The conflict started by the US president is likely to have major repercussions for the world’s economy, but there will be suspicion it’s been motivated by his domestic woes. Donald Trump has rolled the dice again, stunning the world by choosing the most extreme option over Iran. His decision…
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The Empathy Weapon
Same Sermon, Different Pew. This morning The New York Times published an essay by an immunologist who wasn’t vaccinated as a child, found science, got her shots, and now wants to help other parents see the light. It’s got that signature NYT sheen, is well written and emotionally compelling. And…
Operation: Epic Burrito
One Man’s Heroic Mission to Make Dinner While the World Burns and Our President Sells Watches. I was sitting on my parents’ couch watching Fox News with my father when Donald Trump appeared on the television to sell me a watch. Not in person. I mean during a commercial…
The U.S. Military Campaign Against Iran is Part of Trump’s Grand Strategy Against China
The goal is to obtain proxy control over Iran’s enormous oil and gas reserves so that they can be weaponized as leverage against China for coercing it into a lopsided trade deal that would derail its superpower rise and therefore restore US-led unipolarity. Trump claimed that the US’ military campaign against…
The Civil War Within Britain’s Conservative Party
“I will not rest until the rivers of Zimbabwe run red with the blood of every white man, woman and child and every African who supports them.” At precisely 11:00 GMT on 11 November 1965, Prime Minister Ian Douglas Smith, alongside Deputy Prime Minister Clifford Dupont and their ministerial colleagues, formally signed the Unilateral…
‘End of MAGA’: Trump’s Attack on Iran Sets Off Revolt Among Angry Supporters
A decision by Donald Trump to launch an assault on Iran with the help of Israel has set off a firestorm among longtime supporters who helped propel him to a second term based, in part, on his promise of no foreign military interventions. In the wee hours of the night in the…
Iran Strikes Back at U.S. Bases
Diplomacy was weaponized as an “instrument of deception,” an Iranian official tells Drop Site. Tehran promises to inflict losses on the U.S. At approximately 9:40 a.m. local time in Iran, President Donald Trump launched what he bluntly characterized as a regime change war aimed at eliminating the Iranian leadership, destroying…
Trump Says U.S. Servicemen May Die
The most Israel First administration in history. From Reuters, “Trump warns some Americans may die amid US strikes in Iran”: U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that the United States had begun “major combat operations” in Iran, warning that there may be U.S. casualties.
U.S., Israel Launch War on Iran
The US and Israel have started an aggressive war against Iran, and Tehran has retaliated with strikes against Israel and American military bases in the Middle East. In a video posted to Truth Social early Saturday morning, President Donald Trump announced the beginning of military operations against Iran. Trump…
CNN Says Timing of Attack on Iran ‘Has Symbolic Significance in Judaism’
The ongoing US and Israeli attacks have “symbolic significance in Judaism,” according to CNN . Tal Shalev, a CNN reporter, says: “The timing of the US and Israeli attack on Iran has symbolic significance in Judaism. In the lead-up to the upcoming Jewish holiday of Purim, believers read the specific Old…