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Watch Live: President Trump Addresses The Nation About Iran There has been a lot of conjecture as to what President Trump will say this evening as he addresses the nation (due to begin at 2100ET) amid mixed signals from the administration (mainly Trump appearing to argue with himself), European allies distancing themselves from the conflict (sparking Trump rage at NATO), and concerns about escalation or a prolonged quagmire (did Pezeshkian really sound like he is ready for a ceasefire). Oil has been selling off heading into Trump’s address, with traders looking...

Rubio Issues Veiled Threat After France, Italy Are Latest NATO Allies To Block US Military Flights For Iran War Update(1320ET): We detailed earlier that more and more EU and NATO countries are moving to block US military flights operating in Iran. This includes Spain, Switzerland, Italy and now France.  Secretary of State Marco Rubio has declared "without the United States there is no NATO." In a fresh Al Jazeera interview Rubio appeared to issue a veiled threat, suggesting the US could pull the tens of thousands of troops which 'defend Europe' out of...

Epstein-itis Authored by James Howard Kunstler, "If you tolerate the intolerable, you’re communicating that it’s okay to mistreat you." - Aimee Terese on X Did you think the American zeitgeist - our collective spirit plus our thinking - could not get crazier? Gird your loins. It’s getting worse by the hour. The Jeffrey Epstein files suggest that people will do anything and that people will believe anything. Pizza, hot dogs, white sharks. . . boys, girls, babies, teens, Russian whores. . . celebrities by the score. . . billionaires. . . cannibal orgies. . . vivisection parlors. ....