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Ethan Caldwell

Trump Said Talks Are Going Well — Then Threatened to Level Iran. In the Same Interview.

In one 8-minute call, Trump said negotiations are intense and going well — then said he bombed a bridge because Iran wasn’t serious — then said he’d blow up the whole country if no deal. Same interview. This is not strategy. Here’s what 36 days of contradictions actually reveal about this war.

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The Houthis Just Entered the War. Here’s Why Bab al-Mandab Matters More Than Hormuz

Hormuz is closed. Now the Houthis are threatening the second strait — Bab al-Mandab. Saudi Arabia’s emergency pipeline workaround runs straight through Houthi range. Both straits closed simultaneously is what analysts call “the sum of all fears.” Here’s why April 6 could trigger exactly that.

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Trump Said Iran’s Radar Was “100% Annihilated.” Then Iran Shot Down a US Fighter Jet.

Wednesday night Trump said Iran has “no anti-aircraft equipment” and its radar is “100% annihilated.” 48 hours later, Iran shot down a US F-15E Strike Eagle. One crew member rescued after 24 hours. Two rescue helicopters hit. An A-10 crashed in Kuwait. Here’s what the incident actually reveals about the war.

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Russia, China, and France Just Blocked the UN Resolution to Reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Here’s What Happens Next.

Russia, China, and France blocked the UN resolution to authorize force in the Strait of Hormuz. No multilateral framework. No off-ramp. April 6 deadline stands. The Security Council just told the world to figure it out alone — three days before Trump’s ultimatum expires.

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Trump Signals Escalation: What His Latest Iran Warning Reveals About the War’s Next Phase

Two days after saying the war was “nearing completion,” Trump posted that the US military “hasn’t even started” destroying Iran — and named bridges and power plants as the next targets. The April 6 deadline is 3 days away. Here’s what this post actually means, and why the next 72 hours are the most dangerous of the war.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

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You Wrote the Content. AI Got the Traffic. Here’s What Content Creators Need to Know.

Perplexity has 200 billion indexed URLs and 780 million monthly queries. It answers questions directly — without sending traffic to the sites that informed those answers. Only 1% of users click the cited sources. The game changed from “create good content” to “get AI to cite you.” Here are the three strategies — and what each one actually gets right.

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The Diplomat Behind the Back-Channel Talks Was Struck in an Airstrike. Here’s Why It Matters.

Weeks before the strike, Kharazi warned CNN: “While we were engaged in negotiations, they struck us.” On April 1, a US-Israeli airstrike hit his home in Tehran. His wife was killed. He was hospitalized. He was the man coordinating back-channel talks for a Vance-Iran meeting through Pakistan. The pattern he described became his own story..

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Millions Fell for a Fake X Feature Removal. Here’s How the Engagement Farm Actually Works.

On April 1, millions of X users believed a viral claim that the platform had removed the ability to copy video links. It was false — and coordinated. Premium-verified accounts spread it to millions of impressions before the correction appeared. Here’s exactly how the engagement farm worked, and why the technique is identical to real misinformation.

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