Mark Dockett-Porter

Truly incredible stuff here. This is such an egregious error for the A section of the NYT (not a typo, genuinely not knowing what NATO stands for) that it should lead every piece on the decline in journalism

The Army Chief of Staff, a combat veteran with tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, asked Pete Hegseth why he was blocking the promotions of two Black officers and two female officers who had earned them. Hegseth refused to answer. Then he fired him. Nine U.S. officials told NBC News that Hegseth has blocked or delayed promotions for more than a dozen Black and female senior officers across all four branches of the military. Hegseth has now fired or sidelined more than a dozen generals and admirals. He is an out-of-control, unqualified former TV host and nobody in the Republican Party will say a word about it because they don’t want to make Trump angry. nbcnews.com/politics/natio…

“The American ppl are very much like the children of a Mafia boss who do not know what their father does for a living & don’t want to know, but then they wonder why someone just threw a firebomb thru the living room window. This is exactly who we are” —Bill Blum,

Interesting how wars are named after the country attacked: Vietnam War, Iraq War, Afghanistan War, Iran War... That's because if they were named after the attacker, it would be too confusing, since 80% of conflicts would be called the US war.

🚨🚨🚨 IRAN JUST PUBLISHED A FULL PEACE DEAL AND NOBODY IS TALKING ABOUT THE BETRAYAL HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT Let me explain what just happened. And why it's scarier than it looks. Iran's former Foreign Minister Zarif — the man who built the 2015 nuclear deal from scratch — just published a detailed peace proposal in Foreign Affairs magazine. Not on state TV. Not for domestic consumption. In Foreign Affairs. The journal that US foreign policy elites read religiously. He's not talking to Iranians. He's talking to Washington insiders. Here's the full deal: IRAN OFFERS (12 steps): 💀 Permanent halt to nuclear weapons development 💀 Reopening the Strait of Hormuz for commercial shipping 💀 Formal nonaggression pact with the US 💀 Regional security cooperation 💀 Limits on missile program 💀 Transparency measures on nuclear sites THE US MUST DO (13 steps): 💀 Remove all sanctions 💀 Finance reconstruction of bombed infrastructure 💀 Compensate Iranian civilians killed in US strikes 💀 Remove military presence from the region 💀 End support for regime change operations 💀 Normalize economic relations This sounds like a genuine off-ramp. But here's the part the headlines are missing. 💀 Iran already agreed to unprecedented concessions in Geneva on February 26, 2026. 💀 The US and Israel bombed them 48 hours later. February 28. Operation Epic Fury. 💀 This is the SECOND time this happened. In June 2025, the US launched Operation Midnight Hammer — bombing Iran's nuclear facilities WHILE TALKS WERE ACTIVELY HAPPENING. Not before talks. Not after. DURING. ⚠️ So Zarif is not naive. He knows what happened. Twice. He's publishing this in Foreign Affairs because he wants the American establishment — the think tanks, the diplomats, the serious people — to see it in black and white. "We offered everything. Twice. And you bombed us anyway." He's building a record. Now here's the scary part. Oil is at $111. Brent crude hit $141 spot price. JPMorgan has already modeled $150 if Hormuz stays closed. Iran and Oman are already drafting a joint protocol to supervise Hormuz transit. This is happening whether the US wants it to or not. Trump's deadline was April 6. Open Hormuz or face "obliteration." Iran's answer was this peace proposal. ⚠️ Think about what that means. If the US bombs again, after Iran published a detailed peace proposal in the world's most respected foreign policy journal — the diplomatic cover for the attack evaporates completely. The world will have receipts. That's the play. Zarif isn't asking for peace. He's setting a trap for history.

Israel is now more dangerous than Nazi germany was. A deep ideological hatred of all around them with a desire to seize lands. Fully armed by the West and with legal impunity. Nuclear armed and a total religious supremacist outlook. The most dangerous entity to ever exist.

BREAKING: More than 100 US-based international law experts have signed an open letter condemning US and Israeli military strikes on Iran as a violation of the UN Charter and potentially amounting to “war crimes.” 🔗: aje.news/v6smu4

3 total generals fired today. They are refusing to put troops in Iran.

🚨BREAKING Iranian director Jafar Panahi returned to Iran despite a prison sentence handed down against him following his Palme d'Or win at the Cannes Film Festival. Jafar Panahi said: "I have only one passport, one homeland; I have come to die for it." A pardon was granted for Jafar Panahi.

Striking civilian structures, including unfinished bridges, will not compel Iranians to surrender. It only conveys the defeat and moral collapse of an enemy in disarray. Every bridge and building will be built back stronger. What will never recover: damage to America's standing.

This is what terrorism looks like, state terrorism, we do it to others and then we act shocked when others do it back to us. War crimes:

@iam_jlc Don't sleep on Twins 🤣

Predator is Arnold Schwarzenegger’s best film. It totally holds up after almost 30 years. With Commando of course coming a close second.

Imagine if Iran bombed and destroyed the Golden Gate Bridge in California, what would you call it? TERRORISTS The U.S bombed and destroyed the highest bridge in Iran, the B1 bridge, why do you call it “PEACE”? Bombing a bridge is a war crime under international humanitarian law

Heartbreaking, cruel, despicable, and utterly outrageous: the American-Israeli aggressors have attacked the Pasteur Institute of Iran — the oldest and most prestigious research and public health center in Iran and the entire Middle East, founded in 1920 through an agreement between the Pasteur Institute of Paris and the Iranian government. This is not merely another war crime committed as part of an illegal war; it is a barbaric assault on basic human core values.

Israel/US have bombed the B1 Bridge in Karaj, a monumental project that connected Tehran with northern regions of the country, including the Caspian Sea. A major transportation artery. We are witnessing war crimes in real time. Again and again and again.

Stone Age? At a time when you were still in caves searching for fire, we were inscribing human rights on the Cyrus Cylinder. We endured the storm of Alexander and the Mongol invasions and remained; because Iran is not just a country, it is a civilization.

Something really new is happening with the Greens. They are being attacked by the right wing press, and hitting back. In fact, they basically say they aren’t credible as a source of news. Meanwhile, they’re still gaining thousands of new members a week and climbing in polls.

Again. And again. And again

The UK has put "the entire Iranian State" on the "enhanced tier" of its Foreign Influence Registration Scheme, requiring anyone working for Iran to register or be prosecuted. While a third of Cabinet and a quarter of parliament is funded by the Israel lobby. #DCUKparliament

Probably Tehran’s first miscalculation since the war began - expecting an average American to read and grasp a 4-page letter on a serious issue.