The Morning Report — 3/ 3 /25

Good morning kids. For those of you in South Carolina, stay safe! Hopefully your localities are not headed up by Bass-holes and Newsoms.

Of course the big story is the fallout, pun intended I suppose, of the Trump/Vance Borscht-belt refugee Shecky Zelenskyy meeting that the latter seemed to intentionally sabotage. Either that or the Pissant Pysanky is just naturally clueless and boorish. To not have known going in what the position is of the person you are bargaining with is to completely flunk diplomacy 101. Trump has made crystal clear for quite some time, his disenchantment with those who seek to waste billions of dollars and millions of lives on what is essentially a centuries-old border dispute between Russia and Ukraine that has the potential to touch off a third world war. It's also reflective of the feelings of a solid majority of the American people, Ukrainian flag emojis on Facebook notwithstanding.

Despite at certain points in history being an independent country, Ukraine for the most part was for centuries either part of the Tsarist Russian Empire or of the Soviet Union. Now, did Vladimir Putin have the right to launch an invasion and war to take back part or all of Ukraine by force of arms and in so doing slaughter thousands of people including his own soldiers and citizens? No. But to not recognize the blundering and political bullshit emanating from Foggy Bottom going back to the Obama and Clinton years in setting the stage for this, is willful ignorance, mostly on the part of the institutional Left in this nation and the warmongering neocons who can't see past their own snouts in the trough of the military industrial complex that get fat off the blood and treasure of America's soldiers and taxpayers.

Of course, the usual suspects are blaming Trump and Vance and worse than that are once again trotting out the hideous slander of them being Putin's puppets. Even way before Trump shut this travesty down, the word "Impeachment" has been echoing through the whorehouses of Congress.

The Anti-American American Left could care less about Ukraine except for how it could be used as a weapon to rid themselves of Donald Trump and more importantly, protect their generational war on America as founded and obtain absolute power. So what if millions of Ukrainians and Russians needlessly die or even if someone somewhere miscalculates and nuclear weapons are used. A lot was revealed in this kerfluffle.

The conservative lens reveals a deeper truth: this clash is a referendum on globalism’s failures. For decades, we’ve been sold a lie -- that America must police the world, that our prosperity hinges on perpetual war. Trump shatters that illusion. His minerals gambit wasn’t greed; it was genius -- a chance to onshore critical supply chains, slashing reliance on China while giving Ukraine a stake in its own salvation. Imagine a future where American factories hum with Ukrainian titanium, not Shenzhen’s scraps. Zelensky’s rejection didn’t just tank a deal; it spurned a vision. . . Is there risk? Sure. A U.S. pullback could strain NATO, embolden Moscow short-term. But the greater risk is inertia -- bleeding out for a war with no victory lap. Trump’s not wrong: Zelensky’s gambling with World War III, but so are we by staying tethered to his quagmire. The President’s play is bold, brash, and quintessentially American -- a rejection of guilt, a return to grit. Conservatives must rally here, not waver. This isn’t retreat; it’s rebirth. Let Europe carry the torch; we’ve got a nation to rebuild.

In a not wholly unrelated story, along with the cutting the funding to financially wasteful and in most cases societally destructive bureaucracies, Last week President, and Commander-in-Chief of the United States' Armed Forces President Trump sacked a whole lot of Flag officers

The current president’s decision to fire flag officers isn’t a break with American law and tradition. The “Appeal to Congress” from former secretaries of defense certainly is. The warning about a crisis is the crisis. This dangerous argument needs to be hammered into its grave, quickly and forcefully.

Like DOGE and the wholesale rejection of Democrat policies across the board by wider and wider swathes of the citizenry is a crisis to those who have led us down the road to ruin domestically and internationally since at least the end of the Second World War, if not longer.

. . .Pentagon data that increasingly is calibrated in terms of race, gender, and sexual orientation, have also shown that in recent years, white males, who serve and die—asymmetrically to their demographics—in combat theaters, have shied away from the military, and disproportionally account for general recruitment shortfalls.

One likely explanation is that they apparently felt that inordinate political Pentagon DEI emphases and public congressional commentary from Pentagon brass about supposed endemic “white privilege” or purported racist cabals were aimed at them. In 2021, Secretary of Defense Austin and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs General Milley seemed to weigh in before Congress on highly political and polarizing matters of critical race theory—even connecting the January 6 demonstrations to supposed “whiteness”, opining on “white rage,” and recommending the controversial racialist works of Ibram X. [krement] Kendi.

Politics in the Pentagon predated the current Trump administration.

. . . Will there be more or fewer theater-wide wars, such as those in Ukraine and the Middle East?

Will the Pentagon procurement pivot from traditional military systems and platforms, following lessons in the Middle East and Ukraine, in order to emphasize drones, and cheaper and more numerous munitions?

And lastly and most importantly, will the generals who replaced those fired prove more adroit in defending U.S. interests and less political—or less so?

The realities that follow from these firings, not necessarily the firings themselves, or the anger at them, will answer those questions.

Recall it was the dog-eating Muslim son-of-a-Stalinist who sacked flag officers because he feared they'd come after thim once his agenda of Fundamental transformation got into high gear. Of course, not a peep from the propagandists, and of course we all know what happened to Mike Flynn.

Taken all together, the old order is being shaken apart by Donald Trump. Just his presence and for sure what he is exposing will, please God, have the salutary effect on our society and government long after he has left office.

No doubt, the will to power and those who seek it will still be with us, such is human nature, but hopefully future generations will have rejected them in sufficient numbers for a real American and western renaissance of sanity and prosperity to take hold. The fact that Trump was RE-re-elected in the first place last November, and that the approval numbers for the media are in the toilet, inversely proportional with that of Trump's first 6 weeks, while certainly not absolute proof, certainly must mean something insofar as we seem to be moving in the right direction.

If we can somehow disrupt and dismantle the Academia/brainwashing industry, then we really will have a shot at perhaps seeing restoration, or the foundation of it being set down in our lifetime.

From the ridiculous to the sublime.

President Trump has invited a freed Israeli hostage to the White House after being shocked by his stomach-turning interview following 16 months in Hamas captivity.

Eli Sharabi, who was released last month after being held by the Palestinian terror group since October 2023, is expected to meet with President Trump on Tuesday, his brother Sharon told Israeli newspaper Haaretz Sunday. Trump extended the invitation to Sharabi and other hostages after being shown clips of his harrowing interview describing his torture and starvation.

Sharabi described being chained, beaten, and starved by his captors, with treatment worsening every time Israel’s leaders announced the worsening of prison conditions of captured Hamas fighters, in an interview with Israel’s Channel 12. . . Sharabi lost 40% of his body weight while in captivity, the Times of Israel reported.

He was released as part of the first phase of a ceasefire deal that saw 29 other hostages and the bodies of eight Israelis returned to the country. A total of 59 hostages are still being held by terror groups in the Gaza Strip.

I can only imagine how the media will report on this meeting. That is if they report on it at all. Probably complain that the real victims The "Palestinians" were snubbed in favor of Israeli colonialists.

Al Jazeera can hire Joy Reid for a song! Jizz + Zira. QED.

MSNBC has just fired Joy Reid, who had her own news-and-opinion show at the network for four years. Reid is best known for her crazed anti-Israel and antisemitic views, including her conspiracy-theorizing about “who really was responsible for 9/11,” and her nonstop attacks on Israel for “bombing babies” in Gaza. . . When Joy Reid refers to “little babies being bombed,” she does not have in mind the baby-killers of Hamas, whose operatives burned alive Jewish babies on October 7, 2023. Nor does she mean those members of Hamas who murdered the Bibas boys, four-year-old Ariel and nine-month-old Kfir, by strangling them in November 2023. No, she means the IDF, which she wants you to believe has deliberately, with malice aforethought, caused “little babies” to be “bombed.” Some children, including babies, have died in Gaza from Israeli strikes on buildings where Hamas was hiding both its operatives and its weapons. But such deaths are the unavoidable consequence of Hamas’ practice of embedding its operatives and its weapons in civilian areas, using Gazans as human shields. There has never been the slightest intent by the IDF to harm “little babies,” or, indeed, ay civilians. The IDF, in the hellish conditions of urban warfare, made more difficult still by Hamas embedding itself in with the civilian population, including “babies,” makes a tremendous effort, unheard of in the annals of modern warfare, to warn civilians away from sites about to be targeted. Already by March 2024, the IDF had dropped nine million leaflets, sent fifteen million text messages, and made sixteen million robocalls

As for my co-religionists - a condition that is merely an accident of birth and nothing more. At last night's Oscar ceremony many, those of the self-gassing bent, actually cheered a pro-'Palestinian' agitprop documentary. Funny how their necks will never know the feeling of KSM's rusty hacksaw. If only.

A news outlet finally asked one of the biggest questions haunting Hollywood. “Why Are Jewish Celebrities in Hollywood So Afraid to Talk About Antisemitism?” reads a probing op-ed at The Hollywood Reporter. The author explores how relatively quiet Jewish personalities have been over the past year-plus. All the while, antisemitism has flourished in ways we haven’t seen in decades. Remember how Sarah Silverman created “The Great Schlep” in 2008 to help Barack Obama’s presidential campaign? Or, more recently, how she mistakenly saw a swastika in a generic public image and cried foul. Now, as Jews are literally chased into an attic, she says nothing. Non-Jewish stars have been equally silent. That’s a bigger question that also needs to be addressed. Sadly, the author is either afraid to explore the answer or can’t bear to say it. Here it is. It’s mostly political. Defending Jewish people isn’t cool in Hollywood. It’s framed as right-leaning and makes stars uncomfortable. President Donald Trump has been a loyal friend to Israel.

P.S. From the No-Shit-Sherlock Dept., Chris Murphy is cancer.

far-left Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Orange Man Bad) offered a detailed blow-by-blow account of the entire incident, concluding that “the whole meeting is a set up. By pushing this plan to hand Ukraine to Putin (IN FRONT OF ZELENSKY!), Trump is trying to either humiliate or provoke Zelensky. But he does neither, and so Vance has to light the match.” Neocon warhawk Bill Kristol reposted a photo of Zelensky with Trump, along with the caption: “The Leader of the Free World, sitting next to Donald Trump.” . . . For the left, that is the worst thing Trump could possibly do. From their socialist internationalist perspective, his America-First position is wrongheaded, obstructionist, and recklessly counterrevolutionary. They would rather see America bankrupted than a reconsideration of the disastrous foreign policy strategy the nation has pursued for 75 years. And so they side once again against Trump and for the continued draining of the resources of the American people. There was never any doubt that they would.

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ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY




• South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster (R) declared a State of Emergency in response to more than 100 wildfires breaking out in the state that had impacted 4,200 acres.
  South Carolina Governor Declares State of Emergency in Response to Wildfires

• Characterized by persistent symptoms such as brain fog, insomnia, tinnitus, and palpitations, PVS is said to affect individuals long after vaccination. Some victims have shared their experiences of unemployment, homelessness, and dependency on antidepressants.
  Yale Study Reveals Covid ‘Post-Vaccination Syndrome’ Victims.
  
• Daniel Greenfield: The alternative to government tribal neutrality is tribal warfare.
  The DEI Detribalization

THE UKRAINIAN "FRONT" and AFFRONT!
• Victor Davis Hanson: March 2025 is not March 2022.
  10 Bad Takeaways From the Zelenskyy Blow-Up
  
• At the end of the meeting, when he’d blown up the whole deal, Zelensky smirked and gave the thumbs up to someone off camera among the press pack. Never mind that his ambassador was sitting a few feet away watching the debacle unfold with her head in her hands. There is no excuse to misconstrue who was to blame for blowing up the meeting and jeopardizing the peace deal because it all played out live on camera for almost an hour.
  Miranda Devine: Zelensky was the true instigator of the Oval Office fracas — not an ‘ambush’ from Trump
  
• Robert Spencer: Anything anti-American is just what the Left loves to see.
  Leftists Swoon Over Zelensky After His Confrontation with Trump and Vance
  
• Trump and Vance told Zelensky he is in no position to make demands of the U.S. government after the Ukrainian leader attempted to strong-arm the United States.
  In Oval Office Temper Tantrum, Zelensky Blows Up Peace Talks
  
• And the Left is apoplectic about it.
  Trump, Vance Shut Down Zelensky in Jaw-Dropping White House Confrontation
  
• The White House says that they were stunned by Zelensky's behavior.
  Cruz Rips Zelensky Over ‘Most Disastrous Oval Office Meeting’ In History
  
• Clarice Feldman: A clear-eyed, masterful negotiator looked at the field, came up with what he believes is the best available deal for his client (us) and the world and a posturing midget egged on by arrogant armchair warriors failed to grab it.
  Zelensky’s Terrible, Horrible, Very Bad, No Good Day
  
• Yesterday’s explosive White House showdown between President Donald J. Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has ignited a firestorm of debate. 
  Trump’s Ukraine Gambit
  
• "Usually, in international diplomacy, the client doesn't dictate to the patron."
  Video: Victor Davis Hanson on Trump-Zelensky Dust-Up at Oval Office
  
• The most revealing aspect of this entire episode is how quickly the media jumped to construct a fantasy version of events. Rather than reporting what actually happened—a cordial meeting that deteriorated after Zelenskyy's poor diplomatic choices—they spun tales of Trump setting "traps" and staging "humiliations" because they refused to acknowledge the fact that Zelenskyy was at fault.
  A Liberal Reporter Destroyed the Left's Narrative About Zelensky's Meeting with Trump
  
• The UK and France have already committed to sending troops into the former Eastern bloc nation to act as peacekeepers, but other European nations, notably Italy, Germany, and Poland, have so far shot down the idea.
  UK and France to Craft a ‘Coalition of the Willing’ Ukraine Peace Plan to Present to Trump, Says PM Starmer
  
• . . .the tension in the room was fierce almost from the get-go, with the tension rising after just 10 minutes of conversation between the three men. Zelensky and Trump had intended to sign a rare earth mineral deal that would dictate terms for the US to gain income from the development of those minerals beneath Ukraine's soil.
  'No one comes to the Oval Office and dictates terms': Jack Posobiec on Zelensky being tossed from the White House
  
• "His requests were ridiculous," Lutnick added.
  Commerce Secretary Says Zelensky Wanted ‘Make-Believe Bargain’ With Reparations, Security Guarantees
  
• Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s childish histrionics and ultimatums in the Oval Office are reflective of the European delusional mindset of self-serving expectations.
  Zelenskyy and the Future of NATO

  DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE

• A state government costs its taxpayers over a billion bucks, and no one comes even close to getting punished.
  A $1.1-billion mistake
  
• Fiscal responsibility is a tall order.
  What DOGE can learn from the states
  
• The political left believes the administrative state deserves special protections.
  Should Federal Workers Be Treated Differently Than Private-Sector Employees?
  
• “Porker of the Month is a dubious honor given to lawmakers and government officials who have shown a blatant disregard for the taxpayers,” CAGW explained Thursday in a press release announcing its choice of Rep. Stansbury as February’s “winner.” After joining her fellow Democrats in a failed bid to subpoena Musk at a House Oversight Hearing on Government Efficiency on February 5, Rep. Stansbury went on a fearmongering rant against Musk and DOGE, accusing them of “literally breaking the law and Constitution.”
  Rep. Stansbury Named ‘Porker of the Month’ for ‘Tirade Against Saving Taxpayer Dollars,’ DOGE, Musk
  
• Federal employees’ meltdown over layoffs is peak entitlement—welcome to the real world, where the private sector has been toughing it out for decades without the dramatics.
  Federal Employees Are Whining Again—And This Time, No One’s Crying With Them

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

• The forces include a Stryker Brigade Combat Team.
  Hegseth Orders 3,000 Troops To U.S. Southern Border: ‘Dead Serious’
  
• To promote unity, cultivate a shared American culture for all citizens, ensure consistency in government operations, and create a pathway to civic engagement, it is in America’s best interest for the Federal Government to designate one — and only one — official language. Establishing English as the official language will not only streamline communication but also reinforce shared national values, and create a more cohesive and efficient society.
  Trump Makes English the Official Language of the United States (How about abolishing bilingualism everywhere?! - jjs)
  
• Illinois Democrat Rep. Chuy Garcia issued a scathing statement Thursday evening in reaction to an ICE arrest that took place outside of a Chicago charter school the previous day. Garcia, who referred to the apprehension as an “ambush,” touted legislation he introduced in Congress that would prohibit deportation officers from making such arrests at “sensitive locations” such as schools or hospitals.
  Democrat Complains About ICE Arresting Migrant ‘Parent’ Outside School. Turns Out Perp Is Twice-Deported Gangbanger

  ISRAEL vs IRAN & GAZA/HAMAS . . . AND BIDEN

  
  

• With the conclusion of the first stage of the hostages deal and in light of Hamas’s refusal to accept the Witkoff framework for the continuation of the talks, to which Israel has agreed, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has decided that, as of this morning, the entry of all goods and supplies to the Gaza Strip will be halted. Israel will not allow a ceasefire without a release of our hostages. If Hamas persists in its refusal, there will be additional consequences.
  Netanyahu Cuts Off Aid to Gaza After Hamas Reportedly Rejects Trump Ceasefire
  
• If the world is serious about ending Palestinian suffering, it must hold Arab rulers accountable for deliberately sustaining this conflict.
  Why Arab Countries Do Not Want Gazans
  
• This offer could pave the way for Trump’s proposal that Gaza can become the Riviera of the Mediterranean, rather than a terrorist hellhole.
  Libya Offers to Welcome 'Palestinian' Refugees
  
• The Trump Administration will continue to use all available tools to fulfill America’s long-standing commitment to Israel’s security, including means to counter security threats.
  Marco Rubio Signs Order to Speed $4 Billion in Military Aid to Israel
  
• Anyone who believes the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) is actually a council for human rights at this point, let alone thinks the UN is legitimate organization, has been woefully fooled. 
  UN 'Human Rights Committee' Censors American For Mentioning Hamas Atrocities
  
• Trump extended the invitation to Sharabi and other hostages after being shown clips of his harrowing interview describing his torture and starvation. Sharabi described being chained, beaten, and starved by his captors, with treatment worsening every time Israel’s leaders announced the worsening of prison conditions of captured Hamas fighters, in an interview with Israel’s Channel 12.
  Trump invites freed Israeli hostage Eli Sharabi to White House after he shared account of stomach-churning Hamas torture
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• Why is the daughter of a terrorist group leader studying steps from the Capitol?
  Georgetown’s Hamas Family Values

  WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM

• Muslim groups try to deny the clear meaning of the murderous remarks.
  Did the ‘Zionist Lobby’ Really Trick the Two Muslim Nurses into Saying They Wanted to Kill Jews?
  
• This year, St. Patrick’s Day coincides with the anniversary of Islam’s most significant battle during Ramadan.
  Ramadan and St. Patrick: A Warning to the West

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

• CNN has refused to inform their audience of a growing scandal tying prominent Democrats to Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan. . . Farrakhan is a notorious anti-Semite and racist . . .At least eight Democrats are known to have met with Farrakhan and four have refused to denounce him
  CNN’s Bizarre Blackout On Democrats’ Farrakhan Scandal

• In a hard-hitting new book, Robert Spencer recounts the bleak history of antisemitism.
  The Forever Holocaust
  
• Christian Toto: It's no shock to see Oscars audience cheer pro-'Palestinian' documentary
  Why Hollywood Celebrities Won’t Talk About Antisemitism

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

• “The deep state is a cancer that undermines popular sovereignty.The deep state depends on secrecy, which is why it compulsively promulgates it.”
  The Left-Wing Origins of ‘Deep State’ Theory
  
• DEI was the biggest con of the century, embedding bureaucratic hustlers in academia while fueling ideological extremism—now, as it collapses, new labels emerge to mask its failure.
  DEI Was the Biggest Con of the Century

• What we have now is a cheap knockoff.
  Master Thieves Stole the Constitution

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

• The comedian and actor was appalled by what he saw as inaccurate reporting and believes Woodward should answer for it.
  Bill Murray Says Bob Woodward Should Answer for ‘Tearing Down’ John Belushi: ‘I Read Five Pages and Went, Oh My God, They Framed Nixon’
  
• The death of objectivity has been both cause and effect.
  An Obit for Journalism

• The video calling service is shutting down in May after 21 years of operation.
  End Of An Era: Microsoft Confirms Skype Shutdown In May

  
  THE ECONOMY, STUPID

• Trump’s tariffs may sting short-term, but they’re a long-term play to reshore jobs, boost GDP, and rebuild America’s industrial might—if he stays the course.
  Trump’s Tariffs Will Create Millions of Jobs

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

• Thad McCotter: The climate doomsday clock keeps resetting, proving that the only thing warming faster than the planet is the rhetoric of the self-anointed experts.
  Climate Changing the Goal Posts
  
• The world’s elites, at home and abroad, are pushing hard for this and, currently, Trump and RFK, Jr., are the only bulwark against it.
  One Health: The New Godless Quasi-Religion that Ranks Humans Below Nature

  
  EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT

• Across America, universities are openly defying President Trump’s Executive Order 14151, which aimed to end the radical and wasteful DEI bureaucracy infecting institutions nationwide.
  DEI Universities Defy Trump
  
• Doing so would help restore professionalism and respectability on campus.
  To Restore Trust, Universities Should Cut These Programs

  SECOND AMENDMENT

• There are many solid reasons for owning a firearm, according to a Paul Harrell video on YouTube.
  Six reasons to go buy a gun

• On the heels of a U.S. appeals court ruling on January 30 against a federal law banning handgun sales to persons under 21, Congressman Thomas Massie (R-KY) has reintroduced a bill that would officially repeal that law.
  Rep. Massie Reintroduces Second Amendment for Every Registrable Voter Act

  THE 2020 AND 2022ELECTION HEISTS & AFTERMATH AND 2024 SHENANIGANS

  DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY

• Railing against billionaires has been a popular Democrat rhetorical device for decades, but the criticism has come to the forefront since Elon Musk took the lead of the Department of Government Efficiency and has made many substantial government changes in President Donald Trump’s administration. 
  Dems Fretting Over Billionaires Have Been On The Billionaire Dole For Years

  MORE CONFIRMATION HEARING News and Views

• The commissioner-nominee’s recent book is a cogent critique of an establishment he now seeks to lead.
  What to Expect From Trump’s Pick to Lead the FDA

  POLITICS

• President Trump understands that the only way to succeed with so many power centers aligned against him is to attack everywhere in a political shock-and-awe campaign.
  Shock, Rattle, and Awe
  
• 'I felt the energy in the room was electric,' Burgum said. 'People were excited...to be part of this historic team.'
  ‘We Have A Chance To Literally Change The Whole World’: Doug Burgum On The New Trump Cabinet
  
• One of my coworkers asked me if I would still have voted for President Trump if I had thought it could cost my job. My answer surprised her.
  America’s Last Chance
  
• Over 15,000 seniors dead in nursing homes. Livelihoods destroyed. Families broken. Businesses ruined. Communities devastated. Dreams crushed—all because of your reckless, selfish, and heartless decisions.
  Andrew Cuomo’s Mayoral Comeback Bid Sparks Outrage

  FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL

• Could there be a more perfect metaphor for the impact of mass migration in Western Europe?
  Migrant Occupation of Paris Theater Turns ‘Explosive’

• “There’s real concern that American speech, which is online, could fall into the hands of the British or any country’s jurisdiction,” Rubio said. “What unites us with Europe … is these shared values, and one of them being free speech. And so, if Americans are threatened by it, we’re going to need to take action.”
  Trump Administration Will ‘Take Action’ If Keir Starmer-Led U.K. Censors Americans

• A new era of U.S. foreign politics introduced to Europe by Vice President J. D. Vance at the Munich Security Conference will have a ripple effect, across Europe and beyond.
  Vanceism and Post-USAID American Foreign Politics — Implications for Georgia
  
• The postwar order built on Roosevelt’s naive trust in Stalin and sustained by America’s costly global interventions now teeters on the edge of irrelevance.
  Trump, Vance, and the New New World Order
  
• Under the guidance of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabia is becoming a player in the world of international diplomacy—and that’s okay.
  Riyadh: The New Global Diplomatic Hub?
  
• Trump has correctly adopted a maximum pressure policy. The United Kingdom, the European Union, and its member states should follow suit.
  Iran Tried To Put A Bullet In My Head Because I Support The West’s Pressure Against The Regime

• Trump’s public downgrading of Europe—and his Oval Office spat with Zelensky—may have injected some realism into European politics. In January, NATO secretary general Mark Rutte told the European Parliament, "European countries easily spend up to a quarter of their national income on pensions, health and social security systems, and we need only a small fraction of that money to make defense much stronger." Several high-ranking Europeans essentially announced they were abandoning the Green Deal this week.
  Europe’s Free Ride Comes to an End
  
• Hungary is continuing its pro-family agenda, introducing tax breaks and other incentives for couples who wish to start a family. Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, a longtime ally of President Donald J. Trump, reiterated his government’s commitment to pro-family policies in an address to the parliament this week.Orbán announced that starting in October, tax deductions for children will be doubled. Additionally, mothers with two or more children will receive full income tax exemptions.
  Orbán Unveils New Pro-Family Financial Support in Hungary.

• This figure represents the lowest birth rate since records began. In the past year, fewer than 720,000 newborns were recorded in the East Asian nation, which has a population of 124 million. It marks a five percent drop in births since 2023. Meanwhile, mortality rates have outpaced births at a ratio of 2:1, highlighting Japan’s demographic challenges.
  Japan’s Birth Rate Crisis Hits Historic 125-Year All-Time Low.

• “The Holy Father, this afternoon, after a morning spent alternating between respiratory physiotherapy and prayer in the chapel, experienced an isolated episode of bronchospasm."
  Pope-temkin Pope Francis suffers breathing crisis while in hospital as health worsens

  DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS

• Victor Davis Hanson: The Pentagon has long been political—Trump’s firings aren’t new, but their results will reveal if the military is truly depoliticized or just under new management.
  Who Really Politicized the Pentagon?
  
• Trump’s decision to fire flag officers isn’t a break with American law and tradition. The warning about a crisis is the crisis.
  It Isn’t A ‘Crisis’ For Trump To Fire Flag Officers, It’s A Crisis To Think He Can’t

  HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE

• As with last year’s infections, the majority of the cases are among the homeless.
  Portland Continues to Embrace its Third World Dysentery Experience

  ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY

• Three steps the president should take
  How Trump Can Save NASA
  
• Note that though some launch sites indicate China also did a launch this weekend of the solid-fueled Kuaizhou-1A rocket built by the pseudo-company Expace, a translation of this French site indicates the launch was a failure.
  Russia and SpaceX complete launches
  
• The goal had been to make the first fly-by of an asteroid by a private company, getting data on the M-type asteroid 2022 OB5, thought to be made up largely of nickel-iron which would make it extremely valuable.
  Astroforge’s Odin spacecraft tumbling and probably be lost

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

• Daniel Greenfield: There should be a Nobel Peace Prize in that alone.
  Trump’s USAID Freeze Saves Thousands from Castration in India
  
• The bill specifies gender will be considered in state law as synonymous with biological sex rather than gender identity. In addition, people with sexual developmental disorders — including persons with intersex traits — would be afforded legal protections that cover people with disabilities. The terms “gender” and “gender identity” were also struck out in the bill.
  Iowa Becomes First State To Axe Transgender Protections From Civil Rights Code

  CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE

• Daniel Greenfield: Have they considered the impact on them?
  Liberal Celebs Push “Economic Blackout” to Tank Economy
  
• “I will fill my truck up with gas today, go to Walmart, then to Best Buys and finally stop at McDonalds for lunch. Then go shopping on Amazon when I get home. The woke left is supposed to boycott those places today. “
  Somehow The Country Kept Shopping While Anti-Trump/Musk Activists Called For ‘Economic Blackout Day’
  
• Anne of Green Gables... but gay.
  Netflix propaganda flicks
  
• In New York City, the words of the prophets are still written on the subway walls.
  The Nuclear Family is Under Attack
  
• Leave it to your typical theatre types to learn the consequences of liberalism the hard way.
  Leftist Theatre Faces Bankruptcy After Inviting Homeless Migrants Who Refuse to Leave

  HITHER & YON

• It’s been 13 years since we lost Andrew, but his legacy will always live on, and he will be remembered as the original fighter and the one who understood how culture truly affected politics. Nobody understood the media/political landscape better than Andrew, and nobody knew how to take on the left and expose hypocrisy more effectively.
  13 Years: The Legacy of Andrew Breitbart: The Cultural Shift That Changed the World

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