The Morning Report — 4/ 22 /25

Good morning kids. Just like yesterday, I'm going to have to choose my words very carefully lest I make a whole lot of heads explode, including my own, as well as wave a giant red cape in front of the usual swarm of trolls, stormfronters and other assorted anti-Semites, freaks and geeks that make their regular appearance here and every other thread throughout the day.

With all the lawless insanity fomented by the Democrat/Left set to tear what's left of this country apart at any moment, of all things why in God's name does Ron Johnson think that this is the moment for him to publicly transition into the Rosie O'Donnell of Michael Moores, as what we need to preserve the union.

One would have been hard-pressed to imagine, just a few years ago, a sitting United States senator suggesting that the Building 7 collapse may have been a "controlled demolition."  . . . To be clear, I don’t claim to know for sure what happened that day. If, after a legitimate and transparent inquiry — which has never happened — the results show that the collapse was triggered by debris or whatever the case may be, then so be it.

Why would anyone oppose investigating the deadliest attack on American civilians in history?  

If the evidence debunks all of the conspiracy theories, then all the better for building a real consensus based on fact.

I don't want to waste pixels and time on this but it does hit close to home, as I lost an old classmate who was near the top of the South Tower and I would have been in the Plaza that morning had I not left town a few days earlier. And of course as a native New Yorker and American I along with all of you and much of the world recoiled in horror as the attack unfolded and was almost all that was on TV for weeks and months on end afterwards. As much as the demise of my beloved parents those days are forever etched in my memory as the worst of my life.

Fast forward to today, where with all we have been through via the mainstreaming of the concept and indeed fact of the Deep State primarily due to the coronavirus and various plots to sabotage and/or overthrow Donald Trump's first and current term as President let alone the blatant theft of the 2020 election, which was and still is a hell of a lot more easy to prove than what Senator Johnson suggests.

And here's where my head explodes: given all of the aforementioned what was and is our government capable of doing, and why? Cui bono? We do have many of the same players and now their acolytes and associates still embedded in every department of every agency of every bureaucracy in DC, including and most especially our military and intelligence services along with the Judiciary of course.

But again, why this and why now Ron Johnson? As friend and friend of the blog Michael Walsh illustrates in his column, the controlled demolition is of the nation and the rule of a just and stable law itself that needs to be addressed. And perhaps coincidentally, he touches upon the events of 9/11 and what they have wrought nearly 24 years on, without the trutherism, yet with unflinching truths that would be better served getting at the heart of than where Ron Johnson wants to go.

When a group of German saboteurs were caught in New York and Florida in June 1942, planning to blow up hydroelectric plants and other loci of American industrial power but ratted out by two of their fellows in Operation Pastorius, President Franklin D. Roosevelt knew exactly what he was not going to do. "I want one thing clearly understood, Francis," he told his Attorney General, Francis Biddle. "I won't hand them over to any United States marshal armed with a writ of habeas corpus. Understand?" Biddle understood: this was war. There would be no civilian "due process." They would get what was coming to them. . . What a difference fourscore and three years make. Although the Islamic ummah declared war on the United States of America in 1998, and although President Trump has designated Mexican and South American narco gangs such as Tren de Aragua as terrorists under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, an appalling number of American lawyers -- including some ostensibly on the right -- appear not to have gotten the message, and have dragged him into federal court over and over again over the phantom issue of alien "rights."

. . . It's easy to know where to place the blame: on George W. Bush, the man who appointed Roberts, who fumbled the Battle of 9/11 so badly that the country is still paying the price for his lack of resolve, who gave us Homeland Security, the Director of National Intelligence, and the TSA. One might also go back to the first Bush presidency, that of George H.W. Bush, who bungled the end of the Cold War in 1989-1991 and thus created the conditions for the international shambles we are living through today. . .

. . . We can date the decline of the United States as an international power to the first Bush presidency, and that decline’s emphatic punctuation with the presidency of his son, George W. Bush. “Poppy,” as the elder was called, essentially ceded control of the events that followed the end of the Soviet Union and the liberation of Eastern Europe—the cornerstone of American foreign policy for nearly half a century—to other players: to Boris Yeltsin in Russia, Helmut Kohl in Germany, Vaclav Havel in Czechoslovakia, and, critically, to the Hungarian-born George (Schwartz) Soros, who invested a great deal of money in the rebuilding of the East Bloc and was widely hailed at the time as a moneyed capitalist savior from the wreckage of communism.

And then 9/11 happened: . . Now we're fighting saboteurs and infiltrators from our own hemisphere, here on our home turf, "Maryland men." After Pearl Harbor, FDR went before Congress to declare, "No matter how long it may take us to overcome this premeditated invasion, the American people in their righteous might will win through to absolute victory.

. . . Now, instead of the chair, our enemies get the best lawyers your money can buy, and laugh in your face.

Not to trivialize the memory of the victims of 9/11, but what happened on that day is a drop in the ocean compared to the toll of human suffering and wastage of human potential left in the wake of every Democrat/Leftist in every office they ever held or continue to hold and every RINO/globalist flunky who goes along with them in order for them to wet their beak via aiding and abetting in the dismantling of the Republic.

Here is but one truly frightening example, among many others affecting other states including supposedly Red ones from the transgender insanity, taxation, freedom of speech and religion, the second amendment, open borders, to the climate change hoax, the march of Islam, that taken all together are the cutting edge of depriving us of our lives, liberties and pursuit of our individual happiness by forging the chains of a terrible new slavery.

In an alarming move that should concern every freedom-loving American, Illinois lawmakers are advancing House Bill 2827, known as the “Homeschool Act.” It’s an ill-conceived piece of legislation that should be renamed “The Illinois Family Exit Act” because, no doubt, many families will be looking for an exit if this monstrosity is signed into law. . .

. . . This legislation directly threatens the rights of parents to educate their children, particularly those who choose homeschooling for religious or moral reasons. When the bill was introduced, it garnered a massive negative response among Illinois citizens. Homeschool families valuing their educational freedom signed witness slips in opposition to the tune of over 50,000 in 24 hours.

But let's dip our toes into 9/11 trutherism. Precisely at the moment when President Trump has the Democrat/Leftists and globalists on the ropes, and as said Dems are loudly and proudly defending Hamas terrorists and illegal alien violent criminal gangster terrorists along with forcing males into women's bathrooms and women's prison cells, as well as forming a circular firing squad for not being insane enough to please the true believers or not pretending to be moderate effectively enough to fool the rubes.

Ugh.

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ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY
• Illinois bureaucrats are here to protect your kids... from you.
  A Homeschool Law That Could Criminalize Parents and Threaten Jail Time
  
• Noem was taking her family out to enjoy Easter festivities in the city when the suspect grabbed her bag and left the establishment, a DHS official told the outlet. CNN reported that Secret Service officials identified the suspect as an unknown white man wearing a medical mask after reviewing security footage.
  Report: DHS Sec. Kristi Noem Robbed at DC Restaurant
  
• Michael Walsh: . . .Now we're fighting saboteurs and infiltrators from our own hemisphere, here on our home turf, "Maryland men." After Pearl Harbor, FDR went before Congress to declare, "No matter how long it may take us to overcome this premeditated invasion, the American people in their righteous might will win through to absolute victory. I believe that I interpret the will of the Congress and of the people when I assert that we will not only defend ourselves to the uttermost but will make it very certain that this form of treachery shall never again endanger us. With confidence in our armed forces—with the unbounding determination of our people—we will gain the inevitable triumph—so help us God." Now, instead of the chair, our enemies get the best lawyers your money can buy, and laugh in your face.
  THE COLUMN: Fight with Soldiers, Not Lawyers
  
• One would have been hard-pressed to imagine, just a few years ago, a sitting United States senator suggesting that the Building 7 collapse may have been a "controlled demolition."  (Ron Johnson is now the Rosie O'Donnell of Michael Moores - jjs)
  WATCH: Senator Demands 9/11 Investigation Into ‘Controlled Demolition’ of Building 7

THE ECONOMY, STUPID

• In a post on Truth Social, Trump said “pre-emptive” interest-rate cuts are now being “called for by many,” and faulted Powell for habitually acting too slowly. “He’s always been too late,” the president wrote, adding that Powell is a “major loser” whose decisions appear politically motivated.
  Trump Blasts Fed Chair Powell as ‘Major Loser,’ Questions Political Motives Behind Rate Decisions
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• Daniel Greenfield: Homelessness keeps rising, homeless taxes keep rising and the money disappears.
  L.A. Raises Sales Tax to 11% Over Stolen ‘Homeless’ Billions

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

• During a “Pod Save America” episode that aired, Raskin referenced El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele and suggested that Democrats should keep score of foreign leaders who work with President Donald Trump. Bukele sparked outrage recently after he told reporters that he would not help return illegal alien Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whom the administration mistakenly deported but argues should remain in the Central American country. 
  Jamie Raskin’s Threat To Foreign Leaders Might As Well Have Been Directed At Trump Supporters

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

• Alito argued the court ‘hastily and prematurely granted unprecedented emergency relief’ in a ‘legally questionable’ manner.
  Alito Issues Scathing Rebuke Of Supreme Court’s ‘Middle Of The Night’ Deportation Interference
  
• Republicans need to be unafraid to say that Democrats are siding with crime, murderers, and terrorists, such as MS-13, over the safety of American citizens. This will show them to be the Marxist sycophants they are. Only people who hate the nation, her, people and her laws would advocate to bring criminal illegal immigrants back into the United States. Republicans can't shy away from pointing that out.
  Americans voted for mass deportation—Republicans can't back down now
  
• Four Democrat members of the House of Representatives have traveled to El Salvador to attempt to represent a foreign, alleged MS-13 gang member and El Salvadoran national, Kilmar Abrego Garcia. The delegation, comprised of Reps. Robert Garcia of California, Maxwell Frost of Florida, Maxine Dexter of Oregon, and Yassamin Ansari of Arizona are questioning his deportation from Maryland, which they describe as wrongful.
  More Democrats Make Pilgrimage to Visit Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
  
• The lawmaker’s journey to the Central American nation, where he was denied access to Garcia at the Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo (CECOT) maximum security prison, showed the disturbing true colors of anti-borders politicians: an instinct to prioritize the interests of illegal aliens over those of legal American citizens.
  Van Hollen’s El Salvador Trip Reveals the Darkness of the Anti-Borders Left
  
• "TdA operates in conjunction with Cártel de los Soles ... commits brutal crimes, including murders, kidnappings, extortions ... "
  Dem Judge Resigns After Harboring Alleged Tren De Aragua Gang Member
  
  
• The Supreme Court temporarily halted the Trump administration’s efforts to use the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to deport members of the Venezuelan prison gang Tren de Aragua (TdA) early Saturday morning, saying detainees needed to have a chance to challenge their deportations. Turley said the high court was being forced into an “increasingly improvisational” approach by the sheer number of emergency cases.
  Supreme Court Becoming Increasingly Frustrated With ‘Half-Baked’ Cases Challenging Trump Deportations, Turley Says
  
• Records obtained by The Daily Wire show Texas governor played central role in securing massive tax benefits for the illegal immigrant enclave.
  Colony Ridge Gave Greg Abbott $1.5 Million. Here’s What Greg Abbott Gave Colony Ridge.
  
• White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller has opened a new front in the immigration debate by suggesting that reparations be paid to Americans for harm caused by mass illegal immigration. During a media appearance on Friday, Miller—responding to Senator Sheldon Whitehouse’s (D-RI) proposal that the federal government should incur daily fines over Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s deportation to El Salvador—argued American citizens are those who deserve restitution.
  White House Proposes ‘Reparations’ for Americans Affected by Illegal Immigration.

  DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE

• Bills would check district courts from issuing nationwide injunctions like those issued against President Trump’s executive orders.
  Republicans In Congress Look To Stop ‘Judicial Coup D’Etat’

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

• “Harvard needs to fully come into compliance with Title IV of the 1964 Civil Rights Act,” a senior HHS official told the Caller regarding what the university needs to do to have the funds unfrozen. “They need to remedy the violations of Title IV with respect to Jewish students on campus, they need to make sure that the not violating title six with respect to their admissions practices, and they need to provide sufficient guarantees that this conduct is not going to repeat itself.”
  Trump Admin Freezes Additional $1 Billion In NIH Grants To Harvard University
  
• Ivy League university charges admin with violating law that governs federal grants and loans
  Harvard Sues Trump Over Funding Freeze (to be continued in a Molokai courtroom, I guess - jjs)

• Berlin’s Immigration Office has issued deportation orders to four individuals for their participation in a pro-Hamas protest at Berlin’s Free University, which involved damage to property. The protesters, two from Ireland, one from Poland, and one from the United States, are accused of participating in the October 2024 demonstrations, which resulted in violence and property destruction.. They were instructed last month to leave the country by April 21 or face deportation.
  Germany to Deport American, 3 EU Citizens Following Pro-Hamas Demonstration.
  
• At least half a dozen FXB faculty members are outspoken anti-Israel advocates
  At Harvard's Center for Health and Human Rights, Academics Paint Israeli Jews as the Real Terrorists
  
• Lloyd Billingsley: In the heart of California’s affluent Silicon Valley.
  Anti-Semitism Goes to High School
  
• Other protesters chained themselves to the entryway, demanding release of Columbia students detained by ICE
  NYPD Arrests Keffiyeh-Clad Columbia Alum Who Set Up Tent Outside Main Campus Gate

  WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM

• Britain bans another truth-teller.
  A Great Replacement – and a Great Disgrace

  BIDEN CRIME FAMILY REVELATIONS

• ‘What other contributions is she hiding?’ watchdog asks
  Ashley Biden's Charity Failed To Disclose $500,000 in Donations to IRS, Complaint Alleges

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

• Ballymore — located in the Mississippi Canyon area — has been described as a “subsea tieback,” meaning the discovery can be leveraged by an existing platform, using three wells tied to the already-standing Chevron-operated Blind Faith facility.
  Energy Dominance: Chevron Begins Key Oil Project in Gulf of America
  
• The faux justifications for spending trillions on climate might be fading away.
  No Due Process For Illegal Regulations 
  
• In the world of nuclear regulation, there can be too much of a good thing, and the results can be ridiculous, costly, or even dangerous.
  When Nuclear Regulation Goes Awry

  EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT

• Harvard Law's 96 signatories champion the rule of law—selectively—revealing more allegiance to partisan orthodoxy than to the principle they claim to defend.
  Harvard Law School Professors Politicize the Rule of Law
  
• We lower expectations, excuse bad behavior, and pretend that endless second chances build character. But they don’t.
  How No-Consequence Schooling Turns Kids Like Karmelo Anthony Into Killers

• Leftist non-profits should lose their tax-exempt status. And there’s a very easy way to do it: all of them have DEI departments.
  Congress Should Strip Tax Exemptions From All Woke Nonprofits, Not Just Harvard

  POLITICS

• Jeffries told Jonathan Karl on ABC News’ “This Week” that he will stand behind “every single Democrat incumbent” in the midterms. His comments come after Leaders We Deserve, a political organization which Hogg co-founded in 2023, announced plans Tuesday to spend $20 million in an effort to help elect younger Democrat leaders — including primary challengers to incumbent House Democrats — in safe blue districts.
  Hakeem Jeffries Pushes Back On David Hogg’s Plans To Primary Incumbent House Dems
  
• Gooder and harder, New York. Gooder and harder.  But the fact is that the battle is between a midwit socialist too young to have accomplished anything with no discernible talents aside from transparent demagoguery and an aging sexual harasser responsible for the deaths of thousands of elderly New Yorkers
  The Battle Is on for the Soul of the Democrat Party... but SHEESH, Those Contestants...
  
• Trump finds solid backing after woke Biden junta policies.
  Voters Align With Trump On DEI, ‘Transgender’ Bans: I&I/TIPP Poll
  
• The party’s activist wing is formidable.
  Can Democrats Pivot to the Center? (Fake normalcy? - jjs)
  
• 'Remember when the bunny took Joe Biden out?' Trump mused to the Easter Bunny. 'He’s not taking Trump out!'
  Trump And Melania Play, Color With Kids At White House Easter Egg Roll

  THE UKRAINIAN "FRONT"

• The Russo-Ukraine war has reached a point at which Ukraine can lose through diplomacy or through a rout on the battlefield.
  ‘Make Peace, You Fools! What Else Can You Do?’

  REACTIONS TO POPE FRANCIS' DEATH

• Robert Spencer: Pope Francis worked to weaken, and ultimately destroy, the Roman Catholic Church and Christianity itself.
  The Barack Obama of the Roman Catholic Church Has Died
  
• The late pontiff won't be buried in St. Peter's Basilica, nor will he be buried in the traditional coffin.
  Funeral For Pope Francis Will Deviate From Tradition (A fitting epitaph - jjs)
  
• Francis didn’t change Catholic teaching, but he pushed a moral relativism in which theology and doctrine are negotiable.
  The Legacy Of Pope Francis Is Chaos, Confusion, And Division In The Catholic Church
  
• "Rest in Peace Pope Francis! May God Bless him and all who loved him!"
  Trump, World Leaders Respond To Death Of Pope Francis
  
• Will the cardinals choose wisely this time around?
  A New Pope With Courage

  FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL

• Government sources have reportedly informed the Mail on Sunday that Chinese bugging devices have been discovered in popular areas frequented by civil servants and government researchers.
  Chinese Spies Bugging Park Benches, Pubs Near UK Gov’t Offices: Report
  
• The Home Office said Renaud Camus' "presence in the UK is not considered to be conducive to the public good."
  UK denies entry to French philosopher who claims western nations are replacing native populations with foreigners
  
• The flames of war are easy to ignite but difficult to extinguish.
  Trump is all that stands between us and World War III
  
• India is set to impose a temporary tariff of 12 percent on steel imports, aiming to counter a significant increase in low-cost steel products from China. The action, referred to locally as a safeguard duty, is intended to take effect promptly.As the second-largest producer of crude steel, India was also a net importer of finished steel for the second straight year during the 2024/25 fiscal year. Preliminary government data shows that steel imports climbed to their highest level in nine years, reaching 9.5 million metric tons.
  India Takes Trump’s Lead, Imposes Tariffs to Block Cheap Chinese Imports.
  
• China is actively forcing all religious activity to align with Chinese culture and communism, and ensuring loyalty to the CCP.
  China Expels Missionaries, Treating Christianity As Existential Threat To Totalitarianism
  
• Allen Wear: This is our moment. Failure is not an option.
  How Do You Wanna Fight China?
  
• Amid big push-back from a nervous judiciary.     
  Romania and the MAGA Revolution
  
• The Open Technology Fund helps people in repressive regimes access blocked information.
  Trump’s Move to Save This Fund Will Strengthen Foreign Policy
  
• 'I never want Americans to think that we Americans are not greatly benefited by our partnership with our ally Israel.'
  Mike Huckabee Starts Role As U.S. Ambassador To Israel: ‘Calling From God Himself’

  DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS

• Something tells me that the liberal media is trying to force Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth from the Pentagon. According to a report from Politico, the Pentagon has become a "chaotic" mess because of Hegseth’s alleged influence, and it’s becoming a problem for the administration.
  Is a Coup Against Pete Hegseth Brewing at the Pentagon?

  HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE

• A recent report from Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust detailed three women hospitalized with vulvar necrotizing fasciitis; one died less than 28 hours after diagnosis.
  UK Gynecologists Report Rise in Flesh-Eating Infections of the Vulva
  
• If Kathy Hochul won’t clean up the Medicaid ‘racket’ in her state, then Congress and federal investigators should do it for her.
  New York’s Boom In Home Health Aides Is Just Another Medicaid Racket
  
• “My feeling is, why gamble with the health of our children?” FDA Commissioner Martin Makary.
  RFK Jr. To Ban Petroleum-Based Food Dyes

  ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY

• A massive ocean planet 124 light-years from Earth might harbor primitive life.
  Life discovered on a distant planet?
  
• Due to its success in quickly redesigning the first stage of its Electron rocket into a hypersonic test vehicle dubbed HASTE. . .
  Rocket Lab gets two big military contracts, from the Space Force and the UK
  
• . . .as part of their updates on this mission NASA officials revealed that Sierra Space’s cargo mini-shuttle, Tenacity, is facing more delays, and is now not expected to launch until late this year.
  SpaceX launches cargo Dragon to ISS; Problems with Tenacity?

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

• Advocates are calling on the White House to undo a little-known Obama rule they say puts female inmates at risk.
  Despite Trump Orders, Juvenile Prisons Still Have To House ‘Trans’ Men With Young Girls
  
• Maine’s Democrat House Majority voted on Thursday to pass a bill that would codify the Maine Human Rights Act (MHRA) in the state’s constitution. The proposed bill, LD 260, passed with a slim majority and will ultimately need two-thirds majority in both chambers before it can go before voters, Fox News reported. 
  Maine Democrats Want to Amend State Constitution to Codify Allowing Trans Athletes in Girls’ Sports
  
• The UK court affirms sex-based reality, but progressives still shield transwomen from scrutiny by redefining victimhood and ignoring the taboo of female predation.
  Transgenderism: Performative Predation

  CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE

• Christian Toto: Five for Fighting singer gets to heart of matter in Israel/Hamas debate
  The Question Pro-'Palestinian' Coachella Rockers Can’t Answer
  
• . . .he is looking to permanently relocate to England. (can't wait until the Muslim rape gangs grab him! - jjs)
  Transgender Mental case Influencer Dylan Mulvaney Teases Permanent Move Out of America

  HITHER & YON

• April 19, 2025, marked the 250th anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, a fiery dawn of courage that shattered the myth of British invincibility and lit the fuse of American independence. As many, worldwide, likely know, the overall event was a defiant stand against the Crown’s audacious gun control schemes, but that stand, itself, was a clash of principles rooted in the eternal struggle for self-ownership and liberty, and between large-scale officialdom versus local political communities and a closer approximation to voluntary interaction. The seeds of the fight can be found in the very movement of Pilgrims to the New World in 1620, as the Puritans -- who had fled the religious persecution of England, then lived in relatively free Holland for a decade -- got sponsors to finance their relocation to America. That, unto itself, is a lesson for collectivists, a timeless lesson about the importance of free markets and the power of those markets to create profit and reinvest that into new ventures.
  The Shot Heard ‘Round the World at 250: How British Gun Control Ignited the American Revolution

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