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Washington and Tehran are considering next steps after negotiations fell apart, while the UAE has suspended trade with Iran.

Germany Opens New Drone Security Center Amid Fears Of Russian Hybrid Warfare

European officials have for years been warning about what they allege is heightened Russian hybrid and sabotage warfare targeting Europe and its airspace in connection with the long-running Ukraine war.

They’ve been further sounding the alarm in the wake of this month’s drone incident near a runway at Leipzig Airport. Reports say a drone carrying explosives was found at this location, which remains one of Europe’s largest cargo hubs, and is also used for NATO logistics.
An optical tracking system for drones and small aerial objects, via dpa

A NATO spokesperson later specified with the explosive-laden drone, which was equipped with a detonator, appeared to have been targeting an aircraft belonging to the Ukrainian cargo carrier Antonov Airlines.

This close call incident came in the wake of a series of mystery drone incidents which in some cases paused operations at commercial aviation hubs in northern Europe. While some episodes could have been the result of hobby drones or else local pranks or false alarms, EU officials have still long suspected Russian-linked nefarious actors.

Now Germany in particular is stepping up anti-drone security and monitoring measures, by establishing its first major drone security research center.

The new Drone Security Technology Center is part of the German Aerospace Centre (DLR), and officially opened Tuesday in the town of Cochsted, which is famous for its aviation history. The center will focus on research and technology for detecting hostile or unknown drone activity, protecting critical infrastructure from such incursions.

German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt announced, “Together with the DLR we are creating, with the new technology center, a facility that is unique nationwide, where innovative technologies for drone security are researched, developed and tested in real-life laboratories.”

He described the new drone threat facing Germany and Europe more broadly as part of the “shadow war of the 21st century”.

Leipzig-Halle airport is a big logistics hub for NATO and Ukraine. An attack with an armed drone on a Ukrainian cargo plane there was less hybrid warfare than warfare, full stop https://t.co/GG98Q1Zbkx
— The Economist (@TheEconomist) August 17, 2026
“Within the growing network of future test-field activities, the National Test Centre plays an integrative role as a trailblazer for future research and development of new UAS technologies within the DLR and for external partners,” the center’s website states.

The facility will further provide rare opportunity for drones and counter-drone technology to be tested in ‘real-world conditions’ and in multiple scenarios and settings, officials have described.

Tyler Durden
Wed, 08/19/2026 – 02:45

South Korea and the United States will significantly scale down their ongoing Ulchi Freedom Shield joint military exercise, Seoul said Wednesday, following an order by U.S. President Donald Trump.

The special election to fill the seat vacated by former Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., remained undecided in the early Wednesday morning hours.The battle to succeed Swalwell comes after he resigned in April amid sexual assault allegations from at least five women. Prior to the allegations, Swalwell was also making a bid for California’s gubernatorial race, but he dropped that bid as well.Vying for Swalwell’s seat are two women: progressive state Sen. Aisha Wahab and moderate Democrat and Bay Area Rapid Transit Board (BART) President Melissa Hernandez.Tuesday’s primary race will determine who will immediately fill Swalwell’s seat for the remainder of the term. However, it is also serving as the primary race for the midterms, meaning that Wahab and Hernandez will face each other again in November.STATE OF PLAY: HIGHLY WATCHED HONG RACE REMAINS TOO CLOSE TO CALL AS PROGRESSIVES NOTCH KEY PRIMARY WINSWahab and Hernandez both emerged as the “top-two” vote getters in the special election’s jungle primary race held on June 16 for California’s 14th Congressional District. Under California law, elections have open primaries, meaning whoever the top vote getters are, regardless of their party affiliation, will move on to the general election.The race between Hernandez and Wahab mirrors a larger trend reflected across Democratic primary races, as far-left progressive candidates, often backed by the Democratic Socialists of America, are seeking to defeat establishment-backed Democratic candidates.Wahab, who has served in the state Senate since 2022, is running on a campaign platform centered on cracking down on ICE, having co-authored legislation making it easier for citizens to sue agents, lowering prescription drug prices and pushing for investments in green and renewable energy. She has received the backing of Our Revolution, a group that was founded by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., Attorney General Rob Bonta, and fellow progressives Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal and Congressman Greg Casar.Hernandez, on the other hand, has taken a moderate approach on key issues such as immigration. Hernandez, who is the daughter of Mexican immigrants, acknowledged that the immigration system is “broken” but that she “supports smart border security and regional cooperation.”She has received the endorsement of close to a dozen Congressional members.But despite Wahab’s critical stance of ICE, she found herself in the hot seat when her father took to Facebook calling for his daughter’s supporters to “call ICE” on Hernandez. The mishap led to Wahab’s campaign to issue an apology on its website.

The State of Florida on Tuesday executed a 61-year-old man for murdering his estranged wife during a cookout in September of 2006.

Hellish: Ceuta Mothers Weep In Streets; Rapes Force Women To Flee; Kids’ Parks Smeared In Shit

Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity News,

Spanish mothers in Ceuta are in tears on live television. Hospitals are overflowing. Beaches and parks that once hosted families are now open-air camps of garbage, feces and makeshift shacks. And the Civil Guard has confirmed at least 15 rapes since the late-July mass migrant invasion – including a 10-year-old girl allegedly assaulted by three migrant brothers.

Women are packing up and leaving the Spanish enclave. Local residents describe a city abandoned by its own government while Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez remains on vacation.

A mother broke down on live TV this week, describing the daily terror for her teenage daughter.

?WATCH: A mother in Ceuta has broken down in tears on Live TV:
“My 16-year-old daughter has to go everywhere with her father or with me because the migrants devour her. I can’t take it anymore. I want them all gone.”
The left-wing feminists are silent. pic.twitter.com/3dksNYd9IC
— Inevitable West (@Inevitablewest) August 17, 2026
“My 16-year-old daughter has to go everywhere with her father or with me because the migrants devour her. I can’t take it anymore. I want them all gone,” she stated.

She added, “I’m not racist – my granddaughter is mixed-race, my best friends are Muslim – but they can’t invade us. What’s stayed here is the worst of it; there are murderers, rapists, thieves.”

This is the reality two weeks after an estimated 70,000-plus migrants poured across from Morocco into a city of roughly 84,000 people. Reception centres collapsed. Thousands – largely young men – stayed behind when many others returned. Beaches became the default settlement.

Locals described the rapid transformation of once-pristine stretches such as Trampolín Beach: “We can’t take our kids to the beach, we can’t go. They are occupied, they are full of shacks, people are eating there, throwing food, it’s full of clothes, feces, urine.”

? CEUTA Residents Furious!
Small Kids Can’t Go To The Park Anymore, Families Cannot Go To The Beach No More, There’s P*ss And Sh*t Everywhere
This is our beautiful Spanish City in Africa, we have to defend it
Residents gathered in front of Ceuta’s town hall in anger today for… pic.twitter.com/IVwZg6X3iz
— Active Patriot (@ActivePatriotUK) August 17, 2026
Children’s parks across Ceuta have been left covered in human waste by the invaders, even as progressive voices continue claiming everything is under control and “normality” has returned.

Invasores llena de mierda los parques infantiles de Ceuta.
Pero los progres te dicen que todo está controlado y que impera la normalidad. pic.twitter.com/ut3OPKYV3H
— David Santos (@davidsantosvlog) August 18, 2026
Infectious diseases including scabies, tuberculosis and impetigo have surged. Ceuta University Hospital opened an emergency disaster wing. One doctor warned of a “health catastrophe.”

Ceuta’s basically turned into a full-on slum at this point.
Thousands of illegal migrants are living right on the beach in these rough shacks thrown together from straw and sticks.
Officials are managing cases of tuberculosis, scabies, impetigo, and gastroenteritis, while… pic.twitter.com/eHuEVKivS6
— I Meme Therefore I Am ?? (@ImMeme0) August 16, 2026
A local doctor attempted to speak with the Spanish migration minister Elma Saiz about the scourge of diseases the migrants are spreading, putting Spaniards in danger.

? LA MINISTRA DE SANIDAD NO QUIERE HABLAR CON ESTA DOCTORA
Y luego va la Mema diciendo que en Ceuta no hay colapso sanitario. pic.twitter.com/GZ12nVKqAJ
— Betania (@BetaniaTv) August 16, 2026

Decían que les importaba mucho la pandemia de la COVID-19 y nos obligaban a vacunarnos y llevar mascarillas hasta en exteriores y ahora van camino de provocar una pandemia con la situación de insalubridad que se vive en Ceuta.
Increíble.pic.twitter.com/BR0EbTggNU
— Javier Negre (@javiernegre10) August 16, 2026
Saiz made a speech literally saying that ‘diversity is our greatest strength’.

She stated, “I want to highlight the responsibility, civic commitment, and maturity that the citizens are demonstrating. Ceuta is a true example of coexistence. A city in which different cultures, traditions, and faiths coexist. And which has demonstrated over decades that it is one of its greatest strengths.”

Elma Saiz reivindica la “pluralidad” y la “diversidad” de Ceuta: “Quiero poner en valor la responsabilidad, el compromiso cívico y la madurez que está demostrando la ciudadanía. Ceuta es un verdadero ejemplo de convivencia. Una ciudad en la que conviven diferentes culturas,… pic.twitter.com/TZ8Kg5DEqg
— RTVE Noticias (@rtvenoticias) August 17, 2026
Another doctor, nearly in tears on television, described every hospital overrun, medicine running out, and staff afraid of being attacked. She said the streets, parks and football fields are filled with migrants and she is afraid to leave her house. Sexual assaults are rising. The Spanish government, she said, has abandoned its own citizens.

A doctor in Ceuta is almost crying on live television.
Every hospital is completely overrun with migrants. Rooms are full. Medicine is running out. They even opened a dedicated hospital for migrants, and that one is full too.
Doctors are afraid to treat them.
They’re scared… pic.twitter.com/rcU2qaxViu
— Yossi BenYakar (@YossiBenYakar) August 16, 2026
The Civil Guard has now confirmed 15 rapes since the invasion. The latest reported case involved three migrant brothers allegedly sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl on Lisboa Street.

Earlier reports detailed multiple underage Moroccan girls and at least one boy treated for sexual assault at the hospital. Many of these minors have been sleeping on the streets.

Two sisters, Yoli and María José, said they left the city with their daughters out of fear.

“What we are going through is very hard and it is very hard to hear journalists justify this Government, justify everything. We can’t take it anymore, we feel humiliated, trampled. I have had to take my daughters out of their house because the Government does nothing, because Mr. Pedro Sánchez is on vacation in La Mareta. Nobody cares about us,” Yoli told news organisation Cuatro.

Other women described needing escorts just to walk to their front doors, or waking to find a migrant in underwear in their bed after he climbed a balcony.

One resident reported that a BBVA bank branch had to close because security could no longer guarantee customers could withdraw money after a guard was beaten by a large group of migrants while trying to stop the robbery of an elderly woman.

? “A resident of Ceuta reports that they have had to close the BBVA because the security personnel cannot guarantee that customers can withdraw money.
A BBVA security guard was beaten by 40 engineers yesterday when he tried to stop them from robbing an elderly lady.”… https://t.co/gy57oLwQIy
— Nature (@TurquoiseOceanB) August 17, 2026
A pregnant woman described families feeling unsafe amid migrant-related fights and called for stronger action from Spain.

?? Ceuta woman on migration tensions.
In a viral video, a pregnant resident says families feel unsafe due to migrant-related fights and calls for stronger action from Spain. Claims unverified. pic.twitter.com/srkC1L2xUz
— Donald Andy (@today__today) August 16, 2026
Residents Pilar and Elena urged government figures to visit Ceuta and see the situation for themselves, stating “We live here, we don’t just come for a weekend,” while elitist leftists sitting in TV studios in Madrid scoffed at them.

?? Ceuta residents Pilar and Elena are calling on Marta Sanchís to return to the city and see what they are experiencing firsthand.
“We live here, we don’t just come for a weekend,” they said.pic.twitter.com/hkwmevMWaF
— NewsForce (@Newsforce) August 17, 2026
Another local resident spoke with visible distress in a street interview, gesturing emphatically as she described the daily fear and loss of normal life for Ceuta families under the ongoing occupation of public spaces.

She notes that she feels she cannot leave the house without pepper spray as she’s afraid for her life, adding that the Spanish politician “motherfuckers” have allowed rapists and convicted criminals to invade and roam free.

pic.twitter.com/HZcOWhZxKE
— Victor VS ???? (@victor_vs) August 17, 2026
Ceuta mothers are now demanding the school year be delayed. “I would not let my daughter come to school alone,” one said. Another insisted the schools themselves “should be fumigated before any children are allowed back in.”

Las madres de Ceuta piden el retraso del inicio escolar:
“Yo no dejaría que mi hija se viniera sola al colegio”
“Los colegios deberían ser fumigados para que los niños puedan entrar” pic.twitter.com/V3x6MZ46Gy
— Pablo Haro Urquízar (@pabloharour) August 18, 2026
This all follows the past weekend’s attempt at a second mass crossing. Hundreds of migrants tried to push from Castillejos. Spanish and Moroccan security forces turned them back with tear gas and a heavy deployment. Calls for a new wave on 15 August had circulated widely online.

Nuevo intento masivo en la frontera de Ceuta.
Cientos de migrantes intentan cruzar desde Castillejos y las fuerzas de seguridad lo frenan. pic.twitter.com/duSviz0USh
— Alerta Global (@AlertaGlobal24H) August 16, 2026

Thousands of those who remained from the first wave are now holding mass protests on the beaches, demanding asylum and transfer to mainland Europe. NGOs are reportedly helping produce the signs. There is talk of a hunger strike.

?? Thousands of illegal migrants in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta are holding mass protests demanding asylum and to be sent to mainland Europe. pic.twitter.com/HoAy8Jlt8N
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) August 17, 2026

VÍDEO: ? Los migrantes siguen manifestándose en la playa del Trampolín: “No comida, asilo”, en su segundo día de huelga de hambre reivindicando que no quieren volver a Marruecos pic.twitter.com/wltlumHRHf
— El Pueblo de Ceuta (@ElPueblodeCeuta) August 17, 2026
White liberal women volunteering for the NGOs continue to welcome and assist the new arrivals on the ground in Ceuta, openly supporting the occupation while local mothers flee.

White, liberal, fat, and ugly women welcome Muslim invaders in Ceuta. pic.twitter.com/t6ftTeeE1I
— RadioGenoa (@RadioGenoa) August 18, 2026

? Ceuta Migrant Crisis: These migrants ain’t going nowhere, look at the help and handouts they’re getting, they’re demanding asylum and they will no doubt get it
Only a show of strength by both governments stopped a second wave, but how long will this show of strength last… pic.twitter.com/jUGEStUMVJ
— Active Patriot (@ActivePatriotUK) August 16, 2026

This is Ceuta. Pro-Islam white liberal women are a huge problem. They want to destroy Europe. pic.twitter.com/AgXKJAfcU0
— RadioGenoa (@RadioGenoa) August 18, 2026
What are they claiming asylum from? These are not people fleeing a country shattered by war or natural disaster. Morocco is a stable state that receives millions of tourists every year. The overwhelming majority are economic migrants seeking better opportunities, not refugees.

?? «Las ONG les incitan a la protesta para exigir el asilo. Ellas son las que incluso les están haciendo los carteles. Se habla de posible huelga de hambre si no consiguen el objetivo».
?? «The NGOs are inciting them to protest in order to demand asylum. They’re even the ones… pic.twitter.com/CCe1SS1VQs
— Rubén Pulido (@rubnpulido) August 17, 2026
Footage shows new arrivals landing on the sand and immediately chanting “Allahu Akbar.”

?Beach day in Ceuta just got a soundtrack no one asked for.
Clandestine arrivals from Morocco land on the sand… and the first words out of their mouths? “Allahu Akbar.”
Not “hello.”
Not “thank you.”
Not “we’re seeking safety.”
Just the same chant, loud and clear.
If this… pic.twitter.com/KpuZL2MOZt
— The Patriots Voice ??????? ?? (@Proudofthisland) August 17, 2026
Camps of cardboard and plastic continue to expand along the shore, complete with football games and laundry lines on what was Spanish beach.

? Lo que no verás en la tele: así crece el campamento en la playa de Ceuta.
Chabolas de cartón y lonas. Fútbol, baños y espera.
Esto ya no es una crisis humanitaria” de unos días.: es un asentamiento permanente junto a la frontera.
El vídeo muestra otra cosa: un poblado de… pic.twitter.com/k527c5BiNE
— Jesús Vazquez ?????? (@jesusvazquezb) August 16, 2026

? It’s only taken 2 weeks for third world immigrants to turn Ceuta into a sh*thole pic.twitter.com/q6N1zwSlL1
— Active Patriot (@ActivePatriotUK) August 16, 2026
Migrants have also set up an improvised mosque on El Trampolín Beach itself.

?? Inmigrantes CREAN una mezquita improvisada en la Playa de El trampolín (Ceuta) pic.twitter.com/VEyvpi0QFI
— Actualidad Noticias (@Actualidad_Pol) August 18, 2026
Throughout the crisis, Spanish government spokesmen and much of the legacy media insisted the migrants had almost all returned to Morocco and that “reasonable normality” had been restored. Left-leaning voices repeated the line.

The reality on the ground – permanent-looking settlements, daily protests for asylum, and residents too afraid to let their daughters outside – shows otherwise.

Ceuta’s women are voting with their feet. Families are sending children to the mainland. Parks and beaches that belonged to locals two weeks ago no longer do.

The open-border agenda that turned a Spanish enclave into a third-world camp overnight is being defended by the same voices who claimed the problem had already solved itself.

How many more European cities will be asked to absorb this nightmare before there is meaningful action and change?

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Tyler Durden
Wed, 08/19/2026 – 02:00

Seventeen governor-lieutenant governor candidate pairs battled Tuesday to make the primary cutoff and advance to the November general election to succeed term-limited Republican Gov. Michael Dunleavy.Former state Rep. Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins and running mate Zac Johnson finished first, while former Democratic state Sen. Tom Begich and Julia Hnilicks finished second. They will advance to the November general election, alongside two more winning governor-lieutenant governor pairs. Several major political names were among the 34 candidates on the ballot for the two executive offices.The frontrunner heading into Tuesday’s contest was Begich, whose family has been involved in Alaska politics nearly since the Last Frontier achieved statehood.COURT KEEPS ‘DECOY DAN’ ON ALASKA BALLOT AS EXPERT WARNS RANKED-CHOICE SYSTEM CREATES VOTER ‘TRAPS’Tom Begich’s father, Rep. Nick Begich Sr., D-Alaska, served in the state and federal legislatures from 1962 until a plane carrying him and House Majority Leader Hale Boggs, D-La., disappeared during a flight through the Inside Passage between Anchorage and Juneau.Tom Begich’s brother, Mark, was a longtime U.S. senator from Alaska, and most of the family members are Democrats — except incumbent Rep. Nick Begich III, R-Alaska.Business owner Bernadette Wilson is among the leading Republicans in the nonpartisan primary. Wilson grew up on the Kenai, and her family has lived in Alaska for generations. Her running mate is Michael Shower.Dunleavy’s Republican deputy, Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom, another leading Republican candidate, dropped out of the race in June.Republican Michael Loren Gilbert is also on the ballot. Gilbert told Ballotpedia he wants to expand the state’s energy dominance and consider a highway link to the Lower 48.Gilbert’s running mate, Timothy Hickel, represents another storied Alaskan political family.JUDGE RULES REPUBLICAN WITH SAME NAME AS SEN DAN SULLIVAN CAN STAY ON ALASKA PRIMARY BALLOTFormer Gov. Wally Hickel, Timothy’s father, served two nonconsecutive terms as governor decades apart and also served as President Richard Nixon’s interior secretary.The western bypass of downtown Anchorage that serves Ted Stevens International Airport is known as the Walter J. Hickel Parkway.Former Anchorage Mayor David Bronson, a Republican, is also considered a leading candidate.Bronson’s running mate is Josh Church.Former state Sen. Click Bishop, R-North Star, was also in the race with lieutenant governor candidate Greta Schuerch.SIGN UP TO GET THE POLITICS NEWSLETTERThe state uses ranked-choice voting in general elections. Voters rank candidates by preference, and votes are redistributed in successive rounds as lower-performing candidates are eliminated.Though Alaska is considered a red state, Dunleavy’s departure gives Democrats such as Begich an opportunity to flip the governor’s mansion. Begich III defeated then-Rep. Mary Peltola last cycle after Peltola had won the seat following the death of Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, who had represented the state for nearly five decades.

A heated battle for Alaska’s only U.S. House seat will see a handful of candidates face-off in November after four candidates advanced in Tuesday’s rank-choice primary.First-term incumbent Rep. Nicholas Begich III, R-Alaska, is hoping to hang onto his seat, and will have a chance to do so in November. But he is facing an insurgency from independent candidate Bill Hill.AP called the race for Begich and Hill early on, and Begich led by a 47.9% to 29.5% margin. Both will advance to the general election. The crowded race in the open primary also featured two other Republicans, Ed Goldfarb and Clay Strickland, Democrats Eric Hafner and Yaquelin Reynoso, Libertarian John Foddrill, along with nonpartisan candidates David Ambrose, Lady Donna Dutchess, David Richey and Melania Salazar. William Schultz, a Democrat, dropped out of the race citing financial concerns, but remained on the ballot. WASHINGTON REWARDS FAILURE. IT’S TIME TO SEND CAREER POLITICIANS HOMEDespite dropping out, Schultz was in third place at the time the race was called, followed by Hafner, who himself faces unique circumstances. Hafner is described by the Anchorage Daily News as a “federal inmate and perennial candidate,” and a review of Ballotpedia shows Dutchess has run several times for office with little support. Hafner is serving a 20-year sentence for making false bomb threats and threatening judges and police officers. He was convicted in 2022.Hill is a standout when it comes to running an independent campaign. He has raised more than $1.3 million in 2026, nearly all of it from individual donors.SENATE CANDIDATE RUNNING AS ‘INDEPENDENT’ CONTINUES TO BE BANKROLLED BY LEFT-WING DONORSA lifetime commercial fisherman and member of the Dena’ina Athabascan native Alaskan people, Hill has lived in Anchorage and Fairbanks in the past. He currently lives with his wife in the southwestern Alaskan town Naknek, which has a population of 470 people.His platform incorporates popular positions from both sides of the political aisle. While he supports the Second Amendment, tax cuts and police and first responders, he also supports a “woman’s right to choose” and making billionaires pay their “fair share,” according to his campaign website.Meanwhile, Begich led the charge to overturn a Biden-era rule restricting oil and gas exploration in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. “Unlocking Alaska’s resources” is listed as a major priority on Begich’s campaign site, along with cutting costs, creating jobs, protecting Alaska’s native communities and securing the border.He serves as the Executive Vice Chair of the Congressional Western Caucus.

Alexander Vindman Suffers Double-Digit Loss To Socialist Angie Nixon In Florida Senate Primary

Alexander Vindman – a central Russiagate figure who flipped out when Donald Trump asked Ukraine to investigate Biden family corruption – and who was offered the job of Ukraine’s Minister of Defense three times two months before the infamous ‘perfect’ Trump-Zelensky call – was just beaten out of a Florida Senate seat by Democratic Socialist Angie Nixon, 44-56 in Tuesday night’s primary.

Vindman and Nixon – a state Rep., were vying to take on incumbent Republican Sen. Ashley Moody (R) in November. Meanwhile, Alexander’s twin brother Eugene Vindman is a current US Rep. from Virginia. 

Nixon, a recent convert to the Democratic Socialists of America and a vocal critic of Israel, was expected to lose to Vindman – a Jewish immigrant born in Ukraine, who raised over $16.3 million for his campaign. Nixon brought in $975,000 and achieved a double-digit victory.
Screenshot: NY Times

“We showed the world what organized people can accomplish,” Nixon told supporters Tuesday night. “And we showed the world what people of Florida are all about. Medicare for all. Universal child care. Real, affordable housing. Fully funded public education. And an end to senseless wars.”

The DSCC also responded to Nixon’s victory, with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-NY, and DSCC Chair Kristen Gillibrand, D-NY, saying in a joint statement.: “Angie Nixon has dedicated her career to fighting for Florida. A lifelong native of Jacksonville and a former union organizer, Angie’s dedication to put working families first runs deep – and now, she’s running to take that fight to the Senate.”

During the campaign, Nixon slammed Vindman for being a recent Florida resident.

In 2023 she introduced a resolution in the state House calling for “de-escalation and ceasefire in the state of Israel and occupied Palestine,” and said last week that she would have supported a congressional resolution in July that would have stripped Israel of $3.3 billion in military aid. 

“I would have voted in support of that, because we cannot continue to send money to countries that are violating international law, that are violating human rights, that are actively destroying,” she told WMNF radio in Tampa. “Throughout my adult career, I have fought for the safety and the well-being and the humanity of all people. And me stating this does not make me antisemitic at all.”

Tyler Durden
Wed, 08/19/2026 – 01:27

Wyoming’s Republican Secretary of State Chuck Gray has won the GOP nomination for the state’s at-large U.S. House seat to replace Rep. Harriet Hageman, who is running for Senate.Gray emerged from a crowded primary to become the heavy favorite to represent the deeply conservative state in Congress. Gray, a prominent Trump-aligned conservative who has served as secretary of state since 2023, defeated a field that included businessman Steve Friess and Reid Rasner.WYOMING ELECTION CHIEF MOUNTS FULL-COURT PRESS AGAINST ‘RADICAL LEFT’S’ PUSH TO REMOVE TRUMP FROM BALLOTThe Republican primary was triggered by Rep. Harriet Hageman’s decision to give up Wyoming’s lone House seat and run for the U.S. Senate. Hageman, who was first elected to Congress in 2022 after defeating former Rep. Liz Cheney in a nationally watched Republican primary, is seeking the seat being vacated by retiring Sen. Cynthia Lummis.The reshuffling has produced an unusual number of open races in Wyoming, with the governorship, Senate seat and House seat all open in the same election cycle for the first time in more than three decades.GOP LAWMAKER RIPS ‘LOST IN THE WILDERNESS’ DOGE PROTESTERS AMID CHAOS AT HER TOWN HALL: ‘HIGHLY ORCHESTRATED’The contest to replace Hageman drew a sprawling Republican field and became the most expensive race on Wyoming’s primary ballot.The race unfolded without an endorsement from either Trump or Hageman, leaving candidates to compete for many of the same conservative voters. That stood in contrast to other major Wyoming primaries: Trump endorsed Hageman in the Senate contest and state Superintendent Megan Degenfelder in the governor’s race.Whoever captures the Republican nomination will be heavily favored in November. Wyoming is among the most Republican states in the country with Trump carrying the state by nearly 46 percentage points in 2024, his largest margin in any state.Wyoming has elected just one Democrat to statewide office in more than three decades. Republicans also hold every statewide elected office and overwhelming majorities in both chambers of the state Legislature.