@kamilkazani Regime collapse was the goal from the start and it is still the primary objective.
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CryptOsho
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Trump has marvellously miscalculated with his Special Operation and may want some kind of offramp to TACO out
The lobby, however, has nothing to lose & has every incentive to pursue infinite escalation
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@RichardHanania She’s part of Elon’s EHC braintrust along with Ian Miles Cheong and Catturd.
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It’s never going to stop being funny that they think this woman is some autistic genius instead of an autistic moron.
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@Chris_Mench Crappy dem vs communist vs washed up reality tv republican
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Do LA people just not care about municipal governance at all? The idea that Karen Bass could be re-elected is baffling to me she’s so bad at her job I almost feel like she’s a republican sleeper agent to make democrats look terrible lol.
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wrong they're literally driven remotely by underpaid filipino workers
devin morgan@fedafter12am
Waymos are driven by ghosts, there are souls trapped inside every vehicle
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Re the protests which provided the "humanitarian" rationale for this war of aggression, here is what we know:
1) Protests which emerged in Iran late December, and initially were focused on economic issues, began to advocate regime change by early January. While the overwhelming majority of protesters remained peaceful, a considerable minority of them initiated attacks on Iranian Security Forces. (Protesters also fought ISF in self-defence.) Protesters killed over 200 Iranian Security Forces and soldiers over the course of the protests.
2) The Iranian government, on or around 9 January, declared all the protesters terrorists and killed them indiscriminately, despite the fact that the large majority were peaceful/unarmed. (Pic related, via @nytimes).
3) The number of the victims was horrific and exceeds 7,000, perhaps by several or even many thousands. The death toll has however been exaggerated by Monarchists, neoconservatives, Israel flunkies, and MAGA for purposes of war propaganda.
4) Every Middle Eastern country, including "liberal democracy" Israel, would've reacted similarly if confronted by protesters (in Israel's case, Arab/Palestinian Israelis) who advocated regime change and attacked/killed such a huge number of security forces.
5) While a clear episode of mass murder, this was not a compelling "humanitarian" pretext for a war of aggression.
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Unironically probably a great time to buy in Dubai if you have the money
Neha Singhal Trader@nsinghal211
Dubai and the UAE are cooked. 💀 DUBAI REAL ESTATE🔻 60% down
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@mattyglesias Ultimately, we’ll see if dems can block funding for the war. That’s really the only meaningful action they have.
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There’s a group of people who are obsessed with lying about the Democrats for internet clout and I don’t understand why there are people in the party who take policy advice from them
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This is what @gbrew24 said on Odd Lots, that ultimately, as a result of this war, the Gulf states will have no choice but to deepen their security links to the US.
Joumanna Nasr Bercetche@JoumannaTV
2 posts from UAE’s @AnwarGargash (Presidential advisor) in the last 20 mins 🔷 Iran’s aggression is reshaping Gulf security thinking. This is no longer about a ceasefire. It’s about LONG TERM SECURITY in the Gulf 🔷 The priority is to counter Iran’s nuclear program, missiles, drones and threats to key shipping lanes 🔷 The fallout may be the opposite of what Tehran intended: a more unified Gulf, stronger militaries and deeper security ties with Washington “Deeper security ties with the US” A scenario where Iran poses a “permanent state of threat” is inconceivable
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@christopherrufo It’s a Trumpian kind of line, if you debate the accuracy, you lose.
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I don’t think it’s accurate to say “white men are the most oppressed group in history”
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@memecucker @stooobless Madagascar and the philippines both had islamic influences
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It’s done in the Philippines for ‘cultural’ reasons. And it’s not due to US nor Islamic influence either (tho the US did encourage the ‘modern’ form of at birth in a hospital rather than adolescent rite of passage). The Tagalog word for it ‘tuli’ is seemingly related to Polynesian words for the circumcision such as Tahitian tehe and Tongan tefe which are very similar in traditional forms which suggests it being a very ancient Austronesian custom.
What’s also interesting is how it’s also found in northern Aus Aboriginal communities as well as Madagascar and some nearby mainland southern African cultures which are places where Austronesian cultures had also visited and influenced but never ‘ruled’ or colonized. Somehow the custom had been able to spread fairly easily and become an entrenched practice seemingly without needing to be forcefully imposed and idk what made it so attractive
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nonreligious routine neonatal circumcision is under discussed as one of the weirder american habits. literally nobody else in the world does it outside of religious reasons! it’s bizarre!
Hunter📈🌈📊@StatisticUrban
Circumcision is on the decline in the US. For the first time in decades, less than 50% of American newborn boys are circumcised. You might think this is due to demographic shifts. Latinos have very low circumcision rates, and are a larger and increasing share of total births. And this is part of it. But what's also interesting is the decline amongst white Americans. They declined by 5.3pts, from 65.3% to 60.0%. And it's not just a wealth or insurance thing either. The wealthiest Americans, the top income decile, experienced one of the largest declines. In 2022, only 51.4% of them were circumcised, nearly 10pts lower than 2012.
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@History__Speaks Turkey and Saudi helped overthrow Assad, and they are next on the chopping block after Iran falls. It's a complicated game.
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@matthewstoller The only chance to slow this down is to block funding. That’s it. The rest of Trump’s term will be spent attempting to collapse the Iranian state.
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By the time Trump is out of office the desperation will make this point moot. Vance will have no choice but to accede to a deal.
Zaid Jilani@ZaidJilani
Vance is deeply cynical but he’s not a crazy person like Trump so I don’t think any Republican should fear impeaching Trump.
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Maybe if they wanted to negotiate a deal they shouldn’t have killed everyone?
Barak Ravid@BarakRavid
🇺🇸🇮🇷After three weeks of war, Trump's team is currently trying to answer two key questions: Who in Iran is the best point of contact for negotiations, and which country is best mediator. @MarcACaputo and I write for @axios axios.com/2026/03/21/tru…
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@dilanesper Conflating casualties with kills to manufacture consent for further escalation.
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Iran is committing massive war crimes and international law violations. full stop. there is no doubt.
but Israel could have- and should have-- just not attacked Iran and avoided this. Unfortunately their leader is a craven midwit who doesn't care about his people.
P.T. Ward@HTWardish
Want to know what really pisses me off? The U.S. mistakenly targets a school that used to be part of an IRGC base? Non stop coverage. Iran strikes a residential neighborhood and kills 30+? Radio silence. Someone explain that to me? Anybody?
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@JasonMBrodsky Israel's goal has always been the state collapse of Iran. The escalation ladder only goes one way.
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I've seen "ethnic cleansing" used for an even wider range of assimilative policies e.g. enforcement of a national language, bankrolling migration that dilutes some regional concentration concentration (which the speaker wouldn't find objectionable without the ethnic motive) etc
Ben Landau-Taylor@benlandautaylor
At this point the main function of the term "ethnic cleansing" is to make a false moral equivalence between mass expulsion and mass murder. In fact one of those is much much much worse than the other.
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I realize we all have a lot to think about, but if we ignore moves toward AI surveillance, we will find the situation monitoring us
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