🛢️ BLOCKADE — The US reinstates the blockade and names its price: 20%. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: A 20% Hormuz fee mirrors the Iranian toll demand that started this war — now Washington collects it. Blockade reinstatement plus pricing converts the campaign into permanent access-control. Asian importers and European insurers must price American gatekeeping as the new baseline. The war aim and the post-war architecture are now the same thing.
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🏛️ CONGRESS — Third vote, same result: the House can't end a war the Senate won't stop. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: A House war powers resolution dies in the Senate — that's been the pattern twice already. With DEFCON 1 active and Trump's electoral timeline driving strategy,
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The Salalah Hormuz ministerial collapsed before it started: Saudi Arabia objected, Bahrain stayed home. Brent at $107.49. While diplomats argue over seats, Hossein Taeb — the cleric who blew up the June deal — now commands the Basij.
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Il vertice di Salalah sul corridoio Hormuz è saltato prima ancora di cominciare: Arabia Saudita contro, Bahrain assente. Brent a $107,49. Mentre i diplomatici litigano sui posti, Hossein Taeb — il clerico che ha fatto esplodere il memorandum di giugno — guida ora il Basij.
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⚰️ GAZA — Structural collapse is now killing people the strikes already missed. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: With IDF targeting ongoing and 1,400 dead since October ceasefire, war-damaged buildings are becoming a secondary kill chain. Emergency response in Gaza is functionally absent — no heavy equipment, no safe corridors. Each collapse multiplies the