Goldtent TA Paradise

The heaviest blows were directed at the IRGC and key political leadership, while Iran’s conventional army, the Artesh, was largely left intact.

This does not mean the Artesh operates fully independently of the regime, but the contrast is clear. One force was systematically degraded, while the other was not.

Inside Iran, the IRGC is widely seen as the regime’s ideological core, while the Artesh is often viewed as more closely tied to the population and made up largely of ordinary Iranians.

Whether fully accurate or not, this perception appears to align with the targeting strategy of the United States.

much more………

https://x.com/TheIranWatcher/status/2042717802637766685

In a recent meeting, the president said he would pardon those within 200 feet of the Oval Office, say people familiar with the remarks

https://archive.is/TpLqO#selection-531.0-531.134

Karoline Leavitt — WSJ needs to learn how to take a joke.

Summary:

• US-Iran peace talks have broken down over Iran’s commitment to no nuclear weapons, Vance said “it’s bad news for Iran, much more than for the US.“
• CENTCOM confirms two mine-sweepers are clearing the Strait, Iran claims it turned the warships back.
• President Trump announces start of “clearing out the Strait” as a favor to the rest of the world.
• Peace talks in Pakistan begin in indirect format, led by Vance and on Iran side – Ghalibaf, Arachchi – expected to continue tomorrow
• Saturday sees more Israeli strikes on Lebanon, with Hezbollah supporting Pakistan talks but rejecting ‘separate deal’ directly with Israel.
• Trump on talks and potential bigger future attacks on Iran: “You don’t need a backup plan” as Iran’s “military is defeated”.

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/several-us-warships-reportedly-transit-strait-hormuz-pakistan-talks-led-vance-start

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZyNb6HnWS8

E15 not compatible with small engines and vehicles older than 2001.

Of course E10 and now E15 has less energy content than E0, which is also why they are priced ‘cheaper’.

https://x.com/i/status/2042730454697013330 6 min

JD! Just got off the plane. Headed down to watch the fights. Do we have a fight coming up?”

“No idea, sir. I’m still in Islamabad.”

“Ah. Yeah, I get it. You’re back at the hotel. Gonna fly out tomorrow.”

“Well, sir. I’m still on site.”

“On site?! What the hell are you on site for?”

“We’re still negotiating, sir.”

“Negotiating?! It’s been 17 hours!”

“I’m really making some headway, sir. I just took a shower. And you know how that goes. I have the PERFECT responses that will allow us to come home with a deal for you and for the American people!”

“JD. It’s okay. It is okay, JD. I don’t need a deal that bad. If they won’t save themselves, then you don’t need to save them.”

“Nope. No. This, sir, is my Super Bowl.”

“The Super Bowl was 4 quarters, JD. You’re working on 4 days over there.”

“Yeah, well, I didn’t hear no bell. I can do this all day.”

“Apparently that’s a literal statement. Did you get any headway?”

“No, sir.”

“What? They won’t give up the uranium?”

“They said they have a God given right to uranium, sir.”

“Well, that’s okay! Cause I’m about to secure my God given right to their fuckin’ oil, and we’ll see how they sound after that.”

“No, sir. I can do this.”

“Do what?”

“Get a deal!”

“Oh, I’m gonna get a deal. I’m gonna kill so many of those crazy bastards that they’re sending Marco to negotiate on their behalf. Come the hell home. You’re in ISLAMABAD!”

“Can’t talk, sir. I gotta get back in there!”

“… you know what? Knock yourself out. I need a Diet Coke.”

Iranians decided not to accept our terms

We were talking to the president consistently. I don’t know how many times we talked to him, a half dozen times, a dozen times over the past 21 hours, we obviously also talked to Admiral Cooper, to Pete, to Marco, to the entire national security team. We talked to Scott Bessent a number of times. So look, we were constantly in communication with the team because we were negotiating in good faith. And we leave here, and we leave here with a very simple proposal, a method of understanding that is our final and best offer. We’ll see if the Iranians accepted,” Vance said at the end of the presser.

“We talked about a number of issues beyond that, and so certainly those things came up. But again, we just could not get to a situation where the Iranians were willing to accept our terms, I think that we were quite flexible. We were quite accommodating. The President told us, You need to come here in good faith and make your best effort to get a deal. We did that, and unfortunately we weren’t able to make any headway,” Vance said

The bad news is that we have not reached an agreement. And I think that’s bad news for Iran much more than it’s bad news for the United States of America. So we go back to the United States having not come to an agreement, we’ve made very clear what our red lines are, what things we’re willing to accommodate them on, and what things we’re not willing to accommodate them on and we made that as clear as we possibly could, and they have chosen not to accept our terms,” VP Vance said.

D Vance just WALKED OUT of the room with Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner at his side

Vance is now headed home to America from Islamabad, Pakistan

Iran is totally defeated. America has all the cards, and JD did NOT cave to their demands.

https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/2043142768273338685

https://x.com/onechancefreedm/status/2043131657415172477 EGM

Recalibrating monetization is shifting priorities.

“Often the commentary mattered more than the original post. That was one of the platform’s most disruptive features. It allowed interpretation to compete with authority in real time. If the platform now rewards the originator more than the interpreter, that balance changes.”

Negotiations are in their 20th straight hour ! It’s 4 AM over there

Multiple reports that 5 planeloads of IRGC leaders have left Iran and arrived in Islamabad

Some say they are there as consultants and that there are different factions vying for power

Others say they are getting out of “Doge” and will not return to Iran

meanwhile Trump and Rubio are presently attending a UFC event in Miami

VANCE PRESS COFERENCE WILL BEGIN SHORTLY

https://x.com/sethjlevy/status/2043134448552607809

MARATHON SESSION

THIRD SESSION OF IRAN-U.S. TALKS TO BE HELD TONIGHT IN ISLAMABAD -IRAN STATE TV, CITING ITS REPORTER

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U.S. and Iran talks have now stretched into Sunday in Islamabad.

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BREAKING: Qatar announces ‘full return of maritime navigation’ as of Sunday

https://x.com/AJENews/status/2043040241158696964

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@AJABreaking
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5m
Translated from Arabic

Breaking | Fox News citing sources: A press conference is likely to be held if an agreement is reached tonight between the US and Iranian delegations

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Washington Post on Pakistani official: Resumption of technical-level talks is an indicator of progress in the initial stage

BREAKING: A federal appeals court just GREENLIT President Trump’s White House ballroom construction, SLAPPING DOWN an activist judge

Construction can continue! ??

This comes after 47 also got approval from a federal planning agency

The proposal faces legal and congressional hurdles as President Donald Trump pushes to reshape Washington’s landscape.

The Trump administration Friday unveiled new renderings of its proposed triumphal arch, a 250-foot structure planned to tower over a traffic circle near Arlington National Cemetery.

The memorial, dubbed “Independence Arch,” is part of President Donald Trump’s broader effort to leave a mark on the nation’s capitol and to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence this year.

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/10/trump-triumphal-arch-commission-plan-00867401

Why don’t they just add the golden statue of TRUMP to the top of the “Independence Arch”!

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has pulled the deal to transfer sovereignty of the Chagos Islands—home to the pivotal U.K.-U.S. military base Diego Garcia—from the United Kingdom to Mauritius, after President Donald Trump fiercely opposed the measure.

“The decision by Britain’s Labour government to drop the Chagos bill from the king’s speech is a massive and humiliating defeat for Keir Starmer,”

“As the president has repeatedly stated, Diego Garcia’s strategic location makes it of great importance to the national security of the United States,” White House spokeswoman Anna Kelly told The Daily Signal in a statement Friday. “He will never allow the U.S. presence at Diego Garcia to be undermined or threatened for any reason. Recent developments have proven him right once again.”

https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/04/10/humiliating-defeat-uk-prime-minister-pulls-deal-sacrifice-islands-housing-key-us-military-base/

A U.S. appeals court on Friday declared unconstitutional a nearly 158-year-old federal ban on home distilling, calling it an unnecessary and improper means for Congress to exercise its power to tax.

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans ruled in favor of the nonprofit Hobby Distillers Association and four of its 1,300 members.

They argued that people should be free to distill spirits at home, whether as a hobby or for personal consumption including, in one instance, to create an apple-pie-vodka recipe.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/us-appeals-court-declares-158-215414047.html

And “just like that” a newly legalized American industry is born (and copper prices soar) as producers struggle to meet home “moonshine still” demand! 

This is resistance to globalist climate cult tyranny!

The Irish are officially FIGHTING BACK

https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/2042989378427920443

JEFF CHILDERS :

Behold, this morning the New York Times ran a frontpage story headlined, “Iran Unable to Find Mines It Planted in Strait of Hormuz, U.S. Says.” Honey! Where did I put my mines? The sub-headline explained, “The lost mines have prevented Iran from quickly complying with President Trump’s demand to allow more ships to pass through the waterway.” It’s only going to hurt for a very long time.

SEE THIS STAND ALONE POST IN THE COMMENTS SECTION . PASS IT ON TO YOUR TRUMP DERANGED FRIENDS AND FAMIL IT WILL DRIVE THEM CRAZY

Justice Shaina Leonard, in a written decision issued Friday granting a stay application requested by a handful of Alberta First Nations, said organizers can continue collecting signatures but the results of the petition can’t be announced or moved forward with until an overall decision is issued in the court case.

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/judge-orders-temporary-pause-on-alberta-separation-referendum-petition-process/ar-AA20C40b?

Government made “rights” are being used for more than just stealing land! You will own nothing and be happy!

My Friend Frank is my hay guy…He brings me Hay for Mojo The Donkey and Pollyanna The Pony . He also brings me fresh bacon and pork chops . He is a Farmer .

Frank has a 2 year old Full Size Donkey …Buckwheat . It’s his pride and joy .

Sweet Beautiful Gentle Majestic Critter .

Now Frank is an unusual Character .Grew up in Foster Homes and Institutions. Has zero conventional “education” . Learned to read and write from a friend when he was in his 30s

He literally walks with God . He showed my how and why one day . He has His MRIs on his Phone . A few years back he got sick…Could not Poop for a week and was in a lot of pain. Walked in to the Hospital…they took the MRI and told him he had a large tumor in his intestines and it had to be immediately removed immediately . While they were running around organizing everything He told them he needs to go home and talk to his father before he decided . The Doctor told him he wouldn’t make it unless this was immediately addressed . Frank was 45 at the time so they were like…Your Father ? So anyhow he walked out of the Hospital with a picture of the Tumor..(He showed it to me when we first met)..it was huge .

He talked to his “Dad” …God …who he had met a few months prior after another traumatic experience. God told him to go lie down . When he woke up he vomited violently for what seemed like an eternity . Then EVERYTHING STARTED “MOVING” . He felt great . A week later he went back to the Doctor who had seen him and the Doc was shocked just to see him alive. He agreed to order another MRI
It’s on Franks phone…NOTHING …Gone ! I spoke with his daughter about this and she confirmed it was real . Anyhow Frank Talks to God all day every day and God talks to Frank .

Every day he finds someone who needs something and he stops to help them. he is a jack of all trades and there is nothing he cannot do . All through this area he is known as the guy you call when you need something fixed . Often he does it for free for those who need it. Whenever he is around there is a feeling of controlled calm . Mojo has had several Bladder operations and Frank is always there to trailer him to the Hospital and reassure us .

Buckwheat and Frank’s other animals are living on a Friends farm . The fellows wife happens to be a Large Animal vet . Yesterday morning Frank stopped by and was sullen. He had Bad News . Buckwheat had Foundered . Equines are prone to this condition..They go lame and sometimes it’s fatal . Usually due to a change in diet that causes a sugar spike …Metabolic disease is common in these critters. The vet farm gal was treating him for a month but the last 3 days he could not get up and could not eat. She was going to have to put Buckwheat down tomorrow ( today ). Frank was very sad of course and so was I . we both cried. I was thinking about Buckwheat all day yesterday.

This morning Frank shows up and I figure …thats it.

He says last night I decided to go to the barn and I brought God . Frank said God this little Donkey is only 2 years old. YOU created him . He lights up so many peoples lives. He never did any harm to anyone and then we prayed over Him . He recited to me the powerful words he was instructed to say …Then he lay down in the stall and put the Donkey’s head on his stomach and at 12 midnight he heard him yell loudly for a few minutes. Then silence and the both fell asleep. At 4:30 am Frank felt a tug on his coat and woke up..looked up and Buckwheat was standing up over him . Frank said he asked him what he wanted and Buckwheat “said” he was hungry..So they went out and found a patch of grass and Frank attached a flashlight to him and he started Grazing. When the vet showed up to do the “deed” she of course was astonished . She asked..HOW ?

Frank explained..

All the Farm hands love Buckwheat and they were checking on him for weeks and very distressed . Frank said that all that negative energy meant he could not recover. The act of pure positive “God” energy and love in the night quiet allowed him to recover .

This story is so Powerful so striking that I had to share it here…amidst all the negative that we are focused on…A miracle just happened .

So as you go about your Day ..remember Buckwheat .

CNN: Tucker Carlson has been in absolute free fall among the GOP.

Tucker Carlson net favorability:
2024: +54
Now: +7

Trump crushes Tucker in favorability among the GOP

Trump vs Tucker Carlson net favorability
Trump: +61
Tucker +7

https://x.com/OpenSourceZone/status/2042637240019370364

WAS RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR IN COMMIEFORNIA…..THE DEMS JUST TOOK HIM OUT

How ruthlessly effective is the Democrat machine?

Eric Swalwell is asked to drop out of the race because a Republicans may actually win.

He refuses.

Party operatives tap into their pool of white liberal feminists and just like that, he’s hit with not one…not two, but FOUR sexual assault accusations.

Of course, none of the victims can remember any details, just that it happened. The exact Blasey-Ford and E. Jean Carrol playbook.

Within an hour, the victim is being interviewed on
@CNN
.

The email goes out.

Almost immediately, the teacher’s union is condemning him and Schumer, Pelosi, Jeffries and every other Democrat on Twitter is calling for him to drop out of the race.

Keep in mind, when Tara Reade accused Biden of forcibly sexually abusing her, they called her a liar and nobody called for him to drop out.

This is all a coordinated attack because they’ve seen the internal polling that Steve Hilton may actually win this thing and they are sacrificing Swalwell because liberal idiots like him are a dime a dozen.

https://x.com/Pro__Trading/status/2042790730364784897

35 SECS

https://x.com/i/status/2042683293574025516

https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/international-relations/iran-has-no-idea-where-it-planted-mines-in-strait-of-hormuz/ar-AA20Di7C

SO EVERY SHIP MOVING THROUGH THESE DIRE STRAITS IS PLAYING MULLAH ROULETTE

ONE DAY …..KABOOOOOOM ……

…………MORE……….

When all you know is how to destroy, you don’t know how to fix what you’ve broken.

The Islamic Republic cannot reopen Hormuz because the IRGC scattered mines without tracking them – turning reckless sabotage into a self-inflicted chokehold.

https://x.com/TheIranWatcher/status/2042798989574058429

BC Premier Eby wants to have a vote of confidence on the postponing of DRIPA for three years while the Supreme Court of Canada rules on the validity. Many interested parties will take advantage of this. The Natives are restless and pissed off. Both the Indigenous Natives and the white natives like me. Could bring down the NDPs and hopefully usher in some Common Sense. BC is lost otherwise.

Crazy times all over. What a time to be alive!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjoZnvN8u00 6 minutes

Gary O’Toole

pertains to Munich ’72, but it sounds fitting to me now as well

RASSMUSSEN POLL PAYWALLED COPIED IN THE COMMENTS

Sun Tzu gave us the Art of War 2,500 years ago. Perhaps the best bit of advice he gave was, “Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.”

https://donsurber.substack.com/p/art-of-the-deal-met-sun-tzu-in-iran?

BREAKING:

IRGC Commander Ahmad Vahidi is moving to sideline Ghalibaf and FM Araghchi (Trump’s favorites in Iran)

The people with real power in Iran aren’t the ones heading to Islamabad. The Revolutionary Guards are.

In other words, the same ones in power before the war, remain in power today

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The Reckoning
@sethjlevy
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Mujtaba authorized the negotiations.

This is at the heart of the entire Iranian problem.

And I mean that internally to Iran.

In fact, I believe this is why Mujtaba and Ghalibaf concluded that Ali had to go.

He had seeded too much power to the IRGC.

Theoretically they follow the orders of the Supreme Leader.

But, it had evolved to a point where the IRGC had their own funding through the oil revenue and were behaving more and more independently from the SL.

So, for the IRGC this is about preserving the power and wealth they have captured.

They realize the threat to their power posed by these negotiations and the relinquishing of the strait.

MORE IN THE COMMENTS

The Homeland Defenders Organization, which shot and killed 2 regime officers at a checkpoint near Qom, dedicated the operation to two young protesters murdered by the regime: Nika Shakarami and Pezhman Gholipour.

This pro-Iran, anti-regime outfit did not indicate whether more operations are coming, but appears organized.

https://x.com/TheIranWatcher/status/2042627499868205365

Will Iran reopen Hormuz or not? They really only have days to stop playing games with the rest of the world. It will soon be clear whether they can negotiate in good faith. It doesn’t look good. Their theology of jihad contains a permission structure for lying to their enemies to accomplish their aim: which is, to annihilate the hated infidels (that’s us).

That is the reason for this conflict, by the way. They have promised over and over again to destroy us. Why not believe them? The thousand pounds of enriched uranium is still stashed somewhere in the country. It has only one purpose, to be made into bombs, and they’re not allowed to keep it. The message is pretty simple, but they don’t seem to get it. There are probably big fissures between the Revolutionary Guard (IRGC), the secular government of President Masoud Pezeshkian, and the regular army (the Artesh). Are they even able to communicate with each other? You and I don’t know, though Mr. Trump and his people might know.

https://www.kunstler.com/p/games-nations-play?

US core inflation just came in LOWER THAN EXPECTED for the month of March during President Trump’s Operation Epic Fury

Month-over-month: +0.2%, lower than expected
Year-over-year: +2.6%, lower than expected

Gas/energy is UP but expected to PLUMMET as soon as Iran is over

JD Vance is pushing for peace this weekend! Make a deal! ??

CNBC reports: “Underlying inflation was more contained.

https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/2042589209542709475

• IRGC chief Ahmad Vahidi is moving to limit the roles of Ghalibaf and Araghchi
• He is pushing to insert Zolghadr into the delegation, facing internal resistance
• IRGC figures are drawing red lines, refusing any talks on Iran’s missile program

The IRGC is openly opposing negotiations over Iran’s nuclear and missile capabilities, insisting Lebanon be included in any ceasefire deal and framing any compromise as capitulation.

That divide is now spilling onto the streets, where regime supporters are calling out Ghalibaf for treachery.

https://x.com/TheIranWatcher/status/2042603664418787385