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This was the inspiring message that President Trump posted on Easter Sunday morning to Iran. Do you think that maybe the war isn't going his way? · Iran responded with a series of joke replies like this one: "We've lost the keys." And this one: "We aren't reopening shit bro." · Diplomacy these days has descended to this. · The President may be in a foul mood because of a failed ground invasion. · Over the weekend, he congratulated the…

Unhinged - in Donald Trump's latest expletive laden post, he says Iran will be living in hell this Tuesday with bridges and power plants across the nation getting destroyed. The US-Israeli strikes continue to destroy civilian infrastructure. We visit a laboratory at a university in Tehran, which is left in ruins. The US rescues the second crew member of the F-15 fighter jet that was shot down over Iran on Friday, with the remains…

Democrats have denounced the plans to restore the notorious maximum-security complex in the San Francisco Bay as a “waste of taxpayer dollars” · FILE PHOTO: a view of Alcatraz Island in San Francisco, California, US. ©  Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images · The administration of US President Donald Trump has requested $152 million from Congress to restore the Alcatraz prison. Democrats have slammed the plans as “lunacy”…

The Ukrainian leader honored the top EU diplomat for supporting forced mobilization, corruption, and church raids, Russia has said · Vladimir Zelensky awards EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas with the Order of Princess Olga on March 31, 2026. ©  X/@kajakallas · EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas has received a prominent Ukrainian award for encouraging prolonged fighting, forced mobilization, and supporting a crackdown…

Frank Bergman · A leading Catholic voice is raising the alarm about a “mortal threat” facing humanity, warning that Western civilization is at risk of total “collapse.” · Bishop Robert Barron warns that America’s accelerating abandonment of faith is not just a cultural shift but a direct threat to the survival of Western civilization itself. · Barron, speaking on “The Will Cain Show,” sounded the alarm over what he described as a…

One step away from disaster - Israel targets Iran's Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant site, killing a member of its security staff, as Russia's ROSATOM evacuates its specialists from the site, and Iran's top diplomat slams the West for its silence. A US Israeli air strike has reportedly left one person dead and five others wounded on the Iran-Iraq border. Our source in the Popular Mobilization Forces says the strike hit the passenger…

Frank Bergman · President Donald Trump has ordered his administration to launch an investigation after the socialist Spanish government euthanized a 25-year-old woman after she was gang raped in a series of brutal attacks. · The Trump administration is moving to investigate what it describes as a deeply troubling case out of Spain. · The young woman, who survived repeated abuse and a suicide attempt, was ultimately euthanized under the…

Moscow would irreparably damage its reputation if it behaved like the US in Venezuela and Iran, Valentina Matviyenko said · Valentina Matviyenko, head of Russia’s Federation Council, Moscow, April 2, 2026. ©  Federation Council / Sputnik · Russia would lose all respect on the international stage if it emulated US military actions in Venezuela and Iran by attempting to abduct or assassinate Ukrainian leader Vladimir…

Real world oil prices are far higher than the figures seen on TV news reports · Gas prices over $6.00 are displayed at a Shell station across from the Marathon Petroleum Corp's Los Angeles Refinery in Carson, California, April 2, 2026 ©  Getty Images;  Justin Sullivan · When the first US and Israeli missiles hit Iran more than a month ago, an oil price of $150 per barrel was…

Volkswagen is planning to convert one of its factories to produce Iron Dome components ByTarik Cyril Amar, a historian from Germany working at Koç University, Istanbul, on Russia, Ukraine, and Eastern Europe, the history of World War II, the cultural Cold War, and the politics of memory https://www.rt.com/op-ed/authors/tarik-cyril-amar/@tarikcyrilamartarikcyrilamar.substack.comtarikcyrilamar.com · FILE PHOTO: Rockets launched towards Israel…