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The Wedding Singer: Marco Rubio Breaks the Internet Again With His Latest Gig
https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2026/05/04/rubios-wedding-perfo…mance-breaks-the-internet-because-of-course-it-does-n2201968
– the meme craze of the year: AI-generated images of Secretary of State Marco Rubio taking on various jobs ranging from Ayatollah of Iran … Here's Marco finding out he's got to run Venezuela, Iran, Canada, Minnesota, Hilton, and Greenland... What am I missing? … Here's Marco finding out he's got to run Venezuela, Iran, Canada, Minnesota, Hilton, and Greenland... What am I missing?…
Rage, Reborn: Legendary B-1B 'Apocalypse II' Gets Back Into Active Service
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/05/07/rage-reborn-legendary-b-1b-apocalypse-ii-now-back-in-active-service-n2202099
– considerable B-52 fleet to deliver tons of high explosives all at once, and the B-2 fleet for when stealth is in order, our experiences in Iran…
Kamala Now Begging for 2024 Election Autopsy Release, but We Already Know the Real Problem
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/05/07/kamala-now-begging…utopsy-release-but-we-already-know-the-real-problem-n2202110
– Onstage Review - From a Sleeping SaxophonistMight Wanna Sit This One Out: Kamala Tripped Up by Her Own Words After Hot Take on Trump's Iran…
Trump Drops a Cuba Bombshell — Joke or Warning Shot?
https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2026/05/01/trump-jokes-that-wel…aking-over-cuba-almost-immediately-or-was-it-a-joke-n2201923
– the way back from Iran, we'll have one of our big, maybe the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier. … the way back from Iran, we'll have one of our big, maybe the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier. … We'll finish one [the conflict in Iran] first. I like to finish the job."Cuba is next, Marco [Rubio] has been waiting!…
Iran Makes Another Offer - Trump Isn’t Impressed
https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2026/05/01/trump-gives-thumb…an-finally-seems-to-get-they-may-have-miscalculated-n2201903
– President Donald Trump weighed in on the situation with Iran and Operation Epic Fury on Friday. … @POTUS: "We just had a conversation with Iran. Let's see what happens, but I would say that I'm not happy... … Iran has been working to send some of its oil by rail to China and to import foodstuff by road from the Caucasus and Pakistan.…
CENTCOM Drops Details on Strait Push - and Obliterates Iran’s Fake Strike Claim
https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2026/05/04/centcom-weighs-in-on-action-in-strait-n2201969
– Then, that would mean Iran has broken the ceasefire. … Navy would be "in the vicinity" of the shipping lanes in case Iran attacked the tankers, while also providing the ships with information…
Pres. Trump Says War Powers Act Is Unconstitutional – and He Has No Intention of Following It
https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2026/05/01/trump-says-war-power…stitutional-and-he-has-no-intention-of-following-it-n2201921
– Friday is the supposed 60-day deadline for Trump to ask Congress to authorize continued military action in Iran, but he didn’t do so … MORE: Iran Makes Another Offer - Trump Isn’t ImpressedBig Mouth, Empty Hands: Iran Defies US While Choking on SanctionsHe said … "🚨 IT'S OFFICIAL: President Trump informs Congress he does NOT NEED any war authorization for Iran under the War Powers Act — which…
Trump Slaps New May Day Sanctions on Cuban Regime
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/05/01/trump-slaps-new-sa…tions-on-cuban-regime-for-repression-and-us-threats-n2201906
– Cuba's Commie ProblemCuba hasn't drawn the attention of the Trump administration that some other nations have, like Venezuela and Iran … Iran is taking a little longer, but that conflict is essentially over; Iran has nothing left to fight with. … A reborn Iran, with a new, genuinely elected government, the mullahs out of power, and the support for terrorist groups gone.…
Russia's Victory Day Parade: Now With Fewer Tanks and More Copium
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/05/03/russias-victory-day-parade-now-with-fewer-tanks-and-more-copium-n2201947
– To put it bluntly, militarily, Russia can no longer pass gas and chew gum at the same time.Read More: Putin’s Iran Play Raises … Stakes in Already-Tense RegionRussia Just Delivered a Big Message to Iran About What It Should Do in Response to the USSo, who will…
Wait, That's Not What the Media Has Been Telling Us — Majority of Americans Thinks We're Winning in Iran
https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2026/04/30/wait-thats-not-what…e-majority-of-americans-thinks-were-winning-in-iran-n2201848
– over to their site or picked up a newspaper to peruse their coverage, you’d see that almost every one of their stories about the Iran … Harris Poll suggests that a majority of American voters support President Donald Trump's handling of the escalating tensions with Iran … Nuclear stoppage.MORE IRAN: Iranian Leader Ghalibaf Tries a Desperate Bluster, Gets Decimated by BessentRubble and Ruin: Epic…
Nice Try: Iran’s $800M Oil Smuggling Scheme Using Fake Iraqi Tankers Falls Apart
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/04/30/windward-ai-uncove…new-800m-oil-smuggling-plot-with-fake-iraqi-tankers-n2201855
– Operation Economic Fury may have done more lasting damage to Iran than Operation Epic Fury. … Iran has come up with a new trick to sneak oil tankers past the U.S. … Iran, yes, will keep trying to sneak shipping past, but that's only going to get more difficult.…
Obama Rolls Out Cringeworthy New Message From His Ugly Library - With a Special Guest
https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2026/05/04/obamas-special-may-the-fourth-message-is-horribly-cringe-n2202000
– not a force for change; that's a force for failure, given the mess Obama left that we are still trying to clean up, such as with Iran…
Big Mouth, Empty Hands: Iran Defies US While Choking on Sanctions
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/04/30/big-mouth-empty-hands-iran-defies-us-while-choking-on-sanctions-n2201865
– Iran has a long history (since 1979, really) of having its mouth write checks its fourth point of contact can't cash. … On Thursday, this tendency of Iran was on display yet again, as a statement purporting to be from the new Supreme Leader, Ayatollah … On Thursday, the global benchmark for oil, Brent crude, traded as high as $126 a barrel.OK, Iran has no chokehold on the Strait of…
Rashida Tlaib's New Homeless Bill of Magical Thinking: Live Anywhere, Solve Nothing
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/05/04/rashida-tlaibs-new…ill-of-magical-thinking-live-anywhere-solve-nothing-n2201995
– Amid Questionable 'Reporting' on Operation Epic FuryNot a Joke: Squad Members, Dozens of Other Dems Refuse to Vote Aye on Basic Iran…
Morning Minute: The Dog Knew What Was Up
https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2026/05/01/morning-minute-n2201894
–  HotAir — No, Iran Is Not Winning, and Yes, There Is a StrategyTrump has the upper hand, not Iran. … Thinking that Iran can win this assumes that the US cannot survive a closure of the Strait of Hormuz as long as Iran can.…
How a Two-Cent Item Threatens U.S. National Security
https://redstate.com/redstate-guest-editorial/2026/05/05/how-a-two-cent-item-threatens-us-national-security-n2202004
– It’s not hard to imagine how issues caused by the Iran conflict and the Strait of Hormuz could pale in comparison to a similar disruption…
Iranian Leader Ghalibaf Tries a Desperate Bluster, Gets Decimated by Bessent
https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2026/04/29/ghalibaf-and-bessent-remarks-n2201840
–  The blockade is choking them out, and their economy is collapsing.Now, Iran is struggling to ship oil and other commodities … As recently as March, Iran exported 1.85 million barrels of crude oil a day, worth $191 million at international prices. … Brad Cooper, CENTCOM commander on the success of the U.S. blockade against Iran: pic.twitter.com/78OL04k5cZ— U.S.…
Hegseth to Congress: Fund the Fight Now, or Fold on Iran
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/04/29/hegseth-to-congress-fund-the-fight-now-or-fold-on-iran-n2201815
– The testimony centered on Operation Epic Fury, on denying Iran nuclear weapons, and on the progress of that conflict to date.In his … Iran cannot have a nuclear bomb. … President Trump, unlike other presidents, has had the courage to ensure Iran never gets a nuclear weapon, and he’s ironclad on that…
Rubble and Ruin: Epic Fury Now Pushing Iran Into Economic Free-Fall
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/04/29/rubble-and-ruin-epic-fury-now-pushing-iran-into-economic-free-fall-n2201823
– In the ongoing conflict with Iran, Operation Economic Fury may not be given as much coverage as the military side, Operation Epic Fury … Operation Economic Fury is producing results that may well be more impressive still, as we learn now just how bad things are getting in Iran … regime, and it can claim that resisting economic pressure is a question of national pride,” said Alex Vatanka, a senior fellow and Iran…
Trump Heralds More Good News With the UAE Pulling Out of OPEC
https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2026/04/29/trump-heralds-more-good-news-with-uae-pulling-out-of-opec-n2201834
– The United Arab Emirates (UAE) made a big move this week, and it went beyond the military action against Iran. … oil down, getting everything down,” Trump said, adding, “they’re having some problems in OPEC.”This is also another direct hit at Iran …  READ MORE: Trump Turns the Screws on Iran After Their Last OfferIranian President's Plaintive Plea to the People Shows What Deep…
Watch: 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit Commandeers Ship Trying to Slip Past US Blockade
https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2026/04/28/watch-31st-marine-ex…it-commandeers-ship-trying-to-slip-past-us-blockade-n2201791
– Marines from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit boarded M/V Blue Star III, a commercial ship suspected of attempting to transit to Iran … Marines from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit boarded M/V Blue Star III, a commercial ship suspected of attempting to transit to Iran … Prior to the U.S. blockade on Iran, 5 ships were moored or anchored in the Iranian port of Chah Bahar on an average day.…
THE ESSEX FILES: Stalled Iran Talks Drive Up Gas Prices, Underscoring Need for Energy Independence
https://redstate.com/brad-essex/2026/04/29/the-essex-filesst…as-prices-underscoring-need-for-energy-independence-n2201775
– The stalled talks between the United States and Iran over the fragile ceasefire have once again highlighted the high costs of instability … As negotiations drag on without resolution, with Iran conditioning any easing of its restrictions in the Strait of Hormuz on the lifting … Trump blockaded Iran, surged US exports to record levels, & now the cartel is breaking apart.…
'Rockets and Feathers': Why Gas Prices Stay High Even As Oil Falls
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/04/28/rockets-and-feathers-why-gas-prices-stay-high-even-as-oil-falls-n2201784
– supply trends threaten to push fuel costs higher.Oil futures have been volatile amid mixed signals on potential peace talks between Iran … traffic in the Strait of Hormuz returned to a standstill.Global energy prices have remained elevated since the start of the war with Iran … differences are as much due to local regulations and taxation as to any issues of global oil prices or supplies.Read More: Iran…
Iran Floats Hormuz Deal: Ease the Squeeze - but Stall the Nukes
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/04/27/strait-of-hormuz-s…ew-proposal-to-restart-shipping-delay-nuclear-talks-n2201733
– Iran has a new offer on the table to resolve the ongoing American naval blockade of Iranian ports in and around the Strait of Hormuz … The best way to understand Iran is you have a political class now. I think, look, people talk about moderates and hardliners. … They're all hardliners in Iran.…
Trump Turns the Screws on Iran After Their Last Offer
https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2026/04/28/trump-response-to-iran-offer-n2201786
– The level of sanctions on Iran are extraordinary, the pressure on Iran is extraordinary, and I think more can be brought to bear," … As we explained, when Iran has to pull in empty oil tankers to help cover their storage, you know they're getting desperate to avoid … Scrambles As Blockade Bites: Regime Resorts to Rusting Tankers to Stay AfloatAs Hot Air noted, "Analysts told the WSJ that Iran…
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