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🇮🇷🇾🇪🇵🇰 Another major Iran war may not stay confined to Iran, Yemen, or even the Gulf. Robert Pape thinks a wider escalation could start reactivating militant networks across places like Balochistan and Pakistan. That matters because the second-order effects can last much longer than the original war. Pape points to Iraq as the cautionary example: the invasion did not just reshape Iraq. It helped destabilize the wider region and contributed to conditions in which groups like ISIS emerged. His concern is that the same pattern could happen again, only with more advanced drones and AI added to the mix. The war itself may be only the first crisis. The bigger danger is what gets activated around it. @ProfessorPape

🇺🇸 Trump predicted how the media would question him about him having “serious problems.” Then admitted he has no idea what those problems actually are... He fact-checked himself before CNN even had the chance. Smart move 👍 Writer: Oliver t.co/N27aTE27XH

🇺🇸 Trump really isn't holding back on Michigan Democrat Abdul El-Sayed. “He hates our country. So I hope that he is defeated.” Trump accused El-Sayed of making disparaging remarks about a place in Michigan he described as “very revered.” Okay, okay we get it. You hate Abdul…I mean Mohammad. Writer: Lynn t.co/0oe8s3HLBy

🇪🇸🇲🇦 Pedro Sánchez says Spain wants “the best possible relations” with Morocco. Diplomatic for: PLEASE let’s keep this from becoming weird again. Writer: Oliver t.co/SymQjTWR7c

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇾🇪 Robert Pape: the biggest mistake in planning another short war with Iran is assuming only Iran gets to respond. His point is that this is no longer a two-player conflict. Iran, the US, Israel and the Houthis are all tied into the same escalation chain. So even if Trump intends a 3-day strike and then wants to walk away, the Houthis may see that as the moment to attack American ships before they become the next target. “This is World War One.” Not because the situations are identical. Because once one actor moves, the next move suddenly becomes rational for someone else. And then the war stops following the plan that started it. @ProfessorPape

🇺🇸 After being handed a firefighter's helmet meant to symbolize protection, Trump immediately brought up the 2024 shooting in Butler. “I could have used this in Butler. This would have been very helpful.” Such a typical Trump response. Writer: Lynn t.co/XpTWmq8IxI

🇺🇸 Trump has a pretty simple reason for staying away from alcohol and cigarettes. “I have some very severe problems, but smoking and drinking are not one of them. I don’t want to add them to the list. If I did, I wouldn’t be here right now.” He's sticking with the problems he already knows. Writer: Daniyal t.co/aNoBgl8K3r

🇬🇧 New details have emerged about the former child actor killed by a tiger at a British wildlife park. William Chapman, 24, reportedly climbed TWO fences to enter the enclosure before approaching a 200kg Siberian tiger. The animal attacked and killed him in front of horrified visitors. A coroner has now confirmed the sequence of events, while Chapman's family has raised concerns about the mental health care he received before his death. The tiger will not be euthanized. Source: NY Post / Writer: Oliver

🇰🇷 South Korea's president is taking to X with a message about suicide prevention. President Lee Jae-myung says no life is more precious than another and that his government is working to reduce suicide deaths. He's especially concerned about young people, with academic pressure, intense competition and bullying among the issues he's calling attention to. I wonder if it's because we're so focused on raising successful kids that we're forgetting to raise happy ones. Source: @jaemyung_lee / Writer: Lynn

🇺🇸 Trump just casually declared himself not controversial. Talking about Ken Paxton, he said: “I understand some people are controversial. I don’t happen to be a controversial person.” Uhhm, sir, you might be the only person on Earth who thinks so 😂 Writer: Lynn t.co/MSKk7jduIt

🇺🇸🇮🇷 The Pentagon may BE HOLDING BACK A REPORT on the KILLING OF 123 IRANIAN CHILDREN until after the MIDTERMS This is an enormous story. Advisers to Pete Hegseth are reportedly planning to delay the release of an investigation into the U.S. strike on an elementary school in Minab, Iran. More than 150 people were killed, including at least 123 children. Investigators reportedly found that outdated intelligence, flawed imagery and excessive reliance on AI contributed to the disaster. And the report has apparently been almost finished for months. Now we're hearing that senior Pentagon officials want to keep it from the public until Americans have voted... If the findings are ready, what possible justification is there for making the families wait until after an election?! Source: Bloombergh / Writer: Oliver

🇸🇦🇾🇪 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