"U.S. officials called London insurers and brokers, trying to figure out how the market operates, industry insiders said."
When applied to the current administration, I urge caution in using terms like "plans," "strategy," "policy," or "doctrine."
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(Reuters) - U.S. intelligence indicates that Iran's leadership is still largely intact and is not at risk of collapse any time soon after nearly two weeks of relentless U.S. and Israeli bombardment, according to three sources familiar with the matter.
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My neighbor told me Jesus keeps converting his non-Christian chroniclers so I asked how many chroniclers he has and he said he just goes to the empire and gets a new chronicler afterwards so I said it sounds like he’s building the Kingdom of God then his daughter started saying "My soul proclaims th
Drone strikes in Haiti.
Drone strikes. In Haiti.
By private contractors.
They’re killing Haitians for private profit & the world barely pays attention.
The story of Haiti is the story America likes to tell about itself. Except there, it’s true. And the west has never stopped punishing Haiti for it
I'm not a commodities guy but I don't know how many more events like this the markets will be willing to overlook because Trump occasionally shouts, "nearly done!" at a reporter from his golf cart.
Not just this, his kid who replaced him has the exact opposite view
The old man didn’t want nukes, Jr absolutely does (and now has a damn good argument for building them). Absolute idiocy
Yeah we are doing the oil crisis
A grim BBC report from Havana filed 4 days ago. The Trump Administration is deliberately causing the worst humanitarian crisis of my lifetime in the western hemisphere and the US prestige press can't be bothered to cover it. Please shame them into reporting on this crisis before people start dying.
“There’s been a drastic change since January,” said Aniliet Rodríguez, a 25-year-old pregnant woman who was admitted that month to a maternal care center for an extreme case of anemia. “There’s no bread, no milk for nutrition … . There are no medicines.”
Remember these words as he engineers a humanitarian disaster the scale of which nobody in this hemisphere has seen in living memory.
🚨🚨🚨 🇮🇱 BOMBED NEXT TO THE UNESCO SITE OF BAALBEK
This adds to the 🇺🇸🇮🇱 axis targeting of a series of heritage sites in Iran, Palestine and Lebanon over the past week (see post 👇 🧵)
New: ICE name-dropped MAGA YouTuber Nick Shirley when arresting an immigrant in NYC, per court docs.
“The only thing they asked me about is why I was being aggressive to Nick Shirley…”
More @courthousenews.bsky.social
Pope Leo: “Dear brothers and sisters, let us continue to pray for peace in Iran and throughout the Middle East, especially for the many civilian victims, including many innocent children. May our prayer be a comfort to those who suffer and a seed of hope for the future.”
The bi-partisan commitment to genocide should've also been a warning sign.
It is truly wild that the government revealed it is entirely captured by child rapists and everything is just kind of going on as if that is not the case.
Three vessels have been hit by unknown projectiles in the Strait of Hormuz, maritime security agencies and sources said on Wednesday, as one of the strikes led to a fire onboard a ship and forced most of its crew to evacuate it.-Reuters
doing this without attaching it to a war powers vote is political malpractice
I can only see one future from this point
man.
Cool
5/ And on the Strait of Hormuz, they had NO PLAN. I can't go into more detail about how Iran gums up the Strait, but suffice it say, right now, they don't know how to get it safely back open.
Which is unforgiveable, because this part of the disaster was 100% foreseeable.
Haven't checked the 287(g) page in a while, but @bremg.bsky.social found that this language was quietly added — a quick check of Internet Archive shows that this popped up on/about Sunday, Feb. 15.
Our assessment: ICE is looking to find workarounds to 287(g) bans.
After big banks declined to fund ICE prison contractors, $CFG @CitizenBank stepped in, drawing protesters. My story: www.inquirer.com/business/cit...
Here we go
The White House confirms the U.S. Navy has not escorted any vessels through the Strait of Hormuz.
On the one-year anniversary of his detention by federal authorities, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and First Lady Rama Duwaji welcomed Mahmoud Khalil, his wife Noor, and their baby boy, Deen, to Gracie Mansion to break the fast together.
Probably need a new car. Please pray that works out
NEW: The Maronite Catholic priest killed today in Lebanon was reportedly the victim of a double-tap strike on civilians by the Israeli Defense Forces.
According to the Department of Homeland Security, from Jan. 1 to Nov. 19, 2025, 261 DACA recipients were apprehended, with 86 deported. The two senators want detained DACA recipients released and the deported ones returned.
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