Benzion
@benziontelefus.bsky.social
Drug War Politics, Drug Policy & Global Politics. IR PhD. Security Studies. Aspiring minimalist & ardent nonconformist.
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As a Kentuckian and bourbon appreciator, this is bad news.
But at least the Trump administration isn’t bombing the distillery like it is doing to those trafficking other harmful drugs.
www.kentucky.com/news/busines...
But at least the Trump administration isn’t bombing the distillery like it is doing to those trafficking other harmful drugs.
www.kentucky.com/news/busines...
Major Kentucky bourbon maker Jim Beam shuttering distillery for 2026
The move comes as Kentucky’s $9 billion bourbon industry is dealing with a glut of supply and slipping sales.
www.kentucky.com
December 20, 2025 at 3:23 AM
As a Kentuckian and bourbon appreciator, this is bad news.
But at least the Trump administration isn’t bombing the distillery like it is doing to those trafficking other harmful drugs.
www.kentucky.com/news/busines...
But at least the Trump administration isn’t bombing the distillery like it is doing to those trafficking other harmful drugs.
www.kentucky.com/news/busines...
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This shows sound judgement, balanced reason and stellar strategic thinking www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...
US sending aircraft carrier towards Caribbean as Trump increases pressure campaign | CNN Politics
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered an aircraft carrier strike group currently stationed in Europe to the Caribbean region amid a massive buildup of US military forces in the region.
www.cnn.com
October 24, 2025 at 6:30 PM
This shows sound judgement, balanced reason and stellar strategic thinking www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...
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Decades of protectionist trade polices are the reason that Coca-Cola does not use real sugar in its US product. Sugar costs twice as much in the USA as in free-trade countries. sweetenerusers.org/wp-content/u...
July 16, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Decades of protectionist trade polices are the reason that Coca-Cola does not use real sugar in its US product. Sugar costs twice as much in the USA as in free-trade countries. sweetenerusers.org/wp-content/u...
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The vessel was equipped with antennas and a Starlink modem and two surveillance cameras: one on the bow and another inside to monitor the engine and transmission. Officials believe the sub was on a trial run to transport cocaine to the US or to Europe.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Colombia identifies new threat in drug war: the autonomous narco drone sub
Country’s navy announced seizure of uncrewed narco sub, first capture of such a vessel in Colombian waters
www.theguardian.com
July 12, 2025 at 11:16 AM
The vessel was equipped with antennas and a Starlink modem and two surveillance cameras: one on the bow and another inside to monitor the engine and transmission. Officials believe the sub was on a trial run to transport cocaine to the US or to Europe.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
איך תסתיים המלחמה?
לאן מכוונות ישראל וארה"ב?
מהו משחק הצ'יקן והדילמות האסטרטגית והאופרטיבית שמוצבות בפני אירן?
ומדוע יתכן ובסופו של האירוע הזה, ישנה דווקא אפשרות להכרה אמריקאית במשטר האייתולות ולא לשינוי משטר?
הנה🧵פרשנות שלי על הדינמיקה האסטרטגית שיצרה התקיפה באירן.
telefus.blog/2025/06/15/%...
לאן מכוונות ישראל וארה"ב?
מהו משחק הצ'יקן והדילמות האסטרטגית והאופרטיבית שמוצבות בפני אירן?
ומדוע יתכן ובסופו של האירוע הזה, ישנה דווקא אפשרות להכרה אמריקאית במשטר האייתולות ולא לשינוי משטר?
הנה🧵פרשנות שלי על הדינמיקה האסטרטגית שיצרה התקיפה באירן.
telefus.blog/2025/06/15/%...
מלחמת ישראל – אירן: משחק צ'יקן אסטרטגי
איך תסתיים המלחמה? לאן מכוונות ישראל וארה"ב? מדוע מה שקורה הוא משחק צ'יקן אסטרטגי שבסופו דווקא אפשרות להכרה אמריקאית במשטר האייתולות ולא שינוי משטר?קראו את ההערכה שלי על הדינמיקה האסטרטגית שי…
telefus.blog
June 16, 2025 at 2:34 PM
איך תסתיים המלחמה?
לאן מכוונות ישראל וארה"ב?
מהו משחק הצ'יקן והדילמות האסטרטגית והאופרטיבית שמוצבות בפני אירן?
ומדוע יתכן ובסופו של האירוע הזה, ישנה דווקא אפשרות להכרה אמריקאית במשטר האייתולות ולא לשינוי משטר?
הנה🧵פרשנות שלי על הדינמיקה האסטרטגית שיצרה התקיפה באירן.
telefus.blog/2025/06/15/%...
לאן מכוונות ישראל וארה"ב?
מהו משחק הצ'יקן והדילמות האסטרטגית והאופרטיבית שמוצבות בפני אירן?
ומדוע יתכן ובסופו של האירוע הזה, ישנה דווקא אפשרות להכרה אמריקאית במשטר האייתולות ולא לשינוי משטר?
הנה🧵פרשנות שלי על הדינמיקה האסטרטגית שיצרה התקיפה באירן.
telefus.blog/2025/06/15/%...
נישתי אך ברוח התקופה.
בשיטוט בבלוג היום מצאתי משהו שכתבתי לפני 12 שנה (מזקנים!!!) בהקשר המו"מ האמריקאי אירני אז על הגרעין טרם הסכם 2015. ניסיתי לתת מבט מסיפור היסטורי אחר על מו"מ שהתנהל ביניהן בכלל על אופיום וחשבתי שזה יהיה מעניין גם לימנו. מוזמנים.
telefus.blog/2013/11/21/h...
בשיטוט בבלוג היום מצאתי משהו שכתבתי לפני 12 שנה (מזקנים!!!) בהקשר המו"מ האמריקאי אירני אז על הגרעין טרם הסכם 2015. ניסיתי לתת מבט מסיפור היסטורי אחר על מו"מ שהתנהל ביניהן בכלל על אופיום וחשבתי שזה יהיה מעניין גם לימנו. מוזמנים.
telefus.blog/2013/11/21/h...
המקרה המוזר של המרדף האמריקאי אחר הדרקון בבזאר האופיום האירני
מה אפשר ללמוד מהסיפור המוזר של "דיל האופיום" שסגרה ארה"ב עם אירן בראשית שנות ה-50 של המאה הקודמת, על הבזאר בשיחות הגרעין הנוכחיות?…
telefus.blog
June 16, 2025 at 2:34 PM
נישתי אך ברוח התקופה.
בשיטוט בבלוג היום מצאתי משהו שכתבתי לפני 12 שנה (מזקנים!!!) בהקשר המו"מ האמריקאי אירני אז על הגרעין טרם הסכם 2015. ניסיתי לתת מבט מסיפור היסטורי אחר על מו"מ שהתנהל ביניהן בכלל על אופיום וחשבתי שזה יהיה מעניין גם לימנו. מוזמנים.
telefus.blog/2013/11/21/h...
בשיטוט בבלוג היום מצאתי משהו שכתבתי לפני 12 שנה (מזקנים!!!) בהקשר המו"מ האמריקאי אירני אז על הגרעין טרם הסכם 2015. ניסיתי לתת מבט מסיפור היסטורי אחר על מו"מ שהתנהל ביניהן בכלל על אופיום וחשבתי שזה יהיה מעניין גם לימנו. מוזמנים.
telefus.blog/2013/11/21/h...
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President Donald Trump has praised Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele as a crime fighter, but new reporting based on interviews and documents reveals how senior Salvadoran officials have impeded a U.S. investigation of the MS-13 gang.
By @tchristianmiller.bsky.social & Sebastian Rotella
By @tchristianmiller.bsky.social & Sebastian Rotella
“Delay, Interfere, Undermine”
President Donald Trump has praised Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele as a crime fighter, but new reporting based on interviews and documents reveals how senior Salvadoran officials have impeded a…
www.propublica.org
June 16, 2025 at 1:30 AM
President Donald Trump has praised Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele as a crime fighter, but new reporting based on interviews and documents reveals how senior Salvadoran officials have impeded a U.S. investigation of the MS-13 gang.
By @tchristianmiller.bsky.social & Sebastian Rotella
By @tchristianmiller.bsky.social & Sebastian Rotella
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At least three killed in wave of bomb attacks in southwest Colombia
13 police and military stations targeted by armed groups in 24 hours colombiareports.com/at-least-thr...
13 police and military stations targeted by armed groups in 24 hours colombiareports.com/at-least-thr...
At least three killed in wave of bomb attacks in southwest Colombia - Colombia News
At least three people were killed in at least 13 bomb attacks carried out in southwest Colombia, according to local media. In Cali, the capital of the Valle del Cauca province, at least three explosiv...
colombiareports.com
June 10, 2025 at 5:02 PM
At least three killed in wave of bomb attacks in southwest Colombia
13 police and military stations targeted by armed groups in 24 hours colombiareports.com/at-least-thr...
13 police and military stations targeted by armed groups in 24 hours colombiareports.com/at-least-thr...
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Has Trump lost a step or blown a gasket? Or might it be something worse? (Spoiler alert: When questions are phrased this way, it's always the something worse. But please, read the column anyway.) My latest. www.thedailybeast.com/is-trump-out...
Is Trump Out-of-Touch, Senile, Nuts or Something Worse?
It takes a degree of insanity to think sharing a picture of yourself as Pope or as Luke Skywalker is somehow helping raise your plummeting poll numbers.
www.thedailybeast.com
May 10, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Has Trump lost a step or blown a gasket? Or might it be something worse? (Spoiler alert: When questions are phrased this way, it's always the something worse. But please, read the column anyway.) My latest. www.thedailybeast.com/is-trump-out...
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60 Minutes found no criminal record for 75% of the Venezuelan migrants the U.S. sent to a mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4lC4Vp5
April 7, 2025 at 1:29 AM
60 Minutes found no criminal record for 75% of the Venezuelan migrants the U.S. sent to a mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4lC4Vp5
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No news in the USA about the Netanyahu ongoing coup etat in Israel. Zero, nada, niet, niente.
Netanyahu is a war criminal.
Netanyahu is a war criminal.
March 23, 2025 at 12:29 AM
No news in the USA about the Netanyahu ongoing coup etat in Israel. Zero, nada, niet, niente.
Netanyahu is a war criminal.
Netanyahu is a war criminal.
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The tariffs were never about fentanyl and anyone who still believes that is delusional.
www.ctvnews.ca/world/articl...
www.ctvnews.ca/world/articl...
U.S. border officials have caught more people with eggs than fentanyl this year
U.S. President Donald Trump has made stopping fentanyl at both the northern and southern borders one of his administration's top priorities, but American law enforcement data shows that another commod...
www.ctvnews.ca
March 22, 2025 at 11:20 PM
The tariffs were never about fentanyl and anyone who still believes that is delusional.
www.ctvnews.ca/world/articl...
www.ctvnews.ca/world/articl...
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No paywall, entire piece by @alonpinkas.bsky.social in 🧵
Alon Pinkas ‼️📌
Afraid that the U.S. president will turn against him, Netanyahu is conveying to Trump: Look at me, I'm strong and instill chaos just like you. In Israel, their brand of democracy has left the public as the only potentially effective check
@alonpinkas.bsky.social
Article 🧵
Afraid that the U.S. president will turn against him, Netanyahu is conveying to Trump: Look at me, I'm strong and instill chaos just like you. In Israel, their brand of democracy has left the public as the only potentially effective check
@alonpinkas.bsky.social
Article 🧵
Israel's democratic guardrails come crashing down as Netanyahu imitates Trump
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www.haaretz.com
March 22, 2025 at 12:44 AM
No paywall, entire piece by @alonpinkas.bsky.social in 🧵
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SCOOP—Trump plans to issue an executive order designating fentanyl as a "Weapon of Mass Destruction," per copy of EO reviewed by me. Source at State speculates purpose is to designate cartels as terrorist orgs/justify military ops in Mexico/Canada.
Context/full text of draft only on The Handbasket:
Context/full text of draft only on The Handbasket:
Trump to declare fentanyl “Weapon of Mass Destruction," per draft EO
A copy of the draft was obtained and reviewed by The Handbasket.
www.thehandbasket.co
March 18, 2025 at 6:18 PM
SCOOP—Trump plans to issue an executive order designating fentanyl as a "Weapon of Mass Destruction," per copy of EO reviewed by me. Source at State speculates purpose is to designate cartels as terrorist orgs/justify military ops in Mexico/Canada.
Context/full text of draft only on The Handbasket:
Context/full text of draft only on The Handbasket:
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The Gallup polls are in after Trump’s first month and the results are devastating for him. Every president starts with a honeymoon period, but Trump’s approval rating started underwater and it keeps sinking. These are the worst 1st month numbers for any president in more than 70 years of polling!🔥🔥🔥
'Can't stand him': From policy to personnel, Trump scores historically low poll numbers
YouTube video by MSNBC
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February 21, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The Gallup polls are in after Trump’s first month and the results are devastating for him. Every president starts with a honeymoon period, but Trump’s approval rating started underwater and it keeps sinking. These are the worst 1st month numbers for any president in more than 70 years of polling!🔥🔥🔥
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Is there less to Trump than meets the eye? www.haaretz.com/us-news/2025...
Is there less to Trump than meets the eye?
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www.haaretz.com
January 28, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Is there less to Trump than meets the eye? www.haaretz.com/us-news/2025...
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LIVE UPDATES: Netanyahu's office says Arbel Yehoud, Agam Berger and another unnamed hostage to be released on Thursday; Israel updated on condition of 30 hostages set for release
Arbel Yehoud, Agam Berger and third hostage to be released Thursday, PM's office says
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www.haaretz.com
January 26, 2025 at 10:14 PM
LIVE UPDATES: Netanyahu's office says Arbel Yehoud, Agam Berger and another unnamed hostage to be released on Thursday; Israel updated on condition of 30 hostages set for release
In recent weeks IL police foiled several attempts to smuggle (by drones) hashish, cannabis Cocaine, and Captagon *from* Israel into Gaza. It seems that with IDF control over the "Philadelphy Corridor" smugglers are now forced to Reroute drug shipments Via Israel (and not Egypt). This shows that>>
January 3, 2025 at 8:21 PM
In recent weeks IL police foiled several attempts to smuggle (by drones) hashish, cannabis Cocaine, and Captagon *from* Israel into Gaza. It seems that with IDF control over the "Philadelphy Corridor" smugglers are now forced to Reroute drug shipments Via Israel (and not Egypt). This shows that>>
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Ioan is a follow you must have
Hey there Bluesky
This is the same mero mero Ioan Grillo
I am still on Twitter twittering away but here I am as well venturing into the blue skies on this side of chattering space.
Love you all
This is the same mero mero Ioan Grillo
I am still on Twitter twittering away but here I am as well venturing into the blue skies on this side of chattering space.
Love you all
December 7, 2024 at 8:51 PM
Ioan is a follow you must have