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[Open Source Intel @Osint613]

Reporter: "You wrote 'resilience' on your Cabinet meeting notes... why did you write all those notes?"

Sec Scott Bessent: "So people could look over my shoulder, photograph them, and think they got a scoop."

[Intel Doge @IntelDoge]

Iran's Fars News Agency says during an "exchange of fire between the Iranian Armed Forces and the enemy," a port area was targeted near Bandar Abbas.

[Open Source Intel @Osint613]

Trump on Iran: "They are not coming through with the kind of deal that we have to have. We are going to get this thing done properly; we are not going to leave early."

[Open Source Intel @Osint613]

A surviving Iranian F-4 Phantom II reportedly escorted the plane of Pakistan’s Army Chief Asim Munir on arrival in Tehran for talks tied to the next round of U.S.-Iran negotiations.

[Open Source Intel @Osint613]

BIGGER PICTURE: HORMUZ

Iran’s main leverage is the Strait of Hormuz, with roughly 20% of global oil flows passing through it. By flexing control, the regime is playing its strongest card.

But that move comes with MASSIVE consequences.

Since the Hormuz is weaponized, the world will now accelerate its workarounds:

•Saudi Arabia will most definitely expand its East-West pipeline capacity
•Gulf states will begin invest heavily in alternative export routes
•Israel will emerge as a potential corridor for energy transit

These shifts won’t happen overnight, but they are now inevitable.

What this means:

The more Iran leans on Hormuz, the faster global energy flows reroute around it. Over time, that erodes Tehran’s leverage and cuts into its long-term power.

Bottom line, we will see some short-term pressure as the regime plays its strongest hand. Long term, this is a massive strategic failure of historic scale that will come back to bite them very hard.

[The Spectator Index @spectatorindex]

BREAKING: Trump says 'This is not the agreement we have!' regarding oil going through the Strait of Hormuz

[Open Source Intel @Osint613]

Explosion reported minutes ago near Beheshti University and Velenjak in northern Tehran.

[1776Girl @sipjack1776]

Read here about Global Thunder 26 exercise that began October 21, 2025 (Offutt).
WC-135R Constant Phoenix is tracking SE out of Offutt AFB which would signal B-1's are likely part of #GlobalThunder26. https://t.co/oNHztTdbwo

[Scott 🇺🇸 @scottbuckmaster]

@EdKrassen @JDVance You are a clown

[Scott 🇺🇸 @scottbuckmaster]

@jrpsaki You are a clown

[Scott 🇺🇸 @scottbuckmaster]

@AnitaAnandMP Done by Trump. You had nothing to do with it.

[Open Source Intel @Osint613]

Ouch. The people are worried.

Hopefully it’s just a bump in the road.

[🌡Mercury 🇺🇸 @RealestMercury]

From earlier

[First Squawk @FirstSquawk]

DOLLAR/YEN DOWN 0.33% AT 161.18

[Israel Defense Forces @IDF]

Instead of treating the ill, Hamas uses hospitals for terrorism. This sick exploitation of the Gazan people must be stopped.

The IDF is conducting a ground operation in Gaza to defeat Hamas and rescue our hostages. Israel is at war with Hamas, not with the civilians in Gaza.

[. @LarrySchweikart]

BlackRock owned a lot of Faux.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Fun times 🤩

[Scott 🇺🇸 @scottbuckmaster]

@scan_sky Got my tickets for both days! Flying down from Michigan!

[GMI @Global_Mil_Info]

U.S. officials to Fox News are saying the videos of the Chinese balloon exploding in Billings, MT are NOT real.

[Aleph א @no_itsmyturn]

https://t.co/J1oYVF1qLf