SCOOP: The Army in recent days canceled a training exercise for the headquarters element of the 82nd Airborne Division, fueling speculation among soldiers that they may be called upon for a still undefined mission as the war with Iran widens.
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Moscow is providing Iran with intelligence about the locations and movements of American troops, ships, and aircraft, multiple sources say. https://cnn.it/4aUIOGV
CNN matches WaPo:
@cnn.com
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BRENT CRUDE OIL UP 10%, NOW TRADING AT $94, HIGHEST SINCE 2022.
“I know we just forced you into a full-blown energy crisis, but you’re still good for that $550 billion investment, right?” 🤡
> @benstiller.redhour.com
“.. It looks like a textbook case of cronyism.” 🤡
@timobrien.bsky.social @bloomberg.com
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The #BondiTop
“.. Inflation is NOT dead. Middle East to US tanker rates are now the HIGHEST IN HISTORY BY A LOT!”
- RB Advisors
This is a big deal
*ORACLE AND OPENAI END PLANS TO EXPAND TEXAS DATA CENTER SITE
*ORACLE-OPENAI TALKS TO LEASE STARGATE EXPANSION SITE BROKE DOWN
*META IN DISCUSSION WITH DEVELOPER CRUSOE TO LEASE EXPANDED SITE
Obama: "We are living in a time where it can be hard to hope. Each day we wake up to some new assault on our democratic institutions. Another setback to the idea of the rule of law ... but this man - Rev. Jesse Jackson - inspires us to take a harder path ... bc if we don't step up, nobody else will"
“.. He is the first president in the era of modern polling to take the United States to war without the support of the public.”
@nytimes.com @peterbakernyt.bsky.social
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RENMAC: “.. it is still tough to make housing work with mortgage rates north of six percent. Moreover, given the flattening of the yield curve and underperformance of bank stocks, it would not be surprising to see mortgage spreads widen somewhat.”
$XHB
GOLDMAN: “.. Based on these new data, developments and the size of the shock, we now think that oil prices would likely exceed $100 next week if no signs of solutions [for the Strait of Hormuz] emerge by then ..” ⛽️
Via @javierblas.bsky.social
It’s Ukraine’s turn to ask if we even said “thank you”.
Buddy, groceries are expensive as hell, I just paid $9 for deodorant at Walgreens and Americans are about to see a giant spike in gas prices. But hey, you spend all the money you need on bombs. I’m sure we’ll all keep quiet and not be mad.
'Unconditional surrender':
- Surviving Nazi leaders to Allies, 1945.
- Japan to Allies, 1945, with "condition" of emperor staying on throne.
- Saddam Hussein to Schwarzkopf, 1991, with some conditions.
Zero resemblance to anything she is talking about.
Fox’s Laura Ingraham Demands Military Publicly Address ‘Horrific’ Strike on Iran Girls’ School
US private credit defaults hit record 9.2% in 2025, Fitch says reut.rs/4b4JWXm
USA on its way to being the most hated country on the planet earth.
Completely insane
Rob Reiner would have turned 79 today. He is missed.
This conversation with Rich Eisen — talking about directing Nicholson in “A Few Good Men” — is always a delight.
@richeisenshow.bsky.social
“.. The idea the labor market has turned a corner implodes with this report,” said Samuel Tombs, chief US economist at Pantheon ..
@bloomberg.com #NFP
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Trump must be stopped. He is out on control.
Imagine if it was a Dem president who was considering this. The outrage from republicans would be loud and relentless.
Four-byline alert: 🚨
“.. Trump has privately expressed serious interest in deploying U.S. troops on the ground inside of Iran, according to two U.S. officials, a former U.S. official and another person with knowledge of the conversations.”
@nbcnews.com
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“.. U.S. crude futures this week skyrocketed at their fastest rate in records stretching back to 1983 ..
“.. ‘You see why the [1970s] oil shocks were so hard to control.’”
@wsj.com
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Several years from now, a thoughtful scholar will write a book called “Trump’s Willing Executioners” about how a nation of 340 million descended into abject depravity.
Remarkable: With support for the Iran war tanking, Trump is now throwing away the GOP's advantage on three core issues: Economy, immigration, national security.
A year ago it looked like he might be popular on all three. He lit it all on fire. 1/
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