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- William Lindsey news/analysis roundups:
- 10:37 «The US president, Donald Trump, said the US Navy would immediately start blockading the strait of Hormuz and would also interdict every vessel in international waters that had paid a toll to Iran. § In a lengthy Truth Social post, he said the US is going to start 'BLOCKADING any and all Ships trying to enter, or leave, the Strait of Hormuz.'» ~ The Guardian //#TrumpC#IranC#warC#StraitofHormuz C
- 10:42 Rudy Martinez prefaces his sobering report on how children are the human cost of continuing Israeli-enacted violence in the Middle East, with the US supplying the weapons used to maim and kill children: «This edition contains documented accounts of violence against children. The events described are not allegations.»#IsraelC#USAC#childrenC#GazaC#LebanonC#IranC#weaponsC#bombsC#missilesC
- 10:49 «Pope Leo XIV stepped into the international political arena at evening prayers in St Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City on Saturday, saying prayer for peace is 'a bulwark against that delusion of omnipotence that surrounds us and is becoming increasingly unpredictable and aggressive.'» ~ Edward Helmore#TrumpC#HegsethC#PopeLeoC#WhiteChristianNationalismC#IranC#warC#moralityC#deathC#violenceC#destructionC#WarCrimesC
- 10:51 «"I have said since early 2025 that Trump is in office to solve Putin’s problems. Orban provides a template. Bloomburg published revelations that on a phone call last October, Orban reportedly told Putin 'I am in your service' - and compared himself to a mouse and Putin to a lion. Hungary’s current afflictions are the outcome of this path and these priorities.» ~ Ruth Ben-Ghiat //#PutinC#OrbánC#TrumpC
- 10:52 «A whole sector of mainstream media now functions as spirit mediums attempting to interpret Trump’s actions to try to fit them into the context of competent leadership and coherent and consistent agendas. If there was a coherent agenda, it would be a destructive one, a malevolent one.» ~ Rebecca Solnit //#TrumpC#mediaC#CorporateMediaC#MainstreamMediaC#sanewashingC#disinformationC#chaosC#corruptionC
- 10:56 Aisha Down reports on a Guardian investigation that «reveals how the prediction market can shape news – and how it rules on ‘the truth'. § ‘No one wants to make money off war or people dying, but … I love to gamble,' said Joseph Francia.» //#TrumpC#IranC#warC#PredictionMarketsC#cryptoC#KalshiC#PolymarketC#InsiderTradingC
- 10:58 «As the deadly federal immigration crackdown fueled by a racist obsession with Somali people kicked into high gear in Minnesota, a right-wing local news site in Maine had a clear message: Bring the chaos here. § The Maine Wire launched in 2011, and for the next decade most of its output was standard libertarian fare.» ~ Noah Hurowitz //#MaineC#MinnesotaC#TrumpC#SomalisC#ICEC#immigrantsC#EthnicCleansingC#LeonardLeoC
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