Jeremy Scahill from @DropSiteNews tells @BreakingPointsN that the Iranian negotiation team added senior psychologists to review draft communications to Trump because they legitimately believe Trump is suffering from mental illness. Other countries are also concerned.
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It's wild how Bernie Bros got two election-cycles worth of non-stop media condemnation for calling Peter Daou "Deter Paou," meanwhile Israel Bros are out here calling for murder every day with zero hand-wringing from Vox
The sense of victimhood from countries that took part in launching the war against Iran on February 28 and then complained about being attacked in retaliation is incredible.
The US government's illegal sanctions against Cuba are killing children, warned the UN human rights chief.
The UN human rights office said US sanctions have caused “widespread harm” in Cuba:
-infant mortality has doubled;
-childhood cancer survival rates have fallen significantly;
-only 30% of essential medicines are available;
-fuel shortages have caused food production to decline by 60%.
This is a barbaric, medieval-style blockade.
https://t.co/nbhBzURxfM
It’s as though Trump is trying to provoke Iran into smashing GCC oil/gas infrastructure again, the most impactful of Iran’s choices, in order to wreck the Iran-GCC rapprochement that’s been developing, a rapprochement that would likely end the US presence in the Gulf.
Bari Weiss rode the anti- cancel culture wave to the top ... and has spent the past 3 years helping cancel anyone that doesn't love Apartheid Israel's genocide of the Palestinians & Trump's war of aggression on Iran.
🚨 BREAKING: U.S. launches new strikes on Iran as explosions reported near the Strait of Hormuz
U.S. Central Command said American forces began carrying out additional “self-defense strikes” against multiple targets in Iran at 5:15 p.m. ET, saying the attacks were ordered by President Trump and claiming they were launched in response to Iran’s “continued aggression.” CENTCOM did not cite any new Iranian attack.
As the strikes were announced, Iranian media reported a series of explosions across Hormozgan province, the southern Iranian province that borders the Strait of Hormuz:
◽️ Sirik: At least four explosions were heard in the coastal town on the eastern side of the strait, according to Tasnim News, with a local source saying the blasts were coming from the sea.
◽️ Minab: An explosion was reported near the city, about 60 miles east of Bandar Abbas, according to Mehr News.
◽️ Korgan Port: Several explosions were also heard near the port area on the Gulf of Oman coast, according to Mehr News.
◽️ Bandar Abbas: An explosion was also reported in Iran’s main commercial port and naval hub overlooking the Strait of Hormuz, according to the **Fars Gulf Broadcasting Center
this is why jake tapper and dana bash have been ramping up their genocidal slop segments lately btw. they’re simply auditioning for their new boss, israel’s #1 foot soldier in american media
Israeli analysts are concerned that the country’s ability to launch major strikes around the region with impunity has been undermined.
The concept of costs will now have to be incorporated into what used to be merely a benefit calculus.
⚡️Iranian official says, “At this point, reaching an agreement [with Trump] is not really feasible.”
🔺 “The primary person responsible for the current situation is Donald Trump himself,” the Iranian official told me, referring to Israel’s massive escalation in its attacks against Lebanon and Iran’s retaliatory strikes against Israel.
🔺 “Should Israel carry out another attack on Beirut in the coming days, missiles will immediately target areas within the occupied territories in retaliation,” the official said.
🔺 “For nearly 20 days, the draft of a potential agreement has been on [Trump’s] desk,” said the official, adding that Trump is “driven by his fear of the Israeli lobby and his hope that the naval blockade plan will prove effective.”
“Iran will no longer accept or tolerate his current position.”
🔺The two central issues the official emphasized are: Israel’s war against Lebanon and expanded occupation of the south; and Trump’s refusal to unfreeze Iranian funds for reconstruction.
The Knicks have cancelled all watch parties outside of MSG due to Donald Trump’s attendance for Game 3
Only ticket holders will be able to access areas around MSG, and have to go through Secret Service-level screening
(h/t @LegionHoops)
Just to be clear, if this was the other way around, a Palestinian filmmaker mocking the sexual assault of Israelis, they would be banned from the festival for life