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From Iran to ActBlue, Pres. Trump has the enemy on the run. 

Clarice Feldman | April 5, 2026

Unlike King Charles, by oath Defender of the Faith (Anglican), who skipped that thought this year, I do wish a Happy Easter to all who celebrate. I hope by the time you read this on Sunday we will have even more good news to celebrate.

In Iran an F-15E was downed in a remote part of the country. The pilot was quickly rescued, but despite conflicting accounts, it appears that the Weapons Systems Officer is still missing, and a significant search is ongoing to find and rescue him. (An A-10 was also shot down and that pilot rescued.) every effort is being made in the rescue operation, including the presence of specialized aircraft designed for such purposes and I have every reason to believe in its success. (The officer's rescue by courageous Special Forces troops has just been verified. A great piece of news to begin Easter morning.)

Since the Iranian government, or what smatterings of it still exist on the lowest levels of power, cannot negotiate an end, the IAF and U.S. forces have now escalated to destroying its power generating facilities and petro storage and processing units. Friday night most of Tehran was in total blackout. More tankers are moving freely through the Strait of Hormuz, seemingly because Iran has lost the possibility to destroy or interdict them. The fat lady’s not sung yet, but she’s offstage warming up her tonsils.

Iranians are cheering and celebrating. Residents of Tehran received a message that Pahlavi’s Immortal Guards are beginning their ground operations and the people can now rise up.

Because of security constraints and news blackouts we are better able to see the progress of the Administration ‘s domestic agenda than the progress in Iran. The President’s payment to TSA workers and the deployment of National Guard troops to airports worked. Lines have pretty much disappeared and travel is no longer disrupted. The Democrats hoped to use travel delays as blackmail on DHS funding and failed. Travelers were only briefly impeded. The President is reportedly considering how to make sure this threat never occurs again by privatizing security checks altogether, something which, as a bonus, will probably save a lot of money.

The roundup of illegal aliens and those not entitled otherwise to remain continues.

“Last night, the niece and grand niece of deceased Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Major General Qasem Soleimani were arrested by federal agents following Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s termination of their lawful permanent resident (LPR) status.  Advertisement if (publir_show_ads) { googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.pubads().addEventListener("slotRenderEnded", function(event) { if (event.slot.getSlotElementId() == "div-hre-Americanthinker---New-3028") { googletag.display("div-hre-Americanthinker---New-3028"); } }); }); } Hamideh Soleimani Afshar and her daughter are now in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. As identified by both press reporting and her own social media commentary, Soleimani Afshar is an outspoken supporter of the totalitarian, terrorist regime in Iran. In addition to the termination of Hamideh Soleimani Afshar and her daughter’s LPR status, Afshar’s husband has also been barred from entering the United States.”Advertisement if(page_width_onload

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