@spyderhood 330 million people. Most have enough income to enjoy some leisure time and develop skills. The really good ones are often supported by family and friends to develop world-class skills.
English
Aloha Rebel
4.6K posts
@AndrewDesiderio @hillhulse This hate and bile was inside Cornyn the whole time.
English
Cornyn unchained
“There’s never going to be good enough for him, other than 100%, you know, slavish adherence to whatever he wants. But obviously that’s not what the senator’s role is supposed to be, especially in terms of checks and balances.” @hillhulse
nytimes.com/2026/06/11/us/…
English
@DavidBCollum IRGC has lost their leverage w/ tankers traversing Hormuz nightly. There is no MAD. Only a regime choking out while the pain they can inflict erodes. That is why they are negotiating now.
English
I just finished listening to a podcast in which two friends were talking about how everybody wins if the crisis in the Strait of Hormuz is wrapped up. I seem to stand alone, but I do not think that is necessarily in Iran's interest even if they are suffering.
If I were in charge of Iran, I would try to make sure that the world suffers enough from this fiasco that after it resolves—it will—the world leaders agree that we can NEVER let that happen again. Iran wins if the next time somebody decides they are going to attack Iran—we all know there could be a next time—the world leaders yell in unison, "Stop!".
Mitigating suffering from this skirmish increases the odds of the next skirmish being supported. It is a MAD (Mutually Assured Destruction) game theory model. I also think the Iranians are not a bunch of wimps. Both seem obvious to me, but what do I know.
NB-The em dashes are mine—I love those little bastards—not AI's.
English
@SkylarSkye3 The Artemis program & return to the moon is permission for every young person to dream again.
English
I’m starting to think America’s biggest strength is mindset.
There’s this constant belief that bigger is better and anything is possible.
You can feel it everywhere.
English
@TonerousHyus The enemy is in London. Lloyds is the source of the Hormuz blockade; IRGC is just the excuse to pull insurance and freeze shipping. Once a deal is signed, the excuse evaporates.
London is left with a devastated client state and restored & growing energy production.
English
“The 20 million lbs of bombs you dropped weren’t enough.” Is not an argument for more bombs.
What got Iran to start caving was a blockade
Sunny@sunnyright
He had Iran backed into a corner and withering under bold American leadership and far superior firepower. And he decided to transition from Churchill to Chamberlain, seeking a facade of “peace” at all costs and willing to accept any nonsense that gave him cover to issue a press release and move on, leaving the inevitable disaster to again get kicked down the road. Defeat, snatched from the jaws of victory. Again.
English
@SkylarSkye3 We have unique and wonderful American sports. The rest of the world can have soccer.
English
If football ever becomes America’s number one sport, the rest of the world is in trouble.
This country already dominates so many sports commercially.
If they fully embrace football with the same energy, investment and obsession… that’s scary.
English
@SholdonDaniels He needs a higher profile in statewide office first. I’m not aware of anyone jumping straight from the House to the WH. Usually Governor or cabinet is the path.
English
Is it too early to throw Brandon Gill into the presidential conversation or is he still to young?
English
@FischerKing64 Sneak Thief Citizenship.
Birthright is something you inherit from your parents.
English
In 1980 Ronald Reagan convincingly won the presidency against Jimmy Carter, and also tipped the Senate. But the democrats maintained control of the House and Tip O’Neill remained speaker. That meant a lot of people voted for Reagan, but then voted democratic down ballot. They could do this knowing bipartisanship was possible - that the country had a coherent population, and differences were not so wide that people would refuse to work together.
Reagan was able to push his tax reduction plan through Congress. Tip O’Neill basically said ‘this is what the people voted for, so we will work with you.’ That could not happen today.
The US electorate is balkanizing because of too much immigration too fast - which is exploited by unscrupulous politicians. We will probably not see the kind of bipartisanship of the early 1980s again in our lifetimes - if ever. And this is why a 1924 style moratorium on immigration is necessary, coupled with aggressive assimilation policies and deportations of those who don’t really want to be American. And it’s why birthright citizenship is a disaster in present circumstances.
English
@JohnRHuffman There are very few “Cornyn voters.”
Most are habitual Republican voters who dislike conflict. Their OBVIOUS choice now is Paxton. Talarico is nutty.
Cornyn is stabbing nominees in the back. No one likes that kind of disloyalty. Every time he does, his influence diminishes.
English
Please explain to me how bashing Sen. Cornyn, a good man with a lifetime of service to the state of Texas and the country, is going to help convince his 900k supporters to vote for Ken.
Newsflash to the top of the ticket - YOU NEED US. Best you start acting like it.
Patrick Svitek@PatrickSvitek
TX Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick tells state GOP delegates that there are 2 Republicans who lost primaries who are "sore losers undermining our party." Later on, after someone yells out Cornyn's name, Patrick indicates he was referring to Cornyn, saying Cornyn "isn't helping right now."
English
@unseen1_unseen @htmcg No rule that the second party has to be the Democrats. Let the share the fate of the Federalists & Whigs.
English
Maybe he could try to restock the Democrat Party with patriots. It's not helpful to destroy it, as a two-party system is useful.
unseen1@unseen1_unseen
If he used it to destroy the democrat party, the next 7 generations would owe him a debt that can't be repaid.
English
@tshugart3 IRGC had some of 🇨🇳 most advanced systems: anti-stealth radar, hypersonic anti-ship missiles and SAMs. They had quite a few Chinese techs to operate them and reports that dozens were killed. Yet all Chinese systems failed, most catastrophically. Same story in 🇻🇪 🇵🇰.
English
🎯 "China’s military technology is miles ahead of anything that Iran possesses, and China can use these forces to great effect in East Asia in ways that make any lesson learned in the Middle East irrelevant. Overconfidence against China based on experience in Iran could lead to catastrophic misplanning that would expose U.S. forces to unnecessary risks."
foreignpolicy.com/2026/06/12/ira…
English
@camille_moscow So the regime gets no sanctions relief and no money until the final deal is signed. IRGC continues to suffocate until they give up their nukes. Their agreed to give up even their limited harassment of tanker traffic. lol
English
🇺🇸🇮🇷 Le ministre iranien Araghchi vient de confirmer : un protocole d’accord est signé avec Washington. La première phase acte la fin de la guerre et la reconnaissance mutuelle de souveraineté. Le nucléaire est repoussé à la phase 2, avec levée des sanctions à la clé.
Après 47 ans, les États-Unis ont officiellement plié sur le principe même de l’existence de la République islamique.
Français
@TonerousHyus @earlyvotedata Also useful against their speedboats.
I have only seen APKWS deployed with the 7 round Hydra pods. Is there any reason they don’t use the 19 round launcher?
English
@earlyvotedata The APKWSs keep proving themselves. 100% interception rates and incredibly cheap for us to make
English
About what Iran will do at the World Cup too.
Politics & Poll Tracker 📡@PollTracker2024
Reuters: US forces shoot down multiple Iranian attack drones headed toward the Strait of Hormuz.
English
@CENTCOM If tankers move through Hormuz and none are Iranian, IRGC has no control. Oil prices will come down and 🇺🇸 can blockade them until they break.
English
Iran launched multiple one-way attack drones in an attempt to strike commercial ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz. U.S. forces have downed all of them in recent hours as traffic flow through the strait continues unimpeded. The international trade corridor remains open for transit.
English
@rickjeff78 Exports can be reduced by 20%. GCC transits will continue to rise, as will 🇻🇪 output. This can go on for a very long time.
English
Trump can't afford to stall another week. He has to surrender now.
This is over.
cryptoneer@traderjlj
@rickjeff78 It’s not happening, sorry to say. Next week will be more of the same.
English
@MacroAlphaHQ We can see demand destruction in 🇨🇳. It’s not just oil demand. Housing crashed. Auto sales down 22%. Millions going unpaid. Look like China is going into a deep recession.
English
Retail is cheering an 11% drop in crude like it means cheaper gas for the weekend.
You are completely misreading the tape.
Oil doesn't puke to $83 in 48 hours because of a localized supply glitch.
It violently reprices because institutional commodity desks are front-running a massive, synchronized global demand destruction event.
You are staring at Bitcoin at $63379 hoping for a breakout while the absolute leading indicator of global growth just triggered a recessionary circuit breaker.
Wall Street isn't just dumping barrels. They are liquidating the underlying economy.
The math doesn't care about your feelings. Save this receipt for when the panic starts.
$CL_F $BTC
English
@LobsterFinance Trump is strangling IRGC: nothing gets in or out. Non-Iran tankers are transiting nightly. That’s why we hear explosions in the straight nightly: drones getting shot down.
As the traffic accelerates, the oil price weaponize is disarmed and price falls further. IRGC lashes out.
English
One disconnect in the current situation is that people still think Trump is playing for a “deal” in Iran (and indeed the world) when Trump left that attitude long ago.
Trump is now playing the war game. A game of destruction.
It completely changes how you see his actions.
English
Iran will receive a total of $24 Billion as part of the agreement
Trump has agreed but refuses to publicly announce it
English
@HormuzLetter Tankers are transiting Hormuz. None from Iran. IRGC firing on them. Im sure USAF & USN shot them down again, just like the 100 hypersonic missile from 🇨🇳; just like the dozens of missiles and drones shot at the destroyers.
They can target whatever. They can’t HIT much.
English
BREAKING: Several explosions heard near Qeshm Island and Sirik, southern Iran, with initial reports of Iran striking targets in the Strait of Hormuz, per Mehr News.
English
@AimenDean Thank you. I always wait to see what actual government officials say.
English
The UAE Foreign Ministry could not have been more explicit.
What is truly astonishing is the number of people on this platform who are completely illiterate when it comes to global finance, sanctions, and sanctions waivers. Despite having zero expertise or experience in the field, they still insist on arguing the contrary with unwavering confidence. 🤦🏻♂️
Aimen Dean@AimenDean
Totally and utterly false. The UAE is a close ally of both the United States and Israel. Thank God I spent a decade working in the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) of a major global bank, so I know a thing or two about how money moves. There is absolutely no way the UAE could release even a fraction of the amounts being claimed to Iran without the US Treasury knowing about it. Anyone familiar with international banking, sanctions compliance, correspondent banking, and financial surveillance knows this story simply does not pass the most basic global finance reality check.
English