Brett Winterble

@joekent16jan19 and @TuckerCarlson, will you be shielded in Qatar-- the Iranians seem to be serious.

@SenAdamSchiff How's Ed Buck?

Senate Republicans refuse to hold open hearings on the Iran War and its mounting costs. Tonight, I joined my Democratic colleagues in forcing that transparency. We will continue to demand answers from the administration, and an end to the war.

Look what Schumer did to our airports. He sits in DC laughing. The only thing you can do is to never, ever, vote for a Democrat again.

Shakey Guy

Reminder. @chuckschumer must be expelled from the Senate.

Chuck Schumer loves Cartels, Jihadists, and threats. Tell Chuck Schumer to resign.

.@ChuckSchumer must be expelled from the Senate.

Your daily reminder that @chuckschumer has allowed 4 jihadist attacks. He now doesn’t want to fund TSA. How many pieces of evidence do you need.

Having a blast with my friends at @NEWSMAX @crazypragmatist and @BillSpadea join me again at 825 eastern!

Why would @kaitlancollins and @CNN be rooting for victory for the IRGC? Disgusting.

Murphy is lying to you. He is a male version of Spanberger.

Watching @amoshochstein has me wondering, was he part of the AutoPen stuff?

@ClownWorld Bilbo Baggins never gets old.

Lord Farquaad has a message

This is what Zohran Mamdani’s wife celebrated.

KierStarmer is the Joe Biden of British Politics.

How do we fix this?

Unacceptable

BREAKING: China is pressuring Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. There is one problem. Iran did not close it. Seven insurance companies in London did. China buys 80% of Iran’s shipped oil. Beijing has a $400 billion, 25-year cooperation agreement with Tehran. China is Iran’s economic lifeline. If any country on earth has leverage over Iran, it is China. And China is now using that leverage to demand the Strait reopens. But the Strait was not closed by a sovereign decision. It was closed by the withdrawal of reinsurance capacity from five to ten firms, mostly in London, backstopping twelve P&I clubs that cover 90% of global tonnage. Iran did not order those firms to withdraw. Iran cannot order them to reinstate. Neither can China. Even if Tehran capitulates entirely tonight and the IRGC stands down, not a single reinsurer reinstates Gulf war risk coverage on a phone call from Beijing. Reinstatement requires rebuilt risk models, voyage-by-voyage re-underwriting, repriced treaty capacity, and a threat environment that actuaries can quantify. None of that exists while 440.9 kilograms of weapons-grade uranium remains unaccounted for and the IRGC is still launching drones at Oman. China has leverage over Iran. China has zero leverage over Lloyd’s of London. This is the part nobody is modelling. The country with the most to lose and the most leverage over the belligerent cannot fix the mechanism that actually closed the Strait. Because the mechanism is not geopolitical. It is actuarial. And actuaries do not take calls from the Politburo. open.substack.com/pub/shanakaans…

We can't help but think of Marine legend and American hero, Colonel William R. Higgins, who was kidnapped, tortured and killed by Iranian-backed terrorists in 1990. Higgins served with distinction in Vietnam and was on a United Nations peacekeeping mission in Lebanon when he was abducted. We remember this brave Marine on this day. God bless him always.

Al Jazeera is an option.