<p style="font-weight: 400;">After the terrorist group Hamas ignored a Saturday deadline from Israel to release more of the 59 hostages they hold, Israel said on Sunday it would cut off supplying electricity to Gaza.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Doron Arbely, chairman of the Israel Electric Corporation, <a href="https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/405136" target="_blank" rel="noopener">noted</a>, “Today there is no electricity line leading from Israel into Gaza, and we are not responsible for the electricity network there at all. Most of the electricity supplied to Gaza is from solar panels and generators.”</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">“We will use all the means at our disposal to ensure that all the hostages return, and I hope that Hamas will not be in Gaza the day after,” Israeli Energy Minister Eli Cohen <a href="https://www.politico.eu/article/israel-to-cut-electricity-in-gaza-immediately-energy-minister-says/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stated</a> on Sunday, adding on <a href="https://x.com/elicoh1/status/1898756463222260177" target="_blank" rel="noopener">X</a>, “I have now signed an order to cut off electricity to the Gaza Strip immediately. Enough with the talk, it&#8217;s time for action!”</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Twenty-four of the hostages Hamas is holding from their murderous October 7, 2023 massacre of more than 1200 Israelis are believed to be still alive.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">For decades, Israel has abided by its agreement in the Oslo Accords to supply five million cubic meters of water to Gaza annually.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">“Israel built two desalination plants in Gaza,” Stand With Us has <a href="https://www.standwithus.com/factsheet-waterfactsintheconflict" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pointed out</a>. “When Israel withdrew from Gaza in 2005, it gave the entire water system it had developed for Israeli settlements to the Palestinians, including 25 wells, storage reservoirs, and a well-developed transmission system. Despite aggression by the terrorist organization Hamas, Israel began treating sewage from Gaza in 2017 after the territory&#8217;s treatment facility was shut down.”</p>
<p>Last week, President Donald Trump made it clear where he stands vis-à-vis Hamas, writing on <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114112015891353323" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Truth Social</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p><em>“Shalom Hamas” means Hello and Goodbye &#8211; You can choose. Release all of the Hostages now, not later, and immediately return all of the dead bodies of the people you murdered, or it is OVER for you. Only sick and twisted people keep bodies, and you are sick and twisted! I am sending Israel everything it needs to finish the job, not a single Hamas member will be safe if you don&#8217;t do as I say. I have just met with your former Hostages whose lives you have destroyed. This is your last warning! For the leadership, now is the time to leave Gaza, while you still have a chance. Also, to the People of Gaza: A beautiful Future awaits, but not if you hold Hostages. If you do, you are DEAD! Make a SMART decision. RELEASE THE HOSTAGES NOW, OR THERE WILL BE HELL TO PAY LATER!</em></p></blockquote>

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<p>House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) on Tuesday blasted Democrats who accused President Donald Trump of acting unconstitutionally after ordering strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, bluntly calling them out for their hypocrisy.</p>
<p>“Presidents Ford, Carter, and Reagan &#8230; engaged in several military actions without congressional assent. &#8230; President Clinton followed with interventions in Somalia, Haiti, Bosnia, the Middle East, and, most significantly, Kosovo, none of which were authorized by Congress. While President George W. Bush sought and received approval of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, President Obama’s wars in Libya and Syria went ahead in violation of the War Powers Resolution’s time limits,” National Review <a href="https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/06/trumps-strike-on-iran-was-constitutional/">noted</a>.</p>
<p>House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) both accused Trump of acting unconstitutionally; Jeffries said Trump “misled the country about his intentions, failed to seek congressional authorization for the use of military force and risks American entanglement in a potentially disastrous war in the Middle East.” Schumer barked, “No president should be allowed to unilaterally march this nation into something as consequential as war with erratic threats and no strategy,” calling for legislators to support war powers legislation to block further military action against Iran, Jewish Insider <a href="https://jewishinsider.com/2025/06/house-minority-leader-jeffries-criticizes-trump-for-striking-iranian-nuclear-facilities/">reported</a>.</p>
<p>“A lot of your Democratic colleagues and leadership are saying they didn’t get a call from the president that this was happening,” Fox &amp; Friends co-host Lawrence Jones stated. “Karoline Leavitt said that’s not true, they reached out to them. Apparently, Chuck Schumer answered the phone but Hakeem Jeffries didn’t. What can you tell us about that?”</p>
<p>“I’ve spoken to Hakeem about this; he’s my counterpart in the House, the Democratic leader, and he wasn’t available when they called, and that’s just the way these things go,” Johnson replied. “It is ridiculous for anyone to assert that the Commander-In-Chief, using his Article II power in the Constitution, should have to consult all the members of Congress or even all the leadership in Congress every time he has to make a decisive, quick action. I mean, that would not be feasible. So the idea that they’re saying that what he’s done is somehow inappropriate or unconstitutional is nonsense. None of them ever complained when Barack Obama and Joe Biden used the same authority to drop bombs all over the Middle East, all over the world. It’s entirely inconsistent with their previous actions, and I think we call them on that hypocrisy.”</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Commander in Chief does NOT need the permission of every member of Congress before taking decisive action to protect America or our interests.<br /> <br />Where was the Left’s outrage when Obama and Biden used the same Article II powers? This isn’t about the Constitution. This is about… <a href="https://t.co/V9mlx4VyN2">pic.twitter.com/V9mlx4VyN2</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Speaker Mike Johnson (@SpeakerJohnson) <a href="https://twitter.com/SpeakerJohnson/status/1937537466191258082?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 24, 2025</a></p></blockquote>

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‘Hypocrisy’: House Speaker Blasts Dems Who Say Trump’s Iran Strike Was Unconstitutional

<p style="font-weight: 400;">A federal judge who was nominated by former President Joe Biden openly defied the Supreme Court on Monday, ignoring the high court&#8217;s stay of the preliminary injunction he had issued blocking the Trump administration from deporting illegal immigrants.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">In April, Judge Brian E. Murphy, who was confirmed when the U.S. Senate was controlled by Democrats last December, <a href="https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69775896/64/dvd-v-us-department-of-homeland-security/">granted a preliminary injunction</a> to illegal immigrants — all of whom had been convicted of serious crimes —  who had challenged the Trump administration’s order deporting them. “Several of the men have convictions for murder, the White House said, while others have convictions for drug, violent or sexual crimes,” the Worcester Telegram &amp; Gazette <a href="https://www.telegram.com/story/news/2025/05/30/judge-brian-murphy-deportation-case-trump/83945602007/">pointed out</a>.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">This leftwing radical Biden judge got jammed through the Senate in December, in the lame-duck session after Democrats lost the White House and Senate.</p>
<p>Six months into the job, Massachusetts U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy is now openly defying a Supreme Court order.</p>
<p>Impeach. <a href="https://t.co/IPZXvq01Gd">https://t.co/IPZXvq01Gd</a> <a href="https://t.co/0tLkwqMRHk">pic.twitter.com/0tLkwqMRHk</a></p>
<p>— 🇺🇸 Mike Davis 🇺🇸 (@mrddmia) <a href="https://twitter.com/mrddmia/status/1937315801117114556?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 24, 2025</a></p></blockquote>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">On May 20, the eight illegal immigrants were transported on a plane headed to South Sudan, where the government said it would repatriate the men to their home countries. On May 21, Murphy <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/us/politics/south-sudan-deportation.html">said</a> the Trump administration had violated his April 21 order. On May 27, the Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to put a stay on Murphy’s injunction.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">On Monday, June 23, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that the Trump administration could deport illegal aliens convicted of violent crimes to “third countries.” But on Monday evening, Murphy issued an <a href="https://x.com/ProfMJCleveland/status/1937306646654402632">order</a> stating, “The Court’s May 21, 2025 Order on Remedy remains in full force and effect, notwithstanding today’s stay of the Preliminary Injunction. The District Court’s remedial orders [were] not properly before the [Supreme] Court because the Government has not appealed them, or sought a stay pending a forthcoming appeal.”</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">“Last night, hours after the Supreme Court 6-3 blocked a Boston district judge&#8217;s lawless preliminary injunction preventing the government from removing the worst of the worst illegal aliens to third countries, the district judge announced business as usual and said its orders enforcing the injunction remained in effect,” Chad Mizelle, Chief of Staff at the Department of Justice, wrote on X. “When a single district judge immediately and flagrantly defies the Supreme Court, that is not the rule of law—it is an Article III insurrection.”</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Last night, hours after the Supreme Court 6-3 blocked a Boston district judge&#8217;s lawless preliminary injunction preventing the government from removing the worst of the worst illegal aliens to third countries, the district judge announced business as usual and said its orders…</p>
<p>— Chad Mizelle (@ChadMizelle47) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChadMizelle47/status/1937512649396256871?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 24, 2025</a></p></blockquote>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">“Today is Justice Kagan&#8217;s ultimate test,” he continued. “She, more than any other Justice, has invoked the rhetoric of respecting the rule of law. She, more than any other Justice, should now recognize that the greatest threat to the rule of law comes from district courts openly defying Supreme Court judgments hours after their issuance.”</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Today is Justice Kagan&#8217;s ultimate test. She, more than any other Justice, has invoked the rhetoric of respecting the rule of law. She, more than any other Justice, should now recognize that the greatest threat to the rule of law comes from district courts openly defying Supreme…</p>
<p>— Chad Mizelle (@ChadMizelle47) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChadMizelle47/status/1937516324428583177?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 24, 2025</a></p></blockquote>

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Judge ‘Flagrantly Defies’ Supreme Court Ruling On Deporting Illegal Immigrants

<p style="font-weight: 400;">The Iranian government is declaring that it might rebuild their nuclear facilities, adding that the regime had taken steps to protect its nuclear facilities.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">“We have taken the necessary measures and are taking stock of the damage,” Iran’s nuclear chief Mohammad Eslami said Tuesday on state-run television, according to Iran’s state-owned Mehr News. “The plan is to prevent interruptions in the process of production and services &#8230; Plans for restarting (the facilities) have been prepared in advance, and our strategy is to ensure that production and services are not disrupted.&#8221;</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">“An adviser to Iran’s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, said his country still had stocks of enriched uranium and that ‘the game is not over,’ claiming that Tehran had been prepared for damage to its nuclear sites,” Alarabiya <a href="https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2025/06/24/iran-is-looking-to-restore-its-nuclear-industry-iran-s-nuclear-chief-says-">reported</a>.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Last week, the White House issued a <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/06/president-trump-has-always-been-clear-iran-cannot-have-a-nuclear-weapon/">statement</a> saying, “President Donald J. Trump has <a href="https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1934779415256551623">never wavered</a> in his stance that Iran cannot be allowed to have a nuclear weapon — a pledge he has made repeatedly, both in office and on the campaign trail. Since taking office, President Trump has clearly stated no fewer than a dozen times that Iran cannot be allowed to have a nuclear weapon.”</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">The statement then listed 15 times since Trump took office in January that Trump declared his position, then added, “President Trump made the same pledge no fewer than 40 times on the campaign trail and even earlier,” listing numerous statements Trump had made on the issue dating all the way back to 2011.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">On Sunday, the day after President Trump ordered a strike on the three Iranian nuclear sites at Fordow, Esfahan and Natanz, Secretary of State Marco Rubio Secretary of State Marco Rubio <a href="https://x.com/charliekirk11/status/1936791941653708903">told</a> anchor Maria Bartiromo on Fox News&#8217; &#8220;Sunday Morning Futures&#8221; that President Trump had tried to make a deal with Iran for months, emphasizing that Trump demanded Iran renounce its nuclear weapons program.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">“They tried to play him along the way they&#8217;ve played every American president for the last 35 years and the president told them, ‘If we don&#8217;t get a deal’ — which is what we wanted — ‘then I&#8217;ll have to handle it differently.’ And that&#8217;s what he did last night. He handled it differently,” Rubio said. “But that was an Iranian choice. We didn&#8217;t make that choice. They did by playing games with Donald Trump, they made a huge mistake.”</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;And a bunch of these countries, putting out statements condemning us — privately, they all agree with us — that this needed to be done. They got to do what they got to do for their own public relations purposes, but the only people in the world that are unhappy about what happened in Iran last night is the regime,&#8221; Rubio said.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>READ MORE: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/iran-tried-to-play-trump-rubio-says">Iran &#8216;Tried To Play&#8217; Trump, Rubio Says</a></strong></p>

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Iran’s Nuclear Chief Says Its Taking Stock Of Damage, Plans To Restart Facilities

<p style="font-weight: 400;">Israel launched an airstrike on the Iranian regime’s infamous Evin prison on Monday, where thousands of political prisoners have been executed by the Islamic regime.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;Security footage shows one missile strike blasting open the doors of Evin Prison, where the Islamic Republic held its opponents and critics in brutal conditions, with public hangings,&#8221; the New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/06/23/world-news/dramatic-footage-shows-israel-striking-irans-most-notorious-prison-blowing-doors-off-its-hinges/">reported</a>.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">“In accordance with the directives of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and me, the IDF is now attacking with unprecedented force regime targets and government repression bodies in the heart of Tehran, including the Basij headquarters, Evin Prison for political prisoners and opponents of the regime, the ‘Destruction of Israel’ clock in Palestine Square, the internal security headquarters of the Revolutionary Guards, the Ideology Headquarters, and other regime targets,” Israel’s Defense Minister, Israel Katz, wrote on X.</p>
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<p dir="rtl" lang="iw">בהתאם להנחיית ראש הממשלה בנימין נתניהו ושלי צה&#8221;ל תוקף כעת בעוצמה חסרת תקדים מטרות משטר וגופי דיכוי שלטוניים בלב טהרן וביניהם &#8211; מטה הבסיג’, בית הכלא אווין לאסירים פוליטיים ומתנגדי משטר, השעון &#8220;להשמדת ישראל&#8221; בכיכר פלסטין, מפקדות ביטחון פנים של משמרות המהפכה, מפקדת האידיאולוגיה…</p>
<p>— ישראל כ”ץ Israel Katz (@Israel_katz) <a href="https://twitter.com/Israel_katz/status/1937086162415321107?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 23, 2025</a></p></blockquote>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">“In 1988, <a href="https://archive.is/o/C6q4d/https:/www.hrw.org/reports/2004/iran0604/5.htm">thousands of Evin prisoners</a> were executed after cursory trials, according to Human Rights Watch. Many of those killed were viewed as a threat to the new Islamic government,” The New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/23/world/middleeast/evin-prison-iran.html">reported</a>.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Iraj Mesdaghi, a former Iranian political prisoner who was tortured by the Islamic regime while in Evin prison, told <a href="https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-858736">The Jerusalem Post</a>: “When I saw the images, I had mixed feelings. On one hand, I was worried about the fate of the political prisoners, but on the other, I was glad the killers were being targeted. This was a powerful moment for us — to see those who tormented us finally being held accountable. But I must say: as long as Khamenei is alive, the cycle of violence isn&#8217;t over.&#8221;</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Mesdaghi recalled what he had suffered while in the prison: ‘The torture wasn’t just to extract information — it was constant. I was kept in solitary confinement for months, blindfolded, shoved into what they called &#8216;the grave&#8217; — a tiny box. They lashed the soles of my feet with electric cables. Every part of my body was in pain.&#8221;</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Noted Iranian dissident Masih Alinejad <a href="https://x.com/AlinejadMasih/status/1937210268074852481">stated</a> on X, “The Islamic Republic’s notorious prison, Evin was bombed by Israel. The regime responded by surrounding the prison with security forces to make sure none of the political prisoners could escape. This is the reality in Iran. At a time of war, political prisoners must be released not held hostage. If you want to act, aim your pressure at the Islamic Republic to release them now.”</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">The Islamic Republic’s notorious prison, Evin was bombed by Israel. The regime responded by surrounding the prison with security forces to make sure none of the political prisoners could escape. This is the reality in Iran. At a time of war, political prisoners must be released… <a href="https://t.co/xCkBexTZEO">pic.twitter.com/xCkBexTZEO</a></p>
<p>— Masih Alinejad 🏳️ (@AlinejadMasih) <a href="https://twitter.com/AlinejadMasih/status/1937210268074852481?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 23, 2025</a></p></blockquote>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">“I really don&#8217;t know what will happen next,” Mesdaghi wondered. “If Khamenei survives this attack, I fear the regime will retaliate by executing more political prisoners. That’s why the world has to care — has to stand with the Iranian people, especially those being held hostage by this regime.”</p>

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Israel Bombed Infamous Iranian Prison. Former Prisoner: ‘This Was A Powerful Moment For Us’

<p>In the wake of President Donald Trump&#8217;s strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, an Iranian general who serves as the senior advisor to the military&#8217;s commander-in-chief boasted that the Iranians will chop off Trump&#8217;s hands, slit Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu&#8217;s throat, and annihilate all U.S. military assets in the Middle East in the &#8220;blink of an eye.&#8221;</p>
<p>“In addition to chopping off Trump’s hand,&#8221; Iranian general Ebrahim Jabbari said, &#8220;by means of the divine wisdom of our beloved Leader, who is more precious to us than our own lives, we must slit Netanyahu’s throat, and send him to Hell for all eternity.”</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Jabbari spoke on Iran’s Channel 3. His appearance was viewed, reported, and translated by <a href="https://www.memri.org/tv/ebrahim-jabbari-threatens-trump-netanyahu-annihilate-israel">MEMRI</a>.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Iranian General Ebrahim Jabbari, Advisor to IRGC Chief, on Iran State TV: We Must Chop Off Trump’s Hand, Slit Netanyahu’s Throat, Annihilate Israel <a href="https://t.co/c9INFEDfnN">pic.twitter.com/c9INFEDfnN</a></p>
<p>&mdash; MEMRI (@MEMRIReports) <a href="https://twitter.com/MEMRIReports/status/1937117543933886576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 23, 2025</a></p></blockquote>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">The female presenter, in typical hyperbolic Iranian regime fashion — and unwittingly confirming the Iranian regime’s desire to murder Israeli civilians —  boasted of Iran’s attacks on Israel, claiming without evidence that Israeli reports said “there were over 500 casualties in our attacks yesterday.&#8221;</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;In addition almost 300 people are missing and they are stuck under the rubble and about 200 people are injured. More than 200. So in our operations yesterday alone, more than 1,000 people are killed or injured, or are still missing.”</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">“That is correct,” Jabbari replied, continuing with more fantasies — especially considering Israel’s remarkable success in destroying Iran’s air defenses, missile launchers and killing Iran’s top nuclear scientists and military leaders — saying, “Perhaps America joined the war because we were very close to annihilating Israel. It was in the closing stages.”</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">“We must not lift our boot from Netanyahu’s throat and the throats of the Zionist criminals,” he bragged. “In addition to chopping off Trump’s hand,  by means of the divine wisdom of our beloved Leader, who is more precious to us than our own lives, we must slit Netanyahu’s throat, and send him to Hell for all eternity.”</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">“The Zionist idea, in general, is a Satanic ideology that needs to depart this world,” said the female presenter representing the largest terror-supporting government on the planet/ Everybody who lives there, the young and the old, they are all occupiers, plunderers, and enemies.”</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Hilariously, she claimed, “Now they are fleeing in boats. Yes, just like you came in boats, you need to flee in boats.”</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">“America’s biggest asset in the region is not its warships and bases. These will be annihilated in the blink of an eye,” Jabbari again boasted, then claimed of Israel, spitting directly in the face of reality, , “They fail to intercept even a single missile of ours.”</p>

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Iranian General Makes Absurd Boasts, Calls For ‘Chopping Off Trump’s Hand’

<p style="font-weight: 400;">Secretary of State Marco Rubio, citing the reality that China would be severely damaged by Iran’s threat to close the Strait of Hormuz, challenged the Chinese government on Sunday to tell the despotic Iranian regime not to do so.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">“China in particular buys more oil from Iran than any other nation &#8211; with its imports from Iran surpassing 1.8 million barrels per day last month, according to data by ship tracking firm Vortexa,” the BBC <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c056pyv723vo">noted</a>. Iran&#8217;s state-run Press TV reported that the Iranian Parliament had endorsed closing the Strait of Hormuz, but the final decision would be made by the Supreme National Security Council.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">“Do you expect Iran to move to close the Strait of Hormuz, to try to disrupt oil transportation across the world?” Fox News’ Maria Bartiromo asked Rubio on Fox&#8217;s &#8220;Sunday Morning Futures.&#8221;</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">“I encourage the Chinese government in Beijing to call them [Iran] about that, because they heavily depend on the Straits of Hormuz for their oil,” Rubio answered. “If they do that, it will be another terrible mistake; it’s economic suicide for them if they do it. And we retain options to deal with that, but other countries should be looking at that as well. It would hurt other countries&#8217; economies a lot worse than ours. It would be, I think, a massive escalation that would merit a response, not just by us, but from others.”</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">“So, look, they’re going to say what they need to say, you know,” he continued. “These are the things that need to happen for their own internal politics, and so forth. But in the end, we’re going to judge them by the actions that they take moving forward. We had three objectives; we struck those three objectives with decisive force, and that was the point of this mission. And what happens next will depend on what they do. If they want to negotiate, we’re ready to negotiate. If they want to get cute, and do things that are dangerous, we have responses available that are devastating.”</p>
<p>Rubio&#8217;s words may well have been heard in China; on Monday, it was reported that China warned Iran to back down from its threat to close the Strait.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">China warns Iran after its threats to close the Strait of Hormuz:<br />“The Persian Gulf and surrounding waters are critical trade routes and must remain stable and open.” <a href="https://t.co/xzIrnzkVQd">pic.twitter.com/xzIrnzkVQd</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Polymarket Intel (@PolymarketIntel) <a href="https://twitter.com/PolymarketIntel/status/1937133481378619475?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 23, 2025</a></p></blockquote>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">“We estimate that 84% of the crude oil and condensate and 83% of the liquefied natural gas that moved through the Strait of Hormuz went to Asian markets in 2024,” the U.S. Energy Information Administration has <a href="https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=65504">reported</a>. “China, India, Japan, and South Korea were the top destinations for crude oil moving through the Strait of Hormuz to Asia, accounting for a combined 69% of all Hormuz crude oil and condensate flows in 2024. These markets would likely be most affected by supply disruptions at Hormuz.”</p>
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Rubio Challenges China: Tell Iran Not To Close Strait Of Hormuz. The Next Day, China Warns Iran.

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Today on the Matt Walsh Show, President Trump brokers a ceasefire in the conflict between Iran and Israel. That ceasefire is immediately broken. We’ll give you the latest, and then we’ll try to refocus the conversation back on issues here at home. Also, a new study shows that AI is making us stupid. As if we needed any help in that regard. Plus, a news station celebrates pride month by having a drag queen deliver the weather report. And is New York City on the verge of electing a foreign Muslim socialist as mayor?

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The Matt Walsh Show

Ep. 1619 - It's Time For America To Focus On Its Own Problems [Member Exclusive]

President Trump declares a ceasefire between Israel and Iran, ending what he calls the “12-Day War”; we examine what was accomplished; and we analyze who got it wrong and why.

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The Ben Shapiro Show

Ep. 2224 - PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH: Triumphant Trump ENDS Israel-Iran War! [Member Exclusive]

President Trump is furious at Israel and Iran after ceasefire drama, New York City is about to elect a Muslim socialist mayor, and great news on mass deportations.

The Michael Knowles Show

Ep. 1761 - Trump Drops An "F" Bomb On Israel And Iran

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