The Morning Report — 4/ 14 /25

Good morning kids. Hope all members of the Tribe had blessed and beautiful seder nights as the Passover holiday begins, and we head into holy week and culminate on Easter Sunday. As you can see we have a veritable linkapalooza this morning with stories coming over the transom from late Friday through last night, as is to be expected with several major topics still dominating the news.

Of course we have a complete breakdown in civil discourse and political violence becoming the norm. With that, we had this story over the weekend:

Pennsylvania State Police have arrested a Harrisburg man for the arson attack on Gov. Josh Shapiro and his family that sent them fleeing from the governor’s residence on the first night of Passover. Cody Balmer, 38, of Harrisburg, is expected to face charges of attempted murder, terrorism, aggravated arson, and aggravated assault against an enumerated person, authorities said. Shapiro, who is Jewish, became visibly emotional as he spoke about the 2 a.m. attack on his home as he and his family slept inside. “If he was trying to terrorize our family, our friends, the Jewish community, who joined us for a Passover Seder in that room last night, hear me on this: we celebrated our faith last night, proudly and in a few hours, we will celebrate our second Seder of Passover,” he said.. .

. . . Balmer was allegedly carrying homemade incendiary devices when he snuck into the gated compound that is the official residence of the governor by jumping a fence, according to police.  Investigators believe the attack was “targeted,” but haven’t determined a specific motive, Shapiro said. Police did not release more details on Balmer’s actions.

Could it be that some knuckle-dragging Jew-hater did this merely because Shapiro = Jew. Sadly, of course this is a possibility. Meanwhile, as I reported last week and we discussed on the latest episode of the podcast (linked here, sidebar and at RSS, Spotify and Apple Podcasts)

Shapiro is essentially a Jew in name only given this latest item on his rap sheet:

Jewish Governor Gives $5M Grant to Mosque That Called Jews ‘Vilest People’ Gov. Shapiro promises to defend antisemitic mosque against Trump administration.

And given the Democrats' and Deep State's known ability at faking insurrections and other high crimes and misdemeanors to take out their political enemies, that is anyone who is a fraction of an inch to the right of Boris Yeltsin. You could be forgiven for smelling a rat with this.

It would also not surprise me if the perpetrator is perhaps a recent convert to the so-called religion of peace. And as it turns out, Ramadan was only a week or so ago.

Of course, rainbow flags are the least of what Muslims will ban as their power grows.

Which is why we should all be worried about EPIC City, Texas. I’d never heard of it until just a few weeks ago. Since then, I’ve heard about it again and again. Maybe the word hasn’t gotten to you yet. If not, here you go. EPIC City, according to an April 3  report by Caroline Vandergriff of CBS News, is a proposed “Muslim community” that is a project of the East Plano Islamic Center (hence the name EPIC) in partnership with a real-estate firm called Community Capital Partners. The plan is to construct “a thousand homes, a mosque, apartments, a school and more” on 402 acres in Collin and Hunt counties near the town of Josephine, about an hour northeast of Dallas. Since the initiative was announced last year, the leaders of the Islamic Center have hired Dan Cogdell, a leading Houston lawyer, “to help them navigate multiple state investigations” that were ordered by Governor Greg Abbott. In reaction to Abbott’s criticism of the EPIC City venture, Cogdell told Vandergraff that his clients “aren’t foreign adversaries” but “Texans.” “Americans.” “United States citizens.” And their only goal, he contended, “is to build a community that allows them to live together with people who value family and faith.”

Yes, that’s what they want to do – but it’s not all that they want to do. They want to do Molenbeek and Tower Hamlets and Groruddalen one better. They want the total Muslim experience: no kafirun (infidels) with their uncovered wives and daughters and haram puppy dogs. If you wanted to defend EPIC City, you might point to the way in which the Amish settled Lancaster, Pennsylvania, or the Mormons’ establishment of Utah. But neither the Amish nor the Mormons have a doctrine of jihadist conquest. They aren’t instructed to despise non-believers or throw homosexuals from rooftops. Their sexual politics may be old-fashioned, but they’re light-years more advanced than Islam’s.

But let's erase our borders and let everyone in so they can be free to set fire to sleeping subway riders or commit necrophilia on the subway, maybe commit necrophilia with the burning corpse. But deporting radical jihadist supporting professors and foreign "students" and it's a travesty against the founding principles of "our precious democracy!" Ditto Latin American illegal alien violent criminals.

According to a new Harvard CAPS/Harris poll, almost two-thirds of Americans support the deportation of non-citizen students who show support for ”internationally recognized terrorist groups.” 63 percent want those who “voice support” to be deported; 67% want those who “actively support” terrorists to be deported. The responses differ by party. 84% of Republicans support deportation of such people as Mahmoud Khalil, who “actively supports” Hamas, and 83% of Republicans would support deporting Rumeysa Öztürk, who has “voiced support” for terrorists. But a different picture is painted when we look at the responses of Democrats. The Democrats are morally muddled: some have held onto their wits and seen their way clear to supporting such deportations, but about half of them still think that holders of green cards should be allowed to stay, even if they “actively support” terrorist groups such as Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. More on this Great Divide can be found here: “Most Americans Agree With Deporting Mahmoud Khalil, Foreign Students Who ‘Support’ Terror Groups, Poll Finds,” by Corey Walker, Algemeiner, April 3, 2025: . . . In contrast, only 42 percent of Democrats said they endorse deportation for foreign students who voice support for terrorist groups, compared to 58 percent who want them to stay on US spoil. Meanwhile, a slight majority, 51 percent, indicated the government should deport those who “actively support” such extremist organizations, while 49 percent oppose deportation in such circumstances…. What a great and disturbing divide between the parties: while 83% of Republicans would want foreign students to be deported if they voice support for terrorist groups, just about half that number — 42% — of Democrats would deport them for the same behavior; 58% would let them stay. When it comes to foreign students who “actively support” terrorist organizations, only 51% of Democrats would deport them, while 49% would let them stay.

On a whole other front, it's back to the economy, tariffs and China. I and others touched upon the related issue of the national debt and how it relates to all of this and this just hits the nail on the head vis a vis tariffs, DOGE and the attempt to rein in an out of control crazy train bureaucracy. That has been going at warp speed for decades towards plummeting into the Grand Canyon

Regarding the massive debt caused by China's trade surplus, China's strategy is to maintain export-led growth, which aids in generating jobs and enables it, through continued growth, to keep its large population productively engaged (and fed). Since this strategy is dependent on exports, China requires the yuan to continue to have a relatively lower value than the dollar and thus offer cheaper prices.. . . International trading that involves two currencies has a self-correcting mechanism. For example, China, currently running a trade surplus with the U.S., is sending goods to the U.S. and is getting paid in U.S. dollars. There is consequently a huge supply of dollars being held by China, which causes the dollar's value to depreciate against the yuan. This depreciation of the dollar, however, will eventually make U.S. exports cheaper and imports from China more expensive. Gradually, the U.S. will start exporting more and importing less, due to its lower-valued currency. This will ultimately reverse the current trading scenario. This is the self-correcting mechanism occurs in the international trade markets regularly, with little or no intervention from any authority. . .

China wants to keep its exported goods competitively priced in the U.S. market. That cannot happen if the yuan appreciates in value. China thus keeps the yuan's value low compared to the dollar by using the intervention mechanism described above. However, this action leads to a huge pileup of dollars as forex reserves for China.China also manipulates the value of the yuan to keep its value low. China owns the trade deficit amount and expects the U.S. to pay the interest and principal when due (unless the U.S. defaults on its loan payments, which isn't likely). Speaking of loan payment defaults, China is currently in default on its sovereign debt held by American bondholders. "Lest anyone wonder about the age of these bonds, it is irrelevant. What matters is that this is a sovereign obligation."

Kinda tells us who we're up against.

And we just kept on borrowing and spending, for decades now. Someone's going to have to pay the piper.

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ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY
• New York’s Police Department is on the lookout for this sick bum accused of having sex with a dead man’s corpse on a Manhattan subway, reports to the New York Post. (Biden still tests negative for pregnancy - jjs)
  New York Bum Allegedly Has Sex With Corpse on Subway - Now He's On The Loose!
  
• What decades of indoctrinating our youth will get you.
  Pushing Communism in American High Schools

THE ECONOMY, STUPID
• Victor Davis Hanson: China's trade war bluff may backfire as the U.S. pushes allies to choose between a rogue economic actor and a flawed but fairer partner with unmatched global power.
  China Would Lose a ‘Trade War’ With the US—’Gradually, then Suddenly’

• Recent research has uncovered the significant social impact of U.S. international trade policies, linking these to increases in fatal drug overdoses and other public health crises. For instance, a 2020 study in the American Economic Review highlighted that job losses resulting from unfair trade were connected to an uptick in fatal drug overdoses, particularly among white individuals of working age. The findings suggest a correlation between policy shifts and rising “deaths of despair” since the year 2000.
  Studies Confirm Unfair Trade Devastates American Lives.
  
• Past presidents were too afraid to withstand any pain from allowing markets to help adjust the economy.
  How America’s Obsession With “Too Big to Fail” Led to Trump’s Tariffs
  
• Moynihan’s warnings on family breakdown echo louder than ever, as cultural decay—not just trade policy—lies at the heart of America’s working-class collapse.
  Trump, Trade, and the Tragedy of the Working Class
  
• It is important that everyone be guided by the real economic data and not swept away in legends and myths.
  The Whole World is Losing Factory Jobs
  
• The U.S. has shot itself in the foot by running up the massive trade deficit debt of which China has (for the past twenty-five years) taken advantage.
  China Doesn't Know What to Do With Trump
  
• Liberation Day did not just rebalance trade; it reignited the spirit of American self-determination.
  ‘Liberation Day’ evens the playing field, but a targeted approach is needed to win trade war with China
  
• Talks with China are "very, very nascent, if at all," said Kevin Hassett.
  From Tariffs To Talks: Trump Adviser Reports 130 Countries Now Seek A Deal
  
• The electronics are still subject to a 20% tariff, the White House clarified.
  Trump Exempts Smartphones, Other Electronics From Additional Tariff On China
  
• Dems fail at crafting an inflation narrative for Trump after Biden.
  Hey, About That Not-So-‘Surprising’ Drop In Inflation …

  DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE

• Boasberg’s reach wasn’t legal—it was imperial—crossing state lines and national borders, arrogating to a D.C. courtroom powers the Constitution never envisioned.
  Judicial Imperialism: The House of Boasberg and the Left’s War on Sovereignty
  
• The judge specified only one DOGE member may access the Treasury after he receives training and submits a financial disclosure.
  Judge Greenlights DOGE Access To Treasury Despite Complaints From Blue State AGs
  
• The DOGE team found that $59 million in unemployment benefits was paid to 24,500 people listed as over 115 years old. Another $254 million went to 28,000 people between the ages of 1 and 5.
  DOGE Report: Three Blue States Responsible for 80% of US Unemployment Fraud in Last 4 Years
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• Victims of upstate NY plane crash ID’d as 2022 NCAA woman of the year and family members heading to birthday, Passover A family of doctors and high-achieving student athletes were among six people killed when a small plane crashed in a muddy field in upstate New York over the weekend. The Groff family – neuroscientist father Michael Groff, urologist mother Joy Saini, their MIT-grad daughter Karenna and her boyfriend James Sontoro – were all killed Saturday when the private Mitsubishi MU-2B they were travelling in smashed into the ground in Copake, not far from the Massachusetts border, Sontoro’s father confirmed.
  Victims of upstate NY plane crash ID’d as 2022 NCAA woman of the year and family members heading to birthday, Passover

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

• In one entry in the manifesto, the 17-year-old addressed his plans for Trump, writing, “As to why, specifically Trump, I think it’s pretty obvious. By getting rid of the president and perhaps the vice president, that is guaranteed to bring in some chaos.”
  FBI: Wisconsin Teen Murdered Parents in ‘Extremist’ Plot to Fund Assassination of President Trump
  
• A second civil war may be inevitable.
  Assassination culture comes for America
  
• “Last night at about 2AM, my family and I woke up to bangs on the door from the Pennsylvania State Police after an arsonist set fire to the Governor’s Residence in Harrisburg,” Shapiro wrote. “The Harrisburg Bureau of Fire was on the scene and while they worked to put out the fire, we were evacuated from the Residence safely by Pennsylvania State Police and assisted by Capitol Police. Thank God no one was injured and the fire was extinguished.”
  Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro Reveals Arsonist ‘Set Fire’ to Governor’s Mansion
  
• Shawn Monper, 32, of Butler, Pennsylvania, faces federal charges of making threats to assault and murder President Trump, Musk, and others.
  Another Day, Another Alleged Would-Be Trump Assassin Charged
  
• Whether they admit it or not, most Democrat leaders are Marxists.
  The Left’s Marxist Resistance
  
• In Deerfield, Illinois, District 109’s locker room policy sparks fierce debate, with critics decrying the school board meeting as emblematic of ideological conformity and gender dogma.
  Intolerant Trans Cultists & Collaborators Swamp Deerfield, Illinois School Board Meeting
  
• President Donald J. Trump has revealed commitments from five prominent law firms to deliver pro bono services totaling $600 million for various causes they mutually endorse. The firms joining this initiative include Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Allen Overy Shearman Sterling US LLP, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, Latham & Watkins LLP, and Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, with the latter contributing $100 million. Services pledged by these firms will span supporting veterans, military families, law enforcement, and first responders, as well as addressing fairness in the justice system and combating anti-Semitism, according to statements released by Trump.
  More Lawfare Firms Bend the Knee to Trump Admin.

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

• You see, the left doesn't like Bukele's toughness on crime, citing "human rights concerns," but the people of El Salvador are big fans and appreciate the fact that they've gotten their human rights back under his leadership. He has one of the highest approval ratings of any world leader, and he drastically reduced crime and murder rates in a country that was an absolute nightmare of a place to live. As a matter of fact, it's now one of the safest places to visit, and people who emigrated to the United States are returning to their home country and even some U.S. citizens are moving there. 
  Bukele Arrives in the U.S. as More Gang Members Are Deported to El Salvador
  
• Trump threatens to cut federal funds to sanctuary states as Illinois pushes back and California stays quiet amid wildfire fallout and a high-profile immigrant crime case.
  A Tale of Two Sanctuary Cities: Chicago Hits Back at Trump, L.A. Stays Quiet
  
• The directive, released late Friday, allows the military to use federal lands for military activities, including constructing border barriers and using “detection and monitoring equipment” to deter would-be migrant invaders.
  Trump Authorizes Military Occupation Of Public Land Along Southern Border To Repel Migrant ‘Invasions’
  
• Daniel Greenfield: This "one weird trick" allowed a bunch of D.C. judges to seize power over the country.
  D.C. Judicial Shadow Government Suffers Setback
  
• Daniel Greenfield Part Deux: The judge’s ruling insists that since the Sikhs believe everyone must be welcomed and therefore the government can’t arrest illegal aliens in their temples. That’s not how the First Amendment or religious freedom work. But the Left doesn’t actually believe in religious freedom. Or it wouldn’t have closed churches while keeping bars and BLM riots open during the pandemic.
  Leftist Judges Claim Gov Could Close Down Churches for Pandemic, But Can’t Raid Them for Illegal Aliens
  
• Sotomayor can’t change the law, but she can poison the discourse.
  Sotomayor’s Specter: No, the Alien Enemies Act Can’t Deport Americans
  
• Clarice Feldman: Immigration control is a key feature of the MAGA initiatives: closing the border, removing illegal immigrants, keeping non-citizens from voting and stopping federal funding from supporting illegal immigration.
  Bringing Immigration Policy into Focus
  
• "Our community is very frightened because of the raids and the threat that ICE has imposed on the families that work tirelessly to provide a better future for their kids," the statement read.
  Ay Dios Mio! Organizers in Chicago Cancel Cinco de Mayo Parade Over Fear of ICE Raids
  
• The debate over birthright citizenship has had a long history.
  No to Automatic Birthright Citizenship

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

• Robert Spencer: Passover reminds us of whose land “Palestine” really is.
  Next Year in Jerusalem
  
• The IDF: “At the time of the strike, numerous Hamas terrorists were operating from within the compound, from where they planned to carry out terrorist attacks against Israeli civilians and IDF troops.”
  Israeli Airstrike Destroys Hamas Command Center After Rocket Attack From Gaza
  
• Israeli TV channel i24NEWS: “Rafah, the Palestinian enclave’s southernmost city, is now completely surrounded by the Israeli forces.”
  IDF ‘Encircles’ Rafah, Cordons Off Hamas Terror Stronghold From Rest of Gaza
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• Daniel Greenfield: Supporting Hamas is the true spirit of Passover, Jewish Dems leader says.
  Jewish Democratic Council of America Compares Trump to Pharaoh for Deporting Hamas Supporters (the 11th and worst Plague = self-gassing Jews/by/birth - jjs)
  
• Hamas activists call for intifada while professor is suspended for law exam question.
  Ivory Tower Hypocrite: University of Illinois-Chicago
  
• An 88% drop in documented incidents of anti-Semitic discrimination.
  Northwestern Shows Universities How to Fight Jew-Hate
  
• Harvard Law students also edited Wikipedia to downplay anti-Semitic activity on college campuses
  At Harvard-Hosted 'Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon,' Law Students Target the Pages of Firms That Criticized School's Response to Anti-Semitism
  
• 'All these so-called Jews mad, because how dare I make them face the facts of their sordid past and present,' Nicholas Payton said in 2020
  Berklee College of Music Professor Attacked Jews as 'Vile Predators' and Blamed Them for Slavery

  WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM

• The Lone Star State braces for a new “Muslim community.”
  Jihad, Texas Style
  
• Welcome to Ramadan 2025.
  India: More Killings, Rapes and Riots Reported From All Over the Country

  CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY

• A federal judge refused to dismiss a defamation lawsuit against Trump filed by the exonerated Central Park Five over his past public remarks. Appearing on “The Record With Greta Van Susteren,” Dershowitz said that the Central Park Five men were not completely innocent and that new scrutiny could expose details they’d rather keep buried.
  Alan Dershowitz Explains Why Central Park Five ‘Will Regret’ Filing Suit Against Trump

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

• You do not have to wade far into the recently declassified Crossfire Hurricane documents to be shocked.
  The FBI Knew All Along
  
• Indeed, according to one of the documents, McGonigal, the Special Agent in Charge of the Counterintelligence Division at the FBI’s New York Field Office, gave Hillary Clinton and anyone in her campaign a “defensive briefing.” When he retired, McGonigal had been put in his position of Special Agent in Charge of the Counterintelligence Division at the FBI’s New York Field Office by none other than the disgraced Comey.
  Russia Collusion Doc Drop: Why Did Hillary's Lawyers Meet with the FBI Guy Who Started the Fake Probe?

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

• United Auto Workers (UAW) President Shawn Fain engaged in an 11-minute verbal battle with MSNBC hosts Alicia Menendez, Symone Sanders-Townsend and Michael Steele on Sunday over tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump.
  ‘Companies Will Bring Work Back’: UAW President Defends Trump Tariffs In Verbal Slugfest With Befuddled MSNSDAP Hosts
  
• A great and disturbing divide between the political parties.
  Should Foreign Students Who ‘Voice Support’ or ‘Actively Support’ Terrorist Groups Be Deported?

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

• The documents obtained by CNN represent discussions between NOAA and the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and states that the proposed budget draft would “eliminate all funding for climate, weather, and ocean laboratories and cooperative institutes.” Climate change advocates have expressed panic over the proposed cuts, claiming that the plan to reduce NOAA’s overall budget by more than 27% and cutting the research office’s funding by roughly 75% will allegedly cripple the agriculture industry and halt research on deadly weather.
  The End Is Near: Trump’s Draft Budget Takes Aim At Climate Change Research Labs
  
• Roger Kimball: Climate alarmism, cloaked in pseudoscience and moral posturing, masks a deeper agenda of power, profit, and control—often at the expense of truth and prosperity.
  It’s Not Easy Being Green
  
• The discourse about small particles causing health impacts is highly debatable.
  Junk science and air pollution
  
• The small victory for showerheads this week, President Donald Trump’s executive order “undoing the left’s war on water pressure,” was a big victory for personal freedom.
  Trump Restored Showerhead Freedom, Now Let’s Fix The Sneaky Regulation Process

  EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT

• The Rasmussen Reports survey found that 51 percent of likely U.S. voters approve of Trump’s order, along with 37 percent who “strongly approve.” At the same time, 47 percent disapprove, including 35 percent who “strongly disapprove.” 
  Poll: Majority of Voters Approve of Shutting Down Federal Department of Education

• Our schools have hit rock-bottom, and the children are the victims. It must be completely changed. This situation must be completely reversed.
  We need to start a revolution in every school district!
  
• This bill “continues that prison pipeline for homeschool parents,” said Will Estrada, senior counsel for the Home School Legal Defense Association. Dubbed “The Homeschool Act” (HB 2827), the measure in question seemingly seeks to increase restrictions governing homeschooling in Illinois.
  Democrat Bill Would Create ‘Prison Pipeline’ For Illinois’ Homeschooling Parents, Critics Say
  
• A new book makes the case for considering applicants’ socioeconomic backgrounds.
  Will Universities Embrace Class-Based Preferences?

  THE 2020 and SUBSEQUENT ELECTION HEISTS , SHENANIGANS/FRAUD and AFTERMATH

• This comes after America First Legal (AFL) filed a lawsuit against Arizona’s 15 counties “on behalf of EZAZ.org,” and Yvonne Cahill, a registered voter and naturalized citizen, according to Fox News. In the lawsuit, AFL argued that “the counties had not been following a state law” requiring people to prove their citizenship in order to vote in state and local elections.
  Arizona to Remove Almost 50K Non-Citizens from Voter Rolls
  
• During a Cabinet meeting attended by President Trump, Gabbard revealed that her office has obtained evidence of massive vulnerabilities in voting machines that allow hackers to flip votes, confirming what multiple cybersecurity experts found after the rigged 2020 election. “We have evidence of how these electronic voting systems have been vulnerable to hackers for a very long time and vulnerable to exploitation to manipulate the results of the votes being cast, which further drives forward your mandate to bring about paper ballots across the country so that voters can have faith in the integrity of our elections,” Gabbard said.
  DNI Chief Tulsi Gabbard Confirms Electronic Voting Systems Are Vulnerable to Hackers; Calls For Shift to Paper Ballots
  
• “Friday afternoon, the North Carolina Supreme Court struck a blow to [Democrat] Justice Allison Riggs, paving the way for challenger Jefferson Griffin to eventually win November’s election (in June).”
  Mixed Ruling on NC Supreme Court Race From State’s Highest Court Has Democrats Seeing Red

  DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY

• The senator backed calls for an investigation.
  ‘Fishing expedition?’ Cory Booker Grilled On Whether Dems Have Proof Of Trump Tariff Insider Trading

• 'Of course I'm here to help,' Ellison told group that included at least two future defendants
  Keith Ellison Held Chummy Meeting With Feeding Our Future Fraudsters Weeks Before FBI Raid, Audio Shows, Contradicting Minnesota AG's Public Statements
  
• On Friday, Paul Rosenzweig asserted in an article for The Atlantic that “Trump Is Already Undermining The Next Election.” He claimed Trump’s executive order requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote was “nothing less than an attempt to disenfranchise his opponents and forestall electoral defeat.” In reality, the measure would simply prevent noncitizens from voting and reinforce other vulnerable areas of elections, for example, by requiring paper ballots. Still, he apparently thinks Trump will rig the next election.
  After 4 Years Of Claiming US Elections Are ‘Most Secure Ever,’ Leftists Again Accuse Trump Of Stealing Them
  
• A no-show union job that’s paid a Grisham ally over $1 million since 2009. . . Grisham loyalists at the top of 1199 insist it’s all kosher; the dissidents challenging him in this month’s election cite the “pattern of financial misappropriation” as why they’re running to unseat him . . . though the apparent abuse goes back two decades, suggesting that any abuse wasn’t too objectionable until flagging it served their own ambitions. (I'll do it for one third the salary! - jjs)
  1199 SEIU boss George Gresham accused of corruption — but no Democrat will investigate

  POLITICS

• Since 2016, Donald Trump has gone from novice outsider to one of the most skilled politicians America has seen in a very long time.
  The Bodycam Presidency
  
• Trump underwent his annual physical examination Friday, spending nearly five hours at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, the Associated Press reported. United States Navy Capt. Sean P. Barbabella took note of Trump’s “active lifestyle” in the memo sent to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt.
  ‘Fully Fit’: White House Physician Releases Details On President Trump’s ‘Excellent Health’
  
• “The Democrats, long seen as the party of the people? No more.”
  CNN Sounds Alarm: GOP Surging with Working-Class Voters
  
• Booker said, “We should be focusing on the American people. This is not about party, left or right. It’s about right or wrong. We are in a moral moment right now in our country with attacks on Medicaid and tax cuts to the wealthiest in the country, and this is not who we are. We have to fight to keep American jobs, costs, economic security and American health care.”
  Cory Booker Does Not Rule Out 2028 Presidential Run(suddenly humming a song from "Hair" - jjs)
  
• Republican Ohio Sen. Jon Husted — less than 12 weeks after taking the oath of office in January — is already gearing up for a bid to retain his seat with President Donald Trump fully behind him.
  EXCLUSIVE: Jon Husted Is Ready To Get To Work — In The Senate And On The Campaign Trail
  
• New York City gets even weirder.
  Democrats Trade Morality for Madness
  
• The cranky old fart and America's Dumbest Bartender aren't reaching anyone who wasn't already voting for Democrats, or at least thinking about it. The swooning Coachella hordes weren't just flown in from Neptune — most were a part of the 2024 electorate. Let them keep preaching to the communist choir. 
  The Apex of Nonsensicality: Bernie Fights the Oligarchy at Coachella

  FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL

• The Iranians invariably win at negotiations because the other party wants the deal more than they do.
  The Dos and Don's of Negotiating with Iran
  
• "Special Envoy Witkoff's direct communication today was a step forward in achieving a mutually beneficial outcome."
  Iran Says Nuclear Talks With Trump Team Were ‘Constructive,’ Agrees To Meet Again
  
• It is crucial to remember that Iran doesn’t need to make a nuclear weapon in order to get one.
  Iran can’t be allowed to build a nuclear weapon...or buy one

• The new German federal government is planning hundreds of billions of euros in new debt.
  The Euro’s Paper Empire: Germany’s Big Bond Gamble
  
• Without American action, China will dramatically expand its trade routes and its control over agricultural goods and rare earth minerals.
  President Trump Can Snatch a Deep-Water Port in South America that China Covets
  
• While the U.S. had built the canal in the early 1900s and maintained it for decades before handing it over to Panama, China had in recent years poured money into projects and infrastructure attached to it. As a passageway between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans that handles more than 40 percent of U.S. maritime trade, if China were able to close the canal, it would be a catastrophe for the U.S.
  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth Secures ‘First and Free’ Passage for U.S. Ships in Panama Canal

  DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS

• Remember that Chinese “spy balloon” that travelled across the entire U.S. a couple of years ago? Well, it seems that [so-called quote-unquote] President Joe Biden’s hunt purposefully tried to keep a tight lid on the details of the balloon in order to preserve relations with China. According to Trump administration information reported by Fox News, the Biden regime held talks with the CCP concerning the spy balloon in an effort to determine how to convey details of the balloon while minimizing the damage of public perception of relations between the two nations.
  Biden Junta's Secret Chinese Balloon Talks, State Dept. Worried About Public Perception of U.S./China Relations
  
• It’s going to be hard work because the rot is deep, and the Democrats are fighting the changes, but it needs to be done if we’re to have a strong military leadership.
  The Trump Administration Is Cleaning Up Our Military Academies

  HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE

• Group A Streptococcal (group A strep throat) infections have more than doubled over the last decade.
  Strep Throat Strain That Can Cause a Flesh-Eating Disease Doubles in U.S.

• James A. Betti, M.D.: It’s a complicated, overwhelmingly flawed system. We need a tech genius to save it.
  How Elon Musk Could Fix Medicare

  ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY

• In his Senate confirmation hearing, private astronaut Jared Isaacman outlined a new vision for the troubled agency.
  Trump’s NASA Nominee Excelled in His First Washington Mission. Now Comes the Hard Part
  
• Continuing its relentless launch pace, SpaceX this evening successfully launched another 27 Starlink satellites, its Falcon 9 rocket lifting off from Cape Canaveral in Florida.
  SpaceX launches more Starlink satellites
  
• “Because this is such a novel event, we didn’t quite know what to expect when we decided to point this telescope in its direction,” said Ryan Lau, lead author of the new paper and astronomer at NSF NOIRLab (National Science Foundation National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory) in Tucson, Arizona. “With its high-resolution look in the infrared, we are learning valuable insights about the final fates of planetary systems, possibly including our own.”
  NASA Webb’s Autopsy of Planet Swallowed by Star Yields Surprise

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

• “Governor Mills would have done well to adhere to the wisdom embedded in the old idiom—be careful what you wish for. Now she will see the Trump Administration in court.”
  ‘Consequences’ Come for Maine After Failure to Agree to Title IX Compliance
  
• Globalist Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, leader of the Liberal Party, has stated he supports sex change treatments for children ahead of this month’s federal election. Carney defended transitions for minors, calling them a “fundamental right.”
  Globalist Canadian PM Backs Sex Changes for Children

  CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE

• Architecture is a choice of ideology. How we design public space is a suitable material for an anthropological study, and it says everything about who we are, our perspectives on life, death, and eternity.
  Rebirth of Beauty and Faith
  
• It seems Disney's still living in a fantasy land, and its executives have learned nothing from their multiple box office flops and loss of revenue.
  Disneyland Announces 'Pride Nite' to Sexually Confuse Children
  
• Gender-Bending Aslan casting divides diehard C.S. Lewis fans
  Could Meryl Streep Crush ‘Narnia’ Reboot?

• The ongoing obsession among globalists to make religion generic and inclusive in order to bring all faith under one roof is... insane.
  Straight Talk Regarding Church and Society
  
• Fantastic Four: First Steps already already has one major red flag, with one of its stars — the overexposed Pedro Pascal (Game of Thrones, The Mandalorian, The Last of Us) — declaring “A WORLD WITHOUT TRANS PEOPLE HAS NEVER EXSISTED [sic] AND NEVER WILL,” then taunting fans who disagreed with his virtue signaling.
  Disney-Marvel ‘Fantastic Four’ Wades into ‘Gender Politics’ — Leading Lady Sue Storm Won’t Be a ‘Doormat’
  
• Maher joined UFC President Dana White and musician Kid Rock at the White House for the dinner, which took place in late March. During the “Real Time with Bill Maher” show’s monologue, the comedian described speaking candidly about policies he disagreed with, and said Trump’s “no anger” reactions during the dinner were “emblematic” of why the Democratic Party was unpopular.  
  Bill Maher Says His Dinner With Trump Showed ‘Why The Democrats Are So Unpopular’
  
• The president’s executive order pushing the museum to start honoring American history again is a welcome step.
  Trump Is Right to Rein in the Smithsonian

  HITHER & YON

• Following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, the CIA acquired a 250-page KGB report recounting the events that transpired after a platoon fired at a flying saucer over Ukraine.
  Declassified Cold War-era CIA files detail Soviet clash with aliens who witnesses say turned soldiers to stone (Maybe the Red Army Chorus Sang ELO's Turn to Stone? - jjs)

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