Ernest Lee Luning

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Oh my gosh. @CBSNewsRadio is being shuttered and all CBS News Radio anchors are being let go. I spent the last few years as a local CBS radio affiliate anchor, and tossed to these amazing journalists, so many of whom I admired. This is devastating.

Dismayed that the head of the @WashingtonPost comms team would post so disparagingly about our laid-off colleagues. There is so much solidarity and respect among and between those who remained and those who were cut. This is the opposite.

New via NYT: Paolo Zampolli, a former modeling agent and a longtime Trump ally who appears in the Epstein files, was in a custody battle over his son. He called ICE and told them his ex was in the country illegally. An ICE official agreed to help. nytimes.com/2026/03/20/us/…

New: House GOP leaders have postponed a vote on reauthorizing FISA until mid-April, just before the program expires. Republicans faced opposition on their own side & dwindling Democratic support. @meredithllee reported this first

Here’s everything flagged for review and possible removal at Colorado’s National Park sites koaa.com/advocates-of-a…

.@SenJohnKennedy on DHS funding talks: “The party line is we’re making progress but the truth is we’re not.” Wants GOP to accept Dem proposal to fund all agencies except ICE, then fund ICE with reconciliation.

—>> “A recent internal assessment from the Defense Intelligence Agency that was circulating inside the Pentagon in recent weeks determined that Iran could potentially keep the passage shut for anywhere from one to six months, four sources familiar with the document told CNN.” cnn.com/2026/03/20/pol…

Trump switches endorsement back to Jeff Hurd, says Hope Scheppelman is ending run in Colorado’s 3rd CD (via: @eluning ) coloradopolitics.com/2026/03/20/tru…

BREAKING: President Trump says he is again endorsing Jeff Hurd in Colorado’s 3rd CD after endorsing Hurd’s primary challenger over Hurd’s position on tariffs. Trump says Hope Scheppelman is ending her campaign and will get a job with administration. #CO03 #copolitics

This vote would come on Saturday. The Democratic proposal would pay TSA agents thru 9/30, the end of FY2026

News from AM: Reps. FITZPATRICK & SUOZZI planning to intro a bipartisan proposal to end the DHS shutdown Full funding at previously agreed upon levels + ICE reforms including on body cameras, training, entering sensitive locations, on-officer identification & independent investigations It would prevent ICE agents from wearing masks but also crack down on doxxing & would require judicial warrants for criminal arrests - attempting compromise on key sticking points in talks

THUNE says the Senate could cancel upcoming recess if DHS is still shut down - a sign talks could be heating up Thune adds that HOMAN meeting w/ bipartisan group of senators right now is a positive sign: “We’ve been encouraging this for a while and I'm glad to see both sides sitting down. And having Homan up here being a part of that is I think a pretty big deal and recognition that we need to get this resolved.”

Denmark prepared for a possible U.S. attack: Flew blood supplies to Greenland and planned to blow up runways Key sources in Denmark and Europe are now revealing for the first time what happened during the most critical days, when Donald Trump threatened to take Greenland “the hard way.” When Danish soldiers were rapidly deployed to Greenland in January this year, they brought explosives with them. The plan was to destroy runways in Nuuk and Kangerlussuaq to prevent American military aircraft from landing troops on the island, should the U.S. president ultimately decide to seize Greenland by force. They also transported blood supplies from Danish blood banks so wounded personnel could be treated in case of combat. This is reported by DR, which over the past year has spoken with central sources in the Danish government, top military officers, and high-ranking officials and intelligence sources in Denmark, France, and Germany. All sources have played—and continue to play—key roles in the international crisis triggered by the United States’ demand for control over Greenland. Together, the sources describe an unprecedented year marked by sleepless nights. None of them had concrete intelligence of specific American attack plans against Greenland. Still, many feared in January that the historically important ally, the United States, could attack at any moment. At the same time, Denmark reached out to its European allies, leading to closer cooperation. “With the Greenland crisis, Europe realized once and for all that we must be able to handle our own security,” said a French senior official involved in the intense period. A rapid-response force consisting of Danish, French, German, Norwegian, and Swedish soldiers was first deployed to Nuuk and Kangerlussuaq. Shortly after, a main force followed, including: -Soldiers from the Danish Dragoon Regiment in Holstebro -Elite troops from the Jaeger Corps -French alpine troops trained for cold and mountainous warfare At the same time, Danish fighter jets and a French naval vessel were sent to the North Atlantic. According to several sources, the goal of having multinational troops on the ground was to ensure that any U.S. attempt to take Greenland would require a large-scale hostile action—thereby deterring such an attempt. “We have not been in such a situation since April 1940,” said a Danish defense source, referring to the days before Denmark’s occupation during World War II. Unlike in 1940, when Denmark chose not to resist militarily, the government and defense leadership this time decided—after extensive confidential discussions—to take the opposite approach: If the U.S. attempted an attack, Danish forces would be armed and ready to fight. Danish F-35 fighter jets deployed north were also fully armed. All this despite the understanding that Denmark could not realistically withstand a U.S. military attack. “The cost for the U.S. had to be raised. The U.S. would have to carry out a hostile act to take Greenland,” said a senior Danish defense source. Source: DR

U.S. and Israeli officials have for weeks now been saying how closely coordinated the military campaign has been. It took weeks to coordinate, they’ve said. They talk constantly, they’ve said. But now, suddenly and confusingly, it is not? Trump says Israel struck SP alone…

SFGATE's tenacious reporting on national parks seems to have struck a nerve. We've been blacklisted by the Department of the Interior. sfgate.com/national-parks…

SCOOP: The Pentagon asked the White House today for more than *$200 billion* for the Iran war supplemental, sources say Some White House aides think Congress won't support b/c it's so big Will tee up giant battle in Congress

I hate to be the bearer of bad news but if infrastructure like this 👇 gets blown up, as of this moment it will take at least a decade to recover from this war - and the truth is that the world's energy picture is probably changed forever. This single facility 👇produced roughly 20% of global LNG supply (aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/18…) and, as of 2011, had taken $70 billion to build (energyintel.com/0000017b-a7be-…). What makes this even worse is that Iran's strike on this was retaliation after Israel attacked their South Pars gas field which draws from the same natural gas reservoir, which is the world's largest by far (9,700 km² - about the size of Qatar itself). Heck, on the list of the 25 largest natural gas fields (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_n…) this single reservoir holds roughly 40% of their combined recoverable reserves - and is nearly 6 times bigger than the 2nd biggest field in the world. And, unlike many of the others on the list, it's only at 10% depletion (meaning 90% of the gas is still there). Which means that, probably for many years, a huge share of the gas from the world's largest reservoir simply won't be extractable, as infrastructure on both sides - Qatar's and Iran's - has now been blown up. From a global energy supply perspective, we're deep into worst-case scenario territory.