39/ Coz Strait of Hormuz is not US pvt property!
There are few such oil chokepoints ..."5 keys lock up the world"
-Malacca, Hormuz, Bab el-Mandeb, Suez, Dardanelles, Panama
You can read my ESCAPING THE PERMANENT SUEZ for history of geopolitics of energy.
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Here’s @jaketapper.bsky.social having American-Israeli *journalist* Emily Schrader on to tell CNN’s audience most Iranians inside Iran actually support Trump & Bibi’s war on Iran🤔, and claim Iran is moving weapons into mosques and schools (to justify bombing them… the Gaza playbook)
will remember jay as the person who deleted lexi alexander and link, worked hard to cut palestinians off from their one chance at survival, ignored the ongoing abuse of Black and trans users, and then when confronted about the whole thing said 'waffles'. and for that fugly no caesars shirt.
A Jornada Nacional de Lutas das Mulheres Sem Terra já mobilizou mais de 11 mil mulheres em 13 estados e 21 municípios, com 24 ações denunciando crimes do latifúndio e exigindo Reforma Agrária e o fim das violências.
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Distorted map of the United States showing the disproportionate political power of the South
Screenshot of exhibit on ‘Printing Black America: Du Bois’s Data Portraits in the 21st Century’ at the Central Brooklyn public library
One more thing: Du Bois’s visuals are worth emphasizing. (If you’re in Brooklyn, the central BK public library has an exhibit up through May on ‘data portraits’ inspired by Du Bois.)
Here’s how Du Bois visualized the pathologies of the Constitution in An Appeal to the World:
Sally Rooney: "I would like to ask my fellow writers & artists.. not to dwell too exclusively on what we stand to lose. There is another more important side to the story. To join in something greater than ourselves, to participate in.. a struggle for human liberation"
Taking advantage of fake spring to walk around and listen to the Albini version of In On the Killtaker. Still figuring out what I think but damn what a gift in the midst of so much horror fugazi.bandcamp.com/album/albini...
“How do you ask someone to die for the vanity of a leader committing war crimes? Anyone who believed 'the military will save us' from tyranny must understand that the military is the pointy end of the tyrant’s machine” www.un-diplomatic.com/p/troops-are...
A very good piece on why the left can't jettison the concept of international law altogether, despite its limitations and structural arrangement which at times has repeatedly legitmized colonialism and might-makes-right.
not every one racing to learn about oil, and non-western agency, shipping lanes, and insurance, and food and fertilizer markets, and missile launchers,
following oilheads like we were following epidemologist modellers in 2020....
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Israel is the only country in the world whose military and terrorist settler groups routinely murder US citizens with total impunity.
Israeli soldiers and settlers have killed more US citizens since 2022 than Iran’s military, and Trump is at war with Iran. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
There are only 4 possible scenarios on Iran. 4th is the best option for humanity & one Trump would rather die than accept.
1. Trump admits defeat & leaves Iran.
Consequence: Global power shifts to China & Russia. USA is the laughing stock of the world (even more than now). Iran is emboldened
1/5
in Booker’s case it’s both
How might we revive a pro-labor vision of the Constitution, and how would such a vision relate to the Constitution’s broader democratic purpose?
Today, Kate Andrias, Willy Forbath, Jennifer Abruzzo, Keith Bolek, Andrea Hoeschen, Darin Dalmat, and Alvin Velazquez share their perspectives.
Musk is just one example. A huge chunk of Silicon Valley bowed down to Trump, ranging between the begrudging, the opportunistic, and the enthusiastic. Professor Francesca Bria has referred to the emerging: “Authoritarian Stack“— “a network of firms, funds, and political actors turning core state functions into private platforms.” She points out that the key actors in the Silicon Valley right — including Anduril, Palantir and venture capital funders like AndreessenHorowitz — are closely connected and working with one another. They also, crucially, share an ideology that places them as empire-makers able to compete with sovereign states. Another example: Larry Ellison joined phone calls about overturning the 2020 election, and Trump has enabled him and his son to expand their media empire via TikTok, Paramount (including CBS News) and now Warner (including CNN). Also: HBO, Nickelodeon, MTV, Comedy Central, BET, TNT.
Larry Ellison is another example of the authoritarian stack in government. Oracle is a long-time government contractor, unlike some newer members of the stack, and Ellison is now using his fortune to build a media empire that will be critical of Dems. Why keep paying him?
Trump tells Times of Israel: The decision to end the war with Iran will be a joint decision in consultation with Netanyahu.
Biden and Trump admins doing this via Axios but also legacy media is just accepted as common sense spin, the US gov essentially saying look we have to do what Israel wants, but we can complain about it anonymously and OK but how is it normal for this to be politically expedient re: a US dependency
Barak Ravid's desk at Axios is little more than a megaphone for American disinformation and it is extremely frustrating that anyone take it at face value anymore
WashPost reports this like it makes logical sense, or should make sense to mature, savvy adults. But it needs a great deal of “unpacking.” Why does the U.S. feel compelled to help an Israeli military operation? Why is joining the attack the “best course,” and for whom? What the measure of “success”?
you're going to have jake tapper whine about how president AOC/pritzker betrayed the troops
Innocent that I am, I assumed this piece inflating Iran’s nuclear threat and advocating US boots on the ground would be by Hudson or Washington Institute brains, maybe CSIS or CNAS , but no, this call is coming from in-house NYTimes opinion section guys
It is absolutely insane that the US appears to have targeted desalination plants first – putting them onto the board. Iran seems to have already retaliated against one in Bahrain. This is one of the most obvious ways this could spiral.
Dropsite reports “Black rain” + “nuclear winter” caused by Israeli strikes on oil depots in Tehran
- chemicals are producing acidic precipitation that causes skin burns + severe lung damage on contact
- the rain is corrosive + could damage structures
- heavy metals leaking into soil/water systems
Hezbollah descends on the Litani region, and Israel will have to divert resources from Iran The fact that the IDF invests most of its intelligence and air resources in Iran is the main reason why the terrorist organization is increasingly successful in harming soldiers and communities in the north: The ID's entry into Lebanon has brought the soldiers closer to the range of anti-tank missiles, and the Radwan force deployed in the field detects their movements from the ground and air - and carries out attacks. Eradicating the firing squads near the Litani will require diverting intelligence efforts and withdrawing aircraft from fighting in Iran. 14:12 | Published: Ron Ben Yishai
A lot of people denied it for the sake of political expediency before January 20th 2025 but the evidence is pretty much insurmountable: the Israelis as they currently exist actually can not sustain the kind of pan-aggressive posture they have towards the entire region without guaranteed US support.
