My latest on Iran...and the mess Trump has created. A bit of a long read this time: blackcloudsix.substack.com/p/consequenc...

Consequences: Trump’s War of Choice

In Iran, American military power has been paired with strategic incoherence, allied alienation, and consequences that were entirely foreseeable.

blackcloudsix.substack.com

ANALYSIS TIME - Wes O'Donnell presents: #Sweden's Loke Just Changed #NATO's Drone War Forever youtu.be/WkT--cmyNJs

Sweden's Loke Just Changed NATO's Drone War Forever

YouTube video by Wes O'Donnell

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ameriKKKa's message to the world: "No country will be allowed to possess the means to kill Americans. Only ameriKKKa has the divine right to possess the means to kill others....and ruSSians....and iSSraelis too." #cdnpoli #ukpol #auspol #uspol

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 7mo ago

"They want to destroy our way of life!" -- yikes, why why does Rick Scott agree to do interviews like this disaster on CNN? he is completely unequipped to deal with pushback

WHAT ? F*cking ameriKKKans "Army Major General Antonio Aguto Jr., who led the German-based Security Assistance Group-Ukraine (SAG-U), violated policy in his handling of classified maps while on a State Department-chartered trains."

AmplifyUkraine 🔱🇺🇦@amplifyukraine.eu · 7mo ago

US general overseeing Ukraine security assistance left classified maps on train, suffered alcohol-related concussion, watchdog finds #Ukraine

30 hours sounds like a long time to battle a fire at sea, especially one that costs ~15% of your beds (600). #USSGeraldFord

The Virginian-Pilot@pilotonline.com · 7mo ago

Fire on Norfolk-based USS Gerald R. Ford raged for hours, sailors say:

ANALYSIS TIME - Preston Stewart presents: AmeriKKKa's Biggest Moron Urges Allies: HELP Us Open the Strait of Hormuz (Sorry khuylos, you broke it, you bought it.) www.youtube.com/watch?v=jd4u...

Trump Urges Allies: HELP Us Open the Strait of Hormuz

YouTube video by Preston Stewart

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ANALYSIS TIME - Wes O'Donnell presents: Why #NATO Pilots Might Be Fighting in #Ukraine - Flying Tigers anyone? youtu.be/t30pzYX1vYU

Are Western Pilots Secretly Flying F-16s Over Ukraine?

YouTube video by Wes O'Donnell

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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD@madhupai.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Yes, please listen to grandparents- they know exactly how bad things were before vaccines www.thebulwark.com/p/meet-the-h...

NOTE: My faith in F-35s decreases again. "F-35 TR-3 Software Upgrades ‘Stagnated’ as Jets Fly Iran Missions". finance.yahoo.com/news/f-35-so...

I can't even.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 7mo ago

WELKER: If you were prepared, why is the Strait of Hormuz effectively closed right now? CHRIS WRIGHT: Because it's right near the Iranian shoreline

It’s a war engineered and directed by the dumbest people that the US political system has ever produced. Consequences.

Mark Chadbourn@chadbourn.bsky.social · 7mo ago

A stew of incompetents. “The Pentagon and National Security Council significantly underestimated Iran’s willingness to close the Strait of Hormuz in response to US military strikes while planning the ongoing operation.”

Ukraine's "Alien Road Scanner" is pretty cool.... Ukraine should be very careful with whom it shares its next gen tech. Ukraine shouldn't share it with any country which has ever supported ruSSia....even once.... #cdnpoli #ukpol #auspol #uspol www.forbes.com/sites/davidh...

What Is Ukraine’s Spooky New “Alien Road Scanner” Weapon?

A Russian FPV drone was destroyed after an encounter with a weird new Ukrainian weapon. Is this a high-powered laser or something else entirely?

forbes.com

BIG DAY in the state of Georgia, and AmeriKKKa: Today is the final vote between badass (Dem) ret. Army Brig Gen Shawn Harris, and the Oval Office-rimming MAGA (Rep) Clay Fuller. This battle is for Marjorie Traitor Greene's former seat. The US needs him. www.nationalguard.mil/portals/31/F...

There can be only one Majority. 🇨🇦

a man is surrounded by lightning with the words there can be only one

ALT: a man is surrounded by lightning with the words there can be only one

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Toronto Star@thestar.com · 7mo ago

#Breaking: NDP MP Lori Idlout crossing the floor to join Carney's Liberals

“closing the Strait of Hormuz means Iran can inflict pain on American consumers at the pump, & we’ve already seen a 30% overnight spike in oil prices..With midterms on the horizon, Iran hopes it can translate this consumer pain to political pain for Trump” www.wheresyoured.at/the-beginnin...

The Beginning Of History

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ANALYSIS TIME - The WarZone's Howard Altman and Joseph Trevithick presents: US Striking Iranian Navy Ships With Ballistic Missiles (Yeeting ATACMS and PrSM missiles) www.twz.com/land/u-s-str...

U.S. Striking Iranian Navy Ships With Ballistic Missiles

The use of ballistic missiles to hit adversary ships at long ranges is a preview of what is to come for the U.S. military.

twz.com

ANALYSIS TIME - Defense News' Gordon Arthur presents: #Australian submariners have a brush with Iran war while embedded on US sub that sunk Iranian frigate IRIS Dena. @daverino.bsky.social www.defensenews.com/global/asia-...

Australian submariners have a brush with Iran war

“It would be quite straightforward to not be on the consoles or in the control room" during a recent U.S. submarine torpedo kill, said one analyst.

defensenews.com

ANALYSIS TIME - The WarZone's Joseph Trevithick presents: Massive Leap In Ability To Spot Iranian Drones Headed To Persian Gulf - #Australian AESA-enabled E-7A Wedgetail Headed To The Gulf (I thought the Aussies weren't assisting in Iran?) @daverino.bsky.social www.twz.com/air/massive-...

Massive Leap In Ability To Spot Iranian Drones Headed To Persian Gulf

The E-7A Wedgetail is arguably the best aircraft anywhere in the world for spotting low-flying Iranian drones and cruise missiles.

twz.com

QUESTION: Just what in the hell could Erika Kirk POSSIBLY have to offer the US Air Force Academy? Seriously. This vapid narcissistic opportunist is even less qualified than Hegseth to be Secretary. Credibility used to be the highest form of currency. WTF? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Trump names Erika Kirk to key advisory board of US Air Force Academy

Widow of murdered rightwing activist Charlie Kirk replaces husband on 16-member panel of military training facility

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TECH TIME - Army Times' Eve Sampson presents: US Army approves first new offensive hand grenade in nearly 60 years - the Offensive M111 Grenade. (Gee, just in time to be tested in the field in Iran I bet.) www.armytimes.com/news/your-mi...

Army approves first new offensive hand grenade in nearly 60 years

The M111 relies primarily on blast overpressure rather than fragmented inner pieces to incapacitate, making it better suited for close-quarters combat.

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ANALYSIS TIME - Combat Veteran News presents: Internet Blackout in Moscow As Coup Rumors Swirl! (Let the Kremlin 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥) youtu.be/KZ78OTKR-l0

Internet Blackout in Moscow As Coup Rumors Swirl!

YouTube video by Combat Veteran News

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ANALYSIS TIME - Reuter's Forrest Crellin and Gianluca Lo Nostro present: Reducing #Europe's nuclear energy sector was 'strategic mistake', EU chief says. (Absolutely correct assessment, but potentially too late. #Germany I'm talking to *you*. Get off that Lignite) www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

Reducing Europe's nuclear energy sector was 'strategic mistake', EU chief says

Reducing Europe's nuclear energy sector was a "strategic mistake", European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said on Tuesday, as governments grapple ‌with an energy crunch from the Iran war.

reuters.com

ANALYSIS TIME - Reuter's Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali present: Exclusive: As many as 150 US troops wounded so far in Iran war, sources say Pentagon Spokesman Sean Parnell. www.reuters.com/world/middle...

Exclusive: As many as 150 US troops wounded so far in Iran war, sources say

As many as 150 U.S. troops have been wounded in the 10-day-old ​war with Iran, two people familiar with the matter told ‌Reuters on Tuesday.

reuters.com

ANALYSIS TIME - Esprit de Corps Canadian Military Magazine presents: #CANADIAN ARMED FORCES: "We have the Wrong Army" www.youtube.com/watch?v=scsD...

CANADIAN ARMED FORCES: "We have the Wrong Army"

YouTube video by Esprit de Corps Canadian Military Magazine

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This article should've been titled "Every CyberSec Professional Has An Opinion About Russian Hackers Helping Iran." 😳

Russia-linked hackers appear on Iran war’s cyber front, but their impact is murky

Some experts question the significance of pro-Russia “hacktivist” groups.

nextgov.com

This should have happened as soon as Epstein was arrested. His friends, business associates and others have had years to wreck any evidence that might've been here. I'll be quite surprised if they turn up anything.

Mark Chadbourn@chadbourn.bsky.social · 7mo ago

They’ve started the search of Epstein’s Zorro ranch. Should have happened years ago.

We’re back at this shit again. Fuck off.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 7mo ago

Trump refers to Prime Minster Mark Carney as "the future Governor of Canada"