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This always seems to me a big danger for EU unity - once the US starts easing it's sanctions on Russia, the pro-Putin politicians will start arguing it would be an economic necessity for the EU to follow suit

14.03.2026 14:37 👍 77 🔁 19 💬 3 📌 2
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WTF

13.03.2026 13:32 👍 510 🔁 78 💬 48 📌 49
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Iran War News Live Updates: Marine Expeditionary Unit Heads to Middle East; All Six Crew Killed in U.S. Refueling Plane Crash Defense secretary Pete Hegseth vowed to show ‘no mercy’ for the regime, says Iran's new Supreme Leader is likely wounded. Follow along for live updates and analysis.

A key indicator of a potential ground operation.

"Hegseth has approved a request from Centcom for an element of an amphibious ready group and attached Marine expeditionary unit, typically consisting of several warships and 5,000 Marines..." www.wsj.com/livecoverage...

13.03.2026 15:45 👍 119 🔁 46 💬 19 📌 15

Let's be clear: you would not be pulling THAADs from South Korea and moving a Marine Expeditionary Unit from Japan to the Gulf two weeks after launching a war on Iran if you had properly anticipated the fallout it would be likely to cause.

13.03.2026 16:26 👍 4805 🔁 1084 💬 83 📌 70

Let me see if I get this right.
Trump starts a war with no clear strategic aims
Trump fails to anticipate Iran choking off the Persian Gulf
Trump bombs such that the Iranian people are keeping their head down.
And Trump apologists say the problem is Trump critics are mean and won’t support him.

14.03.2026 17:56 👍 293 🔁 56 💬 10 📌 1
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He is begging like a dog, one might say.

This war and Trump’s alienation of our allies may go down as among the greatest foreign policy failures of any presidency in history.

14.03.2026 20:06 👍 3453 🔁 952 💬 471 📌 117
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14.03.2026 20:07 👍 528 🔁 158 💬 22 📌 10
Many Countries, especially those who are affected by Iran’s attempted closure of the Hormuz Strait, will be sending War Ships, in conjunction with the United States of America, to keep the Strait open and safe. We have already destroyed 100% of Iran’s Military capability, but it’s easy for them to send a drone or two, drop a mine, or deliver a close range missile somewhere along, or in, this Waterway, no matter how badly defeated they are. Hopefully China, France, Japan, South Korea, the UK, and others, that are affected by this artificial constraint, will send Ships to the area so that the Hormuz Strait will no longer be a threat by a Nation that has been totally decapitated. In the meantime, the United States will be bombing the hell out of the shoreline, and continually shooting Iranian Boats and Ships out of the water. One way or the other, we will soon get the Hormuz Strait OPEN, SAFE, and FREE! President DONALD J. TRUMP

Many Countries, especially those who are affected by Iran’s attempted closure of the Hormuz Strait, will be sending War Ships, in conjunction with the United States of America, to keep the Strait open and safe. We have already destroyed 100% of Iran’s Military capability, but it’s easy for them to send a drone or two, drop a mine, or deliver a close range missile somewhere along, or in, this Waterway, no matter how badly defeated they are. Hopefully China, France, Japan, South Korea, the UK, and others, that are affected by this artificial constraint, will send Ships to the area so that the Hormuz Strait will no longer be a threat by a Nation that has been totally decapitated. In the meantime, the United States will be bombing the hell out of the shoreline, and continually shooting Iranian Boats and Ships out of the water. One way or the other, we will soon get the Hormuz Strait OPEN, SAFE, and FREE! President DONALD J. TRUMP

Days after declaring total victory and boasting that no other military could match the US, Trump is now begging other countries — including China — to send warships to stop his Iran war from spiraling into catastrophe.

A galactic humiliation.

14.03.2026 15:10 👍 3986 🔁 1322 💬 316 📌 249
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Yes, Trump said that.

14.03.2026 00:32 👍 1728 🔁 537 💬 613 📌 140
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One week ago. 🤡

14.03.2026 17:27 👍 6143 🔁 1473 💬 488 📌 141
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Carney: "Canada's position is to maintain sanctions on Russia, including on the shadow fleet which is moving it's oil.

There has been very tight cooperation between Russia and Iran at great cost to the people of Ukraine and a great threat to peace and security in Europe.

13.03.2026 21:59 👍 390 🔁 94 💬 9 📌 3

Looks like Trump needs to destroy 150% of Iran’s military capacity.

14.03.2026 14:38 👍 22 🔁 3 💬 5 📌 0

Can’t we just arrange for everyone to declare victory and leave them to write their own history books?

14.03.2026 14:52 👍 24 🔁 3 💬 3 📌 0

Axis of evil consolidating around Trump, Putin, and Netanyahu. Orban clinging on by fingernails. Modi doesn’t seem to have been in the news so much lately, but maybe I’ve missed something.

14.03.2026 07:38 👍 29 🔁 12 💬 10 📌 0

I preferred it when wars of religion were in the past.

14.03.2026 17:32 👍 38 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 1

Another day, another billion dollars.

14.03.2026 18:13 👍 17 🔁 3 💬 3 📌 0
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Americans are dying so that Kushner can make money

14.03.2026 12:46 👍 15063 🔁 6574 💬 1035 📌 464

The US government is being putinized by trump, before our eyes.

His cabinet members are humiliating themselves with comical shoes to show that they will not think independently 👇

13.03.2026 12:05 👍 94 🔁 20 💬 7 📌 0
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❗️ Routes of Russian missiles and drones during the March 14 overnight attack.

▪️ Trypilska Thermal Power Plant near Kyiv and a substation in Nalyvaikivka, which connects the capital to the Rivne Nuclear Power Plant, were among the targets.

14.03.2026 06:17 👍 102 🔁 37 💬 4 📌 0

The Russians might want to be careful or Trump might get rid of even more sanctions on them.

14.03.2026 07:43 👍 707 🔁 263 💬 18 📌 13
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Why China could emerge a winner from Trump’s global energy shock Spiking oil prices may reveal how China has been more successful in electrifying its economy and reducing dependence on fossil fuels than the United States.

Wind power, as it turns out, is very useful

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

13.03.2026 12:01 👍 1428 🔁 386 💬 41 📌 21
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Wall Street Bankers Offered Lucrative Access to Join the Pentagon

A Pentagon recruiter openly offers corruption: “unmatched access to top-level government officials and privileged information flow — whatever you need, you can get.”

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/u...

14.03.2026 10:53 👍 2362 🔁 1269 💬 106 📌 87
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Russian overnight missile and drone attack across Ukraine kills 2, injures at least 5 in Kyiv Oblast Russia launched an overnight missile and drone attack against Ukraine in the early hours of March 14, with explosions reported in multiple regions, according to local authorities and monitoring channe...

After fooling the Trump administration into lifting sanctions on fossil fuels by involving them in the 'peace negotiations'-hoax, which required them to temporarily stop sending ballistic missiles into Kyiv's apartment buildings, the Russians have now resumed their barbaric attacks.

14.03.2026 08:13 👍 24 🔁 19 💬 0 📌 0

man šķiet aizmirsts vēl viens kritērijs - ka trešais gudrākais ir tas, kas to ir pamanījis. Apsveicam AH ar iegūtu bronzu viedo ļaužu sarakstā!

14.03.2026 07:31 👍 12 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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One-third of Americans skip meals or other needs to afford health care About half of middle-income households said they have delayed a major life event because of medical costs, new Gallup polls found.

One-third of Americans skip meals or other needs to afford health care
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/...

13.03.2026 19:47 👍 174 🔁 78 💬 10 📌 8
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Drones Attack Port Kavkaz in Krasnodar Krai, Russia’s Fifth-Largest Port by Cargo Turnover Attack drones struck the port of Kavkaz in the Temryuk district of Russia’s Krasnodar Krai, where an oil depot is located.This was reported by the Operational Headquarters of the Krasnodar […]

Attack drones struck the port of Kavkaz in the Temryuk district of Russia’s Krasnodar Krai, where an oil depot is located.

militarnyi.com/en/news/dron...

14.03.2026 09:05 👍 55 🔁 14 💬 0 📌 1
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BREAKING: A federal judge just blocked DOJ subpoenas targeting Fed Chair Jerome Powell, ruling there is “a mountain of evidence” they were used to pressure Powell to lower interest rates or resign. Trump’s social media posts are featured prominently in the opinion.

13.03.2026 19:38 👍 2662 🔁 617 💬 75 📌 28
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Netherlands, Iceland Join Genocide Case Against Israel at International Court of Justice | Common Dreams With the intervention of two more nations, 18 have now joined in support of the case, initially brought by South Africa.

wow!

Netherlands, Iceland Join Genocide Case Against Israel at International Court of Justice

With the intervention of two more nations, 18 have now joined in support of the case, initially brought by South Africa.

www.commondreams.org/news/netherl...

13.03.2026 01:55 👍 76 🔁 34 💬 1 📌 0
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Yes, Trump is clearly winning this war...

13.03.2026 14:54 👍 24 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0
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Oil prices aren't expected to fall anytime soon. Futures markets suggest oil prices are very likely to be high high during the midterms.

13.03.2026 15:49 👍 488 🔁 163 💬 31 📌 18