Middle East

[Polds4OSU]

Miller: He wasn't going to let Iran strike first. He wasn't going to let this regime take the first attack as he feared and believed they would on American soldiers and American troops. It wasn't going to happen. He was going to decapitate that regime.

Barbara Sobel (@barbaraj.sobel) on Threads

Miller: He wasn't going to let Iran strike first. He wasn't going to let this regime take the first attack as he feared and believed they would on American soldiers and American troops. It wasn't going to happen. He was going to decapitate that regime.

www.threads.com

 

[Stillwater Townie]

From 1980.

60K views · 3.6K reactions | An unearthed 1980 video of Donald Trump shows his clarity on the terroristic Iranian regime hasn't wavered over 45 years. This is an incredible time capsule in the wake of today's Iran situation. | Scott Jennings

An unearthed 1980 video of Donald Trump shows his clarity on the terroristic Iranian regime hasn't wavered over 45 years. This is an incredible time capsule in the wake of today's Iran situation.

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His hair wasn't much different clear back then.

 

[Stillwater Townie]

Macgregor says Trump isn't dealing with reality and wonders if Trump will be out by the end of the year from the 25th Amendment. Due to economic destruction the world may demand that Trump get out of the Mideast. But I wonder if Israel will veto that idea.

 

[Polds4OSU]

FYI this is what Hegseth is talking about when he says the US isn't fighting a Politically Correct War. We just out here engaging and sinking ships just because they are from Iran. Not because the pose any threat, not because they are attacking anything......Just because they have an Iranian Flag

......BUT.


We're NOT at war!

What a Joke

Iranian warship sunk by the US was sailing home after taking part in an exhibition hosted by India​

link from AP

MSN

 

[Polds4OSU]

Iran targets headquarters of Iranian Kurdish forces in Iraq​

link via BBC

MSN

 

[Stillwaterman]

Massie does not agree on the law or constitutionality.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2029310859604873702

He also wanted to stop all funding to Isreal a year ago. Didn't disagree with him then and don't really disagree with him now. That said, the second Iran hit our bases/embassy in retaliation....You could technically argue we are back in legal territory. They need to clarify the law.

 

[Polds4OSU]

Azerbaijan vows to respond after four injured by Iranian drones​

link va Reuters
MSN

 

[Polds4OSU]

Explosions in Qatar, 6 injured in UAE amid Iranian attacks​

Via ABC News

MSN

 

[Polds4OSU]

GOP senator claims he was de-escalating as video catches him injuring (Broken Hand) anti-war Marine​

A Senate Republican claimed he was attempting to "de-escalate" after video emerged of him helping police forcefully remove an anti-war Marine during a mid-hearing scuffle, leading to audible gasps as the man appeared to be injured.

Bystanders accused Sen. Tim Sheehy (R-MT) of breaking the hand of Marine veteran and anti-war activist Brian McGinnis during a break in a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Wednesday. McGinnis put his hand in a doorway to prevent Capitol Police from removing him from the room.

Video recorded by another anti-war activist showed Sheehy getting in on the melee, grabbing McGinnis and attempting to force him through the doorway.

"His hand! His hand! Oh!" one onlooker shouted.

"The senator broke his hand!" someone else exclaimed.

"A US Senator just broke the hand of a Marine," another member of the audience yelled. "A US Senator just broke the hand of a Marine; you're a coward."

Sheehy turned and walked away without successfully dislodging McGinnis.

"Yeah, go f--- yourself," someone muttered.

Sheehy responded to the incident on X calling the Marine "unhinged" and claiming he was merely trying to deescalate the situation.

"Capitol Police were attempting to remove an unhinged protestor from the Armed Services hearing. He was fighting back. I decided to help out and deescalate the situation. This gentleman came to the Capitol looking for a confrontation, and he got one. I hope he gets the help he needs without causing further violence."

 

[Polds4OSU]

Azerbaijan accuses neighbor Iran of a drone attack and vows to retaliate​

link via AP

MSN

 

[Rob B.]

Do you have Facebook? Do you occasionally check out threads on there or even see advertisements and/or posts about them? Do you have any sort of news feed that you check-i.e. I have Samsung news on my phone and I don't think it was even by choice. Heck if you see something that doesn't sound right so you Google it?

If so then it doesn't matter if you watch Fox News or not. You are exposed to a ton of stuff that is tailor made for either what you want to see or what someone thinks you need to see. And you think it's what everyone else sees and are completely confused when people don't draw the same conclusions you do about it. To top it off you are also told in your news feeds that people who don't believe what you are seeing are wrong. It's the nature of how we all consume media these days.

He claimed I got my info from Fox. I denied it. What does that have to do with any of this?

 

[cowboyinexile]

He claimed I got my info from Fox. I denied it. What does that have to do with any of this?

You might not have gotten your info from Fox but wherever you get your info is more interested in engaging you than informing.

 

[Rob B.]

You might not have gotten your info from Fox but wherever you get your info is more interested in engaging you than informing.

Ok. Like I said. All news is there to engage us, regardless of what "side" we're on. Some people think "the View" is gospel.

 

[cowboyinexile]

Ok. Like I said. All news is there to engage us, regardless of what "side" we're on. Some people think "the View" is gospel.

No one that is serious thinks The View is gospel. That's probably what you have been told to believe

 

[Rob B.]

No one that is serious thinks The View is gospel. That's probably what you have been told to believe

OMG! No one who is serious thinks NewsMax is gospel. There are a LOT of unserious people in this country.

 

[Polds4OSU]

YouGov is a UK based Market Research firm that

has been publishing its annual “Trust in Media” rankings in the U.S. for at least the past four years — 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025 — with the 2025 survey released in May 2025

In these surveys, YouGov asks Americans about the trustworthiness of 52 news sources, calculating a net trust score for each

It is widely regarded and considered very reliable. Each Year News outlets hire them to Survey American's to Rank News Outlets based on how American's view that source as Trustworthy or Not. Each Outlet is given a Net Favorability Score comparing and subtracting their Trust % to their Distrust %.

Not all outlets publish this score, OR only publish a range, Some outlets only allow limited data to be published about their results.

So as of 2025...who do American's trust ?

Rank	News Outlet	Net Favorability (Net Trust Score)
1	The Weather Channel	+49
2	BBC	+26
3	PBS	+25
4	The Wall Street Journal	+10 to +20
5	The New York Times	+10 to +20
6	NBC News	+10 to +20
7	CBS News	+10 to +20
8	ABC News	+10 to +20
9	CNN	0 to +10
10	MSNBC	0 to +10
11	National Review	0 to +10
12	Fox News	–5 (37% trust, 42% distrust)

Outlets with Positive Rating per Polling but no actual Score provided publicly and a Ranking of where they would fall in the list above if their Score was to be published.

9	NPR	Positive (exact net score not published) [factually.co]
10	Associated Press (AP)	Positive (no explicit value published) [factually.co]
11	Reuters	Positive (no explicit value published) [pewresearch.org]
12	USA Today	Positive (no explicit value published) [factually.co]
13	Forbes	Positive (no explicit value published) [factually.co]
14	Washington Post	Positive, slight year‑over‑year decline [statista.com]
15	Bloomberg	Positive (no explicit value published) [factually.co]
16	Financial Times	Positive (no explicit value published) [pewresearch.org]

 

[Polds4OSU]

Breaking news: In calls to Kurdish minority leaders in Iran and Iraq, President Trump offered “extensive U.S. aircover” and other backing for anti-regime Iranian Kurds to take over portions of western Iran, according to multiple people. https://wapo.st/4rPUqkm

 

[Polds4OSU]

NEWS: Politico is now reporting that US Central Command has asked the Pentagon for intelligence support for Iran operations for at least the next 100 days, but likely through September.

Aaron Parnas (@aaronparnas) on Threads

NEWS: Politico is now reporting that US Central Command has asked the Pentagon for intelligence support for Iran operations for at least the next 100 days, but likely through September.

www.threads.com

 

[Polds4OSU]

New satellite imagery confirms the Minab strike that killed 165 people — most of them girls ages 7–12 — was a precision airstrike.

The school had been physically separated from the adjacent IRGC base since 2016.

The Pentagon is “investigating.” Israel says it wasn’t them.

Ashley Renee (@ash.renee411) on Threads

New satellite imagery confirms the Minab strike that killed 165 people — most of them girls ages 7–12 — was a precision airstrike. The school had been physically separated from the adjacent IRGC base since 2016. The Pentagon is “investigating.” Israel says it wasn’t them.

www.threads.com

 

[Polds4OSU]

This is like EIGHT Or NINE different reasons I've heard Elected GOP officials give for what is happening in Iran

MAGA senator says Trump's Iran attack is 'about oil' - 'We're shutting off oil to China'​

Near the end of the NewsNation interview segment below, after he erases any ambiguity and declares the current attacks on Iran “President Trump’s war,” Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) offered to sum up the situation and deliver a straightforward reason why Trump and the U.S. struck Iran.


Tuberville, who said he had spoken to Trump recently and that, based on that communication was unsurprised by the attacks, put China into Trump’s attack calculus and linked the Iran attacks with the American military action that removed Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro last month.

“It’s about oil,” Tuberville said, cutting through the myriad reasons cited by the administration, including nuclear weapons deterrence and regime change (which Tuberville also cites). “We’re shutting off oil from Venezuela to China. And from Iran to China.”