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Michael Krieger
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"The first message is that Iran is ready for an all-out war, no matter what the consequences. The second message is that Iran is aware that the US President has cornered himself."

Agree on both fronts. Very dangerous.
ejmagnier.com/2019/06/21/ira…
Iran figures an undeclared war against it, led by Pompeo and Bolton will be...

- An unmitigated disaster and mess.
- Very unpopular with Americans
- Lead to the end of his Presidency.

I think Iran is correct, which is why it is now daring Trump to strike.
Everybody with two braincells to rub together understands Trump and his neocons escalated this by dumping Iran deal. That was an enormous strategic error. Now Iran feels it has cards to play.
This has now become a trap for Trump. Only question is who runs the show. If it is Bolton and Pompeo prepare for disaster.
"Sources confirmed that, in case of war, Iran aims to stop the flow of oil from the Middle East completely, not by targeting tankers but by hitting the sources of oil in every single Middle Eastern country."
Another thing many Americans seem unaware of:

"Trump seems oblivious of the fact that economic embargo is an act of war; by unilaterally blocking the export of Iranian oil and so crippling Iran’s economy, Trump has already declared war on Iran."
"The U.S. media claim that President Trump approved military strikes against Iran but revoked the order hours later. What actually happened – according to the source – is the following:"

This fills in a lot of the blanks...
"Iran is offering only two choices to the US President: end the embargo on Iranian oil or go to war."

That sums it up perfectly I think. This is a must read:
ejmagnier.com/2019/06/21/ira…
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Michael Krieger
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This is exactly why I think the fiat “backing” is a Trojan horse. He’ll drop the backing as soon as it’s convenient and attempt to make FacebookCoin the global currency of surveillance capitalism, “backed” by all of your private information.
Two rules of thumb I have with Zuckerberg.
1) Don’t underestimate him.
2) Understand that everything he does revolves around a desire to acquire unlimited personal power.
In the very big picture, I believe FacebookCoin is an attempt to formalize and condition the public into embracing government by corporate oligarchy.
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Michael Krieger
@LibertyBlitz
"Private equity firms have also taken advantage of benign credit conditions to cut risk and realize gains sooner. They’ve saddled the companies they invest in with more debt to pay themselves dividends."

This is my must read of the day. It's all so dirty.
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
"Issuance of leveraged loans for distributions to equity holders reached the highest in six months in April, according to data compiled by Bloomberg."
"Sycamore Partners, a private equity firm know for aggressive bets in the retail sector, pulled a staggering $1 billion out of Staples Inc. last month through a recapitalization that increased the company’s interest expense by $130 million annually."

cc: @matthewstoller
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Michael Krieger
@LibertyBlitz
1/ It's Friday, so time for my weekly thread. Will go over my recent piece about geopolitics and whether or not we already exist in a multi-polar world in practice.

Here it is:
libertyblitzkrieg.com/2019/04/01/is-…
2/ First, I want to touch on why certain political factions hate Trump so much. It's generally not his policies, which are pretty similar to George W. Bush and Barack Obama in many important respects. Rather they despise him because he's a really bad salesman for empire.
3/ What do "Never Trumpers" on the right and "Russiagate conspiracy theorists" on the left have in common? They're huge proponents of U.S. empire and militarism. That's why guys like Brian Williams of MSNBC get off by seeing bombs drop, even under Trump.
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Elijah J. Magnier
@ejmalrai
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On the 7th of July, we shall be facing a critical situation:
. #Iran will exert its right to partially or fully withdraw from the nuclear deal as stated in the comprehensive document.
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2/+
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. #Iran warned: if my oil and petrochemical products can't be sold, the 17 million barrel of oil per day won't cross the Strait of Hormuz. This promise will be gradually increased and implemented.

What are the most likely scenarios?
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Negar Mortazavi
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So the @StateDept uses taxpayer money to fund online attacks on @HRW because the organization is researching the human cost of US sanctions in #Iran.

Is this even legal?
“Iran Disinformation Project” website says it was launched in 2018 and is funded by @StateDept Global Engagement Center to expose disinformation coming from the Islamic Republic of Iran.
irandisinfo.org
They use @StateDept funding to attack and smear diaspora Iranian journalists, analysts, academics, and activists, some living in exile.

Here are two BBC Persian journalists @BBCArdalan and @BahmanKalbasi constantly attacked by this project and also by those who run it.
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XULQI MOON
@XULQIMOON
#Iran is the hot topic these days and I've seen lots of theories floating around on social media about possibility of war with US. This thread will feature my two cents on the situation 👇
Firstly, I don’t think so that war is about to happen. US will increase pressure on Iran, they have already sanctioned them heavily and forced the Oil/gas importers of Iran to back out and Iranian oil exports have fallen significantly within a year.
To know what impact and kind of sanctions US has on Iran currently, go through this article so that we're on same page on how US is pressuring Iran by economic squeezing. aljazeera.com/news/2019/05/s…
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Ms. Entropy / سيدة الفتنة
@MsEntropy
War on #Iran has been a priority for Trump’s admin since the transition.

Why the delay?

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#ToldYouSo

Now the #Iraq Debacle’s sequel is nearing its release date:

“Infinite War #Iran” — featuring a familiar, returning all-star cast of characters, including Judith Miller and John Bolton.

#ToldYouSo

The night before Trump’s inauguration, I received a hysterical phone call from a friend inside the D.C. political establishment.

Why the hysteria?

This friend is Iranian-American... with lots of interesting info on Iran War plans among the administration-to-be.
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Elijah J. Magnier
@ejmalrai
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