Online Public Relations Thoughts

The US Navy has started escorting ships through the Strait of Hormuz to break Iran's lockdown of the waterway.  How long will it be doing this and how many seagoing assets will be tied up in the process?  Does the President understand that Iran will be there long after the US leaves, and if not today, then tomorrow, can shut the strait again?  Naval escorts are a temporary answer to a challenge that will only be solved through negotiation. One hopes Trump understands that.  

The Supreme Court took another bite out of the Voting Rights Act with its decision that a Louisiana congressional district is a gerrymander.  Looking at a map of the district, it is easy to see that it is.  However, the decision threatens Black representation in Congress because it makes it easier for states to redraw districts and diminish the voice of African-Americans. That is what some states are already vowing to do.  What's next for minorities? 

Trump and the Pope are facing off over Iran.  Wonder who will win in the end?  

I'm not going to write for two weeks.  I'm taking time off. 

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is stubbornly refusing to obey a Federal judge's court order to restore reporters' rights of access in the Pentagon.  This from an administration that says it supports Free Speech. The only speech the administration wants is repetition of its propaganda.