Despite claims by mainstream media, combined airstrikes by the United States and Israel over the past two weeks were highly successful, inflicting significant damage on Iran’s nuclear program and eliminating key military leaders, including high-ranking officers of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), a U.S.-designated terrorist organization that operates directly under Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Iran held a massive state funeral in Tehran on Saturday for 60 individuals killed during its 12-day war with Israel, including top military commanders, nuclear scientists, and their family members. State media claimed that over one million people attended, with government offices closed to allow public employees to join the procession. The scale of the turnout underscored the severity of the blow to Iran’s military and scientific leadership during the coordinated U.S.-Israeli strikes.

In total, the combined attacks resulted in over 1,000 deaths, including at least 417 civilians, according to a U.S.-based human rights organization. Iran’s retaliatory campaign involved firing more than 550 ballistic missiles at Israel, killing 28 people before a ceasefire was declared.

Chants of “Death to America” and “Death to Israel” echoed throughout the procession, reflecting the domestic political pressure on Iran’s leadership in the aftermath of its strategic losses.

Among the dead were some of Iran’s most powerful military and scientific figures, representing the most significant loss of senior leadership since the Iran-Iraq War of the 1980s. Intelligence sources confirm that approximately 30 senior commanders were killed, including Major General Hossein Salami, head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), and Mohammad Bagheri, chief of staff of Iran’s armed forces. Also killed was Major General Gholamali Rashid, commander of the IRGC’s Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters and former deputy chief of staff of the armed forces.

Amir Ali Hajizadeh, commander of the IRGC Aerospace Force and architect of Iran’s missile program, was among those eliminated. He had overseen Iran’s ballistic missile attacks on Israel in April 2024 and the 2020 missile strike on a U.S. base in Iraq. He also admitted responsibility for the 2020 downing of a Ukrainian passenger plane.

The strikes also targeted Iran’s nuclear apparatus. At least 11 nuclear scientists were confirmed killed, including figures from Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization and top universities. Notable casualties include Fereydoun Abbasi, former head of the Atomic Energy Organization (2011–2013), and Mohammad Mehdi Tehranchi, president of Islamic Azad University in Tehran. Other slain scientists include Abdolhamid Manouchehr, Ahmad Reza Zolfaghari, Amirhossein Feghi, and Motalibizadeh.

The campaign also eliminated key regime figures, including Ali Ghanaatkar, the notorious Evin Prison prosecutor known for imprisoning dissidents such as Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi.

Israeli and U.S. strikes extended beyond Tehran, systematically targeting regional IRGC command structures and proxy networks. Saeed Izadi, longtime commander of the Palestine Corps of the Quds Force and a key coordinator between Iran and Hamas, was described by Israeli officials as “one of the main orchestrators of the October 7 massacre.”

Behnam Shahriyari, commander of the Quds Force’s Weapons Transfer Unit, was also killed; he was responsible for weapons shipments to Iran’s proxies across the Middle East. Multiple other intelligence chiefs and field commanders tied to Iran’s proxy network were reportedly eliminated.

According to the Institute for Science and International Security, the coordinated U.S.-Israeli strikes inflicted unprecedented destruction on Iran’s nuclear infrastructure. At Natanz, the “workhorse” of Iran’s enrichment program, underground halls housing over 18,400 centrifuges were severely damaged, rendering them inoperable. The above-ground Pilot Fuel Enrichment Plant, which contained roughly 1,700 advanced IR-4 and IR-6 centrifuges enriching uranium to 60%, was completely destroyed. This facility had served as Iran’s primary site for centrifuge research and development.

Following Israeli strikes, U.S. forces conducted precision “double tap” attacks using GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP) bombs, with successive bombs directed through the same penetration points. At Fordow, twelve MOPs targeted deeply buried enrichment halls, collapsing infrastructure around the cascade area. The Israel Atomic Energy Commission assessed the Fordow site as destroyed and inoperable.

The Isfahan nuclear complex was hit in three separate waves. Attacks destroyed the enriched uranium metal conversion plant, caused severe damage to uranium hexafluoride production facilities, and collapsed tunnel entrances to underground storage sites.

Conservative estimates place immediate Iranian losses from these nuclear strikes at $2–4 billion in direct damage, with potential reconstruction costs reaching $5–10 billion. This includes $200–500 million in lost centrifuge hardware, $1–2 billion for underground facility reconstruction, and $500 million to $1 billion in lost enrichment capacity and delays. Recovery will be further hindered by inflation, heightened security needs, and international procurement restrictions.

Beyond the nuclear program, the campaign devastated Iran’s broader military infrastructure. Multiple ballistic missile production facilities, storage sites, radar stations, air defense systems, and Quds Force command centers were destroyed. Intelligence assessments confirm that dozens of missile launchers and underground silos across Kermanshah, Tabriz, Isfahan, Tehran, and western Iran were eliminated. IRGC-run ammunition depots, radar installations, and key power infrastructure, including substations and backup generators, were also taken offline.

The Institute concluded that the strikes “effectively destroyed Iran’s centrifuge enrichment program,” estimating that it will be a long time before Iran can recover its previous capability. IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir echoed this, stating: “We significantly damaged the nuclear program, and I can also say that we set it back by years—I repeat, years.”

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The top Democrat in the Senate, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), tried to force the clerks on the Senate floor to read the ‘big, beautiful bill’ in its entirety, all 950 pages of it, in an effort to inflict as much pain as possible on Senate Republicans, a move that could take up to 15 hours.

Schumer’s delay tactic is a far cry from how radical leftist Democrats usually approach bills.

In 2010, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi famously chided those who questioned the ability to read the massive Affordable Care Act before voting on it, “We have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it.”

Schumer took to X to state, ” I will object to Republicans moving forward on their Big, Ugly Bill without reading it on the Senate floor.”

“Republicans won’t tell America what’s in the bill.”

“So Democrats are forcing it to be read start to finish on the floor.”

“We will be here all night if that’s what it takes to read it.”

BREAKING: I will object to Republicans moving forward on their Big, Ugly Bill without reading it on the Senate floor

Republicans won’t tell America what’s in the bill

So Democrats are forcing it to be read start to finish on the floor

We will be here all night if that’s what…

— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) June 28, 2025

Voting, however, is underway on an initial procedural vote for the bill.

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President Trump appears to be ready to hit Israel directly where it hurts the most if leftist prosecutors do not leave Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu alone.

As The Gateway Pundit’s Jim Hoft reported on Thursday, Trump erupted after learning Netanyahu had been summoned to Court next Monday for the continuation of a long-running legal witch-hunt.

To make things more insulting, the Netanyahu announcement came 48 hours after Iran and Israel agreed to a ceasefire in their ongoing war. The Bibi-hating leftists did not even wait to give the prime minister time to catch his breath after one of the most consequential battles in Jewish history.

As Trump noted, this is the first time a sitting Israeli Prime Minister has ever been on trial. This politically motivated case concerns ridiculous things like cigars and a Bugs Bunny doll.

Trump went on to demand that the trial be cancelled immediately or a pardon given to Netanyahu. He did specify what consequences Israel would face if this travesty of justice continued, though.

But in a new statement released on Truth Social Saturday night, Trump strongly implied that failure to drop this garbage case would result in the end of all U.S foreign aid to Israel.

It is terrible what they are doing in Israel to Bibi Netanyahu. He is a War Hero, and a Prime Minister who did a fabulous job working with the United States to bring Great Success in getting rid of the dangerous Nuclear threat in Iran. Importantly, he is right now in the process of negotiating a Deal with Hamas, which will include getting the Hostages back.”

How is it possible that the Prime Minister of Israel can be forced to sit in a Courtroom all day long, over NOTHING (Cigars, Bugs Bunny Doll, etc.)? It is a POLITICAL WITCH HUNT, very similar to the Witch Hunt that I was forced to endure. This travesty of “Justice” will interfere with both Iran and Hamas negotiations. In other words, it is INSANITY doing what the out-of-control prosecutors are doing to Bibi Netanyahu.

The United States of America spends Billions of Dollars a year, far more than on any other Nation, protecting and supporting Israel. We are not going to stand for this. We just had a Great Victory with Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu at the helm — And this greatly tarnishes our Victory. LET BIBI GO, HE’S GOT A BIG JOB TO DO!

Right now, America currently forks over about $4 billion in military assistance to the Jewish State.

This is more foreign aid than almost any other country on Earth receives from the U.S.

If nothing else gets Israel’s attention, hitting them in the wallet certainly will. And no one should think for a moment that Trump is bluffing.

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While he gears up to play tomorrow (29) in the classic and controversial Glastonbury Festival, legendary British rocker Rod Stewart is getting out his political message loud and clear.

While the usual ‘party line’ of the festival is closer to the Irish pro-Palestine rappers of ‘Kneecap’, Stewart was assertive in his views, urging voters to ‘give Nigel Farage a chance’ as he sharply criticized both Prime Minister Keir Starmer and the Conservative Party.

The Daily Mail reported:

“The singer, who is well known for hits such as Baby Jane and Maggie May, said he thinks the Reform UK leader is coming across well.

Meanwhile, Sir Rod, 80, was critical of the Prime Minister’s decision to cut off fishing in Scotland and give it back to the EU, saying this move has not made him popular.”

The octogenarian rocker also thinks that the UK has had enough of the Tories, and something new is needed.

“The rock legend told The Times: ‘We’ve got to give Farage a chance. He’s coming across well. Nigel? What options have we got? I know some of his family, I know his brother, and I quite like him’.”

While he is a very wealthy man, Stewart is also a guy who grew up poor, and even worked at a cemetery – so he does not think that he is out of touch with the common folk.

“His comments on the UK’s political landscape come after he previously spoke about a problem with potholes around his £4.6million Essex mansion.

In 2022, he delighted fans as he donned a high-vis jacket to fill in the craters outside his home.”

 

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Scott Jennings left a CNN panel floundering after sharing the reality of President Donald Trump’s ‘best’ week of his presidency.

Jennings shared, “Yeah, look, this is a great week for him, not just because of this ruling, but earlier in the week, the Supreme Court handed him the ruling on being able to deport illegal immigrants to third-party countries, essentially. So he’s on a little bit of a winning streak in the courts right now.”

“And what a lot of Republicans are saying is, ‘No, we’re not tired of winning yet.’ This happened.”

“The stock market’s at a record high.”

“He brokered the ceasefire in the 12-day war.”

“Peace broke out between Rwanda and the Congo.”

“Gas prices are at a four-year low for the summer.”

“I mean, win after win after win. And this particular one is the most important because these individual judges had been, I think, unfairly stopping the president from governing.”

“He won the election. They didn’t. We don’t have 600 presidents. We have one president, and now he’s going to be able to actually govern.”

“You could make an argument that this week or the last two weeks, the best week or two weeks of his entire presidency.”

Watch:

This was the BEST week of the Trump presidency (maybe any presidency!)

SCOTUS win on activist judges
Stock market at record-high
Israel-Iran ceasefire
Unprecedented Rowanda-Congo peace deal
gas prices at 4-year-low

Not tired of winning. pic.twitter.com/dUcr4ttozZ

— Scott Jennings (@ScottJenningsKY) June 28, 2025

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