Mario Nawfal

🇺🇸 Every day the Iran war drags on, America’s $40 TRILLION debt gets more expensive to carry. The 10-year Treasury yield has shot up from about 4% in February to above 5%, its highest since 2007. Oil hovering near $100 is keeping inflation stubborn, and the Fed is back to HIKING rates. With a debt that size, every bump hurts. Washington is already burning through more than $3 BILLION A DAY just on interest. That’s $963 BILLION in the first 10 months of the fiscal year, up 14% on last year, and that’s money going NOWHERE near schools, roads or soldiers. For 50 years, the petrodollar deal kept the machine running: Gulf states sold their oil in dollars and parked the cash right back in U.S. Treasuries. Now the war is choking their exports, and Saudi Arabia and the UAE dumped nearly $17 billion of U.S. debt in March alone. Fewer buyers, more debt, higher rates. It’s a vicious circle, and every turn makes the next one worse. Who’s going to foot that bill? Spoiler: it’s American taxpayers. Sources: Yahoo Finance, Fortune, Semafor / Writer: Julie

While Western countries are letting young kids self-identify as cats, this is what Iran is doing Fkn wild Writer: Ian t.co/yRnYcq4DGO

🇺🇸 A girl with a 'MOMMY' hat and her friends were called out for cutting in line at Dave's Hot Chicken, and instead of apologizing, they laughed and pulled funny faces. What happened to basic public decency? Writer: Mhedi t.co/AV32LW8GDZ

🇨🇱🇧🇷 In 1989, Chile's keeper used a hidden razor to fake a flare injury and get a qualifier against Brazil scrapped. It backfired: Brazil won, Chile missed the next World Cup, and he got banned for life 😆 Writer: Julie t.co/eoiaDs7dEz

Might want to do a quick brake check after that 🤣 Writer: Ian t.co/CAck8N2pt5

🇫🇷🇺🇦 Marine Le Pen says France has hit its limit on Ukraine: “We have done everything we could for Ukraine up to now. There comes a point when we can do no more.” Writer: Julie t.co/vj2eXdnpRn

🇫🇷🇪🇺 Marine Le Pen says the EU is grabbing powers “nobody delegated to it.” “Now they want to have an army. So we are going to push them back toward their proper responsibilities.” Writer: Julie t.co/cIsoO1S6F0

🇫🇷 Marine Le Pen on hijabs: "Look at Muslim countries where Islamist fundamentalists come to power. The first thing they do is impose the veil. I will begin by banning it in universities, sports federations and public buildings." Writer: Mhedi t.co/AVlj98opFQ

🇺🇸 The AI gold rush just hit a wall. Investors are DUMPING the debt that bankrolled it. Bonds financing massive U.S. data centers for the likes of Meta, Nvidia, Oracle and Microsoft are trading well below face value, just months after investors were happy to pay full price. Meta's "Hyperion" bonds dropped to 92 cents on the dollar, Microsoft's "Project Excalibur" fell below 88, and CoreWeave's plunged under 80. CoreWeave is in distressed territory, with investors now demanding yields near 15%. Meanwhile, Nvidia lost roughly $270B in market value in a single week. But the AI math gets more uncomfortable. Gartner estimates data center owners need $8.5 TRILLION in revenue by 2030 to cover costs and earn a decent return. Expected AI services spending? Just $3.6 trillion. That's a $4.9 TRILLION GAP, and Gartner reckons 80% of neoclouds like CoreWeave will be gone or absorbed by 2030. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang insists he's "optimistic" and says CoreWeave's borrowing costs are actually falling. Someone should tell the bond market. It's charging nearly 15% for the privilege. Source: Financial Times / Writer: Julie

🇳🇬 A petrol tanker exploded in Oluku, Nigeria, today as residents gathered to scoop spilled fuel. At least 10 people suffered severe burns, with several feared dead. The fire spread to nearby shops and vehicles. Writer: Mhedi t.co/lZTaozPqq0

🇺🇸🇮🇷 The country everyone was trying to weaken may come out of this more powerful than it has been in 25 years. Political analyst Tim Miller talked about how even hawkish foreign policy experts, people who wanted a more aggressive American posture, all called the war a stupid idea. "Iran probably comes away from this with more power in the region." If Tehran can just wait Trump out, they win without firing another proverbial shot. @Timodc

🇷🇺 Russia’s nuclear submarine Novosibirsk FIRED CRUISE MISSILES during Pacific drills. One struck a simulated ship over 170 km away. Another hit a target at Kamchatka’s Kura range after traveling more than 1,200 km. Source: Roya News / Lucas t.co/91cn6WofJ4

🇾🇪🇸🇦 The Houthis are bombing Saudi Arabia's capital, threatening its oil giant, and now questioning who should control MECCA. Houthi leader Abdulmalik al-Houthi says Saudi Arabia's ties to the U.S. and Israel make it unfit to guard Islam's holiest city, and that Yemenis should be the ones guarding it. But his immediate demands are a lot more practical: oil and gas money, war compensation, salaries in Houthi-held territory, and free run of ports and airports. And the Houthis are making sure Riyadh gets the message. Their strikes on Riyadh's airport reportedly killed 18 people and shut it down for days, while another attack this week targeted Saudi Aramco's headquarters. International events are being cancelled or postponed. Chatham House's Farea al-Muslimi thinks their ambitions go much further: "Long term, I think they want to rule the entire Arabian Peninsula. But for now, inside Yemen." Some analysts think the Houthis are just turning up the heat before talks. Others reckon they're winning too much to bother talking at all. Either way, MBS wanted Saudi Arabia to be the Middle East's next global business hotspot. The Houthis seem determined to make it a war zone instead. Source: Financial Times / Writer: Julie

🇺🇸 Trump keeps a mental list of history's greatest conquerors, and that's what actually keeps people up at night. Political analyst Tim Miller is worried that Trump is the kind of guy who'd want a legacy like that of Attila the Hun. "He gets in his brain that for him to be remembered as one of these great figures of history, like you have to do something crazy, like take over a new country or nuke somebody." When legacy hunger meets fading power, the math could get ugly. @Timodc

I wonder what the insurance rates on this will be 😲 Writer: Ian t.co/7vbJwXwemG

🇺🇸 Moderate Trump voters have largely turned away from him, and Republicans will bear a massive cost for that in Texas. Political analyst Tim Miller breaks down exactly who's walking away and why. "All of the people that he added to the coalition were people who have some sensibilities similar to yours. There were a lot of young men who did not like the wars, who wanted the Epstein files to be released, who wanted prices to be cheaper. That was the bill of goods he sold them. They are the angriest. The last people in are the first ones out." If Democrats win Texas for the first time since 1994, the political outlook for 2026 and beyond gets very ugly, very fast. @Timodc

🇰🇷 South Korean runner Yoo Ji-won, 25, COLLAPSED 500 meters from the finish and later died She was running the Seoul Race half-marathon on Sunday when she went down at the 20.6 km mark. The cause of death is still unconfirmed. So sad... Source: Chosun Biz / Writer: Lucas t.co/ySvIzs4k8E

🇨🇳🇮🇱 China’s FM Wang Yi told Israeli President Herzog to OPEN Gaza routes and STOP West Bank SETTLEMENTS. Wang called the Palestinian issue the century’s greatest historical injustice. Source: Jerusalem Post / Lucas t.co/oTytPCI8QJ

🇺🇸 A reaction from tonight's Tesla Roadster event in Texas that tells you ALL you need to know Elon knows how to build GREAT THINGS and bring real enthusiasm. Peak 2026 online moment 🔥 Writer: Lucas t.co/l8mHHm54Wt

It's CONFIRMED! Elon said the Tesla Roadster starts production in 2028 Reservations are open again at $50,000. The thruster version replaces the back seats with the cold-gas tank. Writer: Lucas t.co/J2fXNTGcZ5

🇺🇸🇮🇷 The USS George Washington crew is LOADING MUNITIONS and PREPPING JETS for possible new strikes on Iran. The carrier is in the Arabian Sea, testing catapults and performing maintenance while enforcing the blockade. The USS George H.W. Bush is also in the region, with the Theodore Roosevelt on the way. Trump said he wouldn’t order strikes before the midterms, but military options remain ready if that changes. The possibility of escalation is growing. Source: WSJ YT / Lucas

🇾🇪 New footage from Yemen’s Army shows PRECISION STRIKES on Houthi positions in Taiz. The clips show artillery and drones targeting Ansar Allah positions, equipment, and gatherings. Government forces continue striking Houthi targets as fighting intensifies around Taiz, where the Houthis have been pressuring the city and cutting access roads. Still, beyond the crossfire, the lines around the city have not moved much. Writer: Lucas t.co/sr5Dnsr7sC

🚨🇺🇸 The GOP’s Groyper problem was built by its own broken promises... and it’s only going to grow before 2028 Leaked Republican group chats full of slurs and Hitler praise keep surfacing, a Georgia Senate race is now fighting over it, and Ted Cruz admits half the applicants for one job in his office rejected his support for Israel: “The Groyper problem is real.” So how did a fringe online following end up inside GOP offices? Years of promises to young voters on immigration, foreign wars and the cost of living, followed by more of the same, sent them looking for someone who sounded like he meant it. The left grew its radical wing the same way and now has to keep it happy. The right is headed down that exact road... and by 2028, Republicans will be courting this crowd whether they like it or not. Source: WSJ @NickJFuentes / Writer: Daniel t.co/pLWjhNwYCF

🇮🇷 🇺🇸 The US military buildup around Iran looks exactly like the one before the last two rounds of American strikes. Matt Tardio says Tehran has already watched this pattern play out twice and won’t be caught off guard again: “Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Now they’re moving into fool me three times mode.” Iran now has to decide whether to take the next round of talks at face value, and two rounds of strikes make that a very hard sell. @Barnes_law @angertab

A 900,000-pound machine just arrived to make a 0.8-mile journey a whole lot easier. Prufrock-5 is getting ready to dig a tunnel beneath Morgan's Inclusion Campus, connecting its theme park, hotel, and care facilities with weatherproof Tesla transport. For families visiting the campus, especially those with disabilities or complex care needs, moving comfortably between locations can make a real difference to their day. Serious tunneling technology being put to work for a very human reason. Quite a thoughtful job for such a monster of a machine. @boringcompany @Tesla / Writer: Annette, Designer: Janné

This is INSIDE THE TESLA ROADSTER, and you can see the THRUSTER TANK from that screen It's a tri-motor setup. The big cold-gas tank from SpaceX is right there in the cabin where the back seats used to be. There's a steering wheel and a screen up front. The looks are amazing! Writer: Lucas t.co/V7lcdHeamn

🇮🇷 🇺🇸 The US military buildup around Iran looks exactly like the one before the last two rounds of American strikes. Robert Barnes says Tehran has already watched this pattern play out twice and won’t be caught off guard again: “Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Now they’re moving into fool me three times mode.” Iran now has to decide whether to take the next round of talks at face value, and two rounds of strikes make that a very hard sell. @Barnes_law @angertab

🚨🇺🇸🇮🇷 The Army's top general warned in DECEMBER that Patriot and THAAD stocks would stay critically low until 2030... we went to war with Iran anyway and fired the general who said it... His warning sat inside the Pentagon’s own global force plan, the document that decides where American weapons go each year, two months before the first bomb fell on Iran. Then the war did exactly what he feared: CSIS estimates the US went in with about 2,300 Patriots and fired up to 1,430, as much as 61% of the stockpile, while THAAD was worse, roughly 355 interceptors going in and up to 290 fired, 82% gone. Fewer than 500 replacement Patriots and zero THAADs were due this year, a new THAAD order takes four and a half years to deliver, and one official told CBS that even if nothing else is fired anywhere, the stockpile doesn’t get back to December’s already-low level until 2030. Here’s what this adds up to. The commander in chief and his defense secretary were handed an honest assessment from the man who runs the Army, in writing, BEFORE the war. They went in anyway, fought for seven months without a plan to replace what they were firing, and the officer who told them the truth was shown the door while his numbers came true. Whether or not the warning is why he was fired, the signal to every other general was received. This isn’t a munitions problem anymore, it’s a leadership discipline failure: an administration that treated bad news as disloyalty and bombed its way into an exposed position the country can’t shoot its way out of until 2030. It’s hard to find a precedent for a war started with the magazine already flagged empty by the people who count the bullets. Source: CBS News / Writer: Daniel

🇾🇪🇸🇦 Houthi missiles hit Yemen's presidential palace with the prime minister and cabinet inside, killing 5, the first strike on the government's seat this war The Al-Maashiq palace in Aden took missiles and drones Thursday while the Saudi-backed cabinet was at work. The ministers walked out alive; five guards and civilian employees didn't, and 16 more are wounded. The Houthis say they were bombing a "Saudi military operations headquarters" staffed by Saudi officers with weapons depots inside, a claim Reuters couldn't verify. The coalition says the Houthis launched 20 attacks on Riyadh's airport this month alone, killing 17 and wounding 333, plus three dead at Abha, and that the group now has ballistic missiles, drones and explosive fast boats from "regional actors." Within the hour the Houthis renewed their warning that every Saudi airport is unsafe, except the airspace over Mecca and Medina. The Houthis want to break the Saudi economy, airports, oil, the government in Aden, while staying clear of the one thing that would unite the Muslim world against them. The palace strike says Riyadh's proxy government is now the softest target on the list, and the Turkish and Pakistani troops promised under the Mecca pact are what stand between Aden and the Houthis taking it a second time. Source: Reuters / Writer: Daniel

🇮🇷 🇺🇸 Overthrow the regime or nothing: the case that Tehran can never be held to a deal. Matt Tardio argues the Iranian regime runs on a radical religious ideology that lets it lie and do whatever it takes to reach its goals, so no signed agreement will ever bind it: “You’re either going to decapitate and overthrow the Iranian regime, because what you’re looking at is a radical religious ideology. They are not beholden to agreements.” Then comes the question the regime change side still has to answer... who actually runs Iran the morning after? @Barnes_law @Angertab