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#morninglistening to #AlfredBrendel as I prep our ionarts appreciation. Here in LvBeethoven's PianoSonata No.14, op.27/2 on his Digital (3rd) Beethoven Sonata Cycle.

🇮🇷🇮🇱🇺🇸 A lot of ground covered in this analysis segment: the bombs, the nuclear facilities, what Netanyahu wants, what Trump wants, global nuclear proliferation, Iran's proxies, and whether there can be de-escalation. With William Alberque of Pacific Forum and DW's Shani Rozanes:

George H.W. Bush had the support of both the US Congress (majority votes in both houses) and the UNSC (UNSCR 678) before he launched his attack against Iraq in 1991. THREAD 1/

It’s worth asking: why is US involvement in the Israel–Iran conflict not called an escalation, while supporting Ukraine is?

The Never Pivot to Asia.

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A sad day for The Washington Post readers as the standalone Metro section in print is eliminated and folded behind Style. As a lifelong Washingtonian and veteran of the Metro staff, I always admired the Post's commitment to covering Washington as a community not just a capital.

Do you know how neurotic one has to be to submit travel expenses to a German company, with everything in German, and get the expense approved on the very first try by the finance / accounting people? Folks, I am going to celebrate at the Biergarten.

🇺🇸 Video showing U.S. Air Force B-2A Spirit stealth bombers being readied and departing Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, for Operation Midnight Hammer, June 2025.

🇺🇸 U.S. Air Force B-2A Spirit stealth bombers return to Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, from Operation Midnight Hammer, June 2025.

Chancellor Merz: For far too long, we in Germany didn’t want to hear our Baltic neighbours’ warnings about Russia’s imperialist policies. We have recognised this mistake – and there is no going back from this realisation.

As someone who grew up in the exact same micro-demographic as Zohran Mamdani -- the secular, somewhat privileged Indian intelligentsia of NYC -- it's wild to see people typecast him as some sort of Muslim identity politician. It's alien both to his campaign pitch and upbringing.

Frankly a large portion of the American public will find Trump's comments here jargon-free and refreshingly direct.

🇧🇦 I learned a lot listening to Jasmin Mujanović and Christopher Hill debate: "Did the Dayton Accords Set Bosnia Up for Failure?" On Foreign Policy's podcast, COUNTERPOINT. 🎙️ Listen: foreignpolicy.com/podcasts/count…

💬 We got the chance to discuss our creative process for YOU MUST TAKE PART IN REVOLUTION with the comics super-blog, Smash Pages! The writing and storyboarding tired me out and I needed a lot of naps. 巴丢草 Bad ї ucao had smarter things to say. ⬇️😆 bit.ly/smashpages-rev…

For everyone being supremely confident that we can definitely detect and strike any future clandestine enrichment hall, let me remind you that North Korea built an entire enrichment cascade at Yongbyon and the IC completely missed it. We found out about it when the North Koreans

US and Israeli intelligence likely has exquisite intelligence on the Iranian nuclear program partly because of Iran's declarations to the IAEA. Without on the ground IAEA inspections, our knowledge will degrade over time.