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Polymarket Iran War
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Prediction Markets are a National Security Threat

Millions of dollars have been bet and won on the US wars in Venezuela and now Iran through Polymarket. It's ghoulish and corrupt, and has to stop.

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Europe

France and Germany launch Europe's nuclear Plan B

NATO will still be under the US umbrella, but faith in Washington appears to be wobbling

On Iran, Spain's Sanchez rises above the bowed heads of Europe
Europe

On Iran, Spain's Sanchez rises above the bowed heads of Europe

The prime minister called Trump's war illegal and is not being bullied into joining operations or making equivocal statements of support

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Washington Politics

‘Un-American’ critics of war represent the majority of Americans

Mega-MAGA might be trying to purge them, but Tucker Carlson and other conservatives have their fingers on the real pulse after this week's Iran strikes

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Middle East

Europe's weakness on Iran, Gaza has radicalized politics at home

Israeli actions and the continent's complicity in them have destabilized the center, while the far left and far right become stronger

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Military Industrial Complex

Weapons makers cash in on Trump's Iran war

Big Pentagon contractors like Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman saw billions added to their market value