Jacob Hoopes surrenders to begin serving 900 days in prison

For the record:

1. RantWoman is a judgmental WITCH about any event where a law enforcement officer gets hit in or near the eye because a protestor throws a rock. Doesn't matter the protest. Doesn't matter if the protest is about odious and despicable official behavior. RantWoman as a legally blind / blind / low vision (choose a label) person is just a judgmental WITCH.

2. RantWoman is also a judgmental witch about everything to do with ICE.

3. RantWoman has gone to jail more than once for actions related to protesting. Every single time, RantWoman winds up reflecting on her own privilege, and on the history of early Quakers going to prison for practicing their faith and turning into giant prison reformers. What will that bode, for Jacob and for everyone following his case.

With that as intro:

Hoopes Begins 30-Month Prison Sentence at Minimum-Security Camp in Oregon [Updated] - Friends Journal

from the Daily Bulletin at Annual Session

Dear NPYM Friends,

We dropped our son Jacob Hoopes off at prison in Sheridan, Oregon, this afternoon. Our hearts are heavy, but our spirits are buoyed up by the tremendous love and Light that has been pouring in from all corners of the Earth. Thank you, more than words can say.

We have updated the https://www.900daysoflight.com/ webpage (copy and paste the url) with a brief video of Jacob, which he filmed before surrendering himself. As we said our farewells, Jacob showed his extraordinary courage, present-mindedness, and mettle. I believe in him. And thanks to so much love from so many supporters, he believes in himself, too.

Onward, with love overflowing,

Tom Hoopes

Robert Jacob Hoopes

#98782-511

P.O. Box 6000 – Camp

Sheridan, OR 97378

RantWoman quite likes the "Adopt-a-Day" concept mentioned on the website. RantWoman notes that the earliest available free day is in October. RantWoman would love a way to know what activities will come with every adopted day. RantWoman will continue to spend some part of every day fighting the horrible attitudes among many in the US who have gotten the country and ICE to the outrageous mess where the US currently finds ourselves.

And one venue for this fight: plenty of people in RantWoman's circles who think the country is already full and there are not enough resources that blind people need now so we can't afford to let anyone else in. NO sense at all that defending people's civil rights means defending everyone's civil rights.

Where in the world is Conflict Is A Gift of God Friend?

Spoiler alert: apparently many Friends were wondering whether a certain Friend had perhaps fallen ill. Conflict is a Gift of God Friend was attending a family wedding and did show up in the closing Zoom.

But wait, there's MORE.

Bless your heart to the Friend whose message of hope and reminiscence of events 20+ years ago also, probably unintentionally, summoned Conflict is a Gift of God Friend to RantWoman's mind. The memory: very lumpy ground. Conflict is a Gift Of God Friend dragging RantWoman and newly adopted white cane across lumpy ground instead of respecting RantWoman's preference for reasonable concrete on the sidewalk. 

This was only the first of several Grab the Blind Person and Bless Them moments before RantWoman decided just not ever to try to go walking with Conflict is a Gift of God Friend.

The latest from Karoline Leavitt

 #Economy #SNAP #Affordability

A fresh new crop of lies to bust through.

The base that voted for President #StableGenius is going to take a heavy hit from all the health care medicare cuts and jumps in gas prices, food.

RantWoman frequently finds this channel irritating, but tonight it lays out a whole bunch of points.

How many ways COULD war get worse?

#Iran #Ukraine #russia #NorthKorea 

"It is long past time for Congress to intervene to stop a war that has no real objectives or strategy."

But instead will these hypotheticals be turned into excuses to expand...?

Sal Surveys big shipping stories

 #StraitOfHormuz #BabElMandab #BlackSea #PanamaCanal #ArcticRoute #EuropeanRiverSystem #ClimateChange #Russia #Ukraine

Black Sea Escalation: Ukraine Shifts Tactics to Target the Dark Fleet

TLDR: no country realizes the damage being done to global trade.

Darline Graham is IN, running for a full term!

 #SCpol #DisabilityPrideMonth #SenatorGraham

RantWoman would LOVE to see an all-women Senate Race in SC.

But RantWoman, aren't you being sexist or WOKE or #DEI?

1. People decide all-men races are just fine all the time. It's women's turn. Plus, I dunno, maybe women's insight can help wring justice and accountability out of endless Epstein sludge. But first, get through the primary OF COURSE

2. Woke?

Yep. During the #DonSnoreleone administration, candidates who can stay awake are already ahead of the game.

3. #DEI?

Dignity Enthusiasm Integrity?

Dedication Excellence Influence?

Diligence Equality Investment?

Disability Eagerness Initiative.

What's not to like?

Judging by the interview here, newly appointed Senator Graham already sounds like an astute politician, so much so that RantWoman is going to have to work to contain her reflex desire for anyone endorsed by President #StableGenius to LOSE.

No, that also is not automatically an endorsement. RantWoman has resolved not to give money to partizan campaigns but will definitely be supporting projects to get people registered, fight vote suppression, and stay on top of any efforts to subvert the election process.

RantWoman will also be treading carefully about hopes for voices that undo many of the worst most inhuman policies of the current administration.

Watch the Darline Graham interview. Skip the Mitch McConnell death watch.

Should Darline Graham run in the SC GOP primary?

 #SCpol #GOP #Senate

from elsewhere on Planet RantWoman

Adventures of RantWoman: The President endorses Lindsay Graham's sister in the SC GOP Primary.

True confession: RantWoman is usually THRILLED when a candidate who President #StableGenius has endorsed goes down in flames. In this case RantWoman would be thrilled to see a #GOP woman face off against a Democratic woman. But RantWoman's BS detector kicked in hard once, though. Speaking plainly, a CLUELESS Democratic pol ran for Secretary of State against a #GOP candidate who not only ran elections impeccably but also was well informed about the Talking Book and Braille library, under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of State.

RantWoman has no opinion about what it would take for Senator Graham to win a primary or how to stay competitive in a general election, but yeah two women on the ballot would be COOL!

Domestic turmoil in Russia: let the swans dance

 #Russia #GasLines GasPrices

Ukraine attacks Russa in occupied Donetsk

 #Ukraine #Russia #MilitaryLogistics #Ai #Drones

DOJ turns over EVIDENCE to MN prosecutors

 #ICE 

James Carville needs to retire, pass the torch...

 Considering....

Strategic points about the Iranian hits in Jordan

 #Iran #Jordan #Kuwait #SaudiArabia #Desalinzation #MemorandumOfMisunderstanding #EnergyEconomy #WarCrimes

Congress DO SOMETHING. President #StableGenius is going to keep doing this get awar with as much as possible without having to go to Congress.

"Neither side wants total war but neither side is able to extract itself."

IRAN WAR: Massive blow to Trump; US confirms casualties, 1 soldier missing | Janta Ka Reporter

Ukraine getting into the arms biz?

 #Ukraine #Russia #France #ArmsTrade #MissileProduction

Let's talk about Europe backing the Ukrainian Patriot replacement and Trump losing again....

It's officially a war. Now about a certain "excursion."

 #Russia #Ukraine 

A new mobilization? 

Proposal to (revive the Soviet tradition and) reintroduce exit visas

Happy Birthday Ann Stever with Annie's song

"Baby born. Doing fine." Oh Wait, the anniversary of the first test of a nuclear bomb.

No. Not the dawn of the nuclear age. A birthday RantWoman remembers because it is close to her own and a celebration of the wonderful opportunity to read memorial minutes online with the tools RantWoman needs instead of in tiny and sometimes faint print on a wall or in a notebook at annual session. Put a pin in that point when RantWoman gets to other points below. Put a pin also in points where people are actually DOING THINGS RIGHT so that when RantWoman points out a PROBLEM the world does not melt down. RantWoman is speaking to her own experience. Other people do not get a vote about RantWoman's experience, but if asked nicely, SOMETIMES RantWoman will titrate how much experience she generously shares with others.

(RantWoman followed the last few weeks of Ann's life on CaringBridge. At a certain point, although the medical details were different from RantMom's departure to other realms, RantWoman noticed that things were not headed in a good direction and just held in the Light.)

With that, the actual minute.

Ann Stever memorial minute draft.docx - Google Docs

No. RantWoman. No. Remember what happened last time you went to a giant memorial for a very weighty Friend?

RantWoman and the RSOF: Agnes Schmoe

Okay for comparison:

People noticed RantWoman arrived with white cane and offered her seating close to the entrance because the room was already packed.

Check and check, with the added detail of someone handy to put out more chairs.

Sound quality and audio issues.

For Friend Ann's memorial, RantWoman made it through the whole event without standing up and yelling a request for everyone to use the mic. 

Is RantWoman reformed about need to correct people about this? Not exactly. People offering ministry had a microphone. People offering ministry in the room still did not manage to be as audible as the voices from Zoom fed into the PA system. But now there are Zoom captions. One can log into the Zoom meeting, disconnect audio in order not to generate feedback, and let captions fill one's whole phone screen, which if RantWoman holds the phone close enough to her face can be read. The captions are still Zoom captions, but Zoom actually picks things up even if voices do not come through well. Mostly also, there was just so much love in the room that RantWoman decided getting every single word did not matter.

RantWoman mostly has words of things that stuck in her mind from the time of Ann's passing and Ann's memorial

Two musical offerings stick in RantWoman's mind. Early in the memorial.

John Denver - Annie's Song (from The Wildlife Concert)

Annie's Song - Lifein3D (John Denver cover)

The song spoke so elegantly to how RantWoman has felt in early stages of grieving.

Most of the ministry fluttered through RantWoman's mind without sticking.

One moment made RantWoman smile: one of Ann's step son, RantWoman is not sure which, spoke of the time when pairings were getting rearranged, something like "I already have two moms. I am not sure about a third one." RantWoman also remembers Dorsey in the past sharing how much Ann enriched her stepsons' lives.

Many Friends spoke about Ann's attention to detail, focus in organizing, and a feeling that each person in a conversation is important.

There were also MANY messages about Ann's gift for nonverbal communications. Here is where RantWoman had a fabulous after the party emotional eruption. Oh COURSE. RantWoman is acutely aware both of the importance of nonverbal communications and the fact that, while probably never very good at nonverbal communications, after certain medical events, RantWoman was definitely a LOT worse about them. 

Does anyone besides RantWoman see two problems:

One: the missed communications channel

Two: everyone's inability to see this might be a problem, a tendency to declare the problem off topic and ...

There. Eruption over, at least in Ann's direction.

It's fun to think of Ann's enthusiasm for sports.

Mention of Smith college has made RantWoman think more than fits into this meditation about women of different generations, what was / is expected of them, and what they expect(ed) of themselves.

And the other musical note that rings so true about Ann.

Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee

PS Deviled Eggs are a perfect item for a memorial reception and RantWoman blesses everyone who had a hand in the abundance.

Congratulations Sen. Darline Graham

 

The following bout of RantWoman Unfiltered (more unfiltered than usual) brought to you by ...

BLINDNESS. Literal physical blindness and low vision. Journalistic blindness when too many media voices are ready to skip journalistic norms and hop on the lattest horse running around

Adventures of RantWoman: Contacts Matter. So does competence

RantWoman's points:

Perhaps the late Senator Graham respected his sister's work and listened when she and a few dozen blindness advocate friends came knocking.

RantWoman can't decide whether even to care about half the male sex workers in the District of Columbia talking about "Lady G" and his thing for red undergarments. But then RantWoman is from Seattle and has been known to go to events involving blind people from many parts of the US and announce "I am (RantWoman) and I am going to tell you about my pronouns whether you think you want to know or not.

Will the newly appointed Senator Graham deviate from her brother's foreign policy fixations? Will having a bigger forum help keep the needs of #PWD in the public's eyes?

STAY TUNED.

Up next: Chair of the senate Budget Committee

 Posted with minimal comment

Ukraine develops independent missile production capacity AND...

 #Ukraine #Russia #PatriotMissiles

Susan Collins find her voice--sort of

 #MEpol #AbolishICE #ICETrailOfDeath #CathOfTheDay

I love Lawrence O'donnell.

The Strait of Hormuz Week 18

#StraitOfHormuz #Iran $BlackSea #PanamaCanal #ElNino

May Senator Lindsay Graham Rest in Peace

All day RantWoman has simply said "May God rest the soul of Lindsay Graham."

RantWoman wishes to congratulate herself for finding some words that seem more centered than dancing on someone's grave or hoping that their soul is dragged into hell.

But wait. Could it be a conspiracy? Senator Graham reportedly died of sudden cardiac arrest. RantWoman's febrile mind leapt to LOTS of Russian oligarch's falling out of windows and dying of "sudden cardiac arrest." Did this kind of death bug bite Senator Graham. What WILL the tox screen say?

But along comes this video: Faux Snooze has to interrupt their tribute to Sen. Graham to announce...more bombing in Iran.

Perfect. Just Perfect. More bombing to remember a glib warmonger. Just perfect.

PS

Yay young independent journalists.

Kids, kids, kids: tighter editing anyone?

PPS. Are we supposed to be grateful if Senator Graham's passing saves the country from both a horrible vote suppression bill and a terrible attorney general? Stay Tuned!

Ukraine hits 48 military target vessels in 120 hours

 #Ukraine #Russia

More indication that the war is going badly for Russia.

Russia Suffers Total Defeat in Sea of Azov to Ukraine

Russian Cities Under Siege As Ukraine Ramps Up Strikes

Way too rah rah destruction but useful account

PLEASE fire the current #SecDef

 #Iran #Veterans #InjuredTroops

Gas lines visible from space

#Russia #Crimea #Ukraine #EnergyEconomy 

Russia Had Its Worst Day So Far This Year - YouTube

Putin’s war finally reaches Moscow: What changes now?

Russia Had Its Worst Day So Far This Year

Wishing Mitch McConnell a "speedy recovery?"

#Senate #KYpol #McConnell 

Speedy recovery? 

The whole internet is full of people with medical credentials saying various versions of "Not Bloody likely." 

The norm in modern hospitals is to kick people out as quickly as possible for many many conditions. If the good Senator were a regular person, most likely he would already have been kicked out to Skilled Nursing or dumped into the lap of family ordered to find an appropriate placement. But no.

Instead, we have multiple voices asserting that they had 20-minute conversations? Was it REALLY the Senator and not AI? Was it 20 minutes of raise one finger for a yes vote and two fingers for a no vote.

Is it gauche just to say 

"May God rest Mitch McConnell's soul and may he not be forced endlessly to suffer in the hospital"?

The internet of course is also full of various versions of "May he be dragged immediately to hell to burn forever."

But what if the #GOP, instead of demanding proof of life, just started singing his praises, lauding every outrageous thing that Mitch has pulled off. Play recordings about this in his hospital room daily. Convince him that he has done, cough, so much for the US already and there are others who can carry on the fight.

RantWoman is not proud that it would be fine with her if the good Senator remains on life support and cannot vote anymore BUT KY voters absolutely deserve full competent representation.

Here's Why Republicans Are HIDING Mitch McConnell's Condition

The Sick Reason Mitch McConnell's Corporate Puppet Masters Won’t Let Him Die

TYT interviews former CIA agent John Kiriakiou

#Israel #Counterintelligence #Spycraft 

More on the theme of Israel is NOT a friend of the US and there is NO WAY the US should be merging military with a country with such a horrible human rights record.

Greatest hit conspiracy theories: 9/11 October 7 with details to back up the conspiracy themes.

RantWoman definitely remembers the atmosphere of 2001 as a civilian contractor at a certain large aircraft company. LOTS of people clearly knew something was up.

It would be nice if a certain Congressional campaign featured constructive discussion about the issues raised here.

Israel is not an ally of the US. Who is waiting out for after November?

 #Iran #Israel #Negotiations

Lawrence O-Donnell: I never believed Graham Platner

 

RantWoman comments

A channel called Tabitha speaks is just blistering about white commentators ignoring Black voices of concern and outrage. By the time I saw this Platner's withdrawal has been announced. The "poor oysterman" shtick is disgusting considering his family background. I would have hoped they also would havecalled BS on that. One MIGHT hope. Aside from all the OUTRAGEOUS examples of lack of integrity there seems to be a pattern of people who speak out strongly against Israel getting their campaigns derailed Cynically one could go even further about building up extreme candidates in the primary so that voters get disgusted and don't show up and we are back to the same corrupt swamp. Owning one's tattoos CAN be a sign of integrity, BUT Tattoos can also be removed (hard, but) or inked over in new designs.

Background links

Bombshell Graham Platner Report Has BIG PROBLEMS

I’ve seen enough…

Oh HELL NO! Get this ridiculous proposal out of the NDAA forever.

#Israel #Weapons deals

ATTENTION Rep Adam Smith! PAY ATTENTION

Israel Thought No One Noticed. We Did.

Sal on all the ongoing wars at sea and ripple effects

 #StraitOfHormuz #BlackSea #Caribbean #RedSea #NarcoTrafficking #EnergyEconomy

Rep. Al Green on Major Jason Watson

 

China Russia Ukraine

 

TYT reports on the Grand Ayatollah's funeral with a generous dose of ranting.

 #Iran #Shia #Israel

12 million people in the streets of Tehran. As TYT puts it, probably the largest funeral ever in the history of humanity.

What? The Iranian people don't like being bombed and foreigners bombing the country generated a Rally Around the flag effect? Imagine that.

RantWoman does not dispute the body counts and issues raised by Cenk about Israel but also finds it unsatisfying to completely ignore everything to do with global oil / energy markets.

Week 18 Shipping, the Strait of Hormuz, global energy trade

 #StraitOfHormuz #Iran #China #Russia #India #JonesAct #Japan

Description text captures key summary points

The Declaration of Independence: 21st century reflections

#CadetBoneSpurs

Malcolm Nance goes off from a very historic vantage point.

Malcolm Nance declares independence from this traitorous regime

God is smiting President #StableGenius. The stone presidents are weeping and heavy fireworks haze clouds the nation's capital.

As the US stumbles into the 251st year since the signing of the declaration of independence, RantWoman offers the following half-formed reflections:

1. Whatever one thinks of the whole text and circumstances of the Declaration of Independence--and there is a lot to think--it matters to take at least one day a year to reflect on where the country has been, where it is, where it is going. We are not required to LIKE the reflections but it matters to do them.

2. RantWoman is a grownup and is perfectly capable of using a search engine to round up some videos of celebrations in the small communities of this country, the kind of celebration where the volunteer of the year rides in a convertible ahead of the portable toilet company and the elementary schoolkids pedaling their kid bikes along the route, where there is a high school marching band and assorted kind of homely floats. RantWoman definitely thinks this would be a valuable addition to notes of a fireworks setting the Brooklyn bridge on fire, a plane flying into Chicago complaining about fireworks interference, and arrests of 400 people in LA.

3. Sleep is resistance. RantWoman woke up too late to make it to the worship outside the federal building. RantWoman does not, unfortunately, foresee a shortage of reasons to need to stand in silent witness and is glad to hear glowing reports of Saturday's event.

 4. Friends generally are not down with the concept of divine smiting, but Mother Nature definitely does not approve of this year's celebration. It's summer. Thunderstorms happen and so do heat waves. But ping pong sized hail just in time for the President to visit Mt. Rushmore: that is just ...timing. L

ikewise the horrific heat dome and last-minute thunderstorm blessing the President's Fourth of July speech and fireworks. The nation is, perhaps, supposed to be grateful that the thunderstorm probably cooled things off enough to save #DementiaDon from cooking himself with his determination to give his speech no matter what.

After all is said and done, RantWoman is permitting herself a measure of snark: RantWoman's favorite social media swamp prominently features voices talking about how God spared the President and the whole weather thing is the result of "geoengineering" by antifa all suffering from Trump Derangement Syndrome, TDS. That idea, to RantWoman, is giving the nonexistent antifa organization WAY too much credit. If anyone is "geoengineering" the perpetuation and increasing severity of summer weather patterns, could it POSSIBLY be the President's petroleum-guzzling cronies and bizarro efforts to undo all the measures people are taking to address #ClimateChange?

Just wondering.

Anyway, please "enjoy" the following videos and any videos YouTube may lead readers to besides the ones featured here.

The 1963 March on Washington where MLK gave his "I have a dream" speech did not have people falling out and fainting from the heat--despite the fact that people came in their good clothes. The sartorial standards in 1983 for the 20th anniversary were, um, looser. The planning was also a lot more realistic.

Trump Forces Fans to Wait 4 Hours in Storm for His Ego Trip

Adventures of RantWoman: Sordid State of the supposed State Fair

Putin's "special military operation" is not doing so well in Russian public opinion

#Russia #Ukraine 

Russia is Threatening to “Use the Nukes” Again (lol)

Russian Soldiers Are Turning On Putin

Putin Just Crossed a Line He Spent Years Avoiding

After the SemiQuincentennial Party Zoom Open House Sunday July 5, 5 pm-9pm.

 AfterParty The SemiQuincentennial a day later.

The Short Version:

Happy 250th Birthday USA

It's the Party after the Party!

Please join RantWoman and friends for an After the party Zoom open house 

Sunday July 5, 

5 pm-9 pm Pacific.

Zoom info by request: please leave a comment.

Has it really been 50 years since the bicentennial?

(Will there be guests who were not alive in 1976? Please come.

Can we stare down our nation's current mess and possibly contemplate a few more centuries? 

YES dang it.

The RantFamily observance of the bicentennial involved a lot of schlepping things around for a Billings Symphony concert in the park, a certain amount of helium balloon sales, and a thoroughly satisfying family picnic the next day.

In that tradition, time for a Zoom party!

Also, family circumstances got in the way of my customary holiday procrastination-themed Zoom open house so family time as needed. 

Put on your best patriotic gear, irreverent or ironic T-Shirt or at least come dressed appropriately for Zoom.

Come meet characters from many parts of RantWoman's life

Bring a recipe or at least a vivid description of a favorite picnic food.

Bring something tat makes you laugh.

Bring a reason to be hopeful, outraged, or just perplexed.

Bring a story of a memorable Fourth of July. 

Come as you are for as long as you like.

There will also be a couple breakout rooms if people find something they want to chat about in a smaller group.

Readers who would like to attend and have not received an email invite, please leave a comment and Zoom info will arrive.

Worship with Quakers on July 4

 Love As Action July 4 2026

Announcement:

Please join a group of Quakers on Saturday, July 4, 2026 in one-hour of silent worship at the Federal Office Building at the corner of 2nd Avenue and Madison Street, Seattle Washington at 11 am  to bear witness to the disruption and dehumanization that authoritarian actions are inflicting in our communities. This shared witness reflects core Quaker principles: peace, equality, integrity, and community and it is a visible commitment to justice and compassion. By standing together in quiet waiting worship, we affirm that every person has worth, that fear and violence must give way to love and fairness, and that our communities thrive when all are welcomed. Our hope is that our presence will give heart to all who see us - including through media and online - and remind everyone of our moral obligations to one another.  This event is sponsored by the American Friends Service Committee and the Peace and Social Concerns Committees of North Pacific Yearly Meeting and University Friends Meeting.

We will join together in one hour of silent witness and invite all to bring water, weather appropriate clothes, a portable chair (if needed) and anything else you need to be safe and comfortable. Bring signs showing the signs of authoritarianism you see in your community and messages of love and support for communities that are suffering. 

 Please let us know that you are coming by registering at: https://www.mobilize.us/afscfriendsengagement/event/969643/

If you have any questions feel free to reach out to your local organizer Jonathan Betz-Zall jbetzzall@gmail.com or  LoveasAction@afsc.org. Find updates at https://afsc.org/love-action 

Birthright citizenship???

#14Amendment #BirthrightCitizenship 

RantWoman reminds readers of Justice Sotomayor's admonition "Read the opinions"

RantWoman has not yet listened to every second of all the videos linked here but has a couple observations:

--Numbers matter. Whether one interprets this ruling as 5-4 on the Constitutional question or 6-3 about an executive order, the court split is important to note.

--Justice Jackson's historical background in her concurrence seems important.

HOT TAKES! - Clarence Thomas Under Fire After SCOTUS Birthright Citizenship Ruling!

A Win for Birthright Citizenship and a Warning for What Lies Ahead

BREAKING: SCOTUS Upholds Birthright Citizenship, Releases Other Major Decisions | Morning Shots - YouTube

Justice KBJ STRONG historical narrative expanding on history.

Speaker Johnson GROANS on mic when he hears the decision

Breaking: Trump loses on birthright citizenship ban

The Last Word With Lawrence O'Donnell 6/30/26 | 🅼🆂🅽🅱️🅲 Breaking News Today June 30, 2026

Multiple threads including Birthright citizenship

Amy Coney Barrett Sends MAGA Into PANIC Over Trump Shutdown

BREAKING: Republicans REVOLT Vote AGAINST SAVE ACT as House ERUPTS

Reference to GROSS proposals about barring visas to pregnant women.

Crimea and...

#Russia #Crimea #Ukraine 

NOW IT’S FINAL! Ukrainians Destroyed the Last Refinery that Supplied Crimea

PUTIN LOST REALITY INTERVIEW: RUSSIAN ELITES IN PANIC Vlog 1455: War in Ukraine

Putin’s troops will abandon Crimea: How Ukraine will win the war | Ben Hodges

Forced to surrender? Why Russia’s spoiled elite won't suffer much longer for Putin | Ben Hodges

Putin Just Lost His MOST Strategic Missile Factory

I was here when war began. This is Ukraine now | BBC News

Canadian female fighter at the forefront of Ukraine's drone war

The Ukrainian drone pilots behind NATO's drill failure

Kolyma: Where Hope Goes to Die.

Someone's Assassinating Putin's Inner Circle

Russia is Completely Folding Right Now

Putin Gets WORST NEWS YET as Zelenskyy MAKES HIS MOVE

Black Voices on the Supremes' TPS ruling.

#SCOTUS #TPS  #Haiti

Megyn Kelly Attacks Haitians From Donald Trump's Trash Can

Roland RIPS Megyn Kelly’s RACIST ATTACK on Haitians

Now General McCraven weighs in about Pentagon personnel purges.

It's always bad policy to start a war.

It's even worse policy to start a war after firing all the most competent, experienced, strategically oriented military officers.

Putin SHOULD have learned that from Stalin.

Whether one approves of a given war or not, it is infuriating and monstrously unfair to the people being sent to war for the Secretary of #WarCrimes and President #StableGenius to be careening full-speed down the same path.

Demographics of Seafarers: the people who ship the world's freight

 #Seafarers

A report issued every 5 years about who staffs global shipping and need for different categories of workers.

Sal's Recommendation about the US: there is a federal merchant marine academy. Some states have their own academies. There are other academies that produce people who may or may not get relevant licenses. Sal recommends taking a more holistic look at the pipeline. Sal also outlines a bunch of reasons that recruiting young people may be a hard sell.

Secretary Mullin gets grilled about deaths in ICE custody.

questions about deaths in custody, medical care 

Rep. Mark Amodei Threatens To POSTPONE Mullin Hearing After Heated Ice Deaths Clash | WATCH

Question about politicization of disaster declaration decisions

All HELL BREAKS LOOSE as Trump Witnesses IMPLODE UNDER OATH!!!

Accountability CAN happen--at least in South Korea

 #SouthKorea

Seafarer Day and seafarers still trapped: diplomacy, deterrence, defusing?

#Iran #Oman #PersianGulf #InternationalMaritimeOrganization

President #StableGenius keeps claiming the #StraitOfHormuz is open. It clearly is not. RantWoman sees no reason that more missiles will help. 

This video provides lots of details that may not make it into other reporting.

The commercial ship that was hit by Iran was not following the procedure set up by the International Maritime Organization.

On Day of the Seafarer, remember the 1.5 million seafarers who help move billions of tons of cargo every year.

Breaking: US launches strikes after alleged Iran attack on commercial ship in Strait of Hormuz

"The US is trying to preserve freedom of navigation and diplomacy." 

US and Iran exchange strikes after commercial ship attack as Strait of Hormuz tensions escalate

Trump STUNNED as Iran STRIKES BACK at US FORCES!!!!

"The US entered into a clear and unambiguous agreement and is violating it."

"The US again attacked Iran in the middle of negotiation."

Note work by France to help restore Lebanese sovereignty

Cyberattack against Iranian banking infrastructure. Israeli hacker group suspected

Lawrence O'donell on Senators telling the President they are losing a war.

 #Iran #WarPowersResolution #Senate #Decorum

RantWoman admires the respectful recounting here of historical decorum and peace achievements.

When it comes to a senile delusional national and global embarrassment of a president and a little "excursion," though RantWoman's mind is a little less on decorum and quite a bit more on #25thAmendment and genteel retirement to a lifetime full of as many naps as someone needs and as much golf as he can manage. Clearly a certain #StableGenius has already done more than enough for the world and he deserves to give himself a break, NOT the giant tax break he is trying to wangle for his family, but....

RantWoman digresses. Play the video again for thoughts of dignity and decorum and real peacemaking.

Iran, um, er, struck a boat in the supposedly open Strait of Hormuz

#Iran #StraitOfHormuz #UNHumanitarianMission.

 This one gets its own post. Reality is definitely other than as President #StableGenius presents it.

Russia, Crimea, Ukraine, fuel

 #Ukraine #Russia #Crimea

Lately events in Iran and the Middle East have overshadowed the war in Ukraine in US headlines.

Having real estate goons Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner out of the picture, not trying to push Ukraine into idiotic territorial concessions is, in RantWoman's view, unquestionably a very GOOD thing. 

Also Ukraine keeps scoring military gains, attacking Russian oil refineries and fuel depots. Russia's economy is trembling. International sanctions force Russia to sell oil to China at a steep discount.  Putin is facing another, increasingly unpopular mobilization. It would be awesome if there were some honest mediators in the picture.

Now to some details RantWoman is behind posting about.

Anyone remember Florence Nightingale and the Crimean War of the 1850's? Sorry, RantWoman does not actually remember a whole lot except the point that Russia has had a troubled relationship with attempts at empire for a LONG time before Putin seized it from post-Soviet Ukraine in 2014.

Now in 2026, Ukraine is on the verge of driving Russia out of Crimea with blatant proclamations that Russia should leave and sooner rather than later while the Kerch bridge Putin built after the 2014 invasion is still standing.

Let's start with Belle.

lesson for the US: modern renewable energy investment helps lessen pain associated with price fluctuation on the global energy market.

Crimea Plunged into Darkness! 1,000,000 Russian Without POWER

Russians Are Now FLEEING Crimea in HUGE Numbers

Third anniversary of Prigozhin coup attempt.

Russia's Stock Market is CRASHING - 5 Trillion in Money Printing Revealed

Ukraine Just Made Putin's Fuel Problems Even Worse

Fleeing ISLAND CRIMEA?! - Colonists Abandon Stolen Territory as Fuel RUNS OUT!

Crimea is Absolutely Cooked

“WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?!” These Russians ask Dangerous Questions from Putin

Putin IMPLODES As Russian Economy COLLAPSES and Ukraine Gains Ground

Moscow Got Hit. Then the Memes Went Wild

Putin Just GROUNDED Russia's Last Planes

Russia in CHAOS: Moscow Attack & Mobilization

Moscow Got Hit. Then the Memes Went Wild - YouTube

Who owns the Strait fo Hormuz

 #Iran #StraitOfHormuz

Zelensky tells Lukashenko to turn off Russian relay stations inside Belarus.

#Belarus #Ukraine #Russia #Remilitarization 

Belarus? Who? What now? Definitely important commentary about an unpopular dictator and shifting realities with respect to Ukraine and Russia.

The people of Belarus do not like either Lukashenko or the war in Ukraine. Putin trying hard to draw Belarus into the war with Ukraine

If Putin is in trouble, Lukashenko cannot count on Russian support to stay in power.

Is Belarus reaching out to the US?

Belarus Just Betrayed Putin

Zelensky Said Do It. Lukashenko Did.

Poland and Ukraine also revisiting WWII history

Ana Kasparian interviews Douglas MacGregor

#Iran #Israel 

RantWoman has a complicated reaction to Douglas Macgregor. RantWoman often wishes that military figures would feel freer to share their insights in ways that might make more difference, help shift consensus, for example about what the US does or does not need to fund.

SO RantWoman posts this without further comment.

Standing against "If we bomb long enough we win."

Macgregor Reveals Iran's KEY Capability That America Missed

Grok + overriding / ignoring environmental regulations = bombing an Iranian girls' school???

#GROK #Iran #AI #MSpol #TNpol 

Ai ai ai. The events described here are just GROSS on so many levels.

Let's see: the US government admits in a court filing in the NAACP case against a Musk data center in MS that the grok.gov ai model is absolutely necessary for national security including the drone swarm that, among other things, bombed the girls' school??

RantWoman is inclined to double check the court filing and other sources before absolutely pinning the bombing on AI alone, but the suggestion sounds really plausible.

And OF COURSE the people of MS are entitled to a clean environment.

So please help RantWoman out: HOW exactly is untrammeled dumping of pollutants in racially biased patterns #AmericaFirst?

In related news

Adventures of RantWoman: Elon Musk proudly trampling environmental standards in TWO states with help fro governors and the DoJ

RantWoman and the RSOF: Will we EVER know who is responsible for the DOUBLE TAP on the girls' school?

Will we EVER know who is responsible for the DOUBLE TAP on the girls' school?

 #Iran #Israel #RulesOfEngagement #WarriorCulture #WarCrime

And then there is yoga

UN BLOWS THE LID OFF ISRAEL

More Maritime matters than the Strait of Hormuz

#NTSB #Russia #Ukraine #DarkFleet #LNG #Vladivostok #Venezuela #CarbonFree #GreenCorridor #ShippingRates 

Top 5 maritime stories of the week

Worth the listen for lots of background

Jon Stewart and the Memorandum of Understanding

 #Iran #IAEA #StraitOfHormuz

US analyst: US 'underestimated' how existential the war was for Iran | DW News

'Israel WON'T Be Spared': Iran's Big Declaration After U.S. 'KICKS OUT' Netanyahu From Lebanon File

Stand your ground in Southern Lebanon

 #IDF #Hezbollah #Lebanon

How DOES one react when a mass murderer meets his demise?

Peace? Working Groups? History

#Iran #Ukraine 

RantWoman has been neglecting Ukraine's efforts to eject Russian invaders. #Ukraine has hit a bunch of stuff in and near Moscow. The Kerch bridge is not long for the world. Life is BAD in Russia. RantWoman will find some links.

In the meantime, some more #NatSec guy banter. 

The talks in Switzerland have settled down into working groups.

Lebanon.

Starting about minute 32

After bashing Israeli capacity, President #StableGenius offers batsh*t suggestions about how to get the current Syria regime to address Lebanon.

Syria leader used to be a member of Al Qaeda BUT economics and Islam matter. 

Comments about Trump Iran comments and Lindsay Graham.

"Help is on the way" the same way help was on the way when Iran was slaughtering protestors

#StraitofHormuz open to Iranian and Chinese vessel.

African American military service for #Juneteenth. Look for book or Netflix The 6888

Canada on Kristi Noem career moves?

 #FirstNations #NativeIssues #HumanRights #RegulatoryIssues #Minig #IndigenousCommunities

#Iran #JCPOA #MoU #ObamaPresidentialCenter

RantWoman attempt at synopsis:

Brand new YouTube channel which means RantWoman still wants to know where this info comes from,

Buried among all the celebration and hope and respect for the US was a statement that echoes General Milley: the military serves the Constitution, not just any single leader.

For many months US forces have been deployed in the Middle East in a posture that might lead to further military action.

The June 2026 MoU could potentially change the mission entirely. Actually carrying out actions currently live in a space that is ambiguous, without the clear guidelines that previously existed.

The 60-day timeline is considerably more aggressive than the multi year process that yielded the MULTILATERAL #JCPOA.

Three key sets of questions:

verification, including technical details represented very poorly in RantWoman's view by the current negotiating team. Neither J D Vance, Marco Rubio, nor...are nuclear safety experts, voices critically needed if an agreement is reasonably going to be verifiable.

Israel has been left out of all phases of the negotiations so far.

The 60-day timeline.

Watch the whole video. Helpful for thinking past the breathless muddle of network news.

Divide and Conquer: mutant racism, minerals.

 #PanAfricanism #Immigration #Refugees #MineralWealth

The President is a manifestation of the ugliness within the US

" Tell the truth with love"

Will taking away US aid to Israel make a difference, and better or worse?

 #Iran #Israel #NuclearWeapons

"The US needs meaningfully to restrain Israel"

Does Israel want to drag the US back into conflict?

Open? "What the ship?"

#Iran #StraitOfHormuz #MemorandumofUnderstanding 

RantWoman presents this update as is with little attempt to interpret confusion, shipping volumes or much of anything else.

See the summary in the description

The original abwun prayer :

 #LordsPrayer

Provocative, to say the least

Israel getting called to account. The MoU. Shifting perspectives

#Israel #Palestine #Gaza #UnitedNations 

CW: sexual violence and crimes against children

RantWoman has not gone through all the videos and different themes reflected in these links. The link selection reflects what YouTube serves up.

Israėli U.N. Ambassador Suffers Public Humiliation at Headquarters

RantWoman observation: VERY sexist shouting match about children affected by armed conflict.

Washington’s deal with Iran and Israel’s fury | The Listening Post

US-Israeli war on Iran: built on lies? | Mehdi Hasan and David Des Roches | Head to Head

multiple voices from region

"In what fantasy world is this war a success?"

Can US-Iran talks move forward without a Lebanon ceasefire?

Trita Parsi FIGHTS BACK Against Israel First

'GOD WILL CURSE TRUMP': Israelis MELT DOWN Over Iran Deal

🔥 Jeffrey Sachs: Netanyahu Never Saw This Coming — Israel Faces a Dangerous New Reality

RUSSIA VS ISRAEL: 'The World Cannot Look Away', Russia Warns Gaza Crisis Is Reaching Breaking Point - YouTube

CHINA VS ISRAEL: 'Israel Is Turning Gaza Into An Open-Air Prison', China Drops Bombshell At UNSC

"You Have Failed": Palestinian Aid Leader Exposes UN Inaction on Gaza & Confronts Israel

Why the US Suddenly Shifted on Iran

"This MOU is the product of a misguided war."

EU Parliament Erupts Over Calls to Cut Trade With Israel

Lowkey EXPOSES Netanyahu’s TERRIFYING $14 billion Plan to Control YOUR MIND

TikTok as weapon of war

IRAN WAR: How Israel HIJACKED Trump & Lost the Middle East

Spit and Duct Tape, national pride, willingness to absorb pain without capitulating

#Iran #StraitOfHormuz #Oil #DiegoGarcia #ChagosIslands #Mauritius

RantWoman always finds Sen. Kennedy fascinating. 

"No military means to open the Strait of Hormuz"

It's quite a feat to give the Iranian Regime the more high ground.

#Iran #comedy 

Go look up Jonathan Pie

The Secretary of #WarCimes MAY have achieved bipartisan anger enough to limit DoD travel budget

 #NDAA #WarCrimes #DoubleTap

Speaking of readiness and other basic concern for US troops

Former JAG officer torches Hegseth's "warrior ethos": "A total abomination."

And in related alliance issues

Let's talk about Hegseth trashing Europe and getting everything wrong....

Albania some more

#Albania #Ivanka #Jared 

Way too much "Zionists own everything" rhetoric for RantWoman but the People of Albania are justifiably outraged.

Multi-billion dollar plan sparks Albania's 'Flamingo Revolution' | DW News

The Obamas and ...!

#ObamaAppreciationDay 

First a few of the MANY videos about the upcoming opening of the Obama Presidential CENTER, not just library.

The Obamas get a 1st look at their official portrait at the new Obama Presidential Center

Surprise event held ahead of Obama Presidential Center's grand opening

Next 

Adventures of RantWoman: Excellent High Quality--and DANGED TIRESOME--UFC trash talk.

But is there something to laugh about?

RantWoman goes here gingerly between sweaty bruiser MMA fighters and the lives of people always fighting erasure. 

To hear haters tell it, there must be millions of transgender people about.

President #StableGenius thinks a kid can turn transgender in one day at school. To go one step further, he loves the poorly educated so skip school AND ...

#GrandpaSleepyhead even thinks the National Science Foundation is studying transgender instead of TRANSGENIC mice. 

The internet has been proclaiming Michelle Obama a man for YEARS and yet she persists in remaining female. 

If only all this magical thinking about transgender people ensured that people who actually are transgender found instant ease and comfort as fast as social media waves its magic wand. If only....

You can't market weapons at our arms expo.

 

Tackling the Iran Peace Deal

 #Iran #StraitOfHormuz #NuclearWeapons

Yes, of COURSE RantWoman could have launched her commentary with SERIOUS pieces. Instead RantWoman will be going off on what seem to be the main talking points raised about the beginning, HOPEFULLY, of a path to peace.

Just let the comics at the realities.

Trump Deal Lets Iran Keep Missile Arsenal and $400 Billion & Republicans Lash Out | The Daily Show

Trump Faces GOP Fury Over Iran Deal; Fox News Blames JD Vance; Iran Gets $300 Billion: A Closer Look

Trump’s Iran Memorandum of Understanding Released, Declares War Is Over and Strait of Hormuz to Open

We’ve Lost this War; What Comes Next Will Make You Sick! Malcolm Nance

Trump's Iran Ultimatum Explodes in His Face | Armageddon Update

Trump Got A NASTY SURPRISE From Kimmel And Clinton!

"this is a bad deal for the Iranian people" because the government is emboldened and has billions more to spend on weapons. 

And now from FRANCE24

US-Iran peace negotiations abruptly called off amid growing criticism • FRANCE 24 English

As long as Israel continues bombing in Lebanon, Iran sees no reason to negotiate.

JD Vance tells Israel not to p*ss off the only superpower in the world who is an ally for Israel. 

(RantWoman comment: Ummmm. Will Israel actually knock off the massive human rights violations or will they just get madder and crazier and go it alone?)

US-Iran Nuclear Talks Delayed Amid Switzerland Negotiation Uncertainty

Josh Johnson brings up Juneteenth

 

#AbolishICE and STAY OUT OF JAIL.

 #Protest #ICE #Injury

Hoopes Sentenced to More Than Two Years in Prison for Assaulting an ICE Agent - Friends Journal

Article contains clear acceptance of responsibility as well as statements from the government and the judge.

Previously

Hoopes Pleads Guilty to Assaulting an ICE Agent, Faces Up to 20-Year Sentence - Friends Journal

RantWoman's judgmental and possibly unhelpful comments:

DO NOT DO ANYTHING that might be construed as assault at a protest!

Anyone not confident that they can stay centered in a given situation should definitely consider sitting out a protest. There are MANY ways to stand for justice. Know yourself. Know the situation. Know the people you are with. Avoid actions that you might be embarrassed about later.

Even though information suggests the officer's injury was comparatively minor, RantWoman is SEVERELY humor-impaired about any and all injuries around someone's eyes or face.

And at the same time, plenty of undertrained #ICE agents perpetrating the current barbarities, in RantWoman's eyes, also bloody well deserve prison sentences for the many assaults and injuries that come with their nearly lawless operational rules.

#AbolishICE

End the barbaric mass deportation efforts and get our collective legislative and national acts together to do serious immigration reform.

The Strait?

#StraitofHormuz #Iran 

The gist:

Travel is still risky enough that insurance rates remain high.

There are likely to be continued charges to pass through.

Insurance rates are likely to remain high; alternative routes last longer and cost more so no relief on prices anytime soon.

"Thou Shalt Wash the Dishes" Raphael Warnock on Jon Stewart

 "I'm a Matthew 25 Christian."

Sal weighs in about US attacks on vessels near the #StraitOfHormuz

 #Iran #GulfOfOman #StraitOfHormuz 

Read the summary YouTube provided

Why is the US doing these strikes?"

If your are going to decide something is valuable, then dot i's and cross t's

"This is not a great environment to be in if you are a merchant mariner."

Why is oil not $100 / barrel. X post discussing Chine using theirs reserve

The Secret US "Dark Fleet": Breaking the Strait of Hormuz Blockade?

Happy Birthday Mr. President

#Iran

 RantWoman was just going to leave it at that and offer the President a SLIGHT reprive from all the divisive and objectively true content others are spewing on the occasion of the Presidents' birthday, but then the following landed in RantWoman's media streams.

PS. Mr. President, you're all grown up now. Please try to hold it together if the weather , the gnats, the mosquitos, the pigeons... get in the way of the UFC fight you have scheduled on the White House south lawn.

Sincerely RantWoman and .... other people.

Posthumous Happy Anniversary RantParents

 

Oh, and RantWoman keeps forgetting the anniversary of the Loving decision.

 

“Tell the court I love my wife, and it is just unfair that I can’t live with her in Virginia.” - Richard Loving

June 12 is #LovingDay, commemorating the SCOTUS decision that struck down state laws banning interracial marriage - Loving v. VA (1967). More: https://t.co/3LdOOHOsLT pic.twitter.com/cT6XeRnTeL

— Fred T. Korematsu Institute (@korematsu) June 12, 2026

Oil is moving...

#Iran #StraitOfHormuz #blockade 

This video is someone who actually knows something putting together information from other sources who actually know something.

The war that is not a war is not a war even though there are still several forms of military action.

The gist of the story: President #StableGenius is not exactly lying when he says ships are moving in the Persian Gulf. Ships are moving. about 10% as many as were moving before the Strait of Hormuz was closed in connection with certain military action.

This video pulls together information from several standard shipping industry sources. 

RantWoman posts without further commentary.

Zelensky's Letter to Putin

 #Ukraine #Zelensky #Russia

"You should have seen the first draft."

Lest we forget about "old" war crimes.

#Venezuela #FishingBoat #ColdBloodedMurder

As reported in The Intercept

CBC correspondent in Iran with an 8-day visa

 #Iran

RantWoman is posting as is. An important perspective on many grounds.

Russia and Ukraine and the UN

 #Russia #Ukraine #UnitedNations

Ukraine Tells Russia To Get Out Of The UN, Brands Moscow’s Conduct ‘Barbaric’

The Bab al Mandab

 #Houthis #Isreal #Yemen

Opening snark aside, more expansion of war

RantWoman posts intermittently from this creator because RantWoman finds it interesting. Readers who want to consume every episode should subscribe themselves

And speaking of the "ceasefire"

'You Will Be On Your Own' Trump’s direct warning to Netanyahu over Iran

The #SecDef, er Secretary of #WarCrimes is having a terrible week.

RantWoman means to find a different vid. This one is full of "leopards eating faces" comments about Senator Mike Lee and disappointment that Sen. Tom Tillis still wants to keep his party winning. But afte minutes of commentary, this video does a decent job of explaining the military's proposed new coding of religions.

Spoiler alert: Bless the Mormons' hearts. the Department of DEFENSE job is to defend FREEDOM OF RELIGION for EVERYONE. More expansive commentary after we consider other great moments of the week

Oh Dear,.

1.The Secretary of #WarCrimes has been having just a banger of a week. A virulently xenophobic and disgusting white supremacist speech at a #DDay anniversary commemoration. A speech so vile that, apparently, he is persona non grata in Normandy and was disinvited to a different commemoration. 

🚨Hegseth BANNED and KICKED OUT OF COUNTRY after STUNT!!

Retired Army Commander slams Hegseth’s D-Day speech

Speak General Hertling

Iran first and then the #SecDef

'I was embarrassed': John Kirby calls Hegseth's D-Day speech a 'slap in the face'

2. The #Secdef is trying to block promotions of some more highly decorated women and Black officers. Tiresome. Idiotic. Well spoken about by people who have way more military cred than RantWoman.

3. Best of all, he done gone and picked a fight with the Church of Jesus CHRIST of Latter day Saints over who is or is not a Christian. The task: reduce the number of 2-letter codes from 200 or so to about 30 with one catchall category called "other." The revised list explicitly added the word Christian to a bunch of different recognizable Christian denominations, INCLUDING QUAKERS, but not Mormons. 

Aside from typing out the full name "Church of Jesus CHRIST of Latter Day Saints, RantWoman devoted a lot of social media time to witnessing about the fact that not all Quakers are Christians.  RantWoman would just drop the word Christian entirely even though she can imagine yhowls of concern that Christians are being silenced. And the Mormons are still separated in the list from other Christians.

RantWoman is also jumping up and down about the point that the Secretary of DEFENSE job is to protect people of all faiths, not just virtue signalling and certainly not trying to resolve theological disputes by fiat.

As for social media, lots of people pointed out Sen. Lee's history of promoting certain kinds of discrimination. A few people mentioned that "next they'll be coming for the Catholics (because some evangelical Christians regard Catholics as idol worshippers.)" A few other commenters also get the point about religious liberty in general. A few. Still not the Secretary of #WarCrimes , crusades, and deer in the headlights twitches when certain questions get asked.

MAGA Senators Are Furious After Hegseth's Pentagon Said Their Religion Doesn't Count

The Christian Nationalist Loyalty Test Is Already Here | Unholy Ground

MORMONS ARE MAD #petehegseth #mormon #mormons #exmo #christian #christianity #mikelee #evangelicals 

And otherwise

Military Expert Has Had ENOUGH Of Pete Hegseth

But from the past...

The Video Pete Hegseth Doesn’t Want You to See (w/ Andrew Kaczynski) - YouTube