Cartoon by @deadder.bsky.social. ⛽️
Cartoon by @deadder.bsky.social. ⛽️
Trump practically told our allies to f-off — that we didn’t need them, that the U.S. had already “won.”
Now he’s begging them for help.
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.
It wasn't a "Military Academy"—it was a reform school.
And that isn't an army uniform—it's a costume from a community theater production of "The Nutcracker."
Don't. Print. Lies. In. The. Newspapers.
Jared Kushner holds no government position at all. He is not a Senate-confirmed political appointee & his "special peace envoy" job is completely fake. This is wildly illegal & unconstitutional nepotistic corruption. Stop normalizing it in the papers.
S&P 500 -1% on Hyperliquid from 4pm Friday Augur Infinity ... fresh YTD lows...
Are markets being too complacent about the Iran war? ft.trib.al/9kSelv0 | opinion
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Energy Secretary Chris Wright gave the G7 the White House’s position Tuesday morning: A massive intervention in oil markets was premature. Less than two hours later, U.S. officials reversed their earlier position. The 180 degree turn was due to a change of heart by Trump. www.wsj.com/business/ene...
Tweet by BrooklynDad_Defiant comparing job growth under Biden and Trump, claiming Biden’s last 13 months added 1.4 million jobs while Trump’s first 13 months added 198,000, alongside a bar chart from MSNBC illustrating the difference.
In so many ways we were.
🚨🚨 Again and again #Ukraine shows that the "Russia is winning the war" narrative is a completely false one deviced by #putin stooges. IRL #ukraine is regaining ground in important territories. /1
Russia dropped a 500kg glide bomb on central Kramatorsk overnight, wounding at least 6 people including three children. 12 apartment buildings, 5 administrative buildings, and 22 vehicles were damaged, Mayor Honcharenko said. #Ukraine
US private credit defaults hit record 9.2% in 2025, Fitch says reut.rs/4b4JWXm
Software > Semis by the most since China DeepSeek Jan 2025 @finviz_com
FT: “.. Wherever you look in financial markets, you see signs that global investors are going out of their way to avoid Donald Trump’s America.”
@financialtimes.com @scottlincicome.bsky.social
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The gold medal-winning US Olympic women’s hockey team has declined an invitation to President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address, citing scheduling issues. https://cnn.it/4rzVM2T
Les sorties massives d'ETF Bitcoin : BlackRock et Fidelity à la loupe
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Les investisseurs dans les fonds négociés en bourse (ETF) Bitcoin, tels que BlackRock et Fidelity, ont récemment enregistré des sorties massives, selon les
Eric Trump next to a graphic showing bitcoin tanking over the last 6 months: "I've never been more bullish on bitcoin in my life"
"Donald Trump is honest and trustworthy"
Disagree: 70%
Agree: 29%
Ipsos / Feb 17, 2026
“.. People are realizing that Bitcoin is what it’s always been — which is simply a speculative asset. .. it’s not digital gold .. It’s not an inflation hedge .. And it’s not a chaos hedge either.”
@bloomberg.com $IBIT
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Putin, Xi, Musk, Thiel, Trump, Vance. They all want Europe divided.
Why? Because a united Europe is a superpower they cannot bully.
That’s why they hate EU regulation. It’s the only force on earth that makes them follow the rules.
It’s their kryptonite
If France had a point about European strategic independence, why did no one listen? The answers may loosely be grouped into three: it was too soon; it did not seem credible; and it got on everyone’s nerves
Cartoon by @billbramhall.bsky.social.
What problem is Trump's new global 10% tariff meant to solve?
If it's about leverage, ask: How much leverage do you get from a tariff that disappears in 150 days?
If it's onshoring: Who builds new factories based on tariff that disappear before the factory is built?
It's a tax. That's all it is.
Think of how bad things must be for a Supreme Court Justice to feel he has to explain why it's a good idea to have laws enacted by legislators instead of decreed by wannabe dictators
A lot of people, including me, were wondering how an IRB could ever approve this study.
The answer is that no IRB did. The person who “signed off” on approval from the only ethics board that reviewed it had resigned three years earlier. His signature was used without his knowledge.
“Russia can probably continue waging war for the foreseeable future,” argues Alexandra Prokopenko. “But no climber can survive the death zone indefinitely—and not all climbers who attempt the descent survive it”
Suddenly he understands consent
True. But this is a basic perspective of fascism, what Carl Schmitt called the "Freund-Feind-Verhältnis." Either you obey and follow the Leader without question, or you are an enemy and must be disparaged, damned, destroyed.