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Watched part of the Kevin Hart roast. Some good parts, but so much was like watching a little kid repeating something that just made people laugh and then looking around disappointed that they didn’t get the same reaction.
Just seeing now that @dhm passed away this week. What a gut punch. I caught a Sixers game with him a few years ago, the March 2022 game when Ben Simmons returned to Philly as a Net (but didn't play). The Sixers got smoked, but I spent the whole game cracking up at his takes.
He and I disagreed about Hinkie and the Process, but he was anything but a hater. His piece for @Deadspin about the cult-like atmosphere at the 2017 @RTRSPodcast lottery party remains a classice. RIP.
Here's the link. It's a great read. deadspin.com/a-night-in-the-…
I’m not sure I’ve ever wanted a song included in a show more than I want On the Turning Away to be featured in the Stranger Things finale. Would be so perfect.
Cool, let’s keep gutting scientific research and educational programs and see how our high-tech “stuff” compares in a generation…
We released a new report today @GI_TOC on how Iran weaponizes illicit markets. While some of Tehran's illicit liaisons may seem like opportunistic attacks on dissidents and opponents abroad, they are actually part of an elaborate strategy that has been shaped by Iran's ambitions in the context of isolation. As conventional military confrontations persist, expect Tehran to transform this illicit advantage into irregular warfare operations.
🇮🇷 Iran’s criminal proxies aren’t just regional – they’re global. According to our latest report by @MaileyJR, Tehran uses criminal networks to evade sanctions, fund militias, & project power.
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Turkey, in particular, has provided Iran with a porous gateway to Europe. Turkish heroin traffickers have carried out adbuctions and assassinations of Iranian opponents in at least half a dozen countries. Istanbul-based banks have been used to circumvent sanctiosn on a large scale. Politically-connected businessmen have been implicated in elaborate laundering schemes. And compromised police have aided or tipped off Iranian agents operating within Turkey's borders. For Iran, the divident of compromising the country's economic and political institutions is three-fold: it can sidestep sanctions, target opponents, and weaken Western confidence in the reliability of a NATO member.
In many ways, Iran deploys influence over illicit networks in the same way that the US government wields the tools of economic statecraft: by exerting pressure on key choke points. Sitting at the crossroads of several important routes for smuggling Afghan heroin, Iran's ability to tighten the screws on traffickers provides immense leverage over cartels that operate the tacit or overt blessing of the state.
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3/3 💥 These partnerships have allowed Iran to wage a “shadow war” across the region, from Yemen to Lebanon, without open conflict.
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2/3 đźš© Iran relies on militias like Hezbollah for arms smuggling, while criminal partners help move its oil & launder money globally, allowing the regime to maintain plausible deniability.
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🇮🇷 Iran’s criminal proxies aren’t just regional – they’re global. According to our latest report by @MaileyJR, Tehran uses criminal networks to evade sanctions, fund militias, & project power.
Let’s unpack 👇 1/ 🧵
28 players have logged at least a minute this season for the sixers. That’s the most during my lifetime and maybe ever. It’s probably a dream for @Michael_Levin and a nightmare for @DerekBodnerNBA … if this is THE YEAR, we’ll need a shirt with all 28 names.
@SpikeEskin Somehow need this to become a rocky shirt. Could also go for a session of Tony and Tommy from DTS reading Oubre quotes.
Robbie, I'm wondering if you and I should quit our jobs and open a pizza place on Capitol Hill or K Street called The Pizza Lobby. Just an idea. Lmk.
