2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (801+ words) Good thing the war will be over right after the mid-terms! I mean, who could have predicted that a protracted conflict in the Middle East would affect oil prices? And yet, CNBC reports: Brent crude oil tops $101 to close at…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (822+ words) Jerusalem is increasingly isolated, with Washington as its main defender. BBC (“UK announces sanctions on West Bank settlements prompting furious Israeli response“): The UK has announced sanctions on illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, accusing Israel’s government of…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (64+ words) Damn straight! The commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces, the sole decider on the unleashing of the world’s foremost nuclear arsenal, sent this out on his personal media account earlier today: 2 responses to “TRUMP STRAIT???” Makes Gen. Jack Ripper…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (589+ words) Service chiefs and combatant commanders issued strong warnings to Secretary Hegseth. WaPo Exclusive (“Military leaders warn Hegseth against extending Iran war operations“): Several U.S. military leaders have advised Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth that prolonging large-scale operations against Iran is…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (276+ words) The pipe dream is over. New Yorker (“New Maps Show How Israel Has Thwarted Hopes for a Palestinian State“): I would argue that question, too, amounts to musing about an alternative history. There is no conceivable Israeli government that would…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (1049+ words) He’s in a bind, because he’s way behind. WaPo (“Trump increasingly lashing out at allies as victory in Iran war proves elusive“): To kick off the week, President Donald Trump threatened to bomb Oman, a U.S. ally that has…...

4+ week, 12+ hour ago   (505+ words) Vance on war aims. Via NBC News: Low oil prices now ‘goal No. 1’ in Iran war, Vance says, as U.S. threatens new economic pressure. Keeping gas prices low is now the United States’ “goal No. 1” in the Iran war,…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (936+ words) More Establishment candidates bite the dust. AP (“Abdul El-Sayed wins Michigan Senate primary in major victory for Democrats’ progressive wing“): Abdul El-Sayed has won Michigan’s Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate, narrowly defeating U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens in a…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1116+ words) The President has so ordered. Saturday evening, as I was getting out of Spider-Man: Brand New Day, President Trump posted the following message: Analysts have differing views as to what this portends. WSJ Washington bureau chief Damian Paletta (“Did Trump…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (371+ words) The Defense Department has issued revised figures. CNN (“Iran war casualty count eclipses 600 as Pentagon quietly changes accounting“): The Pentagon updated its war casualty database Saturday, recording more than 140 additionally wounded and restoring the four soldiers killed due to Iranian…...