"We're in great shape." - Trump.
A few headlines, from just today:
"The Oil Shock Is Worse Than You Think"
"U.S. Inflation Surged in March as Iran War Pushed Up Prices"
"European Airports Warn of Fuel Shortages if Gulf Supplies Remain Shut"
The U.S. government knows that Iran has ports on the other side of the strait, right?
So Trump just announced a...blockade of a blockade.
"Effective immediately, the United States Navy will begin the process of BLOCKADING any and all Ships trying to enter, or leave, the Strait of Hormuz. "
I wonder how oil futures will feel.
truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
Officials and experts have concluded that at the end of U.S. and Israel's Big Beautiful Bombing campaign...
"Iran still has most of the tools it needs to make a nuclear bomb."
www.wsj.com/world/middle...
Soulful shot of Astronaut Christina Koch looking back on Earth from Artemis II.
ran still has thousands of balistic missileslin its arsenal that it could use by retrieving launchers from underground storage areas, according to American officials familiar with U.S. intelligence assessments.
Hegseth': Iran’s missile program is "functionally destroyed."
Bibi: Iran "has no ability" to rebuild its missile progress.
U.S. intel: Iran still has thousands of missiles it could launch.
www.wsj.com/world/middle...
This WSJ analysis is *brutal* for the U.S.:
TLDR: Iran has all the leverage and all the time.
“What pressure is Iran under at all now? None," said one expert.
www.wsj.com/world/middle...
meaning what?
Worth noting: Erjc Swalwell's accuser didn't take her account anyone. The @sfchronicle.com's reporters found her.
See this line from their story.
archive.is/LQq45
I bring you, the latest Washington Post editorial.
It argues:
1. U.S. has too much debt, and sacrifices will be required.
2. But not the $1.5 trillion defense budget which is awesome.
3. AI could solve everything so long as it's not "throttled."
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
From the AP:
"At one of Beirut’s busiest intersections, an Associated Press photographer saw charred cars piled on top of each other. A body was crushed inside one."
"At hospitals, staff were still trying to identify dozens of bodies."
Gee...*who* fired this immaculate projectile?
Answer: a federal agent.
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/u...
🧵Missed diagnoses, delayed treatment and poor medical care are driving record deaths in ICE custody.
@kolyncheang.bsky.social and I spent months investigating the deaths of ICE detainees across the US. Over and over again, we found lapses in treatment that proved fatal.
ICE agents shot another driver -- on Tues.
He had just asked to call his wife.
They shot him six times. One bullet his jaw.
Now he can't speak and has been mostly unconscious.
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/u...
Maryland counties are cutting fluoride in the water nearly in half because of the war.
Turns out, the fluoride comes from Israel, which has “experienced significant operational impacts."
2 million affected.
Scientist except uptick in cavities.
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
i assume the photog was just enjoying the moment.
No, I mean there's a donkey in the shot.
The reality that Trump describes as "total victory."
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
Um, the caption, in full: "The evacuation of an Iranian missile debris in the Bedouin village of al-Furʿah in southern Israel."
www.haaretz.com/photo-blog/2...
💢 Israeli strike kills Lebanese radio journalist in her home, Committee to Protect Journalists reports Ghada Dayekh, a presenter with privately owned Sawt Al-Farah radio, was killed when an Israeli airstrike hit her apartment building in the southern coastal city of Tyre, destroying it, according to the outlet’s director. Dayekh had worked at the station for decades and had been on air for 37 years. CPJ said her killing reflects a “continued pattern of harm against the press.” Her killing brings the number of journalists killed in Lebanon during the current conflict to six, including Mohammed Sherri, Hussain Hamood, Ali Shoaib, Fatima Ftouni, and Mohamad Ftouni. At least eight journalists have been killed since the Iran war began on February 28, according to CPJ.
💢 Israeli strike kills Lebanese radio journalist in her home, Committee to Protect Journalists reports
Ghada Dayekh, a presenter w/ privately owned Sawt Al-Farah radio, was killed when an Israeli airstrike hit her apartment building in the southern coastal city of Tyre, destroying it, according...
Just my gi system.
Quite the lede
. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/08/u...
Who took my license plate.
Number of ships that have crossed the strait since Iran said it was closed again:
Zero.
One ship even made a U-turn.
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/08/w...
"Nearly 100 Israeli airstrikes in less than 10 minutes, in broad daylight, with rush hour traffic heard in background. At least 89 killed."
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"You rarely see things like this in immigration data, but it could not be more predictable right now: one immigrant dies in custody every six days."
View from the right in Israel.
www.timesofisrael.com/us-and-israe...
This is going well.
www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-apr...
