WTF: Trump encourages vessels to "go through the Strait of Hormuz and show some guts" in a new Fox interview www.foxnews.com/live-news/us...

“President Trump’s calculations” … ffs, calculations?!

Phil Knight has historically been one of the largest donors to Oregon Republicans, contributing a total of $2 million each year from 2022 to 2024 to a political group that supports Republicans running for the state Legislature.

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Tweet from Congressman Randy Fine: "We need more Islamophobia, not less. Fear of Islam is rational."

Truly one of the worst human beings serving in Congress today. And that is really saying something.

Here's a clip from the longer interview where Bessent is asked about oil prices and getting called to the Situation Room.

"That was always in our planning, that there's the chance that U.S Navy or perhaps an international coalition will be escorting oil tankers through."

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Murphy: I have great sympathy for our soldiers and our military leaders they are being given directions by a senile old man who is losing his mind. And so it's no surprise that this war is going horribly

Oh, you know it's going bad when they have Stephen Miller out there selling it. The guy is the herald of death for Administration fuck ups. Trump's top guy for being on the wrong side of an 80-20 issue.

Trump Removes Sanctions on Russia to Help Oil Flow Amid Iran Conflict

Breaking NYT:

The Trump admin just lifted sanctions on Russian oil currently at sea — allowing it to be shipped to buyers around the world as Trump scrambles to contain soaring energy prices because of his war with Iran.

The admin claims the move is temporary.

Clients are asking about what may happen as the Persian Gulf conflict continues in terms of Western firms being allowed to return to projects in Russia. If supply blockages for all sorts of… | South S... Clients are asking about what may happen as the Persian Gulf conflict continues in terms of Western firms being allowed to return to projects in Russia. If supply blockages for all sorts of commoditie...

Russia benefits from commodity sales during the #Hormuz crisis. At what point does it change the sanctions regime? www.linkedin.com/posts/souths...

Screencapture images of CBC and NYT using a file photo of a body of water that vaguely resembles the left-to-right shape of the Strait of Hormuz, but which is visibly not nearly to scale. This is clearly a river or estuary system (complete with visible floodplains) and not the Strait. It is missing several cities that would be clearly visible at this scale. The photo was also taken from high altitude but clearly not from outer space, making the angle of capture impossible to fit Hormuz into the same frame.

So, I've seen this image come up twice now in news coverage of the Strait of Hormuz.

First it was The New York Times' "The Daily" podcast.

Next, CBC News' generally excellent "About That" webseries.

Folks, this is not the Strait of Hormuz.

Iranian school was on U.S. target list, may have been mistaken as military site The strike on an Iranian elementary school killed at least 175, many of them children, raising questions as to whether the military’s use of AI-enabled targeting was a factor.

Sadly reminiscent of one of my CIA cases from 1999 when CIA officers were asked to help identify potential targets for bombing in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. They thought they identified a weapons importer but it was the Chinese Embassy instead.

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Talarico on Trumpworld's "short term pain" talking point: "I'd like them to tell that to the parents of the American troops who have lost their lives. That is not short term pain. That is pain that will last forever ... no one asked for this."

My final report for CBS airs Saturday.

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DOGE Targeted Him on Social Media. Then the Taliban Took His Family. Afghan scholar Mohammad Halimi, who fled the Taliban in 2021, had worked to help U.S. diplomats understand his homeland. Then DOGE put his family’s lives at risk by exposing his sensitive work for a U...

WHY did I have to keep going down this path? Nate Cavanaugh was part of DOGE outing Mohammed Halimi, who was exiled from Afghanistan.

DOGE accused Halimi of sending money to the Taliban through his work at the Institute for Peace.

The Taliban then kidnapped Halimi’s family.

JUST IN: Judge Shah in Illinois has blocked the Trump admin from yanking $600m in public health funds from four blue states, saying it appeared to be a “contrived” and illegal effort to punish them for sanctuary immigration policies storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Idk how a future D administration fixes this tbh

Trump administration underestimated Iran war’s impact on Strait of Hormuz | CNN Politics The Pentagon and National Security Council significantly underestimated Iran’s willingness to close the Strait of Hormuz in response to US military strikes while planning the ongoing operation, accord...

"Top Trump officials acknowledged to lawmakers during recent classified briefings that they did not plan for the possibility of Iran closing the strait in response to strikes."

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Lt. Col. Brandon Shah was a lifelong Virginian who lived in Chesapeake where I represent with @NewCraigforVA. He was a beloved ROTC leader at ODU in a program he was once enrolled in as a young man. He will be missed terribly by our community and our hearts are broken tonight.

Suspect in Old Dominion University shooting was convicted ISIS supporter Mohammed Bailor Jalloh once described his support for the terrorist group as "the most devastating" mistake of his life.

ROTC students "rendered him no longer alive." www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Suspect in Old Dominion University shooting was convicted ISIS supporter Mohammed Bailor Jalloh once described his support for the terrorist group as "the most devastating" mistake of his life.

Suspect in Old Dominion University shooting was convicted ISIS supporter

$31M infusion for AIDS drug program passes the Legislature • Florida Phoenix The House has agreed with a Senate proposal to direct nearly $31 million to an AIDS drug assistance program to stop the DeSantis  administration from making further cuts to the program that serves mor...

“This is a life-saving program that was hanging in the peril and we are doing something today to make sure that we’re sending a message to the governor, saying that we care about all Florida needs. Regardless of who you love, what you look like, where you live.”
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From Catherine "Cat" Sharp: "It remains clear that none of the defendants in this case should have been charged. I am confident that all six of us will be vindicated.”

Maasdam: What we’re doing overseas — spending billions of dollars a day. In two weeks, we probably spent $25 billion. We had an Ayatollah Khomeini to start, and now we have a new Ayatollah Khomeini. And how is this making things in my district more affordable for people? It’s not

I wrote this thread seven months ago, and it seems like it’s about time to repost it. Perhaps more effort should be spent safeguarding communities in Michigan and Virginia than on this performative toughness.

Melania Trump Calls Herself ‘A Visionary’ and Explains, ‘My Creative Mind Dances’ First Lady Melania Trump called herself a "visionary" and detailed the artistic process behind her new, eponymous documentary. The post Melania Trump Calls Herself ‘A Visionary’ and Explains, ‘My Creative Mind Dances’ first appeared on Mediaite.

Melania Trump Calls Herself ‘A Visionary’ and Explains, ‘My Creative Mind Dances’

Gupta: Why is Dr. Casey Means not right for the role of Surgeon General?

First, she’s somebody who wraps herself in a white coat — she did a lot of that during her confirmation hearing — but she doesn’t actually practice medicine. In some ways it’s just false valor.

Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 587; Ukraine-/Russia-Related Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 589; Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 560; Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferators Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 544; Iranian Financial Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 561; Iranian Sector and Human Rights Abuses Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 562; Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 594; Executive Order 13876 of June 24, 2019 (“Imposing Sanctions With Respect to Iran”); Executive Order 13902 of January 10, 2020 (“Imposing Sanctions With Respect to Additional Sectors of Iran”); Executive Order 13949 of September 21, 2020 (“Blocking Property of Certain Persons with Respect to the Conventional Arms Activities of Iran”) GENERAL LICENSE 134 Authorizing the Delivery and Sale of Crude Oil and Petroleum Products of Russian Federation Origin Loaded on Vessels as of March 12, 2026 (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this general license, all transactions prohibited by the above-listed authorities that are ordinarily incident and necessary to the sale, delivery, or offloading of crude oil or petroleum products of Russian Federation origin loaded on any vessel, including vessels blocked under the above listed authorities, on or before 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time, March 12, 2026 are authorized through 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time, April 11, 2026.

Is this Trump rewarding Russia for (possibly) helping to kill Benjamin Pennington?

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I’ll take the guy who wears deodorant.

OK, confirmation that it was synagogue security guards who shot the suspect; one of them was apparently hit by the car when it crashed into the building but not seriously injured.

Three national guard soldiers in front of a colorful mural of a tropical scene

Ok the camo almost works here