Jon Cohen

“I don’t mind being called a propagandist, so long as that propaganda is based on the truth.” - Edward R. Murrow, speaking to a reporter for the Miami Herald.

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Iran War Live Updates: Israeli Airstrikes Shake Beirut and Drone Attacks Hit Tehran https://t.co/9Yk8oPuSXG

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[Brian Allen @allenanalysis]

In 13 seconds, Trump declared victory in the Iran war 5 times.

Then — in the same breath — warned that you have to be careful not to declare victory too early.

Iran didn’t wait for him to finish the sentence.

Two oil tankers destroyed near the Strait. Same minute.

This is the same president who declared the Iranian navy destroyed. We kept finding ships to bomb.

Who said the Strait was open. A Thai ship was struck trying to find out.

Who told American tanker crews to show some guts. An American tanker was decimated hours later.

Who said the war is “very complete.” Hezbollah is rocketing northern Israel as we speak.

Five victories. Thirteen seconds. Two burning tankers. One president who cannot tell the difference between winning a war and narrating one.

Iran is not watching the press conference.

Iran is in the water.

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The official White House account just posted a video gamifying and making light of airstrikes on Iran.

The same administration whose own military investigation confirmed a US Tomahawk killed 175 girls at the Shajarah Tayyebeh elementary school.

Ages 7 to 12.

They know. The investigation confirmed it. The New York Times confirmed it.

And the official account of the President of the United States is treating it like a video game.

There are mothers in Minab, Iran who will never see their daughters again.

The White House is posting highlight reels.

This is who they are.

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🚨 BREAKING: An American oil tanker has been targeted and decimated in the Persian Gulf — hours after Trump told tankers to “show some guts” and enter the Strait.

An American ship.

Trump told them to go.

They went.

Iran was waiting.

This is not a policy failure. This is not a miscalculation.
The President of the United States told American civilian mariners to sail into an active war zone — against the advice of every intelligence agency, every shipping authority, and every insurer on earth.

And an American ship is now destroyed.

Who was on that ship?

Trump told America to inject bleach.

Trump told tanker crews to show some guts.

People pay the price every time.

He moves on every time.

Not this time.

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🚨 Footage emerging from Tehran shows a strike producing a massive mushroom cloud over the city.
This is not a nuclear weapon.

This is what a massive conventional ordnance strike looks like in a city of 10 million people.

Bunker busters. MOABs. Thermobaric weapons. All capable of producing this.

All legal under no framework when deployed over a civilian population center.

10 million people live in Tehran.

That lied about dead schoolgirls.

That told civilian mariners to sail into a war zone.
That launched this war on “a feeling.”

Is now dropping ordnance large enough to produce mushroom clouds over a capital city.

What is the target?

What is the justification?

Who authorized it?

We don’t know. Because they don’t tell us anything.

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🚨 BREAKING: Multiple oil tankers are under attack in the Persian Gulf off Iraq.

Trump said the Strait is open.

Trump said the Iranian navy is destroyed.

Trump said we’re ahead of schedule.

Multiple tankers are burning right now.

This is what the open Strait looks like.

Lloyd’s of London won’t insure them. No shipping company will order transits. Any captain who tries becomes a target.

Oil was already at $110 threatening $200. Gulf allies already cut 6.7 million barrels. The semiconductor supply chain is already fracturing.

Now tankers are on fire off Iraq.

The Energy Secretary deleted his tweet.

Karoline Leavitt corrected the record.

A Thai ship was struck earlier today.

And now multiple tankers.

There is no open Strait.

There is only fire.

[Brian Allen @allenanalysis]

Trump: “We took out all of their mine ships in one night. The Strait of Hormuz is open.”

The facts as of right now:

Iran struck a Thai civilian vessel attempting to transit the Strait this afternoon.

Lloyd’s of London has not restored war risk insurance for Gulf shipping.

No major shipping company has resumed transits.
MarineTraffic shows vessels at anchor, not moving.
Iran’s foreign policy advisor said this morning: we decide when it ends.

Trump said the Iranian navy was destroyed. We kept finding ships to bomb.

Trump said ships were safely transiting. The Energy Secretary deleted the tweet. Karoline Leavitt corrected the record.

Now Trump says the Strait is open.

A Thai ship was struck today trying to find out.

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BREAKING: Video captures an Iranian Shahed-136 suicide drone striking an oil storage facility at the Port of Salalah in Oman.

THIS IS A MAJOR ESCALATION! 🚨

Iran is now hitting targets outside its own borders. Oman — a country that has historically served as a neutral mediator between the U.S. and Iran — just had its critical energy infrastructure struck.

This is escalation. This is the war spreading beyond Iran’s borders exactly the way every analyst warned it would.

And it raises immediate questions. Was this retaliation? Was Oman facilitating U.S. or allied operations through its port? And what happens to global oil markets when shipping infrastructure in the Gulf of Oman is no longer safe?

The FBI warned California about Iranian drones hours ago. Now we’re watching them hit oil facilities in a neutral Gulf state in real time.

This war is not contained. It was never going to be.

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BREAKING: Trump was just asked if he takes responsibility for the U.S. strike on the Iranian school that killed at least 175 people — most of them young girls.

His response: “For what?” and “I don’t know about it.”
This is the same man who told reporters on Air Force One that “it was done by Iran” — without evidence.

His own military’s preliminary investigation now confirms a U.S. Tomahawk missile struck the Shajarah Tayyebeh elementary school due to a targeting error using outdated intelligence.

He knew enough to blame Iran. He doesn’t know enough to take responsibility.

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BREAKING: When asked why Trump claimed Iran may have Tomahawk missiles — a weapon system exclusively used by the United States and its allies — the White House responded: “Trump has a right to share his opinions. We won’t be harassed by the NYT making unverified claims.”

Let that land.

The New York Times report is based on the Pentagon’s own preliminary investigation. These aren’t “unverified claims” — these are findings from his own military.

And “opinions” is doing a lot of heavy lifting here. The Commander in Chief told the American public that Iran bombed its own school full of children. That’s not an opinion. That’s a lie designed to avoid accountability for 175 dead kids.

The White House isn’t disputing the facts. They’re attacking the source. That tells you everything.

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live updates: iran war brings new attacks on commercial ships, dubai airport, as tehran warns banks are next https://t.co/6Xd0Z4uX3w