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Now there is no "simple" exit point for Saudi oil, since the pipelines north are under fire from pro-Iran elements in Iraq, and we have far over-expended not only our own anti-missile stockpile, but also that of our GCC allies in supporting Netanyahu's "Get out of Jail" card initiated war on Iran.

Oil routes in peril as attacks shut Saudi pipeline and Houthis threaten key waterway

“This is the first day that Iran really started winning the war,” a Yemeni official said of Houthi territorial gains that give Tehran leverage over a second major waterway.

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“The KSA now wants a defense pact with the U.S.,” Blumenthal added. “It wants a nuclear energy agreement with us. I think I would oppose, or at least I question very seriously, whether there should be those kinds of agreements unless there is a resolution of the claims” made by the 9/11 families.

Saudi Ties to 9/11 Attacks Under Renewed Scrutiny (Updated)

Senior Senator calls for Saudis to “Come Clean” on agents who helped hijackers

spytalk.co

Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels have seized the Red Sea port of Mokha and captured the nearby Perim island, tightening their grip around the Bab al-Mandeb Strait while the U.S.-Iran war chokes another of the world’s critical shipping routes at Hormuz.

Iran-backed Houthis seize Red Sea port, putting another key trade route at risk

With the Strait of Hormuz already snarled up, simultaneous disruption looms at the southern gateway to the Red Sea.

politico.eu

🚨 JUST IN: Iran-backed Houthis just SEIZED U.S.-made M-ATVs and MRAP armored vehicles after overrunning Mokha port on Yemen’s Red Sea coast

Look at this loathsome repulsive creature yelling at a reporter. In addition to the fact that he’s the worst president in US history, he’s one of the worst human beings on planet earth. His supporters have a very serious defect in their character.

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rivate contact details of the most important security advisers to U.S. President Donald Trump can be found on the internet. DER SPIEGEL found phone numbers, email addresses & passwords of National Security Adviser Waltz, Director of National Intelligence Gabbard & Secretary of Defense Hegseth.

Pete Hegseth, Mike Waltz, Tulsi Gabbard: Private Data and Passwords of Senior U.S. Security Officials Found Online

Donald Trump's most important security advisers used Signal to discuss an imminent military strike. Now, reporting by DER SPIEGEL has found that the contact data of some of those officials, including ...

spiegel.de

“Daily leaks about his blunders, stupidity, malfeasance, weird conduct—his wife has moved into the Pentagon... The president’s closest circle believe Hegseth needs to be fired—yesterday “Everyone is alarmed—truly, freaked out. He has no supporters left anywhere.” “Except for Donald Trump.”

Pentagon Rebels Leak ‘Colonel Vodka’ Hegseth’s ‘Weird Conduct’

An insider says a “growing rear-guard rebellion” wants Pete Hegseth fired, but one big hurdle remains.

thedailybeast.com

‘Gambling with our lives’: AI researcher quits Anthropic with dire warning “The people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade,” staffer says in resignation "These will soon be superhuman systems that can hack anything, acquire power & resources."

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‘Gambling with our lives’: AI researcher quits Anthropic with dire warning about safety “The people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade,” staffer says in resignation post after leaving the tech giant.

politico.eu