2,500 marines is not much use for anything beyond a very targeted operation. I wonder what price oil will be by the time they arrive.
Forget the bombs - it’s things like this that will be a wedge issue for the Gulf States.
Israel plans to create a 7-8 km buffer zone in southern Lebanon, N12 reports. Another piecemeal invasion.
France and Italy have opened talks with Iran in the hope of securing safe Hormuz passage, the FT reports.
We now have figures for the hard of thinking.
The result of Trump’s fundamental weakness - a fear of appointing anyone smarter than himself which is a very, very low bar.
Right there with ya!
In the office. Nice evening.
The entire profession needs to stand united against this.
Sir 💥
About 15 years ago, someone got promoted suggesting that the parachutes on the KC135 wasted space. They were removed.
Dumb stupid idea then. Could they have saved this crew? Who knows. But would be nice to have the option.
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This thread of amazing music♥️
Michael Cohen announces to Lara Trump that he is teaming up with Laura Loomer to do a podcast together.
Still no censure of Tommy Tuberville, Randy Fine, or Andy Ogles, who are openly promoting hate against Muslims while the US is bombing Iran, killing the Ayatollah, and people like Lindsey Graham are calling it a "religious war" DURING RAMADAN.
How do you think this all ends, folks?
Leave the world 🌍 behind.
❗️The US has temporarily authorized operations involving some Russian oil.
The US Treasury Department has issued a 30-day license allowing the sale and transportation of Russian oil and petroleum products if they were loaded onto tankers before March 12. The license is valid until April 11.
Good grief.
I’ve got another candidate for the one-way AI assisted rocket to Mars.
They spent years telling the base they’d never do “stupid wars” like the old GOP. So now that they are, they need to package it like a video game.
JVL, Tim Miller, and Katie Couric on the jingoistic content machine built to keep MAGA on board.
Mobile Internet has been shut off in Moscow for some time now.
This means that payments, online maps, delivery services, taxis and many other things don't work.
Russians are buying pagers and paper maps. The "special military operation" is going according to plan.
This doesn’t make me feel good about the midterms.
A stew of incompetents.
“The Pentagon and National Security Council significantly underestimated Iran’s willingness to close the Strait of Hormuz in response to US military strikes while planning the ongoing operation.”
Karaj, west of Tehran. Airstrikes.
Loll
Good morning ☀️
Morning Bluesky.
There’s a peepee tape.