💭 I knew this Gulf Crisis wouldn't end quickly, but George pretty much nails it - one hopes. 📺 In this recent clip from Talking Geopolitics, GPF Chairman George Friedman joins host Christian Smith to discuss the political implications of the war in Iran on chump and the [rigged?] midterm elections.

“His Presidency is Over” - George Friedman Breaks Down Iran’s Election Trap

YouTube video by Geopolitical Futures

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EU Institute for Security Studies@euiss.bsky.social · 7h ago

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💬 I knew chump'd do this - I'd posted about it. I very much doubt they're that short of stock. All US Admins lie like there's no tomorrow. biden's was the same. 💥 Time for more #EpsteinFiles pressure.

🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦@militarynewsua.bsky.social · 8h ago

❗️Trump refused Zelensky’s request for additional Patriot missile deliveries, – FT. He explained this by stating that the US has a shortage of these missiles, and they are needed to protect

📚 It was the same in Britain during WW2 with the German V2 ballistic rockets. You never heard them coming. If you were too close you never heard them explode either - death was instant.

AnarchoTerran@anarchoterran.bsky.social · 9h ago

I managed to record the audio of one ballistic missile explosion last night.

💡 The moscovian rigged "elections" end on the 20th of September. Those 20 days of September could be put to good use, @united24media.com, @u24.gov.ua ⬇

🔴 The kremlin has attacked Ukraine with ballistic missiles and drones, killing at least 14 people and leaving at least 22 injured in one of the deadliest strikes across Kyiv this year. During the attack, which started after midnight, Wednesday morning, the head of Kyiv's ➡

Russia launches ballistic missile and drone strike on Kyiv

The head of Kyiv's military administration says Russia is "once again massively attacking" the region around the city.

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This is unconscionable. Netanyahu and his IDF thugs continue their genocide of the Palestinians while also moving to erase the Lebanese, and now even the planet is at risk. There was no legitimate reason for burning centuries old olive groves. 😠😡🤬

Chris⚖️Justice@chrisjustice01.bsky.social · 20h ago

💥 Israeli occupation forces burn over 120 hectares of centuries-old olive groves in south Lebanon 8/4 thecradle.co/articles-id/...

👺 The Barbarian Horde in the kremlin cannot be allowed to continue into the future, once they're defeated.

UNITED24 Media@united24media.com · 20h ago

⚡️ Russia just destroyed 300 years of history in an instant. A Russian drone strike burned down the unique St. Vvedenska Church in Beryslav, Kherson. This sacred wooden landmark was built in 1726 using no nails, surviving centuries until this brutal invasion.

💰 Just think. Not content with manipulating global markets for profit, America's "leader" is now *selling* the chance for others to do so too!

Sven-Erik Volberg@volberg.bsky.social · 3d ago

Its even more funny when you remember that some people are paying 100k USD a month to get these amazing market moving posts a second earlier www.npr.org/2026/08/01/n...

💥🔥 Well, it's Day 40 of the 40 Day Drone Campaign, and it's proven to be a real success story 📚 Lots of lessons learned to be applied to their next Drone Campaign 💡 The big question is, when will the next campaign start and for how long will it last? 📥 @united24media.com

MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦@maks23.bsky.social · 22h ago

VERY BIG TOP NEWS TODAY 🔝 🔥 Wildberries warehouse in Leningrad region is burning. 🔥 A refinery is burning in Syzran. Its annual processing volume reaches 7–8.9 million tons 🔥 A fire is also recorded in Chekhov near Moscow 1/6

📚 Has the United States *ever* had a decent political system?

JustmeAnybody@justmeanybody.bsky.social · yesterday

Did Obama protect us from russian interference for Republicans after 2016 - No. Did Obama punish russia for invading Ukraine in 2014 - No. Did Biden's team prosecute Trump and his lawbreakers? No. They stopped Jack Smith from doing it. Did Biden placate russia letting them invade in 2022? Yes.

You know, when you look at it *that* way...⬇

Proudly Blue@proudlyblue.bsky.social · yesterday

Thanks to Trump's sick need for glory, our long-range precision missiles are gone, gas prices are way over $4.00, the Strategic Oil Reserve is empty, the SofH is closed, Iran still has all its uranium, the military is asking for $500 billion more, & Trump's blaming it all on Biden while he golfs.

💥 Thank goodness 'Lucky' made it.

UNITED24 Media@united24media.com · yesterday

"I was pointing to it: look, it’s just groceries." A vegetable vendor survived a Russian FPV drone attack in Kherson while setting up his stand with tomatoes and garlic. 🧵 1/3 ⬇️

🔴 This is one of the 🇪🇺's real weaknesses - its voting system. Greece stalled the 🇪🇺's latest 🇷🇺 sanctions package for weeks to shield a billionaire-owned shipping firm, winning him a 🇷🇺 gas exemption. Brussels, @ec.europa.eu, now wants to change their sanctions approval system - but can it?

How one Greek tycoon nearly blocked EU sanctions on Russia | DW News

YouTube video by DW News

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🔥🇺🇦🚀 Freyja could start shooting down ballistic missiles by mid-2027, - Fire Point Fire Point CEO said that the company plans to carry out the first successful interception of a ballistic missile by mid-2027. 13 European industrial partners have already joined the project.

A drone shaped like a US stealth jet was filmed over a Russian refinery. It appeared during a 2 August strike near Ufa, over 1,300 km from the border. Its outline recalls the radar-evading F-117 Nighthawk. Experts suspect a jet-powered deep-strike drone, possibly the single-use Bravo.

🇪🇺 I wonder whether 🇺🇸 Armed Forces could've done this much damage to kremlin forces as 🇺🇦 has, since the war's start: (Yesterday's figures) 1,450,510 KIA/WIA 12232 Tanks 25075 AFV/APCs 47276 Art'y 1996 MLRS 1533 ADS 439 Aircraft 354 Helo's 2112 UGVs 440948 UAVs 5007 Missiles 34 Ships 129438 Vehicles

❗️Zelensky: Today, many were shocked by another video of the Russian drone safari against people in Kherson. The man was injured by the explosion. The world must see this. It must see every fact that Russia has gone mad, and every fact that the Russian military enjoys killing and mocking people.

📚 It's just a matter of time before we have a new Alliance - a new multilateral alliance of middle powers with their own nuclear umbrella.

WarTranslated (Dmitri)@wartranslated.bsky.social · yesterday

The Ambassador of Ukraine to the United Kingdom, Valerii Zaluzhnyi, stated that he sees no prospect of Ukraine joining NATO under the Alliance’s current model of development. www.eurointegration.com.ua/news/2026/08...

ICE has killed another person.

El Salvadoran Man Held by ICE at Delaney Hall Dies, Family Says

The detainee had an extensive medical history, including epilepsy, according to a lawsuit. He had complained about his face and hand going numb just before his death, his mother said.

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🔴 This assessment below is not to be ignored⬇

Polymarket@polymarket.extwitter.link · 2d ago

BREAKING: Chinese company now projected to have a top-3 AI model by the end of the year, as the global AI arms race intensifies. 56% chance.

🙏 If possible, please support this ⬇

D.Radka, #NAFO 🇨🇿🤝🇺🇦@dradka.bsky.social · 3d ago

Mobility is survival on the front line.🇺🇦 Please join this important mission. 🚨 78th Airborne Brigade needs pickup truck for transport of supplies and evacuation in Pokrovsk direction 🇺🇦 🎯: $ 8200 ✅️: $ 6026 🅿️aypal: lifetreeof2@gmail.com Thank you for keeping defenders mobile and safe. 🫂

📚 Here's an acronym for the world: "Chump: Utterly Nasty & Tyrannical" No imagine how he treated those young helpless girls.... What a <acronym> !

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d ago

Trump says Jeanine Pirro "choked" and then snaps at a reporter who asks if her job is safe: "Don't ever talk again"

📑 Commissioner Andrius' thesis below is a very interesting read and a valuable insight into how some European politicians see the world's future geopolitical development. The thesis clearly needs a response, which inevitably must come. There is much one must challenge in it. 💭 I bet Dugin read it.

Andrius Kubilius@andriuskubilius.ec.europa.eu · 2d ago

My take on long-term tectonic shifts taking place globally and across the European continent and how to prepare for them. Some occur only once in a millennium, others will reshape security architecture of the European continent. A longer read ⬇️ andriuskubilius.lt/en/what-are-...

📉Russian oil refining plummets to its lowest level since 2002 after a record string of refinery strikes. In July, it was 3.6 million barrels per day, according to EA Analytics; this is the lowest since May 2002, Bloomberg reports.

🔴 Ukraine’s emergency services team has arrived in Gironde, France, to tackle raging wildfires. Forming the largest international delegation deployed, Ukrainian firefighters have been assigned to the most hazardous sectors due to their unique experience operating under combat conditions.

It's just dawned on me that the chump regime are actual facsimiles of the Four Horseman of the Apocalypse: 🔸Conquest[:]Chump 🔸War: Bloodshed Pete 🔸Famine: Scarcity Scott 🔸Death: Pestilence Bob [AI images welcome]

ABC News Bot (unofficial)@abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 2d ago

The advice from the longtime vaccine critic comes during the worst year for measles in  the United States in more than three decades.

🔴 At least 13 people, including several children, have been killed in the latest strikes on Gaza, Palestinian officials have said. Gaza's Civil Defence Authority said Israeli military aircraft carried out the attacks on Gaza City, Khan Younis and Deir el-Balah.

At least 13 killed in Gaza after Hamas agree disarmament deal

Israel says it was targeting military operatives in the strikes on Gaza City, Khan Younis and Deir el-Balah.

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🔶 So the kremlin-knesset alliance, even got the US taxpayer [Donkey?] to pay for their Moroccan bribe to damage Spain and the European Union. Eeeh, the sheer cheek of it. 📥 @kajakallas.bsky.social.

Anonymous@youranoncentral.bsky.social · 3d ago

Two top Republicans, both originally pro-Trump, confirm the US attacked Spain using Morocco as a proxy. US paid Morocco at least $40M two weeks before the Ceuta breach.