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EarlG
EarlG's Journal
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March 24, 2026

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TSA wait times up to 6 hours as ICE, other agents deployed to 14 airports
ICE deployments created chaos for cities and cost them millions, NPR analysis finds
Did Senate vote to fund TSA? Dems push bill to bolster airport security (March 22)
Republicans reject Democrats effort to pay TSA by suspending Senate rules (March 21)
GOP Rants About TSA Shutdown Right After Voting Against Funding TSA (March 16)
Republicans block Democratic bill to fund DHS agencies other than ICE, CBP (March 11)
Pic Of The Moment: The Current Situation At America's Airports

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TSA wait times up to 6 hours as ICE, other agents deployed to 14 airports
ICE deployments created chaos for cities and cost them millions, NPR analysis finds
Did Senate vote to fund TSA? Dems push bill to bolster airport security (March 22)
Republicans reject Democrats effort to pay TSA by suspending Senate rules (March 21)
GOP Rants About TSA Shutdown Right After Voting Against Funding TSA (March 16)
Republicans block Democratic bill to fund DHS agencies other than ICE, CBP (March 11)
March 23, 2026

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Oil prices rise after Trump issues ultimatum and Iran threatens to close the Strait of Hormuz indefinitely
Oil prices fall as Trump hails productive conversations with Iran on an end to the war
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Iran Media Denies Truce Talks
Pic Of The Moment: Are We Having Fun Yet?

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Oil prices rise after Trump issues ultimatum and Iran threatens to close the Strait of Hormuz indefinitely
Oil prices fall as Trump hails productive conversations with Iran on an end to the war
Meanwhile...
Iran Media Denies Truce Talks
March 19, 2026

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Remarks by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth at the Reagan National Defense Forum
Pentagon seeks more than $200 billion in budget request for Iran war
Hegseth says potential $200 billion Iran war spending request could shift: Takes money to kill bad guys
Pic Of The Moment: What A Difference Three Months Makes

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Remarks by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth at the Reagan National Defense Forum
Pentagon seeks more than $200 billion in budget request for Iran war
Hegseth says potential $200 billion Iran war spending request could shift: Takes money to kill bad guys
March 17, 2026

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Trump stuns CNN with flip flop in only 45 minutes! Here's our Commander-in-Chief everybody...
Pic Of The Moment: Trump Sends Clear Message To Allies On Iran

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Trump stuns CNN with flip flop in only 45 minutes! Here's our Commander-in-Chief everybody...
March 16, 2026

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Trump draws backlash for comment on Iran war: 'Maybe we shouldn't even be there'
Trump is basically trying the Tim Robinson hot dog gambit in real life...
Pic Of The Moment: Trump Calls On Allies To Defend Strait Of Hormuz

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Trump draws backlash for comment on Iran war: 'Maybe we shouldn't even be there'
Trump is basically trying the Tim Robinson hot dog gambit in real life...
March 6, 2026

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Sen. Markwayne Mullin speaks out after being named Noem's replacement at DHS
Markwayne Mullin's Wikipedia page
Pic Of The Moment: Let's Meet Trump's New Pick For Head Of DHS

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Sen. Markwayne Mullin speaks out after being named Noem's replacement at DHS
Markwayne Mullin's Wikipedia page
March 3, 2026

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US strikes on Iran triggered by Israel's plan to launch attack, Rubio says
Pic Of The Moment: So You're Saying We Had To Attack Iran Because They Would Have Attacked Us If We Attacked Them

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US strikes on Iran triggered by Israel's plan to launch attack, Rubio says
March 2, 2026

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Trump returned to the WH and admired new statues installed in the Rose Garden, but won't answer a reporter's question
Pic Of The Moment: Says It All, Really

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Trump returned to the WH and admired new statues installed in the Rose Garden, but won't answer a reporter's question
February 27, 2026

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Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action -- full text of Iran Nuclear Deal (2015, see page 3)
Politifact: Trump promise to renegotiate the Iran deal (2016)
Trump declares US leaving horrible Iran nuclear accord (2018)
Experts Agree: Irans Nuclear Facilities Have Been Obliterated (2025 -- White House website)
US inches toward war with Iran as Trump says Tehran 'can't say the sacred phrase' (2026 -- New York Post, sorry)
Pic Of The Moment: War With Iran: How Did We Get Here?

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Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action -- full text of Iran Nuclear Deal (2015, see page 3)
Politifact: Trump promise to renegotiate the Iran deal (2016)
Trump declares US leaving horrible Iran nuclear accord (2018)
Experts Agree: Irans Nuclear Facilities Have Been Obliterated (2025 -- White House website)
US inches toward war with Iran as Trump says Tehran 'can't say the sacred phrase' (2026 -- New York Post, sorry)
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