The partial government shutdown has now lasted eight weeks; Markwayne Mullin considers pulling US customs agents from airports in sanctuary citiesIn a staggering post on social media, Donald Trump wrote that a “whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again”, ahead of his 8p m ET deadline for Iran to reopen the strait of Hormuz.The president maintains that if a deal isn’t reached, the US will escalate a bombing campaign to civilian and energy infrastructure, that would amount to a violation of international law. “I don’t want that to happen, but it probably will,” he wrote. “However, now that we have Complete and Total Regime Change, where different, smarter, and less radicalized minds prevail, maybe something revolutionarily wonderful can happen, WHO KNOWS?” Continue reading... ...read more read less