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"Israel says [the] US helped coordinate gasfield attack, despite Trump's claim he knew nothing about it. We’ve just heard from Pete Hegseth. He reiterated the claim from Donald Trump that the US president knew nothing about the attack on Iran’s South Pars gasfield.
However, Reuters is reporting that Israel says its attack on the gas facilities was coordinated with the United States."
~ The Guardian
"The job of the inner sanctum is not really to advise on sensible policy, even on the eve of war. It is to repeat the leader’s lies, screen out objective and expert feedback that might conflict with the leader’s will, and create and enforce a version of reality that benefits him."
~ Ruth Ben-Ghiat
#Trump #Iran #war #stupidity #MalignantNarcissism #megalomania
/16
https://lucid.substack.com/p/engineered-ignorance-hubris-and-the
"Decimating government of institutional knowledge, allowing sycophants and cronies outsized power to determine the destinies of hundreds of millions, and privileging the geopolitical and economic interests of fellow autocrats over the wellbeing and safety of Americans are now creating a version of the 'autocratic backfire' that has cost other illiberal leaders their popularity and legitimacy and contributed to their falls from power."
"There is no thought process into what any of this means long-term. It's not coordinated regime change. It's obliteration or just 'bomb them until they're less of a threat.' The Washington Post asked about the plan, a US official responded: 'Whatever.' ... Reality is not a constraint."
~ Jason Sattler
#Trump #Iran #war #stupidity #MalignantNarcissism #megalomania
/15
https://thecause.substack.com/p/our-confusion-about-whats-going-on
"The job of the inner sanctum is not really to advise on sensible policy, even on the eve of war. It is to repeat the leader’s lies, screen out objective and expert feedback that might conflict with the leader’s will, and create and enforce a version of reality that benefits him."
~ Ruth Ben-Ghiat
#Trump #Iran #war #stupidity #MalignantNarcissism #megalomania
/16
https://lucid.substack.com/p/engineered-ignorance-hubris-and-the
"There is no thought process into what any of this means long-term. It's not coordinated regime change. It's obliteration or just 'bomb them until they're less of a threat.' The Washington Post asked about the plan, a US official responded: 'Whatever.' ... Reality is not a constraint."
~ Jason Sattler
#Trump #Iran #war #stupidity #MalignantNarcissism #megalomania
/15
https://thecause.substack.com/p/our-confusion-about-whats-going-on
"International benchmark Brent crude futures with May delivery rose 6.3% to $114.13 per barrel, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate futures advanced 0.5% to $96.88.
Gas prices were also sharply higher."
~ Lee Ying Shan and Sam Meredith
#Trump #Iran #war #Israel #oil #gas
/13
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/19/oil-jumps-iran-strikes-qatar-lng-facility-supply-worries.html
"Israel says [the] US helped coordinate gasfield attack, despite Trump's claim he knew nothing about it. We’ve just heard from Pete Hegseth. He reiterated the claim from Donald Trump that the US president knew nothing about the attack on Iran’s South Pars gasfield.
However, Reuters is reporting that Israel says its attack on the gas facilities was coordinated with the United States."
~ The Guardian
"International benchmark Brent crude futures with May delivery rose 6.3% to $114.13 per barrel, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate futures advanced 0.5% to $96.88.
Gas prices were also sharply higher."
~ Lee Ying Shan and Sam Meredith
#Trump #Iran #war #Israel #oil #gas
/13
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/19/oil-jumps-iran-strikes-qatar-lng-facility-supply-worries.html
"Israel says [the] US helped coordinate gasfield attack, despite Trump's claim he knew nothing about it. We’ve just heard from Pete Hegseth. He reiterated the claim from Donald Trump that the US president knew nothing about the attack on Iran’s South Pars gasfield.
However, Reuters is reporting that Israel says its attack on the gas facilities was coordinated with the United States."
~ The Guardian
"After disparaging Israel’s earlier attack on oil tanks in Tehran, Trump took to social media last evening to distance himself from the latest Israeli attack, on the South Pars Gas Field in Iran. ...
There’s reporting that Trump is full of shit when he claims the United States knew nothing about the impending Israeli attack."
"With oil briefly topping at over $119 per barrel, Israel attacking Iranian oil facilities, and Iran retaliating against LNG facilities in Qatar, while the Strait of Hormuz remains bottled up except for select Iranian-approved shipments, President Trump is on social media offering his hot takes like an online troll — and with about as much credibility."
~ David Kurtz
#Trump #Iran #war #Israel #oil #gas
/9
https://morningmemo.talkingpointsmemo.com/p/its-my-war-and-ill-cry-if-i-want
"That all changed on Wednesday when Israel (with US blessing) attacked Iran’s South Pars natural gas field — the world’s largest — prompting Iran to retaliate by striking Qatar’s Ras Laffan Industrial City, the world’s largest LNG export complex, causing extensive damage. ... Of course, the attacks immediately increased the market prices for oil and natural gas."
"Trump’s war on Iran escalated on Wednesday. In general, the US has avoided striking oil and gas-producing facilities in Iran in the hopes that a post-war Iran will continue to produce oil and gas for the world market. Iran, in turn, has refrained (generally) from striking oil and gas infrastructure of other nations in the Middle East (other than shipping)."
~ Robert B. Hubbell
#Trump #Iran #war #Israel #oil #gas
/7
https://roberthubbell.substack.com/p/gas-spikes-to-384-as-hegseth-asks
"The Christian Taliban isn't hiding its religious fanaticism anymore."
~ Andra Watkins
#WhiteChristianNationalism #bible #misogyny #homophobia #patriarchy #MaleDomination #MaleEntitlement #war #violence
/10
https://andrawatkins.substack.com/p/how-do-christian-nationalists-spell
"We must be clear as Christian preachers and teachers that this war is only possible because of a distortion of our faith. A movement of religious nationalists who misuse and abuse Christianity has laid the groundwork for a holy war."
~ William J. Barber II and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove
Kai Schwemmer, the new white supremacist leader of the College Republicans, is getting well-deserved attention — for his bigotry and close ties to Nick Fuentes.
What also demands attention here, but is being overlooked by media: like Nick Shirley, whose vile racist videos about Somalis in Minneapolis helped spark Trump's DHS/ICE attacks on that city, Schwemmer is a Mormon from Utah.
#WhiteChristianNationalism #Trump #Mormons #Utah #LDSChurch
/9
https://popular.info/p/the-new-bigoted-leader-of-the-college
"The Christian Taliban isn't hiding its religious fanaticism anymore."
~ Andra Watkins
#WhiteChristianNationalism #bible #misogyny #homophobia #patriarchy #MaleDomination #MaleEntitlement #war #violence
/10
https://andrawatkins.substack.com/p/how-do-christian-nationalists-spell
"Wilson's remarks at the Pentagon assured the audience that their battles were God’s battles, that God would be their protector just as he was for figures from scripture like Noah and David. He suggested that God’s people, having searched for the enemy, now realize they are surrounded—the implication presumably being that the real enemy is other Americans."
#WhiteChristianNationalism #DouglasWilson #Hegseth #bible #misogyny #homophobia #patriarchy #MaleDomination #war #violence
/7
"They would limit the ability of believers of other faiths—including non-Protestant Christians—to publicly practice their faith; Wilson recently said on a podcast that the theocratic society he envisions would ban mosques from broadcasting calls to prayer and prohibit Catholic parades honoring the Virgin Mary."
#WhiteChristianNationalism #DouglasWilson #Hegseth #bible #misogyny #homophobia #patriarchy #MaleEntitlement #MaleDomination #war #violence
/6
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"not merely condoning a form of women’s submission in marriage that has been common in evangelicalism, but also severely limiting leadership roles in the church and in government and society to men only. …
Wilson & his followers would deny not only women but also non-Christians the franchise and the right to pursue public office."
#WhiteChristianNationalism #DouglasWilson #Hegseth #bible #misogyny #homophobia #patriarchy #MaleEntitlement #MaleDomination #war #violence
/5
GhostOnTheHalfShell
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This, if true, is beyond sleazy.
"Asian countries hit by the #Hormuz crisis have signed $56B in #energy deals with the U.S., seeking to diversify away from Middle Eastern supply risks.
Agreements span LNG, coal, and major projects like Delfin #LNG, reflecting stronger U.S.-Asia energy ties driven by security concerns and shorter shipping routes."
#Russia #India #China #USA #Economy #Finance #Technology #Security #Hybrid #Iraq #News #Iran #Israel #War #EU #NATO
This, if true, is beyond sleazy.
"Asian countries hit by the #Hormuz crisis have signed $56B in #energy deals with the U.S., seeking to diversify away from Middle Eastern supply risks.
Agreements span LNG, coal, and major projects like Delfin #LNG, reflecting stronger U.S.-Asia energy ties driven by security concerns and shorter shipping routes."
#Russia #India #China #USA #Economy #Finance #Technology #Security #Hybrid #Iraq #News #Iran #Israel #War #EU #NATO