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<\/a><\/p>\nMatthew C. Klein: Russia’s Iran War Windfall in Perspective<\/a><\/h2>\nAt current prices<\/a>, the Russian government\u2019s energy-related tax revenues<\/a> are probably running about 3x the monthly average from December 2025-February 2026. If those prices hold for the rest of the year, total oil and gas tax receipts would be worth about $180 billion in 2026, up from $101 billion in 2025.<\/p>\nIf Russian export prices rise further from here\u2014which seems likely given the world\u2019s growing desperation for oil, gas, and refined products that are not affected by the Iranian government\u2019s growing realization that it controls all traffic through the Strait of Hormuz<\/a>\u2014then the Russian government could find itself with a windfall worth hundreds of billions of dollars. (Unless of course its own export volumes are constrained by Ukrainian attacks<\/a>.) Russia is also poised to benefit from its position as a major exporter of fertilizers<\/a> now that Middle Eastern exports are no longer available.<\/p>\nMarc Bennetts @ Times of London<\/em>: Why Putin is the real winner of the Iran war<\/a><\/h2>\nWithout firing a shot, Russia has emerged as a victor after the conflict created splits between Nato members and his ties with Iran strengthened<\/em><\/p>\nHeather Cox Richardson: Letters from an American – April 9, 2026<\/a><\/h2>\nThe ceasefire President Donald J. Trump announced Tuesday night fell apart almost immediately. …<\/p>\n
Although Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth claims the U.S. has had a \u201chistoric and overwhelming victory\u201d that achieved \u201cevery single objective,\u201d David S. Cloud of the Wall Street Journal<\/em> wrote yesterday that Iran saw the ceasefire as a \u201ctriumph\u201d because it had survived a 38-day barrage from the United States and Israel and because it had gained control over the Strait of Hormuz, inflicting deep damage on the U.S. economy. Iran claimed the U.S. had suffered \u201can undeniable, historic, and crushing defeat.\u201d Iran\u2019s new leadership is even more anti-Western than the previous leadership, killed in the early days of the U.S.-Israeli strikes.<\/p>\nYesterday the president posted his own interpretation of the terms of the agreement, but they were aspirational and asked for Iran to agree to terms that were less advantageous for the U.S. than the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) that President Barack Obama negotiated in 2015 and Trump tore up in 2018.
\n(Heather Cox Richardson more…)<\/a>
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Eliana Silver @ Daily Mail<\/em>: Iran’s ‘pay up or get blown up’ threat: Map ‘shows heavily mined Strait of Hormuz’ as Tehran ‘demands $1m crypto tolls’ and oil prices surge<\/a><\/h2>\nIran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard may have put sea mines in the Strait of Hormuz during the war, a chart published by semi-official news agencies in the country on Thursday suggested. <\/p>\n
Tehran has also begun demanding massive cryptocurrency fees from passing ships as oil prices skyrocket during the fragile first days of a two-week ceasefire.<\/p>\n
Charts dated from February 28 until April 9 were published by news agencies ISNA and Tasnim on Thursday, showing a large circle marked ‘danger zone’ in Farsi over the Traffic Separation Scheme.
\n(Eliana Silver @ Daily Mail<\/em> more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
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Mar\u00eda Teresita Armstrong-Matta @ RawStory<\/em>: Military lawyers allegedly ready to revolt over Hegseth’s target list<\/a><\/h2>\n
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Cristina Stassis @ Military Times<\/em>: Automatic registration for US military draft-eligible men to begin in December<\/a><\/h2>\nAutomatic registration into the U.S. military draft pool for eligible men is slated to begin in December, following efforts from lawmakers and the selective service agency to streamline the previous self-registration process.
\n(Cristina Stassis @ Military Times<\/em> more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
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Brian Allen: The Pentagon Summoned the Pope\u2019s Ambassador and Told Him to Pick a Side<\/a><\/h2>\nTroy Matthews @ MeidasTouchNews<\/em>: Pope Cancels Visit to the U.S. After Pentagon Threatens Vatican<\/a><\/h2>\n
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Paul Wiseman @ AP: US economy grew a sluggish 0.5% in fourth quarter, government says, downgrading previous estimate<\/a><\/h2>\n
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Dan Gearino @ Inside Climate News<\/em>: Unpacking Trump\u2019s Use of Emergency Powers to Prop Up Coal<\/a><\/h2>\nA World War II-era policy is stopping old coal plants from closing, despite high costs and the wishes of their owners.<\/em><\/p>\n
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NY Times<\/em>: Coming Home May Be the Most Dangerous Part of Artemis II<\/a><\/a><\/h2>\nAfter a successful flight around the moon, the astronauts are relying on a flawed heat shield to protect them as they re-enter Earth\u2019s atmosphere.<\/em><\/p>\n
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Joe Patrice @ Above the Law<\/em>: Trump Sends DOJ After NFL To Avenge His Own Public Humiliation In The 80s<\/a><\/h2>\n
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Brian Allen: The First Lady Called a Press Conference About Epstein. Her Husband Says He Didn\u2019t Know.<\/a><\/h2>\nShe took no questions.<\/em><\/p>\nRobert Reich: Why did Melania hold a news conference today, denying any relationship with Jeffrey Epstein?<\/a><\/h2>\nSome theories<\/em><\/p>\nNY Times<\/em>: Melania Trump Says She Was Not Associated With Jeffrey Epstein<\/a><\/h2>\n
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Decoding Fox News: Fox News Took Its Viewers on a Journey into Trump Delusion<\/a><\/h2>\nA condensed overview of 15 hours of Fox News for the week ending 4\/5\/26<\/em><\/p>\n
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\nAl Jazeera Death toll and injuries live tracker<\/a><\/h2>\nICE Accountability Project<\/a><\/h2>\nICE deaths 2026 – They deserve remembrance and justice.<\/em><\/p>\n\n- March 16: Royer Perez-Jimenez<\/a>\n
- March 14: Naseer Paktiawil<\/a>\n
- February 25: Nurul Amin Shah Alam<\/a>
\nApril 1 – Jennifer Peltz and Jake Offenhartz @ AP: Death of a refugee left at a Buffalo doughnut shop by Border Patrol is ruled a homicide<\/a><\/p>\n- January 24: Alex Pretti<\/a>\n
- January 14: Heber Sanchaz Dominguez<\/a>\n
- January 14: Victor Manuel Diaz<\/a>\n
- January 9: Parady La<\/a>\n
- January 7: Ren\u00e9e Good<\/a>\n
- January 6: Luis Beltran Yanez-Cruz<\/a>\n
- January 5: Luis Gustavo Nunez Caceres<\/a>\n
- January 3: Geraldo Lunas Campos<\/a>\n
- December 31, 2025: Keith Porter<\/a>\n<\/ol>\n
Suffering Under President Obama<\/a><\/h2>\nNACDL Criminal Case Tracker<\/a><\/h2>\nTexas Tribune: A Walk for Peace: photos of Fort Worth monks\u2019 journey to Washington<\/a><\/h2>\nWalk for Peace – Dhammacetiya – The Ancient Sacred Buddhist Scripture Stupas<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\nMargaret Chase Smith: Declaration of Conscience<\/a><\/h2>\nNPR: January 6, 2021: A visual archive<\/a><\/h2>\nAccountability Initiative ICE List<\/a><\/h2>\nGriftMatrix<\/a><\/h2>\nTrump Action Tracker<\/a><\/h2>\nTimeline: Tracking the Trump Justice Department\u2019s Anti-Voting Shift<\/a><\/h2>\nTracking the Lawsuits Against Trump\u2019s Agenda<\/a><\/h2>\nTrump Pardons Database<\/a><\/h2>\nProject 2025 Tracker<\/a><\/h2>\nDOGE Tracker<\/a><\/h2>\nProPublica: Elon Musk\u2019s Demolition Crew<\/a><\/h2>\nWired: 6 Tools for Tracking the Trump Administration\u2019s Attacks on Civil Liberties<\/a><\/h2>\n\n- The Impact Map<\/a>\n
- United States Disappeared Tracke<\/a>r\n
- ICE Flight Tracking<\/a>\n
- Regulatory Changes Tracker<\/a>\n
- Trump Administration Litigation Trackers<\/a>\n
- Far Right Groups Targeting Pride Month<\/a>\n<\/ol>\n<\/ul>\n
<\/p>\n<\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"curated news excerpts & citations Matthew C. Klein: Russia’s Iran War Windfall in Perspective At current prices, the Russian government\u2019s energy-related tax revenues are probably running about 3x the monthly average from December 2025-February 2026. If those prices hold for the rest of the year, total oil and gas tax receipts would be worth about […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-6"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9750"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9750\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9786,"href":"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9750\/revisions\/9786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
If Russian export prices rise further from here\u2014which seems likely given the world\u2019s growing desperation for oil, gas, and refined products that are not affected by the Iranian government\u2019s growing realization that it controls all traffic through the Strait of Hormuz<\/a>\u2014then the Russian government could find itself with a windfall worth hundreds of billions of dollars. (Unless of course its own export volumes are constrained by Ukrainian attacks<\/a>.) Russia is also poised to benefit from its position as a major exporter of fertilizers<\/a> now that Middle Eastern exports are no longer available.<\/p>\n Without firing a shot, Russia has emerged as a victor after the conflict created splits between Nato members and his ties with Iran strengthened<\/em><\/p>\n The ceasefire President Donald J. Trump announced Tuesday night fell apart almost immediately. …<\/p>\n Although Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth claims the U.S. has had a \u201chistoric and overwhelming victory\u201d that achieved \u201cevery single objective,\u201d David S. Cloud of the Wall Street Journal<\/em> wrote yesterday that Iran saw the ceasefire as a \u201ctriumph\u201d because it had survived a 38-day barrage from the United States and Israel and because it had gained control over the Strait of Hormuz, inflicting deep damage on the U.S. economy. Iran claimed the U.S. had suffered \u201can undeniable, historic, and crushing defeat.\u201d Iran\u2019s new leadership is even more anti-Western than the previous leadership, killed in the early days of the U.S.-Israeli strikes.<\/p>\n Yesterday the president posted his own interpretation of the terms of the agreement, but they were aspirational and asked for Iran to agree to terms that were less advantageous for the U.S. than the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) that President Barack Obama negotiated in 2015 and Trump tore up in 2018. Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard may have put sea mines in the Strait of Hormuz during the war, a chart published by semi-official news agencies in the country on Thursday suggested. <\/p>\n Tehran has also begun demanding massive cryptocurrency fees from passing ships as oil prices skyrocket during the fragile first days of a two-week ceasefire.<\/p>\n Charts dated from February 28 until April 9 were published by news agencies ISNA and Tasnim on Thursday, showing a large circle marked ‘danger zone’ in Farsi over the Traffic Separation Scheme. Automatic registration into the U.S. military draft pool for eligible men is slated to begin in December, following efforts from lawmakers and the selective service agency to streamline the previous self-registration process. A World War II-era policy is stopping old coal plants from closing, despite high costs and the wishes of their owners.<\/em><\/p>\n After a successful flight around the moon, the astronauts are relying on a flawed heat shield to protect them as they re-enter Earth\u2019s atmosphere.<\/em><\/p>\n She took no questions.<\/em><\/p>\n Some theories<\/em><\/p>\n A condensed overview of 15 hours of Fox News for the week ending 4\/5\/26<\/em><\/p>\n ICE deaths 2026 – They deserve remembrance and justice.<\/em><\/p>\n Walk for Peace – Dhammacetiya – The Ancient Sacred Buddhist Scripture Stupas<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/p>\n<\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" curated news excerpts & citations Matthew C. Klein: Russia’s Iran War Windfall in Perspective At current prices, the Russian government\u2019s energy-related tax revenues are probably running about 3x the monthly average from December 2025-February 2026. If those prices hold for the rest of the year, total oil and gas tax receipts would be worth about […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-6"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9750"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9750\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9786,"href":"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9750\/revisions\/9786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Marc Bennetts @ Times of London<\/em>: Why Putin is the real winner of the Iran war<\/a><\/h2>\n
Heather Cox Richardson: Letters from an American – April 9, 2026<\/a><\/h2>\n
\n(Heather Cox Richardson more…)<\/a>
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<\/a><\/p>\nEliana Silver @ Daily Mail<\/em>: Iran’s ‘pay up or get blown up’ threat: Map ‘shows heavily mined Strait of Hormuz’ as Tehran ‘demands $1m crypto tolls’ and oil prices surge<\/a><\/h2>\n
\n(Eliana Silver @ Daily Mail<\/em> more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
\nMar\u00eda Teresita Armstrong-Matta @ RawStory<\/em>: Military lawyers allegedly ready to revolt over Hegseth’s target list<\/a><\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nCristina Stassis @ Military Times<\/em>: Automatic registration for US military draft-eligible men to begin in December<\/a><\/h2>\n
\n(Cristina Stassis @ Military Times<\/em> more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
\nBrian Allen: The Pentagon Summoned the Pope\u2019s Ambassador and Told Him to Pick a Side<\/a><\/h2>\n
Troy Matthews @ MeidasTouchNews<\/em>: Pope Cancels Visit to the U.S. After Pentagon Threatens Vatican<\/a><\/h2>\n
\nPaul Wiseman @ AP: US economy grew a sluggish 0.5% in fourth quarter, government says, downgrading previous estimate<\/a><\/h2>\n
\nDan Gearino @ Inside Climate News<\/em>: Unpacking Trump\u2019s Use of Emergency Powers to Prop Up Coal<\/a><\/h2>\n
\nNY Times<\/em>: Coming Home May Be the Most Dangerous Part of Artemis II<\/a><\/a><\/h2>\n
\nJoe Patrice @ Above the Law<\/em>: Trump Sends DOJ After NFL To Avenge His Own Public Humiliation In The 80s<\/a><\/h2>\n
\nBrian Allen: The First Lady Called a Press Conference About Epstein. Her Husband Says He Didn\u2019t Know.<\/a><\/h2>\n
Robert Reich: Why did Melania hold a news conference today, denying any relationship with Jeffrey Epstein?<\/a><\/h2>\n
NY Times<\/em>: Melania Trump Says She Was Not Associated With Jeffrey Epstein<\/a><\/h2>\n
\nDecoding Fox News: Fox News Took Its Viewers on a Journey into Trump Delusion<\/a><\/h2>\n
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\nAl Jazeera Death toll and injuries live tracker<\/a><\/h2>\n
ICE Accountability Project<\/a><\/h2>\n
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\nApril 1 – Jennifer Peltz and Jake Offenhartz @ AP: Death of a refugee left at a Buffalo doughnut shop by Border Patrol is ruled a homicide<\/a><\/p>\nSuffering Under President Obama<\/a><\/h2>\n
NACDL Criminal Case Tracker<\/a><\/h2>\n
Texas Tribune: A Walk for Peace: photos of Fort Worth monks\u2019 journey to Washington<\/a><\/h2>\n
Margaret Chase Smith: Declaration of Conscience<\/a><\/h2>\n
NPR: January 6, 2021: A visual archive<\/a><\/h2>\n
Accountability Initiative ICE List<\/a><\/h2>\n
GriftMatrix<\/a><\/h2>\n
Trump Action Tracker<\/a><\/h2>\n
Timeline: Tracking the Trump Justice Department\u2019s Anti-Voting Shift<\/a><\/h2>\n
Tracking the Lawsuits Against Trump\u2019s Agenda<\/a><\/h2>\n
Trump Pardons Database<\/a><\/h2>\n
Project 2025 Tracker<\/a><\/h2>\n
DOGE Tracker<\/a><\/h2>\n
ProPublica: Elon Musk\u2019s Demolition Crew<\/a><\/h2>\n
Wired: 6 Tools for Tracking the Trump Administration\u2019s Attacks on Civil Liberties<\/a><\/h2>\n
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