“These piles can be fitted with firing positions for artillery guns, snipers, machine gunners, and, in general, be used as strongholds for our assault troops,” Litovkin pointed out.

“If the supply is interrupted, then the front line will run out of ammunition, fuel for mechanized vehicles, tanks, armored personnel carriers,” he said.

“The army would be left without ammunition, immobilized, and begin to suffer one defeat after another,” Litovkin added. “Not to mention diminished morale among its ranks.”

“What this proposal of staging another confrontation with Iran just before the elections is designed to do is force the political parties, those who are running for president, those who are running for the Senate, for the Congress to all ‘stand in solidarity’ with Israel,” Dr. Blumi explained, pointing to the immense power the Israel lobby carries with the US political class.

In this light, fresh Israeli aggression against Iran and the inevitable Iranian response would “return American politics, the discourse around American politics into…a campaign to defend Israel from the easy ‘enemy of Western civilization’.” This will be especially true if US troops are put in harm’s way, with any potential escalation “retold” and branded “as ‘a war of self-defense’ for Israel vis-à-vis the Iranians and its allies,” the observer said.

“[Haifa] is really valuable for Israel because almost half of exports and imports are made through that coast. So paralyzing that part of Israel is going to hurt industry and production and the employment market – whatever you can imagine about Israel’s economy,” the observer stressed.

“Israeli strikes can have an immense impact on the US elections, depending on the locations that are hit,” Yolcu said, pointing out that an attack on Iranian oil fields may “create a shock in the oil supply,” affecting prices, markets and supply chains.

The growing fortitude of the blue-collar workforce was likely inspired by examples from last year of what successful industrial action looks like, with workers in publishing, education, the United Auto Workers union and even Hollywood striking for better pay and conditions.

"The first is just for the record, and for those people watching on television, the Economic Club of Chicago and Bloomberg both invited Vice President Harris to a similar interview about her economic plans, she has declined so far," Micklethwait said ahead of his interview with US presidential candidate Donald Trump.

“Now, you know, one thing they've been saying... a lot of your press hits get criticized, folks [say] that you come off as very noscripted. They say you like to stick to your talking points and some media says you have,” the host didn’t finish when Harris intervened asserting, “that would be called discipline.”

"If President Trump wins, that can bring forward the biggest hope for peace ever," Szijjarto said.

🗣 “President Obama was out there last week waving his finger at Black men. When are Liz Cheney and Hillary Clinton going to wave their finger at white women? When are Bill Clinton and Joe Biden going to wave their finger at white men?” asked radio host Charlamagne tha God in an interview with Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris.

🗣 "I think what is happening is that we are all working on reminding people of what is at stake, and that is very important," the candidate intoned vaguely.

"After the start of the Israeli operation in the Gaza Strip, the government immediately suspended the issuance of all new licenses for the export of military materials to Israel. Thus, all contracts signed after October 7 were not executed. All export licenses issued before October 7 were analyzed on a case-by-case basis," Meloni said in the Italian parliament.