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Mar 13, 2026 - World

Pro-MAGA morning show host Gina Loudon suggested President Donald Trump was using the Iran war to distract from the Epstein files.During a Friday conversation on Real America's Voice, co-host Terrance Bates followed up Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's briefing by arguing the U.S. was in a "holy war.""It's like the two sides that are in this are so dug in on this," Loudon said of Americans. "Both sides lose me at a certain point. I am not okay with forever wars. There's no question about that. I don't think we need to be sending all this money to Israel or any place else that we send.""I just think we got to, we got to, we need Jesus," she continued. "But we need Jesus. There's no other answer than that right now."Co-host David Brody, however, insisted that the conflict was "not a holy war.""I don't think it is from our standpoint," he remarked. "At least not publicly.""But America has been sold a lot of bills of goods," Loudon ranted. "And our young men and women have died because we were going to, this was not going to be a forever war.""So it's a fair level of accountability to say, hey, don't forget, there is a military industrial complex that does have a very vested interest, and there are very powerful people in every crevice of our world of entertainment of government," she added. "The Epstein files exposes that. We need to get back to that conversation, and we need to learn from it, and we need to say look we're not going to sit down and shut up just because somebody we like says, oh, by the way, we're going to war, this isn't going to last forever, because guess what?""We've been told that before. And so I think it's fair to ask questions and to give reminders and to be that accountability voice."

Mar 13, 2026 - World

The Pentagon confirmed that all six crew members aboard a KC-135 refueling aircraft were killed when it went down on Thursday in Western Iraq.In a press release on Thursday, CENTCOM admitted that it was aware of the loss of the aircraft and insisted that it did not go down "due to hostile fire or friendly fire."On Friday, CENTCOM said that "all six crew members aboard a U.S. KC-135 refueling aircraft that went down in western Iraq are now confirmed deceased.""The aircraft was lost while flying over friendly airspace March 12 during Operation Epic Fury."CENTCOM continued to insist that the aircraft did not crash because of hostile or friendly fire.The identities of the service members were being withheld for 24 hours.

Mar 13, 2026 - World

Two hosts on MS NOW called out Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth immediately after he fled the stage following a Pentagon press conference that “Morning Joe” host Jonathan Lemire called “hysterical."With the manic Hegseth repeatedly bashing the press, singling out CNN in particular, and dictating headlines he feels that should use to describe the unpopular war in Iran, Lemire and co-host Willie Geist both suggested that Donald Trump’s Pentagon head is feeling the pressure of a war gone wrong.”Secretary Hegseth, and let's be clear, [that] was a pretty hysterical performance, really angry,” Lemire bluntly stated, “It seemed, throughout much of that briefing, said of the Strait of Hormuz, quote, ‘We don't need to worry about it.’ But yet the rest of the administration is deeply worried about it. That's why we're seeing things like sanctions being lifted on Russia, because oil prices are so high, and they are concerned about the ability to safely send ships to and from through that strait.”“And really, we should just take a moment to note, as you just said, the media criticism here from Secretary Hegseth,” he said to Geist, “It took about three seconds to levy his first shot at the media. He suggested that CNN would be better once David Ellison takes charge of it; hat's the merger that's currently being considered. And just in striking contrast to what we have come to expect from Pentagon briefings in previous administrations.”Co-host Geist pointed out, “He first complained about the media and started to rewrite cable news banners suggesting what they should say versus what they have said based on reporting, and then later got to the acknowledgment of the death of those four service members.”“Sort of tells you the whole story about where his mind is –– deeply worried about the way the war is being perceived, the way he's being talked about,” he elaborated. “Perhaps that seemed to be throughout the briefing front and center to him.” - YouTube youtu.be

Mar 13, 2026 - World

Djidji Ayôkwé was handed to Ivorian officials in Paris earlier this monthA sacred artefact looted by French colonial authorities more than a century ago has been returned to Côte d’Ivoire in one of the most significant cultural restitutions to a former French colony in years.The Djidji Ayôkwé, a talking drum confiscated in 1916 by French administrators, landed at 8.45am on Friday at the airport in Port Bouët on the outskirts of the economic capital, Abidjan. It was handed over to Ivorian officials in Paris earlier this month after being removed from the Quai Branly – Jacques Chirac Museum. Continue reading...

Mar 13, 2026 - World

In China, one social media trend hangs on the idea that a life in the US is always one step from disaster, while another in the US has gen Z revelling in Chinese lifestyle hacksAcross two online worlds that are normally splintered, over the last few months there has been a mirroring of sorts. On TikTok and Instagram, young people are diving into the joys of Chinese culture – from drinking hot water to playing mahjong – all under the banner of “Chinamaxxing”. On the Chinese internet, however, the US is losing its decades-long grip on soft power, and is instead being replaced by a darker trend: the kill line.The kill line is a dangerous place to be. In gaming, the term refers to the point at which a player’s strength is so depleted that one more blow could lead to total wipeout. In China, the term refers to the risks that come with daily life in the US. Continue reading...