Piero Castellano 🇪🇺

🧵Feels like shouting into the void, but it is essential to note that the Trump/Rubio gutting of the State Department and blowtorching of US diplomatic capacity and credibility is an accelerant to this spiraling war and will seriously undercut US/allied efforts to pick up the pieces after. 1/

The record-setting pace of retirements from Congress continues, led by Republicans NPR is tracking the record number of congressional lawmakers — now more than one in eight current members — who have announced plans to retire or run for a different office in 2026.

NPR is tracking the record number of congressional lawmakers — now more than one in eight current members — who have announced plans to retire or run for a different office in 2026.

Any basic opposition party would be pointing this out on the regular by the way and promising it if put into power.

“We will stop bombing brown people, abolish ICE, release the Epstein files, reform the Supreme Court, and give Americans healthcare and UBI” is 💯 a winner BUT NO.

These are half a billion

Iran warns it will hit US bases across region hours after president’s apology Masoud Pezeshkian had said Tehran would stop attacks on Gulf neighbours

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Hegseth and Stephen Miller ridiculed "rules of engagement" and vowed this war won't be "politically correct." Now it looks like we may have bombed an elementary school. Hegseth/Miller's certainty that their version of "strength" would have support is imploding. 3/

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23 year old Ruben Ray Martinez’s last words? “I’m sorry sir”.

ICE shot him 3 times and killed him.

Renee Good’s last words? “It’s ok I’m not mad”.

Alex Pretti’s last words? “Are you ok?”

These are the people DHS calls domestic terrorists. Threats. Aggressors.

Abolish ICE

There has been a recession or crash under every Republican Administration since Nixon. They leave a mess for Democrats to clean up, then voters are stupid enough to put GOP back in control, and the process starts all over again.

Price of Crude Oil WTI (USD/Bbl) over a five-year period, spanning from 2021 to early 2026. The chart shows a significant price peak in 2022 reaching over $120, followed by a general downward trend with various fluctuations, eventually hitting a low near $55 in late 2025 before a sharp vertical spike to the current price of 90.900. This recent surge represents an increase of +23.880 (+35.63%), highlighted in green text above the blue line graph.

The real insanity isn’t how much oil prices have spiked, it’s that we’re still burning oil for energy.

He has a point, this week has been a long month

Tbf, it was about time that the public opinion grew up. Unfortunately I doubt that this is the case, it's more likely that this is the political equivalent of jumping the shark.

Lucifer has a point

Expert Explains Why Trump Will LOSE Iran War YouTube video by Novara Media

There has never been an aerial bombardment, in history, which on its own, has brought about the surrender of a determined opponent.

But the media reports Trump's performative bullshit, demanding that Iran surrender, unconditionally, as if it is a credible demand.
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I’ve noticed this in Seattle. South end warehouses & retail.

Before the pandemic they were booming.

Azerbaijan says it foils Iranian plots including plan to attack major pipeline Azerbaijan said it had prevented several acts of "terrorist" sabotage planned by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), including ​a plot to attack a major oil pipeline running ‌through the South Caucasus to Turkey.

Azerbaijan says it foils Iranian plots including plan to attack major pipeline reut.rs/4rUjBCm

Switzerland to Buy Fewer U.S.-Made F-35 Fighter Jets, Citing Price Increase The move comes after Spain abandoned plans to buy dozens of the fighter jets.

The move comes after Spain abandoned plans to buy dozens of the fighter jets. on.wsj.com/475TJLN

Updating: The woman is Sundas "Sunny" Naqvi, a current resident of Skokie who was born in Evanston

Collateral damage should NEVER acceptable.
This is horrifying

Update: Sarah Afzal, sister of the missing citzen Sundas "Sunny" Naqvi, tells me there will be a press conference tomorrow morning at the Broadview facility at 10 a.m.

Yes, Khamenei was a dangerous barbarian, but eliminating him specifically to prove we're *more* dangerous—bragging that the laws of war are for sissies, and caring not what blowback might come from making Khamenei look like a martyr—is the worst possible way to handle defeating a tyrant. >

Israel's Digital Occupation — The Dial Lebanon has become a laboratory for a new age of warfare.

In southern Lebanon, the Israeli military is using drones to surveil and control civilians who they believe are associated with Hezbollah without occupying the territory; these drones also conduct lethal strikes. Some scholars have declared this effort a “digital occupation.” Justin Salhani reports.

The lessons from Ukraine that Iran learned, and the US didn't

Is he talking of genocide now?

DOOCY: It sounds like the Russians are helping Iran target and attack Americans--


TRUMP: That's an easy problem compared to what we're doing here. What a stupid question that is to be asking at this time. We're talking about something else.

Watch: Obama, Biden and Clinton honour Jesse Jackson at funeral The three former US presidents were among dozens of high profile figures present at the late civil rights activist's memorial.

Watch: Obama, Biden and Clinton honour Jesse Jackson at funeral

🇷🇺🇭🇺🗳️ “Russia is directly interfering in Hungary's elections to extend Orbán's term — Putin's team is already in Budapest to influence the results of the country's parliamentary elections, — writes the Polish media….

Italy wins claim over name of Spanish restaurant chain The Mafia Sits at the Table After years of court action and complaints, trademark office in Spain rules name is counter to ‘public order and morality’

Italy wins claim over name of Spanish restaurant chain The Mafia Sits at the Table
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For the First Time, U.S. Sides With Russia and China in Ukraine Energy Dispute Washington opposed a resolution backed by many of its allies over the danger posed by attacks on Kyiv’s nuclear energy.

For the first time, the U.S. sided with Russia and China on Thursday in a dispute at the United Nations atomic agency over the danger posed by attacks on Ukraine’s nuclear power, showing Washington’s increasing alignment with Moscow.
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