Deirdre Fitzpatrick.

Is anyone even gonna ask the obvious question: why? Why has it become normal for America to go attacking and destroying and seizing other countries and taking their assets, without any justification? It goes beyond question that Cuba poses no threat to anyone. Why then, is military force on the table? Where is the legality, the justification, the morality… They are all absent, and this is just another naked power grab, of the alleged most powerful nation on the planet, trying to crush one of the smallest and weakest powers in this hemisphere. It is disgraceful and disgusting.

WOW Iranians taken the LEGO movies to the next level and explained the Epstein 😭 This will literally make Trump crazy 😭🤣😂

Incredible starling murmuration gracing the Italian skies over Sassari, Sardinia. 🇮🇹

BREAKING: Israel is dropping white phosphorus on civilian areas in Deir Seryan, South Lebanon — burning homes and agricultural land. A war crime in broad daylight. All of this is happening under a so-called “ceasefire”, and not a peep from the complicit international community

This is the number of patients waiting for beds in #UHL They are left on trolleys today. No privacy. No dignity. No adequate treatment. This is not healthcare. This is not good enough. @CarrollJennifer @MichealMartinTD @HSELive @roinnslainte @SimonHarrisTD

Could Trump's Posture Be a Prelude to an Ultimate Blame Game? In the annals of international relations, the “Trap of Rambouillet” refers to a well-documented diplomatic maneuver in which one side deliberately inserts terms into a proposed agreement that it knows the other side cannot possibly accept. The goal is not to solve outstanding issues, but to manufacture a public pretext for war. The name derives from the 1999 Rambouillet negotiations, where NATO presented Belgrade with conditions on Kosovo that were structured to be politically and constitutionally impossible for the Yugoslav government to swallow, thereby justifying the subsequent bombing campaign. One plausible scenario is that the United States is applying a similar approach in its current dealings with Iran. In fact, the conduct of U.S. officials, and the terms Washington has put before Iran today, increasingly appear to follow the same script. The Trump administration continues to allude to an imminent deal, a historic breakthrough, or “Iran coming to its senses.” Yet its proposals include provisions that would require Tehran to dismantle core elements of its sovereignty, erode its national pride, and make unreasonable concessions—with nothing meaningful offered in return by the United States—in ways no Iranian government could accept. This sequence seems intended to project an image of good-faith negotiation, anticipate Iran’s rejection of such terms, and ultimately frame the outcome as “Iran choosing war.” The theatrics surrounding @JDVance's travel to Islamabad, despite Iran not even confirming its participation, fit into this picture. Once the negotiations "fail", a likely next step for the Trump administration could be the resumption of military attacks aimed at inflicting significant costs on the Iranian population and infrastructure, followed by a withdrawal without any agreement and a declaration of victory. Iran would almost certainly respond forcefully, delivering a severe shock to the global economy. Yet this risk appears to carry limited weight in Trump's calculations. His objective could be to push Iran back by degrading its capabilities and to leave the region destabilized in ways that serve Israel’s long-term hegemonic ambitions. In short, what is unfolding increasingly resembles a Rambouillet-style script, repackaged for the region. One might call it the “Trap of Islamabad,” with diplomatic postures serving as a velvet glove concealing a mailed fist.

🔴 NOW: Reports of settler terrorists attacking a Palestinian school in Al-Mughayyir, the West Bank. Two Palestinians were killed, including a child. Several more people are injured.

In this damning piece, the @WSJ explains how Trump’s war with Iran has become deeply personal: public bravado, private anxiety; tactical strikes, strategic drift; dramatic threats, improvised diplomacy, using insults as a tactic to bring Iranians to the negotiating table and screaming at aids. Constant desire to change subjects. Being angry at allies. Even his threat to destroy Iranian “civilization” was made without prior coordination with his national security team. A series of miscalculations. This is a portrait of a commander driven less by strategy than impulse, optics, and fear of failure. This is very disturbing. wsj.com/politics/natio…

Three years ago a magazine wanted me to interview Sanchez. I said that although he was important for the future of the left in Europe I was focused on geopolitics. Three years later he has become a world leader, Spain a geopolitical center and his government a source of ideas and influence spanning the globe. Incredible achievement. No one else in Europe has been able to even come close in past few decades. Macron could only dream about it

The Saudi/UAE Coalition were given permission to bomb Yemen back to the Stone Age by Obama/ US, Europeans + UN because Yemen refused to bow to Western Imperialism. And Western Media was silent...

🟡 Amnesty International is backing the push to suspend the EU-Israel Association Agreement, calling on German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni to support the move — framing their backing as the key to building the majority needed to move forward. ➤ The agreement contains a human rights clause that critics have long noted should trigger suspension given Israel's conduct in Gaza and the West Bank.

Children of Gaza.

In Ireland; A politics journalist writes about the government with an eye on a government advisor position. A trade union leader negotiates with the government with an eye on a government public body management position. An NGO head consults with the government with an eye on expanded government funds. This is the wedge that has disenfranchised the Irish electorate.

Rumänischer Abgeordneter entlarvt Ursula Von der Leyens Schema mitten im EU-Parlament: "Von der Leyen ist mit dem deutschen Arzt Heiko von der Leyen verheiratet... der der Direktor von Orgenesis ist, das PFIZER gehört..." Derselbe Konzern, mit dem Ursula einen 71-Milliarden-Euro-Vertrag zum KAUF der astronomischen Zahl von 4,6 MILLIARDEN IMPFDOSEN (10 pro Bürger) unterzeichnet hat 😳👇 SIE VERDREIFACHTEN IHR VERMÖGEN MIT DER PLANDEMIE

To American: Your enemies aren't in Iran. They are in the Epstein files.

Let’s hope one day they are put on trial for their propaganda.

آلاف الطلاب في غزة يطالبون بحقهم في مغادرة القطاع لمتابعة تعليمهم في الخارج.

“We didn’t know they were flying over us with bombs and bullets because Mikey didn’t tick the right box!” #Seriously

The Great Palestinian Revolt of 1936-39 began on this day 90 years ago. Palestinians struggled against the pro-Zionist British Mandate. In retaliation, the British destroyed over two thousand Palestinian homes over the next three years.

POTUS is laying out two courses of action—a negotiated settlement, or a major escalation. There is a third option, and he should take it: recognize there is no way to force a positive outcome and simply leave. The region is not ours to fix. President Reagan chose this path in Lebanon in ‘84, withdrawing U.S. forces after the Beirut barracks bombing once it became clear the mission’s stabilization goals could not be met, effectively ending direct American military involvement and avoiding a deeper quagmire and long-term entrenchment in the region. A negotiated settlement is unlikely to work or be taken seriously by the Iranians unless we make concessions on the enrichment issue. As we saw yesterday in the SOH, the IRGC is empowered to act without the consent of the civilian leadership, so it’s likely they won’t honor any deal reached. A major escalation will lead to a very destructive outcome for Iran, the region, and eventually the U.S. If POTUS chooses brute force and targets civilian infrastructure, we will create another generation of radicalized Iranians who will rally around the regime and escalate the war by any means possible. If POTUS opts to strike the civilian infrastructure, declare victory, and then leave, we will only further erode our standing in the world, the petrodollar, and eventually our status as the world’s reserve currency holder. We need to get out now. Don’t double down on failure. Avoid the sunken cost trap, leave now, and put America’s interests first.