Not Just About Airstrikes Every time unrest hits Iran, the news cycle asks the same dumb question: will the U.S. bomb something? That question is dramatic and easy to sell. It is also the wrong one. The regime fears losing control of cities and streets more than losing a piece of metal on a hillside. Fixating on airstrikes treats foreign policy like fireworks, not like the careful work of changing incentives on the ground. Why Tehran’s Strength Is Operational The Islamic Republic stays in power because it moves faster than the people who try to organize. It has networks for surveillance, hostage takers in uniform, and rapid response teams that arrive before a protest can climb to the next level. This is not about ideology. It is about who can find, track, and break up coordination before protests spread from one neighborhood to another. What Washington Keeps Missing Many commentators reduce policy to a single scene: a carrier group versus a runway. That is theater. The real question is whether U.S. actions make it harder for Iran to cut off phones, track organizers, or deploy militias quickly. A well timed disruption of those systems would do more for protesters than…

Federal Judge Clashes With DOJ Over Deportations A federal judge in Boston is making headlines after unleashing a verbal torrent against Trump's administration over some heated deportation cases. U.S. District Judge William Young accused the administration of going rogue with a so-called 'unconstitutional conspiracy' targeting activists, especially those who have spilled venomous anti-American and anti-Semitic rhetoric in university halls. Young, an 85-year-old Reagan appointee, threw some serious shade at Trump, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio. This wasn't your typical courtroom dialogue. Young was having none of it, declaring the actions a violation of First Amendment rights on U.S. soil. “There was no policy here,” Young opined, his 40-year courtroom veteran status undeniable. Comparing deportation to past ugly histories, he labeled Trump as 'authoritarian' and even conjured images of the Fugitive Slave Act. Talk about drama in the courtroom. Young's verbal salvo continued, accusing the Trump team of discriminatory antics. However, the DOJ's legal eagle, Paul Stone, swooped in with a chilling reality check—Young lacked the jurisdiction to enforce any remedy over deportation procedures. Stone hit Young with a regulatory bombshell: any issues on removal proceedings have to take their ticket to immigration court. Yet,…