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#Trump admin sows “confusion” as it tries to reopen #StraitOfHormuz [they just have no idea what they’re doing]
The Trump admin’s approach to the #IranWar over the past 24 hrs has pinballed from declarations that a tenuous ceasefire was holding & military operations were over to new threats of bombing the Islamic Republic.
#idiocracy #kakistocracy #US #Iran #war #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #economy #MarketManipulation
https://apnews.com/article/trump-iran-war-confusion-messaging-contradiction-20471bb90ad7abd6381a761fffeb8e96
💥 The #weapons used to destroy Palestinian lives don’t come from nowhere; they’re made in factories near you.
Before they’re shipped abroad and used to maim children, level homes and wipe out entire communities, they pass through supply chains rooted in our own cities, our own economies.
🇫🇷 FR in Alt
1/3 👇
#1000Madleens #FreedomFlotilla #FreedomFlotillaCoalition #war #palestine
Iranian airstrikes have damaged or destroyed at least 228 structures or pieces of equipment at #US #military sites across the #MiddleEast since the #war began, hitting hangars, barracks, fuel depots, aircraft & key radar, communications & air defense equipment, acc/to a WaPo analysis of satellite imagery. The amount of destruction is far larger than what has been publicly acknowledged by the #Trump admin or previously reported.
The threat of air attacks rendered some of the #US bases in the region too dangerous to staff at normal levels, & commanders moved most of the personnel from these sites out of the range of Iranian fire at the start of the #war, ofcls said.
Since the start of the war on Feb 28, seven service members have died in strikes on US facilities in the region — six in #Kuwait & one in #SaudiArabia — & >400 troops have suffered injuries as of late April, the US #military said.
…Satellite imagery of the #MiddleEast is unusually difficult to acquire at present. 2 of the largest commercial providers, Vantor & Planet, have complied with requests from the #US govt—their biggest customer—to limit, delay or indefinitely withhold the publication of imagery of the region [#censorship] while the #war is ongoing, making it difficult or impossible to assess #Iran’s counterstrikes. Those restrictions began less than 2 weeks into the war.
#Iran has hit far more #US military assets than reported [or admitted to by the #Trump admin], satellite images show
Imagery published by Iranian state-affiliated media & verified by The Post shows damage to at least 228 structures or pieces of equipment at US #military sites.
#TrumpsWar #IranWar #war #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2026/05/06/iran-us-bases-satellite-images/
https://www.ft.com/content/8ebecab1-552e-4e12-96cf-c36d738aeb2e
"it’s like the #world has lost its #job but has kept living reasonably comfortably off its crude #oil nest egg and #unemployment benefits. Unfortunately this nest egg will now soon be spent, and the government cheques are set to run out, unless the #Strait reopens pronto"
Silver lining - permanent demand destruction; collapse of oligopoly
#war #gas #fossilfuels #climate #climatecrisis #climatechange #extinction #survival #humanrights
The May 9 Moscow parade is days away, yet Putin is already a laughingstock - including within Russia itself - and the 2026 parade has already turned into a symbol of failure for Russia:
• Air defense systems pulled in from across the country;
• No heavy equipment or aviation on display;
• Internet outages in Moscow lasting several days;
• Unprecedented security measures;
• The absence of high-profile guests.
All of this points to fear - and a regime in its final throes.
#AureFreePress #war
"Selling to Both Sides" - 'US approves $8.6bn in arms sales to Middle East allies'
Selling to Israel, and also selling to those who will inevitably be fighting against an Israeli invasion soon too..
"The sales include the transfer of an advanced precision kill weapon system (APKWS) and related equipment to Israel for $992m.."
https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2026/5/3/us-approves-8-6bn-in-arms-sales-to-middle-east-allies
#Corruption #TheBusinessOfWar #ProfitsBeforeLives #News #HumanRights #AUSPol #USPol #Activism #War
Do you know how to guarantee a military failure like the Bay of Pigs invasion? Tell Cubans you are going to invade every week for months so they can get super prepared for your arrival. Destructive, negligent, illegal wars of choice are bad. www.newsweek.com/donald-trump... #USpol #Cuba #war
With friends like these…
#Trump is withdrawing 5k troops from #Germany
The #US is withdrawing 5k troops from Germany, the #Pentagon announced Friday, in a rebuke to the close #NATO ally amid a widening rift between Trump & #Europe over the #Iran #war.
Trump had threatened a drawdown in forces earlier this week after sparring with German Chancellor Friedrich #Merz, who said the Iranians were humiliating the US in talks to end the 2-month-old war.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has a longstanding fascination with the Crusades.
That’s right, the Crusades: the series of late 11th to 13th century medieval wars in which Europeans fought to control the Holy Land. He has tattoos that reference the Crusades, something that actually came up in his confirmation hearing in 2025. And his 2020 book is titled American Crusade.
The final chapter is titled “Make the Crusade Great Again.”
"The wargames market was basically inaccessible to people that were part of the anti-war movement, unless it was couched in a way that wasn’t revisiting the atrocities that people were seeing on TV coming out of Vietnam." Jon Peterson with Angela Chen & Clara Collier for Asterisk https://asteriskmag.com/issues/14/shall-we-play-a-game?src=longreads #war #games #boardgames #rpg #longreads #history #conflict
Secretary of the #Navy #JohnPhelan abruptly leaves job as the #Trump admin continues the naval #blockade of #Iran
#IranWar #TrumpsWar #US #war #MafiaState #WarCrimes #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #inflation #economy #affordability #CostOfLiving #oil #energy #EnergyCrisis
https://apnews.com/article/pentagon-navy-secretary-phelan-cao-3a871b87f1a31c1c7168f69e8fe4f7b5
RE: https://infosec.exchange/@TheKeystoneCollective/116441437468862726
Let’s put this #Palantir #NHS issue a different way:
the founder sells himself as the #Antichrist who will urge in the #techbros #apocalypse ―for the right price and the betterment of his kind of mankind.
meanwhile, the CEO wrote a book-long #eugenics manifesto and defense of #war and #genocide to cull the unwashed masses.
and they hired a Mosley, the grandson of the leader of the fascist party, to manage said NHS business
WHY ENTRUST #UK HEALTH CARE TO PEOPLE WHO WANT TO KILL YOU?
Welcome to America where intelligent people have to stay silent so they won’t offend the stupid people.
#MAGA #republicans #america #gop #trump #politics #iran #war #Israel #christianity #middleeast #mala #epstein #EpsteinFiles #news #worldnews #opinion
From Gaza to Iran, commercial AI systems are being woven into the kill chain.
Big Tech can’t hide behind ‘neutral tech’ branding when their models and cloud services help power modern warfare.
They must face real rules and accountability.
#AI #bigtech #war #tech #peace
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/mar/15/ai-defense-warfare-companies
Statements from the Pope which will infuriate Trump probably.
#popeleoXIV #catholicchurch #iran #usa #israel #lebanon #war #geopolitics @geopolitics
"He and other peace activists came to view the contents of draft boards’ filing cabinets as no different from bombs or bullets: They were just tools that helped the government kill."
Read an excerpt of the new Atavist story, by Stephen Wood: https://longreads.com/2026/04/02/catholic-buffalo-vietnam-war-draft/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
#Longreads #Nonfiction #Journalism #Catholic #War #Antiwar #Draft #Vietnam #Government
A couple of days ago I talked about how we haven't hit real oil shortages - _yet_, here:
https://mastodon.murkworks.net/@moira/116304043451750923
Marketwatch are reporting on a J.P. Morgan analysis from Thursday which includes a map showing when the first wave of that _does_ hit. Unsurprisingly, it varies by location.
Their reporting is behind a paywall, which is a little rude given that they're just saying what JP Morgan is warning people about, but here's their link anyway:
And here's an archive.is alt-link for you:
And here's a direct map link for you, so you can see it nice and big:
https://images.mktw.net/im-00084239?width=700&size=1.871345029239766&pixel_ratio=2
Tick tock, motherfuckers.
Brace for impact.
JP Morgan have done their calculations, and they say April 20 is when the #fuel will stop arriving in #Australia. That's unexpectedly bad.
Source and more info (Paywall Bypass) https://archive.is/2026.03.28-200707/https://www.marketwatch.com/story/this-map-shows-a-crude-ticking-time-bomb-that-hits-much-of-the-worlds-oil-supply-in-april-2c058db6
Original Paywall link: https://www.marketwatch.com/story/this-map-shows-a-crude-ticking-time-bomb-that-hits-much-of-the-worlds-oil-supply-in-april-2c058db6
An airstrike hit Iran’s #University of Science and Technology in Tehran [#IUST] on Saturday, the state-run IRNA news agency reported.
The strike damaged #research & #education buildings, IRNA reported, citing the university’s public relations office.
#IranWar #TrumpsWar #US #Iran #Israel #war #Trump #Netanyahu #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #geopolitics #MiddleEast