GROUND WAR ERUPTS IN IRAN AS THOUSANDS OF US-BACKED KURDISH FIGHTERS SURGE ACROSS BORDER IN DRAMATIC ASSAULT:

Thousands of Kurdish fighters have a launched a ground invasion in Iran, according to a US official.

The Kurdish militias, based across the border in Iraq, began the offensive in northwestern Iran on Wednesday.

President Donald Trump on Sunday night spoke with the heads of Kurdish militant groups in Iraq to discuss the situation in Iran.

The CIA was exploring plans to arm the Kurdish forces with the aim of sparking a popular uprising, CNN reported Tuesday.

The Kurdish groups are widely seen as the most well-organized faction of the fragmented Iranian opposition and are believed to have thousands of battle-hardened fighters.

Their entry into the war could pose a significant challenge to the besieged authorities in Tehran and could also risk pulling Iraq further into the conflict.

Baghdad Bob says it’s not happening – so it’s likely happening:

TRUMP IS SETTLING ALL FAMILY BUSINESS:

I wonder if he got Moe Green’ed.

CHAIRMAN XI WON’T LIKE THIS:

Meanwhile, if you want to understand why “international law” isn’t taken seriously now:

Submarines are supposed to be covert, dumbass. This isn’t war, but collective self-defense on the part of the U.S., Israel, Saudi Arabia, and several other countries, which is explicitly allowed by Article 51 of the UN Charter. And the United States is not a party to the Law of the Sea, which might as well ban Baskin-Robbins clown cones for all the relevance it has here.

UPDATE:

NOT FOR LACK OF BEING WARNED, HOWEVER:

GET OVER YOURSELVES: Punk Fail? Rockers Cancel Festival Over Trump.

Now, a gaggle of punk bands planning to tour the country is calling it quits. The reason why is so very, very 2026.

It’s all about Trump Derangement Syndrome.

No, we can’t all get along, apparently, and the Punk in the Park tour’s demise has little to do with the bands in question.

Denver’s far-Left Westword shared the ugly reason for the cancellation – “continued fallout over the organizer’s recently exposed political leanings, particularly financially supporting Trump’s second presidential campaign…”

Cameron Collins is the owner of the tour’s parent company, the Dallas-based Brew Ha Ha Productions. Collins contributed to President Trump’s most recent presidential campaign.

That was enough to stop the tour cold.

And Jello Biafra? Really?

DEVELOPING…:

THE DARK NIGHT OF FASCISM IS ALWAYS DESCENDING IN THE GOP AND YET LANDS ONLY ON DEMOCRATS:

Although to be fair, deflecting for Democrats, no matter how terrible, seems to be The Bulwark’s unpublished mission statement.

PERSONNEL IS POLICY: