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The Trump administration is considering a plan to punish some members of the NATO alliance that he believes were unhelpful to the U.S. and Israel during the Iran war -WSJ Along with repositioning troops, the plan could involve closing a U.S. base in Spain or Germany.

Trump will discuss the U.S. withdrawing from NATO with Secretary General Rutte today.

@Matt_Pinner Say goodbye to your eyesight?

Any advice to her..?

🚨The number that should terrify you is 7.8 billion barrels Global oil inventories started this crisis around 8.2 billion barrels. Six weeks of Hormuz disruption have drawn them down to roughly 8.0 billion. The draws are accelerating, running at 10+ million barrels per day in some weeks despite strategic reserve releases. Energy analysts are now circulating a threshold: 7.8 billion barrels. Below that, the system tips from "high prices" to "actual shortages." Refineries can't run on empty. Floating storage takes time to access. Regional imbalances mean Asia runs dry before anyone else. One estimate called 18 days "generous" before we cross that line. And that assumes draws stay linear... Source: @HFI_Research

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has published a statement announcing alternative routes for commercial vessels traveling through the Strait of Hormuz, in order to avoid sea mines deployed during the war with Israel and the United States. “All ships intending to transit the Strait of Hormuz are hereby notified that in order to comply with the principles of maritime safety and to be protected from possible collisions with sea mines...they should take alternative routes for traffic in the Strait of Hormuz,” the statement said, providing instructions for an alternative entry and exit route for ships transiting the Hormuz Strait.

SHOCKING: Another top American scientist, 59-year-old Michael David Hicks, a research scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), has joined the growing list of mysterious deaths and disappearances among high-level scientists, according to The Daily Mail. Hicks, who worked at JPL from 1998 to 2022 and authored over 80 scientific papers on comets and asteroids, passed away on July 30, 2023 — with no cause of death ever made public and no record of an autopsy. The Daily Mail: “While there have been no public allegations of foul play, Hicks' case marks the ninth person with ties to America's space or nuclear secrets who has died or mysteriously vanished in recent years, which has set off alarm bells among US national security experts.” “Moreover, three of these scientists had close ties to Hicks, as all of them worked at the Jet Propulsion Lab or participated in NASA missions there. Monica Reza, JPL's new Director of the Materials Processing Group, vanished without a trace in June 2025, just months after beginning her tenure at the NASA lab.”

Congress should subpoena military leaders to determine what kind of ordnance was loaded into those nuclear capable B-52s that were heading toward Iran yesterday.

@heiketrip @RoguePOTUSStaff The fact that the speaker of the house just keeps putting everyone on vacation is a problem in itself

@RoguePOTUSStaff Hahahaha what Congress? They are still on vacation! Mike Johnson is in essence just a smiling statue and Thune is the same. Murkowski and Collins are currently preparing "letters"

U.S. President Donald J. Trump has announced via a post on TruthSocial that, “All U.S. Ships, Aircraft, and Military Personnel, with additional Ammunition, Weaponry, and anything else that is appropriate and necessary for the lethal prosecution and destruction of an already substantially degraded Enemy, will remain in place in, and around, Iran, until such time as the REAL AGREEMENT reached is fully complied with. If for any reason it is not, which is highly unlikely, then the ‘Shootin' Starts,’ bigger, and better, and stronger than anyone has ever seen before.”

According to CNN, citing people with direct knowledge of the situation, a hacker accessed a Chinese supercomputer and was able to acquire a massive amount of data, including renderings of bombs and missiles, advanced simulations, and troves of other data belonging to defense agencies and aviation corporations. The group that the hacker belongs to reportedly accessed the data with the intention of selling it for cryptocurrency, according to cyber experts who have viewed previews of the data.

@sentdefender What's interesting is the United States was coming up on their 60-day window which would have required congress's approval to continue the war but with the recent ceasefire like past presidents, they can then again continue it and start another 60-day window.

Under the two-week ceasefire plan agreed to tonight by both Iran and the United States, both Iran and Oman are permitted to charge fees on commercial vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz, according to the Associated Press, with officials stating that the money received by Iran will be used to rebuild the country following the recent strike campaign by Israel and the United States.

@WarMonitor3 Let's hope that's not too late

French President Emmanuel Macron to convene a defence council meeting early tomorrow morning. Something is up...

@MarioNawfal I thought there were reports earlier that Great Britain was not allowing our bombers to launch from their country for fear of retribution?

🇺🇸🇮🇷 U.S B-52 bombers have departed RAF Fairford, heading to the Middle East They'll be in striking range of Iran by 8pm ET

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is requesting that President Trump extend his Iran deadline by at least two weeks, while also asking that Iran open the Strait of Hormuz, according to Reuters.

@MarioNawfal Very well explained. Thank you

🚨🇺🇸🇮🇷 This is the part nobody really thinks about until it’s way too late: One person can start nuclear war. Not a committee. Not Congress. Not “the system.” Just the one U.S. president. Here’s how it actually works: – The president carries a small card called the “biscuit” with authentication codes – A military aide follows them everywhere with the “nuclear football” (the briefcase) – Inside: pre-planned strike options. Basically a menu That’s it. No vote required. If a decision is made, the timeline is insane: – Call goes out to the Pentagon – Identity gets confirmed – Order is transmitted – Missiles can launch in ~2 minutes Once they’re in the air, you can’t stop them. And here’s the part people miss: The president does NOT need approval. Advisors can object, argue, panic, doesn’t matter. Legally, the order can still go through. This system made sense during the Cold War. The idea was speed. If the U.S. got attacked, you needed to respond before getting wiped out. But that system never really changed. Today, that same speed means decisions can be made in minutes, sometimes based on incomplete or even wrong information. False alarms have happened before. So you end up with this reality: – Minutes to decide – No real checks in the moment – Massive, irreversible consequences That’s why experts keep warning about it. Not because nuclear war is likely every day, but because the system leaves almost no margin for error if something goes wrong. And everything about the current global situation is increasing the chances of something going wrong. Source: Washington Post

Iranian state media has posted a video of people forming a human shield around Kazerun power plant in Iran.

🇮🇷 A human chain formed on the White Bridge in Ahvaz, Iran. This comes after the IRGC called for people to form a chain around Iranian bridges and power plans before Trump's deadline That's what it has come to 😞

@WarMonitor3 This is crazy

This is real...

@amazing_physics And the alien sleeping in the picture? 🤣

That moment when Artemis II got closer to the moon and the earth was 238K miles away.

U.S. military forces have attacked military targets on Iran's Kharg Island in the northern Persian Gulf, targeting bunkers, radar infrastructure, and ammunition storage.