EDIT: Feminist activist Gloria Steinem dies at age 92. Hell welcomes one of its own and we have our good news headline for the day. Thanks to NiceKangsDigital (nprofile…kehh) for the tip.
Iran struck US bases in Kuwait and the UAE overnight. IRNA claims the targets were US bases in both countries; the Iranian Army statement names Al Jaber Air Base, Kuwait (satellite comms, equipment depots, fighter hangars) and Al Minhad, UAE (troop deployment areas, radar). Kuwait's army confirmed a surprise ballistic-missile and drone attack with flights diverting, and Kuwait said its air defenses were engaging.
Trump is privately weighing declaring the Iran war over. Aides reportedly warn escalation beyond the recent strikes could cost Republicans the midterms. Lulz, Fat Orange Retard lost the midterms the second he fired the first missile.
A Qatar Amiri A319 (the aircraft used for official delegations) flew from Doha to Tehran this morning with no press coverage. Tehran's public line is that nothing changes until the MOU commitments are met.
US diesel is within cents of its all-time record. The national average hit $5.77/gal, under five cents from the record, per GasBuddyGuy - up from $5.680 the previous morning. Another “oil crisis” caused by American military fighting in a jew war.
The Dutch central bank moved 86 tonnes of gold out of North America. DNB shifted the metal to London for "crisis preparedness"; 64% of gold held in the US before 2014 has now left. London now holds 32% of Dutch reserves. Feel free to weigh in goldbros, but my take is that on the surface it is farcical for one country to have another hold its gold. It’s like “let a nigga hol’ a dolla” energy.
Former Army Secretary Dan Driscoll resigned after warning Trump the war was breaking the military; Trump reportedly changed the subject to his ballroom. Biden’s status as our most senile president is in jeopardy.
Fleet arithmetic: 232 warships on paper, 47 combat-capable and deployed - 20%. The USS Abraham Lincoln pulled into Sattahip visibly rusted; crew told a reporter it was the worst deployment they had experienced and they fear port-call-free deployments becoming normal. All of the seeds sown from the 60’s onward to tear down every institution led by White Men is yielding its bitter fruit. The military is in tatters and enemies see it for the paper tiger it really is.
US officials claimed they escorted 40 tankers carrying 18 million barrels through the Strait in a single night; 24 hours later only three crossings could be identified. In a related story, The Energy Department failed to deliver its June oil report, citing an “inability to reconcile back-office systems with published numbers”. Bullshit is the coin of the realm.
Russia is reported to have helped Iran develop supersonic anti-carrier cruise missiles since 2023, and told Washington it will "maintain and further develop" the relationship. Why would they have any reason to stop at this point?
Russia continues to take land and bomb strategic targets. Meanwhile Ukraine's two intelligence services shot at each other in Kiev - GUR versus SBU, at least one dead and multiple injured, apparently over the arrest of a commander of a Russian unit fighting on Ukraine's side. Spy vs. spy energy…
Bessent gave the AI industry a D- on communication and called firms "tone deaf" to communities. So their only problem is PR and messaging?!??! Never trust a faggot with anything important.
ADP private payrolls came in at 38K vs 47K expected, the weakest since January, with losses concentrated in manufacturing (17K), professional/business services (16K), natural resources and mining (5K). July hires fell 278,000 to 5.05 million while separations fell 265,000 to 5.07 million - a -18,000 gap, the widest since February and the third consecutive negative month. That gap feeds the payrolls calculation, raising the odds of another negative print on Friday. This is happening because we have too many holidays in the US…
Uber cut 3,300 jobs (10% of staff, with manager count down 20%) while committing $10bn+ to robotaxi partnerships. Pesky human drivers expecting to get paid for work and screwing up the balance sheets, smdh.
Daily Mail breathlessly reports: Trump orders shock voter fraud crackdown across nine states as secret ICE blitz starts TOMORROW. ICE blitz would be nice (particularly if it involved wantonly [redacting] illegals), but so-called crackdown on voter fraud is like treating a cancer patient with daily enemas.
Jerusalem Post runs a story advocating debt relief for young Americans in exchange for them enlisting in the military for a chance to die in a needless jew war. The old game show “You Bet Your Life” has gone literal…
JD Vance publicly decries identity politics, then speaks privately to a jewish group and tells them they’re the victims of everyone else’s identity politics. I hope he catches a disease from his wife and her streetshitting relatives.
Hackers are now selling 150+ million drivers licenses they stole from a single company, including Secretary of War Pete Hegseth’s data.
Rep. Brian Mast, known for controversially wearing an IDF uniform on Capitol Hill, is reportedly now being considered to replace Dan Driscoll as Secretary of the Army according to US officials. Just making official that which is already standard operating procedure.
Asylum court denials rise to 94%. A candle in the darkness. You can’t get a net reduction in invaders until you stop letting them in to begin with.
Have a good day frens, don’t let the bullshit overwhelm you…
