The Morning Report — 6/ 30 /25

Good morning kids. And just like that, the year 2025 is just about half over. The breaking news this morning is either the twisted act of just some random psychopath or given everything going on in the world, and sadly here at home perhaps some form of domestic terrorism. Eco-, Immigration-, Islamic- or some kind of Beelzebub happy meal combination.

Here's what we know so far:

Two firefighters were killed and a third was injured when first responders were ambushed by an hours-long barrage of gunfire after arriving at the scene of a blaze in Idaho Sunday afternoon, authorities said.  The horrific attack, which began around 2 p.m. local time on Canfield Mountain near Coeur d’Alene, ended about five hours later when SWAT teams discovered the lifeless body of a man next to a firearm on the popular tourist trail, according to the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office.  “This was a total ambush, these firefighters did not have a chance,” Sheriff Bob Norris told reporters after the massive manhunt, assuring the community there is no longer an active threat. “We have currently one dead shooter based on the preliminary investigation that was being conducted. Keep in mind we had a fire that was rapidly approaching the body so we had to scoop up that body and we had to transport that body to a different location. We believe that it is the only shooter that was on that mountain at that time.”

Police have not released the suspected gunman’s identity, the type of weapon recovered at the gruesome scene, or the cause of his death.  A motive remains under investigation but police believe the fire was intentionally set to lure first responders into a deadly trap. “We do believe that the suspect started the fire and we do believe it was an ambush and it was intentional,” Norris said. 

A Coeur d’Alene firefighter and a Kootenai County Fire and Rescue member were shot dead in the sudden strike.

The third victim, a Coeur d’Alene firefighter who was shot during the violent surprise attack, is recovering at Kootenai Health after undergoing surgery. . .

. . . The FBI responded to the scene providing tactical and operational support, FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino said, with about 300 first responders also on site from state and local agencies.

Meanwhile, in Philadelphia, the city of brotherly cheesesteaks, reports of some sort of massive explosion preceded the collapse of several homes in the comedically ironic section of the city known as Nicetown. One fatality has been reported, so apologies for being flip. While it could be something as innocent/normal as a gas leak. Again, given everything going on here and abroad, perhaps some religion of Peace Peacenik or Anti-fascist Brownshirt Democrat Stormtrooper building a mostly peaceful pipe bomb to be used against ICE, a synagogue or some other target of the forces of darkness and evil that threaten "Our Precious Democracy" (vomit) cannnot be discounted. And a little over 40 years ago when Mayor Wilson Good used the air units of the Philadelphia PD to re-enact the firebombing of Hamburg and burned several blocks to the ground after being shot at while attempting to evict or arrest a black liberation group known as MOVE, led by one John Africa. Oh the humanity!

Prayers for the victims, and hopefully we'll get to the bottom of these incidents.

Completely switching gears, this so-called "Big Beautiful Bill" seems to be moving forward but about the only good thing I can see in it is the RINO opposition to it, is giving President Trump the political cover and cassus belli to go after the backstabbers like Tom Tillis who mercifully has decided to not even seek re-election and hopefully give North Carolinians the opportunity to put a MAGA-aligned patriot on the ballot and please God in the Senate.

As for the bill itself, as CBD and I discussed on the podcast an episode or so ago, and still relevant, How does borrowing and spending us further into debt gibe with the whole notion of DOGE and the MAGA movement? I do not want a more "efficient" government. I want a radically reduced/eliminated government. Because the smaller the government, the freer and more prosperous the citizenry.

One huge issue that that Leftists and propagandists are harping on is supposedly the evil Nazi Trump republicans eliminating Medicare and Medicaid. Cue the footage of Paul Ryan as Tommy Udo shoving granny off of a cliff in her wheelchair.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune has also backed an effort to secure more cuts within the president’s sweeping tax relief and immigration legislation.

The deficit-reducing measure is sponsored by Republican Florida Sen. Rick Scott and would lower the 90% federal match rate for new Medicaid enrollees in states that expanded coverage under the Affordable Care Act. A group of deficit-concerned senators, including Scott, helped secure a vote on the amendment, which will occur during an anticipated marathon session of voting, known as a “vote-a-rama,” before senators will vote on final passage of the bill.

“We think it’s really good policy,” Thune told reporters Sunday. “We’re going to do what we can to support that effort.”

. . . The amendment, however, could die on the Senate floor due to moderate GOP senators’ opposition to reducing the federal government’s contributions to state Medicaid programs, known as the federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP). Scott’s proposal notably exempts the existing expansion population on Medicaid rolls. Trump notably thanked Scott and the cohort of fiscal hawks for ultimately supporting the opening of debate on the bill Saturday night. The president said he would work with the group to “REDUCE WASTEFUL SPENDING” and “ENSURE OUR MEDICAID SYSTEM HELPS THOSE WHO TRULY NEED IT” among other priorities, in a statement on the social media platform Truth Social. . .

. . . The upper chamber’s budget bill also slashes spending on green energy subsidies by accelerating the termination of solar and wind tax credits, which could save hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars.

The Senate’s proposal will have to clear the House before Trump signs the budget bill into law. A number of moderate Republicans in the lower chamber are voicing concern about aggressive spending cuts while members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus are pushing for more deficit reduction.

“For all cost cutting Republicans, of which I am one, REMEMBER, you still have to get reelected,” Trump wrote on the social media platform Truth Social Sunday evening. “Don’t go too crazy!”

Bingo, Mr. President. But what have we been pleading for for decades and what did you run on - fiscal sanity. Yes, cutting out the waste and outright fraud of multiple funding of the same programs across different agencies/departments and the plain old thievery of money that somehow gets iPhoned off to fund anti-American groups and seditious activities etc. etc. is absolutely a good thing. But we need to starve the bureaucratic beast and kill off as much of the New Deal, Great Society, and every other freedom and money sucking entity we can to really Make America, not only Great again, but make America America again. Getting rid of the Dept. of Education is a great thing (if it actually does disappear) but why is the EPA still functioning. Yes Lee Zeldin has been doing some great things to erase the environmental madness of the global warming/climate change myth and give a much needed shot in the arm to get fossil fuels, energy independence and our economy moving again.

enough on this. At any rate, getting back to the actual bill itself, The sick irony of Chuck Schemer looking to read thousands of pages while Malig-Nancy Pelosi refused to read even the cover page and dedication to satan by the author of the massive Obamacare power grab that let the government seize control of the health care sector, fully one sixth of the economy, and then her proclaiming "We have to pass the bill to find out what's in it!" And it's either hypocrisy on our side in demanding we pass the bill or else tit's a delicious sauce for the goose/gander.

The other insane chutzpocrisy of the Dems is them bithcing about fiscal responsibility and a balanced budget after decades of borrowing andspending us into the oblivion we are on the precipice of while hacks like Paul Krugman kept insisting that the government can boorrow/spend and print money indefinitely and infinitely, unlike the average household who cannot run up their credit cards without any consequences.

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ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY
• The burst of gunshots – which are still ongoing – erupted around 2 p.m. local time as first responders arrived at the scene of a fire at Canfield Mountain near Coeur d’Alene, according to the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office.
  2 firefighters shot dead, 1 injured after ‘sniper’ ambushes crew responding to Idaho blaze: ‘Did not have a chance’
  
• . . . “Based on the preliminary information, we believe that was the only shooter who was on that mountain at that time.” Norris said the assessment is “based on trajectory” and “based on the type of weapons that this individual had.”
  Idaho Sheriff: Shooter Started the Fire, ‘It Was Intentional,’ ‘It Was an Ambush’

• Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker expressed that she was “deeply saddened by the explosion” that occurred and added that the “tragedy remains under active investigation.”
  Report: One Dead, Two Injured After Multiple Philadelphia Homes Collapse in Explosion
  * * * * *

• Clarice Feldman: Any week in which good sense and rational, effective government prevails is a rare, much to be wished for one. And we just had two of them.
  ‘A Very Consequential Two Weeks’
  
• Roger Kimball: The Supreme Court's 6–3 ruling in Trump v. Casa clipped the wings of activist judges, curbing their power to block presidential actions with sweeping injunctions.
  Minuting the minutiae
  
• “Those things Americans call constitutional rights seem hardly worth the paper they are written on!”
  Justice Kentanji Brown( -25) Jackson: “What Good is the Constitution?” (with loathsome degenerates like her in black robes, not very much - jjs)
  
• Victor Davis Hanson: The credentialed class got it wrong—on tariffs, borders, war, and Trump—and now their expert status is worth less than a plumber’s invoice and half as reliable.
  The Decline and Fall of Our So-Called Degreed Experts

ISRAEL AND USA vs IRAN
• Daniel Pipes: What just happened?
  A Twelve-Day War’s Twelve Surprises

• The press has had a field day since an anti-Trumper inside the U.S. intelligence community leaked a preliminary Defense Intelligence Agency assessment of the B-2 bomber strike on Iran's deeply buried uranium enrichment site at Fordo.
  Yes, the U.S. 'Obliterated' Iran's Nuclear Capabilities
  
• Thad McCotter: Trump's strike on Iran split his MAGA base—yet his limited success bridged the divide, uniting skeptics and hawks behind “The Peace President.”
  Mr. Trump’s Successful MAGA Tightrope Walk
  
• Iran doesn’t need a working uranium enrichment program to be a menace. In fact, Tehran’s most insidious weapons today don’t require any uranium at all -- just a keyboard and a decent broadband connection.
  Nukeless Iran is Still a Threat
  
• Hakham Muhammad Issa Al-Issa was one of the founders of Hamas’ military wing.
  October 7th Mastermind ‘ELIMINATED,’ Israel Defense Forces Say
  * * * * *

• They’d rather echo Tehran than admit Trump was right.
  Impeach for Peace? The Strike Worked—That’s the Left’s Problem
  
• "I think we're going to start loading them up."
  Trump Predicts More Nations Will Join Abraham Accords After Iran Strikes

  
  "NEWSOM/DEMOCRAT VIOLENT INSURRECTION RIOTS"

• Mamdani said, “We have to stand up and fight back, and we haven’t seen that from our current mayor, who has instead been working with the Trump administration to assist in their goal of building the single largest deportation force in American history. I mean, we saw ICE agents arrest a migrant at Federal Plaza. We saw NYPD officers arresting a pastor who was peacefully observing that arrest. Those days are going to come to an end when I’m the mayor. The NYPD’s job is to create public safety in the city, not to assist ICE agents in their mission to attack the very fabric of this city.” (Why is this bipedal infection still breathing our air - jjs)
  Mamdani Vows to ‘Fight Back’ Against ICE Agents if Elected
  
• The anti-Americanism of the current Left has lost any semblance of reason. (When did the Left ever have any? - jjs)
  The LA Riots and the Left’s Treason
  
• But it’s pretty strange to focus on outing the identities of officers trying to arrest illegal immigrants with ties to violent gangs even as your political compadres are protecting Antifa radicals and the new wave of antisemitic goons. (They're not on the side of the terrorists, because Democrats ARE the terrorists - jjs)
  Democrats’ push to ban ICE agents’ masking shows whose side they’re really on

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

• “We are witnessing a paradigm shift when it comes to mass immigration, rather than a temporary change,” the June 27 article stated. . .
  Bloomberg: ‘Golden Age’ of Mass Migration Ends for Business

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

• “We can’t reform our way out of a racist police system that’s working exactly as designed – as a means of control over black & brown New Yorkers. We need to dramatically curtail the power & presence of the NYPD.” (Would he like to demonstrate for us bigots if a lead pipe to his face is real or artificial? - jjs)
  ‘Violence Is an Artificial Construct’: Old Videos, Tweets From Zohran Mamdani Resurface
  
• More evidence is expected to emerge about the scheme to target Trump and his allies while covering up for Joe Biden. Internal FBI emails and documents continue to surface now that the Trump administration has access to hidden troves of information, and Republicans have control of Congress, with a newfound ruthless determination to hold wrongdoers to account.
  Miranda Devine: How the Biden junta ‘weaponized’ the justice system against Trump aide Peter Navarro
  
• Franklin saw it early: prosperity blooms where liberty thrives and government stays in its lane—competition clears the path, and peace rounds home.
  Franklin’s Home Run

  
  DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE

• There’s a seriously dangerous game going on under our noses. It’s time for someone to get to the bottom of it.
  What happens to America when foreigners fund our lawsuits?
  
• Professor Jonathan Turley: “The important thing to remember is that, you know, Justice Barrett delivered what was essentially a pile driver but she didn’t do it alone.”
  SCOTUS Majority Tired of ‘Histrionics And Hysteria’ From Court Liberals
  
• "Liberals don't actually care about anything that happened prior to 1965 other than slavery."
  JACK POSOBIEC: 'Autopen hire' Kentanji Brown (-25) Jackson's propagandist dissent and the liberal erasure of US history

  
  THE ECONOMY, STUPID

• “Trump is committed to keeping his promises, and failure to pass this bill would be the ultimate betrayal.”
  Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ Clears Key Vote, but a Third Republican Defects
  
• “For all cost cutting Republicans, of which I am one, REMEMBER, you still have to get reelected,” Trump wrote on the social media platform Truth Social Sunday evening. “Don’t go too crazy!”
  Senate GOP Slashes Spending In ‘Big, Beautiful’ Bill As Fiscal Hawks Push For More Cuts

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

• The “globalized intifada” that progressive activists have been openly calling for since the very first days of Israeli retaliation for the October 7th attacks has arrived on American soil.
  A Globalized Intifada: How the Left Normalized Anti-Semitic Violence
  
• The term “globalize the intifada” is widely seen as a call to violence against Jews, and Jewish advocacy groups were angered when Zohran Mamdani declined to directly denounce the phrase. When asked about his reluctance on “Meet The Press,” Mamdani avoided a clear condemnation and instead talked about his commitment to universal human rights, stating that his language would align with principles of justice and freedom for all people, including both Israelis and 'Palestinians.' (He can't even do a taqqiya sunrise? - jjs)
  Zohran Mamdani Ducks And Weaves When Asked To Condemn Term Calling For Killing Jews
  
• Colorado Department of Early Childhood says faith-based children's camps will be protected from punishment over gender identity requirements after lawsuit (Hat Tip to commenter Don Black! - jjs)
  Colorado pledges not to enforce gender identity rules for Christian children's camp after lawsuit

  WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM

• Daniel Greenfield: 'Teach our children to hate everything about the infidels: the holidays, the dress, the manners'
  Zohran Mamdani at Terror Mosque That Urged ‘Guide the Shooting’ of Hamas
  
• Daniel Greenfield Part Deux-- Mamdani: "We need to ban all guns." Mamdani Imam: 'Guide the shooting of Hamas'.
  Mamdani: Ban All Guns Except Those of Hamas
  
• The incident, which occurred last Sunday, initially saw five girls come forward to claim that they were sexually harassed by a group of men at the Barbarossabad baths. After the allegations were made known, a further four girls reported similar abuse.
  Four Syrian Migrants Arrested over Alleged Sexual Assault of Nine Young Girls at German Swimming Pool
  
• shouting such a slogan “was a potential criminal offence”.
  Insulting Islam is Illegal in the UK, Leftists Calling for Murder Isn’t

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

• From China to Iran to the economy and more, Trump is racking up the Ws.
  ‘Trump On A Roll’: The President’s Winning So Much, Even CNN Admits It
  
• “New York cannot take its greatness for granted. Mismanagement can ruin it.”
  Washington Post: ‘Mamdani’s victory is bad for New York and the Democrat Party’

• Elie Mystal’s latest outburst on MSNBC’s airwaves wasn’t just over the top—it was an embarrassing display of unhinged, irrational fearmongering. Speaking with host Ali Velshi, Mystal launched into a bizarre hypothetical that quickly devolved into the kind of wild-eyed rant you’d expect from a late-night Internet forum, not a supposedly serious political analyst on national television.
  Elie Mystal’s MSNBC Meltdown Over Trump Is One for the Ages
  
• Just in case you missed them amid fears of igniting World War III, here are five of the Trump administration’s best moments from this week.
  5 Times The Trump Administration Had Fun With The News This Week
  
• The party changed its mind. . . Much as the same people who told us Biden was fine began yelling that he needed to step down, the same machine that tried to purge people for minor dissent on transgender issues, is suddenly starting to tell the truth, not because it believes in it, but because it’s what the party wants. And that’s creepy.
  The Media’s Organized Campaign Against Transing Kids

  CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY

• Operation Dragon Eye rescued 60 missing kids in just two weeks—proving what happens when law enforcement puts mission over politics and predators in handcuffs.
  Florida’s Victorious Operation Dragon Eye

  EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT

• As noted at Instapundit. . .by Glenn Reynolds, “The right now has a legal infrastructure of the sort that the left always had. More, please. Make them pay.” That infrastructure can be found here (https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/essays-and-commentaries/where-to-get-legal-help-if-you-have-been-illegally-blacklisted/), where I list all the legal firms I have identified in the past five years that act in court to defend the rights of blacklisted individuals as well as defend the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
  Another blacklisted professor wins big in court
  
• Ryan brought DEI to the university in ways never seen before, capitulating to Black Lives Matter dishonesty and bending the knee to race-baiting social justice combatants.
  University Of Virginia’s DEI-Obsessed President Resigns In Disgrace

  SECOND AMENDMENT

• New restrictions on concealed carry passed the Oregon legislature last week and are now headed to Gov. Tina Kotek’s (D) desk. (Kotek is a bloody rag - jjs
  New Concealed Carry Restrictions Head to Oregon Governor’s Desk

  AMERICA AND THE WORLD IMPRISONED: CHINESE+Fauci-created CORONAVIRUS FICTIONS AND FACTS

• Women of child-bearing age and parents of young girls should weigh seriously the real world consequences of infection against the potential loss of fertility.
  Czech Study Finds Covid Vaccine Linked to One-Third Drop in Fertility Among Women (Lots of cancelled Czechs. . . - jjs)
  
• Conclusion: “The results provide evidence for a substantially higher-than-expected number of eventual fetal losses associated with COVID-19 vaccination during gestational weeks 8-13.”
  New Report Suggests Potential Adverse Effects on Pregnancy After mRNA COVID Vaccination

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

• Daniel Greenfield: These numbers are not natural.
  Tens of Thousands of “New Voters” Registered to Vote for Mamdani

  DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY

• It's that exchange that is at the heart of the troll defamation lawsuit filed by the usual lawfare-left lawyers on behalf of Newsom in his personal capacity, and in service of his presidential aspirations. 
  Did Gavin Newsom BLOW UP HIS OWN LAWSUIT Against Fox News?

  POLITICS

• Tillis’ retirement announcement came just hours after President Donald Trump threatened to back a primary challenger over the senator’s decision to vote against advancing the president’s tax and immigration bill. The North Carolina Republican was viewed as one of the most vulnerable GOP senators up for reelection in 2026 and was expected to face a competitive Democratic opponent. (RELATED: Two GOP Senators Vote ‘No’ As Trump’s Megabill Clears Critical Hurdle) (Purge the RINOs with extreme prejudice!!! - jjs)
  Thom Tillis Announces Retirement Hours After Trump Threatened To Field Primary Challenger

  
  

• As the Democrats approach terminal collapse, New York City mayoral primary voters unsurprisingly selected 33-year-old Uganda native and Africana studies major Zohran Kwame Mamdani a “socialist” and intifada supporter.
  Democrats Veer Hard Left
  
• So reports Politico in a stinging series of interviews with Democrat funders who remain troubled about Harris’s billion-dollar campaign, which not only failed badly but ended in debt and left lingering questions about her role in the coverup of President Joe Biden’s cognitive decline.
  Politico: Donors Not Enthused About Potential Kamala Harris Run for California Governor
  
• There’s a reason why, historically, demagogues have been so successful. It’s one we ignore at our own peril, too.
  The Untold Reason for Mamdani’s Mayoral Win
  
• If Zohran Mahmadi becomes the mayor of the Big Apple, the rot will reach levels we have never seen before.
  New York City Ups the Ante on Madness

  FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL

• Events that displease China’s diplomats are usually good for the United States, and this week they were hopping mad. At the height of the NATO summit, China’s ambassador to Nepal, Chen Song, castigated the "‘ass kissers’ everywhere in Europe."
  Trump Revamps the Nixon Doctrine

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

• The Left still believes your children belong to "the community."
  Radical Justices Panic Over Parental Rights Victory

• Pride Month in Wake County libraries isn’t just about rainbows and inclusion—it’s a full-spectrum cultural revolution starting at the board book level.
  During Pride Month Public Libraries Become Centers for Queer Resistance
  
• ‘Pride Month’s’ allure is plumb worn out.
  Pride Remains a Sin

  CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE

• Bezos’ wedding sparks a reflection on human nature, society’s social contract, and how suppressing our baser instincts enables civilization—and conflicts with Rousseau’s idealism.
  New York, the Bezoses, and the Purpose of Society

• "Video evidence will be assessed by officers," authorities said.
  Police Consider Criminal Charges After Rapper Leads ‘Death To The IDF’ Chant At Festival (Meh, let the Mossad turn him into Red Sea shark chum - jjs)
  
• Christian Toto: Anti-Israel, Pro-'Palestinian' rappers' Glastonbury rant shouldn't be censored
  Let Bob Vylan Speak!

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