The Morning Report — 5/13/24

Good morning, kids. Hope you all had a very nice Mother's Day. Speaking of mothers (neither the biological nor the "Of Invention" varieties) the ideologically-driven incompetence and vice versa that is the hallmark of the Joey Sponge-Brain Shits-Pants junta and its minions is on full display across various battlefronts we are engaged in. The result is an absolute vortex of incoherence of message that puts the concept of "Splunge" to shame.

As we discussed on the latest episode of the podcast, the greatest example of this dissonance is with the state of Israel and its continuing war with Hamas post the latter's barbaric surprise attack and commission of the greatest mass butchery of Jews since the end of the Second World War. Because of naked political calculus in fear of losing both the Muslim and Marxist youth blocs this coming election season, as well as the innate Jew-hatred of both Sponge-Brain Shits-Pants and Foggy Bottom, both have embargoed critical stockpiles of munitions and now we have learned, even more critical intel that could end the fighting virtually overnight.

It looks like Joe Biden's betrayal of Israel is worse than we thought. According to a new report, Joe Biden has been withholding intelligence from Israel regarding the whereabouts of Hamas leaders and their underground command tunnels.

"The Biden [junta], working urgently to stave off a full-scale Israeli invasion of Rafah, is offering Israel valuable assistance if it holds back, including sensitive intelligence to help the Israeli military pinpoint the location of Hamas leaders and find the group’s hidden tunnels, according to four people familiar with the U.S. offers," reports the Washington Post. 

[So-called quote-unquote "president"] Biden and his senior aides have been making such offers over the last several weeks in hopes they will persuade Israel to conduct a more limited and targeted operation in the southern Gaza city, where some 1.3 million Palestinians are sheltering after fleeing there from other parts of Gaza under Israeli orders. Israel has vowed to go into Rafah with “extreme force,” and this week Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took a number of steps that raised fears at the White House that the long-promised invasion could be materializing.

When you read between the lines, it's quite clear that the Biden [junta] is protecting Hamas, is actively withholding information that could bring this war to an end, and is now using vital intelligence as leverage to prevent Israel from conducting an operation Biden doesn't want them to conduct.

Any intelligence that can help pinpoint the location of Hamas leaders or uncover their terror tunnels should have been promptly shared with Israel. Holding back such critical information is unacceptable, puts Israeli lives at risk, and prolongs the war. Why wasn't this information immediately shared with Israel when it was first uncovered? Why would Joe Biden protect Hamas terrorists at the expense of our ally, Israel?

Well, the answer is quite simply that Israel is no longer our ally. That is "we" are no longer Israel's ally. By "we" and "our" I of course mean the illegitimate junta that stole the 2020 election and controls the instrumentalities of the US government. The bitter irony here is that in taking the Hamas line that Israel is committing mass war crimes by supposed indiscriminate bombing of civilians/non-combatants (which in this case are as fictional as the concept of "Palestine" itself), by withholding of smart weapons that have the ability take out targets while avoiding collateral damage, they force the Israelis to both use dumb bombs and artillery that will no doubt cause collateral damage and casualties while at the same time putting unnecessary risks on the IDF to go out of their way to try and avoid said damages. Of course, both of those things are bonuses to the Junta and the Muslims.

And ditto by withholding intel on capturing or taking out the Hamas leadership. The aim is to preserve Hamas and in doing so, further the goal of supplanting Israel with Hamas' real leaders, Iran, as the main powerbroker in the region.

Whatever one thinks of Netanyahu as Israel's PM, vis a vis his tenure before 10/7 and perhaps his military's failures in preventing or mitigating the initial assault on that day, the one thing Biden and company have done by their actions is to have to the greatest extent in many years united the disparate factions in Israel to rally around Bibi and demand that Hamas be wiped out, regardless of international opinion. No doubt, this is exactly what will be done, regardless of embargoes of arms, materiel and intel. And with the US election looming and public opinion against the on-campus pogroms against American Jews turning off large swathes of the electorate, Biden might be backtracking or likely trying to give the appearance of backtracking.

As the link indicates, per WaPo the intel about the location of Hamas leadership was contingent on Israel scaling back or even stopping short of the final assault on Rafah. Well, what would be the point of that? It's ludicrous as the Israelis know full well. My only hope is that when, not if, Israel can wipe out the last vestiges of Hamas that it takes over total control of every aspect of life in that shit hole, especially the schools, media and if possible the mosques.

That last sentence is also highly significant for the situation here in this country. But I digress.

UPDATE: Interesting and actually alarming observation from commenter People's Hippo Voice:

The only way the US could have better intelligence than Israel on the location of the tunnels and the leaders of Hamas is if we have agents cooperating and aiding Hamas. High level members of Hamas.

The revelation was bigger than withholding vital intel: It revealed our State Department is directly paying salaries of known, admitted terrorists.
People who have killed innocent Israelis.

Think on that for a bit.
Until you follow the conclusion:
Our State Department knew 10/7 was coming.
Because: Our State Department gave Hamas agents the vital intelligence necessary to plan and execute the attack.

On a completely different front, that is the persecution by prosecution of Donald Trump, this hideous effrontery and debasement of the concepts of equal justice under a just and stable law has done the exact opposite of what was intended. Every second the name Trump is mentioned or his picture appears on the screen of the propaganda house organs is in effect an in-kind contribution to his re-election campaign.

When Joe Biden flew to San Francisco on Thursday for some fancy fundraisers, reporters noted that all the televisions on Air Force One were tuned to MSNBC, where the chyron read: “Stormy Daniels wraps 7-plus hours of testimony in Trump hush money trial.”

The [so-called quote-unquote "president"] might be enjoying the wall-to-wall coverage of his opponent stuck in a Manhattan courtroom, but it probably is not the electoral gift Biden imagines.

Ever the showman, Donald Trump has flipped the adversity of his lawfare travails into a triumph of free media hits worth almost $2 billion, according to data provided exclusively by his campaign.

With cameras banned inside the courtroom, the former president makes his own news when he turns up at the Manhattan Criminal Courthouse at Centre Street each day. . .

. . . You get the feeling Trump revels in the fact he is getting more publicity in the courthouse than he would from standing in an Ohio cornfield. It is reminiscent of 2016 when he was financially outgunned by his adversaries but ended up with more media coverage.

His Wildwood rally went ahead Saturday in front of a whopping crowd of more than 100,000 attendees, according to official estimates, and proved to be an extended version of his courtroom diatribes, with bonus impersonations of Biden.

Of course, the big crowds and the earned media bonanza reflect the fact that Trump is a consummate entertainer who puts on a free show.

But 2020 showed that crowd numbers are no guarantee of electoral victory. The hard work is still to be done in the swing states. Overshadowing the unexpected upside of his courtroom travails is the fact that, while the media spotlight is fixed on Trump in New York, Democratic governors in the crucial battlegrounds of Wisconsin, Michigan, Arizona and Pennsylvania are quietly using their powers to tilt the playing field in favor of Biden.

The estimable Miranda Devine certainly puts things in proper perspective with that last statement. Of course, there is a critical difference between now and four years ago. We have all had to endure among the worst three years of our history perhaps since the Great Depression and even the Civil War. We've seen our economy, way of life, sense of security and safety, sense of normalcy and sanity evaporate, and the threat of global war and terrorism hitting us where we live brought to life from where they were kept sequestered for the most part, relegated only to our worst nightmares.

If this election is indeed stolen as it was in 2020, those who either were unaware of the theft or perhaps even secretly or not so secretly cheered it are whistling a very different tune today. Quite a large number of those who may not still vote for Trump will sit this one out. And there might be a significant portion who do in fact pull the lever for Trump or in this case against Biden. A theft which given everything going on would have to be even more massive and in your face will be obvious.

It might not mean anything in terms of typical electoral politics going forward, but I assert that that no longer exists since the republic and the societal glue and culture that we had in common has all but been erased. What happens after that is anyone's guess. Civil war, unrest, strife, national divorce?

Or some kind of national revival with another iteration of the American experiment? That would mean the complete vanquishing of the party, people and systems that took 100 or so years to bring us to this point. And if that happens, it's not going to be pretty.

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ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY
• Roger Kimball: "What implications do shame and disgust hold for the fairness and dignity of individuals within the legal system?"
  Beyond Reason: How Shame and Disgust Shape Law and Society
  
• Buck Throckmorton: "If Tesla can thrive without mandates that favor EVs, and without government-created credits that provide Tesla with billions of non-customer revenue, its success story will be truly impressive. Perhaps the anti-Musk left and anti-EV right can unite to give Tesla the chance to make this happen."
  How Government Subsidies Put Money in Tesla's Coffers
  
• "Three years after reports of indigenous mass graves triggered the torching or vandalism of 85-plus churches, no graves have been found."
  The Discovery of "Mass Graves" of Indigenous Canadian Children Was Actually a Massive Hoax (About time the myth of "Palestine" is busted - jjs)

ISRAEL vs IRAN & GAZA/HAMAS
• "I am shocked and sickened by reports that the U.S. is withholding from Israel vital information on the whereabouts of senior Hamas leaders in Gaza," former Israeli Ambassador to the United States Michael Oren said in a post on X/Twitter. "Is the administration still our ally?" Clearly not.
  SHOT: Biden's Betrayal of Israel Is Worse Than We Thought
  
• Washington Post: The “sensitive intelligence” offered by Biden [junta] could “help the Israeli military pinpoint the location of Hamas leaders and find the group’s hidden tunnels.”
  CHASER: Biden Offers Israel Intel on Hamas Leaders’ Location in Bid to Avert Rafah Offensive
  
• Daniel Greenfield: "The 76th Independence Day will be a true test of Israel’s independence."
  Israel Declares Independence from Biden
  
• Robert Spencer: "It’s also the result of the Muslim Brotherhood infiltration of his [junta]."
  Biden Regime’s Betrayal of Israel is Not Just to Get Votes
  
• “First, we have been holding back and we’re in active conversations with Israel about the heavy and high payload weapons, large bombs because of the concern that we have about the effect these weapons can have when used in a dense, urban environment like Rafah. We are discussing that with Israel right now.”
  Self-Gassing Scumbag Blinken Confirms US is ‘Holding Back’ Military Aid To Israel After NBC Host Presses On Biden’s ‘Red Line’
  
• "Joe Biden's refusal to supply offensive weapons to Israel is his retreat to Islamic extremists."
  Unreliable Ally
  
• ". . . I hope Prime Minister Netanyahu is thinking about his legacy. Right now his legacy is the huge, strategic and defensive failure of October 7th and his legacy could be a real gap, a break in the long, strong, bipartisan, strategic relationship between the United States and Israel. I think that would be tragic. His legacy could instead be achieving regional security and peace for Israel." (Fuck you, Coons. It's you and your party that's doing it! - jjs)
  Democrat Coons: Netanyahu Could ‘Break’ U.S.-Israel Strategic Relationship
  
• Clarice Feldman: "While Israel fights for its life, the Biden [junta] plays bureaucratic games."
  Biden and His ‘Ironclad’ Support of Israel
  
• "It makes no sense." (It makes perfect sense considering Obama's and Foggy Bottom's Jew-hatred - jjs)
  Experts Puzzled By Biden Junta's Claim That Rafah Invasion Wouldn’t Help Israel Defeat Hamas
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• "Memorial Day is taken very seriously in Israel, a small society where almost everyone knows, or is related to, someone who fell in battle over the decades. Sunday evening’s ceremonies were particularly poignant, as the country mourned the soldiers lost during battles on October 7, and those who have fallen since in the fight against Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah on the northern border."
  Israel Marks First Memorial Day Since October 7; 620 Soldiers Killed
  
• Robert Zimmerman: "To sum up: Biden has now shown us that he and the Democrat Party he represents have no problem with killing Jews. Nor have they any problem with riots on American streets."
  Biden abandons Israel to appease student rioters and help Hamas survive
  
• David Marcus: "The campus pro-Hamasnicks can now take a victory lap, the President of the United States has caved to them and to his anti-Israel far left in vital states like Michigan— meanwhile, somewhere in a tunnel in Gaza the terrorists are cheering, perhaps in earshot of terrified hostages."
  Feckless Joe Biden Has Caved to the Campus Commies
  
• "Israel has no choice but to destroy Rafah."
  Biden Got Sucked Into ‘Pro-Hamas Wing Of His Party,’ Sen. Rick Scott Says (Pfft, Scott. Biden has hated Israel for over 40 years or more - jjs)
  
• "Are we going to stand with the heirs of the Nazis, or with an embattled democratic ally?"
  Chamberlain and Biden: Appeasement Then and Now
  
• "Debunking the ‘Total Blockade’ narrative."
  US and Israel’s Humanitarian Mission to Gaza
  
• "Israel is an island of democracy awash in a sea of terror."
  Biden’s Complicity in the Cancellation of Israel
  
• "The fusion of Judaism and the Hellenized world created Western civilization. That's why the barbarians are at the gate."
  What the War is About
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• "Protesters used their cars to block the exit at Interstate 4, the New York Post reported Sunday. Video footage shows several of them standing behind the vehicles and holding banners, one of which read “Free Palestine” and had what appeared to be a Mickey Mouse image on it."
  WATCH: Anti-Israel ‘Queers for Palestine’ Protesters Block Access to Disney World in Florida
  
• "Despite the European elite’s Israel-hatred, an Israeli chanteuse makes a spectacular showing at this year’s Eurovision."
  Golan’s Heights
  
• ". . . while the pro-Hamas contingent was loud — frequently booing Israel’s Golan during her performances — the viewing public largely backed the 20-year-old Jewish singer, who received 323 votes from the television audience, more than any other performer besides Croatia’s Baby Lasagna. The Russian-Israeli singer also won the 'rest of the world' vote.  However, Eden Golan ultimately wound up in fifth place, having been largely snubbed by the jury members, who only awarded her 52 points."
  Woke Fail: Irish Eurovision Voters Awarded Israel Second-Most Points, Despite Bambie Thug Protests
  
• "Meanwhile, a Climate Cult priestess and a biology teacher target the famous Magna Carta . . . proving that Western Civilization’s destruction is the real end-game."
  Climate Cultist Greta Thunberg Arrested at Eurovision Protest as Israel Takes 5th Place
  
• "As Chesterton never said but is often quoted as having done so, 'When a man stops believing in God he doesn’t then believe in nothing, he believes anything.' And so it is with our turnipified youth."
  Greta Thunberg and the Greatest of all Heresies
  
• "Brace for the spectacle."
  Will a Lawsuit Take Down Hamas’ Collaborators in the U.S.?

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

• "Maher Abdel-qader has spread Holocaust denial and runs a Facebook group where Hamas terrorists are glorified."
  NYC Public Schools Chancellor Told Congress He Takes Anti-Semitism Seriously—Weeks After He Held an Event With a Prominent Anti-Semite
  
• "Lies and slander against the Church are merely the evangelization of Hell."
  The Bogeyman: The Leftists’ Hatred of the Catholic Church
  
• "If you look at Robert Weinroth’s history, there’s nothing conservative about him except for the 'R' that’s suddenly after his name."
  Democrat Plant in GOP Congressional Primary Panders to Jew-Hating Islamists
  
• "If the PCA wants to have David French talk about polarization, it should be as a poster child, not a panelist."
  Presbyterian Church In America Invites Professional Polarizer David French To Lecture Christians On Getting Along

  "BIDEN BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY

• "The demands emerged in light of the recent implementation of the Asylum Seekers Program by Mayor Johnston. Under this policy, recent migrants lodged in city-funded shelters in Denver receive food and rental aid for six months, as well as free legal assistance. However, the time span for their stay in shelters, which used to range between two weeks and 42 days, has been sharply curtailed to 24 to 72 hours."
  Migrants Send Mayor List of 13 Demands, Including Culturally Appropriate Ingredients for Meals
  
• "Denver is getting what it deserves. And asked for."
  If You Give a Denver Migrant a Cookie . . .
  
• "If you are an illegal alien, your chances of getting away with committing a crime are higher than those of an American citizen." (The irony is that if this does not get better, and it won't, we'll have death squads right here to make them feel just like home - jjs)
  Illegals Have More Rights Than Citizens

  BIDEN CRIME FAMILY REVELATIONS & DEMENTIA WATCH

• "Biden’s trend-chasing is more objectionable than his conspicuous senescence."
  Joe Biden Doesn’t Act Old Enough

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

• Victor Davis Hanson: "What will be the endgame of all these attacks on the American legal system and the warping of it for blatant political purposes?"
  The Fall of the House of Presidential Persecutions
  
• Miranda Devine: "Ever the showman, Donald Trump has flipped the adversity of his lawfare travails into a triumph of free media hits worth almost $2 billion, according to data provided exclusively by his campaign."
  Dems Pin Trump in NYC Courtroom and He Just Turns it Into His Own Personal Campaign Stage

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

• "Republicans should hire their own security people and tell the Secret Service to go to hell."
  Secret Service Won't Budge in Moving Security Zone Farther From GOP Convention in Milwaukee
  
• "Democrats pushing the so-called “Equal Rights Amendment” failed to follow the required procedure for advancing a constitutional amendment. Equal Protection Project had opposed the attempt to embed CRT and DEI in the state constitution."
  Court Throws DEI Amendment to NY Constitution, Opposed By Equal Protection Project, Off November Ballot
  
• "This election season, there are many parallels to the election year of 1968 on display, and none of it bodes well for Democrats’ chances in November."
  Smells Like ‘68: Foreboding Parallels for Democrats in 2024
  
• "Democrats again indulge their activist fringe as another Chicago convention looms."
  A 1968 Sequel?

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

• “Trump is now leading in almost all the swing states, but behind those numbers lie even more troubling details. As someone worried about the prospects of a second Trump term, I think it is best to be honest about reality. I understand that polls are not always accurate, but in general, they have tended to underestimate Donald Trump’s support, not overestimate it. I doubt that there are many shy Biden voters in the country.”
  XiNN’s Zakaria: NYC "Prosecutors are Politically Motivated" Against Trump
  
• Thad McCotter: "There is nothing more dangerous than a censor—especially one who makes their living off the very God-given liberty they seek to deny to their fellow citizens."
  Truth or Censorship: The Legacy Media’s Death Spiral
  
• In addition to the implications of Signal’s background, the company’s current chairman of the board is Maher, according to Rufo and her NPR bio. One of the NPR CEO’s digital communications positions was working as an Information and Communication Technology (ICT) program officer for the National [un-] Democratic Institute. The Institute claims it works “around the world to strengthen and safeguard democratic institutions, processes, norms and values to secure a better quality of life for all” by partnering with American foreign policy campaigns.
  Supposedly Secure Messaging App Signal Launched With Gov’t Funds, Headed By Propagandist Now Running NPR: Report
  
• "Nina Jankowicz, the one time, singing head of the now-disbanded DHS Homeland Disinformation Governance Board (aka Ministry Of Truth) has returned and this time she claims to be the CEO of sunlight."
  Jankowicz: The Biased Singing Censor Returns

  THE ECONOMY, STUPID

• "By bringing it back, the FTC will make the American supply chain less resilient and more vulnerable to shocks, such as the ones experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic."
  The FTC’s Plan to Revive a Zombie Bill Will Undermine America’s Supply Chain
  
• "The [so-called quote-unquote "president"] takes the prize for being clueless and out of touch."
  Is This Biden’s ‘Supermarket Scanner’ Moment?

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

• Robert Zimmerman: "This is clearly lawfare against Elon Musk and SpaceX by the White House and the administrative state."
  FAA and Air Force Initiate New Environmental Impact Statements for Starship/Superheavy Launchpads in Florida
  
• "American policymakers, primarily Democrats and their appointees, are pushing hard to realize the Biden [junta's] goal of having the U.S. power sector reach net-zero emissions by 2035, but wind, solar and other renewable generation sources have not yet shown the same degree of reliability that nuclear has demonstrated. Despite these facts, Biden and lawmakers have so far failed to simplify the nuclear regulatory and permitting process, according to energy sector experts." (Their goal is the same as the Muslims: "Death to America" - jjs)
  Nuclear Energy Could Be a Godsend for Biden’s Green Agenda. Here’s What’s Holding It Back
  
• It is “indubitable” that the impact of climate change will increasingly prejudice the lives and families of many persons, he contends, adding that its effects are already felt in the areas of “healthcare, sources of employment, access to resources, housing, forced migrations, etc.” (Indubitable means not having a doobie to toke when you really need it! - jjs)
  Pope "Fiction" Francis: World Nearing ‘Breaking Point’ from Climate Change
  
• "I'm convinced that people like McGuire and other climate catastrophists are actually rooting for the end of the world. They dream of melting glaciers, rivers flooding across the land, oceans covering skyscrapers, and Middle America becoming a desert."
  Climate Professor Thinks We Should 'Cull' the Human Population to Reach Emissions Targets (He can start with himself and his entire family and social network - jjs)
  
• "This time, a giant floating solar farm met a grim fate at Mother Nature’s hands."
  Once Again, Mother Nature Thumbs Her Nose at the Climate Change-istas

  CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY

• "This year Biden can’t afford to be anti-law enforcement, as he was in years past."
  Which Joe Biden Will Give the Peace Officers Memorial Address?
  
• The outlet noted that “the suspect is 20-year-old Karon Fisher, identified in court records as a man but also described as a woman by police.” The New York Post said Fisher is “reportedly a transgender woman.”
  VIDEO: Texas ‘Transgender Woman’ Accused of Running over Victim Before Kissing, Stabbing Body
  
• The New York City Police Department (NYPD) announced Saturday that detectives of the NYPD Special Victims Unit in the Bronx arrested Kashaan Parks. The NYPD declared Kashaan Parks wanted for rape Friday, alleging he “approached [a 45-year-old female] from behind, wrapped an object around her neck, and pulled her to the ground causing her to lose consciousness. The male then dragged the victim between two cars and sexually assaulted her before fleeing on foot.”
  Mother Of Married Suspect Who Allegedly Strangled, Raped Woman On NYC Street Kept Vigil To Turn Him In: REPORT
  
• "An exchange of gunfire occurred leaving three officers wounded. The suspect was killed during the exchange."
  Three Atlanta Officers Shot by Suspect with Handgun
  
• "The actor suffered swelling to his face and left eye and was taken to Bellevue Hospital for treatment. Meanwhile, his deranged assailant took off and is still on the lam, police sources said."
  Boardwalk Empire Star Steve Buscemi Punched by Maniac in Random NYC Attack

  AMERICA AND THE WORLD IMPRISONED: CHINESE CORONAVIRUS FICTIONS AND FACTS

• ". . . the type of gain-of-function research underway with bird flu is the systematic manufacture of pathogens to make them deadlier and more transmissible, so just because they failed to make COVID as deadly as they may have wished doesn’t mean the avian flu outbreak, when it is engineered to jump to humans, won’t be as devastating as promised."
  Bird Flu Engineered to Infect Humans Could Be Lab-Produced ‘in Months,’ Former CDC Director Says

  EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT

• "I’m hopeful that Rhode Island attorneys will be interested in something more than the same old, same old, DEI education. If successful, perhaps we’ll take it to other states."
  RI Now Requires Attorneys Take DEI Continuing Education, So Equal Protection Project Will Create Our Own DEI Program
  
• "What are justice and equity? Those are really religious questions that, having turned their backs on religion, our universities are utterly incapable of answering."
  Modern Education: Justice and Equity vs. The Sociology of Miley Cyrus

  ABORTION

• "Kennedy’s tendency to alter his stance on abortion was observed previously when he initially supported a federal abortion ban after three months, only to retract this support mere hours later."
  The Worm Turns? RFK Flip Flops on Abortion AGAIN, Calls Last Week’s Position "Gruesome"
  
• "Sentencing of unjustly imprisoned pro-life activists takes place this Tuesday, May 14."
  Stand Up for the Pro-Life Persecuted

  THE 2020 AND 2022ELECTION HEISTS & AFTERMATH

• "Michigan’s Governor Whitmer and the Democrat-controlled Legislature passed a slew of bills that make it easier to commit voter fraud and harder to uncover it."
  Voting Shenanigans in Michigan
  
• “Ohioans deserve elections that are free and fair—not influenced by foreign billionaires allowed to bankroll Left-wing causes at the expense of American citizens,” Heritage Action Director of State Advocacy Catherine Gunsalus said in a statement. “…In a crucial election year with generational ballot measures on the line, the Speaker’s decision to put politics over election integrity is unacceptable. Conservatives will not relent in our calls to get foreign meddling out of every election and protect the votes of all Ohioans.”
  Pressure Grows For Ohio Speaker To Advance Bill Keeping Foreign Cash Out Of Elections

  POLITICS

• "At the rally in Wildwood, a south Jersey beach city with a year-round population of 5,157 according to the 2020 census, Trump energized the crowd and predicted a sweeping victory in the upcoming November election. Republican New Jersey Rep. Jeff Van Drew, a former Democrat, described the event as the largest political gathering in New Jersey’s history, according to Fox News."
  Trump Draws Nearly 100,000 to New Jersey Rally
  
• "Standing alone, the rally is a good predictor of how the election will go, but other data also show that the tide is heading in the right direction."
  President Trump’s NJ Rally, and What it Portends for the Coming Election
  
• "Trump could still surprise and pick a candidate like Virginia Lieutenant Governor Winsome Earle-Sears. But it's looking like Trump doesn't need to maker a big splash with his pick for vice president to win."
  What Would Governor Doug Burgum Bring to the Republican Ticket? (Very little - jjs)
  
• "The experienced strategist had been instrumental in discouraging efforts to prevent Trump’s nomination in the 2016 convention. He later faced convictions for financial crimes and ultimately received a presidential pardon from Trump."
  Paul Manafort Rules Out Return
  
• "Barron was cast into the spotlight during the trial as his father’s defense attorneys argued before Judge Juan Merchan that their client should be allowed a day off to attend Barron’s graduation ceremony next Friday. Merchan eventually agreed to allow Donald Trump to attend Barron’s graduation."
  Barron Trump Declines Offer To Be RNC Delegate Due To ‘Prior Commitments,’ But ‘He Does Like Politics’
  
• "The poll found that 47 percent of independent American voters said they leaned more toward the Republican Party, an increase from 42 percent in 2016. Meanwhile, 40 percent of voters said they leaned more toward the Democrat Party, a decrease from 46 percent in 2016, according to the poll results."
  Gallup: Republicans Enjoy 11-Point Swing from 2016 Their Way Against Democrats in Party Identification
  
• "There is an election thundering down upon us, and the Democrats haven’t seemed to notice."
  Democrat Voter Triage
  
• Asked to perform an impersonation of President Donald Trump during an interview with POLITICO this week, Speaker Mike Johnson did about as good a job as he’s done running the House of Representatives as a Republican: quite terrible.POLITICO Deep Dive podcast host Ryan Lizza goads Johnson into the impression, below, though it didn’t take much coaxing.
  AUDIO: Mike Johnson Does a Trump Impression, And It’s About As Good as His Speakership
  
• "Baltimore’s upcoming mayoral primary is an opportunity for voters to reclaim their city from lawlessness."
  Last Chance For Charm City?

  THE UKRAINIAN "FRONT"

• "The recent Russian offensive, launched unexpectedly on Friday, involves fighter jets, artillery units, infantry, and armor. These forces have been rapidly crossing the northeastern border between Russia and Ukraine."
  Russian Forces Push Deeper Into Ukraine

  FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL

• "Will 2024 see a repetition of the 2016 Brexit-Trump dual victory?"
  Anti-Establishment Pressure Builds as EU Elections Loom
  
• "Are we experiencing the last days of Germany’s rule by the transatlanticist center?"
  What’s the Matter With Germany?
  
• "In real terms, the PRC is producing much more military might than the U.S., regardless of what Washington spends."
  U.S. Defense Spending: The Value of Spending Rather Than Its Amount
  
• "American credibility took a hit as Ankara got away with its crimes."
  The Day(s) That Turkey’s Erdogan Humiliated America
  
• "The murder of Polish Jews wasn't entirely a German affair."
  Polish Authorities Try to Suppress What Really Happened to Jews in Poland

  DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS

• "'Equity' means realizing 'treating everybody the same might not be enough,' VA official Shawn Liu says."
  DEI Hits the VA: Biden's Veterans Affairs Department Offers Race-Based Training Programs That Exclude White Vets

  DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE

• "States and cities spend billions on housing projects that are costly, cumbersome to build, and won’t solve the affordability crisis."
  Gimme (Government) Shelter

  ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY

• "This was the 50th successful launch by SpaceX this year, in only a little more that five months. Reaching the company’s goal of 150 launches in 2024 (six of which were planned to be Starship/Superheavy test launches) remains a challenge, but if the company reaches even 80% of that goal (120) it will have set a record for launches greater than what the entire world achieved for every year of the space age until 2020."
  SpaceX launches 23 more Starlink satellites
  
• "Andromeda is actually the largest visible galaxy in the night sky, about six times with width of the full Moon. If you can get to a very dark-sky location, get your eyes very dark-adapted, and you know where to look, you can actually see it with the naked eye. I did this once at a star party, helped by a bunch of amateur astronomers. The galaxy is very faint, and it helps to use binoculars to help locate it, but once identified its size in the sky truly is breath-taking."
  The spiral dust streams within the Andromeda galaxy

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

• "LGBT activists are trying to make it impossible to report violations of laws protecting women and children, putting real people in danger."
  Trans Scum Sabotage Hotline For Girls To Report Creepy Men In Their Bathrooms
  
• Rowling was responding to a since-deleted post on X cheering the promotion of a trans-identifying referred — who goes by the name Lucy Clark — to manager at Sutton United. According to The Daily Mail, that post read, “Lucy Clark, the world’s first openly transgender referee, has made history by becoming the first trans manager in the top five divisions of English women’s football.”
  JK Rowling Fires Back After She’s Accused Of ‘Cruelty’ Over Comments On Trans-Identifying Football Manager
  
• "The Title IX update is perverse - and many states are fighting back."
  Undeniably Unentitled

  CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE

• "The 70-year-old comedian also made headlines recently for blaming 'the extreme left' for ruining comedy."
  Jerry Seinfeld's Commencement Address Sparks Walkout by Anti-Semites at Duke University
  
• Some conservative commentators have asserted that the busty Hollywood starlet, who is clearly not afraid to display her femininity, represents the “death of woke.” The Spectator claimed her rising star represented a “return to real body positivity.”
  Sydney Sweeney’s Very Existence Rankles The Casual, Anti-White Racists.
  
• "Essentially, Target wants to barf the rainbow all over everything for the month of June, and throughout the rest of 2024 as well."
  Target Announces Its 2024 'Pride' Plan
  
• Raw Egg Nationalist: "These people are physical avatars of chaos, and their physical form is not incidental to that fact."
  Do Leftists Have a Mental Disorder?
  
• Christian Toto: "Nicolas Cage's first-rate thriller shows power of male role models."
  Arcadian Delivers Scares Atop Conservative Values
  
• "The Oxford Union held a debate on the motion that 'This House Believes Populism is a Threat to Democracy.' And who better to argue the case than former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi?"
  Malig-Nancy Pelosi Wows ‘Em at the Oxford Union

  HITHER & YON

• "Sad news out of Canada this week – Rex Murphy, the country's top right-of-center columnist and for years the only Canadian journalist consistently worth reading, has died after a battle with cancer. He was 77."
  Rex Murphy, R.I.P.

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