Hope Larkin-Begley

Chinese state media made an AI-generated cartoon about the US-Iran conflict. Extremely well done!

“Getz/Gilberto” by Stan Getz & João Gilberto was recorded 63 years ago today.

Confesso que, por algum motivo, hoje foi um dos dias mais difíceis ao visitar o Presidente Jair Bolsonaro. Ao entrar no quarto, me deparei com aquele homem forte “apagado” na cadeira, com a cabeça baixa, soluçando enquanto dormia. Precisei recuar. Fiquei alguns minutos em silêncio, do lado de fora, tentando me recompor, antes de entrar novamente. Quando voltei, ele continuava da mesma forma. Me aproximei, fiz um carinho em sua cabeça, e ele sequer reagiu. Me explicaram que, por conta das medicações fortes, sua sensibilidade está ainda mais elevada. Ele usa, inclusive, uma pulseira com a indicação: “RISCO DE QUEDA”. Quando acordou, optei por não falar nada sobre o que está acontecendo aqui fora. Apenas comentei, de forma leve, sobre o novo visual do Augusto Nunes, fato o que arrancou dele um “espanto” ao despertar. Meu pai segue na unidade semi-intensiva, com a voz fraca, sonolento por conta dos medicamentos e reclamou de respiração debilitada, certamente devido a terceira pneumonia seguida após sua prisão ilegal. Presenciei a coleta de mais de cinco ampolas de sangue para exames. Fiz a minha parte, com humildade. Ele me disse que gostou da minha presença e que amanhã eu voltaria. Saio do hospital destruído, como sinceramente não esperava ficar. Mas seguimos. Amanhã é outro dia. Quinta-feira, 19 de março de 2026 Carlos Bolsonaro

ISRAELI ATTACK ON IRAN'S SOUTH PARS GAS FIELD WAS COORDINATED WITH U.S. BUT WILL LIKELY NOT BE REPEATED, THREE ISRAELI OFFICIALS SAY

White House has provided the dinner guest list for tonight:  A dinner in honor of Her Excellency TAKAICHI Sanae, Prime Minister of Japan Thursday, March 19, 2026 1The President of the United States 2Her Excellency TAKAICHI Sanae, Prime Minister of Japan 3Mr. Andrew Abboud 4Dr. Miriam Adelson 5Mr. AKAHORI Takeshi, Senior Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs 6His Excellency AKAZAWA Ryosei, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry 7Mr. Jim Allen 8Mr. Cristiano Amon 9Mr. ARAI Masayoshi, Director-General, Trade Policy Bureau, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry 10Mr. ARIMA Yutaka, Director-General, Foreign Policy Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs 11The Honorable Scott Bessent, Secretary of the Treasury 12The Honorable James Blair 13The Honorable Pam Bondi, Attorney General 14Mr. Greg Brockman and Mrs. Anna Brockman 15The Honorable Doug Burgum, Secretary of the Interior 16The Honorable Lori Chavez-DeRemer, Secretary of Labor 17The Honorable Sean Duffy, Secretary of Transportation 18Mr. Larry Fink 19The Honorable George Glass, Ambassador of the United States to Japan and Mrs. Amy Glass 20Mr. David Goeckeler 21The Honorable Jamieson Greer, United States Trade Representative 22The Honorable Bill Hagerty, United States Senator from Tennessee and Mrs. Christine Hagerty 23Mr. HAYASHI Makoto, Executive Secretary to the Prime Minister 24The Honorable Pete Hegseth, Secretary of War 25Mr. ICHIKAWA Keiichi, National Security Advisor 26Mr. IIDA Yuji, Executive Secretary to the Prime Minister 27Mr. IIJIMA Isao, Special Advisor to the Cabinet 28Mr. Takajiro Ishikawa 29Mr. KANO Koji, Vice Minister of Defense for International Affairs 30Dr. Alex Karp 31Mr. Arvind Krishna 32Mr. KUMAGAI Naoki, Director General of the North American Affairs Bureau in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs 33The Honorable Kelly Loeffler, Administrator of the Small Business Administration 34Mr. Palmer Luckey 35The Honorable Howard Lutnick, Secretary of Commerce 36Mr. MATANO Motosada, Director-General, Economic Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs 37Mr. Hideki Matsuyama 38The Honorable Linda McMahon, Secretary of Education 39Mr. Sanjay Mehrotra 40Mr. Michael Miebach 41Mr. Jason Miller 42Mr. Jeff Miller 43The Honorable Stephen Miller 44Mr. MIMURA Atsushi, Vice Minister of Finance for International Affairs, Ministry of Finance 45His Excellency MOTEGI Toshimitsu, Minister of Foreign Affairs 46Mr. NAMAZU Hiroyuki, Senior Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan 47Mr. Michael Needham 48Mr. Tetsuo Ogawa 49Mr. Kelly Ortberg 50Mr. OZAKI Masanao, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary 51Mr. Sundar Pichai 52Mr. Ted Pick 53The Honorable James Risch, United States Senator from Idaho and Mrs. Vicki Risch 54Mr. Horacio Rozanski 55The Honorable Marco Rubio, Secretary of State 56Mr. SAIKI Kozo, Cabinet Secretary for Public Affairs 57Mr. Shyam Sankar 58Mr. Masayoshi Son 59Mr. James Taiclet 60Mr. TAKAZAWA Yoshinori, Director, First North America Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs 61Mr. Charlie Takeuchi 62Mr. Hock Tan 63The Honorable Scott Turner, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 64The Vice President of the United States 65The Honorable Russell Vought, Director of the Office of Management and Budget 66The Honorable Chris Wright, Secretary of Energy 67His Excellency YAMADA Shigeo, Ambassador of Japan to the United States of America 68The Honorable Lee Zeldin, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency

Q: "Why didn't you tell U.S. allies…about the war before attacking Iran?" President Trump: "We wanted surprise. Who knows better about surprise than Japan? Why didn't you tell me about Pearl Harbor?"

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu says can't do a revolution (in Iran) from the air, there needs to be a ground component as well. He says there are many possibilities for a ground component but won't share they are.

Statement from President Trump on South Pars Gas Field:

The UK House of Lords has just legalised abortion up to birth. Women can now end the life of their unborn baby at any stage, for any reason, without legal consequences. A truly dark day for Britain.

BOMBSHELL! Netanyahu just casually admitted on live TV that there will be a GROUND INVASION of Iran. The air strikes were just the beginning of a massive, devastating regional war.