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And another great day.

Another great week, in fact, in this greatest nation on God's Green Earth, a great day when the new blockade has already begun.

The New York Times is reporting that a U.S. naval blockade of Iranian ports in the

Strait of Hormuz began at 10 o'clock Eastern time today as an effort to raise pressure on Tehran, threatening to shatter a fragile ceasefire

between the United States and Iran, as European countries reject involvement in the move.

Meanwhile, there is also news on the legal front, a defeat for President Trump.

A federal judge today dismissed President Donald Trump's defamation lawsuit against the Wall Street

Journal after its reporting on a lewd birthday letter to Jeffrey Epstein bearing Trump's name and Trump's

signature at a, well, near the pubic area of a female image.

The U.S. District Judge Darren P. Gales ruled that Trump failed to plausibly allege

that the Wall Street Journal, owned by Rupert Murdoch and part of his media empire, acted

with actual malice when it reported the story. Gales dismissed the lawsuit without prejudice, meaning the saga is not necessarily over.

Trump's camp now has until April 27th, so two weeks from now,

to file an amended complaint addressing the judge's concerns.

In order to proceed, Gales wrote,

Trump must adequately allege that the journal, Wall Street Journal, knowingly published

false information or acted with reckless disregard for the truth.

This does not look like a definite victory for President Trump.

Meanwhile, there is increasing discussion in very prominent circles about President Trump's mental health.

The piece by Peter Baker, Chief White House correspondent for the New York Times

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