The Morning Report — 8/7/25

Good morning kids. There was a mass shooting at Ft. Stewart yesterday and prayers for the victims and loved ones. No word on the motive, so I assume the propaganda complex is working overtime to circle the wagons and protect whatever Leftist Democrat mythological grievance group might be responsible or else lay the blame on MAGA. On that note,

So, evidently President Trump and team are mulling this over:

In a post on Truth Social, President Donald J. Trump said he will move to federalize the nation’s capital, Washington, D.C., unless the city government, led by Mayor Muriel Bowser (D), reins in violent crime.. . Trump and Congress could move to revoke home rule for the capital and re-exert federal control entirely over the city.

The odds of this actually happening are well into the none end of the Slim to None scale for a number of reasons, all of them political, from the practical to the petty (hatred of President Trump).

WIth that as the set up, I would argue that the problems of Washington D.C. as a city regardless of the fact that it is the nation's capital, and the misery that local residents must endure (politicians notwithstanding [and they live in places like Alexandria and Silver Spring anyway]) pose less of a threat to us as a nation than California:

Case in point:

A nationally known California pastor is calling on parents of underage school children to pack up and leave the state if Assembly Bill 495 passes and is signed into law. The bill makes all underage California school children the target of traffickers and kidnappers—by design.  "This is the end of [parental rights]," Calvary Chapel Chino Hills Pastor Jack Hibbs told parishioners last week. "If this bill passes, I'm going to ask you [parents] to leave the state of California. You're going to have to pack up and you're gonna have to get out. You gotta get out. You gotta run with your kids. You gotta go." With this bill, California Democrats are going all-in on the destroy-the-village-to-save-it rationale for "saving" children illegally in the country, while endangering every other child as well. Indeed, all children legally or illegally in this country could be kidnapped or trafficked under this bill. We don't understand why it's acceptable to allow children illegally in the U.S. to be trafficked, but these Democrats are evil. They don't care about kids or their parents.  A visibly angry Hibbs warned parents attending Calvary Chapel Chino Hills recently that the bill "100% strips parents of their parental rights." 

. . . Here's how we got here. Last spring, the California Assembly Democrats decided to cleverly switch the language of the California Family Code to somehow "protect" children illegally in the country from feared ICE raids by allowing shirttail relatives or, for that matter, perfect strangers to take them out of school or daycare. This was an apparent attempt to allow NGOs, non-profits, or other groups —you know, the same bunch who lost those more than 300,000 children who were brought over the borders by Joe Biden's cartel buddies and disappeared— to take the kids again without parental permission or notification. The bill also gives these strangers the ability to provide children with medical and dental care. Think abortions, sex change operations, STD checks, mental exams, and female circumcisions.

Now consider this item:

The Babylon Bee and Rumble are suing California over two laws that censor political satire during election season, including some images like memes that mock political candidates. A hearing in a Sacramento federal court was held Tuesday to determine whether the laws will be permanently blocked after a judge issued a temporary injunction. The final decision is expected in the coming weeks.

Imagine losing your children if you are regular viewers/readers of the aforementioned and of course this website and other websites deemed dangerous purveyors of dangerous content, etc. etc. etc. And whatever his chances are, Gavin Newsom seems to be, as of now, the leading contender to get the Democrat nomination for 2028. Of course any spoof or even criticism of him in any media might bring a giant hammer (and sickle) down on your head, and kiss your kids goodbye?

Orwellian? For sure. Hyperbole? Look back on all we've been through the past 10 years or so, if if not longer before you dismiss it.

It's long been seen that what happens in California sooner or later happens in the rest of the nation. And it seems that what happens in the UK sooner or later winds up over here:

Maybe California's statehood needs to be revoked and the region returned to territorial status, governed by a Trump-appointed territorial governor.

OFCOM, the UK’s Orwellian name for the Office of Communications, has decided to issue a reporting demanding that YouTube prioritize its propaganda content because of ‘democracy’ and ‘public service’ or something of that sort.

Even for the Starmer regime, which is racking up more speech arrest than Cuba, this is really something.

The regime believes that its programming is entitled to first row prioritization and that if people don’t choose to watch it, that’s because YouTube isn’t trying hard enough to make them.

For those of a certain age, like me, it brings to mind a line from the old comic Yakov Smirnoff, paraphrasing, In the Soviet Union we have two channels. Channel 1 is government Propaganda and Channel 2 is a KGB agent ordering you to switch back to Channel 1!"

It was not that long ago, gentle reader you will remember that Joey Sponge-Brain Shits-Pants almost created an American Ministry of Truth, "Disinformation Governance Board" with that Skankowitz Jankowicz shitwhore as Reichminister für propaganda regulating what was to be believed and what was to be censored.

Thank the Lord for the dissolution of PBS and with it NPR.

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ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY
• “The incident remains under investigation and no additional information will be released until the investigation is complete,” the Army stated. (No tranny, Islam or other Lefty references YET - jjs)
  Yesterday, Five Soldiers Wounded in Mass Shooting at Fort Stewart in Georgia–UPDATE: Gunman Identified

• Victor Davis Hanson: DEI is collapsing under its own contradictions—no longer able to define who qualifies, who deserves preference, or why identity should outweigh merit.
  Why DEI Was Already Dying
  
• A nationally known California pastor is calling on parents of underage school children to pack up and leave the state if Assembly Bill 495 passes and is signed into law. The bill makes all underage California school children the target of traffickers and kidnappers—by design.
  Pastor Warns Parents: If Democrats Pass AB 495, 'This Is It. Pack Up, Grab Your Kids, Leave California'

"BIDEN/HARRIS BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY, NEWSOM/DEMOCRAT VIOLENT INSURRECTION RIOTS
• The remittance figures serve partially as a barometer for how the federal government is enforcing federal immigration law, as illegal aliens often work illegally in the U.S. and send money back to their home countries.
  The Trump Effect: Remittances to Mexico Continue Plunging as ICE Raids Soar Across U.S.
  
• . . . I'd just say, feel free to let the door hit you on the way out. 
  Illegal Says He's Returning to Mexico: 'I Don't Want to Be Captive To This Country Anymore'
  
• When it comes to statutory interpretation, every word, including the little three-letter ones, has a profound meaning.
  Birthright Citizen: The Little Conjunction That Explains Everything

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

• A woman allegedly victimized in a brawl in Cincinnati, Ohio, claimed that the city’s mayor and police chief have not contacted her since the incident in a Monday interview with commentator Benny Johnson. She also claimed people labeled her a “Russian asset.”
  Cincinnati Brawl Allegations Just Got Even Worse
  
• The 2023 beating took place outside of a local Planned Parenthood.
  Baltimore Man Who Brutally Beat Pro-Lifers Faces Years In Prison
  
• “Political correctness” pales next to the stupidity, toxic hyperbole, and preposterous lies of wokeness.
  The Unbearable Lightness of the Woke Mind
  
• Andrea Lucas rejects the idea that civil rights law is inherently left-wing. And as chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, she's working to show just how conservative it can be.
  Meet the Trump Official Working To De-Wokify Civil Rights
  
• "Jabari Peoples was an 18-year-old college student with big dreams". And a gun.
  Latest BLM Martyr Had a Gun

  
  SHAMPEACHMENTS, 2016 CLINTON/OBAMA COUP, CONGRESSIONAL PERSECUTION, SPYGATE, DEEP STATE, MUELLER DECEPTION

• Absent justice for the Russia hoax, the lesson to the conspirators is that they should go even bigger next time.
  Why Raining Justice On The Russia Hoaxers Is So Tricky — And So Important
  
• They knew it could spark a geopolitical catastrophe, but they did it anyway.
  The ‘Ghastly’ Gamble: How the Clinton–Obama Intelligence Op Risked War to Take Down Trump

  
  DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE

• When responding to an emergency or a natural disaster, FEMA employees were directed to make voter registration a “key priority.”
  Miranda Devine: Biden abused his authority by turning FEMA into a far-left political machine (a Gestapo-esque political persecution apparatus - jjs)

• While the media and Democrat lawmakers assured us that there would be chaos and a body count as a result of federal job cuts, what was the real impact?
  The Federal Job Cuts Disaster That Never Was

  THE ECONOMY, STUPID

• Trump’s trade policies defied economists’ dire predictions, delivering substantial gains in opening foreign markets to American exports without tanking the US economy.
  Hey, experts — admit what you got so wrong on Trump’s tariffs
  
• Johnson told his constituents that the “systems that people rely on” are “woefully underfunded” and he wants higher taxes, adding, “everyone knows that. Everyone knows what, you know, my commitment is to progressive revenue. I can’t do this by myself”
  Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson Says Finances at ‘Point of No Return’ Without Massive Tax Hike
  
• Leaders like Donald Trump and Chinese president Xi Jinping want the vibes of a good economy—and now.
  Why Is Economic Data Disappearing?
  
• “This is the largest investment Apple has ever made in America and anywhere else,” Trump said, adding that the company is “coming home.”
  Trump and Apple CEO Tim Cook Announce $600 Billion Total Investment in America
  
• He has already delivered results. Treasury under Bessent has reshaped incentives, redirected global capital flows, and neutralized the bureaucratic veto power that throttled investment under the old regime. The next task is making that framework durable. That means restoring monetary policy as a tool for growth and ensuring the Fed does its job without undermining the rest of the economic strategy.
  Breitbart Business Digest: Why Scott Bessent Might Still Become Fed Chair

  ISRAEL AND USA vs Hamas, IRAN, et al

• After 5% success rate, UN demands another $265 million or everyone will starve.
  UN Admits 95% of its Gaza Aid Trucks Were “Intercepted”
  
• The Israeli security cabinet meets Thursday, reportedly to greenlight either a full occupation or at least plans for the IDF to move into or surround new territory, such as in Deir al-Balah and Gaza City.
  Israel has every right to finish the job in Gaza — by obliterating Hamas
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• Bashar Masri is accused of allowing the terror group to use his properties to launch rockets and train commandos
  Former Harvard Kennedy School Official Accused of Aiding Hamas Hides in 'Palestinian' Territories To Avoid Summons (So, he's in Dearborn? HamasTramck?- jjs)
  
• The group says it 'will spend every dollar we receive...organizing and supporting the movement for a free Palestine.'
  University of Maryland Will Pay Anti-Israel Group That Planned Campus Rally On October 7

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

  
  

• The attack in St. Louis is an ‘example of what happens when antisemitic and anti-Israel rhetoric are normalized,’ local Jewish orgs say
  ‘Death to the IDF’: Vandals Target American IDF Vet With Graffiti, Torched Cars

  WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM

• The incident occurred on a flight from London Heathrow to Lahore, with Iftikhar arrested at his home in Buckinghamshire on March 16, 2024. He was sentenced to prison in August 2025.
  Muslim Passenger Threatens to Rape, Set Light to Air Hostess.

• The influence that even a minority Muslim population can have in a democratic state can cause unthinkable damage, but Western leaders have their heads in the sand.
  The West—in a fight for survival—does not even know it is on a battlefield
  
• One tour goer called on Arab leaders to throw the Jews into the sea.
  Broward County Sheriff Gregory Tony Gives Tour to Radical Muslims (Pardon that redundancy - jjs)

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

• YouTube viewers aren't watching the BBC. The UK Gov wants to force them to.
  UK Gov Wants to Turn YouTube Into 1984’s Big Brother TV

• A hearing was held on Tuesday in a Sacramento federal court.
  Babylon Bee, Rumble Push Back Against California’s Censorship of Satire
  
• It’s sickening that our legacy media, yet alone any civilized human can look at video footage showing modern-day Holocaust victims being forced to dig their own graves, and side with their captors. 
  The New York Times and BBC Shill For Hamas...Again

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

• The global warming activists are in desperation mode.
  When The Climate Zealotry Runs Hot

  
  EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT

• The Trump administration should investigate them to stop potential violations of federal civil rights laws.
  Medical Schools Still Discriminate Based on Race, Records Show

  SECOND AMENDMENT

• Several Second Amendment advocacy groups, including the National Rifle Association (NRA), have filed a lawsuit to challenge the constitutionality of the National Firearms Act of 1934 (NFA).
  Lawsuit: The Regulation Of Untaxed Firearms Under Federal Law Is Unconstitutional

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

• “Our constitutional duty is to protect the right to vote for all Americans,” Dhillon said. “Today, under the leadership of President Trump and Attorney General Pam Bondi, this Civil Rights Division is continuing to protect equal and transparent ballot access with vigilance and resolve.”
  60th Anniversary of Voting Rights Act: DOJ Enforcing Voter Eligibility, Clean Rolls, and Fair District Maps

• Reid Hoffman, the billionaire co-founder of LinkedIn who has backed Smartmatic — the company suing Fox for alleged defamation following the 2020 election — is remaining silent in the wake of new bribery allegations against Smartmatic’s co-founder.
  Reid Hoffman Stands By Smartmatic Amid Latest Bribery Charges After Gifting Firm $25M To Fight Election Reporting

  L'AFFAIRE EPSTEIN

• The report emerged as House Oversight Chairman James Comer announced Monday that subpoenas were sent to prominent political figures and officials — including Mueller — requiring them to testify about the FBI’s investigation into Jeffrey Epstein.
  REPORT: Former Special Counsel Robert Mueller Allegedly Living In Memory Care Facility

• Did you catch that? After years of “bombshells” that never landed, their latest Hail Mary just failed spectacularly, with Maxwell confirming what we already knew: that there are no Epstein skeletons in Trump’s closet. If that wasn’t damning enough for the narrative, the Trump administration looks poised to make the whole thing public, transcripts and all. When you’re innocent, transparency is your weapon; when you’re hiding something, you fight like hell to keep the records sealed. The article underscores the administration’s intent:
  The Left's Trump-Epstein Witch Hunt Implodes Amid Ghislaine Maxwell Bombshell
  
• “Everything should come out and the president should lead the campaign and start tomorrow, saying, ‘I’m ordering my attorney general to go in front of every judge, seek everything out there.” – Alan Dershowitz. . . Renewed calls for transparency over Epstein files and scrutiny of high-profile connections.
  Dershowitz Says All Epstein Material Should Come Out and Trump Should ‘Lead The Campaign.’

  DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY

• No explosive devices were found, and the hotel guests were given the all-clear to return to their rooms.
  Runaway Texas Dems Evacuate Hotel Over Bomb Scare, Blame GOP’s ‘Reckless Rhetoric’

• According to the FHFA referral obtained by Fox News, Schiff allegedly falsified bank documents and property records to obtain more favorable loan terms on multiple occasions. In a letter dated May 2025, FHFA Director William Pulte wrote that Schiff’s conduct “jeopardizes the safety and soundness of FHFA’s regulated entities and the security and stability of the U.S. mortgage market.”
  Adam Schiff-for-Brains Under Criminal Investigation for Mortgage Fraud, DOJ Referred by Federal Housing Agency
  
• Langston, who serves as a Republican state committee member in Columbia County, told authorities with the Columbia County Sheriff’s Department on July 14 that Mills threatened to harm any of her future romantic partners and share videos of them having sex, according to The Blaze Media. Mills has not faced any charges, while his office told the Daily Caller News Foundation that his office has not been made aware of any police report.
  REPORT: Reigning Miss USA Files Restraining Order Against Congressman, Says He Threatened To Release Sex Videos

  POLITICS

• Gov. Abbot's actions, backed by history’s precedent, will ensure the redistricting vote happens, the maps are drawn, and Texas’ voice rings true in Washington. 
  Governor Abbott's Resolve Has the Backing of History
  
• These steps would put Republicans in a considerably stronger position.
  These are the 3 electoral earthquakes that could shake up US politics for years
  
• An EAC report shows huge spikes in early in-person voting in swing states; ballot chasers want to keep that momentum growing into the midterms and beyond.
  Conservative Groups Work Overtime To Hold Congress In 2026 Midterms
  
• What upsets Democrats about these new Hispanic majority maps is that they are probably going to elect Hispanic GOP candidates.
  I guess Jolanda don’t know much about history
  
• “I watched the black-white stuff start on Thursday night.”
  Daniel Greenfield: Racism Made Kamala the Candidate and Cost Dems the White House

  THE UKRAINIAN "FRONT"

• The meeting signals potential diplomatic progress on ending the Ukraine War, though no specific compromises were mentioned.
  Trump Hails ‘Highly Productive’ Witkoff-Putin Meeting.
  
• The president reportedly said that he wanted the meeting to only include Putin, Zelensky, and himself — and no European counterparts.
  Trump Looking To Meet With Putin, Zelensky Next Week: Report

  FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL

• Trump signed an executive order raising tariffs on India an additional 25 percent, on top of the 25 percent duty that took effect on August 1. When Trump announced the initial 25 percent tariff, he declared that India would pay an additional duty for being a top buyer of Russian oil “at a time when everyone wants Russia to STOP THE KILLING IN UKRAINE,” according to the AFP’s citation of a Truth Social post.
  Trump Will Hike Tariffs on India to 50 Percent over Oil Purchases from Russia
  
• Right now, polling shows that while Britons back Farage and his Reform party on immigration, law and order, and Brexit, they have some way to go on healthcare, education, and the economy in general.
  The Greatest Hurdle Farage Faces En Route to 10 Downing Street… And How to Address It.

  HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE

• A viral illness spread by mosquitoes known as chikungunya is infecting China and other nations across Africa and Europe, prompting the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to issue a travel advisory for Americans.
  Another Virus Rattling China Puts America On Red Alert

  ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY

• This month’s update graph is below, and it shows once again that it is a big mistake to put any faith into any prediction anyone makes about the Sun’s eleven-year sunspot cycle, tracked by scientists since the 1700s.
  1. Sunspot update: The Sun appears ready to once again confound the experts
  
• The company notes that this technology, which the image suggests will use robot arms to grab its targets, will allow its spacecraft to remove not only inactive satellites that were launched with docking equipment already attached but also rocket bodies and older satellites without that docking capability.
  Astroscale awarded patent for its space junk removal technology

  
  CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE

• “After you saw what happened with Stephen Colbert, it’s like they just can’t afford to keep him going,” the source said. “If Sirius isn’t going to give Stern a good offer, I don’t think it would have anything to do with his ratings. It’s more likely everything to do with the political climate.”
  Report: SiriusXM Plans to End Howard Stern Show After 20 Years
  
• The man has long been irrelevant, but he changed our culture. For the worse
  Howard Stern’s End
  
• “It serves as a way of establishing the writer’s membership in a moral community.”
  Contemporary Fiction and Men Who Talk Too Much

  HITHER & YON

• Tulsi Gabbard, the Director of National Intelligence, has stated that she believes extraterrestrial life exists. However, she emphasized the need to tread carefully when discussing classified intelligence. Gabbard made the comments during an appearance on the Pod Force One podcast hosted by Miranda Devine.
  Did Tulsi Gabbard Just Reveal Aliens Exist?!
  
• Truman dropped the bomb, not out of cruelty, but to end a fanatical war that would have cost millions more lives—he ended it, and the world should be glad he did.
  Eighty Years Ago, Truman Did the Right Thing
  
• Christian Toto: Zach Cregger builds on 'Barbarian' with bold, undeniably tense thrill ride
  ‘Weapons’ Confirms a New Horror Auteur Has Arrived

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