Trump Shares AI-Generated ‘Strike on Kharg’ Image as U.S. Pressure on Iran Intensifies
President Donald Trump escalated his public warnings to Iran on Sunday by sharing an artificial intelligence-generated image labeled “Strike on Kharg,” drawing attention to an island that has emerged as a possible strategic target amid attacks on oil shipping near the Strait of Hormuz.
Trump has previously emphasized that he generally does not disclose prospective U.S. military operations before they occur.
He has, however, repeatedly used the possibility of attacks on Iranian targets as leverage while seeking an end to the conflict.
The president departed from his usual reluctance to preview military action when he published the “Strike on Kharg” image on Truth Social.
Kharg Island is considered a significant component of Iran’s oil-export infrastructure and a strategically important asset near the Strait of Hormuz.
The island has been discussed as a potential target in an operation intended to weaken Iran’s control over regional oil shipments and help reopen shipping routes that have come under Iranian attack.
Trump’s Kharg Island post was followed by several additional images depicting potential strikes against Iranian coastal and island military positions, oil tankers and nuclear facilities….
California Democrat Doctor Sued for Turning Patient Records into Campaign Weapons
Patients walk into an urgent care clinic trusting their doctor with the most private details of their lives. They do not sign up to become free advertising targets for a political campaign.
Yet that is exactly what former patient Sean Rose says happened when Dr. Sonia Devgan-Kacker, owner of Westlake Village Urgent Care, allegedly mined her patient database to blast out campaign texts during her failed run for Congress.
According to a lawsuit filed by Rose and reported exclusively by the New York Post, the Democrat physician running in California’s 26th District used medical records to send political propaganda in May 2026.
The texts arrived on patients’ phones as “paid” ads featuring her photo, credentials, a campaign link, and a reminder to vote on June 2. Tucked in the middle was a bland note that the clinic would stay open during the campaign.
The phone number on the ad belonged to the campaign, not the clinic. Rose, who had been a patient years earlier when he lived in the district, smelled a rat.
When he emailed the clinic to ask how they got his number, the response was blunt.
“It appears that you were a patient at this urgent care a few years ago, which is how we have your phone number. The text message was sent to all previous patients.”
Later that same day the clinic tried to walk it back, claiming the messages were just “geographically targeted” community outreach. Rose is not buying it. He had moved to the 29th District.
Public voter rolls would have shown that. Patient records would not.
California’s Confidentiality of Medical Records Act is not a suggestion. It bars health care providers from disclosing patient information without authorization.
Rose is seeking statutory and punitive damages in a class-action suit that could open the door for every other patient who received the same text.
Devgan-Kacker filed to run in January after longtime Democrat Rep. Julia Brownley announced her retirement.
On her campaign site she cast herself as the outsider: “I’m not a career politician—I solve problems for a living. And I’m running to bring practical leadership, accountability, and real-world experience to Congress.”…
New Jersey’s Noncitizen Voting ‘Glitch’ Exposes Massive Election Integrity Crisis
Ablue state has been caught asleep at the switch of protecting voting integrity, but don’t count on it to fix things any time soon.
In case you missed it, New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill—a Democrat—admitted Tuesday that 6,600 noncitizens had been improperly registered to vote in her state since 2023.
Of those, at least 400 voted in state elections.
It should be noted that 6,600 people being illegally registered to vote is no small deal. Several assembly races in the state were decided by much smaller margins.
Sherrill blamed a “software error” in her state’s Motor Vehicle Commission computer system that somehow registered noncitizens to vote while giving them a state ID.
The company that handles the software said that the fault isn’t its and that the voter registration process is entirely handled by the state.
Whoever is at fault here, the buck ultimately stops, or at least it should stop, with New Jersey’s elected officials.
And that’s where we get to the bigger part of this story.
For years we’ve been told that noncitizen voting in American elections never, ever happens. It’s nothing but a conspiracy.
Now that New Jersey got ahead of a Justice Department probe and fessed up to the fact that thousands of noncitizens were registered to vote and at least hundreds voted in previous elections, the media has switched to “Republicans pounce, no fair” mode.
Yes, lots of seizing and pouncing and seizing some more.
The worst part of this story is not the illegal voting, it’s that it boosts Republican arguments about election integrity. You know the drill, no surprises there.
Democrats and the media have a strong, vested interest in dismissing stories about noncitizens voting.
And let’s be honest, they aren’t too far away from going to the predictable endpoint of this debate by saying, “OK, so noncitizens are voting, but that’s a good thing!”…
Trial Begins for Massachusetts Mother Accused Of Killing Three Children
Opening statements are set to begin on Monday in the trial of Lindsay Clancy, a Massachusetts mother charged with the deaths of her three young children in January 2023.
According to the report, Clancy has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity, with her defence arguing that she was suffering from postpartum psychosis at the time of the killings.
The report said prosecutors allege Clancy used exercise resistance bands to fatally strangle her children—Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and seven-month-old Callan—at the family’s home in Duxbury.
Her husband, Patrick Clancy, discovered the children after returning home and immediately contacted emergency services.
(Clancy’s legal team contends that a combination of severe postpartum mental illness and an inadequately managed course of prescription medications left her incapable of understanding the nature of her actions.)
The trial is expected to feature testimony from psychiatric experts called by both the prosecution and the defence.
According to the report, the trial is expected to last six to eight weeks.
If the jury finds Clancy not criminally responsible because of mental illness, the court would determine whether she should be committed to a state psychiatric hospital rather than sentenced to prison.
Second Shooting Incident This Year Near U.S. Consulate Under Investigation
Toronto police are investigating reports of gunfire near the U.S. Consulate after evidence of a firearm discharge was discovered outside the building early on Monday morning.
According to the report, officers responded to the area around Armoury Street and University Avenue at about 4:45 a.m., where a white sedan was seen leaving the scene shortly after the incident.
The incident marks the second shooting linked to the U.S. Consulate this year. In March, multiple shots were fired at the building in what the Royal Canadian Mounted Police classified as a national security incident.
Two suspects were later arrested and charged in connection with that case.
According to the report, investigators are urging anyone with information or dashcam footage from the area to contact Toronto police or Crime Stoppers as they work to determine the motive behind the latest shooting.
US Business Investment Rises As AI Spending Drives Capital Goods Orders
U.S. core capital goods orders increased 0.9 percent last month, reflecting continued strength in business investment as companies expand spending on artificial intelligence and technology infrastructure.
According to the report, the gain followed an upwardly revised 1.9 percent increase in May, highlighting sustained demand for business equipment.
The report said investment in AI-related technologies continued to drive growth, with orders for computers and electronic products rising 3.1 percent and electrical equipment increasing 0.9 percent.
(Shipments of core capital goods, a key indicator of business investment, climbed 1.9 percent, marking their strongest increase in four-and-a-half years and contributing to a 0.3 percent rise in overall durable goods orders.)
While machinery orders edged down 0.1 percent and demand for motor vehicles declined 0.6 percent, economists said robust corporate capital expenditure continues to support economic activity.
According to the report, businesses remain confident about future investment despite geopolitical tensions in the Middle East and higher energy prices.
Fiscal incentives introduced last year are also continuing to encourage capital investment, reinforcing expectations that business spending will remain a key driver of U.S. economic growth.
The Communist Tyrant Who Starved His People | 60 Minutes Australia
For almost a quarter of a century, ruthless Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu and his wife Elena lived in absurd luxury across 21 palaces while their own citizens starved and suffered in extreme poverty.
In this 1990 investigation, 60 Minutes uncovers the staggering criminal extravagance of the communist tyrant known as the Devil, featuring bizarre private home movies and a tour of his massive, unfinished “House of the People”.
What Trump JUST EXPOSED Changes Everything!!
Netanyahu heads to US amid Iran tensions; Trump urges KSA to join Abraham Accords TV7 Israel 27 July
1) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu travels to Washington for a meeting with President Donald Trump amid heightened tensions with the Islamic Republic of Iran.
2) President Trump asserts that any nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia is contingent upon Riyadh joining the Abraham Accords.
3) the IDF steps-up counter-terror measures throughout Judea and Samaria, following a deadly weekend.
Germany’s FDP Party Leader Kubicki Warns After Berlin Pride Attack: ‘Islamism Is the Enemy’
Germany was the target of another Islamic terrorist attack on Saturday after a man drove a van into a crowd of pedestrians at a Pride Parade in Berlin, killing one and leaving 29 injured — some in critical condition.
Hours later, German authorities identified the alleged suspect as 21 year-old Abdul Ballut, who was shot and killed during a SWAT team operation on Sunday.
According to the Berlin Public Prosecutor’s Office, Abdul made several attempts to join ISIS while overseas, including in Lebanon, where he was sentenced for three months on “inciting religious and sectarian conflicts” charges. Abdul, whose family is from Lebanon, returned to Germany and remained in juvenile detention for nearly two years before being released in May to undergo “de-radicalization counseling.”
Kubicki, who condemned the German government’s failure to address the issue of Islamic terrorism in his county, wrote an opinion piece published by Euronews on Sunday night emphatically denouncing Islamism as the “biggest threat to a liberal, open society,” and argued for further action to confront what he described as “the enemy” and its growing issue in Germany.
The FDP chairman and former Vice President of the German Bundestag parliament expressed to be deeply affected by the attack and lamented the continued erosion of freedom in his country — not just for the LGBTQ+ group targeted by Saturday’s car attack, but for other groups such as the Jewish community, who have become increasingly targeted in violent attacks as well as those who now second-guess engaging with traditional Christmas markets, another growing target of Islamic terror plots.…
Trump Calls on Thune to Keep Senate in Session and Terminate Filibuster
Trump took to Truth Social in the morning to pressure Thune to keep senators working in Washington until the SAVE America Act, which takes a number of steps to secure federal elections, is passed.
“John Thune should not allow the United States Senate to ‘leave town’ until it passes The Save America Act or, far better still, TERMINATES THE FILIBUSTER, where Republicans can then quickly pass everything they ever dreamed of, including a full and deep throated SAVE AMERICA ACT, the Budget, and the ever looming Debt Ceiling disaster, 1929!” Trump wrote.
Because 60 votes are required for passing the SAVE America Act — which would require proof of citizenship when registering to vote, voter ID, and end universal mail-in ballots with a few exceptions — Republicans would need to end the filibuster to advance it with a simple majority.
Trump stressed that if and when Democrats return to power, they will immediately nuke the filibuster.
“The Dumocrats will do it on day one, and can’t believe how lucky they got with this Senate leadership. Remember, stupidity always brings LOSING & DEATH!” Trump added.
The president’s message to Thune comes as the August recess is less than two weeks away and follows his calls since Fall 2025 for the termination of the filibuster.
On Thursday, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt notably said the president’s patience with Thune is running out…..
July 19, 2026 – Cover Story: Cold Case
Iran Claims It Controls Strait of Hormuz, Has No Interest in Negotiations with ‘Mafia’ U.S.
“Mediators may convey messages from the American side to us regarding current developments in the region. But at present, we are not engaged in any negotiations with the United States,” Baghaei said at a press briefing.
“Claims that Iran has requested negotiations are fabrications that the other side circulates from time to time,” he insisted.
Baghaei said the United States is not involved in talks between Iran and Oman for managing traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, which “remains closed” until Tehran decides otherwise.
“These talks have no connection with the United States. They are a bilateral matter between Iran and Oman, and they are continuing,” he said.
Baghaei said talks with Oman are focused on “common principles and operational mechanisms” for reopening the Strait of Hormuz under their mutual control, and that “technical and political consultations between the two sides were continuing.”
For the past several months, Iran has been floating the idea of partnering with Oman to extract ransoms, disguised as “fees” for nebulous services, from international shipping through the strait.
In June, the foreign ministries of both nations issued a joint statement announcing the formation of a “Strait of Hormuz Committee” that would determine “future management of shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, the associated services to be provided, and the fees for the services, all in accordance with international standards.”
Oman has, however, annoyed the Iranians by allowing ships to pass through its territorial waters, hugging the Omani coast under the protection of U.S. forces instead of remaining on Iran’s side of the strait, as demanded by Iran’s terrorist Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
The IRGC has launched several missile and drone attacks against ships in Omani waters to shut down that alternate route through the strait…..
6 Years Later, Fauci’s Diary Confirms The Federalist Was Right About Everything
More than six years after the corporate media’s Covid panic, it’s clear that The Federalist was right about pretty much everything, especially the fact that Dr. Anthony Fauci was corrupt and egotistical from day one.
The former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director’s diary entries, which Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., released ahead of the career bureaucrat’s expected testimony to Congress, only confirmed what many of us already knew — Fauci was more concerned with his TV time and the propaganda press’ fawning over him than saving lives.
“It is not hyperbole to say that today I am the most famous and talked about person in the country and one of the most recognizable persons in the world,” Fauci wrote in March 2020, shortly after sharing that day’s Covid death toll — 9,800.
One entry exposed in the diary document dump shows Fauci feeding his own pride by taking credit for convincing New York and California officials to close schools and shutter restaurants and bars. Two years later, Fauci publicly claimed during a media appearance that “I didn’t recommend locking anything down.”
Fauci also brags in multiple entries about forming “friendships” with known propagandists such as CNN’s Jake Tapper and using his proximity to the press to feed them his preferred questions.
Fauci’s diary entries might have caught some off guard, but not The Federalist.
For the last six years, we, alongside a handful of others, have meticulously documented how Fauci’s rampant self-obsession cost Americans’ livelihoods….
If You Thought Anthony Fauci Was An Egomaniac, Wait Until You Read His Covid Diary
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., released a trove of Anthony Fauci’s diary entries Saturday, the latest in a series of document dumps further exposing the corruption of many of the scientists and government officials behind the tyrannical response to Covid.
Among other revelations, Fauci’s entries from December 2019 to December 2022 reveal a man fixated on legacy media appearances, the perks of fame, and the growing Fauci “cult” even as the pandemic escalated.
The size of Fauci’s ego is no surprise to anyone who lived through Covid with his eyes open. He was notorious for doing home interviews with a portrait of himself in the background.
He once claimed, “Attacks on me quite frankly are attacks on science.” Here, for good measure, is a Washington Post story with Fauci doing commentary on portraits of himself.
But his diary entries provide new insight into just how inflated Fauci’s self-importance became over the course of the pandemic.
The entries are crammed with records of his appearances on corporate media broadcasts and clippings of news stories about, well, himself.
“PRESS” is a near daily occurrence, followed by shows that featured the government’s highest-paid official. Though not always related to Fauci’s own media appearances, “CNN” appears 275 times in the diary. “CBS” and “NBC” show up more than 100 times each.
Becoming a go-to pundit for legacy media was clearly important to Fauci, as was getting to rub shoulders with well-known media personalities who increasingly fawned over him. On Feb. 27, 2020, Fauci wrote that it “turned into an amazing day.
Chris Cuomo calls me up and says that he wants me on his show …” Two months later, Fauci discussed the lockdowns with Cuomo and wrote that “Chris is being wonderful about saying that the press should not use Fauci as a foil against the POTUS. We need Fauci and we are putting him in a terrible position by pitting him against the POTUS.” A few days later he noted that he was “becoming friends” with both Chris Cuomo and then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo. On March 11, Fauci described watching a media segment where the “CNN commentators,” including Chris Cuomo and Anderson Cooper, “all discussed me as the adult in the room and the person wew [sic] should all trust.”
On April 14 Fauci had a phone call with Jake Tapper, who “wanted to make sure the interview did not cause me any problems.” In May, Fauci described Tapper and Cuomo as coming to his “defense on their shows.” On July 1 Fauci wrote, “Had dinner over Jake Tapper and Jen Tapper’s home in DC. Terrific couple. Friendship building.”
Later that month, Fauci recorded that Jake Tapper “woke me up” after he had gone to bed to express frustration at Donald Trump criticism of Tapper. Fauci had dinner with the Tappers again on Oct. 20, 2020.
Somali Man Who Filmed Shiloh Hendrix Had Rape Charges Dropped ‘In Interest Of Justice’
Sharmake Beyle Omar, the Somali man behind the viral video that sent Shiloh Hendrix to court, had charges of raping a 16-year-old girl dismissed by the Olmsted County District Court — the same district court that just ruled against Hendrix.
District court judge Christa Daily ordered Hendrix to pay a fine and place her on strict probation, despite letting off convicted sex offenders with no jail time.
In 2022, Omar was charged with “3rd-degree criminal sexual conduct–penetration of person under 18 years old,” “use of coercion,” and “5th-degree criminal sexual conduct–nonconsensual penetration,” alongside Mohamed Hussein Omer.
The two men were scheduled to stand trial when the allegations against them were mysteriously dropped by the Olmstead County Attorney’s Office in March 2025, almost one month before Omar filmed the TikTok video of Hendrix that garnered 15 million views.
The state’s dismissal of complaint cited the reason for dropping the charges as being “in the interest of justice.”
Omar and Omer were positively identified in a photo line-up by a teenage girl who reported to the Rochester Police Department that she was sexually assaulted by them “over a period of multiple days.”
According to the statement of probable cause from the Rochester Police Department, the 16-year-old victim ran away from her foster-care home in Farmington, MN on Jan. 19, 2022.
That night she met Omer at a gas station who offered her a place to stay.
Once she arrived at his trailer home, the teenager told RPD investigators that both Omer and Omar raped and sexually assaulted her, including forced oral sexual intercourse without her consent, and took her shoes so she couldn’t run away.
On Jan. 20, 2022, the juvenile escaped from the residence in a pair of oversized rain boots and ran to a gas station where she called a man who was a previous foster care parent to come pick her up.
The man reported the assaults to the Rochester Police Department shortly after finding out about them from the juvenile and taking her to the Children’s Minnesota Hospital in Minneapolis for a sexual assault examination.
She was found to have sustained dehydration, sleep deprivation, lack of food, foot pain, and sexual trauma…..
Paris attack: man shouts ‘Allah’ after stabbing 3 women
Paris, France: French Police arrested a man after he attacked 3 women. Witnesses say the man shouted ‘it was Allah who commanded me.’
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