The Morning Report — 8/15/25

Good morning kids. The top story of the day is the summit between President Trump and Russia's Vladimir Putin today in Alaska. No doubt the media are aiming their poison pen Koluzhnikov memes at Trump. But in the real world.

Although the stated purpose of today’s Trump-Putin summit in Alaska is to discuss how to end the war in Ukraine, the meeting will also be an important demonstration of how Trump is restoring America’s leadership on the world stage and establishing himself as one of America’s most powerful and influential presidents.

Trump’s critics predictably claim Putin manipulated him with his proposal to hold a summit to stop the crippling energy sanctions that Trump was about to impose on Russia and to buy time to continue the war.

Putin may be planning to use the summit to manipulate Trump. If he does, I believe Trump will abruptly end the meeting and implement the energy sanctions. Indeed, Trump warned this week that there will be “severe consequences” if he determines Putin is not serious at the summit about ending the war. It is clear that in recent weeks, Trump has become increasingly angry with Putin for defying his diplomatic efforts to end the war. CNN reported on Wednesday that Trump’s anger with Putin was “palpable.” Given Trump’s much-reported frustration with Putin and several decisive foreign policy moves by the president during his second term, especially Trump’s decision to bomb Iran, I believe Putin realizes that Trump will react harshly against Russia if he does not come to the summit ready to negotiate an end to the war or presses for demands that Trump views as unreasonable.

The author of this essay . . . "Fred Fleitz previously served as National Security Council chief of staff, a CIA analyst, and a House Intelligence Committee staff member. He is the Vice Chair of the America First Policy Institute’s Center for American Security."

Beyond the Ukraine situation, which I don't think is going to end any time soon as a result of what comes out of this meeting. The facts on the ground at least from my perspective is that Russia is not going to give up any territory it took and for sure neither is Zelensky, especially since aside from the fact that it was Ukraine that was invaded, he and his cronies have profited handsomely from the globalist war mongers in the EU and sadly from over here, despite the rivers of blood that have already been spilled.

In any case, Trump and foreign affairs team have proven themselves to be both effective peace makers and champions of American interest in extending and preserving your national security interests. I would like to see how and if Trump can shift Russia into a position to recognize the massive threat posed by Xi and China to global security and of course the spread of Islam that Russia is not and as we saw in Beslan and elsewhere over the years and will not be immune from going forward.

As Trump himself is fond of saying, we'll just have to wait and see. Back here in the lower 48, as the National Guard is indeed helping combat crime, the chutzpocrisy from the Democrats is off the charts as this next piece demonstrates:

Democrat New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham declared a state of emergency Wednesday in a rural county of her state due to a surge in violent crime and drug trafficking. Grisham’s office announced in a press release that the state of emergency will include Rio Arriba County, the city of Española and Pueblo Indian communities in the area in response to a “significant surge in violent crime, drug trafficking and public safety threats” which the governor’s office said have “overwhelmed local resources.” 
. . .The emergency declaration came just two days after President Donald Trump’s Monday announcement that he is deploying the National Guard to combat crime in the nation’s capital. Grisham had slammed Trump’s move as a “massive executive overreach” in a Monday joint press release alongside Democratic Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller.

And Jasmine Crockett proves yet again that huffing eyelash glue and inbreeding is a lethal combination. That and the candidate for governor of South Carolina dancing around semi-naked and drunk.

Meh. That is the Democrat Party. Throw in a pogrom here and there and you've got a winner!

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"BIDEN/HARRIS BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY, NEWSOM/DEMOCRAT VIOLENT INSURRECTION RIOTS
• Bondi revealed in a post on X that the Department of Justice (DOJ) had “delivered demand letters” to sanctuary cities, counties, and states throughout the nation as part of an effort to “eradicate sanctuary policies” from California. In her post, Bondi included a letter addressed to Newsom.
  Pam Bondi Warns California Will Lose Federal Funding Unless Sanctuary Policies Are Ended
  
• On July 26, police responded to a fatal crash allegedly caused by Luna-Perez after he reportedly crossed into an oncoming lane of traffic and hit head-on Maria Pleitez, who had two 11-year-old girls in her vehicle.
  New Jersey Judge Freed Illegal Alien from Jail After He Was Charged with Killing Woman and 11-Year-Old Girl
  
• The enforcement action saw several arrests for suspected immigration law violations.
  Greasy Greaseball Newsom Seethes as Feds Arrest Illegals at His Rally.
  
• ‘These types of smears are directly contributing to our officers facing a 1000% increase in assaults against them,’ said DHS’s McLaughlin.
  EXCLUSIVE: DHS Debunks Media Lies About ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

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

• United States Attorney Jeanine Pirro of the District of Columbia warned in a post on X Wednesday that those who assaulted cops would be charged, referencing the man, Charles Dunn, who was arrested after the incident. Bondi announced in a post on X that the man worked for the DOJ, but he has since been fired. 
  Pam Bondi Reveals Guy Who Allegedly Threw Subway Sub At Officer Worked For DOJ — He’s Now Out Of A Job

• “The craziest thing to me was the posture — the whole body movement — I’ve never seen nobody move like that. He moved like a little lizard or something,” he said. (Like Anita Dunn molting? - jjs)
  DC native who filmed ex-DOJ worker sling Subway sandwich at federal agent speaks out

• "The reality is that, like, we just can't side with, like, the neo-Nazis and them!" (Hey Dimwit, any idea who founded the KKK and why? - Eyelash glue and polyploidy is a lethal combo - jjs)
  Jasmine Crockett: Black Voters Aren’t Republicans Because They Can’t ‘Hang Out With The KKK’

• If we truly want to get race out of American life, we must stop using race as a basis for making decisions -- whether in admissions, hiring, contracting, or districting. 
  What Makes Racial Discrimination Wrong?

  
  DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE

• For Isaacman to advocate this big government project — run by NASA — proves Trump was right to dump him as NASA administrator. As much as he is a businessman and an entrepreneur worth billions, he proves with this op-ed that he is still wedded to the idea of big budget, big government-run programs. Both he (Isaacman) and Gingrich seem completely unaware of the government’s endless failures, not just at NASA but across the board.
  Jared Isaacman proves in an op-ed today why Trump dumped him
  
• Caroline Pham objected to an error-ridden investigation that eventually brought a $3.2 million ruling against the agency
  How a Little-Known Federal Agency's Decision To Ignore a Republican Commissioner Cost Taxpayers Millions

• The driver hit a truck carrying an instrument with a radioactive core, the News Tribune reported, and Washington State Patrol Trooper John Dattilo told the outlet that the device measures the density of asphalt to ensure safety.
  VIDEO: Washington Road Shut Down After Crash Involving Device with ‘Radioactive Core’

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

• The Trump administration’s revocation of Miller’s clearance comes after her consistent defense of the ICA and its findings, even as new records questioning its legitimacy have been released, according to Just The News. Two Trump administration officials familiar with the matter confirmed the move to the outlet.
  REPORT: Pentagon Revokes Former CIA Officer Susan Miller’s Security Clearance
  
• There is no justice unless this scroungy insect is in a Federal lock-up getting his sigmoid turned into mush in the shower Schiff-for-brains Complains Democracy Under Attack — After Getting Caught Plotting Against Democratically Elected President (meaning he wasn't Democrat-Selected/Installed - jjs)

  THE ECONOMY, STUPID

  
  

• The gross receipts tax is too easy a way for governments to raise (i.e. steal) money
  Note To Politicians: Businesses Aren’t Fountainheads Of Free Cash  
  
• Often someone attacks the researchers rather than the research because the facts are not on their side. And this is the case with the impact of the minimum wage increase.
  Governor Newsom Protests Too Much — The Minimum Wage Increase Did Destroy Jobs
  
• Yes, it’s true! But there’s a catch...
  Socialism can work! (mostly, all of us into a mass grave - jjs)

  
  ISRAEL AND USA vs Hamas, IRAN, et al

• The Lion does not sleep tonight.
  Round Two for Iran’s Nukes
  
• But how, exactly, do a people “occupy” their own ancestral land?
  Leftist Israeli Novelist David Grossman Calls It An ‘Occupation’ (Another self-gassing momzer - jjs)

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

• Leftwing media accuses the “pro‑Israel right” of moving the goal posts on antisemitism to discredit Israel’s critics, but ignore the elephant in the room.
  The Antisemitism the Left Doesn’t Want You to See

  WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM

• So-called "grooming gangs" have operated with impunity in the UK.
  As Migrants (Muslims) Terrorize Britain, Police Wage War On Catcalls
  
• Daniel Greenfield: Would Europe rather be polite than alive?
  National Suicide Is Better Than Rudeness

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

• Welcome to the leftist Twilight Zone.
  Rachel Maddow and the Case of the Imaginary Dictatorship
  
• The media are knowingly spreading disinformation to brand Trump a liar. (just another day ending in Y - jjs)
  The Press Is Lying About D.C. Crime
  
• The idea that this provision would somehow ‘increase the uninsured’ seems, if not laughable, at least highly speculative.
  Expect Misleading Headlines About The Big Beautiful Bill Leaving 10 Million Americans ‘Uninsured’

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

• The case could lead to more wrongful death and even criminal homicide cases against oil companies
  A First-Of-Its-Kind Lawsuit Seeks Wrongful Death Climate Damages From Oil Companies. Sealed Court Docs Show a Rockefeller-Funded Green Group Is Steering It. (John D. must be rolling in his grave! - jjs)
  
• It all comes down to Uzbekistan.
  Democrats Love Citing This One Climate Change Study. Turns Out It’s All Bogus.
  
• Once his rule has been finalized and has survived court challenges, the precedent will have been set for rescinding all federal rules targeting greenhouse-gas emissions.
  Zeldin’s EPA goal to end Obama-Biden climate mandates will revitalize energy industry

  CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY
  

• Grisham’s office announced in a press release that the state of emergency will include Rio Arriba County, the city of Española and Pueblo Indian communities in the area in response to a “significant surge in violent crime, drug trafficking and public safety threats” which the governor’s office said have “overwhelmed local resources.” 
  New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Declares State Of Emergency Due To ‘Surge In Violent Crime’ In County
  
• During an interview with CBS on Thursday, U.S. Marshals Service Director Gady Serralta said that Washington, D.C. has to eliminate cashless bail to eliminate crime and if they did that and made progress on holding people in jail, “absolutely, there will be a de-escalation of our efforts and D.C. will be much safer.”
  U.S. Marshals Head: If D.C. Ends Cashless Bail, Keeps People in Jail, I Think ‘There Will Be a De-Escalation of Our Efforts’
  
• Free DC advisory council member Darrell Gaston served sentences of community service for two cases involving violence and threats in the past nine years, while the group’s executive director Keya Chatterjee and campaign director Alex Dodds both have misdemeanors on their records that were dismissed after they paid bond, court records show. Free DC organized a protest downtown on Monday and encouraged residents to “get visible,” “get loud” and “bang pots and pans” in response to Trump’s law enforcement agenda in the nation’s capital.
  Leaders Of Activist Group Opposing Trump’s DC Crime Crackdown Have Criminal Records
  
• "This is what dictators do," says greasy greaseball Gavin Newsom.
  Democrats Opposing Trump’s DC Crack Down Lead America’s Most Dangerous Cities

  EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT

• “No peer institution has borrowed so much in relation to its assets. . . This has not been an accident. . . Is the university functioning as a kind of tax-free pass-through organization?. . .American conservatives have argued that higher education is a private good.”
  The Crisis of the University Started Lon g Before Trump

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

• Almost all people who have been convicted of any kind of voter fraud, have also committed some form of registration fraud as well.
  Voter Rolls and Election Fraud

  BIDEN CRIME FAMILY REVELATIONS

• Melania Trump alleges significant financial and reputational harm, while Biden is dismissing the lawsuit threat.
  Melania Trump Wants to Sue Hunter Biden for $1 Billion, Here’s Why

  L'AFFAIRE EPSTEIN

• Batya Ungar-Sargon: Even as the brouhaha was at its height, polling showed the Epstein story was more of a tempest in a Twitter teacup than an actual concern of the American people.
  Polls show what Trump knew — the Jeffrey Epstein saga is an elite obsession

  
  DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY

• . . . while President Donald Trump tackles the crime and homelessness plaguing her city.
  Democrat D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser Jets to Martha’s Vineyard as Trump Tackles Crime and Homelessness in Her City
  
• The 53-year-old father or four is facing calls from his own party to step down from the governor’s race, the New York Post reported. McLeod had just entered the race on Monday before the footage was reported a day later from his May arrest, according to local outlet WCBD. 
  Video Shows Democrat South Carolina Gubernatorial Candidate Arrested in His Underwear, Calling Himself God, Superman

• Pfizer and Amazon have funneled millions to the Attorney General Alliance, a nonprofit that brings state AGs to the gulf state
  How Top Companies Bankrolled a Qatari Influence Op

  
  POLITICS

• 'F— the rules, we are going to win. Whatever it takes.'
  The Emerging Democrat Consensus for 2026: Curse More, Obey Less, Protect Criminals and Illegal Immigrants at All Costs
  
• The move could lead to intensified political battles over congressional maps and potential retaliation from other states.
  Californians Reject Newsom’s Redistricting Plot, Poll Shows.
  
• Democrats are desperate for a “new Obama.” For now, the old Obama remains a party fixture. And he may be teeing up a socialist successor.  Former President Barack Obama reportedly phoned New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, a democratic socialist, following Mamdani’s primary victory.
  Kingpin Of Politics Or Desperate To Stay Relevant? Obama Reportedly Calls Rising Socialist Star
  
• There’s a new archetype emerging on the New Right: the citycon—the disaffected conservative trapped behind enemy lines in a blue-state metropolis.
  JACK POSOBIEC: The rise of the Citycon in the New Right
  
• Democrats now find themselves in an approval death spiral because their strategy invariably emphasizes style over substance.
  Democrats Are Lying to Themselves About Why Their Party Is Collapsing
  
• “There’s the communist. You are not welcome, you Jew-hating piece of sh*t. You hate this country,” a protester yelled at Mamdani in a video shared on social media. 
  ‘Jew Hater’: NYC ‘Socialist’ Mayoral Candidate Zohran Mamdani Heckled in Staten Island (He should only be heckled like Hamas heckles hostages - jjs)
  
• Robert Spencer: So is Scott LoBaido right to call Mamdani a “Jew-hater”? In repeating Hamas propaganda about Gaza genocide, wanting to arrest Netanyahu simply for defending his nation against genuinely genocidal jihadis, accepting money from CAIR, and much more, Mamdani has revealed his true colors. LoBaido was 100% correct.
  Does Poor Little Mamdani Really Deserve This Treatment?

  THE UKRAINIAN "FRONT"

• As tensions in Eastern Europe continue to simmer, all eyes are on the high-stakes summit scheduled today between President Trump and President Putin.
  Trump’s Alaska Summit: Paving the Way for Ukrainian Peace and (d)emocratic Revival

  FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL

• Fred Fleitz: At the Alaska summit, Trump aims to press Putin for a Ukraine cease-fire, vowing “severe consequences” if Russia resists ending the war.
  The Trump-Putin Alaska Summit Is About More Than the Ukraine War 

• Trump says there's a 25% chance of the talks failing, adding that negotiating the end of the war is 'like chess.'
  What You Need To Know Ahead Of Trump And Putin’s Alaska Meeting
  
• America First is all about formulating foreign policy based on what best serves the interests of the American people and not the arms manufacturers from Raytheon to Boeing.
  Anchorage Accords would be triumph of peace for Trump
  
• As their influence grows, our southern neighbor risks becoming another failed narco-state.
  Sorry, Mexico, But Trump’s Your Best Hope To Defeat Your Murderous Cartels
  
• And the U.N. is a disgrace.
  Trump is World Peacemaker
  
• As of Thursday, it was unclear if the Zenith’s voyage to China would be a one-off shipment of convenience, unloading a cargo of politically problematic fuel to a convenient buyer, or a sign of thawing relations between China and India — perhaps motivated in part by the growing gulf on trade issues between India and the United States.
  India Sends Rare Shipment of Diesel Fuel to China
  
• Call it what you will, but it is not democracy. (as long as there's no Islam anywhere near it - jjs)
  Pahlavi’s Iran ‘transition plan’ is an invitation for authoritarianism
  
• What other totalitarian state has threatened the mass murder of journalists?
  Iran Threatens to Murder 45 Anti-Regime Journalists and Their Families (I remember "I'll Kill You and Your Whole Family" from grade school - jjs)

  HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE

• There’s an old saying in medicine: First, do no harm. In economics, we might borrow that line—if policymakers could just remember the harm they’ve already done. Arkansas’ now-paused attempt to ban pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) from owning pharmacies wasn’t just misguided. It was an act of economic amnesia. And thanks to a federal judge’s injunction, we’ve been spared—for now—the consequences of another “cure” that ignores the disease. Let’s call this what it is: political frustration dressed up as reform—but aimed at the wrong target.

  The Cure is Worse Than the Disease: Arkansas’ PBM Law Shows Why Economic Amnesia Is Dangerous

  ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY

• Scientists using the Webb Space Telescope have concluded that an Earth-sized exoplanet, orbiting the red dwarf star Trappist-1 in the habitable zone, does not appear to have an atmosphere, or if it does have one it is not like Earth’s.
  Webb: An Earth-sized exoplanet in habitable zone appears to lack an atmosphere
  
• The order specifically tasks Transportation secretary Sean Duffy to review and streamline the regulations related to launches and re-entry, as well as the environmental requirements that were imposed during the Biden administration requiring numerous environment impact statements for practically any new project and even when an established project gets revised slightly. It has been these new rules that squashed the efforts of almost all the new American rocket companies during the Biden administration.
  Trump orders the federal agencies regulating space to review and streamline regulations

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

• The report calls on healthcare workers to reject HRC’s policies, warning of the dangers of gender ideology in pediatric care.
  Pro-Trans Org’s Influence Over Children’s Hospitals Exposed. (RICO prosecution for mass child endangerment? - jjs)

  CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE

• These countries demonstrate that the greatest defenses against anarcho-tyranny are the rights to free speech and bearing arms.
  Speech And Self-Defense Keep U.S. From Devolving Into Canada And The U.K.

• Christian Toto: Film festival pulled tale of heroic IDF agent for allegedly craziest reason
  Shaming Works: TIFF Backpedals, Will Screen Oct. 7 Doc

  HITHER & YON

• The Good Samaritan reminds us that helping your neighbor can mean more than soup kitchens—it can mean backing ideas and leaders that fight poverty at its root.
  The Good Samaritan, William Blake, and the Wicked State

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