Worst Truce Ever. U.S. Fires on Tankers. Trump Tries to Silence Sen Kelly.
It's the worst ceasefire in history — U.S. Navy F-18s are firing on Iranian tankers while Trump calls it a truce, gas hits $5 a gallon, and the administration is trying to silence Senator Mark Kelly and chill the speech of two million military retirees. On a Mother's Day weekend solo briefing, Paul Rieckhoff connects the dots between forever wars, free-speech purges, Pentagon Friday news dumps, and the Trump family's drone deals. If you're in the angry middle, this is the no-BS rundown the cable shows won't give you.
The truce isn't a truce. The U.S. Navy is firing on Iranian-flagged oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, gas is climbing toward five…
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