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

"Please, Please, Please": Denmark's Energy Minister Begs Citizens To Stop Driving As Global Energy Shock Spreads Iran launched another round of overnight strikes on tankers and Gulf energy infrastructure, sending Brent crude back above $101/bbl and sparking fears that chaos in the Middle East has triggered what the IEA warned could be the largest-ever supply disruption in the history of the global oil market. "The war in the Middle East is creating the largest supply disruption in the history of the global oil market," the IEA said on Wednesday. With the record...

"Expect Moderate Disruptions": Oil Tankers Avoid Strait Of Hormuz As Operation Fury Hits Iran Automatic Identification System (AIS) vessel-tracking data indicate that multiple tankers abruptly reversed course near the entrance to the critical maritime chokepoint of the Strait of Hormuz early Saturday, following the U.S.-Israeli operation (Operation Epic Fury) targeting Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps command-and-control infrastructure in multiple Iranian cities. Bloomberg reporter Stephen Stapczynski pulled data from the Terminal that shows shipowners of crude oil, crude products, and LNG tankers are avoiding the strait, even though the waterway remains open and...

Oakland Mayor, Who Supported 'Defund The Police' Has Her Car Stolen Authored by Luis Cornelio via Headline USA, An alleged thief stole Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee’s city-owned vehicle after breaking into her office just two days earlier, according to the California edition of the New York Post.  The Oakland Police Department recovered the vehicle within hours, two days after somebody tampered with her office’s door.  “The Oakland Police Department is investigating the theft of a city-owned vehicle. On February 17, 2026, OPD was notified that the vehicle was stolen from Oakland City Hall,” the OPD said through a spokesperson. “The vehicle was recovered within hours....