Today I have heard from constituents who are in Egypt, Lebanon, Iraq, the U.A.E., and Qatar or have family there and are frantically trying to get to safety.
The State Department told Americans in the Middle East to evacuate, but flights across the region are cancelled, airspaces are closed, and airports and consulates are shuttered or under attack.
The Trump Administration's incompetence is stranding Americans abroad. 1/
The limited guidance we have received is that American citizens should monitor official travel advisories and security updates.
To receive the latest security alerts, American citizens abroad are encouraged to enroll in the Smart Traveler Enrollment Program (STEP) at mytravel.state.gov/s/step and join the State Department WhatsApp channel for updates at whatsapp.com/channel/0029Va….
Americans in the Middle East who need to reach Consular Affairs can call 24/7 at +1-202-501-4444 (from abroad) and +1-888-407-4747 (from the U.S. and Canada).
Constituents needing help communicating with State should call my office at 703-658-5403 for support. You can also fill out our digital privacy release form here, and someone on my staff will be in touch: beyer.house.gov/constituent-se… 3/
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Hazlo compatible con los sistemas de seguimiento de candidatos (ATS), usa verbos de acción potentes y enfócate en resultados y logros cuantificables.>>>
🧵WHISTLEBLOWER RECEIPTS:
Unelected billionaire Lynn Forester de Rothschild, through her Council for Inclusive Capitalism, worked with The Rockefeller Foundation to feed policy ideas directly to the Biden administration and Congress in 2021.
Her words: “I apologize for asking so much of you, but I trust that you are proud of our ability to have put forward bold but pragmatic policy ideas that our new administration and Congress can adopt.” – Lynn Forester de Rothschild
“I believe with your support and yesterday’s event, administration and Congressional briefings planned and new events being scheduled over the next three months… our impact is just beginning.” – Lynn Forester de Rothschild
Me llamo Francisco Javier. Soy un sacerdote del montón que vive y trabaja en un barrio obrero del sur de Madrid, en Leganés. En mi día a día no hay focos ni maquillaje; aquí la vida es muy auténtica.
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Me dedico a estar con gente que sufre mucho, a escuchar a quien no duerme por la ansiedad de los problemas, a consolar a quien ha perdido a alguien querido y a dar esperanza a quien ya no ve salida. Como mis compañeros, trato de ayudar a todo el que lo pide.
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He escuchado unas declaraciones suyas en la gala de los premios Goya en las que, entre otras cosas, dijo: «Me niego a aceptar que la juventud que sube tenga esa carencia y esa tirada hacia lo cristiano; me da pena que necesiten creer en algo y se agarren a la fe cristiana». Por eso me he animado a escribirle y contarle algunas cosas.
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Feb 10-11 Netanyahu DC visit
contingency date Feb 28
if NO Deal
US Negotiations
Feb 26 Progress Made
Feb 27 Trump "we're talking later"
Feb 28 Netanyahu Strikes Iran
Now Trump says the US Navy is going to force open the Strait of Hormuz, and escort tankers through.
This is insanely stupid. We can't even protect our 5th Fleet HQ and naval base in Bahrain from being attack.
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truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTru…
Effective IMMEDIATELY, I have ordered the United States Development Finance Corporation (DFC) to provide, at a very reasonable price, political risk insurance and guarantees for the Financial Security of ALL Maritime Trade, especially Energy, traveling through the Gulf. This will be available to all Shipping Lines. If necessary, the United States Navy will begin escorting tankers through the Strait of Hormuz, as soon as possible. No matter what, the United States will ensure the FREE FLOW of ENERGY to the WORLD. The United States’ ECONOMIC and MILITARY MIGHT is the GREATEST ON EARTH — More actions to come. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP
Mar 03, 2026
3. [I wrote this bit last April, it still applies.]
Air power alone will not be able to discover and destroy hundreds of missile trucks hidden in thousands of locations in this mountainous terrain. On the very last days of Operation Desert Storm in 1991, Iraq was still firing Scud missiles at Saudi Arabia and Israel. The giant Scuds had to raised to vertical and loaded with liquid fuel before they could be fired. We had entire air armadas out searching the Iraqi desert for them. And still the Iraqis were able to launch and fire Scuds up to the last days of the conflict.
Bliski Wschód w ogniu. Eskalacja wojny z Iranem i globalne konsekwencje
Konflikt między Stanami Zjednoczonymi, Izraelem a Iranem wchodzi w kolejną, coraz bardziej niebezpieczną fazę.
1/21
Po rozpoczęciu 28 lutego amerykańsko-izraelskiej operacji przeciwko Teheranowi, sytuacja w regionie dynamicznie się zaostrza, a działania militarne obejmują kolejne państwa Bliskiego Wschodu.
2/21
Francja zdecydowała o przebazowaniu myśliwców Dassault Rafale do bazy Al Dhafra w Zjednoczonych Emiratach Arabskich. To reakcja na atak irańskiego drona na jeden z hangarów francuskiej instalacji wojskowej.
3/21
1928'e kadar Tekstil hammaddesi ithal ediliyordu.
Atatürk, yurt dışından iplik yerine Merinos koyun ithal edip Bursa Balıkesir ve Çanakkale illerine dağıtır. Kurulan çiftliklerde tohumlama yaptırır. Koyun ve yün üretimi iplik üretmek için yeterli sayıya ulaşınca fabrikayı kurar
1-Fabrika ilk açıldığında, 2 vardiya ve 1000 işçi çalıştırmış, sonra 3 vardiya ve 1650 işçiye çıkmıştır. Fabrikada insanların rehabilitasyonu için sinema, tiyatro, küçük bir hastane, röntgen cihazı, eczane, ameliyathane ve labaratuar bulunmaktadır. Almanlar modeli bizden aldılar.
2-Malatya Bez ve İplik Fabrikası,
Ereğli Bez Fabrikası,
Nazilli Basma Fabrikası kurulduktan sonra ihracat da başlamıştır.
1923'de hiç ihracat yokken,
1340 ton yünlü dokuma ithalatı yapılmıştır.
1938'e gelindiğinde ise 640 ton ithalata karşın 3.028 ton ihracat yapılmıştır.
X is producing excellent Iran coverage but also lots of slop. Ninety percent of what passes for “analysis” on the platform is recycled footage, unverified claims, and engagement-farming slop. Most of mainstream media is too focused on political theater to cover the military and economic dimensions that actually matter.
As founder of the most visited naval and maritime website on earth, @gCaptain, here's who I'm tracking on X
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OFFICIAL PENTAGON & GOVERNMENT
Primary sources. When CENTCOM or 5th Fleet posts, that's ground truth. Start here.
@RapidResponse47 @DOWResponse @WhiteHouse
★ @CENTCOM (U.S. Central Command) — The combatant command running Gulf operations. Every strike, every statement starts here.
★ @US5thFleet (U.S. Naval Forces Central Command / 5th Fleet) — Headquartered in Bahrain. Daily Gulf naval operations, carrier movements, task force actions.
★ @DeptofWar (Department of Defense) — Official DoD announcements. Slower than CENTCOM but carries full institutional weight.
★ @thejointstaff (The Joint Staff / CJCS Gen. Dan Caine) — 22nd Chairman of the Joint Chiefs. First non-4-star nominee. Advising POTUS on Iran escalation risks. When CJCS speaks publicly, maximum signal.
★ @USSOCOM (U.S. Special Operations Command) — SOF strategic messaging. When SOCOM goes public on Gulf ops, signal is maximum.
@USAFCENT (U.S. Air Forces Central) — Air operations in the CENTCOM AOR. Strike packages, sortie counts, BDA.
@aircombatcmd (Air Combat Command) — All active duty fighter/bomber operations funnel through ACC.
★ @DOTMARAD (U.S. Maritime Administration) — MARAD advisories on Gulf transit safety. Official U.S. government maritime safety voice.
@US_TRANSCOM - Logisitics wins wars
OFFICIAL PENTAGON & GOVERNMENT PEOPLE
@SecWar @PeteHegseth (Secretary of Defense) — High-level policy and strategy.
@PressSecDOW (Pentagon Press Secretary) — Official DoD spokesperson. Press briefing clips and statements.
@SeanParnellASW - assistant to the secretary of defense for public affairs
@USAmbUN (Mike Waltz) UN Ambassador
@USNavyCNO (CNO Adm. Daryl Caudle) — 34th Chief of Naval Operations. Took over Aug 2025 after Franchetti removal. Gulf naval operations go through CNO.
Service Secretraries - @SECNAV @SecArmy @SecAFOfficial
USCG (unofficial) Secretary - @SeanPlankey
US Merchant MArine Secretary - @SecDuffy
@DNI_GOV (Director of National Intelligence) — Strategic intelligence assessments. Rare posts but maximum signal.
@PressSec - White House Press Secretary
@StevenCheung47 - White House Director of Communications.
@JerryHendrixII - Navy Vet. White House shipbuilding
Todos tenemos en la cabeza la imagen del temible pirata con su brillante aro de oro en la oreja. Sin embargo, no se trataba de una simple y extravagante moda del Caribe, sino de una cuestión de vida o muerte y practicidad extrema: pagar su entierro... Tira del hilo 🧵👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽
En los siglos XVII y XVIII, la vida en alta mar era brutal, corta y llena de peligros constantes, por lo que los marineros desarrollaron sus propios códigos de supervivencia.
El motivo principal e histórico por el que llevaban estos pendientes era puramente funerario, ya que funcionaban como una póliza de seguro de vida portátil. Si un marinero moría en un naufragio y su cuerpo llegaba a la costa, el oro serviría para pagar su entierro.
The Green Party deputy leader insists he does not support the evil Tehran regime. Why, then, did he attend a hateful rally *for* the regime? Learn more about how low he goes.
Let's start with Mohsin Abbas, an arch loyalist and deranged antisemite. Iran's political system... 1/11
...is fantastic! You can say what you like, you know. Never mind the bullets, the torture, and the executions. It's brilliant! Hey, they're good at drones and ballistic missiles. Even better!
Why, the ayatollahs are so learned. So what's the problem? "The Epstein class." 2/11
Well, they are obsessed with Epstein. More on that in a moment. 3/11
🚨 American Law Professor Eulogizes Iran’s Supreme Leader as a “True Anti-Imperialist Revolutionary” and Says “There are millions… calling for revenge, frankly.”
This isn’t coming from Tehran state TV. It’s coming from Nina Farnia, an Albany Law School professor.
“For many, Ayatollah Khamenei was an important figure of revolution and resistance… to all the peoples of the world that support the liberation of our peoples.”
Farnia says Iran is holding its own in a “struggle against the most powerful, vile empire in world history,” and argues that “getting rid of Israel,” which she calls a “military base” and a “genocidal entity,” is an “existential matter” for anti-imperialists.
She describes his assassination as “an incredible loss” and calls it “a tragic, tragic loss for the resistance, for the region, and I think for the world.”
Farnia also worries people in the diaspora will “complicate” Khamenei’s legacy, which she treats as a shame because “he was brilliant.”
Then it starts sounding like cope. She frames his death as “martyrdom” and suggests he may be more powerful now that he’s gone.
“A martyr never dies… a martyr can be more powerful after life than while living… and in the case of Ayatollah Khamenei, it seems like that actually may be true.”
Here is her official school bio. It’s wild how often the “anti-imperialist” apologia and the critical race theory lane overlap in academia.
She moves in telling circles. She’s appeared at Samidoun-linked events and shared platforms with Khaled Barakat the Samidoun figure some may remember from “Resistance 101” and a PFLP member.
What you're looking at is not a sunrise — it's the Russian LNG tanker ARCTIC METAGAZ (IMO 9243148) struck by a massive explosion in the Mediterranean this morning. Photographed by crew aboard a merchant vessel, via Vanguard Tech.
Photos were taken ~04:00 local (03:00 UTC), looking towards Libya. ARCTIC METAGAZ had been running dark (AIS off, see @MarineTraffic screenshot) but had traveled southeast of Malta before the explosion (150NM per Maltese media, h/t @malte_humpert @sanjanamv @DefMon3).
At the time of the suspected (naval) drone attack, the ARCTIC METAGAZ was fully loaded near Murmansk with about 4 tanks of LNG, per @Kpler data. That's probably about $50 to $60 million worth in Russian gas.
🚨 At this evening’s Westminster Hall iftar, Keir Starmer proudly tells “the Muslim community” that Britain played no role in the offensive against the Iranian regime — which left RAF Akrotiri exposed. The Muslim Vote is lost but Labour still keeps going. 🧵1/
2/ Surprise, surprise — with racist Palestinian Ambassador Husam Zomlot, as “Allahu Akbar” blares out.
Wat een belachelijk bericht dit!
Ook ik zit bij deze 1700 medewerkers, maar kon dit prima uitleggen bij mijn leidinggevende. Echter heeft de hogere leiding al geoordeeld...
Ik zal uitleggen waarom ik vind dat dit getal van 1700 volkomen onzin is. 1/16
Om goed een beeld te vormen, is het goed te vertellen dat je meerdere systemen hebt:
- GMS: Elke operationele politieagent kan dit inzien. Je ziet de melding, de ingeschakelde diensten, de aanwijzingen om de verdachten op te sporen bij een manhunt, enz. Het wordt gebruikt... 2/16
bij een live incident.
- BVH: Hierin maakt de uniformdienst de eerste processen-verbaal op.
- Summ-IT: als een districtsrecherche of hoger erbij betrokken wordt, gaat het in een afgesloten onderzoek. Dit gebeurt al vanaf dag 1.
Ik lees vaker met GMS-meldingen mee. Dat is...3/16
1/ If I hear one more public official call indoor air filters a "band-aid," I'm going to explode! It's so logical, yet so readily dismissed. Filtering indoor air should be as standard as filtering water. Full stop. 🧵
2/ Measles, flu, COVID-19, norovirus—most infectious diseases spread through the air we breathe. We just accept that everyone gets sick indoors. It doesn't have to be this way.
3/ And it's not just pathogens. Wildfire smoke, heavy metals, toxic gases, soot—all flowing into your lungs, heart, and even your brain with every single breath you take.
Now is a good time to learn American history if you were not taught it and if you are not old enough to remember that in 1979 Iran took American hostages. It was why Jimmy Carter lost the election to President Ronald Reagan. My family was glued to Nightline. 1)
The Iran Hostage Crisis began on November 4, 1979
when Iranian students seized the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, taking 53 Americans hostage—later reduced to 52 after some were released. The crisis lasted 444 days, ending on Jan 20, 1981, just after Ronald Reagan's inauguration.
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President Trump never forgot that Iran never paid a price for this nor for any of our service people & civilians they killed themselves or through their terrorist proxies ever since. They still say, "Death to America" & call America the "Big Devil"...
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