Craig Maefs
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Craig Maefs
@cmaefs
Retired Army Officer, War Veteran, retired Area IT Support Supervisor at Northrop Grumman. Board of Directors for Old Fort Niagara, Christian, father, husband.


⚡️Putin: “I think the Ukrainian conflict is heading towards its conclusion.” He told journalists today that the West expected Russia’s rapid defeat and state collapse — but it didn’t happen. He also repeated his favourite thesis: Russia must ensure that “no one threatens” it. Do you believe the war between Russia and Ukraine will end this year?

Congratulations to the great geostrategist Putin. Armenia is moving away from the Russian sphere of influence and into the European sphere of influence. 📹: footage from a coordination meeting on Ukraine in Yerevan






Not long ago, reauthorizations of the Voting Rights Act were bipartisan votes that Democratic and Republican presidents signed without controversy. Now the right-wing Supreme Court majority has gutted the VRA, and GOP-led legislatures are erasing Black voters from the map. nbcnews.com/politics/2026-…


"The American Revolution was against the billionaires of their time" - AOC






NEW: US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced on May 7 that US forces “eliminated inbound threats” and struck Iranian military facilities responsible for attacks on US forces after Iran targeted US naval assets in and around the Strait of Hormuz. CENTCOM stated that the United States “does not seek escalation.” CENTCOM reported that Iranian forces launched multiple missiles, drones, and fast attack craft at US naval assets, including the USS Truxtun, USS Rafael Peralta, and USS Mason, while the vessels were transiting the strait. CENTCOM confirmed that the munitions did not hit any US assets. US forces subsequently struck Iranian military targets responsible for the attacks, including missile and drone launch sites, command-and-control centers, and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance sites. A senior US official told Fox News that US forces struck Bahman Port on Qeshm Island, an unspecified target in Bandar Abbas, Hormozgan Province, and the Bandar Kargan naval checkpoint, also in Hormozgan Province. The official added that the strikes do not indicate a resumption of the war. Iranian media claimed that Iran fired missiles at US warships south of Chabahar Port after US forces targeted two Iranian vessels near Jask, Hormozgan Province, and Fujairah Port in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Khatam ol Anbia Central Headquarters Spokesperson Ebrahim Zolfaghari warned Emirati civilians to “stay away from oil and military centers” following the attacks. The recent strikes follow a series of Iranian attacks against the UAE on May 4 and 5, including a strike on the Fujairah Petroleum Industrial Zone, a key port that the UAE uses to bypass the strait. ISW and @criticalthreats will continue to monitor this situation and provide further analysis in our May 8 morning thread.
















