Traders placed over $1bn in perfectly timed bets on the Iran war. What is going on? Suspicious wagers on the US-Israel war in Iran are creating huge windfalls and raising concerns among lawmakers

Traders placed over $1bn in perfectly timed bets on the Iran war. What is going on?

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Israel’s “Black Wednesday” Massacre Leaves Lebanese Families Giving DNA to ID Loved Ones’ Remains In Lebanon, an unprecedented campaign of DNA tests is being used to identify mangled bodies left trapped under rubble by Israel’s blitz.

ISRAEL’S “BLACK WEDNESDAY” MASSACRE LEAVES LEBANESE FAMILIES GIVING DNA TO ID LOVED ONES’ REMAINS
In Lebanon, an unprecedented campaign of DNA tests is being used to identify mangled bodies left trapped under rubble by Israel’s blitz.

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Israel’s “Black Wednesday” Massacre Leaves Lebanese Families Giving DNA to ID Loved Ones’ Remains In Lebanon, an unprecedented campaign of DNA tests is being used to identify mangled bodies left trapped under rubble by Israel’s blitz.

ISRAEL’S “BLACK WEDNESDAY” MASSACRE LEAVES LEBANESE FAMILIES GIVING DNA TO ID LOVED ONES’ REMAINS
In Lebanon, an unprecedented campaign of DNA tests is being used to identify mangled bodies left trapped under rubble by Israel’s blitz.

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Amazon, which saved $4B in taxes under Trump's Big Ugly Bill, has cut 30,000 jobs since last October.

Verizon, which saved $2B, plans to cut 15,000 jobs this year.

Meta, which saved $3B, plans to lay off 20% or more of its workforce.

Trickle-down economics is a cruel joke.

Traders placed over $1bn in perfectly timed bets on the Iran war. What is going on? Suspicious wagers on the US-Israel war in Iran are creating huge windfalls and raising concerns among lawmakers

Traders placed over $1bn in perfectly timed bets on the Iran war. What is going on?

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PM Carney declares U.S. ties now a ‘weakness’ in address to Canadians — CTV News In a direct address to the nation, Prime Minister Mark Carney has reframed Canada's long-standing relationship with the United States as a 'weakness' that must be urgently corrected under the shadow o...

PM Carney: “The U.S. has changed we must respond.”

Our biggest strength became our biggest risk.

Time to stop relying on a neighbour acting like a rival.

Canada builds: new allies, new markets, new strategy. 🇨🇦

#cdnpoli #Carney
#USDemocracy
#Pinks

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Is it MAGA or Make America A Pariah Country Again?

Diplomatic cables show Iran war is damaging US on multiple fronts across the world The documents show the fallout for the US in Bahrain, Indonesia and Azerbaijan as it struggles to catch up with pro-Iran messaging.

The Iran war is risking US’security ties & damaging its reputation, especially among the world’s Muslims, according to a set of State Dept cables describing the fallout of the war US’s standing in Bahrain, Azerbaijan & Indonesia.

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Drunk snowflake Kash is still crying.

Iran War Live Updates: Two Ships Are Fired On As Iran Says the Strait of Hormuz is Closed

Iran War Live Updates: Two Ships Are Fired On As Iran Says the Strait of Hormuz is Closed

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said they were closing the strait until the U.S. blockade is lifted. Two ships reported being hit as they tried to cross the strait.

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Diplomatic cables show Iran war is damaging US on multiple fronts across the world The documents show the fallout for the US in Bahrain, Indonesia and Azerbaijan as it struggles to catch up with pro-Iran messaging.

The Iran war is risking US’security ties & damaging its reputation, especially among the world’s Muslims, according to a set of State Dept cables describing the fallout of the war US’s standing in Bahrain, Azerbaijan & Indonesia.

www.politico.com/news/2026/04...

Weirdo in charge of Felon Trump’s Labor Department.

Labor Dept. Investigates Texts Among Secretary’s Family and Staff

Labor Dept. Investigates Texts Among Secretary’s Family and Staff

Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer asked staff members to bring wine to her hotel room, and to keep in touch with her husband and father.

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Israel is very upset with this Italian magazine cover that depicts an Israeli settler behaving like an Israeli settler. They said it was fake, then the video appeared. Now they say it’s antisemitic. 🤣🤣🤣

It is just a capture of what the Israeli state is and does. Italy has had enough.

When we look at their respective party's responses to the Trump & Bret Kavanagh rape cases vs Swalwell's , it is very clear Republicans are perfectly fine with sexual predators as long as they help them advance their right wing, white supremacist agenda.

When we look at their respective party's responses to the Trump & Bret Kavanagh rape cases vs Swalwell's , it is very clear Republicans are perfectly fine with sexual predators as long as they help them advance their right wing, white supremacist agenda.

When we look at their respective party's responses to the Trump & Bret Kavanagh rape cases vs Swalwell's , it is very clear Republicans are perfectly fine with sexual predators as long as they help them advance their right wing, white supremacist agenda.

When we look at their respective party's responses to the Trump & Bret Kavanagh rape cases vs Swalwell's , it is very clear Republicans are perfectly fine with sexual predators as long as they help them advance their right wing, white supremacist agenda.

Judge Dismisses Trump’s Suit Against The Wall Street Journal

Judge Dismisses Trump’s Suit Against The Wall Street Journal

The judge said President Trump had not “plausibly alleged” that The Journal published the article with actual malice.
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Judge Dismisses Trump’s Suit Against The Wall Street Journal

Judge Dismisses Trump’s Suit Against The Wall Street Journal

The judge said President Trump had not “plausibly alleged” that The Journal published the article with actual malice.
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A big loss for Trump, Putin and all other authoritarians. A big win for all democratic forces.

Orban, Beacon to the Right, Concedes Defeat in Hungary’s Election

Orban, Beacon to the Right, Concedes Defeat in Hungary’s Election www.nytimes.com/2026/04/12/w...

Solving the problem of Iran blocking the strait of Hormuz by mounting your own blockade of the strait of Hormuz is the kind of inspired genius thinking that only a tacky failed real estate mind could think of. Checkmate, woke libs.

The Punching Yourself in the Face theory of foreign policy. Iran is blocking the Strait, so in response he's blocking the Strait. It'd be like George W. Bush announcing after 9/11 that we were retaliating by crashing another airplane into a New York skyscraper. That'll show 'em.

We’ve gone from “I don’t care if they reopen the Strait” to “we’ll destroy your civilization if you don’t reopen the strait” to “well if THEY don’t reopen the strait then WE are going to blockade it ourselves.”

What an extraordinarily embarrassing moment for this country.

More winning.

‘This is very real’: Surging gas prices drive inflation to highest level in two years Oil prices exploded in March as global energy markets absorbed a once-in-a-generation supply shock from the U.S.-Israel war with Iran.

Surging gas prices drive inflation to highest level in 2 years - POLITICO

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‘This is very real’: Surging gas prices drive inflation to highest level in two years Oil prices exploded in March as global energy markets absorbed a once-in-a-generation supply shock from the U.S.-Israel war with Iran.

Surging gas prices drive inflation to highest level in 2 years - POLITICO

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Rationale for Iran war questioned after Trump says ‘I don’t care’ about regime’s uranium stockpiles — Guardian US US president’s apparent decision to leave highly enriched uranium in hands of regime creates a more risky scenario than before the war began, experts say

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ICE agents reportedly detain wife of US soldier just days after their marriage — Guardian US ‘She got ripped away from me,’ army soldier Matthew Blank said after his wife Annie Ramos was detained in Louisiana

ICE agents reportedly detain wife of US soldier just days after their marriage

‘She got ripped away from me,’ army soldier Matthew Blank said after his wife Annie Ramos was detained in Louisiana

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- The Guardian