Four Fingers News — Thursday, July 9, 2026
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Thursday, July 9, 2026
FROM THE EDITOR · July 9, 2026
Day 132. They buried Khamenei in Mashhad this morning while the coast was still smoking from a second night of our missiles — Bandar Abbas, Bushehr, Jask, Chabahar, one city after another. CENTCOM counts ninety targets in the latest round; an Iranian official counts fourteen dead, and I’ll hold that number loosely until someone outside Tehran confirms it. Here’s what keeps me up: barely a day after Trump called the June deal ‘over’ and Iran’s leaders ‘scum,’ he’s on Air Force One saying they ‘called,’ wanting to talk. So we’re already sketching the next document. Forgive me if I don’t buy the second act — I’ve watched this one before, and the sequel never ends the way the trailer promises. Leave the bottle.
— T.
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SECOND NIGHT
U.S. Hits Iran a Second Night; Tehran Answers Across Four Gulf States
U.S. forces struck about 90 targets along Iran’s coast early Thursday — the second night of bombing since President Trump declared the ceasefire “over” — bringing the two-day total near 170 sites and, by Tehran’s count, 14 dead and 78 wounded.
MARKETS
Wall Street Drifts Lower Before a Softer Thursday Open
Stocks eased to a soft Wednesday close, the S&P 500 off 0.3% at 7,483 as energy names firmed and chipmakers stayed heavy.
THE FED
Minutes Show a Committee Split Three Ways on Rates
Minutes from the June meeting, released Wednesday, showed policymakers scattered — eight see no move this year, nine at least one hike, one a cut — with inflation back at the center of the debate.
DOHA
Qatar Presses Both Capitals to Salvage the June Deal
Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman called Iran’s foreign minister Thursday, pushing both sides to honor the memorandum they signed June 17.
NORTHWEST
Washington Gas Holds Near $3.93 as Crude Climbs
Regular averaged $3.93 across Washington and $3.77 in Seattle this week, still far below the $5.57 the state set in late June.
MARINERS
Marlins Blank the Mariners 2-0 in Miami
George Kirby held Miami to two runs across seven innings, but Seattle’s bats went silent, undone by a Kyle Stowers home run and a Xavier Edwards RBI triple.
HEAT
Heat Dome Lingers Over Much of the U.S. Into the Weekend
Forecasters expect more than 100 record highs through Saturday as a heat dome keeps a heat index near 110°F across the eastern two-thirds of the country.
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