WHEN I HEAR SOMEONE SAYING THAT THEY'VE BEEN THINKING TO THEMSELVES, I WONDER, WHO ELSE WOULD THEY BE THINKING TO. and how would they do it?

WHY NOT JUST SAY, I WAS THINKING? 

 the new press secretary tells us some things we need to hear. seven minutes;

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 a three minute video on data centers revealing more of the realities behind them;

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 mr peters shows us a bit more of the parts of the orange man's arrogance;

 

 In New York the other day, Trump told his audience – which actually cheered – that it’s not a big deal at all and well worth it “for you to pay a tiny little bit more for your gasoline just remember, you’re doing. .  . so that a very evil country cannot have . . . a country really cannot have . . . it’s the number one state sponsor of terror in the world . . . we don’t want them to have a nuclear weapon  . . . remember that when you have to pay a little bit more you’re at $4, ok, I mean I’ll never apologize I did the right thing.”

 It’s “not a big deal at all”  . . . for Trump, who can easily afford not just the gasoline (say it with a snarky, purse-lipped intonation, as he did) and also a fleet of 250 Cadillac Escalade SUVs with huge V8s that guzzle oceans of gas, since you and I are paying for it. Most of us can’t afford the Escalade – even just one. As far as the gas, “a tiny little bit more” has so far added up to around $700 for the average American filling up his or her average four-cylinder-powered crossover appliance once a week. By year’s end, the average American will have had to spend more than $1,000 extra on gas. Pocket change for Trump. He is as clueless as George W. Bush’s father  (who was puzzled about the cost of a gallon of milk) but with the added element of imperial contempt............more.............

 who do you want driving the big rigs on the same road you're on; 

 

The blue states and DC are desperately trying to avoid complying with a Dept of Homeland Security administrative subpoena for the records of their commercial driving license distribution.  In short, the blue states don’t want DHS or the American people to know how many illegal aliens are driving on CDLs.

Eastern District of Virginia Judge Anthony Trenga has just interceded to stop the states from forced compliance. Judge Trenga entered an administrative stay preventing DHS from obtaining roughly 17 million commercial driver’s license records it subpoenaed for immigration enforcement............more............

 with the same policies we were on the road to the same until the orange man arrived. soon in reaction to him the democrats will arrive and open the borders again;

 

 In a matter of days, once-pristine beaches in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta have been reduced to open-air dumps and disease-ridden camps occupied by thousands of illegal migrants who refused to leave after the mass invasion from Morocco. True it is … Allow the third world in, become the third world. No magic dirt...........more............

 the empire declares that iran will be contained as iran reminds them we're at war and will be until you meet our demands. righteous demands i might add; 

 

So far the U.S. has lost all phases of its war on Iran.

The U.S. is thus resorting to economic pressure. Its trying to uphold a sea blockade against Iran. And yesterday Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced a new economic war campaign:

“Watch this space for more announcements coming next week because we are going to apply measures like have never been seen in the history of economic isolation on a country,” Bessent said Thursday in an interview with Newsmax.

Bessent said the move will be part of a “one-two punch” that includes the continued blockade of Iran’s ports.

The Secretary did not explain how the new campaign would differ from Trump’s failed 2018 campaign of “maximum pressure“. Trump had renewed that campaign in February 2025 without it showing any result.

Iran has announced that it is new strategy is to go offensive:

An adviser and aide to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei says the Leader’s strategy for Iran to shift the war to an offensive phase if its conditions are not met will “undoubtedly change the equations of power in the world.”

Mohammad Mokhber made the remarks in a post on his personal page on Thursday, linking the strategy to developments surrounding the Strait of Hormuz and the failure of the United States to protect its allies in the Persian Gulf.

“The definite strategy of the Leader to make the war offensive if Iran’s conditions are not fulfilled will undoubtedly change the equations of power in the world,” Mokhber wrote.

Its options to do so?............more..............