Chief Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell ripped into legacy media on Sunday, accusing outlets of fueling the &#8220;Iranian propaganda machine&#8221; because they were so desperate to smear President Donald Trump that they were willing to accept any collateral damage that followed — even if the majority of the damage landed on American service members.
Parnell showcased a headline from The Washington Post that cast doubt on the success of the recent strikes carried out by American service members against Iranian nuclear sites — strikes that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and President Trump, backed by multiple intelligence sources, had declared to be unqualified successes.
&#8220;The mainstream media is engaging in a weaponized smear campaign against America &amp; our incredible troops. 
The Fake News are knowingly using incomplete, out-of-context &amp; flat-out false intelligence &#8216;assessments&#8217; to seemingly do the bidding of the Iranian propaganda machine,&#8221; Parnell posted along with a screenshot of The Washington Post&#8217;s story. &#8220;This isn’t journalism, it’s political activism.&#8221;
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The mainstream media is engaging in a weaponized smear campaign against America &amp; our incredible troops. 
The Fake News are knowingly using incomplete, out-of-context &amp; flat-out false intelligence “assessments” to seemingly do the bidding of the Iranian propaganda machine. 
This… <a href="https://t.co/fIAScWp4x7">pic.twitter.com/fIAScWp4x7</a>
— Sean Parnell (@SeanParnellUSA) <a href="https://twitter.com/SeanParnellUSA/status/1939396327793963447?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 29, 2025</a></blockquote>
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The screenshot he shared read, &#8220;Breaking News: U.S. intelligence obtained private communication among Iranian officials, discussing this month&#8217;s military strikes on Iran&#8217;s nuclear program and remarking that the attack was less devastating than they expected.&#8221;
Defense Secretary <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/choose-your-word-hegseth-says-iranian-nuclear-facilities-were-obliterated-destroyed">Pete Hegseth</a> took a similar tone at the press conference he held late last week, sharing detailed information about the strikes and whether or not the intended targets had been &#8220;obliterated&#8221; before he turned on the media.
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&#8220;You, and I mean specifically you, the press corps, because you cheer against Trump so hard, like in your DNA and in your blood, to cheer against Trump. You want him not to be successful so bad, you have to cheer against the efficacy of the strikes,” Hegseth said. “You have to hope they were not effective. Let’s take half-truths, spun information, leaked information, and then spin it, spin it in every way we can to try to cause doubt and manipulate the public mind over whether or not our brave pilots were successful.&#8221;
&#8220;Time and time again, classified information is leaked or peddled for political purposes to try to make the president look bad. And what’s really happening is you’re undermining the success of incredible B-2 pilots and incredible F-35 pilots and incredible refuelers and incredible air defenders who accomplished their mission, set back a nuclear program in ways that other presidents would have dreamed,&#8221; he continued.

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Actor John Cusack abandoned all efforts at self-preservation when he declared that Iran &#8220;should get&#8221; a nuclear weapon and claimed that doing so would be &#8220;the only way&#8221; to truly keep the United States and Israel in check.
Cusack, who has often been critical of administrations run by both major political parties, claims first and foremost to be &#8220;anti-war&#8221; — a position he describes more as &#8220;pro-troops and pro-human&#8221; because he&#8217;d prefer to see all troops returned home and an end to the killing. Despite that position, he took to X on Friday to argue that the world&#8217;s largest state sponsor of terror should have access to the most dangerous weapon in existence — even though Iran has <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/19/world/middleeast/israel-nuclear-iran-threat.html">called</a> for Israel to be &#8220;wiped off the map&#8221; and frequently uses &#8220;death to America&#8221; as a rallying cry.
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&#8220;Iran will surely rush to get a nuclear weapon — and they should get one — it’s the only way to deter US and Israel from bombing every country in Middle East,&#8221; Cusack posted just days after the United States military executed targeted strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities.
The American strikes, in combination with a series of attacks carried out by the Israel Defense Forces against military and nuclear targets in Iran, were all aimed at the same objective: preventing a rogue Islamist state from acquiring nuclear weapons. In response to the attacks, Iran fired missiles indiscriminately at civilian populations in Israel, attempting to overwhelm the Iron Dome&#8217;s defense capabilities – and, in some cases, succeeding.
Cusack&#8217;s commentary over the last several years has been blatantly anti-Israel. He has repeatedly claimed that the situation in Gaza amounts to a genocide, <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/john-cusack-rejects-antisemitism-accusations-as-complete-lies/">denying</a> mass rape perpetrated by Hamas terrorists on October 7, 2023, who slaughtered 1,200 Israelies and sparked the ongoing war.
He also referred to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as &#8220;a murderous gangster&#8221; — but had no such words for the terrorists who entered Israeli homes, <a href="https://www.ynetnews.com/culture/article/sknpqcl5a">labeling</a> Hamas as a &#8220;charity organization&#8221; in past posts on X. He made no mention of the Israelis who remain hostage in Gaza, subjected to as yet unknown tortures at the hands of their Iranian-backed captors.
&#8220;Blind allegiance for Israel is alliance to a genocidal regeme — it’s a nation state — run [b]y a murderous gangster — not some fixed star,&#8221; he claimed.
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Blind allegiance for Israel is alliance to a genocidal regeme &#8211; it’s a nation state &#8211; run my a murderous gangster &#8211; not some fixed star.
— John Cusack (@johncusack) <a href="https://twitter.com/johncusack/status/1938807199683559544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 28, 2025</a></blockquote>
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When self-described Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani won the New York City mayoral Democratic primary, critics on both sides of the aisle began to wake up to just how problematic his meteoric rise could be.
For those who don&#8217;t spend their Sunday mornings glued to the television — and their Sunday afternoons attempting to dig through a week&#8217;s worth of network and cable news media spin — The Daily Wire has compiled a short summary of what you may have missed.
The topic of conversation on many of the Sunday morning political shows — in addition to some conversation about Iran and the ongoing battle surrounding President Donald Trump&#8217;s &#8220;One Big Beautiful Bill&#8221; — revolved around Mamdani, his history and proposed policies, and how mainstream Democrats who wanted to keep their House and Senate seats could go about responding to his win.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), for example, appeared to be uncomfortable when pressed on whether or not he intended to endorse Mamdani in the upcoming general election. It&#8217;s certainly possible that Jeffries hesitated because there may be three Democrats running — current Mayor Eric Adams, who won as a Democrat, has announced an independent bid for reelection; and disgraced former Governor Andrew Cuomo (D-NY), who lost to Mamdani in the primary, left the door wide open for a third party run. It&#8217;s also possible that Jeffries, who represents a district that is 11% Jewish, has concerns about Mamdani&#8217;s support for BDS — &#8220;Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions&#8221; — against Israel or his claim that, as mayor, he would have Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrested if he came to New York City.
On ABC News&#8217; &#8220;This Week,&#8221; host Jonathan Karl asked Jeffries to weigh in on Mamdani.
&#8220;I congratulated him on the campaign that he ran, a campaign that clearly was relentlessly focused on the high cost of living in New York City and the economy. He outworked, he out-communicated, and he out-organized the opposition, and that&#8217;s clearly why he was successful,&#8221; Jeffries said — but added that he didn&#8217;t know the Democratic Socialist well enough to make an endorsement.
&#8220;Well, our districts don&#8217;t overlap. I have never had a substantive conversation with him. And so that&#8217;s the next step in terms of this process to discuss his vision for moving the city forward and addressing the issues that are important to the communities that I represent,&#8221; he said, and called on Mamdani directly to &#8220;clarify&#8221; his position on Israel.
&#8220;Globalizing the Intifada, by way of example, is not an acceptable phrasing,&#8221; Jeffries concluded. &#8220;He&#8217;s going to have to clarify his position on that as he moves forward. With respect to the Jewish communities that I represent, I think our nominee is going to have to convince folks that he is prepared to aggressively address the rise in antisemitism in the city of New York, which has been an unacceptable development.&#8221;
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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries hesitated when pressed by <a href="https://twitter.com/jonkarl?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JonKarl</a> about endorsing Democratic New York City mayor contender Zohran Mamdani.
&#8220;I have never had a substantive conversation with him. That’s the next step in terms of this process.” <a href="https://t.co/XdRBpVxN5K">https://t.co/XdRBpVxN5K</a> <a href="https://t.co/hM0H4CywiC">pic.twitter.com/hM0H4CywiC</a>
— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) <a href="https://twitter.com/ThisWeekABC/status/1939335443935281620?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 29, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Rep. Chris Deluzio (D-PA) was far more conciliatory toward Mamdani, arguing that Democrats should learn from the way he made his case on economic inequality — primarily by offering his voters things like rent freezes and &#8220;free&#8221; public transportation.
&#8220;If you&#8217;re a candidate who is laser-focused on bringing down costs, you&#8217;re hitting the right notes,&#8221; he said.
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. <a href="https://twitter.com/RepDeluzio?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RepDeluzio</a> on lessons Democrats should learn from Mamdani’s stunning win in New York: “If you&#8217;re a candidate who is laser-focused on bringing down costs, you&#8217;re hitting the right notes.”<a href="https://twitter.com/RepRileyMoore?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RepRileyMoore</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/ashleyrallison?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ashleyrallison</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/Alyssafarah?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Alyssafarah</a> join <a href="https://twitter.com/jaketapper?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@jaketapper</a> to discuss. <a href="https://t.co/20C2AJH1Ag">pic.twitter.com/20C2AJH1Ag</a>
— State of the Union (@CNNSOTU) <a href="https://twitter.com/CNNSOTU/status/1939329587076378705?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 29, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Mamdani himself joined host Kristen Welker on NBC News&#8217; &#8220;Meet the Press,&#8221; where he doubled down on policy proposals that would shift the tax burden to &#8220;whiter&#8221; neighborhoods. When Welker pressed him on that, Mamdani claimed that he was simply &#8220;describing&#8221; the demographics as they were, not suggesting that white people should be taxed more.
&#8220;It&#8217;s not driven by race,&#8221; he claimed. &#8220;I&#8217;m just naming things as they are.&#8221;
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Mamdani is unapologetic about language in his plan that would tax “whiter” neighborhoods at higher rates:
&#8220;It&#8217;s not driven by race….I&#8217;m just naming things as they are.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/Dnrtij9BxH">pic.twitter.com/Dnrtij9BxH</a>
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Given the fact that his tax plan also calls for higher taxes on top earners, Welker asked Mamdani whether he believed billionaires had a &#8220;right to exist.&#8221; Mamdani, laughing, said that he did not believe billionaires should exist &#8220;because, frankly, it is so much money in a moment of such inequality.&#8221;
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ZOHRAN MAMDANI: “I don&#8217;t think that we should have billionaires.” <a href="https://t.co/optpzkp28w">pic.twitter.com/optpzkp28w</a>
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Welker also pressed Mamdani on his apparent stance with regard to Israel, asking several times whether he&#8217;d condemn the phrase &#8220;globalize the intifada,&#8221; which she correctly identified as a call to violence against Jews — and while Mamdani insisted that those were not his chosen words, he did not outright condemn the phrase.
&#8220;Do you condemn that phrase, &#8216;Globalize the Intifada?'&#8221; Welker asked, and asked again a short time later when it was clear he was not answering: &#8220;But do you actually condemn it &#8230; which a lot of people hear as a call to violence against Jews?&#8221;
&#8220;For the people who &#8230; feel really concerned by that phrase, why not just condemn it?&#8221;
Mamdani said a lot of words in his response to Welker&#8217;s query, but none of them were, &#8220;Yes, of course, I condemn it.&#8221;
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/kwelkernbc?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@kwelkernbc</a> to Mamdani:
Do you condemn that phrase, Globalize the Intifada?
But do you actually condemn it..which a lot of people hear as a call to violence against Jews?
For the people who .. feel really concerned by that phrase, why not just condemn it?
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— Jacob N. Kornbluh (@jacobkornbluh) <a href="https://twitter.com/jacobkornbluh/status/1939345375594443025?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 29, 2025</a></blockquote>
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So what&#8217;s to be done? Democratic strategist James Carville warned that Mamdani&#8217;s primary win signaled trouble for New York City, but still seemed hopeful that the &#8220;Communist lunatic&#8221; — that&#8217;s according to President Trump&#8221; — could still be stopped on his way to Gracie Mansion.
&#8220;There’s a lot of baseball left here. We’ve got a lot of baseball left to play,&#8221; he said.

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The pilots who flew the B-2 bombers that attacked multiple Iran nuclear sites last weekend are coming to the White House, according to President Donald Trump.
During an interview on &#8220;Sunday Morning Futures,&#8221; anchor Maria Bartiromo asked Trump if he was going to &#8220;do something&#8221; for the &#8220;courageous&#8221; pilots after noting the president wants to &#8220;honor&#8221; them.
&#8220;Yes, they&#8217;re going to come to the White House. But what you said is right. These people flew 36 hours in a small space, a big plane, but a small spaces mostly occupied by bombs, and they flew so brilliantly,&#8221; Trump said.
He added, &#8220;They hit a target the size of this circle &#8230; a little target, they say half the size of a refrigerator door from 50,000 feet up in the air. Going at a rapid speed, because they&#8217;re going very fast when they&#8217;re over a pretty rough territory. And they hit it every single time. And then they knocked out two other sites aside from that.&#8221;
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@POTUS</a> on the B-2 pilots: &#8220;They&#8217;re going to come to the White House &#8230; They hit a target the size of a circle — a little target, they say half the size of a refrigerator door, from 50,000 feet up in the air going at a rapid speed &#8230; And they hit it every single time.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/jhWxAuloR5">pic.twitter.com/jhWxAuloR5</a>
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For a mission dubbed Operation Midnight Hammer, the B-2 bombers launched from the United States and refueled multiple times while in flight during the trip to Iranian airspace, Joint Chiefs Chairman Dan Caine <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/b-2-bombers-arrive-back-in-missouri-after-hammering-iranian-nuclear-sites" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a news conference. As <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/b-2-bombers-arrive-back-in-missouri-after-hammering-iranian-nuclear-sites" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> by The Daily Wire, they struck targets at Fordo and Natanz and Tomahawk missiles fired from a United States submarines hit Isfahan moments later. Following the attack, the B-2 bombers made a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/b-2-bombers-arrive-back-in-missouri-after-hammering-iranian-nuclear-sites" target="_blank" rel="noopener">return trip</a> to Missouri.
Trump, who says the strikes were necessary to prevent Tehran from achieving a nuclear weapon, deemed the attack a success.
&#8220;Those pilots went in there with those beautiful planes and the most sophisticated bombs anywhere in the world. Think of it, they can go 30 stories deep into granite. Who would think that&#8217;s even possible? And they did obliterate it, it turned out,&#8221; Trump told Bartiromo.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has also praised the pilots and others involved in the operation.
&#8220;I want to recognize pilots who flew those bombers; who flew those fighters; who flew those refuelers: Warriors. I want to recognize the sailors, on those destroyers, in those subs. on those carriers: Warriors. All of them. I want to recognize our soldiers doing air defense, base defense, QRF: Warriors. All of them,” Hegseth said in a statement. &#8220;Every American involved in this operation performed flawlessly.&#8221;

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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Friday announced the Pentagon would rename a Navy ship from a gay icon to a World War II hero who gave his life to keep his ship operational during a major battle.
“I’m pleased to officially announce that the Department of the Navy is renaming the replenishment oil formally known as the USNS Harvey Milk to the USNS Oscar V. Peterson,” Hegseth said. “We are taking the politics out of ship-naming; we’re not renaming the ship to anything political; this is not about political activists, unlike the previous administration.”
“Instead, we’re renaming the ship after a United States Navy Congressional Medal of Honor recipient, as it should be,” he continued. “People want to be proud of the ship they’re sailing in, and so we’re renaming it after a chief, a navy chief, that during the battle of the Coral Sea in May 1942, Chief Watertender Peterson led a repair party on the U.S.S. Neosho. The ship was severely damaged by Japanese dive-bombers and the entire repair party was either killed or severely wounded. Peterson himself was gravely wounded, yet he managed to single-handedly close the bulkhead stop valves, thereby helping to keep the ship operational.”
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Peterson suffered third-degree burns to his face, shoulders, arms, and hands after his actions on May 7, 1942; he died on May 13 at the age of 42 and was buried at sea. Peterson and his wife had two sons.
“In performing his historic actions and heroic actions, Peterson received additional injuries, and burns, which tragically resulted in his death, but his spirit of self-sacrifice and concern for his crewmates was in keeping with the finest traditions of the Navy. And for his heroic actions, Oscar Peterson was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. So I would like to officially welcome the USNS Oscar V. Peterson to the Navy’s Vessel Register,” Hegseth concluded.
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I am pleased to announce that the United States Navy is renaming the USNS Harvey Milk to the USNS Oscar V. Peterson.
We are taking the politics out of ship naming. <a href="https://t.co/2ypwAQGdAl">pic.twitter.com/2ypwAQGdAl</a>
&mdash; Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth (@SecDef) <a href="https://twitter.com/SecDef/status/1938568563838886269?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 27, 2025</a></blockquote>
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In July 2016, during the Obama administration, U.S. Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced he would name John Lewis-class fleet replenishment oilers after prominent civil rights leaders, then named one after Harvey Milk, a gay San Francisco city supervisor who was assassinated along with San Francisco Democratic Mayor George Moscone in November 1978. “Milk’s naval service was utterly unremarkable,” National Review has <a href="https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/harvey-milk-is-undeserving-of-a-ship/">noted</a>.

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At a Thursday press conference with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, President Donald Trump’s top general, Dan “Razin’” Caine, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, spoke of the emotional moment when American pilots returned home to their loved ones following the strike on Iranian nuclear facilities, recalling “flags flying and tears flowing.”
“When the crews went to work on Friday, they kissed their loved ones goodbye, not knowing when or if they would be home,” he stated. “Late on Saturday night, their families became aware of what was happening, and on Sunday, when those jets returned&#8230;their families were there. Flags flying and tears flowing.”
“I have chills, literally, talking about this,” he declared.
“The jets rejoined into a formation of four airplanes followed by a formation of three and came up overhead Whiteman (Air Force Base), proudly in a traffic pattern, pitching out to land, right over the base and landing to the incredible cheers of their families, who sacrifice and serve right alongside their family members. Like I said, there were a lot of flags and a lot of tears,” he said.
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. <a href="https://twitter.com/thejointstaff?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@thejointstaff</a> &quot;Crews went to work on Friday; they kissed their loved ones goodbye, not knowing when or if they would be home.
Late on Saturday night, their families became aware of what was happening, and on Sunday, when those jets returned from Whiteman, their families were… <a href="https://t.co/xcA79ecLFR">pic.twitter.com/xcA79ecLFR</a>
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Last Sunday, Caine detailed how the strike was conducted, stating:
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At midnight Friday into Saturday morning a large B2 strike package comprised of bombers launched from the continental United States. As part of a plan to maintain tactical surprise, part of the package proceeded to the west and into the Pacific as a decoy, a deception effort known only to an extremely small number of planners and key leaders here in Washington and in Tampa.
The main strike package comprised of seven B2 Spirit bombers, each with two crewmembers, proceeded quietly to the East with minimal communications. Throughout the 18-hour flight into the target area. the aircraft completed multiple inflight refuelings. Once over land, the B2‘s linked up with escort and support aircraft in a complex tightly-timed maneuver requiring exact synchronization across multiple platforms in a narrow piece of airspace, all done with minimal communication communications.
This type of integration is exactly what our joint force does better than anyone else in the world.
At approximately 5 p.m. Eastern Standard Time last night and just prior to the strike package entering Iran, a U.S. submarine in the central command area of responsibility launched more than two dozen Tomahawk plane attack cruise missiles against key surface infrastructure targets at Esfahan. As the Operation Midnight Hammer strike package entered Iranian airspace, the U.S. employed several deception tactics, including decoys, as the fourth and fifth generation aircraft pushed out in front of the strike package at high altitude and high speed, sweeping in front of the package for enemy fighters and surface-to-air missile threats.
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth laid into a reporter who asked why he hadn&#8217;t specifically congratulated the female pilots who had been a part of the United States&#8217; recent strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities after they stated: &#8220;The early messages that you sent out only congratulated &#8216;the boys.'&#8221;
Hegseth, in the hours after the mission had been completed, touted the success of &#8220;our boys on those bombers&#8221; – and The New York Times, among others, complained that not all of those involved had been male.
Times Pentagon reporter John Ismay, most notably, wrote, &#8220;In the briefing, Hegseth referred to B-2 pilots as ‘our boys on those bombers,’ yet both men and women have been trained to fly them.&#8221;
When that topic came up during Thursday morning&#8217;s briefing, Hegseth bowed his head slightly, laughing, before responding.
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. <a href="https://twitter.com/SecDef?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SecDef</a> gave the PERFECT response when asked
&#8220;Why not acknowledge female pilots that participated, early messages congratulated the boys?&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/BAqwj6bfdV">pic.twitter.com/BAqwj6bfdV</a>
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&#8220;Why not acknowledge the female pilots that also participated?&#8221; the reporter asked. &#8220;The early messages that you sent out only congratulated &#8216;the boys.'&#8221;
&#8220;So, when I say something like &#8216;our boys in bombers&#8217; — see, this is the kind of thing the press does,&#8221; Hegseth replied. &#8220;Of course, the Chairman mentioned a female bomber pilot. Fantastic. She&#8217;s fantastic. She&#8217;s a hero. I want more female bomber pilots.&#8221;
&#8220;I hope the men and women of our country sign up to do such brave and audacious things,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;But when you spin it as because I say &#8216;our boys in bombers&#8217; as a common phrase – I&#8217;ll keep saying things like that, whether they&#8217;re men or women. I&#8217;m very proud of that female pilot, just like I&#8217;m very proud of those male pilots.&#8221;
&#8220;I don&#8217;t care if it&#8217;s a male or a female in the cockpit, and the American people don&#8217;t care,&#8221; he concluded. &#8220;But it&#8217;s the obsession with race and gender in this department that&#8217;s changed priorities, and we don&#8217;t do that anymore. We don&#8217;t play your little games.&#8221;

‘We Don’t Play Your Little Games’: Hegseth Smokes Reporter Asking Why He Didn’t Mention Female Pilot

'We Don't Play Your Little Games': Hegseth Smokes Reporter Asking Why He Didn't Mention Female Pilot

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth once again dragged the media as he described what really happened when the United States launched targeted strikes over the weekend on Iranian nuclear facilities, saying that the targets had absolutely been destroyed and media outlets didn&#8217;t say so only because they were &#8220;rooting against Trump.&#8221;
Hegseth held the Thursday morning press conference, announced one day prior by President Donald Trump, to correct the record after CNN and other outlets ran with early reports — apparently based on leaked intelligence — that the strikes had not been as successful as the Trump administration said.
Hegseth began by explaining that the leaked intelligence report had been what was called &#8220;low confidence&#8221; — meaning that those who had evaluated it believed it to be at best premature and at worst wholly inaccurate — and that they fully expected more complete and accurate reports to follow. Still, multiple media outlets ran with the early intel.
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The fake news has turned to LEAKS from a preliminary low-confidence report that will continue to be REFINED as additional intelligence becomes available.
HERE ARE THE FACTS: <a href="https://t.co/OFJVeIVvB4">pic.twitter.com/OFJVeIVvB4</a>
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Even the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), which initially issued the report, referred to it as &#8220;preliminary&#8221; and &#8220;low confidence,&#8221; Hegseth noted, and then pointed to the slew of updated assessments that had not made it into the New York Times and other outlets&#8217; coverage.
&#8220;Before I pass to the Chairman, because you and I mean specifically you, the press corps, because you cheer against Trump so hard, like in your DNA and in your blood, to cheer against Trump. You want him not to be successful so bad, you have to cheer against the efficacy of the strikes,&#8221; Hegseth said. &#8220;You have to hope they were not effective. Let’s take half-truths, spun information, leaked information, and then spin it, spin it in every way we can to try to cause doubt and manipulate the public mind over whether or not our brave pilots were successful.&#8221;
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. <a href="https://twitter.com/SecDef?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SecDef</a> JUST CALLED OUT THE FAKE NEWS:
&#8220;I mean specifically you, the press core, because you cheer against Trump so hard, it&#8217;s like in your DNA and in your blood to cheer against Trump.
Because you want him not to be successful so badly, you have to cheer against the efficacy… <a href="https://t.co/wgb8g4J35X">pic.twitter.com/wgb8g4J35X</a>
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&#8220;How many stories have been written about how hard it is to, I don’t know, fly a plane for 36 hours? Has MSNBC done that story? Has Fox? Have we done the story how hard that is? Have we done it two or three times?&#8221; Hegseth asked. &#8220;So that American people understand about how difficult it is to shoot a drone from an F-15 or 16 or F-22 or F35? Or what it’s like to man a Patriot battery. Or how hard it is to refuel midair, giving the American people an understanding of how complex and sophisticated this mission really was?&#8221;
“There are so many aspects of what our brave men and women did that because of the hatred of this press corps are undermined because people are trying to leak and spin that it wasn’t successful,&#8221; Hegseth continued. &#8220;It’s irresponsible. Folks in this room are privy to that information because of the proximity here in the Pentagon. It’s an important responsibility.&#8221;
Hegseth went on to point out that while the goal might be to paint President Trump as ineffective or worse, the consequence was that it &#8220;undermined&#8221; the complex and dangerous work being done every day by men and women in uniform on behalf of the American people and their interests worldwide.
“And time and time again, classified information is leaked or peddled for political purposes to try to make the president look bad. And what’s really happening is you’re undermining the success of incredible B-2 pilots and incredible F-35 pilots and incredible refuelers and incredible air defenders who accomplished their mission, set back a nuclear program in ways that other presidents would have dreamed,&#8221; Hegseth explained. &#8220;How about we celebrate that? How about talk about how special America is, that only we have these capabilities? I think it’s too much to ask, unfortunately, for the fake news, so we’re used to that.&#8221;
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. <a href="https://twitter.com/SecDef?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SecDef</a> &#8220;Time and time again classified information is leaked or pedaled for political purposes to try to make the president look bad.
What really is happening You are undermining the success of incredible B-2 pilots and F-35 Pilots and incredible refuelers and incredible air… <a href="https://t.co/z1ICGSJeJj">pic.twitter.com/z1ICGSJeJj</a>
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“But we also have an opportunity to stand at the podium and read the truth of what’s happening. And the reality is you want to call it destroyed, you want to call it defeated, you want to call it obliterated, choose your word,&#8221; he declared. &#8220;This was an historically successful attack. We should celebrate it as Americans, and it gives us a chance to have peace, chance to have a deal, and an opportunity to prevent a nuclear Iran, which is something President Trump talked about for 20 years and no other presidents had the courage to actually do.&#8221;

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‘Choose Your Word’: Hegseth Says Iranian Nuclear Facilities Were ‘Obliterated,’ ‘Destroyed’

'Choose Your Word': Pete Hegseth Says Iranian Nuclear Facilities Were 'Obliterated,' 'Destroyed'

Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) claimed that she was the one who was &#8220;supposed to make the f***in decision&#8221; regarding whether or not the United States should have launched attacks on Iranian nuclear facilities.
Crockett, who has made a show of complaining that she was not given any kind of briefing on President Donald Trump&#8217;s decision to execute a series of strikes on Iranian nuclear sites, could be seen in a widely-shared video clip saying that she — and other members of Congress — should have been who ultimately decided whether or not the United States should have gone ahead with the move.
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JASMINE CROCKETT: “I’m the one that’s supposed to make the f**kin’ decision” on bombing Iran. <a href="https://t.co/pyKHrLNGuY">pic.twitter.com/pyKHrLNGuY</a>
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Crockett suggested that President Trump needed &#8220;to understand enough about the Constitution to the extent that I&#8217;m the one that&#8217;s supposed to make the f***in decision, or at least get a vote,&#8221; prompting laughter and applause from around the room.
The Texas Congresswoman also argued during a Tuesday hearing that not bombing Iran would save the American people money, complaining once again about the fact that she had not been privy to any &#8220;consultation&#8221; regarding the attack.
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Jasmine Crockett rails that she and congress weren’t consulted on Iran because congressional Republicans are in a Trump cult.
&#8220;Maybe we need to start leading with the people at the middle of what it is that is guiding us instead of following one person.&#8221;
What??
Of note,… <a href="https://t.co/XCThxB9t4H">pic.twitter.com/XCThxB9t4H</a>
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&#8220;Let me tell you, just dropping those few bombs in one day, that was the beginning of what is going to be a very long bill for us as they talk about being efficient, there was nothing efficient about doing it — maybe if there was some consultation, maybe with those that, say, have constitutional authority, since we care about the Constitution, then maybe we could have saved the American people not only money, but the lives that are now at risk as we have to put out warnings for American citizens in this country and abroad,&#8221; Crockett said.
&#8220;Maybe we need to start leading with the people at the middle of what it is that is guiding us instead of following one person,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;The reason that people like me say things like, &#8216;y&#8217;all are in a cult,&#8217; is because somehow people are abdicating their duties and abdicating the very people that put them into office.&#8221;
The Texas Democrat <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/06/24/us-news/rep-jasmine-crockett-loses-bid-to-be-top-dem-on-oversight-panel/?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_campaign=nypost&amp;utm_medium=social">received another blow</a> to her career on Tuesday when she withdrew her bid to serve as ranking member of the powerful House Oversight Committee — after receiving the fewest number of votes from within her own party. The position ultimately went to Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA).

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Jasmine Crockett Says She’s ‘The One That’s Supposed To Make The F***in Decision’ On Iran Attacks

Crockett Declares Herself Supreme On Iran: 'I'm The One That's Supposed To Make The F***in Decision'

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President Donald Trump heaped praise on the pilots of the B-2 Stealth Bombers that carried out successful strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities on Saturday, telling reporters that &#8220;they had a magnificent hit in the dark of night with no moon.&#8221;
Trump made the comments during a brief exchange on Air Force One on Tuesday, as he prepared to travel to The Hague for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit — and he took the opportunity to slip in a jab at cable news giant CNN as well.
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@POTUS</a>: &#8220;Our B-2 pilots made this all possible. They had a magnificent hit in the dark of night with no moon, no light, no nothing. They hit the target perfectly &#8230; I saw CNN Fake News going, &#8216;Well, maybe it wasn&#8217;t a perfect hit&#8230;&#8217; It&#8217;s very disrespectful to those great… <a href="https://t.co/xRryvaV8Vn">pic.twitter.com/xRryvaV8Vn</a>
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&#8220;I will tell you, the last thing on their minds is nuclear weapons,&#8221; Trump said of Iran after the precision strikes. &#8220;They don&#8217;t even want to think about nuclear — and our B-2 pilots made this all possible. They had a magnificent hit in the dark of night with no moon, no light, no nothing. They hit the target perfectly, wiped it out.&#8221;
&#8220;And the press is very disrespectful,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;I saw CNN Fake News going, &#8216;Well, maybe it wasn&#8217;t a perfect hit&#8230;&#8217; It was perfect. They said, &#8216;Maybe it did destroy it — it did destroy it, we agree, it did destroy it, but maybe it could have destroyed it more.&#8217; No, no &#8230; every one hit, and it&#8217;s very disrespectful to those great geniuses and patriots that flew those planes through tremendous danger. So CNN and MSDNC are a disgrace.&#8221;
Trump also took questions on other topics — including the next steps with regard to Ukraine&#8217;s ongoing war with Russia. When asked whether he planned to speak with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky while in the Netherlands, Trump seemed to think the scenario likely.
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&#8220;Do you think you&#8217;ll meet with Zelensky [at NATO]?&#8221;<a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@POTUS</a>: &#8220;Yeah, probably I&#8217;ll see him.&#8221;
&#8220;What would you say to him?&#8221;<a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@POTUS</a>: &#8220;I&#8217;ll say, &#8216;How ya doing?'&#8221;
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&#8220;What would you say to him?&#8221; one reporter asked.
Trump made it clear he was not interested in previewing the discussion: &#8220;I&#8217;ll say, &#8216;How ya doing?'&#8221;

Trump Praises B-2 Pilots For Flawless Strike In Iran: ‘A Magnificent Hit In The Dark Of Night’

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Iran’s Supreme National Security Council took a page directly from the Baghdad Bob playbook and claimed on Monday that Iranian missiles had &#8220;destroyed the U.S. air base in Al-Udeid, Qatar,&#8221; in response to the targeted American strikes on Iranian nuclear sites that took place on Saturday.
As reported by i24 News Senior Middle East correspondent Ariel Oseran, &#8220;Iran’s Supreme National Security Council: &#8216;Our forces destroyed the U.S. air base in Al-Udeid, Qatar, in response to America&#8217;s attack against our nuclear facilities&#8230; This action does not pose any threat to our friendly and brotherly country, Qatar.'&#8221;
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Iran’s Supreme National Security Council: “Our forces destroyed the U.S. air base in Al-Udeid, Qatar, in response to America&#8217;s attack against our nuclear facilities&#8230; This action does not pose any threat to our friendly and brotherly country, Qatar.” <a href="https://t.co/8DKcT854A8">pic.twitter.com/8DKcT854A8</a>
— Ariel Oseran أريئل أوسيران (@ariel_oseran) <a href="https://twitter.com/ariel_oseran/status/1937199317434933419?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 23, 2025</a></blockquote>
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But Oseran also noted that Qatari officials had reported a different version of events: &#8220;Qatari air defenses shot down 9 out of 10 Iranian missiles launched at the U.S. Al-Udeid Air Base, Qatar’s Al-Araby TV reports. One Iranian missile fell in an open area at the air base.&#8221;
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Qatari air defenses shot down 9 out of 10 Iranian missiles launched at the U.S. Al-Udeid Air Base, Qatar’s Al-Araby TV reports. One Iranian missile fell in an open area at at the air base. <a href="https://t.co/9UVSxt4Pb5">https://t.co/9UVSxt4Pb5</a>
— Ariel Oseran أريئل أوسيران (@ariel_oseran) <a href="https://twitter.com/ariel_oseran/status/1937200155859566667?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 23, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Qatari Foreign Ministry spokesman Majed Al Ansari released a statement condemning the attack, but also casting doubt on the Iranian version of events.
<blockquote>We express the State of Qatar&#8217;s strong condemnation of the attack on Al Udeid Air Base by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, and consider it a flagrant violation of the State of Qatar&#8217;s sovereignty and airspace, as well as of international law and the United Nations Charter. We affirm that the State of Qatar reserves the right to respond directly in a manner proportional to the nature and scale of this blatant aggression and in accordance with international law. We are reassured that Qatari air defenses thwarted the attack and successfully intercepted the Iranian missiles. The Ministry of Defense will issue a statement clarifying the circumstances of the attack later.
We also affirm that the continuation of such escalating military actions will undermine security and stability in the region and drag it into situations that will have disastrous repercussions for international peace and security. We call for an immediate cessation of all military actions and a serious return to the negotiating table and dialogue. We emphasize that the State of Qatar was among the first countries to warn against the consequences of Israeli escalation in the region*, calling for the priority of diplomatic solutions, and adhering to the principles of good neighborliness and non-escalation, affirming that dialogue is the only way to overcome current crises and preserve the security of the region and the peace of its peoples.
The base had been evacuated earlier in accordance with approved security and precautionary measures, in light of the tensions currently prevailing in the region. All necessary measures were taken to ensure the safety of the base&#8217;s personnel, including members of the Qatari Armed Forces, friendly forces, and others. He confirmed that no injuries or human losses occurred as a result of the attack.</blockquote>
Multiple reports also claimed that Iran had warned Qatar prior to the attack: &#8220;Iran symbolically needed to strike back at the U.S. but at the same time carry it out in in a way that allowed all sides an exit ramp.&#8221;
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NYT: Iran coordinated the attack with Qatar to minimize casualties.
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President Donald Trump also responded to the attack, confirming that there were no reported casualties.
&#8220;I’d like to thank the Highly Respected Emir of Qatar for all that he has done in seeking Peace for the Region. Regarding the attack today at the American Base in Qatar, I am pleased to report that, in addition to no Americans being killed or wounded, very importantly, there have also been no Qataris killed or wounded. Thank you for your attention to this matter!&#8221; he posted via his Truth Social account.
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Iran Goes Full Baghdad Bob, Claims Attack ‘Destroyed’ U.S. Air Base In Qatar

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President Donald Trump said on Sunday night that he viewed the satellite images of Iran&#8217;s major nuclear facilities following the United States&#8217; bombing mission, adding that American B-2 Bombers and a submarine hit the &#8220;Bullseye.&#8221;
&#8220;Monumental Damage was done to all Nuclear sites in Iran, as shown by satellite images,&#8221; the president <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114730186433008075">posted</a> on Truth Social. &#8220;Obliteration is an accurate term! The white structure shown is deeply imbedded [sic] into the rock, with even its roof well below ground level, and completely shielded from flame. The biggest damage took place far below ground level. Bullseye!!!&#8221;
On Saturday, Trump ordered bombings on Iranian nuclear facilities, Fordo, Natanz, and Isfahan, which were hit with &#8220;bunker busters&#8221; and Tomahawk missiles. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Sunday that the mission was an &#8220;overwhelming success,&#8221; adding that Iran&#8217;s nuclear ambitions were &#8220;obliterated.&#8221;
Reuters <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/satellite-images-indicate-severe-damage-fordow-doubts-remain-2025-06-22/">reported</a> on the satellite imagery of the Iranian nuclear sites on Sunday, citing experts who said that Fordo was &#8220;severely damaged — and possibly destroyed.&#8221; It could be difficult to confirm the extent of the damage to Fordo, however, as the nuclear centrifuges are buried approximately 300 feet underground — too deep for satellite images to provide an accurate assessment, researcher Decker Eveleth told Reuters.
The images show six holes where &#8220;bunker buster&#8221; bombs penetrated the ground at Fordo. &#8220;Bunker busters,&#8221; dropped by American B-2 Bombers, are designed to drive down to 200 feet underground before blowing up.
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Close-up view of the likely GBU-57 impact holes at Fordow, June 22: <a href="https://t.co/IgmYVS5Dwc">pic.twitter.com/IgmYVS5Dwc</a>
— Evan Hill (@evanhill) <a href="https://twitter.com/evanhill/status/1936819664962666853?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 22, 2025</a></blockquote>
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The United States appeared to drop another &#8220;bunker buster&#8221; on the Natanz nuclear facility, &#8220;likely&#8221; destroying it, according to David Albright, a former U.N. nuclear inspector.
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Close-up view of likely GBU-57 impact location at Natanz. Unclear as of this post how many GBU-57 munitions were used in this strike, June 15 (L) June 22 (R): <a href="https://t.co/dtwDE1okML">pic.twitter.com/dtwDE1okML</a>
— Evan Hill (@evanhill) <a href="https://twitter.com/evanhill/status/1936837529157750941?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 22, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Iran&#8217;s Isfahan facility was hit by more than two dozen Tomahawk missiles fired from an American submarine. A senior Israeli official <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2025/06/22/iran-strikes-nuclear-site-damage-visuals/">told</a> The Washington Post that Isfahan was &#8220;annihilated,&#8221; while Spencer Faragasso, senior research fellow at the Institute for Science and International Security, said that Isfahan was “severely damaged&#8221; and knocked &#8220;out of operation.&#8221;
A satellite image of Isfahan shows numerous buildings destroyed or damaged from the U.S. missile strike.
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&#8220;The damage to the Nuclear sites in Iran is said to be &#8216;monumental,'&#8221; Trump <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114728970221252806">said</a> in a Truth Social post earlier on Sunday. &#8220;The hits were hard and accurate. Great skill was shown by our military. Thank you!&#8221;

‘Obliteration Is An Accurate Term!’: Trump Says Iran Satellite Images Show ‘Monumental Damage’

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