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LeftInTX's JournalComedian Anthony Fuentes on Erika Kirk
https://www.facebook.com/reel/809116298613559Sorry for those who don't do facebook. I can't find this anywhere else. You don't need a FB account to watch the silly clip.
"When a white woman breathes like that, you will likely end up in a Life Time movie"
Erica Kirk's reason for attending WHCD kinda backfired
"So, during an active shooting, these journalists are using their phones to find moments to capture for clips," Kirk said.
"They were so concerned about getting a video in a room with an active shooter that they could have accidentally and quite literally filmed themselves being shot," she added. "Many of those people have become so desensitized that flight or flight became secondary to the opportunity of putting themselves in the story, which ironically, breaks the number one rule of journalism."
Kirk explained why she went to the event, claiming that "many of the journalists in that room" have tried to dehumanize her. She said she wanted to meet some of them face-to-face.
"Why have a conversation about me when you can have a conversation with me?" Kirk said.
https://foxsanantonio.com/news/nation-world/erika-kirk-america-has-become-unrecognizable-in-wake-of-utter-chaos-at-whcd-white-house-correspondents-dinner-active-shooting-gunshots-gunfire-assassination-attempt-donald-trump-jd-vance-gunshots-guns-knives-daggers-weapons-cole-tomas-allen
Also the Daily Beast covered it
Erika Kirk Reveals Eyebrow-Raising Reason She Went to WHCA Dinner
Erika Kirk says she made a cross-country trip to confront journalists at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner because she was fed-up with their reporting on her.
Erika said “everyone was asking” why she “even went to the White House Correspondents’ dinner.” She explained that it was because she wanted to confront some journalists, for whom the event was supposed to be honoring, for their coverage of her.
https://archive.ph/KnePt
"I just want to go home"....And so there was another conversation about Erica Kirk....
Trump says he "wasn't making it that easy" for Secret Service during shooting
President Donald Trump said he may have slowed the response of the United States Secret Service when shots rang out at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner last night.
“Well, what happened is it was a little bit me. I wanted to see what was happening. And I wasn’t making it that easy for him. I wanted to see what was going on,” Trump said in a clip released ahead of his interview with CBS News’ “60 Minutes” airing tonight.
“I was surrounded by great people, and I probably made them act a little bit more slowly,” he said, adding that he told the agents, “Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Let me see, wait a minute.”
The president said as agents began escorting him away from the table, they asked him to get down on the floor.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/25/politics/live-news/trump-white-house-correspondents-dinner?post-id=cmogaaha100003b66wl902r4o
Doofus doesn't follow directions. "Hey, I'm not getting out of my seat, I wanna see the action"...."Let me do my fist thrust first!!"
Will the WHCD will be held again in 30 days like Trump says?
Why Trump removed his "Trump as Jesus" post
It offended Protestants. (His bigger base)
Former NYC Mayor Eric Adams Granted Albanian Citizenship Passport
NEW YORK (WABC) -- Former New York City Mayor Eric Adams has been granted Albanian citizenship and has received an Albanian passport.
According to a decree signed by President of the Republic, Bajram Begai, the citizenship was granted following a request submitted by Adams himself.
A spokesman for the former mayor said Adams has long been a friend of the Albanian-American community and said New York City has one of the largest Albanian populations in the United States.
"The decision by the Republic of Albania to grant Mayor Adams citizenship reflects that enduring relationship and mutual respect," spokesman Todd Shapiro said in a statement. "Leaders around the world - including mayors and presidents - have historically been recognized with honorary or dual citizenships as a symbol of international partnership and shared values."
https://abc7ny.com/post/former-nyc-mayor-eric-adams-granted-albanian-citizenship-passport/18867169/
Did you know that Fmr GOP Sen Ben Sasse has pancreatic cancer? He has cancer everywhere....
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How Ben Sasse Is Living Now That He Is Dying
On December 23, 2025, Sasse announced that he had been diagnosed with terminal "stage-four pancreatic cancer".[125][126] In April 2026, during an interview with The New York Times, Sasse revealed that his cancer had spread to his liver, lymph nodes, lung and vascular system.[127] He also revealed that due to the oral cancer treatment he was receiving, he had visible facial scarring due to the treatment causing lack of skin growth and excessive bleeding.[127]
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/opinion/ben-sasse-death-pancreatic-cancer.html
I didn't understand his speech, but CNBC says, "US will hit iran hard over the next 2-3 weeks"
Trump says U.S. will ‘hit’ Iran ‘extremely hard over next two to three weeks’
Trump said the U.S. is going to “hit” Iran “extremely hard” over the next two or three weeks, likely dashing hopes for those who hoped the war would end imminently.
“We’re going to hit them extremely hard over the next two to three weeks,” Trump said. “We’re going to bring them back to the stone ages, where they belong.”
Despite the apparent escalation, Trump said that “discussions are ongoing,” leaving a diplomatic resolution on the table.
— Garrett Downs
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/01/trump-address-nation-iran-live-updates.html
Seriously, I only heard airing of greivances and bragging, but somehow they found this in there....
But then I really didn't "watch it"
Lessons from America's First War With Iran (Iran-Iraq War) Brookings Institute 2013
This is a fairly long read, but worthwhile. Written in 2013. I did not know that during the 1980's Israel supported the Islamic Republic of Iran. I knew they had supported the Shah's government, but they felt in the 80's, they felt Saddam was more of threat. They also were likely involved with Iran-Contra...Interesting read.
In hindsight, the central lesson of the war in the 1980s is that it is easy to start a conflict with Iran and very difficult to end it. The Islamic Republic of Iran is not easy to intimidate and is likely to retaliate asymmetrically. Another key lesson is to beware the advice of your allies, both Arabs and Israelis, who are prone to give irresponsible recommendations on how to deal with Tehran.
The Toll of the Iran-Iraq War
The Iran-Iraq War was devastating. It was one of the largest and longest conventional interstate wars since the Korean War ended in 1953. A half million lives were lost, and perhaps another million were injured. The economic cost of the war exceeded one trillion dollars.1 Yet, the battle lines at the end of the war were almost exactly where they had been at the beginning of hostilities. It was also the only war in modern times in which chemical weapons were used on a massive scale.
Although the war ended in 1988, it led to numerous aftershocks that rippled throughout the region including the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in 1990, the liberation of Kuwait a year later, and the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003. The bloody U.S. war that President Obama recently ended in Iraq was the finale in this march of folly. The seeds of multigenerational tragedy were planted in the Iran-Iraq War. The world will live with its consequences for decades, if not longer.
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/lessons-from-americas-first-war-with-iran/
However, the article fails to mention: Iran is one of oldest nation states in the world. (2,500 BC) Over millenia, they have resisted takeovers many times. Iraq was part of the Ottoman Empire (Turkey) until the end of WWI. Iran is a very stable nation state. Most of the Arab states of the Levant are not very stable. This makes a huge difference.
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