Tag: iran
The Bob Cesca Podcast: Beat Meat
Today's program from our podcasting affiliate, The Bob Cesca Show: Beat Meat -- Don't hold your breath for Donald's $5000 socialism checks. Donald's insane rally at his midterm convention. He still gets flummoxed when talking about water. His "beat meat" lie about James Talarico. Eff you, John Fetterman. Donald's $45,000 gifts to Natalie Harp and two other female staffers calls to mind hush money. Qatar Force One glitched out on the tarmac yesterday. The new fall season of the Iran War ...
Lawrence: What Are Donald Trump's Deranged Social Media Posts If Not Evidence of Insanity?
MS NOW’s Lawrence O’Donnell details the “madness” of Donald Trump’s AI-generated social media posts over Labor Day weekend that Republicans have yet to explain or defend, arguing, “Every bit of evidence Donald Trump gives us overwhelmingly indicates that he has lost his mind.”
The Bob Cesca Podcast: Lando's Co-Pilot
Today's program from our podcasting affiliate, The Bob Cesca Show: Lando’s Co-pilot -- We start the week with a super-sized Good News segment: Great news about the midterms; the Missouri Supreme Court unanimously blocked the state’s new Republican-drawn congressional map; A federal judge blocked Trump’s second attempt to restrict birthright citizenship; A reclaimed West Virginia coal mine is becoming a solar-and-long-duration-storage plant; A new poll has Trump's approval at 33%; and more! Donald made up another story about himself on 9/11. ...
Meidas: Trump's Labor Day Gets Ugly
MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Donald Trump’s bizarre Labor Day morning as Trump floods social media with strange memes and posts while major events unfold across the world, from escalating conflicts involving Russia, Ukraine, Israel and Lebanon to growing tensions over Greenland. Meiselas breaks down the stark contrast between Trump’s Labor Day posts and the serious global developments happening around him.
The Bob Cesca Podcast: Fascist Shenanigans
Today's program from our podcasting affiliate, The Bob Cesca Show: Fascist Shenanigans -- Google complied with Donald's Lake Ontario name change. Donald's AI slop video about Lake Ontario, and Donald's desperate support of data centers. Supreme Court rules in favor of the ballroom. The Bowling Alley is next. CDC refuses to acknowledge measles deaths. Donald plans to skip 9/11 ceremony for very Donald-ish reasons. The new Fall season for the Iran War is underway. You were warned: Milo, Tucker, and disillusioned ...
ICE Worked With Iran To Deport Iranians Back To A Country Trump Repeatedly Claimed Was Harming Iranians
The Trump administration has been working steadily to remove protected status for asylum seekers that even Trump admits are deadly "shitholes." Trump makes claims about countries that seem to indicate they're too dangerous to live in, but then insists there's no reason we shouldn't be allowed to deport migrants to places where they're likely to...
Meidas: Trump Runs to the Golf Course as His Approval Hits Historic Lows
MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Donald Trump’s disastrous start to the weekend as he rushes off to his golf course while his approval collapses, his own party tries to distance itself from him, his latest schemes backfire, and Americans grow increasingly fed up with his behavior and policies.
Meidas: Trump's Derangement Gets Even Worse
MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Donald Trump’s disastrous trip to Texas as his approval continues to plummet and his behavior gets even more unhinged.
The Bob Cesca Podcast: Pete Gets Pegged
Today's program from our podcasting affiliate, The Bob Cesca Show: Pete Gets Pegged -- Safe home, Dolly Parton! The news broke during the show, so we talked about Dolly's legacy and the desperate need for her values and compassion. Before the Dolly news... The 25th anniversary edition of Yes Magnification, with Bob's artwork, is up for pre-order now. The Supreme Court’s ruling on mail-in ballots. ...
Meidas: Trump Admin Caught in Secret CIA Trip to Moscow
MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on the secret delivery Trump sent to Putin on Tuesday as Trump blows up the United States economy and the US alliances.
Iran & la BBuona Stampa
I bbuoni colpiscono ancora. Le teste dei bbuoni che stanno incantati davanti la TV come di fronte al vangelo.
A Wrap-Up of Today's Trump Clown Show
MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Donald Trump blinking already in his economic d-day threat against China and others who have economic ties with Iran.
Trump turns the Iran war toward economic isolation
Hegseth 'Basically Destroying the Pentagon': Ex-Wh Adviser Says It 'Should Make Everyone Weep'
President Trump's war in Iran and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's leadership of the Pentagon are raising new concerns. Former Navy leaders tell MS NOW they are worried about the high levels of wear and tear of American aircraft carriers. This comes amid the fallout over the USS Lincoln. MS NOW Pentagon Reporter Priya Sridhar has more details. Former Senior State Department and CIA official Ned Price and Co-chair of American Bridge 21st Century Mitch Landrieu join Alicia Menendez to ...
The UAE has cut trade with Iran
The Bob Cesca Podcast: Travel with Natalie
Today's program from our podcasting affiliate, The Bob Cesca Show: Travel With Natalie -- We need to define Donald's attacks against women journalists as rank cowardice. What’s the deal with Donald’s big square ass? Donald thinks communism is a huge threat. Also, Donald loves communist dictator. Donald declares Strait of Hormuz is a US territory. The non-ceasefire ceasefire has expired. No talks underway, according to Donald. Yanked from the memory hole: Donald’s alleged money laundering. If we check out of ...
The 60-day Iran peace window has closed
Meidas: The Latest Awful News From the Trump Crime Family
MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Donald Trump’s catastrophic Friday as his entire world collapses and Iran continues to checkmate him.
Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 08-12-26
Can we complete a perfect Sunday-Friday Pook-Emu Bee link week? With this, we are 5/7 of the way there. [caption id="attachment_6901" align="aligncenter" width="971"] Free discarded furniture on Love Lane in Brooklyn Heights. I took this photo on August 6, 2026.[/caption] Articles 1 | New $472M electronic brain modernizes aging CH-47 Chinook helicopters (Amir Kholam for...
Houthis hit Yemen’s Mokha port as fighting spreads again
Trump calls off planned Iran strikes and gives talks another shot
US airstrikes resume in Iran after five-day pause
Saudi Arabia joins the US in striking Iraq
US airstrikes pause, but the blockade remains
Houthis Open a Second Maritime Front
Hormuz shipping falls to near-standstill
Interim peace deal collapses, blockade returns
The Son in Frame, the Father in Question: On Leech (2021)
It's 1994. Bahman has failed seven subjects, and his father, Abbas Kiarostami, is furious: "A child's duty is to study" (though getting good grades isn't incidental). He blames Bahman's failure on the four days he spent shooting his own film, but both of them know that's not the real reason; he failed the previous year too.
Trumps blodiga fiasko
60-dagarsavtalet mellan USA och Iran speglar ett blodigt fiasko. Tillräckligt många har de senaste dagarna framhållit det. 60-dagarsuppgörelsen mellan USA och Iran speglar Trumps blodiga fiasko. Mellan sju och tiotusen dödade, de flesta i Iran och Libanon, men många hundra också i Gulfstaterna och Israel, därtill bortåt femtiotusen skadade i regionen, enligt officiella källor. Men mörkertalen bedöms vara mycket stora.
Iran War Ending EXPLAINED
300 billion reasons why
Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 06-18-26
I missed Pook-Emu Bee links yesterday and am late today, but we can hardly let a backlog grow... so let us link today. [caption id="attachment_6010" align="aligncenter" width="975"] A black Cybertruck seen parked in Brooklyn Heights. I took this photo on June 18, 2026.[/caption] 1. Peeved NYC students, teachers, parents beg mayor to cancel school for...
Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 06-16-26
Time for a new edition of Pook-Emu Bee links on this very pretty (in Brooklyn, at least) June 16. [caption id="attachment_5974" align="aligncenter" width="963"] I took this phone on June 14, 2026, to send to Victor V. Gubo.[/caption] 1. SCOTUS To Newman: Drop Dead (Josh Blackman at The Volokh Conspiracy. June 15, 2026.) Say what one...
Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 06-15-26
Monday is a fun day. One reason Monday is a fun day is because it marks the return of Pook-Emu Bee links after the weekend. Speaking of the weekend, I published links and commentary to enjoy in Saturday's Newsletter Leaf Journal 284. [caption id="attachment_5942" align="aligncenter" width="969"] My photograph of the intersection of Carroll and Bond...
Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 06-11-26
I missed Pook-Emu Bee links yesterday, but I am making sure to make up for it by starting this post yesterday. [caption id="attachment_5798" align="aligncenter" width="1008"] I took this photograph of the Marina at Brooklyn Bridge Park on the morning of June 7, 2026.[/caption] 1. Uzbek Fighters in Syria Face Tensions with Al-Sharaa’s Government (Jacob Zenn...
From Suez to Hormuz: Anatomy of an Empire's Reckoning
In March 2026, as Iranian drones set merchant vessels ablaze in the Strait of Hormuz and Brent crude breached one hundred dollars a barrel, a comparison began circulating with increasing frequency across social media, newsrooms, and academic commentary: this is America's Suez moment.
90% der iranischen Rohölexporte laufen über die Insel Kharg. Das Schah-Regime hat mit der Errichtung der Infrastruktur begonnen; die Islamische Republik hat sie ausgebaut. Täglich werden in Friedenszeiten 1,5-2 Millionen Barrel über Kharg verschifft, das entspricht grob 0,6-0,8 Megatonnen CO2-Emissionen. Die USA und Israel haben Kharg nie angegriffen – auch wenn das jetzt von Fanatikern...