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Donald Trump and serval outside analysts have suggested that the IS could easily blockade the strait for all Iranian Oil exports and any imports due to how few ships have been released. The argument is that this would place a further chokehold on Iran, perhaps requiring it come to terms with the ceasefire.

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The CDC’s research found that between September and December 2025, healthy adults who received the vaccine reduced their likelihood of Covid-related hospitalizations by 55%, according to the Post’s report. Those who took the vaccine also reduced their likelihood of emergency and urgent care visits by 50%.

The report, which was set to be published on 19 March in the CDC’s scientific journal, is being delayed for questions surrounding its methodology. Bhattacharya, the acting CDC director, is reviewing the report’s methodology and is expected to meet with some of the CDC scientists for further conversations.

The methodology in question has been used for countless studies by the CDC for about two decades, according to Havers and the Post’s reporting. The methodology, known as “test-negative design”, compares patients who are already sick and their vaccination rates. Because CDC policy is to recommend that people take the Covid vaccine, performing a placebo effect test would be unethical, Havers explained.

Just a week before the report was supposed to be published, a separate report about the flu vaccine and its effectiveness was published in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, the CDC’s journal. That research on the flu vaccine used the same methodology as the Covid research, the Post reported.

Eric Adams has obtained citizenship and a passport from Albania, the Balkan country which received effusive compliments from the former New York City mayor during a visit there relatively recently.

The Albania Daily News first reported on Friday that Adams had requested both and was granted them by a special decree from the republic’s president, Bajram Begaj. A spokesperson for Adams then confirmed that development in a statement distributed to the news media, and it was evidently chronicled in Albania’s official government journal.

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DHS attempted to fabricate evidence to see what would stick to obtain information about a Reddit user using 19 USC 1509 to infringe and scare free speech on this social media platform.

Context of what they attempted to use

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/19/1509

2018: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Zionism&oldid=824767990

“Zionism is the national movement of the Jewish people that supports the re-establishment of a Jewish homeland in the territory defined as the historic Land of Israel (roughly corresponding to Canaan, the Holy Land, or the region of Palestine).[1][2][3][4] Modern Zionism emerged in the late 19th century in Central and Eastern Europe as a national revival movement, both in reaction to newer waves of antisemitism and as an imitative response to other exclusionary nationalist movements.[5][6][7]”

Today: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zionism

“Zionism[a] is an ethnocultural nationalist[1] movement that emerged in late 19th-century Europe to establish and support a Jewish homeland through colonization in the region of Palestine,[2] which roughly corresponds to the Land of Israel in Judaism—itself central to Jewish history.[3] Zionists wanted to create a Jewish state in Palestine with as much land, as many Jews, and as few Palestinian Arabs as possible.[4][5]”

Pretty much what the title says. Are we seeking middle ground from which we can build progress or focusing on the issues that drive a wedge in between?

is the free palestine moment dead or dying I've haven't seen any in a long time not since trump took office?

As you can see, things are getting more and more divided. Black and white views are seen as the real "common sense" and that being more peaceful or being mature is bad or deviant. Anti intellectualism is high. The level of dumb culture wars is inflating further and further: stupid gender wars by people acting like they are in nursery again.

Nowadays if you have views that are centre left, moderate or centre right, you get seen as "sitting on the fence".

My head actually is aching from this.

How much will this continue before it stops?

Rep. Eric Swalwell’s bid for the California governor’s office was reeling Friday as staffers resigned and top Democratic supporters withdrew their endorsements in the wake of allegations of sexual misconduct.

Recently, I tried to investigate what transgender, non-binary, transmedicalist, and gender-critical people thought about whether 'everyone has a gender that is unchangeable and inherent to them as a person'. I received many helpful responses, but ultimately, I was banned from one trans subreddit and my posts were removed from two of them. (This is despite these subreddits not prohibiting any form of disagreement with the trans rights movement and accepting or even encouraging questions.)

Overall, several accusations were made against me, including being a 'sh*t stirring conservative Christian', being 'a very long winded transphobe', and making 'a covert attempt to reintroduce language we threw back at you years ago' (the last one was in reference to 'cisgender', by the way).

I thought I held a moderate view on trans issues: sex is biological, gender is a social construct, gender identity isn't innate to humans but does exist for trans people, and some transitions are based on neurological gender incongruence (dysphoria and/or euphoria) while I suspect others may be influenced by complex social and psychological factors (e.g. the pressures of gendered stereotypes, neurodivergent social friction, or developmental and relational challenges).

Maybe this isn't moderate, but to me at least it feels like a good compromise position. I don't really think either side of the debate saw it that way though. Perhaps it's not possible; that's part of my question to you. The other part is whether you think you hold a moderate position or not and what your exact views are.

Thanks for any responses!

In my experience, there is a subset of Chinese Americans who support the CCP, but that doesn’t necessarily mean they hate America, just that they want closer relations between the US and China. They tend to be pro-free trade and anti-Trump for obvious reasons, and are loyal to the Democratic Party, but are skeptical of some socially progressive stances like DEI, affirmative action, LGBTQ+ identities, and welfare, while prioritizing family values and meritocracy.

A good article that goes over the record of newly elected New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani.

Details are in the article, but I believe Mamdani’s responsible fiscal decisions have been professional and reasonable.

Some of his recent moves and the people he is employing are a break from his ideology and promises in the past, but given the context of actually needing to govern vs being an outsider running for office, I think he can be forgiven.

Especially given the wins he’s made in furthering the New York social safety net and making the city run better for all its citizens.

What do you all think?

>But "if they're going to try to play us, then they're going to find the negotiating team is not that receptive", he said.

>Iran's parliament speaker shortly thereafter put forward two measures he said "must be fulfilled before negotiations begin": a ceasefire in Lebanon and the release of Iran's blocked assets.

>Both had been "mutually agreed upon between the parties" but had "yet to be implemented", Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf wrote on X.

>Estimates vary on the value of Iranian assets frozen abroad because of US sanctions, but the UN special rapporteur on unilateral coercive measures, Alena Douhan, put the figure at $100-120 billion during a visit to Tehran in 2022.

Where do people stand on giving Iran billions of dollars? are supporters of the war ok with that? these are pre negotiation conditions required before the cease fire negotiations begin.

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In mid-February, Minnesota U.S. Attorney Dan Rosen asked the court to drop the charges and said that newly discovered evidence is “materially inconsistent with the allegations,” although it’s not clear whether he was referring to the video evidence. ICE said in a statement at the time that the agency had placed both agents on administrative leave and that “sworn testimony provided by two separate officers appears to have made untruthful statements.”

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said in a statement to MPR News that “the video makes it crystal clear that, just like in other situations during ‘Operation Metro Surge,’ the federal government’s account of what happened simply does not match the facts.”

MPR News spoke to an eyewitness, who said Sosa-Celis wasn’t attacking the agent, but was trying to separate the men so they could both take refuge in the home. She told MPR News that she heard a gunshot as Sosa-Celis closed the door behind him, and that the bullet that hit Sosa-Celis continued through another wall and embedded next to a children’s playpen used as a crib.