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🚨🇺🇸🇮🇷 Trump floats renaming the Strait of Hormuz the “Trump Strait” and jokes the Atlantic is next😅 “I’m thinking about calling the strait, the Hormuz strait, the Trump strait. We have a gulf. Now I need an ocean and a river. The American Ocean... I’m pleased to announce that on Monday morning, we’ll be changing the name of the Atlantic Ocean to the American Ocean.” Writer: Daniel t.co/rJnG8mJAQs

🚨🇮🇷🇺🇸 Eight months of bombing produced the exact Iran Washington said it wanted to prevent: one run by the Revolutionary Guard, with nobody left who can sign a deal A new Carnegie and Brookings assessment counts 17 or 18 of Tehran's 20 most powerful figures as hardliners, most of them Guard veterans, and finds that plenty of them can order an escalation while none has the standing to authorize a concession. The supreme leader who could was killed in the opening weeks. That's the bill for the decapitation strategy, and it's coming due in real time. The vice president admitted to Reuters this month that Washington doesn't know who makes decisions in Tehran. The WSJ reported Thursday that parliament just handed the defense ministry to one of the architects of Iran's ballistic program, and that Iranian officials told mediators the next round means sinking US warships. Pressure was supposed to make the regime bend. It made the regime the Guard, and the Guard doesn't bend. The post-midterm strike plan only works if someone in Tehran can pick up the phone and surrender... which is why Trump keeps saying he went too far, because every new strike kills another man who might have made that call. So who’s left to say uncle? Source: Carnegie Endowment / Brookings / Reuters / WSJ / Writer: Daniel

🇺🇸 Iron Man himself JUMPED in to push Specs AR glasses 😎 Robert Downey Jr. signed on as the face of the new see-through glasses, and developers are already demoing full hologram scenes on Quest 3 that run entirely through Rive’s GPU renderer. The jump from early experiments to something that feels usable is happening faster than expected. Tony Stark did his job here 🔥 Writer: Lucas t.co/c99rDODm9g

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🚨🇮🇷🇺🇸 Satellite images show Iran rebuilding its "Eagle 44" mountain airbase 100 miles from Hormuz after three rounds of US strikes... with a new taxiway already paved Planet Labs imagery from late September shows the runway cleared of obstacles, bombed equipment bulldozed off the pavement and fresh concrete leading into the ridge tunnels where Phantoms, drones and possibly cruise missiles are stored. The tunnel entrances look intact. The Pentagon has never named the base; Iran has never admitted it was hit. Hegseth said in April the air force was "wiped out" and the missile program "functionally destroyed." Both can be true about March and still miss what's happening now: 50 of 69 struck tunnel entrances were reportedly cleared by May, a Western official told Bloomberg this month Iran is "well-stocked" with missiles, and Tehran is spending scarce concrete on a base for a fleet Trump says no longer exists. Either the regime is building for show, or the strike plan for November is about to find out what's behind those doors. Source: The War Zone / Planet Labs / Writer: Daniel

🇩🇪 Four tiny Microduck robots completely stole the show at NVIDIA’s GTC Berlin keynote. Jensen Huang had them sitting, standing, and taking naps right on stage, proving the future of AI robotics is officially adorable. Microduck is an open source robot meant for developers and students who want to teach machines new physical skills, tweak them and share the results with others. Writer: Bri t.co/JcM4uGEyBO

🇮🇷🇺🇸 Iran told mediators that if the US strikes again it will try to sink American warships, kill their crews, and hit airports and pipelines across every Gulf state The threats went through diplomatic channels as well as state TV, and the Journal's sources say they're backed by hundreds to thousands of ballistic missiles plus limited new production in underground plants. Tehran did the first version of this in March, wrecking Fifth Fleet headquarters, a Qatari gas plant and airports in three countries, and its September missiles came close to US ships. The Pentagon says it destroyed 90% of Iran's missile and drone industry. Iran just appointed the father of its ballistic program as defense minister. Those two facts don't both get to be the whole story, and with interceptor stocks already drained on every side, the fleet sailing in for November is the one that unfortunately finds out which is closer to true... Source: WSJ / Writer: Daniel

🇩🇪🇷🇺 Merz puts the war with Russia AHEAD of the economy, and that makes AfD look like the rational one The Chancellor says Russia’s impact on German society worries him more than the economy, as industry struggles with high energy costs and weak growth. AfD keeps emphasizing energy security, industrial competitiveness, and economic growth over security-driven priorities. Declaring the main country that still supplies a large part of your energy as the top priority to fight against doesn’t look especially smart either. When the governing side keeps ranking the war first, the party that stays fixed on the economy starts sounding like the more practical option in the room. Writer: Lucas t.co/sie8lGdQg5

🇿🇦Hero father takes on and KILLS three carjackers while protecting his children In South Africa, he and his children were leaving their yard when a white vehicle reportedly blocked their exit. One attacker held a gun to his son’s head at the gate while another opened fire on the vehicle. The father returned with a FURY OF FIRE from the driver's seat, killing one on the spot while the other two fled and later died of their wounds. Protecting his own at all costs. Writer: Bri t.co/Pc6di6X0OX

🚨🇺🇸 Trump CALLS for Ilhan Omar to RESIGN after reports she LIED about her real name A federal court filing referred to her as Ilhan Nur Said Elmi. Sources close to the investigation say Omar is not her real name. Her office says it is. When asked if she married her brother, she answered: “not to my knowledge.” The name lines up with her ex-husband Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, which is what keeps the old rumor. Trump is treating the court language as enough to demand she step down. Writer: Lucas

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱 Photos of Iran's strikes on Gulf bases show the hangars where America keeps its spare parts burned... which leaves the US Navy with a one and done war Those canopies in Bahrain and the UAE held the parts that keep jets flying, so planes now go feet dry with no repair line behind them, flying from carriers parked so far out that the sortie math barely works. Bobby Jones, retired Navy commander, says the enemy below the surface is the number one threat to anyone on a ship: "That sub can be involved in all the other areas of warfare while making you the primary target." An unlocated sub pulls a ship or two plus aircraft off the blockade just to hunt it, and a carrier turning into the wind to launch can't maneuver. Bobby expects Israel to open the next round on a weekday, when a state of emergency can still land before October 27. @WeTheBrandon

🇺🇸🔥We really got a vibe-coded Tesla Roadster game before GTA VI dropped Packed with rocket jumps, physics-defying barrel rolls, and insane boost mechanics, you can test out what SpaceX thrusters can actually do! And you can jump into the driver seat as fast as the Roadster hits 0 to 60...under two seconds flat. Writer: Bri t.co/mfjOTXTegv

🇺🇸 Washington’s multi-front talks are starting to look like one big bargaining table between the 2 ongoing wars. Witkoff is back in Moscow, some Russian diesel restrictions are easing, and Iran remains in the background. The pattern suggests energy and military pressure are becoming bargaining chips across two conflicts. Trump wants progress on both wars before the election, while Moscow retains leverage over oil markets and ties to Tehran. Meanwhile, Kyiv’s strikes on Russian energy remain one of its few tools to hurt Moscow, giving Washington a potential concession to offer. The risk? Ukraine’s battlefield gains become currency in talks over Iran, while Tehran watches Washington pursue side deals. The more these conflicts intertwine, the harder it becomes to trust that any deal is final. Source: Reuters, CNN / Writer: Lucas

🇧🇷 Supporters HOLD a campaign closing for Flávio in Recife Recife has never been easy ground for the Bolsonaro side, but nights like this in the Northeast still move the needle when every point counts. The crowd speaks LOUD before the runoff 🔥 Writer: Lucas t.co/urveo1s1nb

🇸🇦 🇸🇾 🇾🇪 Syria is reportedly under heavy pressure to send troops into Yemen... and without a real plan, they’d be walking into a slaughter. Malcolm Nance says Syria’s battle hardened anti tank crews could pick apart Houthi positions from four or five kilometers out, but rushing pickup trucks into those valleys gets them butchered, while Saudi Arabia keeps bombing from the air like the US did in Iraq: “You got to pry them out man to man. The Apaches can’t do all this.” Hiring someone else’s veterans won’t fix a war plan Riyadh still doesn’t have. @MalcolmNance

🇺🇸What if you could actually see sound? 🎧 Apple Music shaped their new logo with real acoustic vibrations filmed entirely in-camera, no CGI. Sound literally brought it to life. 🎶 Writer: Bri t.co/WiHbyIhWs4

🇺🇸 A tale of two rallies on the very same day. Today Trump drew a packed house in Iowa on his midterm blitz campaign trail. But the same can't be said for the Democrats. Kamala was speaking in Mississippi supporting Scott Colom's bid and it looked undeniably sparse. You can't fake real momentum when the cameras zoom out. Writer: Bri t.co/3j5gcMRTxm

🇺🇸⚡️Time to charge… and suddenly the wait is the best part! 1950s diner energy + Optimus + Superchargers = UNMATCHED! Writer: Bri t.co/rj7f9X0Q8e

🇺🇸 🇮🇷 Flattening Kharg Island and Iran’s refineries could add $2 to $3 a gallon at the pump almost overnight. Malcolm Nance, the former US Navy intelligence officer, says if Washington moves to knock Iran out of the energy market for good, Tehran has already promised the Gulf’s oil sites would burn next, and the UAE alone has shot down around 500 ballistic missiles so far: “Every one of you will be paying if you’re American. You are going to be paying $2 to $3 a gallon more almost immediately.” How many interceptors does the Gulf have left before it goes Winchester and runs completely dry? @MalcolmNance

🚨🇺🇸 Trump reportedly showed up with makeup on his hands again today... and this time the discoloration was visible on BOTH of them To absolutely nobody’s surprise... the official story is still handshakes and aspirin, which raises one very obvious question about who exactly he’s been greeting with his LEFT hand. Source: @TabzLIVE / Writer: Daniel

🚨🇺🇸🇮🇷 The harrowing firsthand account of the night an Iranian missile hit a US barracks in Jordan and killed three Americans: troops say they could hear them calling for help from inside the flames... The accounts come from service members at Muwaffaq Salti who spoke anonymously because they say they were threatened under military law for talking. Their version: the base was overcrowded, incoming fire had outrun the alarms for months, an Iranian missile beat the interceptors and hit the housing, and the emergency response wasn't there. Four more were evacuated. The people on the ground say they were surprised it wasn't worse. Days later the survivors were told they were going home, sat in the terminal, and got ordered to stay. The Pentagon confirmed three dead in July and nothing since. The troops just told the rest of it. Source: @MeidasTouch / Writer: Daniel

🇺🇸 Trump CALLS OUT LeBron James for practicing his GOLF SWING during the national anthem Before the game, the Lakers star was filmed casually mimicking a golf swing while everyone else stood to attention. Trump posted the clip and said LeBron should apologize to the people who fought for that flag. The rest of his teammates managed to stand still! Treating the national anthem like your personal driving range is just disrespectful! Writer: Lucas t.co/ZKns6K7VyQ

🇦🇱 We’ve officially reached the stage where people are trying to do hocus pocus on the police…this generation is screwed 🙄 Writer: Bri t.co/Rereb1mRGb

🇺🇸🚀 Now that is a sight. SpaceX Falcon 9 booster B1085 just completed its 19th flight and is rolling back into Port Canaveral looking like it barely broke a sweat. 🔥 Writer: Bri t.co/tquDtVmldj

🇮🇷 🇺🇸 Iran’s missiles are hiding in mountain launchers that pop up, fire and vanish before anyone can find them. Anthony Aguilar says Tehran has rebuilt its ballistic arsenal and tucked its anti ship missiles deep inland, where they can still reach the Strait of Hormuz, and the first targets in a counterattack would be US bases like Prince Sultan in Saudi Arabia, Al Udeid in Qatar, and camps in Kuwait and Jordan: “Once they pop up, fire and go back down, you’re not going to find them because they literally turn them off.” You can’t bomb what you can’t find, and the troops at those bases are the ones who pay for it.

🚨🇺🇸🇮🇷 INSANE Leaked July footage from Jebel Ali shows an Iranian missile get past US interceptors and land next to American troops sprinting for cover It's another clip from the MeidasTouch trove, and the part that matters is the first few seconds: the interceptor launches, misses, and the missile comes through anyway. That's the same failure sources described in Jordan, where a ballistic missile beat the defenses and killed three airmen in a barracks the same month. Jebel Ali is the Navy's busiest port call in the Gulf. The Pentagon has said Patriot and THAAD stocks won't recover before 2030 and CSIS estimates 61% of the Patriot inventory is already gone. Every miss on tape is one of those. Writer: Daniel t.co/p0Y45HBtNZ

🇺🇸 Google CEO finally puts his foot down on Trump’s map renaming spree! After successfully pushing Google Maps to adopt "Lake America" and "Gulf of America”, Trump tried his luck with the Atlantic Ocean. "He actually called me, and said, 'sir, this has to stop.’” An entire ocean was officially a step too far. But hey, if you don't ask, you don't get. 🌊😂 Writer: Bri t.co/KssxxokH9T

🇺🇸Trump calls for a WNBA BOYCOTT over national anthem walk-offs! Addressing players leaving the court when the national anthem played, Trump urged people to tune out completely, echoing his previous calls during the NFL protests. Hard to boycott a league most people already don’t watch. The anthem thing just gives them one more reason to keep it that way. Writer: Lucas t.co/RB5xpLyYZc

🚨🇺🇸🇮🇷 Never-before-seen footage shows an Iranian missile hitting a US base in the UAE just meters from American troops standing in the open The clip is part of the trove service members and contractors leaked this week, undated beyond "earlier in the conflict." The people in it had no shelters to run to: the troops who shared it said the UAE bases got no warning the war was starting, only the security teams were armed, and some dug their own foxholes while others hid in hotels ordering takeout. The Pentagon has released nothing like it in eight months, which is why the people who filmed it say they went around the chain of command. Watch where they're standing when it lands, then remember the November strike plan could send them back out there. Writer: Daniel t.co/rvkdew7Esg