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By Yoav Limor Turkey. Israel's security establishment is watching Turkey with growing concern. On the face of it, nothing is new. Turkey is the same Turkey, and Erdogan is the same Erdogan. But that is not the case. In plain sight, processes are underway in Turkey that should, at the very least, greatly trouble Israel. And if Israel does not prepare for them, it could find itself facing a problem. A very serious one. Turkey is not defined in Israel as an enemy, but the security establishment views it as a "turning-point state," meaning a country where developments could take a turn for the worse. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stopped hiding his views long ago. Under him, Turkey has ceased to be a democracy and has become a militaristic state with openly declared imperial ambitions. His designated successor, Hakan Fidan, formerly head of Turkey's intelligence services and now foreign minister, is considered even more extreme than him. Both adhere to t...

By PAM KEY Friday on CNN’s “The Arena,” Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) said he was not planning to vote for Todd Blanche to be Attorney General. Fetterman said, “Well, I mean, I just would like to remind people watching that it wasn‘t that long ago that it was very normal for members of the opposite party would vote for their nominees. I mean, that really wasn‘t scandalous or outrageous. And now, as you pointed out, there are some that I have voted for, and I‘ve been able to work together on them. And that‘s actually been really productive right now. So, with him, I don‘t believe that’s someone that I could support. I think everyone was collectively horrified by, like that slush fund or whatever you want to call like that, 1776 fund, whatever. I didn‘t even encounter anyone on the other side that even thought that was a great idea. So, overall, I mean, the attorney general is never, ever the president‘s personal attorney. And so, that would be, you know, my concern. And now...

By ILH Staff Lebanese President Joseph Aoun launched a pointed attack on Iran on Friday in an interview with  CNN , accusing  Tehran  of exploiting Lebanon as a bargaining chip in its standoff with the US and Israel. "You are not trying to help us. The Lebanese people are paying the price for your interests. Our interests do not align with your interests," Aoun told anchor Christiane Amanpour, adding, "This is not your country – it is our country." Aoun rejected a statement issued Wednesday by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps demanding that Israel withdraw from Lebanon as part of any US-Iran ceasefire deal. "They are using Lebanon as a bargaining chip in their negotiations with the US. This is unacceptable," he said. In the interview, conducted at the presidential palace in Beirut, Aoun said the Lebanese people had grown "fed up" with the war between Israel and Hezbollah. Aoun also turned his fire on Hezbollah Secretary General...

‘American black people seem to struggle to take the racial lens off of how they see things.’ By BLAZETV STAFF The case of Karmelo Anthony continues to gain national attention. In April 2025, at track meet in Frisco, Texas, Anthony (then a 17-year-old Centennial High School student) allegedly fatally stabbed fellow high school student 17-year-old Austin Metcalf in the chest with a pocketknife during a confrontation. Anthony turned himself in shortly after the incident, but he pled not guilty to his charge of first-degree murder, claiming he acted in self-defense. On June 3, a jury was seated.  No black jurors were selected . BlazeTV  host  Jason Whitlock  admits he was thrilled by the news. “I am overjoyed there are no black people on this jury,” he says unapologetically. “I don’t want anybody on this jury that’s sitting there thinking about, ‘I gotta do the black thing,’ or ‘I hear the facts different because I’m black.’” He insists there is...

By Jennifer Oliver O'Connell On Thursday, President Donald Trump took to Truth Social and said to watch California as they take the next month to count the votes that were cast in their June 2 primary. As many know by now, California mails everyone a ballot. As long as these ballots are postmarked by election day, they can be received up to 7 days after the primary, and then they take 30 days from the end of that 7-day window to do the count. Watch California, everybody! Our Election process is as bad, or worse, than any Third World Country. The biggest difference is, they count their Votes much faster — They don’t wait seven days to tell you who won, rigging the Election during each and every one of them. Americans… pic.twitter.com/Rafv3sMdDg — Commentary Donald J Trump Truth Social Posts On X (@TrumpTruthOnX) June 5, 2026 Watch California, everybody! Our Election process is as bad, or worse, than any Third World Country. The biggest difference is, they count their Votes mu...

By ALANA MASTRANGELO Pop star Madonna posted a bizarre video of herself crawling around on all fours in front of her toilet to issue a Pride Month message while letting her breasts hang out of her dress and smoking a cigarette. The 67-year-old “Like a Virgin” singer kicked off this year’s Pride Month by  posting  a video to her Instagram account that showed her crawling around in front of a toilet, stating, “You don’t want to see my (bleep)” as she stuffs her breasts back into her dress. Watch Below: Madonna na svojstven način čestitala pride 😉 i feel so freee pic.twitter.com/id6KKSkXPf — Srki Srđan (@SrkiSrdjanJk) June 1, 2026 Madonna then leans in to whisper “Happy Pride,” before blowing a kiss and cigarette smoke into the camera as music plays in the background. Social media users quickly took to X to share their thoughts on the “Material Girl” singer’s peculiar video. “Sad lady,” one X user  said . “She can’t out sex a 20 year old. It’s time to put on her grann...

By Ward Clark This seems to be happening with horrifying regularity, even after a year and a half into President Trump's border crackdown: On Friday, Fox News' Bill Melugin, posting on X, informed us of a case in Modesto, California, in which an illegal alien from Mexico allegedly murdered a two-week-old infant, along with the baby's mother and grandmother. The illegal alien had been previously deported and had a record of driving under the influence . ICYMI: A previously deported Mexican illegal alien with four prior DUI arrests has been charged with a triple murder in Modesto, CA after he allegedly stabbed to death a two-week-old baby, the baby's mom, and the baby's grandma. DHS tells @FoxNews that when Joaquin Escoto was… pic.twitter.com/DsuMUgcs8D — Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) June 5, 2026 Bill Melugin writes: ICYMI: A previously deported Mexican illegal alien with four prior DUI arrests has been charged with a triple murder in Modesto, CA after he alleg...

By Susan Crabtree When Republicans moved to redraw congressional maps in Texas to maximize their advantage in the House, California Gov. Gavin Newsom responded with a counterpunch: Proposition 50, a California redistricting measure explicitly designed to eliminate up to five Republican congressional seats and offset Democratic losses elsewhere. It was partisan hardball in the open, justified by Newsom and Democrats as a necessary response to GOP map-drawing in Texas and other states. It also had the added benefit of buoying Newsom’s national political capital with his party as he gears up for a likely White House run in 2028. Newsom cast the move as fighting fire with fire, an unfortunate choice of words the same year as the Palisades and Altadena fires killed at least 28 people and leveled some of the most beautiful neighborhoods in Los Angeles County. But on Tuesday, California voters appear to have poured at cold water on at least some of those plans. With early primary ret...

By Tyler Durden NASA senior adviser and press secretary Bethany Stevens wrote on X that astronauts aboard the International Space Station have quickly shifted into SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft and are prepared to evacuate if needed, after cracks and leaks in the Zvezda service module transfer tunnel appeared to worsen. "The Zvezda service module transfer tunnel, known as PrK, has suffered from cracks and leaks for some time, and has been mitigated by Roscosmos as much as possible to date . The cracks have always been a concern that NASA watches very closely," Stevens said. According to NASA, the Zvezda service module is 43 feet long and contains living quarters, life support systems, communications systems, electrical power distribution systems, data processing systems, flight control systems, and propulsion systems. The Zvezda service module transfer tunnel, known as PrK, has suffered from cracks and leaks for some time, and has been mitigated by Roscosmos as much as ...

By Nick Arama Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins testified before the House Committee on Agriculture on Thursday.  It's always interesting to watch the Trump administration secretaries dissect the Democrats in Congress and drop some facts on them. They are quite good at it, as we have seen with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.  Rep. Angie Craig (MN-02) asked Rollins if she knew what the most recent Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Fraud (SNAP) fraud rate was, according to the United States Department of Agriculture Data. She apparently thought she had a "gotcha" point to poo-poo concerns about fraud. It did not go well for her. . @USDA has NEVER had access to State SNAP data. Not until this Administration demanded it. That’s why every figure from years past is meaningless. From the 29 states that DID share data, we’ve already identified at least $3 billion a year in fraud. Extrapolated nationwide: more… pic.twitter.com/st2Nf58fI...