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Image is from this article, of a Chilean copper quarry.
Title is a reference to Trump's social media post about copper, which was, as usual, mostly deranged.
Trying to follow Trump's administration is pretty difficult, but as of right now, he is threatening 30% tariffs on Mexico and the EU starting on August 1st, as well as new tariff announcements on a bunch of other countries (including, bizarrely, a 50% tariff on Brazil), and also apparently a 50% tariff on copper, which the US imports half its supply of and is, of course, a very important metal in many applications.
I'm not sure what the plan is to bring back domestic copper production beyond hoping that it just sorta works out, but prominent copper producers, such as Chile and Canada, seem both concerned and confused. Reuters had a line that made me chuckle:
Boric said he was awaiting official communication from the U.S. government, including whether the tariffs would include copper cathodes, and questioned "whether this will actually be implemented or not."
Big mood, Boric.
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Israel-Palestine Conflict
Sources on the fighting in Palestine against Israel. In general, CW for footage of battles, explosions, dead people, and so on:
UNRWA reports on Israel's destruction and siege of Gaza and the West Bank.
English-language Palestinian Marxist-Leninist twitter account. Alt here.
English-language twitter account that collates news.
Arab-language twitter account with videos and images of fighting.
English-language (with some Arab retweets) Twitter account based in Lebanon. - Telegram is @IbnRiad.
English-language Palestinian Twitter account which reports on news from the Resistance Axis. - Telegram is @EyesOnSouth.
English-language Twitter account in the same group as the previous two. - Telegram here.
English-language PalestineResist telegram channel.
More telegram channels here for those interested.
Russia-Ukraine Conflict
Examples of Ukrainian Nazis and fascists
Examples of racism/euro-centrism during the Russia-Ukraine conflict
Sources:
Defense Politics Asia's youtube channel and their map. Their youtube channel has substantially diminished in quality but the map is still useful.
Moon of Alabama, which tends to have interesting analysis. Avoid the comment section.
Understanding War and the Saker: reactionary sources that have occasional insights on the war.
Alexander Mercouris, who does daily videos on the conflict. While he is a reactionary and surrounds himself with likeminded people, his daily update videos are relatively brainworm-free and good if you don't want to follow Russian telegram channels to get news. He also co-hosts The Duran, which is more explicitly conservative, racist, sexist, transphobic, anti-communist, etc when guests are invited on, but is just about tolerable when it's just the two of them if you want a little more analysis.
Simplicius, who publishes on Substack. Like others, his political analysis should be soundly ignored, but his knowledge of weaponry and military strategy is generally quite good.
On the ground: Patrick Lancaster, an independent and very good journalist reporting in the warzone on the separatists' side.
Unedited videos of Russian/Ukrainian press conferences and speeches.
Pro-Russian Telegram Channels:
Again, CW for anti-LGBT and racist, sexist, etc speech, as well as combat footage.
https://t.me/aleksandr_skif ~ DPR's former Defense Minister and Colonel in the DPR's forces. Russian language.
https://t.me/Slavyangrad ~ A few different pro-Russian people gather frequent content for this channel (~100 posts per day), some socialist, but all socially reactionary. If you can only tolerate using one Russian telegram channel, I would recommend this one.
https://t.me/s/levigodman ~ Does daily update posts.
https://t.me/patricklancasternewstoday ~ Patrick Lancaster's telegram channel.
https://t.me/gonzowarr ~ A big Russian commentator.
https://t.me/rybar ~ One of, if not the, biggest Russian telegram channels focussing on the war out there. Actually quite balanced, maybe even pessimistic about Russia. Produces interesting and useful maps.
https://t.me/epoddubny ~ Russian language.
https://t.me/boris_rozhin ~ Russian language.
https://t.me/mod_russia_en ~ Russian Ministry of Defense. Does daily, if rather bland updates on the number of Ukrainians killed, etc. The figures appear to be approximately accurate; if you want, reduce all numbers by 25% as a 'propaganda tax', if you don't believe them. Does not cover everything, for obvious reasons, and virtually never details Russian losses.
https://t.me/UkraineHumanRightsAbuses ~ Pro-Russian, documents abuses that Ukraine commits.
Pro-Ukraine Telegram Channels:
Almost every Western media outlet.
https://discord.gg/projectowl ~ Pro-Ukrainian OSINT Discord.
https://t.me/ice_inii ~ Alleged Ukrainian account with a rather cynical take on the entire thing.
Israeli Air Force F-16 seen popping flares while carrying out airstikes against HTS forces in Syria
Does HTS not have someone with some sort of man portable air defence system, like a stinger or igla missile, to aim at the very visible Israeli aircraft? Are they just going to let themselves be bombed by Israel? The Israelis are just straight up flying over them, well within visual range.
What do you think the airstrikes against every Syrian military base, missile battery, and depot were for? The idea of anyone being able to defend against bombing is offensive to the zionist, and everything must be done to prevent it.
Of course, but surely they have some stocks of something. Even the Druze have some old French Mistral shoulder launched surface to air missiles, which HTS confiscated.
Albanese definitely deserves it. I mean, since they won’t give it to Sinwar posthumously, Albanese is probably the best of people they would actually choose.
But also, Trump’s cope and seethe if she won it instead of him would be quite a marvel.
If there's anyone who lived in an area that was bombed or drone struck,I wanna ask how does the shockwave hitting sound like or if it shakes up the place
What's happening here is some ways away and it still made dogs bark and the windows rattle a bit
“Some of our favs may be implicated.”
After celebrating the overthrow of Assad and staying silent for months of pogroms against Syrian minorities (and attacks on other Palestinian factions), Hamas has bravely come out to condemn the “martyrdom” of the HTS militants bombed by Israel in Syria. Their position on Syria overall remains a major weak point and one to be dissected
spoiler
“In the Name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Press Release
The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) condemns, in the strongest terms, the sinful Zionist aggression against the territory of the Syrian Arab Republic, which has resulted in the martyrdom of dozens of army and security forces and innocent civilians.
The fascist aggression against Syria represents a flagrant violation of international law and a continuation of Zionist arrogance and attempts to impose hegemony and control over the peoples and countries of the region. This must be confronted with all force.
We affirm our full solidarity with our brothers in Syria and call on all Arab and Islamic countries and the free people of the world to unite and cooperate to repel this ongoing Zionist aggression and foil the terrorist occupation's schemes that target the will, freedom, and independence of the countries and peoples of the region.
Islamic Resistance Movement – Hamas
Tuesday: 20 Muharram 1447 AH Corresponding to: July 15, 2025 CE
Official Website – Hamas Movement“
https://t.me/hamaswestbank1/8584
Here’s some footage of the mass executions, church burning, and drone bombing that HTS have committed in the last 24 hours:
https://t.me/stayfreeworld/45260
https://t.me/nayaforiraq/35095
Anyways, these future “martyrs” are now marching on Al-Suwayda after failing to take it yesterday. Hoping for safety for anyone not fighting for Zionist interests, as of right now Israel is backing both horses
Sinwar gone, Haniyah gone, Deif gone, all left is Mashaal, not a surprise.
Tell me about the type of guy Mashaal is.
Is this an official Hamas channel? I ask since it says "Hamaswestbank" and seems to have a limited number of followers.
This current was always present in Hamas and was basically only on pause when Yahya Sinwar got out of prison and put a stop to it. With his death, I guess it's inevitable that it was going to pop up again in some form. I find it very embarrassing for them to be making any statements in favor a group that would throw and has willingly thrown Palestine to the wolves.
The primary telegram and some alts were banned in America. I’d be surprised if this were an op rather than a reposter, given that they’ve reposted accurate statements in the past
The defeat of West Asian communism is a devastating blow that will be felt until it is restored. Political Islam is no substitute and cannot produce true material solidarity.
For the longest time I've maintained this alt psychohistoric theory that the defeat of MENA socialism was a greater tragedy then the fall of the Soviet Union
A West Asian/North Africa Soviet Union would've in all likelihood succeeded where the North Eurasian Union had failed; just in terms of greater population size, strategic placement and access, easier logistics for material support to African and Asian liberation movements and of course control of most of the worlds energy and fertilizer reserves
It could've been the Strategy of the central position manifested on a global scale, breaking capitalism into two isolated and energy starved hemispheres, it's no wonder the US state department and its clients have obsessively kept the region shattered for 75 years
The West try so hard to keep WANA divided because WANA unity is inevitable. And when this unity is accomplished, WANA will be an unstoppable superpower.
And this isn't just geopolitical. The West is forever seething that WANA is the birthplace of Christ and the true heirs of the ancient Greeks and Romans to the point of making this pathetic seething a core cultural identity.
it's no wonder the US state department and its clients have obsessively kept the region shattered for 75 years
The British I maintain were doing this before them for at least another 40 years prior based on lessons learned in subjugating India. And I believe worked hand in hand with the US to construct the modern middle east and "moderate rebels" as well as the various corrupt kings and fragmented islamist movements.
If Nasser had been the start rather than the culmination of pan-arabism, we would be living in a liberated world
John MacArthur, pastor of the Grace Community Church megachurch and founder of Grace to You Ministries is dead at 86
Most of you who were not raised in American Evangelicalism probably don’t know who this bozo was, but for those who were, please celebrate with me!
Say the line, Bart!
Pro-life, dies anyways.
The damage Evangelicals have done to the witness of Christ fills me with rage. Fuck them..
Edit:
I don't know how you suffered under Evangelical indoctrination, I just hope a dead scum brings peace.
I’m 100% good now, that’s all pretty much well behind me. But I do have smoke for all the damage to the world that this movement I once was a part of has done and continues to do.
I may not have been raised Evangelical but I will always celebrate the death of one of these hypocritical hateful zionist nazi demons
Police were present, no arrests made as far i know right now. Police did seemingly question the organisers and i saw two extra police cars roll up near the end (totalling three), don't know if that was coincidental or not. A hundred or two were present. Saw a guy with an EFF cap there which was cool, a few anarchists as well. Screamed "the Estonian flag is occupation!", i love 'em.
Photographer/source: Ken Mürk/ERR; Galerii: Palestiina toetajad korraldasid Tallinnas meeleavalduse
Israel really fucked up their PR if Estonians are standing against genocide.
I mean, it could also just be because they're Jews /s