Chinese President Xi Jinping Accuses Israel Of Being A Terrorist State
“We studied the concept of terrorism in the United States and saw that it is entirely attributable to Israel”, China’s leader stated.
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Bulletins and News Discussion from July 14th to July 20th, 2025 - A Golden Age Of Copper
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Image is from this article, of a Chilean copper quarry.
Title is a reference to Trump's social media post about copper, which was, as usual, mostly deranged.
Trying to follow Trump's administration is pretty difficult, but as of right now, he is threatening 30% tariffs on Mexico and the EU starting on August 1st, as well as new tariff announcements on a bunch of other countries (including, bizarrely, a 50% tariff on Brazil), and also apparently a 50% tariff on copper, which the US imports half its supply of and is, of course, a very important metal in many applications.
I'm not sure what the plan is to bring back domestic copper production beyond hoping that it just sorta works out, but prominent copper producers, such as Chile and Canada, seem both concerned and confused. Reuters had a line that made me chuckle:
Boric said he was awaiting official communication from the U.S. government, including whether the tariffs would include copper cathodes, and questioned "whether this will actually be implemented or not."
Big mood, Boric.
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Israel-Palestine Conflict
Sources on the fighting in Palestine against Israel. In general, CW for footage of battles, explosions, dead people, and so on:
UNRWA reports on Israel's destruction and siege of Gaza and the West Bank.
English-language Palestinian Marxist-Leninist twitter account. Alt here.
English-language twitter account that collates news.
Arab-language twitter account with videos and images of fighting.
English-language (with some Arab retweets) Twitter account based in Lebanon. - Telegram is @IbnRiad.
English-language Palestinian Twitter account which reports on news from the Resistance Axis. - Telegram is @EyesOnSouth.
English-language Twitter account in the same group as the previous two. - Telegram here.
English-language PalestineResist telegram channel.
More telegram channels here for those interested.
Russia-Ukraine Conflict
Examples of Ukrainian Nazis and fascists
Examples of racism/euro-centrism during the Russia-Ukraine conflict
Sources:
Defense Politics Asia's youtube channel and their map. Their youtube channel has substantially diminished in quality but the map is still useful.
Moon of Alabama, which tends to have interesting analysis. Avoid the comment section.
Understanding War and the Saker: reactionary sources that have occasional insights on the war.
Alexander Mercouris, who does daily videos on the conflict. While he is a reactionary and surrounds himself with likeminded people, his daily update videos are relatively brainworm-free and good if you don't want to follow Russian telegram channels to get news. He also co-hosts The Duran, which is more explicitly conservative, racist, sexist, transphobic, anti-communist, etc when guests are invited on, but is just about tolerable when it's just the two of them if you want a little more analysis.
Simplicius, who publishes on Substack. Like others, his political analysis should be soundly ignored, but his knowledge of weaponry and military strategy is generally quite good.
On the ground: Patrick Lancaster, an independent and very good journalist reporting in the warzone on the separatists' side.
Unedited videos of Russian/Ukrainian press conferences and speeches.
Pro-Russian Telegram Channels:
Again, CW for anti-LGBT and racist, sexist, etc speech, as well as combat footage.
https://t.me/aleksandr_skif ~ DPR's former Defense Minister and Colonel in the DPR's forces. Russian language.
https://t.me/Slavyangrad ~ A few different pro-Russian people gather frequent content for this channel (~100 posts per day), some socialist, but all socially reactionary. If you can only tolerate using one Russian telegram channel, I would recommend this one.
https://t.me/s/levigodman ~ Does daily update posts.
https://t.me/patricklancasternewstoday ~ Patrick Lancaster's telegram channel.
https://t.me/gonzowarr ~ A big Russian commentator.
https://t.me/rybar ~ One of, if not the, biggest Russian telegram channels focussing on the war out there. Actually quite balanced, maybe even pessimistic about Russia. Produces interesting and useful maps.
https://t.me/epoddubny ~ Russian language.
https://t.me/boris_rozhin ~ Russian language.
https://t.me/mod_russia_en ~ Russian Ministry of Defense. Does daily, if rather bland updates on the number of Ukrainians killed, etc. The figures appear to be approximately accurate; if you want, reduce all numbers by 25% as a 'propaganda tax', if you don't believe them. Does not cover everything, for obvious reasons, and virtually never details Russian losses.
https://t.me/UkraineHumanRightsAbuses ~ Pro-Russian, documents abuses that Ukraine commits.
Pro-Ukraine Telegram Channels:
Almost every Western media outlet.
https://discord.gg/projectowl ~ Pro-Ukrainian OSINT Discord.
https://t.me/ice_inii ~ Alleged Ukrainian account with a rather cynical take on the entire thing.
This sounds like a classic fake XJP quote, very direct and not a chinese aphorism
where did he say this I unfortunately don't believe it
India can secure oil even if Russian imports sanctioned, minister says - Reuters, 17 July 2025
India is confident of meeting its oil needs from alternative sources if Russian supplies are hit by secondary sanctions, Oil Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Thursday.
India should be able to deal with any problems with Russian imports by seeking supplies from other countries, Puri said. He noted there are many new suppliers coming onto the market such as Guyana and supply from existing producers such as Brazil and Canada.
Additionally, India is increasing exploration and production activities. "I'm not worried at all. If something happens, we'll deal with it," Puri said at an industry event in New Delhi.
"India has diversified the sources of supply and we have gone, I think, from about 27 countries that we used to buy from to about 40 countries now," he said.
Responding to Rutte's comments, India's foreign ministry spokesperson said that securing energy needs was an "overriding priority" for the country, in which it was guided by what was on offer in markets and the "prevailing global circumstances".
"We would particularly caution against any double standards on the matter," spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal told a regular media briefing.
And from the state owned and run Indian Oil Corp, the largest Indian SOE in this field:
In case Russian supplies are hit, Indian Oil Corp will "go back to the same template (of supplies) as was used pre-Ukraine crisis when Russian supplies to India were below 2%," company Chairman A.S. Sahney told reporters at the event.
India folded almost immediately?
The cheap Russian Oil in India is entirely going to the Oligarchs who resell it to Europe. The Indian population sees none of that and the Oil prices are at an all time high. Indian majority don't give a shit about anything except Temples nowadays so the 
can just raise the prices again and Modi's voters would still praise the government.
No way. Indian oligarchs are very much aligned with US capital. US so far hasn't dealt with India's "indiscipline" because of China. But let's see what American priorities are.
Also, tensions between India and China is the biggest problem with BRICS. There is no country willing to run trade deficits within BRICS in the way US is. They all want to run trade surpluses with each other which is mathematically impossible.
India's Dollars comes from the trade and occasional capital surplus it has with the US, this is what it uses to acquire UAE Dirham which (I believe) is used for their trade with Russia. So you can see that US is very much influencing BRICS.
If you know India, they are almost certainly BSing the Americans. Worst case, it will be rerouted through a 3rd country and they will just call it “diversification”.
So, as I understood, Turkey and the gulf states were OK with the Julani comprador state if it meant stability in the region and kicking Iran out.
I can't imagine they are too happy at the destabilization taking place in Syria. Will they spring into action?
As long as Turkey gets to kill kurds and control northern Syria, I don't think they really care what's happening in the south of the country. The gulf states is yet to be seen, but their military and diplomatic influence is more limited.
Syrian State TV coverage suddenly ends. Syrian local sources deny that the clashes have spread inside As-Suweyda and clarify that they are confined to the outskirts of the city. Reports of Israeli airstrikes in Homs. Reports that Syrian President Ahmad Al-Sharaa and his family have left Damascus – Al-Mayadeen
Al Mayadeen has claimed that an assassination operation targeted 3 major figures in the Syrian Transitional Administration, including Defense Minister Marhaf Abu Qasra.
The TV station was stormed by a rogue Syrian military unit – Al Mayadeen
- Telegram
Israeli/Western backed Syrian coup?
Well, either way, the answer is yes, but who will emerge at the top is still unknown. We only know the bottom will be the workers and people who didn’t sell out their neighbors. Or this could all be fake and Jolani is chilling
Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi's corpse
It could be also that Jolani was supposed to be just an interim figure, and that once Israel tied up loose ends with Hezbollah they'd stage a fake coup to place the person they really want in charge of the country, while controlling an even larger chunk of Syria.
US attacks on Iran damaged only one of three nuclear sites targeted: Report
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US attacks on Iran damaged only one of three nuclear sites targeted: Report
President Trump reportedly called off a sustained, multi-week US bombing campaign that would have been needed to destroy Iran's nuclear program
A new US intelligence assessment has concluded that only one of the three Iranian nuclear enrichment facilities targeted in last month’s US airstrikes was seriously damaged, casting doubt on US President Donald Trump’s claims that Iran’s nuclear capabilities were completely obliterated, NBC News reported on 17 July.
According to five current and former US officials, the Fordow facility sustained significant damage, setting back enrichment activities there. However, the other two sites – Natanz and Isfahan – suffered only partial degradation. Intelligence suggests that Iran could resume operations at those locations within several months.
The findings, shared with US lawmakers and allied governments in recent days, indicate a more nuanced picture than the Trump administration initially presented. Following the strikes, President Trump declared the operation “a spectacular military success” and asserted that Iran’s “key enrichment facilities have been completely and totally obliterated.”
However, the internal assessment suggests otherwise. While Fordow’s setback is considered major, analysts believe that the other facilities could quickly return to operational status, especially if Iran decides not to re-engage in nuclear negotiations.
A White House spokesperson maintained the administration’s line, stating, “Operation Midnight Hammer totally obliterated Iran’s nuclear capabilities.” The Pentagon echoed that stance, with spokesman Sean Parnell dismissing media reports as “fake news” and reiterating that Iran’s nuclear program had been “destroyed, in the dirt.”
Despite such rhetoric, planning documents reveal that US Central Command had originally developed a broader military operation that included additional targets and a prolonged campaign that could have lasted weeks. President Trump ultimately rejected that plan, reportedly due to concerns over potential casualties and his desire to avoid further entanglement in the region.
“We were willing to go all the way in our options, but the president did not want to,” one of the sources with knowledge of the plan told NBC News.
On the Iranian side, officials have offered conflicting responses. On 27 June, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi acknowledged “excessive and serious” damage to some facilities following the US attack. But Iran's Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, dismissed the strikes as ineffective, stating that they “failed to accomplish anything significant.”
Several reports have emerged suggesting Iran was able to move much of its stockpile of enriched uranium to new locations in advance of the bombing.
Iranian lawmaker Alaeddin Boroujerdi explained that the extent of the damage done in the actual strikes was not crucial.
“Bombing cannot erase this knowledge – it will only come back stronger,” he stated.
Iran says its nuclear program is peaceful, while the US and Israel claim Tehran is seeking a nuclear weapon, which would help counter Israel’s nuclear capabilities.
press needs a month to figure out what hexbear newsmega knew right away
They knew, they just had to wait a month to publish anything because then people would have forgotten.
There's nothing really new about the intelligence assessment, it's been known since the attack took place that no attempt was made to bomb or penetrate underground into the Isfahan facility, where only Tomahawk cruise missiles were used to bomb the entrances and exits, entombing it. Whatever is inside there should be intact, if Iran wants to retrieve it. There was excavation work at one of the entrances, but there has been no further attempts to dig out any of the other entrances. At Natanz, only 2 of the GBU-57 MOP 30 000lb bunker buster bombs were used, vs 12 at Fordow. This was mainly contingency in case previous Israeli airstrikes at Natanz didn't have the expected outcome. All above ground infrastructure at Isfahan and Natanz, including the Natanz pilot fuel enrichment plant and Isfahan Uranium Conversion Facility, were destroyed or severely damaged by both Israeli and US airstrikes.
Iran could reume operations at the underground site in Isfahan immediately if they wanted to for example, digging out a bunch of entrances is not difficult.
Al Mayadeen reporting that Jolani has left the Syrian capital accompanied by his family.
Compradors realize that you are pawns that are always sacrificed in the end challenge (impossible)
It's more than that according to Al Mayadeen, here's the link to their post
- Syria's transitional president Ahmad al-Sharaa left the Syrian capital Damascus with his family
- A military contingent enters the radio and television building in a surprise move to take over control of the television
- Assassination of 3 senior figures in the Syrian transitional administration, including Defence Minister Marhaf Abu Qusra
Al Mayadeen reporting on Syria so take it with a large grain of salt.
Another Coup in Syria?
Or Israel tried to assassinate him, who knows.
Israel probably doesn't want a stable Syria, so they are killing anyone who could at least unify Syria, even if that person is pro-West. Pretty sure they also tried to kill non-governmental Iranian political leaders during the air strikes.
he's going to moscow so he can start a podcast with Assad and Yanukovych.
the buddy comedy hollywood won't let us have because of woke
The Duran but Worse
Who knows what the fuck is going on in Syria rn. Further escalation, I think, and israel has continued bombing, including a strike on Homs in the last hour. No idea where this leads. Seems like Arab clans are pouring into the south to attack the Druze militias who have been carrying out their own mass killings. Erdogan is a watermelon seller and the son of a dog.
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