Charlie Stross1d ago

JERUSALEM, April 9 (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's long-running corruption trial ‌will resume on Sunday, the courts' spokesperson said on Thursday, hours after Israel lifted a state of emergency imposed over its war with Iran.

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/halt-iran-attacks-means-netanyahus-corruption-trial-will-resume-sunday-2026-04-09/

(So I now expect Israel to attack Iran after sundown on Saturday.)

Show threadOberst Enzian
@cstross Bibi needs a war to stay out of prison. The wars, therefore, will never end.
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Show threadSablebadger1d ago
@oberstenzian @cstross that's kind of Trump's strategy (and I use that term loosely here) as well.
Show threadCharlie Stross1d ago
@Sablebadger @oberstenzian Yes, which makes Melania's outburst yesterday inexplicable ... unless she's TRYING to destabilize her husband? https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/09/melania-trump-jeffrey-epstein
Melania Trump says she did not have relationship with Jeffrey Epstein

First lady calls on Congress to hold hearing with survivors of late financier’s abuse in statement delivered at White House

The Guardian
Show threadOberst Enzian21h ago
@cstross @Sablebadger The Epstein thing isn’t going to destroy his presidency. He doesn’t need public opinion to stay in office. Guns in willing hands will do that just fine. Nonetheless, all of this is personally embarrassing for the Trumps. And, just in case he’s successfully removed from office by something other than assassination, all of those fucks are tidying up their baskets of lies about their participation in the Illuminati.
Show threadOberst Enzian21h ago
@Sablebadger @cstross Pretty much! Though Trump’s real trump card is his vague hope that DHS will be his brownshirts, deployed against us in the event of the collapse of his Coalition of Fascist Collaborators.