QATAR ONE: The new 747 donated to President Trump by Qatar for use as Air Force One lacks anti-aircraft countermeasures, The NY Times reports. The Secret Service forced Trump to leave Turkey this week on one of the old planes.  Trump has …

THE WAR ROOM: No one ever won a war with just aerial bombing so Donald Trump is trying to do it by bragging.   After striking Iran once again, President Trump said aboard Air Force One that, “I say we hit them …

THE WAR ROOM: The US and Iran have traded fire again threatening the shaky truce. “I think it’s over,” President Trump said. He called Iran’s leaders  “evil, sick people” and “cancer.’’   Oil prices jumped six percent on the news.   The US revoked permission …

IT’S POLITICAL: Graham Platner, the oyster fisherman running as the Democratic nominee for senator from Maine, is under pressure to back out of the race following a woman’s accusation that he raped her. Platner denied the accusation but said he must “reflect” …

THE WAR ROOM: Russian missiles rained down on Kyiv today, killing at least 12 people and wounding 64 on the eve of a NATO summit in Turkey. It was the second major attack in less than a week.   The unending Ukraine …

SELF EVIDENT: The United States of America celebrates its 250th anniversary today.    At the inception of this country, Thomas Jefferson wrote the monumental words:    We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by …

FEELING BLUE: On the theory that a grand jury could be convinced to indict a ham sandwich, Former Olympic canoeist David Hearn of Bethesda, Maryland has been indicted on a felony charge of vandalism on a claim that he ripped a section …

PRESIDENTIAL BUSINESS: Donald Trump made $2.2 billion in his first year back in the presidency, The NY Times reports according to financial disclosures. The paper says he made $1.4 billion just on his issue of a cryptocurrency, revealing that he is …

WIN SOME, LOSE SOME: President Trump had a mixed day with the Supreme Court, winning a more executive power but losing his bid to restrict voting by mail as well as his last ditch appeal to avoid paying a $5 million …

June 29, 2026 THE WAR ROOM: After several days exchanging fire with the US, it seems evident that Iran is intent upon maintaining military and economic control of the Strait of Hormuz. With a considerably diminished military, control of the strait …