US hits Iranian tankers near Kharg Island - Update

CNN: Reports " Tehran threatens vessels in Bahrain, Kuwait after US strikes Iranian tankers near Kharg Island "

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This is pointless by the US Navy, as the article notes this is in response to an Iranian attempt to shoot at a US Navy vessel.  These strikes do not win the War and help Trump in political terms before the Mid Terms in November! It has been postulated that Iran will increase these attacks before November, they hope to hit a US Navy ship, they want to pull a Tet offensive of 1968 but at sea.  Trump has blundered in to the Iran War and won't follow through, it needs ground troops in Kharg Island, otherwise Trump is big loser.

Former VP Harris and the 2028 Presidential race - Update

Guardian: Reports in its 7.59pm post the following, " Kamala Harris says she has "not made a decision" on potential 2028 run "

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It would be surprising if former VP Harris becomes the Nominee again, she lost it 2024, this blog can only think of 2 Presidents who came back from losing the general election, they were Nixon in 1968 after losing in 1960 and Trump in 2024 who lost it 2020, whatever he says on the subject.  In 2028, the 1st Democratic Primary will be South Carolina, a large African American vote, that should help Harris and Senator Booker.  The former is not a good candidate, one hopes the Democrats chose a moderate nominee like Bill Clinton or Obama at a push, the 2028 cycle should start after the Mid Terms, there a long list of potential Democratic candidates.

Trump warns Israeli PM and Iran - Update

Daily Mail: Reports " Frustrated Trump sends a chilling message to Netanyahu and vows to 'take out' Iran's final untouched nuclear site if deal is not reached "

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The Trump Oval does not like to be shown in up public by a friend, specially if that friend is Israel telling him that Iran has been placing its nuclear stockpile in another mountain after Trump bombed Iran last year over the fear of its nuclear stockpile.  The Trump Oval has given peace talks with Iran a chance, its never the last time with Iran, they have talks, shoot at tankers and then have further talks, they are playing Trump for a fool.  The Trump background is real estate and reality TV, he does not understand the Iranian mind set or how to win a WAR.  The President as stated in previous post is listening to his Vice President, J.D Vance, who more concerned about the 2028 race and if he can win the MAGA base and win the General Election.  LBJ made sure his VP kept to the script, he bugged his plane as to know in advance if his VP was about to break with him over the Vietnam War, while that was going on the FBI was bugging the South Vietnam Embassy and discovered that the Nixon Campaign was telling South Vietnam not to go the Paris peace talks.  It would be fair to say that LBJ kept quiet about it, as would cause a constitutional crisis and it would be something that LBJ had over Nixon, the Watergate caper of Nixon trying find out what the Democrats had on the affair, thus the fall of Nixon.

Iran suspends MOU - Update

BBC News: Reports in its 1.54pm post the following, " Iran has 'suspended its commitments' to preliminary agreement, official says " 

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This hardly breaking news, Iran has broken the MOU since it was signed by the US.  The US has been to guarded with its strikes, this is the time for day and night strikes on Iran, take out ALL the civic structure, railways, power and water plants, bridges, take out anything that supports the Tehran Regime.  The Iranian Government can attempt to strike US assets or Allies, just shows they are weak.  Trump must finish off the Regime before the Mid Terms, Trump can not afford another Tet aka 1968, allow the Tehran Regime to escape.

Catherine West withdraws Leadership Challenge - Update

Noted: REAGAN on Netflix, excellent movie, just felt it left out, the Reagan dark horse candidacy for the 1968 Republican nomination.  The electrifying 1976 Speech to the Republican Convention.  The the Reagan visit to Moscow and his walk with Gorbachev in red square in 1988.

BBC News: Reports in its 12.06pm post that the Labour backbencher has withdrawn her challenge.

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The Labour Party has flunked the leadership challenge to Sir Keir Starmer, the Labour MPs are out of touch with voters, Cabinet Ministers care more about the perks of being in the Cabinet. The cars and civil servants to protect Ministers from making fools of themselves.  If Reform win the next General Election, today is the road that started the process.

Is Turkey the way OUT for the WIMP Trump - Update

Guardian: Reports " Iran seeks to avert US military action with talks in Ankara...Turkey hosts urgent mediation as Trump’s threats mount and Tehran weighs painful compromises to avoid conflict "

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The more Trump waits convinces this blog that he is a WIMP.  As the last month has show he backs down under pressure, from Greenland, his slander of British Troops in Afghanistan and now ICE killing of two Americans as they protest the Trump attempt to throw out illegal immigrants.   The Trump Oval is getting pressure from Middle East allies, and his MAG base not to attack, thus Turkey could be his way out, he has the blood of Iranian  protesters on his hands, he said he would come to the rescue and he failed them.  The Democrats should take the House in November, Americans do not like weak leaders, look at what happened to President Biden after his rash exit of Afghanistan.   Reagan and JFK were strong leaders, so in many respects were Bush 41 and Bush 43, after the failure of the peace in Iraq, Bush 43 still won in 2004 Presidential Election, LBJ had to withdraw after doing badly in the 1968 New Hampshire primary, and President Biden had to withdraw after the most disastrous  Debate in Presidential history in 2024.  Trump's poll number are in the toilet, he will get impeached by the Democratic House in 2026, and the Republicans might fancy their chances with a President Vance in the OVAL.

Why didn't ENOUGH WOMEN Vote for VP Harris - Trump 47th Era

BBC News: Reports " Democrats had bet on women showing up in force. They didn’t "

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The post-mortem of a failed Presidential run is more fun, defeat has a hundred fathers and winning one has the Candidate who wins and listened to his son as to whom is COOL in the podcast age, Trump gave three hours to the top podcaster in the US, the Harris Campaign turned him down, they were only willing to give him a hour.   Thus the podcaster endorsed Trump.  That 3 hours was time well spent.   The VP did not give herself licence to distance herself from President Biden, on the tv show THE VIEW, she could not think of one thing that she would do differently that Biden even Afghanistan, even LBJ's VP broke with him on Vietnam, and came very close to winning.   The issue of abortion didn't sell itself to older women, they were more concerned about the cost of weekly bills, the Democrats hoped that as before abortion would bring women on a large scale to vote for Harris.  As the article states, it barely moved the needle.   This blog suggested that she say she would only do one term, it would show she was different form Biden, or she could resigned the Vice - Presidency, and ran opposed to Biden, one assumes she liked Air Force 2 to much.  The Democrats need to back their roots, the working class, not Graduates, not everyone has a degree.   The American family want a strong leader, not that someone that breaks glass ceilings for women, hard to hear but its important.  The Democrats need to go back to their nomination process in Iowa AND New Hampshire, not rig the process at they did for Biden in 2020, let the voters see what the Democrats are offering, 2026 not far away, after the Mid Terms in 2026, Democratic candidates should start to visit Iowa and NH.   The American election process in endless.  That is Democracy at WORK.

The Path for VP Harris - 2024 Candidates/2024 General Election - Biden Era

Sky News - Live Blog: Reports in its 9.12pm post, " Harris 'the most qualified person' to be Democratic nominee...Kamala Harris has been racking up a decent number of endorsements to run for president - "

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The VP has stated the she will have to earn the Democratic nomination, it cannot be taken for granted that ALL of the Democrats who see themselves as President will give up their ambitions for the mob, if VP gets the nomination and wins she could served for 8 years, that is a long time waiting, so the VP has to be careful who she wants as her VP, as she can only have one, the ones she leaves out, might be miffed to say the least.   The Trump Camp already as saying that the VP covered up the problems with President Biden, she will have to think of a careful answer, total denial wont go down well, but showing some distance between herself might not go down well with the Oval. Let's recall LBJ held a tight reign on his VP due to the Vietnam war, what will VP Harris say about Gaza and the Ukraine.  Politics just got fun!!

Et Tu Obama, Pelosi, US Congress - 2024 Candidates/2024 General Election - Biden Era

BBC News: Reports " Biden vows to run as more Democrats ask him to drop out...US President Joe Biden is looking forward to "getting back on the campaign trail next week", fortifying his commitment to stick in the race as more Democrats on Friday called for him to step aside as the party nominee. "

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It is reported on CNN that President Biden is seething with former Speaker Pelosi, one can assume that goes for President Obama too.   At least LBJ went out of the race on his own terms in 1968, with dignity, while the reason was that the he was afraid that Senator Robert Kennedy would get the nomination, he did not want to be seen as the President between Kennedys, this worry did not seem to effect Bill Clinton, the President between Bush 41 and Bush 43.  POTUS it seems could be the President between the Trump Terms.  The dignity train has left the Station some time ago, Biden stated in 2020 he would be the bridge to the next generation, then he decided he was the next generation.  Something has to give, the money men have walked away, the Congress is split in factions, how will it end? No one knows!

President Biden to give Oval Address to the Nation at 1am ( UK Time ) - 2024 Candidates/2024 General Election - Biden Era

Sky News - Live Blog: Reports in its 7.37pm post the following, " 

Key points from Biden's press conference...

He spoke to Trump last night and said he was "grateful he's recovering";..The president extended condolences to victim killed in the shooting, and said he was praying for the other victims injured;....The president said he'll address the nation at greater length at 1am UK time  "

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In his address tonight POTUS has to be the Father of Nation, comforter is chief, as Reagan was after the Challenger Disaster.   The Address should ask the American people to STOP thinking the other side is dangerous, also push for gun control, if not know, WHEN.    There have ben calls for Biden to step down, that he is to old, well he should used that,  he was around for 1963, 1968 and 1981.   POTUS will not step down, there is still a Presidential race to WIN, the attempted assassination WILL make people think, but POLITICS IS POLITICS, always on, one does wonder what the Democratic Convention will be like, less attacks on Trump, as a neo fascist and a threat to Democracy, and the elite liberals will be careful with their words, we shall see how long it lasts.

Are the Rich donors about to LEAVE POSTUS - 2024 Candidates/2024 General Election 2024

Daily Mail: Reports " Key Democrat donors threaten to pull plug if Biden doesn't resign, as furious party insiders reveal 'worst fears' about ailing president have now been confirmed: 'How stupid do they think we are?' "

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If the Biden Family and his close advisors wont tell the truth to POTUS then the money men will have to close their wallets, and send the signal, if the Democrats believe that Trump is a MAJOR THREAT TO the US and democracy in general, then Biden has to fall on his sword.  Let's be clear, this blog will support Biden if he carries on, Trump is a threat, but that reason might not be enough for the American voter.   If he does pull the plug, he will hand the nomination over to the fist African American woman to be the nominee, that would be historic.   Those close to Biden say he is a good man, well this is the time to show that he is a great man, falling on his sword.  No Biden statements since the debate have been done without a teleprompter, that is not enough for the Democrats and voters. Biden should follow the example of LBJ in 1968 and pull out of the race.  Time is ticking Mr President.

Big Win for Trump at the Supreme Court - 2024 Candidates/2024 General Election - Biden Era

BBC New: Reports " Trump has some immunity from prosecution, Supreme Court rules....The justices found that a president has immunity for "official acts", but is not immune for "unofficial acts", and referred the matter back to a trial judge. "

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This is a big win for Trump, the various Federal Cases will be affected, we wait to see what the Courts and Prosecutors so with the case, the general opinion is that the Court cases will start after the election, of course Trump as President could pull them if elected.   This Judgement by the Supreme Court does ask a few Questions of Presidential history, lets look at the examples, was JFK and the CIA'S attempt to kill Castro in the early 1960s was that official or Kennedy's need for revenge after the Bay of Pigs.  Then we move to 1968, was Nixon's sabotage of the Paris Peace Talks, semi official as he become President or private action that should have seen him Court.   Let's forget that LBJ bugged Nixon with the help of the FBI,  was the legal, its an open question, then we go to Nixon again in 1972 with Watergate, it can be presume that Nixon after the LBJ files on the Paris Peace Talks.  Thus would Nixon have had to resign in 1974.  The next case in Iran - Contra of the late1980s, it was Reagan's believe that the Contra freedom fighters had to be supported, after the Congress cut off official aid, he wanted the Contra fighters funded, no matter what it took, thus a diversion of funds to the Contra's.   As with JFK, there is doubt if Reagan knew this was happening, even if he did, it would not matter as it was official policy by Reagan to fight communism. In 1998 we have Bill Clinton, this was a private affair and thus the President would not have been immune from the Courts.   It seems the Court would have agreed with Nixon.   Interesting Court days ahead!!

Jury in Hunter Biden's drug and gun trial are deliberating - 2024 Candidates /2024 General Election

BBC News: Reports " Jury begins deliberating in historic Hunter Biden case....Jurors in the Hunter Biden gun case have begun deliberating, and must now decide the fate of the US president's son.  "

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The Hunter Biden as with the Donald Trump case would have not be bought if they had different surname, the verdict in both cases should have been NOT GUILTY, in this case the Jury is from Delaware, Biden's home state and Hunter is a local boy, so while New York went wrong away, this blog expects the Jury to bring back a NOT GUILTY verdict, anything else would be political, the gun was never used, and on one for sure knows if Hunter Biden was on drugs, his father has said he wont use his Presidential power to Pardon his son, the father of six children.  In the old days, men in smoke filled rooms would have solved their problems like gentleman, present problems are due to people wanting a pure democracy, it cant work like that.   When in 1968 President Johnson discovered that candidate Nixon was playing games with the Paris Peace talks, he kept that quiet, it would have caused a political crisis, he kept it over Nixon, thus the Watergate break - in of 1972, Nixon wanted to know how much LBJ had told the Democratic Party.   Today is what you get when you have the ideologues in charge.

Israel in CENTRAL Rafah - Israeli - Gaza War - Biden Era

BBC News: Reports " Israeli tanks reach central Rafah as strikes continue....Israeli forces have reportedly reached the centre of the southern Gaza city of Rafah and seized a strategically important hill overlooking the nearby border with Egypt.  "

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The Israeli Government was right to carry on with its action, the terrorists that Israel face will think twice about doing another 7th October, fear goes a long way and might save lives in the long term.   The IDF has to clear Gaza of HAMAS, once and fall all, then it can talk to the Government in the West Bank about them taking control of Gaza under Israeli observation.   On the whole the Biden Administration has been quiet, it can not afford to lose the Jewish vote in November, and November is the most important month here, Trump can not be allowed to get a 2nd Oval Office Term.  That is for the security of the US, Europe and Israel in the Middle East.   The left in the Democratic Party will blow its top, the Democratic Convention in Chicago should be interesting, will the Gaza protesters turn up there?  Will 2024 Convention be like 1968?

Israel does limited Strike in Rafah- Gaza - Gaza - Israeli War - Middle East - Biden Era

Sky News - Live Blog: Reports in its 8.27pm post the following, " 

Israel conducting targeted strikes in eastern Rafah...

The Israeli military has said it is currently conducting targeted strikes against Hamas in the region, according to reports.  "

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The Hamas terrorist group has stated that it will accept a new peace deal, the Israeli Government has said that Hamas is playing games, one assumes they have seen the student protest in the US and think they can play the US and Biden, they might be right, the Biden Oval is in tight spot, the extreme left of the Democratic Base want to appease HAMAS, they hate Israel and takes as truthful the views of Hamas.  If Biden wants to win in November, he will keep supporting Israel, the left wing base is SMALL, its the economy STUPID.  One does hope that the OVAL OFFICE does not listen to the State Department, they are appears at the end of the day, like FCO in the UK.

How the Gaza Protesters will effect the November Election in the US - 2024 Candidates/2024 General Election

Guardian: Has an analyses of how the US Protests of Gaza will effect the November Election is the US, " 

What do the US campus protests mean for Joe Biden in November?...Thousands of students have rallied for Palestine, after hundreds of thousands of Democrats declined to vote for Biden in the primary "

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This is a smart essay from the Guardian, the Biden Base is varied at best, the Biden Oval can not afford to lose the YOUTH VOTE, what will mothers in the suburbs think if their children getting arrested or worse getting kicked out of University with those student loans to pay back with no degree after three or four years.  The article worries this could be 1968 all over again, LBJ lost the youth vote and Richard Nixon won a close race.   The Biden Oval has to place pressure on Israel not to take more action in GAZA, but also get Hamas to release the hostages it has, that could stop Israel taking action, the Biden Oval needs Gaza off the front pages and the region to go back pre 7th of October if possible.  Trump leads in the Swing States, he might get thrown in to jail with one of his Court Cases, the US and the West might get lucky.

New York Protesters arrested by NY Police over the issue of Gaza - 2024 Candidates/2024 General Election

BBC News: Reports " NYC police raid Columbia University building occupied by Gaza protesters...Dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters at Columbia University in New York City were arrested Tuesday night after hundreds of police officers raided a building the students had taken over.  "

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The Police in the different States have taken to long to ACT, the 24/7 news networks are not helping, they think its Vietnam all over again!!  The events in Gaza per say are not in the US interest, there are no American Soldiers there, its not a US WAR.   The protesters seems to linked that is the blame of social media, my old friend Hoover would have smelled communist subversion, it could be Putin's Russia or other Axis of EVIL.   The copes in Chicago of 1968 had the right way to deal with hippies, Policemen in hard hats, taking names and arresting people.  A University is place you learn, not getting your rocks off by protesting someone's else's WAR.   The Police should ACT and FAST, read the riot act and ACT. 

Biden is Senile - Campaign 2024 - Candidates 2024/General Election 2024

BBC News - Live Blog: Reports the following in its 8.19pm post, " Biden labelled an 'elderly man' with a 'poor memory'....One of the reasons why investigators don’t think Joe Biden would ultimately be convicted of criminal charges for taking the documents is because he would “likely present himself to a jury, as he did during our interview of him, as a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory”.  "

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This evening has been political damaging for President Biden, the Special Counsel found that POTUS could not be bought to trial for the " wilfully retained and disclosed classified materials"  due to his poor memory, he could not recall the dates he was VP and did not recall when his own son died.  The Republicans and the right wing press, well Fox News will have a field day with this story.  If Biden is senile, he should hand the Presidency to his VP, that would be his legacy, the first African - American Female President, Now THAT WOULD BE A GOOD LEGACY.  All through the US the people will be asking, do WE TRUST BIDEN with the hand don the red button.  This week Biden has in the view of a CNN Anchor has seen DEAD PEOP0LE, forgetting the name of the President Of France, and naming a dead President of France, mixing up German Chancellors, really someone who likes Biden should have a word with him.  This Blog cannot support a senile old man for President, one well  might support Senator Manchin or RFK Junior, the US owes that to the Kennedy's due to the assassinations of JFK and RFK.  This is going to be a long campaign. 

 

Classified Documents found in former Biden Office - 6 years Late - Biden Era

The Hill: Reports " Classified documents found from Biden’s time as VP, White House cooperating with DOJ...The White House is working with the Justice Department as it reviews classified documents from when President Biden served as vice president that were found in a private office last fall.  "

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It was fun seeing CNN trying to justify President Biden having TOP SECRET documents in his possession from his years as VP to President  Obama.  This will be used by Republicans to hammer the Biden Oval and Biden Department of Justice, there are a lot of questions for the President Biden to answer, who moved the documents from their secure area, who had access, why did it take 6 years and how come the national archive did not ask for them, were they playing favourites.  One can postulate that most modern Presidents take secret documents with them, let's recall at the centre of the LBJ Library there is glass box, with a letter marked X on it and when it should be opened.  The information inside was how the FBI tracked the Nixon efforts to persuade the South Vietnam Government in 1968 not to go to the Paris Peace talks, that they would have a better deal under President Nixon than with LBJ.  The reverse happened in the fullest of time.  President Johnson knew he had the goods on Richard Nixon but did not want to cause a political crisis after Nixon had won Presidency, he made sure that Nixon knew he knew, and thus Nixon played ball with any requests from LBJ.  It can be postulated that the Watergate scandal has its origins in this matter. One can assume the Republicans will jump on this, the small print won't matter, either Trump and Biden are prosecuted or they are not, it cannot be one rule for the Democrats and another rule for the Republicans. 

Will Trump be CHARGED over Classified Files at his Florida Home ? - Biden Era

The Hill: Reports " National Archives says at least 700 pages of classified materials seized from Trump’s home "

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Why would former President Trump need to keep 700 pages of secret materials, and that is just the documents that was taken away from the Trump home in January, the President would have known that he could have looked at them at any time, in a secure manner, the security of the the Trump Home would hardly be up to the standard of what the Government does to keep documents secret, what if foreign intelligence bodies had found this out and tried to get copies, the fact that Trump had them is not the problem, its the bulk.  It should be noted that in 1969 when LBJ left office he took information that showed that the Nixon Campaign had placed pressure on the Saigon Government in South Vietnam not to go to the Paris Peace Talks.  LBJ could have blown up the 68 campaign with this hacked information, but he kept it quiet and stated that the information would be held in his Library, in a envelope to be opened decades later.  It has been postulated that the WATERGATE break in was Nixon looking to see what the Democrats had on the 68 campaign, why otherwise break in, the Richard Nixon won the 72 election in a landslide, he did not need to break in to the Watergate.  The Saigon connection makes sense of the break in.  The point being that Presidents do take secret information with them, well LBJ and Trump did, so let's not get pious about it, its the volume that is the problem.  One has to say that Trump should face charges, but the Biden Administration should not do that, it should be the grown up, CNN and the liberal media want that, it would be disaster, it would make Trump a martyr to the course, the information from Jan 6 is bad enough to stop from running, let's not give Trump a OUT, the Democrats would never be forgiven.