NYT reporting that under this ceasefire each ship will pay $2M to pass through the Strait of Hormuz. It was $0 before Trump launched this illegal war.
100-130 ships pass the Strait daily.
Trump just gave Iran an extra $100M-$130M per day. Masterful gambit, sir. Impeach and remove this fascist—NOW.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will travel to the Gulf on April 8 to hold talks with partners to ensure the Strait of Hormuz remains open permanently after a US-Iran ceasefire, his office said reut.rs/3PNyokq
Gulf states including Saudi Arabia and the UAE are exploring a $2,500 Ukrainian-designed interceptor drone as a cheaper way to counter Iranian attacks that are depleting stockpiles of US-made missiles, a Japanese firm marketing the technology overseas told Reuters reut.rs/488p29h
How do you capture the feeling of becoming less and less of a person? In a new novel by Ben Lerner, technology divides humans further from one another—and from ourselves, Nicholas Dames writes.
Let's turn briefly to another presidential obsession that’s gone under the radar lately: Trump’s ongoing attacks on American elections infrastructure.
Acting attorney general Todd Blanche defended the DOJ’s repeated attempts to indict President Trump’s political enemies and asserted that the president has a duty to speak out about who he believes should be investigated.
Russian satellites made at least 24 surveys of areas in 11 MidEast countries from March 21 -31, covering 46 objects, incl. military bases, airports and oil fields. Within days of being surveyed, some of the sites were targeted by Iran, obviously drawing on data furnished by the Russians.
The Iran ceasefire deal is obviously pretty bad for Trump and America, as others have pointed out. I have seen some people arguing that voters wanted a ceasefire, so Trump will get a ratings bounce from this. But I don't think you get a bounce for ending an unpopular war that you started
Thank you, @kim.senate.gov .
Dana Milbank: Does Mr. Vance still not realize that the joke is on him? The interesting thing is not that he keeps debasing himself but that he gets less and less in return each time. As his political fortunes dim, his soul has become a depreciating asset.
🟡 SCOOP: OpenAI is expanding its bitter legal dispute with Elon Musk to sweep in Hollywood mogul Ari Emanuel and his talent agency WME.
www.semafor.com/article/04/0...
DHS cannot bypass environmental laws and local input to turn a Roxbury warehouse into an ICE mass detention facility.
We’re asking a federal court to step in now, before the damage is done.
www.njoag.gov/new-jersey-roxbury-towns...
So Trump’s exit strategy to get out of the war was to threaten war crimes then promise not to do the war crimes and leave while declaring victory.
I'm on the train back to DC – I call on all my colleagues to come back, too.
Congress must vote to end this war IMMEDIATELY.
Trump’s Truth Social post is yet another extraordinary scaling up of rhetoric to a level previously unthinkable from a president of the United States, in at least the post-World War Two era. Brian Finucane, a former legal adviser at the State Department, says of Trump’s post: “This threat against a ‘whole civilization’ could plausibly be interpreted as a threat of genocide. "Trump may hope this puts pressure on Tehran to reach a deal. But the risk of further US escalation against Iran is very real.”
Spoke with the BBC today about POTUS’s latest threat.
www.bbc.com/news/live/c5...
Top-notch executive branch lawyering here.
Bang-up job.
"I cannot underscore this boldly enough: The status of the dollar as the world’s reserve currency is built on the foundation of the petrodollar system." Guess what a sideways war in the Middle East could do about that.
"Most Iranians are going to be relieved that seven weeks of being bombed is over, that they can take a breath, that they can rest," says Reza Sayah. "We will see what unfolds after this two-week ceasefire and if the peace is sustained." https://to.pbs.org/4tzmcCq
Nursing home owner Joseph Schwartz’s case was flagged by Laura Loomer, who had previously worked on other issues alongside the lobbyists Schwartz hired.
Versions of her narrative, which included false claims, then surfaced in the White House’s explanation for his pardon.
Ed Martin, facing disbarment proceedings over his grossly unethical conduct, seeks to remove his disciplinary proceedings to a federal court which he asks to make them go away.
"There are certainly issues of international law here, but even more so a moral issue for the good of the whole, entire population," the pope said in Italian to reporters outside his residence in Castel Gandolfo, Italy. https://to.pbs.org/47KYafb
It goes without saying but Republicans are having a really, REALLLLY bad night electorally....
Like, 5-alarm fire bad.
Nixon’s unauthorized bombing of Cambodia was also a significant reason the 1973 War Powers Resolution was enacted—over Nixon’s veto.
The Iran War illustrates that it is high time for a thorough strengthening and reform of that law.
I will note that the House considered an article of impeachment against Nixon related to his bombing of Cambodia.
CNN: Israel is still conducting airstrikes inside Iran, according to the IDF.
