In his second administration, President Trump’s family members are expanding their business ventures, earning hundreds of millions of dollars and prompting fresh concerns about influence peddling and conflicts of interest. https://to.pbs.org/4tTfPdh
"BOOM," there it is!
While I hope for the best, I fear Trump's and Hegseth's "dickplomacy" will ultimately be proved impotent as ceasefire begins to unravel due to Hormuz traffic not normalizing and proxy fighting continuing.
The fragile truce does not bring a permanent end to the war between foes burdened by decades of distrust.
Read the full story here: ft.trib.al/B2dJJgT
The question may become: does Iran tolerate continued strikes against its proxies?
Now look into road construction money pouring into SD. I drove through on the interstate last summer and there was project after project, like every 10-20 miles. It all stopped at the MN border. Strange, right?
Yep, this tracks
Israel used 2,000+ bombs in the first 30 hours of the Iran war; the US struck 1,000+ targets in the first 24 hours. Iran responded with at least 390 missiles and 830 drones in the first two days. Bellingcat has tracked the munitions used by all sides so far: www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/03...
Head of CBS News (and, soon, CNN) taunting Zohran and cheerleading Israel/Trump’s war on Iran almost nobody wants
In case there’s still any question about the agenda behind these networks now
"Tonight Trump will, as Steve Bannon memorably put it, 'flood the zone with shit.' The good news is that the American people seem increasingly sickened by the odor. But we have a long struggle ahead to get rid of it."
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
#MorningVibe
In 1954, Edward R. Murrow reminded us that disagreeing with those in power isn’t the same as being disloyal. He warned against letting fear take over & replacing evidence with accusations.
This is a call to courage. Freedom doesn’t protect itself.
Bitcoin still acting like a software stock
BREAKING: On January 23, Crypto. com donated $5 million to MAGA Inc, Trump's primary Super PAC, which was only disclosed this Friday night, per Judd Legum's PopularInformation.
"Less than 1 month later, on February 17, the Trump administration intervened on Crypto. com's behalf."
“.. Pressed on whether Israel had a right to this land, which covers much of the modern-day Middle East, including parts of Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Iraq and Saudi Arabia, Huckabee said ‘it would be fine if they took it all’.”
@financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/465e...
I'm thinkin' nobody gives a rat's ass. The sun set on the integrity of this administration a long time ago.
Great week for the North Lawn. 🤡
@hcrichardson.bsky.social
The failed attempt to silent Stephen Colbert.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi of Japan on Sunday won a sweeping mandate from voters for her economic agenda and tough stances on immigration and China. The outcome is a remarkable reversal of fortune for her party, which has suffered a series of bruising defeats in recent years.
One thing that shows you how bad ICE’s tactics are — ACTUAL cops are among the most vocal and biting in criticizing them.
The US makes up roughly:
~4% of the world’s population
~25% of the world’s GDP
~65% of the world’s stock market cap
The winners write the history books but nothing lasts forever
Some thoughts on why international diversification is still important:
awealthofcommonsense.com/2026/01/the-...
".. The trader’s final bet came at 9:58 p.m. ET on Friday ..
".. 'It’s more likely than not that this was an insider. That’s a lot of money to put in at that price, without a lot of news.'"
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/world/americ...
“.. It’s the latest example of Trump putting national security controls once deemed off limits in trade talks on the negotiating table with China. That reversal will test how the US president handles other contentious issues .. even America’s position on Taiwan ..”
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Ukraine was not told what happened.
"Our task now is to obtain complete information about what has been said in Russia and what other reasons Putin has found to prolong the war and to pressure Ukraine, to pressure us, our independence," Volodymyr Zelensky said in an evening address from Kyiv"
Thankfully the Bezos paper displays some much needed spine in this editorial about the murderous Saudi leader who just got all he wanted from Trump while the US got bupkis www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
From 2017. www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_8U...
Do the math. It don’t add up
On a week where the median age of a first-homebuyer rose to 40 for the first time ever. 🤡
www.nar.realtor/newsroom/fir...
