SeventyTwoTrillion [he/him]
newsImage is of Iranian speedboats spotted by a satellite in the Strait of Hormuz.
Not terribly much has happened in the last week. The main two developments is the very much expected resumption of fire in Lebanon as the ZIonists are famously agreement-incapable, and the continuing supply of equipment to the Middle East, including the George H.W. Bush aircraft carrier. This means there are now three aircraft carriers in the general vicinity, and while I'm uncertain how much of a role the burnt-out Ford and the increasingly exhausted Lincoln will ultimately play (they were rather ineffective during the first round), there are also a good ~20 destroyers and however many submarines that are carrying their own munitions. I have a couple more paragraphs of exposition below, but it's unlikely to be major news to anybody here, so I've spoilered it.
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On the one hand, it feels like a resumption of the war for the US at this point would be complete madness. We are getting article after article from even the Western media admitting to US standoff+interceptor missile shortages, as well as detailing the extensive damage to US bases. The Zionists are also getting ever more mired in Lebanon, with Hezbollah's unjammable fibre optic drones playing an ever more prominent role in causing substantial long range damage to invading forces. On the other hand, it is very unlikely that most of the US's remaining firepower is being brought to the region on a mere bluff. For its part, Iran and their allies seem to have their finger on the trigger, with their own extensive repairs, upgrades, resupplies, and adjustments having been made for round two.
Assessing the overall global economic situation is difficult, not least because of a degree of financial manipulation that is almost admirable in its sheer scale and recklessness - to quote Ghalibaf: "Their frontline is the yield curve." Multiple countries are now facing real and desperate shortages, including major economies like Japan. Diesel prices continue their record rises, and reports about the potential impacts to all sectors of the global economy are streaming in, with famines around the world now very likely. While the US is profiting from the rise in oil prices, it seems like it will be unable to meaningfully increase production for at least a year or two, and so the US will certainly not be replacing the massive oil barrel deficit to create an energy hegemony, as some have suggested. In contrary: this is the best opportunity in a generation for China, Russia, and Iran to collectively make economic decisions that could cripple entire pillars of American hegemony. However, if the response is lacking - and we've all seen before over the last four years how China's responses to crises have been on the lacking side - we could see a (albeit temporary) strengthening of the US's financial power, as this global crisis will almost certainly result in debt climbing even higher as Western financial institutions grant loans en masse to struggling countries in the developing world. It's very uncertain times.
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::: spoiler The Zionist Entity's Genocide of Palestine
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.
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::: spoiler 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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Trial of pro-Palestinian activists begins in Germany.
::: spoiler article text Yesterday, the trial of the "Ulm Five" began in Stuttgart. They are accused of breaking into the premises of Elbit Systems Deutschland and causing property damage there as part of a protest against the genocide in Gaza last September. Elbit Systems Deutschland is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Elbit Systems Group, one of Israel's three largest defense contractors. Elbit profits directly from the Israeli army's war and the genocide in Gaza. "The act of which the defendants are accused on September 8, 2025, was an expression of deep moral conviction: Civil disobedience directed exclusively against property in order to save human lives," reads a statement by the defendants' attorneys, which was distributed outside the courthouse. The charges include property damage, trespassing, and membership in a criminal organization. For nearly eight months, the five young activists in solidarity with Palestine have been held in pretrial detention, scattered across various prisons throughout Baden-Württemberg.
More than 150 people gathered outside the building and in the courtroom to show solidarity with the defendants. The supporters came from France, England, Ireland, and Germany, making the group just as international as the defendants themselves. Forty activists traveled from Berlin alone. When the defendants were led into the courtroom in handcuffs an hour and a half late, there was applause that lasted several minutes along with chants of solidarity.
There was a heavy police presence in front of and inside the Higher Regional Court in Stuttgart's Stammheim district; the officers' equipment was warlike, and the security checks extremely strict. The checks amounted to petty harassment, far more so than what is customary at other political trials. Nothing was allowed into the courtroom. Watches, belts, jewelry, everything had to be removed and stowed away. Even shoes had to be removed and the soles of the feet shown. A woman with a walking disability had her cane taken away. The statement distributed by the lawyers had to be handed in. Not even the press was allowed to bring their own pens, only pens provided by the court were permitted. Repression and intimidation permeated the entrance as well as the proceedings of the first day of the trial.
The five defendants sat behind bulletproof glass, separated from their lawyers and the interpreters. They were only allowed to communicate with their lawyers via microphones, some of which did not even work. The defense attorneys were not permitted to file motions; they were denied the floor, and their microphones were muted. For half an hour, they tried to make it clear to the judge that their clients had the right to sit next to them. The judge would not listen. She repeated over and over: "I have not given you the floor" and "I have not granted permission to file motions." Motions were only to be allowed after the reading of the charges. The defense attorneys refused to accept this and left the courtroom. The judge then adjourned the hearing for two hours. When proceedings were set to resume at 1:00 p.m., the attorneys were standing behind the bulletproof glass with their clients. The judge gave them five minutes to take their seats. They were not willing to do so. The hearing was then adjourned again.
At the solidarity rally that followed, the lawyers reported that they had tried to speak with the judge during the recess, but she was unwilling to do so. They made it clear how essential it is for them that their clients be able to sit with them while the charges are read. They had never experienced anything like this before, not even in "terrorism"-related trials is there such a separation. They also wanted to discuss with the judge the schedule of the 16 scheduled trial dates: how long each individual session was planned to last, and why they were always set for Monday, Wednesday, and Friday instead of three consecutive days. Four of the attorneys are from Berlin; for them, the fragmented trial schedule is difficult to organize. The judge is blocking everything and giving no answers, making any exchange impossible. This first day of the trial was a lesson in how this state and its courts are becoming increasingly repressive and no longer even adhere to their own regulations.
For a long time afterward, supporters outside the building chanted slogans of solidarity. "Germany finances, Elbit Systems massacres," "Free Palestine - Free Ulm Five," "Freedom for all political prisoners," "Free, free Gaza," "Shut Elbit down," "Germany finances, Israel massacres," "German weapons, German money murder all over the world". These slogans accompanied the defendants as they were driven past the rally, back to their cells.
The Higher Regional Court in Stammheim is where the trial against the RAF took place in the 1970s. Having become somewhat outdated, the original building was decommissioned and replaced ten years ago with a new structure equipped with state-of-the-art security technology, at a cost of 29 million euros. Spectators can watch the proceedings through a two-meter-high pane of bulletproof glass. For safety reasons, the chairs are bolted to the floor. The fact that the trial of the Ulm Five is taking place in Stammheim shows what category the defendants are being placed in. :::
Still no new news about a deal being "close" to calm the markets... Even the fake news people don't want to work anymore!
"All of their heroes are cartoon characters, they're all fictional"
Ok I will grant that Kid Rock is non-fictional but he is still essentially a cartoon character.
Donald Trump names former Republican congressman David Brat as new US ambassador to Australia
Hahahahaha. I almost feel bad for Albo who'll have to talk with this guy on the regular
Almost
brat summer
We're so back
I have zero sympathy for Albo, mans a coward and a US bootlicker
When failed assassination attempt happened Albo released a statement saying he was happy that the president was safe. Bro is more than happy to kiss that American pedo oligarch ass.
I did say almost!
Perennial pest and Australian Zionist dropkick Avi Yemeni plans to found the FreePalestineParty to filch votes from disaffected Victorians
(Saw some rebelnews thing unintentionally. Not linking to anything because don't want to give rebelnews the views
For additional context, the state of Victoria will hold elections in late 2026, the state has ranked preference voting so minor parties often use the gambit of having name-only 'single issue' recognition on the ballot such as the former Sex Party, the pirate party and the legalise cannabis party)
I miss the Sex Party
(C/oceania seems to be locked now, and I don't think this deserves its own post in c/electoralism, so apologies. Please remove if it's too granular news)
Nah this is news it counts. A link to an article would be good though!
Copying this over from a different sub: After the US Bombing, a Venezuelan Community Under Siege Speaks
They explained how they truly felt the horror that the Palestinians experience. The difference, they added, was that for them it was a single day while in Gaza it is every day.
At the time, many feared the attack could signal a protracted full-scale land invasion. Such an incursion, they warned, could well be launched in the future. (This was also the opinion of government officials that we conferred with.) They are proud that the Bolivarian leadership remains firm and united. This they attribute to the support of the people such as themselves. The concessions forced upon the government under the threat of an even more devastating attack have been bitter to accept, but better than the alternative of greater destruction.
Our hosts described themselves as Chavistas, militants in support of the current government. Some wore shirts bearing the phrase dudar es traición – to doubt is to betray. Their lived experience is of a nation under imperial siege – in a perpetual state of war with the threat of more. Under such circumstances unity is prioritized. They rejected speculation that the kidnapping was aided by traitors within, arguing that such narratives serve the purposes of the enemy of eroding unity by fostering distrust. They emphasized the continuity of revolutionary policy from Chávez to Maduro and now to Delcy, as she is affectionately called.
Incredibly validating to be able to come to the same conclusions as actual revolutionaries by utilizing dialectical materialism. I hope to continue learning from their examples and am very thankful that so many here are able to utilize the same tools to independently come to the same conclusions
We starting the anti-doomerism here again? We gotta get to 3k comments again, comrades. I'll take the doomer position this time if needed to get us there
What don't you bastards understand about the fact that material conditions are in every important way giving in to reactionary forces, and that is seemingly being done willingly by the new leadership? They are class traitors, whether or not that is their intent, and this is nothing to be celebrated. The communes are trying to survive but are being hindered by reaction by the rest. It's anti-materialist to think that diplomatic choices can be the basis of a revolutionary movement's strategy. Losing the economic base, through introduction of ownership by external private parties and decreasing strength of the state apparatus, is a clear loss and we should be discussing what it means in those terms!
(any doomers please correct me where I misconstrue the argument, I'm doing my best to represent you well. I'm pretty sympathetic to it, though much too influenced by Losurdo to believe it)
They also lock in imperial gaze on the country, venezuela was basically worthless to usa, now couple of gold mining ops, dozens of oil extractions and they can’t revert this shit for two generations (one for inevitable mcdonalds gen, one for this time is different reformism). And also paying reparations to porkies
seems there's an extra ] in the link, which breaks it (opening the link from the view source version of the comment does work, at least on my browser, since I guess it figures out the link ends at the final / and opens it correctly)
[After the US Bombing, a Venezuelan Community Under Siege Speaks](https://venezuelanalysis.com/opinion/after-the-us-bombing-a-venezuelan-community-under-siege-speaks/])
https://venezuelanalysis.com/opinion/after-the-us-bombing-a-venezuelan-community-under-siege-speaks/
Fixed, thank you
No! Oh no! Nooooooooooo! I am so worried for Oracle, Microsoft and CoreWeave right now. If someone wants to send some money to charity (Larry Ellison's bank account), I will match your donation.
Please let that bubble burst now, please God...
🛢️ Bessent Predicts “GASOLINE SHORTAGES IN IRAN NEXT.”
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent posted Monday that Iran’s oil industry is “starting to shut in production” due to the U.S. blockade, that “pumping will soon collapse,” and — in all caps — that “GASOLINE SHORTAGES IN IRAN NEXT.”
The problem is basic arithmetic. Iran in March produced roughly 3.06 million barrels per day of crude, according to OPEC survey data. Of that, it exported approximately 1.1 to 1.5 million bpd (almost entirely to China). The remaining 1.9 to 2 million bpd goes to domestic refining to meet Iran’s own fuel needs.
Even if the U.S. naval blockade cuts Iranian oil exports to zero, Iran’s domestic refining supply chain does not suddenly stop.
The crude that was previously exported would have nowhere to go — filling storage — but the barrels feeding Iranian refineries come from the same fields and move through domestic pipelines entirely insulated from the Strait of Hormuz. Domestic gasoline production does not require export infrastructure.
Iran also survived near-zero export periods in 2019-2020 without domestic fuel shortages. Bessent’s post does not explain the mechanism by which blocked exports translate into gasoline shortages inside Iran.
I once again can't the if US leadership is stupid or if this is some kind of propaganda thing to sell the blockade to Americans
It would be very funny if the Trump admin started to believe that time is on their side in this conflict.
I recall a conversation here a while ago where someone was explaining that oil extraction equipment is very much not something that you can easily turn on or off. Or rather if you turn it off, you can't restart it without a lot of effort, and it takes some real time. Is the thinking here that with nowhere to store the surplus oil, Iran would be forced to scale down production, which would then cause a gap in storage as reserves would be used faster than they could be replaced? Eventually leading to depletion of reserve oil entirely? No idea how accurate that is, or if that is the case, how long such a thing would take
Yes that’s the thinking, however that also applies to their allies (who also have to pay for damaged infrastructure).
Every accusation, a confession. The world is going to continue to feel the roiling shocks.
Look ok, the US are the winners, which means this bad stuff is happening to their enemies, not them! You're doing all this "material analysis" when it is the vibes that actually matter here!
I just punched myself in the face. But I'm strong. So this must be hurting you more.
I just punched myself in the face. Now imagine how much that hurts for you.
Checkmate Athiests.
Yeah well I just stepped on my balls
underground facilities vs wunderwaffe missiles is the rope-a-dope of geopolitics
NEW: Senior Iranian Official to Drop Site: Iran Is Setting Its Own Terms for Ending the War
::: spoiler Full tweet A senior Iranian official with direct knowledge of internal diplomatic deliberations spoke to Drop Site News, offering a clearer picture of Tehran’s position as negotiations with the U.S. remain deadlocked and Iran prepares for two dramatically different paths that may unfold in the coming days: a return to diplomacy or a resumption of the war with the U.S. and Israel.
- On the conditions for resuming direct talks:
🔸 “We’re currently moving forward with our own design, and we feel continuing negotiations doesn’t make sense until the U.S. government lifts the maritime blockade. The scope of the conflict has expanded, and naturally the issue is no longer purely nuclear.”
- On President Trump and U.S.’s approach to diplomacy:
🔸 Iran believes that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been given unprecedented influence over U.S. intelligence estimates and White House decision-making.
🔸 “Our country has had negotiations with the Americans at various levels over the past 30 years — formal and informal, public and back-channel. It’s as if they are showing up to a football match with rugby rules,” the senior official said.
🔸 Iran has total disdain for Trump’s Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and views him as both oblivious of diplomatic processes and totally ignorant of technical issues.
🔸Kushner is viewed by Iran as Israel’s man at the table. Iran, the senior official said, does not see any reason to deal with these two without a figure like Vice President JD Vance present.
- On what Araghchi conveyed to Pakistani mediators:
🔸 “We explained our technical positions to the Pakistani side. Regarding the nuclear issue, solutions that we had previously proposed were raised again so that we could reach a shared understanding with them. Our remarks were not directed at the Americans given that these are bilateral discussions. We believe that the intermediaries themselves should also be technically briefed on the proposals.”
- On what a serious U.S. negotiating posture would require:
🔸 Iran has given no public indication it would alter its position opposing a transfer of its enriched uranium, but has also maintained it is willing to resolve the issue as part of a comprehensive settlement with the U.S.
🔸 “These issues, on the ground, have clear and practical solutions, and we have always examined them in meaningful negotiations. Any serious negotiation on the American side must involve a large team, including experts and multiple government departments, so that they can properly understand and process a meaningful agreement that covers the various cross sectoral dimensions on their side.”
- On whether Trump can deliver a deal:
🔸 “Our assessment is that we do not see [Trump] as capable of shaping the agreement. Our take is that they’ve basically decided to keep the war going until there’s a regime change” — which the official predicted would continue to fail.
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Another obvious problem for Washington's "blockade Iran" scheme -- Caspian Sea trade:
Iran has increased imports via the Caspian Sea, using it for supplies to the country as an alternative route to the Strait of Hormuz, Head of the Tehran Chamber of Commerce Mohammad Reza Mortazavi said on Monday.
https://sputnikglobe.com/20260427/iran-increases-imports-via-caspian-sea--tehran-chamber-of-commerce-head-1124050815.html
Dont worry Im sure trump will send a crack team of his son in law to figure out how to blockade an inland sea
Mali progress update:
The Malian military has eliminated 2,195 terrorists while rebuffing the April 25 attacks by extremist groups Jamaat Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin’ (affiliates itself with the terrorist organization Al-Qaeda that is outlawed in Russia) and Tuareg-led Azawad Liberation Front, the Sawadogo portal reported.
According to the portal, the local population helped eliminate the extremists. It also said, citing witnesses, that Ukrainian and French mercenaries took part in the attacks. They reportedly used Western-made man-portable air defense systems, including Stingers and Mistrals. More than 10,000 Malian troops were deployed to repel the terror attacks.
https://tass.com/world/2123113
US Mint gold source tied to criminal networks in Colombia: NYT - Mining dot com
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The United States is increasingly being drawn into the opaque supply chains of illicit mining after an investigation by The New York Times tied some of its gold supply to Colombian criminal networks.
Drawing on interviews, trade records and field reporting, the NYT detailed how illegally mined gold in Colombia — often controlled by armed groups and drug cartels — is laundered through intermediaries and exported with seemingly legitimate paperwork before entering global supply chains.
In some cases, that gold made its way into the supply chain of the US Mint, which under federal law must use America-mined gold for its investor-grade coins.
The report highlights a fragmented chain of accountability. When questioned by a Times reporter, the US Mint blamed its suppliers, who then deflected the responsibility to other intermediaries. All parties maintained they had stopped accepting Colombian gold.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, whose department oversees the Mint, said he would investigate the gold procurement practices in light of the Times’ investigative reporting.
The review aims to ensure the US Mint’s gold suppliers follow the law and meet their obligations, while the Mint continues to safeguard national security and market integrity, Bessent told the paper.
The NYT investigators noted that the Mint had long used a loose definition of “US gold,” allowing foreign material to qualify if offset by domestic purchases — a requirement that has not been enforced for more than 20 years, according to a 2024 federal watchdog report.
That year, roughly $1.5 billion of Colombia’s $4.1 billion gold exports ended up in the US, making it the largest single destination, according to trade data compiled by the United Nations.
The findings add to a growing body of evidence that illicitly mined gold has been penetrating formal US markets for years.
Previous investigations and enforcement actions have traced gold from Latin America — including Peru and Colombia — into North American refiners and traders, often after being mixed with legitimate supply and exported with falsified documentation.
Those cases have repeatedly exposed how difficult it is for downstream buyers to fully verify origin in a commodity that has such a long history in the global financial system. A World Wide Fund for Nature UK report earlier this year found that over 80% of financial institutions, including those in the US, were at risk of exposure to dealings with illegal gold mining.
The latest findings also further highlight the persistent challenges in achieving full transparency in gold supply chains, as well as the limitations of existing oversight mechanisms.
Following the latest investigation, the Treasury said it is now reviewing the Mint’s procurement practices and has tightened its sourcing standards, the NYT reported. :::
The NYT doesn't have a live updates page for the war right now. But they do have multiple pages devoted to Trump.
Because that's what we need. Minute-by-minute updates about the shooter and king and queen's visit.
They’re doing 24/7 wall-to-wall coverage of the press gala shooting because they think everyone else has as much of an inflated view of the importance and relevance of sycophant stenographers as they do of themselves. WH press events are considered the most sacred of occurrences.
Standard nothingburger fare from the NYCrimes.
I think it is less that they think everyone else obsesses over this and more that they are trying to get everyone to obsess over this, they want people distracted by the spectacle, not focused on the actual problems.
What minute by minute updates do we need about the war? Nothing is happening right now
Where's No Kings when you need them?
At brunch?
B O M B R E A D Y for those without Telegram accounts:
https://xcancel.com/MayadeenEnglish/status/2048783241402872296
#WATCH | The Resistance in Lebanon published footage of an operation targeting a grouping of Israeli soldiers and an evacuation unit, subsequently, in the southern Lebanese town of al-Taybeh, using two FPVs.
Unlimited FPVs on the zionazis before they learn to stop bunching up, which will probably be a while because they seemingly have learned absolutely nothing from the Ukraine war in the past 4 years.
They are just... standing there? No reaction to any drone buzzing, do they assume all drones are theirs? Lmao
"Hey, looks like Yosefs coming in for a close up aga...."
Not sure at all but the video on the first one that hits looks fuzzy enough to be a radio drone, too, not an optic fiber one; and it doesn't look like there are any countermeasures against it, either - that's a clean video feed right up until the end.
I think the second one maybe was shot down. You can hear shots being fired and it falls short of target.
Maybe the reason they show little fear of drones is that they have defenses we don't know of, which are capable of shooting down drones consistently? (Ex: there was nobody on drone duty in clip 1).
Edit: It could also be arrogance
The first was fast enough they might have just not picked the sound out of a loud environment quick enough to react. Or maybe they just assumed it was the semen extraction drone IDK.
the drones pick you up like a crane claw and carry you off to the dick milking dungeon
unbothered. in my lane. BOMB READY. flourishing.
that first clip behind the armor/apc... all six of those guys are dead dead. (unless the payload is way less than I imagine. that is a direct hit and they're all within 3 meters of each other)
But can their cum can be rescued?
If the drone had an rpg HEAT warhead I can see how the other guys might survive (w/ heavy injuries ofc) considering how concentrated HEAT warheads are.
Peruvian Legislative Election Update
Senate:
80.00% of the votes counted
- Popular Force (Far-Right/Fujimorism): 22 seats
- Together for Peru (Left-Wing/Democratic Socialism/Castillo backed party): 14 seats
- Popular Renewal (Far-Right/Porkism): 8 seats
- Party of Good Government (Center-Right/Neoliberal): 7 seats
- Civic Party OBRAS (Center-Left/Conservative Social Democrat): 5 seats
- Ahora Nación (Center-Left/Liberal Social Democrat): 4 seats
Congress:
88.00% of the votes counted
- Popular Force (Far-Right/Fujimorism): 40 seats (+ 16 from previous election)
- Together for Peru (Left-Wing/Democratic Socialism/Castillo backed party): 31 seats (+ 26 from previous election)
- Party of Good Government (Center-Right/Neoliberal): 18 seats (New Party)
- Popular Renewal (Far-Right/Porkism): 16 seats (+ 3 from previous election)
- Civic Party OBRAS (Center-Left/Conservative Social Democrat): 15 seats (New Party)
- Ahora Nación (Center-Left/Liberal Social Democrat): 10 seats (New Party)
- Alliance for Progress (Right-Wing/Conservative): 0 seats (- 15 from previous election)
- We Can Peru (Center-Right/Christian Democracy): 0 seats (- 9 from previous election)
- Go on Country (Right-Wing/Neoliberal): 0 seats (–7 from previous election)
- Purple Party (Center/Liberal): 0 seats (–3 from previous election)
- Free Peru (Left-Wing/Previous party of Castillo): 0 seats (–37 from previous election)
- Peruvian Aprista Party (Center-Left/Liberal Social Democrat): 0 (0 seats since 2020)
Will these caucus/coalition as two big left/right groups or is it gonna be more complicated than that?
I guess we can expect the left bloc being: Together for Peru, Civic Party OBRAS and Ahora Nación. The right bloc being: Popular Force and Popular Renewal. With Party of Good Government being independent. Popular Force will probably work with Popular Renewal to block some stuff but I doubt the two like each other since they are rivals.
porkism at home
Global military spending rise continues as European and Asian expenditures surge
World military expenditure reached $2887 billion in 2025, an increase of 2.9 per cent in real terms over 2024. Military spending declined in the United States but rose by 14 per cent in Europe and by 8.1 per cent in Asia and Oceania. The top three military spenders—the USA, China and Russia—spent a combined total of $1480 billion, or 51 per cent of the global total, according to new data published today by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).
Really grotesque introductory paragraph there. Holy shit. Trying to act like the US is being less of a warmonger and trying to pin equal blame onto China and Russia. Scumbags. I say this every time I read a western news article, but they should be buried in the pit along with their nazi buddies.
The top three military spenders—the USA, China and Russia—spent a combined total of $1480 billion
A more accurate phrasing is that the US spent twice as much as Russia and China combined lol
The same applies to “European and Asian expenditure surges”. The increase in Europe (+14%) is significantly higher than in Asia (+8%).
Is this where the $1.5 trillion war budget number comes from? Trump thinks spending 50% of global expenditure means the US can fight all of its wars without allies?
Owned :)
https://t.me/mmirleb/15594
Survival instincts of a domesticated dog. At least Ukranian soldiers run for their lives
I can not overstate how little of a surprise attack this was
At least Ukranian soldiers run for their lives
yeah because they're all violently conscripted proles who desperately don't want to be there; Zionist soldiers are almost universally passionate genocidal fascists who can't sleep if they didn't kill an Arab child that day
It's more situational awareness and experience, imo. People with years in drone warfare have their heads on a swivel, even azov nazis don't just hang around when they hear the FPV buzz, so it's not a matter of bloodthirst
Drone buzz is pretty much ubiquitous in Israeli military engagements. My personal suspicion is that they have become desensitized to the sound of drone buzz because, up to this point, it's always been their drones doing the buzzing. They aren't used to being under aerial attack that isn't a rocket/missile and have associated the sound of drones with comfort/support instead of threat.
Yeah, thats one thing that really stood out when there were still live feeds of Gaza early on in the current conflict. There was always a buzzing overhead and it never let up.
True! Hadn't considered that, until now, the audible terror has only been inflicted on their enemies
They also give everyone in the IDF a special medicine that makes them chemically incapable of closing hatches and doors behind them
Cover of my new hardcore album titled BOMB READY
It's giving
oh wow I love the cat in the shahed :)
That’s my favorite children’s book, The Cat in the Shahed
Looks like they were repairing the tank tracks before they got . Possible prior hit on it too?
We'll see if they complain about double taps (against them) being a warcrime.
I can't access this channel. does anyone have a mirror?
does anyone have a mirror?
#1 on a late-night talk show's Top Ten Things That Sound Different Offline
Here you go!
Official English channel
https://t.me/mmirlb
Arabic mirror
https://t.me/HezbollahMirror
Much appreciated, the second one works for me. (I live in a euro cuck country)
I was wondering where you were, amerika has banned a lot of resistance related telegrams but Hezb has flown under the radar here for some reason
Peter Thiel calls Pope Leo XIV the “woke American pope.”
He’s worried about Pope Leo working with a “woke American president like AOC” to create a Marxist “Caesar-Papist fusion.”
In leaked audio recordings, Peter Thiel revealed he told JD Vance to ignore Pope Leo XIV on moral issues, including the development of ethical AI.
He also suggested the American pope was a tool of the Antichrist.
https://www.thelettersfromleo.com/p/new-jd-vances-top-donor-suggests
Everyone who doesn't fully support me getting more money and power is the antichrist. This religion thing is great!
I wish these people were as cool as the CHUDs think they are.
a "Caesar-Papist fusion" sounds like some kind of really rad Italian dish.
The pope should joke about running for the presidency. He does meet the requirements. It would make Trump&co furious.
All this Catholicism is a risk to governance… anyway as I was saying our greatest danger is the Anti-Christ
caesar-papist fusion, we are doing alexandra occidental constantine, folx.
you know sometimes i think porkies know what they are doing, but no, it's capital knowing what it's doing with grey mass of managers responding to profit motive, the captains of industry are random dipshits.
Capital knows what it's doing in the same way that a slime-mold can navigate a maze
well yes, exactly
Vance literally converted to Catholicism less than a decade ago. Imagine being an adult, converting to Catholicism, and then letting someone who subsists off of the blood of younger people and even says he is an atheist convince you that the motherfucking pope is the antichrist… And Vance does not suspect Theil (who seems to live in the uncanny valley) or the literal disembodied voices created by mankind that have already been leading people to madness, of being the antichrist.. If this were fiction the story would be had to believe
This makes a lot more sense if you consider that Vance, and pretty much every right wing adult catholic convert, doesn't actually believe in catholicism. They like the aesthetic and in their political milieu they need to demonstrate some kind of ostensible belief in god, so they flip through the options available for American right wingers and settle on the the trendy one they mentally associate with crusaders murdering muslims.
Evangelicals are also ignorant boors and rednecks.
Absolutely, and the evangelical movement has zero style or appealing aesthetic.
Catholicism is what the American PMC picks when they want to convert to Christianity. American Catholics have mostly supplanted main line, traditional Protestants as the intellectual backbone of the American conservative movement, most exemplified by Roberts, Thomas, Alita, Kavanaugh, and Coney-Barrett all being Catholic. They want to be in the club, but they also don't want to look like jughooters.
Pope should unironically excommunicate Vance at this point
Go the nuclear option and declare a fatwa
Declare Vance an outlaw that could be hunted for sport because he refused to pay the weregild.
Vance does not suspect Theil (who seems to live in the uncanny valley) or the literal disembodied voices created by mankind that have already been leading people to madness, of being the antichrist..
If you describe it like a religious text these things straight up sound mythical, I'm not religious but I'm almost leaning towards Satan being real and these sorts of ghouls being agents of the devil at this point, and these actual "Christian" people just go along with it. It's fascinating.
A supposedly "big" meeting of top Trump admin war officials in the WH situation room starts in ~2 hours.
I wonder if anything happened
Urgent repairs were ordered for the coke button.
They have to come up with a better false flag to justify the ballroom.
Primero
also wow first news mega in a while that didnt need 3k+ comments to be made
Hey there was a lively argument still ongoing when we shifted, there were comrades doing to get us over the threshold. Who will win? Bloomers or doomers? Will we see them return this time? Find out on this instance of Hexbear Infighting
It’s like Lenin said right after Stalin died, “America is a two party system, but in typical American modesty there are 5 of them”
Hexbears increasing posting numbers without trying to drive people off the site challenge: impossible
We must have an external enemy or else the only interesting posting is about more niche takes which are inevitably less obvious to answer and thus easy to bicker about
Or an internal friend everyone enjoys posting about
Tough to post when we’re getting transferred from Langley to go eat mystery rations in the middle of the ocean
Are you going to eat that tortilla? Mine was moldy
I'll trade it for your meat insole
Baby shoes: never eaten
New or used insole?
