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[The Hormuz Letter @HormuzLetter]

BREAKING: Iran has launched a Sejjil ballistic missile toward Aqaba in Jordan roughly an hour ago.

The Sejjil is Iran's two-stage solid-fuel medium-range ballistic missile with a range of approximately 2,000 km, one of Iran's most advanced indigenous missiles, and is rarely deployed.

[Adam @adamemedia1]

NOW: 🇫🇷 🇸🇦 🇦🇪 AIR FRANCE CANCELS FLIGHTS TO SAUDI AND UAE

Air France said flights to and from Riyadh will remain suspended until July 24 (July 25 for departures from Riyadh),

And flights to and from Dubai in the United Arab Emirates will be suspended until July 27 (July 28 for departures from Dubai).

[Thomas Massie @RepThomasMassie]

He’s talking about a spending bill that’s $75 billion for military expenses in Iran.

It has a $10 billion bribe to states for election security: NOT the SAVE Act.

They’ll include it in the Rule for the NDAA (w/ section 219!) to force Republicans to vote yes. Don’t fall for it.

[The Hormuz Letter @HormuzLetter]

BREAKING: Footage shows a Saudi commercial vessel on fire in the Strait of Hormuz after Iran's IRGC struck it while it attempted transit through the Omani side.

This comes about an hour after the Houthis announced a full naval blockade on Saudi Arabia.

[Alex (Sasha) Krainer @NakedHedgie]

Gulf kingdoms are about to learn what Kissinger meant when he said that being an enemy of the US is dangerous, but being a friend is lethal.

[Willie Ross Jr. Knee Deep @RossKneeDeep]

It's funny. Trump is out here bragging about how he was the only one who could bring a World Cup to America. But, the selection was made when Obama was the president in 2016. This was not the first World Cup America has hosted (1994).

Trump lies because no one ever checks him on his lies. He loves to take credit for the successes of others.

He has to be the most pathetic president we've ever witnessed.

[Megatron @Megatron_ron]

BREAKING: 🇺🇸 The US Strategic Petroleum Reserve has hit the lowest since 1983, per EIA

The Iran war have reduced inventories by nearly 99 million barrels since February 2026.

[DD Geopolitics @DD_Geopolitics]

IRAN HAS LAUNCHED SEJJIL TOWARD AQABAH JORDAN!

The Sejjil is one of Iran’s most advanced domestically produced ballistic missiles. It is a two-stage, solid-fuel medium-range ballistic missile with an estimated range of approximately 2,000 kilometers, allowing it to reach targets across the Middle East with little launch preparation time.

Total destruction ahead.

[Max Blumenthal @MaxBlumenthal]

I asked Piers what the UK would do if Russia and China were arming violent militants to attack police stations across Britain in a bid for regime change

That's exactly what Iran faced last January at the hands of Mossad and CIA-armed rioters

He quickly pivoted

[Middle East Observer @ME_Observer_]

⚡️⭕️ IRGC Deputy Ground Forces Commander Brigadier General Ruhollah Nouri says Iranian forces are at the highest levels of readiness and will thwart any enemy incursion immediately. He adds continuous vigilance guarantees Iran's sustainable security. (Al Mayadeen Breaking, IRIB News)

[Alex Veremeyenko @alex_verem]

The Chinese president stood on a stage in Shanghai and laid out China's entire AI playbook in one speech.

It was his first-ever in-person appearance at the World AI Conference. I went through the whole thing and pulled out everything that matters.

- he opened with his signature maxim that great changes unseen in a century are unfolding across the world.

- he said AI development should not be a solo performance by a single country but a symphony of international cooperation.

- he reaffirmed China's commitment to open source AI in the name of openness and shared benefit.

- he warned against overstretching the concept of national security in AI, where one country puts its own security above everyone else's.

- he said China opposes the emergence of new historical injustices in AI, one of the strongest-worded lines in the speech.

- he pledged 5,000 AI training opportunities for developing countries over the next five years, naming ASEAN, the Arab League, the African Union, CELAC, the SCO, and BRICS.

- he committed to giving 30 countries access to a Chinese AI weather system that provides early disaster warnings.

- a day before the speech, 29 countries signed the agreement creating a new World AI Cooperation Organization headquartered in Shanghai.

strip away the politics and one thing stands out to me. he didn't pitch benchmarks or chatbots. he pitched AI as infrastructure, weather warnings for countries that lose thousands of lives to storms they never saw coming, and training programs for regions the AI boom has skipped.

meanwhile most of the Western AI conversation revolves around which lab ships the next frontier model.

I don't care who wins the race. I care whether the computing power reaches the people who need it.

The full speech is below, and it's worth your time.

[Alternative News @AlternatNews]

Xi fights against US in AI war

During the World AI Conference he said that AI development should not be a solo performance by a single country but a symphony of international cooperation.

Instead of profit making, Xi reaffirmed China's commitment to open source AI in the name of openness and shared benefit.

China opposes the emergence of new historical injustices in AI, where one country dominates the rest of the world.

The world will work together to overtake current AI leaders. This may cause a market crash.

[Seyed Mohammad Marandi @s_m_marandi]

My good friend @khoshcheshm explains to @MaxBlumenthal how the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Axis of Resistance will decisively defeat the Trump and Netanyahu regimes, as well as their groveling proxies in the region. Very much worth watching.
https://t.co/R2MsJDZFIk

[Phantom Pain @phantompain1984]

Netanyahu Says America Is the New Rome and Must Be Destroyed

@TuckerCarlson exposed Isræl’s actual objective:

“Netanyahu said Rome is the enemy, referring to current Rome as Christian Europe.”

But another Netanyahu interview adds a different layer:

“The New Rome is the United States. I’m reading now a book about The Jéws Against Rome.”

Tucker Carlson missed this clip showing that Netanyahu was not actually referring to Europe, but that the “New Rome” reference was aimed at America itself.

The story is bigger than Netanyahu.

For decades, Isræl has relied on America’s resources, influence, and military power to advance its strategic vision and achieve the “Greater Isræl Project.”

From the Global Doctrine of Fragmentation to the destruction of Christian presence in the Holy Land. 1/4🧵

[Phantom Pain @phantompain1984]

Netanyahu: “I know what America is. America is something that can be easily moved in the right direction.”

Then Netanyahu goes on to claim influence over the House and Senate:

“We have the Senate, Congress, and a very strong Jéwish Lobby.”

And continued:

“We have strong influence over America.”

So, as I pointed out in the quoted clip, when Netanyahu says “America is the New Rome” and later says he’s reading a book on “Jéws Against Rome,”

I really have no idea why ANYONE would consider Isræl an “ally”!?

[HealthRanger @HealthRanger]

Google is EVIL and just sold its soul to the U.S. military to build autonomous killing machines.

[Shaun King @shaunking]

She’s completely bought by Israel.

[Adam @adamemedia1]

This is why the world was rooting for SPAIN

[Jared Ryan Sears @JaredRyanSears]

We were told gas would be $2. It is $4.

We were told inflation would come down. It went up.

We were told the economy would get better. It worsened.

We were told tariffs would be paid by other countries. They were paid by you, and are now being refunded to the companies that made you pay them.

We were told DOGE would cut trillions from the budget and send us all checks. It cost more than it saved, and the debt is rising faster than before.

We were told there would be no new wars. 16 servicemembers have been killed in a new one.

We were told the war was won in March. It rages on in July.

Republicans have lied to you about everything. Their only plan for the next election is to lie to you some more.

[Middle East Observer @ME_Observer_]

⚡️🚨 Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei says US aggression targeted civilian infrastructure, calling it proof of American criminality, and condemns strikes on medical facilities and health centers. He adds Iran is "not isolated islands to be dismantled" but cohesive from south to north. (Al Mayadeen Breaking)