The Morning Report — 4/ 2 /25

Good morning kids. First up, on a sad note, news broke late last night of the passing of actor Val Kilmer at the age of 65. He was in some of the more iconic pictures of the mid 80s through the 90s, creating some memorable roles and moments on the silver screen. RIP.

Well, Wisconsin disappoints yet again. There were reports late last week of serious election integrity shenanigans in Milwaukee and considering what we all saw in 2020, the only thing that really ticks me off is that both the state and national GOP, which had plenty of time to organize and marshal the resources to both rally voters and do what they could from the legal standpoint to fight the cheat, did nothing. On a positive note, the resolution requiring photo ID to vote actually passed. And, the special elections in Florida were big wins for our side.

The Leftists were and are making the Wisconsin race for an open state Supreme court seat into a supposed mandate on Trump. I fully expect the spin machine to either ignore the two wins in Florida or else claim them to not mean anything. These elections aside, all recent polling shows broad support for Trump and the MAGA agenda across the board and a concomitant disaffection with Democrats. More crucially, the reactions to the butchery of "Snow White" as well as full on rejection of the Democrat platforms of Woke, DEI and all the rest I think are a bellwether of a societal shift away from the depredations and madness of unchecked Leftism. There is a sea change in the culture that will be seen and felt over the course of quite a few years to come. If nothing else, I hope to live long enough to see and feel it in the final twilight of my sunset years, whenever that is to be.

On a personal note, I somehow managed to rear-end someone resulting in the likely write off of my car. And it happened right in front of a polling station. How's that for irony. Anyway, most importantly no one was injured but suffice it to say that considering the year I've already had this is the last thing I needed. Like the proverbial hole in my head that I quite literally have.

Anyway, basta cosi on that. Life goes on, Oh-blah-dee, and this too shall pass. As for the local politics, now comes the full court press (pun intended) to gerrymander the hell out of this place so as to eliminate two solidly GOP seats, one of them belonging to my congressman Brian Steil.

So, some scumbag in Philadelphia got arrested for tossing nails in the driveways and at the cars of Trump supporters. Well, at least we can be thankful hat his neighbor down the block wasn't Bill Ayers who could have advised him about the efficacy of steel pipe, black powder and long fuses. Or Mohammed the Clock Boy. . .

And with that, I give you this effluent to chug down on this dreary morning.

Mystal said, “I set out to start to kind of try to write Project 2029,” Mystal explained. “When Republicans come into office, they come in with a sledge hammer. They come in smashing things that I hold dear. When Democrats come into office, they come with like superglue and tape. And, so they try to put things back together. So, I thought about writing ten Constitutional Amendments that would be super cool if we had. But, I was like, ‘No, no, no.’ We need to smash the things that they like. We need to smash the things that are holding this country back. And, so I came up with ten laws that we could just get rid of — not reform, not update for the modern era. Ten things that we can smash if we ever are allowed to get power again that would make this country better tomorrow.”Co-host Sunny Hostin said, “One of the laws you write about is playing out right now, the Immigration and Nationality Act,” Hostin said. “Now, this administration is using this statute to justify the detentions and possible deportations actually of visa and green card holders who they seem to deem a threat to U.S. foreign policy. What do you make of the administration’s use of the act, and more broadly, is Trump really setting up a First Amendment showdown — which is what Whoopi’s been talking about?” One of my premises for the book is that every law passed before the 1965 Voting Rights Act should be presumptively unconstitutional. Because before the 1965 Voting Rights Act, we were functionally an apartheid country. Not everybody who lived here, could vote here. So, why should I give a about some law that some old white man passed in 1920s like, the Immigration and Nationality Act?”

By this logic, if you could call it that, Mystal Blue Persuasion seems to be advocating for the legalization of murder. But hey, what about the Civil War amendments that officially freed the slaves and recognized their citizenship. Meh, I guess the Constitution itself is unconstitutional, eh?! the stupidity is just off the charts, but there you have it. In any case, sorry to inflict that on you, but it is nothing if not illustrative of the mindset, will to power and hubris to presume to have any moral authority that is Leftism.

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ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY
• Falling birth rates in rich nations threaten collapse, while poorer regions boom—forcing tough questions on economics, culture, and why modern women choose not to have children.
  Can We Fix Our Demographic Doom Loop?
  
• Meet the billionaires funding the left-wing agenda . . . with dark money.
  The Left’s Oligarchy

DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE
• Thankfully, the CFPB’s days of no accountability to the taxpayers appear to be on their last legs.
  Congress puts Trump’s anti-CFPB agenda on the front burner
  
• On Thursday, Trump signed an executive order that ends collective bargaining rights for most federal workers, a move that “is a magnitude of tenfold on what they’ve done so far on their attack of the federal workforce and the labor movement,” Cathy Creighton, director of Cornell University’s Industrial and Labor Relations Buffalo Co-Lab, told the Washington Post.
  Trump Starts Undoing JFK’s Worst Mistake
  
• Elon Musk is right that some of our wealthy “public servants” need to have their puzzling finances scrutinized.
  Make IRS Sauce The Same For Both Citizen Goose and Politician Gander
  
• After President Donald Trump signed an executive order last month targeting USIP for reductions, DOGE visited the organization’s Washington headquarters, prompting a dramatic standoff.
  Musk: U.S. Institute of Peace Attempted to Delete One Terabyte of Financial Data to ‘Cover Their Crimes’
  
• The Tides Center has a long history of funneling funding to radical anti-police and anti-Israel groups
  Newsom's California Has Sent Nearly $18 Million in Taxpayer Funds to Soros-Backed Tides Center

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

• The term “Trump Effect” has been attributed to this drastic reduction, with proponents crediting specific policies aimed at bolstering border security. The Los Angeles Times reported a notable decline in apprehensions along the California-Mexico border. Where once daily arrests numbered over 1,200 during peak migration periods in April, current figures suggest only 30 to 40 such instances per day.
  March Sees Record Low in Illegal Border Crossings.
  
• A national E-Verify mandate could reduce illegal employment, encouraging illegal aliens to return to their home countries.
  The One Simple Trick That Could Lead Illegal Immigrants To Self-Deport

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

• The eruption of anti-Hamas protests across the Gaza Strip last week was a win for Israel, which has called for a popular revolt against the Palestinian terrorist group. Israel’s renewed military campaign in Gaza appears to have triggered the protests by weakening Hamas’s control of the strip and its credibility with the population, according to Israeli national security analysts. But the analysts said it was too soon to say if the protests would contribute to Israel’s war aims: the release of the remaining hostages in Gaza and Hamas’s removal from power.
  What the Anti-Hamas Protests in Gaza Mean for Israel
  
• Trump’s plan for Gaza, though widely ridiculed, is having quite an effect.
  Egypt Now Willing to Take in Half a Million Gazans
  
• Israel mirrors the United States in this dangerous alliance of a Deep State comprising media, judges, and politicians. And again, just like in the United States, this alliance is joined by well-financed “activists” and demonstrators.
  The Real Politics of Israel Part 2: The Deep State Coup

  
  WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM

• "Creating a platform for a very well-known racist is simply unacceptable.”
  Hamas-Linked CAIR Has Man Fired for Interviewing Robert Spencer

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

• Sources tell The Federalist UW-Eau Claire Police are searching for professor José Felipe Alvergue after disorderly incident on election day.
  WI University English Department Chair Accused Of Violent Act Against Young Republicans
  
• Alaric Dalberg was arrested on charges of “harassment, disorderly conduct, and related offenses on allegations that claim on several occasions he threw nails and screws around parked vehicles belonging to individuals who voiced or showed support for President Donald Trump,” reports NBC Philadelphia.
  Man Arrested for Allegedly Tossing Nails and Screws in Driveways of Trump Supporters
  
• 'Sunlight for other people, but not for your donors,' Rep. Michael Baumgartner says
  WATCH: Former Biden Disinformation Czar Nina Jankowicz Refuses To Reveal Who Funds Her Nonprofit, the American Sunlight Project
  
• Mystal said, “Yes, absolutely. One of my premises for the book is that every law passed before the 1965 Voting Rights Act should be presumptively unconstitutional. Because before the 1965 Voting Rights Act, we were functionally an apartheid country. Not everybody who lived here, could vote here. So, why should I give a about some law that some old white man passed in 1920s like, the Immigration and Nationality Act?”
  Mystal: Every Law Passed Before 1965 Voting Rights Act ‘Should Be Presumptively Unconstitutional’

  
  DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY

• Kevin A. Batts, listed as a special assistant for Booker, was reportedly arrested by Capitol Police on Monday after failing to go through security carrying a firearm without a proper license, according to NOTUS. Batts was reportedly arrested just before Booker began a marathon speech on the floor to protest the Trump administration and its policies.
  Cory Booker Staffer Reportedly Arrested On Gun Charges Shortly Before His Boss Gave Marathon Speech
  
• Ossoff yet to address fellow Georgia Democrat's rent-free lifestyle ahead of tough reelection campaign
  Housing Affordability Champion Jon Ossoff Silent on Warnock's Free Luxury Home

  CONFIRMATION HEARING News and Views

• David Friedman and Ellie Cohanim both held senior roles in the first Trump administration.
  These Are The Top Contenders For Trump’s Next UN Ambassador Pick
  
• In a video message released following the committee’s vote, Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., praised Colby as a “brilliant” and “smart” individual who “thinks about the world in realist terms.”
  Senate Committee Advances Elbridge Colby’s Pentagon Nomination To Final Floor Vote

  
  POLITICS

• Enshrining the voter ID law into the state constitution will make it much more difficult for the legislature or courts to repeal it. Democrats across the U.S. have long insisted that making voters show identification is somehow “racist,” although polling shows Americans largely reject that assertion and want more laws protecting election integrity.
  President Trump Celebrates Passage of Wisconsin Voter ID Amendment as ‘Big Win for Republicans’
  
• "THE TRUMP ENDORSEMENT, AS ALWAYS, PROVED FAR GREATER THAN THE DEMOCRATS FORCES OF EVIL," President Trump wrote on Truth Social.
  Republicans Sweep In Florida Special Elections: ‘CONGRATULATIONS TO AMERICA!!!’

  
  

• The New Jerseyan took to the floor not to achieve something, nor even to oppose anything in particular, but as a stunt to symbolize how these are not normal times. Which, actually, nobody who paid any attention denies.
  Cory Booker’s sad stunt epitomizes Democrats’ empty agenda

  
  THE UKRAINIAN "FRONT"

• “We have to ensure the protection, freedom, and security of our Lithuanian allies here on NATO’s eastern flank,” said Brigadier General Christoph HuberThis marks the first permanent foreign deployment of German soldiers since World War II, strengthening NATO’s presence in Eastern Europe.
  Germany Stations Troops Near Russian Border in Historic Military Move.

  FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL

• “I think I heard that India just a little while ago is going to be dropping its tariffs very substantially, and I said, ‘why didn’t somebody do this a long time ago?’” Trump said at a press conference on Tuesday.
  Trump Claims India Will ‘Drop Tariffs Substantially’
  
• President Donald J. Trump is intensifying efforts to assume control over the island of Greenland as part of an effort to secure the United States’s access to critical rare earth minerals and reinforce its strategic military position in the Arctic. During a visit to Greenland’s Pituffik Space Base last week, Vice President J.D. Vance reiterated the significance of American leadership in the Arctic, cautioning against the growing interests of China and Russia in Arctic shipping lanes and mineral reserves.“
  US, China Compete for Greenland’s Strategic Resources.
  
• Robert Spencer: Gulag time for Marine Le Pen.
  When French Democracy Died

  BIDEN AFGHANISTAN BUG-OUT DISASTER AFTERMATH

• The Biden junta, through a combination of indecision and arrogance, dragged the U.S. into another potential “forever war” the Trump White House is now tasked with ending.
  True Depths Of Biden’s Ukraine Debacle Revealed In New Report

  HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE

• To the race-baiters, the claim that black babies were dying at the hands of white doctors who didn't care if minority children make it out of the labor & delivery unit was just too good. Except it also wasn't true. 
  Author of Viral Study Claiming Black Babies Die More Often Under White Doctors Axed Data that ‘Undermined the Narrative’

  ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY

  
  

• NOAA’s scientists have simply produced a new “prediction” based solely on recent data, because their original prediction simply failed. This games-playing allows these scientists to fool the public into thinking they know what’s going on. What it really tells us is that they continue to guess, but spin those guesses so that they can hide their ignorance.
  Sunspot update: NOAA scientists try to hide how wrong they have gotten things
  
• Uranus’ rotational tilt or inclination is almost 90 degrees, so that it literally rolls on its side as it orbits the Sun. You can see this especially in the bottom two rows. From 2012 to 2022 one pole slowly shifted
  Twenty years of Hubble data map one long season on Uranus (not a Sefton headline! - jjs)

  
  CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE

• Christian Toto: Canceled WHCA dinner emcee proves why she didn't belong on dais
  Amber Ruffin Weaponizes ‘Very Fine People’ Hoax

  HITHER & YON

  
  

• The company has accumulated $376 million in debt amid scandals and a decline in casual dining.
  No More ‘Bikini Nights’: Hooters Goes Bankrupt, Pivots To PG-13 Vision In ‘Re-Hooterization’

• Kilmer succumbed to pneumonia, his daughter Mercedes told the New York Times. He was diagnosed with throat cancer, which required two tracheotomies, in 2015 and later recovered.
  Actor Val Kilmer, star of ‘Batman Forever,’ ‘Top Gun,’ dead at 65

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