Tuesday, June 17, 2025
Trump Confirms U.S. is Part of Conflict With Iran
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‘We Now Have Complete And Total Control’: Trump Confirms U.S. is Part of Conflict With Iran
President Donald Trump appeared to offer confirmation that the United States is now participating in Israel’s attack on Iran in a Tuesday social media post.
Amid escalating tensions and the exchange of bombings after Israel attacked Iranian nuclear facilities last week, Trump has faced questions about the extent of U.S. involvement in the conflict. In a new post on Truth Social using the term “We,” Trump wrote: “We now have complete and total control of the skies over Iran. Iran had good sky trackers and other defensive equipment, and plenty of it, but it doesn’t compare to American made, conceived, and manufactured “stuff.” Nobody does it better than the good ol’ USA.”
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Politico White House reporter Jake Traylor confirmed with a White House official that “we” in Trump’s post is indeed referring to the United States.
The Trump administration was initially wary of Israel’s strikes that set off the latest round of fighting, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio was quick to insist that Israel acted “unilaterally.” Yet as the White House realized the strikes had been a success, Trump publicly backed Israel’s escalation, according to the New York Times.
The conflict has sparked a bitter debate within Trump’s MAGA movement — between the pro-Israel hawks who want to see war with Iran and the America First isolationists who argue Trump ran on ending U.S. involvement in foreign wars.
This new social media post taking credit for seizing control of Iranian skies will do little to disabuse the world that the United States is inching towards greater involvement in this war.
UPDATE 12:30 p.m.: Minutes after publishing, Trump added in another post to social media: “UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER!”
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UPDATE: 12:45 p.m.: In another post regarding Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Trump said he does not plan to “take him out (kill!), at least for now.”
This story is breaking and will be updated.
IT'S A QWIKEE >> Mesa City Council Meeting - 6/16/2025
| File #: | 25-0530 |
| Type: | Resolution | Status: | Agenda Ready |
| In control: | City Council |
| On agenda: | 6/16/2025 |
| Title: | Approving and authorizing the City Manager to enter into a three-year Agreement with Visit Mesa, Inc., for the distribution of a portion of the City’s transient lodging tax proceeds for the promotion of tourism and destination marketing in Mesa, Arizona and in accordance with A.R.S. §9-500.06. (Citywide) Resolution No. 12387 |
| Attachments: | 1. Presentation, | 2. Council Report, | 3. Resolution, | 4. Agreement |
Approve Resolution authorizing the City Manager and/or his designee to sign and
execute a three-year transaction privilege tax (TLT) funding transfer agreement
(Exhibit A) with Visit Mesa for the promotion of tourism and destination marketing in
the City of Mesa (“City”) and in accordance with Arizona Revised Statutes § 9-
500.06.
Background and Discussion
Arizona Revised Statutes require that a certain portion of TLT collections be used in
the promotion of tourism by the City or a contracted non-profit organization.
mission is the promotion of tourism in Mesa, Arizona, including the promotion of
sporting and community events, visitor spending, economic tourism, and cultural
exhibits.
- $3.9M of TLT funds in FY 2022/2023,
- $3.5M of TLT funds in FY 2023/2024, and is expected to receive
- $3.4M of TLT funds in FY 2024/2025.
50% funding split of the TLT funds received.
- The new agreement extends the term from one to three years, reflecting the desire to return to a longer-term strategic partnership.
- Additionally, it formalizes Visit Mesa’s $50,000 financial contribution to the Downtown Mesa Association (DMA), reflecting their ongoing partnership and supporting continuity in budget planning.
Grid agreement paves way for downtown Mesa hotel
The Grid broke ground in downtown Mesa on the $75-million project in 2020 and faced funding issues that halted construction a few times before coming to a full stop in January 2024. The new agreements approved by Mesa City Council set the stage for its possible completion in three phases.
Soletrust could bring a hotel to the site of The Grid, an unfinished multi-use project sitting dormant on 3 acres of city-owned land at the southwest corner of Main Street and Pomeroy in downtown Mesa.
- City Council last week approved without comment a ground lease and other agreements, clearing the way for the developer to buy the building out of bankruptcy court.
- The developer also has negotiated settlement of all 32 claims against the bankruptcy estate, according to the city.
Friday, May 30, 2025
*** THE GRID BANKRUPTCY *** >>> AGENDA FOR MESA CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR MONDAY....Council Study Session - 5/29/2025
Jeff McVay + "his team" present the resolution for THE GRID BANKRUPTCY - FIRST AGREEMENT WAS BACK IN 2017 leading to a default. . . He is mixing up his dates
Same developers as Forge Towers
Mesa Council Study Session Mon 16 Oct 2017
NEEDS
A ZONING CHANGE to include some townhomes along a short stretch of
Pomeroy Street that was just a drive-in to a parking lot for BenU and a
3-story parking garage behind Mesa Supreme CourtWHAT IS IT?
Mayor John Giles tunes in with some mumbo jumbo about "vertical/urban" ???
Jeff
McVay, Director of "Downtown Transformation" just announced this
morning on KJZZ FM that the City of Mesa is offering $3,000,000 of
"incentives" to entice a developer for on what was once city-owned property 
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