So when you read about eight members of an NBC News Team being beaten by Israeli settlers today in the West Bank, it's important to note two things:
1. The settler wouldn't do this to Americans had they not received a green light from the Israeli gov.
2. Israel's gov would not have given such a green light unless it felt confident that the US gov - and Amb. Huckabee - wouldn't lift a finger to defend the Americans.
CAN SOMEONE EXPLAIN THIS TO ME.
My friend pays $487 a month for health insurance.
That’s $5,844 a year.
He needed an MRI after hurting his shoulder.
Insurance-approved facility.
Insurance-approved doctor.
Everything “in network.”
The bill was $2,940.
Insurance negotiated it down to $1,860.
His deductible?
$2,500.
So he paid the $1,860.
Meaning he’ll spend at least $7,704 this year between premiums and that one scan before insurance meaningfully does anything.
He asked the billing office what the uninsured cash price was.
$1,100.
So somehow having insurance made the MRI $760 more expensive for him.
Very cool.
What exactly are we insuring against again?
There seems to be very little recognition from Israeli officials and soldiers that when they boast about killing people, they are talking about real people whose lives they ended. This courageous aid worker did nothing to deserve to be killed, does not deserve to be called a legitimate target after she was murdered, and those responsible should still be prosecuted.
Israelis harass a Palestinian custodian staff member at Rachel's Tomb, an IDF controlled area which Jews claim is holy and call him "a slave." His demeanor shows very clearly how often he has to deal with this sort of Jewish supremacy. This is how an apartheid regime treats those with no rights.
Hegseth: "The only choice Iran has is to come to the table and actually talk about their nuclear program."
After 6 months of war - this is where we are?
The U.S. wants Iran to return to negotiations, right where it was before the war began
The US aims to "legalise" piracy so the US can seize Iranian oil tankers and declare their cargo the property of the United States. At the same time, the Europeans are discussing legalising the theft of sovereign funds.
Una pianista libanesa publicaba vídeos tocando desde su casa en Khiam, al sur del Líbano. El ejército israelí localizó la vivienda y la bombardeó.
Soldados se burlaron de la destrucción imitando sus propios vídeos entre las ruinas.
El Sionismo es profundamente despreciable.
BREAKING: Maj. Jason Watson has just been charged under the Uniform Code of Military Justice for three violations of Article 88 for “contemptuous” remarks about Trump.
Yes, you heard that right. He was just charged for calling for Trump’s impeachment.
A president who has service members arrested for speaking out against the president, isn’t a president. They are a dictator.
There is at least a partial turning point in the war in Sudan, as the SAF is regaining the initiative, especially in North Kordofan. This is stressing the RSF logistics throughout the country and leading to defections:
1) The SAF took many areas in North Kordofan, including Bara, Jabra al-Sheikh, Umm Sayala, and secured the Khartoum–Omdurman–el-Obeid Exports Road.
2) The new corridor lets SAF squeeze logistics into Darfur/Kordofan, and it's actively working to cut them further.
3) There is a surge in RSF defections with 600+ fighters and dozens of commanders defected in August alone, including senior figures.
4) Some gains in Western Darfur where the SAF repelled RSF attacks near el-Geneina, destroyed 38+ RSF vehicles, killed a senior RSF commander
5) SAF fully recovered Khartoum in 2025 and holds it as a secure base.
6) The SAF retains drone/air advantage over RSF in most theaters.
Bottomline: There is little chance of an imminent RSF collapse. But the SAF may take more territory and they can now negotiate from a position of strength.
A large convoy of RSF vehicles where today preparing to attack El Obeid and the surrounding villages. No doubt had they managed to attack, villagers in the surrounding area would’ve have been killed women would have been raped. This didn’t happen because Army drones destroyed the bulk of the force before they could begin to attack. This is exactly what a US sponsored Arms embargo on Sudan is meant to prevent, to level the playing field again so that the Sudanese Armed forces cannot preemptively take the UAE’s proxy genocidal militiamen.
We had to bomb Iran because the sanctions weren’t working… now we have to sanction Iran because the bombs aren’t working.
- all the really smart war bros