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The War on Iran: Where We Are, Where We're Going, and Why A pause to reflect. Will the fire soon burn itself out?

Three paths, three outcomes. Poised on the edge of a blade.

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by @thomasneuburger.bsky.social

Who's the 'Us' in 'Keeping Us Safe'? It's not who you think

“There’s only one ‘them’ in the mind of Alex Karp’s class: those who would threaten the rich.”

Who's the 'Us' in 'Keeping Us Safe'? - @thomasneuburger.bsky.social
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A Texas City Faces Water Crisis as Big Oil and Gas Use Most of It Corpus Christi faces a looming emergency as officials delay limits on large-scale water consumption.

A Texas City Faces Water Crisis as Big Oil & Gas Use Most of It
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The Building of Fortress Iran "Iran was a chew toy the Russians and British tussled over"

“Iran became a chew toy the Russians to the East & the British to the West tussled over, avoiding partition only because neither wanted the other to have a piece for themselves.”

The Building of Fortress Iran - @thomasneuburger.bsky.social
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As the United States has started yet another war in the Middle East, one think tank, the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD), has been a leading advocate both in making the case to go to war against Iran and to continue it. FDD’s founder and CEO Mark Dubowitz issues a constant stream of pro-war posts on X, and its experts are widely quoted in the media weighing in as the war in the region has escalated. But the role the Marcus Foundation has played in advancing the case for the war appears to have gone largely unnoticed. In 2025, the Marcus Foundation donated $19 million to FDD, according to Forbes—well more than half of the group’s total budget for the prior year and a massive increase from the $5.75 million it had contributed to FDD in 2024 (which was similar to the amount it had given in previous years). More from Matthew Cunningham-Cook Launched by Home Depot co-founder Bernie Marcus, who died in November 2024, the foundation is now chaired by Frank Blake, who served as CEO of Home Depot from 2007 to 2014. The foundation’s board includes Marcus’s two sons and Ken Langone, a major GOP donor who co-founded the world’s largest home improvement retailer with Marcus.

Where's the money behind the advocacy for war in Iran coming from? The late Home Depot co-founder's foundation, of course! @matthewccook5.bsky.social and @exposedbycmd.bsky.social break it down.
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AIPAC targeted several progressives in Congressional races in the Chicago Area. This weak garbage from the DNC shows how deep the rot in this party goes.

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Why the Ceasefire is Doomed It is highly unlikely, unfortunately, that the ceasefire agreement brokered by Pakistan will endure.

I think Chris Hedges is right. Israel's goals are not ours.

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You're welcome. I'm not quite ready to let Howie go either.

Moshe Dayan: ‘We Are the Generation of Colonizers’ ‘Before their eyes, we turn into our homestead, the land and villages in which they and their forefathers have lived’

More truth from @thomasneuburger.bsky.social. I want to thank you Thomas for keep DWT going. Not quite ready to let Howie go.

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Because freedom...

The PBS is a national treasure.

Australia Institute research shows the prices Australians would pay if Trump had his way and dismantled our Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.🤯
#auspol

China Leapfrogging the West in Tech Innovation Soon we may not even show up in their rear view window

“I really don’t want the focus to be on Trump. He’s not the fire; he’s just an accelerant. The fire is the free of the rich, their capture of government, & their constant shortsightedness when faced with the gleam of more wealth.”

- @thomasneuburger.bsky.social
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The End of the Game By starting this war, Israel risked its existence

This seems to have taken off...

The End of the Game

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I believe this a very important short read. Our options are terrifying. It's crazy to acknowledge that in just over a year The USA, the mightiest country in the world, faces a Hobson's choice. Imagine that weaselly trump has done all that in such a short period of time because of the Epstein Files.

The End of the Game By starting this war, Israel risked its existence

The End of the Game

by @thomasneuburger.bsky.social
h/t @ianwelsh.bsky.social

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It's Getting Close to Clear How the War Will Turn Out Data is available now — there aren't many paths

Getting clear, folks. Some data points prior to analysis

By @thomasneuburger.bsky.social

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OPM Director Scott Kupor: "DOGE has never been disbanded. Certainly the principles that we're all talking about here around efficiency is there."

As we've said since Musk's exit from government, the principles of DOGE remain, now carried out in the shadows by OMB Director Russell Vought.

Rep. Pocan: Do we know how many DOGE employees are still embedded at other agencies?

Kupor: I don't know the answer to that.

The Building of Fortress Iran "Iran was a chew toy the Russians and British tussled over"

The Building for Fortress Iran

by @thomasneuburger.bsky.social
h/t @valinasr.bsky.social

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Ted Postol: U.S. Missile Defense Is 'A Giant Technical Fraud' You go to war with the army your contractors give you.

“This is what you get when your military supply chain is driven by profit & fraud (witness the F-35) instead of effectiveness. You go to war with the army your contractors give you.”

- @thomasneuburger.bsky.social
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"Since the inauguration of Donald Trump for a second presidential term, a student loan borrower has fallen into default every nine seconds."

Trump Is Back-Door Begging Iran to Talk Peace Steve Witkoff has been messaging Tehran asking for talks

Trump Is Back-Door Begging Iran to Talk Peace

by @thomasneuburger.bsky.social
h/t @dropsitenews.com

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A Palantir Primer: Tools for the Muscular State Palantir, AI, Israel, pre-crime and war

“Outsourcing ethics is always a winning way to see no one is blamed.”

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It's already real war, Emily. They're the only ones fighting it.

Is it wrong that I want Musk in jail almost as passionately as I want these dystopian installations shut down?

I've never been prone to revenge fantasies before, but the damage these men are inflicting on the living world....

War on Iran: The Information Gap The world is blind to damage done to Israel and the U.S.

The Iran War Information Gap

by @thomasneuburger.bsky.social

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Bahrain: Behind the News Removing the mask from the home of the U.S. 5th Fleet

“Around 30yrs after their violent takeover, the Alkhalifas struck a deal with the British to become a protectorate (to protect them from the Indigenous population).”

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