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Populism.

"Trump Says 'I Guess' Americans Should Worry About Iran Retaliating on U.S. Soil: 'Like I Said, Some People Will Die'

Quite the headline from People.com

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This is amazing; am watching on C-SPAN3. If she had a staff member who liked her, that person would've walked up to her 15 minutes ago to whisper in her ear to get out of there.

But no one is protecting her. Any one of these attendees can break the news to her on live tv.

One day after three US jets were downed by Kuwaiti friendly fire.

Michael S. Schmidt • @nytmike x.com NEW and BREAKING: In a major reversal, the Trump admin is NOW trying to walk back its decision to walk away from defending the law firm executive orders in court. DOJ just notified the four fighting law firms that it now intends to continue defending the legality of the orders in court. A day ago, DOJ had a very different position.

You gotta be kidding me

Okay this may be the funniest effort yet

*TRUMP: I THINK IRAN MAY HAVE ATTACKED FIRST

Contradicting most everyone else in his Cabinet, Trump just said: "No, I might have forced their hand," when asked if Israel pulled the U.S. into war with Iran.

Plans should be in place before things happen very quickly (e.g. when you're about to launch an offensive against Iran and know that Iran attacking embassies is a likely outcome)

All signs, roads etc pointing in that direction. Visible from space for quite some time but events have increased the urgency and likely pace of change.

Amazing to see the numbers of CCP commentators below this article. Organized effort. Who is going to be swayed?

China prepares landmark law curtailing minority language rights Bill to ‘promote ethnic unity’ by mandating Mandarin use would hasten decline of other cultures, critics say

China prepares landmark law curtailing minority language rights - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT

< Very depressing. Insecure authoritarianism actively destroying culture

The US State Department urged Americans to leave countries across the Middle East, citing “serious safety risks” from the war with Iran. bloom.bg/40B6YQK

📷: Ibrahim Amro/AFP/Getty Images

Get used to it!

As Kagan notes in her dissent, the Court opted not to hear the due process parental rights argument against bans on gender-affirming medical care in Skrmetti, basically setting up a regime where parents can force their trans children back into the closet but cannot help them out of it

Great Quotes in Military History.

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Trump doesn't write these anymore, right?

A president got to have his say on the matter when he vetoed it, which Congress then overrode with bipartisan supermajorities.

Industry is not an amoral show. It is a show about amoral people.

£100k childcare cliff edge and 62% marginal rate (71% with student loan) will soon get more attention.

Trump: "Finally, we honor one more American soldier, a fallen warria of world. Of wars. And really, terra.”

I spent 6 years of my life writing a PhD about UK policy in Persian Gulf in the 1960s, including the role of the Anglo-American alliance.
Key to the Persian Gulf policy of both countries: AVOID a power vacuum under any circumstances &keep Iran&Saudi Arabia from attacking the smaller Gulf States.

Just a touch of necrotising fasciitis.

Bad money drives out the good.

Before today, no F-15 had been shot down in more than 35 years — since January 19, 1991, during the Persian Gulf War.

Before today, the U.S. had never had more than one aircraft shot down by friendly fire in a single day, let alone three.

Iran war is upending gas markets The disruption to LNG flows has sparked concerns about supply to the key regional customers of Europe and Asia

Iran war is upending gas markets - FT column here from Massimo Di Odoardo, head of gas and LNG analysis at Wood Mackenzie www.ft.com/content/8a9f...

Do you put much credence in crypto perp contracts representing currencies and commodities in terms of price discovery over the weekend?

USDJPY -0.04%

EURUSD -0.31%

USDMXN +1.08%

USDZAR +1.22%

Early doors and the Auckland desks have the dollar stronger but nothing dramatic. EMFX -1%

This is a business deal for him. He's conducting it behind closed doors.

I don't think the decision makers are thinking that clearly or strategically.