BREAKING: The Iranian Parliament has just issued an order to shut down the Strait of Hormuz.

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No... Just, no. https://x.com/AetherCzar/status/1936793043857719695

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"🚨 More scenes of the aftermath of the suicide bombing of St. Elias Church in Damascus.

Mercy on the souls of the innocent martyrs, and shame on those who accepted and allowed the terrorist Al Qaeda regime and the jihadists to come to power in Syria."
https://news.1rj.ru/str/CoastSyrian24/2885

“Too Late” Powell complains about costs, much of which were produced by the Biden Fake “Government,” but he could do the biggest and best job for our Country by helping to lower Interest Rates and, if he reduced them to the number they should be, 1% to 2%, that “numbskull” would be saving the United States of America up to $1 Trillion Dollars per year. I fully understand that my strong criticism of him makes it more difficult for him to do what he should be doing, lowering Rates, but I’ve tried it all different ways. I’ve been nice, I’ve been neutral, and I’ve been nasty, and nice and neutral didn’t work! He’s a dumb guy, and an obvious Trump Hater, who should have never been there, I listened to someone that I shouldn’t have listened to, and Biden shouldn’t have reappointed him. We have virtually No Inflation, our Economy is doing really well, and will soon be doing, with the tremendous Tariff Income coming in, and Factories being built all over the Country, better than it has ever done before. If he was concerned about Inflation or anything else, then all he has to do is bring the Rate down, so we can benefit on Interest Costs, and raise it in the future when and if these “other elements” happen (which I doubt they will!).  Don’t say that you think there will be Inflation sometime in the future, because there isn’t now but, if there is, raise the Rates! We should be at the TOP of the attached List, not the bottom. I don’t know why the Board doesn’t override this Total and Complete Moron! Maybe, just maybe, I’ll have to change my mind about firing him? But regardless, his Term ends shortly!

"The latest conspiracy theory to make the rounds on the online networks suggested that USS Nimitz will be sunk, and possibly not even by Iran or the Tehran-backed Houthi militants in Yemen. Instead, the supercarrier, which is now likely on her final deployment, could be sunk as part of a carefully coordinated “false flag” operation, the goal of which is to force the United States into a full-blown war with the Islamic Republic."
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/no-the-uss-nimitz-will-not-be-destroyed-in-a-false-flag-operation#:~:text=The%20latest%20conspiracy,the%20Islamic%20Republic.

It’s being reported that Trump gave Iran advance warning of strikes, insisting they’re a one off and does not seek a broader conflict.

It’s looking like this may have been a performative strike to take away Israel’s pretext for dragging the U.S. into war for a regime change.

Multiple sources are reporting limited damage on the sites, from different perspective and biases, (not even from Trump supporting sources), but all with this same conclusion.

Iranian authorities already reportedly said that facilities were evacuated ahead of time, there is limited damage underground and nuclear materials were removed from Fordo — which lends to the idea of this being a choreographed chess move to provide a political off ramp for the U.S. out of any public demand for the conflict.

Hopefully Iran shows more restraint and doesn’t retaliate. If they do reciprocate to save face with a limited symbolic response, it may be possible Trump decides not to retaliate and escalate further, (like the time in 2020 at Al-Assad airspace because of the limited damage and lack of casualties.) This could very well all be a choreographed wag the dog scenario to defang Israel from having an excuse to expand their ambitions of greater regional dominance.

As always, there appears to be more going on beneath the surface of the public narrative than meets the eye.

It’s still early so we’ll see what happens.

Link: 🔗

~LH

I've been tracking social media responses to the Iranian strikes by the US, and it's honestly been surprising.

- Muslim leftists are opposing the strikes over it being pro-Israeli but religiously moderate Muslims are 100% supportive and want to see Iran crash and burn and Persia to be restored.

- Leftist boomers are out in full force against the strikes because they're inherently anti-military but they're finding a weird level of support from some younger Republicans that are against further intervention. Boomer conservatives are 100% supportive of the strikes so far.

- Christian community is mixed. Most seem to be against or neutral on the attacks, with Leftist Christians, to include religiously liberal ones, to be starkly against it entirely. More moderate to conservative Christians are more sympathetic, but it's split along political lines strongly in when it comes to religious beliefs within Christian communities.

- Pagans are strictly against on all levels.

- Feminists are split between being against in solidarity with other leftists or being for because of Iran's very poor treatment of women.

- Overall, the response has been more negative than positive, even among those you'd expect to support Trump.

A 26C heatwave? That's 79 F.
"Forecast maps for the UK indicate when the current cold spell could possibly end, promising a 48-hour blast of sun with temperatures reaching up to 26C. A heatwave is predicted to encase the UK at the month's end, as June finally warms up. The mercury, which currently lays low, is expected to at last climb towards the 30C mark by the end of June."
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/uk-weather-48-hour-26c-33019020#:~:text=Forecast%20maps%20for,end%20of%20June.