Verdict with Ted Cruz: Big Victories in Iran, More Risks of Terrorism at Home and Tucker & Dems Both Attack Trump - The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show

America at a Crossroads: How Operation Epic Fury, Rising Terror Threats, Democratic Obstruction, and Media Propaganda Define This Moment As the world watches Operation Epic Fury reshape the balance of power in the Middle East, Americans at home face rising terror threats, political gamesmanship in Washington, and a media environment increasingly aligned with anti‑American narratives. The latest episode of Verdict with Ted Cruz captures this moment with striking clarity, weaving together the military, political, and cultural battles that define America’s fight for security both abroad and at home. What emerges is a sobering but empowering picture: America is winning where it shows strength — and suffering where weakness is politically engineered.

Operation Epic Fury: Crushing Iran’s War Machine and Reasserting American Dominance Senator Ted Cruz opens the episode with the hard numbers that tell the story: Iran’s offensive capabilities are collapsing under sustained, strategic U.S. pressure. In just eight days:

• Ballistic missile launches fell from 350 to just 15 per day
• Drone swarms dropped from peak 541 to only 12
• Iran’s air defenses have been neutralized
• Mobile missile launchers are destroyed in real time
• The Iranian Navy has been crippled

The U.S. has achieved total air superiority and full maritime dominance in the Persian Gulf. This is not a symbolic show of force — it is the systematic dismantling of a regime that has funded terrorism for nearly half a century. President Trump’s strategy is working because it is disciplined:

1. Use precision weapons early to blind and cripple Iranian defenses
2. Transition to gravity bombs once dominance is secured
3. Cut off Iran’s financial lifelines
4. Demand unconditional surrender

The result: Iran’s ability to wage war or fund terrorism is fading fast. And beyond Iran itself, Operation Epic Fury delivers a powerful check on China by securing energy chokepoints critical to Beijing’s economy — a geopolitical masterstroke the mainstream media refuses to acknowledge.

Rising Terror Threats at Home: The Real Consequences of Open Borders While U.S. forces dismantle Iran’s capabilities abroad, Americans face growing threats at home from extremist actors emboldened by years of open‑border policies under the Biden administration. The episode cites two recent and chilling examples:

• A dangerous IED attack in New York City
• An Islamist‑motivated assault in Austin, where the attacker wore pro‑Iranian symbols

Yet the media suppressed key details — especially that attackers shouted “Allahu Akbar” and displayed Iranian extremist ideology. When facts interfere with political narratives, the media buries them. Senator Cruz makes the core point clearly:
These extremists are here because Democrats opened the border and kept it open. With Islamist leaders issuing fatwas calling for attacks on Americans, the Biden-era border collapse is not merely negligent — it is dangerous.

Democrats’ DHS Shutdown: Political Theater with Deadly Stakes One of the most stunning sections of the episode centers on the Democratic Party’s refusal to fund the Department of Homeland Security. Every Democrat except John Fetterman voted against DHS funding. Their target? ICE — or so they claim. The truth?
ICE is fully funded because Republicans secured its budget last year. So who is being punished in the shutdown?

• TSA agents, now working unpaid
• FEMA workers, responsible for disaster response
• The Coast Guard, whose servicemembers can't pay rent
• Counterterror units, critical during a time of heightened risk

This isn’t resistance — it’s recklessness. Democrats know their base hates ICE, wants open borders, and demands symbolic activism. So they chose to defund the very agencies that protect Americans while pretending to “fight” ICE. Senator Cruz calls it what it is:
A radical political game endangering Americans during a terror surge.

Exposing the Obama–Murphy Nuclear Deal Lies One of the episode’s most powerful takedowns comes as Senator Cruz dismantles Senator Chris Murphy’s claims about the Obama-era Iran Nuclear Deal. Murphy insisted the deal “was