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Nineteen warships. Two carriers. A thousand Marines. Hundreds of aircraft — announced on Central Command's own social feed, because that's where we announce armadas now. Monday: a 20% toll on every ship through Hormuz, a fifth of the world's oil trade, an idea that arrives fully formed in a man who's never distinguished a sovereign nation from a golf course with better parking. Wednesday: gone. #Iran #Hormuz #News #Politics #ForeignPolicy #WarPowers #OilPrices #Journalism #IndependentMedia
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Oil jumped more than 6% before most of us had coffee, because a man decided at 6am to announce the ceasefire he brokered was "over." Three commercial ships hit in the Strait of Hormuz. Sanctions slammed back. Just like that. #Iran #Hormuz #OilPrices #News #Politics #journalismus #journalisme #newsletter #publication #progressive #leftist #Resist
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The tell never changes: the human cost lands nowhere near the podium. It lands on us. Through that strait moves 20% of the planet's oil, and 6,000 seafarers are stranded in it this week — real engine rooms, real people, not chess pieces. When did the ones who light the fire ever pay for the smoke? https://twp.ai/4htXsF #Iran #Hormuz #OilPrices #News #Politics #journalismus #journalisme #newsletter #publication #progressive #leftist #Resist
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There is a specific silence in a car when the numbers on the gas pump keep climbing past where your brain said stop. A woman in a Kroger lot in Marietta this week, engine off, doing the arithmetic that decides whether the tank gets filled or the kid gets shoes. That math is the war. The math in the Kroger lot. Engine off. Shoes or gas. https://twp.ai/4htXsM #Iran #Hormuz #OilPrices #News #Politics #journalismus #journalisme #newsletter #publication #progressive #leftist #Resist
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The damage, itemized: gas up roughly $1.16 a gallon since this war began, California counties past $6. Jet fuel up 95%. And the Strait carries over 30% of the world's urea — the fertilizer that grows the corn and wheat. So the war doesn't stop at the pump. It walks into the grocery store. It sits down at your table. #Iran #Hormuz #OilPrices #News #Politics #journalismus #journalisme #newsletter #publication #progressive #leftist #Resist
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What you do: keep your tank above half this month if you can swing it — volatility punishes the empty and the last-minute. Check on the neighbor who drives for work. The ledger of who profits and who pays is not hidden. https://twp.ai/4htXsK #Iran #Hormuz #OilPrices #News #Politics #journalismus #journalisme #newsletter #publication #progressive #leftist #Resist
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Sweden Herald - Latest Sweden News | BP's profit doubles as Iran war boosts oil trading by Sweden Herald AI generated summary, Read the full article for complete information. British energy group BP announced an adjusted net profit of $3.2 billion for the first quarter, surpassing analysts’ average expectation of $2.6 billion and more than double its $1.4 billion profit a year earlier; the boost was driven by higher revenue from oil trading as prices surged amid the Iran war, while BP’s limited operations in the Persian Gulf helped it avoid major production setbacks from the conflict. Read more: https://swedenherald.com/article/bps-profit-doubles-as-iran-war-boosts-oil-trading #BP #oiltrading #PersianGulf #Iranwar #oilprices
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