@kenbazinet
Longtime DC scribe, covering three presidencies (DC is fine, but I prefer the United States). Reflections on democracy, First Amendment, Boston sports, and jam bands. Simple approach: trusted source intel + research & data + analysis = smart solutions.
"Breathe, Epstein, breathe!" Noel recalled the other guard saying as he tried to revive Epstein, People reported.
She alleged that guard then told her: "We're going to be in so much trouble."
#EpsteinCoverUp
Multiple Epstein survivors, including Annie Farmer and a woman identified as “Jane,” who testified at the sex trafficking trial of Ghislaine Maxwell, have spoken about alleged abuse they endured at Epstein's ranch. Virginia Giuffre also alleged she was sexually abused at the ranch, Time noted.
The New Mexico Department of Justice announced that it searched convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s former Zorro Ranch on Monday along with officers from the New Mexico State Police and deputies from the Sandoval County Sheriff’s Office.
NEW: The FBI's probe into Arizona's Maricopa County 2020 election opened a new avenue for Trump to attack free and fair elections.
But the president’s claims of voter fraud in the state have never stood up to scrutiny, despite many investigations being conducted by election deniers themselves.
A new statue on the National Mall
New statue of Trump and Epstein recreating famed ‘Titanic’ scene is placed on National Mall
“The peace prize looked grotesque at the time. It looks even worse now. And I can’t see how the future will look kindly on (FIFA boss) Infantino. I think Infantino has to some extent legitimized Trump,” Jonathan Wilson, author of “The Power and Glory: The History of the World Cup, told LAT.
#IranWar
BREAKING: About 140 U.S. troops have been wounded in the Iran war, including eight severely, the Pentagon says.
Approximately 140 U.S. service members have been wounded in the first 10 days of the war with Iran, according to the Pentagon
Eight people were killed by 18-year-old in Canada, who had described violent scenarios involving guns to ChatGPT
Robert McElroy goes further than pope has done and says conflict fails ‘criterion of right intention’
US official: ‘Not true’ Navy successfully escorted oil tanker through Strait of Hormuz
Average price of gas is right now is $3.54 per gallon, AAA says.
That's up from $2.92 a gallon when Israel and the US started the Iran War on Feb. 28.
The White House mouthpiece doesn't know what she's talking about because not even Trump knows what he's going to do next, or how it will turn out.
It was the latter: Chris Wright was wrong.
Karoline Leavitt said at the White House briefing Wright's post was taken down because the U.S. did NOT escort a tanker through the Gulf of Hormuz kill zone.
Chalk it up to the fog of propaganda.
Energy Secretary Chris Wright deleted the post a short while ago without explanation.
Wright maybe upstaged the boss with news Trump might have liked to break? Then again it could just be another Trump administration screw up. They do appear to be rolling the dice on this one.
Iran's Revolutionary Guard has fast-attack craft, uncrewed surface vessels, speedboats, mini-subs, sea mines and even explosive-laden jet skis, said retired Royal Navy commander Tom Sharpe.
Iran likely capable of building about 10,000 drones a month, according to Centre for Information Resilience.
The mismatch between how fast chips improve and how long data centers take to build poses risk to entire AI infrastructure trade.
OpenAI is ending plans to expand a partnership with Oracle because it wants newer generations of Nvidia GPUs, a person familiar with the matter tells CNBC.
#AI
#Layoffs
Snubbing Ukraine's offer ranks as one of the biggest tactical miscalculations by the administration since the bombing of Iran began Feb. 28, two U.S. officials tell Axios.
"If there's a tactical error or a mistake we made leading up to this [war in Iran], this was it," a U.S. official acknowledged.
“This election will decide if New Mexicans can pay their bills each month, see a doctor when they’re sick, have a quality public education, and feel safe in their community,” Deb Haaland said in a statement, the Santa Fe New Mexican reported.
#TrueBlue
“If you’re a tech journalist, you can go in. If you’re a climate journalist, you can also go in. If you cover business or energy or if you’re a very local journalist — there’s a story for you." www.niemanlab.org/2026/03/as-a...
Thune rejects Trump on SAVE Act: ‘The votes aren’t there for a talking filibuster’
A Republican congressman from Tennessee said that "Muslims don’t belong in American society."
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries replied: "Disgusting Islamophobes like you do not belong in Congress or in civilized society."
Will check it out.
Also, need Dobes to be a wall tonight, for fantasy hockey purposes.
One of those that braved the Straight of Hormuz went “dark” by switching off its transponder and a second signaled it was Chinese owned and crewed, The Guardian reported.
The passage to the Persian Gulf would normally have about 100 vessels a day either exiting or entering the Gulf.
#ShortWar
Inside the administration, the intensive internal deliberations over the operation have focused on analyzing the risk of sending US naval assets into an active conflict zone, CNN reports.
However, one source described the current state of the Strait of Hormuz as “Death Valley.”
Trump says a lot of stuff, much of it these days dismissed as a load of horse hooey, but Wall Street nonetheless went gaga when he claimed war in Iran will be short.
Here's the thing, we're still waking up to higher gas prices today, and tomorrow, too. As for a short war, nobody knows. It's Trump.
Diesel is up nearly a dollar the past week to $4.78/gal., AAA reports.
"Before you can understand what is at risk, you have to be honest about how thin the recovery foundation was. The trucking industry did not recover in 2025. It survived," shipping news site FreightWaves said of Iran war fallout.
It’s a massive risk in a region that stretches from Kuwait to Qatar — an area of glittering high-rise buildings, posh beachfront resorts and booming commercial centers.
What the Gulf doesn’t have is a sophisticated oil clean-up industry and technology readily available in the US, CNBC reported.
After Trump's comments, it appeared as though an end to a military operation could be in sight, the BBC reported.
By evening, however, Trump was walking back those comments.
"We could call it a tremendous success right now," he said. "Or we could go further. And we're going to go further."
