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Put An End To The Endless

President Donald Trump gets a visit from No. 17 — and we’re not talking about Q, but the phenomenal Japanese baseball star Shohei Ohtani. He arrived at the White House with members of the world-champion Los Angeles Dodgers.

Trump enjoyed the moment — a break from his hectic, breakneck political schedule orchestrating the global tariffs. It’s looking like the tariffs will be resolved quickly and smoothly, with one major possible exception: Communist China.

The Chinese have banned Hollywood films and are threatening to withhold rare earth metals while the United States imposes tariffs exceeding 100 percent on imported goods from China. Who will blink first? This could be over quickly, or could rag out into an extended full-scale trade war.

Meanwhile, in Florida, authorities lower the boom on pedophiles. Seven men are charged with purchasing child porn from an international ring. The alleged ringleader of the pedophiles is said to be in Turkey. Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier took charge in announcing the indictments. Here’s more from And We Know.

Ohtani: A Victim, Or In Trouble?

The adventures of Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani might be temporary derailed, following reports of a brewing gambling scandal.

Iconic sportscaster Dan Patrick reports that the Dodgers have fired Ohtani’s interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, for alleged gambling debts with a Southern California bookmaking operation. But is that what actually happened?

Patrick says the original report was that Mizuhara accumulated $4.5 million in debts with the bookmaker and Ohtani agreed to pay it off.  Later reports, including an article in the Los Angeles Times, said Ohtani’s attorneys are accusing Mizahara of “massive theft.”

Sadly, the mainstream media, including sports giant ESPN, have backed off the story. Patrick posits there still are many questions to be answered, including the unthinkable assumption that Ohtani is in fact gambling on baseball! Here’s more analysis with Patrick.

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