Temper Tantrum?
Good news, everyone. Unless the Senate knuckles under and approves the president's SAVE Act, nothing else will ever happen during Trump's administration. Trump is promising to refuse to sign another bill. No budget. No protection. No new laws. Nothing. Do it his way or ... nothing at all. (I don't actually believe he won't sign any other bills, but it sure sounds childish and ... potentially harmful to me.) Mr. President, you know there's a "separation of powers" for a reason, right?
War
More strikes in the Iran conflict at and from Iran. Bahrain, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia were hit along with shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and Iran has laid mines there. Israel hit Hezbollah and Hezbollah killed two Israeli soldiers. And Iran named a new supreme leader ... who is definitely not friendlier to the West. In his first remarks as supreme leader of Iran, Mojtaba Khamenei, called for unity among people and promised they had a policy of "friendship" with their neighbors while continuing to attack neighbors, urge the removal of all U.S. bases from the region, and blockade the Strait of Hormuz. I suppose AI is not the only entity unable to recognize truth. (You can't call on "unity" and "friendship" while you eject some and attack the rest.)
(In an interesting side story, Bill Maher read a statement about the right of the president to use force in the national interest to Democratic Senator Adam Schiff. Schiff concurred that the statement was wrong and Trump had no such authority ... and then Maher pointed out that the statement was not from Trump, but from Obama when he justified his attack on Libya in 2011 to remove Muammar Qaddafi. Double standards abound.)
Gas Attack
Oil prices are skyrocketing, topping $105/barrel, the highest since 2022. (I should point out that the highest national average for gas in the U.S. occurred in June of 2022 under Joe Biden.) Nationally, U.S. gas prices climb toward $4.50/gallon. (Prices where I live have gone up $0.87/gallon since a month ago.)
More War
Russia killed at least 10 in a strike on an apartment complex in Kharkiv, Ukraine, with drones and missile, while the Ukraine hit a Russian electronics plant that built parts for missiles. Funny ... that doesn't appear to be the same thing.
Your Best Source for Fake News
In the religion category, the Bee tells of a Jew who converts to Christianity after a devout Christian tells him "Christ is king, you filthy, money-grubbing Jew!" Right? I mean ... it could happen ... right? Then, on the SAVE Act story, Senator Mike Lee cleverly got the act passed after rebranding it the "Give Congress A Raise Act." That certainly would appeal to both sides of the aisle and is in keeping with so much we've "rebranded" today. Meanwhile, it's clear that Europe is under some sort of persistent delusion that anyone cares what they think about this war. I can't quite figure out why.
Must be true; I read it on the internet.
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