The Morning Report — 5/ 16 /25

Good morning kids. With the tempest in a Teapot Dome over the so-called "gift" from Qatar of a jumbo jet to President Trump still swirling, a friend had told me that supposedly the delivery of the jet had been arranged by Joey Sponge-Brain Shits-Pants in the last years of his junta for the same reasons President Trump is accepting delivery on behalf of the United States, and not him personally. I cannot find reference to this anywhere on line, but the salient facts as to why the jet is being accepted and is sadly needed remain:

Buzz Patterson, a retired Air Force pilot, White House military aide, and carrier of the nuclear football, has stepped in to inject a dose of reality—and firsthand experience—into the conversation. While critics scramble to paint the move as some kind of scandal involving President Trump, Patterson makes clear this is nothing new or scandalous, and absolutely nothing that warrants the breathless outrage.

“I’m going to try one last time,” Patterson began in a post on X. “The Qatar B-747 was built in the US by Boeing. They are offering a newer 747 to replace one of the two current AF-1s that have been flying for 40 years. Which are tired and need to be replaced.”

That last point is key. The current Air Force One planes are aging relics that first entered service when Ronald Reagan was in the White House. Replacing them has been a long, slow, and—thanks to bureaucratic delays—frustrating process. Patterson, who served as a military aide during the Clinton administration and has flown on Air Force One over a hundred times, says the Qatar aircraft would simply help fill the gap until Boeing completes new replacements—something that won’t happen for years.

No wonder the Democrat/Left is shrieking its lungs out about this. The average American is paying more attention to who and what the Dems are pushing and defending, that is criminal illegal alien invaders that are murdering and raping their way across America while sacking the US treasury in the process.

House Republicans are moving to block an estimated 1.4 million illegal aliens from receiving American taxpayer-funded Medicaid as Democrats struggle to message their support for the unpopular position.

The House Energy and Commerce Committee completed its markup of its portion of the budget reconciliation bill Wednesday morning after an all-night session which included a provision blocking anyone unable to verify citizenship, nationality, or satisfactory immigration status from coverage. The committee projects 1.4 million illegal aliens will be removed from the program due to those requirements.

House Democrat Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) ignored a question from CNN’s Wolf Blitzer about the cost savings from striking illegal aliens from the taxpayer dole Wednesday and if fighting it would “open up” Democrats to attacks that they support tax dollars going to illegal aliens. . . Newsom has moderated some of the radical left-wing stances that sent him to Sacramento but are seen as politically toxic in a national general election — suggesting House Democrats are fighting a battle they may be destined to lose on ensuring taxpayer-funded Medicaid for illegal aliens. Complicating Democrats’ messaging is their repeated calls for decades to rid Medicaid of waste, fraud, and abuse – the very initiative they now insist to loathe.

I don't know where this 1.4 million figure comes from. Biden's four-year border erasure allowed perhaps 10 times that number in if not more, and there were probably close to at least 40 million illegal aliens already here long before he was wheeled in as Obama's puppet. And it doesn't even come close to the fictitious 11 million illegal aliens figure that has been bandied about at least since Reagan was duped into signing the Simpson-Mazzoli amnesty travesty in 1986.

The illegal alien invasion that the Democrats have engineered is but one of several albatross carcasses that will or at least has the potential to drag them down, for at least a generation; future election thievery and GOP incompetence/mlfeasance/collaboration notwithstanding.

the reality is that the Democrat Party is far beyond distressed. As a functioning political entity, it has no reason for existing beyond opposing Trump, and secondarily Republicans. It is completely devoid of any issues, policies or even philosophies relevant to the majority of Americans. Their top issues are protecting violent illegal aliens and drag queen story hour for kiddos while trashing Martin Luther King’s dream by insisting on hiring people based on skin color. The economy is right there! (It won’t be by the end of the year or before, but it is right now.)

Meanwhile, President Trump remains steadfast in his efforts on all fronts. ICE is so overwhelmed trying to remove Biden’s unknown millions of illegals that Trump is doubling down on deportation efforts. On Friday, he ordered the Department of Homeland Security to increase the deportation force of the United States by 20,000 officers. It would be an enormous and needed expansion of immigration enforcement. Details to be ironed out, but also expect him to seek creative ways to house the illegals in various facilities on their way out, because the existing ones are also overwhelmed.

Politically speaking, Democrats have ripe targets of opportunity. But with a base of radicals and extremists they insist on playing to, they are resolutely avoiding them. The question is: Can they recover any purpose on behalf of the American people or will they continue to slide into political second class citizenship?

The Democrat Party was, is and always will be ANTI-American, insofar as that all it cares about is the acquisition of absolute power, and so that last last question answers itself. Party politics is one thing, but evil never rests.

Speaking of which, other than being indicative of a preening, narcissistic, asshole, I don't think it's the equivalent of a "Telefon" style message to a sleeper cell.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the U.S. Secret Service have launched an investigation into an alarming social media post published by former FBI Director James Comey.

Former FBI Director James Comey on Thursday shared an image on Instagram that many people saw as an unsubtle threat to President Donald Trump. Comey posted a photo of a  rock formation on a sandy beach that spelled out “86 47,” and captioned the post “Cool shell formation on my beach walk.”

. . . DHS Secretary Kristi Noem wrote on X that Comey’s post was being viewed as an assassination threat and an appropriate investigation has been launched. “Disgraced former FBI Director James Comey just called for the assassination of @POTUS Trump,” Noem said. “DHS and Secret Service is investigating this threat and will respond appropriately.”

Considering, the Left went apeshit about Sarah Palin's "target" imagery, and the fact that James Comey was a co-conspirator in he various and sundry plots to derail Donald Trump's candidacy in 2016 via the Russia Collusion hoax and that the FBI and CIA used foreign and domestic intelligence assets to gin up that smear campaign and that both have been implicated in the use of assassination in their operations (legitimate and otherwise). That President Trump has already been the target of at least two known attempts on his life prior to the 2024 election, Comey to me is a very sick and dangerous threat to our national security and needs to be investigated thoroughly with a view towards imprisonment for a very long time in a Federal prison.

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ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY
• Daniel Greenfield: Newsom locked up Californians and freed criminals to terrorize, rape and kill them.
  How Gov. Gavin Newsom Killed 30 People
  
• Victor Davis Hanson: They broke every pretense of legality and fair play to try to destroy Donald Trump.
  Would the Left Finally Explain the Inexplicable?

DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE
• The FAA admitted that the "antiquated air traffic control system is affecting our workforce."
  Denver Air Traffic Goes Dark, Leaving Nearly 20 Planes Stranded Mid-Air In Latest Scare
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• Trump’s order “discourages criminal enforcement of regulatory offenses, prioritizing prosecutions only for those who knowingly violate regulations and cause significant harm” and requires each agency to produce “a list of all enforceable criminal regulatory offenses, the range of potential criminal penalties, and applicable state of mind required for liability.”
  One Of Trump’s Most Important Executive Orders Went Entirely Unnoticed
  
• The justices debated the procedural and legal frameworks surrounding the matter, with liberal Justice Elena Kagan questioning Sauer on how the Court could rule on the issue without allowing nationwide injunctions. Kagan, during the session, asked Sauer to assume the executive order was “dead wrong” and explain how the judiciary could address the matter efficiently: “And, you know, look, there are all kinds of abuses of nationwide injunctions, but I think that the question that this case presents is… it’s quite clear that the EO is illegal; how does one get to that result, in what time frame on your set of rules without the possibility of a nationwide injunction?”“
  Once Again, Amy Coney (Island Whitefish) Barrett is Helping the Far-Left.

  THE ECONOMY, STUPID

• The Inflation Reduction Act will burden the American economy for years.
  Biden’s Worst Law

• Meanwhile the Consumer Price Index (CPI) report released on Tuesday indicates that inflation rose just 2.3 percent year-over-year in April — the lowest annual increase since February 2021, when [so-called quote-unquote] President Joe Biden was in office.
  The Media Kept Rooting For A Tariff-Driven Recession. The Data Keep Disappointing Them
  
• "Billions of dollars’ worth of investments on the home front are pouring in."
  While Trump Pulls In Investments In Middle East Trip, White House Touts Investments On ‘Home Front’

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

• Former FBI Director James Comey on Thursday shared an image on Instagram that many people saw as an unsubtle threat to President Donald Trump. Comey posted a photo of a  rock formation on a sandy beach that spelled out “86 47,” and captioned the post “Cool shell formation on my beach walk.”
  DHS and Secret Service Launch Investigation Into Former FBI Director James Comey’s ’86 47′ Instagram Post
  
• Agents from the disbanded squad will be reassigned to other duties, as the FBI shifts its focus toward immigration enforcement. This reallocation of resources coincides with broader changes within the Department of Justice (DOJ), which downsized its Public Integrity Section earlier this year and saw resignations from members who opposed dropping a federal corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams.
  Kash Patel Crushes Anti-Trump Weaponization Arm of FBI.
  
• House Democrat Summer Lee, a little-known congresswoman from Pennsylvania, is looking to make her mark this week with a new measure titled “Reparations Now,” calling for the federal government to spent trillions of dollars’ as their “moral and legal obligation” to black Americans for slavery that ended nearly 200 years ago.
  Democrats Introduce Congressional Resolution Demanding 'Reparations' For Blacks
  
• Walz is feeding the rumor mill to bait President Trump into offering Derek Chauvin a federal pardon.
  If Walz Were a Real Man, He Would Pardon Derek Chauvin(if the queen had balls, she'd be a US Navy Admiral - jjs)
  
• “The bar associations exist with a sort of monopoly, but they also exist at the discretion of the courts,” he said, noting they mostly target conservatives. “I’ve seen the impact on the legal system, not only advocates like myself who are targeted, but rank and file prosecutors who are abused by the system because the left wants to have sort of lawlessness.”
  EXCLUSIVE: Ed Martin Teases Potential Target For His DOJ Weaponization Group’s Microscope
  
• 'I’m not going away until this guy goes to jail.' (Does the name Paul Kersey ring a bell? Just saying - jjs)
  Beaten Pro-Lifer Says Baltimore Is ‘Dragging Its Feet’ Bringing Him Justice

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

• Daniel Greenfield: "Slamming on their brakes in an attempt to cause a crash"
  Pro-Illegal Activists Blocking ICE Arrests Busted

• Trump’s lawyers argued that the many national restraining orders abort the evolution of courtroom and public debates on the issues, and they also block administration planning for how their electoral mandates should be implemented.
  SCOTUS Zig-Zags on National Injunctions Vs. Democracy, Birthright Citizenship
  
• Democrats are doing exactly what President Donald Trump needs them to do regarding his hard-line immigration policy. Still, the Courts are going to be a tougher nut to crack. The Trump administration recently announced it is considering suspending habeas corpus in Trump’s pursuit to deport illegal immigrants. The left immediately lost their minds. “He’s ignoring the constitution! He’s a fascist!” they screamed.
  Trump Got Democrats To Do Exactly What He Wants
  
• ICE is so overwhelmed trying to remove Biden’s unknown millions of illegal immigrants that Trump is doubling down on deportation efforts.
  Democrats double down on political suicide by supporting illegal aliens
  
• A federal grand jury this week indicted Judge Hannah Dugan on charges she knowingly concealing an illegal alien from arrest.
  Delusional Leftists Compare Judge Indicted For Helping Illegal Evade Arrest To Harriet Tubman
  
• The House Energy and Commerce Committee completed its markup of its portion of the budget reconciliation bill Wednesday morning after an all-night session which included a provision blocking anyone unable to verify citizenship, nationality, or satisfactory immigration status from coverage.
  The committee projects 1.4 million illegal aliens will be removed from the program due to those requirements. Yet, every Democrat on the committee opposed the bill, with even Democrats not on the committee blasting the proposal to block illegal aliens from the program.
  Democrat Messaging Falters as They Ask Constituents to Foot Medicaid Costs for 1.4 Million Illegal Aliens

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

• The rocket features a "navigation mechanism adapted to challenging combat environments," and it is "capable of striking its target within a very short time," the military stated.
  IDF launches 'Bar' rocket for first time against terrorists, terror infrastructure in Gaza - watch
  
• Caspar Veldkamp joins the campaign to make Israel an international pariah.
  The Netherlands to Block Extension of EU-Israel Action Plan
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• Two arrested students were officers alongside Mohsen Mahdawi in a Buddhist group dedicated to fostering 'loving joy'
  'Corpse of the Phallus,' Black Latex, and Circus Performers: Meet The Avant-Garde Artists Arrested For Violently Storming Columbia Library

  
  WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM

• “I’ll tell you, you know me, I’m not a shrinking violet,” Gorka told Breitbart News. “I looked into the black eyes of this man and I saw the pits of hell, an absolute human with no soul.” Gorka said Jafar did not say anything to him, but stared back at him. “He looked at me—he looked at me for an extended period,” Gorka said. “I could see he was broken. He realized this is the end of the road for you my friend. His eyes had this deep, just kind of apocalyptic evil to them.” While Jafar did not say anything to him, Gorka said he looked defeated.
  Exclusive — Gorka on Staring into ‘Apocalyptic Evil’ Eyes of Abbey Gate Bombing Mastermind ‘Jafar’: ‘I Saw the Pits of Hell, an Absolute Human with No Soul’
  
• Robert Spencer: A court that assumes that Islam is peaceful allows a jihadi to learn more about his guiding ideology.
  This Will Fix Everything: Suspected Jihadi Ordered to Live at Mosque

  CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY

• The Department of Justice (DOJ), under Attorney General Pam Bondi, has announced a significant shift in funding priorities. Resources will be redirected away from diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) projects to focus on law enforcement and public safety initiatives.The decision comes after Senate Judiciary Chair Chuck Grassley sought clarification regarding the DOJ’s recent move to cut $811 million in grant funding. Grassley’s inquiry prompted the DOJ to disclose that much of the affected funding had been awarded to non-governmental organizations rather than directly to state or local agencies serving communities.
  DOJ Redirects Trans, DEI Grants to Bolster Law Enforcement Funding.

  ABORTION

• "It's alarming."
  RFK Jr. Wants ‘Complete Review’ Of Abortion Pill, Says Prescription Label Downplays Risks

  SECOND AMENDMENT

• Work smarter, not harder.
  Republicans betray gun owners again, but there’s an easy workaround

  DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY

• The complaint alleges that the billionaire proposed that the woman and her husband engage in group sex with him.
  Left-Wing Mega-Donor Accused Of Sexually Harassing Employee
  
• So the dude — and I say “dude” because instead of man sometimes, because you have to earn enough respect to be called a man — who is trying to impeach President Donald Trump for no actual criminal reason apparently doesn’t even know who he’s representing in Congress.
  Dem Rep. Trying to Impeach Trump Can't Name Michigan Cities He Represents

  CONFIRMATION HEARING News and Views

• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) general counsel nominee Sean Donahue on Thursday became the 67th civilian nominee of Trump’s second term to be confirmed, more than doubling the number of civilians that were confirmed by May 15, 2017 during the president’s first term. The Senate GOP leadership’s aggressive pace comes as Senate Democrats have sought to place historic roadblocks in the confirmation process by requiring roll call votes for all of the president’s nominees.
  Senate GOP Races Ahead With Trump Confirmations Despite Historic Roadblocks From Dems
  
• 'Democrats have thrown up an unprecedented level of obstruction for nominees.'
  ‘Next Level Obstruction’: Democrats Block Ambassador To Vatican Ahead Of Pope’s Installation

  POLITICS

•  “The Democrats decided to run a third ad-hominem campaign. . . At some point, and under whatever auspices, this is a game that will have to end.”
  Ten Years and a Hundred Days of Trump
  
• David Harsanyi: . . .the Democrats screwed themselves.
  Democrats are delusional to blame Biden for their election mess
  
• Just roughly one-third of Democrats said they were “very optimistic” or “somewhat optimistic” regarding the future of their own party, according to a Wednesday poll conducted by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. Cillizza said on his YouTube channel that this survey, alongside another poll, underscores how damaged the party has become.
  ‘Pretty Stunning’: Chris Cillizza Says New Data On Dems ‘Incredibly Telling And Problematic’
  
• In recent months, Ocasio-Cortez—often referred to as AOC—has toured the country, holding political rallies with Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), a self-described democratic socialist. The rallies, part of the two far-left lawmakers’ Fighting Oligarchy Tour, have buoyed progressive voter support for Ocasio-Cortez, leading to speculation she could mount a primary challenge to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) or even seek the Democratic Party’s 2028 presidential nomination.
  It’s TItty-Caca AOC’s Democrat Party Now, Data Shows.
  
• Trump’s epic comeback—from exile to landslide—has reshaped global trade, exposed elite fraud, and made even critics admit: the man is a once-in-a-century force.
  Trump’s First 100 Days: A Gold Standard for the History Books
  
• The neoconservative Catholic elite’s decades-long grip on GOP orthodoxy has collapsed, sidelined by Trump’s populism and a judiciary no longer shaped by Leonard Leo.
  Trump and the Welcome Demise of the Neocon Catholic Pontificate

  FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL

• Fred Fleitz: In Riyadh, Trump unveiled an "America First 2.0" doctrine—favoring trade over war, diplomacy over regime change, and peace through prosperity in a new world order.
  Trump Unveils “America First National Security 2.0” During Visit to the Arabian Gulf
  
• Iranian dissidents weigh in.
  How Should the Americans Hasten the Fall of the Iranian Regime?

• What we're seeing is primal rage and hysteria. It is a level of anti-white race hatred that needs to be exposed.
  South Africa Doubles Down On Its Anti-White Agenda And The Left Celebrates

  HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE

• If Republicans want to help President Trump deliver on his promises, lower costs for seniors, and rein in Big Pharma’s unchecked power, they should reject the EPIC Act.
  Big Pharma is secretly trying to undermine Trump... again
  
• Fundamentally, there is nothing conservative, nor remotely aligned with free-market principles, about letting foreign governments dictate U.S. drug prices while robbing us blind.
  The Free Market That Isn’t: Trump, Big Pharma, and the Price of Courage

  
  ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY

• "Our team identified an issue in the ground support system during overnight checks. We’re now in an extended hold to work through it. Our next target is the Friday morning launch window."

  Gilmour scrubs (thursday's) launch attempt
  

• With an alliance now of 55 nations (which is also likely to grow), the present Trump administration is well positioned to force some action on changing or eliminating the Outer Space Treaty’s limitations on private property and the ownership of territory on other worlds. Obviously this is not the most important item on Trump’s plate, but it does need to be addressed if Americans (and everyone else) are to have the freedom to establish colonies on other planets, protected by the same laws that protect Americans on Earth.
  Norway signs the Artemis Accords

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

• Camp IdRaJe, which derives its name from the song “I’d Rather Have Jesus” would rather not sacrifice their religious freedoms and the innocence of their children to the secular perverts set on infringing upon their constitutional rights.
  Christian Camp SUES State For Forcing Kids To Share Bathrooms With the Opposite Sex

  CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE

• A modern Tower of Babel is rising.
  From Eden to AI
  
• Christian Toto: Adam Driver linked to 'Hangover'-style romp suggests woke handcuffs are off
  The Return of the R-Rated Comedy?

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