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The Cuban government has refused a request by the U.S. Embassy in Havana to allow it to import diesel for its generators while the Trump administration continues to impose a fuel blockade on the island, according to two U.S. officials familiar with the matter.

“To put it mildly, this is bananas,” Blackstone Compliance Services’ David Tannenbaum told the BBC. “Essentially, we’re allowing Iran to sell oil, which could then be used to fund the war effort.” (Given the big ideas in this bunch, Trump might need to use the Epstein Files to defect from Iran War)

U.S. senators debated Wednesday whether the federal government should make drastic changes to how Americans register to vote and cast a ballot, with Republicans claiming it's necessary to safeguard elections despite no evidence of significant fraud ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/03/19/r...

Shortly after Trump and Netanyahu launched the Iran War, folks from Wall Street to Silicon Valley raved about the first AI war. Then things went sideways and school children got blown up. Then things went quagmire and the Strait of Hormuz remains closed. Then investors began selling the AI hype.

Trump’s New ‘War on Fraud’ Exempts the Dozens of Convicted Allies He’s Pardoned

President Trump dodged questions by reporters about the possible deployment of U.S. troops on the ground in Iran. bit.ly/4sqoCDb

BREAKING: A federal judge sides with New York Times in challenge to a Trump administration policy limiting reporters’ access to the Pentagon.

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"The biggest public-facing side of this shutdown is Transportation Security Administration workers, who have now worked without a paycheck for a month. But aside from frustration about longer airport security lines, there’s been little pressure on Washington to end the impasse," writes David Dayen.

Six of every 10 Harris 2024 voters say they expect the intervention to be closer to a “forever war,” but six of every 10 Trump voters say the opposite, that they expect the intervention to be short, underscoring their confidence in Trump’s suggestion that he will keep it contained, the poll showed.

Good read. Flicks at two Trump cornerstone traits: when you do business with Trump, he looks for somebody to blame when things go wrong. That sometimes leads to another Trump habit of throwing allies under the bus, when it suits him, to the delight of at least some of the MAGA base and influencers.

Dubai crude oil prices surpassed $166 a barrel to a new record high on Thursday, according to market data provider Platts. Dated Brent and West Texas intermediate Cushing’s are trading around the $100 mark after historic runs higher, CNBC reported. #EndlessWar

"For buyers who previously found EVs out of reach, the used market is quickly becoming the most affordable entry point. Faster depreciation can benefit buyers but may affect resale value for current owners," writes Choncé Maddox. #$4Gas #EVs

“The persistence of several prior large supply shocks underscores the risk that oil prices may stay above $100 for longer in risk scenarios with lengthier disruptions and large persistent supply losses,” Goldman analysts wrote in a note Thursday, CNN reported. #EndlessWar

It’s still unclear what action the countries would take, and so far none of them have committed to supplying warships, mine sweepers or troops, The Globe and Mail reported. The International Maritime Organization, a UN agency, called for a “safe maritime corridor” but hasn’t said how it would work.

“As the Senate considers your nomination to serve as Chair of the Fed, it is essential that Congress and the public fully understand the extent of any interactions or relationship you had with Jeffrey Epstein,” Sen. Warren, ranking Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee, said in a letter to Warsh.

"While markets have remained surprisingly optimistic, the material realities of the shortage will become inescapable when the last ships through the Strait finally make landfall more than one month after the start of the U.S.-Israel war against Iran," according to a Harvard Business School analysis.

Netanyahu also repeatedly denied accusations that Israel effectively dragged U.S. into the war. Trump needed no convincing of the nuclear threat posed by Iran — "he explained it to me, I didn't explain it to him," the prime minister said, CNBC reported. #EpsteinWar

Israel launched a fresh wave of attacks on Iran on March 20, a day after President Trump told it not to repeat its strikes on Iranian natural gas infrastructure, which sharply escalated the US-Israeli war on Iran reut.rs/4sq2uJ8

Royer Perez-Jimenez is the second person to die in ICE custody this week. n.pr/4bJxywq

The International Energy Agency, which this month agreed a record release of oil from strategic stockpiles to deal with the effects of the US-Israeli war with Iran, outlined proposals to ease oil price pressures on consumers, such as working-from-home and avoiding air travel reut.rs/47MkqVV

Struggling to put your AI aversion into words? Here's a handy glossary

The three-day Reuters/Ipsos poll that closed on Thursday showed some 59% disapprove of the war, ⁠including ​about one in five Republicans. Trump's broader standing with the public held largely unchanged at 40%, up a point from a poll in the hours after the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran Feb. 28.

US approves $7 billion more in weapons for UAE, WSJ reports reut.rs/3PNItxr

"It now looks like gasoline ​will hit $4/gal next week and could head toward $4.10/gal and beyond," GasBuddy analyst Patrick De Haan posted on social media. Much of Trump's second term has ​been marked by volatile markets, shifting policies like tariffs, and global turmoil, Reuters reported. #Iran

“It’s not going to happen,” one House Republican, granted anonymity to speak candidly, said of a second reconciliation bill. “Certain people have to talk about it as a possibility and keep the issue alive.” #EndlessWar

When a Japanese reporter asked why the US didn't inform allies like Japan before the attacks Feb. 28 on Iran, Trump said it was to maintain the element of surprise, CNBC reported. “Who knows better about that. Why didn’t you tell me about Pearl Harbor? You believe in surprise much more so than I.”

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ICE just hires anybody off the street, gives them minimal ‘training,’ then turns them loose on the American public. Here’s an ICE-hole busting someone’s car window with an assault rifle, his finger on the trigger, accidentally ejecting the magazine onto the ground and leaving it. #ProudBlue #ICE

Crockett: "What if someone from another country said 'We're gonna bomb America bc we have a warrant for the president's arrest bc of the child sex trafficking in the Epstein files.' Every single one of you sticking up for him right now would be screaming. The analysis has to be the same."

BREAKING: Two former FBI agents who had been assigned to Arctic Frost — investigating the efforts to overturn the 2020 election — have sued Kash Patel over their fall 2025 firings, alleging the firings violated their First and Fifth Amendment rights. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

It's not really an AI bill with hard hitting safeguards, oversight or requisites as much as it is like French kissing the Tech Bros while threatening to tickle them if they misbehave. #EIEIO

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Compare Hegseth's words with words James Talarico is spreading in Texas. They're talking about the same deity, but note how the latter is following the teachings of the New Testament and the other guy is blaspheming away. You don't have to be a believer to see this, you just have to be able to read.

What happened to "America First"?

Keystone Thanos has become a dependable GOP vote. No one is quite sure what his end game is, perhaps not even he.

It’s official: There are now 3,000 protests planned for No Kings Day. That means there will be more protests on March 28 than any previous day in American history. Please join us: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings

The Trump administration appears to be doing some conspicuous MAGA-voter maintenance with distancing from Netanyahu in the aftermath of the attacks on the gas field in Iran. This comes after Joe Kent already really rattled the cages at the White House with his resignation and finger-pointing.

Reuters: Pentagon's Middle East command told a Gulf nation it was not informed in advance of ​the Israeli strike, the source ​said. Trump envoy Steve Witkoff, who said while the strike was not ​a joint U.S.-Israeli operation, Washington was informed about it ahead of time, the ​source said. #SOS

Florida, home to Trump, Rubio, DeSantis and Mickey Mouse, will see gas prices above an average of $4 a gallon before most states do, but small consolation, given the war is escalating and Iranians that could negotiate keep getting killed. At this pace, $4 a gallon will be national average in days.

"One lesson from the aftermath of the 2003 invasion of Iraq was that it took much longer than expected to repair damaged energy production infrastructure," writes Peter Beaumont, adding "even though "$2bn was spent on oil projects, production took more than two years to return to prewar levels."

"States that saw the highest spikes included New Jersey, 16.9%; Indiana, 16.3%; Illinois, 15.9%; Pennsylvania, 12.1%; Kentucky, 11.8%; Maryland, 11.6%; Tennessee, 11.6%; New York, 11.4%; Ohio, 11.1%; Missouri, 11%; Maine, 10.6%; and Washington state, 10.3%," Indiana Capital Chronicle reported.

President Trump said that the U.S. and Qatar were not involved in what he said was an Israeli attack on Iran’s South Pars gas field, but vowed to “massively” destroy the field if Tehran hit Qatar’s energy facilities in retaliation.

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “The ongoing debate about whether the Iran war will become a quagmire misses the point,” our columnist @nickkristof.bsky.social writes. “President Trump and America are already in one.”

The President of the United States said I insulted Jesus. You want to know what insults Jesus? Kicking the sick off their healthcare. Bombing schoolchildren in Iran. Deporting moms and babies. Covering up the Epstein files.

God, I wish the New York Times had this level of courageous reporting in regards to white men.

Hostile drones over a U.S. military base in the U.S. hunting Vance and Rubio is the kind of story that will straighten a head of curly hair, if you were around for the tales of yellow cake, aluminum tubes and a Winnebago outfitted as a roving chemical weapons lab during the last Middle East Oil War.

“Borrowing trillion after trillion at this rapid pace with no plan in place is the definition of unsustainable," said Michael Peterson, chair and CEO of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation think tank, predicting "$40 trillion in national debt before this fall’s elections" at this pace, AP reported.

The economic fallout from the Iran War is rippling through secondary industries and businesses in the region with global impact, as the reporting continues to reveal. And it's only week three of hostilities.