The Morning Report — 5/ 7 /25

Good morning kids. Well, things are heating up in both the Middle East and in South Asia. And the common denominator and belligerent force behind it all is Islam. India and Pakistan, which both possess nuclear weapons and have been at each other's throats for decades as nation states, and for centuries really when you consider Islam's long march to subjugate and destroy Hindus, Bhuddists and other infidels all over the world in their bloodthirsty crusade (heh) for world conquest.

India launched Operation Sindoor early Wednesday morning local time, targeting what the army calls “terrorist infrastructure” in Pakistan. . . “A little while ago, the Indian Armed Forces launched ‘OPERATION SINDOOR’, hitting terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir from where terrorist attacks against India have been planned and directed. Altogether, nine (9) sites have been targeted. Our actions have been focused, measured and non-escalatory in nature. No Pakistani military facilities have been targeted. India has demonstrated considerable restraint in selection of targets and method of execution. These steps come in the wake of the barbaric Pahalgam terrorist attack in which 25 Indians and one Nepali citizen were murdered. We are living up to the commitment that those responsible for this attack will be held accountable. There will be detailed briefing on ‘OPERATION SINDOOR’, later today.”

. . . The tension began in 1947 after the partition of British India when the area became India and Pakistan based on religious lines: Muslim-majority Pakistan and Hindu-majority IndiaJammu and Kashmir could pick which country to join. The leader of Kashmir wanted independence but asked to join India for protection against Pakistani herders. India and Pakistan have fought three wars. . .

Last month Pakistani terrorists butchered Indians in a bloody rampage in Kashmir, a long disputed territory where this brand of Islamic savagery has been all too common. With both Iran and China bordering both nations, and with America as an ally of India, any miscalculation could have some very serious consequences that spread beyond the immediate area.

And while that's going on, Israel just hammered the crap out of the Houthis and sent a message to the Mullahs in Tehran:

Israel destroyed the main airport in Sana’a, Yemen, the country’s capital, to prevent the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels from using it to rearm their missiles and resupply their forces, in the latest counterattack.

Tuesday’s airstrikes were the second in as many days, after the Israeli Air Force (IAF) attacked the Hodeidah port Monday, following a Houthi missile attack on Sunday that hit Israel’s main airport, Ben Gurion.

The Israel Defense Forces issued a statement:

A short while ago, IDF fighter jets struck and dismantled Houthi terrorist infrastructure at the main airport in Sana’a, fully disabling the airport. The strike was carried out in response to the attack launched by the Houthi terrorist regime against Ben Gurion Airport. Flight runways, aircraft, and infrastructure at the airport were struck.

Similar to the Hudaydah Port that was struck yesterday, the airport served as a central hub for the Houthi terrorist regime to transfer weapons and operatives. It has been routinely used by the Houthi regime for terrorist purposes. This underscores the Houthi terrorist regime’s brutal exploitation of civilian infrastructure for terrorist activity.

The Houthis are backed and armed by if not directly under the control of the Iranian regime, pretty much the same way as Hezbollah and Hamas. And speaking of Hamas

The good news is that Israel has announced that it intends to clear Hamas out of Gaza once and for all. The bad news is that it seemingly wants to hand Gaza right back to the same people who created the conditions for the October 7, 2023, massacre.  . .

. . . I applaud Israel’s understanding that it needs to root out Hamas, which is an army and an obvious target. After all, Hamas fighters don’t quit. Driven by their sick sexual fantasies of those 72 “virgins” (or, more likely, “raisins”) in Paradise, and by their sadistic urges, they will always regroup to kill Jews. So, yes, destroy Hamas if it means flattening every square foot of Gaza.

But about that idea of handing the region over to Arab “civilian authorities” while maintaining an indefinite IDF presence? That’s a terrible idea.

I cannot believe after everything Israel has been through not only since October 7th but since the modern state came into being in 1948 and really since Islam began its bloody rampage to eradicate Jews and other infidels 1,500 or so years ago, that they think they can leave this cancerous abscess in their midst. But, what options does Israel have? Asking for, let alone demanding Islam reform itself is a non-starter.

Can Israel actually forcibly relocate a few million Gazans, especially since no one wants them in their midst either, for a number of reasons.

And I've written many times about the fools errand of "negotiating" with the Iranian mullahs. Previous administrations refuse to recognize the existential threat to civilization as we know it that is Islam, as well as the anti-Israel animus of Foggy Bottom's bottom dwellers. And now Trump seems to think he can convince them to give up their drive to acquire nuclear weapons. God bless Donald Trump, he's either clueless or he is being very poorly advised. I'd like to think he's playing for time or has something else up his sleeve that will finally at long last lead to the Mullahs being overthrown and Iran at long last liberated from them. Hopefully without the same result as what we saw in Syria by replacing Assad and the baathists with ISIS/al Qaeda.

Meanwhile, on a completely different note, we have scumbag supreme Tom Tillis:

Is Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., trying to sabotage his 2026 reelection bid? It’s a question worth asking when considering that the Tarheel State’s senior senator seems to be doing everything in his power to betray his constituents ahead of next year’s primary.

While speaking to reporters on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, Tillis, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, formally announced his opposition to the nomination of Ed Martin to serve as the next U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia. With a 12-10 Republican majority on the committee, Tillis’ opposition likely nullifies the body’s ability to favorably move Martin’s nomination to the full Senate for final confirmation . . Then again, it’s not surprising Tillis would go out of his way to try and tank a Trump nominee who could deliver transformational change for Americans. . .

. . . Look no further than Tillis’ ongoing attempts to salvage parts of President Biden’s wrongly named “Inflation Reduction Act.” Last month, the North Carolina Republican co-signed a letter asking Senate Majority Leader John Thune to spare the IRA’s “green energy” tax credits from being cut in the party’s reconciliation package. And that example only scratches the surface of Tillis’ years-long career running defense for the swamp’s interests.

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ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY
• The strikes heighten the risk of a broader conflict between the nuclear-armed neighbors, with both sides on edge and diplomatic efforts struggling to de-escalate. . . India has launched missile strikes on three sites in Pakistan: Kotli and Muzaffarabad in Azad Jammu and Kashmir, and Ahmed Pur East in Bahawalpur. The attacks, which Pakistan’s military called “unprovoked,” follow India’s claims that Pakistan was behind a brutal terror attack in Pahalgam, in Indian Kashmir, on April 22, 2025, which killed 26 people, mostly tourists, in one of the deadliest assaults since 2000.
  India Strikes Pakistan, Cuts Off Water Supply — Reports.
  
• If Americans continue to confuse legality with loyalty, this country will self-immolate.
  America’s Immigration Problem Won’t Be Solved By Letting Illegal Aliens Come Back Legally

DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE
• Some grants needed to be stripped of initiatives which included a “racial equity impact analysis” or an “equity and inclusion program/plan” coupled with every project, the Caller learned.
  EXCLUSIVE: Trump Admin Purges Thousands Of Woke Grants Left Behind By Biden
  
• Part one: African Development Foundation CFO told the White House he would not acknowledge a Trump appointee as agency head.
  Foreign Aid Official Who Resisted DOGE Took Secret Payments After Steering Africa Money To Friend 
  
• And the tantrum-throwing is epic.
  DOGE Is Doing the Clean-Up Leftists Can’t Stand
  
• Every failing city in America follows the old Detroit playbook.
  The Motor City: Prototype for Urban Failure

  THE ECONOMY, STUPID

• Free trade with India isn’t a win for America—it’s déjà vu with China: cheap labor, ignored externalities, and another gut punch to U.S. industry dressed as opportunity.
  India is China 2.0
  
• "We don't want to decouple; what we want is fair trade," said Treasury Secretary Bessent.
  BREAKTHROUGH: Trump Officials Set Date For Direct Trade Talks With China
  
• Biden junta repeatedly sought to erase hundreds of billions in student debt
  'Debt Doesn't Go Away': Trump Admin Restarts Student Loan Payments

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

  
  

• Daniel Greenfield: The most dangerous assault. . .America is being invaded from the outside, but the greatest assault is coming from within.
  The Enemy We Face
  
• Pritzker’s New Hampshire speech blurred the line between hyperbole and hysteria, raising the question: is he channeling Seinfeld, Smollett—or something more sinister?
  Hyperbole, Lies, and Delusions
  
• A harrowing glance into the beating heart of Leftism.
  Why the Left Loves Revolutionary Violence
  
• “There’s a lot of intellectual cowardice going on in the country right now, and it’s a product, I think, of the ascendance of progressivism,” he tells The Post in an interview about his new book, “The Affirmative Action Myth: Why Blacks Don’t Need Racial Preferences to Succeed.” (Moynihan saw this 60 years ago! -jjs)
  How black Americans were on the rise before affirmative action, author Jason Riley explains in fascinating new book

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

• U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) confirmed that agents arrested Tiago Lucas in Bourne, Massachusetts last October after learning he had been living at the home daycare of Franciele Nunes. Lucas, allegedly the father of Nunes two children, fled Brazil to escape a nine-year sentence for raping a 13-year-old girl. Nunes had been a licensed home daycare provider for three years until her license expired in March of this year.
  Cape Cod Daycare Closed After Housing Illegal Migrant Wanted for Child Rape

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

• President Donald Trump has secured a significant geopolitical win, securing a ceasefire with Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis to halt their attacks on Red Sea shipping. Speaking alongside Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney in the White House, Trump revealed that the Houthis had “capitulated” after relentless U.S. airstrikes, which targeted 1,000 sites in Yemen since March 2024. The deal, mediated by Oman, ensures neither side will target the other, safeguarding a vital artery for global trade.“
  Trump Announces Houthis Have ‘Capitulated’ as Oman Confirms Ceasefire.

• Israel cripples Sana’a Airport in major strike on Houthis after missile lands near Ben-Gurion Airport.
  Israel Bombs Yemen’s Capital Airport, ‘Fully Disabling’ Houthi Terrorist Base
  
• Israel destroyed the main airport in Sana’a, Yemen, the country’s capital, to prevent the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels from using it to rearm their missiles and resupply their forces, in the latest counterattack. Tuesday’s airstrikes were the second in as many days, after the Israeli Air Force (IAF) attacked the Hodeidah port Monday, following a Houthi missile attack on Sunday that hit Israel’s main airport, Ben Gurion.
  Israel Destroys Yemen’s Main Airport; Cuts Houthi Weapons Supply Route
  
• All the latest fashions are waiting for you. (Wife-beaters, Jew-beaters and suicide vests - jjs)
  The Icon Mall Opens in Ramallah
  
• Unfortunately, it still thinks it can give Gaza back to civilians, something it should have learned will create an Israeli death trap.
  Here’s the good news: Israel intends to clean out Hamas once and for all
  
• Fifty-nine hostages, both alive and dead, remain in Gaza, according to official numbers.
  Trump: Three More Hostages Die in Gaza, Dropping Total To 21 Alive
  
• Comparing the figures.
  Less Starvation in Gaza Than in the U.S.
  
• The 'Palestine' Chronicle employed a former Hamas spokesman who held Israeli hostages in his home for months after October 7
  Israeli Hostages’ Lawsuit Against News Outlet That Paid Hamas Terrorist Will Head to Trial, Judge Rules
  
• Secretary of State Marco Rubio has ordered the Department of State to close the Office of Palestinian Affairs and merge it with the United States Embassy in Jerusalem, according to several reports.
  Marco Rubio Orders State Department to Close Office of Palestinian Affairs (Merge it with Kilauea - jjs)

  WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM

• Don’t hesitate to question what you hear.
  PBS’ ‘American Muslims: A History Revealed’
  
• When it's not about “tolerance” or “diversity.”
  When TV Stations Enable Hamas-Linked CAIR’s Attacks

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

• Even though Nessel acknowledged that "based on the evidence, a reasonable jury would find the defendants guilty of the crimes alleged," she said the case had devolved into a "circus-like atmosphere" following months of court delays and allegations of bias on her part, Detroit's FOX2 reported. Nessel stood by her original decision to pursue felony and misdemeanor charges but said the proceedings were no longer a "prudent use of my department's resources" and moved to dismiss the cases.
  Far-Left Michigan AG Drops All Charges Against Anti-Semitic Protesters, Shocking Attorneys (self-gassing prayer-rug-muncher - jjs)

  CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY

• After experiencing eye-popping murder spikes, each city has pulled back from the brink.
  Duh! Study shows ‘defund the police’ resulted in more killings

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

• Digiday reports that the DOJ and Google have put forth their proposals for remedying the company’s alleged monopolistic practices in the online advertising industry. The filings, submitted on Monday, come after U.S. Judge Leonie Brinkema ruled last month that Google had unlawfully monopolized the systems powering online ad distribution.
  DOJ Reveals Plan to Remedy Google’s Stranglehold over Online Advertising
  
• Democrats’ favorability plummeted to 29%, according to a CNN poll released in March, while a CNN poll released April 27 shows only 27% of voters approve of the party’s congressional leadership. Scarborough noted that despite being a billionaire, Trump has connected more with blue-collar workers than Democrats have.
  [credibly-accused murderer] Joe Scarborough Admits Democrats ‘Painted Themselves’ As ‘Elitist’ Over Three-Plus Decades
  
• Anti-woke liberals are positioning themselves as gatekeepers on the right. We should reject their fake process neutralism, and ignore them.
  Against Bari Weiss-ism
  
• There is virtually no justification for continuing to fund state broadcasters.
  State broadcasters ultimately become Deep State mouthpieces and should be defunded
  
• The New Yorker is being absolutely reamed for their feature on notable NYC "powerhouses" - most if not all of whom just happen to be Democrats, of course - standing in their Big Apple digs and pretending they're at all relatable to your average Joe (look, they have living rooms, too!). 
  New Yorker RIPPED Over 'Tone-Deaf' Spread on 'NYC Powerhouses'

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

• A new environmentalism challenges climate alarmism, rejects false scarcity, and defends both ecological integrity and human freedom through practical, market-based solutions.
  Principles of New Environmentalism

• Our southernmost continent is, we’ve been told, the suffocating canary in the global coal mine. The more ice loss in Antarctica, the greater trouble we’re in. So what do we make of a study which found that between 2021 and 2023, there was a record-breaking increase in the Antarctic Ice Sheet?
  There Goes Antarctica

  EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT

• ‘Marching against this dangerous authoritarian administration is of utmost importance!’ Yali Amit says
  University of Chicago Stats Professor Cancels Midterm, Pushes Students To Join Anti-Trump Protest Instead
  
• A state trial judge invalidated a program that gives students funds to spend on educational expenses, including private school tuition.
  An Outrageous Decision on School Choice in Utah
  
• Once authorities arrived, they issued dispersal orders, which were not heeded by the radicals. Fire fighters doused the flames and entered the building to remove the militants, who were protesting the university's relationship with Boeing, which they link to Israel.
  It's Rioting Season...Again: Antifa Sets Fires, Occupies Building at University of Washington
  
• Ultimately, however, legislation is the president’s best bet for dealing with accreditors who encourage violations of the law.
  Trump’s Executive Order Is a Positive Step for Higher Education

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

• The race is the last one in the country left undecided after the November 2024 election.
  Federal Judge Decides Democrat Wins NC High Court Race Despite Thousands Of Questionable Ballots

  DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY

• It’s not surprising Tillis would go out of his way to try and tank a Trump nominee who could deliver transformational change for Americans.
  Today In Republicans Being Useless: Thom Tillis Plans To Sink Ed Martin Nomination

  POLITICS

• Sanders believes the Democrat Party has not had an agenda that “speaks to the needs of the working class” for the past several years, he told HuffPost an interview published Tuesday. The senator caucuses with the Democrats and sought the party’s presidential nomination in 2016 and 2020.
  Bernie Sanders Says Dem Party Doesn’t Have An Agenda That ‘Speaks To The Needs’ Of Working Class Voters
  
• Trump’s vision—secure borders, energy dominance, and America First—must be carved into law, not left to whoever comes next.
  MAGA voters must become MAGA leaders
  
• Daniel Greenfield: Obama told men they were sexists for not backing Kamala. Secretly he opposed her.
  Obama’s Sexism

  FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL

• Chinese manufacturing is struggling as the country's government pushes back on Trump's tariff.
  Trump’s Tariff Sparks Protests In China As Factories Shutter Amid Trade War
  
• “Thank you, Mr. President. I’m on the edge of my seat,” Carney said, beginning his statement. “Thank you for your hospitality, and above all, for your leadership. You’re a transformational president focused on the economy, with a relentless focus on the American worker, securing your borders, ending the scourge of fentanyl and other opioids, and securing the world.” That’s quite the change of tune from just over a week ago when Carney tried to talk tough in the face of tariffs, saying that his talks with Trump “will be with the full knowledge that we [Canada] have many other options to build prosperity for all Canadians.”
  Singing a Different Tune: Canadian PM Tones Down Rhetoric During WH Meeting with Trump
  
• The United States and the United Kingdom are set to sign a bilateral trade deal this week, marking significant progress in President Donald J. Trump‘s efforts to renegotiate global trade and its impact on American workers. It is believed the deal is one of 17 being prioritized out of over 100 negotiations and will increase pressure on the European Union (EU) to reach an agreement as well.Among the concessions being made by the British are reductions in their digital services tax aimed at multinational technology companies based in the United States. The Labour government, under Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, is also believed to be poised to cut its tariffs on American automobiles and steel imports and reduce trade duties on American agricultural goods.
  U.S.-UK Set to Sign Bilateral Trade Deal.
  
• Chalk one up for peace through strength and the crushing impact of American weaponry. And note the unmistakable message to Iran: We mean business and you’re next unless you drop the nuke program. 
  Michael Goodwin: As Houthis wave the white flag to Trump, Iran now firmly in admin’s crosshairs
  
• We’re offering treaties. They’re writing hit lists.
  While the West Negotiates, Iran Assassinates
  
• The failure to elect a chancellor on the first ballot was historic; there was a potential for new elections if a majority had not been reached within 14 days.
  German ‘Conservative’ Merz Becomes Chancellor After Historic Initial Failure.

  DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS

• President Donald J. Trump‘s Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, says the Pentagon will begin reducing administrative bloat, refocusing the Defense Department on warfighters and military readiness. As part of the first stage of this process, Hegseth announced late Monday that the U.S. military will reduce its number of four-star generals and admirals, aiming to cut senior staff by an estimated 20 percent. Additionally, Hegesth is directing the National Guard to reduce the number of general officers by 20 percent and to cut another 10 percent of all flag and general officers.
  Hegseth Slashes Pentagon Excess to Boost Warfighter Resources.
  
• The squishes joined Alito and Thomas in affirming a stay, so perhaps the tea leaves favor Trump on this one.
  The Supreme Court stayed a district court order striking Trump’s ban on ‘transgenders’ in the military

  HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE

• While lawmakers are correct that the FDA needs serious reform to address the ongoing tobacco epidemic, more hearings aren’t the solution. Instead of wasting time and taxpayer dollars on performative oversight, Congress should fix the very laws that have hampered innovation and limited adult access to less harmful alternatives to cigarettes. 
  If Congress Wants Real Solutions To So-Called Illicit Vapes, Real Reform – Not Lip Service – Is Required

  ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY

• Sunspot activity in April did nothing to tell us anything about the Sun’s future activity. It rose slightly, but not by enough to suggest that the prediction put forth last month by NOAA scientists that the ramp down to solar minimum has begun is wrong.
  Sunspot update: Activity rises slightly in April
  
• Astronomers have been doing this kind of stellar seismology for the Sun for several decades. To now have instruments sensitive enough to detect it on stars light years away is truly astonishing.
  Astronomers measure the vibrations of a star 21 light years away

  CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE

• This year's winners include: A 'reconsideration' of Huckleberry Finn from a slave's perspective, a 'musical call to action' on climate change, a Palestinian poet who wants to 'stop talking about Hamas'
  What Vibe Shift? Pulitzer Prize Board Affirms Media's Obsession With Woke Politics
  
• The Met Gala has an opportunity to do good with its influence, wealth, and fundraising abilities, but it doesn't.
  The Met Gala is a vapid, boring, and ostentatious display of hypocrisy
  
• Christian Toto: Author attacked by woke mob returns sans threats and cultural punishment
  ‘American Dirt’s’ Jeanine Cummins Gets Best Revenge Possible
  
• Daniel Greenfield: Woke really does go broke. 
  Disney’s Marvel Money Machine is Failing
  
• Actor Jon Voight, Trump’s special ambassador to Hollywood, alongside Voight’s manager Steven Paul, met with the president over the weekend to discuss a strategy to boost domestic film production. The proposed plans include introducing federal tax incentives, making changes to several tax codes and implementing infrastructure subsidies for production companies and movie theater owners, The New York Times reported.
  Hollywood Bigwigs Want Middle Class Americans To Subsidize Garbage Movies

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