CMHoskins

Trump's decision to bomb Iran is now the greatest windfall to the Russian war effort on record. If it continues, it might save the Russian war economy.

Look at the Dow futures.

With link to human rights watch and more info

A destroyed residential building in Kramatorsk. On the fence in front of it, someone has written: “russian peace plan”.

Ukraine wants to end this war and restore a just and lasting peace. But russia does not want this war to stop.

"Trump and Netanyahu killed every child in this photo.

Every. Single. One.

Not combatants.
Not militants.

Schoolkids from Minab, Iran."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Mi...
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Oh, this one's a classic:

One shoe, two shoe,
Stop blowing up brown children with my fucking healthcare money, you murderous ghouls.

I do not like it in a dump.
I do not like it by a trump.
I do not like it over there.
I do not like it anywhere.

22/ New development has calmed markets. Prices have fallen back to ~$105 within mins of FT story

G7 govts - Japan & US & a 3rd country- have expressed support for releasing reserves. These strategic reserves were created after 1970s crisis;They exist for moments like this
www.ft.com/content/e114...

My last trip doing that.

G7 to discuss joint release of emergency oil reserves, FT reports The ​Group of Seven (G7) finance ministers will ‌discuss on Monday a joint release of oil from emergency reserves coordinated by ​the International Energy Agency, the ​Financial Times reported.

G7 to discuss joint release of emergency oil reserves, FT reports reut.rs/4dacNvY

25 Republicans in Congress:

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it's important to tend to your information environment

Block wreckers and saboteurs

I wonder how much of Jared Kushner's "negotiating" involves trading national security secrets for beneficial financial arrangements ...

Imagine being one of the highland shepherds in the Caucasus region right now, the sky more populated than the valleys around you…

Cryptic Emails and No Strings Attached. How MacKenzie Scott Gives Away Billions. The injections of cash, which arrive without warning, have led to bolstered finances, scholarships, jobs—and sometimes even more money.

Mackenzie Scott is just kicking the ass of all the other billionaires on the stuff that matters www.wsj.com/finance/cryp...

Technically we elected him, then elected someone else, he staged a coup, the coup failed, he faced no consequences, then we elected him again after he vowed revenge on us.

Drains across the Iranian capital Tehran are continuing to explode after earlier Israeli and US strikes on oil depots and infrastructure.

Medical experts are warning the toxic smoke and runoff has increased the risk of deadly illnesses, including cancer.

My thought as well. lol

Top Trump officials rush to purchase nuclear war-proof bunkers after Iran attack: report Since President Donald Trump’s unprecedented attack on Iran last week, at least two top Trump administration officials have raced to purchase their own survival shelters designed to withstand an apoca...

A dude in Texas who makes bomb shelters for nuclear war has seen his business skyrocket this week.

Recent clients include 2 Trump admin members, and the rest were almost all “Christian, conservative CEOs,” which included “several of the wealthiest men on the planet."
www.rawstory.com/iran-war/

What a mensch!! 💛🇺🇦💙

Holy shit: the guy who cut millions in grants because they were DEI cannot form a coherent explanation of what DEI is bsky.app/profile/lmrh...

They are murdering civilians on the high seas.

They are murdering civilians in 🇮🇷.

They are murdering civilians in concentration camps.

They are murdering civilians on the streets of 🇺🇸 cities.

These are not problems that can be fixed with new laws or more court orders.

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The Iranian Red Crescent has sent a request to the International Criminal Court calling for a criminal investigation based on the US/Israel's systematic attacks against civilians and civilian objects including:

6,668 civilian structures
5,535 homes
14 hospitals
65 schools

Sigh.

We were early adopters of the "Malevolently Incompetent Fascism is No Good and Very Bad" viewpoint. What can we say? The signs were everywhere, if only one looked around:

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Shots fired at Rihanna's house in Beverly Hills, no injuries reported, media say A woman fired numerous shots into the Beverly ​Hills home of pop music ‌star Rihanna on Sunday, and a round went through a wall ​of the house, local news ​outlets reported Sunday.

Shots fired at Rihanna's house in Beverly Hills, no injuries reported, media say reut.rs/40gI0pR

U.S. citizen born in Evanston says she was detained by immigration authorities for more than 30 hours after landing at O'Hare... and then released in Wisconsin. wgntv.com/news/chicago...

celebrate this international women’s day by paying for a subscription to a one-woman publication doing some cool shit (imho):

www.thehandbasket.co/upgrade

Indian shares set for steep drop as widening Mideast war drives oil spike Indian shares are set to slide on Monday after oil prices surged nearly 20% in early trade to their highest since July 2022, as the widening U.S.-Israeli ​war with Iran stoked fears of tighter supplies and prolonged disruption through the ‌Strait of Hormuz.

Indian shares set for steep drop as widening Mideast war drives oil spike reut.rs/4lf52Xw

ICE’s Warehouse Purchases Herald New Model for Immigration Detention - American Immigration Council ICE is purchasing commercial warehouses and retrofitting them into a national network of immigration detention centers.

The Maryland warehouse will be a "regional processing center," a new category of ICE detention center. The Anovaeon contract for "case processing" suggests they'd play a key role; exactly what is unclear.

Read more from me (or watch a video!) on the ICE's new vision for the detention system here.