WATCH: CNN Journo Carries Messages From Pro-Regime Protesters Chanting ‘Death to America’ in Tehran

CNN correspondent Frederik Pleitgen is the first Western journalist to enter Iran amid its war with Israel. He used the access to report from a crowd of angry pro-regime protesters in Tehran who chanted "death to America," burned Israeli and American flags, and threatened President Donald Trump.

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Let the Airstrikes Roll, Israelis Say While Dodging Missiles. Plus, Iranian Plot To Kill Trump Moves Through Court.

Can't stop, won't stop: Israelis have spent the last week ducking daily ballistic missile barrages as their leaders work to destroy Iran's nuclear weapon capabilities—and they're showing no signs of fatigue. That's according to a new Agam Labs-Hebrew University poll obtained by the Free Beacon's Andrew Tobin in Tel Aviv. It shows that 83 percent of Israeli Jews—and 70 percent of the overall public—"support the campaign to take out Iran's nuclear and missile capabilities." Only 1 percent of Jews and 16 percent of all Israelis "would have preferred continued nuclear diplomacy with Iran."

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CNN Steps In for Demolished Iranian State Media HQ, Carries Story of Popular Anger and Threat of Revenge

CNN reporter Frederik Pleitgen toured the Iranian state-controlled broadcasting headquarters that Israeli warplanes struck, pointing out the regime's destroyed tech and food remains as he noted that the attack had sparked calls for "revenge."

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Why the right turned anti-war — and should stay that way



After the COVID lockdowns, the Western global leadership class had little credibility left. So it seemed insane when they immediately pivoted to a new crisis — but that’s exactly what they did.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine triggered demands from elites in Europe and America for NATO-aligned nations to involve themselves in the conflict. Many Republicans were initially on board, with Fox News and CNN marching in lockstep behind intervention. But the Republican base quickly soured on the war once it became clear that U.S. involvement didn’t serve American interests.

If the situation really is dire, let the Trump administration make its case to the people. Present the evidence. Debate it in Congress. Vote.

In a strange inversion, the right became anti-war while the left championed military escalation.

That reversal matters now, as some in the GOP look to drag the country into another long conflict. We should remember what Ukraine taught us.

When Russian President Vladimir Putin invaded, many conservatives instinctively aligned with Ukraine. The Soviet Union had been an evil empire and a clear enemy of the United States. It was easy to paint Russia as an extension of that threat. President Biden assured Americans that there would be no boots on the ground and that economic sanctions would cripple Russia quickly.

But the war dragged on. Hundreds of billions of dollars flowed to Ukraine while America entered a painful economic downturn. Conservatives began asking whether this was worth it.

Putin was no friend of the U.S., and conservatives had valid reasons to distrust him. But suddenly, anyone questioning the war effort was smeared as a Russian asset. Opposition to the war became an extension of the left’s deranged Russiagate conspiracy, which painted Donald Trump as a blackmailed Kremlin agent.

Some Republican politicians kept pushing the war. Fox News stayed hawkish. But much of the conservative commentariat broke ranks. They knew that the boys from Appalachia and Texas — exactly the kind of red-state Americans progressives despise — would again be asked to die for a war that served no clear national purpose.

From that disillusionment, conservatives drew hard-earned lessons.

They saw that U.S. leaders lie to sustain foreign conflicts. That politicians in both parties keep wars going because donors profit. That Fox News can become a mouthpiece for military escalation. That you can oppose a war without betraying your country. And that American troops and taxpayer dollars are not playthings for globalist fantasies.

America First” began to mean something real: Peace through strength didn’t require constant intervention.

Unfortunately, many of those lessons evaporated after the Hamas terrorist attack on Israel on Oct. 7.

That attack was horrific. No serious person denies the brutality of Hamas or questions Israel’s right to defend itself. But Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has treated the attack as a green light to target longtime adversaries, including Iran. As a sovereign nation, Israel can pursue its own foreign policy. But it cannot dictate foreign policy for the United States.

In 2002, Netanyahu testified before Congress that Saddam Hussein was developing nuclear weapons. He said toppling both the Iraqi and Iranian regimes would bring peace and stability. He was wrong.

He wasn’t alone, of course. Many were wrong about weapons of mass destruction and the Iraq War. But Netanyahu’s track record is highly relevant now. While conservatives once fervently supported the Iraq invasion after 9/11, many — including Tucker Carlson and Dinesh D’Souza — have since apologized. They admit they got it wrong.

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Afghanistan, while flawed, had clearer justification. The Taliban had harbored Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda. But the lies about weapons of mass destruction and failed nation-building in Iraq turned that war into a conservative regret.

In March, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard testified that Iran had not resumed efforts to build a nuclear weapon. Gabbard, like Trump allies Robert Kennedy Jr., Kash Patel, and Pete Hegseth, was chosen precisely for her skepticism of the intelligence bureaucracy. Trump remembers how his first term was sabotaged by insiders loyal to the status quo. This time, he selected appointees loyal to the voters.

Gabbard’s assessment contradicts Netanyahu, who claims Iran is months away from having a bomb. That’s a massive discrepancy. Either Iran hasn’t restarted its program, or it’s on the brink of building a nuke.

So which is it?

Did U.S. intelligence fail again? Did Gabbard lie to Congress and the public? Or did she simply say something the ruling class didn’t want to hear?

Trump, Gabbard, and Vice President JD Vance understand how Iraq went wrong. They know Americans deserve evidence before another war — especially one that risks dragging us into a region we’ve already failed to remake at great cost.

Yet the war hawks keep repeating the same lie: This time, it’ll be quick. The United States is too powerful, too advanced, too economically dominant. The enemy will fold by Christmas.

Biden said the same about Ukraine. And hundreds of billions later, we remain in a grinding proxy war with Russia.

Now, while still financing that war, Americans are told they must back a new war — this one initiated unilaterally by Israel. The U.S. faces domestic strife, crippling debt, and an ongoing open-border crisis. Involvement in yet another conflict makes no sense.

Israel may be right about Iran. Tehran may indeed have developed a nuclear program behind the world’s back. But if Israel wants to wage a war, it must do so on its own.

The Trump administration has made clear that it wasn’t involved in Israel’s pre-emptive strikes and didn’t approve them. If Israel starts a war, it should fight and win that war on its own. America should not be expected to absorb retaliation or commit troops to another Middle Eastern project.

These wars are never short, and they are always expensive.

Even if Iran’s regime collapses quickly, the aftermath would require a long, brutal occupation to prevent it from descending into chaos. Israel doesn’t have the capacity — let alone the political will — for that task. That burden would fall, again, to America.

So before conservatives fall for another round of WMD hysteria, they should recall what the last two wars taught them.

If the situation really is dire, let the Trump administration make its case to the people. Present the evidence. Debate it in Congress. Vote.

But don’t sleepwalk into another forever war.

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One word keeps slipping out of Jake Tapper’s mouth on ‘Original Sin' tour



According to CNN’s Jake Tapper, he and co-author, Axios journalist Alex Thompson, had to interview over 200 people to write their book “Original Sin,” which exposed the calculated cover-up of Joe Biden’s cognitive decline during his four-year term.

Mark Levin has one question, though: Why go through the pain of interviewing so many people when you could’ve just interviewed yourself?

Before President Trump was elected, Democrats and the mainstream media had a two-tier plan: “Get [Donald Trump] in prison” and “protect Joe Biden,” says Levin.

Jake Tapper was in on both.

But now that the plans have tanked, Tapper needs a get-out-of-jail-free card, and he’s found it in the form of writing a phony tell-all book that ironically exposes the leftist cover-up campaign that he was deeply embedded in.

“Original Sin” is just another Democrat ploy to “rewrite history,” says Levin.

And yet — liberal and conservative media outlets alike are interviewing Tapper and constantly quoting all the “gossip” in the book.

But they fail to see the glaring irony: If Tapper were a true journalist, as he clearly aims to present himself, then he would’ve reported on all the damning information on Biden as he was learning it instead of “[saving] it” for his exposé.

Levin wonders when he started conducting these interviews. Did they overlap with his CNN segments where he chided and dismissed anyone who dared to question Biden’s cognitive state?

The information Tapper was secretly stashing away for his own personal gain was nothing less than “the greatest political scandal in American history,” says Levin. And now, he “is literally making millions of dollars despite his role” is squashing the narrative that Joe Biden was cognitively unfit to serve as president.

On his book tour, Tapper has been dropping the word “humility” over and over again, admitting that his coverage of Biden’s mental state fell short. It's not an admission that he was complicit in the cover-up, though. Levin says don't fall for the ruse. It's the “PR firm” telling him to use that word, not because it reflects his genuine feelings but because it will help him sell more books.

He hopes that “one day somebody will write a book about the people who wrote a book and had humility.”

To hear more of Levin’s commentary and see some of the footage of Tapper’s “humble” book tour, watch the clip above.

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Sanctioned Palestinian 'Charity' Worked With Hamas—and Harvard. Plus, Iran Rears Its Head as Trump Expresses Doubt Over Nuke Talks.

With friends like these: Earlier this week, the Treasury Department sanctioned a sham Palestinian charity, the Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association, over its work with terrorist organizations like Hamas and the PFLP. Addameer has worked with entities in the United States, too—namely elite universities including Harvard, Yale, and Columbia.

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