Manish Pamwar
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@joekent16jan19 It’s not because of these leaders. The day after Aragchi visited Moscow, Putin called Trump to tell him that resumption of strikes would not benefit anyone AND a ground invasion is “Totally Unacceptable”. That’s the reason!
🚨Justice Department Announces Anti-Weaponization Fund: Part of settlement agreement in President Donald J. Trump v. Internal Revenue Service Per the settlement, plaintiffs will receive a formal apology but no monetary payment or damages of any kind. There are no partisan requirements to file a claim. Any money left when the Fund ceases operations will revert to the Federal Government. There is legal precedent for such a Fund, most notably the “Keepseagle” case where the Obama Administration created a $760 million fund to redress various claims alleging racism against the federal government over a period of decades. Read more: justice.gov/opa/pr/justice…
‼️ 🇷🇺 Three quarters of Russia’s business titans faced falling revenue and profits - or plunged into losses - in 2025. #Rosneft’s profit collapsed nearly fourfold, #Gazprom Neft & #Tatneft were halved, #Lukoil posted its first loss in 30 years at 📉❗$13B, while metals giants #MMK & #Rusal swung deep into the red. Sanctions, record interest rates & fresh tax hikes crushed exports, forced oil discounts & slammed demand. 📉 Steel output fell 5%, car production 12%, & 21 of 28 industrial sectors contracted. But the core war machine & energy exports keep flowing enough to avoid 2022-style shock. The broader picture is more nuanced: overall 🇷🇺 GDP still grew ~1% in 2025 . The economy adapted via parallel imports, China rerouting, military spending as stimulus, and a "fortress" model. #MakeRussiaPay #RussiaEconomy Sources: Russian media
🇮🇱🇮🇷 The massive explosion in Beit Shemesh was at the Tomer Company, Israel's government defense firm that builds the rocket engines for Arrow 2 and Arrow 3 missile interceptors. The systems Israel uses to shoot down Iranian ballistic missiles. Here's why the "controlled explosion" explanation doesn't hold up: Controlled detonations require advance public notification. There was none. Emergency services were scrambled immediately to respond. You don't scramble emergency services to something that was planned. And the scale of the blast is consistent with one thing: rocket motor propellant or solid fuel igniting unexpectedly. Which makes complete sense for a facility that manufactures rocket propulsion systems. The most likely explanation: an accident during testing or production. But the timing is worth sitting with. Iran just escalated for the first time on its own terms, not in response to U.S. action, but initiating. A more emboldened Iran than the one that entered this ceasefire. An accident at Israel's most critical missile defense facility is the probable answer. Sabotage, at exactly this moment, at exactly this target, cannot be fully ruled out.
