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Independent media just played a truly massive role in this election, and we are so excited about what that means for the future of this show. This is the only place where you can find honest perspectives from the left and the right that simply does not exist anywhere else. So if that is something that's important to you, please go to breakingpoints.com, become a member today, and you'll get access to our full shows, unedited, ad-free, and all put together for you every morning in your inbox. We need your help to build the future of independent news media, and we hope to see you at breaking points.com. Let's turn now to the most critical thing, the Strait of Hormuz. The White House is all over the place on the Straits of Hormuz.

They are claiming that as part of the ceasefire, that the strait would be free and open.

And yet immediately after the ceasefire was implemented, Iran announced, yeah, ships, you

can pass, maybe only 12 to 15 a day with the permission of the IRGC in coordination with

Iranian military forces.

You have to avoid the minds, only we know where they are, so you're going to have to go exactly

where we tell you to go.

Oh, and you're going to have to pay us.

Here's what the White House, how they reacted to some of this news, that clearly the

straight was not open.

Let's take a listen.

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