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Memes (2) Trump (10) Iran (7) War (6) Israel (4) UAE (3) Attack (3) Russia (3)

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Memes

LEGENDARYsteria: Best Spirit Airlines Memes

Greyhound or Waffle House of the skies? Welcoming a certain class of people back to Greyhound where they belong (or so other airlines hope) and more Spirit Airlines memes - let the legend live on!

covidsteria.substack.com ·Citizen Satirist (COVIDsteria & Tales From the Great Reset) ·7 min read·1,677 words
 
Memes

Chewsday Memes, May 5

Weekly portion of snatchings from various sources

conspirat.substack.com ·Rat ·1 min read·76 words
 
Genocide IDF Mental Health Starmer Muslim Police Palestine Action

It's official: the police won't arrest IDF Brits for genocide, but they will arrest you for protesting against it

When a mentally ill man with a history of violence stabbed two Jews and a Muslim in one day, Keir Starmer’s first instinct wasn’t to address the systemic failures in mental health care.

councilestatemedia.substack.com ·Ricky from Council Estate Media ·6 min read·1,339 words
 
Israel Lebanon Control

In Lebanon, Israel’s Power Meets Its Limits

Israel can devastate southern Lebanon from the air. What it has never proven is that it can turn ruin into lasting control.

conversationsamongtheruins.substack.com ·Conversations Among the Ruins from Conversations’s Substack ·8 min read·1,794 words
 
Navy UAE Attack Iran IRGC Transit

US Navy Destroyers Transit Hormuz Strait As Iranian Factions Reportedly Clash Over UAE Attacks; Pentagon Insists Ceasefire Still On

Quite contradictory statements coming out of Iran...

zerohedge.com ·Tyler Durden ·7 min read·1,465 words
 
War Attack Trump Iran Putin Transit Russia UAE Middle East Israel nuclear program Nuclear

Iran War: Iran Targets US Warships, US Reports Small Successful Gulf Transit, Iran Hits UAE; Putin Call for Middle East to Be a WMD-Free Zone, Challenging Israel Nuclear Program; US Renewed Strikes Still Look Imminent

Today’s Iran war updates: skirmishes flare as Iran contests Trump’s lame Operation Freedom; a bigger attack seems likely.

nakedcapitalism.com ·Posted byYves Smith ·6 min read·1,374 words
 
Propaganda

@benwehrman · May 4, 6:01 PM · 189.0K views

x.com ·1 min read·54 words
 
Iran Trump War

All Indicators Signal that Trump Will Restart the War Against Iran This Week

Late Monday afternoon in Florida, I learned that there was a large movement of KC-135s over the Arabian Peninsula.

larrycjohnson.substack.com ·Larry C Johnson from Son of the New American Revolution ·3 min read·658 words
 
War Ukraine Our Robot Overlords AI Russia

New CSIS Report Highlights Major Russian Drone and AI Restructuring

We return to the ongoing Ukrainian series of premium articles wherein we examine the current war developments in a broader, holistic fashion, rather than Sitrep-style tactical play-by-play.

simplicius76.substack.com ·Simplicius ·5 min read·1,102 words
 
Trial Lawsuit Blake Lively Justin Baldoni

Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni Settle Lawsuit Two Weeks Before Bruising Trial Set to Begin

Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni have settled their litigation battle, two weeks before they were scheduled to begin a trial that was widely expected to be brutal and deeply personal.

mediaite.com ·Sarah Rumpf ·3 min read·564 words
 
Assassination Putin Bunker Russia

Putin 'spends weeks in bunkers' as coup fears from his own entourage grow

Vladimir Putin has reportedly been taking refuge in renovated bunkers 'for weeks' as he becomes increasingly paranoid about assassination attempts

the-express.com ·4 min read·958 words
 
Layoffs Ben Shapiro Trump Funny MAGA Daily Wire

MAGA Podcaster Argues Trying to Make Ben Shapiro ‘Funny’ Led to Daily Wire’s Layoffs

Pro-Trump podcaster Patrick Bet-David said The Daily Wire’s attempt to rebrand Ben Shapiro as a “funny” guy contributed to the conservative outlet’s layoffs

mediaite.com ·Sean James ·2 min read·423 words
 
DUI Britney Spears

Britney Spears Cops a Plea in DUI Case

Britney Spears accepted a plea deal to swap her DUI charge for the lesser charge of reckless driving involving alcohol that will keep her out of jail.

mediaite.com ·Jennifer Bowers Bahney ·2 min read·409 words
 
Strait Of Hormuz Trump Project Freedom Iran Military War

War On Iran: - How Trump's "Project Freedom" Has Failed

Yesterday, at 20:35 UTC, U.S. President Donald Trump seemed to announce U.S. military protection for traffic through the Strait of Hormuz:

moonofalabama.org ·b ·2 min read·541 words
 
Saudi Arabia Strait Of Hormuz UAE Oil Attack Iran Fajairah

@ThePowerAudit · May 4, 3:54 PM · 169.2K views

Iran reportedly attacked the Fujairah oil terminal. This is the endpoint of the ADCOP pipeline, the UAE's only Hormuz bypass. 1.5 million barrels per day of crude capacity, expandable to 1.8 million. This pipeline was built specifically so the UAE could export oil without transiting the Strait of Hormuz. Iran is not just hitting a coalition partner. They are targeting the infrastructure that lets oil flow without Hormuz. The only other major Hormuz bypass is Saudi Arabia's East-West pipeline to Yanbu, which was attacked in April and lost approximately 700,000 barrels per day of throughput. Iran's message is clear. If they cannot export through Hormuz, nobody bypasses it either.

x.com ·1 min read·54 words
 
Health Trump Money Pardon Dollar Media Israel

@DissidentMedia · May 3, 11:38 PM · 14.8K views

Is this America First? Trump has just pardoned Joseph Schwartz, who stole $38 billion dollars from the paychecks of his employees at his nursing home empire. Money which was intended to go to their healthcare and retirement benefits. He only served 3 months of his sentence.

x.com ·1 min read·54 words
 
Trump Oil Price

@Monk20231 · May 4, 2:43 PM · 475 views

Replying to @simonateba | @simonateba

x.com ·1 min read·54 words
 
CBDC Metals Bitcoin Oil Iran Gold

Tether and US stablecoins are dead. Just Bitcoin, Gold, and CBDC remain.

The US Treasury Department recently froze $344 million held by Iran's central bank, in two digital wallets that contained Tether (USDT) Stablecoins. Tether cooperated with Treasury in these actions, intended to shut off Iranian sales of oil. Stablecoins were promoted as alternatives to traditional banks, and are in wide use outside the United States

kdwalmsley.substack.com ·Kevin Walmsley from Inside China / Business ·11 min read·2,420 words
 
Pirates Oil Trump

Pirates Of The Arabian

“We landed on top of it. We took over the ship, the cargo, the oil. It’s a very profitable business… We’re like pirates.”

zerohedge.com ·Tyler Durden ·4 min read·998 words
 
Military Israel Trump Assassination War Iran

Trump Escalates Military Threats in Hormuz as Iran Prepares for New Round of U.S.-Israeli Bombings and Assassinations

Iran believes Trump is likely to resume the war in failed quest to declare victory, a senior Iranian official told Drop Site

dropsitenews.substack.com ·Jeremy Scahill ·17 min read·3,897 words
 
Endorsement Trump GOP John Fetterman

Trump Is Offering John Fetterman His ‘Total and Complete Endorsement’ if He Joins the GOP: Report

President Donald Trump and the GOP are making Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) an offer they hope he won’t be able to refuse.

mediaite.com ·Isaac Schorr ·3 min read·643 words
 
War Trump Strait Of Hormuz

Very Brief: Getting Ready For Renewed War?

The breaking news this morning is that Iran fired at a US “patrol boat” near the Iranian port of Jask.

meaninginhistory.substack.com ·Mark Wauck from Meaning In History ·4 min read·799 words
 
Vaccine Fauci America David Morens Health COVID-19 Pandemic DOJ

DOJ Indicts Former Fauci Adviser David Morens on Charges Related to the COVID Pandemic; Scientific American; Adam Kovac; 29 Apr

Former National Institutes of Health official David Morens is accused of evading record requests related to the COVID pandemic’s origins and gain-of-function research

scientificamerican.com ·The Unz Review ·4 min read·846 words

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