Considering Sources,
In accordance with the agreement between the Presidents of Russia and the United States, both sides have committed to ensuring the implementation of the "Black Sea Initiative," which includes:
Maritime security in the Black Sea, The prohibition of force, and
The prevention of the use of commercial vessels for military purposes, with appropriate inspection measures in place to enforce compliance.
The United States will facilitate:
The restoration of Russian agricultural and fertilizer exports to global markets,
The reduction of maritime shipping insurance costs, The expansion of access to ports and payment systems for such transactions.
Implementation Conditions:
Points 1 and 2 will take effect only after:
Sanctions are lifted from Rosselkhozbank and other financial institutions involved in international food and fertilizer trade (including seafood), their reconnection to SWIFT, and the opening of necessary correspondent accounts;
Restrictions on trade finance transactions are removed;
Sanctions on Russian food and fertilizer producers and exporters (including seafood) are lifted, along with restrictions on insurance companies handling such cargoes;
Port service restrictions and sanctions on Russian-flagged vessels engaged in food and fertilizer trade are removed;
Restrictions on the supply of agricultural equipment and other goods essential for food and fertilizer production (including seafood) to Russia are lifted.
Russia and the US have agreed to develop measures for implementing the presidential agreement to ban strikes on Russian and Ukrainian energy infrastructure for 30 days starting March 18, 2025, with the possibility of extension or withdrawal if either side fails to comply. https://english.pravda.ru/
White House reveals details of US-Russia talks in Riyadh
This brings us to a re-evaluation of the drivers of Donald Trump’s foreign policy initiatives: do they serve the U.S. military industrial complex, as many suppose or not?
The most important prompt for reconsidering the maritime cease-fire agreement lies in the terms set by the Russians for its implementation, namely a long list of the sanctions, financial and otherwise, relating to Russian farming, fishing and fertilizers which the U.S. must lift before the cease-fire comes into effect...
The “bilateral technical-level talks” focused on the situation in the Black Sea, as well as the agreement to halt strikes on “energy facilities of Russia and Ukraine” proposed by US President Donald Trump, the White House said on Tuesday.
“The United States and Russia have agreed to ensure safe navigation, eliminate the use of force, and prevent the use of commercial vessels for military purposes in the Black Sea,” the statement reads.
The US has also pledged to “help restore Russia’s access to the world market for agricultural and fertilizer exports, lower maritime insurance costs, and enhance access to ports and payment systems for such transactions,” according to the White House. Both Moscow and Washington remain committed to “working toward achieving a durable and lasting peace” to end the Ukraine conflict, it added. https://swentr.site/news/
“The United States and Russia have agreed to ensure safe navigation, eliminate the use of force, and prevent the use of commercial vessels for military purposes in the Black Sea,” the statement reads.
The US has also pledged to “help restore Russia’s access to the world market for agricultural and fertilizer exports, lower maritime insurance costs, and enhance access to ports and payment systems for such transactions,” according to the White House. Both Moscow and Washington remain committed to “working toward achieving a durable and lasting peace” to end the Ukraine conflict, it added. https://swentr.site/news/
Gilbert Doctorow, Further considerations on the significance of the U.S.-Russia-Ukraine agreement on a maritime cease-fire
The most important prompt for reconsidering the maritime cease-fire agreement lies in the terms set by the Russians for its implementation, namely a long list of the sanctions, financial and otherwise, relating to Russian farming, fishing and fertilizers which the U.S. must lift before the cease-fire comes into effect...
..Thanks to work-arounds the Russian remained all this time the world’s biggest grain exporters, but the work-arounds distorted global trade flows and added to prices everywhere...
..Once implemented, the removal of sanctions surely will lead directly to a reentry into the Russian market of John Deere, FMC and other American manufacturers, resulting both in greater U.S. exports to Russia and greater efficiency for the Russian operators in the domain.....The single biggest beneficiary of the removal of sanctions on Russian agricultural exports will be…China. After all, China alone accounts for half of all Russian export sales of grains. Supplies will henceforth be greater and prices, lower...
..The visuals of the talks in Riyadh suggest that U.S. negotiators were going back and forth between the Russian and Ukrainian delegations in the same hotel to help them arrive at a deal. The reality, say the panelists, is that all negotiations were between the U.S. and Russian teams. They reached agreements and then the U.S. team took their decision to the Ukrainians and imposed it on them.....Now let us look at one aspect of the Trump administration’s foreign policy initiatives that no one is talking about: their impact on U.S. military equipment sales abroad. The widely held assumption is that this administration like all of its predecessors is beholden to the military industrial complex for delivering votes of the Congressmen it controls on any given piece of legislation.
Yet, the steps to end the war in Ukraine that we see the Trump Team pursuing in such haste, will turn off the spigot of weaponry to Kiev and work against the sales projections of the arms manufacturers... We see this in the ongoing discussions in Germany about breaking their contract for purchase of the F-35 multipurpose jets. While Europeans are now allocating hundreds of billions of euros for procurement of defense equipment, the emphasis is on placing orders with European defense suppliers, not Americans...
..While the nuclear warheads stored in European bases turn these countries into targets for Russian attack, their use against Russia depends entirely on the mood of Washington at any given moment. These facts were always present, but the possibility of U.S, reneging on its defense obligations never seriously existed before the arrival of Donald Trump in the White House. https://gilbertdoctorow.com/Yet, the steps to end the war in Ukraine that we see the Trump Team pursuing in such haste, will turn off the spigot of weaponry to Kiev and work against the sales projections of the arms manufacturers... We see this in the ongoing discussions in Germany about breaking their contract for purchase of the F-35 multipurpose jets. While Europeans are now allocating hundreds of billions of euros for procurement of defense equipment, the emphasis is on placing orders with European defense suppliers, not Americans...
Might they have died in Ukraine, or in the Kursk Oblast of Russia? Four Missing US Army Troops In Lithuania Found Dead: NATO https://www.zerohedge.com/
You already agreed, Sir: US ‘thinking about’ easing Russia sanctions – Trump
Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky has insisted there should be no weakening of curbs against Moscow
The White House did not provide details, but President Donald Trump confirmed that his administration is indeed considering lifting some of the sanctions against Moscow.
“They will be looking at them, and we’re thinking about all of them right now. There are about five or six conditions. We’re looking at all of them,” Trump told reporters at the White House on Tuesday.
Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky lashed out at Washington later in the day, accusing the US of discussing the issue of sanctions with the Russian delegation without properly briefing Kiev on the matter.
“We did not agree to this so that it would be in a joint document. We believe that this is a weakening of positions and a weakening of sanctions,” he claimed. https://swentr.
“They will be looking at them, and we’re thinking about all of them right now. There are about five or six conditions. We’re looking at all of them,” Trump told reporters at the White House on Tuesday.
Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky lashed out at Washington later in the day, accusing the US of discussing the issue of sanctions with the Russian delegation without properly briefing Kiev on the matter.
“We did not agree to this so that it would be in a joint document. We believe that this is a weakening of positions and a weakening of sanctions,” he claimed. https://swentr.
Three teams traveled to Riyadh, a very senior Ukraine group, and mid-senior level representatives for the US and Russia. Multiple reports said, consistent with the plan agreed on the Putin-Trump phone call to hold bi-lateral talks, the US spent minimal time spent with the Ukraine delegation, only 40 minutes before the Russia-US discussions and 30 minutes after. That means the communication was one way.
By contrast, the US and Russian discussions took over 12 hours in one day. The two sides emerged, with both sides conveying the impression that they’d made progress, but it was too late in the day for them to provide a joint statement as promised. They’d do it the next day. The White House put out its statement on the US-Russia talks.
No joint statement has been provided. (Ruh Roh... misunderstanding, or Ukraine kicking back?)...
By contrast, the US and Russian discussions took over 12 hours in one day. The two sides emerged, with both sides conveying the impression that they’d made progress, but it was too late in the day for them to provide a joint statement as promised. They’d do it the next day. The White House put out its statement on the US-Russia talks.
No joint statement has been provided. (Ruh Roh... misunderstanding, or Ukraine kicking back?)...
..So what is the reason for the urgency about a “deal” with Russia, when Trump could put the US participation in Project Ukraine out of its misery in very short order?.. My guess is the urgency has to do with Iran. Larry Wilkerson, in a new interview with Nima of Dialogue Works, argued that (54:45) that the US is prodding Israel to keep up aggression in Syria despite already being over extended. Both Wilkerson in this clip and Chas Freeman in a new Judge Napolitano talk said that if the Israelis were to attack Iran, which would clearly have to have US backing, that Russia would support Iran. From Judge Napolitano at 20:50:
Napolitano: Would an American military support of an Israeli attack on Tehran impair American-Russian relationships?
Freeman: It would affect them very negatively because it would appear to demonstrate that we are prepared to bully and use force as a substitute for diplomacy, and that would discredit the diplomacy….I think this would really bring that to a point of no return.
Recall that the US has been laboring under the delusion that Russia would help the US when it is still supporting Ukraine. Bloomberg ran a bizarre article in early March that depicted Russia as willing to “do everything in its power”...
Napolitano: Would an American military support of an Israeli attack on Tehran impair American-Russian relationships?
Freeman: It would affect them very negatively because it would appear to demonstrate that we are prepared to bully and use force as a substitute for diplomacy, and that would discredit the diplomacy….I think this would really bring that to a point of no return.
Recall that the US has been laboring under the delusion that Russia would help the US when it is still supporting Ukraine. Bloomberg ran a bizarre article in early March that depicted Russia as willing to “do everything in its power”...
..Before the US resumed its attacks on the Houthis, Marco Rubio called Lavrov and depicted Russia as having “consented”. Lavrov cleared his throat and disputed that characterization, making it clear Lavrov told Rubio the US should negotiate and not use force (I imagine Russia Foreign Ministry also had to make lots of calls to the strong Palestine supporters among its allies to reassure them that no way, no how did Russia support shelling Yemen).
Rumor has it that Trump demanded Iran Do Something in two months. Iran is clearly not going to Do Anything. Many many geopolitical commentators believe that the US is serious about wanting to commence a war against Iran in the near future.
But perhaps not. One way this war might not happen soon, which could mean “not at all”, is the Russia negotiations dragging out, which is certain. Russia will not be rushed and will need the US to demonstrate it can leash and collar Ukraine on key issues. It can’t do that ex a regime change, and it can’t displace the Banderites (they’d find that harder than the Russians would) even if it gets rid of Zelensky.
So a good guess for the rush to get a resolution in Ukraine is the barmy US assumption is that if that deal is done, Russia will be so happy with its better status with the US that it won’t back Iran... But if the Trumpies believe that, it will stay their hand until a deal over Ukraine is done and dusted before they take on Iran. https://www.nakedcapitalism.
Seven B-2 bombers deployed to Diego Garcia.
Numerous C-17 flights into Diego Garcia. Ten KC-135 tankers to Diego Garcia. An Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine in the Indian Ocean.
Numerous C-17 flights into Diego Garcia. Ten KC-135 tankers to Diego Garcia. An Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine in the Indian Ocean.
And there are those who still argue Iran shouldn’t negotiate to reduce its nuclear profile. This is literally becoming a question of Iran’s existential survival. https://x.com/
Waltz’ new demand is not that Iran goes back down to 20% or anything, it’s to stop enrichment entirely. It’s unclear in the context if Iran is even allowed to keep it’s power plant, though without the ability to enrich uranium to make their own fuel, it would be effectively useless in fairly short order.
Beyond that, Waltz demanded Iran scrap its "weaponization" program, which will be a challenge because Iran does not have one, and US intelligence assessments have repeatedly said Iran hasn’t decided to try to make such a weapon. https://www.zerohedge.com/
Beyond that, Waltz demanded Iran scrap its "weaponization" program, which will be a challenge because Iran does not have one, and US intelligence assessments have repeatedly said Iran hasn’t decided to try to make such a weapon. https://www.zerohedge.com/
“The IC continues to assess that Iran is not building a nuclear weapon and Supreme Leader Khamenei has not authorized the nuclear weapons program he suspended in 2003,” Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard told a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing. https://news.antiwar.com/
The Russian foreign minister spoke to Channel 1 following 12 hours of negotiations between Moscow and Washington in Saudi Arabia https://www.rt.com/russia/
Michael Every, Globalization As We Knew It, Is Over
The US insists a Russia-Ukraine Black Sea ceasefire has been agreed, lifting restrictions on Russian agri and fertiliser exports in response, even as Russia says it first wants the full lifting of sanctions on its banks in SWIFT, which would require EU approval. If that’s forthcoming, where does it leave EU statecraft: buying Russian gas again? ... If Europe says no, what if the US is even more incentivized to just leave and leave Europe the bill, as we saw from that Signal chat? Worse, reports also have US intel saying Russia and Ukraine may prefer a longer war to a quick settlement unsatisfying to either.....The US has this military statecraft power, and there’s been a bomber build-up in Diego Garcia, a base for past strikes on the Middle East, which looks more than needed for the Houthis. That doesn’t leave much to the imagination in terms of potential targets. What does is if this is the Ukraine-for-Iran ‘Noxin’ strategy or just a deliberate US signal to Tehran...
..In US economic statecraft, we are waiting to see if the 25% additional tariff on those who buy oil from Venezuela is implemented next week. It’s hard to prove this is happening given such oil is blended offshore to disguise its origins, but the customers are known. Indeed, the US can still choose to add 25% on China on top of the recent 10% + 10% and the pre-existing 25% in places because it says it’s buying Venezuelan oil –and the statecraft messages will be clear: 1) “China”; 2) Monroe Doctrine; 3) “Energy dominance.”.....Also note the US just added around 70 Chinese entities to its export control blacklist to prevent them helping Chinese AI and military development.
Moreover, the White House nominated an ex-navy staunch advocate for rebuilding the US merchant marine to lead the US Maritime Administration MARAD, suggesting more impetus towards US shipbuilding despite industry complaints about the USTR’s proposed port fees on Chinese-built and operated ships, and quotas for carrying US exports on US-flagged, crewed, and built vessels...
Moreover, the White House nominated an ex-navy staunch advocate for rebuilding the US merchant marine to lead the US Maritime Administration MARAD, suggesting more impetus towards US shipbuilding despite industry complaints about the USTR’s proposed port fees on Chinese-built and operated ships, and quotas for carrying US exports on US-flagged, crewed, and built vessels...
..The head of the US Council for Foreign Relations argues in Foreign Affairs that ‘China Has Already Remade the international System’:
"From 2009 to 2017, I served first as deputy national security adviser for international economic affairs and then as US trade representative. During that time, I consistently warned my Chinese counterparts that the benign international environment that had enabled China’s success would disappear unless Beijing modified its predatory economic policies. Instead, China largely maintained its course of action. If anything, it doubled down on its approach… Without any semblance of reciprocity, the relationship deteriorated… Washington may have forged the open, liberal rules-based order, but China has defined its next phase: protectionism, subsidization, restrictions on FDI, and industrial policy... China’s nationalist state capitalism now dominates the international economic order. Washington is already living in Beijing’s world… The US had to become more like China." https://www.zerohedge.com/
"From 2009 to 2017, I served first as deputy national security adviser for international economic affairs and then as US trade representative. During that time, I consistently warned my Chinese counterparts that the benign international environment that had enabled China’s success would disappear unless Beijing modified its predatory economic policies. Instead, China largely maintained its course of action. If anything, it doubled down on its approach… Without any semblance of reciprocity, the relationship deteriorated… Washington may have forged the open, liberal rules-based order, but China has defined its next phase: protectionism, subsidization, restrictions on FDI, and industrial policy... China’s nationalist state capitalism now dominates the international economic order. Washington is already living in Beijing’s world… The US had to become more like China." https://www.zerohedge.com/
China’s Purchases Stall After Trump’s Tariff Threat on Buyers of Venezuelan Oil https://oilprice.com/Latest-
Sam Husseini, Regarding New JFK Disclosures, State Department Refuses to Acknowledge Israel's Nukes
JFK tried to stop Israel's acquisition of nuclear weapons. Spokesperson dismisses "conspiracy theories" in response to question about Angleton revelations and US abiding by Israeli policy on nukes. https://husseini.substack.Not as much substance as I know to exist, particularly involving LBJ's roles: How Israel Killed the Kennedys, Mike Whitney's Interview with Ron Unz https://www.globalresearch.
Moon of Alabama, Was This 'Leak' Accidental Or Is It Pro-War Psyops?
Why did Michael Waltz, a former advisor to Dick Cheney, seek to add war-pimp and anti-Trumper Jeffrey Goldberg to his contact list? What did he plan to leak to him?
Signal is an encrypted chat application which, until recently, was financed by the U.S. government. That is in itself a good reason to not trust it. There have also been reports that several foreign entities are trying to crack it. Why would high administration officials, who have access to more secure communication systems, use Signal to chat with each other?Why are Vance and others implying that 'freedom of navigation' in the Red Sea is for the good of Europe and that it should pay for it? That framing does not fit.
The reason for the Houthi blockade of the Red Sea is the Zionist genocide in Gaza. Israel is the country most hurt by the stop of sea traffic to its harbors. The closure of the Red Sea has increased ocean transport cost for a container from $2,000 to $8,000 for everyone, including the U.S., because the transport around Africa takes longer and has led to a shortage of container ships. https://www.moonofalabama.
Larry Johnson, It Wasn’t a Leak, It was a Devious “Charlie Foxtrot”
Charlie Foxtrot is a polite euphemism for a crude military term — Clusterfuck. That describes the first scandal of the Trump Administration. Somehow, whether deliberate or accidentally, a Zionist journalist by the name of Jeffrey Goldberg was added to a Signal chat by Trump’s National Security Advisor, Michael Waltz, or by someone who worked for Waltz. Goldberg suddenly found himself part of a group chat of Trump’s top defense, diplomatic and intelligence officials. The group included CIA Director Ratcliffe, DNI’s Tulsi Gabbard, and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, among other luminaries.
If you are not familiar with Signal, you create a group chat by naming a group and then adding members from your list of contacts...
..This was not a leak. This was a gift to Goldberg. While the contents of the chat are not officially classified, the information being discussed was operationally sensitive. The chat exposed most of the Trump team as shallow and dismissive of the military and diplomatic implications of the decision to start bombing Yemen.
If Waltz and company wanted to discuss the pros and cons of bombing Yemen, he should have convened a Secure Video Conference, aka SVTC (pronounced, CIVITS).
Pete Hegseth’s remarks to the press, responding to the Goldberg article, makes a solid case that he is not qualified to serve as Secretary of Defense. Instead of admitting that this was a fuckup on the part of Waltz, he decided to attack Goldberg. Moreover, he pretends that the US was hitting hardened, military targets. That is a lie... While I agree with Hegseth that Goldberg is a partisan hack, Goldberg did not insinuate himself into the chat or steal the material. Waltz, or one of his staff, did that...
..The portion of the chat that Goldberg published shows that JD Vance is not a Zionist crazy. He at least had reservations about the plan to bomb Yemen. The same cannot be said for the others — Pete Hegseth in particular. The following snippets from Goldberg’s article makes it clear that the decision to bomb was not based on some actual provocation or attack by Yemen. Nope, it was a malevolent symbolic gesture:
The account labeled “JD Vance” responded at 8:16: “Team, I am out for the day doing an economic event in Michigan. But I think we are making a mistake.” (Vance was indeed in Michigan that day.) The Vance account goes on to state, “3 percent of US trade runs through the suez. 40 percent of European trade does. There is a real risk that the public doesn’t understand this or why it’s necessary. The strongest reason to do this is, as POTUS said, to send a message.”
The Vance account then goes on to make a noteworthy statement, considering that the vice president has not deviated publicly from Trump’s position on virtually any issue. “I am not sure the president is aware how inconsistent this is with his message on Europe right now. There’s a further risk that we see a moderate to severe spike in oil prices. I am willing to support the consensus of the team and keep these concerns to myself. But there is a strong argument for delaying this a month, doing the messaging work on why this matters, seeing where the economy is, etc.”
The account identified as “JD Vance” addressed a message at 8:45 to @Pete Hegseth: “if you think we should do it let’s go. I just hate bailing Europe out again.” ... Hegseth’s counter to Vance’s concern that the American public won’t understand why were bombing the shit out of another faraway country is this:
“Nobody [in America] knows who the Houthis are, so [we can just say] Biden failed and Iran funded them.”
Well, guess what, boys and girls? Trump failed, just like Biden. The bombings over the last nine days have not deterred the Houthis from renewing their attacks on ships and Israel. And it has put US naval vessels in harm’s way without a good reason. Hegseth gives the game away… this is about blaming Iran. https://sonar21.com/it-wasnt-
If you are not familiar with Signal, you create a group chat by naming a group and then adding members from your list of contacts...
..This was not a leak. This was a gift to Goldberg. While the contents of the chat are not officially classified, the information being discussed was operationally sensitive. The chat exposed most of the Trump team as shallow and dismissive of the military and diplomatic implications of the decision to start bombing Yemen.
If Waltz and company wanted to discuss the pros and cons of bombing Yemen, he should have convened a Secure Video Conference, aka SVTC (pronounced, CIVITS).
Pete Hegseth’s remarks to the press, responding to the Goldberg article, makes a solid case that he is not qualified to serve as Secretary of Defense. Instead of admitting that this was a fuckup on the part of Waltz, he decided to attack Goldberg. Moreover, he pretends that the US was hitting hardened, military targets. That is a lie... While I agree with Hegseth that Goldberg is a partisan hack, Goldberg did not insinuate himself into the chat or steal the material. Waltz, or one of his staff, did that...
..The portion of the chat that Goldberg published shows that JD Vance is not a Zionist crazy. He at least had reservations about the plan to bomb Yemen. The same cannot be said for the others — Pete Hegseth in particular. The following snippets from Goldberg’s article makes it clear that the decision to bomb was not based on some actual provocation or attack by Yemen. Nope, it was a malevolent symbolic gesture:
The account labeled “JD Vance” responded at 8:16: “Team, I am out for the day doing an economic event in Michigan. But I think we are making a mistake.” (Vance was indeed in Michigan that day.) The Vance account goes on to state, “3 percent of US trade runs through the suez. 40 percent of European trade does. There is a real risk that the public doesn’t understand this or why it’s necessary. The strongest reason to do this is, as POTUS said, to send a message.”
The Vance account then goes on to make a noteworthy statement, considering that the vice president has not deviated publicly from Trump’s position on virtually any issue. “I am not sure the president is aware how inconsistent this is with his message on Europe right now. There’s a further risk that we see a moderate to severe spike in oil prices. I am willing to support the consensus of the team and keep these concerns to myself. But there is a strong argument for delaying this a month, doing the messaging work on why this matters, seeing where the economy is, etc.”
The account identified as “JD Vance” addressed a message at 8:45 to @Pete Hegseth: “if you think we should do it let’s go. I just hate bailing Europe out again.” ... Hegseth’s counter to Vance’s concern that the American public won’t understand why were bombing the shit out of another faraway country is this:
“Nobody [in America] knows who the Houthis are, so [we can just say] Biden failed and Iran funded them.”
Well, guess what, boys and girls? Trump failed, just like Biden. The bombings over the last nine days have not deterred the Houthis from renewing their attacks on ships and Israel. And it has put US naval vessels in harm’s way without a good reason. Hegseth gives the game away… this is about blaming Iran. https://sonar21.com/it-wasnt-
..Waltz responded: “Typing too fast. The first target – their top missile guy – we had positive ID of him walking into his girlfriend’s building and it’s now collapsed.”
Vance responded a minute later: “Excellent.”...
..The most "DC" thing ever is to reflexively twist the Signal chat story into a scandal over "classified information" and "OPSEC," rather than a scandal over a military operation that was launched on highly dubious pretenses by people such as Hegseth, who is clearly frothing for a war to command, and communicates his desires in the most simple-minded cliches. Nobody ever applies consistent principles to the retention or transmission of "classified information," and pretending to care about the sacrosanct nature of such information above all else is just standard DC pablum. https://www.“The first target — their top missile guy — we had positive ID of him walking into his girlfriend’s building, and it’s now collapsed,” Waltz said.
“Excellent,” Vice President JD Vance responded.
“Great job all,” said Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.
“Kudos to all — most particularly those in theater and CENTCOM! Really Great. God bless,” said White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles.
“Great work and effects!” replied intelligence chief Tulsi Gabbard.
Waltz and Trump’s middle east envoy Steve Witkoff are seen posting numerous celebratory emojis.
Imagine how fucked up you have to be inside to react this way to the bombing of an apartment building full of civilians. How far gone you have to be as a human being. These are the kinds of freaks who rule our world...
“Excellent,” Vice President JD Vance responded.
“Great job all,” said Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.
“Kudos to all — most particularly those in theater and CENTCOM! Really Great. God bless,” said White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles.
“Great work and effects!” replied intelligence chief Tulsi Gabbard.
Waltz and Trump’s middle east envoy Steve Witkoff are seen posting numerous celebratory emojis.
Imagine how fucked up you have to be inside to react this way to the bombing of an apartment building full of civilians. How far gone you have to be as a human being. These are the kinds of freaks who rule our world...
..The need to control the narrative is why the US empire has invested so heavily in soft power, and why it has the most sophisticated propaganda machine ever constructed. It’s why Palestinian journalists are being killed in Gaza while western journalists aren’t being allowed in. It’s why pro-Palestine activists are being silenced and deported. It’s why the internet is being censored with increasing aggression. It’s why Julian Assange spent years in prison. https://www.caitlinjohnst.
Tlaib: Democrats Rage Over Yemen Strike Leak, But Not at the Strike Itself
The US’s airstrikes on Yemen have reportedly killed dozens of civilians, with the US twice bombing a cancer hospital. https://truthout.org/
Houthis Say New US Airstrikes Obliterated Residential Neighborhood https://www.
Israeli airstrikes murders 64 Palestinians in Gaza in one day
No aid reached Gaza in over three weeks: UN
The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said most aid access requests are denied, preventing fuel deliveries and supply retrieval. https://trt.global/world/
Israel refuses to coordinate rescue mission for trapped paramedics in Gaza’s Rafah
Fate of 9 paramedics remains unclear after Israeli forces targeted them during rescue operation in Rafah https://www.aa.com.tr/en/
Israeli Troops Run Over Palestinian With a Bulldozer, Israelis Laugh About It On Social Media https://www.
Trump launches ‘October 7 Joint Task Force’, as war on Palestine protesters widens
The Trump administration's new "Joint Task Force October 7" appears to be yet another weapon in the White House's war on Palestine activism. https://mondoweiss.net/2025/
'Beaten in custody': Israel releases Oscar winning director
How Western media silence enables the killing of Palestinian journalists
Hossam Shabat and Mohammad Mansour were the latest Palestinian journalists to be assassinated in Gaza. Responsibility for their killings rests in part on their Western colleagues who have failed to accurately cover Israel's genocidal assault. https://mondoweiss.net/2025/
Israeli army admits assassinating Al Jazeera journalist in Gaza: Israeli army claims that Hossam Shabat was a Hamas sniper https://www.yenisafak.com/en/
The Trump administration is targeting another Columbia University student for deportation due to speech crimes against the state of Israel. This time they’re going after a 21 year-old woman who was born in South Korea but has been in the US since age seven and is a legal permanent US resident.
The New York Times reports:
“The student, Yunseo Chung, is a legal permanent resident and junior who has participated in pro-Palestinian demonstrations at the school. The Trump administration is arguing that her presence in the United States hinders the administration’s foreign policy agenda of halting the spread of antisemitism.” https://www.caitlinjohnst.
Anti-Musk NGO Behind Color Revolution Against Tesla "Mass Deletes Content Off Website" After Being Exposed https://www.zerohedge.com/
FBI puts together Tesla task force as counter-protest violence ramps up
Homeland Security Secretary Confirms Plans To Eliminate FEMA https://www.zerohedge.com/
How to delete your 23andMe data: You can permanently remove your account from the troubled company’s database. https://www.theverge.com/
The US’s airstrikes on Yemen have reportedly killed dozens of civilians, with the US twice bombing a cancer hospital. https://truthout.org/
The Israeli occupation forces' aggression on Gaza has taken the lives of dozens of Palestinians and wounded others amid a blockade barring the entry of humanitarian aid. https://english.almayadeen.
The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said most aid access requests are denied, preventing fuel deliveries and supply retrieval. https://trt.global/world/
Fate of 9 paramedics remains unclear after Israeli forces targeted them during rescue operation in Rafah https://www.aa.com.tr/en/
The Trump administration's new "Joint Task Force October 7" appears to be yet another weapon in the White House's war on Palestine activism. https://mondoweiss.net/2025/
Israeli occupation authorities released Oscar winning Palestinian director Hamdan Ballal after he was beaten and detained by Israeli occupation forces yesterday...
.."He was beaten by soldiers and settlers all over his body. The soldiers left him blindfolded and handcuffed... last night.”
Ballal was detained from his home in the village of Susya in the occupied West Bank, after settlers attacked it yesterday. The settlers not only beat him, but they vandalised his property, shattered his car windows and slashed his tyres. https://www.
Ballal was detained from his home in the village of Susya in the occupied West Bank, after settlers attacked it yesterday. The settlers not only beat him, but they vandalised his property, shattered his car windows and slashed his tyres. https://www.
Jonathan Cook, The new fascism: Israel is the template for Trump and Europe’s war on freedom
The wide-ranging crackdown on political speech is being framed as a 'war on antisemitism'. But fascism was always going to return in disguise, calling its opponents, not itself, the Nazis. https://jonathancook.Hossam Shabat and Mohammad Mansour were the latest Palestinian journalists to be assassinated in Gaza. Responsibility for their killings rests in part on their Western colleagues who have failed to accurately cover Israel's genocidal assault. https://mondoweiss.net/2025/
Caitlin Johnstone, Censorship Violates The Rights Of The Speaker And Of The Hearer
The New York Times reports:
“The student, Yunseo Chung, is a legal permanent resident and junior who has participated in pro-Palestinian demonstrations at the school. The Trump administration is arguing that her presence in the United States hinders the administration’s foreign policy agenda of halting the spread of antisemitism.” https://www.caitlinjohnst.
Meryl Nass MD, Senator Eric Schmitt (R-MO) who was one of 2 AGs who brought the Missouri v Biden censorship case, is powerfully back on this beat in the Senate, Go read his series of tweets. I have blown up some of his graphics
"Between 2020 and 2022 alone, the National Science Foundation awarded $31.8 million in taxpayer funds across 64 grants to research "the science of stopping viral ideas." https://merylnass.substack.
The FBI has launched a task force to address the violence against Tesla properties, which President Trump as labeled as “domestic terrorism.”
On the other side, counter-protestors against peaceful Tesla protestors protected under the US Constitution are also getting violent. https://electrek.co/2025/03/
On the other side, counter-protestors against peaceful Tesla protestors protected under the US Constitution are also getting violent. https://electrek.co/2025/03/
AI Addiction... Something Bizarre Is Happening to People Who Use ChatGPT a Lot https://futurism.com/the-
I remember before they allowed those horrible ads. RFK Jr. Is Pushing Big Pharma Ad Ban - And Corporate Media Is Panicking https://www.zerohedge.com/
Pierre Kory MD, Trump And RFK Should Accelerate Inexpensive Treatments For Long Covid And Other Diseases https://thefederalist.com/
Cheap generic amantadine works for bird flu. Meryl Nass MD, New: in vitro testing of more drugs against the 2.3.4.4b (most common) strain of bird flu
Just in case a deadly mutant appears, it is good to know there exist other drugs to try https://merylnass.substack. Vast and important: Sasha Latypova, The Covid Dossier, Updated: A record of military and intelligence coordination of the global Covid event.
US, UK, Canada, Australia, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy. Thank you to the readers who provided information for many more EU countries, Turkey, Latin America and Asia. https://sashalatypova. Steve Kirsch, Pfizer likely increased your all-cause mortality by at least 14%; Moderna was even worse at 20%
The cure was highly likely worse than the disease. Here's how we know. https://kirschsubstack.com/p/ Ivermectin helped my patients, and me too, overnight. BREAKING STUDY — Ivermectin-Based Treatment Protocols Linked to 100% Survival in Hypoxemic COVID-19 Patients
Two-part peer-reviewed study finds rapid recovery and zero deaths among 119 COVID-19 patients treated with ivermectin-based multidrug regimens across the U.S., Zimbabwe, and Nigeria. https://www.thefocalpoints.Trump admin related new service? Pole Shift Acceleration About To Happen: Government Is Tracking It https://www.youtube.com/
Proceeding With Caution (featuring Atlas considering his next step)
