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3. Everyone knows that the economy has been mismanaged just like the country itself.
Iran's dams have literally dried up. There is no water underground either because it was pumped out for agriculture that yields very little in pursuit of self-sufficiency.
www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/202...
Iran's dams have literally dried up. There is no water underground either because it was pumped out for agriculture that yields very little in pursuit of self-sufficiency.
www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/202...
As the dams feeding Tehran run dry, Iran struggles with a dire water crisis
Iran spends 90 percent of its water on low-yield agriculture in a pursuit of self-sufficiency that exacerbates drought.
www.aljazeera.com
January 10, 2026 at 7:06 PM
3. Everyone knows that the economy has been mismanaged just like the country itself.
Iran's dams have literally dried up. There is no water underground either because it was pumped out for agriculture that yields very little in pursuit of self-sufficiency.
www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/202...
Iran's dams have literally dried up. There is no water underground either because it was pumped out for agriculture that yields very little in pursuit of self-sufficiency.
www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/202...
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2. This had to do with how the Iranian economy is structured. The vast oil wealth helps the government provide basic welfare and oil has always been in demand until now...
That welfare state is crumbling because the economy is crumbling. Everyone is affected from the top down.
That welfare state is crumbling because the economy is crumbling. Everyone is affected from the top down.
January 10, 2026 at 7:03 PM
2. This had to do with how the Iranian economy is structured. The vast oil wealth helps the government provide basic welfare and oil has always been in demand until now...
That welfare state is crumbling because the economy is crumbling. Everyone is affected from the top down.
That welfare state is crumbling because the economy is crumbling. Everyone is affected from the top down.
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Thanks for posting this. The Riverfront Times -- the publication that ran this article in 2019 -- got bought by a sleazy corporation that deleted the original online versions of their articles, including this one.
January 10, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Thanks for posting this. The Riverfront Times -- the publication that ran this article in 2019 -- got bought by a sleazy corporation that deleted the original online versions of their articles, including this one.
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yeh that didn't age well. Sarah Kendzior has a much more accurate track record!
From a Nov 2020 article, referencing a panel that @sarahkendzior.bsky.social did with @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social.
“We are not a place where, if you get a bad president, he can corrupt half the judiciary, take over half the media, tell the universities what to teach.”, Kristol says…
“We are not a place where, if you get a bad president, he can corrupt half the judiciary, take over half the media, tell the universities what to teach.”, Kristol says…
January 10, 2026 at 9:42 PM
yeh that didn't age well. Sarah Kendzior has a much more accurate track record!
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“It’s a perfect example of the sort of patriotic trust that, in Kendzior’s view, is hastening America’s fall to brutalism and autocracy. When she takes the podium after Kristol, she is biting in her opinion of America’s institutions, presented by Kristol as a bulwark...”
A long record of truth…
A long record of truth…
January 10, 2026 at 6:15 PM
“It’s a perfect example of the sort of patriotic trust that, in Kendzior’s view, is hastening America’s fall to brutalism and autocracy. When she takes the podium after Kristol, she is biting in her opinion of America’s institutions, presented by Kristol as a bulwark...”
A long record of truth…
A long record of truth…
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Also Gaza. The person who applauds a military invasion of a NICU in Gaza, leaving the babies to die, will allow the same in US. Once you sell your soul to the Devil, it's hard to get it back.
July 2024, 92 Congress members boycotted Netanyahu's speech. Most gave him nearly 50 standing ovations:
July 2024, 92 Congress members boycotted Netanyahu's speech. Most gave him nearly 50 standing ovations:
January 10, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Also Gaza. The person who applauds a military invasion of a NICU in Gaza, leaving the babies to die, will allow the same in US. Once you sell your soul to the Devil, it's hard to get it back.
July 2024, 92 Congress members boycotted Netanyahu's speech. Most gave him nearly 50 standing ovations:
July 2024, 92 Congress members boycotted Netanyahu's speech. Most gave him nearly 50 standing ovations:
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Clarifying perspective on the push-pull around Venezuela:
“A lot of the struggle within the Trump admin between the hawks/regime change/Machado and doves/negotiation/Maduro can be understood as a proxy for Exxon vs. Chevron”
(Chevron is the only major US oil company still operating in Venezuela.)
“A lot of the struggle within the Trump admin between the hawks/regime change/Machado and doves/negotiation/Maduro can be understood as a proxy for Exxon vs. Chevron”
(Chevron is the only major US oil company still operating in Venezuela.)
Exxon reportedly lobbied to maintain the oil sanctions on Venezuela, counting on a new regime to pay back the $1.6b the World Bank’s ICSID ruled Vz owes them for the Chavez expropriations. They don’t want to invest in PDVSA or to work with Delcy, they want a payout.
Venezuela is ‘uninvestible’ for now, Exxon CEO tells Trump in White House meeting
January 10, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Clarifying perspective on the push-pull around Venezuela:
“A lot of the struggle within the Trump admin between the hawks/regime change/Machado and doves/negotiation/Maduro can be understood as a proxy for Exxon vs. Chevron”
(Chevron is the only major US oil company still operating in Venezuela.)
“A lot of the struggle within the Trump admin between the hawks/regime change/Machado and doves/negotiation/Maduro can be understood as a proxy for Exxon vs. Chevron”
(Chevron is the only major US oil company still operating in Venezuela.)
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....Did anyone actually listen to Woods' statement??
Woods specifies it's "uninvestable" *today*, lays out a series of changes that would be needed to make investable, and then says "We're confident that with this administration and President Trump....those changes can be put in place
Woods specifies it's "uninvestable" *today*, lays out a series of changes that would be needed to make investable, and then says "We're confident that with this administration and President Trump....those changes can be put in place
US oil giant ExxonMobil tells Trump Venezuela is ‘uninvestable’ ft.trib.al/ZkznmTx
US oil giant ExxonMobil tells Trump Venezuela is ‘uninvestable’
Chief executive Darren Woods pushes back against president’s call to rush back into troubled country
ft.trib.al
January 10, 2026 at 7:19 PM
....Did anyone actually listen to Woods' statement??
Woods specifies it's "uninvestable" *today*, lays out a series of changes that would be needed to make investable, and then says "We're confident that with this administration and President Trump....those changes can be put in place
Woods specifies it's "uninvestable" *today*, lays out a series of changes that would be needed to make investable, and then says "We're confident that with this administration and President Trump....those changes can be put in place
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Exactly. It's not "get yourself a good afterlife". It's "love one another".
January 11, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Exactly. It's not "get yourself a good afterlife". It's "love one another".
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I have lots and lots of criticisms of organized religion, but when it's at its best it can be a good thing. This man understands the assignment.
January 11, 2026 at 12:56 AM
I have lots and lots of criticisms of organized religion, but when it's at its best it can be a good thing. This man understands the assignment.
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Either you gone lose your values or learn to fight for them
January 10, 2026 at 10:56 PM
Either you gone lose your values or learn to fight for them
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We need to prepare ourselves for the fact that no matter how hard we fight, we are often going to lose.
But not only is fighting a moral and ethical imperative, it has a function.
As Mario Salva said in 1964, there are times “you have to put your bodies on the gears” of the machine.
But not only is fighting a moral and ethical imperative, it has a function.
As Mario Salva said in 1964, there are times “you have to put your bodies on the gears” of the machine.
November 25, 2024 at 5:25 PM
We need to prepare ourselves for the fact that no matter how hard we fight, we are often going to lose.
But not only is fighting a moral and ethical imperative, it has a function.
As Mario Salva said in 1964, there are times “you have to put your bodies on the gears” of the machine.
But not only is fighting a moral and ethical imperative, it has a function.
As Mario Salva said in 1964, there are times “you have to put your bodies on the gears” of the machine.
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Exactly. Even marginal changes in speed or extent of the overreach against which we resist can compound into significant impact on people’s lives.
Thumbs down on all this "save us" talk.
Treats it like a switch, that's either on or off. We won't be saved or not saved — not by an institution, not by some public figures, not by ourselves.
It's not a binary. There's always better and worse. Or quickly worse v. more slowly worse. It all matters.
Treats it like a switch, that's either on or off. We won't be saved or not saved — not by an institution, not by some public figures, not by ourselves.
It's not a binary. There's always better and worse. Or quickly worse v. more slowly worse. It all matters.
November 25, 2024 at 5:14 PM
Exactly. Even marginal changes in speed or extent of the overreach against which we resist can compound into significant impact on people’s lives.
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I am stoic through the evil, but the goodness of people makes me cry.
January 11, 2026 at 1:57 AM
I am stoic through the evil, but the goodness of people makes me cry.
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Another beautiful piece by @sarahkendzior.bsky.social . Beautiful cave tour descriptions, roadside and Choctaw history, the grief of our national decline. Also gives us a guide for retaining our humanity and strength these days: "In the 21st century, defiance is compassion; compassion is defiance."
"What the oligarchs want most is no one left to tell the story, and no one left to love what once was."
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-invaders
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-invaders
The Invaders
Thieves of American empire are gunning for your future.
sarahkendzior.substack.com
January 10, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Another beautiful piece by @sarahkendzior.bsky.social . Beautiful cave tour descriptions, roadside and Choctaw history, the grief of our national decline. Also gives us a guide for retaining our humanity and strength these days: "In the 21st century, defiance is compassion; compassion is defiance."
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THEY KNEW is gaining a new audience as more people realize they knew.
January 10, 2026 at 11:32 AM
THEY KNEW is gaining a new audience as more people realize they knew.
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“Kendzior performs an important service by deftly differentiating the term ‘conspiracy theory’ from simple conspiracy — two terms often conflated by the powerful to shield themelves from accountability for their crimes.”
New review of THEY KNEW:
www.christopher-east.com/2025/12/26/n...
New review of THEY KNEW:
www.christopher-east.com/2025/12/26/n...
Nonfiction: They Knew by Sarah Kendzior – Christopher East
www.christopher-east.com
January 10, 2026 at 11:28 AM
“Kendzior performs an important service by deftly differentiating the term ‘conspiracy theory’ from simple conspiracy — two terms often conflated by the powerful to shield themelves from accountability for their crimes.”
New review of THEY KNEW:
www.christopher-east.com/2025/12/26/n...
New review of THEY KNEW:
www.christopher-east.com/2025/12/26/n...
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… from his own image and the need of wanting to be “whole”. They struggle a lot with their lack. They can a) become very neurotic (constantly fighting against their lack) or b) psychotic (where there is no lack anymore, no limit). In the latter case, the aim is to stabilise a person(‘s symptom)2/3
January 10, 2026 at 2:49 PM
… from his own image and the need of wanting to be “whole”. They struggle a lot with their lack. They can a) become very neurotic (constantly fighting against their lack) or b) psychotic (where there is no lack anymore, no limit). In the latter case, the aim is to stabilise a person(‘s symptom)2/3
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#Narcissism is complex, but I’ll try: All human subjects are born narcissistic - but then most of us enter the symbolic order in which we learn that who we imagine ourselves to be is dependent on others. This is how sociality is possible. An adult narcissist has not learned to distance oneself …1/3
Thank you, but this mean there is no reasoning with such person? Can there be arguments that stick with them?
January 10, 2026 at 2:49 PM
#Narcissism is complex, but I’ll try: All human subjects are born narcissistic - but then most of us enter the symbolic order in which we learn that who we imagine ourselves to be is dependent on others. This is how sociality is possible. An adult narcissist has not learned to distance oneself …1/3
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This is where it gets dangerous and why people start speaking about Trump being “evil”: it is likely that before destroying one’s own image (as Narcissus did in the myth), they destroy everything around them first. Not for punishment, but precisely because others don’t matter. 8/8
January 9, 2026 at 10:02 PM
This is where it gets dangerous and why people start speaking about Trump being “evil”: it is likely that before destroying one’s own image (as Narcissus did in the myth), they destroy everything around them first. Not for punishment, but precisely because others don’t matter. 8/8
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As there is no Other (which is located in the symbolic order, as #Lacan puts it), narcissists easily become aggressive (frustrated). The aggression is de facto oriented towards themselves (their own image), and thus Lacan speaks of “narcissistic suicidal aggression”. 7/8
January 9, 2026 at 10:02 PM
As there is no Other (which is located in the symbolic order, as #Lacan puts it), narcissists easily become aggressive (frustrated). The aggression is de facto oriented towards themselves (their own image), and thus Lacan speaks of “narcissistic suicidal aggression”. 7/8
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When Trump says “My own mind. It’s the only thing that can stop me”, he’s describing his symptom: that for him there is no Other. But he is wrong in thinking that his own “mind” could “stop him”. All human subjects are split (by language) and essentially lacking - narcissists simply deny this. 6/8
January 9, 2026 at 10:02 PM
When Trump says “My own mind. It’s the only thing that can stop me”, he’s describing his symptom: that for him there is no Other. But he is wrong in thinking that his own “mind” could “stop him”. All human subjects are split (by language) and essentially lacking - narcissists simply deny this. 6/8
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Everyone knows things got bad after David Bowie died in January 2016.
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/laura-palm...
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/laura-palm...
January 10, 2026 at 1:59 PM
Everyone knows things got bad after David Bowie died in January 2016.
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/laura-palm...
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/laura-palm...
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It's important to know who said what and when because 1) it shows who to trust in terms of analysis 2) it shows potential targets of the state who to trust in terms of protection.
If they had power and didn't take Epstein or ICE seriously before 2025, they're bullshitting now. And that's dangerous.
If they had power and didn't take Epstein or ICE seriously before 2025, they're bullshitting now. And that's dangerous.
January 10, 2026 at 3:06 PM
It's important to know who said what and when because 1) it shows who to trust in terms of analysis 2) it shows potential targets of the state who to trust in terms of protection.
If they had power and didn't take Epstein or ICE seriously before 2025, they're bullshitting now. And that's dangerous.
If they had power and didn't take Epstein or ICE seriously before 2025, they're bullshitting now. And that's dangerous.
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Is there a history of the "Abolish ICE" movement and the political response? What I recall is a principled stance against ICE being mocked in scathing ways by the "Vote Blue No Matter Who (Gets Killed)" crowd.
Who were the same people who blew off Epstein and insisted the DOJ would get Trump.
Who were the same people who blew off Epstein and insisted the DOJ would get Trump.
January 10, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Is there a history of the "Abolish ICE" movement and the political response? What I recall is a principled stance against ICE being mocked in scathing ways by the "Vote Blue No Matter Who (Gets Killed)" crowd.
Who were the same people who blew off Epstein and insisted the DOJ would get Trump.
Who were the same people who blew off Epstein and insisted the DOJ would get Trump.