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Trump Desperate to End Iran War He Started - the Wednesday AM Quickie 5/6/26

By Corey Pein —

Rudy Giuliani is on a ventilator and also apparently dating his nurse? Wonders never cease. - Corey

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THE BIG NEWS

Trump Drops Iran War Rebranding After One Day

It's hard to believe anything that Donald Trump or his regime lackeys say about the war on Iran, in no small part because what they say they're doing changes by the day and the hour. "On the morning of April 1, he told reporters the war would be over within three days," the Washington Post says in an illustrated effort to untangle the knot of lies. "Hours later, in a prime-time address to the nation, he vowed to attack Iran 'extremely hard' over the next two to three weeks," but those attacks never happened. So much the better.

But the regime's lies get even harder to believe all the time. Yesterday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the war – excuse me, "Operation Epic Fury" – "is concluded," even though the Iranian and US militaries were still shooting at each other. In its place, the US would be launching "Project Freedom," an effort to reopen the Strait of Hormuz that would be "defensive in nature, focused in scope and temporary in duration," Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said. "We're not allowing ourselves to get distracted," he added.

Sorry, what was that? Trump yesterday said Project Freedom will be "paused for a short period" at the request of Pakistan and "other countries." The Post reports that "US Central Command, which is responsible for the transit clearing and the ongoing blockade, referred questions on the pause back to the White House." Which tells you exactly where the responsibility for this systemic dysfunction rests.

It seems Trump wants the war he started to end, and soon. But he's absolutely not in control of the situation, and experts say Iranian leaders know that prolonging this situation, in which the limits of US military power have become devastatingly clear, is to their advantage. Now Trump regime officials are begging China for help. Sad.

After his quick-and-dirty raid on Venezuela, Trump thought he could chalk up another easy win to burnish his legacy as a wartime leader. Instead, he's hastening the end of American empire.

Elections Roundup: Trump Ally Linked to Drugs-for-Votes Scheme in Puerto Rico

  • Former ICE Official Loses Ohio House Primary; Vivek Ramaswamy Wins GOP Nomination for Governor Madison "Sheahan, 29, left her job as deputy director at US Immigration and Customs Enforcement in January, hoping that her service in support of President Donald Trump's top domestic policy issue would propel her to the nomination"; she finished third. via the Washington Post, NBC News, and the Associated Press.
  • Trump's Picks in Indiana GOP Primaries Defeat Challengers Who Opposed Gerrymandering "The victories came after a combined $13.5 million in spending poured into typically low-profile state Senate races, most of it for Trump's candidates." via the New York Times, Politico, and NBC News.
  • JD Vance Previews His 2028 Campaign in Iowa The vice bootlicker and Republican "heir apparent" led a round of applause for America's Iran war casualties, a war he will surely turn out to have quietly opposed all along. via the Washington Post, NBC News, and Politico.
  • Democratic Win in Michigan Saves State Senate from Republican Takeover Special election winner Chedrick "Greene is a fire captain and Marine veteran who campaigned on lowering costs while emphasizing his union backing." via the AP.
  • Seven Candidates Fight for Screen Time in California Gubernatorial Debate "When Republican Steve Hilton said he could reduce gas prices to $3 a gallon, Democrat Matt Mahan fired back, "You're lying to people.'" via the AP, CNN, and the Los Angeles Times.
  • Lawyers Say Justice Department's 2020 Election Probe in Georgia Aims to 'Terrorize Fulton County Election Workers' After raiding the county's ballot storage warehouse, the regime is seeking the names of every single person who worked in the election. via the AP and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
  • Inspired By Zohran Mamdani, Muslim Democrats Organize for Power "'We are developing a cadre of political leadership in New York City,' said Linda Sarsour, a well-known Palestinian American activist who was among the [founders of the Muslim Democratic Club]. 'These are highly skilled, highly qualified people with incredible résumés that really could be hired by any mayoral administration.'" via the New York Times.
  • White House Lawyers Tell Political Appointees to Brace for Oversight from a Democratic Congress "'It's obvious to everyone that it's very likely" that Republicans will lose the House and possibly the Senate, says an official who attended one of the private legal briefings. via the Washington Post.

QUICKEST QUICKIES

  • Muslim Disenfranchisement Leaves India a Virtual BJP Dictatorship Under Modi The national election commission "has faced severe scrutiny and criticism since 2014, with opposition parties and electoral watchdogs accusing it of vote theft, fraud, manipulation, and, more recently, of a controversial revision of electoral rolls that denied some 2.7 million people their voting rights in West Bengal," where Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party claimed victory in state elections this week before the votes were done being counted. via the New York Times and Al Jazeera.
  • FDA Blocks Research Supporting Vaccine Safety, Approves Fruit-Flavored Vapes "As a presidential candidate, Trump vowed to 'save' vaping and won backing from e-cigarette companies, shop owners and vaping enthusiasts." via the New York Times and the Associated Press.
  • Education Department Investigates Smith College for Admitting Trans Women The all-women Massachusetts college "got on the [regime]'s radar via a conservative watchdog group in 2025, when the college awarded Admiral Rachel L. Levine, a transgender woman and former US assistant secretary for health under President Joe Biden, an honorary degree and invited her to be one of the speakers at the school's commencement ceremony." via NBC News and the Boston Globe.
  • Virginia Prosecutor Declines to Charge Woman Who Handed Out Leaflets with Stephen Miller's Address "Katie Miller, Stephen Miller's wife, faulted the lack of prosecution in a text message... She used an expletive and pointed out that [Democratic prosecutor Parisa] Dehghani-Tafti had been backed by liberal donor George Soros in her campaigns." via the Washington Post.

SOME NUMBER

$1 billion

That's how much Senate Republicans want to spend on "Secret Service enhancements" for Donald Trump's White House ballroom boondoggle, the Washington Post reports. Trump has claimed the project, which includes an underground bunker, would use "no government funds."

Secret Service officers shot a man who shot at them Monday near the White House; a nearby child was wounded. Meanwhile, a federal grand jury indicted Cole Tomas Allen, the man who stormed the White House correspondents' dinner, with additional charges, including the attempted assassination of Trump; he faces up to life in prison.

ON THE SHOW TODAY

5/6: Sam will be hosting solo. The guests will be Rory Johnston, publisher of Commodity Context, a newsletter on the oil and gas industry; and Ari Berman, author and national voting rights correspondent at Mother Jones.

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PARTING WORDS

"I must say that I consider the phrase tax the rich — quote tax the rich — when spit out with anger and contempt by politicians both here and across the country, to be just as hateful as some disgusting racial slurs, and even the phrase 'from the river to the sea.'"

-- New York real estate baron Steve Roth, likening common progressive policy positions to hate speech in an earnings call yesterday, as reported by Politico. Roth also, predictably, denounced New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and said, with no hint of self-awareness, that "the ultra-rich should be 'praised and thanked'" by ordinary people.

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