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The U.S. attack and illegal seizure of Iran’s commercial vessel “Toska,” and the taking of its crew hostage on 19 April in the Sea of Oman—while carrying critical dialysis supplies and medical equipment—constitutes a flagrant breach of international law, including the peremptory prohibition of aggression, human rights and the right to life. This coercive and unlawful act endangers lives, undermines freedom of navigation, and places vulnerable patients at grave risk. The perpetrators must be held accountable.

For the first time in decades, three aircraft carriers are operating in the Middle East at the same time. Accompanied by their carrier air wings, the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) and USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) include over 200 aircraft and 15,000 Sailors and Marines.

idc if this is a boomer take: Listening to the radio broadcast of a baseball game is WILDLY underrated

Reporter: How long are you willing to wait for a response from Iran? Trump: Don’t rush me. We were in Vietnam for 18 years.

I wrote about this in my newsletter. The Weather Service didn't launch balloons recently and got surprised by tornadoes in Kansas. DOGE cuts at NWS cut out weather balloon launches which gather data for storm prediction. You are less safe because of that choice.

Israel now occupies more of Lebanon than Russia occupies in Ukraine.

Professor Pape’s analysis is sharp. I agree with most of what he lays out in this interview & his substack. I’m advocating for us to walk now to avoid further escalation, sanctions relief can be used to encourage Iran to open the SOH. Our top goal now should be avoiding the plunge into a prolonged conflict.

"Don't rush me," President Trump says when asked about Iran. "So were in Vietnam for 18 years. Iraq, many, many years....I've been doing this for...six weeks."

For the first time, Hezbollah publishes footage of an operation that took place during the “ceasefire”. Showing a rocket and drone attack on the Kafr Giladi artillery position—belonging to the Israeli occupation army in northern occupied Palestine.