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One year on. Hundreds of thousands are dying or dead, millions are displaced, the Middle East is undergoing its greatest changes in a generation, Iran has directly attacked Israel twice in one year, and Yemen has proven that the US Navy ain't worth shit. We are the closest we have been to nuclear war (discounting accidents) in decades, but also the fall of Israel.

Because one day, the prisoners of a concentration camp paraglided over a wall.


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Israel-Palestine Conflict

If you have evidence of Israeli crimes and atrocities that you wish to preserve, there is a thread here in which to do so.

Sources on the fighting in Palestine against Israel. In general, CW for footage of battles, explosions, dead people, and so on:

UNRWA reports on Israel's destruction and siege of Gaza and the West Bank.

English-language Palestinian Marxist-Leninist twitter account. Alt here.
English-language twitter account that collates news.
Arab-language twitter account with videos and images of fighting.
English-language (with some Arab retweets) Twitter account based in Lebanon. - Telegram is @IbnRiad.
English-language Palestinian Twitter account which reports on news from the Resistance Axis. - Telegram is @EyesOnSouth.
English-language Twitter account in the same group as the previous two. - Telegram here.

English-language PalestineResist telegram channel.
More telegram channels here for those interested.

Russia-Ukraine Conflict

Examples of Ukrainian Nazis and fascists
Examples of racism/euro-centrism during the Russia-Ukraine conflict

Sources:

Defense Politics Asia's youtube channel and their map. Their youtube channel has substantially diminished in quality but the map is still useful.
Moon of Alabama, which tends to have interesting analysis. Avoid the comment section.
Understanding War and the Saker: reactionary sources that have occasional insights on the war.
Alexander Mercouris, who does daily videos on the conflict. While he is a reactionary and surrounds himself with likeminded people, his daily update videos are relatively brainworm-free and good if you don't want to follow Russian telegram channels to get news. He also co-hosts The Duran, which is more explicitly conservative, racist, sexist, transphobic, anti-communist, etc when guests are invited on, but is just about tolerable when it's just the two of them if you want a little more analysis.
Simplicius, who publishes on Substack. Like others, his political analysis should be soundly ignored, but his knowledge of weaponry and military strategy is generally quite good.
On the ground: Patrick Lancaster, an independent and very good journalist reporting in the warzone on the separatists' side.

Unedited videos of Russian/Ukrainian press conferences and speeches.

Pro-Russian Telegram Channels:

Again, CW for anti-LGBT and racist, sexist, etc speech, as well as combat footage.

https://t.me/aleksandr_skif ~ DPR's former Defense Minister and Colonel in the DPR's forces. Russian language.
https://t.me/Slavyangrad ~ A few different pro-Russian people gather frequent content for this channel (~100 posts per day), some socialist, but all socially reactionary. If you can only tolerate using one Russian telegram channel, I would recommend this one.
https://t.me/s/levigodman ~ Does daily update posts.
https://t.me/patricklancasternewstoday ~ Patrick Lancaster's telegram channel.
https://t.me/gonzowarr ~ A big Russian commentator.
https://t.me/rybar ~ One of, if not the, biggest Russian telegram channels focussing on the war out there. Actually quite balanced, maybe even pessimistic about Russia. Produces interesting and useful maps.
https://t.me/epoddubny ~ Russian language.
https://t.me/boris_rozhin ~ Russian language.
https://t.me/mod_russia_en ~ Russian Ministry of Defense. Does daily, if rather bland updates on the number of Ukrainians killed, etc. The figures appear to be approximately accurate; if you want, reduce all numbers by 25% as a 'propaganda tax', if you don't believe them. Does not cover everything, for obvious reasons, and virtually never details Russian losses.
https://t.me/UkraineHumanRightsAbuses ~ Pro-Russian, documents abuses that Ukraine commits.

Pro-Ukraine Telegram Channels:

Almost every Western media outlet.
https://discord.gg/projectowl ~ Pro-Ukrainian OSINT Discord.
https://t.me/ice_inii ~ Alleged Ukrainian account with a rather cynical take on the entire thing.


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[–] Zascoco@hexbear.net 81 points 3 weeks ago (15 children)

https://www.riotimesonline.com/mileis-plan-to-put-argentinas-highways-in-private-hands/#:~:text=Argentina's%20Highway%20Privatization,privatization%20before%20in%20the%201990s.

"President Javier Milei’s government has unveiled a plan to privatize Argentina’s national highway system. The administration wants to shift road management from the state-owned Corredores Viales to private companies"

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[–] AssortedBiscuits@hexbear.net 81 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

https://xcancel.com/IbnRiad/status/1844385329308156256

My neighbor told me the resistance keeps smoking his rescue teams so I asked how many teams he has and he said he just goes to the barracks and gets a new team afterwards so I said it sounds like he’s just feeding rescue teams to the resistance and Herzi Halevi started crying

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[–] QuillcrestFalconer@hexbear.net 81 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

CommiePOGGERS

Chinese scientists have made a breakthrough in brain-spine interface (#BSI) research with a new device that could help paralyzed patients walk again. The team has open-sourced related data and 3D models of spinal nerve roots and will conduct the first clinical test by year-end.

https://nitter.poast.org/ChinaScience/status/1843818663826116754

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[–] QuillcrestFalconer@hexbear.net 81 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

Israel is going full extermination in northern gaza, and I fear they will succeed, specially while the attention is on Lebanon and the possible attack against Iran.

Israel is exterminating northern Gaza right now.

There are 400,000 Palestinians there being deliberately starved, with nowhere to go, trapped inside a killing field. There’s no outrage or wall-to-wall media coverage because Israel is the one doing it and the victims are Arab.

https://nitter.poast.org/AssalRad/status/1845272101516869980

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[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 81 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (15 children)

https://archive.is/sDWq8

"The conference continued, although some planned sessions were cancelled while the venue's staff dealt with the incident.

stalin-approval people should do significantly more of this, seems effective. 500 crickets costs like £2.50 and you can completely ruin an event.

Even if an event continues afterwards the only takeaway anyone's going to have and the only media impact is gonna be about the bugs.

Could do this to literally anything and it would consistently ruin events.

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[–] AssortedBiscuits@hexbear.net 80 points 4 weeks ago (5 children)
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[–] Dessa@hexbear.net 80 points 4 weeks ago

Waiting for Iran to bomb Israel again so years happen and these Hexbear emojis can finally finish loading

[–] wombat@hexbear.net 80 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

it is october 7 and stalin saved the world from fascism

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[–] Parzivus@hexbear.net 80 points 4 weeks ago (11 children)

Israel must have gotten smoked really bad by that Iran strike to not do anything on Oct 7

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[–] mkultrawide@hexbear.net 80 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

This is what's going to replace FEMA:

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[–] carpoftruth@hexbear.net 79 points 4 weeks ago (6 children)

https://archive.is/aISAy

WSJ - U.S. Wiretap Systems Targeted in China-Linked Hack

Fed/cop back doors got exploited by Chinese hackers

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[–] AssortedBiscuits@hexbear.net 79 points 3 weeks ago (9 children)

I didn't catch this. It turns out the IOF loser got out of the tank because he wanted to take a selfie before getting owned by Qassam:
https://xcancel.com/upholdreality/status/1844376334153416910

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[–] Torenico@hexbear.net 79 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (6 children)

Saw the Bill Maher video. With each day that passes they get more confident in showing themselves being proud genocide supporters, without an ounce of shame.

However, with each day that passes violence against them also becomes more and more likely and morally acceptable, it is completely justified. They think they're safe saying and doing all that, they think this is the 1990s where you could say whatever the fuck you want and fear no retribution. But little do they know, the world they built (that runs on blood), the system they desperately hold onto, is slowly fading away and a new one will be born. A pathetic zionist like Maher might escape the swift act of Justice, but the genocidal system he helped build and maintain will not.

Never forget who they are and what they did in our times. Memory is important if we want to build a future for ourselves. They've exposed themselves, they've shown their true self, now we must do our part and remember them for when our time comes...

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[–] Mantikora@hexbear.net 79 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (7 children)

Beautiful introduction to the discussion.

I would like to remind everyone of donating directly to the families in Gaza. Many, many of them have GoFundMe and similar campaigns where they ask us for help. They need money. Try to imagine being starved and trying to run for your life. Sick, injured and on top of that starved and to be under constant bombing running for your life or what's left of it. Money we send them is used for basic necessities us free people (as resistance calls us) don't even think about. So please, please, consider "adopting" a family and help them survive this hell.

There's a lot of discussion on how they even receive that money. They do, through merchants (war dogs) who have the cash, so they're also a money exchange, since they receive it from the sender (usually campaign organizer) on their bank account and pay out cash to the receivers, with very high provisions, 15-30%.

Aid by organisations, unfortunately, get stuck. I don't even want to go into the depths of corruption during the war, but every war is like that, brings out the worse in those who can use the situation to their benefit. Also, let's not forget that the criminal IOF is attacking aid trucks. A lot of Gazans told me most of the aid just doesn't come through. That's why direct donations are the best way to help.

I've just sent an eSIM to these kids https://youtube.com/@ahmed-and-mahmoud-days, so, where is a will, there's a way.

Hope you will join many of us and donate.

Here are few campaigns:

https://gogetfunding.com/aya-al-harazin/

https://www.gofundme.com/f/daily-needs-for-gaza

https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-us-rebuild-our-lives-after-we-lost-everything-in-gaza

https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-dr-yasmine-and-her-family-evacuate-from-gaza

https://gogetfunding.com/evacuate-my-family-from-gaza-and-help-sisters-and-brother-complete-education/

https://www.gofundme.com/f/dnhmg-help-my-brother-a-down-syndrome-patient

https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-yamen-undergo-surgery-in-gaza

https://www.gofundme.com/f/urgent-support-for-a-pregnant-mother-and-her-daughter

https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-reem-albeshs-family-escape-gaza

https://chuffed.org/project/112789-help-motasem-and-his-family-survive

https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-mahmoud-and-his-family-to-safety

https://chuffed.org/project/113625-support-afafs-survival-in-gaza-including-cancer-treatment

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[–] notceps@hexbear.net 79 points 3 weeks ago (18 children)
[–] AssortedBiscuits@hexbear.net 74 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I think her mishandling of the hurricanes is going to seal the deal. Your average USians does not give two shits about Palestinians. But it's very easy for her opps to spin her as an off-putting out-of-touch "let them eat cake" Antoinette figure, which is 100% true. I suppose it's fitting in a way. Trump basically lost because of a pandemic that the country was unable to handle and now he might be back of natural disasters that the country is also unable to handle. Perhaps this is the way forward in US electoral politics. Some "once-in-a-century" natural disaster plows through the US, which is taken as a sign by the electorate that the current party in the White House has lost the Mandate of Heaven and must be replaced by the other party.

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[–] EllenKelly@hexbear.net 78 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

60 year old cop in Australia, an officer for 40 years, who's served at the police academy for 17 years, has been suspended with pay after allegedly giving a nazi salute and heiling shitler, two days in a row last week

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10-12/police-sergeant-nazi-salute-suspended-melbourne/104465110

acab

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[–] Torenico@hexbear.net 78 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

Happy October 7th. Violence against the colonial settler and it's regime is justified and it's the only way to achieve liberation. "Israel" deserved October 7th.

The actions during that day will bring about the elimination of zionism. It has set in motion the events that will lead to it's downfall. Such entity cannot exist for much longer in this state.

I would like to spare a moment to wish suffering upon those who will swim across oceans of blood to vote for rabid zionist Harris. For Trump voters I have nothing to say other than they don't play pretend. But liberals? They will vote for their shit candidate thinking they've done enough good for the people they're massacring. They will step over the bodies of thousands to feel good. When our time comes...

A warm salute to all comrades engaged in this noble fight against "israeli" and "american" genociders. Especially to our comrades in the Middle East who are in direct danger. Much love!

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[–] fever@hexbear.net 78 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

The Iran International news agency which is funded by Saudis and directed by Israel sent its reporter to Gaza and the reporter wrote "Women, Life, Freedom" with a sharpie on a wall with ruins of Gaza behind him. https://streamable.com/drfxgh

hamas-base

Israel's Channel 14 presented a hit list:

The cleric on right side is Ayatollah al-Sistani, the one who declared Jihad against ISIS. To quote NATOpedia:

Al-Sistani is considered the current world leader of Shia Muslims.

what-the-hell

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[–] thelastaxolotl@hexbear.net 78 points 4 weeks ago (7 children)
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[–] xiaohongshu@hexbear.net 78 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (24 children)

It’s never been more over for the UK:

Treasury asking ministers to draw up billions of pounds of infrastructure cuts

Ministers are being asked to draw up billions of pounds in cuts to infrastructure projects over the next 18 months despite Rachel Reeves pledging to invest more to grow the economy, the Guardian has learned.

Members of the cabinet have been asked to model cuts to their investment plans of up to 10% of their annual capital spending as part of this month’s spending review, government sources said.

The demands would mean big projects such as hospital improvements, road building and defence projects being slowed down or stopped altogether as the government looks for ways to repair what they say is a £22bn black hole in the public finances.

Economists warn that such cuts to capital spending could end up damaging the economy and Britain’s creaking public infrastructure.

It’s never been more over for the Euros:

Germany expects economy to shrink after cutting 2024 forecast

Germany is facing its first two-year recession since the early 2000s, as the government downgraded its growth forecast for 2024, predicting a contraction of 0.2 per cent.

“The situation is not satisfactory,” Robert Habeck, economy minister, said on Wednesday. “Since 2018, the German economy has not been growing strongly any more.”

Just a few months ago he had forecast the economy would grow by 0.3 per cent this year.

Germany has been battered by high interest rates, inflation and an increasingly uncertain geopolitical environment, which has suppressed consumer demand and investment activity.

Some companies, complaining of high labour and energy costs, a big tax burden and political turbulence, are considering locating some of their production to cheaper countries.

At the same time, consumer spending remains depressed, despite an increase in real wages and falling inflation. The government’s earlier forecast had expected a more robust rebound in consumer demand.

Political instability is also taking its toll on sentiment. Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s three-party coalition is riven by policy conflicts and the rise of populist parties on the far right and far left is undermining business confidence.

Incredible how ideological entrenchment (neoliberalism) + a currency war from the US (Ukraine war) accelerated the destruction of the future of the UK and continental Europe in just a few short years.

Europeans who have been laughing at how Americans don’t have healthcare and social welfare are going to have to seriously think about migrating there over the next decade and get used to what it feels like to live without basic welfare guarantees.

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[–] Al_Sham@hexbear.net 78 points 3 weeks ago (15 children)

New fake news:

Wall Steet Journal "report" that Russia is smuggling weapons to Yemen. (Linking another phony source because WSJ is behind paywall)

The claim that Russia is hiding Kornet missiles and AK-47's in grain deliveries is the stupidest thing I've read all week. Yemen does not need AK's and ATGM's. Yemenis need food.

This is all another scheme to justify tightening the siege of Yemen. Noteworthy that they are claiming deliveries into the port of Hodeidah (the main port the atlanto-zionists have been bombing).

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[–] AssortedBiscuits@hexbear.net 77 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

"And at the same time have a new government once we elect uh select uh once Lebanon selects a president."

https://xcancel.com/trhxianl/status/1845087434423337330

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[–] vegeta1@hexbear.net 77 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

Almost a third of CIA employees experienced sexual misconduct https://archive.ph/sMM8A

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[–] QuillcrestFalconer@hexbear.net 77 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

It seems Iran is finally realising that it's in their best interest to get the nuke

☢️|🇮🇷 More details about the letter from 39 MPs to the national security council (SNSC).

The letter called for a revision of Iran’s defensive doctrine and requested permission and resources to develop nuclear weapons.

Hasan Akhlaqi Amiri, an Iranian MP & signee of the letter, explained: "Today, no international organization or even the so-called European and American countries can control the Zionist regime, as this illegitimate regime commits any crime it wishes. Based on this, around 39 members of parliament wrote and signed a letter addressed to the SNSC, requesting that the defensive doctrine of the Islamic Republic of Iran be reconsidered."

Amiri, referring to the Leader's fatwa declaring nuclear weapons forbidden, which serves as the defensive doctrine of the Islamic Republic, said:

"The Leader's fatwa remains valid, however in the jurisprudence of Shia Islam, time and place play a role in changing rulings, and secondary rulings can replace primary rulings [in time of need].”

https://nitter.poast.org/AryJeay/status/1844496831348343026

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[–] companero@hexbear.net 77 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (12 children)

https://t.me/intelslava/68356 (plenty of videos)

Several MEDEVAC Helicopters and Ambulances are at the Site of the Drone Impact in Binyamina, which is believed to have Directly Struck a Dining Facility being used by Israeli Soldiers.

At least ~~20~~ ~~40~~ 67 casualties hamas-red-triangle

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[–] QuillcrestFalconer@hexbear.net 76 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

Controversial opinion: the US should nuke the hurricane but only when it is smack in the middle of florida

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[–] FLAMING_AUBURN_LOCKS@hexbear.net 76 points 4 weeks ago

I’m lowkey terrified of what this week will bring. but not any less terrified of the consequences if the situation does not escalate from here. Israel continues to rain death down across West Asia with no consequences save for attacks from the Resistance

a red horse stares down the region today, her maw silently opening wider as her rider grins from the sheer joy of anticipation. the impotence of modern Western leadership, capping off the deliberate and evil policies of their forebears has culminated in an inferno that may well consume the world and reshape the global order permanently.

whatever happens today, I hope that it is in service of a world where innocents are not slaughtered, and Israel in its current form has been either humbled or annihilated. but right now, the dogs of war are hungry. and one way or another, they will sate themselves.

Death to Israel

[–] Evilphd666@hexbear.net 76 points 3 weeks ago (25 children)

Obama chastises "the brothers" for not being enthusiastic about top-cop. It's ummm HER turn!

Article

FORMER PRESIDENT OBAMA: My understanding, based on reports I’m getting from campaigns and communities, is that we have not yet seen the same kinds of energy and turnout in all quarters of our neighborhoods and communities as we saw when I was running. I also want to say that that seems to be more pronounced with the brothers. So if you don't mind, just for a second, I'm going to speak to y'all and say that when you have a choice that is this clean.

On the one hand, you have somebody who grew up like you, knows you, went to college with you, understands the struggles and pain and joy that comes from those experience... You have someone who has consistently shown disregard, not just for the communities, but for you as a person And you are thinking about sitting out?

And you’re coming up with all kinds of reasons and excuses, I’ve got a problem with that. Because part of it makes me think— and I’m speaking to men directly— part of it makes me think that, well, you just aren’t feeling the idea of having a woman as president, and you’re coming up with other alternatives and other reasons for that

Women in our lives have been getting our backs this entire time... When we get in trouble and the system isn’t working for us, they’re the ones out there marching and protesting. And now, you’re thinking about sitting out or supporting somebody who has a history of denigrating you, because you think that’s a sign of strength, because that’s what being a man is? Putting women down? That’s not acceptable.


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[–] miz@hexbear.net 76 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)
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[–] AssortedBiscuits@hexbear.net 76 points 4 weeks ago (4 children)

Extremely critical support to the IOF for giving settlers PTSD:
https://xcancel.com/AryJeay/status/1843318084020658613

🛑| Paragliders were seen in the north, settlers were called to shut themselves in their houses — Just for the IOF to come and state that this is a transfer of supplies to their troops — Yedioth Ahronoth

Seems like a rather odd and weird way to “transfer” supplies.

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[–] jackmarxist@hexbear.net 76 points 4 weeks ago

Florida Insurance Companies on their way to expel everyone from their insurance plans 10 minutes before the Hurricane hits.

[–] very_poggers_gay@hexbear.net 76 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Democrats: israel is the only democracy in the Middle East, so we must protect her, arm her, and recognize her right to bomb Palestinian children living in tents!

Also Democrats: A vote for Trump, is a vote to end American democracy! Vote for us to save our democracy, our most important institution!

58% of israelis: I'd definitely vote for Trump if I could

fuckin-deserve

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[–] dumpster_dove@hexbear.net 75 points 3 weeks ago

The Swedish Consumers Association blacklists Tesla, due to a customer being denied compensation in a warranty issue.

[–] AssortedBiscuits@hexbear.net 75 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

https://xcancel.com/CNBC/status/1844844817898930649

Boeing will cut 10% of its workforce, or about 17,000 people, as the company's losses mount and a machinist strike that has idled its aircraft factories enters its fifth week.

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[–] CyborgMarx@hexbear.net 75 points 4 weeks ago (5 children)

Honestly I didn't expect to see storms like Milton until the late 2020s

Really messing with my pre-2035 timetable for getting out of here

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[–] sisatici@hexbear.net 75 points 3 weeks ago

Dem-Rep relations really looks like a toxic relationship

Democrats to everyone else: I hate his fascist ass. I never want to see him again. Every since cell of me hates him with burning passion. I will kill him on sight

Democrats to Republicans: please baby let us be together. You want to kill black people, queer people and immigrants and enslave woman? We could do that together. I could even get a swastika tattoo on my forehead for you. I love you baby please don't leave me every second we spend apart feels like pure agony and torture

[–] Des@hexbear.net 75 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)
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[–] ziggurter@hexbear.net 74 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (15 children)

Amazing. The Dems have moved past ignoring and laughing. Now they believe the attacks on the Green Party are worth giving it the publicity.

Today the DNC is releasing its first-ever ad focused on third-party candidates.

Trump “likes” that Jill Stein is in this race—because Jill Stein can’t win, but she can help Trump win.

[campaign ad vid]

xcancel link
Melon Shitter link, if you must.

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[–] xiaohongshu@hexbear.net 74 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (26 children)

If you think about it, the US believes that they live in a Dark Forest universe. They truly believe that they have to annihilate their opponents before these emerging states/powers surpass their own technologically and escape their sphere of influence.

I am seriously starting to believe that this is the reason Obama likes the Three Body Problem series so much, while taking the wrong lessons from the books, which was a cautionary tale about how the most “rational” belief of destroying your opponents before they have the capacity to do it against you may let you overpower them in the short run, but ultimately lead to the mutually assured destruction of our world. It emphasized that a bit of irrationality, naivety and delusional about our opponents are sometimes needed to put a stop into this chain of madness.

We’ve been very lucky that Putin, who is in control of thousands of nukes enough to blow up the world several times, does not see the world in the same Dark Forest state as the US does. Putin is naive and even delusional about a rapprochement with an imperialist West for years, and yet it was exactly this attitude that kept the peace for as long as we have (even with the war in Ukraine, there is a lot of restraint from escalating further).

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[–] AssortedBiscuits@hexbear.net 74 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

How Might Iran React to a Major Israeli Attack?
https://xcancel.com/SinaToossi/status/1843368522224685197

Iranian officials, media, and analysts close to the government have been signaling potential responses to an Israeli strike on Iran.

They are heavily emphasizing Israel's small size and its vulnerable critical infrastructure, such as oil and gas fields, power plants, refineries, desalination facilities, and the Dimona nuclear reactor.

The message they intend to signal is clear: if Israel targets key Iranian infrastructure like its oil facilities, Iran will retaliate in kind, potentially crippling Israel's economy.

For example, one Iranian analyst highlighted the following energy vulnerabilities in Israel:

🔻"Oil and gas contribute approximately 39% and 42%, respectively, to Israel's energy mix, with more than 80% of its total energy supplied by a few key facilities, making the regime vulnerable to military attacks.

🔻"In 2023, Israel imported 225,000 barrels of oil per day, 60% of which came from Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan. The imported oil is processed at two refineries: Haifa and Ashdod.

🔻"Israel’s gas production and consumption in 2023 were 23.5 and 12.6 billion cubic meters, respectively, with surplus gas exported to Egypt and Jordan. The regime’s gas production is heavily reliant on the Leviathan and Tamar fields, which contribute equally.

🔻"Israel’s gas infrastructure is so vulnerable that the destruction of a single gas field would halt its exports to Egypt and Jordan. If both fields were destroyed, 42% of Israel’s total energy supply would be eliminated."

There is also much more open talk of potential nuclear breakout in Iran currently.

Notably, Hassan Khomeini, the grandson of the Islamic Republic's founder Ayatollah Khomeini, and a figure known for his moderate and pragmatic stance, recently suggested that Iran may need to build a nuclear weapon while simultaneously expressing support for negotiations.

Meanwhile, Iran's Supreme Leader Khamenei, during a his Friday prayer sermon, stated that Iran's October 1 missile strike was the "minimum" of its capabilities to “punish” Israel.

Concurrently, Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi has been traveling the region, continuing to push for a ceasefire in Gaza and Lebanon and call for de-escalation.

All this is to say, Iran is clearly preparing for various scenarios.

If Israel responds with significant force, particularly targeting Iranian infrastructure, Iran is likely to counter-escalate proportionally, potentially spiraling the situation into full-scale war.

However, if Israel's response is more measured and largely superficial—amplified in the media to manage Israeli public perception—escalation might be avoided, at least temporarily.

Nonetheless, tensions are unlikely to fully subside until the wars in Gaza and Lebanon reach a conclusion.

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[–] thelastaxolotl@hexbear.net 74 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (3 children)

If Trump is smart (he isnt) he should claim Biden left the people of florida to die after Milton hits, like say he could have movilize the national guard to evacuate people and refuse because they became a red state and voted for him last election.

some republicans have already circulated the story that Biden is sending al relief money to illegal immigrant or ukraine, but i think if they go with the "Biden is punishing florida" angle is going to be more efective plus it helps that Biden really didnt move a finger to reduce the damage

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[–] Torenico@hexbear.net 74 points 3 weeks ago (8 children)

Congress ratified milei's veto on university funding. Yesterday an increasing number of universities and other educative institutions were taken by their students. I expect them to call for emergency assemblies in the following hours or days to discuss long term actions.

It has to start somewhere.

btw death to "israel"

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[–] Redcuban1959@hexbear.net 74 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Electricity is back now, fucking climate change. I'll be back at updating and posting stuff 07

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[–] plinky@hexbear.net 74 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (9 children)

some big brain moves (or mossad counter op)

*also seems to be working (shitty, but it was always kinda slow for me), did this really happen thonk

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[–] SexMachineStalin@hexbear.net 74 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

inshallah There will not be an "israel" by the 2028 elections, so book your tickets to Al-Aqsa Mosque for Ramadan - Salaamedia Live

gigachad waow-based

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[–] QuillcrestFalconer@hexbear.net 74 points 3 weeks ago (13 children)

US will urgently deploy THAAD air defense batteries in Israel, @ynetalerts reports; deployment will reinforce defenses against Iranian ballistic missiles. This is another signal that Israeli action in Iran is expected to be very forceful & likely trigger Iranian response.

This tells us two things. Israel is likely to attack Iran soon, and the iron dome can do jack shit against Iran missiles (also they might be out of interceptors)

https://nitter.poast.org/IsraelRadar_com/status/1845154626884280656

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