Stefan 🇺🇦 - @stefan_life_is_not_black_&_white

I can promise this: The Senate will not vote to leave NATO and abandon our allies just because Trump is upset they wouldn’t go along with his reckless war of choice.   Thank you to @SecRubio for sponsoring the bill in 2023 requiring a two thirds vote of the Senate to make sure clueless presidents couldn’t act on a whim.

@SirSimonClarke You wanted closer relations with the USA. Trump shows there is no special relationship and we cannot rely on any treaty or trade deal with the USA. No country can flourish without allies with common goals.

Shamelessly using war in the Gulf to effectively reverse Brexit - just as he always intended. Not even hiding it anymore.

No U.S. President should be able to withdraw from NATO without Senate approval. Thankful my colleagues in Congress passed this bipartisan measure.

Trump will say he's thinking of taking US out of NATO but the National Defense Authorization Act of 2024 prohibits a President from widrawing from a treaty alliance without the consent of Congress - and he doesnt have the votes - not that that will stop him from saying it

@10DowningStreet This war has shone light on those who declare themselves political friends of Israel. They cannot bring themselves to accuse Netanyahu and his genocidal cronies of warmongering and breaching international law.

Together with our allies, we condemn in the strongest terms recent attacks by Iran on unarmed commercial vessels in the Gulf, attacks on civilian infrastructure including oil and gas installations, and the de facto closure of the Strait of Hormuz by Iranian forces.

@piersmorgan Oops - Palestinians

@piersmorgan Netanyahu has stolen the gas fields that belong to the Palestians of Gaza and will soon do the same to Lebanon.

Madness, as we’re now seeing from Iran’s revenge attacks on energy plants all over the Gulf. Netanyahu has his own agenda with this war, and it’s a very dangerous one for the rest of the world.

JEWS are not responsible for Israel’s endless wars. JEWS are not responsible for Israel’s dangerous rhetoric. JEWS are not responsible for the Zionist exploitation of our holy faith. JEWS are not responsible for the weaponization of antisemitism for political gain. ZIONISM and Israel are not synonyms for Jews and Judaism. ZIONISM is a modern political ideology that betrays our religious identity. ZIONISM cannot claim to represent the Jewish global faith it consistently undermines. @LindseyGrahamSC @tedcruz #Notinourname #JudaismisnotZionism #BreakTheSpell Source @authenttorahjew @TorahJudaism

It's insane we live in a world where people are more upset about gas rising 50 cents a gallon than they are about a school full of little girls getting blown up.

I have talked to some Israeli officials and read a good deal of Israeli media. Here is how the war in Iran is perceived there so far: 1) On a tactical level, they believe it has gone very well and Israel has destroyed more of the Iranian military capability than expected. 2) They are disappointed that the regime has not been weakened as much as expected and that they remain in firm control. In particular the lack of a "rise up" among the population is a cause of concern. 3) They are finding Trump to be unreliable. While Israel favors a prolonged campaign to ensure total dismantlement of threats, Trump has signaled a desire to end the war "soon," creating a potential rift in war aims. 4) Hezbollah is stronger than expected. It has hit Israel with drones and missiles and killed soldiers. They have recovered better than expected. 5) The inability of Ben-Gurion airport to withstand closing and chaos has shown fragility in Israeli social cohesion. 6) They are disappointed in the lack of support from Gulf States who want an end to the war rather than the escalation Israel wants. 7) Israel accepts that the regime in Tehran will survive and just hopes that this weakens them in preparation for the next round. 8) There is a growing fear among Israeli strategists that they are winning the war but losing the region. While military targets are being obliterated, the civilian infrastructure damage is causing a backlash. 9) The war is proving very expensive. The need to divert NIS 28 billion ($9 billion) to the military has forced the government to freeze social projects, leading to the first significant anti-government protests since the war began, specifically from the middle class bearing the tax burden. 10) They are aware that the war is very unpopular in the US and that Israel is being blamed. They are concerned about the ramifications for the alliance. While Netanyahu is painting this as a huge success, it really doesn't look like one to Israeli strategic planners. The public knows it as well.

❤️‍🔥“We are not afraid. We are always in danger anyway.” Speaking in Arabic, a Palestinian woman in Al-Quds (Jerusalem) responds calmly when an Israeli occupation reporter questions her about Iranian missiles. When the reporter warns her about the danger of missiles and war, she answers that fear is nothing new for Palestinians. “Danger to whom?” she asks. “We are constantly in danger anyway.” Living under Israeli occupation, she explains, already means living with daily uncertainty and risk. Quoting the Qur’an, she adds: “Death will come to you even in fortified towers.” For her, the missiles do not change the reality Palestinians already face.

NEW: 🇺🇸🇮🇱🇮🇷 BBC correspondent Kasra Naji from Tel Aviv reports that the situation is very bad: Israel is in a partial lockdown, the streets are empty due to fear of Iranian attacks. Shops are closed, and this situation is becoming unbearable for the population. Even large Hezbollah missiles are hitting Tel Aviv without the sirens going off, and this is unprecedented.

I can’t stop crying

Lest we forget.

And their military strategists appear to be just as capable in their role. Trump, Miller/Hegseth and those who ignored the lessons of wars for regime change show they have no competence. Like the rest of the neocons they have immeasurable hubris.

🇨🇳🌍 While Trump builds military coalitions and bombs the Middle East, China just made its move. Wang Yi announces: zero tariffs on 100% of African imports, effective May 1st. Every single African export enters China duty-free. No conditions. No military bases required. No regime change demanded. The U.S. is spending billions on interceptors, carrier strike groups, and bombs. China is opening the largest consumer market on Earth to an entire continent.

It took Trump 10 days to create an energy crisis reminiscent of the 1970s, replace Ayatollah Khamenei with Ayatollah Khamenei, and weaken our alliances worldwide. He put American servicemembers in harm’s way, resulting in seven deaths. None of this made you safer or better off.

An Iranian man left this comment on my YouTube channel. This is without a doubt the single best explanation of the reality facing Iranian people today👇 "As an Iranian, I can tell you the situation is no longer just political—it's existential. We are trapped between two collapsing structures: one internal, one external. On one hand, we face a deeply dysfunctional government, led by the Supreme Leader and the Islamic Republic’s unelected institutions. Decades of economic mismanagement, suppression of dissent, and brutal ideological control have alienated multiple generations. No one believes in reform anymore—because every attempt has either been co-opted or crushed. But here's the paradox: We are also terrified of regime collapse—because we've watched the aftermath of Western intervention in countries like Iraq, Libya, Syria, and Afghanistan. Each was promised freedom; each descended into chaos, civil war, or foreign occupation. So no, we don't trust the U.S. or Israel. Not because we support our regime—but because we know how imperial powers treat ‘liberated’ nations in the Middle East. Freedom, in their language, often means vacuum, fire, and permanent instability. Right now, many Iranians live with three truths at once: The Islamic Republic is morally and politically bankrupt. The alternatives offered by foreign actors are not liberation—they’re collapse. A bad government is survivable. No government is not. We are not silent because we agree. We are cautious because we’ve learned—too well—what happens when superpowers decide to "help." In a sentence: Iran is a nation held hostage by its own regime, but haunted by the fate of its neighbors. We are stuck in a house we hate, surrounded by fires we fear more."

@james_xond When fools who had no understanding of statistics were given access to spreadsheets. The "computer says" was used to justify many a bad decision affecting society.

Can anyone pin-point the exact moment where everything in society just got substantially worse?

🚨BOOM!! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 50,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 100,000. If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done! petition.parliament.uk/petitions/7442…