Don Juan DeLexapro
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Don Juan DeLexapro
@jonathandunk
co-editor @overlandjournal, lecturer Deakin, writer, [email protected]

Israel bombed the Al-Qasmiya Bridge over the Litani River in Lebanon.

Am I the only one who found the Economist cover a bit melodramatic and jumping the gun? Israel still has full US backing and other countries and is not under nearly enough pressure to stop the war. You know who is alone? Palestinians in Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem

This is the key point. Carlson is going viral and winning these encounters because his opponents are all stuck on scripts and talking points and have never been challenged on them, even mildly. This is part of a much bigger story of American media decline and collapse.


“right to exist” is just manifest destiny there’s a reason Israel sees its claims over the region as analogous to the American colonies’ westward push, and why they consider it “unfair” that America got to genocide its natives and take their land, but Israelis don’t


Oh no, Iran is exercising its right to self defence. ▪️@ABCnews describes Iran’s self defence as “a plot against the West”. ▪️Remember ABC backing of Israel’s justification of the ‘right to self defence’ when they devastated and slaughtered thousands in Gaza. ▪️But now they deny this right to Iran. Of course. ▪️And they say the “plot” to defend themselves was “years in the making”. ▪️How long do they think it took the US to build all their foreign military bases around the Middle East? ▪️Perhaps too, the US has been “plotting” to dominate and control the Middle East and the world’s oil market has been “years in the making”. ABC’s headline of its top article today: ‘In the Strait of Hormuz, Iran unleashes a plot against the West years in the making’ abc.net.au/news/2026-03-2…

🚨 Lebanon death toll surpasses 1,000 as strikes continue nationwide Lebanon’s Health Ministry said at least 1,001 people have been killed and 2,584 wounded since the start of Israeli attacks, according to official figures released March 19. At least 33 people were killed and 152 injured in the past 24 hours alone. ➤ 804 men, 79 women, and 118 children are among those killed ➤ 1,805 men, 414 women, and 365 children have been wounded ➤ 5 hospitals and 42 ambulances have been hit, along with 18 civil defense centers and 68 health facilities ➤ 40 healthcare workers have been killed and 107 injured, according to the ministry

JUST IN - U.S. Treasury issues new 30-day licenses permitting the sale of Iranian crude oil and petroleum products — Reuters

NEW: Bill Maher—frequent foe and sometimes friend of Trump—is set to receive the Mark Twain Prize for Humor at the Kennedy Center. W/ @jon_fischer: theatlantic.com/culture/2026/0…

















