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You cannot see what we have done! Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco, who is running to be the next California governor, seized more than 500,00 ballots from a November 2025 special election on redistricting, triggering a political and legal confrontation with state officials.

3) Russia is the world's largest producer of ammonium nitrate. In 2024, the country produced about 12 mt, roughly 47% of the global output of the plant nutrient. It was also the largest exporter at about 2.7 mt, around 37% of global export volume and 40% of export value.

2) The temporary restriction is intended to secure domestic fertilizer supplies during the spring planting season. Exports made under intergovernmental agreements are exempt.

1) The fertilizer crisis appears to be worsening just as the Northern Hemisphere planting season, in some areas, is about to begin, with top ammonium nitrate supplier Russia announcing on Tuesday via state media that exports of the critical crop nutrient will be halted.

Chinese Special Envoy Zhai Jun stated, after recent stops in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait, that the US-Israeli operation against Iran must immediately cease or else a "vicious cycle" toward destabilizing the region and disrupt global trade would persist.

2) Middle East for possible land operations. It was only on Monday that the NYT began reporting Pentagon was seriously weighing whether to send the elite 82nd Airborne. This would be a sure sign of escalation into potential 'ground operations'.

1) The Commander of the 82nd Airborne Division Maj Gen Brandon Tegtmeier and his “command element,” members of his headquarters staff, have been ordered to deploy to the Middle East as the Pentagon and White House weigh whether to send the 82nd Airborne Division to the...

Now if this were to be the reality for SA in April, not good! We will get a better clue in 2 weeks of this may be their future.

Normally, the SE usually turn wetter in the spring. If it does not this year, big problems ahead for them. Some places are from 10" to 12" behind for the year. Not promising much near term, but longer-term, maybe...

The heat is not forecasted to leave the west, it just promotes warmer temperatures for the east. With all the heat now, does that mean to balance the year, we get a cooler summer! Oh, we can dream!!

March is to remain mostly dry, while the 1st week of April offers hope. The graph shows increasing momentum, which points to increasing rain chances.

This much heat, this early, is not good. Hot and dry work together to expand drought risks across the HRWW regions and the SW.

Due to the extremes in weather, or maybe better said, the extremes in temperature variants, hail events should be running above average. Following the last storm, more hail should be expected this Thursday.

There's a 6 - 12 month lag in these costs showing up in food prices. Expect higher inflation in the future, unless Trump can get oil flowing out of the Persian Gulf, crude oil prices fall under $60 in 30 days, and prices stay low most, if not all of 2026. (StoneX Chart)

A fairly quiet start for many, as heat begins to roll in again.

Gold lost over 9% in the futures market in a single session and saw its worst week of price declines since February 1983. PHYSICAL gold is not falling - it’s openly accumulating by bigger players enjoying the mother of all “Fire Sale” signals from the paper gold markets.

2) Moscow looks to be putting itself in as a broker, with Russia's foreign ministry announcing that FM Lavrov called for an "immediate cessation of hostilities & a political settlement that takes into account the legitimate interests of all parties involved, above all Iran," .

1) Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi held talks with Sergei Lavrov quickly on the heels of President Trump having claimed Washington & Tehran had "very good & productive conversations regarding a complete & total resolution of our hostilities"...

The U.S. Supreme Court on March 23 will hear Mississippi’s appeal against a lower court ruling striking down its law counting ballots received after Elections. Counting of ballots received after Election Day has become an increasingly contentious political issue in recent years.

Qatar produces a third of the world's helium, and while “nobody’s run out of helium yet... in a few weeks the shortage really hits.” Global chip production is at risk without helium.