Trump loses 22% of Republicans in Maryland and 18% in Nebraska, confirming once more that his base turnout strategy is doomed to defeat; Nebraska GOP split with MAGA state committee refusing to endorse the congressional delegation;
Ukraine has destroyed 15% of Russian oil production, hampering exports; Blinken and British wisely tell Zelensky to use NATO missiles as he thinks best, including deep inside Russia; Campaign resembles US effort to deprive Nazi Reich of its primary oil source in Ploesti in Romania, whose destruction accelerated end of war in Europe; F-16s, Patriot missiles and Patriot missile batteries remain in urgent demand;
Biden marks end of neoliberal globalization era with 100% protective tariff on Chinese electric cars; Precursors include Abraham Lincoln, who declared "I am in favor of the internal improvement system and a high protective tariff"; Lincoln argued that protectionism does not cause permanent inflation, but lowers prices after a short time: "... if a duty amounting to full protection be levied upon an article which can be produced here
The most important note on this is the Russia has very little oil and gas storage facilities. These are extremely important, as if they cannot store oil, then they will have shut down production. Being that 80% of all Russian oil and gas production in frozen tundra, these wells, one shut down, freeze and cannot be restarted. They must be re-drilled. This already happened when the Soviet Union collapsed. And it took almost a decade to get them up and running.
Angela Alsobrooks to face off against crypto-MAGA Larry Hogan for Maryland senate seat; Trump promises bigger and better Muslim ban as disastrous Manhattan trial moves toward closing statements;