instead Of shitting on our allies, maybe we should have taken the time to build the case for war. This capability sure could be useful about, I donโt know, now.
instead Of shitting on our allies, maybe we should have taken the time to build the case for war. This capability sure could be useful about, I donโt know, now.
Slotkin: "If Russia is helping to kill US forces, we have crossed a rubicon. We have to take decisive action on that. Instead, we're giving them breaks on oil. They're making a ton of money."
Andy Kim: "What we're seeing is this administration literally making it up as they go. Sec. Wright tweeted that we had already been escorting ships through the Strait of Hormuz, they they deleted it. Then they decided not to move forward on the strategic petroleum reserve, now they are."
Someone so horrible even the GOP won't support him.
"Jeremy Carl believes โwhite cultureโ is in jeopardy, Jews play victims and Jan. 6 rioters were treated worse than African-Americans under Jim Crow"
#mtpol
Everything. EVERYTHING--this president does benefits Putin. Every thing
โBig supply reductions have been seen in Iraq, Qatar, Kuwait, the UAE and Saudi Arabia, but declining production in the Gulf would be partly offset by increased output from Kazakhstan and Russia and by non-OPEC+ producers, said the IEA.โ
[Financial Times]: Iran war is causing โlargest disruption in historyโ to oil supplies, says IEA By Verity Ratcliffe in London
www.ft.com/content/3272...
#iran #usIsraelWar
Interventions such as cycle lanes, uptake of electric cars and restrictions on polluting vehicles had helped to drive the improvements across 19 cities in reducing air pollution.
Beijing and Warsaw reduced fine particulate pollution (PM2.5) by more than 45%
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Trump remains confident militarily, but the economic impact worries the White House.
โThe president sees the briefingsโฆ and he feels good about his decision, militarily,โ one adviser said.
โOil is another matterโฆ Thereโs plenty of oil. Itโs just getting it on the market.โ
๐ฎ๐ท๐บ๐ธ Iranโs threat to choke the Strait of Hormuz is complicating Trumpโs war strategy against Iran, as rising oil prices become almost as important as battlefield outcomes, - Axios
โThe Iranians f*cking around with the Strait makes him more dug in,โ a senior administration official said.
Sheโs looking very Ri Chun-hee
US Energy Secretary Chris Wright says tanker escort operations in the Strait of Hormuz will likely begin by the end of the month.
The US hasnโt been releasing true casualty figures. The strike on Kuwait in the early hours of the war was worse than previously revealed.
the way it seems right now, irans goal is to destroy our economy and our goal is to provide footage for dank memes the administration can post so edgelords will think theyre cool
Big Tech and Big Media donated some $63 million to a Trump-aligned nonprofit that was set up to help finance Trump's presidential library.
Now the nonprofit has disappeared and with it the money.
Three guesses on where it's gone.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Hmmmmmmm
Smoke rising from Al Dhafra Air Base in Abu Dhabi, UAE aftr Iranian missile impact.
It is interesting to me* how this total military, geopolitical, & economic omnishambles is not being covered in the press with remotely the same fierce EPIC DISASTROUS FAILURE urgency that Joe Bidenโs not 100% surgically clean withdrawal from ๐ฆ๐ซ was covered ๐ค
[*It is not remotely interesting to me]
Did the FBI read 'west bank' and get confused?
๐จ๐จ FBI HAS WARNED POLICE DEPARTMENTS IN CALIFORNIA THAT IRAN WANTS TO RETALIATE FOR AMERICAN ATTACKS BY LAUNCHING OFFENSIVE DRONES AGAINST THE WEST COAST -ABC NEWS
Ogles is a vile bigot whoโs also doing performative cruelty to win his primary.
1) he won a gerrymandered seat
2) local news busted him for pathologically lying about his entire life story
3) his 2026 GOP primary & Dem challengers crushed him in fundraising
4) Dems could beat him if renominated
At least four of the companies awarded contracts so far to build a "Golden Dome for America" are owned by Cerberus Capital Management, founded by billionaire Steve Feinberg.
He is now the deputy secretary of defense, but he ran Cerberus until last year.
Itโs Russian style propaganda
๐ ICE deported two U.S. citizen children with their mother to Guatemala, even though she had apparently elected to leave them with their grandmother in Florida.
The govt is now arranging their return under court order: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
1/ Vladimir Putin is said to be concerned about a possible coup by the Russian military following the arrest of former First Deputy Defence Minister Ruslan Tsalikov. Mobile Internet in the centre of Moscow has been turned off for the past week, with no official explanation. โฌ๏ธ
IRAN: FAMILIES OF EMBASSY STAFF IN LEBANON LEFT BEIRUT
Bundestag President Julia Klรถckner has arrived in Kyiv.
Welcome!