Month: March 2026

On Wednesday, Israeli Defence Minister (IDF) Israel Katz announced that Iran’s Intelligence Minister Esmail Khatib, who bragged about arresting those responsible for ‘eliminating’ Iranian leadership,  was killed in overnight strikes in Tehran.

In 2022, the U.S. Treasury and State Department designated Khatib for serious human rights abuses in direct response to the crackdown following Mahsa Amini’s death. Amini died from injuries sustained at the hands of police after her arrest for the “improper” wearing of a hijab.

He was sanctioned alongside the Morality Police and other officials for complicity in violence against protesters.

IDF shared the announcement on Telegram: 

“Overnight (Wednesday), the Israeli Air Force, acting on IDF intelligence, eliminated the Iranian terrorist regime Minister of Intelligence, Esmaeil Khatib, in a targeted strike in Tehran.”

“Khatib had been appointed Minister of Intelligence by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in 2021. In his role, Khatib oversaw the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence, the Iranian terrorist regime’s primary intelligence organization, which also played a key role in supporting the regime’s repression and terrorist activities.”

“The Iranian Ministry of Intelligence possesses advanced intelligence capabilities, overseeing surveillance, espionage, and the execution of covert operations worldwide, particularly against the State of Israel and Iranian citizens.”

“As the Intelligence Minister, Khatib played a significant role during the recent protests throughout Iran, both with regards to the arrest and killing of protestors as well as shaping the regime’s intelligence assessment. Similarly, he operated against Iranian citizens during the Mahsa Amini protests (2022–2023).”

“In addition to his activities targeting the State of Israel, Khatib led the Ministry of Intelligence’s terrorist activities against Israeli and American targets around the world, as well as activities directed against targets within Israel during Operation Roaring Lion.”

“Khatib previously held several key roles within the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), primarily holding intelligence positions, where he served as a significant source of knowledge.”

“His elimination joins dozens of other eliminations of senior commanders of the Iranian terrorist regime throughout the operation, including senior figures in the Ministry of Intelligence, and significantly degrades the regime’s command and control structures.”

In a recent interview, before being eliminated himself, Khatib bragged about arresting Mossad agents in Iran who were “responsible for eliminations here.”

Esmail Khatib, the regime’s Minister of Intelligence, in a recent interview: “Our greatest achievement is arresting all Mossad agents in Iran who were responsible for eliminations here.”

Today he was eliminated

pic.twitter.com/xnqF6gv3fd

— Dr. Eli David (@DrEliDavid) March 18, 2026

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Katherine Abughazaleh lost her primary bid in the crowded field to replace Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) in Illinois’ 9th Congressional District.

The Gateway Pundit reported that Abughazaleh participated in anti-ICE protests in the fall, which ultimately led to charges.

Abughazaleh was indicted, along with five others, for conspiring to impede the work of a federal law enforcement officer.

According to the indictment, “The defendants were among a crowd of people who surrounded a government vehicle with the intent to hinder and impede the driver—a federal agent—from proceeding to a United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview, Ill., on Sept. 26, 2025.”

“The defendants and others allegedly crowded together in the front and side of the government vehicle, stood in its path, banged on the car and windows, and pushed against it to hinder and impede its movement.”

“The conspirators broke one of the vehicle’s side mirrors and the rear windshield wiper and etched a derogatory message into the body of the vehicle, the indictment states.”

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche noted at the time, “No one is above the law, and no one has the right to obstruct it.”

“Federal agents perform dangerous, essential work every single day to enforce our immigration laws and keep our communities safe.”

“When individuals resort to force or intimidation to interfere with that mission, they attack not only the agents themselves but the rule of law they represent. The Department of Justice will never tolerate such conduct and will continue to hold accountable anyone who seeks to impede lawful federal operations.”

Despite claiming ‘free speech’ and that she was being ‘politically targeted,’ when she was confronted with a video of her actual actions that day in an interview with journalist Tara Palmeri, Abughazaleh promptly rage-quit mid-interview.

Indicted Illinois congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh rage quits an interview after Tara Palmeri plays the video of her banging on the hood of a federal agent’s car and attempting to impede it. pic.twitter.com/hQwzFvc7BO

— Greg Price (@greg_price11) October 30, 2025

Daniel Bliss, the Mayor of Evanston, a far-left suburb of Chicago, won the Democrat primary and will face Republican John Elleson, a pastor from Arlington Heights.

Evanston Roundtable reported on Abughazaleh’s concession following the loss.

“I don’t know if you heard, but we didn’t win,” Abughazaleh said, “and that really f**king sucks. We came really close, and it sucks” (and) pinned some of the blame on AIPAC, “dark money smear campaigns [and] institutional power” for tipping the scales out of her favor in the hotly contested primary.

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Benny Johnson has posted a video from the White House showing that Barack Obama’s official presidential portrait has been banished from its traditional place of honor in the prominent Grand Foyer near the entrance, where visitors on public tours would normally see it, to a high, out-of-the-way spot on the Grand Staircase leading to the president’s private residence.

That landing is strictly off-limits to the general public and is seen only by the First Family, the Secret Service, and a handful of staff.

In other words, Obama’s portrait is now basically in storage, like trash.

Johnson posted the hilarious video on X, captioning it, “Funniest thing what Trump has done with Barack Obama’s portrait, check this out.”

In the clip, Johnson pans the camera up to the now-hidden painting and zooms in to drive home just how far out of sight it is.

WATCH:

Y’all have to see what Trump has done with the Obama portrait at the White House … pic.twitter.com/pCGcvbGEOd

— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) March 17, 2026

President Donald Trump didn’t just move Obama’s portrait; he replaced it in the prime spot with a powerful image of himself raising his fist in defiance right after the assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania.

George W. Bush’s portrait was also bumped out of the main display area in the reshuffle.

The Obama portrait, painted by artist Robert McCurdy, had been in the high-visibility location under Biden.

This isn’t the first time Trump has used White House decor to send a message.

In September, President Trump unveiled a new “Presidential Walk of Fame” along the colonnade outside the West Wing. It features gold-framed portraits of every previous U.S. president, except one.

Instead of a portrait of Joe Biden, the spot contains a framed photo of an autopen (the mechanical signature machine presidents use for mass-signing documents) signing Biden’s name.

In December, Trump went further by adding custom bronze plaques beneath every portrait (including the autopen).

The White House has unveiled a portrait of Biden’s autopen on the “Presidential Walk of Fame.”

Follow: @AFpost pic.twitter.com/8uWSvMPBSl

— AF Post (@AFpost) September 24, 2025

Biden’s plaque calls him “Sleepy Joe Biden,” labels him “by far, the worst President in American History,” accuses him of winning via “the most corrupt Election ever seen,” and lists a string of disasters during his term.

Obama’s plaque calls him “one of the most divisive political figures in American History” and criticizes his policies.

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An ugly scene unfolded during Senator Markwayne Mullin’s (R-OK) DHS confirmation hearing today as Senator Rand Paul (RINO-KY) decided to settle a personal score with him.

Paul decided to take his time to address something that Mullins said about him after a long-ago assault. As TGP readers know, Paul was attacked by his neighbor in November 2017 over a property dispute.

He suffered six broken ribs and, later, a damaged lung.

Mullin, who was a congressman at the time, later said that he “completely” understood why Paul was attacked.

An angry Paul slammed Mullin as a coward and a liar. Then demanded that Mullin look him in the eye and tell the world he deserved to be assaulted.

WATCH:

BREAKING: TENSE moment as Sen. Rand Paul just confronted DHS Sec. nominee Markwayne Mullin — “Tell it TO MY FACE!”

“You told the media I was a ‘FREAKING SNAKE’ and you understood why I was assaulted.”

“Today…TELL IT TO MY FACE. If that’s what you believe! Tell the world why… pic.twitter.com/Q77awluVA0

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) March 18, 2026

PAUL: You told the media I was a freaking snake, and you understood why I was assaulted.

I was shocked you would justify and celebrate this violent assault that caused me and my family so much pain.

I just wonder if someone who applauds violence against political opponents is the right person to lead an agency is the right person to lead an agency.

You might argue you were mad and upset about being confronted by your constituents. Your constituents are justifiably upset with you.

By now, most of America knows that the Somali welfare fraud in Minnesota is still over $9 billion.

Instead of defending these votes, you chose to lash out at me.

You bragged that you already told me to my face that you completely understood and approved of the assault. Well, that’s a lie.

You have never had the courage to look me in the eye and tell me the assault was justified. Today, I will give you that chance.

Tell it to my face, if that’s what you believe. Tell the world why you believe I deserve to be assaulted from behind, have six ribs broken, and a damaged lung.

Tell me to my face why you think I deserved it.

Mullin declined to apologize and fired back with equal vigor. He also made clear that, regardless of his dislike for Paul, he would represent Kentucky as much as Oklahoma if confirmed as Director of Homeland Security.

He concluded by saying “I can set it aside if you’re willing to set it aside.”

HOLY SMOKES. DHS nominee Markwayne Mullin just clapped back at Rand Paul after he called Mullin a “liar”

“If I have something to say, I’ll say it directly to your face…seems like you FIGHT Republicans more than you work with us!”

“For you to say I’m a liar? That’s NOT… pic.twitter.com/tU6yn6NMzB

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) March 18, 2026

MULLIN: Sir, I think everyone in this room knows I’m pretty blunt. If I have something to say, I’ll say it directly to your face.

You were in a room. I simply addressed that I could understand, because of your behavior, why your neighbor did what he did.

As far as the term “snake in the grass,” I work around this room to try to fix problems…Seems that you fight Republicans more than work with us.

As far as me saying I invoke violence? I don’t think anyone should be hit by surprise. But if I have something to say, I will say it straight to you.

And for you to say I’m a liar? That’s not accurate. And I got proof, you spent millions of dollars in my campaigns against me.

However, sir, that doesn’t keep me from doing my job.

I can have differences with anybody in this room, but as Secretary of Homeland Security, I’ll be protecting everybody, including Kentucky, as much as I will my own backyard in Oklahoma.

It’s bigger than the partisan bickering that we have. It’s bigger than the political differences we have.

The truth is, I have a job to do, and I don’t like to fail at anything at all.

I can set it aside if you’re willing to set it aside.

Paul, though, refused to do so.

JUST IN: Rand Paul and Markwayne Mullin get into a TENSE back-and-forth

PAUL: You offered no apology. And you offer no apology today, and no regrets! Haven’t heard the word apologize, haven’t heard the word regret!

MULLIN: Sir, actually it wasn’t heated, and I’m NOT… pic.twitter.com/aSrjo3xJG7

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) March 18, 2026

PAUL: You offered no apology. And you offer no apology today, and no regrets. Haven’t heard the word apologize, haven’t heard the word regret.

Haven’t heard I misspoke, or it was heated, or a mistake.

MULLIN: Sir, actually, it wasn’t heated, and I’m not apologizing for pointing out your character.

PAUL: Good, good. So you’re jolly well fine, and you want the American public, and the people up here to vote, that may or may not vote for you, to know that you supported the felonious, violent attack on me from behind.

MULLIN: I did not say I supported it. I said I understood it. There’s a difference.

PAUL: So that means you really didn’t approve of it, you just said you understood it. What do you think most people would interpret, completely understand to be, support for, or a condemnation of the violence?

MULLIN: Sir, as I said, we can have our differences, it’s not gonna keep me from doing my job as Secretary of Homeland Security. I’m gonna secure Kentucky, and take care of Kentucky as much as I am Oklahoma.

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A principal in Oregon’s Rainier School District has been sentenced to more than five years in state prison after pleading guilty to possessing and sharing child sexual abuse material, just months after he was placed on paid administrative leave for trashing Charlie Kirk immediately following his assassination.

Jeremy Peter Williams, 50, of Longview, Washington, served as principal of Rainier Junior/Senior High School since 2022.

Williams was arrested on September 16 by the Cowlitz County Sheriff’s Office on charges of Dealing in Depictions of Minors Engaged in Sexually Explicit Conduct and Possession of Depictions of Minors Engaged in Sexually Explicit Conduct, just days after Kirk was killed, and the principal had already been placed on leave.

BREAKING: An Oregon principal who was on leave for making disparaging comments about Charlie Kirk has been sent to prison on child sex abuse charges.

Jeremy Williams, the former principal at Rainier Junior/Senior High School, was sentenced Tuesday to five years in prison for… pic.twitter.com/Gi24ClBt7L

— Off The Press (@OffThePress1) March 18, 2026

Rainier School District Superintendent Chad Holloway confirmed the leave in a letter to the community on September 17, according to a report from Oregon Live, writing, “Mr. Williams was placed on administrative leave regarding comments made surrounding the recent assassination of Charlie Kirk.”

The investigation began after the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children issued multiple referrals in August, flagging accounts linked to Williams on platforms including Discord and Kik that were trafficking child sexual abuse material (CSAM).

Detectives executed a search warrant at Williams’ Longview home, seizing phones, computers, and digital devices.

Authorities recovered at least 31 images of CSAM, including one depicting a sexual act involving an infant.

Prosecutors noted the images involved “vulnerable victims” but emphasized there was no evidence that any depicted students from Rainier schools.

“The investigation ultimately led to the discovery of at least 31 images of C-SAM [Child Sexual Assault Material] .. associated with Mr. Williams under the circumstances which would involve vulnerable victims, most egregious of which includes in particular an image with a sexual act on an infant child of concern,” the prosecution said, according to a report from KATU.

Williams pleaded guilty in January to three counts of possession of depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct as part of a plea deal that dropped the remaining original charges.

Cowlitz County Superior Court Judge Thad Scudder has now sentenced him to 61 months (just over five years) in prison, to be followed by 36 months of community custody. He must register as a sex offender for 15 years, pay $3,000 in court fees, and was ordered not to have contact with minors or access the internet except under strict conditions during his earlier release period.

In a pre-sentencing interview, Williams told investigators he began writing erotic short stories involving children to feel “popular and powerful” online, eventually leading to sharing explicit images.

Williams admitted to exchanging material that included a video of a 6-month-old infant and claimed he had won competitions for his writings.

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The departure of Joe Kent, former director of the National Counterterrorism Center, means one less leaker in Washington, according to multiple reports.

“I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran. Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation, and it is clear that we started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby,” Kent wrote on X after splashing his resignation letter across social media.

Rep. Don Bacon, a Republican from Nebraska, was quick to celebrate.

“Good riddance. Iran has murdered more than a thousand Americans. Their EFP land mines were the deadliest in Iraq. Anti-Semitism is an evil I detest, and we surely don’t want it in our government,” he wrote on X.

A senior administration official tells FOX, Joe Kent was:

-a known leaker and he was cut out of POTUS intelligence briefings months ago.

-the WH told DNI Tulsi Gabbard he should be fired for suspected leaks but she never did.

-he has not been part of any Iran planning…

— Aishah Hasnie (@aishahhasnie) March 17, 2026

Media reports said Kent had been leaking information and was already marginalized in the Trump administration.

“A senior administration official tells FOX, Joe Kent was: a known leaker and he was cut out of POTUS intelligence briefings months ago,” Aishah Hasnie of Fox News posted on X.

“He has not been part of any Iran planning discussions or briefings at all,” she posted.

“The WH told DNI Tulsi Gabbard he should be fired for suspected leaks but she never did,” Hasnie added.

NEW: Intelligence official tells @realDailyWire that it’s true that Joe Kent wasn’t part of the planning of the Iran war or briefings on the war.

It is not true that DNI’s Tulsi Gabbard was asked by the White House to fire Kent, source says— if she had been asked to do so, she…

— Mary Margaret Olohan (@MaryMargOlohan) March 17, 2026

A difference of opinion on Gabbard’s role came from Mary Margaret Olohan of The Daily Wire.

“It is not true that DNI’s Tulsi Gabbard was asked by the White House to fire Kent, source says — if she had been asked to do so, she would have fired him,” she posted on X.

She also noted “that it’s true that Joe Kent wasn’t part of the planning of the Iran war or briefings on the war.”

More allegations are emerging that Joe Kent leaked across multiple departments.

Some are saying he lost his security clearance and was likely on his way out.

Which begs the question: Is Joe just positioning himself for a forthcoming post-admin grift? https://t.co/Fh0Jv25J2o pic.twitter.com/rVXigPyERC

— Eitan Fischberger (@EFischberger) March 17, 2026

President Donald Trump said it was a “good thing” Kent left, according to Fox News.

“I read his statement,” Trump said. “I always thought he was a nice guy, but I always thought he was weak on security, very weak on security.”

“I didn’t know him well, but I thought he seemed like a pretty nice guy, but when I read his statement, I realized that it’s a good thing that he’s out,” Trump said. “Because he said that Iran was not a threat.”

Donald Trump was overwhelmingly elected by the American people to be our President and Commander in Chief. As our Commander in Chief, he is responsible for determining what is and is not an imminent threat, and whether or not to take action he deems necessary to protect the…

— DNI Tulsi Gabbard (@DNIGabbard) March 17, 2026

“Iran was a threat. Every country realized what a threat Iran was. The question is whether or not they wanted to do something about it,” Trump continued.

Trump reaffirmed that Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon.

“If I didn’t terminate Obama’s horrible deal that he made, the Iran nuclear deal, you would have had a nuclear war four years ago,” Trump said. “You would have had nuclear holocaust, and you would have had it again if we didn’t bomb the site.”

“So when somebody is working with us that says they didn’t think Iran was a threat: We don’t want those people,” he said. “They’re not smart people, or they’re not savvy people.”

This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.

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According to a letter obtained by Fox News, the White House has outlined a series of proposed “concessions” to Democrats in ongoing negotiations over Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding and immigration enforcement reforms.

The letter, sent to Republican Senators Susan Collins and Katie Britt and signed by Border Czar Tom Homan and Assistant to the President James Braid, details what the administration is willing to codify into law as part of a broader deal to end the DHS funding standoff.

But here’s the catch: much of what’s being offered isn’t new at all.

According to Bill Melugin, the administration’s proposals include:

• DHS officers conducting immigration enforcement must wear clearly visible identification and provide it upon request

• Expanded use of body-worn cameras, with mandatory retention of footage and increased congressional oversight

• Limits on enforcement actions at “sensitive locations” like schools and hospitals—except in national security or public safety emergencies

• Reaffirmation that U.S. citizens cannot be deported or detained unless they commit a qualifying crime

However, each of these provisions closely mirrors existing DHS guidance or long-standing legal requirements.

The “sensitive locations” policy, for example, has already been standard practice for years, while the prohibition on deporting U.S. citizens is already embedded in federal law. Similarly, identification requirements and body camera usage have been incrementally expanded across federal law enforcement agencies.

The letter rips the mask off the Democrats’ bad-faith games that triggered the Department of Homeland Security shutdown more than a month ago.

According to the letter:

Thank you for your service to our country. In response to your request, this letter details the latest status of negotiations with Democratic congressional leadership. We look forward to continuing to partner with you to bring this senseless and dangerous shutdown to an end.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shut down after February 13, a month ago. Prior to the DHS shutdown, Republican and Democratic leadership and appropriators, and the Trump Administration, negotiated a package of appropriations bills on a bipartisan basis.

This package included a bipartisan agreement to provide full-year funding for DHS, and it was passed by the House on a bipartisan basis.

Before passage in the Senate, congressional Democrats decided they would no longer vote for the bill they negotiated, and forced Congress to resort to a ten-day clean extension of DHS funding.

On February 4, five days after Congress passed the DHS funding extension, the Democrats released a list of demands. Three days later on February 7, they produced legislative text of their demands.

Unfortunately, the majority of their demands, as written, would make it impossible to fully protect American citizens from dangerous criminal aliens and expose law enforcement and their families to increasing threats of violence. In other words, they would prioritize illegal aliens above American families.

On February 9, the Administration sent a document explaining its counter proposal, and followed up with legislative text two days later on February 11.

On February 12, White House Border Czar Tom Homan explicitly ended the surge operation in Minnesota. He also instituted a number of significant changes to immigration enforcement activities, like ending ICE roving patrols, updated protocols for handling unlawful agitators, deployment of body-worn cameras, and advanced notice to and advanced cooperation with local law enforcement in conducting operations.

On February 16, three days into the shutdown, the Democrats responded to the Administration counter offer by proposing effectively their original offer again.

Since, the Administration transmitted a counter offer, and then 18 days later, on March 16, the Democrats responded with a counter offer that fails again to show a good faith attempt to compromise.

Since the beginning of this lapse in appropriations, the Administration has sought to bring it to an expeditious conclusion through good-faith negotiation. On the Senate floor on Thursday, March 12, the Administration’s position was repeatedly mischaracterized.

Throughout this process, the Administration has offered to codify improved operational guidelines to its immigration enforcement operations. These would be layered on top of the updates that were negotiated, agreed to, and passed through the House on a bipartisan basis.

These improvements include the following:

• The Administration will expand the use of body-worn cameras by DHS law enforcement undertaking immigration enforcement operations, with an exception for undercover operations. The Administration will increase Congressional oversight by requiring retention of body-camera video footage and compliance transparency.
• The Administration will limit civil immigration enforcement activities at certain sensitive locations, subject to a narrow carve-out for immediate needs like national security, flight risks, and public safety. Sensitive locations include places like hospitals and schools, which is current practice.
• The Administration will adhere to current law that affords Congress oversight of DHS detention facilities. The Administration will also increase oversight, in particular by creating mandatory review and compliance reporting from the Inspector General of DHS. Moreover, this requirement would apply to funds flowing from other federal streams in addition to funding flowing from annual appropriations.
• The Administration will enforce the use of visible officer identification for DHS law enforcement carrying out immigration enforcement activities. Officer identification worn by officers will be clearly displayed. Moreover, the Administration will require such officers to clearly verbalize their agency and identification upon request when engaging in official duties, consistent with standard law enforcement practices. Undercover officers would not be subject to these requirements.
• The Administration will adhere to existing law and practice of not deporting any U.S. citizen and will codify current practice of not knowingly detaining a U.S. citizen, except when the person violates a state or federal law that makes the citizen subject to arrest.

The Administration has worked in good faith to again reach bipartisan agreement on full funding for the entire Department of Homeland Security and institute common-sense operational improvements to federal immigration enforcement operations that enhance the safety of American communities.

Democrats must stop holding the safety and security of the American people hostage and move forward with fully funding DHS.

NEW: @FoxNews has obtained a letter the WH sent to two GOP Senators today, explaining some of the concessions they are offering Democrats on DHS reforms. They include:

– DHS officers conducting immigration enforcement will wear clearly visible ID & provide it when asked.

– Use… pic.twitter.com/MtYX73n5Uc

— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) March 17, 2026

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Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez is the 17th president of communist Cuba. He has served as president since 2019.

Díaz-Canel succeeded the brothers Fidel and Raúl Castro, becoming Cuba’s first non-Castro leader since the Cuban Revolution ended in 1959.

On March 16, President Trumptold reporters on Sunday that he will finish dealing with Cuba “soon” as war with Iran rages on and months-long threats to take over Cuba linger.

“Cuba’s a failed nation. Cuba also wants to make a deal, and I think we will pretty soon, either make a deal or do whatever we have to do,” Trump told Bloomberg’s Jeff Mason during a gaggle on Air Force One last night. “We’re talking to Cuba, but we’re going to do Iran before Cuba.”

This comes as the Department of Justice is preparing to charge Communist Cuban leaders in cases related to drugs or violence.

On Tuesday, Diaz-Canal released a statement firing back at President Trump and his administration. Diaz-Canal threatened the US with “impregnable resistance” if the US announces plans to seize the country.

Via Tupi Report:
Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez:

The US publicly threatens Cuba, almost daily, with overthrowing the constitutional order by force. And it uses an outrageous pretext: the harsh limitations of the weakened economy that they have attacked and sought to isolate for more than six decades.

They intend and announce plans to seize the country, its resources, its properties, and even the very economy they seek to strangle to make us surrender.

Only in this way can the fierce economic war be explained, which is applied as collective punishment against the entire people.

In the face of the worst scenario, #Cuba is accompanied by a certainty: any external aggressor will clash with an impregnable resistance.

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Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf must be this war’s “Baghdad Bob.” He speaks with confidence as the world he knows is falling down all around him.

On Tuesday Ghalibaf announced that “victory is near” for the Iranian forces. Iran has no air force, no army, no navy, and his top leaders have been annihilated in the first two weeks of this war.

is now in permanent silence just one week after arrogantly taunting President Trump on the streets of Tehran.

As The New York Post reported, Israel announced today that 67-year-old Ali Larijani, head of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran, was eliminated in an overnight strike.

Here is the official announcement from the IDF (originally written in Hebrew):

Tonight, March 17, 2026, the Air Force carried out a precise strike guided by Military Intelligence and incorporating unique operational capabilities in the heart of Tehran, eliminating Ali Larijani, Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, who served as the de facto leader of the Iranian terror regime, while he was located near the capital city of Tehran.

For years, Larijani was considered one of the most senior and veteran figures at the top of the Iranian terror regime and was close to the regime’s leader, Ali Khamenei. Following the elimination of Khamenei, Larijani solidified his position as the de facto leader of the Iranian terror regime and led the fight against the State of Israel and the countries of the region.

As part of his role, Larijani led the political-security coordination of the Iranian terror regime and engaged in directing international activity. During the recent wave of protests against the regime in Iran, Larijani led enforcement and violent suppression actions and even personally oversaw the massacre carried out against the Iranian protesters.

Larijani’s elimination joins the eliminations of dozens of commanders and leaders of the Iranian terror regime that the IDF eliminated in Operation “Roar of the Lion,” and constitutes an additional blow to the Iranian leadership’s capabilities to manage and coordinate its activities against the State of Israel.

It appears Speaker Ghalibaf is living in an alternative universe.

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