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#Kushner, #Witkoff & the Profitable #Business of “Peace”
When #Trump announced, last Friday, that Jared Kushner & Steven Witkoff, his special envoys for peace missions [🤯], would be returning to Pakistan over the weekend to resume peace talks with #Iran, it was taken as a sign that the #war might in fact be nearing an end. #Stocks closed at record highs & relief from rising #gas prices seemed in reach.
"On Wall Street, TACO — Trump Always Chickens Out — has abruptly been replaced as a favorite meme by NACHO — Not a Chance Hormuz Opens. As a result, oil futures have soared. ...
So what is preventing the reopening of the Strait? Three factors:"
~ Paul Krugman
#Trump #Hegseth #Iran #war #StraitofHormus #oil #gas #economy #BrentCrude
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"Gas is $4.23 today. It was $2.98 sixty-one days ago. The blockade that is driving this price is now explicitly indefinite."
#Trump #Hegseth #Iran #war #StraitofHormus #oil #gas #economy #BrentCrude
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"Brent crude surged above $126 per barrel overnight — a new wartime high, the highest level since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 — after President Trump formally rejected Iran’s diplomatic proposal and confirmed the US naval blockade of Iranian ports will remain in effect until Iran agrees to dismantle its nuclear program."
~ Rudy Martinez
#Trump #Hegseth #Iran #war #StraitofHormus #oil #gas #economy #BrentCrude
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The Rest of the World Report | April 30, 2026 — Morning Edition
Israel intercepted a civilian flotilla in international waters near Greece — more than 1,000km from Israel — jamming emergency communications and pointing weapons at activists. Turkey called it piracy. Greece said nothing.Rudy Martinez (The Rest of the World Report)
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Today, there was heavy shelling, and there are casualties and injured people. 💔
#Defense Secy Pete #Hegseth is facing questioning from lawmakers for the first time since the #Trump admin launched the #war against #Iran, which Democrats have contested as a costly conflict of choice waged without congressional approval.
The chief financial official for the #Pentagon told lawmakers that the estimated cost to #US taxpayers of the #IranWar is $25 billion so far.
#TrumpsWar #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #economy
apnews.com/live/iran-war-hegse…
Amid destruction & devastation in the wake of #war, Iranians have found a rare glimmer of hope among one of the nation’s most #EndangeredSpecies.
#Iran has recorded a jump this year in its official number of #AsiaticCheetahs, a subspecies, now found only in Iran, that has been on the brink of #extinction for years.
#IranWar #AsiaticCheetah #critical #WildlifeConservation #wildlife #habitat
nytimes.com/2026/04/28/world/m…
#US #GasPrices Hit Highest Level Since Beginning of #War in #Iran
The jump on Tuesday of 1.6% was the highest percentage increase in more than a month.
#TrumpsWar #IranWar #US #Iran #Israel #war #ForeverWars #Trump #Netanyahu #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #inflation #economy #affordability #CostOfLiving #oil #energy #EnergyCrisis
nytimes.com/2026/04/28/busines…
Color me skeptical…
#Gaza Set to Hold First Local #Election in Two Decades
#Hamas said it was not participating in the municipal elections in Deir al-Balah, set for this weekend. Residents said it was a long-awaited opportunity to address the city’s problems
#Israel #US #war #Netanyahu #Trump #MiddleEast #geopolitics
nytimes.com/2026/04/24/world/m…
