The Morning Report — 4/ 18 /25

Good GOOD FRIDAY morning kids!

Can the Democrats be so utterly clueless and tone-deaf or is it something else? Does Chris Van Hollen really think that sucking down margaritas with this criminal illegal alien in El Salvador, who has been linked to human trafficking as well as being accused of beating his wife is going to win friends and influence the electorate? Well, if Hillary Clinton, Jasmine Crockett and every other execrable Democrat wants to make this the hill to die on, who are we to oppose them. They painted themselves into this corner because they cannot concede an inch that President Trump might be right in any way shape or form.

And whatever legal procedural process may or may not have been violated in removing this fiend from our country, regardless of his violent criminal record and association with gangs are, the salient point is, from my knowledge of the law, he and other foreigners are not afforded the same due process rights as actual American citizens on American soil. His mere presence here is a crime that is punishable by immediate deportation. He may have been accidentally deported to the wrong country, but that should not mean he must be returned here. Send him back to his country of birth so he can help enrich their heritage. What has the Left shrieked about? We're deporting people who will cure cancer and invent the next great thing or some such rot.

While it's encouraging that illegal border crossings are way down and deportations and arrests even at businesses that employ illegals are up, I want to see the actual employers arrested, charged, tried, convicted and then fined heavily and/or imprisoned. That would deter the invasion like no wall ever could, IMHO.

I'll keep it short this morning but I want to wish all of you a most joyous and blessed Easter in advance. Have a great weekend.
And lastly, a quick shout-out and thank you for your continued support in hitting our tip jar. It truly is appreciated more than you can know. 

DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE
• “A 2017 AmeriCorps Inspector General’s report found that the services volunteers provided were ‘four to eight times more than the same services’ provided by other programs between 2012 and 2013.”
  AmeriCorps Employees Placed on Leave After DOGE Visit
  * * * * *

• Team Trump's legal filing didn't pull any punches. It meticulously detailed how Boasberg's ruling attempts to usurp executive authority that the Supreme Court explicitly confirmed just last month. The 5-4 decision authorized these deportation flights, but apparently, left-wing district court judges think they can override the Supreme Court because “Orange man bad.”
  BOOM! The Trump Admin Fights Back at Rogue Judge's Contempt Warning

  THE ECONOMY, STUPID

• The ECB [European Central Bank] is expected to cut interest rates for the 7th time, and yet, “Too Late” Jerome Powell of the Fed, who is always TOO LATE AND WRONG, yesterday issued a report which was another, and typical, complete “mess!” Oil prices are down, groceries (even eggs!) are down, and the USA is getting RICH ON TARIFFS. Too Late should have lowered Interest Rates, like the ECB, long ago, but he should certainly lower them now. Powell’s termination cannot come fast enough!
  Can Trump Actually Remove Jerome Powell as Fed Chair?
  
• Trump hinted at moving to fire Powell, whose term does not expire until next year. The Republican president’s broadside comes a day after Powell said in a speech that Trump’s broad-based tariffs have left the Federal Reserve seeking “greater clarity” on the impact of policy changes in areas such as immigration, taxation, regulation and tariffs before making the move on interest rates.
  Trump Says Federal Reserve Chair Powell’s ‘Termination Cannot Come Fast Enough’
  
• America’s manufacturing decline is the result of a bloated regulatory state that punishes producers and stifles growth.
  Blame Regulators for Holding Back U.S. Manufacturing—Not Tariffs
  
• The U.S. labor market showcased its strength as the Department of Labor reported a decline in jobless claims on April 17, 2025. Applications for unemployment benefits fell by 9,000 to 215,000 for the week ending April 12, outperforming analysts’ expectations of 225,000 new claims. This drop underscores a robust labor market that continues to thrive as President Trump implements tariffs to protect and revitalize American industry.
  U.S. Jobless Claims Dip, Signaling Trump Labor Market Remains Strong.
  
• The ructions in financial markets over the past few weeks and Washington’s dependence on foreign entities to keep funding our (over) spending illustrate why lawmakers need to do something to get our fiscal house in order.
  Tariffs Won’t Solve Washington’s Biggest Problem: Overspending
  
• Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is visiting the United States on Thursday to engage in trade negotiations with President Donald J. Trump, with the aim of reducing tariffs on European exports. The meeting comes in the wake of Trump’s “Liberation Day” announcement imposing reciprocal tariffs on foreign governments with barriers limiting the purchase of American exports, including a 20 percent trade duty on goods from the European Union (EU).
  Italy’s Meloni Set for White House Strategy Session on Tariffs with Trump.
  
• To really understand Trump’s tariffs, we have to understand the relationship between the U.S. and China.
  President Trump Fights Back
  
• Victor Davis Hanson: And why are 70 countries now wishing to negotiate tariffs with America?
  Ten Tariff Questions Never Asked

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

• “As promised, I have declassified the Biden Junta's Strategic Implementation Plan for Countering Domestic Terrorism,” Gabbard wrote.
  ‘Ghost Guns’ And ‘Hate Crime’: Tulsi Gabbard Declassifies Biden Junta Docs Targeting ‘Domestic Terrorism’

• Ph.D Candidate Told Police: ‘He F**king Got What Was Coming to Him’
  Washington State Instructor Arrested for Allegedly Assaulting Pro-Trump Student
  
• The Anthony debacle should give conservatives a signal that ignoring these cultural problems will result in imminent peril.
  Karmelo Anthony and the lucrative market for anti-white hate

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

• The latest data comes straight from CNN, which found that 56 percent support deporting an estimated 11 million illegal aliens residing in the United States. This is significantly up from 38 percent who said the same in 2016.
  CNN Poll: Majority of Voters Favor Deporting All Illegal Immigrants
  
• “Kilmar Abrego Garcia, miraculously risen from the ‘death camps’ & ‘torture’, now sipping margaritas with Sen. Van Hollen in the tropical paradise of El Salvador,” Bukele said in an X post Thursday night.
  Alleged MS-13 gang member Kilmar Abrego Garcia seen ‘sipping margaritas’ with Sen. Van Hollen amid El Salvador deportation battle, new photos reveal
  
• When will we ever be free of this wicked, criminal fiend - jjs
  Hillary Clinton: ‘Americans of Conscience Must Stand Against’ Trump Deporting Illegal Alien Accused of Gang Membership, Domestic Violence
  
• Of course, even if Hillary were to disappear forever, we are still left with this creature and her ilk - jjs
  Rep. Jasmine Crockett Throws Support Behind Deported Salvadoran Illegal Alien
  
• The migrant in question is a suspected member of the violent MS-13 gang.
  Deported Illegal Immigrant Who Dems Have Championed Accused Of Beating Wife: Court Docs
  
• The Department of Justice (DOJ) published documents earlier on Wednesday indicating Garcia’s membership in MS-13. Cuomo told Carville on “CUOMO” that Democrat Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen traveling to El Salvador to push for Garcia’s return from his home country to the U.S. makes it seem like Democrats are taking the side of a gang member, putting them at odds with popular sentiment about deportation.
  ‘Going To Lose’: Chris Cuomo Warns James Carville Fighting For Alleged MS-13 Member Isn’t A Hill Worth Dying On
  
• According to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Southwest Land Border Encounters Report for March, Border Patrol agents arrested 15,527 migrants who illegally crossed the border from Mexico into the United States during the first two full months of the Trump administration. This compares to the apprehension of 278,114 during the same period under the Biden administration last year. Encounters fell from 4,635 per day in February and March 2024 to 263 per day this year.
  Illegal Alien Arrests at Border Fall to 263 Per Day During Trump’s First Two Months — Down 94 Percent from Last Year
  
• Residents of Eagle Pass, Texas, experienced a return to normalcy as the once-closed Shelby Park reopened, shedding the concertina wire and armed presence that kept it inaccessible for more than a year. The move comes after President Donald J. Trump’s border policies have significantly reduced illegal crossings in the area.
  Trump’s Immigration Policies Are Normalizing Life on the Border for Residents.
  
• Worksite enforcement actions were ended during the Biden administration under the direction of then-Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. In an October 2021 memorandum ordering ICE to cease large-scale immigration worksite enforcement raids, Mayorkas criticized the use of the raids as an enforcement tool saying, “The deployment of mass worksite operations, sometimes resulting in the simultaneous arrest of hundreds of workers, was not focused on the most pernicious aspect of our country’s unauthorized employment challenge: exploitative employers.” (We need to start arresting and prosecuting the employers - jjs)
  TRUMP EFFECT: ICE Touts Highest Worksite Arrests in Agency History
  
• You can’t claim a collective benefit by fiat—and then have attorneys you’ve never met invoke individualized review to shield it from repeal.
  Weaponizing Immigration: Lawfare by Class Action Threatens Our Republic

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

• Arab, Israeli and U.S. intelligence officials told the WSJ that targeted strikes against key Hamas officials and stopping the resale of aid packages to raise money have left the terrorist organization with little options in paying its soldiers. Many senior Hamas officials only received half of their pay through March, with some payments completely ceasing for Gaza government employees in recent weeks.
  Hamas Reportedly Struggling To Pay Its Own Fighters As Walls Close In
  
• Sa'oud bin Abd Al-Rahman Al Thani reportedly deleted several X posts endorsing Hamas.
  ‘We Are All Hamas’: Qatari Official Shows Support For Terrorist Group Then Quickly Deletes Post
  
• The First Amendment is not a suicide pact between a nation and foreigners who wish it harm.
  No, The First Amendment Doesn’t Protect Anti-American Agitation
  * * * * *

• Columbia University has told the Trump administration that it’s cracking down on antisemitic violence and intimidation and winding down DEI. But behind closed doors, the university’s Office of Institutional Equity, a new bureaucracy supposedly set up to address campus antisemitism, is targeting me for expressing my Catholic faith. I recently received an email from the OIE accusing me of “conduct that could constitute discriminatory harassment.”
  Columbia’s ‘antisemitism’ squad is coming down hard — on Catholics like me (First the Saturday people, then he Sunday people - jjs)

  WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM

• In his belated Easter message, King Charles III praised Islam as ‘caring for the stranger and those in need.’ (inbred hemophiliac - jjs)
  The King Of England Can’t Even Celebrate Easter Without Mentioning Islam

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

• The hotel, owned by an infamous Boston slumlord, flew a 'Palestinian' flag upside down.
  After Canceling Passover Seder, Boston Hotel Welcomes Anti-Israel ‘Squad’ Member Rancida/Rashida Tlaib

  
  CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY

• The school told students to take shelter.
  Police Respond to Shooting at Florida State University

• The couple was on their way home to teenage daughters when the alleged assailant struck as the victim bent over to grab their bags.
  Father Almost Decapitated By Man With Hatchet At Bus Stop, Fighting For His Life
  
• If history is any indication, justice will not be blind.
  Karmelo Anthony is OJ Simpson all over again
  
• The activist went on to say that his group had from the beginning “respected the dignity of the loss of life” and not shared presumably negative information they had gathered on Austin Metcalf.  “Because we respect the dignity of life,” he declared. As an avowed abortion supporter who was once arrested for causing severe injury to a toddler, the minister’s claim of “respecting the dignity of life” lacks credibility.
  Father of Stabbing Victim Austin Metcalf Kicked Out of Karmelo Anthony Press Conference in Dallas
  
• It was BLM that led the charge for mandatory body cams just a few years ago.
  Leftists Demanded Police Body Cams. Now They Regret It.

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

• After Congress returns on April 28, Pres. Trump is slated to submit to Congress a request to rescind the funding of a package of items for which funds have already been appropriated, but not yet obligated. Accordingly, the coalition’s letter calls for Trump to include CPB, which funnels taxpayer money to PBS and NPR.
  Trump Urged to Use ‘Rescission’ to Defund NPR, PBS in Conservative Coalition’s Letter
  
  
• I’m really not a movement guy. I don’t naturally march in demonstrations or attend rallies that I’m not covering as a journalist. But this is what America needs right now. Trump is shackling the greatest institutions in American life. We have nothing to lose but our chains. [emphasis added]

  Did the New York Times Just Call for a Communist Revolution?!

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

  
  

• The case has raised questions as to whether the organization’s climate activism is protected free speech or if it’s inciting violent extremism like the destructive Black Lives Matter riots and the current vandalism and destruction of Tesla vehicles in by groups in opposition to DOGE.
  Liberty Nation: $660 Million Judgment Against Greenpeace Shows Org was Guilty of ‘Attacking Others’ Legal Freedoms’

  EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT

• The Washington Post cited three anonymous sources.
  Trump Admin Wants IRS To Quash Harvard’s Tax-Exempt Status: Report
  
• "More of a jobs program for adults than an education initiative for kids."
  Baltimore Schools Hiring Like Crazy As Enrollment Plummets, Scores Stay Dismal
  
• Princeton president Christopher Eisgruber seeks to distract from his university’s tolerance of anti-Semitism.
  Universities Are Hiding Behind “Due Process”

  ABORTION

• U.S. District Court Judge Daniel Traynor has concluded that over 9,000 Catholic employers are not required to comply with federal rules protecting employees seeking abortion and fertility treatment accommodations. This ruling came after the Catholic Benefits Association and the Bismarck Diocese challenged regulations set forth by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), arguing these rules infringed upon their religious liberties.
  Judge Rules Catholic Employers Are Not Required to Cover Abortions.
  
• Blue state legislators are more interested in pushing abortion access than they are in ensuring women’s safety.
  Abortion Facilities Are Less Regulated Than Tattoo Parlors, And It Kills Women

  SECOND AMENDMENT

• The shooting occurred despite Florida’s red flag law, university gun-free zones, increased minimum purchase age for long guns, and waiting period for handgun purchases. Florida adopted a red flag law in the wake of February 14, 2018, Parkland school shooting and less than a year later, on January 13, 2019, the law failed to prevent a shooting at Sun Trust Bank in Sebring.
  Red Flag Law, Gun-Free Zones, Increased Minimum Firearm Purchase Age Fail to Prevent FSU Shooting

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

• The four lonely Dems who voted for the SAVE Act are smart enough to know that only U.S. citizens should vote in U.S. elections.
  Meet The 4 House Democrats Brave Enough To Vote For Election Integrity
  
• Only four Democrat lawmakers joined Republicans to pass the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, which would require states to obtain proof of citizenship before registering an individual to vote and remove all non-citizens from existing voter rolls. Several lawmakers who voted against the legislation either refused to tell the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) why they seemingly support non-citizens voting in elections or claimed that the idea is a myth.

  EXCLUSIVE: Several Democrats Can’t Answer Why They Want ‘Non-Citizens To Vote In US Elections’
  

• Under RCV, voters rank candidates in order of preference. If no candidate receives more than 50 percent of first-choice votes in the first round of voting, the last-place finisher is eliminated, and his votes are reallocated to the voter’s second-choice candidate. This process continues until one candidate receives a majority of votes.
  North Dakota Becomes 15th State To Prohibit Ranked-Choice Voting In Elections
  
• Here’s how: Elon is your man!
  Here is the One Thing Trump Needs to Do That Changes EVERYTHING: Prove the 2020 Election was Stolen

  
  DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY

• Harris campaign paid Lakers star's SpringHill Entertainment for 'campaign event production'
  LeBron James Endorsed Kamala Harris. Then She Paid His Company $50K.

• Subramanyam is sitting on at least $630,000 worth of stock in companies like Amazon, Meta, and NVIDIA, with holdings potentially in excess of $1 million, according to congressional financial disclosures. The companies own or provide critical support to a lion's share of the Virginia data centers, which help power the internet by storing user data for some of America's largest companies. Subramanyam's district is home to more data centers than any other in the country—but during a recent committee hearing, he portrayed them as a creeping menace.
  Freshman Rep. Suhas Subramanyam Blasts Data Centers While Cashing In on the Tech Companies That Own Them

  POLITICS

• The party is now irretrievably in the grip of those toxic, party-sinking radical leftists. In the Survey USA poll, there wasn’t a single demographic group where even a plurality felt the party should be more moderate.
  Poll: Democrats Want Their Party To Be Even More Radical
  
• Democrat strategist James Carville is suggesting the party sue David Hogg, the newly elected vice chair of the Democrat National Committee (DNC), over his Leaders We Deserve group’s intention to use its $20 million war chest to support younger Democratic candidates running against incumbents. The long-time Clinton campaign aide, appearing Wednesday night on NewsNation with Chris Cuomo, argued Hogg’s move to back candidates in Democratic primaries goes against the responsibilities of Hogg’s role within the DNC.“
  James Carville Slams David Hogg as ‘Contemptible Little Twerp’ Over Plan to Primary Democrat Incumbents.
  
• Newsom is suing Trump over tariffs, asking for massive loans to cover the healthcare costs for illegal aliens, and trying to woo Canadians to tour the state.
  California Gov. Gavin Newsom Makes Desperate Bid for Relevancy and Money
  
• Robert Spencer: Hint - it’s even worse than being hated.
  ‘Surprising’ Results in Poll of Voter Attitudes Toward Kamala Running for California Governor

• The left understands that Trump is the living embodiment of their eventual destruction, so he must be destroyed.
  For Ordinary People, Trump Is The Man Who Will Save The West
  
• Trump’s second term casts courage as its guiding virtue—honoring heroes while challenging an establishment too timid to face the truth in daylight.
  Trump’s Courage to Fight

  FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL

• China’s vast censorship apparatus sprang into action immediately, deleting social media posts that described the banners or included photos of them, but some of the photos were posted on a popular dissident X account called “Mr. Li Is Not Your Teacher,” so the images went viral despite the Chinese Communist Party’s efforts...
  ‘Bridge Man’ Returns: Chinese Dissidents Unfurl Pro-Democracy Banners in Chengdu

• The New York Times: “Earlier this month, Mr. Trump informed Israel of his decision that the United States would not support an attack.” 
  NYT: President Trump Blocked Planned Israeli Strike on Iranian Nuclear Sites, Opts for Negotiations 
  
• Daniel Greenfield: Is America's diplomat breaking new ground - or repeating Biden’s errors?
  Witkoff In His Own Words
  
• Fred Fleitz: U.S. intelligence still claims Iran has no active nuclear weapons program—despite stockpiles of near-weapons-grade uranium and evidence of covert weaponization efforts.
  DNI Gabbard Must Reverse “Stupid” US Intelligence on Iran’s Nuclear Weapons Program

• Can Downing Street can hear the American president over the din of its own regulations?
  Starmer Wants Trump’s Free Trade Deal—But Free Speech Comes First
  
• Meet Matthew Parris – America fan, Trump-hater, and pillar of Britain’s suicidal Westminster establishment.
  Forget Parris

  DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS

• With DOGE making pronounced cuts across several security agencies, the cyber sector will likely feel the squeeze.
  How DOGE cuts will affect cybersecurity
  
• Released on Wednesday by the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), the 16-page analysis contends that the China-based AI firm “collects detailed user data, which it transmits via backend infrastructure that is connected to China Mobile.”
  Report: AI Company DeepSeek ‘Funnels’ American User Data To Red China

  HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE

• The AMA’s lobbying for politically charged issues like ‘gender-affirming care’ is all funded by American taxpayer dollars.
  The Leftist American Medical Association Created A Federally-Funded Cash Cow That Fuels Their Woke Agenda
  ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY

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

• It’s an insane day in America when tax-funded public school administrators can tell girls they can become boys without even informing their parents, but praying to God is considered so “offensive,” it can’t be spoken in public - even when doing so is clearly covered under the First Amendment.
  'We Don't Do Prayer': Mom Whose Child Was Secretly 'Socially Transitioned' at School Shouted Down By Mayor For Praying
  
• This is the hill they’re willing to die on. Let them.
  Men and Women Are Different, No Matter What Insane Leftists Say

  CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE

• She rejects the concept of sex as binary and joins calls for, “people who are cisgender, including queer people, to be meaningfully stepping the hell up” to step up and fight.
  ‘White Lotus’ Star Aimee Lee Wood Freaks After UK Supreme Court Rules ‘Trans Women’ Aren’t Women : ‘This Country Is a Hellhole’
  
• Former 'Man Show' standout reads Democrat playbook sans laughter
  Kimmel Clueless on Real Costs of Trans Sports Debate
  
• “A bipartisan coalition in Nebraska introduced bills to expand child credits.”
  Red States Show the Way for Pro-Family Populism
  
• Michael Walsh talks with... the author of The President, the Pope, and the Prime Minister: Three Who Changed the World.
  THE CONVERSATON: John O'Sullivan, Littérateur

  HITHER & YON

• Easter is a revolutionary act.
  Resurrection and Restoration

• It is the life, teaching and resurrection of Jesus that brings us to the persistent yet peculiar moment of Jesus versus the intellectuals in 2025.
  Jesus and Academia

ALSO: The Morning Report is cross-posted at CutJibNewsletter.com if you want to continue the conversation all day.

And. . . PODCASTING NEWS: the Podcast feeds have been fixed so you can now listen to them on the RSS feed as well as Apple Podcasts and Spotify, and of course directly at the CutJibNewsletter site. We also post a version on our Rumble channel within 12-24 hours of going live at the above.

Also, do follow us on X (Twitter): @CutJibNews

And my X (Twitter) account at: @therealJJSefton

and on Instagram: @Cutjibnewsletter

TIP JAR : Your support helps keep the lights on and is truly appreciated. Note: We are on Stripe, not PayPal.

posted by J.J. Sefton at 07:42 AM

| Access Comments