🇫🇷 French ICC judge Nicolas Guillou, sanctioned by Pres. Trump in Aug. because of the court’s warrant for Netanyahu, says he has been cut off from basic financial & digital services. “I discovered that almost all payment methods in France today are American,” Guillou said. “The only cards we have...

💰 US Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent says he is “jujitsuing the Iranians.” The decision to lift sanctions on the 140 million barrels of Iranian oil stored on tankers, he says, will prevent China from purchasing it at steep discounts, & will allow the US to track the oil flow. Bessent claimed Iran...

🇦🇪🚨NEW: UAE says ceasefire no longer a priority as focus shifts to confronting Iran 🔸UAE FM & Dep. PM Abdullah bin Zayed, a senior member of the ruling family & a central architect of the country’s foreign policy, wrote on X today that UAE “will never be blackmailed by terrorists,” referring to...

🚨 BREAKING: Iran announces plan to reciprocate ongoing US-Israeli strikes on financial institutions 🔸Iran’s parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said financial institutions funding the U.S. military through purchases of U.S. Treasury bonds will now be considered “legitimate targets.”...

💢 Israel has destroyed the Qasmiyeh Bridge, a key coastal crossing north of Tyre that serves as a main link between southern Lebanon and Beirut, effectively cutting off large parts of the south from the rest of the country.

Video: Ihab Hassan via X (@IhabHassane)

🚨NEW: NATO Sec Gen. Mark Rutte tells CBS they “cannot confirm” Israel’s assessment that missiles fired at Diego Garcia were Iranian intercontinental ballistic missiles. Rutte also tried to frame the war as a necessity & called on Americans to back Pres. Trump, saying: “I’ve seen the polling, but...

🚨BREAKING: 3 Palestinian police officers killed in Israeli strike in central Gaza An Israeli strike targeted a police vehicle in the central Gaza Strip, killing 3 officers, w/ video showing the moments after the shelling. The attack comes amid repeated Israeli attacks on police units in recent...

🗞️ Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) backs Schumer amid Dem. frustration Sen. Chris Murphy said Sunday he continues to support Chuck Schumer as Dem. leader despite growing frustration w/in the party, saying the caucus remains united behind him. Speaking on NBC’s Meet the Press, Murphy said Schumer has a...

🗞️ “We did Iwo Jima. We can do this”: Graham pushes plan to seize Iran’s Kharg Island 🔹Sen. Lindsey Graham has urged Pres. Trump to escalate the war by seizing Iran’s main oil export terminal, arguing that controlling Kharg Island would cut off roughly 90% of Iran’s oil revenue and “end the war.”...

🇨🇺 Cuba’s second nationwide blackout this week as US blocks fuel for over 3 months Cuba’s 11 million people were plunged into a second nationwide blackout this week after the US blocked nearly all oil shipments to the island since Jan., leaving the country w/o fuel for more than 3 months. Tanker...

Another nationwide power outage was...announced in Cuba. Power was out in most of Havana...[two nights ago]. Doing this to 9+ million people is just completely insane.

🎆 [Yesterday] Newroz celebrations in Qandil draw large crowds as Kurds mark holiday in PKK-held mountains Drop Site’s correspondent Alexis Daloumis shares footage from the Qandil Mountains in northern Iraq, near the Iran–Iraq border, showing large Newroz celebrations marking the Kurdish new year...

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel says it’s curious that the U.S. military can find drug boats in the Caribbean and blow them up, but somehow they missed a bunch of armed men in a boat coming from Miami to attack Cuba

Cuban President Diaz Canal thanked Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum for standing with the country amid U.S. pressure. Sheinbaum has stalled oil shipments but three days ago suggested they may be sent.

Originally posted March 20, 2026: ⚓️ UN shipping agency says 3,200 vessels stranded west of Strait of Hormuz About 20,000 seafarers are stranded aboard ships as threats of attacks on commercial vessels disrupt transit through the Strait of Hormuz, the International Maritime Org. said ahead of an...

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Qatar cracking down on war dissent

Incredible story here www.dropsitenews.com/p/iran-minis...

⚡️New at @dropsitenews.com: With the House Eyeing Another Iran WPR Vote, Pro-Israel Dems Explore Routes to Delay Anti-war advocates have openly speculated about whether the Dem. establishment would deliberately allow the war to drag... Report by Julian Andreone www.dropsitenews.com/p/house-iran...

What I’m wondering is whether there is anyone in the leadership of our country who feels any responsibility for anything or are we all just along for whatever ride Trump is in the mood for everyday?

How does Trump think he’s going to cash out his crypto, or prop up the Ponzi scheme that is the AI economy, without Gulf money? And where does he think their money comes from?

🇮🇷💢 Iran’s leadership vows retaliation after killings of top sec. officials Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei warned those responsible “will soon pay” after the killing of Dr. Ali Larijani — Sec. of the Supreme Nat'l Security Council & the Leader’s rep. — along with...

CNN interviewed Qusai Abu al-Kebash, a 29-year-old Palestinian shepherd, who was sexually assaulted by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank village of Khirbet Humsa. He told Jeremy Diamond that settlers zip-tied his genitals, paraded him through the village while beating him, threatened to...

🇴🇲 FM of Oman in The Economist yesterday: “Iran’s retaliation against what it claims are American targets on the territory of its neighbours was an inevitable, if deeply regrettable and completely unacceptable, result. Faced with what both Israel and America described as a war designed to...

Trump is doing more to destroy the fossil fuel industry and smash the sources of wealth that fuel inequality than the wildest socialist eco-terrorist could ever dream of

⭕️ New: Trump says US “knew nothing” about strike as fires rage at Qatar LNG site Fires were still burning at Qatar’s Ras Laffan industrial city – the world’s largest LNG export hub – after an Iranian ballistic missile strike caused “extensive damage,” when QatarEnergy confirmed a second round of...

🇸🇦💢Saudi FM attacks Iran as reports point to private push for escalation Reports from The Washington Post, The New York Times, & Reuters indicate Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has privately encouraged Trump to launch, maintain, or intensify strikes on Iran, despite Riyadh’s public...

💢 Iran struck major energy infrastructure across the Gulf on Wed, Thu in retaliation for US-Israeli strikes on South Pars gas field, hitting sites tied to global oil and gas supply. Here’s a breakdown: 🔸Qatar — Ras Laffan LNG hub: The world’s largest natural gas export facility was hit, with at...

Cannon image saying things like Jon Levine has said as an adult and then feeling like I had the moral standing to sift through a 15 year old’s Pinterest posts and moralize about them. Ignore this freak.

Outrageous murder-suicide unfolding for no reason. Iran put a strong deal on the table but we decided to destroy the world instead.

Starting to think this war might not be a good idea

Mexico planning to move forward with Cuban oil shipments Video: JJorge Gómez Naredo via X (@jgnaredo) & David Adler via X (@davidrkadler)

Huge get for Platner and a major blow to Janet Mills bsky.app/profile/grah...

Interesting decision. Ok, then, let's do it.

Tom Barrack may be the first administration official to talk openly about Epstein’s power in the 1980s. He says everyone assumed that power came from his ties to the Israelis. Fits with our Iran-Contra reporting.

This House war powers resolution that was introduced by Rep. Josh Gottheimer would end the war by 3/30

NYT now joining AIPAC in boosting Amiwala, who has never polled above single digits. These entities did not finally see the light on the genocide. They think Amiwala is the best way to stop Biss or Abughazaleh.

Just noticed that @markruffalo.bsky.social is the top Drop Site evangelist (with @stelhami.bsky.social not far behind). Thanks guys!

“Private Mossad” caught spying on center-left European government Black Cube, a notorious spy firm with links to the Israeli government, has been spying on and secretly recording Slovenian government officials and allies in the months leading up to a crucial election, according to a new report...

🗞️ NYT: Saudi crown prince advising Trump to keep striking Iran Pres. Trump has been in regular contact w/ Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during the war, according to WH officials cited by The New York Times. ◽ Several officials told the NYT that Mohammed bin Salman has been urging Trump...

Sadly, the Israeli side of this event is amply represented

Good point here from Mohammad Ali Shabani (X: @mashabani): the UAE, & in particular Amb. Otaiba, has been pushing for outright conflict w/ Iran at least since 2010. Now they finally got it & are deeply regretting it. Here's from a story I did in 2015 as they were trying to torpedo the nuclear deal:

Reminder that Maryam wasn't even legitimately elected. It's one thing to get elected legitimately and then send your son on a honeymoon on the government's jet. It's a bit worse to steal the election and then do that.

From @katmabu.bsky.social's issues page: "There is no acceptable scenario that leaves Hamas in charge of the Gaza Strip." And: "The State Department must work with the National Democratic Institute, the National Endowment for Democracy, and other foreign capacity-building entities to aid in...

NEWS: The man who rammed his explosives-laden truck into a Michigan synagogue today was named Ayman Ghazaleh, according to a source familiar w/ the situation. Ghazaleh posted photos overnight of his fam. members, including young children, who were killed in a recent Israeli attack on the town of...

It was. And a cynical, calculated & shameful one at that. Hearing this from a news outlet that called the famine in Gaza a hoax is just too much. For one allegation, no actual evidence or even victims is required. For the other, even as we can see it w/ our own eyes, & hear it from doctors & aid...

I would imagine the Gulf States are not thrilled at the U.S. for targeting a desalination plant, if the claim that they did is true

Democrats and the American people broadly are so lucky that the people on this app have self-marginalized themselves into whatever you guys think you’re doing here. Deeply unserious. (Also, nice scoop here, idiot. I’ve talked about this a ton.)

My now-15 year old gave me this haircut when she was 10 during covid and she loves that it still gets circulated by my haters, though she acknowledges it’s not her best work. Well, it’s her best (and only) haircut. I didn’t go back for a second. Also: you guys are shallow, miserable people.