Book Him, Danno: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis yesterday dove into the issue of Donald Trump’s possible indictment calling the Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg a “Soros-funded prosecutor,” in reference to the billionaire philanthropist George Soros who gives big to liberal politicians and liberal causes. 

  DeSantis said of Bragg, “He, like other Soros-funded prosecutors, they weaponize their office to impose a political agenda on society at the expense of the rule of law and public safety.” 

  Law enforcement, politicians, and loyalists all are on edge over the prospect of Donald Trump being indicted in New York. New York police yesterday erected crowd-control barriers around the criminal justice center. The former president predicted it would happen today, but that might not be likely.

  Former Vice President Mike Pence, who was the target of January 6^th mobs incited by Trump, said, “Just feels like  a politically charged prosecution here.”

  This would be Trump’s first indictment, and the first for a former President. Trump would be accused of breaking election law in making a payment to porn star Stormy Daniels on the brink of the 2016 vote to keep her quiet about a bedroom fling with the Donald.

  Republican criticism of the Manhattan DA is absent any condemnation of Trump for having the affair or paying to keep it out of the press. Pence told ABC News, “At the time when there’s a crime wave in New York City, the fact that the Manhattan DA thinks that indicting President Trump is his top priority I think just tells you everything you need to know about the radical left.”

  Actually, crime is down in New York

  South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham said, “This is selective prosecution,” and “They’re brewing a legal cocktail to come with a bizarre theory of the law never used by anybody in New York just because they hate Trump.”

  Trump’s fluent nuyawk-speaking lawyer, Joe Tacopina, said, “Does anyone actually believe that if someone else were accused of paying hush money to avoid a publicly embarrassing sex scandal which the president VEHEMENTLY denies. VEHEMENTLY.. would they be prosecuted?”

  The answer may be “yes,” if the payment was made to help that person become President of the United States.

Getting Warmer: Earth is dangerously close to a tipping point for climate warming within the next 10 years, according to a new study produced under the aegis of the United Nations. The world will need to make an immediate and drastic shift away from fossil fuels to prevent the planet from overheating dangerously beyond the 2.7 degree rise above preindustrial levels predicted by the 2030s. 

  Scientists say that beyond that level Earth will be subject to catastrophic heat waves, flooding, drought, crop failures, and species extinctions that will become harder for humanity to reduce let alone reverse in the ensuing years.

  The report says that the last chance would be for industrialized nations to band together to slash greenhouse gases emissions roughly in half by 2030 and then stop adding carbon dioxide to the atmosphere entirely by the early 2050s. 

The War Room: Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida demonstrated his country’s support, making a visit to Ukraine today.

 While that was happening, Chinese leader Xinping engaged in a second day of talks with Russia’s Vladimir Putin. Xi billed his visit as a “trip for peace,” but neither he nor Putin have said much about Ukraine. And despite calling for a cease fire, Xi has never contacted Ukraine’s Volodomyr Zelensky.

  US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the Xi’s visit amounted to “diplomatic cover for Russia to continue to commit” war crimes.

  In the ground combat, Russian commanders are reported to be once again sending waves of soldiers at Ukrainian guns, this time trying to capture the eastern city of Avdiivka.

March Madness: In women’s basketball, Miami beat top-seeded Indiana 70-68 with a buzzer beater. And in the Seattle 4 regional, No. 8 seed Ole Miss knocked out No. 1 Stanford 53-49. 

Shocking: The price of metals vital to making batteries for electric cars have fallen dramatically, possibly make the new age cars cheaper to buy. The most crucial lithium is down nearly 20 percent, cobalt, 50 percent, and copper, down 18 percent.

The Spin Rack: The government of French President Emmanuel Macron survived a no confidence vote, allowing his unilateral decision to raise the French retirement age from 62 to 64 to become law. Macron survived by only nine votes. Macron has sought the change since 2017 in the name of saving the finances of the retirement fund. He’s had to face off against street demonstrations, strikes, and occasional violence. — Amazon is laying off another 9,000 employees, bringing the total this year to 27,000. — Four people who entered the Capitol with the Oath Keepers militia during the January 6^th insurrection were convicted yesterday of conspiracy to interfere with Congress. — Jeffery Woodke, an American Christian aid worker abducted in Niger in 2016 and taken to Mali has finally been released. He’s undergoing medical evaluation in Niger before being returned to the states. Woodke’s wife said, “He was in great spirits and thrilled to be free.”  — A Fox News producer has sued the company accusing Fox lawyers of coercing her into giving misleading testimony in the lawsuit over the network airing unfounded claims of election fraud. — Los Angeles schools are closed today as teachers and staff go on a three-day strike for higher pay.

Below the Fold: Rupert Murdoch, the 92-year-old king of the Fox media empire is engaged to be married for a fifth time, planning to pledge lifelong loyalty and devotion to former San Francisco police chaplain Ann Lesley Smith, 66, the widow of country singer, radio, and television executive Chester Smith. Murdoch finalized his divorce from #4, former model Jerry Hall, only last July. Say this for the guy … he really believes in marriage.

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