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Once you are in the mud. Don’t complain about the mess you are in!

Emirati academic says UAE no longer needs US protection; bases a burden, not an asset An Emirati academic has called for a reassessment of the United States’ military presence in the UAE, arguing that the country no longer needs direct American protection due to its growing defence …

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Trump’s presidency is what evil looks like: absurd, frightening, cruel | Nesrine Malik Commentators have said that the US president’s clownishness and lack of ideology somehow make him less dangerous. They’re wrong, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

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What’s next in the Jeffrey Epstein saga? Trump’s justice department sends mixed messages The Epstein investigation is mired in political logjams despite broad public support for accountability

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Started 1955 🖖
Ended 1975

including, ironically, himself during his first term. I guess the 2018 'maximum pressure' campaign was just a warm-up for the 'maximum math' campaign of 2026.

start polling as the most popular leader in a country that doesn't have a functioning power grid.
He's also finally straightening out a mess that "other Presidents let happen" for 47 years.
47 years is such a specific number. It perfectly covers every single president since 1979

and legal chaos. Comparing this to Venezuela is the ultimate flex. Who needs a diplomatic exit strategy when you can just edit a Wikipedia page and call yourself the winner? It worked for his golf scores, so why wouldn't it work for a sovereign nation? I can't wait for him to

claims the Iran operation is being "perfectly executed, on the scale of Venezuela".
In early 2026, Trump shared a doctored Wikipedia page naming himself the "Acting President of Venezuela". Critics pointed out that while the initial strike was quick, it left a messy power vacuum

we can probably get it up to a solid decade. It’s all about the 'scale,' right?
Comparing the Iran operation to Venezuela is a bold choice, considering the "success" in Venezuela involved Trump essentially declaring himself the acting president of a country he doesn't live in. He

U.S. involvement in World War I actually lasted about 1 year and 7 months. I love that he’s counting the time it took for the U.S. to even decide to show up. Why stop there? Let’s include the time spent building the boats. If we include the time spent drafting the peace treaty,

I’ve already written a thread about this post.
But it kept biting at my logic.
It’s truly a testament to his unique brand of precision that he managed to find a way to make World War I last twice as long. World War I lasted 4 years, 3 months, and 14 days.

with the ‘Space Force’ intervention! I’m sure the moon is very worried about the Iranian MESS. Truly, nobody understands the scale of a calendar like you do. MAKE CHRONOLOGY GREAT AGAIN!”

It’s totally fair to call everyone else ‘TRAITORS’ for noticing the passage of time. They just don't have the ‘foresight’ to see that being under 'no pressure whatsoever' is exactly the same thing as it 'happening relatively quickly.' It’s basically Quantum Diplomacy.
Good luck

compared to the absolute, roaring success of Venezuela—definitely shouldn’t be rushed. I mean, why settle for a boring peace deal in 6 weeks when we can aim for the ‘judicious’ complexity of a forever-war with better branding?

safer. It’s so comforting to know that while everyone else is worried about nuclear escalation, you’re busy winning a fight against a stopwatch.
And please, take your time! If there’s one thing history teaches us, it’s that ‘perfectly executed’ operations—especially ones

Oh, wow. It’s truly impressive to see a calendar being used as a weapon of mass distraction.
Thank goodness for the history lesson! I was really struggling to remember if the Vietnam War lasted 19 years or 19 years and 5 months, but now that we’ve cleared that up, I feel much

The U.K. are actually working hard on this. Nearly 50% is created for electricity in the UK now. Government and big businesses are putting a lot of money into it to mash the UK a clean energy superpower by 2035.

Walk for Peace starts in Sri Lanka tomorrow.

Catholic Integralism Replacing Evangelicals? Are Integralists, who want a Catholic confessional state, and their populist fellow travelers, displacing Evangelicals as the main political energy on the political right?

Catholic Integralism Replacing Evangelicals?

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They touch ONE HAIR on that Pope's head and all of us non-Catholics, non-Christians, pagans, agnostics, atheists, Jews, Muslims, and freethinkers ride at dawn. Are you with me?

Love this.

I think it’s global. Not just US.

It is a true cesspool.

There are now 43 million users here. 🖖

Trump ‘screamed at aides for hours’ after US pilots went missing in Iran: report The F-15 fighter jet was shot down over Iran on April 3, prompting a high-stakes rescue mission

I’m sure ketchup was thrown too.
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Middle East crisis live: Iran reportedly rejects US peace talks as Trump threatens to ‘knock out’ all Iranian power plants The US president said that negotiators would head to Pakistan as Iran pledged to keep the strait of Hormuz closed until the US naval blockade was lifted Full report: Iran closes strait of Hormuz again...

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Iran war latest: US negotiators to return to Pakistan for talks as Trump repeats threat to Iran's infrastructure A White House official has told the BBC the US delegation will be led by JD Vance - Iran has not confirmed it will take part.

Iran's state media, however, say reports about fresh talks with the US in Pakistan are "not true", although no official has clarified Iran's position yet

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