Brad Howard

The WSJ calls it “the most severe energy crisis since the 1970s.” ⛽️

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In Aug 2003, Colin Powell wrote to Paul Bremer that US troops on raids in Iraq “shouldn’t be taking the press with us or releasing photos” because the raids looked ugly.

To DOD’s credit, it ignored Powell and didn’t begin to curtail embedding until a decade later.

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‘Dark, like our future’: Iranians describe scenes of catastrophe after Tehran’s oil depots bombed Residents report terror of smoke-filled city, from potentially toxic rain, air and water to food scarcity and difficulty of escape

“Tehran is burning. And smoke has filled the streets. It’s impossible to drive out of the city right now and even with the windows closed, heavy smoke is making its way inside."

Read every word.

reframing a vote for war funds as a vote against the troops is not a “hard question”, it’s an intentional, bad faith misrepresentation of the situation that derives entirely from Tapper’s biases, not from hard hitting journalism

I do hope this helps

I’ve seen several potential clients using AI LLMs to evaluate legal claims and, besides often being wrong, they reliably interpret the query to predict what answer the user *wants* to hear. So, worse than wrong.

It’s profoundly weird to have “The Troops” be this ephemeral, elusive concept that demands deference in all seasons no matter what.

It feels Prussian.

Loud blast heard near US embassy in Oslo, Norway, police say A ‌loud blast was heard near the ​U.S. embassy ​in Oslo early on ⁠Sunday, Norwegian police ​said.

Loud blast heard near US embassy in Oslo, Norway, police say reut.rs/4svxarZ

“China may never again have a moment when Washington is so reluctant to intervene on Taiwan’s behalf.”

A Perfect Storm for Taiwan in 2026? How a convergence of factors could tempt Beijing to act.

“There are moments in history when multiple internal and external factors act jointly to promote a certain outcome—when “perfect storms” brew and the seemingly unimaginable starts to take hold. Given the current circumstances, such a perfect storm for Taiwan might be coming sooner than people think

Trump’s Iran options include special operations raid on nuclear sites Former government sources and military experts say elite units have long prepared to land in Iran.

The options Trump is weighing include a commando raid on Isfahan and other nuclear sites

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At Largest ICE Detention Camp, Staff Bet on Detainee Suicides, AP Reports Camp East Montana has received several 911 calls in the span of five months about immigrants trying to harm themselves.

Staff at the nation’s largest Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility have placed bets on which detainee will be the next to die by suicide, according to new reporting from the Associated Press based on 911 calls and detainee accounts.

Weird how creating conditions where powerful people never have to face real accountability leads to powerful people abusing their power. Who could have predicted that?

Intel report warns large-scale war ‘unlikely’ to oust Iran’s regime A classified U.S. report doubts that Iran’s opposition would take power following either a short or extended U.S. military campaign.

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Mum screamed as the bomb went off. Then the line to Evin jail went dead

🔺 EXCLUSIVE: The son of Lindsay Foreman, the Briton incarcerated in Tehran with her husband on espionage charges, describes the moment war came to her prison

I’m playing the new Star Trek Voyager game and it is lit

Pretty much my dream game when I was in middle school come to life

One week into Iran war, the dangers for the US and Trump multiply One week into the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran that has plunged the Middle East into turmoil, President Donald Trump faces a growing list of risks and challenges that raise questions about whether he will be able to translate military successes into a clear geopolitical win.

One week into Iran war, the dangers for the US and Trump multiply reut.rs/4rAFh5T

Yes and also I’m not sure how publicly known it is how close it came to becoming black hawk down in Venezuela

Nobody should take messaging advice from me, but democrats might make a lot of mileage just by repeating facts about Iran like “it’s incredibly mountainous” and “there are 90 million Iranians”

Kuwait has begun cutting oil production after running out of storage room, signaling a broader crisis that poses new risks to the global market The cuts signal a broader storage crisis that poses new risks to the global market.

The cuts signal a broader storage crisis that poses new risks to the global market. on.wsj.com/4bpV9TH

Trump administration says Nashville reporter arrested by ICE will get due process President Donald Trump's administration said on Friday a Colombian reporter for a Spanish-language news outlet in Tennessee, arrested by federal immigration agents, will get due process.

Trump administration says Nashville reporter arrested by ICE will get due process reut.rs/3MRDmeS

Trump Demands Iran Relent While US Aims to Calm Energy Markets President Donald Trump demanded Iran capitulate in the war’s seventh day, suggesting a longer timeframe for the conflict even amid energy-market tumult and worries about whether the US has the military stockpiles to carry on the fight indefinitely.

President Donald Trump demanded Iran capitulate in the war’s seventh day, suggesting a longer timeframe for the conflict even amid energy-market tumult and worries about whether the US has the military stockpiles to carry on the fight indefinitely

Doesn’t sound like it went great

Echos the recent reporting that Hezbollah cashed out their preverbal 401k to pay for the ability to fight today

Apparent Israeli SOF air-assault operation in Beqaa valley. Would be first IDF ground operation that far north in Lebanon since their naval SOF did a raid on the coast north of Beirut in 2024—and as far as I know, the first ground operation in Beqaa since a major raid on a Baalbek hospital in 2006.

BREAKING Explosion heard over Dubai airport on Saturday followed by a cloud of smoke in the air, a witness told AFP, as Iran presses attacks across the Gulf.

The Flightradar24 tracking website shows planes circulating above the airport in an apparent holding pattern

Bodycam video contradicts ICE claims in fatal shooting of U.S. citizen Ruben Ray Martinez in Texas Video of last year's fatal shooting of Ruben Ray Martinez obtained by CBS News appears to contradict claims that Martinez was shot by an ICE agent because he "accelerated" and "intentionally ran over"...

DHS claimed "an ICE agent had fired 'defensive shots' into Martinez's vehicle after Martinez 'intentionally ran over' another agent."

But body cam video now "shows that Martinez's vehicle, a blue Ford Fusion, was stationary or going at a very low rate of speed when he was fatally shot."

The US military was likely responsible for the strike on an elementary school in southern Iran that killed scores of children, the deadliest incident of civilian casualties in the US and Israel’s almost week-long war with Iran, according to CNN and expert analysis of evidence. https://cnn.it/4rjSsbc

Russia Secretly Sharing Location of U.S. Targets With Iran, U.S. Officials Say In a sign of deepening ties, satellite data from Moscow could help Tehran hit American forces around the Middle East.

Russia is sharing with Iran information about the locations of U.S. military forces in the Middle East that Tehran could be using to help guide its missile attacks in the region. on.wsj.com/4lbR3lj

Sincere respect for, and condolences to the family of this brave man, Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Tyler Jaggers.

While i never needed your services over the many years sailing those waters, i knew you were there, and it made me feel better.

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This is Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Tyler Jaggers, an aviation survival technician based out of Astoria, Oregon.

He died Thursday after suffering critical injuries Feb. 27 during a rescue off the coast of Oregon, the Coast Guard says.

RIP.

We are now hitting the overcorrection to E-bikes where instead of common sense legislation, you are getting full throated bans &/or shoving them into the category of automobiles & motorcycles for legal purposes which is in effect a ban of use for most people

Car culture swinging its weight around