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🇸🇦🇾🇪 The Houthis have targeted Riyadh’s airport 20 times this month, and they won’t even sit down to talk. Saudi Arabia says it asked them to meet in Oman when the fighting started, but they said no, and the 2 sides haven’t spoken since. The Houthis don’t seem to mind. Earlier this week, one of their leaders said they’d already turned down ceasefire offers of 2 weeks and 1 month. It’s not hard to see the logic. With Riyadh’s airport shut and oil bosses staying away, every strike gives them more to bargain with. Source: The Times of Israel / Writer: Daniyal

🇹🇷🇪🇬🇮🇱🇮🇷 Col. Douglas Macgregor thinks another major Iran war could eventually redraw the Middle East. His concern is not just Iran retaliating against the Gulf, but what happens if the conflict keeps widening. “Syria is effectively the new border between the Turks and the Israelis.” Macgregor believes Turkey would be watching Israeli actions in Gaza and the West Bank closely, and that if Ankara ever moved militarily, Egypt could follow. That is a huge, highly speculative scenario. But his broader point is that once several regional powers start intervening directly, the conflict stops being about Iran alone. It becomes a fight over the entire postwar order of the Middle East. @DougAMacgregor

🇺🇸 They keep dropping GTA VI trailers and the graphics still look unreal every single time. This Launch Trailer has the debut of “Flower in a Hurricane” from Justice feat. Tame Impala, SZA, and King Gizzard, and the retro 80s vibe actually fits Vice City really well. The wait ends November 19. About time. 🔥 Writer: Daniyal t.co/Ksmbabxxsj

🇺🇸 Trump: “We’re bringing back the death penalty for anybody that kills a police officer, or anybody in law enforcement.” And his administration has already ordered the Justice Department to make those cases a priority. The message is unmistakable. Writer: Oliver t.co/hnwGdmGEw1

🇺🇲 Ex-South Dakota gov. and renowned dog-lover Kristi Noem had some sugary-sweet words for Trump and his ilk. "That man has given up more for this country than anybody in history, has taken more persecution, his family has suffered, yet they keep stepping up and serving and doing the right thing." Somewhere, Abraham Lincoln is like, “WTF?” Writer: Marie t.co/tkzeyQcCPe

🇺🇲 Diddy’s family is DENYING that a PRISON KINGPIN clocked him in the clink.    Word on the prison walls is that Jamaican drug lord "Dudus" got pissed over the revelation of the VIP treatment that takes place in lockup. It allegedly led to blows and claims that Diddy was decked so hard on the head he had to seek outside treatment. Still, his family is blaming a bunk bed for the injury. Does Trump pardon furniture? Source: TMZ / Writer: Marie

🇸🇦🇾🇪 The Houthis may be looking beyond Yemen and toward Saudi territory I spoke with Pepe Escobar about the escalating war between Saudi Arabia and the Houthis, and he raised a possibility I hadn't seriously considered. What if the Houthis are no longer thinking exclusively about Yemen? Pepe pointed to a recent statement by Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree denying that his forces had attacked Saudi territory. That might sound ordinary, except Pepe believes there's a deliberate distinction being made. The Houthis have reportedly targeted Najran, a Saudi border province with historical ties to Yemen. Pepe suspects the denial reflects something much bigger: the Houthis may increasingly regard Najran, along with other southern Saudi provinces, as territory they have a right to reclaim. That's a significant interpretation, although the statement alone doesn't establish any territorial plan. We also discussed Saudi Arabia's attempts to bring Turkey and Pakistan into the conflict. Pepe believes neither government wants a direct war with the Houthis, despite their security commitments to Riyadh. And he sees the fighting in Yemen as inseparable from the confrontation between Washington and Tehran. What concerns me is how the terms of this conflict could change. Saudi Arabia may be looking for a ceasefire that restores the previous balance. But if the Houthis believe they're gaining the upper hand, they could start demanding considerably more than an end to the bombing. A war Saudi Arabia hoped to contain inside Yemen could become a dispute over Saudi Arabia's own borders. @RealPepeEscobar

🇺🇲 Diddy’s family is DENYING that a PRISON KINGPIN clocked him in the clink.    Word on the prison walls is that Jamaican drug lord "Dudus" got pissed over the revelation of the VIP treatment that takes place in lockup. It allegedly led to blows and claims that Diddy was decked so hard on the head he had to seek outside treatment. Still, his family is blaming a bunk bed for the injury. Does Trump pardon furniture? Source: TMZ / Writer: Marie

🇺🇸🇲🇽 Trump has a very interesting way of talking about Mexico's president. “The cartels run Mexico. I tell that to the president of Mexico. She is a great woman, but the cartels run Mexico.” Quite the compliment sandwich. Writer: Lynn t.co/qTOnXzxr0L

🇮🇷🇧🇭🇰🇼 Col. Douglas Macgregor thinks a future Iran war could move onto Gulf soil much faster than most people expect. He argues that if Tehran chose to escalate beyond missile strikes, small Gulf states like Bahrain or Kuwait could be far more vulnerable to a limited Iranian ground incursion than their alliances suggest. “I’m not saying they’ll do it, but I’m telling you they can.” Macgregor’s point is that Iran wouldn’t need a massive invasion force. A relatively small number of professional troops, backed by missiles, air defenses and potentially allied militias from Iraq, could create a crisis very quickly. That would change the war completely. The Gulf would no longer just be hosting American bases and absorbing missile attacks. It could become an actual battlefield. @DougAMacgregor

🇺🇲 Trump is (once again) BLAMING BIDEN for America’s economic woes. “We inherited the worst inflation through Biden in the history of our county. We have that down now, very down low. It’s gonna come even lower soon as we finish the war.” It’s a misleading statement, and here’s why: -Inflation peaked at 9.1% in June 2022, the highest in about 40 years, but the U.S. record was 23.7% in 1920. -Annual inflation had fallen to around 3% by January 2025, when Trump took office. -Lower inflation means prices are rising more slowly, not that prices have returned to previous levels. It’s time for POTUS to take that broken record off the turntable… He’s STILL singing the wrong tune. Source: FactCheck, PolitiFact / Writer: Marie t.co/uiaepj8PYx

🇺🇸 Trump just admitted why he doesn't let Jake Paul, the YouTuber-turned-professional boxer, speak when he's around. “Paul is a very good speaker, by the way. That's why I never have him speak while I'm around.” Apparently the better you are at public speaking, the less likely Trump is to hand you the mic. Writer: Lynn t.co/ZdE8GJyYdj

🇺🇸🇮🇷 Col. Douglas Macgregor thinks the biggest danger in another U.S.-Iran war is that Trump may believe he can keep it limited. A few days of strikes. Damage missile sites, energy infrastructure and nuclear facilities. Declare victory. Stop. Macgregor thinks that is exactly where the trap begins. His expectation is that Israel would strike first, Washington would follow, and Iran would respond far harder than before. “They will wipe everything out on the western side of the Gulf.” He believes that would drag the U.S. into a much longer war than planned, while exposing oil infrastructure, desalination plants and American bases across the region. The problem with a “limited” war is that Iran gets a vote too. @DougAMacgregor

This machine spreads and levels grain inside cargo holds, where shifting grain can trap or bury workers alive. I love robots that can dance like any other person but this is the kind I want to see more of. Writer: Oliver t.co/FaDwdmsV3N

🇺🇸 Trump is still calling Abdul El-Sayed “Mohammed.” “His name is Abdul, but I call him Mohammed Abdul El-Sayed.” He then claims the Michigan Senate candidate is “100%” Muslim Brotherhood and questions the idea of him serving on the Senate Intelligence Committee. Abdul El-Sayed has officially been assigned a Trump nickname, whether he likes it or not. Writer: Lynn t.co/qyVezwLG8g

🇬🇧🇺🇦🇷🇺 Britain is quietly sending Ukraine more Storm Shadow missiles to hit targets inside Russia. PM Andy Burnham and Zelensky talked it over in London yesterday. The idea is to help Ukraine go after the Russian sites behind the attacks on its power grid, before winter hits. That’s not what Washington wants. The U.S. has told Kyiv to stop hitting Russian refineries, but Britain thinks Ukraine shouldn’t stop as long as Russia keeps going. And this isn’t new for Burnham. Back in August, he promised to share blueprints so Ukraine could put together its own long-range missiles at home. So while Washington is telling Ukraine to ease off, London is handing it more ways to hit back. Source: Bloomberg / Writer: Daniyal

🇸🇦🇮🇷 Saudi Arabia is accusing Iran of emboldening the Houthi intensification of its attacks against the country. The Kingdom also blamed “unnamed regional actors.” The Saudi-led coalition fighting the Houthis said the group has acquired advanced weapons technology, including ballistic missiles, attack drones, and speedboats packed with explosives. The Houthi militia's growing arsenal is already a threat reaching beyond Yemen into Saudi Arabia. How much farther will it go? Source: Firstpost / Writer: Marie

🇮🇱🇸🇾 NETANYAHU JUST REVEALED A SECRET PHONE CALL WITH SYRIA'S PRESIDENT AFTER BOMBING HIS CAPITAL. This is extraordinary. In July 2025, Israel struck Syria's Defense Ministry and a target near the presidential palace in Damascus. What nobody knew until now is that Netanyahu then personally picked up the phone and called Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa. Netanyahu says the conversation was brief, confrontational, and helped stop the massacre of Druze civilians. We're talking about two countries that have fought multiple wars, remain technically at war, and have no diplomatic relations. And their leaders were apparently speaking directly while Israeli bombs were hitting Damascus. That's a remarkable glimpse into what's really happening behind closed doors in the Middle East.

🇮🇱 Netanyahu mocked his predecessor over HOME SECURITY costs. Now his own government has spent $41 MILLION That's more than 4x the amount spent in the previous 3 years! Back in 2022, Netanyahu publicly accused Naftali Bennett of spending $16 million renovating his private home. The actual security bill was roughly half that. Now Netanyahu's office is refusing to reveal how much of its own $41 million security budget went toward his residences, citing national security. The interesting part: the figures were only released after a court petition, and a judge is now being asked to force further disclosure. Netanyahu wanted the public to know exactly what his predecessor was spending. The public wants the same answers from him now. Source: Ynet / Writers: Daniyal, Oliver

🇺🇲🇻🇪 MADURO AND WIFE PLEAD "NOT GUILTY" TO NEW TORTURE CHARGES Venezuela’s former president and his wife, Cilia Flores, pleaded not guilty in a New York court to fresh charges accusing them of conspiring to TORTURE POLITICAL RIVALS. The new indictment adds to an existing U.S. case alleging the couple abused their power to help COCAINE TRAFFICKERS. Prosecutors allege Maduro ordered the torture of opposition figures and military personnel suspected of plotting against his government. The couple were captured in a U.S. military operation in January and transferred to New York to face trial. Well, it was less of a “capture” and more of a “kidnapping.” Does anybody care anymore, though? Source: Reuters / Writer: Marie

🇮🇱🇵🇸 ISRAEL HALTS COMMERICAL GOODS DELIVERIES TO GAZA Israel said deliveries of commercial goods into Gaza have stopped after merchants suspended coordination with Israeli authorities over new fees and payment demands imposed by Hamas. Israeli officials claim Hamas is charging about $3,220 per truck entering the territory and demanding that 30% of local sales be paid in cash. The disruption threatens another key supply route for food and other essentials in Gaza, where livelihoods rely on humanitarian aid. Israeli bombs aren’t clearing Gaza fast enough for Netanyahu. Maybe starvation will… Source: Reuters / Writer: Marie

🇺🇸🇮🇷 A new war with Iran could spiral out of control in just 72 hours I've been trying to understand whether Trump could launch one final attack on Iran, declare victory and simply walk away. So I put that scenario to Professor Robert Pape, who has spent decades studying military strategy and how wars escalate. His answer made me reconsider the entire situation. Pape believes we're approaching something resembling the conditions that produced World War I. Not because the alliances are identical, but because military preparations are creating incentives for countries to strike before their opponents do. And this time, there are at least four major actors: America, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the Houthis. Imagine Trump launches a three-day bombing campaign against Iran. Iran retaliates. The Houthis then attack an American warship, calculating that they could be Washington's next target. American sailors are killed. Suddenly, walking away becomes politically much harder for Trump. Saudi Arabia could also see an opportunity to strike the Houthis before they attack again. A limited operation has become a regional war, potentially within days. Pape's warning is that each decision could appear rational to the leader making it, even as the combined result becomes disastrous. He also raised a longer-term concern: renewed fighting could strengthen militant groups in Yemen and Pakistan, creating security problems that survive long after the initial conflict. What struck me most was how little this depends on anyone actually wanting a larger war. Trump might plan a three-day operation. But he cannot plan the decisions everyone else makes on day four. @ProfessorPape

🇩🇰🇷🇺 Denmark’s PM Mette Frederiksen: "Russia unfortunately does not want peace with us. Therefore, we have to continue rearming ourselves." European rearmament, now with strange parent-teacher conference vibes. Writer: Oliver

🇺🇸 A reporter asked Rep. Greg Murphy: 'Is America really in its golden age, given how expensive everything is right now?' Murphy said yes and pointed to immigration, wages, energy prices and changes under the previous administration. But then he added that he hopes Americans understand “the hardships today are there for the betterment of our country.” So we're in the golden age, we just have to get through the hard part first? 😅 Writer: Lynn t.co/TgiKfUi6qD

🇩🇰🇷🇺 Denmark's PM Mette Frederiksen: “If we allow Ukraine to fall, I believe we will have opened the door for the Russians to advance into other parts of Europe.” The message is the same as always: lose the war in Ukraine, lose Europe´s own security. Does anybody really believe this? Writer: Oliver

🇺🇦🇷🇺 Ukraine is OUT OF MISSILES for its American-made PATRIOT AIR DEFENSE SYSTEM It’s one of the few weapons designed to stop an incoming ballistic missile. Zelensky has been telling allies for MONTHS they were running out of the vital interceptors, but they’re pricy and in short supply amid the Iran war. It’s being reported that nearly all ballistic missiles in the latest Russian attack got through because interceptor missiles were in short supply. With this latest news, Moscow has essentially been invited to keep bombing Ukraine. Source: CNN / Writer: Marie

🇩🇰🇷🇺 Denmark's Mette Frederiksen says that Moscow's ambitions don't stop at Ukraine and that European money spent on Russian goods helps fund its military. Europe spent years building an energy relationship with Russia to keep the peace. Now it's spending billions on defense while destroying said relationship. Writer: Oliver

🇩🇪 German AfD lawmaker Maximilian Krah was asked to describe world leaders in a single word. Trump? “Boss.” Putin? “Bad guy.” Xi Jinping? “Competitor.” Zelensky? “Don Corleone, The Godfather.” Netanyahu? “Fighter, but for himself.” Erdogan? “Wisdom.” And then came Germany's own chancellor, Friedrich Merz. “Idiot.” He later apologized and changed his answer to “disappointment.” Finding something diplomatic to say about his own chancellor was the real challenge. 😂 Writer: Oliver t.co/DQRBzNYnL9

TRUMP IS LIKELY ABOUT TO BOMB IRAN But this doesn't mean we will see a full-blown war like March/April He will bomb, get bombed, leave, and declare victory The long term winner will be Iran, the losers will be all Iran's regional rivals

How could someone do something like this? 💔 A Golden Retriever was reportedly found dead underwater near a Miami marina, with two cinder blocks tied to its legs using its own leash. A man returning to the marina spotted what he initially thought were two little arms sticking out of the water, that turned out to be the dog's paws. Police are investigating, and no arrests have been reported. I will never understand how people can be this cruel to animals. Writer: Lynn t.co/Dc9gLp1O55