The Morning Report — 2/22/24

Good morning, kids. There's a line from Apocalypse Now where Martin Sheen reacts, about being given the assignment to take out Col. Kurtz for murder, "Charging someone here for murder is like handing out speeding tickets at the Indianapolis 500." Even a cursory examination of the dystopian landscape that our society, culture and government have utterly degenerated into, would likely yield an equal number of examples of corruption. Obviously, as the saying goes, the fish stinks from the head. But that doesn't preclude any number of places within and of the body politic that aren't equally rotten.

In fact, if you want to understand how it is that we've been laid so low, it starts with average people in our own neighborhoods, towns and cities. After nearly 60 or more years of brainwashing primarily in our schools and the parallel shunning of personal responsibility, ethics and morals in exchange for the selling of our souls to the devil, we have produced several generations of citizens who have neither an inkling of what American citizenship means and in point of fact view it as something to be scorned and despised.

What are the hallmarks of a banana republic? If you said a cult of personality, rampant political corruption and the wielding of the instrumentalities of office to silence one's critics, it's not just in Washington DC these days. It's almost everywhere and, as I suggest, it's how DC got to be that way:

The FBI is probing self-described “super mayor” Tiffany Henyard over mounting accusations of misconduct and misuse of office — as the Illinois Attorney General shut down her charity Tuesday, The Post has learned. The eccentric mayor — whose face is plastered across billboards in tiny Dolton, Ill. —  is accused of spending taxpayer money on lavish and unnecessary trips and forking over one million dollars on a police detail then using them to retaliate against her percieved enemies. 

Lawrence Gardner, 57, said he visited an FBI office after Henyard shuttered his trucking business because he refused to renew a $3,500 political contribution. “The FBI came out and went to talk to me and I gave them all the paperwork that I had,” Gardner told The Post. “They took photo copies … their division is public corruption.”

The business owner said he made an initial donation to Henyard, but she demanded more. “I made the payment,” he said. “Then every year, she started coming and required the same thing, and we had a problem about that.” When he refused to give her campaign more money, officials claimed he was illegally selling alcohol out of his business and pulled his license, according to Gardner, who said the allegations against him were false.  The FBI told Gardner they received scores of complaints against Henyard “but they were just starting an investigation,” he recalled. . .

. . . The FBI investigation, first reported by Fox 32, is also using electronic surveillance, the station reported.  Sherry Britton, a vocal Dolton resident, said the FBI paid her a visit last week, but she is remaining tight lipped on their advice. “I want to see her stopped,” Britton told The Post Wednesday. “This has to come to an end. This has to stop, it’s ridiculous.”

A spokesperson for Henyard told The Post they are unaware of any investigation, saying: “Mayor Tiffany Henyard and the Village of Dolton have not received any subpoenas and have not been contacted by the FBI or any other law enforcement agency.”

Meanwhile, Henyard’s charity “Tiffany Henyard Cares” was ordered to stop seeking contributions, Fox 32 reported. The charity did not register with the Attorney General’s Office or detail how much money they have raised, according to the station.  An investigation by Fox 32 uncovered Henyard using a $10,000 Thornton Township donation for the charity.

They also reported on her using taxpayer money and public employees to support the troubled charity.  

Dolton, a small village of about 20,000 residents, is now swimming in around $5 million of debt.

So, shakedown the taxpayers, loot the treasury, plaster your portrait all over place, leave the citizenry to suffer, and threaten anyone who might stand in your way. Doesn't that have a familiar ring to it? And sadly, tragically, the first name that comes to mind isn't necessarily Papa Doc Duvalier and Haiti.

Speaking of third world banana republic shit hole failed states Dolton is, if I'm not mistaken a bedroom community of . . . Chicago.

The lawsuit seeks “relief in the form of compensatory and loss-of-use damages, penalties and fines for statutory violations… as well as associated fees, interest, and other relief as deemed appropriate by the jury at trial.”

In other words, the Windy City is seeking billions of dollars from fossil-fuel companies based on the ridiculous assertion that they peddled products for decades that are now causing basements to flood on the West Side of the city.

I can’t help but wonder if this is a desperate money grab seeing as how Chicago is facing a $540 million budget shortfall in 2024. I also wonder if the recent influx of migrants to Chicago, which is costing the city millions of dollars per week, played a role in the lawsuit. After all, Mayor Johnson has been out and about hat in hand begging for funds from Cook County, the state of Illinois, and even the federal government to cover the cost of the migrant situation.

Of course, Johnson and his administration are also playing the race card on this issue. Angela Tavor, chief sustainability officer and commissioner of the Chicago Department of Environment, argues that “the lived experience of our residents tell us that [the] climate crisis disproportionately impacts under-resourced communities and exacerbates racial inequities.”

. . . If the six companies in the lawsuit decide to close shop in the Windy City, how would that impact the millions of Chicagoans who rely on the oil and natural gas delivered by those very companies on a daily basis? Would it improve their living conditions? Would it lift them from poverty? Would it even make any difference in the worldwide weather patterns that inevitably affect Chicago? In a word, no.

Ironically, this idiotic and baseless lawsuit will most likely result in Johnson’s constituents having less access to the affordable, abundant, and reliable energy that they crave.

Even worse, if the fossil-fuel industry were to declare Chicago a no-go zone in the future due to their concerns of potential litigation, the city would cease to function. Life in Chicago as we know it would grind to a halt.

This is of course madness. And it's a madness that feeds upon itself until at some point it has to consume itself. When Stalin's numerous 5-Year Plans ultimately and inevitably failed, whatever the firing squads couldn't deal with were shipped off to the gulags. Of course none of "the usual suspects" were to blame for counter-revolutionary subversion and sabotage when as we all know it was the policies and those who pimped them that were at fault.

They unleashed the criminals by decriminalizing crime and when businesses close up shop rather than being robbed and looted with impunity, it's the business owners that are accused of being "racist" since getting robbed is quite obviously seen as some sort of reparations for slavery or someting. Meh, tell that to the true believer who sees everything through the warped prism of Leftist anti-American, anti-Western dogma.

Even black Americans, after suffering the depredations of the anarcho-terrorist crimewave unleashed by their elected representatives and exacerbated by a wide open border have had enough of this crap. Another hallmark of banana republics and failed states are vigilantism and death squads.

Look what the hell is happening in this one Pennsylvania town. At some point, when law enforcement cannot and worse will not enforce the laws to protect the citizenry, there will be a reaction. In a sane world, there would be.

Meanwhile in another part of the forest, kangaroo courts, show trials and clearly anti-Constitutional verdicts are being hurled at Donald Trump for one reason and one reason only: his continued threat to the past nearly 80 years of the Ponzi scheme that was postwar America which he exposed and is now crashing in on itself.

There are eerie commonalities in all these five court cases involving plaintiff E. Jean Carroll, Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg, New York Attorney General Letitia James, federal special counsel Jack Smith, and Fulton County district attorney Fani Willis.

One, they are either unapologetically left-wing or associated with liberal causes. They filed their legal writs in big-city, left-wing America—Atlanta, New York, Washington—where liberal judges and jury pools predominate in a manner not characteristic of the country at large.

Two, they are overtly political. Bragg, James, and Willis have either campaigned for office or raised campaign funds by promising to get or even destroy Donald Trump. Carroll’s suit was funded by left-wing billionaire Reid Hoffman. Smith sued to rush his court schedule in hopes of putting Trump on trial before the November election.

Three, there would not be any of these cases had Donald Trump not run for the presidency or not been a conservative. . . Four, in all these cases, the charges could have been equally applicable to fellow left-wing public figures and officials. . .

. . . We are entering a dangerous era in America.

Ideology and party affiliations increasingly determine guilt and punishment. Opponents are first targeted, and then laws are twisted and redefined to convict them.

The left is waging lawfare with the implicit message to political opponents: either keep quiet or suffer the consequences.

And now Letitia James, the Fani Willis of Dolton IL mayors is threatening to literally seize Trump Tower because, obviously, she can!

Of course, with everything collapsing in on the junta and unfortunately on top of us, what does the Kalorama Klown Komintern think will save the day?

Well, wipe Israel off the map, naturally!

It appears President Biden is moving to sell out Israel, with a possible UN Security Council resolution calling for a “temporary” cease-fire (which would surely become permanent) and opposition to an Israeli attack on Rafah, the last major Hamas stronghold.

But then Tuesday the United States vetoed a Security Council resolution calling for an immediate cease-fire, which our garbage media are shamefully describing as “widely supported” without reporting that within the UN “diplomatic community,” antisemitism is “widely supported.”

What the hell is going on?

A closer look at the Biden resolution draft reveals equivocations, calling for a cease-fire “as soon as practicable” and linking it to hostage releases, which “would help to create the conditions for a sustainable cessation of hostilities.” Clearly Biden wants to have it both ways, posturing as someone who supports Israel while working for a “diplomatic” solution. Do Biden’s people, let alone the rest of the world, really think this mealymouthed resolution would be taken seriously? . .

. . . Older Democrats mostly support Israel, but younger Democrats, many of them hopped up by the antisemitic ideologies of college-campus hothouses, support an unconditional cease-fire, when they are not actually pro-Hamas. The irresolute Biden, facing a tough re-election and paralyzed by progressive kryptonite, is trying to have both ways. Biden has never been a stout supporter of Israel.

His clashes with Israeli leaders date back to the 1980s at least, when he sparred publicly and privately with then-Prime Minister Menachem Begin. The Wall Street Journal reported last week that relations between Biden and Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are at “the breaking point”: “Biden abruptly ended their Christmas-week call following a tense exchange about civilian casualties,” it said.

“Biden, who was so angry that he was almost shouting in the Dec. 28 call, according to officials, declared the conversation ‘over’ and hung up.” The final piece of evidence of Biden’s bad faith is the persistent talk of creating a Palestinian state — the mythical “two-state” solution — to help end the war against Hamas. . .

. . . If a Palestinian state is the ultimate outcome of the current conflict, it will mean Israel was defeated by the Oct. 7 attack, even if Israel kills every Hamas fighter. Even in his present debilitated state, President Biden surely knows this, but his political self-interest, as always, will determine his decisions.

As disastrous as this would be, I don't think it's going to happen. Just as Latino- and Black Americans are disgusted with Biden, so are a growing segment of a previously divided lsraeli society.

Meh. Joey Sponge-Brain Shits-Pants becomes the great unifier he was pimped as.

ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY
• "The IRS’ practices are so egregious, I’m just going to report to all of you what Mena told the undercover journalist, and you can decide for yourselves."
  Bombshell Report: O'Keefe Media Group Uncovers IRS's Use of AI to Spy on Americans' Bank Accounts, DOJ/IG Run Program
  
• "The litigation boils down to the public’s right to know what makes the mind behind a mass shooting tick."
  11 Months After Nashville Christian School Attack, Police Are Still Hiding Trans Shooter’s Manifesto
  
• Victor Davis Hanson: "We are entering a dangerous era in America. The left is waging lawfare with the implicit message to political opponents: either keep quiet or suffer the consequences."
  Blue Laws for Red Citizens
  
• "Unfortunately, CBDCs [central bank digital currency] probably would be not only the ultimate government surveillance tool but, therefore, also a way to prevent political and religious dissidents from buying anything or going anywhere."
  Experts, Politicians Cite Dangers of Feds’ Planned Digital Currency

ISRAEL AT WAR
• Robert Spencer: "It has been clear for quite some time what side Biden is on."
  Biden Regime Plans to Give Hamas a Grand Reward for Murdering 1,200 Israelis
  
• "What the hell is going on? A closer look at the Biden resolution draft reveals equivocations, calling for a cease-fire 'as soon as practicable' and linking it to hostage releases, which 'would help to create the conditions for a sustainable cessation of hostilities.' Clearly Biden wants to have it both ways, posturing as someone who supports Israel while working for a “diplomatic” solution. Do Biden’s people, let alone the rest of the world, really think this mealymouthed resolution would be taken seriously?"
  Biden the Political Opportunist Might Sell Out Israel to Save His Own Hide
  
• Green is one of hundreds of Israelis who have traveled from across the country in the past month and a half to try to illegally obstruct aid from reaching Gaza. The rise of the anti-aid protests, led by an upstart group called Tzav 9, comes as the horrors of Hamas’s Oct. 7 terror attack have hardened Israelis' attitudes toward both the Palestinians and the international forces that support their struggle against the Jewish state.
  Opposition to Humanitarian Aid for Gaza Goes Mainstream in Israel
  
• Peter Hitchens: "Forty years of dealmaking have seen nothing but deteriorating conditions in the Holy Land."
  The U.S. Should Get Out of the Israel-"Palestine" Game
  
• David Harsanyi: "There is a gross moral hypocrisy in how the [so-called quote-unquote "president"] treats our allies."
  While Biden Pushes Ukraine To Fight, He Demands Israel Surrender
  
• "As Breitbart News reported, Blinken had earlier publicized his meeting with Lula, and praised him, without mentioning that the Brazilian leader had recently abused the memory of the Holocaust to criticize Israel’s war of self-defense against Hamas terrorists."
  Israeli Minister Calls Out Blinken for ‘Rushing to Embrace a Holocaust-denying Antisemite’
  
• Pelosi may have been seeking to restore her reputation among Muslim voters, which was damaged after she claimed pro-Palestinian demonstrators protesting for a ceasefire were peddling “Mr. Putin’s message” and urged the FBI to investigate them. The 83-year-old also took aim at Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, claiming she “had it with Netanyahu years ago, I mean, really, not trying to make peace or anything all along.”
  WATCH: Malig-Nancy Pelosi Boasts She Protects "Palestinian" Terror Suspects from the FBI
  
• "What one survivor of Hamas’s October 7 atrocities saw at the Nova music festival."
  A Clear Blue Sky Over Israel
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• Daniel Greenfield: "Hamas may be losing in Gaza, but it’s winning in Michigan."
  Michigan Muslims Take Biden Hostage to Save Hamas
  
• "‘They call Waters an anti-Semite for dressing up in a leather jacket,’ lecturer Dwayne Booth said in interview with socialist site."
  Pink Floyd Frontman's Nazi Uniform Was No Big Deal, Penn's Anti-Semitic Cartoonist Says
  
• "Featuring woman thrown off the Broward School Board for promoting anti-Semitism."
  South Florida Muslim Federation Finds New Venue for Its Pro-Hamas Conference
  
• "Do they know – or care – how they would fare under Islamic Law?"
  The Nitwits on Campuses Who Want an End to Israel

  OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY

• "Charles Rich and his wife are precluded from being on the Hopkins School's campus."
  Connecticut Private School Takes Action Against Employee Who Joined Wife to Protest Outside Jewish Family’s Home

  AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY

• “This means the Biden [junta] directly subsidized ‘undocumented’ immigration under the guise of COVID-19 pandemic relief.”
  Blue States, Cities Using COVID Funds to Support Illegal Immigrants
  
• Maybe it's time for an organized citizens committee to quash the plague "by any means necessary" - jjs
  Organized Migrant ‘Theft Groups’ Plague Pennsylvania Town
  
• "On Wednesday, Adams said he is canceling the proposed budget cuts and will instead reduce taxpayer funding currently going to newly arrived border crossers and illegal aliens. Specifically, Adams said his office would cut another 10 percent in city-funded services for border crossers and illegal aliens and halt plans to carry out billions in more budget cuts on New Yorkers."
  NYC Mayor Eric Adams Vows to Cut Funding to Migrants amid Record-Low Approval
  
• "States are running out of options for how to deal with the migrant crisis."
  Liberals Want Americans to House Illegal Immigrants: Is Your Home Next?
  
• The lawsuit accuses Annunciation House of “openly and flagrantly violating many provisions of law in a systemic fashion.” These purported violations include providing shelter to illegal immigrants who have evaded law enforcement and engaging in human smuggling operations. Paxton’s office previously requested records from the organization to assess potential breaches of federal law. Subsequently, Annunciation House filed a counter-suit against the Attorney General’s office, alleging that the demands for records infringe on their “constitutional rights of association” due to their limited staff.
  Texas AG Ken Paxton Sues Catholic NGO for Facilitating Illegal Immigration

  BIDEN CRIME FAMILY REVELATIONS & DEMENTIA WATCH

• Kurt Schlichter: "What a sensible Democrat Party would do."
  Senile is as Senile Does — and Joe Biden is Senile
  
• Margot Cleveland: "Even if Smirnov is guilty, that does not exonerate Weiss."
  David Weiss’ Latest Motion Shows He Compromised National Security By Protecting the Bidens
  
• Victor Davis Hanson: "The constant deception needed to sustain a lie."
  Delusions, Alternate Realities, and the Biden Consortium
  
• "Joe Biden’s younger brother, in closed-door testimony to the House Oversight and Judiciary Committees, initially told his interviewers that he was not part of a business deal involving Hunter Biden and several of his associates, according to a source familiar with the interview. However, after investigators showed him an agreement that featured his signature alongside those of Hunter Biden and his business partners ,James Biden then told legislators that he did not remember signing the agreement."
  Joe Biden’s Brother Switched Up Story On China Deal After Lawmakers Showed Him Receipts, Source Says
  
• "If Biden lied about the Hur Report, the public deserves to know the full truth."
  Release The Biden Transcripts Now
  
• “Information obtained by the Committees indicate that prosecutors sought to keep the Biden name out of Mr. Ho’s trial. First, as the Oversight Committee previously noted, prosecutors in Mr. Ho’s case seemingly redacted Hunter Biden’s name from evidence used at trial,” the Republicans wrote.
  Republicans Investigating Whether Hunter Biden Was Shielded By DOJ During Corruption Trial Of Chinese Associate
  
• The shift in public relations suggests Biden has realized the recent news cycle about his “poor” memory damages his reelection campaign.
  Report: Joe Biden Seeks to Redirect Attention from "Poor Memory" to Donald Trump’s "Crazy Shit"
  
• "In addition to snubbing press conferences, Biden has participated in fewer interviews with media outlets than his predecessors, according to NBC News. Since his 2021 inauguration, Biden has done 86 interviews with media outlets, NBC tallied. Former President Donald Trump and former President Barack Obama trounce Biden’s numbers, each doing 300 and 422 interviews, respectively, at the same point in their presidency."
  Forget Basement Campaign — It’s Been a Whole Basement [fake] Presidency For Joe Biden

  SHAMPEACHMENT 1.0, 2016 CLINTON/OBAMA COUP, CONGRESSIONAL PERSECUTION, SPYGATE, DEEP STATE, MUELLER DECEPTION

• "We don’t mind the Left destroying themselves, of course, but we do mind them destroying great states with proud histories in the process. We only hope that the actual 'rule-following, law-abiding people' in those states decide to stand up and say “enough” before they are all forced into exile."
  The Left Will Destroy Itself Trying to Destroy Trump
  
• "Technically speaking, Donald Trump is guilty of something – he’s guilty of the crime of being Donald Trump."
  The Crime of Donald Trump
  
• "McAfee, who was sworn in on Feb. 1, 2023 after being appointed by Republican Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, made his donation in June 2020 while still working as an assistant U.S. Attorney for the Department of Justice (DOJ), according to financial disclosures. He will soon have to decide whether Willis should be disqualified over allegations that she financially benefited from appointing her romantic partner, Nathan Wade, to work on the Trump case."
  Judge Overseeing Trump’s Georgia Case Donated To Fani Willis Campaign Prior To Appointment
  
• “Let’s just go to common sense, because the order that you’re reading is not common sense. It’s absolutely absurd …  and for me to try to explain to you how Judge Engoron got to his ridiculous number would mean I have to go speak about politics and the problem with the dual justice system and election interference right now. But the numbers are what they are. What bank, whatever, just write a check. So that’s how they feel they had a right to come in under a consumer fraud statute that’s never been used in this way and butt their nose into two private, sophisticated individuals in a contract that has never been breached. No loan defaults, no loss of money, no victims, no damages,” she said, adding that banks had nothing to do with the lawsuit and actually testified that they loved working with the Trump Organization.
  Trump Lawyer Alina Habba on NY Ruling: I Will Respond in Appeal and "You Can Read It and Weep"
  
• "James, who accused Trump of making misleading financial statements to banks to secure better terms on loans, said that she would take over the former president’s assets if he couldn’t come up with the money for the fine. Trump, who is mounting a comeback campaign for the presidency, is planning to appeal the decision that barred him and two of his sons from doing business in New York in addition to the fine."
  Letitia James Threatens To Seize Trump’s New York Buildings If He Can’t Pay Massive $350 Million+ Fine
  
• "The only success you and your Get-Trump team have delivered of late, Ms. Willis, is to destroy Americans’ faith in the justice system."
  Yes, Ms. Willis, You Are on Trial – In the Court of Public Opinion
  
• "And the entire New York real estate market is noticing with alarm."
  New York’s Trump Fraud Findings Refute Judge’s Conclusions

  CIVIL WAR 2.0: J-6 FBI FALSE FLAG "RIOT" & AFTERMATH, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION

• "Christian nationalism has always been a part of the Left's talking points, and thus far, it has taken a back seat to MAGA Republicans and white supremacy. But it is about to be fused with them to become the third part of a triumvirate designed to further isolate those who do not see eye-to-eye with Left."
  Trump Allies Accused of Planning to Leverage 'Christian Nationalism' During Second Term
  
• Dennis Prager: "Why the Left hates order."
  The Left and Chaos
  
• "Funny how the left are the only ones who ever these mysterious 'dog whistles.'"
  Calling a Shooter a 'Thug' is Apparently a Racist 'Dog Whistle' Now
  
• "The announcement of Goynes-Brown's segregated business fair comes just two months after Boston Mayor Michelle Wu got busted for her "Electeds of Color Holiday Party" after the email invitation accidentally went out to the "wrong" people. Wu was eventually forced to apologize — but only for sending the invitation to people who weren't supposed to be invited. She left out the matter of why they weren't supposed to be invited."
  North Las Vegas Mayor Celebrates Black Businesses. There's Just One (Huge) Problem.
  
• "The globalists' war against the Christian ideal."
  Mass Migration, Transhumanism, Sustainability, and God

  FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH

• "A Midwestern media outlet selectively clipped the announcement speech for a Wisconsin Senate candidate this week."
  Dark Money Group Peddles Viral Disinformation to Frame GOP Senate Candidate as Clueless Elite
  
• The mainstream media's ongoing promotion of Beijing's propaganda has come amid growing U.S.-China tensions and fears of full-scale war between the two superpowers. Meanwhile, China has poured billions of dollars a year into a global disinformation campaign meant to promote its image and favored political outcomes.
  Some of the Same News Outlets Warning About "Disinformation" are Taking Millions to Print Chinese Propaganda
  
• "A few of the funded podcasts include a $227,420 linguistics program that delved into the use of a new gender-neutral pronoun in Swedish and a $228,546 program that discussed the recent history of Queens during the COVID-19 pandemic, with a focus on the Black Lives Matter movement and ‘racism.’ Another project was a $5,000 podcast sponsored by the State Department that tackles issues affecting the trans and intersex community in Zimbabwe and a $556,544 initiative from the National Science Foundation featuring pandemic-related content for children."
  YOU Paid $8.5 Million for Gov't-Produced Podcasts Promoting Far-Left Views
  
• "Creating an environment that jeopardizes anonymous sources and encourages frivolous lawsuits will be disastrous for conservative media."
  Florida Bill Could Help Left-Wing Groups Sue Conservative Media Into Oblivion
  
• "Google’s Gemini is a joke, but it’s not a funny one. If globalists do truly plan to run much of society with AI as they claim, we’re in for a whole new level of leftist idiocy."
  Congressmen Bash Google AI for Refusing Image of Tiananmen Square

  THE ECONOMY, STUPID

• "The world’s economic policymakers could mitigate such a day by recognizing we are sleepwalking to a world crisis and taking measures to make our debt more sustainable. If they don’t, we should brace ourselves for economic turbulence at home and renewed financial-market strains as economic trouble abroad spills over to our shores."
  The World's Drowning in Debt — Brace Yourself for Economic Turbulence

  RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS, JUNK SCIENCE, LYSENKOISM

• On page 13, the confidential ACP document reveals that this leftist trade association plans to spend a huge chunk of this extra cash to protect the Biden agenda—and specifically the IRA—from the Republicans on Capitol Hill and from former President Donald Trump should he win the election in November. The recommended expenditure is well into seven figures, with ACP pushing for spending north of $7 million to help keep the IRA in place as it exists now.
  Leaked Confidential Leftist Document Details Plot to Pressure Republicans into Protecting Biden’s Radical Green Energy Agenda
  
• "The Windy City is seeking billions of dollars from fossil-fuel companies based on the ridiculous assertion that they are now causing basements to flood on the West Side of the city."
  Desperate for Money, Chicago Sues "Big Oil"
  
• "Major corporate customers have already begun rethinking EV offerings amid the uncertain values. SAP will stop providing employees with Tesla vehicles due to concerns over fluctuating prices complicating planning. Car rental firms Hertz and Sixt have similarly moved to offload Teslas from their fleets."
  Leasing Companies Are Demanding Payoffs from EV Makers Like Tesla as Resale Values Plummet
  
• "Potential visitors seem willing to pay a 'climate tithe.'"
  Aloha: Hawaii Plans to Hit Tourists with $25 “Climate Tax”
  
• They defend this practice with the contention that that data is "poor" or "corrupted," by which they mean, well, that it doesn't show what they want it to show.
  They Talk to the Trees?

  CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY

• "Unlike inflation and higher interest rates, this economic reality is self-inflicted."
  Guess Who's Closing Stores in Chicago Now

  AMERICA AND THE WORLD IMPRISONED: CHINESE CORONAVIRUS FICTIONS AND FACTS

• Robert Zimmerman: "Siegal perpetuates the earlier lies by making believe the risks are low, when in truth though the risks are rare they are also very serious and in fact deadly for some."
  Why the Public Continues to Lose Faith with the Medical Community

  SECOND AMENDMENT

• “It is because of New York Democrats’ unconstitutional gun grab policies that the oldest gun manufacturer in the country has been run out of the state,” Rep. Elise Stefanik (NY-21) said in a statement. “I have spoken with local officials and Remington Arms union members in United Mine Workers of America, Local 717, about how we must stand up to New York’s failed unconstitutional gun bans. Hochul must stop her unconstitutional assault on the Second Amendment now,”
  Remington Arms Leaves New York After 208 Years

  EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT

• "The Supreme Court declines to hear a case about an admissions policy adopted in defiance of its affirmative-action ban."
  Supreme Injustice
  
• Board reportedly said “Wax should face sanctions, including a one-year suspension at half pay with benefits intact, but stopped short of calling for her to be fired and stripped of tenure.”
  Report: Embattled UPenn Law Prof. Amy Wax Appealing Hearing Board Sanctions Quietly Recommended Over the Summer
  
• "The insatiable greed of the educational establishment is never-ending."
  The School Funding Fraud
  
• "Chicago Public Schools (CPS) has paid over $90,000 to Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago since 2021 for a series of trainings provided through its Sexuality Education Program, which includes lessons on anal sex instruction and pro-transgender sexual communication. CPS denied the DCNF’s initial Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request related to the sexual education materials in August, stating that Illinois state law exempts 'course materials or research materials used by faculty members' from being released through FOIA requests."
  Blue State Shields Schools’ Sex Ed, Gender Trainings From Public View

  THE 2020 AND 2022ELECTION HEISTS & AFTERMATH

• "Democrats on the 51-member New York City Council approved a plan in January 2022 that gave more than 800,000 foreign nationals with green cards, visas, and work permits the opportunity to vote in citywide elections so long as they have resided in the city for at least 30 consecutive days. Black New Yorkers, along with naturalized American citizens, the New York State Republican Party, the Republican National Committee (RNC), and Democrat officials like Councilman Robert Holden subsequently sued Mayor Eric Adams (D) and the city’s Board of Elections."
  Appeals Court Upholds Ruling Striking Down NYC Voting Rights for Foreigners
  
• "The D.C. Board of Elections must forfeit ERIC data reports about potentially deceased individuals to the Public Interest Legal Foundation."
  Court: D.C. Must Fork Over Data About ‘Deceased’ People On Voter Rolls From Leftist-Linked ‘Maintenance’ Group
  
• "Yeah, something doesn't quite smell right here. I'm not an expert, but if this was just related to a code issue, how is it possible for people who didn't vote by mail and never even requested a ballot to show up as having been counted?"
  The Theory That Mail-in Voting Is Secure Just Died a Horrible Death

  DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY

• "The eccentric mayor — whose face is plastered across billboards in tiny Dolton, Ill. —  is accused of spending taxpayer money on lavish and unnecessary trips and forking over one million dollars on a police detail then using them to retaliate against her percieved enemies." (Just like a banana republic dictator would – or a fraudulent US "president" - jjs)
  FBI finally probing ‘super mayor’ Tiffany Henyard — who is accused of corruption — as Illinois AG shuts her charity: sources
  
• "The Telescope Fund will help top progressive donors steer hundreds of millions of dollars to Democrat causes."
  Left-Wing Behemoth Arabella Advisors Quietly Added a Seventh Group to Its Dark Money Web
  
• "'I've been dealing with these imbeciles for over 20 years now,' Thomas Von Essen says of embattled congressman."
  9/11 Fire Commissioner Blasts Jamaal Bowman as Imbecile for Peddling Conspiracy Theories

  POLITICS

• “Eighty-five percent of the registered Republicans voted for either Trump or me, effectively…so that’s just a big conservative base, right? To try to appeal to people who aren’t a part of that base for a primary — I just didn’t understand that,” the governor said, explaining that the strategy simply will not work.
  Ron DeSantis in South Carolina: ‘No Question’ Donald Trump Will Have Massive Victory over Nikki Haley
  
• "The South Carolinian holds out the promise of returning to the GOP of 2012—and it will probably die with her campaign."
  Nikki Haley Wants Her Voters to Pretend Trump Never Happened
  
• Trump also enjoys much greater enthusiasm among his base in the Empire State than Biden. Sixty-one percent of New York Republicans want Trump as their candidate, while fewer than half of Democrats — 48 percent — want Biden. Siena pollster Steven Greenberg stressed the result should be considered in light of “just how ‘blue’ New York is.”
  70% of New Yorkers Say Biden Unfit for Office.
  
• Hogan’s surprise Senate campaign and a batch of daunting poll numbers is putting Democrats on defense for the seat they otherwise likely wouldn’t have worried about winning, several Maryland-based political operatives told the Daily Caller News Foundation. (Meh. Hogan is the Mitt Romney of Lisa Murkowskis - jjs)
  Dems’ Senate ‘Nightmare’ May Have Just Come True
  
• Johnson himself has knocked down suggestions to change the rules and make it harder for any one member of the GOP caucus to fire him. And Johnson has one big advantage. It may only take one member to advance a "motion to vacate" but do any Republicans really want another speaker election?  Johnson is fairly safe as long as he doesn't do something stupid like take part in a Democratic plan to keep him in the speaker's chair.
  House Democrat Floats a 'Mike Johnson Protection Plan' to Keep Him in the Speaker's Chair
  
• He praised former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley (R) for running against Trump, calling it “healthy” for the party. (Of course the little worm praised her - jjs)
  Globalist Fraud RINO Paul Ryan Bashes Trump and "Trump Populism," Says It’s Now the "Establishment"

  THE UKRAINIAN "FRONT"

• “There is no reason to hide it. We are allowed to export weapons to any country that we wish to.”
  Russia Receives Around 400 Ballistic Missiles From Iran
  
• At another point in his roughly 16 minutes of remarks, Biden reportedly took a moment to thank Pelosi, calling her his “boss” and saying they were able to pass significant legislation with her leadership.
  Biden calls Putin "Crazy SOB"

  FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL

• "52-year-old Assange faces up to 175 years in prison for espionage after distributing classified US government documents on his website. If convicted in the US, he would likely die behind bars."
  WikiLeaks' Julian Assange too unwell to attend extradition appeal hearing, hundreds protest outside
  
• "In other Egypt News: The government is selling off historic hotels and is building a massive Gaza border."
  Egypt Scraps Controversial Renovation Project for Pyramid on Giza Plateau
  
• The 11 employees “engaged in the malpractice of answering questions while looking at textbooks,” which was “a compliance violation and a serious act that can threaten to undermine the flight safety,” JAL said through their statement, the Inquirer Business reported. Five test supervisors were also reportedly found culpable in the misconduct.
  Japan’s Two Biggest Airlines Admit Airport Workers Cheated in Exams Amid Scrutiny Over Recent Air Mishaps: REPORT
  
• "Farage and Trump have had a close friendship for several years, with Trump suggesting in 2017 that Farage could be the British ambassador to the U.S. Farage hinted at his potential role, expressing the importance of having an ambassador in Washington who could maintain a relationship with the Trump administration should the Labour Party win the British election."
  Farage: ‘If I’m The Right Person for UK’s US Ambassador… Wonderful!’

  HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE

• “Assisted dying is the quintessential policy of our times.”
  Assisted Dying Isn't Freedom

  ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY

• "The high altitude balloon company Space Perspective yesterday unveiled the test balloon capsule, dubbed Excelsior, which it plans to use for a program of ten flights beginning this year, prior to beginning manned flights on its Neptune manned capsule, shown in the graphic to the right."
  Space Perspective unveils test balloon capsule for unmanned test flights
  
• "Dubbed the Radcliffe Wave after the institute in which the astronomers were based who first discovered it, the scientists determined its wavelike behavior by mapping the motions of the star clusters along its length. Apparently, over time they are moving up and down, not unlike fans at a stadium doing the wave."
  Astronomers: a 9,000-light-year-long stream of gas and dust ripples like a wave due to the Milky Way’s gravity

  FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY

• "Parents could find themselves in even more trouble if DCFS finds any such abuse allegations to be warranted: Illinois law already classifies child abuse — depending upon the nature and severity of the abuse — as a criminal offense ranging from a misdemeanor that carries a maximum sentence of one year in prison and a $2,500 fine to a felony that can carry up to $25,000 in fines and 15 years behind bars."
  Illinois Bill Changes Definition Of ‘Abused Child’ To Include Kids Whose Parents Object To Abortion, Transgender Hormones and Surgeries
  
• Scott McKay: "A member of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence drag queen troupe was charged with possession of children pornography and sexual exploitation of a child last week."
  Bacha Bazi May Survive Longer Than American Christianity — And Here’s Just One Example
  
• "Bill would mandate training to undo 'layers of potential biases' that pregnancy and childbirth are female experiences."
  California Dems Want To Teach Health Care Professionals That Men Can Get Pregnant

  CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE

• ". . . Americans are turning away from the propaganda poison of the anti-American 'expert' class and relying more on their own good senses. This is a good and necessary step forward."
  Average Americans Are Snuffing Out 'Expert' Gaslighters
  
• "Our three strongest cultural taboos admonish us against cannibalism, incest, and child abuse — taboos rooted in the deep and ancient experience that the outcomes are horrific and, even if it's only for a few people, the temptations are too great. As any scientist should know, and not try to excuse."
  Who Had 'Scientists Suggest We Rethink Cannibalism' on Their 2024 Bingo Card?

  HITHER & YON

• Christian Toto: "Russell Crowe steals the film as a grumpy drone pilot with a chip on his shoulder."
  Land of Bad Offers Everything You Crave in a Military Thriller
  
• ". . . my line of thinking here is a bit different than the average believer in alien life on other planets. I most definitely believe it's possible and even likely that there are intelligent beings on other planets in different parts of the galaxy and the universe. I mean, God's a creator, right? Look at the abundance of lifeforms that exist on Earth. Now look at how vast space is. Did He really leave all that space open and empty? I don't believe so."
  A Florida Republican Congresswoman Just Made a Shocking Statement About UFOs

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