Day: October 1, 2026

Luai Ahmed, whose mother ran a human rights group in Sana’a, says the pollster behind the 8% figure had to relocate after the takeover, and so did his mother’s organization:

“My own mother’s organization had to leave Sanaa because of the Houthi takeover.”

He calls the Houthis a group that shut down every human rights monitor and polling center in their territory.

If support is anywhere near those numbers, the Houthis are holding Sana’a by force, and any deal that locks them in leaves most Yemenis without a say in who runs their country.

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Jackson Hinkle, who has met the Houthis in Yemen, doubts a Gulf coalition gets any further than Washington did:

“The United States has tried on two separate occasions recently to try and remove Ansar Allah from the seat of power in Sana’a, and they have failed.”

Luai Ahmed asks whether a group nobody elected should be running the country at all, and Jackson calls the Houthis’ ability to mobilize fighters far more impressive than anything America’s two-party system produces.

Two decisions are still open, whether the Gulf states actually form that coalition and whether the US joins it, and those decide how far this spreads.

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One possibility pins the increase on Trump and the war with Iran, while the other points to Democratic environmental regulations as part of the pressure on energy costs.

The bigger question now: how much of what Americans are paying at the pump comes from the current conflict, and how much comes from longer-term U.S. energy policy?

Everyone feels the price at the pump, but agreeing on who put it there? Not even close.

Writer: Val
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War Secretary Pete Hegseth rolled out six new programs at Quantico, and the one that matters most is FORTRESS America, which promises bases that can power themselves and deep reserves of munitions, fuel, medicine and blood.

That’s the Pentagon admitting what this war exposed, with air defenses and munitions partly spent, warships worn down, at least 19 Americans dead and more than 800 wounded in a fight Washington first said would take weeks.

A new drone warfare command makes sense for the same reason.

The catch is most of it lands in 2027 while the war is happening now, so every minute spent on culture fights from the podium is a minute not spent getting Congress to pay for refilling the magazines.

Source: Washington Post / Writer: Daniel