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GET MY SUBSTACK https://fridainsight.substack.com World affairs journalist. CNN/CNNE on-air contributor, Former CNN producer/correspondent. Sr columnist World Politics Review, contributing columnist Washington Post. Worked in 70+ countries.
Now Trump’s press Secretary says that Iran’s complete surrender means that when Trump determines the US has won, that amounts to Iran’s complete surrender. So, just as I thought when he issued the ultimatum, it means nothing.
You may not have heard of Alexis Wilkins, but she’s one of the best-protected country music singers in the US. Wilkins is the girlfriend of Kash Patel, President Trump’s FBI director, who is said to have ordered FBI SWAT teams to escort her on errands and to events.
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He’s already changing is definition of “unconditional surrender,” which early this morning was Trump’s absolute requirement for ending the war. Remember, anything he says is subject to change.
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La verdadera razón por la que Trump lanzo la guerra contra Irán ahora
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Breaking: Trump just fired Kristi Noem.
(Bonus: See below)
Trump has essentially now confirmed that he wants to impose the Venezuela model in Iran. That means he’s aiming not to topple the regime but to put it in the hands of a pliable leader.
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"Trump may fantasize about a situation similar to Venezuela’s, where a pliable new leader helms the old regime. That seems unlikely, because the Iranian regime is a fiery theocracy...driven by an ideology that is more resistant to pragmatic flexibility."
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Sickening
🔥🔥🔥!!!
"By Monday, however, the notion that bringing democracy to long-oppressed Iranians was among Trump’s top goals had completely vanished.”
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The Real Reasons Trump Went to War with Iran
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As always, thoughtful analysis from @fridaghitis.bsky.social
It almost seems as if Iran is asking for the UAE and Saudi Arabia to attack it
The most corrupt administration in memory
Homeland Security is spending its resources rounding up gardeners and plumbers. FBI director is partying with the hockey team. Who's keeping the country safe? Incompetent Patel gutted FBI counterintelligence team.
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If there’s one thing that Trump pays attention to it’s the stock market. It went straight down this morning. Dow down more than 1000 points. If it doesn’t recover this may push him to stop the war sooner.
In light of Hillary's comment (below), here's what I wrote about Epstein and Russia, and what Poland's prime minister said about Epstein's possible links to Russian intelligence.
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The man who would says he should be the one to lead Iran to democracy
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Hillary Clinton told the Congressional committee that the possibility that Epstein was working for a foreign intelligence agency is an essential question for them to investigate. That jives with Poland’s prime minister’s accusation that Russia was likely behind Epstein’s actions.
Perfectly accurate
Today, Yanar Mohammed – one of the most formidable feminist leaders of her generation – was assassinated in her home in Baghdad in what appears to have been a targeted militia attack.
Read MADRE's statement:
The shooting in Austin may have been Iran-linked terrorism
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“Nearly all of the capital’s traffic cameras had been hacked by Israel for years, with algorithms tracking senior officials — including the supreme leader. One Israeli official said: “We knew Tehran like we know Jerusalem.”
@FT
So many memories!!!
(And, recall, they nearly did get Rushdie killed)
Are you sure about this? I don’t see it anywhere. It would be a huge story.
The new head of the IRGC, Ahmad Vahidi, has had an outstanding interpol arrest warrant for nearly 20 years for his role as the mastermind of the bombing of the 1996 Jewish community center, which remains the deadliest terrorist attack in Latin American history.
The new head of the IRGC, Ahmad Vahidi, has had an outstanding interpol arrest warrant for nearly 20 years for his role as the mastermind of the bombing of the 1996 Jewish community center, which remains the deadliest terrorist attack in South American history.
Correct. Both things are true. Iranian women are rejoicing and Trump is a terrible person
There are many StarLink systems. The videos are real
Putin spent that past 4 years trying to kill Zelensky. But he calls the killing of Khamenei
“murder … committed in cynical violation of all norms of human morality and international law.”
Iran’s state media confirms that the supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been killed