Senator Tim Sheehy Outlines Why Defeating Iran is Vital to U.S. Interests

July 24, 2026 | Sundance |

This is a very strong speech from Senator Tim Sheehy outlining why it is in America’s interests to destroy the Iranian military and terrorist threat once and for all.

These remarks are in strong support for what President Trump is hoping to achieve. WATCH:

Tim Sheehy Gives Fiery Speech Defending War Against Iran, Bashing Dems

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https://youtu.be/D4t_umQj7gw

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/07/24/senator-tim-sheehy-outlines-why-defeating-iran-is-vital-to-u-s-interests/#more-285524

>>24863341

Wow a soldier that was in the wars and saw the treachery and sadistic Iranians killing his brothers in arms in prior wars, should wake up Congress especially Dems, Iran has deserved this war and destruction of their leaders for decades.

He’s calling out the democrats that are attacking Trump, when Sheehy knows why Iran deserves this and more!

God Bless him and his dead soldiers he served with. Of course the democrats will have no remorse siding with the enemy of Iran.

>>24863344

Why not let him jump? They are spending a huge amount of money to stop him. If governments don’t stop them, fewer more why try to pull this

Trump’s new forced-labor tariffs met with bewilderment

US trading partners have rejected Washington’s rationale for new duties covering virtually all American imports

Published 24 Jul, 2026 13:23 |

Washington’s decision to impose sweeping new tariffs over alleged failures to combat forced labor has triggered protests and bewilderment among some of its largest trading partners.

The duties, which took effect on Friday,target goods from 60 economies that account for more than 99% of US imports. The EU, Australia, Brazil, Norway, Japan and China have all challenged the justification behind them.

EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas rejected Washington’s accusations as unfounded and claimed the bloc offered stronger protections for workers than the US. “We have paid vacations, we have very good labor conditions for our employees, so it’s not really grounded,” she said.

Kallas also claimed that European companies valued “predictability” and stressed that Brussels had honored its trade commitments to Washington.Her remarks come as the EU struggles with high energy prices and weakening industrial competitiveness after abandoning cheap Russian gas.

Australia called the tariffs “unjustified,” whileBrazil accused Washington of exploiting a human-rights issue to impose new trade restrictions. Norway said there was “no basis” for the measures, Japan defended its labor and trade standards, and China rejected the allegations along with unilateral tariffs.

The new duties range from 10% to 12.5% and replace a temporary 10% global tariff that expired on Friday. Countries that have adopted or pledged to enforce bans on forced-labor imports generally face the lower rate, while the others have been assigned 12.5%.

Oil, gas, fertilizer, certain food products, aircraft, critical minerals and goods already covered by separate US tariffs are exempt.

Defending the move, US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer saidWashington had enforced a ban on forced-labor imports for nearly a century and argued that its trading partners should do the same. He said the tariffs aim to address “both a human rights abuse and distortive trade practice” and improve conditions for workers.

The Trump administration adopted the new measures after the US Supreme Court struck down the president’s earlier global tariffs imposed under emergency powers. Washington has now turned to a different trade law, arguing that weak enforcement abroad gives foreign producers an unfair advantage over American workers.

Critics have argued that the forced-labor rationale is primarilya way to rebuild Trump’s global tariff system on a firmer legal basis.

The immediate economic impact is expected to be limited because the duties largely replace the expired 10% rate. However, Washington is also pursuing a separate investigation into alleged industrial overcapacity involving 16 major trading partners, including the EU and China, which could lead to further tariffs.

((https://www.rt.com/news/643427-us-forced-labor-tariffs/

He’s making up for the loss tariffs since the early 1901 etc. We’ve been ripped off for a long time, Donroe doctrine. The citizens in the future and read about him, they will be blown away of how much he loved Americans and America!

Russia’s football exile is ending – but Europe may not survive the comeback 1/3

FIFA is ready to bring Russian teams back.The real battle won’t be on the pitch, but over money, politics, and boycotts.

Published 24 Jul, 2026 15:33

I didn’t watch a single full game of this FIFA World Cup and was asleep before the final kicked off on Sunday. It would have been awkward watching a match wanting both teams to lose.The best things to witness at this jamboree were the mindbending, moral amnesia of the anti-Trump and pro-Palestine mob, and the whining of sports media and pundits at the length of the half-time show. Even Granny grabber Wayne Rooney criticized the performance of a 70-year-old woman [Madonna]. Then again, who’d know better than the man who has a penchant for women twice his age. It was off the field that the best news, for many, came and it opened a way for Russian football to come in from the cold.

Background

Russian football had been under the US- and UK-led pogrom against Russian sports since 2010. Triggered by receiving the hosting rights for the FIFA 2018 World Cup, Russia got caught in the battle for control of the lucrative anti-doping industry. After a series of major doping scandals on their watch and their federal funding under threat, the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) battled the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), using Russia as a convenient, and deserving, whipping boy.

From December 9, 2019, Russian national teams were not allowed to display the flag and badge in competition by WADA decree. Russian football fans were generally accepting and then the conflict in Ukraine escalated. I was live on air that night with Capital Sports and we were first to break the news of the UEFA and FIFA agreement with the Russian Football Union (RFU). I supported the freeze then and still do now. It was the safest thing to do and given the total lack of respect towards human life shown by Ukraine in recent months, as well as their US and European backers. I still err on the side of caution. Football stadia are too wide open for terror attacks, however, FIFA are for turning.

Coming in from the cold

Despite the difficulties facing Russian teams and athletes as bans and suspensions are gradually being lifted and teething problems being sorted, the most important sport in the world is strongly considering bringing Russia back.

By inviting Russia to take part in their inaugural under-15 World Cup, FIFA knew they were going to catch flak. In 2023, UEFA wanted to re-admit Russia’s under-17 boy’s and girl’s teams to continental competition, but the football associations of England, Ireland, Sweden, Romania, and Poland showed it a red card. The timing for the Irish announcement was telling, September 28, a little over a week before Israel began her brutal response to the October 7 Hamas terror attack. None of the aforementioned associations have refused to play Israel. Indeed, Ireland will play Israel twice this fall.

However, FIFA and UEFA are determined to normalize relations with Russia, and keep them in Europe, as a specter has returned to haunt the Europeans.

Upward and east

In July 2022, I completed a survey of 31 Asian football associations to gauge their feelings on accepting Russia as a member of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). This was a follow up to one I carried out in March-April that same year. Within the space of a few months, there was a positive change. From eight of nine wanting Russia initially, 25 of 31 said ‘yes’ in the follow-up survey. And even the clause of cessation of hostilities in Ukraine showed a marked contrast. In July, only six of 31 believed that for Russia to play in Asia the conflict had to end, with a surprising 22 saying it didn’t matter. Asian nations wanted to welcome Russia to the club.

https://www.rt.com/news/643417-russias-football-exile-is-ending/

>>24863551

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“There is an appetite for Russia to join [the AFC] and you get it from here (Thailand) to China to even Japan,” top sports marketing executive Marcus Luer told me last year. The CEO of Total Sports Asia was keen to point out that money would play a large part. “Of course, Russian companies would bring funds in to make Asian sports more attractive.”

Former General Secretary of the All-India Football Federation, Shaji Prabhakaran, echoed those sentiments in a discussion with me earlier this year.

“If Russian teams, clubs were to play here [Asia] the big local companies, in India for example, would come in and invest because it’s then national [pride].”

Russia’s Gazprom had been a major sponsor of UEFA and European competitions, Aeroflot were a partner of the biggest football club in the world, Manchester United, until February 2022, now that ‘easy money’ is needed.

What will happen?

Easing Russia back into the football family will begin with boy’s and girl’s youth competitions. Beach soccer and Futsal will come next, then women and teams. Men’s football, club and national team, will be a harder re-admittance. And there’s a simple reason why. Profile and security.

Nobody will be bothered, apart from the Baltic states, about Russia’s under-15 girl’s team playing their German counterparts. Nobody will care about the Russian Beach Soccer team rolling around on the sand in Italy or Georgia. They don’t matter because there isn’t the TV or fan interest, but in the UEFA Champions League or European Championship qualifiers…

“Security concerns alone are, God, terrifying,” a UEFA official said on condition of anonymity.“You’d find the majority of nations not just willing, but ok with Russian teams and clubs back. Though, apart from security and danger, there’s a bigger worry here [within UEFA].”

“Boycotts!”

This has been a bane of UEFA’s disciplinary committees and officials since 2022. The Baltic states of Estonia,Latvia, and Estonia have shown their ‘solidarity’ with Ukraine by refusing to allow their kids to play with kids from Belarus. Now before you get on your high horse, I admire them for this stance. And before you think of getting into the saddle to attack me, think. If more nations followed through on their morals and principles, wouldn’t that be better?

Ireland would refuse to play Israel in September and October, Iran and fellow Asian nations would have boycotted the 2026 World Cup over mistreatment. European nations would stay home due to the unprovoked bombing and assistance in said bombing by two of the hosts [US and Canada]. The world would be a better place because nations put sports at the same level as humanity and human well being.

“The boycotts would play havoc with organization,” the UEFA official noted, “which would then affect finance, media, TV, sponsors, everything.”

I asked, on our call, in his opinion would it only be the Baltic trio?

“Good God no, the Brits would carry on a treat. Poland, maybe. Ukraine, can you imagine Lokomotiv Moscow and Shakhtar Donetsk get drawn together? And for national teams, we’d have to have the Russia games behind closed doors in, Timbuktu.”

Russian off to…

I’m old enough to remember the 1985 Heysel Stadium disasterwhen ‘fans’ of Liverpool FC from England killed 39 fans of Italy’s Juventus FC.English clubs were banned indefinitely by UEFA, even if English national teams were allowed to continue play. The disgusting behaviour of English fans at the 1988 European Championship, where they rioted and rampaged across West Germany, did seem at odds with UEFA’s stance from 1985. And even after English fans, following their national team at the 1990 FIFA World Cup, ran amok in Italy,their clubs were allowed back into continental competition from 1990-91. Except for Liverpool FC, who served an additional year.

https://www.rt.com/news/643417-russias-football-exile-is-ending/

>>24863553

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High on making the 1990 semifinals in Italy, English football grew, ‘hooliganism’ was addressed and the English Premier League was formed.With all the money that was to flow into the game there, and in Europe, transgressions were forgotten as cash became king. Today, the Premier League is the top league in the world and proof that expensive style outweighs sub-standard substance.

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Everyone I’ve spoken with in Russian football, since the beginning of this latest World Cup, is hopeful of a “return to normal days.” Russian football needs international competition, and vice versa. However, the key is money. Can Russia pay enough to subsidize the boycotts that will come and can UEFA stand up to EU and UK bullying over finances and club ownership?

Zenit St. Petersburg (Gazprom), Lokomotiv Moscow (Russian Railways), and Baltika Kaliningrad (local government) are just three clubs who are wide open to machinations by those wishing to continue the collective punishment of Russia and Russians that has only grown since 2010. The clubs will need to be sold to private owners, preferably foreign, or refuse any state-linked funding. Baltika is sponsored heavily by Rostec, the giant state-owned tech operation.

And why am I so certain in this? Because it’s happened to clubs from Belarus, most recently Torpedo Belaz Zhodino. Last month the club, part of the state-owned vehicle maker Belaz structure, had their prize money from last season withheld by UEFA. Being owned and sponsored by the ‘state’ was used as the reason. Do we really believe that devious and destructive politicians and NGOs won’t assault UEFA to demand that Zenit be banned over Gazprom? Or heaven forbid CSKA Moscow perform well in Europe again, since they’re still the ‘Army Club’ and owned by state-owned VEB corporation!

While FIFA are willing and ready to end Russia’s exile, they might well nudge Russian teams and clubs east to Asia, because to keep them in Europe will hit them where it matters, in the pocket. And from over 35 years of experience in professional football, I can say with great confidence, that money matters more than morals and fair play in the ‘beautiful game’. Saddle up for trips to Myanmar, the Maldives, and maybe even Australia.

https://www.rt.com/news/643417-russias-football-exile-is-ending/

Swiss politician who backed anti-pedophile bills charged with raping minor

Prosecutors allege that Patrick Frei systematically drugged and abused his partner and her underage daughter

Published 24 Jul, 2026 03:53 |

Swiss prosecutors have requested a life sentence for a right-wing politician who backed multiple child-protection bills and now faces charges including drugging and raping a minor.

Patrick Frei, formerly of the Swiss People’s Party,allegedly sedated a woman and her daughter, who was underage at the time, and systematically sexually abused them, according to a press release issued on Monday by the Aargau Public Prosecutor’s Office.The 57-year-old is also accused of drugging and raping another adult woman.

“The victims were repeatedly placed in an acutely life-threatening conditionby the administration of the substances, which could have caused them to suffocate at any time,” the press release said.

Because Frei allegedly “accepted the possible death of the victims,” he has also been charged with multiple counts of attempted murder, prosecutors said.

The investigation was launched in 2023 afterthe girl’s mother reportedly caught the politician in the act and called the police. He was arrested shortly afterward and has remained in custody ever since. According to prosecutors,Frei left behind a trove of evidence, including pornographic videos and photographs documenting his alleged crimes.

The victims, a Polish mother and daughter, moved to Switzerland after living in Ireland, according to the Swiss news outlet Watson. The mother was Frei’s partner and worked for him under an employment contract that supported her residence permit. After his arrest, she lost her job and later applied for welfare.

The migration authorities questioned whether the employment arrangement was genuine and opened proceedings that could result in both victims being deported, Watson reported.

The daughter, now 18, “has lost faith in the authorities”. because of the abuse she suffered and the lack of support she received from Swiss institutions afterward, her lawyer told Swiss public broadcaster SRF on Wednesday.

The local migration office is continuing to review the case, Aargau State Councillor Dieter Egli told SRF.

https://www.rt.com/news/643403-swiss-politician-frei-child-abuse/

(Is it possible Europe has more perverted creeps than America? I think so!)

Germany paying five times more for gas after ditching Russian imports – media

Long-term contracts with Moscow were not vulnerable to external shocks or market fluctuations, Berliner Zeitung has said

Published 23 Jul, 2026 21:23 |

Germany is paying five times as much for imported gas as it did before abandoning its long-term Russian supply contracts as part of the EU sanctions, Berliner Zeitung has reported.

Berlin now has to rely on the volatile international energy market, which is reeling from the de facto closure of the Strait of Hormuz during the ongoing conflict between the US and Iran, the newspaper wrote on Wednesday.

Once Europe’s industrial powerhouse, Germany abandoned cheap Russian gas imports in 2022 as part of the EU’s sanctions campaign against Moscow following the escalation of the Ukraine conflict.Combined with the phaseout of nuclear power in favor of renewables, this self-imposed embargo has dealt a major blow to Germany’s industrial sector.

Before the embargo, Russia supplied 55% of the country’s natural gas imports. Germany now sources its gas from Norway (44%), the Netherlands (24%), and Belgium (21%), with US liquefied natural gas (LNG) accounting for most of the remainder.

According to Berliner Zeitung, Germany’s gas import price has risen from €12 ($13.65) per megawatt-hour in 2020, when long-term contracts with Russia were still in force, to more than €60 ($68.25) this week amid the continued exchange of strikes between the US and Iran.

“The old Russian contracts were cheaper than the market price,” the media outlet said, adding that Germany would also be unable to increase gas imports if needed since “the pipelines from Norway are at their [full] capacity” and “cannot handle much more.”

The decision toabandon cheap Russian energy played a major role in slowing down the German economy. It contracted in both 2023 and 2024, the first back-to-back annual decline in more than two decades, and is forecast to grow by just 0.5% this year. Corporate insolvencies also rose by more than 22% in each of those years, according to official data.

On Monday, Chancellor Friedrich Merz acknowledged that the energy crisis was caused by “the lack of Russian gas.”

Moscow has said it is ready to resume gas deliveries through the Nord Stream pipeline string that survived the 2022 sabotage attack but has received no response from Berlin.

Germany plans to impose new tariffs on its already struggling industrial sector to fund the construction of a national gas reserve.

The EU also pledged to end all Russian gas imports by 2027, with EuropeanCommission President Ursula von der Leyen stating in March that Brussels would stick to this course even in the event of physical gas shortages or the threat of power cuts.

(The EU and countries are willing to bankrupt their countries, for Ukraine, then to pay significantly less money for Russia gas etc. To sustain their countries. The EU is bankrupting these countries only because of politics.And to feed the vampire of Ukraine!)

https://www.rt.com/news/643402-germany-gas-russian-imports/

Colorado wants to give undocumented immigrants an 'ADVANTAGE' in academics, expert says

Constitutional law attorney and Fox News contributor Jonathan Turley discusses the Department of Justicesuing Colorado over tuition advantages for illegal immigrants(but they jailed Peters for telling the truth on the stolen election)

4.33

https://youtu.be/x9C8E2eoaj0

BACKLASH ERUPTS over Emmett Till comparison in Caitlin Clark article

A USA Today columnist apologized after invoking Emmett Till while writing about Caitlin Clark, but critics say the explanation only intensified the controversy. Mary Katharine Ham reacts to the backlash and debate the state of sports media

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https://youtu.be/pmYdplKTyxc

'EVIL': Smithsonian RIPPED for 'woke' exhibits

Fox News contributor Ben Domenech weighs in after Smithsonian Institution leadership was pressed by lawmakers over 'woke' exhibits and alleged political activism

(So the Smithsonian is programming Americans and foreign visitors that America white people are racists. It’s an evil anti American industry. Defund the fuck out of them, until they can tell the true history!)

6.03

https://youtu.be/__1feHlC4KA

At this point, Trump is going to go 'BIG': Retired US Navy rear admiral

Ret. U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Mark Montgomery discusses President Donald Trump's potential next moves in the Iran conflict

4.39

https://youtu.be/O8_SuQPvXG4

'SICK AND TIRED': Candidates on the attack in Oregon gov race

Oregon Republican gubernatorial candidate Christine Drazan joins 'Fox & Friends' to discuss the race against Democrat Tina Kotek. Drazan criticizes Kotek's record on homelessness, cost of living, and failing schools, stating Kotek has a 'record of failure'

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https://youtu.be/1mQ0v_zcV_M

This is a TRAINWRECK for the Democratic Party: Victor Davis Hanson

Hoover Institution senior fellow Victor Davis Hanson explores the Democratic Party's shift toward radical, socialist ideologies and their extreme platforms

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https://youtu.be/dethSEkeS64

President Trump Notes Europe’s Refusal to Accept Elimination of Marshall Plan – New EU Scheme to Fine U.S. Tech Companies 1/2

July 24, 2026 | Sundance |

Most casualEU observers have missed the connection between President Trump eliminating the U.S-Europe Marshall Plan via entirely new trade and tariff policies, and the aggregate financial collapse of the European Union.

Over four years (1948-1952), the United States provided $13.3 billion (equivalent to approximately $137 billion in 2025) directly to 17 Western European countries, including the United Kingdom, France, West Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands.The intent was to rebuild Europe after World War II.

However, included in theplan was a later system of one-way tariffs, where EU Countries would high-tariff U.S. goods andthe U.S. would not tariff EU goods imported.

The direct funding ended in 1952,but the indirect funding via tariffs never ended until President Donald J Trump triggered reciprocal tariffsagainst Europethereby removing the one-way benefit. This created an immediate and growing problem for Europe – particularly noted in the EU industrial base.

Most casualEU observers have missed the connection between President Trump eliminating the U.S-Europe Marshall Plan via entirely new trade and tariff policies, and the aggregate financial collapse of the European Union.

Over four years (1948-1952), the United States provided $13.3 billion (equivalent to approximately $137 billion in 2025)directly to 17 Western European countries, including the United Kingdom, France, West Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands.The intent was to rebuild Europe after World War II.However, included in the plan was a later system of one-way tariffs, where EU Countries would high-tariff U.S. goods and the U.S. would not tariff EU goods imported.

Thedirect funding ended in 1952, but the indirect fundingvia tariffs never ended until President Donald J Trump triggered reciprocal tariffs against Europethereby removing the one-way benefit. This created an immediate and growing problem for Europe – particularly noted in the EU industrial base.

Simultaneous to this EU tariff reset, PresidentTrump levied tariffs against China. To offset the possibility of economic losses, and specifically to fund Beijing’s subsidies to impacted Chinese manufacturing,China stopped purchasing European industrial machines. [That’s the source of the picture above at the G7 in Canada]

This trade and tariff approach hit Europe twice as hard. First from American tariffs and second from diminished Chinese industrial purchasing.Immediately, Europe started looking for alternate sources of funds. That’s where the idea to tax American tech companies entered the discussion in Brussels. Today, President Trump addressed this directly.

(The EU thinks they can out think Trump! KEK)

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/07/24/president-trump-notes-europes-refusal-to-accept-elimination-of-marshall-plan-new-eu-scheme-to-fine-u-s-tech-companies/

>>24863805

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• TRUTH SOCIAL – “The European Union is at it again and, as usual, taking direct aim at GREAT American Companies! After having fined Apple, for no reason at all, 15 Billion Dollars, Meta, 3 Billion Dollars, Amazon 2.5 Billion Dollars, and many others, we have just been informed that Google, a truly advanced and amazing group, has been fined yet another 1 Billion Dollars, without explanation. This brings the Google total to over 18 Billion Dollars!

•This illegal and highly discriminatory practice started at these high levels during the first year of the Sleepy Joe Biden Administration, but it’s not going to continue during the Trump Administration.The United States of America is not a “PIGGYBANK” for Europe, nor will we allow it to be! Please let this TRUTH serve to represent thatwe will immediately initiate a 301 Investigation into the practice of “ROBBING” American Companiesand, in turn, the American Taxpayer.

•The European Union will pay a very big price for this illegal and highly unethical conduct, which I have consistently warned them about. The penalties will be entirely reversed and,we anticipate, a substantial TARIFF to be placed on them at the earliest possible moment. Stay tuned!”

~President DONALD J. TRUMP

Keep in mind, all of this EU regulatory and compliance control is at the forefront of another element, the AI race.

In the USA we do not want a singular AI model to win support of the United States government and then end up with an AI regulatory system where the govt can start defining terms of “safety” to eliminate information adverse to the interests that regulate it.However, we can almost guarantee that Europe will select an approved singular AI model, predictably regulating it and taxing the use of it accordingly.

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/07/24/president-trump-notes-europes-refusal-to-accept-elimination-of-marshall-plan-new-eu-scheme-to-fine-u-s-tech-companies/

What blows my mind is the EU have lost each time on tariffs but they think they can outfox Trump. It’s bizarre arrogance