Anyone on here well versed enough to explain the reasons for New York’s demographic decline? All you get when talking to liberals is that it’s because of the progressive income tax and the weather.
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Bulletins and News Discussion from June 23rd to June 29th, 2025 - Iran, Harden Your Deep Military Sites
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Now in our second week of the conflict, we have seen continuing damage to both Israel and Iran, as well as direct US intervention which nonetheless seems to have caused limited damage to Fordow and little damage to Iran's nuclear program. Regime change seems more elusive than ever, as even Iranians previously critical of the government now rally around it as they are attacked by two rabid imperialists at once. And Iran's government is tentatively considering a withdrawal, or at minimum a reconsideration, of their membership to the IAEA and the NPT. And, of course, the Strait of Hormuz is still a tool in their arsenal.
A day or so on from the strike on Fordow, we have so far seen basically no change in strategy from the Iranian military as they continue to strike Israel with small barrages of missiles. Military analysts argue furiously - is this a deliberate strategy of steady attrition on Israel, or indicative of immense material constraints on Iran? Are the hits by Israel on real targets, or are they decoys? Does Iran wish to develop a nuke, or are they still hesitating? Will Iran and Yemen strike at US warships and bases in response to the attack, or will they merely continue striking only Israel?
And perhaps most importantly - will this conflict end diplomatically due to a lack of appetite for an extended war (to wit: not a peace but a 20 year armistice) or with Israel forced into major concessions including an end to their genocide? Or even with a total military/societal collapse of either side?
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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.
Zohran Mamdani brought the heat on Tuesday, and torched Andrew Cuomo's bid to come back from disgrace. He's likely to become the next mayor of New York City thanks to fervent support from progressive hotbeds in Brooklyn and Queens blazing through the city's geographic center.
NYC's red corridor
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CW Violence against children:
I wanted to post as ive seen this show up on "pro iran" telegrams (the child is an iranian refugee fleeing the current war) and claiming the attacker was a zionist or otherwise Jewish. There's no claims of his motives beyond intoxication.
Just thought its a good idea in case we see it posted at some point with the speculative claims.
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UK Poll with Hypothecical Jeremy Corbyn party
Westminster Voting Intention (🟣 Incl. Hypothetical Left-Wing Corbyn-Led Party):
RFM: 27% (=)
LAB: 20% (-3)
CON: 20% (=)
LDM: 14% (=)
🟣 JC: 10% (New)
GRN: 5% (-4)
SNP: 2% (-1)
Changes w/ regular Voting Intention without JC.
Since it's first past the post this wouldn't mean many seats but it's interesting
EDIT: Just fyi though Wagenknecht's party in germany also polled pretty high when it was a hypothetical option in polls and then during an election they were just shy of 5% and in america a hypothetical 3rd party would poll pretty high but none of the many 3rd parties get that much.
So there's probably a big difference between hypothetical options in polls and what people would vote for considering it might be a wasted vote.
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Idk why Colbert mentioned the Clyburn endorsement for Cuomo as if it would have helped him the same way it helped Hillary and Biden. It only worked then because of his influence in South Carolina, which isn’t going to matter at all in an election taking place in NYC.
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Russian Lower House Allows Non-Citizens to Enlist in the Army - Telesur English
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The bill aims to expand the pool of individuals eligible for military contract service. On Tuesday, the State Duma, or lower house of parliament, approved a bill allowing non-citizens to serve under contract in the ranks of the Russian Armed Forces.
The legislative change, which must still be approved by the Senate before being signed into law by President Vladimir Putin, amends the country’s military service law. The bill, as stated in its preamble, aims to “expand the pool of individuals eligible for military contract service.”
Since 2010, Russia has permitted foreigners to enlist under contract in its Armed Forces. Initially, the law stipulated that any foreigner between the ages of 18 and 30 with proficiency in Russian and no criminal record could sign a five-year contract and, after three years of service, apply for Russian citizenship.
In June 2023, Russian lawmakers passed an amendment allowing foreigners to obtain citizenship after just one year of military service in combat zones in the neighboring country.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged NATO members at the alliance’s annual summit in The Hague on Tuesday to allocate at least 0.25% of their gross domestic product (GDP) to military aid for Ukraine. He argued that Russia’s military operation in Ukraine also threatens the security of Europe as a whole.
UK to buy 12 F-35A fighter jets capable of carrying nuclear weapons
Downing Street says the purchase will be the ‘biggest strengthening of the UK’s nuclear posture in a generation’.
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