Missing the Right Targets🎯
No matter how “hard” Trump hits their military targets, the Iranians don’t care
Admission⚽: I find soccer endlessly boring — yet somehow am enthralled by the England-Argentina game.
In case you care📣: I am rooting for Argentina in the final … I have no idea why.
You may already have it!🦠 Yes, we are talking about cyclosporiasis — otherwise known as parasitic explosive diarrhea.
Best take📱: Katie Miller, who says she has found her new postpartum diet!
Shot: “How do I know if I have regular diarrhea from Taco Bell or the explosive parasitic diarrhea from Taco Bell?”
Chaser: From ABC NEWS: Taco Bell says it is cooperating with an investigation into a cyclosporiasis outbreak and has temporarily removed certain ingredients from select restaurants as a precaution.
Punt: The secretary of agriculture (this stuff comes from food) claims it’s not her problem
Brooke Rollins: “It is an FDA issue, not USDA”
What I am thinking💭: Maybe if Trump didn’t fire Marty Makary at the FDA for refusing to approve vapes for kids, we wouldn’t be having this problem.
Not what you think‼️: President Biden won’t go away — we should all feel for him.
📱The trailer for his tell-all book, “Promise Me, America,” dropped today, and social media is having a field day with it
Rep Jason Smith: “Did the autopen write this too?”
Abigail Jackson: “What are the odds Joe Biden even knows he’s releasing a book?”
Andrew Wilkow@WilkowMajorityJoe Biden has a new book out.
6:37 PM · Jul 15, 2026 · 2.48K Views11 Replies · 17 Reposts · 125 Likes
What I am thinking💭: This is elder abuse
Aidan McLaughlin@aidnmclaughlinIncredible to watch this video and remember that Biden and his team fought for him to serve a second term. This is a recorded video, no doubt with multiple takes, and in the finished product he can barely speak
Joe Biden @JoeBidenI’ve written a book about my time as President. It’s called PROMISE ME, AMERICA. It’s coming out November 17th and is available for preorder now. https://t.co/uMINr9efxS @littlebrown2:25 PM · Jul 15, 2026 · 314K Views117 Replies · 119 Reposts · 1.66K Likes
FCC reset📺: The FCC is set to vote on lifting the national broadcast ownership cap.
‼️Now any individual company can own unlimited local stations.
Look back🔙: For over 20 years, no TV broadcaster has been allowed to reach more than 39% of households
Netflix, Prime, etc., face no such restrictions
It’s personal❗: I started in local news — the only thing that saves it is allowing consolidation.
Full disclosure: Our parent company, Nexstar, is the largest owner of local TV stations.
Tonight📺: FCC Chairman Brendan Carr joins me on why the change.
Plus➕: AOC says the networks shouldn’t air Trump’s primetime speech tomorrow — what does he think?
Shibboleths‼️
🔊Every channel is going to come on tonight and talk about the “dangers” of Jay Clayton, Trump’s nominee for director of national intelligence, refusing to say who won 2020.
🤦Who won 2020 is akin to asking someone to define a woman — it’s not hard, just very complicated politically.
Be fair⚖️: Clayton’s answer is absurd — there are plenty of answers to that question that should satisfy both senators and Trump, but he couldn’t come up with them
How about this‼️: Senator, multiple states ignored their own election laws and rules in ways that massively favored Democrats — as a result, Joe Biden received the necessary 270 electoral college votes.
🤦This is not hard.
Zoom out🌎: The 2020 election for Republicans is women getting pregnant for Democrats.
🤦They can’t state the basic and obvious truth.
Sean Hannity 🇺🇸@seanhannityRep. Mary Miller: "Can someone have a uterus but not be a woman?" ... "Just say yes or no." UCLA med school dean: [buffering] Miller: "And you do teach biology?" Dean: "Yes, we do."2:00 AM · Jul 15, 2026 · 531K Views1.38K Reposts · 9.97K Likes🤦In fact, a few years ago, a Supreme Court nominee — arguably more important than a DNI — couldn’t define a woman!
🫵You read War Notes because you want the absurdity of both sides called out — and we will.
Look forward ▶️: Karoline Leavitt made a great point about tomorrow’s speech
“The truth is, nobody knows yet what President Trump will ultimately say, which is why everyone should tune in.”
👍Yes, the president might have “new” information to further HIS grievances — nobody ever won an election talking about themselves.
Watch tonight📺: NewsNation’s Kellie Meyer with new reporting out of the White House on Trump’s plan, Tiffany Smiley on MAGA’s reaction and Chris Cilliza on the growing backlash to the DSA.
Changing Their Calculus📐
💣U.S. attacks on Iran continue with another message from President Trump: “We’re going to hit them very hard tonight…We’re going to hit them hard tomorrow night. We’re going to hit them really hard the night after.”
Reality‼️: No matter how “hard” Trump hits their military targets, the Iranians don’t care
They have baked in the price of their military targets getting destroyed
📰The Wall Street Journal reports Trump is looking toward “expanding U.S. military operations in Iran” writing:
“Options include stepping up airstrikes, sending ground forces to seize Iranian islands near the Strait of Hormuz and bombing a fortified site that could be used for covert nuclear work.”
New targets🎯: Trump needs to be hitting the regime itself
Decapitation strikes and targeted assassinations
Seizing oil infrastructure
Hitting supply lines from Pakistan
Dismantling internal security sites that would be used to stop a rebellion
🤷Until Trump does this, the Iranians’ behavior isn’t going to change.
As we’ve been telling you, until you extract a disproportionate price from the Iranians, you’re not going to get different results.
Be smart🧠: Stop talking about power plants and bridges — start talking about hitting things the Left has embraced.
Tonight📺: Amb. Kurt Volker on what would change the Iranians’ mind.
Dangerous🚨: 100 Democrats vote to end all funding for Israel…yikes!
I agree with you, Leland, soccer is boring and I have no interest in it whatsoever. And is there anyway to keep standard savings time ? That’s my biggest concern today. Looking forward to your show tonight.
Leland! Leland! How could you be bored with soccer.It’s a very intense game.Go Argentina and Lionel Messi! I was a soccer mom for years.Love the game.