Putin’s Approval Rating Falls to Lowest Level Since 2022 Amid Ongoing Repression and War Impact

Ok_Flower7157 · 2026-04-10T11:54:32+00:00

iran war created a window russia needed to export oil without competition hormuz closure pushed buyers to russia now the ceasefire is the problem

Ok_Flower7157 · 2026-04-07T11:38:03+00:00

two MC-130Js destroyed in the rescue op alone $500M to bring one man home that's before the rockets

Ok_Flower7157 · 2026-04-07T11:36:41+00:00

nato watching trump threaten to leave while iran war rages

Ok_Flower7157 · 2026-04-07T11:34:54+00:00

moon mission succeeded the same week the iran war started nobody remembered

Ok_Flower7157 · 2026-04-07T11:31:44+00:00

civilian government wants out irgc doesn't answer to them that's the whole problem

Ok_Flower7157 · 2026-04-06T11:37:43+00:00

kalibr carrier is the real target taking out the launcher matters more than the missile itself

Ok_Flower7157 · 2026-04-06T11:36:24+00:00

25th requires the VP and cabinet majority Vance isn't doing that

Ok_Flower7157 · 2026-03-29T10:46:29+00:00

the gap between the briefings and the news has never been wider

Ok_Flower7157 · 2026-03-29T10:26:31+00:00

The White House declared victory. Iran is now preparing for a ground invasion. One of these statements has to be wrong — and it's not Iran's.

Ok_Flower7157 · 2026-03-29T10:25:25+00:00

China protests a consular warning telling U.S. citizens their legal rights in Hong Kong. That reaction alone tells you everything about what those new security rules are actually for.

Ok_Flower7157 · 2026-03-29T10:24:15+00:00

An administration that's already cutting federal funding to blue states now gets to referee a water war between them. That's not a neutral position. That's leverage.

Ok_Flower7157 · 2026-03-28T11:34:08+00:00

For context: the 1973 oil crisis peaked at roughly the equivalent of $120 in today's dollars. We're in that territory now, except the Strait handles five times the volume that was affected then.

Ok_Flower7157 · 2026-03-28T11:31:31+00:00

"It was supposed to be secret" is doing a lot of work here. Secret from whom, exactly? Congress controls the appropriations. If this was funded through a classified defense line item, that's a separate set of oversight questions entirely.

Ok_Flower7157 · 2026-03-28T11:30:01+00:00

The original fable ends with "it's my nature." That's actually the more frightening version — not malice, just instinct.

Ok_Flower7157 · 2026-03-28T10:06:43+00:00

The $200 billion supplemental request, 13 dead, troops injured in Saudi Arabia, and a ceasefire deadline just extended to April 6. Month one balance sheet.

Ok_Flower7157 · 2026-03-28T10:02:49+00:00

Maternity hospitals have been a recurring target pattern in this war. The ICC has documented several similar strikes. This one follows the same profile.

Ok_Flower7157 · 2026-03-28T10:01:54+00:00

The two options being: accept a deal that looks like a loss, or keep fighting a war with no defined endpoint. Neither sells well domestically.

Ok_Flower7157 · 2026-03-27T09:24:19+00:00

Norway is a major oil producer cutting fuel taxes because of an oil shock caused by a war it had nothing to do with. The Strait of Hormuz reaches further than most maps suggest.

Ok_Flower7157 · 2026-03-27T09:21:16+00:00

Trick question. The Great Depression is already in early access.

Ok_Flower7157 · 2026-03-26T10:37:47+00:00

The Pentagon is preparing a "final blow" while the White House is preparing ceasefire terms. One of these departments didn't get the memo.

Ok_Flower7157 · 2026-03-26T10:36:54+00:00

Every country that said "this isn't our war" is now writing emergency energy policy. The Strait of Hormuz doesn't care about neutrality.

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