HISTORY: The Pentagon Paid Moldova $40 Million for 21 MiG-29s So Iran Couldn’t Have Them. The Minister Who Signed the Deal Went to Prison for It. “In 1997, the United States quietly paid a former Soviet republic tens of millions of dollars to buy an entire fighter regiment — not to fly it, but to keep it away from Iran, and to take it apart. The Moldova deal is remembered as one of the Pentagon’s cleanest nonproliferation coups, and in one sense it was: the intelligence haul shaped American weapons for a decade. But the full story runs stranger than the legend, taking in a rationale Moscow disputed the same week, a defense minister who went to prison for signing it, and six fighter jets that no one on Earth would ever buy.”
Author Archive: Stephen Green
July 7, 2026
DENY HIM REENTRY:
American pro Palestine, pro IRGC activist and communist Jackson Hinkle took center stage in Tehran, leading chants in Revolutionary Square while holding a revenge flag.
“Down with the USA… Down with Israel!” pic.twitter.com/ekYqa500WG
— Open Source Intel (@Osint613) July 7, 2026
More:
Jackson Hinkle, one of the most openly antisemitic figures on X, traveled from Russia to Tehran to pay tribute to the regime that has spent decades exporting terror, murdering its own people, and calling for the destruction of America and Israel.
At Khamenei’s funeral, he proudly chanted:
“Down with America. Down with the Zionists. Down with Israel.” (Al Bawaba)Born and raised in California, he now cheers America’s enemies while standing shoulder to shoulder with a regime whose hands are stained with the blood of tens of thousands of Iranians.
This isn’t “anti-Zionism.” It isn’t “activism.” It’s open allegiance to a murderous dictatorship.
Indeed.
MEANWHILE, OVER AT VODKAPUNDIT [VIP]: A Tale of Two Air Wars. “A pair of overnight airstrikes didn’t just light up the skies over Russia and Ukraine on Sunday night; they illuminated the very different realities of a war now well into its fifth year.”
ONCE YOU SEE IT…:
Democrats and their media cohorts have relied for decades on this tried and true technique since Hillary's laughable keep lying/stonewall strategy failed in the wake of l'affaire Lewinsky.
They created a slogan that spawned a PAC, https://t.co/IKg3V8Gd0l. Both remain everyday… pic.twitter.com/FXs6RB1qBD
— Biff LaTourette (@BiffLaTourette) July 7, 2026
…oh, wait — you saw it decades ago, didn’t you?
THANKS, FELLAS: OPEC+ companies slightly boosting production as oil prices slide.
Seven OPEC+ nations have said they will increase their production goals by 188,000 barrels per day. The participating countries are Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iraq, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Algeria, and Oman.
Multiple nations in the Middle East have had their oil production throttled by the war in Iran, which closed the Strait of Hormuz, a key oil shipping lane in the region.
A temporary agreement between Iran and the Trump administration reopened the strait, meaning more oil should be able to flow and reach the market, sending prices downward.
Stay tuned…
OUT OF THE FRYING PAN…:
Here are things that the Platner story has that the Kavanaugh allegations did not have:
1) proof of contact between the accuser and the accused
2) documented allegations from the accuser naming the accused to others *before* the accused rose to the national stage
3) multiple… https://t.co/TLlGilclly— PoIiMath (@politicalmath) July 6, 2026
“They are also letting you know that they don’t care about evidence. They will accuse their enemies without any documented evidence. They will protect their own even with mountains of evidence.”
…and into the fire:
So yeah, about that DSA-endorsed candidate that folx want to replace Platner:
"As Maine Senate President in a state senate caucus meeting several years ago, Troy Jackson in a heated disagreement struck a female colleague with a bottle he threw at her." https://t.co/iE2GildZXY
— Wesley Yang (@wesyang) July 7, 2026
This is not your father’s quietly Republican Maine.
KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: Der Platnerfürher Might Finally Be Too Creepy for the Dems. “Things should never have gotten this far with Platner and the Democrats. Let’s face it, the Nazi tattoo should have been the only disqualifier that they needed. The Democrats may be united in their frothing hatred of President Trump, but that has made them adrift in everything else. I’ve got decades of dealing with their tortured rationalizations under my belt but everything since November 2024 has really been out of control.”
BRING IT ON HOME: Toyota to invest $3.6 billion to move Tacoma pickup truck production from Mexico to Texas.
The investment is expected to create 2,000 U.S. jobs at the facility, add a second vehicle assembly line and roughly double the size of the 2.7-million-square-foot plant by 2030, the automaker said. It will expand the plant’s annual capacity from roughly 200,000 to 350,000 units, Toyota said.
The announcement is part of Toyota’s stated plans to invest up to $10 billion more than previously expected domestically in the U.S. through 2030. It comes less than a week after the Trump administration confirmed it would not extend its trilateral trade pact with Canada and Mexico, instead opting to conduct annual reviews.
It shouldn’t need to be said, but building things here is good.
YES:
I don't have the patience or the stomach to line up all the established rapey stuff associated with Democrats and large percentages of people from certain countries, but it is notable how obsessed they are in their messaging with accusing non-rapey people – and canines – with…
— Ron Coleman (@RonColeman) July 7, 2026
“You have to step back and ask yourself who are these people and what are they trying to do to both our society and the people in it?”
FA, IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWED BY FO: Jails Are Full After TikTok-Inspired Mob Riots in the Wrong California Beach Town.
HMM: Hamas dismantles government to allow Board of Peace-approved panel to take over. “Anonymous officials from the Gaza-based terrorist group announced the dissolution to AFP on Monday after preliminary reports swirled late Sunday evening. The officials confirmed that the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza, created by President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace, would fill the power vacuum in the Gaza Strip.”
It isn’t so much who serves on the Board of Peace now, but who gets slipped in once our attention is elsewhere.
PLENTY: Here’s What Graham Platner Doesn’t Want You to Know About His Accuser.
Related:
Why didn’t you rescind it a month ago when they were made by a conservative woman?
— Bethany S. Mandel (@bethanyshondark) July 6, 2026
The backpedaling is as furious as it is absurdly comic.
July 6, 2026
YES:
Don't let them distance themselves now. These shit heads knew Platner was scum the whole time and made excuses for him.
Who could have possibly imagined that a dude with a nazi tattoo on his chest would have a history of poor life choices? Not the DNC. This was a shocking… https://t.co/Jt2hiGcot1
— Larry Correia (@monsterhunter45) July 6, 2026
Related:
Platner is to the Dems what dog rape is to NYT and Nick Kristoff. An obvious fraud they not only fell for but gave a full-throated defense. Which will always be fun to trot out. https://t.co/jtJE6Ys8Ob
— Northern Barbarian (@xnoesbueno) July 6, 2026
Bookmark this for next time because there will be a next time.
UPDATE: Sorry, had a duplicate tweet posted originally. All fixed now.
“MY GOD, IT’S FULL OF STARS”: James Webb telescope’s largest-ever map of the universe unmasks hidden corners.
BREAKING: Is Platner Out?
MIC, DROPPED:
These guys sound WAY different when you wake them up at 2am. Shhhhhhh……🇺🇸 https://t.co/Vv5hBugY87
— Robert J. O'Neill (@mchooyah) July 5, 2026
Previously: Bin Laden Shooter Identified.
Yeah, same guy.
OUCH: Microsoft cuts 4,800 jobs, as Xbox unit downsizes and plans to spin off four gaming studios.
Microsoft is eliminating 4,800 jobs, representing 2.1% of its workforce, with the company’s Xbox division losing about one-fifth of its staff in the software giant’s latest effort to cut costs in the era of artificial intelligence.
“The way technology is built, deployed, and used is transforming faster than at any point in my time here,” Amy Coleman, Microsoft’s chief people officer and a 27-year company veteran, wrote in a message to employees Monday.
Xbox is cutting 3,200 people through fiscal year 2027, Xbox CEO Asha Sharma wrote in an email to division employees, noting that 1,600 roles would be eliminated on Monday. The other 1,600 exiting is on top of the companywide total of 4,800 leaving immediately.
“I recognize that a year-long restructuring creates additional challenges,” Sharma wrote. “Unfortunately, it is not possible to make all the necessary changes in a single day.”
The cuts amount to 20% of Xbox employees leaving, according to a person familiar with the matter, who asked not to be named in order to discuss internal changes.
“We will return to growth in 2027,” Sharma wrote.
Microsoft spins the cuts as AI-related, but the company’s Xbox division is in trouble, and has been for a while: Former Microsoft Executive Issues Dire Warning About Xbox Consoles.
THE ENEMY WITHIN:
A Muslim Palestinian ripping down American flags across New York City as the crowd cheers.
The “Free Palestine” terrorist movement hates America.
pic.twitter.com/PBhDZATWlt— Vivid.🇮🇱 (@VividProwess) July 5, 2026
I CAN THINK OF ONE: The Iranian Problem Has No Short-Term Solution.
ONCE YOU UNDERSTAND THAT AMERICA CAN ONLY DO WRONG, EVERYTHING ELSE MAKES SENSE:
Always has been, but it's a crime when it's us.
— Publius Enigma (@PubliusEnig) July 6, 2026
NOW THIS IS MORE LIKE THE 21ST CENTURY I WAS PROMISED: These light-weight power cells run on nuclear waste and could power next-gen drones. “That’s the future scientists are working toward in DARPA’s ‘Rads to Watts’ program, which aims to create lightweight batteries with a high energy density. And a recent $3.37 million contract award aims to fund a viable proof-of-concept device that can produce more than 10 watts per kilogram with a yearslong shelf life.”
DISPATCHES FROM AL-BRIṬĀNIYĀ:
What on earth is going on here?
Parliament voted to abolish blasphemy laws back in 2008 — 18 years ago.
The Government’s decision to introduce a non-statutory official definition of Islamophobia — repackaged as “anti-Muslim hostility” — has effectively revived blasphemy laws… https://t.co/8e9M62TwWu
— The Free Speech Union (@SpeechUnion) July 5, 2026