Israel and the Israelis are annihilated. That’s not putting it too harshly – if you’re Jewish, you can’t take any threat too seriously, and this is a threat. Jewish Democrats are enormous donors to the Democrat Party, and that flow of dollars is going to shrink to a trickle that’s not going to be made up by a bunch of new Dems just imported from Goatbangistan. The money might not go to Republicans – that’s a bridge too far for a lot of liberal Jews – but it isn’t going to the Palisimpian Democrats. We’ve seen massive shortfalls in Democrat donations this cycle, and that was before half of the House Democrat caucus voted to render Israel defenseless in the face of the psychopaths who committed the October 7th attacks. Here’s another ka-boom that’s coming that only a few people are talking about right now. Cuba is about to go under. The clock is ticking, and the commie dictatorship has maybe got a year or so left. Here’s the Dems’ problem. The Dirección de Inteligencia (DI) has spent over 60 years infiltrating the left in the United States. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass went to Havana and trained with these communist bastards, but there are a lot more big names on the left of the party who are tied in with Cuban intelligence. Cuba is going to fall; Marco Rubio has that as one of his 87 jobs. And when that grotesque regime’s collapse accelerates, a lot of DI officials are going to want to ensure that they don’t swing from a lamppost or worse. I married a Cuban–they’re not a forgiving people, and they’re going to make the people who oppressed them pay. So, if you’re a high-ranking DI officer, you’re going to want to make American intelligence an offer it can’t refuse to save your worthless hide, and that means trading stolen records on the DI’s intelligence network in the United States that includes prominent Democrats. That’s going to happen, and it’s going to be earth-shattering. People throw the word “treason” around a lot, but working with the communists to subvert the United States is literally treason, and it’s been happening. Do not expect the Trump administration to forgive and forget, and even the regime media is going to be unable to hide the indictments. The Democrats will, correctly, be painted as the party of traitors. Let’s also not forget the collapse of captured institutions. We mentioned academia’s decline, but look at the mainstream media and Hollywood. Both are going away. Moreover, the decades of corporate footsie with Democrats will end as the business world realizes that the DSA types can’t be bought off like the old school Pelosi Dems could be. Plus, there is a generalized anti-woke counter-reaction that places PC Democrats with their spouting off on woke nonsense outside of the zeitgeist. Their own base won’t let them moderate; they’ll be telling us dudes can menstruate for another decade even as over-it normals shake their heads in disgust. So, I like how the Republicans are positioned over the next decade or so. In the short term, the Trump economy is going to take off again. We’re going to clear out the illegals one way or the other, and we’re going to continue to drive crime down. Long-term, we’re having babies, and the future belongs to people who show up. Importantly, we’re not traitors colluding with a foreign government to undermine our country. But then again, we are Republicans, and the fact remains that the Republican Party is the only party that can summon up enough dumb to squander these advantages. |
After the Arizona Primaries, Total Fury Erupts Over Establishment Dems' Election Meddling
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Amish Shah
has won the Democrat primary for Arizona’s 1st congressional district. It was a tense race for Democrats: winning is crucial if they want to take back the House, but it was also highly competitive. Millions were spent attacking Shah, especially by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. So, things are pretty awkward right now, but fury from the Democratic base is extremely high. Arizona isn’t the only place where DCCC meddling has angered Democrats (via Axios):
Shah will face Republican Jay Feely, a former NFL kicker,
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House approves stock-trading restrictions for Congress alongside new voter ID rules
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| Chairman Rep. Bryan Steil (R-WI) speaks during a hearing with the House
Financial Services Subcommittee on “Digital Assets, Financial
Technology, and Artificial Intelligence” on Capitol Hill on February 11,
2025 in Washington, DC. The House of Representatives has passed legislation restricting congressional stock trading while enacting new federal voter ID requirements, largely backed by Republican lawmakers. On Wednesday afternoon, the House passed the Stop Insider Trading Act by a 232-198 vote, which included 13 Democrats and all GOP house members, after months of debate. The Stop Insider Trading Act, which was introduced by Representative Bryan Steil (R-Wis.) in January, would prohibit lawmakers and their families from purchasing publicly traded stocks. It would also mandate members of Congress to publicly report each sale of stocks at least seven days in advance to the House clerk or Senate secretary, according to CBS news. Additionally, the act penalizes violations with a fine of $2,000 or 10% of the transaction value — whichever is higher — plus the forfeiture of any realized profits.
Republicans also paired the stock trading restriction with an unrelated provision mandating photo ID for federal elections, aligning with President Donald Trump’s push for stricter voter-eligibility rules. Representative Zach Nunn, (R-Iowa), a leading proponent of banning lawmakers from trading stocks, argued that combining the two measures makes sense given their widespread public support.
However, Representative Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) called out his own party for pairing the stock trading ban with the voter ID rule, arguing the move was meant to force Democrats into a tough political vote rather than actually pass voter ID.
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Macron Bans Social Media for Under 15s, Enforcement Doubts
France’s Parliament has done something that U.S. politicians only talk about: it approved a law to bar children under 15 from mainstream social media and to ban mobile phones in high schools. After last‑minute talks with EU regulators, lawmakers pushed a compromise across the line. President Emmanuel Macron is calling it a flagship child‑protection win. Now the hard part begins — actually making it work. What Parliament approved — quick and firmThe new law creates a blanket prohibition on “online social network services” for anyone under 15, with narrow exceptions for encyclopedias and educational sites. It also extends France’s school phone ban to high schools. Regulators Arcom and CNIL will be in charge of writing technical rules for age verification and enforcing compliance. Lawmakers say new accounts must follow the rules in September, with extra time for older accounts. Macron framed this as protecting kids from Big Tech’s attention economy, saying, in effect, “the brains of our children are not for sale.” Promises versus practicalities — the enforcement headacheSound policy on paper does not always survive real life. Age verification on a mass scale raises privacy tradeoffs, technical headaches, and easy workarounds for determined teens. Arcom must come up with a system that stops fake accounts, VPN tricks, and cross‑border loopholes — without creating a surveillance nightmare. The law contemplates fines and stepped sanctions for platforms, but platforms can appeal, delay, or skirt enforcement. A Constitutional Council review and legal challenges from opposition parties and civil‑liberties groups are likely, so don’t be surprised if rollout gets messy. Why conservatives should both applaud and worryConservatives should applaud decisive action to defend childhood from addictive algorithms. Unlike the United States, where Congress dithers, France moved from proposal to law in one presidential term. That’s refreshing. But conservatives should also worry about the precedent of state tech policing. Government‑mandated age checks can become blunt instruments that erode privacy and parental responsibility. The right policy is to support families and give schools tools — not create an endless compliance regime that hands more power to regulators and tech gatekeepers. What to watch nextKeep an eye on Arcom’s technical standards, the pace of enforcement, and any Constitutional Council rulings. Platforms will likely test the law in court or by using technical workarounds. The European Commission’s role matters too: a patchwork of national rules risks fragmenting the single market and creating diplomatic headaches. In short, France has planted a flag in the ground for child protection online. Now comes the real test: can French bureaucrats, judges, and tech companies turn a headline into a real fix — or will good intentions become another mess of red tape and broken promises? |
Senator Tom Cotton: Finish Iran campaign, destroy missile shield
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Senator Tom Cotton, chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, made his pitch this week on Fox & Friends: the United States should “finish” its military operations against Iran, hit Tehran’s missile and drone forces harder, and keep the naval blockade in place to protect the Strait of Hormuz. That blunt prescription lines up with President Trump’s tough posture and has put a hawkish, must‑finish tone back into the national debate. Cotton isn’t whispering caution; he’s arguing for decisive action to break Iran’s ability to threaten shipping and to shield any future nuclear program. Why Cotton wants to disable Iran’s missile and drone shieldCotton’s point is simple and practical. Iran has poured money into missiles and cheap attack drones that can swarm defenses and threaten shipping lanes. Those systems aren’t just weapons — they are a protective umbrella that could help a future nuclear program survive. Destroying factories, launchers and supply lines weakens Iran’s ability to attack and reduces the cost‑asymmetry that lets cheap drones bleed more expensive defense stocks. For anyone who cares about keeping the Strait of Hormuz open, that’s not academic — it’s urgent. Military tradeoffs are real, but decisive action buys timeYes, intensifying strikes carries risks. More strikes mean more chances of Iranian retaliation, proxy attacks, and faster depletion of U.S. interceptors and precision munitions. But doing less only lets Iran repair and proliferate its missile and drone networks. The smarter course is to strike where it hurts most: the factories, the logistics hubs, the launch infrastructure. That is the kind of campaign that degrades an opponent’s capabilities rather than just marking time with symbolic strikes. Political and legal fallout — Congress can’t shrug this offWhen the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee says “finish our military operations,” it raises real questions about war powers and oversight. Senators and House members should not treat this as theater. If the administration — led by President Trump with Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Secretary of State Marco Rubio in key roles — is moving to expand strikes, Congress needs hearings, clear authorities, and a plan for resupply of critical munitions. Oversight isn’t obstruction; it’s responsibility. Finish the job or get stuck in the danger zoneWe can keep hoping negotiations will miraculously convince Iran’s revolutionary leaders to disarm, or we can stop pretending talks alone will solve a military problem. Cotton is right to call out the farce of endless bargaining when Tehran uses time to build weapons. The choice is stark: accept a slow bleed where our ships and allies remain at risk, or finish the campaign that makes Iran pay a real price and deters future aggression. For the safety of the Strait, the security of allies, and American credibility, it’s time to finish the job — and to do it smartly, with Congress engaged and our defense stocks ready. |
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