CASHMAN: ELIZA BLEU AND THE PERPETUAL TRAUMA MACHINE—PART 1

Chinese Containership Is First To Pay Iran For "Safe Passage" Through Strait As Iraqi Tanker Crosses With Signal Off The blockaded Strait of Hormuz is getting progressively less "blockaded" by the day. Over the weekend we reported that "Iran was Ready To Let Japanese Ships Use Hormuz As Chinese, Indian Tankers Already Allowed Passage." We can now add Iraq to the growing list of nations whose vessels are transiting the infamous Strait. An oil supertanker hauling two-million barrels of Iraq’s crude got through the Strait of Hormuz, the first vessel observed moving...

Crypto Industry On Track To Surpass 2024 Spending On Texas Midterms Crypto super PACs scored big in the 2024 midterms, backing 53 of 58 candidates who won seats in Congress nationwide - including four from Texas. (Azul Sordo/The Texas Tribune, Azul Sordo/The Texas Tribune) This cycle, the same groups are pouring money into a fresh slate of Texas contenders and are on track to exceed their 2024 spending levels in the state, according to KSAT.  Two major PACs - Defend American Jobs and Protect Progress - have already committed more than $2.5 million to...

Israeli soldiers who killed three Israeli captives in Gaza back in 2023 have said that they were ordered to kill all men they encountered on sight, according to a TV report from Israel’s Channel 13. “A man, no matter what age, don’t play games with it; kill immediately,” one of the soldiers said, according to […]