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How have US presidents tapped strategic petroleum reserves during war? The U.S. plans to release 172 million barrels of oil from its Strategic Petroleum Reserve, more than 40% of a wider release ​coordinated with allies, to help dampen prices spiked by supply disruptions from the U.S.-Israeli ‌war on Iran.

How have US presidents tapped strategic petroleum reserves during war? reut.rs/40vL2qe

Japan marks 15th anniversary of Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi pledged to ensure that the invaluable lessons from the disaster are handed down to future generations.

Japan marks 15th anniversary of Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami

Japan ready to join coordinated intervention in oil markets Concerns have intensified as crude oil tankers bound for Japan ceased navigating the Strait of Hormuz 10 days ago because the war made the passage too dangerous.

Japan ready to join coordinated intervention in oil markets

Beavers Are Not Moose: Buc-ee’s Sues Competitor Over Cartoon Moose Branding

Alright, I think it might be time for a wellness check on the people running Buc-ee's. I realize that these chain of gas and convenience stores has a strange cult following in the south. I won't pretend to understand why…

#Watch | Iranian missile debris falling off the sky in central Israel captured on NDTV cameras at midnight

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Crews remove the Pulse nightclub sign as workers prepare to demolish the building and put a memorial in its place.

Historic Wendover Airfield recreates bomb loading pit used during World War II Visitors to the Historic Wendover Airfield can now see how crews loaded some of the first atomic weapons during World War II, thanks to a newly reconstructed loading cradle installed at the site's historic bomb pit.

Visitors to the Historic Wendover Airfield can now see how crews loaded some of the first atomic weapons during World War II, thanks to a newly reconstructed loading cradle installed at the site's historic bomb pit.
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Federal attorney who complained ‘this job sucks’ is running for Congress against Rep. Ilhan Omar Julie Le’s campaign platform focuses on immigration reform, education funding and health care access.

The former federal attorney who said “this job sucks” to a judge during Operation Metro Surge is now running for Congress as a Democrat. Julie Le is challenging Rep. Ilhan Omar.

Iran targets busiest international airport as top UN body demands halt to attacks on Gulf neighbors The latest attacks marked an escalation in Iran’s campaign aimed at generating enough global economic pain to pressure the United States and Israel to end the war that started 12 days ago.

Iran targeted the world’s busiest international airport Wednesday and attacked commercial ships, as U.S. and Israeli strikes rocked Tehran.

Riot police deployed water cannons against demonstrators in the Chilean cities of Santiago and Valparaiso as Jose Antonio Kast was sworn in as the country's new president, marking Chile's sharpest shift to the right since its return to democracy.

How wars end There are only five basic ways that wars end. For practitioners to succeed, it is essential to understand those ways.

How war ends

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NBC’s Richard Engel: “The White House meme campaign is outraging many former US military commanders… they say only someone who has never really seen combat would think it’s a joke and put out material like this.”

How the 'Fox News Cabinet' Helped Jumpstart Trump's Iran War Sean Hannity mounted a full-court press, urging Trump to attack Iran. Plus, another veteran CBS News journalist says goodbye to Bari Weiss, and is Jake Tapper already pandering to David Ellison?

"How the 'Fox News Cabinet' Helped Jumpstart Trump's Iran War"

Sean Hannity, Mark Levin, and Brian Kilmeade mounted a full-court press, urging Trump to attack Iran.

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Ari Melber Breaks Down Secret FBI Log Raising New Questions About Epstein’s Death MS NOW's Ari Melber raised shocking new questions about the death of convicted sex offender Jeffery Epstein on Wednesday in a dive report charting the events around his suicide.

Great reporting @AriMelber.bsky.social. I’m not a conspiracist, but I’ve always doubted Epstein killed himself. He knew way too much on way too many powerful people. And those powerful people, including the current POTUS, did not want him to ever say what he knew. www.mediaite.com/media/news/w...

Ossoff: "The president appears increasingly to have lost touch with reality. That is deeply concerning when you have a a cabinet much more concerned with winning his favor than giving good advice & the nation now plunged into war. It speaks to the necessity of winning these midterms in a landslide."

The fragile insecure flower is crying again.

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Witnesses have filmed a suspected Iranian missile barrage in the skies south of Tel Aviv.

It's believed to be Iran's first attack on Israel since the election of the new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei.

In 1928, Winston Churchill was broke, out of power, and fighting battles no one could see. He picked up a trowel and started laying bricks. Two thousand words and two hundred bricks a day, he said. The writing paid for his house. The bricklaying saved his life. #history

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Iran select Mojtaba Khamenei as supreme leader to succeed late father A panel of clerics in Iran has selected a son of late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to succeed him in leading the country. Trump has called the appointment “unacceptable” saying he “won’t last long”, as Israel earmark him as a potential target.

Iran select Mojtaba Khamenei as supreme leader to succeed late father

Police investigate an explosion outside the U.S. Embassy in Oslo Norwegian police are investigating an explosion outside the U.S. Embassy in Oslo early Sunday, officials said.

Norwegian police are investigating an explosion outside the U.S. Embassy in Oslo early Sunday, officials said. n.pr/46O87rT

Drains across the Iranian capital Tehran are continuing to explode after earlier Israeli and US strikes on oil depots and infrastructure.

Medical experts are warning the toxic smoke and runoff has increased the risk of deadly illnesses, including cancer.

Kristi Noem is out. Markwayne Mullin is in. The bar was low, so we’ll see if he can clear it. Don't let the door hit you on the way out, Kristi!

How dare her!! 🧐🤨

"When people like Kamala Harris send our sons and daughters, our young people, to fight in stupid wars, it is the young generation that carries the burden of that. We're gonna stop sending our young people to far away lands. We are not the policemen of the world."

The memorial, honoring officers who defended the building and sustained injuries that day, was installed quietly by workers arriving three years after legislation mandated its placement

A cartoon of Pete Kefsbreath shouts at American flag-draped coffins: “STOP TRYING TO EMBARASS THE PRESIDENT!”

I've said to a few people, IRL, that I am expecting something to happen in about a week.
I don't know what.
It's just a gut feeling, based on my own extrapolations of everything going on.
Stay safe. Stay as sane as you can; and, be ready for just about anything.

#TheAlliedForces