The Compass Report 🧭

"I cried every day for two weeks. This was long before Gaza; it was already so horrendous, so inhumane, so ugly, so evil, so hypocritical. Palestinian women have been tortured in Israeli jails. Israelis are very good at torturing people." — Dr. Gabor Maté, a Canadian physician and Holocaust survivor

@TCNetwork x.com/i/status/19675… We know...

It's pretty obvious that lone gunmen kill people who are a challenge to entrenched power.

@SprinterPress This article frames it as Israel's self-destruction, but the real root is the occupation itself. No internal reform can bring stability while millions live without rights under a regime that shows no humanity.

Times of Israel: "Is Israel Digging Its Own Grave?" Deep internal divisions, international isolation, and the lack of a clear political perspective pose an unprecedented threat to Israel's existence, both internally and externally. The strong polarization of Israeli society and internal political conflicts have weakened national resilience. The main enemy is no longer just on the borders, but in the social divide that is leading Israel to collapse from within. Radical policies and the continuation of conflicts without proposing a political solution have led to the fact that even Israel's closest allies, including parts of the American administration, are reconsidering their support. The government is beating the drums of war without having a roadmap for the "day after". This situation of "eternal war" is draining Israel's economic and human resources. If Israel remains on its current course and does not carry out deep reforms in its political structure and strategic thinking, it will create the preconditions for its own destruction with its own hands.

@infolibnews The 'easiest move' that would instantly trigger a global depression, torch the entire Gulf's energy grid, and send oil past $200 a barrel. Truly galaxy-brain stuff, Ben. Maybe take five seconds before cosplaying Dr. Strangelove on main.

Ben Shapiro says Trump should "just blow up Kharg Island." He says it's the "easiest move for the US to make right now." (Iran has said they'll respond to such an attack by blowing up oil infrastructure throughout the Gulf and plunging the world into a global depression.)

@realstewpeters The "no shooting unless shot at first" line only works if you didn't launch the operation. You showed up armed, uninvited. That's not defence, that's the whole offence.

MARCO RUBIO: “This is not an offensive operation, this is a defensive operation, and what that means is very simple, there's no shooting unless we're shot at first.” Bro, you started the war. Nobody was shooting at you.

Update: Elisabetta Tai Ferretto, one of the first women to publicly accuse Jeffrey Epstein of sexual abuse, has been located safe. Italian Carabinieri (via international cooperation) confirmed they found her in the United States "in good health." She had been reported missing after daily calls with family stopped on April 22 following her return to New York. Her case drew attention because she was among the earliest survivors to speak out about her 2004 encounter with Epstein. Good news that she’s safe. Sources: • Il Messaggero / Leggo (May 5, 2026) • Carabinieri statement (Padova)

🇮🇷 BREAKING: Iran has launched the Persian Gulf Strait Authority. Ships must now: ▫️Contact the authority ▫️Fill out forms ▫️Pay the toll Then they receive an email with permission to pass through the Strait of Hormuz. ➖️ Tasnim News Iran is turning the world’s most critical oil chokepoint (20% of global supply) into their own toll gate. Map of the Strait of Hormuz 👇 This comes after the recent closure and strikes. Sovereign control or economic chokehold? How long before this explodes?

🚨Meta's CIA Pipeline Exposed? Italy's center-left PD just demanded clarifications from the European Commission today. They're alarmed that former CIA and other intelligence officers are shaping political content, "misinformation" policies, and election integrity on Meta's platforms. This isn't one or two random hires. Meta has a well-documented pattern of recruiting directly from intelligence agencies into Trust & Safety and election-related teams. When Big Tech brings in intelligence veterans to control what hundreds of millions see during elections… Neutrality? Or quiet state influence? Who actually decides what information flows freely? Source: La Repubblica (today)

🚨Charlie Munger saw through Trump years ago. "Unsuitable for the office." "Not the guy to run anything." Brutally honest take from someone who didn't play politics. Watch the clip. Was Munger right?

Abu Ali did not just sleep in rubble, he refused erasure. In a campaign designed to sever a people from their land, his daily return turned debris into defiance, exile into presence. He was Srifa's silent "no" to ethn!c cleansing. He may be gone, but his steadfastness is now sown into that soil forever. Rest in power, Abu Ali.

Southern Lebanese man who slept amidst the ruins of his home dies as a symbol of resistance to Israeli ethnic cleansing —— Hussein Ali Faqih, the 87-year-old known as "Abu Ali" who became a fixture of defiance in southern Lebanon, passed away yesterday. His death marks the end of a one of many rituals of resistance against the ongoing Israeli campaign to depopulate and flatten border villages through systematic bombardment. Following the destruction of his home in Srifa, Abu Ali refused the permanence of displacement, making a daily trek to the site of his destroyed home. By occupying the rubble as if the structure were still standing, he transformed the debris into a site of active presence, reclaiming the rubble of his home from the psychological weight of the bombardment that sought to sever his connection to the land. Abu Ali’s daily vigil amidst the concrete and twisted rebar became a localized symbol of steadfastness, in the face of an ethnic cleansing strategy designed to render the South uninhabitable. His refusal to abandon the ruins, even as they offered no shelter, served as a quiet but firm rejection of the finality of Israel's barbaric campaign across south Lebanon. While his death marks the physical departure of Srifa’s silent sentinel, the image of his refusal to leave the wreckage remains a testament to the enduring link between the people of the South and the villages that Israel is attempting to erase.

@jacksonhinklle Macron is flagging two interconnected risks: Europe's deep economic dependence on China (supply chains, rare earths, markets) and the danger of a US-China clash that forces Europe to pick a side at huge cost. Hence his push for strategic autonomy. Naming it is step one.

🇫🇷 France's Macron: "We will probably experience the cost of our dependencies vis-à-vis China. No doubt." "One major risk is an acceleration of confrontation between China and the U.S."

@GeneralMCNews I truly hope this is a sincere push for transparency and not just a political stunt. It's long past time for the U.S. to publicly acknowledge what everyone already knows. The "open secret" charade only hurts your credibility on non-proliferation.

BREAKING: 29 House Democrats have sent a letter to the Trump administration demanding that it publicly acknowledge Israel’s nuclear weapons program.

They're being held on secret evidence their own lawyers can't see. No charges. Complete isolation. Lights on 24 hours a day. Blindfolded even during medical exams. And now they're on hunger strike. This isn't some procedural dispute, it's cruelty dressed up as a court order. These are humanitarian activists, not enemies. Free them.

🚨 Israel Extends Flotilla Activists’ Detention Six More Days Using Secret Evidence An Israeli magistrate’s court has extended the detention of humanitarian activists Thiago Ávila and Saif Abukeshek until May 10, granting the state’s full request based in part on secret evidence that neither the activists nor their lawyers were permitted to review, Adalah reported Tuesday. No formal charges have been filed. The state has cited suspected offenses including assisting the enemy during wartime and membership in a terrorist organization. Adalah attorneys argued the allegations are baseless and that Israeli domestic law cannot apply to foreign nationals seized over 1,000 kilometers from Gaza in international waters. Both men remain in total isolation, under 24-hour high-intensity lighting, blindfolded whenever moved, including during medical examinations. Both are continuing their hunger strike, consuming only water since April 30. Adalah called the ruling “judicial validation of the state’s lawlessness” and announced it will immediately appeal to the District Court. The flotilla is calling on governments worldwide to demand their immediate release alongside all Palestinian prisoners and an end to Israel’s blockade of Gaza. Source: Adalah Legal Center. Court Images by Global Sumud Flotilla

@DrLoupis__ Who did this? 👀

America 🇺🇸

@jacksonhinklle "Come closer" didn't come out of nowhere. The sequence matters: Israel acted, the US supported, Iran reacted. Overlooking the first mover weakens any analysis.

🇮🇷🇺🇸 Iran responds to US official who said the rules of engagement for American forces have been changed: "Come closer, we are ready."

@LeadingReport Let's say eight or nine years from now sounds like something a leader says just before they change the rules.

President Trump: When I get out of office in, let’s say, eight or nine years from now…

@DD_Geopolitics Because no one knows why a Russian nuclear-powered submarine is actually in Havana, 90 miles from the US. Maybe to help Cuba? Who knows 🤷‍♂️

@AGDugin Always has been. The real power never needed the spotlight➖️just someone loud enough to distract while they pull the strings.

Now it looks like Trump is much less than Trump. Just the exotic egocentric pawn in the hands of the real serious guys.

@atrupar Calling a war a "little detour" while people are dying, families are being torn apart, and an entire region is being set ablaze. There's nothing "nice" about bombs and body bags. This isn't a reality show, it's real life.

Trump describes his war on Iran as a "military operation" and "a little detour, and it's working out very nicely"