MoRad

politically homeless

[Pedro Sánchez @sanchezcastejon]

Quienes consideran que ondear la bandera de un Estado es “incitar al odio”, o han perdido el juicio o han sido cegados por su propia ignominia.

Lamine solo ha expresado la solidaridad por Palestina que sentimos millones de españoles. Otro motivo más para estar orgullosos de él.

[Harry Eccles @Heccles94]

VISA BLOCKED. Thanks @ukhomeoffice 👏👏👏👏👏

[Ray Youssef @raythewarchief]

We take so much for granted.

[Acyn @Acyn]

Child: I know your name. Mamdani.

Obama: What’s his first name?

Child: Mayor.

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

What a world

[Shanaka Anslem Perera ⚡ @shanaka86]

In 1974, Henry Kissinger brokered a deal with Saudi Arabia: price your oil in dollars, recycle the surplus into US Treasuries, and America guarantees your security. The arrangement was never a formal treaty. It was a handshake backed by aircraft carriers. For fifty years, every barrel of oil sold anywhere on earth created demand for the dollar that financed America’s debt. The system required two things to function: Gulf oil priced in dollars, and an American navy guaranteeing the strait through which that oil flowed. Both conditions held until February 28, 2026.

Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz. Not physically but operationally, by mining approaches, attacking tankers, and establishing an IRGC toll booth that vets vessels, charges in yuan or stablecoins, and escorts approved ships through the Larak corridor. Traffic collapsed 95 percent. The oil that still flows does not flow in dollars. It flows in yuan, settled through CIPS, paid to an organisation the United States designated as a terrorist group. Iran has exported over 11.7 million barrels to China since the war began, all in the currency of a country that claims neutrality. The petrodollar is not being challenged by a BRICS policy paper. It is being challenged by a toll booth.

The United States holds $39 trillion in gross national debt. That debt is serviceable because foreign governments buy Treasuries. Foreign governments buy Treasuries because they accumulate dollars. They accumulate dollars because oil is priced in dollars. If oil stops being priced in dollars, the demand that finances the debt weakens. Saudi Arabia’s Treasury holdings fell to $134.8 billion in January 2026, down $14.7 billion in a single month. The Saudis let the 1974 agreement lapse in June 2024 without renewal. The recycling loop that Kissinger built is loosening at the same moment that the strait through which it operated is controlled by a hostile military collecting tolls in a rival currency.

This is what the war is about. Not the nuclear programme, which was the stated justification. Not the missiles, which are the visible weapons. The war is about which currency buys the molecule that powers the global economy, and the answer to that question is being determined at a 34-kilometre chokepoint by an entity that charges admission in yuan. Every American strike on Iranian infrastructure degrades the capability to maintain the toll. Every barrel of Iranian oil sold to China in yuan during the war demonstrates the toll’s viability. The strikes and the sales are running simultaneously. The petrodollar and its replacement are being tested in the same theatre at the same time.

Trump’s Tuesday deadline is the enforcement mechanism. “Power Plant Day” is not about punishing Iran for closing the strait. It is about ensuring that when the strait reopens, the oil flows in dollars and the $39 trillion remains financeable. The F-35 sales to the UAE and Saudi Arabia are not arms deals. They are petrodollar anchors, binding Gulf security to American hardware that requires American currency. The rescue proved reach. The strikes prove capability. The F-35 contracts prove commitment. And the toll booth proves that all of it might not be enough.

The 1974 handshake held for fifty years. The 2026 toll booth has operated for five weeks. The question the deadline answers tonight is whether fifty years of dollar dominance or five weeks of yuan experimentation determines what comes next.

https://t.co/dAOBBMsgDS

[Kurrco @Kurrco]

Ye had 80,000 people singing "Heartless" with him at SoFi Stadium 🤯

"That's what 80,000 people sound like ladies and gentlemen... they said I'd never be back in the states. Two sold-out concerts."

[Cuckturd @CattardSlim]

Bill Ackman then: Vote Trump to prevent WWIII.

Ackman now: WWIII is the best time to buy stocks.

[Governor Newsom Press Office @GovPressOffice]

Yes, Governor Gavin Newsom started a war with Iran and shut down the Strait of Hormuz.

King Newscum’s powers are truly endless!

[شرق‌زده sharghzadeh @sharghzadeh]

You spend years advocating for this war, now that it went exactly how we said it would, you're begging Trump to stop?

Why do you think he cares what you think?

[MoRad @murad532]

lol

[Pierre Poilievre @PierrePoilievre]

Thank you to @BillAckman for meeting to discuss how to strengthen 🇨🇦 🇺🇸 relations, bring affordability and opportunity with tariff-free trade, and stamp out antisemitism in the West.

[Omar Baddar عمر بدّار @OmarBaddar]

I think Trump admin policy is determined by having a toddler ask a magic 8 ball what the U.S. should do next.

[Robleh @robjama]

this is actually a great example of where community notes fail...

- march 15 is the UN International Day to Combat Islamophobia. it's on the anniversary of the Christchurch massacre where 51 muslims were killed at prayer. they def scheduled that tweet

- the community note frames this as CSIS being naive and posting "hours after pro-regime marches" that's not true. it's misinformation from someone with an agenda

- at the actual rally there were 2 arrests both were counterprotesters. one charged with assault and with incitement to hatred

- islamophobia and antisemitism are both real and both things can be true at the same time.

using one to dismiss the other isn't fact-checking or truth-seeking, its playing victim

[unusual_whales @unusual_whales]

Foreign investment inflow into Canada hits the highest level since 2007, per Bloomberg:

[Al Jazeera Breaking News @AJENews]

BREAKING: China announces aid for Iranian parents of students killed in attacks

🔴 LIVE updates: https://t.co/8iz0jzKwvX

[Pythia Cap: Partially Conductive @PythiaR]

I can't wait to read Bill Ackman's 420 page treatise on why $150 oil is actually really great for American businesses & consumers and how this continues to be the most business friendly admin in history.

[Sana Saeed @SanaSaeed]

This woman - who has been paraded in U.S. news media non-stop for years and especially in recent weeks to manufacture justifications for the destruction of Iran - cried her crocodile tears for exactly what she and so many in the Iranian diaspora asked for. This is blood on your hands.

[Furkan Gözükara @FurkanGozukara]

MARANDI DESTROYS PIERS Morgan 😭😂🤣

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

I’m old enough to remember when Islamophobe @DouglasKMurray went on Joe Rogan’s show and told @ComicDaveSmith that you shouldn’t comment on countries you haven’t been to, and that he personally never did. So why is he on CBS being treated as an Iran expert. Has he *been* to Iran?

[Karthik @karthikponna19]

still can't believe we lost our jobs to this