@sentdefender Sounds like Pakistan wasn't such a great broker after all
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Bob Smith
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According to Reuters, this message was broadcast earlier today over VHF maritime frequencies by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGC-N):
“Attention all ships, regarding the failure of the U.S. government to fulfil its commitment in the negotiation, Iran declares the Strait of Hormuz completely closed again. No vessel of any type or nationality is allowed to pass through the Strait of Hormuz.”
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@Ritholtz The poll was done in Feb this year, can you imagine current numbers?
Anyway, US will make it. 48 will be a much better president.
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@mattyglesias It has a government that's ruthless to their neighboring civilians and peeps are recognizing that. A "cultivating" government isn't going to change that.
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This whole thread is true-ish but also ignores the extent to which political support for Israel has collapsed among Democrats because Israel hasn’t had a government that’s been interested in trying to cultivate support among Democrats. Things might change.
Evan Rosenfeld@Evan_Rosenfeld
Democrats are trying to buy time on Israel by making Netanyahu the whole issue. It is a way to appease an increasingly radical part of their base without admitting how far that base has moved from even conditional support for the U.S.-Israel alliance.
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AH-64 Apaches fly above the Strait of Hormuz during a patrol, April 17. U.S. Army Soldiers are flying in and around the strait providing a visible presence in support of freedom of navigation.
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@TheGoodBobby @Bridgeofforever @RichardHanania Imagine being a low IQ leftist who's also racist. You can't imagine a US citizen living in a different country. International travel is unfathomable to you. You have a learning disability, congratulations.
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“Ms. Ross-Mahé moved to Anniston, Ala., last year after marrying a former American G.I. named Bill Ross whom she had met in the 1950s, when they were both teenagers working at a NATO base in western France. They had kept in touch for decades, and after both were widowed they fell in love, visiting one another in France and the United States.”
The story ends with ICE detaining this 85 year old French woman for two weeks and then deporting her after her husband dies. nytimes.com/2026/04/17/us/…
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@TheGoodBobby @RichardHanania I live in Seoul. Wow. That supposed to be funny? You probably don't own a passport and can't afford international travel lol.
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@RichardHanania You complain when some white people get caught up as collateral damage but you'd also complain if everyone just explicitly focused on browns
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@Bridgeofforever @RichardHanania Americans act like living outside of the US is some punishment. She's not from Somalia. Life in the countryside of France sounds more pleasant than rural Alabama.
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@RichardHanania Her husband died. She can't legally stay in the country. There is nothing wrong with her going back to France.
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🇮🇷⚡️- Five tankers have transited through the Strait of Hormuz, all of which are sanctioned by the United States.
Many tankers can be seen attempting to cross the Iranian passage but are being turned away.
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President Trump on Iran: "We're getting along well, but who knows. Who knows with anyone. But who knows with Iran."
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🇺🇸🇨🇺⚡️- Last Friday, U.S. State Department officials met with Cuban apparatchiks in Havana, marking the first presence of U.S. diplomats in a decade. The talks focused on the impending fate of the Cuban Communist regime and the current crisis on the island, with the U.S. officials urging democratic and economic freedoms. In addition, U.S. officials offered Starlink satellite services to help address internet shortages in Cuba, according to Axios.
One notable figure is Raúl Guillermo Rodríguez Castro, the grandson and de facto spokesman for the First Secretary Raúl Castro, the brother of Fidel Castro, who was the only named Cuban at the talks.
Furthermore, the U.S. officials also expressed concerns about foreign intelligence operating in Cuba, with its proximity to the United States. In addition, in the event of a collapse, U.S. officials stated they “Will not let the island collapse into a major national security threat if Cuba's leaders are unwilling or unable to act.”
The U.S. officials also included these reforms to ensure the end of the U.S. blockade:
1) Compensating U.S. residents and corporations whose assets and properties were confiscated after the 1959 Revolution.
2) The release of political prisoners.
3) Ensuring the Cuban people greater political freedoms, which would eventually include free and fair elections.
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Bob Smith أُعيد تغريده
The Gazification Method, per the Israeli government, not only for Gaza, but also Lebanon, and Iran… with the United States. See this @nytimes investigation on people killed and civilian infrastructure struck.
nytimes.com/2026/04/10/wor…
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@gcrespector @DouthatNYT I think you missed the second paragraph
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@DouthatNYT And also about basic economics (both wealth and income are partly relative so universal “high” income seems impossible, certainly prices would do weird things in such a case). More equal societies are desirable and possible but promises of “everyone is rich” are silly.
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A bold vision of the future that raises a few questions about DOGE's budgetary priorities. x.com/elonmusk/statu…
Elon Musk@elonmusk
Universal HIGH INCOME via checks issued by the Federal government is the best way to deal with unemployment caused by AI. AI/robotics will produce goods & services far in excess of the increase in the money supply, so there will not be inflation.
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.@kenmartin73, whose mentor was Paul
Wellstone worked to make sure superdelegates could not pick our nominee and now is working on banning all Super PAC money from our nomination contest. These are deeply consequential progressive reforms.
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Ghalibaf is denying President Trump's statements today. The president's comments actually put pressure on #Iran's regime, may increase infighting and paranoia. Tehran is used to dominating the public narrative over the negotiations. President Trump is flipping the script.
محمدباقر قالیباف | MB Ghalibaf@mb_ghalibaf
۱- رئیس جمهور آمریکا در یک ساعت هفت ادعا مطرح کرد که هر هفت ادعا کذب است. ۲- با این دروغگوییها در جنگ پیروز نشدند و حتما در مذاکره هم راه به جایی نخواهند برد. ۳- با ادامهٔ محاصره، تنگهٔ هرمز باز نخواهد ماند.
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Bob Smith أُعيد تغريده
BREAKING: Israeli PM shocked that a ceasefire means even Israel can no longer bomb. "In the past, it was always just the other side that had to stop bombing," he declared during a press conference.
The Spectator Index@spectatorindex
Netanyahu was 'shocked' by Trump's statement that Israel was 'prohibited' from bombing Lebanon, according to Axios report.
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@TheStalwart @conorsen what is the most Odd Lots route? Maybe economic geography of the River Rhine? We could organize that a conference about the economic history of and on the Rhine!
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Just thinking about Joe and Tracy interviewing Citrini Analyst #3 on a live pod here.
Josh Young@JoshYoung
I'm not sure what to make of this. A cruise ship is zooming through the Strait of Hormuz
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