Locator: 48505TOPSTORIES.
Top story:
- Democratic Party implodes (favorability rating: 29%; record low; unprecedented; link here)
- Musk's Dragon 2 / NASA Crew-10 dock safely with the ISS. Boeing CEO watches (needs to be fact-checked).
******************************************
Top Stories
***************************
The First 100 Days
January 20, 2025 - April 30, 2025
Eighth Week Of President Trump's Presidency
**********************************
The Top Stories
Most important story of the week: where was Pete Buttigieg?
- the FAA's preliminary report clearly shows blood on Buttigieg's hands
- where was Buttigieg?
- preliminary report released this past week, March 11, 2025
- NY Times reporting: link here.
- last major story on this crash in TNYT: February 13, 2025, according to NY Times own search engine
- "mid-air crash was years in the making" -- Buttigieg -- years as Secretary DOT prior to crash.
- Michael Whitacre: resume suggests he was eminently qualified to lead the FAA; what happened?
- interesting how little this story is gaining interest by mainstream media
- Buttigieg broke the cardinal rule of a Secretary of DOT.
Top story of the week:
- The GOP spending bill to prevent a government shutdown passes easily
- Democrats implode: lowest favorability rating (29%) since 1922
- Schumer vs AOC; Old Guard vs the New Progressives
- Schumer: real-politik
- New Progressives: no clue
- AOC: setting herself up as the next Nancy Pelosi
- Hakeem Jeffries sets to distance himself from Schumer
- Democrats struggling to even name a credible Democrat spokesperson
Top international non-energy story:
- rift between US and traditional allies widens
- Ukraine-Russia closer to ceasefire; Trump / Putin "hold all the cards"
- Trump re-designates Houthis as terrorist group (Biden had taken them of the terrorist list, reversing Trump's first term designation); says today's strike is the beginning of a sustained (five-day?) mission to take out Houthi targets
- US-Israel: letting Iran know its on borrowed time if Iran does not cooperate; Israel feels time is right to take out Iran's nuclear sites.
Top international energy story:
- Saudi budget requires $90-oil; oil currently around $70 / bbl
Top national non-energy story:
- Measles outbreak in southwest US continues to spread
- officially, 259 cases in Texas / New Mexico; actual numbers believed to be much higher.
- so far vaccine seems to "be working"; only two "fully-vaccinated" individuals diagnosed with measles
- Texas families relying on advice of RFK, Jr: cod liver oil and vitamin A; the latter in short supply in west Texas; source: NYT.
- US Senator John Fetterman is a breath of fresh air; can one imagine Dr Oz in his place?
- Apple imploded; failed in AI; deep trouble; won't be solved any time soon; reputation at stake.
- Rory McIlroy wins the Players Championship on a St Patrick's Day three-hole playoff in spectacular fashion.
Top national energy story:
- Harold Hamm warns shale operators cannot survive on $60-oil
Focus on fracking: current link here. Generally updated late Sunday night.
Top North Dakota non-energy story:
Top North Dakota energy story:
No comments:
Post a Comment
Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.