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Good morning, wonderful people, and welcome back from Eid. <\/strong>What type of morning is it? Let\u2019s put it this way: Aramco boss Amin Nasser is backing out<\/a> of global energy extravaganza CERAweek<\/a> and Donald Trump is sending 2k paratroopers to the region. This is fine.<\/a> <\/p>\n

Energy is the big theme in this morning\u2019s edition<\/strong>, which should surprise exactly none of you as Egypt braces for rolling blackouts and Saudi recons with the reality that high oil prices are only great as long as there\u2019s demand for oil in volume.<\/p>\n

MEANWHILE- Is Israel running an op on the US press? <\/strong>Longtime readers know we\u2019re not much for conspiracy theories, but a drumbeat of stories in major US outlets reeks of a calculated bid by Tel Aviv to pull Saudi Arabia into the war on Iran. Witness the <\/a>New York Times<\/a><\/a> (MbS is pushing Trump to step up the war?) and the <\/a>Wall Street Journal<\/a><\/a> (Saudi will let the US use its bases for attacks?). <\/p>\n

Why stop at Saudi? <\/strong>Axios\u2019 Barak Ravid has the UAE lining up<\/a> to start pounding Iran, too. <\/p>\n

A PALATE CLEANSER for you from the Dept. of Schadenfreude:<\/strong> OpenAI says it\u2019s shutting down its Sora video-generation \/ social media app after just six months. \u201cWhat you made with Sora mattered,\u201d<\/a> it adds. Uhm \u2026 not so much? \u2013Patrick<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Plus: OpenAi pulls the plug on Sora<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_primary_brand":0,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2604],"tags":[2761,2539,2538,2603],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-113362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-opening-note","tag-amin-nasser","tag-energy","tag-enterpriseam","tag-opening-note","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"9bd401d7-5926-4bdf-8a2f-49aa1b8f5e59","order":"1","is_powered_by":false,"story_type":"1","photo_url":"","photo_position":"above","homepage_title":"","full_issue_title":"Is Israel running an op on the US press?","related_issue":[113360],"teaser":"Plus: OpenAi pulls the plug on Sora"},"yoast_head":"\nIs Israel running an op on the US press? 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