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Iran Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei Killed; What Americans Think; What Tucker, Other MAGA Leaders Think

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By USA Today. President Donald Trump announced on Feb. 28 that Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in joint strikes on Iran.

The president’s declaration came about an hour or so after an Israeli source confirmed Khamenei’s death to USA TODAY. Reuters and CNN had also reported that Khamenei had been killed during the U.S. and Israel joint operation on Feb. 28.

“Khamenei, one of the most evil people in History, is dead,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “This is not only Justice for the people of Iran, but for all Great Americans, and those people from many Countries throughout the World, that have been killed or mutilated by Khamenei and his gang of bloodthirsty THUGS.”

“This is the single greatest chance for the Iranian people to take back their Country,” Trump added

Iran’s Foreign Ministry, however, has continued to insist that Khamenei and President Masoud Pezeshkian are “safe and sound.” (Read more from “Iran Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei Killed, Trump says” HERE)

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Only 21% of Americans support the United States initiating an attack on Iran

By The Seattle Times. The public’s appetite for a U.S. attack on Iran was low before President Donald Trump and Israel took action Saturday.

Most Americans said they were either opposed to such action (49%) or were not sure (30%), according to a University of Maryland poll taken two weeks ago.

Among Republicans, there were reservations, with 40% in favor of a strike, 25% opposed and 35% who said they did not know. (Read more from “Only 21% of Americans support the United States initiating an attack on Iran” HERE)

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Airstrike horror as ’85 schoolgirls are killed in Iran’ and Trump’s base turns on ‘evil’ war

By The Daily Mail. At least 85 people have been killed in an airstrike on an elementary school in southern Iran, the government in Tehran claims.

The majority of the dead are schoolgirls aged between seven and 12, according to the regime-controlled news outlets Tasnim and Fars.

Missiles struck the Shajareh Tayyebeh school in the the city of Minab, in Hormozgan province, on Saturday morning as the US and Israel launched strikes on Iran.

Sources inside Iran told the Daily Mail that reports from the regime should be viewed with skepticism as a propaganda offensive is being waged under the fog of war.

A teacher at the school told the London-based outlet Middle East Eye that she saw bodies on classroom benches. She had stepped out when she heard the blast and returned to find carnage. (Read more from “Airstrike horror as ’85 schoolgirls are killed in Iran’ and Trump’s base turns on ‘evil’ war” HERE)

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Tucker, Other MAGA Leaders Strongly Opposed to War

By Iker Seisdedos. This Saturday, Trump stated that Washington had launched, in alliance with Israel, a massive attack against Iran with the aim of forcing a regime change in that country. This not only breaks his repeated campaign promises of not sending the United States into wars abroad; it also directly conflicts with the great MAGA slogan: America First. Does prioritizing the interests of the United States mean overthrowing the brutal dictatorship of the ayatollahs, who have been in power since 1979?

The answer is no, according to former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene (MTG), who was once one of the president’s most loyal allies in the Capitol until her fall from grace and subsequent resignation from politics, as she had moved to the uncomfortable side of those opposing Trump. MTG wrote on X: “The Trump admin actually asked in a poll how many casualties voters were willing to accept in a war with Iran??? How about ZERO you bunch of sick f**king liars. We voted for America First and ZERO wars.”

In another message, the former representative from Georgia shared a video of a school that was attacked during the early morning bombings, where, according to Iranian authorities, dozens of people died, many of them girls. She accompanied it with this text: “I did not vote for this, in elections or Congress. This is heartbreaking and tragic. And how many more innocent will die? What about our own military? This is not what we thought MAGA was supposed to be. Shame!” With these messages, MTG, who announced this week “the end of MAGA” if Trump decided to attack Iran, summarized the rift that has opened for Trump among his most loyal supporters.

. . . Tucker Carlson, who, shortly after learning of it, described the military operation to ABC News as “absolutely disgusting and evil.” Carlson, whose ties to Qatar are well known, also said it would “shuffle the deck” of the MAGA movement “in a profound way.”

Whether the far-right influencer is right will depend on the consequences of Saturday’s strike. Or whether all of this ultimately serves to prove the ability of Trump’s loyalists to adapt to rules that for some time now can be summed up in a single principle: whatever the leader says. (Read more from this story HERE)

Trump Makes Sobering Admission About Iran Negotiations, Talks About Chances of Drawn-Out Middle East War if He Attacks

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President Trump said Friday that he’s “not happy” about the progress of talks with Iran — while telling reporters that “there’s always a risk” that US airstrikes could result in another drawn-out war in the Middle East.

“I’m not happy with the fact that they’re not willing to give us what we have to have. I’m not thrilled with that. We’ll see what happens,” Trump said — one day after Iranian diplomats rebuffed his demands to give up their nuclear program during talks in Geneva.

“We are talking later. We’ll have some additional talks today. But no, I’m not happy with the way they are going.”

Trump insisted that “we haven’t made a final decision” on whether to follow through with threatened strikes following a massive buildup of American naval and air assets within striking distance of Iran.

“We’re not exactly happy with the way they’re negotiating. They cannot have nuclear weapons,” he reiterated.

A reporter then asked Trump if there was “a risk that strikes could turn into a long, drawn-out conflict in the Middle East.” (Read more from “Trump Makes Sobering Admission About Iran Negotiations, Talks About Chances of Drawn-Out Middle East War if He Attacks” HERE)

Trump Says He Doesn’t Like Seeing Bill Clinton Deposed By Congress

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President Donald Trump said Friday that he did not like seeing former President Bill Clinton be forced to testify before the House Oversight Committee.

Clinton testified before the committee about his past relationship with deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein following the Department of Justice (DOJ) releasing files in connection to Epstein. Before he boarded Marine One, Trump told reporters that he did not like seeing Clinton deposed by Congress.

“I don’t like seeing him deposed,” Trump said. “But, you know, they certainly went after me a lot more than that. But I don’t like seeing him deposed. I like him and I don’t like seeing him deposed.”

Clinton said in a Friday statement that he never witnessed any wrongdoing from Epstein and had no knowledge of any wrongdoing. He also criticized the Oversight Committee for deposing former first lady Hillary Clinton, who he assured had never met Epstein, traveled with him or visited any of his properties.

A photograph released by the DOJ in December 2025 showed Clinton in a hot tub next to Epstein and several girls. More photos showed Clinton socializing with Epstein’s former business partners, Ghislaine Maxwell, and smiling with Epstein at what appeared to be a dinner party. (Read more from “Trump Says He Doesn’t Like Seeing Bill Clinton Deposed By Congress” HERE)

Trump’s DOJ Still Refusing To Disclose Gov’t Payments To Twitter During Peak Censorship

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President Donald Trump’s Justice Department is continuing to conceal details of payments the government made to Twitter amid its push to censor “misinformation” online.

Judge James Boasberg, an Obama appointee, agreed that the Department of Justice (DOJ) can withhold the FBI’s quarterly payments to Twitter for “legal-process requests” between 2016 to 2023 in a Feb. 4 opinion.

The FBI paid Twitter nearly $3.5 million between October 2019 and February 2021, an email in the “Twitter Files” reported by journalist Michael Shellenberger revealed. The exact purpose of the payment, which took place during peak government pressure on platforms to patrol content about COVID-19, remains unclear.

Judicial Watch sued in October 2023 to obtain records of any payments after the FBI “failed to respond adequately” to their initial Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request seeking details about the payments in December 2022.

“These records were created as part of serving subpoenas, warrants, and other requests on Twitter to retrieve information that would help the FBI investigate crimes and national-security threats,” Boasberg wrote in his Feb. 4 opinion. “The investigatory activities that gave rise to the documents were thus related to enforcing federal laws and maintaining national security, and there was a rational relationship between those investigations and the Bureau’s law-enforcement duties.” (Read more from “Trump’s DOJ Still Refusing To Disclose Gov’t Payments To Twitter During Peak Censorship” HERE)

Trump Says Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib Should Be Sent ‘Back from Where They Came’

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President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) should be sent “back from where they came” after their antics at the State of the Union on Tuesday.

Trump blasted both Omar and Tlaib in a fiery Truth Social post:

When you watch Low IQ Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib, as they screamed uncontrollably last night at the very elegant State of the Union, such an important and beautiful event, they had the bulging, bloodshot eyes of crazy people, LUNATICS, mentally deranged and sick who, frankly, look like they should be institutionalized. When people can behave like that, and knowing that they are Crooked and Corrupt Politicians, so bad for our Country, we should send them back from where they came — as fast as possible

Omar began screaming after Trump trapped Democrats by asking all those who agreed that the U.S. government’s job is to protect American citizens and not illegal aliens to stand. No Democrats stood as Republicans gave a lengthy clap.

“You should be ashamed of yourself, not standing up,” Trump told Democrats. At the same moment, Omar began screaming, “You have killed Americans.”

(Read more from “Trump Says Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib Should Be Sent ‘Back from Where They Came’” HERE)

Trump Plays Economic Cheerleader-in-Chief at State of the Union 2026 — Using Hockey Champs to Show USA ‘Winning’

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President Trump boasted he pulled off an economic “turnaround for the ages” in the longest State of the Union address in history — while using the US Olympics men’s hockey team as evidence that the country was “winning” like never before.

Trump played cheerleader-in-chief to a vast TV audience, describing the country as thriving while bringing stability to the world — and dusting off his signature campaign line about voters fearing the country would be “winning too much” on his watch.

The president took the opportunity to attack the Supreme Court for striking down his “reciprocal” tariffs — which he credited for bringing America’s economic “turnaround” — and blamed Democrats for having “caused” the affordability crisis.

Trump also touted new economic proposals to ban investors from scooping up homes, force drug companies to lower prices, require healthcare pricing transparency and restrict members of Congress from stock trading.

“Our country is winning again. In fact, we’re winning so much that we really don’t know what to do about it,” Trump told the joint session of Congress in his 1 hours and 48 minute address, praising the US men’s hockey team for having demonstrated this best by bringing home the gold. (Read more from “Trump Plays Economic Cheerleader-in-Chief at State of the Union 2026 — Using Hockey Champs to Show USA ‘Winning’” HERE)

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100-Year-Old Korean War Veteran Receives Medal of Honor During State of the Union 2026 Address

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President Trump awarded a Medal of Honor during Tuesday night’s State of the Union address to a 100-year-old Korean War veteran — who received a standing ovation that lasted for several minutes.

Trump bestowed veteran fighter pilot E. Royce Williams, a retired Navy captain who shot down four Soviet MiG-15 jets in a classified 1952 operation that remained hidden from the American public for decades, with the nation’s highest military decoration near the end of his speech to Congress.

“Royce was in the dogfight of a lifetime,” the president said of Williams’ heroics.

“His squadron was ambushed by seven Soviet fighter planes,” Trump continued. “It was his first aerial combat of the war, and despite being massively outnumbered and outgunned, Royce led the take down of four enemy jets and almost destroyed the others – vanquishing his adversaries while taking 263 bullets to his own plane and being seriously hurt.”

“His story was secret for over 50 years … but the legend grew and grew.” (Read more from “100-Year-Old Korean War Veteran Receives Medal of Honor During State of the Union 2026 Address” HERE)

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US Inches Toward War With Iran as Trump Says Tehran ‘Can’t Say the Sacred Phrase’

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The nation inched closer to war with Iran Tuesday as President Trump signaled Tehran isn’t playing ball with his demands to abandon all nuclear enrichment.

Trump claimed to network news anchors over lunch that Iran “desperately wants a deal” — but “can’t say” it despite the president’s massive naval firepower assembled offshore.

“Iran desperately wants a deal. But Iran just can’t say the sacred phrase ‘we won’t build nuclear weapons,’” Trump said at the traditional pre-State of the Union lunch, Fox News anchor Bret Baier reported.

Trump told media bigwigs, however, that there would be “important negotiations Thursday in Geneva.”

Secretary of State Marco Rubio and CIA Director John Ratcliffe, meanwhile, briefed eight senior members of Congress Tuesday afternoon on possible attacks. (Read more from “US Inches Toward War With Iran as Trump Says Tehran ‘Can’t Say the Sacred Phrase’” HERE)

Trump DOJ Email Calling Epstein’s Death ‘Murder’ Surfaces

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A Justice Department attorney appears to have called Jeffrey Epstein’s death a “murder” in a newly unsealed email from 2020.

The email, uncovered from the latest release of DOJ files on the convicted sex offender, shows an individual identifying themselves as an “AUSA in EDNY”—likely an assistant U.S. attorney in the Eastern District of New York—referring to a supposed “investigation into the murder of Jeffrey Epstein.”

Dated June 11, 2020, when President Donald Trump was in his first term, the email joins a string of revelations that appear to clash with the official ruling that Epstein’s death in a New York City jail cell in 2019 was a suicide.

“I’m an AUSA in EDNY and am working on an investigation into the death of an inmate at the Brooklyn MDC,” the email reads. The DOJ has redacted both the sender and the recipient.

“The OCME told me that it signed a confidentiality agreement in connection with the investigation into the murder of Jeffrey Epstein. We were hoping to extend a similar agreement and I wanted to see if you could share the agreement (or a boilerplate version of it).” (Read more from “Trump DOJ Email Calling Epstein’s Death ‘Murder’ Surfaces” HERE)

Massie Seeks to Undo Trump’s Cancer-Causing Pro-Glyphosate Executive Order

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At least one Republican lawmaker is formally pushing back on President Trump’s effort to boost a controversial herbicide, glyphosate, that’s reviled by supporters of the “Make America Healthy Again” (MAHA) movement.

Trump this week stoked MAHA fury by issuing an executive order that seeks to “ensure an adequate supply” of glyphosate as a national security issue and grant “immunity” to makers of the pesticide under the Defense Production Act.

In response, Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) drafted legislation to prevent the order’s implementation. Massie’s legislation also seeks to explicitly allow citizens to bring lawsuits related to exposure to glyphosate, the key ingredient in the frequently litigated Roundup weedkiller.

“This week I will introduce the ‘No Immunity for Glyphosate Act’ to undo the recent Executive Order which promotes glyphosate (Round-Up) and insulates manufacturers from liability,” Massie, who has broken with Trump on multiple issues, wrote on the social platform X.

Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) wrote on X that she was co-leading the effort.

(Read more from “Massie Seeks to Undo Trump’s Cancer-Causing Pro-Glyphosate Executive Order” HERE)

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