BREAKING:

Suicide drones are attacking a U.S. military base in Erbil, Iraq.

Fighter jets are flying over Iraq, trying to shoot down the drones which have reportedly been launched from Iran. pic.twitter.com/RY6hi3TKso

— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) May 6, 2026

Fox News anchor @BretBaier spoke with President Trump via phone, and reports that POTUS expects a deal with Iran to come within the next week. pic.twitter.com/z2MJ7Zrhfk

— Frank Luntz (@FrankLuntz) May 6, 2026

Realitybites said:

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boognish_bear said:

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The billionaire class playing games

BREAKING: According to our analysis, ~$920 million worth of crude oil shorts were taken 70 minutes before an Axios report claimed the US and Iran were near a "14-point" deal to end the war.

At 3:40 AM ET today, nearly 10,000 contracts worth of crude oil shorts were taken without… pic.twitter.com/SZafvnZHHG

— The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) May 6, 2026

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Told you so.

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not just billionaire class. I've been trading TACOS for months. Equities and Crude. Up, down, up down, long, short. collars.

🚨 EXCLUSIVE🚨

LIVE LOOK AT DONALD TRUMP TRYING TO EXIT THE MIDDLE EAST. pic.twitter.com/IdWEvXtuu4

— Ivan the K™ (@IvanTheK) May 6, 2026

Saudi Arabia suspends U.S. use of bases and airspace, prompting Trump reversal on Strait of Hormuz shipping plan, U.S. officials say. — NBC

— NewsWire (@NewsWire_US) May 7, 2026

This podcast is a gift for exposing the scam of veteran benefits. Unfortunately, Congress usually votes to expand them, allowing guys like this to further pilfer from taxpayers. https://t.co/rE0VnWkFYi

— Scott Greer 6’2” IQ 187 (@ScottMGreer) May 6, 2026

boognish_bear said:

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Saudi Arabia suspends U.S. use of bases and airspace, prompting Trump reversal on Strait of Hormuz shipping plan, U.S. officials say. — NBC

— NewsWire (@NewsWire_US) May 7, 2026

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I think that you're going to see other Gulf states come to the conclusion that the juice isn't worth the squeeze and do the same thing.

Which gives Israel one of its goals, kicking us out so they can become a regional hegemon.

It remains to be seen if Trump will restart the bombing campaign to try and turn Iran into Libya and what the consequences of that will be. If he does, it may give them the second of their goals.

Realitybites said:

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boognish_bear said:

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Saudi Arabia suspends U.S. use of bases and airspace, prompting Trump reversal on Strait of Hormuz shipping plan, U.S. officials say. — NBC

— NewsWire (@NewsWire_US) May 7, 2026

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I think that you're going to see other Gulf states come to the conclusion that the juice isn't worth the squeeze and do the same thing.

Which gives Israel one of its goals, kicking us out so they can become a regional hegemon.

It remains to be seen if Trump will restart the bombing campaign to try and turn Iran into Libya and what the consequences of that will be. If he does, it may give them the second of their goals.

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If Israel became a regional hegemony we'd be a lot better off and could get the **** out of there.

Kuwait has joined Saudi Arabia in suspending access to bases and airspace.

The United States has carried out strikes on Iranian military targets in response to an attack on American destroyers

U.S. forces intercepted unprovoked Iranian attacks and responded with self-defense strikes while three U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyers, USS Truxtun (DDG… pic.twitter.com/qde3gQr8dn

— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) May 7, 2026

Markets are closed and the Jewish Jihad is back on.

So is the ceasefire over?

Trump describes what happened today when the Islamic regime in Iran fired everything they had at 3 U.S. destroyers in the Strait of Hormuz pic.twitter.com/lAbvx3zFMU

— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) May 8, 2026

Trump says the strikes on Iran are just a "love tap." — ABC

— NewsWire (@NewsWire_US) May 7, 2026

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (UAE) HAS ATTACKED IRAN. — MEHR

— NewsWire (@NewsWire_US) May 7, 2026

Ok...looks like the ceasefire for the war we have won is still in effect

President Trump tells me in a phone call the retaliatory strikes against Iranian targets are just a "love tap."

"It's just a love tap."

When I asked if it means the ceasefire is over.

"No, no, the ceasefire is going. It's in effect."

— Rachel Scott (@rachelvscott) May 7, 2026

"Is the ceasefire with Iran still on?"@POTUS: "They trifled with us today. We blew 'em away... If there's no ceasefire, you're not going to have to know. You're just gonna have to look at one big glow coming out of Iran — and they better sign their agreement fast." pic.twitter.com/yp74HmwZDl

— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) May 8, 2026

BREAKING: Well-timed oil bets ahead of major Iran war announcements totaled at least $7 billion, far exceeding earlier estimates, per Reuters.

The trades, spanning crude, gasoline, and diesel futures across multiple exchanges in March and April, and were ALWAYS done before…

— unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) May 7, 2026

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 President Trump says US has a lot of oil and is not facing any energy crisis.

— Watcher.Guru (@WatcherGuru) May 8, 2026

These people have never served the United States.

The United States Serves them until they die.

You should be able to like Veterans and the military and be honest about this massive fraud. https://t.co/dHUNMiSnWE

— Lee Kuan Yimby 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇸🇬 (@billiceberg) May 7, 2026

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— Internet Slop (@GimmickSlop) May 6, 2026

J.R. said:

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Realitybites said:

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boognish_bear said:

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The billionaire class playing games

BREAKING: According to our analysis, ~$920 million worth of crude oil shorts were taken 70 minutes before an Axios report claimed the US and Iran were near a "14-point" deal to end the war.

At 3:40 AM ET today, nearly 10,000 contracts worth of crude oil shorts were taken without… pic.twitter.com/SZafvnZHHG

— The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) May 6, 2026

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Told you so.

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not just billionaire class. I've been trading TACOS for months. Equities and Crude. Up, down, up down, long, short. collars.

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Dale.

- KKM

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{ eating Treaty donut }

D!

Go Bears!!

Beat UCF!!!

'Iranian Forces seized the offending tanker OCEAN KOI (new name JIN LI) transporting oil cargo from the Iran, which was exploiting the conditions in the region to harm and disrupt oil exports and the interests of the Iranian nation.'

Likely happened 5-6 May night. https://t.co/AjLMcorDIt pic.twitter.com/xvTH80ieLH

— MenchOsint (@MenchOsint) May 8, 2026

Israeli Paper Admits That The Mossad Astroturfed The January Riots In Iran.

The Mossad astroturfed riots, allowed Israel to convince the Trump administration to join the war on Iran, according to the investigation.

Previously, the Israeli "plan was for war in June 2026," but after the Mossad astroturfed riots in January, "Netanyahu instructs the IDF and the Mossad to bring forward the timing of the operation."

It added that "On February 11, Netanyahu arrives at the White House. In a meeting held in the Situation Room, Mossad chief Barnea appears on the encrypted conference call monitor, speaking from Israel. Barnea presents the plan to the president in all its parts. The atmosphere is positive … Netanyahu returns home with the feeling that Trump and he are broadcasting on the same wavelength there is no crack between them. The plan has the green light for all its components."

Realitybites said:

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Israeli Paper Admits That The Mossad Astroturfed The January Riots In Iran.

The Mossad astroturfed riots, allowed Israel to convince the Trump administration to join the war on Iran, according to the investigation.

Previously, the Israeli "plan was for war in June 2026," but after the Mossad astroturfed riots in January, "Netanyahu instructs the IDF and the Mossad to bring forward the timing of the operation."

It added that "On February 11, Netanyahu arrives at the White House. In a meeting held in the Situation Room, Mossad chief Barnea appears on the encrypted conference call monitor, speaking from Israel. Barnea presents the plan to the president in all its parts. The atmosphere is positive … Netanyahu returns home with the feeling that Trump and he are broadcasting on the same wavelength there is no crack between them. The plan has the green light for all its components."

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I too admit to astroturfing the riots. That's how this works, right?

CIA Leak: Iran Can Survive Blockade Another 3 to 4 Months, Maybe Longer

Belying the Trump administration's claims that a US blockade on Iran's use of the Strait of Hormuz has the country on the ropes and its oil infrastructure in near-term peril, a confidential CIA analysis says Iran can persevere another three or four months, if not longer. In a second stark contradiction of White House narratives, US intelligence assesses that the bulk of Iran's pre-war missile inventory is still intact. The substance of the CIA analysis was first reported by the Washington Post, which attributed the insights to three current officials and one former one who've seen it.

Iran retains about 75 percent of its prewar inventories of mobile launchers and about 70 percent of its prewar stockpiles of missiles, a U.S. official said. The official said there is evidence that the regime has been able to recover and reopen almost all of its underground storage facilities, repair some damaged missiles and even assemble some new missiles that were nearly complete when the war began. -- Washington Post

Realitybites said:

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CIA Leak: Iran Can Survive Blockade Another 3 to 4 Months, Maybe Longer

Belying the Trump administration's claims that a US blockade on Iran's use of the Strait of Hormuz has the country on the ropes and its oil infrastructure in near-term peril, a confidential CIA analysis says Iran can persevere another three or four months, if not longer. In a second stark contradiction of White House narratives, US intelligence assesses that the bulk of Iran's pre-war missile inventory is still intact. The substance of the CIA analysis was first reported by the Washington Post, which attributed the insights to three current officials and one former one who've seen it.

Iran retains about 75 percent of its prewar inventories of mobile launchers and about 70 percent of its prewar stockpiles of missiles, a U.S. official said. The official said there is evidence that the regime has been able to recover and reopen almost all of its underground storage facilities, repair some damaged missiles and even assemble some new missiles that were nearly complete when the war began. -- Washington Post

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Man, what a disaster. Reverting to pre-war conditions is looking like the best possible outcome, and that might be unrealistic, since Iran is still going forward with their taxing scheme.

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Realitybites said:

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CIA Leak: Iran Can Survive Blockade Another 3 to 4 Months, Maybe Longer

Belying the Trump administration's claims that a US blockade on Iran's use of the Strait of Hormuz has the country on the ropes and its oil infrastructure in near-term peril, a confidential CIA analysis says Iran can persevere another three or four months, if not longer. In a second stark contradiction of White House narratives, US intelligence assesses that the bulk of Iran's pre-war missile inventory is still intact. The substance of the CIA analysis was first reported by the Washington Post, which attributed the insights to three current officials and one former one who've seen it.

Iran retains about 75 percent of its prewar inventories of mobile launchers and about 70 percent of its prewar stockpiles of missiles, a U.S. official said. The official said there is evidence that the regime has been able to recover and reopen almost all of its underground storage facilities, repair some damaged missiles and even assemble some new missiles that were nearly complete when the war began. -- Washington Post

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Man, what a disaster. Reverting to pre-war conditions is looking like the best possible outcome, and that might be unrealistic, since Iran is still going forward with their taxing scheme.

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I'll admit there is a lack of consistent, credible info coming out of the area. It's hard to know what to trust and what not to. I for sure would not trust leaks. With that said, the administration is claiming:

Iran's air force is destroyed. Iran's "navy" has been reduced to piracy using small boats to harass traffic in the SoH. 3 destroyers went thru and killed everything that shot at them. No damage to our ships. Iran is having a hard time selling any of its oil due to the blockade.

It's entirely possible the administration is embellishing. But it doesn't sound like a disaster. Are our troops coming home in body bags? Has Iran sunk one of our aircraft carriers?

It seems people are finding stories that reinforce their bias, whatever that is.

And don't forget, France is sending their one aircraft carrier to open the SoH. This should all be over soon.

It is just the resident IRGC cheerleaders. Some openly cite Iran State Media.

But yes, I think we can all agree that this isn't an active war like we are accustomed to

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CIA Leak: Iran Can Survive Blockade Another 3 to 4 Months, Maybe Longer

Belying the Trump administration's claims that a US blockade on Iran's use of the Strait of Hormuz has the country on the ropes and its oil infrastructure in near-term peril, a confidential CIA analysis says Iran can persevere another three or four months, if not longer. In a second stark contradiction of White House narratives, US intelligence assesses that the bulk of Iran's pre-war missile inventory is still intact. The substance of the CIA analysis was first reported by the Washington Post, which attributed the insights to three current officials and one former one who've seen it.

Iran retains about 75 percent of its prewar inventories of mobile launchers and about 70 percent of its prewar stockpiles of missiles, a U.S. official said. The official said there is evidence that the regime has been able to recover and reopen almost all of its underground storage facilities, repair some damaged missiles and even assemble some new missiles that were nearly complete when the war began. -- Washington Post

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Man, what a disaster. Reverting to pre-war conditions is looking like the best possible outcome, and that might be unrealistic, since Iran is still going forward with their taxing scheme.

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I'll admit there is a lack of consistent, credible info coming out of the area. It's hard to know what to trust and what not to. I for sure would not trust leaks. With that said, the administration is claiming:

Iran's air force is destroyed. Iran's "navy" has been reduced to piracy using small boats to harass traffic in the SoH. 3 destroyers went thru and killed everything that shot at them. No damage to our ships. Iran is having a hard time selling any of its oil due to the blockade.

It's entirely possible the administration is embellishing. But it doesn't sound like a disaster. Are our troops coming home in body bags? Has Iran sunk one of our aircraft carriers?

It seems people are finding stories that reinforce their bias, whatever that is.

And don't forget, France is sending their one aircraft carrier to open the SoH. This should all be over soon.

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If France is sending forces, it must be getting pretty safe

The french carrier is hanging out at a safe standoff distance in the Arabian sea, not in the Gulf of Oman or the Strait. They've been clear that they will help in the Strait, but only after the shooting stops.