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…President Miguel Díaz-Canel acknowledged that the #energy situation was “particularly tense.”

“This dramatic worsening has a single cause: the genocidal energy blockade to which the United States subjects our country,” he said on X.

#Trump #US #MafiaState #Imperialism #genocide #geopolitics #climate #ClimateCrisis #EnergyCrisis

…President Miguel Díaz-Canel acknowledged that the #energy situation was “particularly tense.”

“This dramatic worsening has a single cause: the genocidal energy blockade to which the United States subjects our country,” he said on X.

#Trump #US #MafiaState #Imperialism #genocide #geopolitics #climate #ClimateCrisis #EnergyCrisis

…President Miguel Díaz-Canel acknowledged that the #energy situation was “particularly tense.”

“This dramatic worsening has a single cause: the genocidal energy blockade to which the United States subjects our country,” he said on X.

#Trump #US #MafiaState #Imperialism #genocide #geopolitics #climate #ClimateCrisis #EnergyCrisis

…President Miguel Díaz-Canel acknowledged that the #energy situation was “particularly tense.”

“This dramatic worsening has a single cause: the genocidal energy blockade to which the United States subjects our country,” he said on X.

#Trump #US #MafiaState #Imperialism #genocide #geopolitics #climate #ClimateCrisis #EnergyCrisis

…President Miguel Díaz-Canel acknowledged that the #energy situation was “particularly tense.”

“This dramatic worsening has a single cause: the genocidal energy blockade to which the United States subjects our country,” he said on X.

#Trump #US #MafiaState #Imperialism #genocide #geopolitics #climate #ClimateCrisis #EnergyCrisis

The governments in Havana & Washington have been engaged in secret negotiations for weeks, with no signs of progress. For #Cuba, the goal is to end the #energy #blockade. For the #US, the talks are [purportedly] focused on ending the government’s grip on the economy & ending political repression [though in actuality it is on #RegimeChange & #US #WesternHemisphere control].

#Trump #MafiaState #Imperialism #geopolitics #climate #ClimateCrisis #EnergyCrisis

The governments in Havana & Washington have been engaged in secret negotiations for weeks, with no signs of progress. For #Cuba, the goal is to end the #energy #blockade. For the #US, the talks are [purportedly] focused on ending the government’s grip on the economy & ending political repression [though in actuality it is on #RegimeChange & #US #WesternHemisphere control].

#Trump #MafiaState #Imperialism #geopolitics #climate #ClimateCrisis #EnergyCrisis

The governments in Havana & Washington have been engaged in secret negotiations for weeks, with no signs of progress. For #Cuba, the goal is to end the #energy #blockade. For the #US, the talks are [purportedly] focused on ending the government’s grip on the economy & ending political repression [though in actuality it is on #RegimeChange & #US #WesternHemisphere control].

#Trump #MafiaState #Imperialism #geopolitics #climate #ClimateCrisis #EnergyCrisis

The governments in Havana & Washington have been engaged in secret negotiations for weeks, with no signs of progress. For #Cuba, the goal is to end the #energy #blockade. For the #US, the talks are [purportedly] focused on ending the government’s grip on the economy & ending political repression [though in actuality it is on #RegimeChange & #US #WesternHemisphere control].

#Trump #MafiaState #Imperialism #geopolitics #climate #ClimateCrisis #EnergyCrisis

The governments in Havana & Washington have been engaged in secret negotiations for weeks, with no signs of progress. For #Cuba, the goal is to end the #energy #blockade. For the #US, the talks are [purportedly] focused on ending the government’s grip on the economy & ending political repression [though in actuality it is on #RegimeChange & #US #WesternHemisphere control].

#Trump #MafiaState #Imperialism #geopolitics #climate #ClimateCrisis #EnergyCrisis

#Venezuela #fuel stopped flowing to #Cuba entirely in January, after the #US seized Venezuela’s leader and took control of Venezuela’s #oil industry. Later, the #Trump admin imposed an effective #blockade barring all foreign oil from reaching Cuba, which had also received shipments from #Mexico.

#MafiaState #Imperialism #geopolitics #climate #ClimateCrisis #EnergyCrisis

#Venezuela #fuel stopped flowing to #Cuba entirely in January, after the #US seized Venezuela’s leader and took control of Venezuela’s #oil industry. Later, the #Trump admin imposed an effective #blockade barring all foreign oil from reaching Cuba, which had also received shipments from #Mexico.

#MafiaState #Imperialism #geopolitics #climate #ClimateCrisis #EnergyCrisis

#Venezuela #fuel stopped flowing to #Cuba entirely in January, after the #US seized Venezuela’s leader and took control of Venezuela’s #oil industry. Later, the #Trump admin imposed an effective #blockade barring all foreign oil from reaching Cuba, which had also received shipments from #Mexico.

#MafiaState #Imperialism #geopolitics #climate #ClimateCrisis #EnergyCrisis

#Venezuela #fuel stopped flowing to #Cuba entirely in January, after the #US seized Venezuela’s leader and took control of Venezuela’s #oil industry. Later, the #Trump admin imposed an effective #blockade barring all foreign oil from reaching Cuba, which had also received shipments from #Mexico.

#MafiaState #Imperialism #geopolitics #climate #ClimateCrisis #EnergyCrisis

#Venezuela #fuel stopped flowing to #Cuba entirely in January, after the #US seized Venezuela’s leader and took control of Venezuela’s #oil industry. Later, the #Trump admin imposed an effective #blockade barring all foreign oil from reaching Cuba, which had also received shipments from #Mexico.

#MafiaState #Imperialism #geopolitics #climate #ClimateCrisis #EnergyCrisis

#Trump #MafiaState #Imperialism

#Cuba Has Run Out of #Oil

Cuba's oil reserves have run dry, its government said, potentially plunging the country into more debilitating #blackouts.

A long-running #EnergyCrisis in the island nation reached a breaking point this week, when government officials said they had run out of reserves.

This whole world runs on #FossilFuels, how stupid is that?

#geopolitics #climate #ClimateCrisis
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/14/world/americas/cuba-oil-energy-crisis.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

#Trump #MafiaState #Imperialism

#Cuba Has Run Out of #Oil

Cuba's oil reserves have run dry, its government said, potentially plunging the country into more debilitating #blackouts.

A long-running #EnergyCrisis in the island nation reached a breaking point this week, when government officials said they had run out of reserves.

This whole world runs on #FossilFuels, how stupid is that?

#geopolitics #climate #ClimateCrisis
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/14/world/americas/cuba-oil-energy-crisis.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

#Trump #MafiaState #Imperialism

#Cuba Has Run Out of #Oil

Cuba's oil reserves have run dry, its government said, potentially plunging the country into more debilitating #blackouts.

A long-running #EnergyCrisis in the island nation reached a breaking point this week, when government officials said they had run out of reserves.

This whole world runs on #FossilFuels, how stupid is that?

#geopolitics #climate #ClimateCrisis
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/14/world/americas/cuba-oil-energy-crisis.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

#Trump #MafiaState #Imperialism

#Cuba Has Run Out of #Oil

Cuba's oil reserves have run dry, its government said, potentially plunging the country into more debilitating #blackouts.

A long-running #EnergyCrisis in the island nation reached a breaking point this week, when government officials said they had run out of reserves.

This whole world runs on #FossilFuels, how stupid is that?

#geopolitics #climate #ClimateCrisis
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/14/world/americas/cuba-oil-energy-crisis.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

#Trump #MafiaState #Imperialism

#Cuba Has Run Out of #Oil

Cuba's oil reserves have run dry, its government said, potentially plunging the country into more debilitating #blackouts.

A long-running #EnergyCrisis in the island nation reached a breaking point this week, when government officials said they had run out of reserves.

This whole world runs on #FossilFuels, how stupid is that?

#geopolitics #climate #ClimateCrisis
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/14/world/americas/cuba-oil-energy-crisis.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

All the while, #Trump has, with the threat of hefty #tariffs, prodded Taipei to agree to massive investments in #US #semiconductor manufacturing & to purchase billions of dollars’ worth of US liquefied natural gas & crude oil.

Trump’s rhetoric is fueling speculation in Beijing, Taipei & Washington about US commitment to help the island defend itself & whether the Republican president could be persuaded to cede ground on the long-standing US posture toward the island.

#China #MafiaState

#Trump in December authorized an $11B arms package for #Taiwan — the largest weapons sale ever to the island — but has not yet moved forward with delivery & even acknowledged that he’s discussed the sale with #Xi. He’s groused that Taiwan “stole” America’s #semiconductor business & called on Taiwan to pay the #US for protection.

#China #geopolitics #NewWorldOrder #sovereignty #kleptocracy #MafiaState #extortion #imperialism #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny

Since returning to the White House, #Trump has demonstrated great ambivalence toward #Taiwan, an approach that’s raising questions ahead of this week’s summit with #China President #Xi Jinping about whether the #US leader could be open to dialing back support for the island #democracy that Beijing views as its breakaway province. [as long as Trump gets something in return, cash, #semiconductors…, he’s open to it]

#geopolitics #sovereignty #kleptocracy #MafiaState
https://apnews.com/article/trump-xi-taiwan-democracy-arms-semiconductors-5c6aed1f1628fee0d381ecbb1ff73d10

The great #EllieLeonard 's most recent magnum opus -- a full and thorough investigation into the emails of #MichaelWolff present in the #EpsteinFiles , a report that as many Congresspeople on the #Epstein accountability committee as possible need to see.

https://ellieleonard.substack.com/p/the-beginning-of-the-end-of-co-conspirator

#EpsteinClass #MafiaState #EpsteinCoverup #BelieveWomen

#Trump said negotiations have continued by phone after he called off his envoys’ trip to Pakistan last week. He expressed frustration with #Iran’s leadership, which he described as fractured.

“It’s a very disjointed leadership,” he said. “They all want to make a deal, but they’re all messed up.”

#IranWar #MafiaState #piracy #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast

completely unsurprising:

#Trump says he's 'not satisfied' with #Iran's newest peace plan

“They want to make a deal, I’m not satisfied with it, so we’ll see what happens,” Trump told reporters Friday at the White House.

Asked about what he sees as the proposal’s shortcomings, Trump said, “They’re asking for things I can’t agree to.”

#IranWar #MafiaState #piracy #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast
https://apnews.com/live/donald-trump-news-updates-05-01-2026#0000019d-e476-d6f5-adbf-edfeb6c00000

The #Trump admin is placing economic #sanctions on a major #China based #oil refinery & roughly 40 shipping companies & tankers involved in transporting #Iran oil.

The move, announced Friday makes good on Trump’s threat to impose secondary sanctions on companies & countries that do business with Iran. It’s also part of his #Republican admin’s overall ramped-up campaign to cut off Iran’s key source of revenue — its oil exports.

#MafiaState #RevengePolitics
https://apnews.com/article/treasury-bessent-sanctions-china-iran-oil-12a02b5ba394cbcab355d645bfe9cdf7

#JohnPhelan is leaving just as the #US #Navy has imposed a #blockade of #Iran ports & is targeting ships linked to Tehran around the world during a tenuous #ceasefire in the #IranWar.

Phelan had not served in the #military or had a civilian leadership role in the service before #Trump nominated him for secretary in late 2024.

#Hegseth #TrumpsWar #war #MafiaState #WarCrimes #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #economy #oil #energy #EnergyCrisis

The #Pentagon announced Wednesday that the Navy’s top civilian official, Secretary of the #Navy #JohnPhelan, is leaving his job.

In a statement posted to social media, Pentagon spox Sean Parnell said Phelan was “departing the administration, effective immediately.”

Navy Undersecretary Hung Cao will become acting secretary of the Navy, Parnell said.

#Trump #Hegseth #IranWar #TrumpsWar #US #Iran #war #MafiaState #WarCrimes #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity

Secretary of the #Navy #JohnPhelan abruptly leaves job as the #Trump admin continues the naval #blockade of #Iran

#IranWar #TrumpsWar #US #war #MafiaState #WarCrimes #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #inflation #economy #affordability #CostOfLiving #oil #energy #EnergyCrisis
https://apnews.com/article/pentagon-navy-secretary-phelan-cao-3a871b87f1a31c1c7168f69e8fe4f7b5

#Trump said the #US forcibly seized an #Iran flagged cargo ship near the #StraitOfHormuz that tried to pass the naval #blockade

Trump posted on social media that the ship was warned by a US #Navy guided missile destroyer in the Gulf of Oman to stop.

“Our Navy ship stopped them right in their tracks by blowing a hole in the engine room,” Trump wrote.

He said US #Marines had custody of the cargo ship, named #Touska, & were “seeing what’s on board!”

#IranWar #MafiaState #piracy #WarCrimes #law

Has the US been taken over by a mafia administration?
Sandra Navidi from New York
#uspol #mafiastate #warcrimes #corruption #faildstate #democracy #trump #iran #capitalism #MurderTrial

https://loops.video/v/f6NkDU8218

#Democrats have to win big in November.

#Vote

#Senate rejects resolution to block #Trump from striking #Iran

The #WarPowers resolution was the fourth to fail in the chamber since the war’s start — but some #Republicans expressed fresh concern about the conflict as it approaches the two-month mark.

#IranWar #TrumpsWar #MafiaState #WarMonger #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #economy #inflation #EnergyCrisis
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/04/15/iran-war-powers-trump/

A key architect of “Just War” teaching is Saint Augustine of Hippo, whom #PopeLeo honored while in Algeria. Augustine – a bishop in the late 4th & early 5th centuries – is the spiritual father of the Augustinian order of which the pontiff is a member & former leader. [so STFU #Vance.]

#IranWar #Iran #war #Trump #MafiaState #WarMonger #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast

#Vance, a #Catholic, weighed in at a Turning Point USA event Tuesday, saying #PopeLeo should be “careful” when talking about theology & questioning the pontiff’s understanding of “Just War” theory, the criteria for a “morally justifiable” conflict developed over centuries by Catholic thinkers.

#IranWar #Iran #war #Trump #MafiaState #WarMonger #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast

#PopeLeo’s trip to Africa, beginning with a #Muslim majority country, came after he has been increasingly critical of the #US military operation in #Iran. It has underlined the pope’s stance as a counterweight to the #Trump admin.

The pontiff’s willingness to call out the US president on the world stage marks a significant escalation in tensions between Washington & the Vatican.

#IranWar #MafiaState #WarMonger #WarCrimes #RulesOfWar #law #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast

#PopeLeo said going to the mosque showed that while “we have different beliefs, we have different ways of worshipping, we have different ways of living, we can live together in peace.”

He added: “I think that to promote that kind of image is something which the world needs to hear today.

#Iran #IranWar #TrumpsWar #Trump #MafiaState #WarMonger #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast

Speaking on board the papal plane from Algeria to Cameroon, #PopeLeo XIV pointed to his visit to the Great Mosque of Algiers, the largest in Africa, & to the birthplace of Saint Augustine of Hippo, a hugely influential #Christian figure who inspired him to become a priest.

#IranWar #TrumpsWar #Trump #MafiaState #WarMonger #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast

After Trump’s latest broadside, Pope says ‘world needs to hear’ message of peace

#PopeLeo said Wednesday that his visit to Africa offers a message of #unity & #peace “the world needs to hear” as he continues to face criticisms for his stance on the #war in #Iran from #Trump & the #JDVance.

#IranWar #TrumpsWar #MafiaState #WarMonger #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast
https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/15/europe/pope-leo-trump-fight-intl

That could block #public #access to more than 700 million White House emails, among countless other records, in Archives possession since the #law went into effect in 1978, Baron said.

…The impact of the #DOJ opinion could be felt quickly by #historians, #scholars & #journalists who regularly access presidential records & make requests for their release.

#Trump #PresidentialRecordsAct #accountability #transparency #corruption #CriminalState #MafiaState #kleptocracy

…“If the #Trump Justice Department takes the position that the #OLC opinion applies retroactively, we might see #NARA being forced to declare that records of past administrations covered by the PRA should always have been considered ‘personal’ in nature, & that courts are without jurisdiction to entertain lawsuits…for access to those records,” said Jason R. Baron, fmr litigation director for the Archives.

#law #accountability #transparency #corruption #CriminalState #MafiaState #kleptocracy

#Trump admin’s challenge of #Watergate-era records #law alarms historians

Scholars warn that the #DOJ declaration that the #PresidentialRecordsAct is #unconstitutional could impact other admins.

#accountability #transparency #corruption #CriminalState #MafiaState #kleptocracy
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/03/white-house-records-olc-opinion-00859073

The Venezuelan Legislature, controlled by #Maduro’s ruling #Socialist Party, passed the new #law one month after the #US #interior secy, #DougBurgum, brought dozens of US #mining executives to meet with the country’s acting president, #DelcyRodríguez. Both officials vowed to open #Venezuela’s coveted deposits to US investment.

The proposal passed by a unanimous vote. The measure next goes to Rodríguez for final approval.

#geopolitics #Trump #MafiaState #sovereignty

Yet on Tuesday, #Vance seemed to contradict #US efforts to push its allies to break with #Russia #energy, excoriating other #EU countries for moving to cease their imports of Russian #FossilFuels in response to the #war.

“It is funny to watch prime ministers & leaders in some of the Western European capitals talk about the #EnergyCrisis when frankly they should have been following the policies of Viktor #Orbán,” he said.

#hypocrisy #Trump #illiberalism #corruption #kleptocracy #MafiaState

Yet on Tuesday, #Vance seemed to contradict #US efforts to push its allies to break with #Russia #energy, excoriating other #EU countries for moving to cease their imports of Russian #FossilFuels in response to the #war.

“It is funny to watch prime ministers & leaders in some of the Western European capitals talk about the #EnergyCrisis when frankly they should have been following the policies of Viktor #Orbán,” he said.

#hypocrisy #Trump #illiberalism #corruption #kleptocracy #MafiaState

Yet on Tuesday, #Vance seemed to contradict #US efforts to push its allies to break with #Russia #energy, excoriating other #EU countries for moving to cease their imports of Russian #FossilFuels in response to the #war.

“It is funny to watch prime ministers & leaders in some of the Western European capitals talk about the #EnergyCrisis when frankly they should have been following the policies of Viktor #Orbán,” he said.

#hypocrisy #Trump #illiberalism #corruption #kleptocracy #MafiaState

Yet on Tuesday, #Vance seemed to contradict #US efforts to push its allies to break with #Russia #energy, excoriating other #EU countries for moving to cease their imports of Russian #FossilFuels in response to the #war.

“It is funny to watch prime ministers & leaders in some of the Western European capitals talk about the #EnergyCrisis when frankly they should have been following the policies of Viktor #Orbán,” he said.

#hypocrisy #Trump #illiberalism #corruption #kleptocracy #MafiaState

Yet on Tuesday, #Vance seemed to contradict #US efforts to push its allies to break with #Russia #energy, excoriating other #EU countries for moving to cease their imports of Russian #FossilFuels in response to the #war.

“It is funny to watch prime ministers & leaders in some of the Western European capitals talk about the #EnergyCrisis when frankly they should have been following the policies of Viktor #Orbán,” he said.

#hypocrisy #Trump #illiberalism #corruption #kleptocracy #MafiaState

#Hungary, which has broken with most #EU countries by refusing to assist #Ukraine with financial assistance or weapons to ward off #Russia’s full-scale invasion, has remained firmly committed to purchasing Russian energy despite EU efforts to wean off such supplies.

In November, Hungary received an exemption from #US #sanctions on #Russia #oil & #gas after a White House meeting between #Orbán & #Trump.

#hypocrisy #geopolitics #authoritarianism #illiberalism #corruption #kleptocracy #MafiaState

#Hungary, which has broken with most #EU countries by refusing to assist #Ukraine with financial assistance or weapons to ward off #Russia’s full-scale invasion, has remained firmly committed to purchasing Russian energy despite EU efforts to wean off such supplies.

In November, Hungary received an exemption from #US #sanctions on #Russia #oil & #gas after a White House meeting between #Orbán & #Trump.

#hypocrisy #geopolitics #authoritarianism #illiberalism #corruption #kleptocracy #MafiaState