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* Iran Warns of $200 a Barrel Oil if Strikes on Its Infrastructure Don’t Stop

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Thought I would have gotten used to it by now, but I’m still grappling with the realization of just how stupid the men running this country are.

(ABC) - The U.S. has intercepted encrypted communications believed to have originated in Iran that may serve as "an operational trigger" for "sleeper assets" outside the country, according to a federal government alert sent to law enforcement agencies.

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Fuzzy memories and hard facts: An SC accuser's claims against Epstein, Trump examined An alleged victim of Jeffrey Epstein gave FBI agents true accounts of her time growing up in SC. Claims she made about Donald Trump remain unsubstantiated.

This is an extraordinary reporting job by 2 Charleston journalists, meticulously fact-checking the Epstein victim who has accused Trump of abusive behavior.

Bottom line: Many details of what she told the FBI check out, though none relate directly to Trump.

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SOMEONE’S ships are getting through Hormuz: ..

.. the Iranians’.

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Trump says the oil spike is a “very small price to pay” for peace.

We’ll see if the Japanese agree. 🇯🇵

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“Tanker traffic slowed to a trickle. The doomsday some oil analysts believed could never happen was coming to pass. Unable to ship crude to world markets, much bigger producers in Iraq began to run out of places to put it.”👇🏼

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The WSJ calls it “the most severe energy crisis since the 1970s.” ⛽️

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CBS: If you could tell the American public the US definitively did not bomb that elementary school in Iran, you would tell us, wouldn't you?

HEGSETH: I would say it's being investigated, which is the only answer I'm prepared to give

Burry:

This morning: “We’re gonna blow the hell outta these people.”

Tonight: “Please be careful.”

the president has no idea what he has set in motion. none.

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EU needs to rip up the trade deal right now and reject all investment “commitments”. We’re slamming into a devastating industrial recession in 2Q. Ain’t nobody have money to send to Intel factories in Arizona. Trump is weak now. He can’t afford a trade war.

But .. but .. our $18 trillion. 🤡

Kolanovic, ten days ago:

“.. all featuring the president’s name as a centerpiece of the highly-anticipated festivities.” 🤡

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NYT: The video “shows a Tomahawk cruise missile striking a naval base beside the school in the town of Minab on Feb. 28. The U.S. military is the only force involved in the conflict that uses Tomahawk missiles.”

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They must know some people. 🤡

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* NORWAY POLICE: SEARCHING FOR ONE SUSPECT AFTER SUNDAY'S EXPLOSION AT U.S. EMBASSY

* NORWAY POLICE: BLAST WAS CAUSED BY AN IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE

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Americans have no idea how much the world is shook, folks. Here in Thailand they have a running tally of how many days' worth of fuel the country has left.

ABC NEWS: “.. Retired Adm. Mike Mullen, former chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Sunday that he worries the current war with Iran could drag on for years.”

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Corpus Christi careens toward water catastrophe City officials expect to reach a “water emergency” within months and run out of water next year. That would halt jet fuel deliveries to Texas airports, hike gas prices and trigger a local economic dis...

City officials in Corpus Christi, Texas, expect to reach a “water emergency” within months and run out of water next year. That would halt jet fuel deliveries to airports, hike gas prices “and trigger a local economic disaster without precedent.”
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ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - NATO defenses have intercepted a ballistic missile that entered Turkey's airspace, the defense ministry says.

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* TRUMP'S CHINA VISIT CONFINED TO BEIJING DUE TO SCHEDULE, SECURITY NEEDS - SCMP

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".. The last few years have been a steady exercise in market humility. 'Oil can’t go negative.' It did. 'Russia will always be a reliable supplier of gas to Europe.' It wasn’t. 'Hormuz is too important to actually stop.' Until it did."

- Morgan Stanley

".. even if the Strait reopens, the market can still lose supply in effective terms. If security procedures .. rerouting add days to voyages, fleet productivity drops ..

".. you don’t need a full physical outage to get a meaningful supply shock; you only need the system to move more slowly."

- MS

Now everyone wants Ukraine's help.

* ZELENSKIY SAYS SOME REQUESTS FOR UKRAINE'S ASSISTANCE IN COUNTERING 'SHAHED DRONES' HAVE ALREADY BEEN MET WITH CONCRETE DECISIONS AND SPECIFIC SUPPORT

* ZELENSKIY SAYS UKRAINE RECEIVED 11 REQUESTS FROM COUNTRIES NEIGHBORING IRAN, EUROPEAN STATES, AND U.S.