IMPORTANT: A clarification on the reported U.S.-Iran agreement. Earlier reports made it sound as though a final peace deal had already been reached & that Friday’s signing ceremony was largely a formality. That is not what Iranian officials are now describing. According to Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Gharibabadi, what has been finalized is a memorandum of understanding & framework for ending military operations, lifting the blockade & opening the way for further negotiations. A formal signing is expected on Friday. However, a further 60-day negotiating process would then follow, covering sanctions, the nuclear file, economic reconstruction, implementation mechanisms & verification of commitments. Iranian officials also stress that entry into those negotiations is conditional on the United States first implementing its commitments regarding the end of the war, lifting the siege & releasing assets. In short, this appears less like a final settlement & more like a framework designed to stop the fighting & create the conditions for a broader agreement. The immediate question remains the same: Can Trump deliver Israel? Because if military operations are indeed meant to end on all fronts, including Lebanon, then Lebanon may provide the first real test of whether this understanding holds in practice. A word of caution, however. We have heard talk of agreements, imminent agreements, understandings & breakthroughs before. Friday is still a long way away in military terms, & the road beyond it is longer still. Much can happen between now & then. There are many stages yet to navigate & no shortage of actors capable of derailing the process. Celebrations may be premature.

New EU sanctions target an additional 6 individuals, responsible for actions destabilising Moldova, including Russian-funded operations aimed at disrupting the parliamentary elections of September 2025. Find out who has been sanctioned and why ➡️ link.europa.eu/PMd9Wq

🚨 BREAKING: Lebanon files UN Security Council complaint accusing I$rael of violating the Chemical Weapons Convention in the south Lab tests from Aita al-Shaab, Naqoura, and Dhaira confirmed catastrophic levels of Glyphosate—a cancer-linked chemical—in agricultural soil. Normal farming levels would show 0.5 to 2 mcg/g but tests on soil in South Lebanon show 22,750 mcg/g, 11,000 times above safe levels It has been labeled by some as a deliberate war crime designed to permanently destroy arable border lands. Here is our report from the scene filmed in February

uh,uh,uh,uh,uh,uh,uh,uh,uh,uh,uh,uh ..... Kallas was the first in the EU to accuse Russia of the attack on the Lavra. "Last night, we once again witnessed intensified attacks on civilians. UNESCO World Heritage sites were also targeted. All of this constitutes war crimes committed by Russia. Naturally, today we will also present additional measures and new sanctions we have been working on against the Russian military-industrial complex, as well as the so-called 'shadow fleet.' I also welcome the news of the UK's interception of 'shadow fleet' vessels."

Odds of Russia targeting a religious site - 0% Odds of Ukraine SAM hitting it - 75% Odds of FT lying their tits off - 100%

🇺🇦More depressing footage out of the fascist failed state of Ukraine, this time of an unfortunate man who was outnumbered and kidnapped by Zelensky's draft nazis, the question is, what are they going to do to him? train him up and send him to the front, or use him for organ harvesting?

Post-Soviet visual. "The Return" painting by Georgy Kurasov, Russia, 2005

Today is June 10. The window of May 31 - June 10 is odd for me. May 31 marks my West Point graduation & entrance into the army. It was my army anniversary each year. June 10 marks the day I took battalion command in 2021 before being relieved a few months later over the covid shot mandate which then led to my resignation from the army after 19 years of active service. Over the last few years, this small window of time drives me to reflect on my service in the military & upon the institution itself. Regardless of what we think the military should be, we must first recognize what it is. This is a painful truth many Americans want to ignore, particularly those affiliated with the military. First & foremost, the US military is a capital re-allocation/consolidation enterprise that operates at the behest of a powerful syndicate of bankers/asset managers/investors that enrich themselves at the expense of everyday people around the world. 'National security' is merely a narrative theme. We can convince ourselves that it shouldn't be this way or that it wasn't always like this, but it IS this way now and has been this way longer than any of us have been alive. Smedley Butler wrote about this nearly a century ago. It wasn't a new problem then & has only gotten worse in recent decades. This reality of what the Pentagon actually does has nothing to do with political parties or different presidential administrations since political parties & presidents don't truly control what the Pentagon does. The military is used to restructure & protect capital flows. And that's just by looking at the military through a financial frame. The ruling power structure cares a lot about wealth, but also pursues designs that are far more evil than just asset plunder & consolidation. War also provides opportunities to test new control programs or tech innovations on foreign populations before domestic implementation. The Pentagon plays a major role in the technocratic infrastructure currently being built out here & abroad. That said, I met some incredible people during my time in the military. Like me, they love their country. Many of them still serve. In some cases it's because they don't understand the US military's true role within global power dynamics. In other cases, it's because they aim to create some measure of good within an institution they know is captured by evil. In any case, the sooner that more Americans realize that war has very little to do with the interests of everyday Americans, the faster we can stop supporting the mechanisms of tyranny that come clothed in a US service uniform.