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Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

A source familiar with the RAF Fairford story said that the US feared a drone an attack similar to Ukraine’s Operation Spiderweb last year which destroyed 10 Russian aircraft. They fear Iran might copy the tactics and that drones might even already be in UK, hence abrupt departure of B1s.-ITV

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Kevin White @kevinwhitejr.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

One great thing about this admin is that they are coming up with every possible way to grift and revealing every loophole that needs to be closed.

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Robin Brooks @robin-j-brooks.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Without forward guidance, markets push for hikes at every meeting. The Fed is trying to extricate itself from an October hike, but the reaction at the long end of the curve is instantaneous. 10y10y forward yield is now far above its levels this summer... robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/the-battle...

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Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Three carrier strike groups, two amphibious units and Marine rapid deployment forces could be in the Middle East by the end of November, a senior official said. The Theodore Roosevelt carrier strike group sailed from San Diego, with the amphibious unit and the Marines following on Monday.-N12

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Recent polls suggest Florida, Mississippi, and South Carolina Senate may be in play too. And independents who’d caucus with Dems are close or leading in Kansas, Nebraska, and Idaho. Also, I’ve never seen a candidate polling higher than their name recognition. Voters really, really hate Republicans.

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Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Another attack in the SoH: Indian seafarer Suraj Yadav, 26, was killed after the Antigua and Barbuda-flagged Cape Dao was struck twice on its port side off Oman, the Forward Seamen’s Union of India said. The vessel carried 28 crew members, including 20 Indians.

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Kevin White @kevinwhitejr.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Their incompetence will save most of us.

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Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Iranian negotiators reportedly demanded that the US lift its naval blockade, release all frozen Iranian assets, and cease hostilities across all fronts during a meeting with American officials on the sidelines of the UN today. Iran’s demands remained unchanged.-IRIB

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Matt Darling @besttrousers.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

"We send these people a letter and they didn't respond" is a pretty bad mechanism for determining "does this person exist".

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026

NEW: In late 2024, FBI investigators had enough evidence to launch a sweeping bribery probe that could ensnare top lawmakers, including Sen. Susan Collins. Then Trump was reelected and eviscerated the FBI and DOJ teams handling public corruption probes.

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The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way

After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini...

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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 21/09/2026

It's 2026 and the US President is bragging about an almost certainly inaginary deal to buy potash from a Russian vassal state because Canada refuses to become a US one.

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Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The Russian government has been targeting Americans with covert online disinformation operations seeking to undermine public confidence in November’s midterm elections, using a familiar playbook in an attempt to inject chaos into the voting season, according to U.S. officials.

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The entire presidential television press pool — Fox, ABC, CBS, NBC, and CNN — has agreed to suspend coverage in the wake of Trump’s decision to ban CNN, Politico, and MS NOW from the White House

newrepublic.com

Major TV Networks Band Together in Boycott After Trump’s Ban on CNN

The five major TV networks are joining forces after Trump’s press ban.

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Through the end of August 2026, the House was in session for roughly 383 hours total. That’s an average of about 48 hours per month. Their average monthly floor time is well below the 80-hour monthly threshold the same Congress imposed on Medicaid recipients.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 21/09/2026

Internal emails and documents obtained by The New York Times demonstrate President Trump’s political capture of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, including how officials once pursued a plan to unload much of the art collection. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/u...

Debris from fallen ceiling plaster soiled the carpet in the Grand Foyer inside the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. A headline reads: "How President Trump Broke the Kennedy Center." Photo by Salwan Georges for The New York Times.

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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Credit to Jon Karl for fact checking Steve Scalise on this 'but Biden took 400 press credentials' bullsh*t. This is MAGA's big talking point on Trump's disgraceful press lockout and it's a lie.

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T. Greg Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Oh man Rs really are going the Jimmy Carter II route. Incredible. (Export bans typically don't lower prices, they just lead to less production)

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Kevin White @kevinwhitejr.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Sooner or later, probably sooner, the American satrapies in the Middle East are going to realize that the empire cannot protect them or defeat its enemies and they are going to make a separate peace. When that happens, it will represent a seismic shift in the global order.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

“.. Buckle up,” Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at the price-tracking platform GasBuddy, wrote Wednesday morning. “Gas and diesel look set for a spike over the next 48 hours ..” @washingtonpost.com @gasbuddyguy.bsky.social ⛽️ www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...

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Kevin White @kevinwhitejr.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

They should run right into the midterms on this exact message. We’ve been so successful in Iran that we’ve achieved higher prices as a result of our success. Winning may feel like losing but it’s assuredly winning.

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Kevin White @kevinwhitejr.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

It’s an interesting strategy, let’s see how it pays off for him.

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Kevin White @kevinwhitejr.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

We’re going to end up allied with Iran when this is all over.

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 15/09/2026

The U.S. AI industry is being run by a batshit rationalist sex cult, and no, I am not being hyperbolic - they’re genuinely Like That:

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I went to an rationalist/EA Al doomer event last night with the goal of meeting someone who could calmly explain to me the argument for how they get to the conclusion that Al will kill everyone.
Because these are rationalists, I expected to find people who could lay out a serious extinction pathway, walk through the assumptions and intermediate steps, identify choke points where negative pathways could potentially be regulated, and entertain disagreement about where their assumptions might break down.
My experience was the exact opposite.
The people I spoke to seemed psychologically unable to entertain the possibility that their conclusion (that Al literally kills everyone, which was a point that many would not even budge on) might be wrong.
Their most extreme conclusion was treated as an axiom.
I had multiple people walk out of conversations with me when I questioned their inevitable extinction premise.
At one point during a panel, the moderator asked everyone in the audience who was still skeptical of Al doom to raise their hands. About half the room did. He then told all of the skeptics to leave the panel and go with one of the speakers, who would answer their questions separately. They filtered out all the skeptics, and continued the panel only with the subset who accepted their extreme position.
I genuinely felt like a heretic just for questioning whether superintelligent Al inevitably leads to the extinction of humanity, or entertaining the possibility that the future might actually turn out well.
That does not mean Al safety is fake. Obviously there are serious questions about rapidly advancing Al systems and what happens as they become much more capable. Those are exactly the conversations I went there hoping to have.
But what I encountered was an apocalyptic death cult. These people are not rational. They are deeply afraid, they reinforce that fear in one another, and they have become so emotionally committed to apocalypse

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Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

New photos reveal widespread damage at multiple U.S. positions across the Middle East caused by Iranian attacks. www.cbsnews.com/news/new-pho...

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New photos show widespread damage at U.S. positions caused by Iranian missile, drone attacks

The images were sent to CBS News by active service members under condition of anonymity.

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Barchart @barchart.com · 15/09/2026

Crude Oil jumps to highest price in more than 4 months 📈 📈

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Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The Saudi government is reluctant to act alone against the Houthis and wants to secure the involvement of other countries before launching any significant military operations, according to two people familiar with the matter. They asked not to be named discussing sensitive matters.

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Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

They don’t even try to hide it anymore…. Trump Jr. and Bettina Trump in a joint Instagram post said their "dear friend" Umar Kremlev – an ally of Russia’s President Putin - "very generously hosted two incredible nights" of festivities in the Bahamas in May www.france24.com/en/live-news...

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Trump's son confirms Russian businessman paid for post-wedding festivities

A Russian businessman with ties to the Kremlin paid for celebrations after the wedding of President Donald Trump's eldest son and his new bride, the couple confirmed on Monday.

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

as don jr and his new wife clutch their pearls about the story that says someone else subsidized their wedding a quick reminder that this is how his engagement to his first wife happened

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

It’s kind of crazy that this is going to be revelatory for a lot of people while idiots who post online have known this incredibly important information for years and years at this point

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Kevin White @kevinwhitejr.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Oil above $100 will get him to post the sweatiest shit, every single time. $150 have him telling us we’ve acquired a unicorn that can be milked for crude and establishing an oil unicorn supply chain that we don’t need because the Strait is open.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/09/2026

Trump: "Please right your right hand. I pledge to the greatest president in the history of the United States. That loves us so much he can't even breath. That I will go out with my family, my friends, I'll do it any way - I don't care if I'm registered or not, I'm going to try to cheat like hell..."

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 11/09/2026

NatSec press question to ask: did the NSC advise the President this would happen? (no good answer to this question)

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Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

The Iran-backed Houthis have seized control of Mayun "Perim" Island and completed their control of the Bab al-Mandab Strait, a local Yemeni government official said.-AFP

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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

It’s also worth noting that Trump has a trifecta right now. His party controls the House and the Senate. Incidentally, he also controls the SCOTUS. If Trump wanted to send aid to Americans—which I will say is always good policy—he could simply do it now. He could have done it day one in office.

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Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The Iran-backed Houthi militants have taken control of the Yemeni Red Sea city of Mocha, closing in on the strategic Bab el-Mandeb Strait, three Yemeni government sources told Reuters on Thursday. This comes amid an escalation in fighting with Saudi-backed forces.-Reuters

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Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Iran acquired millions of dollars in Chinese air defense systems over the past year. The purchases ran through a barter mechanism: Iran shipped oil to China and received credit for Chinese goods instead of cash, letting both sides sidestep sanctions.

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Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Oil keeps going up, waiting for the Truth Social about how bad Iran wants a deal…

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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Have seen this Nature piece about the effects of X's algorithm mentioned again and it bears repeating; exposure to a right wing algorithm makes you - measurably and predictably - more right wing, even after you stop using it. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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The political effects of X’s feed algorithm - Nature

Among users initially on a chronological feed, 7 weeks of exposure to X’s algorithmic feed in 2023 shifted political attitudes and account-following behaviour in a more conservative direction compared...

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