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A reminder that as the US continues to threaten countries around the world, fedposting is to be very much avoided (even with qualifiers like "in Minecraft") and comments containing it will be removed.

Image is from this Bloomberg article, depicting world oil inventories plunging towards the operational floor at which pipelines and refineries cease operating, which is expected to occur in September at current rates.


A pretty short preamble below, in spoiler tags.

summaryThe conflict continues to be kept at a relatively low level despite Iran's fiery encounters with US destroyers. I think it's only becoming increasingly obvious that the US is trying to cobble together some major clandestine operation mixing special forces, the air force, and naval destroyers to either seize Iranian uranium, take control of Iranian seaports, or both. Given a) how the Istafan op went, b) further Iranian preparations around sensitive sites, and c) a seeming strengthening of Iranian air defense around the Persian Gulf (multiple drones and manned aircraft have squawked emergency codes and potentially been shot down over the last few weeks), I find it difficult to imagine this operation fulfilling its objective, and even if did somehow work, why the removal of uranium would necessitate Iran ending the blockade and the war. On that note, I've seen reports that Iran is saying that if the US attacks their oil tankers again, they will resume firing on US military bases.

Additionally, Aragchi has stated that not only has Iran's missile/launcher stockpiles not gone down from pre-conflict, it has actually increased by 20%. This is unsurprising given the total war that Iran is now in; all resources within reason must now be funnelling towards drone and missile production.

Atrocities in Gaza, the West Bank, and Lebanon are continuing. The toll that FPV drones are taking on the common Zionist soldiery are quickly becoming apparent, as we are receiving ever-increasing amounts of footage of vehicles and gatherings of soldiers being struck by Hezbollah's drones. The casualty situation is, as expected, being hidden, but any kind of serious occupation of even the border villages of southern Lebanon (let alone up to the Litani) seems unsustainable.


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The Zionist Entity's Genocide of Palestine

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Sources on the fighting in Palestine against the temporary Zionist entity. In general, CW for footage of battles, explosions, dead people, and so on:

UNRWA reports on the Zionists' destruction and siege of Gaza and the West Bank.

English-language Palestinian Marxist-Leninist twitter account. Alt here.
English-language twitter account that collates news.
Arab-language twitter account with videos and images of fighting.
English-language (with some Arab retweets) Twitter account based in Lebanon. - Telegram is @IbnRiad.
English-language Palestinian Twitter account which reports on news from the Resistance Axis. - Telegram is @EyesOnSouth.
English-language Twitter account in the same group as the previous two. - Telegram here.

Mirrors of Telegram channels that have been erased by Zionist censorship.

Russia-Ukraine Conflict

Examples of Ukrainian Nazis and fascists
Examples of racism/euro-centrism during the Russia-Ukraine conflict

Sources:

Defense Politics Asia's youtube channel and their map. Their youtube channel has substantially diminished in quality but the map is still useful.
Moon of Alabama, which tends to have interesting analysis. Avoid the comment section.
Understanding War and the Saker: reactionary sources that have occasional insights on the war.
Alexander Mercouris, who does daily videos on the conflict. While he is a reactionary and surrounds himself with likeminded people, his daily update videos are relatively brainworm-free and good if you don't want to follow Russian telegram channels to get news. He also co-hosts The Duran, which is more explicitly conservative, racist, sexist, transphobic, anti-communist, etc when guests are invited on, but is just about tolerable when it's just the two of them if you want a little more analysis.
Simplicius, who publishes on Substack. Like others, his political analysis should be soundly ignored, but his knowledge of weaponry and military strategy is generally quite good.
On the ground: Patrick Lancaster, an independent and very good journalist reporting in the warzone on the separatists' side.

Unedited videos of Russian/Ukrainian press conferences and speeches.

Pro-Russian Telegram Channels:

Again, CW for anti-LGBT and racist, sexist, etc speech, as well as combat footage.

https://t.me/aleksandr_skif ~ DPR's former Defense Minister and Colonel in the DPR's forces. Russian language.
https://t.me/Slavyangrad ~ A few different pro-Russian people gather frequent content for this channel (~100 posts per day), some socialist, but all socially reactionary. If you can only tolerate using one Russian telegram channel, I would recommend this one.
https://t.me/s/levigodman ~ Does daily update posts.
https://t.me/patricklancasternewstoday ~ Patrick Lancaster's telegram channel.
https://t.me/gonzowarr ~ A big Russian commentator.
https://t.me/rybar ~ One of, if not the, biggest Russian telegram channels focussing on the war out there. Actually quite balanced, maybe even pessimistic about Russia. Produces interesting and useful maps.
https://t.me/epoddubny ~ Russian language.
https://t.me/boris_rozhin ~ Russian language.
https://t.me/mod_russia_en ~ Russian Ministry of Defense. Does daily, if rather bland updates on the number of Ukrainians killed, etc. The figures appear to be approximately accurate; if you want, reduce all numbers by 25% as a 'propaganda tax', if you don't believe them. Does not cover everything, for obvious reasons, and virtually never details Russian losses.
https://t.me/UkraineHumanRightsAbuses ~ Pro-Russian, documents abuses that Ukraine commits.

Pro-Ukraine Telegram Channels:

Almost every Western media outlet.
https://discord.gg/projectowl ~ Pro-Ukrainian OSINT Discord.
https://t.me/ice_inii ~ Alleged Ukrainian account with a rather cynical take on the entire thing.


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[-] Lovely_sombrero@hexbear.net 80 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

"Americans give a lot of $$$ to charity" and this is the charity

  1. The Court finds the message that the charity helps “needy” children is not “inherently vague.” In the context of a charitable appeal, “needy” implies socio-economic disadvantage. Using funds for “gap year” trips to Israel for 17-18-year-olds or a $16.5 million real estate acquisition contradicts the “needy child” persona cultivated by the ad.
  1. The name “Kars4Kids,” the 8-10-year-old actors in the advertisement, and the repetitive jingle all serve to reinforce the belief that donations are used exclusively for the benefit of children.
  1. Under cross-examination, the COO, Esti Landau, admitted that the organization’s primary purpose is to help “Jewish kids and families throughout their lives.”
  1. The Court finds that the failure to disclose that funds benefit adults and families—and that this support is contingent upon a specific religious affiliation—is a material omission. A reasonable consumer donating to a “kids” charity would attach importance to the fact that their donation is actually supporting adult matchmaking and general family subsidies.

https://static1.squarespace.com/static/6330d829a70a2f54790593a1/t/6a013f8481b9ce28f7ba4975/1778466692646/kars4kids-california-false-advertising-final-judgment-5-2026.pdf

[-] Rojo27@hexbear.net 36 points 3 weeks ago

Annoying ads, nonsensical "charity" scheme, and run by zionists on top of that.

[-] FALGSConaut@hexbear.net 34 points 2 weeks ago

American "charity" = give your car to Israel

absolute-cinema

[-] BobDole@hexbear.net 16 points 2 weeks ago

Just needs a burger to be too on the nose.

[-] oliveoil@hexbear.net 29 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

JUDGMENT

Puterbaugh vs. Oorah, Inc. (case number 30-2021-01216844) came on regularly for trial on November 10, 2025, at 9:30 am in Department C25 before Judge Gassia Apkarian. The court considered the evidence. Appearances by Anthony G. Graham, Neal A. Roberts, Marc Robert Shapiro and Sheryl Koval Grako. A statement of decision was requested.

Judgment is for the Plaintiff. Defendant Kars4Kids shall pay the Plaintiff the sum of $250.00 as restitution for the value of the property acquired through the Defendant’s violations of BPC § 17200 and § 17500 within 30 days of judgment.

Defendant has 30 days from the date of judgment to cease all non-compliant broadcasting in California.

Costs and attorney fees are awarded to the Plaintiff as the prevailing party

[-] SickSemper@hexbear.net 20 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

what the fuck

ah I see, still feels like bullshit but I guess that's law

Law is so funny

[-] ziggurter@hexbear.net 4 points 2 weeks ago

$250. With that kind of penalty, the zionists will definitely never spend $16M to steal Palestinian land again!

Thank goodness for the legal system! I am so inspired that I am now an insta-lib. Sorry, leftists. Rekt by the Instruments Of Justice™.

[-] mkultrawide@hexbear.net 26 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

It's been known for while that this was a giant fucking scam, but I'm glad it's finally got a court judgement attached to it.

One of my well-meaning friend's and his mom donated their old car to Kars4Kids like 5-6 years ago not knowing about these assholes and it was so hard to bite my tongue lol.

[-] SoyViking@hexbear.net 14 points 2 weeks ago

With that name I had hoped it would be the most American charity ever by giving cars to 8 year olds so they could get to school because busses and bicycles are woke and gay.

Instead it turned out it was the most American charity ever by being full of shit and funding the zionist genocide.

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