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Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf (born 1961) is a terrorist in a suit and is far from the moderate he is being painted at this time by the Trump administration. He was the IRGC brigadier general who has served as the Speaker of the Parliament of Ir@n since 2020.
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The United States designated the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) on April 15, 2019. The designation was made by the Trump administration under Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, citing the IRGC's support for proxy militias and
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destabilizing activities across the Middle East. The United States cannot make a deal with the IRGC because of this designation. However, as he is now the Speaker of the Parliament that evidently magically changes who he is according to the Trump administration.
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Elissa Slotkin was born in the Bicentennial year and is 49 years old. She is a Democrat Senator who worked for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
Motivated by the September 11 attacks while attending graduate school...
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Motivated by the September 11 attacks while attending graduate school...
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at Columbia University, she was recruited as a Middle East analyst after graduation. Her CIA service included:
Roles: She served as a political analyst (2003–2004) and intelligence briefer (2004–2005).
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Roles: She served as a political analyst (2003–2004) and intelligence briefer (2004–2005).
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Deployments: She completed three tours in Iraq (2006–2007), where she led a CIA assessment team and worked alongside U.S. military forces to counter violent militias.
She is fluent in Arabic and Swahili, which facilitated her work in the region.
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She is fluent in Arabic and Swahili, which facilitated her work in the region.
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Thread with excerpts from the Colonial New Spain portion of TR Fehrenbach's 'Fire and Blood: A History of Mexico' (1973). His view is that New Spain would have remained permanent divided and stagnant if not for the northern frontier. 
The true frontier of New Spain was not the thinly-populated and stagnant (almost identical when the Anglos showed up as in the 17th century) New Mexico, but much further to the south, in the arid regions only a little north of the Valley of Mexico.
The frontier lacked civilized Indians who could be reduced to slaves, and was instead populated by energetic mestizos and criollos, working owned ranchos for a market rather than owning huge estates for prestige.
Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote, "Senator Elizabeth Slotkin has introduced a bill banning sending US military to polling places
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This is exactly what I have been writing about — Senators and House members proposing laws that demonstrate their ignorance of US law and even of the US Constitution to which they made an oath.
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You see, there already is a law on the books. You see, in the United States, we already have the Federal Posse Comitatus Act of 1878. This statute severely restricts the use of the U.S. military—
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You know you are getting attached to the Dunya when…
1. You don’t plan your day around Salah times.
2. A day or two passes without opening the Qur’an because you are “too busy.”
3. You care too much about people’s opinions of you.
4. Your main focus becomes accumulating wealth and material gain.
2. A day or two passes without opening the Qur’an because you are “too busy.”
3. You care too much about people’s opinions of you.
4. Your main focus becomes accumulating wealth and material gain.
5. You argue when reminded that something you’re used to may be wrong.
6. You constantly delay good deeds, thinking “I’ll do it tomorrow.”
7. The lifestyle of celebrities and the rich starts to impress you.
8. You seek attention and enjoy being seen as important.
6. You constantly delay good deeds, thinking “I’ll do it tomorrow.”
7. The lifestyle of celebrities and the rich starts to impress you.
8. You seek attention and enjoy being seen as important.
Colombia second round presidential election Sunday
Polls suggest outcome will be close…
Pitting insurgent @ABDELAESPRIELLA with @IvanCepedaCast
First round analysis see @miweintraub83
x.com/miweintraub83/…
&
datosparadecidir.org
@StanfordCDDRL @BMagaloni @CESJUL_
Polls suggest outcome will be close…
Pitting insurgent @ABDELAESPRIELLA with @IvanCepedaCast
First round analysis see @miweintraub83
x.com/miweintraub83/…
&
datosparadecidir.org
@StanfordCDDRL @BMagaloni @CESJUL_
@miweintraub83 specific outlook for Bogota:
Regardless of victory tomorrow the electoral landscape will remain polarized
Democracia a la sombra de la violencia
To understand, the Democracy Action Lab @StanfordCDDRL engages organizations and scholars
Regardless of victory tomorrow the electoral landscape will remain polarized
Democracia a la sombra de la violencia
To understand, the Democracy Action Lab @StanfordCDDRL engages organizations and scholars
Local organizations defending democracy through action and scholarship
@Dejusticia @CESJUL_
DAL visited Montes de Maria
cddrl.fsi.stanford.edu/dal/news/elect…
Primaries and parliamentary elections
open.substack.com/pub/adiazcayer…
@ManuOrtizE photo story of Cauca tragedy
terra360.net/cauca-colombia/
@Dejusticia @CESJUL_
DAL visited Montes de Maria
cddrl.fsi.stanford.edu/dal/news/elect…
Primaries and parliamentary elections
open.substack.com/pub/adiazcayer…
@ManuOrtizE photo story of Cauca tragedy
terra360.net/cauca-colombia/
I used to think my biggest problem was lack of time.
Then I realized it was lack of attention.
Most Muslims don’t have a time problem. They have a distraction problem.
Here’s what I mean:
Then I realized it was lack of attention.
Most Muslims don’t have a time problem. They have a distraction problem.
Here’s what I mean:
The Prophetic Attention Map
We don’t lack time - we lose attention.
Every scroll, notification, and “quick check” scatters the heart.
Slowly, focus disappears without you noticing.
That’s the real problem.
We don’t lack time - we lose attention.
Every scroll, notification, and “quick check” scatters the heart.
Slowly, focus disappears without you noticing.
That’s the real problem.
1. Protect your gaze
Every glance affects the heart.
Not everything deserves your attention.
The things you repeatedly look at eventually shape what you think about.
Every glance affects the heart.
Not everything deserves your attention.
The things you repeatedly look at eventually shape what you think about.
Iran said Saturday that the Strait of Hormuz is closed, citing ceasefire violations after Israel continued deadly strikes in southern Lebanon overnight."
It turns out that the money spigot (counting the value of the ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz) can be turned off at many points. The narrows can be shut not only by Iran, not only by the USN but also by Israel simply by retaliating against Iran's proxy attacks. Iran saw the Strait as insurance against retaliation, but it failed. The geography of the Strait means Iran can significantly hurt others but itself cannot escape chastisement.
In game theory terms it takes 3 keys turned together to open the Strait and stop the war, but it only takes one key to close it. And none of the interests of the 3 keyholders are fully aligned.
nbcnews.com/world/iran/isr…
It turns out that the money spigot (counting the value of the ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz) can be turned off at many points. The narrows can be shut not only by Iran, not only by the USN but also by Israel simply by retaliating against Iran's proxy attacks. Iran saw the Strait as insurance against retaliation, but it failed. The geography of the Strait means Iran can significantly hurt others but itself cannot escape chastisement.
In game theory terms it takes 3 keys turned together to open the Strait and stop the war, but it only takes one key to close it. And none of the interests of the 3 keyholders are fully aligned.
nbcnews.com/world/iran/isr…
That is why it is still meaningless at this point to say who ultimately 'won' the Strait War. Too many people have the Veto card for anyone to 'control' it. Not just state actors but even faction leaders and militia leaders inside Iran itself can jump in. For any given deal there is the likelihood that some bearded leader will up and say, "hey I wasn't paid!"
The situation will continue until the situation resolves on the ground. Nothing can be won or even surrendered on the basis of a sheet of paper. Iran's whole business model was built around blackmail but what they didn't count on was others dealing themselves in.
The situation will continue until the situation resolves on the ground. Nothing can be won or even surrendered on the basis of a sheet of paper. Iran's whole business model was built around blackmail but what they didn't count on was others dealing themselves in.
To answer the question of who 'started' or caused the Hormuz crisis is to answer the question of who started the game of navigational blackmail in the first place. For that we must go back to Khomeini and Jimmy Carter or perhaps (if you're bipartisan), the former Shah of Iran.
Long did the blackmail card lie there like a snake, coiled but unused until the first tanker war during the Iran-Iraq conflict made it manifest. It took on the aspect of money during the Obama administration when the Nobel Prize winner paid the ayatollahs pallets of cash to keep out of mischief.
But they did not, using the moneys so conveniently provided to blow up coalition soldiers in Iraq and store up munitions against what would be Oct 7, the consequences of which they assumed would be sheltered from by holding the Strait hostage.
But it betrayed them and has now made the very existence of a chokepoint impossible for the world economy to endure. Now Hormuz is no longer theirs entirely, and although the G7 may earnestly entreat Trump to concede for the sake of the oil, it is no longer entirely in his power to give. It has drawn too many hands. Iran no longer 'controls' Hormuz; say rather it controls them.
Long did the blackmail card lie there like a snake, coiled but unused until the first tanker war during the Iran-Iraq conflict made it manifest. It took on the aspect of money during the Obama administration when the Nobel Prize winner paid the ayatollahs pallets of cash to keep out of mischief.
But they did not, using the moneys so conveniently provided to blow up coalition soldiers in Iraq and store up munitions against what would be Oct 7, the consequences of which they assumed would be sheltered from by holding the Strait hostage.
But it betrayed them and has now made the very existence of a chokepoint impossible for the world economy to endure. Now Hormuz is no longer theirs entirely, and although the G7 may earnestly entreat Trump to concede for the sake of the oil, it is no longer entirely in his power to give. It has drawn too many hands. Iran no longer 'controls' Hormuz; say rather it controls them.
Right after Jesus' baptism, the moment heaven declared, "This is my beloved Son."
The Spirit led Him into the desert.
No food. No comfort. No crowd.
Just 40 days alone with hunger, isolation, and the devil himself.
Most people think temptation means God has abandoned them.
This story says the opposite. A thread. 🧵
The Spirit led Him into the desert.
No food. No comfort. No crowd.
Just 40 days alone with hunger, isolation, and the devil himself.
Most people think temptation means God has abandoned them.
This story says the opposite. A thread. 🧵
Matthew 4:1 — "Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil."
Notice who led Him there: the Spirit. Not the enemy.
This was not Jesus stumbling into temptation by accident.
It was the Father's design to test before the start of His public ministry.
If the sinless Son of God was led into a season of testing immediately after the highest spiritual affirmation of His life, being tempted is not evidence that you've done something wrong.
Sometimes it's evidence you're about to do something significant.
Notice who led Him there: the Spirit. Not the enemy.
This was not Jesus stumbling into temptation by accident.
It was the Father's design to test before the start of His public ministry.
If the sinless Son of God was led into a season of testing immediately after the highest spiritual affirmation of His life, being tempted is not evidence that you've done something wrong.
Sometimes it's evidence you're about to do something significant.
Temptation #1 — "If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread." (Matthew 4:3)
He was famished. Forty days without food.
The devil's strategy: attack at the point of greatest physical weakness.
Jesus answers: "Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God." (quoting Deuteronomy 8:3)
He doesn't deny His hunger.
He doesn't pretend the need isn't real.
He refuses to let a legitimate need justify an illegitimate shortcut.
He was famished. Forty days without food.
The devil's strategy: attack at the point of greatest physical weakness.
Jesus answers: "Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God." (quoting Deuteronomy 8:3)
He doesn't deny His hunger.
He doesn't pretend the need isn't real.
He refuses to let a legitimate need justify an illegitimate shortcut.
Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote, "I have tried to be neutral in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.
I made it clear that I opposed Putin’s making the disputes an excuse for a military invasion.
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I made it clear that I opposed Putin’s making the disputes an excuse for a military invasion.
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I also have made it clear that I objected to Ukrainian policies that led to the war, and that I objected to Ukraine rehabilitating as a hero Stepan Bandera, who murdered 25,000 Jews during his one year in office in the early 1920s.
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But this week, Ukraine did it again, rehabilitating another World War II personality who murdered 100,000 Poles and Jews on behalf of the Nazis.
Could this really just be an accident?
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Could this really just be an accident?
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Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote, "REGARDING THE OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL CENTER IN CHICAGO, SOME FAKE NEWS AND WRONG NEWS.
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THE MEDIA has been noting that many of the companies that worked in the construction of the building have never been paid, causing some to seriously consider bankruptcy as their only solution.
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BUT, THE MEDIA HAS ACCUSED OBAMA. SORRY, OBAMA HATERS, BUT OBAMA IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS ONE.
The Committee in charge, hired a contractor, paid the contractor, but the contractor has not paid subcontractors for the work they have done.
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The Committee in charge, hired a contractor, paid the contractor, but the contractor has not paid subcontractors for the work they have done.
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Jensen Huang just flew to a factory that could save AI companies billions.
Here's the stock nobody is talking about:
Here's the stock nobody is talking about:
Coherent - $COHR
Makes indium phosphide lasers that transmit data between chips at the speed of light.
Copper can't do this at scale.
Silicon photonics is the only way to connect hundreds of thousands of processors in Nvidia's Vera Rubin Ultra platform.
Makes indium phosphide lasers that transmit data between chips at the speed of light.
Copper can't do this at scale.
Silicon photonics is the only way to connect hundreds of thousands of processors in Nvidia's Vera Rubin Ultra platform.
On June 16, Huang personally attended the groundbreaking of Coherent's expanded Texas facility.
Backed by a $50 million CHIPS Act grant.
He signed the ceremonial construction beam alongside Coherent's CEO.
This isn't a press release visit. It's a supply chain visit.
Backed by a $50 million CHIPS Act grant.
He signed the ceremonial construction beam alongside Coherent's CEO.
This isn't a press release visit. It's a supply chain visit.
