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Dr. Canan Çalışkan

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PhD in Social and Economic Sciences | Consultant | Interested in Society, Economy & Change

  1. If you reduce homelessness to ‘crazy people on the street,’ you erase the real causes: poverty, lack of housing, and inadequate care. Talking about ‘our streets’ isn’t a solution it’s just scapegoating instead of addressing the problem.

    JD Vance on homelessness: "I don't know why we accepted that it was reasonable to have crazy people yelling at our kids. You should not have to cross the street in downtown Atlanta to avoid a crazy person yelling at your family. Those are your streets."

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  2. An interesting detail. If Iranian officials were internally surprised that the strikes caused less damage than expected, it suggests two things: the attacks were either limited or ineffective and the nuclear program is more resilient than many assumed. Strategically significant for all sides.

    US signals intelligence picked up Iranian officials talking to each other — i.e. not communicating with the US nor putting on a show for their domestic audience — saying they thought the US bombing Iranian nuclear sites would've done more damage.

    Yet more indication the nuclear program survived.

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