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Current Events => Breaking News => Topic started by: SVPete on August 31, 2026, 10:07:55 AM
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U.S. strikes Iran to prevent Hormuz mine threat
https://www.axios.com/2026/08/30/us-iran-strike-hormuz-mines (https://www.axios.com/2026/08/30/us-iran-strike-hormuz-mines)
The U.S. military struck Iranian military targets to prevent the deployment of sea mines in the Strait of Hormuz, a U.S. official said.
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Driving the news: U.S. forces struck two Iranian launchers on Iran's Larak Island after IRGC forces were observed preparing to launch rockets carrying sea mines into the Strait of Hormuz, U.S. Central Command said.
* Tasnim News Agency, which is affiliated with Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, reported a drone conducted the strike and two people have been killed and two others wounded.
What they're saying: CENTCOM on Sunday night described the strike as "limited, precise action" against IRGC minelaying forces that posed an "imminent threat" in the Strait of Hormuz.
* "In essence, Iran created the threat and the U.S. military eliminated it to protect civilian mariners, commercial shipping, and the free flow of global commerce," CENTCOM said.
Whether Iran has hundreds of fast boats stashed somewhere or they's all been transmogrified into shredded fiberglass,Iran knows trying to place mines via fast boat will result in more shredded fiberglass.
Deploying mines via rockets is not an innovation. Ukraine has been doing this to take out Russian convoys and assaults.
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Retired law enforcement officers demand Mamdani, Hochul stay away from 9/11 ceremony
https://thepostmillennial.com/retired-law-enforcement-officers-demand-mamdani-hochul-stay-away-from-9-11-ceremony (https://thepostmillennial.com/retired-law-enforcement-officers-demand-mamdani-hochul-stay-away-from-9-11-ceremony)
Retired law enforcement officers are demanding that New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Governor Kathy Hochul refrain from participating in the 25th anniversary commemoration of the September 11 terrorist attacks.
In an August 11 letter addressed to Mamdani, the 600-member Port Authority Retired Police Association told the mayor that he was not welcome at the memorial ceremony.
“We do not believe you have earned the privilege to stand at Ground Zero alongside us, the families, survivors, and our fellow first responders,” association President John McDevitt wrote. “We do not believe you have earned the privilege to stand at Ground Zero alongside us, the families, survivors, and our fellow first responders.
“Your presence at Ground Zero on 9/11 would cause profound pain to members of the 9/11 community and risk turning a solemn day of remembrance into a political controversy,” he added.
The letter referenced Mamdani’s “rhetoric and affiliations that we believe have been hostile to law enforcement” and claimed that his political statements are “sympathetic” toward anti-American movements.
Obviously, this group lacks authority to block Mamdani's or Hochul's presence, other than PR pressure. Given the attitudes of both, expressed verbally and/or in action, if they do refrain, it won't be out of respect.
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NY prosecutor claims Letitia James’ office pushed him to target Trump-linked entities
https://justthenews.com/government/courts-law/ny-prosecutor-claims-james-office-pushed-him-target-trump-linked-entities (https://justthenews.com/government/courts-law/ny-prosecutor-claims-james-office-pushed-him-target-trump-linked-entities)
prosecutor in New York Attorney General Letitia James’ office accused agency leaders of directing him to pursue President Donald Trump and other Trump-linked individuals and organizations without a legitimate basis.
Assistant Attorney General Daniel Wiesenfeld made the allegations in an agency-wide email Friday, claiming his supervisor instructed him to “find and pursue crimes” involving Trump, Truth Social and other entities despite what he described as a lack of credible justification.
The email was quickly removed from the inboxes of thousands of employees, according to the Times Union.
Wiesenfeld was later placed on administrative leave with pay.
Prosecutors are not investigators. Prosecutors do not "discover" "crimes".
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Spanberger gets called out on X for false claim about Trump executive order
https://justthenews.com/government/white-house/spanberger-gets-called-out-x-false-claim-about-trump-executive-order (https://justthenews.com/government/white-house/spanberger-gets-called-out-x-false-claim-about-trump-executive-order)
Virginia Democratic Gov. Abigail Spanberger was called out on X for a false claim about President Trump's executive order on mail-in ballots.
"If you are serving our country abroad, I believe that you should have the ability to cast a vote in our elections. The Trump Administration is attempting to take that ability away," Spanberger said on CNN.
A community note was added under the X post from the governor's account.
"Military and overseas voters' UOCAVA ballots are explicitly exempt from the USPS rules implementing the March 2026 executive order; service members abroad can still register/request absentee ballots via the Federal Post Card Application," read the note.