Mario Nawfal

🚨🇺🇸🇮🇷 Troops and military families leak photos of burned aircraft, bombed barracks and self-dug foxholes from the Iran war, and say the Pentagon threatened them for sharing any of it The images come through MeidasTouch and VALOR Media from anonymous service members, contractors and spouses. What they describe, base by base: -Prince Sultan, Saudi Arabia: dining halls, workspaces and dorms destroyed; an AWACS and two KC-135 tankers damaged in one strike that reportedly injured 10 to 12; bunkers delivered with no doors; a photo sources say is a destroyed C-17 that the Pentagon has never acknowledged -Muwaffaq Salti, Jordan: three months of incoming so frequent the alarms couldn't keep up; F-15s, F-35s and Reapers damaged; a ballistic missile got past interceptors and hit barracks on July 17, killing three, with troops saying they heard the wounded calling from inside the flames; housing hit twice; troops told they were going home, then ordered to stay after throwing out their bedding -Camp Buehring, Kuwait: some troops lived out of a van in the desert for three months; September photos show the camp nearly abandoned -UAE: no warning the war was starting, no shelters, only security teams armed; troops hid in hotels ordering takeout or dug their own foxholes; leadership described as "rudderless" -Bahrain: Fifth Fleet headquarters damaged; families say evacuation planes were waiting but the Pentagon refused because it would "look bad at home," then the airport was hit; some paid tens of thousands to escape, hid in a mall parking garage, or were housed in residential buildings that were struck within hours; senior leaders reportedly flown out under cover of a "training exercise" -Across the force: no embedded press, rumors of year-plus extensions, troops saying they learned the war began from the news and don't know what they're fighting for The Pentagon’s latest number to Congress is $43.6 billion for the war, $45.1 billion with fuel, and base damage still isn’t in it. The people who lived in those bases just filled in the blank, and the strike plan for November expects them to do it again. Source: @MeidasTouch / Writer: Daniel

🚨🇺🇸🇫🇷 U.S. Embassy WARNS Americans to avoid protests in France after recent riots and looting The alert says more demonstrations are planned for Saturday and urges people heading to the NFL game in Paris on Sunday to stay alert. Europe really can't catch a break 💀 Source: U.S. Embassy Paris / Writer: Lucas

🇫🇷🔥 Okay, NOW this is getting serious! Now they’re having to evacuate the Ferraris from a dealership in France, and load up the property with barbed wire so they don’t get immigrated upon. Don’t mess with the Ferraris, man! Have some respect! Writer: Jamie t.co/AspUh8XP68

🇺🇸Trump’s State Department press advisor practices advanced diplomacy at a Wizards game 😭 Britt McHenry tossed a drink at a fan, got escorted out, and blew kisses while the crowd pelted her with rally towels. Reports say she snapped after hecklers hit her with misogynistic insults and trash-talked Kyle Kuzma’s fiancée Winnie Harlow. Better watch out if she becomes Pres Sec…front row reporters are going to need ponchos. Writer: Bri t.co/B035wwujgX

🇺🇸 Mamdani and the Teamsters are PUSHING a bill FORCING Amazon to hire its own delivery drivers in New York. At City Hall, he joined Teamsters President Sean O’Brien and Amazon workers to back the Delivery Protection Act, which would ban subcontractors for last-mile deliveries. Supporters say it ensures accountability for safety and working conditions, while opponents warn of higher costs and lost jobs in the 5 boroughs. Amazon keeps its logo on the vans while shifting liability elsewhere. The bill aims to close that gap, but the costs and job risks are real. Writer: Lucas t.co/MSkgIVIYN9

🚨🇮🇷🇺🇸 A senior Iranian lawmaker just asked Tehran to authorize NUCLEAR weapons if the US strikes again... for a bomb Iran says it supposedly doesn't have The committee chairman also wants Iran out of the Non-Proliferation Treaty the day a strike lands, and warned any country lending airspace will "pay a heavy price," which covers Iraq, the Gulf states and everyone the Israeli jets overflew Monday. The late supreme leader's fatwa called nuclear weapons forbidden; Netanyahu said Wednesday the son has "taken the safety off." Nobody outside Tehran knows which is true, and a parliament asking permission to use a weapon it officially doesn't possess is either theater for the pressure track or the loudest public hint yet that the fatwa is gone. Either reading hands the strike planners in Washington EXACTLY the argument they were looking for. Source: Al Jazeera / Writer: Daniel

🇬🇧UK warns public to STOCK UP and PREPARE for disruption from cyber and climate emergencies Defence Sec Wes Streeting said the country faces its greatest threat in generations from foreign state actors, cyber attacks, and climate shocks. The government is officially advising households to stockpile three days of food, bottled water, and first aid kits. Ministers admit digital payment systems could instantly go dark if attacked. Official audit reports confirm the British food supply chain is VASTLY less resilient than European neighbors. Source: BBC / Writer: Bri

🇩🇪 This is BERLIN, and the scenes are stirring up the same old question: WHAT is happening to Europe's IDENTITY? Palestinian flags fill the streets, crowds chant into the night. For some Germans, scenes like this make them reconsider questions about integration, national identity and what their capital is becoming. Can a city accommodate different identities without losing a shared sense of belonging? Writer: Oliver t.co/XKcH7vnaA7

🇺🇸🇮🇷 Trump met the founder of the Nobel winning anti nuclear doctors' group in 1986 and is still talking denuclearization 40 years later... with the Doomsday Clock at 85 seconds, the question is which Trump walks into the Situation Room after November 3 The New York Times says the post midterm plan is a three day campaign on nuclear sites, missiles and energy, with Pickax Mountain on the list, a target a retired Army general says conventional bombs can't crack. Dr. Ivana Hughes, president of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, who teaches at Columbia, says that unlike nearly every president before him, Trump could land at either end of the scale: "You could literally imagine him using a nuclear weapon, and you could literally imagine him pursuing a nuclear abolition agreement." She traces the second instinct to a meeting in 1986, she believes, with the founder of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, about disarmament talks with Gorbachev. One bomb on one capital would kill millions instantly by her count, and the war games keep ending the same way, so the Trump of 1986 is the one the world needs on the night the plan lands on his desk. @WeTheBrandon @IvanaNHughes

🇺🇸 Trump’s Justice Department is gearing up for legal fights with states over voting before the midterms It’s already suing California over 18,000 voters it suspects might be noncitizens, and more states could be next. Attorney General Todd Blanche says there’s no plan to interfere when states sign off on results, but he wouldn’t rule it out, pointing to a possible “doomsday” scenario he didn’t explain. The thing is, the DOJ has no general legal power to hold up election certification. States and local officials are the ones who run elections and sign off on the results. Saying you won’t hold up certification while refusing to rule it out, 12 days before the midterms, is quite the combo. Source: NBC News / Writer: Daniyal

🚨 🇲🇽 TRAGEDY as teen PLUNGES to her death from Mexico carnival ride 18 year-year-old Gabriela Rodríguez Tezoco, died after coming loose from her harness while riding The Pendulum at full speed. Local officials immediately shut down the fairgrounds and launched an emergency safety audit of all private contractors. Writer: Bri t.co/4MAR2PWb5V

🚨🇬🇧BA flight DECLARES EMERGENCY between London Heathrow and Washington DC The Boeing 777 registered G-YMMU reported an emergency while operating flight BA291. The exact cause of the emergency remains unknown. Neither BA nor aviation authorities have commented on the issue yet. Source: The Aviation Hub / Writer: Bri

Things are very quiet tonight on the Iran front, and that's worrying. Unless someone changes Trump's mind ASAP, he and the Israelis will strike Iran this weekend Not after the midterms. THIS weekend

🇺🇸🇩🇰 The U.S. and Denmark just signed a deal to build more American ships together The plan is to train more U.S. shipyard workers, bring Danish money into American shipyards, and use better tech to build and fix ships faster. That’s a big change from January, when Trump kept saying he wanted to take Greenland and Danish officials rushed to the White House to cool things down. Last month, Trump said the 2 sides had made a security deal on Greenland. The U.S. has signed similar ship deals with South Korea and Finland, as it tries to catch up with China, which builds most of the world’s ships. From fighting over Greenland to building ships together, it’s been quite a year for these 2 allies. Source: US News / Writer: Daniyal

🇮🇩 Everyone's talking about how we’re "killing the planet," all while it’s the greenest it has ever been... And this bug-eyed, creepy-ass Bangka slow loris is suddenly back from EXTINCTION! Let’s just admit that we have no clue how the Earth and nature actually work. If you see this thing, it’s venomous, so run away! Can’t we bring back a cute, cuddly, and friendly animal? Writer: Jamie t.co/WWMBXfZquA

🇺🇸 Trump is on the move again and this time its wheels up to Iowa. The president won this state by 13% two years ago but his own weakened standing has complicated the Republican’s chances in the midterms. Democrat Josh Turek and Republican Ashley Hinson will square off in November to represent Iowa in the Senate. At the moment the Republicans are ahead. Iowa hasn't elected a Democrat to the Senate since 2008. Let's see if Trump can keep it a red stronghold… Writer: Bri t.co/bydnWBKRwY

🇺🇸 A top federal prosecutor says all 20,000 voters he flagged in California aren’t U.S. citizens Bill Essayli says every one of them got a mail ballot this month, and he wants a court to make California set them aside. He also calls 20,000 the bare minimum, with thousands more names likely on the way. California says his list is full of mistakes, though. LA County checked 200 of those names and says 112 were already off the active rolls, so they never even got sent a ballot. There’s one big problem, though. Once a ballot’s signature is checked, it’s pulled from its envelope and can’t be traced back to anyone. With hundreds of thousands of ballots already processed in LA alone, this judge is racing the clock. Source: Fox News / Writer: Daniyal

🇦🇷🇫🇷 Who remembers when Messi almost KISSED Mbappé instead of his wife at the 2023 FIFA The Best Awards? 🤣 Writer: Sol t.co/qLgezrBEiu

🇨🇳 A magnitude 7.0 earthquake has hit northern Tibet It struck late at night, and Chinese state media says there are casualties and some houses have collapsed, but so far it hasn't been confirmed how many people were killed or hurt. Waking up to the ground shaking like this in the dark is a nightmare. Stay safe out there, Tibet 🙏 Writer: Daniyal t.co/GVChKRis6B

🇺🇸🇮🇷 Trump hints more U.S. strikes on Iran could be coming “We’ve knocked the hell out of them, and we may do it a little bit further.” That’s the kind of maybe that sends oil prices jumping. Writer: Daniyal t.co/lo9NJ2ANLT

🇪🇺🇷🇺 Ursula von der Leyen says RUSSIA IS USING MASS MIGRATION as a weapon against EUROPE The EU chief accuses Russia of deliberately pushing migrants toward European borders to overwhelm authorities, spread fear and divide the continent. She now wants new emergency powers to deal with these situations. Brussels has SPENT YEARS defending migration and asylum as part of Europe's values. Now it's warning that hostile governments can exploit those same systems to destabilize Europe. Completely ridiculous. And pretty revealing who is actually behind it all... Writer: Oliver t.co/BID6gyNy4I

🇺🇸 Elon's Tesla Roadster has the US Transportation Sec. wondering whether America's regulations can even keep up. Sean Duffy was asked about the futuristic vehicle and its supposed ability to fly using compressed air. “Do you think we have rules for a flying compressed air car? We don't.” Duffy admitted he initially thought the footage was AI-generated after seeing the car apparently flip and jump over other vehicles. “I mean, this is unbelievable.” He praised Elon and Tesla for pushing innovation. Writer: Sol t.co/6j7HtgSMqw

🇺🇸 Trump was asked if losing Congress in the midterms would cost Vance his 2028 endorsement “Where did you get that idea? I never even thought of it. We have too much time to be thinking about that.” Vance might want to start campaigning extra hard for the midterms, just in case. Writer: Daniyal t.co/Cl150KvhNv

🇺🇸 Trump was asked if losing Congress in the midterms would cost Vance his 2028 endorsement “Where did you get that idea? I never even thought of it. We have too much time to be thinking about that.” Vance might want to start campaigning extra hard for the midterms, just in case. Writer: Daniyal t.co/Cl150KvhNv

It took me a few seconds to realize it was a robot 🤣 Writer: Sol t.co/xKAGnXKoOR

🇺🇸🇮🇷 Trump admits his war with Iran could be COSTING him politically, but insists some Americans absolutely LOVE what he's doing 🤣 Asked how the war is affecting the races, Trump gave a surprisingly candid answer: “In one way, they love it, because I'm doing what should've been done by other presidents. In another way, maybe they don't.” He acknowledged there's a political price to pay, but argued that preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon justified his decision. Writer: Sol t.co/E5dclPzXBU

🇺🇸 The DOJ just listed ILHAN OMAR UNDER A DIFFERENT NAME in a federal court filing And now everyone wants to KNOW WHY. The document identifies the Minnesota congresswoman as “Ilhan Nur Said Elmi, a/k/a Ilhan Abdullahi Omar.” Elmi is the surname of her former husband, Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, whose relationship with Omar has been the subject of years of controversy and unproven allegations. But here's the important detail. The Justice Department doesn't explain why it used that name, and the filing provides no evidence that Omar committed fraud. Meanwhile, federal investigators are examining her immigration history, family records and citizenship paperwork. Omar denies wrongdoing and has not been charged. Writer: Oliver t.co/Lwa6ZMnZpI

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦 Trump asked if Zelensky’s right that Russia’s overnight strikes prove Putin doesn’t want peace “Well, we’ll see how it works out. It’s been happening a lot.” It’s been happening a lot is one way to describe a war. 😂 Writer: Daniyal t.co/jjcSXJz6X0

🚨 THE INTERNET IS GETTING HAMMERED BY CYBERATTACKS AND NOW AI IS MAKING THE HACKERS DANGEROUSLY EFFICIENT Look at what's happened in just days. Zeabur suffered a breach exposing data associated with 321,810 accounts and millions of stored environment variables. Railway warned that hackers may have accessed decrypted customer secrets. OVHcloud had malicious software planted in its developer tools. And Reuters uncovered something even more disturbing. One hacker reportedly used AI agents to break into more than 100 company websites, including sites associated with Deere and SharkNinja, while doing almost none of the technical work personally. Meanwhile, American banks are discovering unauthorized AI agents accessing customer accounts. The really frightening shift isn't just that hackers are getting into more systems. They're beginning to automate the entire process. A few instructions. An AI agent. Hundreds of potential targets. The cost of launching cyberattacks is collapsing, while the damage they can cause is anything but. Source: Axios, Reuters / Writer: Oliver

🇺🇸🇮🇷 The next Iran escalation could turn into total war I spoke with retired U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Anthony Aguilar about what another round of American and Israeli strikes on Iran might actually look like. He believes it could happen within days, before the Israeli elections. But what disturbed me most was his reaction to new accounts from American troops describing damaged bases, inadequate shelters and chaotic evacuations during earlier Iranian attacks. Anthony has served at some of those very bases. He says they were never designed to withstand sustained ballistic missile strikes. Then we discussed what comes next. He expects Iran to retaliate against U.S. installations across the Gulf, but fears the fighting could go much further, with power stations, desalination plants and other civilian infrastructure becoming targets. I pressed him on the consequences of systematically attacking water supplies in a region where millions depend on desalination. His fear is that the next escalation could destroy infrastructure that entire populations depend on to survive. And even if the fighting with Iran eventually stops, Anthony worries the conflicts spreading through Yemen, Saudi Arabia and the Red Sea could continue long afterward.