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Join Bryan Dean Wright, former CIA Operations Officer, as he dives into today's top stories shaping America and the world. In this episode of The Wright Report, Bryan breaks down Trump's rapidly expanding military campaign against Iran, including new strikes on contested Persian Gulf islands that could pave the way for U.S. boots on the ground.

Bryan lays out the Pentagon's strategy to hammer Iran's air defenses and seize strategic islands near the Strait of Hormuz, plus what it would take to destroy Iran's deeply buried nuclear program at Pickaxe Mountain. He also breaks down the growing economic fallout, with emergency oil reserves nearly exhausted and the Red Sea shaping up as the next flashpoint.

Plus, Bryan covers Trump's reversal on ICE traffic stop arrests after a string of deadly encounters, an escalating theological clash between JD Vance and the Vatican over immigration, a batch of encouraging economic data, and the Democratic Socialists' new platform to abolish the presidency, Senate, and Supreme Court.

"And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." - John 8:32

Keywords: Wright Report, Bryan Dean Wright, Iran war, Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz, Pickaxe Mountain, Kharg Island, ICE traffic stops, immigration, JD Vance, Pope Leo, Vatican, Marco Rubio, ICC, US economy, inflation, DSA platform, Democratic Socialists, Bernie Sanders, AOC, Zohran Mamdani

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Join Bryan Dean Wright, former CIA Operations Officer, as he dives into today's top stories shaping America and the world. In this Wednesday Q&A episode of The Wright Report, Bryan breaks down explosive new reporting that Special Counsel Jack Smith secretly obtained text messages from 44 lawmakers after swearing under oath he never touched their content, plus what to expect from President Trump's high stakes Thursday night address on election integrity.

Bryan digs into the Jack Smith bombshell, including Senate Judiciary Committee evidence that the former special counsel bypassed safeguards to read private messages from members of Congress, Democrats and Republicans alike. He also previews reporting that Trump's big speech may center on a secret ODNI probe into voting machine vulnerabilities in Puerto Rico and new FBI findings on the disputed 2020 Georgia election.

Plus, Bryan covers a Michigan school board's crackdown on classroom messaging, troubling ties surrounding Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, Sen. Elissa Slotkin's misleading claims about voter ID, Oregon's radical animal rights ballot measure, and a hard look at whether Trump's tariffs are actually reviving American manufacturing.

"And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." - John 8:32

Keywords: Wright Report, Bryan Dean Wright, Jack Smith, voting machines, Tulsi Gabbard, Georgia election, Trump Thursday speech, SAVE America Act, Elissa Slotkin, Abdul El-Sayed, Michigan Senate race, Romeo Michigan schools, Oregon IP28, animal rights ballot measure, Trump tariffs, reshoring, Graham Platner, voter ID

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Join Bryan Dean Wright, former CIA Operations Officer, as he dives into today's top stories shaping America and the world. In this Daily Brief of The Wright Report, Bryan breaks the news that the US is officially back at war with Iran, with President Trump notifying Congress under the War Powers framework as strikes continue across the region.

Bryan covers the reinstated naval blockade in the Strait of Hormuz, the new 20 percent transit fee the US will charge shipping companies, and Iran's retaliatory strikes against Kurdish militia bases in Iraq. He also reports on a first ever US Navy sea drone strike on an Iranian naval facility, rising tension between Saudi Arabia and Houthi rebels in Yemen, and mounting fuel shortages in Europe tied to the widening conflict. Bryan closes with his analysis on why bombing alone will not resolve the standoff with Tehran and what he hopes to hear in President Trump's upcoming address to the nation.

Plus, Bryan runs through a series of domestic stories he sees as connected: political rhetoric out of Michigan, an arrest tied to international money laundering and terror financing charges, a church fire in Pittsburgh, controversy over a Minnesota pardon, and a casting debate surrounding a major Hollywood adaptation of The Odyssey.

"And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." - John 8:32

Keywords: Wright Report, Bryan Dean Wright, Iran war, Trump, Strait of Hormuz, naval blockade, Iran strikes, IRGC, Kurds, Houthis, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Europe fuel shortage, War Powers, Congress, Michigan politics, Rashida Tlaib, Abdul El-Sayed, Tim Walz, pardon controversy, Pittsburgh church fire, Hollywood casting, The Odyssey, Christopher Nolan, CIA analysis, national security, foreign policy

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Join Bryan Dean Wright, former CIA Operations Officer, as he dives into today's top stories shaping America and the world. In this Headline Brief edition of The Wright Report, Bryan reports on the sudden death of GOP Senator Lindsey Graham from a heart attack at age 71, and what his passing means for the Senate math heading into the midterms.

Bryan also covers the renewed US Iran conflict flaring over a disputed clause in the peace memo governing the Strait of Hormuz, a surprise Trump Administration decision to extend deportation protections for Haitians and other groups under business pressure, record high asylum rejection rates in Michigan, and Graham Platner's exit from the Maine Senate race as Democrats scout replacement candidates further left. He rounds out domestic coverage with new Pew data on Muslim American attitudes toward Hamas and a big week of inflation and retail sales reports ahead.

Plus, a gay cruise ship gets turned away from Turkey and Egypt, new research links daytime sunlight to better sleep, Johns Hopkins warns on marijuana risks for young brains, and a fasting protocol shows promise in easing radiation side effects for cancer patients.

"And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." - John 8:32

Keywords: Lindsey Graham death, South Carolina special election, Scott Bessent, Iran Strait of Hormuz conflict, Trump Iran peace memo, diesel prices global squeeze, Haitian TPS extension, Trump immigration policy, Michigan asylum rejection rates, Graham Platner Maine Senate, Democrat Socialist candidates, Gavin Newsom Democratic Socialism, Pew Research Muslim Americans Hamas, consumer inflation report June, gay cruise ship Turkey Egypt, sunlight sleep research, Johns Hopkins marijuana psychiatric risk, fasting radiation cancer treatment, Wright Report Headline Brief

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Join Bryan Dean Wright, former CIA Operations Officer, as he dives into today's top stories shaping America and the world. In this Headline Brief edition of The Wright Report, Bryan reveals new details on an Iranian assassination plot against President Trump that prompted a last minute Air Force One swap, plus the latest on Arab mediators scrambling to save the Iran peace deal.

Bryan also covers Mamdani's map controversy leaving Little Italy off the list, new data showing capitalism's support cratering among Democrats, Microsoft's layoffs paired with H-1B hiring under federal investigation, and major pretrial developments in the Charlie Kirk murder case including testimony from Tyler Robinson's boyfriend and new detail on the fatal round.

Plus, an 86 year old rare earths expert comes out of retirement to help rebuild America's mineral industry, fresh warnings on weight loss drug side effects, promising research on psilocybin for anorexia treatment, and Meta's new patent for an AI device that listens to your every move.

"And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." - John 8:32

Keywords: Iran assassination plot Trump, Air Force One swap, Mossad CIA intelligence, Iran peace deal, Strait of Hormuz, Eastern US power grid, Zohran Mamdani, Little Italy controversy, capitalism poll Democrats, Microsoft layoffs H1B, JD Vance visa fraud investigation, Charlie Kirk trial, Tyler Robinson pretrial, Lance Twiggs testimony, rare earth minerals Jack Lifton, China rare earth supply chain, GLP-1 weight loss drugs, Wegovy Mounjaro side effects, anorexia nervosa psilocybin treatment, Meta AI listening device patent

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Join Bryan Dean Wright, former CIA Operations Officer, as he dives into today's top stories shaping America and the world. In this daily briefing of The Wright Report, Bryan covers the US launching a second straight day of strikes on Iran, President Trump's sudden Air Force One swap amid assassination threats from Tehran, and Ukraine's long range drone strike on one of Russia's largest oil refineries.

Bryan also breaks down the shocking sentencing of Wisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan, who avoided prison after helping an illegal alien evade ICE in her own courtroom, plus new developments on Graham Platner's exit from the Maine Senate race, Flock cameras helping catch illegal aliens in Ohio, and Trump's push for a Supreme Court rehearing on birthright citizenship tied to a Texas birth tourism scandal.

Plus, Syria gets removed from the state sponsor of terror list, Ukraine gets the green light to build Patriot interceptors domestically, and new research points to a possible cause behind Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.

"And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." - John 8:32

Keywords: Iran strikes, Trump Air Force One, IRGC assassination threats, Iran nuclear Pickaxe Mountain, oil prices Iran sanctions, Syria Ahmed al-Sharaa, Ukraine drone strike Russia refinery, Zelenskyy Patriot interceptors, Judge Hannah Dugan, Eduardo Flores-Ruiz, ICE courtroom obstruction, Graham Platner Maine Senate, Flock cameras Ohio, ICE immigration enforcement, birthright citizenship rehearing, Kavanaugh 14th Amendment, Texas birth tourism, Mission Regional Medical Center, John Thune filibuster, chronic fatigue syndrome glymphatic system

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Join Bryan Dean Wright, former CIA Operations Officer, as he dives into today's top stories shaping America and the world. In this Listener Q&A episode of The Wright Report, Bryan tackles listener questions on the Charlie Kirk assassination trial, breaking down new evidence placing Tyler Robinson on campus and the forensic mystery behind the bullet that killed Charlie.

Bryan also explores what it means to be an American through the words of Charlie Kirk, Teddy Roosevelt, and St. Thomas Aquinas, then digs into listener mail on Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro's push for radical Supreme Court reforms, more fallout from the Graham Platner rape allegation in Maine, and a candid update on why there will be no Part Two to Bryan's July 4th video.

Plus, Hamas dissolves its Gaza government but refuses to disarm, and Iran and the US trade escalating strikes near the Strait of Hormuz as Trump revokes Iranian oil sanction waivers.

"And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." - John 8:32

Keywords: Charlie Kirk trial, Tyler Robinson evidence, Utah Valley University, Candace Owens, Charlie Kirk American identity, Teddy Roosevelt hyphenated Americanism, St Thomas Aquinas citizenship, JD Vance Pope Leo, Josh Shapiro Supreme Court, Katanji Brown Jackson, Graham Platner Maine Senate, Bukele Path, immigration debate, Hamas Gaza dissolution, UN Gaza transition, Iran strikes Strait of Hormuz, IRGC Ayatollah funeral, Iran oil sanctions, Trump Iran strikes, Bahrain Kuwait missiles, Wright Report Q&A

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Join Bryan Dean Wright, former CIA Operations Officer, as he dives into today's top stories shaping America and the world. In this daily briefing of The Wright Report, Bryan opens with a growing political and medical mystery around Senator Mitch McConnell, followed by a disturbing update on Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner facing a new rape allegation that is finally splitting his Democrat support.

From there, Bryan covers a quiet but aggressive surge in deportations under the Trump Administration, new pardons for diesel mechanics caught up in Clean Air Act prosecutions, and an immigration fraud case involving a California teacher who married for political reasons. He also breaks down the FBI's deep dive into Fulton County election records, Toyota's decision to bring truck production back to Texas, and the backlash over Hollywood's casting choices in its new Odyssey remake.

Plus, China flexes a new submarine-launched missile test in the Pacific, African fishermen cry out against Chinese trawlers destroying their livelihoods, a possible new US and Israeli drone base takes shape in Somaliland, and fresh research links blood sugar levels to brain aging and disease.

"And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." - John 8:32

Keywords: Mitch McConnell health, Graham Platner rape allegation, Maine Senate race, Susan Collins, Trump deportations, ICE, DHS Markwayne Mullin, diesel mechanic pardons, Clean Air Act, Laura Pinho immigration fraud, Fulton County Georgia FBI investigation, 2020 election, Toyota Tacoma Texas, reindustrialization, tariffs, The Odyssey movie backlash, Hollywood DEI, Xi Jinping missile test, Pacific nuclear triad, Australia Pacific security, China fishing fleet Africa, Sierra Leone fishermen, Somaliland drone base, US Israel military base, Red Sea Houthis, Ilhan Omar, blood sugar brain aging, keto diet brain health

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Join Bryan Dean Wright, former CIA Operations Officer, as he covers today's top stories shaping America and the world. In this Monday Headline Brief of The Wright Report, Bryan covers America's 250th birthday weekend, from Trump's Mt. Rushmore fireworks comeback and his barn-burner speech calling Communism a cancer on the Republic, to NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani's counter-speech from George Washington's desk blasting white Americans as colonizers while his wife skipped the celebrations for a Muslim retreat in Spain.

Bryan then tracks the sharp clash between VP JD Vance and Pope Leo over open borders immigration policy, grounded in fresh cases including a Biden-era Haitian migrant killing a Pennsylvania State Police trooper, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz pardoning a convicted child rapist from Laos, and newly elected Communist Congresswoman Melat Kiros refusing to condemn a Muslim terror attack targeting Jews in Boulder. On the global front, Iran's IRGC announces a discriminatory fee structure for ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz, the former Ayatollah's funeral reveals the possible disappearance of Iran's new Supreme Leader, and Australia continues pulling Pacific island nations away from China with new security pacts in Fiji and the Solomon Islands.

Plus, Spain's solar energy collapse offers a warning to US states doubling down on green energy, Europe's heat wave kills thousands as governments block air conditioning in the name of climate policy, Taiwan brings back anti-Communist military training, and Finnish researchers confirm that kids with dogs are healthier and need fewer antibiotics.

"And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." - John 8:32

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Join Bryan Dean Wright, former CIA Operations Officer, as he covers today's top stories shaping America and the world. In this Thursday Headline Brief of The Wright Report, Bryan tracks the accelerating rise of Communist Democrats ahead of the midterms, from Kamala Harris courting NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani to Ethiopian-born Congressional winner Melat Kiros unseating a 30-year Democrat incumbent in Colorado by running hard left and defending the 9/11 attacks on America.

Bryan also covers Google co-founder Sergey Brin taking a 94% loss to exit New York real estate, the DOJ expelling a Cuban spy running a Leftist NGO, former CIA Director John Brennan filing a preemptive lawsuit ahead of his expected indictment, and egg producers settling price-fixing charges with 17 state attorneys general. On the global front, Iran's IRGC tightens its grip on negotiations as the Ayatollah's office signals resistance to any deal with the US, global shipping companies form convoys through the Strait of Hormuz, and South Africa is rocked by mass protests demanding African migrants go home.

Plus, VP JD Vance takes on Pope Leo over immigration, Spain's Socialist government openly uses illegal alien amnesty as a political weapon against Catholics and conservatives, a Screwworm update warns pet owners to watch their animals, and Bryan releases a 14-minute Independence Day film tracing his family's journey west to Oregon in 1872. (Link Above)

"And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." - John 8:32

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