https://drudge.com/user/Doc_Sarvis New links and comments. en-us http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Wordzilla/0.58 10 https://drudge.com/news/293380/houthis-announce-maritime-embargo-saudi https://apnews.com/article/yemen-saudi-arabia-maritime-embargo-fd7c4a3911f7eee18251483fc8af768c Yemen's Houthi rebels announced they are imposing a maritime embargo against Saudi Arabia in response for a recent attack on Sanaa Airport. The statement did not clarify exactly what that means. This could put pressure on Saudi Arabia, which uses its East-West Pipeline to try to move oil out of the kingdom while the Strait of Hormuz remains closed. Bab el-Mandeb Mon, 20 Jul 2026 08:48:47 -0400 Doc_Sarvis https://drudge.com/news/293380/houthis-announce-maritime-embargo-saudi#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.293380 discussion, 0.5 daily 293380 https://drudge.com/news/293377/claim-homoerotic-side-gops https://sg.news.yahoo.com/congresswoman-says-homoerotic-side-gops-232529368.html Rep. Becca Balint (D-VT) thinks there's something queer about Secretary Pete Hegseth's fixation on masculinity. The congresswoman weighed in on the U.S. military's plans to test male service members' testosterone levels, telling journalist Scott MacFarlane there's something odd about being so obsessed with manliness while villainizing the LGBTQ community at the same time. "I think it's indicative of the fact that there are so many people in this administration that have some weird, like, intense, homoerotic feelings towards men while also being incredibly homophobic, and not just homophobic, but like, hate-mongering, fear-mongering about the LGBT community," she said. <p>Clarifying that the homoeroticism wasn't the weird part, but rather pretending like their focus on building brawny, virile soldiers didn't mirror a full-on ******, she said "manly, rugged, macho man" Hegseth himself was the perfect example. Mon, 20 Jul 2026 06:11:29 -0400 Doc_Sarvis https://drudge.com/news/293377/claim-homoerotic-side-gops#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.293377 discussion, 0.5 daily 293377 https://drudge.com/news/293297/iran-we-tried-warn-jd-vance https://newrepublic.com/post/213131/iran-warn-jd-vance-kushner-witkoff-peace-talks An Iranian official says they privately warned Vance about how Trump's son-in-law and his special envoy to the Middle East were destroying peace talks. <blockquote class="bluesky-embed" data-bluesky-uri="at://did:plc:5o6k7jvowuyaquloafzn3cfw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqtutkpk7k2u" data-bluesky-cid="bafyreie4bdslkexfy3uzzuszly5fpri5tvxxoztdqxvx5lplgn3bqhipn4" data-bluesky-embed-color-mode="system"><p lang="en">DROP SITE: "The Iranians warned Vance Trump's Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner undermine the chance of an enduring deal ... more interested in exploiting insider knowledge of the negotiations to profit in financial markets ... " www.dropsitenews.com/p/iran-jd-va ... <br><br><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:5o6k7jvowuyaquloafzn3cfw/post/3mqtutkpk7k2u?ref_src=embed">[image or embed]</a></p> -- The Tennessee Holler (<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:5o6k7jvowuyaquloafzn3cfw?ref_src=embed">@thetnholler.bsky.social</a>) <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:5o6k7jvowuyaquloafzn3cfw/post/3mqtutkpk7k2u?ref_src=embed">9:40 AM &Acirc;&middot; Jul 17, 2026</a></blockquote><script async src="https://embed.bsky.app/static/embed.js" charset="utf-8"></script> Sun, 19 Jul 2026 12:33:56 -0400 Doc_Sarvis https://drudge.com/news/293297/iran-we-tried-warn-jd-vance#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.293297 news, 0.5 daily 293297 https://drudge.com/news/293364/fed-agents-told-fbi-wont-investigate-ice https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/19/us/politics/fbi-ice-agents-investigations-shootings.html Federal agents around the country were told in recent days that the F.B.I. would no longer investigate confrontations with immigration agents " cases that sometimes yield evidence that could be used to prosecute Department of Homeland Security agents implicated in violent encounters, according to people briefed on the decision. If enacted, such a change would sharply limit law enforcement scrutiny of immigration agents, as the Trump administration draws mounting criticism over killings at the hands of federal officers. In the last two weeks, two fatal shootings by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Texas and Maine have thrust the government's tactics back into the spotlight. The guidance shared with them said that the bureau would stop investigating claims of assaults against Department of Homeland Security agents, the people said. Even though such investigations are intended to determine whether the officers were in fact attacked, they can provide a crucial means of gathering evidence implicating the agents themselves. <p>Under the change, responsibility for investigating cases involving federal immigration officers would likely fall to Homeland Security Investigations, an arm of ICE, effectively leaving the agency to investigate itself, according to guidance circulated among F.B.I. and ICE agents. Sun, 19 Jul 2026 12:21:54 -0400 Doc_Sarvis https://drudge.com/news/293364/fed-agents-told-fbi-wont-investigate-ice#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.293364 discussion, 0.5 daily 293364 https://drudge.com/news/293343/hes-one-man-weapon-mass-destruction https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/18/donald-trump-iran-world-danger-bombing-us As the bombing starts again, it's clear the president has dragged the US into a limitless fiasco -- and the world into an economic quagmire. <blockquote class="bluesky-embed" data-bluesky-uri="at://did:plc:moykfnyshji4ab5k4iwzajij/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqcnau4xx22u" data-bluesky-cid="bafyreifevhgvrq4sk7azdrh6wltct5pdsx25c2cpoe3dahxjh2a4kze32q" data-bluesky-embed-color-mode="system"><p lang="en">How should Iran respond if Trump assassinates their leader? Oh, wait.<br><br><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:moykfnyshji4ab5k4iwzajij/post/3mqcnau4xx22u?ref_src=embed">[image or embed]</a></p> -- Michael McDonald (<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:moykfnyshji4ab5k4iwzajij?ref_src=embed">@electproject.bsky.social</a>) <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:moykfnyshji4ab5k4iwzajij/post/3mqcnau4xx22u?ref_src=embed">1:09 PM &Acirc;&middot; Jul 10, 2026</a></blockquote><script async src="https://embed.bsky.app/static/embed.js" charset="utf-8"></script> Sat, 18 Jul 2026 20:31:37 -0400 Doc_Sarvis https://drudge.com/news/293343/hes-one-man-weapon-mass-destruction#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.293343 news, 0.5 daily 293343 https://drudge.com/news/293348/israel-plans-new-illegal-settlements https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/18/israel-plan-new-illegal-settlements-gaza-west-bank-occupied-palestine Israel's defence and finance ministers announced plans for three illegal settlements in Gaza and more than $400m (300m) in funding to expand construction in the occupied West Bank, as Israel's military commander for the region celebrated violent outposts as his "security partners". Settler violence is state violence," the UN human rights office for Palestine said in a new report published this week that detailed how Israel used settlers to lead annexation efforts, while systematic impunity for perpetrators ensured violence could grow unchecked. Sat, 18 Jul 2026 09:45:22 -0400 Doc_Sarvis https://drudge.com/news/293348/israel-plans-new-illegal-settlements#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.293348 discussion, 0.5 daily 293348 https://drudge.com/news/293329/blm-fast-tracks-opening-chaco-canyon-oil https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona/2026/07/16/blm-plans-to-open-chaco-canyon-to-drilling-fast-tracks-review/90937169007/ The Bureau of Land Management plans to reopen the area around Chaco Culture National Historical Park for possible oil and gas leasing, giving the public until July 29 to comment. In April, the Interior Department moved to revoke protections surrounding Chaco Culture with a proposal to rescind Public Land Order 7923, which put wide areas of land around the park off limits to mining and drilling. The BLM has now opened a 14-day comment period for the draft Environmental Assessment for Proposed Revocation of Public Lands Order 7923. The move came just days after President Donald Trump slashed the boundaries of two Utah national monuments, Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments, by nearly 3 million acres. Both are important to tribes in the region. Revoking the protections would undo action taken in June 2023 by then-Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, who withdrew more than 336,400 acres of public land from mining and drilling, creating a 10-mile buffer around the park for 20 years. The new proposal would return discretion over mineral leasing to the Bureau of Land Management and reopen the land to new claims and development. Fri, 17 Jul 2026 15:29:51 -0400 Doc_Sarvis https://drudge.com/news/293329/blm-fast-tracks-opening-chaco-canyon-oil#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.293329 discussion, 0.5 daily 293329 https://drudge.com/news/293299/us-military-hasnt-conducted-standard-review https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/16/politics/us-military-intelligence-review-iran-school-strike The investigation into a US strike that hit a school in Iran has sat for months with a military command while leaders have held off on ordering a critical, standard intelligence review ... <blockquote class="bluesky-embed" data-bluesky-uri="at://did:plc:y5t3tgyytllqmju25v3s4ejs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqsp2eojqc26" data-bluesky-cid="bafyreihixn5audks2g4dg43fbvae4y6fdrcpxl6d4nrgj6fwrso6zb6isa" data-bluesky-embed-color-mode="system"><p lang="en">LATEST | U.S. forces conducted a sixth consecutive day of strikes against Iran on Thursday night, targeting &quot;dozens&quot; of sites, including &quot;coastal surveillance and air defense sites, military logistics infrastructure, and maritime capabilities,&quot; according to U.S. Central Command.<br><br><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:y5t3tgyytllqmju25v3s4ejs/post/3mqsp2eojqc26?ref_src=embed">[image or embed]</a></p> -- Stars and Stripes (<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:y5t3tgyytllqmju25v3s4ejs?ref_src=embed">@starsandstripes.bsky.social</a>) <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:y5t3tgyytllqmju25v3s4ejs/post/3mqsp2eojqc26?ref_src=embed">10:24 PM &Acirc;&middot; Jul 16, 2026</a></blockquote><script async src="https://embed.bsky.app/static/embed.js" charset="utf-8"></script> Fri, 17 Jul 2026 12:33:13 -0400 Doc_Sarvis https://drudge.com/news/293299/us-military-hasnt-conducted-standard-review#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.293299 news, 0.5 daily 293299 https://drudge.com/news/293321/united-aa-free-rebooking-airports-not https://www.foxbusiness.com/fox-news-travel/united-offer-travelers-free-flight-changes-avoid-landing-trump-international-airport United Airlines is planning to offer passengers flight changes free of charge to avoid landing at the newly renamed President Donald J. Trump International Airport in Florida, according to an internal memo that appears aimed at customers who object to the airport's new name. Passengers who object to landing at the airport " previously Palm Beach International Airport " may be moved to Fort Lauderdale or Miami without having to pay extra, according to an internal memo obtained by Live And Let's Fly. The memo even suggests a response to customers who object to landing at the renamed airport. <p>"I understand that you'd rather not fly to this airport anymore. We can look at nearby airports like Fort Lauderdale or Miami instead. Is that an acceptable alternative?" the guidance says. Fri, 17 Jul 2026 08:15:56 -0400 Doc_Sarvis https://drudge.com/news/293321/united-aa-free-rebooking-airports-not#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.293321 discussion, 0.5 daily 293321 https://drudge.com/news/293301/trumps-bored-peace-drops-full https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/16/trumps-board-of-peace-drops-full-gaza-recovery-plan-for-tiny-pilot-scheme Revised plan aims to keep something going' amid fears Netanyahu may gamble on new all-out offensive before Israeli elections.v The Gaza recovery plan being pursued by Donald Trump's Board of Peace (BoP) has shrunk dramatically from an ambitious blueprint for the reconstruction of the whole territory to a small pilot project in the south of the strip. <p>Even the envisaged pilot scheme " involving a temporary camp for a tiny fraction of Gaza's 2 million displaced people, with a Palestinian administration, police and a small international security force " is not expected to take shape before the end of the year. Thu, 16 Jul 2026 11:17:05 -0400 Doc_Sarvis https://drudge.com/news/293301/trumps-bored-peace-drops-full#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.293301 discussion, 0.5 daily 293301 https://drudge.com/news/293244/bastille-day-france-holds-parade https://www.dw.com/en/bastille-day-2026-macron-ukraine/a-77945107 The celebrations features troops and warplanes from around Europe in a show of support for Ukraine, as it fends off Russia's ongoing invasion. It is Emmanuel Macron's last Bastille Day as France's president. "Is it a revolt?" Louis XVI asked his key advisor Duke of La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt when the Bastille fell on July 14, 1789. "No, sire," the duke replied, "it is a revolution." Tue, 14 Jul 2026 06:26:52 -0400 Doc_Sarvis https://drudge.com/news/293244/bastille-day-france-holds-parade#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.293244 discussion, 0.5 daily 293244 https://drudge.com/news/293187/trumps-forever-war-finally-here https://newrepublic.com/article/212920/trump-iran-forever-war-quagmire Alex Shephard: Iran is already a quagmire. As the bombing resumes, just how bad will it get? <blockquote class="bluesky-embed" data-bluesky-uri="at://did:plc:4u3hwe3p7oy3hoy3amlw7rp2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqcyi3vgl22d" data-bluesky-cid="bafyreidolrgfjqlcvp7il555nawocaodhscaax6k5odwlxgcqq64ytdkyu" data-bluesky-embed-color-mode="system"><p lang="en">Trump blowing up his own ceasefire is the latest evidence that his &quot;short-term excursion&quot; in Iran has become a forever war. Senator Bernie Sanders warned of exactly this a decade ago.<br><br><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4u3hwe3p7oy3hoy3amlw7rp2/post/3mqcyi3vgl22d?ref_src=embed">[image or embed]</a></p> -- Robert Reich (<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4u3hwe3p7oy3hoy3amlw7rp2?ref_src=embed">@rbreich.bsky.social</a>) <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4u3hwe3p7oy3hoy3amlw7rp2/post/3mqcyi3vgl22d?ref_src=embed">4:30 PM &Acirc;&middot; Jul 10, 2026</a></blockquote><script async src="https://embed.bsky.app/static/embed.js" charset="utf-8"></script> Mon, 13 Jul 2026 10:33:35 -0400 Doc_Sarvis https://drudge.com/news/293187/trumps-forever-war-finally-here#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.293187 news, 0.5 daily 293187 https://drudge.com/news/293123/iran-not-trump-control-war https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/07/iran-controls-war-trump/687848/ The cease-fire was always just a Trump fantasy. <blockquote class="bluesky-embed" data-bluesky-uri="at://did:plc:756gaaeewovgn4axja34ajne/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq4zjgx6d22s" data-bluesky-cid="bafyreigdvwknrqwa2e44hy7uw3aa76gkub77vjrvybnefyvb2hke5xhgxi" data-bluesky-embed-color-mode="system"><p lang="en">The US govt, markets, and a lot of media told you there&#x27;s peace with Iran and shipping is flowing. What&#x27;s actually happened is the war entered a new phase: the fight for Hormuz. Trump lost his war so badly the US aim now is just to get back to the pre-war status quo. I explain in @ms.now, ICYMI:<br><br><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:756gaaeewovgn4axja34ajne/post/3mq4zjgx6d22s?ref_src=embed">[image or embed]</a></p> -- Nicholas Grossman (<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:756gaaeewovgn4axja34ajne?ref_src=embed">@nicholasgrossman.bsky.social</a>) <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:756gaaeewovgn4axja34ajne/post/3mq4zjgx6d22s?ref_src=embed">7:33 AM &Acirc;&middot; Jul 8, 2026</a></blockquote><script async src="https://embed.bsky.app/static/embed.js" charset="utf-8"></script> Thu, 09 Jul 2026 09:30:03 -0400 Doc_Sarvis https://drudge.com/news/293123/iran-not-trump-control-war#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.293123 news, 0.5 daily 293123 https://drudge.com/news/293096/trump-kicks-off-nato-meeting-wild https://newrepublic.com/post/212765/trump-kicks-off-tense-nato-meeting-threat-seize-greenland Trump still wants to take control of Greenland, threatening to seize the country while speaking to reporters in Turkey Tuesday. <blockquote class="bluesky-embed" data-bluesky-uri="at://did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq2ovyswys2m" data-bluesky-cid="bafyreigbffcsfl4aoqzzcztj2sq4rtbk4g2rcbo56yvkj3dt3pzf7qzrgu" data-bluesky-embed-color-mode="system"><p lang="en">Trump on Greenland: &quot;That&#x27;s what hurt my relationship with NATO ... it&#x27;s an important part for the United States. It&#x27;s surrounded by China ships & Russian ships. Greenland should be controlled by the United States, not by Denmark. We could remove all our soldiers out of Europe. They better be careful&quot;<br><br><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc/post/3mq2ovyswys2m?ref_src=embed">[image or embed]</a></p> -- Aaron Rupar (<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc?ref_src=embed">@atrupar.com</a>) <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc/post/3mq2ovyswys2m?ref_src=embed">9:17 AM &Acirc;&middot; Jul 7, 2026</a></blockquote><script async src="https://embed.bsky.app/static/embed.js" charset="utf-8"></script> Tue, 07 Jul 2026 14:31:24 -0400 Doc_Sarvis https://drudge.com/news/293096/trump-kicks-off-nato-meeting-wild#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.293096 news, 0.5 daily 293096 https://drudge.com/news/293091/trump-says-sikorsky-paying-granite https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-trump-says-sikorsky-is-paying-for-a-beautiful-granite-helipad-at-the-white-house Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of defense contracting giant Lockheed Martin. Some of Trump's major White House construction projects have relied on public money, even when the president initially suggested otherwise. <blockquote class="bluesky-embed" data-bluesky-uri="at://did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpydd6wzfr2y" data-bluesky-cid="bafyreie2i3oikl37h6bxk6xq64prjot7sm2igcpr52pvbkoevk32oj7tea" data-bluesky-embed-color-mode="system"><p lang="en">Trump: &quot;I always got helipads. Other people don&#x27;t. Very hard to get. The hardest thing to get is a helipad. There&#x27;s no harder zoning thing to get. And I had like 7 of them.&quot;<br><br><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc/post/3mpydd6wzfr2y?ref_src=embed">[image or embed]</a></p> -- Aaron Rupar (<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc?ref_src=embed">@atrupar.com</a>) <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc/post/3mpydd6wzfr2y?ref_src=embed">10:45 AM &Acirc;&middot; Jul 6, 2026</a></blockquote><script async src="https://embed.bsky.app/static/embed.js" charset="utf-8"></script> Tue, 07 Jul 2026 09:34:00 -0400 Doc_Sarvis https://drudge.com/news/293091/trump-says-sikorsky-paying-granite#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.293091 news, 0.5 daily 293091