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riversedge's JournalTrump: "Who knows better about surprise than Japan? Why didn't you tell me about Pearl Harbor?"
The prime Minister of Japan is in her early 60's I believe--that is Over 20 years since WWII ended. Trump is such a creep!!
Trump: "Who knows better about surprise than Japan? Why didn't you tell me about Pearl Harbor?"
— MicroSoft Word Champion (@incompetentweiner.bsky.social) 2026-03-19T16:34:45.964Z
My jaw dropped when he said that. He talks like he’s at the golf course not sitting in the White House.
— (@lisamoran.bsky.social) 2026-03-19T16:17:12.902Z
WATCH: Trump meets with Japanese Prime Minister
— (@oceancalm.bsky.social) 2026-03-19T16:46:11.753Z
Sanae Takaichi at the White House
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Bondi Does Another End Run To Keep Political Appointee Attorney
Source: crooksandliars.com
Pam Bondi once again did an end run to keep one of the Trump regime's political appointees in as "First Assistant US Attorney."
By Chris capper Liebenthal — March 19, 2026
A year ago, Brad Schimel became an unemployed bum after losing his bid for the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Instead of going out and getting a real job, he pulled some strings with his old pal AG Pam Bondi, who appointed him as interim US Attorney for Eastern Wisconsin, because who needs competence when you have cronyism?
Just before Schimel's 120-day stint was to end, he learned that the federal judges chose not to allow him to keep the job permanently, in a large part due to the urging of Sen Tammy Baldwin, who didn't like his partisanship and lack of impartiality:
In a statement, Baldwin noted her Republican counterpart, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, raised concerns in 2022 that the U.S. justice system was "increasingly populated with political partisans who are incapable of administering justice equally."
"I share those exact concerns today," Baldwin said. "I never thought a clearly partisan actor like Brad Schimel should be a top federal prosecutor in our state to begin with, and he certainly shouldn't get an extension for this job."...............
Read more: https://crooksandliars.com/2026/03/bondi-does-another-end-run-keep-political
'What the hell?' Bizarre videos plucked from Pentagon staffers' private chats jolt experts
Source: raw story
Tom Boggioni March 19, 2026 7:37AM ET
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's approach to war messaging has devolved into pure spectacle — TikTok-style video montages splicing missile strikes into movie clips and video game footage — leaving military veterans and Congress members stunned by the brazenness of treating armed conflict like entertainment content.
According to Politico, the White House communications team has churned out more than half a dozen of these viral videos, apparently plucked straight from staffers' private group chats. But outside the administration bubble, the reaction has ranged from bewilderment to outright revulsion.
Former military brass are particularly appalled. "I don't think the performance of our men and women in uniform requires embellishment from Hollywood or computer games," said Joe Votel, a former Central Command chief under Trump's first administration. "They represent the American people quite well on their own."
Retired Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges, who commanded U.S. troops in Europe during Obama's presidency, was even blunter. "It just seems detached from reality. Our allies look at this and they wonder what the hell is going on? It doesn't look like we're serious."
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Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/what-the-hell-2676346998/
Petey most likely will not like the picture included in the article!!
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's approach to war messaging has devolved into pure spectacle — TikTok-style video montages splicing missile strikes into movie clips and video game footage — leaving military veterans and Congress members stunned by the brazenness..
www.rawstory.com/what-the-hel...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's approach to war messaging has devolved into pure spectacle — TikTok-style video montages splicing missile strikes into movie clips and video game footage — leaving military veterans and Congress members stunned by the brazenness..
— (@oceancalm.bsky.social) 2026-03-19T13:50:13.939Z
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JUST IN: The Strait of Hormuz blocks the fertiliser from shipping. China just blocked it from being replaced.
Folks should plant veggies on Trumps golf courses IMHO!!
JUST IN: The Strait of Hormuz blocks the fertiliser from shipping. China just blocked it from being replaced.
Beijing has instructed exporters to suspend overseas shipments of nitrogen and potassium fertiliser blends. Urea. NPK mixes. The molecules that American, Indian, Bangladeshi, and African farmers need to plant are now gated at two chokepoints simultaneously: a 21-mile waterway controlled by provincial commanders with sealed radio orders, and a government directive issued from Zhongnanhai that requires no radio at all.
One third of global seaborne fertiliser trade transits Hormuz. China is the world’s largest fertiliser producer. When the strait closed and China suspended exports in the same month, the global food system lost its primary supply route and its primary alternative supplier at the same time. There is no third source at this scale. There is no backup to the backup.
Urea has surged roughly 40 percent since the war began. CBOT March futures settled at 610.50. The peak at New Orleans touched $683. Those prices were set by the Hormuz blockade alone. China’s ban adds a second floor underneath them. Even if the strait reopened tomorrow, Chinese urea would not flow until Beijing lifts the directive. Even if Beijing lifted the directive, the strait would still need to reopen, insurance to normalise, and vessels to be available. The two gates operate independently. Both must open for the molecule to move.
China’s logic is transparent. Hormuz disrupted global supply. Prices surged. Chinese domestic farmers face the same planting windows as everyone else. Beijing chose to protect its own agriculture by hoarding the molecule the rest of the world needs. This is the same country that is simultaneously drawing commercial crude reserves at a million barrels per day, running military exercises near Taiwan, receiving discounted Iranian oil through the permissioned strait, and restricting the phosphate exports it suspended months ago. Every decision serves one objective: China first. The rest of the world absorbs the shortage.
The American farmer is now squeezed from two directions. The Gulf urea he used to buy cannot transit the strait. The Chinese urea that could have replaced it is embargoed by Beijing. Domestic US production covers roughly 75 percent of normal needs, but normal needs assumed Gulf and Chinese imports filling the gap. The gap is now unfillable on any timeline that matters for spring planting.
USDA projects corn falling to 94 million acres. Soybeans rising to 85 million. The RFS mandate consumes 43 percent of a shrinking corn crop. The cattle herd sits at 86.2 million, a 75-year low. The protein cascade runs from corn to feed to meat to eggs to dairy to the grocery shelf. China’s ban did not create that cascade. The Hormuz blockade created it. China’s ban removed the last exit ramp.
Oman crude at $154. Brent at $102. WTI at $93. Gold at $5,000. The Fed holding at 3.50 to 3.75 with PCE revised to 2.7. Trump telling Israel to stop hitting gas fields. Iran threatening to burn the Gulf to ashes. Four countries’ energy infrastructure offline. And now the world’s largest fertiliser producer has locked its warehouse and told every farmer on Earth that the key is in Beijing, not for sale, and not available until further notice.
Two gates. One molecule. No alternative. The calendar closes in four weeks.
https://open.substack.com/pub/shanakaans
https://x.com/shanaka86/status/2034470954261467595?s=20
https://x.com/RGlobalXNews/status/2034571285997682782?s=20
More than 150,000 uncounted COVID-19 deaths occurred early in the pandemic, a study finds
More than 150,000 uncounted COVID-19 deaths occurred early in the pandemic, a study finds
Steve Grove, a chaplain at Hennepin County Medical Center, prays in a COVID-19 patient's room, Dec. 10, 2021, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)
Steve Grove, a chaplain at Hennepin County Medical Center, prays in a COVID-19 patient’s room, Dec. 10, 2021, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)
By MIKE STOBBE Updated 1:08 PM CDT, March 18, 2026
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NEW YORK (AP) — .......................
About 840,000 COVID-19 deaths were reported on death certificates in 2020 and 2021. But a group of researchers — using a form of artificial intelligence — estimate that as many as 155,000 unrecognized additional deaths likely occurred in that time outside of hospitals. That would mean about 16% of COVID-19 deaths went uncounted in those years.
The overall findings, published Wednesday by the journal Science Advances, were close to estimates from other studies of pandemic deaths during that time. But the authors of the new study tried to determine exactly which deaths were more likely to be missing from the official tallies.
The answer: The undiagnosed dead were more likely to be Hispanic people and other people of color, who had died in the first few months of the pandemic, and who had been in certain states in the South and Southwest — including Alabama, Oklahoma and South Carolina.
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The count has long been debated, as false claims on social media said the number of COVID-19 deaths was inflated. Adding to the rancor was President Donald Trump, who in August 2020 retweeted a post claiming only 6% of reported deaths were actually from COVID-19 — a post Twitter later removed...................
Trump is taking his little airplane and going home!! :woohoo:
Trump is taking his little airplane and going home!!
https://x.com/moonbreeze2/status/2034591319075496320?s=20
Trump Releases Dignified Transfer Photos Despite Families Requesting Private Ceremony White House posts transfer case ph
Source: meidasnews.com
Trump Releases Dignified Transfer Photos Despite Families Requesting Private Ceremony
White House posts transfer case photos to social media
J.D. Wolf 8 hours ago
The Trump administration released official images from Wednesday's dignified transfer ceremony at Dover Air Force Base on the same day media access was restricted at the request of the families of fallen service members, according to Fox News. The outlet reported that "at the request of the families, the dignified transfer is going to remain private. There will not be any cameras."
The policy allowing families to decide whether media can attend dates back to the Obama administration. Despite the lack of press access, the White House distributed multiple photos from the ceremony.
These images included Donald Trump saluting as a flag-draped transfer case was carried past him and another showing U.S. troops loading a transfer case into a transport vehicle again with Trump in the background.
The images were widely disseminated across official White House platforms, including posts on X and Instagram, as well as a TikTok video set to “Amazing Grace.”.................................................
Read more: https://meidasnews.com/news/trump-releases-dignified-transfer-photos-despite-families-requesting-private-ceremony
Even Fox honored the families request for privacy!!
FOX: We should point out that at the request of the families, the dignified transfer is going to remain private. There will not be any cameras.
https://x.com/Acyn/status/2034325337358966887?s=20
Phoenix history is about to be made. ...Extreme Heat Warnings in effect Thu-Sun🌡️
Sure am glad I am not in AZ
Phoenix history is about to be made.
A high of 101° today would be the earliest 100-degree day ever recorded and the hottest temperature ever recorded in March.
Then 105° Thursday.
106° Friday.
Heat we don't see until late May.
Extreme Heat Warnings in effect Thu-Sun🌡️
https://x.com/JorgeTWeather/status/2034234363785928707?s=20
🚨Update: Denver International Airport has no power The trains are down and no way for people to get out of the termina
Lots of folks stranded it seems.
🚨Update: Denver International Airport has no power
The trains are down and no way for people to get out of the terminal.
https://x.com/Dagnum_PI/status/2034312628076696024?s=20
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