Jack Duval

left is best

[Bill Simmons @BillSimmons]

What a week for the Bucks — they fired their first year coach on the 23rd, hired Doc on the 26th and had a starter (according to this indictment) shaving points/props that same night. 26 mins, 3 pts, 4 fouls, 4 TOs…. Yikes.

https://t.co/gR06DPvEIi

[Pablo Torre 👀 @PabloTorre]

Make Watergate Great Again.

[Steve Lookner @lookner]

CBS News: The U.S. has lost 24 MQ-9 Reaper drones during the Iran war. "The drones represent a loss of about $720 million."
https://t.co/LhDSXfbsjw

[Shayan Sardarizadeh @Shayan86]

A BBC Verify investigation revealed last week that a new generation US Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) was likely used in a deadly strike that hit a residential area and sports hall in the Iranian town of Lamerd on the first day of the conflict, killing 21 people, including four children.

@CENTCOM then said in a statement that the US wasn't responsible for the strike, and that the missile seen in CCTV footage we verified was not a PrSM, but an Iranian Hoveyzeh cruise missile.

So, this time we asked six weapons experts about the statement by Centcom.

They all told us that visual evidence does not support Centcom's claim that an Iranian Hoveyzeh missile was used in the attack, citing the missile's visual features, the way it exploded, its trajectory and the number of strikes in the area as the basis for their analysis.

Weapons experts maintain that evidence from dozens of photos and videos of the strike and its aftermath is consistent with their initial analysis that the US was likely responsible for the deadly strike on Lamerd.

[Shayan Sardarizadeh @Shayan86]

A new video shows the moment US bombs struck the B1 Bridge near the city of Karaj on Thursday. At least 13 people were killed and 95 injured.

The people running to safety were likely out for Sizdah Bedar, an annual picnic festival.

Strike: 35.828860,  51.035826

@GeoConfirmed

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Breaking News: The U.S. will allow a Russian oil tanker to reach Cuba, letting critical fuel in after months of what amounted to a blockade. https://t.co/FsMPauYJ72

[unusual_whales @unusual_whales]

BREAKING: Just five minutes before Trump's announcement to halt the attacks on Iran, massive trades reportedly hit the market.

In one move, $1.5 billion in S&P 500 (ES) futures was bought while $192 million in oil (CL) futures was sold.

These orders were 4–6x larger than anything else at the time.

The trader seemingly made huge gains.

Unusual.

[Joe Kent @joekent16jan19]

After much reflection, I have decided to resign from my position as Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, effective today.

I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran. Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation, and it is clear that we started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby.

It has been an honor serving under @POTUS and @DNIGabbard and leading the professionals at NCTC.

May God bless America.

[Steph Noh @StephNoh]

Reporters call him contemptuous. His teammates call him the most genuine superstar ever.

From $8k tips for housekeepers to gifting a teammate the bracelet off his wrist, here is the side of Russell Westbrook that he hides from fans and media:

https://t.co/t0xEobI0Wv

[Michele Kelemen @michelekelemen]

I asked the State Dept why it considers the CNN report propaganda. Here’s the response:

The following is on background attributable to a State Department spokesperson:

We encourage media outlets to verify information with official U.S. government sources before publication.

[Trip Gabriel @tripgabriel]

A NYT analysis of Polymarket since June found it was unusual to bet a significant sum that a U.S. strike would happen the next day

But on Friday, 150+ accounts bet at least $1k predicting a US strike on Iran by Saturday - suggesting insider trading

https://t.co/Qmv6r8Zldq

[Rapid Response 47 @RapidResponse47]

"There was absolutely an imminent threat," says @SecRubio on Iran.

"We knew that if Iran was attacked—and we believe that they would be attacked—that they would immediately come after us, and we were not going to sit there and absorb a blow before we responded... We went proactively, in a defensive way, to prevent them from inflicting higher damage. Had we not done so, there would have been hearings on Capitol Hill about how we knew that this was going to happen and we didn't act preemptively to prevent more casualties and more loss of life."

[dave kasten @David_Kasten]

This is a notable and important update. Apparently Anthropic offered "FISA yes, commercially acquired data no" and got turned down.

This, uh, makes me substantially doubt the OpenAI claims that they've excluded NSA from their contract successfully.

[Jack Duval @duvy5]

Everything is for sale

[Kenneth P. Vogel @kenvogel]

SCOOP: @Freedom250 — the group launched by Trump to oversee projects including the @UFC fight on the WH lawn & his arch overlooking DC — is offering access to him for donors who give $1M.

For $2.5M, donors can speak at the national July 4 celebration. https://t.co/kcp0RNqLl1

[Rebecca Ballhaus @rebeccaballhaus]

Four days before Trump’s inauguration, lieutenants to an Abu Dhabi royal secretly signed a deal w/the Trump family to buy a 49% stake in World Liberty Financial for $500M, according to documents & people familiar.

The buyer paid half up front, steering $187M to Trump family entities and $31M to Witkoff entities.

The investment was backed by the UAE national security adviser, Tahnoon bin Zayed. The deal put two executives at his company, G42, on the board of WLF, alongside Eric Trump and Zach Witkoff.

W/@skesslr @eliotwb @AABerwick https://t.co/toL2TKth6j

[TrueAnon @TrueAnonPod]

This tweet by @elonmusk addressing allegations that Jeffrey Epstein toured SpaceX appears to be a lie.

[Prem Thakker @prem_thakker]

Last year, Elon Musk said Jeffrey Epstein tried to get him to go to his island but he "REFUSED."

New emails show Elon Musk actively asking Epstein "what day/night will be the wildest party on =our island?"

And the next year, Musk asked again if there was a "good time to visit."

[Amanda Litman @amandalitman]

“Please get the truth out about our son.”

[Green Bay Packers @packers]

Perfect timing for Matthew Golden

📺: Prime Video

[JD Vance @JDVance]

Every congressional democrat and every democrat who's running for president should be asked a simple question:

Do you think this officer was wrong in defending his life against a deranged leftist who tried to run him over?

These people are going to try to arrest our law enforcement for doing their jobs. The least the media could do is ask them about it.

https://t.co/yM4cIR20Zt