Category: Security and Intelligence

Pathetic how Trump appointees have to lie all the time even when everybody who knows anything knows that they are lying.
This is the end of truth in the US.Aaron Rupar (@atrupar)WHITESIDES: The truth is the cheapest form of energy on a per unit basis is daytime solar. Is that not true?

CHRIS WRIGHT: It depends–

WHITESIDES: No it doesn’t depend! It’s true. You are amazingly misleading the American public.

WRIGHT: It depends–

WHITESIDES: No!
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— Anders Åslund (@anders_aslund) Jun 11, 2026

U.S. Embassy in Jordan:

“Reports indicate missiles, drones, or rockets are in Jordanian airspace. Seek overhead cover and shelter in place immediately. Remain indoors and pay attention to local announcements and alerts.”

— @Osint613 Jun 11, 2026

Of course,
1. Trump wants presidential censorship of the media.
2. He has the mentality of a toddler.
3. Welker defeated him elegantly with elementary questions Trump refused to answer.
Trump’s very demand for Welker’s ouster (if it is confirmed) should suffice for impeachment.Sandra Rodkey (@SandraRodkey)—  https://x.com/SandraRodkey/status/2064557879860826190

— Anders Åslund (@anders_aslund) Jun 11, 2026

Yes, whatever you think of Iranians, they are clever, unlike you, so they are playing you, dumb Donald Trump, for suckers.
So why don’t you stop you stupid war before it costs the world even more?
The clever Iranians will hang you dry.
(I have spent substantial time there).Acyn (@Acyn)Trump: Iran keeps playing us for suckers because they dealt with some very stupid presidents. I’m embarrassed to say some very stupid people were sitting here.
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— Anders Åslund (@anders_aslund) Jun 11, 2026

They used to have George Bernard Shaw and H.G. Wells visit and profess to have seen the future. Edmund Wilson defended Lenin and T.S. Eliot refused to publish “Animal Farm” at Faber & Faber because he didn’t want to upset Stalin. Now they have rapists, Holocaust deniers and podcasters who can’t pronounce their own names correctly. This is a regime that pretends Steven Seagal is a movie star and Jeffrey Sachs is relevant. Even Trump can’t deliver for them the way they need, while Zelensky — the target of how many assassination attempts? — jokes about drones in St. Petersburg. Everything you’re seeing is what Ronald Hingley and Robert Conquest were getting at about an inferiority complex cocooned inside a superiority complex. They’re skimming the dregs and they know it and they absolutely hate you for it.Kateryna Lisunova (@KaterynaLis)When Ben Stiller, Sean Penn, Angelina Jolie, Orlando Bloom, and others visited Ukraine—whether on UN missions, on their own, or even by symbolically skipping events like the Oscars—Russian propaganda claimed they were washed-up celebrities nobody cared about anymore.

But when controversial figures like Andrew Tate or Candace Owens are courted by Russia and showered with attention in exchange for saying something favorable about the country, suddenly their opinions are treated as incredibly important.
Hilarious😅—  https://x.com/KaterynaLis/status/2064853266605785561

— Michael Weiss (@michaeldweiss) Jun 11, 2026

NEW: Russian forces recently made tactical gains in Kostyantynivka – Russia’s assessed main effort for the Spring-Summer 2026 offensive.

Russian forces began their campaign for Kostyantynivka in Summer 2025 after completing the seizures of Chasiv Yar and Toretsk – settlements northeast and southeast of Kostyantynivka, respectively.

Russian forces have failed to seize Kostyantynivka by May 2026 despite committing additional reinforcements and mechanized equipment to the area.

Russian forces will likely make tactical gains in Kostyantynivka in Summer 2026 but are unlikely to make operational gains against the Fortress Belt writ large.

— Institute for the Study of War (@TheStudyofWar) Jun 11, 2026