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  • Trump says ‘f***ing crazy’ Netanyahu has made everyone hate Israel in furious phone call – report

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  • In this instance, it's a perfectly reasonable comparison. Both Trump and Biden are/were deeply connected to the Zionist project of Israel and support it unequivocally.

    To try and somewhat mitigate backlash from voters, they leak or hint that they are furious with Netanyahu behind the scenes but nevertheless continue to approve a never-ending stream of money and military equipment to Israel to continue their destruction, mass killing and ethnic cleansing.

  • Iran is stopping message exchanges with U.S., may block Hormuz, Tasnim news agency says

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  • This was completely inevitable and predictable. If the Trump admin had been serious about diplomacy from the start, they wouldn't have sent two real estate developers who are also Israeli assets to do the negotiations. They hoped the could bully Iran into submission and they completely failed.

    I honestly don't know where it goes from here. The best thing Trump could do is walk away. Just pretend the US won and pull all US military out of the region. But that would anger the Israelis and Trump would be roundly mocked by everyone else for fucking up so badly. On the other hand, winning militarily is basically impossible at this point without a huge influx of US forces on the ground, and even then it would take years to topple the regime.

    I've said it before and I'll say it again - this has got to be the most astoundingly stupid self-inflicted humiliation in the history of US foreign policy.

  • an appeal to abandon Spotify

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  • The better, artist-centric option is Bandcamp. Buy albums and singles outright instead of streaming -- the artist gets significantly more revenue.

  • Trump says peace deal with Iran largely reached with strait of Hormuz to open | US-Israel war on Iran | The Guardian

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  • This time it might actually be genuine progress. Why? Because Iranian officials are acknowledging it.

    Via Dropsitenews on Twitter an hour ago:

    NEW: A senior Iranian official tells Drop Site News that Tehran believes it is “very close” to signing an agreement to end the war, and says Israel is mounting a last-ditch effort to sabotage the negotiations.

    In a statement shared with Drop Site reporter Jeremy Scahill, the official said “today’s constructive negotiating approach” had made “the prospect of peace in the region highly attainable,” signaling what appears to be the strongest public indication yet from Tehran that a framework agreement may be nearing completion.

    The official said Iran recognizes Trump is facing a major political decision that must balance U.S. interests, regional stability, and “respect for Iran’s fundamental rights.”

    The senior official added that “Israel is currently undertaking its final extensive efforts and applying considerable pressure” to derail the agreement during its final stages, while expressing hope that the White House would make decisions “independently of external influence.”

    Of course, this could all end up being another false attempt at peace from the White House, but Trump desperately wants out and bucking the Israelis and their demands is his least bad option at this point.

  • Tankers exit Hormuz with 6 million barrels of crude oil

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  • Meanwhile, it is estimated that global supply is now around one BILLION barrels short, thanks to this ill-advised shit show.

    That means it's going to take months, if not years, for oil prices to come back down, contrary to what the stream of misinformation coming out of the White House says.

  • Is it just me or is there an itch that you get every now and then that can ONLY be scratched by watching Blade Runner?

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  • Yes, although for me it's 2049 rather than the original.

  • Trump appears poised to restart the Iran war

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  • Propaganda or not, do you have any substantive criticisms of what he's saying here? FWIW, I've found his commentary during the current conflict to be pretty reliable.

  • US justice department ‘forever’ bars IRS from auditing Trump’s past tax returns

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  • I realize this is cliché at this point, but I'm going to say it anyway.

    Imagine this had happened under any previous President. Complete and total uproar. Calls for impeachment, etc.

    And yet with this one, it's just a Tuesday.

  • Trump Privately Willing to End Iran War — Without Securing Strait of Hormuz: WSJ

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  • Yeah, well renewable energy is for communists so what you gonna do.

  • Trump Privately Willing to End Iran War — Without Securing Strait of Hormuz: WSJ

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  • No matter what the outcome at this point, this administration is fucked.

    If the war continues, more US service members die while oil prices continue to surge and Trump's favorability ratings continue to tank.

    If the US pulls out, the Strait remains closed with Iran in full control of which ships can go in and out. They still have the majority of their drone and missile stockpiles intact and can leverage the flow of oil for years to come, meaning they can continue to put pressure on the US economy. Plus they now have a regime who is markedly more hardline than it was before the US and Israel assassinated all the moderates who might be willing to negotiate.

    This has to go down as one of the most mind bogglingly stupid self-owns and worst foreign policy blunders in US history.

  • Third No Kings protests to see millions across US push back on Trump administration

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  • Iran denies Trump's claims: 'We reject all negotiations – US has failed and Hormuz will remain closed'

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  • Iran be like

  • Iran denies any talks with Trump, claims he 'retreated'

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  • GrapheneOS refuses to comply with new age verification laws for operating systems — group says it will never require personal information

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  • I also wonder whether or not grapheneos, or open source Linux OSs in general, will face any repercussions for failing to comply to these regulations due to the relatively low user count.

  • In WW2 we were told Hitler was a danger but not to us directly. Iraq was for WMD''s. Now Iran is for oil basically? What if the US got out of other peeps stuff and went isolationist for about 10 years

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  • Putting the US fighting against Hitler in WW2 alongside US regime change in Iraq and Iran is an odd comparison, ngl.

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    US lifts sanctions on Iranian oil at sea in bid to ease supply pressures

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    • 14 dead US service members
    • A couple of thousand dead civilians in Iran and Lebanon

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    According to NBC News, U.S.-Iran Talks Were Nearly Finalized—Israel Disrupted Them to Prevent a Deal. Trump, Who Warned for Years About This Scenario, Ultimately Started the War Himself

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  • Well this two-year-old exchange certainly aged like a fine wine

  • In Tense Deposition, Hillary Clinton Denies Knowing Epstein or His Crimes

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  • I'm no great fan of Hillary Clinton, but she gave a hell of an opening statement:

    Transcript here

    And to this bit

    Mr. Chairman, your investigation is supposed to be assessing the federal government’s handling of the investigations and prosecutions of Epstein and his crimes. You subpoenaed eight law enforcement officials, all of whom ran the Department of Justice or directed the FBI when Epstein’s crimes were investigated and prosecuted. Of those eight, only one appeared before the Committee. Five of the six former attorneys general were allowed to submit brief statements stating they had no information to provide.

    You have held zero public hearings, refused to allow the media to attend them, including today, despite espousing the need for transparency on dozens of occasions.

    You have made little effort to call the people who show up most prominently in the Epstein files. And when you did, not a single Republican Member showed up for Les Wexner’s deposition.

    This institutional failure is designed to protect one political party and one public official, rather than to seek truth and justice for the victims and survivors, as well as the public who also want to get to the bottom of this matter. My heart breaks for the survivors. And I am furious on their behalf.

    I have to say fookin' aye.

  • Colbert accuses Trump administration of censorship after CBS pulls interview

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  • Talarico's big bombshell: Talking about Christianity. The "Christian Nationalists" don't want him doing that. He's talking about the wrong kind of Christianity.

    Precisely. Talarico is a Christian who actually takes the part about looking after the needy and the sick, and having empathy for other human beings, seriously. We can't have that in Texas!

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    You Are Not So Smart #267 - "Do your own research"

    youarenotsosmart.com /2023/08/19/yanss-267-why-people-who-are-most-likely-to-suggest-that-others-do-their-own-research-are-also-the-least-likely-to-do-their-own-research/
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    Father & sons face trial on charges of peddling industrial cleaner as ‘miracle’ cure

    www.miamiherald.com /news/local/article277382713.html
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    Various challenges that Meta/Threads may face, according to Facebook's ex-Chief Security Officer

    cybervillains.com /@alex/110670465308094895
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    Could fearmongering over ''climate lockdowns' become the newest conspiracy-driven protest movement?

    www.nbcnews.com /news/world/climate-lockdowns-became-new-battleground-conspiracy-driven-protest-mo-rcna80370
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    Boost For Lemmy is happening

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    Debunk This: Boomers better at identifying online misinformation than Gen Zers and millennials

    www.businessinsider.com /gen-z-millennials-worse-identifying-fake-news-than-boomers-2023-6
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    Debunk This: Immigration has significantly contributed to housing costs in the U.S.

    archive.ph /IlNYW
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    DebunkThis: CDC Director Knew Vaccines Didn't Stop COVID-19 and Mislead the Public

    dailysceptic.org /2023/06/22/cdcs-walenksy-knew-vaccines-didnt-stop-infections-in-january-2021-but-still-told-americans-vaccinated-people-do-not-carry-the-virus-email-reveals/
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    People Can Be Convinced They Committed a Crime That Never Happened

    www.psychologicalscience.org /news/releases/people-can-be-convinced-they-committed-a-crime-they-dont-remember.html
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    Skeptic - A community for critical takes on pseudoscience, quackery, and bald-faced BS.

    lemmy.world /c/skeptic
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    Top Mind Robert F Kennedy Jr on the evils of "Wi-Fi radiation"

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    Debunk This: California politicians want to make it illegal to try to stop shoplifters

    twitter.com /carldemaio/status/1670121628800516098
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    Debunk This - Debunking pseudoscience, myths, and spurious hogwash since 2010

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    Debunk This: Offshore Wind Farms are killing whales and harming marine life

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    Classified Docs: How Trump case differs from Clinton & Biden

    www.csmonitor.com /USA/Politics/2023/0613/Classified-docs-How-Trump-case-differs-from-Clinton-Biden
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