• The only Republicans winning in California are those stuffing U-Hauls.
• Notwithstanding the “cease-fire” between the United States and Iran, the Islamic Republic continues to direct missiles and drones at Israel, Kuwait, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates. Though it hasn’t yet claimed responsibility, Tehran also seems to have downed a U.S. helicopter near the Strait of Hormuz. (Both crew members survived.) President Donald Trump has sought a deal but launched a strike in retaliation to this provocation. In the meantime, the House passed a resolution (which four Republicans supported, alongside Democrats) against further warfare against Iran, and Trump berated Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for prosecuting a defensive war against Hezbollah. The Sunni states gravitated toward the U.S. during the war because it was the only country defending their interests against Iranian aggression. Trump appears to want a settlement more than the Iranians do, and that fact threatens both the coalition behind him and all the gains made during the war.
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