IT’S COMPLICATED: Russia said to be sending Iran drone parts via Caspian Sea, bypassing Hormuz blockade.

According to the sources, who spoke to the American outlet on condition of anonymity, the long-overlooked trade corridor is helping Iran rebuild its military capabilities in the wake of the US-Israeli bombing campaign that ended last month in a tenuous ceasefire.

If shipments from Russia continue at their current pace, Iran could quickly restock its drone arsenal, US officials said, some 60 percent of which was lost during the recent war.

The Caspian Sea acts as a bridge, connecting the two countries which do not share a border but both have long coastlines on the massive inland sea. It allows Russia and Iran to trade openly, without fear of interdiction by US or other countries for evading sanctions, the New York Times reported.

According to the news outlet, Russia is sending goods that would normally pass through the Strait of Hormuz, which has been blockaded for weeks now by both the US and Iran. Goods transiting the Caspian Sea include grains, animal feed, sunflower oil and other staple products.

Previously: Ukraine war briefing: Distant strike on Russian missile ship in Caspian Sea.

Who knows what Kyiv might do if somebody slipped them some drone parts cargo ship targeting data.

FUN IS CONTAGIOUS:

There will be a class on this one day. These ads will be mimicked for decades to come. pic.twitter.com/i3LF2vcCoq

— Joe Concha (@JoeConchaTV) May 10, 2026

KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: We’ve Finally Found Something That United America. Sort Of. “So, why do I say it’s the first thing to unite Americans in quite a while? Because every single person I know mentioned it to me this weekend. And I’m pretty sure even some people I don’t know mentioned it. I saw it all over social media. I saw it from Democrats and Republicans and Independents. I saw it from skeptics and believers. I saw it from X-Files-obsessed dads and conspiracy theorist grandmas and aviation nerds who spend all their time on Reddit and FlightRadar24.”

STARMER’S LUCKY HE’S NOT LEAVING OFFICE ON A RAIL:

Put another way, "We will fight the British people in Brussels. We shall fight them on the French beaches with rubber boats full of third world migrants. We will fight them in the public squares with crowds of praying Mohammedans. We shall fight them in the raping places. We… https://t.co/V7RQ7JNDmL

— Northern Barbarian (@xnoesbueno) May 11, 2026

The left always talks about “decency” while doing indecent things. Anyway:

MUCH MORE LIKE THIS, PLEASE:

Last Friday my son’s buddy, a 19-year-old kid walked off a drilling rig with his first real paycheck in his life.

Sweat on his shirt, dirt on his boots, and a look on his face like he just became a man.

That’s not a “policy win.” That’s what America First actually feels like…

— Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) May 10, 2026

Tweet continues, “That’s what America First actually feels like when you stop punishing energy producers and start rewarding hard work again. We spent years watching kids get hooked on fentanyl or buried in student debt for useless degrees. Now we’re giving them calluses, purpose, and a future they can build with their own two hands. This is the country I want my kids and grandkids to grow up in.”

FRAUD ALL THE WAY DOWN: Ohio gov candidate Vivek Ramaswamy sounds alarm about Medicaid fraud — after 288 companies found registered to same address. “I think the right answer is any instance of waste, fraud, abuse … deserve[s] to be prosecuted, and we intend to investigate them aggressively, as well as to prosecute aggressively, to send a deterrent signal that our government is not a piggy bank, the taxpayer is not a piggy bank to be bilked.”

BLUE STATE UPDATE:

Nobody disputes that Santa Clara District Attorney Jeff Rosen is a skilled and seasoned prosecutor.

So it shocked the local Jewish community — even in this era of appalling antizionist bigotry — when Santa Clara Superior Court Judge Kelley Paul effectively decided Thursday that… pic.twitter.com/AgbbR90o4i

— Kevin Deutsch (@kdeutschjourno) May 10, 2026

Blatant anti-semitism from Judge Kelley Paul here.

DISPATCHES FROM THE “IT’S (D)IFFERENT WHEN WE DO IT” PARTY:

When President Trump asked for an investigation into documented irregularities in the 2020 election, it was the end of democracy itself, triggering four years of nonstop lawfare. But when Democrats openly plot to defy a Supreme Court ruling, it’s just an “unusual gambit.” https://t.co/wM2DzeSu7R

— Hans Mahncke (@HansMahncke) May 10, 2026

DON SURBER: Blue wave? Red wave? No, an Orange Wave nears: Panicked Democrats want to retire the entire Virginia Supreme Court.

You see, they have to do this to protect our norms and traditions and the rule of law.

VERBING WEIRDS LANGUAGE: ‘You’ve Been Candaced’: It’s Time to Make Candace Owens a Verb.

SOUNDS RIGHT:

Here is the deeper blackpill, men's brains literally prune the circuits for expecting care. The male brain, around adolescence, begins to treat social neglect as baseline, not as trauma. The same way a child raised in a loud factory learns to sleep through the noise. https://t.co/NwdYDRtCjc pic.twitter.com/dXjphmEVuS

— Anon Noiré ✶ (@Anoryx_) May 8, 2026

I remember my friend Norah Vincent said that when she lived as a man, the first thing she noticed was that suddenly nobody seemed to care about her. As a woman, even a fairly masculine, not terribly attractive woman, people showed concern if she was carrying heavy packages, if she tripped and fell on the sidewalk, if she just looked sad. As a man, bupkis. You’re on your own, buddy.

MEANWHILE, IN LOS ANGELES:

What the YIMBY folks may not yet understand is that I’m their pathway to actually getting 100K new housing units. Imagine what we can do with 55 blocks on Skid Row, once it’s clean and useable for the first time… https://t.co/NCZq2nys8k

— Spencer Pratt (@spencerpratt) May 10, 2026

You don’t have to choose decline, L.A.

NEWS YOU CAN USE: “Remember: They’re not trying to kill you because you’re a ‘White Supremacist.’ They’re CALLING you a White Supremacist so they can justify killing you.”

Brother of U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.

Ohio State Prof.

Host of a Podcast for the SPLC.

Remember: They're not trying to kill you because you're a "White Supremacist."

They're CALLING you a White Supremacist so they can justify killing you. https://t.co/75IZbQQw2D

— Jeremy Carl (@realJeremyCarl) May 10, 2026

LIGHTNING DEAL: AstroAI Cordless Tire Inflator Air Compressor 20V Rechargeable Battery Powered. #CommissionEarned

TRUMP: US Will Obtain Iran’s Enriched Uranium.

In an interview released Sunday on “Full Measure with Sharyl Attkisson,” Trump said the U.S. is closely surveilling Iran’s nuclear facilities through capabilities developed under Space Force and warned Tehran that any movement involving the uranium would immediately trigger a response.

“We’ll get that at some point, whatever we want,” Trump said. “We have it surveilled. You know, I did a thing called Space Force, and they are watching.

“If somebody walked in, they can tell you his name, his address, the number of his badge.

“If anybody got near the place, we will know about it, and we’ll blow them up.”

After seeing what US/IDF forces were able to accomplish before the ceasefire, Tehran ought to believe him.

Still, Trump should have named it Starfleet.

SAY IT AIN’T SO:

You're not gonna believe this, but Gavin Newsom's new "free diapers" program is yet another corrupt NGO money laundering operation.

Kelly Sawyer runs Baby 2 Baby, an LA charity that provides baby gear to poor mothers. If you go to an LA private school, you get solicited to… pic.twitter.com/5TNbU3lFSD

— Peachy Keenan (@KeenanPeachy) May 10, 2026

THE NEW SPACE RACE:

SpaceX just stacked Starship for the first time on Pad 2. Booster 19 and Ship 39 have formed a full V3 stack on the new pad, smashing the record once again as the tallest rocket on Earth! @NASASpaceflight pic.twitter.com/9V4dle0qUG

— Ceaser G (@CeaserG33) May 9, 2026

No announcement yet from SpaceX, but the FAA still has launch slots listed for May 12 and 13.

ICYMI: MY LATEST SUBSTACK: The Gathering Storm.

THE SOONER THE BETTER: Starmer’s End: Will Labour Exit With Him?

ILYA SHAPIRO: Justice Thomas’s Constitution: The Court’s most steadfast originalist reaches a historic milestone.

REFLECTING UPON THE ORIGINS OF MATHEMATICAL MODELING THE WEATHER:  First World War weatherman who saw the future of forecasting.

WHEN BOLD NEW THINKING IS REQUIRED, LABOUR TURNS TO THOSE WHO CREATED TODAY’S MESS:  Flailing Starmer digs up a pair of fossils.

CAN FARAGE RUN A GOVERNMENT THAT HATES HIM MORE THAN OUR DEEP STATE HATES TRUMP?  My TCW week in review: Nigel needs to manage his moment.

LET HIM NOT BE BLUFFING:  ‘They Will Be Laughing No Longer’: Trump Gives Stark Warning to Tehran.

EASILY SAID, BUT WHERE IN OUR NATION ARE THE VOICES TEACHING HOW IT’S DONE:  Widow of Assassinated Conservative Icon Tells Graduates: Get Married, Build Families, Live With Purpose.