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Warren Buffett Says He’ll Donate $147 Billion to Leftist NGOs When He Dies.

Billionaire Warren Buffett has pledged to give away at least $147 billion to charities and NGOs following his death, tasking his children with spending the money. The 94-year-old Buffet has expressed concern about his children’s longevity, which prompted him to create a backup strategy in case they pass away before being able to give away the fortune. In a recent letter to investors, the 94-year-old stated that he has not yet named a successor in the event his children are unable to fulfill this role.

Buffett remarked candidly about the inevitability of aging, stating, “Father time always wins.” Since 2006, Buffett has been donating significant amounts annually to his children’s charities and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

The Gates Foundation has been revealed to have engaged in researching how to manipulate people into taking future COVID-19 vaccines, as well as funding a Clinton Health Access Initiative aimed at making developing countries reliant on Chinese-made medical products.

Warren Buffett has also shown an interest in population control, attending a 2009 meeting with billionaires Bill Gates, George Soros, Ted Turner, and others to discuss slowing the global population.

Buffett is also pro-abortion, and tax records released in 2016 revealed that he had donated millions to pro-abortion groups like Planned Parenthood, enough, by some estimates, to pay for the killing of 3.6 million unborn babies.

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Michigan Synagogue Attacker Was Lebanese, Reportedly Lost Family in Recent Israeli Airstrike.

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WHAT HAPPENED: The man who rammed his vehicle into the Temple Israel synagogue in West Bloomfield, Michigan, causing injuries and a fire, did so because he had lost several family members in a recent Israeli airstrike on Lebanon, his neighbors say.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Ayman Mohamad Ghazali, a 41-year-old naturalized U.S. citizen originally from Lebanon, was identified as the attacker.

📍WHEN & WHERE: The attack occurred at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield, Michigan, on Thursday, March 12, 2026.

💬KEY QUOTE: The FBI classified the incident as a “targeted act of violence against the Jewish community.”

🎯IMPACT: A security guard was injured after exchanging gunfire with and killing Ghazali. A fire partially burned the temple, but no children or staff from the early childhood center were harmed.

IN FULL

Ayman Mohamad Ghazali, a 41-year-old naturalized U.S. citizen originally from Lebanon, drove his vehicle into Temple Israel synagogue in West Bloomfield, Michigan, on Thursday in an apparent ramming attack. Neighbors of Ghazali alluded to a possible motivation for the attack, claiming he had lost several family members, including a niece and nephew, in a recent Israeli airstrike on Lebanon. The act of terrorism resulted in the death of Ghazali, injuries to a security guard, and a fire that partially burned the temple.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) Detroit field office, which is leading the investigation, is calling the attack a “targeted act of violence against the Jewish community.” However, the bureau has yet to issue any official confirmation of Ghazali’s motive.

Ghazali—a Lebanese national—entered the United States in May of 2010 on an IR1 (Immediate Relative) immigrant visa after filing fiancé petitions in 2009. The IR1 visa allows the foreign-born spouse of a U.S. citizen, married for at least 2 years, to obtain legal permanent residency upon entering the U.S. Notably, Ghazali applied for naturalization in 2015 and was granted citizenship in February 2016.

According to neighbors in the Dearborn Heights neighborhood where Ghazali lived, his brother, a niece, and a nephew were believed to have been killed during an Israeli airstrike. At least one neighbor indicated the deaths of Ghazali’s family members may have occurred just days prior to his ramming attack on the Temple Israel synagogue. Dearborn Heights Mayor Mo Baydoun has subsequently confirmed that Ghazali “lost several members of his own family, including his niece and nephew, in an Israeli attack on their home in Lebanon.”

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Congress Wants to Speak With Epstein Prison Guard Who Was Last to See Him Alive.

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WHAT HAPPENED: The House Oversight Committee is requesting to speak with one of the prison guards on duty at the Metropolitan Correctional Center, New York (MCC New York), on the night convicted pedophile and financier Jeffrey Epstein allegedly committed suicide.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-KY), former MCC New York prison guard Tova Noel, and deceased pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

📍WHEN & WHERE: The testimony request was made on Friday, March 13, 2026, with Noel slated to appear on March 26.

💬KEY QUOTE: “If he is dead, we’re going to cover it up and he’s going to have an alibi, my officers,” an inmate alleged guards said in a handwritten note.

🎯IMPACT: Noel was fired as a guard following Epstein’s death, with her superiors alleging she had falsified records to make it appear she had done her rounds in the prison unit that morning. The FBI revealed she had conducted several searches for Epstein’s name online from 5:42 to 5:52 AM, just before his death at around 6:30 AM.

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The House Oversight Committee is requesting to speak with one of the prison guards on duty at the Metropolitan Correctional Center, New York (MCC New York), on the night convicted pedophile and financier Jeffrey Epstein allegedly committed suicide. In a letter sent on Friday, March 13, Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-KY) formally instructed Tova Noel, a guard at MCC New York, that she is slated to appear before the Committee for a transcribed interview on March 26, 2026.

“Due to public reporting, documents released by the Department of Justice, and documents obtained by the Committee, the Committee believes you have information that will assist in its investigation,” Chairman Comer wrote. Already, the Oversight Committee has conducted extensive interviews with former Attorney General Bill Barr, former Labor Secretary Alex Acosta, Ghislaine Maxwell, Les Wexner, former President Bill Clinton, and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, as part of its broad inquiry into Epstein, his death, and ties to government officials and other public figures.

Noel was fired as a guard following Epstein’s death, with her superiors alleging she had falsified records to make it appear she had done her rounds in the prison unit that morning. Further, a handwritten note from an inmate at the MCC New York, and released as part of the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Epstein Files, claims that guards were overhead discussing Epstein’s death and how to cover it up. “If he is dead, we’re going to cover it up and he’s going to have an alibi, my officers,” the guards were allegedly overheard saying. The same note indicates another inmate accused “Miss Noel” of having killed Epstein.

Subsequently, the transcript of a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) interview with Noel revealed that she had conducted several searches for Epstein’s name on the internet from 5:42 to 5:52 AM on August 10, 2019. Epstein was found unresponsive in his cell at around 6:30 AM. Noel, in the same FBI interview, also acknowledged that she was the last person to see Epstein alive.

Meanwhile, late last month, Mark Epstein, the brother of Jeffrey Epstein, claimed that an upcoming report will definitively prove his brother’s 2019 death was not a suicide. “They are concluding, and doing the report that will come out shortly, which is being peer reviewed, for a number of reasons showing it couldn’t have been a suicide as they had claimed,” Mark Epstein said. He went on to assert that the forthcoming document would back his view that Jeffrey Epstein was murdered, stating, “It will conclusively show it was not a suicide… then who killed him and who had him killed.”

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Soros Funding Campaign for Slavery Reparations.

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WHAT HAPPENED: Funding from George Soros’s Open Society Foundations has been funneled into a campaign seeking slavery reparations from Britain.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: The Open Society Foundations (OSF), George Soros, Caribbean and African campaigners, the African Union, and the University of the West Indies.

📍WHEN & WHERE: Since 2014, with significant developments in 2023 and 2024, involving locations such as Barbados, Ghana, and New York.

💬KEY QUOTE: “Litigation is a powerful, but underutilised, tool in the African reparations movement.” – OSF-backed organizers

🎯IMPACT: The campaign aims to pressure the British government and other Western governments to pay out reparations to ethnic minorities and the Third World.

IN FULL

The Open Society Foundations (OSF), founded by George Soros and currently chaired by his son Alex Soros, has played a major role in lobbying efforts to extract slavery reparations from Britain. Drawing from its roughly $23 billion endowment, the organization has directed hundreds of thousands of dollars toward groups advocating for compensation.

The reparations push gained formal momentum in 2014 through the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), and broadened in 2023 to encompass African countries—despite the fact that many African rulers profited handsomely from the international slave trade, and continued to practice it at home until being forced to give it up by the West in general and Britain in particular.

OSF has helped facilitate collaboration between Caribbean and African advocates and officials, including by organizing a “study tour” in Barbados and by backing a significant summit in Ghana. That gathering contributed to a unified declaration committing to seek remedies for supposed historical injustices.

OSF’s support has included grants such as $350,000 to the University of the West Indies in 2023 to promote awareness of “reparatory justice” and foster stronger Caribbean-Africa ties, along with $300,000 to Ghana’s foreign ministry that same year. In addition, the foundation helped organize a 2024 summit in New York, where the leader of Barbados called for the Church of England to provide reparations for its role in slavery.

Bolstered by this backing, the African Union has advanced its own reparations initiative and is exploring legal avenues to apply pressure on Britain. The OSF-funded African Judges and Jurists Forum has focused on crafting legal arguments and cases to push the reparations agenda.

Notably, Britain abolished the slave trade in 1807 and slavery in general in 1833. It then spent decades at considerable cost attempting to stamp out the slave trade globally, with the West Africa Squadron of the Royal Navy intercepting around 1,600 slave ships and freeing around 150,000 slaves, losing up to 2,000 sailors in the process. The British also worked hard to stamp out slavery in African kingdoms such as Ashanti and Dahomey, as well as the Arabs’ slave trade in East Africa and the Barbary slave trade in North Africa, which targeted white Christians.

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Trump, Hegseth Say Iran’s New Supreme Leader is ‘Wounded and Disfigured.’

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WHAT HAPPENED: Senior U.S. government officials, including President Donald J. Trump and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, are indicating that the Islamic Republic of Iran’s new Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, has been seriously wounded and possibly disfigured.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Mojtaba Khamenei, Ali Khamenei, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), President Trump, and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth.

📍WHEN & WHERE: The assessments of Mojtaba Khamenei’s condition were made on Thursday, March 12, and Friday, March 13, 2026.

💬KEY QUOTE: “We know the new so-called not-so-Supreme Leader is wounded and likely disfigured.” — Sec. Hegseth

🎯IMPACT: Some in the intelligence community believe that a Thursday address issued by the new Supreme Leader was neither authored nor dictated by him, but rather composed by the remaining senior leaders in the regime’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).

IN FULL

Senior U.S. government officials, including President Donald J. Trump and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, are indicating that the Islamic Republic of Iran’s new Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, has been seriously wounded and possibly disfigured. Confirmed to have succeeded his father—former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, who was killed on the first day of joint U.S.-Israeli strikes against Iran on February 28—Mojtaba Khamenei has yet to appear publicly or through a pre-recorded broadcast. Even stranger, Mojtaba Khamenei’s first address as the new Supreme Leader on Thursday was issued as a written statement and read by broadcasters on state media.

“Iran’s leadership is in no better shape. Desperate and hiding, they have gone underground, cowering. That’s what rats do,” Secretary of War Pete Hegseth stated at the Pentagon press briefing on Friday, assessing that Iran’s political and military leadership continues to degrade. He noted, “We know the new so-called not-so-Supreme Leader is wounded and likely disfigured.”

“He put out a statement yesterday. A weak one, actually, but there was no voice. And there was no video. It was a written statement,” Hegseth continued, adding, “Iran has plenty of cameras and voice recorders. Why a written statement? I think you know why. He is scared. He is injured. He is on the run.”

The War Secretary’s revelation regarding Mojtaba Khamenei’s physical condition echoes similar assertions made by President Trump on Thursday. “I think he is damaged, but I think he’s probably alive in some form, you know,” Trump said, while reemphasizing that he does believe Khamenei—despite the lack of public evidence—is still alive.

Mojtaba Khamenei’s ascension as Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran comes despite having no prior government role nor significant position within the Twelver Islam religious sect. Notably, some in the intelligence community believe that the Thursday address issued by the new Supreme Leader was neither authored nor dictated by him, but rather composed by the remaining senior leaders in the regime’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).

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Charlie Kirk’s Alleged Assassin Is Back in Court, Demanding Judge Ban Media, Cameras from Trial.

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WHAT HAPPENED: Tyler Robinson, accused of assassinating Charlie Kirk, is appearing in court as the defense seeks to restrict public access to case details.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Tyler Robinson, Judge Tony Graf Jr., and the Utah County prosecutor’s office.

📍WHEN & WHERE: Today’s court appearance for Robinson concerns a motion affecting a separate court hearing scheduled for April 17, 2026.

💬KEY QUOTE: “Specifically, Mr. Robinson seeks to take evidence in a closed setting regarding the unfairly prejudicial and misleading media coverage and the improper statements of government officials in order to avoid republicizing the same.” — Defense filing

🎯IMPACT: The move is the latest delay tactic being used by Robinson’s attorneys after they dragged out a motion—and subsequent hearing—for weeks in a long-shot attempt to disqualify the entire Utah County prosecutor’s office from the case last month.

IN FULL

Tyler Robinson, charged in the assassination of Turning Point USA (TPUSA) founder Charlie Kirk, will appear in court today as his defense team seeks to limit public access to certain court filings, as well as restrict media coverage and exclude cameras from an upcoming April 17 hearing. The move is the latest delay tactic being used by Robinson’s attorneys after they dragged out a motion—and subsequent hearing—for weeks in a long-shot attempt to disqualify the entire Utah County prosecutor’s office from the case last month.

“Specifically, Mr. Robinson seeks to take evidence in a closed setting regarding the unfairly prejudicial and misleading media coverage and the improper statements of government officials in order to avoid republicizing the same,” the defense filing reads, continuing, “Mr. Robinson also asks this court to take evidence regarding the privacy violations detailed in the ‘motion to exclude cameras’ in a closed setting, to, again, avoid reiterating the violative material.”

The attorneys for the 22-year-old Robinson plan to present what they claim is evidence of “harmful and prejudicial media coverage” at the hearing in April. “While there is simply not enough time to present all of what is referenced in the ‘motion to exclude cameras,’ the compilation anticipated will highlight the most egregious and most concerning media coverage impacting Mr. Robinson’s case,” the filing states.

Courtroom cameras and media presence have been a constant point of contention for Robinson’s defense team. On several occasions, they have pushed Judge Tony Graf Jr. to either limit or ban the recording of proceedings. While Graf has been sensitive to the defense’s argument that showing Robinson’s handcuffs or leg shackles on camera would be prejudicial, he has otherwise been reluctant to limit the media’s presence.

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Four U.S. Crew Members Confirmed Dead in Iraq Plane Crash.

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WHAT HAPPENED: An American KC-135 refueling aircraft crashed in Iraq, resulting in the deaths of four crew members. Two remain missing. A second aircraft involved in the incident landed safely.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: U.S. military personnel aboard the aircraft, French soldiers at a nearby base, and Iranian drones targeting multiple sites in the region.

📍WHEN & WHERE: The crash occurred on Thursday in “friendly airspace” in Iraq, with related incidents reported near Erbil and other locations in the region.

🎯IMPACT: Rising tensions in the Middle East, with drone attacks targeting bases and international forces drawn deeper into regional conflicts.

IN FULL

A U.S. Air Force KC-135 refueling aircraft crashed in western Iraq, resulting in the deaths of four crew members. Two more are missing. U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) announced on Friday that “four of the six crew members on board the aircraft have been confirmed deceased.” The identities of the deceased are being withheld until next-of-kin notifications are complete.

The incident occurred in what CENTCOM called “friendly airspace” and involved a second KC-135 aircraft, which landed safely, though reports indicate it sustained tail damage. The crash is under investigation, with officials stating it was not caused by hostile or friendly fire.

In a separate incident, a drone attack struck a joint French-Kurdish Peshmerga base in the Erbil area of northern Iraq, igniting a significant fire. The assault injured six French soldiers and killed one. French President Emmanuel Macron confirmed the fatality, complaining, “The French soldiers there have no connection to war or conflict. They are simply military advisers legally present in Iraq.” The attack was carried out using two drones against the shared facility.

The region has seen further drone attacks targeting British and U.S. positions, with Iranian-origin drones noted as a key danger. In Erbil, British forces intercepted some incoming drones. British Defence Secretary John Healey alleged the “hidden hand” of Russian President Vladimir Putin may have been involved in the attack.

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Thune Will Let Dems Kill Trump-Backed SAVE America Act Next Week.

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WHAT HAPPENED: Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) announced plans to bring the SAVE America Act, a voter ID bill, to the Senate floor next week, despite knowing that it will be killed without a talking filibuster.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: John Thune, President Donald J. Trump, Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT), Representative Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL), and other Republican leaders.

📍WHEN & WHERE: March 12, 2026, in Washington D.C., with a Senate vote set for next week.

💬KEY QUOTE: “I can’t guarantee an outcome on this legislation, but I can guarantee that we are going to put Democrats on the record.” – John Thune

🎯IMPACT: With Thune unwilling to scrap the filibuster or attempt to pass the bill using a talking filibuster, it is extremely unlikely to pass.

IN FULL

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) announced on Thursday that the SAVE America (SAVE) Act, a voter ID bill backed by President Donald J. Trump, will be brought to the Senate floor next week. The legislation requires proof of citizenship to register to vote and photo ID to cast a ballot.

While Thune claims he supports the legislation, which Trump and the MAGA movement strongly support, he has rejected calls to change the Senate filibuster rule to ensure its passage, citing potential unintended consequences, and is unwilling to attempt to pass it using a talking filibuster, meaning it is almost guaranteed to fail. Speaking from the Senate floor, Thune stated, “I can’t guarantee an outcome on this legislation, but I can guarantee that we are going to put Democrats on the record.”

The House advanced the SAVE America Act last month on a mostly party-line vote, with Representative Henry Cuellar (D-TX) being the sole Democrat to support it. Democrats and voting rights activists argue the bill could disenfranchise millions, while Republicans point to polling that shows voter ID measures and barring noncitizens from voting are overwhelmingly popular among the public, including Democrat voters.

Senator Mike Lee (R-UT), who introduced the bill, and other proponents have pushed for a return to a “standing filibuster” to allow for its passage with a simple majority. Meanwhile, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) has suggested attaching the legislation to a must-pass bill, such as the reauthorization of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA).

President Trump has pushed election reforms hard ahead of the 2026 midterms, calling for voter ID requirements and threatening to veto other bills until the SAVE America Act is passed. “It must be done immediately. It supersedes everything else. MUST GO TO THE FRONT OF THE LINE,” Trump declared in a Truth Social post on Sunday.

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Trump Can Restart Deportations to Third Countries — For Now.

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WHAT HAPPENED: A federal appeals court allowed the Trump administration to continue deporting migrants to third countries while a legal challenge to the policy proceeds.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: The United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, President Donald J. Trump’s administration, and migrants challenging the policy.

📍WHEN & WHERE: The order was issued this week by the First Circuit Court of Appeals, impacting deportation practices across the U.S.

💬KEY QUOTE: “If these activist judges had their way, aliens who are so uniquely barbaric that their own countries won’t take them back, including convicted murderers, child rapists and drug traffickers, would walk free on American streets.” – Tricia McLaughlin, former Department of Homeland Security official

🎯IMPACT: The Trump administration will be able to restart deportations of migrants who cannot be sent directly to their homelands to third countries, while appeals against the policy continue.

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A federal appeals court has allowed the Trump administration to recommence deporting illegal immigrants to third countries while legal challenges to the policy continue. On March 11, the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit issued an administrative stay pausing a lower court ruling that had blocked the removals. The stay prevents the district court’s order from taking effect while the appellate court considers whether the injunction should remain in place during the appeal.

The three-judge panel, two appointed by former President Joe Biden and one by former President George W. Bush, said that “after careful review,” a temporary pause of the district court’s ruling was warranted. A fuller decision on whether the block should remain in place during the appeal is expected soon. The move represents a legal win for the Trump administration as it seeks to expand third-country deportations of migrants who cannot be returned to their countries of origin directly.

The case began after several migrants sued the federal government, arguing that deportations to third countries without additional procedural protections violate federal law. In February, U.S. District Court Judge Brian Murphy ruled against the policy, saying it lacked sufficient safeguards and violated basic due process standards.

Trump officials have argued the measure is necessary when migrants cannot be repatriated because their home countries refuse to accept them. In such cases, deportation to a third country allows authorities to remove individuals who would otherwise remain in the United States.

“If these activist judges had their way, aliens who are so uniquely barbaric that their own countries won’t take them back, including convicted murderers, child rapists, and drug traffickers, would walk free on American streets,” former Department of Homeland Security (DHS) official Tricia McLaughlin said last year.

The case is part of a broader wave of immigration-related litigation involving the administration’s deportation policies. In recent months, the administration has repeatedly asked the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene after lower courts blocked enforcement actions.

Other disputes include legal challenges over ending Temporary Protected Status protections affecting roughly 350,000 Venezuelans, as well as lawsuits surrounding deportations carried out under the Alien Enemies Act.

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Drone Attacks Injure U.S. Troops on British-American Base.

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WHAT HAPPENED: Iranian drones struck a base housing British and American troops in Erbil, Iraq.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: American and British troops, Iranian forces, and British Defence Secretary John Healey, who alleged potential Russian involvement.

📍WHEN & WHERE: The attack occurred overnight at a base in Erbil, Iraq, amidst ongoing U.S.-Israeli operations against Iran.

💬KEY QUOTE: “No British casualties” were reported, but the U.S. sustained “some” injuries, according to British Lieutenant General Nick Perry.

🎯IMPACT: Oil prices have surged back above $100 a barrel as Iranian attacks on energy infrastructure and ships across the Middle East have intensified.

IN FULL

An overnight Iranian drone strike targeted a military base in Erbil, Iraq, used by American and British forces. British special forces intercepted two of the incoming drones, but several others penetrated the base’s defenses and detonated inside the facility.

British Lieutenant General Nick Perry confirmed there were “no British casualties,” while U.S. troops suffered “some” injuries described as “nothing too serious.” The attack follows warnings from British Defence Secretary John Healey that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “hidden hands” could be guiding Iran’s strategy and tactics in the region.

The Erbil strike comes as Iran expands attacks across the Middle East. Explosive-laden Iranian boats reportedly struck two fuel tankers in Iraqi waters, killing one crew member and setting both vessels on fire. Other reported strikes have targeted energy infrastructure and shipping routes across the Gulf, including facilities in Bahrain, Oman, and Saudi Arabia, raising concerns about the security of global oil supplies.

Iranian officials have openly said they intend to disrupt global markets. “Get ready for oil to be $200 a barrel,” warned a spokesman for Iran’s military command, addressing the United States. Oil prices have already surged back above $100 per barrel amid fears of continued attacks on energy infrastructure and shipping. The International Energy Agency (IEA) has recommended releasing 400 million barrels from global strategic reserves in an effort to stabilize markets.

The broader conflict involving Iran, Israel, and the United States continues to intensify. The Pentagon has confirmed roughly 140 U.S. military casualties since the war began. Despite ongoing strikes on Iranian military assets and leadership targets, U.S. intelligence assessments reportedly indicate that Iran’s ruling regime is not currently in danger of collapsing.

Meanwhile, the humanitarian toll is mounting. In Lebanon, nearly one million people have been displaced as Israeli strikes hit Hezbollah positions and surrounding areas, raising fears of another migrant crisis. Hezbollah has responded with rockets and drones launched toward Israel in coordination with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).

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Top Cornyn Staffer Egged on Destructive Ad Boycott of MAGA Media.

A senior staff member of Senator John Cornyn’s campaign for re-election in Texas demanded that conservative news outlets such as Breitbart News and InfoWars were “defrocked” from the conservative movement, The National Pulse can exclusively reveal.

Matt Mackowiak, who serves as the Cornyn campaign’s communications director, wrote on Twitter (now X): “It’s time to defrock Breitbart from the conservative movement. Treat them like Infowars. Pressure their advertisers. Ignore them.”

At the time Mackowiak threw his lot in with the far-left, an advertiser boycott was being mounted against Breitbart News by the Sleeping Giants group, founded by Nandini Jammi and Matt Rivitz.

Within a few months, by February 2017, a whopping 820 companies had joined the boycott campaign and stopped advertising on Breitbart News. By May 2017, this number stretched into the thousands.

The incident wasn’t Mackowiak’s only ding against conservative media. The long-time Trump-hater and George Floyd-fan said in 2018 that “Promoting anything on Breitbart is one example [for ending a relationship]

He declared in 2019, three years after Trump’s victory: “I hate Breitbart.”

Mackowiak said in March 2020: “I haven’t taken Breitbart serious in ten years.”

He called the website “beneath contempt.”

And he even took aim at the site’s political editor, Matt Boyle, a long-time ally of President Trump and the MAGA movement.

“Matt Boyle is a total disgrace and if Breitbart News has a shred of dignity and ethics it will fire him immediately,” Mackowiak demanded.

Boyle was not fired, neither immediately, nor since.

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