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Because his predicament continues to worsen as the midterm elections approach, it really is a dangerous moment.

And Trump has no problem with war crimes and seemingly no other ideas about how to extricate himself from this fiasco.

Iran sees an unexpected window to break out of its decades-long isolation and containment.

I am going to have a stroke

So. This is not great! Zero stars!

The takeaway:

Gotta be honest, I don’t care for these headlines.

Dodgers launch Tradcatcher movement.

Like every paragraph is this good.

Actually a fairly discouraging set of results given that it’s hard to see the situation for Republicans getting worse than it currently is before November.

Took my son to his first baseball game this week, and it was a magical thing. Perfect night, fast-paced game, a home run, some fireworks, White Sox won.

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So according to Fox, the first steps in the agreement are sparking a breakthrough that is now taking shape.

Incredible stuff here.

And of course the Grand Emperor of Iran Hawkery, FDD's Mark Dubowitz:

The Dispatch's Mike Nelson:

Commentary's Seth Mandel:

Fox's Mark Levin:

FDD Iran analyst who predicted Iran had 13-15 days of oil storage capacity in April:

Foundation for the Defense of Democracies honcho:

NYT's Bret Stephens:

The Bari Weiss Morning Post:

Tablet's Lee Smith:

Unhappy Iran hawks, a thread. Andrew McCarthy in National Review:

Oh are we back to Kharg Island ground invasion threats? How original, Bret Stephens will be thrilled.

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