Day: May 22, 2026

Don’t leave the Iran war half-won. It is time to finish the job in Iran and seek peace from a position of maximum strength, write  @Mark_Penn and Andrew Stein
on.wsj.com/4v3PQAe

— Wall Street Journal Opinion (@WSJopinion) May 23, 2026

NEW: Western officials are increasingly reporting that Ukraine is hindering Russia’s advances in Ukraine, in line with ISW’s consistent assessments, but that the Kremlin likely remains committed to its original war aims despite some recognition within the Russian elite that the war is not going well. (1/2)

Other Key Takeaways:

Ukraine’s mid-range strike campaign is disrupting Russian transport arteries in occupied Ukraine and will likely complicate Russian logistics.

Ukrainian forces struck occupied Starobilsk, Luhansk Oblast, overnight on May 21 to 22.

Ukrainian forces advanced in Sumy Oblast and in the Borova, Slovyansk, and Pokrovsk directions and in western Zaporizhia Oblast.

Russian forces launched 124 drones toward Ukraine overnight.

— Institute for the Study of War (@TheStudyofWar) May 23, 2026

Adam Schiff is in no position to complain about “politicized intelligence.” He used his position on the House Intel Committee to lie about seeing secret evidence of Trump-Russia collusion, which in reality didn’t exist.

Last summer, Tulsi Gabbard declassified documents that newly exposed the Russiagate fraud that Schiff promoted. These docs revealed that US intelligence leaders concealed that the FBI and NSA had “low confidence” in Russiagate’s underlying allegation: that Russia hacked Democratic Party emails and gave them to Wikileaks. Tulsi’s declassifications also revealed that the NSA even complained that it was denied access to the intelligence used to accuse Russia of the hack and leak.

Establishment media, having parroted the Russiagate fraud, ignored these disclosures entirely. Were they not stenographers for the Russiagate fraud, they would have acknowledged the importance of these revelations rather than bury them.

Unlike some other Trump admin principals, Tulsi also reaffirmed the US intel consensus that Iran does not have a nuclear weapons program. In assessing her tenure, whatever criticisms one may have, that is another important disclosure to acknowledge.Adam Schiff (@SenAdamSchiff)My thoughts go out to Tulsi Gabbard and her family, as her husband battles this serious health problem. I hope and pray that he makes a speedy and full recovery.

While the circumstances around her departure are deserving of our sympathy, let’s be clear: Tulsi Gabbard’s only positive contribution to our nation’s national security is her resignation.

She politicized intelligence. She dismantled critical agencies keeping Americans safe. She weaponized the IC to pursue baseless election fraud claims. And more.

We must ensure that her tenure — marked by a devotion to the person of the president and not to the security of the country — represents a terrible exception at DNI and not the new normal.—  https://x.com/SenAdamSchiff/status/2057889631840911791

— Aaron Maté (@aaronjmate) May 23, 2026

.  @Dan_Farah, director and producer of the UFO documentary  @ageofdisclosure, joins “Elizabeth Vargas Reports” to evaluate the latest Pentagon release of files on “unidentified anomalous phenomena,” including videos that show inexplicable objects.

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— @NewsNation May 23, 2026