Trump weighing strategy for Strait of Hormuz

President Donald Trump reportedly is weighing a strategy to counter Iran's chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz

This includes the possible seizure or blockade of Kharg Island, a key hub for Iran's oil exports

The move, detailed by Axios, underscores the administration's effort to restore stability to global energy markets after Tehran's actions sent oil prices above $100 a barrel and disrupted a key maritime route that carries roughly 20% of the world's oil supply.

Kharg Island, located just miles off Iran's coast, handles about 90% of the country's crude exports, making it a critical pressure point.

Administration officials say no final decision has been made, but options on the table range from a naval blockade to a full-scale operation involving U.S. troops.

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Merchant Marine Act of 1920 (The Jones Act) in effect

Trump Just Unlocked Something Iran Never Expected Him to Use

The Jones Act

As of March 18, 2026, the Trump administration issued a 60-day waiver of the Jones Act. Obviously he believes the excursion with Iran ill be over by then.

The waiver allows foreign-flagged vessels to transport vital resources—including oil, natural gas, fertilizer, and coal—between U.S. ports for a two-month period to ease supply chain disruptions.

Operation Epic Fury – the coordinated U.S.-Israel strikes launched February 28 that killed Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei – triggered the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps to mine the Strait of Hormuz and declare open season on any vessel attempting to pass.

The numbers are staggering. The strait carries roughly 21 million barrels of oil per day – one-fifth of global supply. Since the strikes, tanker traffic dropped from an average of 24 vessels per day to four on the first Sunday of the conflict. Three of those four were Iranian-flagged.

Brent crude has crossed $109 per barrel. Gas prices have surged 74 cents a gallon since the war began – the largest monthly increase since Katrina.

The European nations stonewalling Trump will face a reckoning when this is over.

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Senate District 87 Special election - Vote Jon Maples

John Maples in special election on Tuesday, March 24

Senate District 87

The District 87 candidates are Republican Jon Maples, a former Lake Clarke Shores council member, and Democrat Emily Gregory, a small business owner.

Maples and Gregory are competing to succeed Republican Mike Caruso, who was appointed by Gov. Ron DeSantis to succeed Joe Abruzzo as Palm Beach County's clerk and comptroller.

Maples has been endorsed by Trump, Attorney General James Uthmeier and a slew of GOP state lawmakers that includes Florida Speaker-designate Sam Garrison and state Reps. Anne Gerwig, Jon Snyder and “MAGA” Meg Weinberger are backing Maples, as are Lake Worth Beach Commissioner Mimi May and former state Rep. MaryLynn Magar.

The Palm Beach County district — which runs up the coast through Palm Beach Gardens, Jupiter, Juno Beach and Hypoluxo — has gone without representation since August.

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Netanyahu on Iran

Netanyahu Says Iran No Longer Has Uranium Enrichment Capacity

Iran no longer has the capacity to enrich uranium or make ballistic missiles after 20 days of U.S.-Israeli air attacks, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told a news conference on Thursday.

"We are winning, and Iran is being decimated," Netanyahu said, noting that Iran's missile and drone arsenal is being massively degraded and will be destroyed.

"What we're destroying now are the factories that produce the components to make these missiles and to make the nuclear weapons that they're trying to produce," Netanyahu said.

While the war so far has been conducted via air attacks, Netanyahu said there has to be a ground component as well and "there are many possibilities for this ground component." He did not elaborate.

Netanyahu also denied he dragged the United States into the conflict. "Does anyone really think that someone can tell President Trump what to do?" he said.

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Iran War Report

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The global fight over the Strait of Hormuz has triggered a familiar chorus claiming the United States had “no plan” for disruption to world energy markets.

But analysts argue that narrative ignores decades of contingency planning by the Pentagon and allied naval forces. The real vulnerability may lie elsewhere: the centuries-old insurance structure centered in Lloyd’s of London, which effectively determines which ships can sail and which routes remain commercially viable.

Control over maritime risk underwriting has quietly shaped global shipping for generations—making insurance power almost as decisive as military power.

The Strait of Hormuz Was Never a Surprise and the Democrats' "No Plan" Narrative Is Enemy Propaganda. Operation Epic Fury Was Built on 40 Years of Planning, Not Improvization [Alexander Muse]

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Marines being sent to Mid-East

Pentagon Deploying a 2nd Marine Expeditionary Unit to the Middle East

In the past week, U.S. officials have confirmed two separate amphibious ready groups have been dispatched to the region amid ongoing fighting with Iran.

An additional force of U.S. warships and an attached Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) is set to deploy to the Middle East amid ongoing combat operations against Iran, The Epoch Times has learned.

The USS Boxer amphibious ready group (ARG) and the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), currently based out of San Diego, California, are set to sail across the Indo-Pacific region to reach the waters of the Middle East, according to a U.S. military source familiar with the matter.

A combined ARG and MEU can consist of around 5,000 sailors and Marines. These additional troops would join around 50,000 U.S. troops already deployed to the Middle East as joint U.S. and Israeli military operations against Iran continue.

Thus far, no U.S. ground troops have entered combat with Iranian forces.

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Deporting Fraudsters Act

House passes bill to deport illegal immigrants who commit welfare fraud as 186 Democrats vote no

20 Democrats voted YES with Republicans

The House passed the Deporting Fraudsters Act on Wednesday by a vote of 231-186, with 186 Democrats opposing a bill that would make welfare fraud an explicitly deportable offense for illegal immigrants. The measure would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to define fraud as grounds for removal from the country.

The math is simple. The principle is simpler. If you are in this country illegally and you steal from taxpayers, you should be deported. Nearly every House Democrat disagreed.

The legislation, sponsored by Rep. David Taylor of Ohio, targets illegal immigrants who defraud public benefits programs. Taylor framed it in terms that shouldn't require a floor debate at all.

It's a no-brainer — if an illegal alien defrauds the United States or steals benefits from our nation's most vulnerable, they should be permanently removed from our country.

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One hundred eighty-six Democrats looked at a $9 billion fraud scandal, looked at a bill to deport the illegal immigrants responsible, and voted no. Now it goes to the Senate where there is a 60% threshold in order to pass.

Fraud in California - Gold Medalist speaks out

Gavin Newsom's Office Responds After Olympic Legend Speaks Out On Alleged California Fraud

Olympic bobsled gold medalist Kaillie Humphries is speaking out against California Governor Gavin Newsom following a controversial social media response to fraud allegations in the state.

The friction began after Newsom’s press office used an AI-generated image to mock an independent journalist (Nick Shirley) investigating financial misconduct. Humphries, a San Diego resident and legal immigrant, argued that such apathy from leadership is unacceptable with the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics approaching.

"As a California resident, I’m deeply concerned about the reports of alleged financial fraud and Governor Newsom’s apathy to it," Humphries told Fox News. She noted that the Olympics are a multi-billion dollar event that requires substantial governmental support to run correctly. Humphries warned that without transparency, the 2028 Games could face the same bribery and corruption scandals that have tainted past host cities.

Newsom’s office dismissed the athlete’s concerns, stating they do not typically respond to commentary from individuals not directly involved in the matter. A spokesperson claimed that under the Governor’s leadership, California is leading the nation in preventing fraud and waste.

However, critics point to the administration's use of snarky social media posts as evidence of a lack of serious accountability regarding taxpayer money. [ThinkAmericana]

The "Let's Get Him" Mueller War Room

Agent Just Exposed All The Shocking Debauchery Mueller’s FBI Team Engaged in Amid Their Anti-Trump Jihad

Peter Strzok texted "We'll stop him" about Donald Trump while running the Russia investigation.

That was just the beginning.

Now a second FBI agent has stepped forward – and what he saw inside Mueller's operation makes Strzok look like a footnote. This wasn't a sober investigation searching for truth.

• Anti-Trump cartoons plastered the office walls.
• Agents drank alcohol on the job.
• And according to the whistleblower – an FBI agent assigned directly to Mueller's team – a single attitude drove every decision: "Let's get him."

The agent's account, first made during a December 2020 internal FBI interview, was kept buried until Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley sent a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel this week.

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Standing by your principles

Pennsylvania School Bus Driver Quits After Being Told to Remove MAGA Hat

State Senator Defends Decision

There are moments when standing your ground doesn’t look like much from the outside. No cameras, no crowds—just a quiet decision made when no one’s watching.

For decades, conservatives across this country have faced a familiar pressure: tone it down, keep it to yourself, don’t make waves. The message is always the same; your values are welcome, just not here. Not now, and not out loud.

In Littlestown, Pennsylvania, a retired police officer and now working as a school bus driver decided he was done playing that game.

Dave Bonhoff spent his mornings behind the wheel of a school bus, ferrying kids through the rural roads of Adams County. The children knew him as Mr. Dave. By all accounts, they had a good thing going, but when a student reportedly complained about the red hat Bonhoff wore—a hat bearing four simple words—everything changed.

His employer, Krise Transportation, relayed the message: the school district didn’t want him wearing his Make America Great Again hat anymore. His supervisor even offered to buy him an American flag hat as a compromise. You know, something less offensive than wanting your country to succeed.

Instead he said, "nope," and walked away from the job.

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This isn’t some noble resignation—it’s a preemptive bailout.

Joe Kent didn’t walk away on principle. He saw the walls closing in. Reports of classified leaks, removal from intel briefings, and suddenly—boom—a dramatic exit wrapped in moral posturing.

Spare me. Under Donald Trump, national security isn’t a sandbox for freelancing bureaucrats. If Kent was leaking, he wasn’t dissenting—he was violating the trust placed in him at the highest level.

This looks like a classic move: get ahead of the story, spin the narrative, and hope the media runs interference before the facts land like a hammer. [Luthmann]

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Kiss of death for Alt-Left Democrats in Illinois Primary

Squad-backed Democrats go 0 for 6 in Illinois primaries as voters reject far-left candidates

Every single Democratic candidate aligned with the Squad lost their Illinois House primary race Tuesday evening. Six races, six defeats. Not a close call. Not a split decision. A shutout.

The rout spanned multiple congressional districts and sent a clear signal: even Democratic primary voters in deep-blue Illinois want nothing to do with the furthest-left flank of their party. AIPAC, which targeted all six candidates, took a victory lap on X:

Democratic voters rejected their extreme anti-Israel candidates, instead choosing mainstream candidates. AIPAC is proud to help defeat six would-be Squad members tonight!

The pro-Israel lobby also noted the radioactive endorsement trail that followed every losing candidate:
Being endorsed by @BernieSanders, @RoKhanna, @justicedems and @sunrisemvmt was a kiss of death in Illinois.

Kiss of death is right

Joe Kent under Investigation

FBI Launches Probe Into Head of Counterterrorism Unit

FBI Investigation Allegations;

Semafor reported that Joe Kent, who recently resigned as Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, is the subject of an FBI investigation into alleged leaks of classified information. The report says the probe began before his resignation. The investigation predates Kent’s departure.

An active FBI review of a senior counterterrorism official is a very serious matter. Leaks of classified material can harm operations and put lives at risk. We need clear answers about what was leaked, when, and whether the leaks crossed legal lines. Americans deserve transparency when national security is on the table.

Kent announced his resignation and blasted the U.S. response to Iran, saying Iran posed no imminent threat and that the war began because of pressure from Israel and its American supporters.

He framed his decision as a matter of conscience and cited his military service and personal loss to explain why he could not support the conflict. Those are explosive accusations.

If a top intelligence official believes policy is being driven by foreign influence, that claim must be investigated on its merits. At the same time, making public claims while holding classified responsibilities raises obvious concerns about judgment and protocol.

Fox News White House correspondent Jacqui Heinrich reported that officials called Kent a known leaker and that he had been removed from President Donald Trump’s intelligence briefings months earlier. He has not been part of any Iran planning discussions or briefings at all.

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Sharia Law concerns in America

This is for Anonymous' post on March 17--"Anonymous said...

"Nobody is concerned about sharia law in America you weirdo keep fear mongering."

"Death to America"