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BREAKING: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says he’s been betrayed by President Trump, claiming Trump and Elon Musk deliberately blocked Starlink in Ukraine overnight and that people were killed as a result.
Musk responded that Starshield, SpaceX’s military satellite network, is controlled by the U.S. government, with any limits decided by the military and “ultimately POTUS.”
Starlink, he said, is a commercial service that can’t be used for offensive military action.
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BREAKING: Iran threatens to destroy the undersea internet cables running through the Strait of Hormuz along with data centers and artificial intelligence facilities across the entire region if the war restarts.
"We have not yet included these assets among our targets," but "many of these cables, data centers, artificial intelligence facilities, and numerous other sites will be destroyed" as soon as the war restarts, Iran's SNSC chief Rezaei says.
Rezaei says "the pulse of the American economy in this region runs through our part of the world" and puts the total value of the region's cables, data centers and AI facilities at more than $2 trillion.
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BREAKING: Ukraine’s President Zelensky says the energy ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia announced by President Trump just minutes ago “is news to me,” per Axios.
“If President Trump negotiated it with Putin, please tell us when the ceasefire begins,” Zelensky said.
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BREAKING: President Trump says Russia’s President Putin has agreed to deliver 3 million tons of diesel fuel to the US.
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Dear Prime Minister Ambani,
Please accept my humble apologies for not realizing that you are the real boss of India.
Naturally, you would prefer to maintain your monopolistic exploitation of the great people of India, but would you nonetheless consider allowing Starlink to compete?
There are many areas of India, as there are in all countries, with no Internet access, which denies children the opportunity for education and for small businesses the opportunity to sell their goods to a global market. Starlink would change their lives for the better.
Thank you 🙏
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BREAKING: President Trump says the White House considers anyone who uses the term “Artificial Intelligence” the enemy.
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BREAKING: The US Pentagon has instructed the US Military to conclude preparations for potentially resuming "major combat operations" in Iran, per Axios.
Details include:
1. US and Israeli sources say combat operations could happen before the midterm elections
2. A White House official said President Trump "has all options available at any time"
3. On Friday, Trump's national security team met at Camp David and discussed possible resumption of major combat operations in Iran
Brent crude oil prices are trading above $101/barrel.
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BREAKING: President Trump says higher US inflation will "pay off" US debt "very rapidly" in response to total US debt rising above $40 trillion.
"I know I'm the best in the world... you can pay off the debt through other means. But the one thing that you can do is pay it off through growth, and we've never had growth like this," Trump said.
US Treasury yields hit a new high of the day after the statement.
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BREAKING: President Trump says he will now give a $5,000 “Trump Dividend” to every US citizen if Republicans win the midterms, rather than just US adults.
On September 9th, President Trump said that only US adults would qualify for the $5,000 payment.
There are ~316 million US citizens, meaning the payments would total ~$1.58 trillion.
That is +$350 billion more than the previous proposal.
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Congratulations!
What once was the peak, is now just the beginning.
Paramount and Warner Bros. shaped over a century of culture. By combining them, we aren't rewriting history — we're equipping these iconic studios with a more powerful engine. Together, we are Skydance: a creative-first home for bold, quality storytelling.
We chose this name for a few important reasons. First and foremost, as we bring Paramount and Warner Bros. together, we wanted to preserve what has made each of these studios iconic. Both have distinct identities, extraordinary legacies and brands that have resonated with audiences for generations. We never wanted a new corporate identity to diminish, alter or overshadow either one. Instead, we wanted a name that would give the combined company an identity of its own while allowing Paramount and Warner Bros. — and all our extraordinary brands — to remain in the spotlight.
We have big goals for Skydance, and we intend to pursue them with passion, imagination and a willingness to take smart risks. At the same time, we will honor what makes Paramount and Warner Bros. special — giving both studios the opportunity to grow, tell more great stories and bring those stories to even broader audiences around the world, powered by the scale and capabilities of Skydance.
I couldn’t be more excited about what we’re going to build together.
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UAE under attack.
Iran is now bombing the hell out of Abu Dhabi.
A giant onshore oil and gas field in Al Dhafra is on fire.
Yemen's Ansar Allah is also bombing Saudi Arabia's largest crude stabilization plant.
The Abqaiq Oil Processing Facility is on fire.
Iran has now raised its readiness level at 46 vital facilities.
They are expecting their oil refineries, power plants and airports to be bombed.
An hour ago, Israel suspected Iranian involvement in Flydubai's attempted hijacking.
The IDF is preparing to carry out retaliatory strikes against multiple cities in Iran if Iran is found guilty.
Iran's preemptive strikes against the UAE could have been a result of this.
The entire Middle East is in shambles.
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BREAKING: The Strait of Hormuz is now completely empty, with today’s Sentinel 2 satellite imagery showing no vessels currently visible anywhere in the waterway.
The imagery comes after Iran’s IRGC announced it struck 19 “violating” ships across the Strait over the past two nights.
The Strait of Hormuz is now showing virtually no visible maritime traffic as Iran continues enforcing its closure.
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BREAKING: The US Navy has completely withdrawn its warships from the blockade line around Iran after Iran’s first operational use of the advanced Qasem Basir “carrier killer” anti-ship ballistic missile, with satellite imagery showing no US carriers or destroyers in the Gulf of Oman or Arabian Sea since early September, per open-source intelligence and Sentinel-2 data.
The Qasem Basir has a declared range of roughly 1,200 kilometers — enough to cover nearly the entire Gulf of Oman and the US fleet’s previous positions — and is reportedly equipped with electro-optical and thermal imaging seekers designed to track naval targets. SNSC Secretary Mohsen Rezaei said the missile “created hell for the Americans,” while CENTCOM acknowledged US vessels came under attack by hostile missiles but said they were defeated without damage.
Satellite imagery shows the USS George Washington, USS George H.W. Bush, USS Tripoli and Arleigh Burke-class destroyers are no longer visible in the designated blockade zone, with the line reportedly pushed beyond the missile’s range. The USS Gerald R. Ford has also left the Middle East after a ten-month deployment, leaving the US with two carriers in the region as CENTCOM prepares “short and strong” strike options against Iran.
The blockade remains in place on paper, but the warships enforcing it have reportedly moved beyond the range of Iran’s anti-ship missiles.
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BREAKING: Trump, when privately asked not to go to war with Iran just four days before it started on Feb 28 says "Yes, you’re right. But in the end, we all die anyway. So it doesn’t matter," per Tucker Carlson in a new NPR interview.
Tucker responded "but what about our kids and our grandkids and like our country?" Trump said "Ah" and did not respond.
He also said Trump agreed that the war was not about the nuclear file and was being pushed by Israel for regional hegemony, to weaken the GCC, and to push US bases out.
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BREAKING: Iran has just launched 2 ballistic missiles from Urmia in northwestern Iran, heading south, per initial reports.
The launches come shortly after anonymous "sources" claimed US and Iranian negotiators are exploring a phased path out of the war.
