“.. Asked whether Americans should be worried about retaliatory attacks at home, Trump acknowledges the possibility. ‘I guess,’ he says. .. ‘Like I said, some people will die. When you go to war, some people will die.”
@time.com
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“.. A Gulf official said it could have an impact on anything from investment pledges to foreign states or companies, sports sponsorships, contracts with businesses and investors, or sales of holdings.”
@financialtimes.com
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“.. Given the U.S.’s intelligence capabilities, they should have known that a school was in the vicinity,” said Beth Van Schaack, a former State Department official ..
@nytimes.com
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That’s a large Maverick spotlight outside Justice Dept headquarters in Washington.
It’s beneath the banner with Trump’s face
Iraq's first lady, Shanaz Ibrahim Ahmed, a political/humanitarian figure from a prominent (& very political) Sulimaniyah-rooted Kurdish family closely tied to the PUK, coming in hot with a free history lesson for people who think Iraqi Kurds might be unquestioningly game for more US bait-and-switch.
“.. the prospect of Ms. Halligan losing her license could serve as a check on administration lawyers who have been accused by judges of pushing the boundaries of the law or intentionally misleading the courts, which has happened frequently in recent months.”
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"It could last six days, six weeks. I doubt six months."
— Donald Rumsfeld on the Iraq War (7 Feb 2003).
Imagine for one second if Biden had pardoned an AntiFa guy who went on to rape so many kids that he’s being sentence to life in prison.
Fox News and the GOP would be wall to wall to wall.
Instead, this happens with a Jan 6er and it will not be reported on cable news or mentioned by Democrats.
“.. If we bomb, disrupt and exit, there is no telling what could happen over the course of the summer,” said one Republican member of Congress ..
“.. I don’t know that the administration could have possibly thought it through,” the lawmaker said.
@financialtimes.com
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America's Next Top Mullah
GOLDMAN: “.. The broader concern is that rising energy prices could deanchor inflation expectations and, in turn, put upward pressure on inflation beyond the direct energy price impacts.”
(via Schwab)
TIME cover shows a series of red MAGA hats. The front one says “Make Iran Great Again” The others have different countries
TIME’s latest cover
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GOLDMAN: “.. We estimate nonfarm payrolls rose by 45k in February, below consensus of +55k. .. We estimate that the unemployment rate edged up to 4.4% in February.”
“.. Instead of urging Mr Trump to end the war, Gulf rulers are privately advising him to stay the course. The alternative looks grim. If America ends the war now, Gulf states will be left with a wounded, hostile regime.”
@economist.com
www.economist.com
Two weeks ago.
Today.
@politico.com @reuters.com
Treasury Expected To Announce Measure As Soon As Thursday To Combat Rising Energy Prices That Includes Using Oil Futures Market - Senior White House Offical
“.. I don't have any concern about it," he said, when asked about the higher prices at the pump. "They'll drop very rapidly when this is over, and if they rise, they rise, but this is far more important than having gasoline price go up a little bit."
@reuters.com
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Kristi Noem misattributing a paraphrase of Rudyard Kipling to George Orwell really does sum it all up huh
Update: Now expecting the national average may rise beyond the previously expected $3.30-$3.35. We could now head for $3.40-$3.55/gal, and that's not really including much seasonality.
* US closes its embassy in Kuwait
@apnews.com
“.. Johnson, 45, tried to keep the children quiet by telling them he would share millions of dollars in restitution money he expected to receive from the Trump administration in connection with his Jan. 6 case.”
@npr.org
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Turns out lawlessness is not a winning strategy. See you at Nuremberg 2.0
Blowing this up now should do additional wonders for US economic growth. 🤡
THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE HAS DECIDED TO SUSPEND OPERATIONS AT THE US EMBASSY IN KUWAIT CITY.
This piece by Admiral Stavridis is a sobering read:
“.. Iran .. has been planning a Strait of Hormuz closure operation for decades and probably has more than 5,000 mines; just one hit can severely damage a thin-skinned tanker.”
@opinion.bloomberg.com
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“.. , the facts cannot remain hidden,” said state Rep. Ray Lopez .. “A young Texan lost his life, and the public was left without full clarity for nearly a year. That is not about politics. It is about trust.”
@washingtonpost.com
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Among the comments:
“.. I think people felt as viscerally attacked as if their own homes had been hit by a wrecking ball, because, in a way, it symbolically is our home.”
@washingtonpost.com
There it is: Noem out, Mullin in
#TX23
(via @politico.com)
* ORACLE PLANS THOUSANDS OF IOB CUTS AS DATA CENTER COSTS RISE
* ORACLE CLOUD UNIT ALSO PAUSES JOB HIRINGS
@bloomberg.com $ORCL
