“SO TO SUMMARIZE: Iran played its biggest card and the main result is that the United States became the world’s emergency gas station and China’s cheap energy subsidy evaporated.”This is either the most elaborate coincidence in the history of geopolitics… or someone planned the sequence Venezuela -> Iran -> profits! I’ll let you figure out which one.”

GREAT MOMENTS IN HARD-HITTING INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM:

Tavares describes himself in his X profile as “Undisputed champion of East Bay politics. Author of East Bay Insiders, the must-read newsletter for East Bay political and local govt watchers.

Guys, say it with me: Just think of the media as Democratic Party operatives with bylines, and it all makes sense.

Evergreen:

THIS:

Hell, it’s looking like we didn’t even invent war. And capitalism is good.

OPEN THREAD: Party on.