The end game in Iran turns significantly on whether the Iranian internal security forces remain capable. As long as they remain intact, it is hard to see how the people rise up and take back their country. Even then, the coalescing of civil society can be dicey. understandingwar.org/research/mid...
02.03.2026 07:15 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Guys, China’s risk calculus on Taiwan is not determined by some global scale of the acceptability of aggression
28.02.2026 23:10 — 👍 1884 🔁 199 💬 42 📌 14In terms of ICMBs, DIA estimates indicate that Iran had no missiles that could reach the US, though they would have 60 by 2035. Missile threats are not the only threat that Iran poses. www.dia.mil/Portals/110/...
28.02.2026 23:17 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Having worked at the FBI in counterintelligence and foreign influence during the time in question, I just want to reiterate the notion that John Solomon hasn’t a single of value to say about any of this.
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Hmmmm. But he took no military action against Russia.
28.02.2026 13:23 — 👍 574 🔁 143 💬 30 📌 11Ukraine has a lot of experience defending against Shahed drones. America surely has learned a lot from them.
28.02.2026 12:52 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0So Ukraine, fighting an existential battle against Russia would bother to divert their efforts to attack a NATO member while seeking to become a NATO member? This is embarrassingly bad propaganda.
28.02.2026 11:12 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Clippy says: Look's like you're trying to start a global thermonuclear war. Would you like me to decide when to launch?
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Ukraine has completely destroyed Russia's Black Sea Fleet headquarters www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukr...
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💬 "What we're seeing is not just a spike in deepfakes but a shift in how influence is produced," said a defence and security analyst.
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The enemy always gets a vote in war. If the US attacks Iran, they could respond with sustained attacks against US interests. Do we walk away? What does that do for America's standing and its ability to deter?
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The PRC did far less in 2020 than Russia.
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Apart from the constitutional hurdles to the president taking control of elections, the factual predicate of foreign intervention manifests as influence operations, historically supporting him, not undocumented voters. And the offices to combat it were gutted
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Things like this happen when you make bold policy statements and try to manage complex negotiations without relying on specialists in Iran and proliferation issues to guide the policy and lead the talks.
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How could executive privilege shield communications about someone who is not part of the executive? And if the claims are false, this intercept couldn't refer to a real executive action for which the president could claim a privilege.
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Saying no so they do not deploy a peacekeeping force is a lot easier than attacking the forces of a country backed by a nuclear deterrent. Is Russia willing to risk the survival of humanity if they cannot take Ukraine? If Putin is really that dangerous, policy responses to him should be more serious
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Spitting, assault and online abuse are rising signs of a dangerous political culture in Australia.
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Russia is hardly winning in Ukraine. Their glacial pace of advances are causing enduring strategic damage to Russia which has little to show for 12 years of war. That doesn't mean Russia isn't dangerous, we need to create the conditions for Ukraine to end this. www.csis.org/analysis/rus...
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Australia’s illicit tobacco trade may be a national security threat.
New reporting links organized crime and alleged IRGC-backed attacks, raising urgent questions about the crime-terror nexus. https://www.thecipherbrief.com/australias-illicit-tobacco-market?share_id=9184640
The Trump admin formally warned Ukraine not to strike targets within Russia that could hit US economic interests, according to Kyiv’s ambassador in DC.
Meanwhile, the Trump admin has barely said anything about Russia’s many more strikes on US businesses in Ukraine.
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Case 1:25-cV-02942-TJK Document 74 Filed 02/24/26 Page 1 of 17 1 of 17 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA L.G.M.L.., et al., Plaintiffs, V. Case No.: 25-cv-2942-TJK KRISTI NOEM, et al., Defendants. PLAINTIFFS' MOTION FOR AN ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE After a temporary restraining order narrowly thwarted the government's secret, middle-of- the-night attempt to expel unaccompanied Guatemalan children from the United States over Labor Day weekend, this Court certified a provisional class of certain Guatemalan children who are or will be in the custody of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and other Defendants and enjoined Defendants from "transferring, repatriating, removing, or otherwise facilitating the transport" of class members from the United States. Defendants declined to appeal that injunction and it remains in place while this matter proceeds to final judgment. But Plaintiffs have learned that Defendants are engaged in a practice that openly flouts the plain text of the Court's injunction and the statutory protections guaranteed by the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA). Specifically, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents are returning unaccompanied children from noncontiguous countries, including class members, to their home countries within 72 hours of entering government custody, typically before they can be transferred
NEW: Remember when the government rounded up dozens of unaccompanied children in the middle of the night and tried to summarily deport them?
A Trump-appointed judge entered an injunction barring their removal.
But lawyers for the children say the government is trying to circumvent that order.
Good to see the SecDef has an open plan in the event of an attack or starting a war with Iran
Pete Hegseth says he'll order random pizzas to throw off monitoring app share.google/zmaKa28Ilqr8...
El Mencho raid led to the discovery of anti-aircraft rockets and armored vehicles
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Americans should want to have effective representation in foreign capitals. This isn't effective.
23.02.2026 20:53 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Bill Clinton fired an FBI director for using the FBI plane for private business.
22.02.2026 23:05 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0The fallout from the CJNG El Mencho raid is fast and furious. Checking in with folks down there, sounds like Guadalajara and other cities are virtually under siege, everyone’s hunkering down at home until they get more clarity as to what’s going on.
22.02.2026 18:40 — 👍 111 🔁 37 💬 1 📌 2Judge Goodwin: "An anonymous government is no government at all. It cannot be held accountable. A masked agent freely uses force without justifying his actions, and the public cannot name him to challenge his conduct. A regime of secret policing has no place in our society."
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The question whether cyber attacks on hospitals or threats to internet cables are acts of war miss the point. Russia and China see competion on a continuum, not a binary of war and peace. The question is, how do we deter aggression along the continuum?
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I thought ICE fishing meant something else
He made a fake ICE deportation tip line. Then a kindergarten teacher called.
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What is the policy aim of a 10% tariff that expires in 150 days? Most countries will probably wait America out. It doesn't change trade conditions long enough enough to reshore manufacturing. It might just be a short term tax passed on to businesses and consumers
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