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Trump's Second Term

Garrison said:
Who could have foreseen that a country that's been threatened with exactly this sort of attack for years would have taken measures to do something about it. And now with Trump turning on anyone who suggests the raid wasn't the greatest military success in history no one will dare suggest carrying out another wave of attacks.
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A few days before the US attack, I did some research on youtube about how bunker busters work. And I stumbled across this video.
It is two years old. And it seems like Iran had UHPC Ultra-High Performance Concrete for years. And then there is even Functionally Graded Cementitious Composite FGCC, which is even better.

 
The alarming rise of US officers hiding behind masks: ‘A police state’

The Guardian said:
Across the country, armed federal immigration officers have increasingly hidden their identities while carrying out immigration raids, arresting protesters and roughing up prominent Democratic critics.

It’s a trend that has sparked alarm among civil rights and law enforcement experts alike.
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"It is absolutely shocking and frightening to see masked agents, who are also poorly identified in the way they are dressed, using force in public without clearly identifying themselves. Our country is known for having democratic control over law enforcement. When it’s hard to tell who a masked individual is working for, it’s hard to accept that that is a legitimate use of authority. It’s particularly important for officers to identify themselves when they are making arrests. It’s important for the person being arrested, and for community members who might be watching, that they understand this is a law enforcement activity."
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www.theguardian.com

The alarming rise of US officers hiding behind masks: ‘A police state’

Mike German, an ex-FBI agent, said immigration agents hiding their identities ‘highlights the illegitimacy of actions’
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Planned presentation to U.S. vaccine advisory panel cited a study that doesn't exist

CBC said:
Scientist listed as study's co-author says 'it's not making reference to a study I published or carried out'
A review on the use of the preservative thimerosal in vaccines slated to be presented on Thursday to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's outside vaccine committee cites a study that does not exist, according to the scientist listed as the study's author.

The report, titled "Thimerosal as a Vaccine Preservative" published on the CDC website Tuesday, is to be presented by Lyn Redwood, a former leader of the anti-vaccine group Children's Health Defense.
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It makes reference to a study called "Low-level neonatal thimerosal exposure: Long-term consequences in the brain," published in the journal Neurotoxicology in 2008, and co-authored by University of California, Davis professor emeritus Robert Berman.

But according to Berman, "it's not making reference to a study I published or carried out."
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Full story at the CBC
 
Trump administration can resume deporting migrants to 3rd countries, U.S. Supreme Court rules

CBC said:
Justice Sonia Sotomayor calls decision a 'gross abuse' of court's discretion in dissenting opinion

The U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way on Monday for President Donald Trump's administration to resume deporting migrants to countries other than their own without offering them a chance to show harms they could face, handing him another victory in his aggressive pursuit of mass deportations.

The justices lifted a judicial order that required the government to give migrants slated to be deported to so-called third countries a "meaningful opportunity" to tell officials they are at risk of torture at their new destination while a legal challenge plays out. Boston-based U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy had issued the order on April 18.

Monday's Supreme Court' decision was unsigned and came with no reasoning, as is common when the high court decides emergency requests.
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Full story at the CBC
 
As of the close of the day on June 25, my positive/negative score on the Trump administration stands at -854.

25 June 2025
-1: Trump calls CNN, MSNBC, and the New York Times “scum.” [323]
-1: Trump belatedly realizes ending wars isn’t easy [324]
-1: Trump posts another rant about the mainstream media’s reluctance to say Iran no longer has nuclear capability [325]
-1: Headline: The alarming rise of US officers hiding behind masks: ‘A police state’ (The Guardian)
-1: Headline: Planned presentation to U.S. vaccine advisory panel cited a study that doesn’t exist (CBC)
-1: Headline: Trump administration can resume deporting migrants to 3rd countries, U.S. Supreme Court rules (CBC)

References

323. Trump: “[Iran’s capability to produce nuclear weapons is] gone for years ... CNN is scum. MSDNC is scum. The New York Times is scum. They’re bad people. They’re sick. And what they’ve done is they’ve tried to make this unbelievable victory into something less.”

324. Q: “You said you would end the Ukraine war in 24 hours. You’ve now been in office for 5 months. Why have you not been able to end the Ukraine war?”
TRUMP: “Because it’s more difficult than people would have any idea.”

325. Trump: “We just caught the Failing New York Times, working with Fake News CNN, cheating again! They tried to demean the great work our B-2 pilots did, and they were wrong in doing so. These reporters are just BAD AND SICK PEOPLE. You would think they would be proud of the great success we had, instead of trying to always make our Country look bad. TOTAL OBLITERATION!”


24 June 2025
-1: Trump comments that Iran will become a great trading nation [321]
-1: Trump posts a 315 word rant full of bile and lies [322]

References

321. Trump: “They’re gonna get on to being a great trading nation. You know, they’re very good traders. And they’re gonna be a great trading nation. They’re not gonna have a nuclear weapon. The last thing on Iran’s mind right now is nuclear weapons.”

322. Trump: “Stupid AOC, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, one of the “dumbest” people in Congress, is now calling for my Impeachment, despite the fact that the Crooked and Corrupt Democrats have already done that twice before. The reason for her “rantings” is all of the Victories that the U.S.A. has had under the Trump Administration. The Democrats aren’t used to WINNING, and she can’t stand the concept of our Country being successful again. When we examine her Test Scores, we will find out that she is NOT qualified for office but, nevertheless, far more qualified than Crockett, who is a seriously Low IQ individual, or Ilhan Omar, who does nothing but complain about our Country, yet the Failed Country that she comes from doesn’t have a Government, is drenched in Crime and Poverty, and is rated one of the WORST in the World, if it’s even rated at all. How dare “The Mouse” tells us how to run the United States of America! We’re just now coming back from that Radical Left experiment with Sleepy Joe, Kamala, and “THE AUTOPEN,” in charge. What a disaster it was! AOC should be forced to take the Cognitive Test that I just completed at Walter Reed Medical Center, as part of my Physical. As the Doctor in charge said, “President Trump ACED it,” meaning, I got every answer right. Instead of her constant complaining, Alexandria should go back home to Queens, where I was also brought up, and straighten out her filthy, disgusting, crime ridden streets, in the District she “represents,” and which she never goes to anymore. She better start worrying about her own Primary, before she thinks about beating our Great Palestinian Senator, Cryin’ Chuck Schumer, whose career is definitely on very thin ice! She and her Democrat friends have just hit the Lowest Poll Numbers in Congressional History, so go ahead and try Impeaching me, again, MAKE MY DAY!”

23 June 2025
-1: Marco Rubio dismisses the entire US intelligence effort [318]
-1: Trump angrily dismisses reports that the US bombing effort in Iran may not have been very effective [319]
0: Trump triumphantly (but prematurely) announces an end to the Israel-Iran war

References

318. Host: Are you saying the US did not see intelligence that the Supreme Leader had ordered weaponization?
Rubio: That’s irrelevant
Host: No, that’s a key point
Rubio: No it’s not… Forget about intelligence

319. Trump: “The sites that we hit in Iran were totally destroyed, and everyone knows it. Only the Fake News would say anything different in order to try and demean, as much as possible — And even they say they were “pretty well destroyed!” Working especially hard on this falsehood is Allison Cooper of Fake News CNN, Dumb Brian L. Roberts, Chairman of “Con”cast, Jonny Karl of ABC Fake News, and always, the Losers of, again, Concast’s NBC Fake News. It never ends with the sleazebags in the Media, and that’s why their Ratings are at an ALL TIME LOW — ZERO CREDIBILITY!”

320. Trump: “CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE! It has been fully agreed by and between Israel and Iran that there will be a Complete and Total CEASEFIRE (in approximately 6 hours from now, when Israel and Iran have wound down and completed their in progress, final missions!), for 12 hours, at which point the War will be considered, ENDED! Officially, Iran will start the CEASEFIRE and, upon the 12th Hour, Israel will start the CEASEFIRE and, upon the 24th Hour, an Official END to THE 12 DAY WAR will be saluted by the World. During each CEASEFIRE, the other side will remain PEACEFUL and RESPECTFUL. On the assumption that everything works as it should, which it will, I would like to congratulate both Countries, Israel and Iran, on having the Stamina, Courage, and Intelligence to end, what should be called, ‘THE 12 DAY WAR.’ This is a War that could have gone on for years, and destroyed the entire Middle East, but it didn’t, and never will! God bless Israel, God bless Iran, God bless the Middle East, God bless the United States of America, and GOD BLESS THE WORLD!”
 
carlosy said:
A few days before the US attack, I did some research on youtube about how bunker busters work. And I stumbled across this video.
It is two years old. And it seems like Iran had UHPC Ultra-High Performance Concrete for years. And then there is even Functionally Graded Cementitious Composite FGCC, which is even better.

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Thanks. They also have granite mountains thousands of meters high.
 
Apparently Donald should not allow Mamdani to take office if he wins.
He has to do is to invoke the Communist Control Act of 1954.
It was enacted for just this situation.
He can't let New York go the way of London.

Maga are crying bitter tears over it.
 
acbytesla said:
I am admittedly not well informed about the current politics in Iran. I hope they could put an end to the clerics' power and influence. Just as I hope the US could. I also don't like the multinational oil companies and oil oligarchs getting involved. That's what scares me. And given that's how Pahlavi took back the throne in 1953, I worry that his offspring might be attempting it again. It sounds like the chance of that is remote.
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I don't know anything about current politics in Iran. Twenty years ago I knew a little. (Knowledge, not updated, quickly becomes ignorance.) There are reasons why I think Reza P. would be broadly unpopular with Iranians. But it's a gut feeling more than anything else.
 
Donald tells CNN and NYT to fire reporters.

Donald J. Trump
@realDonald Trump
Rumor is that the Failing New York Times and Fake News CNN will be firing the reporters who made up the FAKE stories on the Iran Nuclear sites because they got it so wrong. Lets see what happens?
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Just trust me Bro'

HEGSETH: The sources the CIA is seeing are highly credible. That's what Director Ratcliffe is basing it off

REPORTER: Don't you think we need to see that?

HEGSETH: Do you have a top secret clearance, sir?

REPORTER: Eventually, the American public wants to see it

https://twitter.com/x/status/1938215964211925154
 
3point14 said:
The Jaguar was capable of carrying tactical nuclear weapons.
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But their model designation was GR1 which is Ground attack and Reconnaissance. Using them for nuclear strike would be very much a one way mission.

They have been out of service since for 18 years.
 
Andy_Ross said:
But their model designation was GR1 which is Ground attack and Reconnaissance. Using them for nuclear strike would be very much a one way mission.

They have been out of service since for 18 years.
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Oh, it's a 1960's design. And I wasn't suggesting it be reborn or anything. Just noting that it did have nuclear capability.
 
steenkh said:
Denmark also goes ahead with buying F-35s. This is partly because of hope that the U.S. might get another president, but also out of fear that th U.S. will keep the current president.

There is a fear that the U.S. has a “kill switch” built into F-35 so that they’ll stop working if used against the wishes of the U.S. president.
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How silly only our enemies like China would do such a thing...
 
Raging "kill the messenger" threats against anyone who reports there's some doubt the bombing was 100% effective just makes the regime look complacent.

Lauding one successful bombing raid as the most complex and successful military operation in history just makes them look like empty-headed braggards.
 
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