Alex Ward @alexbward At least 3 congressional Republicans—including chairs of House and Senate Armed Services—are hinting strongly that a ground operation in Iran is planned and could potentially be underway soon Quote Connor O'Brien @connorobrienNH · 2h Senate Armed Services Chair Roger Wicker, asked about what Rogers said about not getting enough info on Iran, says: “Let me put it this way: I can see why he might have said that.” x.com/connorobriennh… 3:35 PM · Mar 25, 2026 · 467.6K Views

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[alex ward is the national security reporter at WSJ]

Very intense bombing is happening right now in Tehran. Non-stop explosions. #Iran

Iran threatening expanded retaliation.

#RadioFreeAmerica

It’s nonsense

This is nonsense

Homer Simpson hugging a rotten sandwich

IR Realists saying farewell to the Rational Actor Assumption

Thank you Nuno ! ☺️

This is an absolute must read from one of the best geopolitical minds in the game @alanderminna.bsky.social

Macron warned US could ‘betray’ Ukraine in leaked leaders’ call, Spiegel reports According to a transcript obtained by the German outlet, Europe rallied around Volodymyr Zelenskyy and sharply criticized Washington.

Witkoff and Kushner are self-interested unqualified clowns working to enrich themselves by forcing Ukraine into an unfavorable settlement. Rubio is the only American adult in the room keeping the negotiations from turning into a tribute offering to Russia.
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Nuno Felix on X: "Excellent fast and furious breakdown by Minna Alander of the DIM-WIT plan https://t.co/y16ReMU5Hi" / X Excellent fast and furious breakdown by Minna Alander of the DIM-WIT plan https://t.co/y16ReMU5Hi

@alanderminna.bsky.social with a fast and furious breakdown of this all DIM-WIT saga x.com/felix_nuno/s...

My favourite moments of this iteration of the ”US-Russia peace plan” were:

1. Dmitriev leaking it
2. The points admitting that Russia does kidnap Ukrainian children
3. The points including that Ukraine shouldn’t hit Moscow or St Petersburg ”without a cause”

(Tbc)

4. Zakharova stating that there have been no real negotiations since Alaska
5. A clueless Driscoll, who was supposed to talk some military to military cooperation in Kyiv, being tasked to brief Ukraine & NATO on the plan
6. Rubio denouncing the whole thing a day before agreed negotiations in Geneva

On the leaked and thus not-so-secret US-Russia ”peace plan”:

I have read nothing to indicate that it’s any different this time than in February/March, May, and August. The Trump admin is serving the same nothingburger for the fourth time. Media and analysts haven’t learned to see through the noise.

🇺🇸🇪🇺 US Permanent Representative to NATO Matthew Whitaker called on the EU to act aggressively on the seizure of Russian assets in order to ensure Ukraine receives financial and military support for several years to come.

Narcotrafic: Emmanuel Macron a demandé "d'amplifier" la lutte contre le trafic de drogues lors d'une réunion d'urgence à l'Elysée, organisée après plusieurs faits criminels, dont l'assassinat du frère d'un militant écologiste à Marseille ⤵️

This is so true. It is the rocket science. Its definitely happening

Reading headlines about the US massing forces to Venezuela and ”what is Trump’s aim with the troops ?” reminds me of a certain other country that massed troops at a neighbour’s border 4 years ago and headlines were wondering what Putin’s aim could possibly be

Not hard enough

I just issued an executive order to develop a veteran food pantry network to provide food support for veterans, service members, and their families.

Regardless of what happens at the federal level, Minnesota remains committed to providing for those who protect our freedom.

@whitehouse-47.bsky.social very well done today with the President of Syria

A Administração esta muito bem a aproveitar a oportunidade.

One the most fantastic arcs in world politics in a long, long time

A tugboat is on fire in the Kerch Strait, at the Port of Kavkaz in Russia’s Krasnodar region 👀

First and foremost

This is just insane. Sanctions are very real and very effective

We are so back

He is wrong on this. Apparently Russia disagrees

This is just insane. These sanctions are very real

SVT erfar: Sverige vill sälja 150 Gripenplan till Ukraina Sverige skriver under en avsiktsförklaring om att undersöka möjligheten att sälja uppemot 150 Gripenplan till Ukraina, erfar SVT. Det meddelar statsminister Ulf Kristersson på en pressträff inom kort,...

Big news from Sweden:

A memorandum of understanding has been signed with Ukraine for the sale of up to 150 Gripen fighter jets