After a series of stops and starts in recent days, the White House confirmed on Sunday that oil tankers are once again passing through the Strait of Hormuz as a tenuous deal remains underway to bring an end to the military operation in Iran. As The Hill reported, the latest update came from Energy Secretary Chris Wright: The Trump administration official said 67 ships went through the strait on Saturday, a slight increase from 55 on Friday as the U.S. military escorts vessels through a southern route in the channel. “I think it’s that returning flows back towards normal without any cooperation at all from Iran, that’s the leverage President Trump used to get the Iranians to come to the table and realize they’re going to lose all the cards in their hand,” Wright said in an interview on ABC’s “This Week” with Jonathan Karl. “Maybe they can make a deal that brings some benefit to Iran. Maybe they can’t.” A day earlier, Vice President Vance told Fox News there was no evidence that Iran had blocked off the Strait of Hormuz, touting what he described as a record-breaking amount of oil moving through the critical shipping corridor over the previous 24 hours. Vance is in Switzerland on Sunday for talks with Iranian officials — mediated by Pakistan and Qatar — over Iran’s nuclear program, days after the signed U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding started a 60-day clock for the countries to reach a final agreement. News of the latest advancement fueled a mix of social media optimism and skepticism: Hopefully most of it ended up at refineries US area producing diesel and jet fuel. — Gaseous (@Gaseoustb1331) June 21, 2026 Normal traffic is 100 to 125 ships a day leaving. So his math is wrong. — Kevin (@TheBondGuy2) June 21, 2026 It also came on the heels of Trump’s tough talk about Iran’s provocations: HOLY CRAP! President Trump issued a DIRECT THREAT to Iranian negotiators in Switzerland "You close [the Strait] and you won't have a country. You won’t even make it BACK to your f**king country.” pic.twitter.com/e8XLnFpOm9 — Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) June 21, 2026 Here’s what Iran had to say on the matter over the weekend, per the Washington Examiner: Iran said it’s shutting down the Strait of Hormuz just three days after it reopened, citing Israel’s strikes in Lebanon amid a fragile ceasefire agreement. Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya Central ‌Headquarters said Saturday that because the U.S. has failed to rein in Israel’s attacks elsewhere in the region, the temporary peace deal had been violated. “In view of the United States’ bad faith and its clear breach of its commitments by failing to implement the first article of the memorandum ending the war, and in response to the continuous and ongoing violation of the ceasefire by the Zionist regime in southern Lebanon, it hereby announces that the Strait of Hormuz will be closed to the passage of vessels,” the military command said in a statement reported by state broadcaster IRIB. Israeli strikes hit Lebanon, killing over a dozen people, just hours after a U.S.-mediated ceasefire between Israel and Iran-backed Lebanese militia Hezbollah went into effect. Meanwhile, gas prices are declining nationwide in anticipation of traffic returning to normal: What are your thoughts? TAP HERE TO ADD YOUR VOTE This is a Guest Post from our friends over at WLTReport. View the original article here. The post Trump Administration Confirms Strait Of Hormuz Traffic Approaching ‘Normal’ Again appeared first on 100PercentFedUp.com.

It appears the negotiations between the United States and Iran for a lasting peace deal is not off to a good start. On Sunday a U.S. delegation led by Vice President JD Vance began negotiations with Iran’s negotiating team just a week after the two nations signed a MOU. After 80 minutes of discussions, Iran’s negotiating team left the building where the peace talks were being held after President Trump posted a threat to Iran on his Truth Social account. The New York Times provided the latest update on the negotiations: Iran’s negotiating team left the building where peace talks were being held after 80 minutes of talks, the state news agency reported. The agency said the discussions entered a “difficult phase” after what it said was the publication of “an insulting message by the U.S. president.” Iranian state media, citing a member of the negotiating team in Switzerland, warned on Sunday that talks with the United States would not continue unless the war in Lebanon ended. Sunday’s initial discussions were focused on the conflict there between Israel and Hezbollah, according to state media and Esmail Baghaei, Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman. Baghaei warned, in comments carried by state media, that it would not be “possible to move to the stage of negotiating a final agreement” unless both sides upheld their commitments in the initial cease-fire agreement, which stipulated an end to fighting on all fronts of the conflict, including Lebanon.   Fox News reported on President Trump’s threats to Iran: President Donald Trump on Sunday told Fox News that he delivered a stark warning to Iran over the Strait of Hormuz, threatening to “blow the s— out of them” should Tehran close the vital waterway. Trump spoke with Fox News’ chief foreign correspondent Trey Yingst, saying he issued the warning directly to the Iranians leadership should the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) close the Strait of Hormuz. “You close it and you won’t have a country,” Trump said. “You won’t even make it back to your f—— country.” Trump said 19 million barrels of oil left through the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, adding that the U.S. could become the “Guardian Angel” of the waterway and take 20% of the oil. Trump reiterated his threat to potentially collect tolls for vessels traversing the strait should Iran fail to reach an agreement. “If they don’t make a deal, we’ll collect tolls,” the president said. pic.twitter.com/OD3kNsXnqI — Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) June 21, 2026 Trump says he spoke with Iranian officials and told them, "You close the Strait of Hormuz and you won't have a country." He also told them, "You won't even make it back to your f*cking country." Source: Fox News pic.twitter.com/LpaY2rG0CK — Clash Report (@clashreport) June 21, 2026   What are your thoughts? TAP HERE TO ADD YOUR VOTE This is a Guest Post from our friends over at WLTReport. View the original article here. The post Iranian Negotiators Walk Out Of Peace Talks In Switzerland After President Trump Issues New Threats appeared first on 100PercentFedUp.com.

President Trump’s Justice Department is taking Virginia to federal court, and the warning attached to the lawsuit is blunt. Stop, or become the next California. DOJ Assistant Attorney General Brett Shumate told Fox News that the department is suing to keep Virginia from sliding into California-style sanctuary territory, where state law works against federal immigration enforcement instead of with it. The clock is the problem. Two new Virginia laws are scheduled to take effect July 1, 2026, and they carry criminal exposure for federal agents. DOJ is suing Virginia over new limits on ICE cooperation and agent ID/mask requirements, arguing the state is becoming “the next California.” @AAGShumate say the measures hinder immigration enforcement and violate the Constitution’s Supremacy Clause. https://t.co/l80w47LC30 — AJD (@AshleyJDiMella) June 20, 2026 According to Fox News, Shumate said the Justice Department plans to move fast for an injunction because the laws kick in July 1 and put federal officers at risk of prosecution, doxing, and harassment. He told the outlet that states do not get to dictate how the federal government carries out its law-enforcement duties, and that immigration enforcement is squarely federal turf. Shumate compared the Virginia fight to the administration’s California case, where an appeals court already handed the Trump team a win over a similar law targeting federal-officer identification. The Fox report noted that DOJ had not heard back from state officials when the story ran. California Governor Gavin Newsom’s communications shop, meanwhile, offered a two-word reaction to the comparison: “Congratulations, Virginia.” That tells you exactly how the left views a state copying California’s playbook. As a badge of honor. The underlying lawsuit was filed June 11, 2026. The Justice Department named the Commonwealth of Virginia, Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones, and Fairfax County Commonwealth Attorney Steve Descano as defendants. DOJ says the challenged laws would criminally bar federal officers from wearing masks, force them to display individual identifiers, and functionally gut cooperative 287(g) agreements with local agencies unless new state-imposed terms are accepted. The department argues those measures regulate the federal government itself, threaten agent privacy and safety, and chill lawful enforcement. The release frames the suit as part of a broader Civil Division campaign against state and local policies that obstruct federal operations. Officials including Todd Blanche, Stanley Woodward, and Shumate have tied the case to agent safety and the doxing risk that comes when officers are forced to expose their identities to the public. The point is simple. An agent who can be identified and tracked is an agent who can be targeted. The federal complaint lays out the specifics. Senate Bill 352 and House Bill 1482 take effect July 1, 2026, and would expose covered officers to a Class 1 misdemeanor for wearing facial coverings or failing to display identifying information while on duty, outside narrow exceptions. Senate Bill 783 and House Bill 1441 also take effect July 1. They would force state and local agencies to rewrite their 287(g) immigration-enforcement agreements with 12 provisions controlling how ICE operates inside Virginia, or those agreements become void and unenforceable. DOJ argues the laws violate the Supremacy Clause, intergovernmental immunity, and federal preemption, with the 287(g) law also running afoul of the Contracts Clause. The complaint asks the court for declaratory and injunctive relief. No court has ruled yet. This is the opening move, and the administration wants a block before July 1 arrives. The complaint also points to Governor Abigail Spanberger’s February 24, 2026 response to President Trump’s State of the Union address, where she went after masked federal agents, as background to the mask and ID law. So the political fingerprints are right there in the filing. Virginia Republicans were not impressed by the company their state is suddenly keeping. DOJ warns Virginia is becoming the next California. Not exactly a model to aspire to—California is riddled with absolutely bonkers state laws that have driven a mass exodus of its citizens. In other news, water is wet. https://t.co/H7WOFfhYuu — Tara Durant (@TaraDurantVA) June 19, 2026 The frame here is the right one for conservatives to hold onto. This is the Trump DOJ moving to protect federal agents and defend federal authority before bad state law can take effect, not after the damage is done. California spent years building a wall between its government and federal immigration enforcement. Virginia just signed up to try the same thing, and the Justice Department is making clear it intends to stop the trend cold. This is a Guest Post from our friends over at WLTReport. View the original article here. The post DOJ Sues Virginia To Stop The Next California appeared first on 100PercentFedUp.com.

There wasn’t much about the Biden years that brought smiles to conservatives’ faces, but the neverending stream of gaffes and incoherent remarks from Joe and his vice president did provide a few chuckles along the way.  Kamala Harris’ penchant for rambling, incomprehensible answers continued through her disastrous 2024 presidential campaign.  And as Fox News reported, she’s still offering up the same “word salad” responses anytime anyone gives her a mic: Former Vice President Kamala Harris offered podcast host Don Lemon her own definition of the word “hope” on Friday, resulting in a clip that has since gone viral on social media as a “word salad” response. “I really, truly believe this,” Harris said. “We each have light inside of us. And we need to know that that is what inspires our hope as much as anything external to ourselves.”  The former vice president and 2026 presidential candidate continued her long-winded response, imploring Americans not to lose sight of their vision of  “And when we feel that and and and not allow an election or an individual to dampen that light, and instead light, let that light kind of carry us in particular through moments of darkness, that that we not only act on that hope, but we inspire that hope in each other,” Harris added.  “And, in particular, at this moment, it is so important that we not only have hope, but that we understand that that should be a verb.”  Harris’ seemingly meandering answer quickly gained traction on social media, with critics blasting the former vice president. From its sheer length to Harris’ apparently tenuous grasp with grammatical function, here’s a sampling of the backlash to her response: The only thing missing was “…And we keep hoping for that hope every single day.” Same old word salad Kamala. She is not fixable. I hope she runs again. — IT Guy (@ITGuy1959) June 20, 2026 Hope is a verb and I hope Kamala runs again. pic.twitter.com/jjRux7d8XE — Freyja™ (@FreyjaTarte) June 20, 2026 Admit it. We’ve missed this a little bit. — Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) June 20, 2026 Meanwhile, Rosie O’Donnell is living in an alternate reality where Kamala Harris somehow actually won the 2024 election, as Yahoo reported: O’Donnell, a longtime critic of Trump, fled the country after he won the 2024 election and moved to Ireland. She said she was “astonished” that Trump occupies the White House before suggesting his victory wasn’t legitimate.  “I mean, part of the reason that I left is I never in a million years thought we would put a convicted felon, who tried to start an insurrection, back in office. How did that happen? I don’t think it happened. I think Kamala won. I do,” O’Donnell told former CNN host Jim Acosta on his podcast.  “Interesting,” Acosta, who was known for his antagonistic reporting at CNN when he was White House correspondent during the first Trump administration. Trump in turn often attacked Acosta and called him “fake news.” For nostalgia’s sake, here’s a look back at some of Harris’ many memorable mutterings:  This is a Guest Post from our friends over at WLTReport. View the original article here. The post WATCH: Kamala Harris Mocked For Meandering ‘Word Salad’ During Interview With Don Lemon appeared first on 100PercentFedUp.com.

As a steady stream of far-left extremists sail through Democrat primary elections across the nation, the upcoming midterms are shaping up to be a glimpse into the future of the increasingly socialist party. The trajectory has only accelerated in the years since Kamala Harris lost the 2024 presidential election in a resounding repudiation of the Biden agenda. And Vice President J.D. Vance recently explained that while the party could’ve learned a valuable lesson from that defeat, its leaders instead decided to double and triple down on the same messaging that got them there in the first place. As Fox News reported: “My genuine hope was that the lesson the Democrats learned from the 2024 election is maybe we should stop being so crazy,” Vance said Saturday.  “And, unfortunately, the lesson that Democrats seem to have learned from the 2024 election is to lean into the most radical fringes of their party.” He made the comments after a wave of socialist candidates won high-profile races nationwide. Janeese Lewis George, a socialist member of the Washington, D.C., City Council, won Thursday’s Democratic mayoral primary in the nation’s capital. Last month, Maine progressive Graham Platner appeared alongside Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., during a Fighting Oligarchy rally. Platner has since won the Democratic Senate nomination and will face Republican Sen. Susan Collins in November. New York City’s socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani also teamed up with Sanders for a get-out-the-vote event in Brooklyn this week. The two supported several socialist and progressive candidates ahead of Tuesday’s New York primaries. Platner’s controversies have been fueling headlines for months, and George’s recent electoral win has prompted some additional backlash against the party’s overall direction: Democrats have gone from left, to far left, to progressive, to socialism ending in Marxist. — Bob Broussard (@B22_Bob) June 20, 2026 Yet another DEI, Soft-On-Crime, Anti-Police, Radical, Socialist, DemoncRAT ready to destroy the Federal District known as Washington DC. The jack-a-ninnies that voted for her in yesterdays Primary are no better than she is. I hope voters take notice in November and vote for… — Cindy Wright (@1970corvair) June 19, 2026 The former Democrat party is now called the Communist Party. — wahoo (@Wahoo1940949) June 18, 2026 The New York Post also covered Vance’s remarks: But Vance said the latest party shift has left many moderate Democrats in the dust. “I was raised by patriotic Christian blue-collar Democrats who loved this country, but they weren’t Republicans,” Vance said. Vance’s comments come after socialist candidates have won high-profile races across the country.  “But I feel, unfortunately, that those patriotic blue-collar Democrats, they increasingly don’t have a place in that party anymore, at least among the elected senior leadership ranks.” He pushed back on the idea that socialists are advocating for the working class, arguing that efforts to abolish ICE would hurt prospects for American workers. “I always find it interesting when socialists tell me that they really stand up for working people, and they want to protect working people, but they want to abolish ICE,” Vance said. Here’s a clip of his recent Fox News appearance: This is a Guest Post from our friends over at WLTReport. View the original article here. The post VP Vance Breaks Down How Democrats Learned The Wrong Lesson From 2024 appeared first on 100PercentFedUp.com.