A trio of House Republicans is calling on the Trump administration to investigate Grayzone editor Max Blumenthal after he traveled to Iran for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei&#8217;s funeral.
Rep. Randy Fine (R-FL) sent the request Friday to Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Attorney General Todd Blanche, co-signed by Reps. Keith Self (R-TX) and Randy Weber (R-TX), <a href="https://x.com/LauraLoomer/status/2093684165732708672/photo/2">according</a> to a letter obtained by Laura Loomer. The letter builds on an earlier request Fine and colleagues filed in July seeking scrutiny of activists Calla Walsh, Jackson Hinkle and Christopher Helali for attending the same funeral, which the lawmakers describe as an event organized and orchestrated by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, a U.S.-designated Foreign Terrorist Organization.
The letter accuses Blumenthal of using journalism as cover to spread propaganda benefiting America&#8217;s enemies, pointing to his past commentary on the October 7 attacks — the letter accuses him of denying the massacre&#8217;s atrocities and calling some details &#8220;manufactured&#8221; by the Israeli government — and a 2025 reporting trip to Iran. The lawmakers also flagged Blumenthal&#8217;s lineage, noting he is the son of Sidney Blumenthal, a former aide to President Bill Clinton and a confidant of Hillary Clinton, calling it a matter of &#8220;grave concern&#8221; that a Democratic-aligned family has produced someone the letter alleges has become &#8220;an agent of influence&#8221; for Iran.
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GOP Members of Congress call for State Department and DOJ to investigate Radical Left Islamic Terror Sympathizer Max Blumenthal Following His Return From Iran
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Beyond the funeral trip itself, the letter presses federal officials to examine who funds Blumenthal&#8217;s outlet, The Grayzone Project, and argues Homeland Security had grounds to seize his electronics and question him about financing when he reentered the country. It closes by urging Rubio and Blanche to investigate Blumenthal &#8220;to ensure the American public is safe from this traitor.&#8221;
Loomer&#8217;s post noted the letter lands two days after Rubio announced State Department sanctions on &#8220;violent far-left terrorist groups,&#8221; citing a Bush-era counterterrorism <a href="https://www.state.gov/executive-order-13224">executive order</a>. A State Department <a href="https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2026/08/imposing-sanctions-on-violent-far-left-terrorist-groups">press release</a> accompanying those sanctions said the action targets &#8220;terrorists, terrorist organizations, leaders and officials of terrorist groups, and those providing support to terrorists or acts of terrorism,&#8221; and described the move as part of a broader effort against &#8220;transnational far-left terrorism.&#8221;
Blumenthal has not yet issued a public response to the letter, and did not respond to the Daily Wire&#8217;s request for comment. The State Department and Justice Department have not indicated whether they will act on the lawmakers&#8217; request — neither agency immediately responded to the Wire&#8217;s requests for comment.
Loomer, who has closely tracked reporters&#8217; attendance at the funeral, suggested the letter could mark &#8220;the beginning of the end&#8221; for Blumenthal and The Grayzone.

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WASHINGTON — For years, the radical leftist group Antifa has doxxed and harassed Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents across the United States. Now, the United States is fighting back against the hub of this global harassment campaign.
The State Department on Wednesday <a href="https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2026/08/designation-of-autistici-inventati-as-a-specially-designated-global-terrorist/">named</a> Autistici/Inventati a Specially Designated Global Terrorist group, The Daily Wire can first report. A/I, as the State Department has nicknamed the group, is linked to notorious Antifa groups in the United States like Rose City Antifa, Stop Cop City, and Against Beltway Fascism, all of which have doxxed and harassed ICE and Homeland Security employees, as well as top conservative organizations like The Heritage Foundation.
Autistici/Inventati presents itself as an Italian technology collective offering privacy-focused tools to help activists and social movements. In reality, the group creates a digital infrastructure for Antifa groups in the United States and around the world, a State Department official shared with The Daily Wire, hosted on websites with the name &#8220;noblogs.org.&#8221; Those groups harass, doxx, and commit violence against their targets, who are often conservative or oppose far-left causes.
One such group is Rose City Antifa. The notorious Portland, Oregon group has doxxed at least five ICE agents and leaked the home addresses of three of those agents on an Autistici/Inventati website, which the State Department shared exclusively with The Daily Wire. Rose City Antifa also disseminated propaganda calling on far-left actors to &#8220;attack ICE everywhere,&#8221; in &#8220;the streets, at their homes,&#8221; and to &#8220;find each other, make plans, and hit them where it hurts.&#8221;
Noblogs websites are designed to give these groups as much anonymity and encryption as possible. They are hosted on servers and outright built by members of the Autistici/Inventati collective, a State Department official shared. Now, Secretary of State Marco Rubio has designated Autistici/Inventati as a terrorist organization.
&#8220;Today, the United States sanctioned several transnational far-left terrorist networks, including Autistici/Inventati — a major far-left tech collective whose services are used by the most active and violent Antifa cells in the United States and across the world,&#8221; Rubio said Wednesday.
&#8220;There will be no refuge for violent extremists who wage war on our civilization and plot to undermine law and order, destroy critical infrastructure, assault political opponents, or conspire to conceal their crimes from authorities,&#8221; he vowed. &#8220;We will use all the tools and authorities at our disposal to fight terrorism and protect our way of life from terrorist coercion.&#8221;
<div id="attachment_1166289" style="width: 746px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-global-leftist-org-that-doxxed-ice-agents-designated-a-terror-group/screenshot-2026-08-26-at-4-28-59-pm" rel="attachment wp-att-1166289"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-1166289" class="wp-image-1166289 size-full" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/08/Screenshot-2026-08-26-at-4.28.59-PM.png" alt="Rose City Antifa propoganda courtesy of The State Department. " width="736" height="956" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/08/Screenshot-2026-08-26-at-4.28.59-PM.png 736w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/08/Screenshot-2026-08-26-at-4.28.59-PM-231x300.png 231w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/08/Screenshot-2026-08-26-at-4.28.59-PM-443x576.png 443w" sizes=" (max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px" /></a>Rose City Antifa propaganda courtesy of The State Department.</div>
Another group in the network is Stop Cop City/Scenes from the Atlanta Forest, which is hosted on a noblogs website. Stop Cop City leaked the business addresses of companies that were contracted to work on the 85-acre police, fire, and emergency training campus, the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center, and the names and addresses of the company&#8217;s owners, which the State Department shared. It also doxxed, threatened, and intimidated a number of police officers, government officials, business owners, and private citizens who it suspected were involved in constructing the center.
Against Beltway Fascism doxxed Heritage Foundation staff, leadership, and trustees after illegally obtaining their names and addresses, as well as the authors of Project 2025, the Heritage Foundation-led policy blueprint for the second Trump administration.
The anti-ICE group Unravel leaked information on 48 ICE and DHS officers, publishing their names, addresses, and other personal information that had been illegally obtained, according to the State Department. Boston Melt also shared the personal information of ICE and DHS officers, including photos of the officers&#8217; license plates.
Philly Anti-Capitalist doxxed the CEO of Ghost Robotics, Gavin Kenneally, publishing his home and office addresses and then claiming responsibility for the subsequent damage to his property. Revolutionary Anarchist Liberation Front doxxed the co-founder of an artificial intelligence firm in Montreal and then claimed responsibility for the firebomb attack on that co-founder&#8217;s home and corporate office, the State Department shared.
Autistici/Inventati&#8217;s terrorist designation could carry implications for the Antifa groups whose website it hosts, as well as anyone who wants to support them.
When anti-Trump political commentator Brian Krassenstein posted Wednesday encouraging his audience to donate to Autistici/Inventati, saying that they stand for &#8220;antiracism, antifascism, antisexism, antimilitarism, and opposition to authoritarianism and hierarchies,&#8221; a State Department official was quick to point out that this constituted a grave federal crime.
&#8220;Donating money to a specially designated global terrorist is a federal crime,&#8221; said Assistant Secretary of State for Global Public Affairs Dylan Johnson. &#8220;You can be prosecuted and sentenced to 20 years in federal prison and fined up to $1 million. So, maybe talk to a lawyer before listening to this moron.&#8221;

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Rose City Antifa, one of the oldest and most active Antifa organizations in America, relied on the same foreign technology collective that provided digital infrastructure to groups connected to Hamas, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Hezbollah, and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, according to a recently released State Department memo.
The memo was first reported by <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/exclusive-state-dept-reveals-portland-antifa-connection-hamas-irans-irgc-sweeping-terror-action">Fox News</a> on Wednesday as the Trump administration escalated its campaign against what it describes as transnational far-Left terrorism. 
The State Department designated the Italy-based Autistici/Inventati, known as the A/I Collective, as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist and accused the group of providing encrypted communications, web hosting, secure video conferencing, streaming and anonymity services to violent extremist organizations. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the collective’s services were used by “the most active and violent Antifa cells in the United States and across the world.”
“Far-Left terrorism poses a profound threat to the United States and the broader West,” Rubio wrote on X. “There will be no refuge for violent extremists who wage war on our civilization and plot to undermine law and order, destroy critical infrastructure, assault political opponents, or conspire to conceal their crimes from authorities.”
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Far-left terrorism poses a profound threat to the United States and the broader West. Today, the United States sanctioned several transnational far-left terrorist networks, including Autistici/Inventati – a major far-left tech collective whose services are used by the most active…
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The State Department memo specifically identifies Portland-based Rose City Antifa as one of the American groups that used A/I Collective infrastructure. The group, which has operated in Portland, Oregon, for almost two decades, has been repeatedly associated with violent clashes, property destruction, and attacks on law enforcement. The city has long been a major center of Antifa activity, including during the 2020 George Floyd riots and more recent confrontations over immigration enforcement.
According to the State Department, Rose City Antifa used A/I Collective tools to organize and encourage violent and criminal activity, including distributing a flyer encouraging supporters to aim lasers at Customs and Border Protection (CBP) helicopters. The memo says at least one person responded to the call and later pleaded guilty to aiming a laser at a CBP helicopter, forcing the aircraft to abort a planned landing. Rose City Antifa also allegedly used the infrastructure to disseminate personal information about Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel and encourage attacks against ICE agents both at their homes and in public.
But the Portland group&#8217;s connection to the A/I Collective extends into a much broader international network. The State Department says the same technology infrastructure was used by a media organization to disseminate information to terrorist organizations Hamas, Hezbollah, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, and the PFLP. The A/I Collective reportedly operates thousands of digital services, including roughly 16,000 mailboxes, 1,500 websites, 5,500 mailing lists, and 10,000 blogs. The State Department says its services have been used by extremists to distribute propaganda, information on targets, tactical manuals, and claims of responsibility for attacks. The collective also allegedly tests users for Left-wing alignment before allowing them access to services, according to the State Department.
The designation represents another step in the Trump administration&#8217;s broader effort to treat violent far-Left networks as a counterterrorism problem rather than just a domestic protest movement. President Donald Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-designates-antifa-a-major-terrorist-organization">designated</a> Antifa a domestic terrorist organization in 2025 following a series of violent confrontations involving activists and federal immigration authorities. The administration has since pursued terrorism charges against alleged Antifa militants involved in an armed attack on an ICE detention facility in Texas and has pushed international governments to cooperate against what it describes as transnational political extremism.
The administration&#8217;s focus has increasingly extended beyond individual violent actors to the infrastructure supporting them. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent warned Wednesday that the administration would target those who provide financial and logistical support to violent far-Left groups. 
“Far-Left extremists, their fronts, and their enablers should be on notice: We will bring the full weight of our economic tools to bear,” Bessent told Fox News. “Political terrorism has no place in our society, and we will continue to cut the financial lifelines of these groups until they are eliminated.”
Rubio said the administration would continue using its counterterrorism and economic authorities against the networks. 
“We will use all the tools and authorities at our disposal to fight terrorism and protect our way of life from terrorist coercion,” Rubio said.

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The United States formally removed Syria from its list of state sponsors of terrorism, ending a designation that had remained in place since 1979 and clearing a major obstacle to foreign investment as the country attempts to rebuild after nearly 14 years of civil war.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio <a href="https://x.com/SecRubio/status/2091962663072899131">announced</a> Monday that he had formally rescinded Syria’s designation following the completion of a mandatory 45-day congressional notification period. The Treasury Department simultaneously <a href="https://ofac.treasury.gov/recent-actions/20260824">removed</a> Islamist paramilitary group Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) from its list of specially designated global terrorists. 
The decision marks a dramatic reversal in Washington’s relationship with Damascus following the fall of longtime Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad in December 2024. Syria had originally been designated a state sponsor of terrorism in 1979 under Assad’s father, Hafez al-Assad, in large part because of the regime’s support for Palestinian militant organizations. 
“Rescinding Syria’s designation as an SST and HTS’ designation as an SDGT eliminates the final major barriers for private sector investment in Syria and promotes Syria’s economic recovery and reintegration into the global economy,” Rubio wrote in his announcement on X.
With Syria&#8217;s removal, only three countries remain on the U.S. State Sponsors of Terrorism list: Cuba, Iran, and North Korea. 
The State Department <a href="https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2026/08/rescission-of-syrias-designation-as-a-state-sponsor-of-terrorism/">said</a> the decision reflects actions taken by the government of Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa to distance itself from international terrorism. Over the past year, Syria has joined the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS and conducted operations against ISIS, al-Qaeda, Hezbollah, and Iran-aligned groups, according to Rubio. 
The administration&#8217;s decision also follows President Donald Trump’s broader effort to dismantle the sanctions regime imposed on Syria during the Assad era. Trump signed an <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/06/providing-for-the-revocation-of-syria-sanctions/">executive order</a> in June 2025 directing the revocation of the Syria sanctions program, and formally initiated the process of removing Syria from the terrorism list in July.
The designation carried significant restrictions on U.S. foreign assistance, defense exports, and certain financial transactions. Its removal, therefore, gives international companies and financial institutions substantially greater ability to conduct business with Syria. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent <a href="https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sb0612">said</a> the move would “help foster additional investment in Syria to promote political and economic stability.” That investment could be particularly significant as Syria faces the enormous task of rebuilding infrastructure destroyed during its civil war. In 2025, the World Bank <a href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2025/10/21/syria-s-post-conflict-reconstruction-costs-estimated-at-216-billion">estimated</a> the cost of Syria&#8217;s postwar reconstruction at roughly $216 billion.
Syrian officials have characterized the removal as a crucial step toward reconnecting the country with the international financial system. Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shibani said before the announcement that lifting the designation would remove what he described as the “last obstacle” to investment and economic activity in Syria. 
The geopolitical stakes could extend beyond Syria&#8217;s economic recovery. Syria&#8217;s geographic position on the Mediterranean also gives it potential importance to <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/18/world/middleeast/strait-hormuz-blockade-iran-war-syria-oil.html">regional energy and trade routes</a>, particularly as disruptions around the Strait of Hormuz continue to affect the movement of oil and gas.
Syria&#8217;s Mediterranean ports could eventually provide an alternative route for regional energy exports, although taking advantage of that opportunity would require substantial investment in roads, ports, utilities, and other infrastructure devastated during the war.
The move also represents a remarkable transformation for al-Sharaa himself. The Syrian president previously led HTS, which had been designated as a terrorist organization by the United States. Washington formally <a href="https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2025/07/revoking-the-foreign-terrorist-organization-designation-of-hayat-tahrir-al-sham">revoked</a> HTS&#8217; Foreign Terrorist Organization designation in July 2025 and has now removed its separate designation as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist. 
Al-Sharaa led the rebel offensive that toppled Assad in December 2024 and subsequently moved to establish a new Syrian government. The Trump administration has increasingly engaged with him as a potential partner, with Trump meeting the Syrian leader and publicly supporting the country&#8217;s reintegration into the international community.

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Several Democratic Socialists of America-backed congressional nominees are traveling to Uruguay this week to join a left-wing international conference aimed at opposing President Donald Trump’s foreign policy in the Western Hemisphere.
New York Assemblywoman Claire Valdez, New York activist Darializa Avila Chevalier, and Pennsylvania state Rep. Chris Rabb — all three DSA members who won Democratic congressional primaries this year — will attend the Pan-American Congress in Montevideo as “special guests” of a congressional delegation led by Reps. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) and Jesús “Chuy” García (D-IL). New Jersey Democratic congressional candidate Adam Hamawy, who is not a DSA member but has embraced many of the same left-wing causes, is also attending.
The gathering, scheduled for August 21-23, will bring together left-wing political leaders from across North America, South America, Central America, and the Caribbean.
For Valdez, Avila Chevalier, and Rabb, all of whom are running in heavily Democratic districts, the trip also offers an early look at the foreign-policy priorities they could bring to Capitol Hill next year.
Valdez, who is expected to succeed retiring Rep. Nydia Velázquez in New York’s heavily Democratic 7th Congressional District, said she intends to promote “international solidarity and cooperation — not imperialism, war and extraction.”
“The threats we face, from climate change to mass displacement to the rise of fascism, don’t stop at borders, and neither can our response,” Valdez told <a href="https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/08/19/congress/democratic-socialists-congress-uruguay-01041713">Politico</a>.
Conference organizers have similarly framed the participation of the incoming lawmakers as part of a broader effort to reshape the United States&#8217; role in the hemisphere. 
“These inspiring leaders won their primaries on a promise to pursue a new place and purpose for the United States in the international community — and that project starts right here in the hemisphere,” said David Adler, the Pan-American Congress’ general coordinator.
The delegation comes as the Trump administration has moved to assert a more aggressive U.S. presence in the Western Hemisphere through what the administration has dubbed the “Donroe Doctrine.” The administration has emphasized combating drug trafficking, illegal immigration, and foreign adversaries in the Americas, while seeking to strengthen relationships with governments willing to cooperate with the United States.
The Democratic delegation, however, is traveling to Uruguay with the stated goal of building opposition to that approach. Jayapal, 9 other House Democrats, and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) last week sent Secretary of State Marco Rubio a <a href="https://jayapal.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/FINAL-SIGNED_Letter-to-Rubio-on-Trump-Corollary.pdf">letter</a> condemning the administration’s application of the “Trump Corollary,” arguing that it amounts to “a license for unlimited foreign intervention.”
The lawmakers accused the administration of using military force without congressional authorization, economic sanctions and tariffs as “collective punishment,” and political pressure to influence elections in sovereign countries. 
“Taken together, the interventions conducted under the banner of the ‘Donroe’ Doctrine appear to follow a partisan playbook,” the lawmakers wrote. “These are tactics that destabilize our hemisphere and endanger our neighbors.”
The emerging Democratic opposition to the policy is notable not simply because of the current congressional delegation, but because of who is preparing to join it. Valdez and Avila Chevalier are among a new generation of DSA-backed politicians who have successfully <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mamdanis-socialists-upset-incumbent-dems-in-house-primary-sweep">defeated</a> Democratic establishment candidates in deep-blue districts.
Valdez, a former union organizer, defeated Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso and other candidates in the Democratic primary to succeed Velázquez. She was endorsed by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, the self-described democratic socialist whose political movement has helped propel a new generation of socialist candidates into office. 
Avila Chevalier defeated five-term Democratic Rep. Adriano Espaillat in New York’s 13th Congressional District. The 32-year-old organizer <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrats-newest-pick-is-their-most-radical-yet">has spent years</a> working on immigration and Palestinian causes and has helped organize the Columbia University protests following Hamas’ October 7 attack on Israel. She also received endorsements from Mamdani and the DSA. 
Rabb defeated Democratic establishment favorite Sharif Street in Pennsylvania’s 3rd Congressional District, another overwhelmingly Democratic seat. The DSA-backed candidate has advocated for Medicare for All, universal basic income, guaranteed housing, and the abolition of ICE, among other left-wing policies.
Rabb has also rejected the premise of describing illegal immigration as inherently criminal and said he wants to end deportations. “What are illegals?” Rabb <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/socialist-house-nominee-radical-law-order-vision-what-are-illegals">asked</a> when Fox News host Sean Hannity pressed him on whether he supported amnesty for illegal immigrants and the abolition of national borders.
Valdez, Avila Chevalier, and Rabb are heavily favored to join the House next year, while other DSA-aligned candidates are competing for additional seats.
The Pan-American Congress was founded as a forum for left-wing political leaders from across the Americas to coordinate on regional issues and develop a shared political vision.
This year&#8217;s gathering will give several likely future members of Congress a chance to begin building those relationships before they take office, as Democrats intensify their fight with the Trump administration over the future of U.S. policy in the Western Hemisphere.

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Today, the Trump administration announced sanctions against two International Criminal Court (ICC) officials, President Tomoko Akane of Japan and the ICC&#8217;s senior trial lawyer, Abdoulaye Seye of Senegal. Secretary of State Marco Rubio called the organization “corrupt and fatally politicized.” This follows Rubio last month setting the proverbial cat among the pigeons, <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2026/07/13/politics/rubio-dismantle-international-criminal-court">declaring</a> his intentions to “dismantle” the ICC — urging other nations to join the effort. Rubio launched the campaign, <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyl33q0jk0o">vowing</a> to employ “all the tools at our government&#8217;s disposal&#8221; to &#8220;dismantle the ICC, brick by brick.”
Against the backdrop of the Trump administration’s escalating actions against the ICC, Rubio <a href="https://www.nybooks.com/online/2026/07/18/so-called-international-law-trump-icc/">accused</a> the court of “waging a war against our country, not with bullets or missiles,” but with “the force of so-called international law.”
A warped sense of justice?
The administration’s ire against the ICC <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2026/07/13/politics/rubio-dismantle-international-criminal-court">dates</a> back to President Trump’s first term, when it targeted the ICC for seeking to investigate alleged war crimes committed by U.S. forces in Afghanistan. Indeed, the second Trump administration has imposed a slew of sanctions against ICC officials for their attempts to investigate the U.S. and Israel — neither of which is even a member of the ICC.
But the new trigger for the White House&#8217;s intensifying punitive action against the ICC is the scandalous issue of <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/02/imposing-sanctions-on-the-international-criminal-court/">arrest warrants</a> against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.
In a feeble ICC attempt to feign evenhandedness, warrants were also issued against Hamas leaders Yahya Sinwar, Mohammed Deif, Ismail Haniyeh — after their deaths — which, quite apart from the absurdity of equating the perpetrators of the October 7 massacre with those who responded to it, underscores the warped sense of justice the ICC purports to administer.
Gravely misinformed or grossly dishonest
The figure behind these measures was the ICC’s chief prosecutor, Karim Khan, who initiated the arrest warrant requests. Khan has since been forced to leave office following multiple <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/karim-khan-icc-war-crimes-charges-israel-netanyahu-hamas-sexual-misconduct-claims/">allegations</a> of sexual misconduct. According to <a href="https://www.ynetnews.com/article/h13yvd1wxx">some sources</a>, the arrest warrants were motivated, at least in part, to divert attention from these allegations.
Notably, Khan is not the only chief ICC prosecutor against whom allegations of severe impropriety have been leveled.
For example, <a href="https://www.justiceinfo.net/tag/fatou-bensouda-en">Fatou Bensouda</a>, who prior to her appointment as chief ICC prosecutor in 2012, held top posts in the Gambian judiciary under the brutal military dictatorship that ruled Gambia from 1994 to 2017.
Bensouda claimed she had no knowledge of the human rights abuses of the regime she served. However, given her seniority and long association with the regime, this leaves one to ponder which is worse: Being oblivious of the abuses, gravely ill-informed, or grossly deceitful.
Sexual misconduct &amp; financial shenanigans?
Likewise, Bensouda&#8217;s predecessor, Luis Moreno Ocampo, the ICC&#8217;s first prosecutor from 2003 to 2012, also fell under a cloud of suspicion — both while in office and after leaving it.
Ocampo was <a href="https://brownstone.org/articles/a-one-time-icc-advocate-recants">accused</a> of sexual misconduct in South Africa by an ICC <a href="https://en-academic.com/dic.nsf/enwiki/11537858">whistleblower.</a> Although Ocampo&#8217;s ICC cronies dismissed the charges, the whistleblower was vindictively dismissed by Ocampo himself — despite the ICC’s own internal Disciplinary Advisory Board’s <a href="https://brownstone.org/articles/a-one-time-icc-advocate-recants/">call</a> to rescind the dismissal.
Undeterred, the whistleblower appealed to the Administrative Tribunal of the International Labour Organization (ILO), which found resoundingly in his favor, awarding him substantial monetary compensation, casting further doubts on the ICC’s integrity.
After leaving the ICC in 2012, Ocampo became the subject of several <a href="https://www.jns.org/opinion/column/martin-sherman/trump-tripp-and-conflict-resolution">allegations</a> concerning his financial and professional activities. These included the abuse of his position as former ICC prosecutor, shady financial shenanigans, and severe conflicts of interest.
These allegations stemmed primarily from the far-reaching <a href="https://www.legal-tools.org/doc/895f3b/pdf/">2017 &#8220;Secrets of the Court&#8221;</a> investigation by the European Investigative Collaborations. While the allegations did not result in judicial convictions, the ethical issues they raised tarnished his reputation and, by association, the ICC’s judicial practices.
The Israeli angle
For Israel, Rubio’s initiative is a welcome development. For it serves to undermine the legitimacy of the ICC measures against senior Israeli personnel and expose just how the hypocrisy-ridden ICC has strayed from its lofty founding principles and noble aims.
For the fallen Karim Khan and his cronies, it perhaps reflects that biblical maxim in Numbers 24:9: “Whoever blesses Israel will be blessed. And whoever curses Israel will be cursed.”
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Dr. Martin Sherman is the founder of the Israel Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), a member of the Habithonistim-Israel Defense &amp; Security Forum (IDSF) research team, and a participant in the Israel Victory Project.

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio was just outed for his love of Pop-Tarts. But in the MAHA era, we thought his go-to treat could use a makeover, so we made healthier “Pop-Tarts” in Rubio’s favorite flavors. 
After defending Pop-Tarts as “one of the great American innovations in the history of the world” on “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/shorts/24K4ReMN2sA?t=13&amp;feature=share">The Katie Miller Podcast</a>,” Rubio hit up <a href="https://x.com/marcorubio/status/2087694726619177031?s=46">X</a> to clear up fake news about anything other than his favorite flavor: cherry. 
But while we saw the tweets, we had to reach out for the deets. An admin source close to Rubio’s snack pantry told The Daily Wire: “Secretary Rubio’s favorite Pop-Tarts flavors are Cherry and Strawberry.” 
“I believe we have split the atom of breakfast,” Jerry Seinfeld’s character says about Kellogg’s Pop-Tarts in the movie “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lqRPUhPfho">Unfrosted</a>.” “We’re talking about happy childhoods for millions of American kids.” That’s pretty much what we’re doing over here, but with none of the processed stuff.
Yes, there are healthier toaster pastries on the market. But even if you’re cool with spending $5 per tart, they still often come with those pesky seed oils. Can we really do better than the “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1L18vH8v5E">$1 billion breakfast icon</a>”? Don’t threaten us with a good time. Taste-testing homemade Pop-Tarts all day is a tough job, but somebody’s gotta do it. So we did all the hard work to bake a pastry that hits these marks:
<ul>
<li>No added sugar</li>
<li>No synthetic dyes</li>
<li>Easy to make</li>
<li>And simply delicious</li>
</ul>
We’ll never be able to replicate the artificial sheen of the frosting and factory pockmarks of mass-produced food, but (humble-brag) I think we nailed a delicious version you can make at home. Promise you won’t miss the sugar rush. And hey, if you make these healthier &#8220;Pop-Tarts,&#8221; y’all better tag us in the photos. 
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HEALTHIER STRAWBERRY &amp; CHERRY “POP-TARTS” 
*Adapted from recipes by <a href="https://minimalistbaker.com/vegan-berry-pop-tarts/#wprm-recipe-container-36279">Minimalist Baker</a>, <a href="https://twosugarbugs.com/cherry-pop-tarts/#mv-creation-171-jtr">Two Sugar Bugs</a>, and <a href="https://lowcarbhoser.com/sugar-free-royal-icing/">Low-Carb Hoser</a>
For the filling:
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">8 ounces frozen strawberries or cherries</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">4 tablespoons <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Ingredients-Allulose-Sweetener-Calorie-Substitute/dp/B08PY5ZJTX/">allulose</a> powdered sweetener</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">1 teaspoon <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Just-Date-Sweetener-Low-Glycemic-Ingredient/dp/B077Y8YYVX/">date syrup</a></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">2 teaspoons water</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">2 teaspoons cornstarch</li>
</ul>
For the pastry:
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">2 cups all-purpose flour (or 1 cup AP and 1 cup whole wheat pastry flour)</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">1 pinch salt</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">⅔ cup (10.5 tablespoons) cold unsalted butter, cubed</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">5 tablespoons ice water</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">1 egg, whisked</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Optional: melted salted butter for baking</li>
</ul>
For the frosting:
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">2 ½ cups allulose powdered sweetener</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">2 large egg whites, room temperature</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">2 teaspoons lemon juice</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Optional: freeze-dried strawberry and cherry crumbles</li>
</ul>
Method:
Prepare the filling. Whisk cornstarch with water in a small bowl and set aside. Add frozen strawberries or cherries, allulose, and date syrup to a small saucepan, and cook over medium heat until berries soften (about 5 minutes). Add cornstarch mixture, boil for 1 minute, then remove from the heat to cool. 
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit, and line a baking sheet with parchment. Start the pastry by combining flour and salt in a large bowl. Next, cut butter into the flour mixture using a fork or pastry cutter until well-incorporated. (Work quickly to keep the pastry texture light and fluffy.) Add two tablespoons of ice water, and mix with a wooden spoon. Add up to 5 tablespoons of water — enough to form the dough into a ball that isn’t sticky or crumbly. 
Turn the pastry out onto a floured surface, and shape into a disc. Cover with a sheet of wax paper, and roll into a rectangle, about ¼-inch thick. Using a pizza cutter or knife, slice into 8 rectangles, then carefully place them onto the baking sheet. Whisk the egg, and using a brush or your finger, coat the perimeter of the bottom pastry layer with egg wash. Add 2 tablespoons of the filling to the layer with the egg wash, then place a second pastry layer on top. Gently press a fork along the edges to seal the pastry. Poke a fork or sharp knife into the top layer to allow steam to escape. Brush with an optional light layer of melted salted butter. Bake for about 25 minutes until the pastry is golden brown. 
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Remove the pastry from the pan to a rack to cool completely. Then make the frosting. In a completely clean bowl of a stand mixer (can also use an electric hand mixer), whip egg whites until frothy. Add lemon juice. Then, slowly add all of the allulose sweetener for a “royal icing” texture. Color it by adding a few teaspoons of the leftover berry filling (skip the strawberry seeds and cherry skins), and frost the pastries. Sprinkle with crumbled freeze-dried berry “sprinkles.” Serve immediately or allow the frosting to air-dry for up to 8 hours to completely set. 
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NOTES:
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Allulose is naturally found in figs, raisins, and maple syrup, and is roughly 70% as sweet as table sugar. It’s a great substitute for baking because it flavors, browns, and caramelizes like granulated sugar. It has zero calories, but it may cause bloating in large amounts, so it’s best enjoyed in moderation.</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">I tried this recipe with all-purpose flour and whole wheat flour. I felt like all-AP lent more of the “Pop-Tarts” vibe, but both options work.</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">This recipe makes about four to six tarts, depending on how you roll out the dough. Cheers!</li>
</ul>

We MAHA’d Marco Rubio’s Favorite Pop-Tarts. Get The Recipe!

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he tried the ketogenic diet once, and it quickly became what he referred to as a &#8220;near-psychotic event.&#8221;
Rubio told podcast host Katie Miller — who is married to White House adviser Stephen Miller — that he&#8217;d tried the popular high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet, and the constant lack of sugar had made him so angry that he often felt like he might snap.
&#8220;I did, one time, maybe four or five years ago, I tried this thing called keto,&#8221; Rubio told Miller. &#8220;You&#8217;ve heard of this?&#8221;
Miller said she had, and Rubio continued, &#8220;And you just eat all this protein, so you go through this massive withdrawal from sugar and carbohydrates for the first 72 hours. It was a near-psychotic event for me.&#8221;
Jeanette Rubio, sitting beside her husband, laughed out loud, confirming, &#8220;It&#8217;s true. It&#8217;s true.&#8221;
&#8220;It&#8217;s like, if I did [keto] in this job, I would be in there, &#8216;Mr. President, we must bomb, you know, Paraguay,'&#8221; Rubio said, adding, &#8220;And it&#8217;s like, why? I don&#8217;t know, I&#8217;m just really mad, I haven&#8217;t had any sugar,&#8221; he laughed.
&#8220;It&#8217;s true!&#8221; Jeanette said again.
Rubio clarified that he wasn&#8217;t saying the diet itself — which focuses on restricting carbohydrates so the body burns fat instead of sugar — was necessarily bad, only that it was most definitely not the right choice for him.
&#8220;I&#8217;m not against this diet. I&#8217;m not asking that we ban it. I encourage people to try it,&#8221; Rubio added with a laugh. &#8220;I&#8217;m just saying it&#8217;s not for everyone. That&#8217;s what I&#8217;m saying.&#8221;
During the wide-ranging interview, the Secretary of State also shared his thoughts on Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy&#8217;s diet — and weighed in on the merits of the classic 1975 movie &#8220;Jaws&#8221; compared to the cult classic &#8220;Sharknado.&#8221;

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President Donald Trump turned a long-running joke into a birthday gift for Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who turned 55 on May 28.
Trump has already tasked Rubio with several official jobs within the administration — which spawned constant speculation whenever a new vacancy appeared — and a viral meme was born.
An Oval Office photo of Rubio slouched on a couch — wearing an expression that suggests he&#8217;s not thrilled with the way things are going — became the template for hundreds of potential new jobs for the Secretary of State/Acting National Security Adviser/acting administrator for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)/acting archivist of the National Archives and Records Administration.
Trump and other White House staffers capitalized on the popularity of the meme, and put together a collage — featuring dozens of iterations of the &#8220;Rubio realizing&#8221; meme. The finished product was framed in gold and presented to Rubio for his birthday.
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The White House made a Rubio Realizing Meme collage for his birthday (May 28), which the president &amp; others signed <a href="https://t.co/5oVDfTFaed">https://t.co/5oVDfTFaed</a> <a href="https://t.co/S2KsnRta3S">pic.twitter.com/S2KsnRta3S</a>
— Marc Caputo (@MarcACaputo) <a href="https://x.com/MarcACaputo/status/2087694087482704381?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 13, 2026</a></blockquote>
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The central photo, which appears to be the un-doctored original image, has President Trump&#8217;s signature scrawled across it, along with the note, &#8220;YOU ARE GREAT!&#8221;
The other images — 68 in total — each show a different meme version of the original photo, and they all bear the signatures of other White House staffers.
The photo that spawned a thousand Rubios was taken during an Oval Office meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in February of 2025, and Rubio told Lara Trump on her Fox News show &#8220;My View&#8221; that he did not like the picture. He explained that particular couch, without a pillow, often caused people to sink lower than they might otherwise.
But once the photo took on a life of its own, it grew on him, he added: &#8220;It turned into this other thing &#8230; and it&#8217;s funny.&#8221;

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WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden&#8217;s State Department taught diplomats how to discuss &#8220;systemic racism&#8221; and &#8220;white privilege&#8221; in foreign languages, encouraging U.S. diplomats to push other countries to mirror the Biden administration&#8217;s woke ideological stances on race and immigration, The Daily Wire has learned.
The Biden administration&#8217;s efforts included creating a &#8220;DEI Toolkit&#8221; for Foreign Service language instructors that contained trainings on &#8220;Black Lives Matter,&#8221; &#8220;white privilege,&#8221; and &#8220;systemic racism&#8221; in foreign languages, according to materials examined by The Daily Wire.
The Trump State Department is focused on reforming the Foreign Service, encouraging patriotic Americans to join the service, putting an end to leftist trainings pushed by the Biden administration and refocusing on &#8220;American history, diplomatic tradecraft, and the tangible skills that empower the Foreign Service to deliver results for the American people,&#8221; a spokesman shared.
Instead of focusing trainings on Black Lives Matter and DEI, an official shared, new Trump administration Foreign Service trainings include the topics: &#8220;Why Are You Here? Mission and Vision in a Career of Service,&#8221; or &#8220;The Need for Grand Strategy,&#8221; &#8220;Theories of Foreign Policy,&#8221; &#8220;Protecting American Citizens Abroad: Emergencies and Evacuations,&#8221; and &#8220;America Founding Principles: Declaration of Independence, Constitution, Bill of Rights, Federalist Papers.&#8221;
“America’s diplomats are called to advocate for the national interests of the United States on the world stage – not advance extreme anti-American dogmas,&#8221; State Department spokesman Tommy Pigott told The Daily Wire. &#8220;Fringe divisive ideological dogma has no places in Foreign Service training.”
Materials reviewed by The Daily Wire show that under the former president, State Department Foreign Service language instructors were tasked with teaching &#8220;Black Lives Matter&#8221; concepts in Bangla, or Bengali, primarily spoken in South Asia.
That training suggested role-playing a scenario in which a video is presented to a Bengali class discussing white supremacy, racism, and discrimination, as well as &#8220;the linguistic and cultural barriers that make it difficult to broach these topics with the Bangladeshi American community.&#8221; The video referenced the country&#8217;s &#8220;renewed reckoning with systemic racism and its coercive effect on the public institutions.&#8221;
<div id="attachment_1156301" style="width: 905px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-heres-how-bidens-diplomats-pushed-woke-ideology-in-foreign-countries/president-biden-meets-with-his-cabinet-at-the-white-house-3" rel="attachment wp-att-1156301"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-1156301" class="wp-image-1156301 size-large" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/08/GettyImages-2173386735-895x576.jpg" alt="" width="895" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/08/GettyImages-2173386735-895x576.jpg 895w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/08/GettyImages-2173386735-300x193.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/08/GettyImages-2173386735-768x494.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/08/GettyImages-2173386735.jpg 1024w" sizes=" (max-width: 895px) 100vw, 895px" /></a>U.S. President Joe Biden presides over a cabinet meeting with Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and others at the White House on September 20, 2024. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)</div>
The training&#8217;s vocabulary list included words such as racism, activism, affirmative action, discrimination, equal opportunity, equality, inequality, implicit bias, unconscious bias, systemic racism, white privilege, marginalization, police brutality, and violation of human rights.
Foreign service officers engaged in the training were asked to role play multiple choice questions with their students, discussing recent protests spurred by the death of George Floyd, highlighting the &#8220;importance of addressing racism at the institutional and individual levels,&#8221; to &#8220;control key vocabulary related to DEIC themes in the US in the target language,&#8221; and to use the Bangla language to share personal stories about how racism affects the United States, as well as &#8220;slavery&#8217;s enduring legacy.&#8221;
In one scenario, those taking the class would watch a video on BLM and then react to the following statement: &#8220;Your house is burning in a fire. The fire department comes and everyone tries to save your house. But I live next door and I&#8217;m saying, &#8216;Why aren&#8217;t you checking my house, my house matters also.'&#8221;
Then students would be asked to choose whether this exemplified systemic racism, white privilege, or implicit bias.
Another training focused on Black Lives Matter and systemic racism for those who speak Urdu, spoken primarily in Pakistan but also in parts of India and the Middle East. That section asked students to &#8220;reflect more deeply&#8221; about BLM and to make connections between &#8220;idealized&#8221; U.S. policy positions related to BLM and the &#8220;actual lived experiences of BLM in the US and the host country.&#8221; This group would also heavily focus on the death of George Floyd in the &#8220;target language&#8221; of Urdu.
A Hebrew section on &#8220;Race and Racism&#8221; tasked students with imagining that they are hosting an event at a library in Tel Aviv to discuss race and diversity in the United States and Israel. In this fictional scenario, they invited several colleagues from the Israeli Embassy to discuss current topics such as &#8220;Black Lives Matter&#8221; and immigration as well as a panel of &#8220;diverse Israelis.&#8221;
<div id="attachment_1156309" style="width: 1034px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-heres-how-bidens-diplomats-pushed-woke-ideology-in-foreign-countries/atlanta-protest-over-police-custody-death-of-george-floyd-4" rel="attachment wp-att-1156309"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-1156309" class="wp-image-1156309 size-full" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/08/GettyImages-1216237394.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="683" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/08/GettyImages-1216237394.jpg 1024w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/08/GettyImages-1216237394-300x200.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/08/GettyImages-1216237394-864x576.jpg 864w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/08/GettyImages-1216237394-768x512.jpg 768w" sizes=" (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a>A man holds a Black Lives Matter sign as a police car burns during a protest on May 29, 2020 in Atlanta, Georgia.  (Photo by Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images)</div>
The Foreign Service officers would also be asked to role play situations involving race and racism. More training materials reviewed by The Daily Wire asked the officers to pretend they are hosting an event in another country while &#8220;the killing of an African American citizen by the police is all over the news.&#8221;
&#8220;While you were not planning to discuss &#8216;Black Lives Matter&#8217; in the U.S. you find yourself in a position to discuss race and diversity in the U.S. and host country,&#8221; the materials state. &#8220;You have invited several colleagues from the Embassy as well.&#8221;
In that role-playing scenario, the Foreign Service officer would be tasked with identifying solutions to racism in the United States and then asking their peers if their home country has similar issues related to minorities and how their government could improve racism in their own country.
The materials given to Biden administration State Department employees also included a vocabulary list instructing the diplomats on how to discuss hot button topics like BLM and immigration. Diplomats were asked not to refer to illegal aliens as &#8220;illegal,&#8221; for example, but instead to refer to them as &#8220;undocumented persons.&#8221;
&#8220;This is a problematic term often used in U.S. political discourse that many find dehumanizing, as it reduces individuals to their immigration status and implies undocumented immigrants are inferior and do not belong,&#8221; reads State Department documents shared with The Daily Wire.
Those documents also define privilege as &#8220;a right, immunity, or benefit enjoyed only by a person beyond the advantages of most,&#8221; and additionally, &#8220;unearned social power accorded by the formal and informal institutions of society to ALL members of a dominant group.&#8221;
&#8220;Privilege is usually invisible to those who have it because we are taught not to see it, but nevertheless it puts them at an advantage over those who do not have it.&#8221;

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The internet is getting a kick out of Secretary of State Marco Rubio&#8217;s take on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.&#8217;s sauerkraut-heavy diet and his admission that diets and MAHA just aren&#8217;t for him &#8212; although Pop-Tarts very much are.
Rubio made the admission during a Tuesday appearance with his wife, Jeanette, on &#8220;The Katie Miller Podcast,&#8221; where host Katie Miller asked whether he had adopted RFK&#8217;s diet of red meat and fermented vegetables.
Rubio immediately said no and called the diet &#8220;crazy.&#8221;
&#8220;This is a diet that consists of eating sauerkraut and meat,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Now, you understand, like this is not a sustainable thing.&#8221;
&#8220;Well he sustains it, because he does it,&#8221; Rubio&#8217;s wife Jeanette, who joined him on the podcast, chimed in.
&#8220;But he has to travel with coolers of sauerkraut!&#8221; Rubio said, cracking up Miller. &#8220;I&#8217;m not gonna travel the world with a cooler full of sauerkraut. It&#8217;s ridiculous. I can&#8217;t do it. It&#8217;s not sustainable.&#8221;
&#8220;I&#8217;m in favor of MAHA,&#8221; he continued, referring to the Make America Healthy Again movement. &#8220;Like, I think people should be healthy &#8211;&#8221;
&#8220;He is not. He is completely not,&#8221; Jeanette interjected again. She also revealed that her husband eats Pop-Tarts, a shameful admission to anyone in the MAHA world.
&#8220;No, I don&#8217;t eat Pop-Tarts every day, okay?&#8221; Rubio responded. &#8220;You eat sweets!&#8221; Jeanette said.
&#8220;The Pop-Tart is one of the great American innovations in the history of the world,&#8221; Rubio said, embracing his love of Pop-Tarts. &#8220;If you think about it, it comes in this beautiful foil package.&#8221;
&#8220;He eats all the things you should not be eating, every single thing,&#8221; Jeanette added.
Rubio went on to say that diets just aren&#8217;t for him. He said he once tried the ketogenic diet and called it a &#8220;near-psychotic event&#8221; for him.
&#8220;I tried this thing called keto,&#8221; he said. &#8220;You just eat all this protein, and so you go through this massive withdrawal from sugar and carbohydrates for the first 72 hours. It was a near-psychotic event for me.&#8221;
&#8220;It&#8217;s true, like if I did this in this job [at that time], I would be saying, &#8216;Mr. President, we must bomb Paraguay,'&#8221; Rubio joked. &#8220;And it&#8217;s like, why? I don&#8217;t know. I&#8217;m just really mad I haven&#8217;t had any sugar.&#8221;
&#8220;I&#8217;m not against this diet, I&#8217;m not asking that we ban it,&#8221; the Secretary of State added. &#8220;I encourage people to try it. I&#8217;m just saying it&#8217;s not for everyone. That&#8217;s what I&#8217;m saying.&#8221;
The internet seems to be laughing along with Miller, too. The post has garnered millions of views and tens of thousands of likes in a matter of hours. Many folks commented on Rubio&#8217;s wife playfully calling him out and how Rubio is actually spitting &#8220;facts&#8221; about Pop-Tarts. And, of course, the obligatory Rubio meme has been given a Pop-Tart makeover:
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<a href="https://t.co/K8LwIfCNAo">pic.twitter.com/K8LwIfCNAo</a>
— NERV2nd Branch (@NERV2nd) <a href="https://x.com/NERV2nd/status/2087348133957394601?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 12, 2026</a></blockquote>

Marco Rubio’s Take On RFK’s ‘Crazy’ Diet Goes Viral: ‘It’s Ridiculous’

Rubio Cracks Up Host, Roasts RFK Jr.’s Extreme MAHA Diet

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio took a moment during a recent podcast interview to weight the merits of &#8220;Sharknado&#8221; vs. &#8220;Jaws,&#8221; laughing as he warned the host she&#8217;d never be able to air the clip: &#8220;This thing&#8217;s off the rails.&#8221;
Rubio and his wife Jeanette sat down with podcast host Katie Miller — wife of White House adviser Stephen Miller — for a wide-ranging interview, and the conversation turned to a visit from a nephew and his choice of movie.
&#8220;I have a little nephew who was visiting us here yesterday,&#8221; Rubio explained, and said that he&#8217;d jumped to the rescue when the boy had asked if they could watch &#8220;Jaws&#8221; together. &#8220;I said I have an even better movie than &#8216;Jaws,&#8217; &#8216;Jaws&#8217; is boring. &#8216;Sharknado.'&#8221;
Miller laughed as Jeanette shook her head: &#8220;Oh, my gosh, it was such a ridiculous movie! Such a ridiculous — who puts that — for kids?&#8221;
&#8220;Where the hurricane brings the shark to the shore?&#8221; Miller asked.
&#8220;It was awful,&#8221; Jeanette added, but she continued to laugh as Rubio described the movie.
&#8220;There&#8217;s a &#8216;Sharknado,&#8217; I think it&#8217;s number three, that&#8217;s in Washington, D.C., and the sharks are in the White House and there&#8217;s a president that&#8217;s shooting at them and all that — which all sounds crazy, but now you can see — actually, there&#8217;s a scene where the sharks are in the reflecting pool!&#8221; the secretary of State said, getting increasingly animated and prompting more laughter from Miller and his wife. &#8220;In the &#8216;Sharknado&#8217; movie, and this is ten years ago.&#8221;
&#8220;So I&#8217;m like, man, I gotta show this to the president,&#8221; Rubio laughed. &#8220;You know, we might have a feature here for people. Can you imagine? If we put sharks in the reflecting pool. Oh, gosh. Anyway.&#8221;
&#8220;This whole thing&#8217;s off the rails,&#8221; Rubio said to his wife — and then turned to Miller, adding, &#8220;You&#8217;re not going to be able to even air this thing.&#8221;

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Rubio Dives Into ‘Jaws’ Vs. ‘Sharknado’ In ‘Off-The-Rails’ Interview

Marco Rubio Answers The Question On Everyone's Mind: 'Jaws' Or Sharknado'?

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