How Much Damage to Israel Did Iran Really Want to Cause?

[Splinter]( Apr 15, 2024 [How Much Damage to Israel Did Iran Really Want to Cause?]( [How Much Damage to Israel Did Iran Really Want to Cause?]( Whatever Iran's intentions, they are now secondary to the bigger problems they created by successfully striking some targets inside of Israel. They escalated a conflict with an unhinged rogue state and have helped make a large regional war in the Middle East more likely than it was before Saturday night. [The Conflict in Sudan the World Forgot]( [The Conflict in Sudan the World Forgot]( In March, about 90 percent of the country faced emergency levels of hunger. About 5 million people are at risk of starvation, according to the United Nations. [Biden Administration to Extract $1.5 Billion From Oil and Gas Drillers]( [Biden Administration to Extract $1.5 Billion From Oil and Gas Drillers]( The Department of the Interior is raising the rates fossil fuel companies must pay to drill for oil and gas on public lands for the first time in more than a century. The move adds another dance step to the often frustrating tango the "climate president" is engaged in. [How the Government Incentivizes Corporate Greed]( [How the Government Incentivizes Corporate Greed]( Joe Biden can back all the legislation he wants to try to limit stock buybacks, but we have more than a decade’s worth of data demonstrating that the foundational government policy of making interest expense tax deductible incentivizes them. [View this email in your browser]( Copyright © 2024 Splinter/Paste Media (7525 Colbert Drive, Suite 106, Reno NV 89511) [unsubscribe](