Friday, March 13, 2026
Trump reportedly wants to seize Iran's Kharg Island. He floated the idea 40 years ago
Top 30 Things That Will Not Happen in 2026
- A WaPo fact-check will conclude with: “we were wrong, sorry.”
- A celebrity will say: “maybe I should shut up about politics” & follow through on it.
- A major university will finally discover the value of diversity of opinions.
- A media outlet will run a headline: “this story has no racial angle.”
- Media will start referring to the political right without adding ultra-, far-, or extreme.
- A war will end because of a really powerful hashtag and social media filters.
- A school board will prioritize math and reading over “feelings-based grading.”
- Congress will pass a bill after reading it, understanding it, and not adding pork.
- A climate conference will end with: “we’re flying coach next time.”
- “Rising waters” celebrities will abandon their oceanfront properties and move to higher ground.
- European officials will call an Islamist terror attack by its real name.
- A debate moderator will ask both sides the same hard questions.
- A prosecutor will charge a rioter, and the headline won’t include “legitimate grievances.” More...
Phyllis Chesler: My Take on the News of the Moment..."Don't Like Any of It"
"Sixth: When will President Trump really understand that negotiations with radical, political Muslims and Jihadists can never, ever be trusted? I could say a lot more here but will stop for now. I welcome all your views on this particular matter."
"I'm on record about refusing to jump on the breaking news and jumping up and down with righteous indignation about it all. I know: It's a very retro position to have. So--here's what I'm thinking about our sad and sorry world.
"First: Isn't the endless rollout of the Epstein scandal and the ties he had to American universities truly a diversion, a deft way of failing to acknowledge that Arab oil money has spent many billions over a 50-year period to take over and take down American education? Why not at least mention that there is far more than one toxic influencer at work here?
"Second: What is this three-week non-stop coverage about Nancy Guthrie's disappearance really about? What dark and voyeuristic passion does such coverage feed? What I'm asking is this: While many thousands of non-violent Iranian protestors have been murdered on the streets and in their hospital beds; while the Taliban have legalized slavery (what can they possibly mean by this since all their women are already enslaved?); while many thousands of Ukrainians have been murdered in a four-year aggressive war launched by Czar Putin; while Israelis are being forced to permanently fight a non-stop war against barbarians (who still refuse to disarm, who are still storing their weapons in hospitals); while murderous and verbal attacks against Jews around the world continue to escalate--my God! And it's Nancy Guthrie 24/7. (Of course, may she soon be found unharmed and may the Iranian mullahcracy evaporate, etc.)
"Third: Europe--which is no more--has been Islamified, and there is no turning back and yet, Europeans still continue with their Jew hatred, now cleverly disguised as anti-Zionism. Oh yeah. Take the ongoing Olympics. The entire Israeli bobsled team, first time contenders, had their uniquely fitted gear, shoes, passport, and suitcases stolen as well as their money--but there's more. As the Israeli bobsled team stormed down the slope, the Olympics’ Swiss announcer kept talking about the Israeli "genocide in Gaza," etc. (The truth is I cannot forget the 1972 Olympics in Munich and the Muslim terrorist murder of Israeli champions and, for that matter, the 1936 Olympics in Berlin as we all saw, courtesy of that Monster propagandist--Leni Riefenstahl--the film Olympia).
"Fourth: Talking about the Swiss: When are they ever going to relinquish all their Nazi bank accounts, stolen from Jews during the Holocaust? They insist on the importance of protecting the privacy of their depositors just as hotly and righteously as the Free Speech fanatics in America, who go to great lengths to protect the right of hate speech but who do not fight for the rights of truth speech.
"Fifth: Why, oh, why was Bad Bunny's half time performance so widely praised? What am I missing? . . . More...
Phyllis Chesler, Ph.D., is an Emerita Professor of Psychology at City University of New York. She is a best-selling author, a legendary feminist leader, and a retired academic and psychotherapist. She has lectured and organized political, legal, religious, and human rights campaigns in the United States, Canada, Europe, Israel, Central Asia, and the Far East.
‘The Perfect Partner’: Meet the Left-Wing PR Firm That Works With George Soros To Elect Progressive Prosecutors
"BerlinRosen has received millions from the Soros-funded PACs used to back prosecutors like Philadelphia's Larry Krasner."
"When George Soros spends millions of dollars to elect soft-on-crime prosecutors in many of the United States’ biggest cities, much of that money ends up in the hands of a single Manhattan-based communications firm that’s boosted prosecutors’ campaigns.
"Campaign finance records reviewed by the Washington Free Beacon show that the PACs Soros uses to fund left-wing DA campaigns have steered millions of dollars to BerlinRosen, a PR firm that "happens to be the largest expenditure item for nearly all Soros DA campaign spending," according to the Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund.
"When George Soros spends millions of dollars to elect soft-on-crime prosecutors in many of the United States’ biggest cities, much of that money ends up in the hands of a single Manhattan-based communications firm that’s boosted prosecutors’ campaigns.
"Campaign finance records reviewed by the Washington Free Beacon show that the PACs Soros uses to fund left-wing DA campaigns have steered millions of dollars to BerlinRosen, a PR firm that "happens to be the largest expenditure item for nearly all Soros DA campaign spending," according to the Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund.d by former New York Senate Democratic campaign operatives Valerie Berlin and Jonathan Rosen, the firm’s clients have included former New York City mayor Bill de Blasio and former speaker of the New York State Assembly Sheldon Silver, who was convicted of corruption, as well as a host of progressive advocacy organizations." . . .More...
. . . "George Gascón, the former Los Angeles DA, slashed police budgets and eliminated cash bail. He faced two recall attempts before losing his reelection campaign in 2024. Two years prior, San Francisco voters ousted far-left DA Chesa Boudin, the son of Weather Underground terrorists Kathy Boudin and David Gilbert, in a recall election after he eliminated cash bail. He prosecuted just three drug cases in 2021 as overdose deaths in the city surged." . . .
Putting an end to Iran’s 47 year war on the U.S.
"It is crystal clear that the good people of Iran — and surely there are some — must take control of their government ASAP. And put an end to what is effectively a death cult that rules Iran now and has done so since the Iranian revolution in 1979."
| Rich Terrell |
Now the Iranians have fired missiles at practically every other country in the region. So it isn’t just the Israelis and the Saudis who have had it with them.
No, There’s No ‘Forever War’ in Iran
Trump’s stance on Iran long predates his presidency (and by extension, any relationship he had with Israel) and stretches as far back as the 1980s, following the Iranian hostage crisis. Since becoming president, he has continued to oppose Iran’s nuclear ambitions, reimposed sanctions after withdrawing from the 2015 nuclear deal, and maintained pressure on the Iranians to agree to a denuclearization deal. Throughout the early to mid-2010s, well before he even announced his candidacy, Trump’s Twitter feed was filled with posts articulating his consistent stance: that Iran must end its targeting of U.S. citizens, stop funding terrorism, and never be allowed to acquire a nuclear weapon. All of these tweets (now on X) still exist today.