Michigan’s El-Sayed Suggests Hasan Piker’s ‘America Deserved 9/11’ Remark Must Be Viewed in ‘Context’

The left-wing Democratic candidate for Michigan’s open Senate seat, Abdul El-Sayed, defended his decision to campaign with Hasan Piker, who said "America deserved 9/11." El-Sayed argued in a televised interview that the influencer's comments need to be viewed in "context."

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‘We’re Going To Bring Them Back to the Stone Ages’: Trump Says US Will Hit Iranian Regime ‘Extremely Hard’ Over Next 2 to 3 Weeks

The United States is gearing up to strike Iran "extremely hard" over the next two to three weeks, President Donald Trump said in a primetime address Wednesday, adding that the Islamic Republic’s oil infrastructure will be a target if the regime does not agree to a ceasefire deal.

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Michigan's El-Sayed Says Free Beacon 'May Have Illegally and Unethically Obtained Recording' and Employs Diversion Tactic Discussed in Campaign Strategy Call

Michigan's left-wing Democratic Senate candidate, Abdul El-Sayed, accused the Washington Free Beacon of having "illegally and unethically obtained" audio of an internal campaign meeting in which El-Sayed said he wanted to avoid commenting on Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's death because many of Michigan's Muslim voters were "sad" about it. In line with his strategy, El-Sayed's statement did not mention Khamenei.

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'There Are a Lot of People in Dearborn Who Are Sad': Democratic Senate Hopeful Abdul El-Sayed Said He Needed To Stay Silent on Khamenei Killing Because Many of Michigan’s Muslim Voters ‘Are Sad’

Michigan's left-wing Democratic Senate candidate, Abdul El-Sayed, told staffers he wanted to avoid making a public statement about the assassination of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei—or taking any public position on it at all—because "there are a lot of people in Dearborn who are sad" about his death, according to audio from a private campaign strategy call obtained by the Washington Free Beacon.

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‘Fear and Paralysis’ Grip Right-Wing Isolationists

The joint U.S.-Israel military operation against Iran has already been a "tremendous success," as President Trump explained this week: "they have no navy, they have no air force, they have no anti-aircraft equipment. It’s all been blown up. They have no radar. They have no telecommunications. And they have no leadership. It's all gone."

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Stop the Count: Israel Levels Building Where Clerics Gathered To Select Iran's New Supreme Leader

Israeli forces reportedly "flattened" a building where Iran's 88-member Assembly of Experts had gathered to select the regime's next supreme leader, according to Israeli officials and regional reports.

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The Ayatollah's Death Will Change the Iranian Regime. It May Not Bring Regime Change—Yet.

The death of Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei—along with more than 40 senior regime officials—has created a regime-altering power vacuum. But Tehran likely remains capable of quashing any uprisings thanks to its sprawling network of local security forces, former U.S. officials and regional analysts told the Washington Free Beacon, indicating that the sustained military action President Donald Trump has indicated is in the works is necessary if the regime is to fall rather than take a new shape. While Israeli officials have said they are aiming for regime change, it is not clear the American military campaign is oriented in that direction as opposed to some sort of regime alteration.

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