Why Did Most Of The World Condemn Iran At The UN?
Why the huge vote against Iran on what Russia depicted as an unbalanced resolution should come as no surprise.
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Iran War: Iran Seeks Decolonization of Gulf Region; IEA Proposes Emergency Release of Reserves; Nuclear Strike Risk Assessment; Iran Escalates Strikes
Today’s Iran war update: the implications of Iran’s apparent demands, risk of a Israeli nuclear attack, and Iran’s kinetic escalation.
Read more...The Pakistan Navy’s Regional Escort Mission Puts Iran in a Dilemma
The US Strait of Hormuz escort story was fake but Pakistan, which is very exposed to the closure, plans something more serious. Will it work?
Read more...In Latest Blow to Trump’s Mass Deportation Plan, Judge Blocks Overhaul of Immigration Appeals
Trump is losing in Iran and on the immigration front as a Federal judge backs Constitutional due process rights over efficiency.
Read more...Iran War: Oil Rises to Nearly $120, Stays Above $100 Despite G7 Plans for Reserves Release; Foreign Markets Swoon; Iran Increasing Intensity of Strikes, Targeting More Assets in the Gulf
Today’s Iran war update: even if Mr. Market makes Trump TACO, Iran is not likely to relent on its Strait closure soon and damage will compound.
Read more...Iran War: More Trump Bluster as US and Israel Weapon Stocks Thin and Claims of Success Questioned; Report of Plans to Send Special Forces to Seize Nuclear Material Among Signs of US Troop Mobilization
This Iran war update focuses on US claims for damage done to Iran and its level of stockpiles versus available evidence.
Read more...Michael Hudson: Today’s Global Choice – A U.S. Ruler-Based Order or International Law
How Trump is replacing the pos-World War II only-somewhat coercive rules-based order with openly thuggish, predatory US domination
Read more...Iran War: More on Systemic Impact of Strait of Hormuz Closure, US Inability to Intervene as Trump Team Doubles Down on Hare-Brained Schemes to Prevail via Force
The latest Iran war update, with more detail on the Administration’s desperate escalation scheme versus the rising damage from a Strait of Hormuz closure.
Read more...Qatar’s LNG Blackout Just Broke the Global Gas Market
More on the global impact of QatarEnergy’s LNG production stoppage and the uncertainty over when it might resume operation.
Read more...Trump Policies and “Donald Dash” Expats Produce Net Emigration for US, Prospective Population Shrinkage
The US showed net emigration in 2025, with an increase in expats bumping up over a rising trend line.
Read more...Republicans Scheming to Preserve Trump Tariffs Even After They Create Fewer Manufacturing Jobs
Trump and his GOP allies still heart tariffs despite failures, such as 2025 net manufacturing job growth ofless than half the year before.
Read more...Trump Doubling Down on Tariffs After SCOTUS Nixing Sweeping “Emergency” Abuse: Bad for Businesses, Economy, and Trump
The Trump tariffs mess in the wake of his 6-3 Supreme Court loss on his misuse of “emergency” authority is even worse than you might imagine.
Read more...Russia’s BRICS Sherpa Debunked Speculation About It Turning Into A Security Bloc
Yet another example of BRICS boosters being way out over their skis.
Read more...Twin Cities Unions Planning ‘Largest US Rent Strike in 100+ Years’ as ICE Occupation Drives Eviction Crisis
Renters in Minnesota who’ve been afraid to go to work due to ICE thuggery and allies in labor plan a historic rent strike
Read more...War With Iran to Accelerate Trump’s Golden March to Ruin
The decision to go to war with Iran appears to have been made, and how that will sink Trump’s already failing rule and risk nuclear war.
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