The Morning Report — 2/9/26

Good morning kids. So the big stink this morning, beyond the reportedly revolting (I did not watch a second of any of it) half-time Super Bowl show of some Puerto Rican entertainer, is that there is some fake video being attributed to President Trump that allegedly depicts the Obamas as apes or monkeys. Frankly I find that offensive in the extreme, since Apes and monkeys are among God's most majestic, intelligent and awe-inspiring creatures. Whereas the Obamas are NOT. They are venal, repulsive, noxious, and a pestilence. No they're not Gorillas but they are Guerrillas whose accursed and worthless existences have been spent tearing down and destroying all that is good, just and righteous in service to their own demonic delusions, lusts and desires.

Whoever posted a video on President Trump’s social media containing a racist animation of the Obamas as apes committed an own goal that overshadowed what otherwise would have been a great week for the administration.

It shouldn’t have needed the GOP’s only black senator, Tim Scott, to decry the clip as racist for the post to be deleted and an apology issued by the White House.

The one-minute video reposted late Thursday night on Trump’s Truth Social account was about voter fraud in the 2020 election, one of the president’s favorite subjects. At the end, the video flashed for a split second to a clip of the Obamas from an old “Lion King” meme depicting Democrats as animals, and Trump as a lion.

It was obviously a mistake. Trump says he never watched the video through to the end, and the White House says a “staffer erroneously made the post.”

It certainly doesn’t warrant the breathless media coverage it’s received all weekend. . .

. . . The storm in a teacup helps the resistance media maintain the fiction that Republicans, especially the MAGA variety, are irredeemably racist, while Democrats are paragons of virtue when it comes to defending minorities. . .

The truth is the very opposite.

You can see the inherent racism — or is it classism — on the Democrat side most acutely in their opposition to voter ID in the SAVE America Act, which is up for a vote in the House this week.

The Trump-backed legislation will require proof of citizenship to register to vote and a photo ID to cast a ballot.The real reason Democrats foment racial division is as a divide-and-conquer strategy to seize political power — and keep it forever.
It’s about time we stop falling for their hoaxes. 

And speaking of Guerrillas in our midst, and seizing political power and keeping it forever. Meh, who needs elections since as Quintessential Democrat extraordinaire Mao Tse Tung once proclaimed . . . "Political Power Grows Out of the Barrel of a Gun." Or perhaps a molotov cocktail or the gas pedal of an SUV. . .

On Saturday, the Democrat Socialists of America celebrated hitting 100,000 members. Almost on cue, their footprint in organizing anti-ICE so-called “protests” continues to grow.

But these are not protests. They are coordinated obstruction campaigns modeled on the playbook of revolutionary insurgency inspired by violent revolutions.

That much is clear from the latest reporting in The California Post, documenting how militant far-left activists from the Golden State are advising radicals in New York on the latest tactics for sabotaging federal immigration operations.

The objective isn’t dissent. It’s obstruction.

So okay, the DSA hit 100,000. Big deal. How many people are members of the NRA and how many of those do you suppose belong to or sympathize with the DSA? I would say that is a number at or below Zero. Now take Mao's observation and consider the implications if every NRA member simultaneously acted on it. Can you say "Kaboom?" The very thought of it warms the cockles of my heart, irrespective of whether or not it ever comes to pass.

And speaking of Mao and Minnesota . . .

“Anti-ICE protests in Minnesota may appear to be ‘grassroots’ efforts organized by concerned citizens, but they’re really funded with megadonor money — some coming from China,” the New York Post reported.
While the violent protests were organized by a group called “50501,” they’ve been backed by the militant “Party for Socialism and Liberation” and “The People’s Forum,” two groups “largely subsidized by American former tech mogul Neville Roy Singham.”
And who is Singham? He’s a much-investigated current resident of Shanghai who shares an office with a Chinese Communist Party-linked media firm.
Citing a 2023 New York Times investigation of Singham, Fox News notes “that Singham has funneled over a quarter-billion dollars to dark money organizations in the U.S. with little to no footprints, and some of these organizations are vaguely named with office addresses under suspicious locations like general UPS mailboxes.”

. . . By inflaming opposition, and opening their state to a foreign-funded insurrection using American leftist groups as their foot-soldiers, they’ve abetted what appears to be a massive conspiracy to undermine a U.S. president’s clear right to enforce U.S. law.
And China’s involvement is a major issue. It’s been failing in the Western Hemisphere of late, with the election of five conservative new leaders and the loss of the Panama Canal. The arrest of Nicolas Maduro also stung. Imagine how upset China (not to mention, Russia) will be when Cuba’s murderous regime collapses, too.
This is a dangerous time in America. Blue states, and the increasingly lawless cities that define them, have turned into a sort of leftist neo-Confederacy, believing they can nullify American law at will. Minnesota’s Walz even had the temerity to mention Fort Sumter in a recent speech.
But the usual billionaire leftists who fund radical dissent — including George Soros and son — have company: China. And anyone who thinks Walz, an ardent Sinophile who claims to have visited the Middle Kingdom “dozens” of times, wouldn’t welcome Chinese money to counter President Donald Trump and ICE isn’t thinking straight.
China might be losing in Latin America, but it’s apparently winning here by financial subterfuge. The investigation is ongoing.
Earlier this week, Trump spoke with China’s Xi Jinping, who’s busy himself these days arresting potential rivals in the military. We hope that, in addition to talking about other things, Trump had a chance to tell Xi: Stop supporting U.S. leftist riots, or you’ll pay in ways you can’t imagine.

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CIVIL WAR 2.0, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION
• : Many cases were downgraded to misdemeanors, despite Bondi’s public assertions that the DOJ would pursue maximum penalties under 18 U.S.C. § 111.
  Why is the DOJ Downgrading Felony Charges Against Anti-ICE Rioters?
  
• Andy Ngo: The objective isn’t dissent. It’s obstruction.
  The anti-ICE activists are an insurgency, not a protest movement
  
• Thad McCotter: From Civil War nullification to modern sanctuary cities, Democrats revive a doctrine of conditional loyalty that defies federal law and risks renewed national chaos.
  The Democrats’ Conditional Loyalty

• answer: XI Jinping's China!
  Who’s Paying For Minnesota’s Mayhem?
  
• A sobering analysis of Chinese ties to progressive politicians.
  Peaceful Protesters, or Fifth Column Insurrectionists?
  
• It’s imperative that the people support the President as he faithfully enforces the laws of the United States.
  Democrats Undermine the American Experiment
  
• Congressional Democrats made body cameras a top demand after federal agents fatally shot two American citizens in Minneapolis, according to Politico. But privacy groups raised alarms that the recordings could become surveillance tools, pushing the party to call for limits on how ICE handles the footage.
  After Demanding ICE Adopt Body Cams, Democrats Worry They’ll Become Mass Surveillance Tools
  
• “Joe Biden was … supposed to be a bridge or a palette cleanser. Or somebody who morally and ethically was antithetical to who Donald Trump was.”
  CNN Political Analyst Calls for ‘Fumigation’ to ‘Surgically Remove the Cancer’ of MAGA
  
• The Hippocratic Oath that wasn’t.  
  White Coats for Anti-ICE Terrorism  
  * * * * *

• The Western ruling class is unraveling: elites panic, institutions crumble, and the gap between rulers and the ruled has never been clearer.
  The Ruling Class Panic
  
• EXCLUSIVE: Credible sources tell me that elements of the Intelligence Community (IC), federal law enforcement and Congress have targeted @DNIGabbard' s Director's Initiative Group or DIG because it revealed "uncomfortable facts and findings" on several matters entrenched members of these bureaucracies don't want out there. (Hat tip to commenter MTF)
  The "Intelligence Community" is still fighting against PDJT
  
• Miranda Devine: Whoever posted a video on President Trump’s social media containing a racist animation of the Obamas as apes committed an own goal that overshadowed what otherwise would have been a great week for the administration. (Apes ae noble creatures.
  Democrats stir up racial division to seize political power — time we stop falling for their hoaxes (Where has Miranda Devine been for the last 150 years? - jjs)

  "DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY

• On the campaign trail, Trump pledged to end the border invasion on day one. Now he’s ending it.
  President Trump Acing Second Term Immigration Test
  
• "I consider my own faith, Islam, a religion built upon a narrative of migration."
  Mamdani: America Should Learn From Islam How to Treat Illegal Aliens
  
• Attorney General Pam Bondi celebrated the decision on social media, calling it “a significant blow against activist judges who have been undermining our efforts to make America safe again at every turn,” according to a post on X. Bondi credited Department of Justice (DOJ) attorney Ben Hayes, who argued the case, along with Brett Shumate and the DOJ Civil Division. “We will continue vindicating President Trump’s law and order agenda in courtrooms across the country,” she wrote.
  ‘Significant Blow Against Activist Judges’: Federal Court Rules Illegal Immigrants Can Be Detained Without Bond
  
• “Our actions today are informed by what we’ve all seen over the past few weeks in Minneapolis, St. Paul, Lewiston and Portland.”
  ICE Shows Up in Michelle Wu’s Neighborhood on Day She Signed Anti-ICE EO
  
• Polls show Latinos were more afraid of being deported by Bush than Trump.
  Latinos Being Terrified of Trump is a Myth
  
• Larry Elder: What a difference an administration makes.
  Mass Deportation: Who Was More ‘Inhumane’ – Obama or Trump?

  DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE

• The former Biden junta implemented statutory roadblocks to Schedule F’s return, forcing the Trump administration to create workarounds, leading to a new designation with a few key differences from the original rule.
  Rule Change Makes It Easier for Trump to Fire Federal Bureaucrats — Sort Of…

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

• The media ran with it and intelligence officials fueled it.
  Prager U Video: Russiagate – The Real Scandal, Part 1

  THE ECONOMY, STUPID

• Bessent said, “The Trump economy is delivering for the American people that we have strong growth and inflation is, in fact, coming down for the past three months. Inflation is 2.1% close to the Federal Reserve’s target and a measure called Truflation, which is daily observations, now is below 1%. So inflation down, stocks strong growth stocks hit a record high and the lowest crime rate in over 100 years.”
  Bessent: ‘Wall Street Is Telling You that Main Street Is About to Prosper’
  
• History repeatedly assures us that public debts once incurred truly endure forever.
  Government Should Never Repay Public Debt

  
  CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY

• KGUN9’s JJ McKinney said his outlet received a ransom note and “in the letter, the potential kidnappers demanded that the Guthries pay them $6 million before this Monday,” the New York Post reported Sunday.
  VIDEO: Nancy Guthrie Ransom Demand Reaches $6 Million
  
• The attack has raised concerns about judicial leniency after the suspect, who has a lengthy criminal record, was released despite warnings from prosecutors.
  Young Woman Set on Fire by Career Criminal in Chicago Finally Leaves Hospital.

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

• You can see a bunch of obvious themes in this mega-cringe showdown, starting with the feminization thesis advanced by Helen Andrews and the problem of Cluster B politics that Christopher Rufo has described. But the moment couldn’t be any more thoroughly on the nose, because note what the controversy is: A private company took down an anti-ICE sign. The meltdown is about the display of a political slogan.
  A Viral Video Shows How The Left Coerces Fake Agreement
  
• A Netflix–Warner Bros. merger would supercharge a woke streaming giant, shrinking consumer choice, centralizing culture, and putting ideology on autoplay.
  GOP Senators Are Right To Call Out Netflix’s Woke Monopoly
  
• Now the Washington Post is 'dying in darkness'.
  ‘Democracy’ Means Newspapers Aren’t Allowed to Fire Democrats
  
• The modern tendency to treat journalism as a secular oracle did not arise naturally. It was built, reinforced by technology, culture, and myth. To understand why that authority now feels unstable, it helps to look backward, back to when the press was a critical element in the birth of the United States.
  The Myth of the American Free Press: A History (Part I of II)
  
• “Wait, you’re telling me people from the Middle East and Africa aren’t dominating Alpine Skiing events?”
  AP Whines That Winter Sports Are Too White

  
  ABORTION

• “During the pandemic, the Biden junta paused the in-person requirement. . . Kentucky’s abortion limits have been tested by remote abortions.. . Conservative states have responded with their own innovations.. .Abortion was not nearly as motivating in 2024 as many strategists expected.”
  Why Abortion Rates Are Up

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

• The only people worried about ICE at the polls shouldn't be at the polls
  Dem Fear of ICE at the Polls Shows Their Voters are Illegal
  
• So, now Mark Warner finds out Tulsi Gabbard is on the trail of the intelligence manipulation of election machines.... The Deep State does NOT like someone they scorned in the past looking into THEM for the first time like Tulsi Gabbard. 
  SSCI Vice Chair Mark Warner Finds Out DNI Tulsi Gabbard Has Puerto Rico Voting Machines
  
• Ever since the rigged and tampered-with 2020 election, Donald Trump has made election integrity a key focus of his campaigns and now his presidency. But he wants Congress’s help to thwart Democrat election fraud.
  Trump Lays Out Why the SAVE Act Is Key for Midterm Elections
  
• The GOP-controlled Michigan House passed legislation (HB 5197) on Thursday that seeks to prohibit foreign nationals from contributing money to ballot initiative campaigns. The measure passed 97-6, with seven members not voting.
  Michigan, Alabama Republicans Advance Bills To Cut Off Foreign Money In Elections
  
• (Described in this essay from 2022) was the exact tactic the Democrats used in Georgia, most specifically in Fulton County that covers the heavily Democrat Party dominated city of Atlanta. In some parts of that county Democrats were so dominant that they could work under the radar, and fudge the vote aggressively. . . the essay does provide the basics of what happened in 2020, and could still happen in 2028 and beyond, if a real effort is not made to regain some control of this election tampering. And not surprising, the Democrats are now opposing any such reforms with great enthusiasm, using their slander and demagoguery tactics to rile up their base, helped enthusiastically by the propaganda press that works as their public relations arm.
  Repost: How the localized nature of Democrat vote tampering will influence the 2022 election

  L'AFFAIRE EPSTEIN

• It's a grift and a scam.
  Behind the Superbowl Epstein Ad is the UN, Abortion Groups and the Carter Center
  
• Fresh files have dropped a bombshell that is sure to fan the flames of conspiracy theories regarding Epstein’s death. It appears that federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York had a draft statement ready to roll on August 9, 2019 — the day before Epstein’s body was discovered.
  The Epstein Cover-Up Just Got So Much Worse

  DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY

• Want to get rich quick? Get elected to Congress as a Democrat.
  Another Leftist Politician Becomes a Multimillionaire

  POLITICS

• Roger Kimball: Trump 2.0 isn’t just governing—it’s assembling an all-star Cabinet whose wit, discipline, and seriousness rival any administration since the founding.
  Trump’s Senior Appointments Are Making Government Great Again
  
• Politics flattens genius into cliché, turning artists and writers who once probed the soul into predictable mouthpieces the moment they trade questions for slogans.
  The Gordian Knot of Modern Politics
  
• “I know the issues. They know that I know how to work across the aisle when necessary.” (Fake eyelash glue is a helluva drug - jjs)
  Jasmine Crockett Thinks Texas Republicans Will ‘Absolutely’ Vote for Her for Senate

  IRAN ON the BRINK?!

• The key variables here aren't economic or strategic, they're Islamic.
  Iran Is Not Going to Give Up its Nuclear Weapons Program
  
• Offering badly needed relief to the Iranian people.
  The Need for a Buffer Zone Along Iran’s Turkish and Azerbaijani Borders

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

• Why Syria could never be a 'partner for peace'.
  Israel and the Syrian Threat

  FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL

• Takaichi’s Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner surpassed the 310 seats needed for a two-thirds majority in the 465-seat lower house, according to NBC News. The victory validates her decision to call an early election just three months after taking office.
  Japan Prime Minister’s Political Gamble Pays Off As Voters Overwhelmingly Embrace Tough Stance On China, Immigration
  
• Blood is out in the the waters of Westminster after Prime Minister Starmer was deeply politically wounded this week following his stunning admission in the House of Commons that he was aware that Peter ‘Prince of Darkness’ Mandelson — a longtime Labour operative and power behind the throne of Tony Blair — had continued his relationship with Epstein following the infamous financier served prison time for child sex offences.
  Knives Out: Labour MPs Call on PM Starmer to Step Down After Top Aid Resigns over Epstein Scandal
  
• Cuba could take a deal, the terms of which, of course, have not been disclosed. Or Cuba could let the Sword of Damocles (Don-ocles?) fall.
  Cuba should take a deal or face President Trump's 'big stick' diplomacy
  
• Talks over Greenland’s future have been held but Greenland’s Foreign Minister Vivian Motzfeldt claimed the negotiations are not where the island “wants them to be.” “There is going to be a long track, so where we are going to land at the end, it’s too early to say,” Motzfeldt said Saturday.
  Trump trolls world leaders again by re-sharing pic of map showing Canada, Greenland, Venezuela all part of US
  
• In Spain and across Europe, the ruling elite are turning to imperial methods of governance to erase their own people.
  Mass Amnesty In Spain Heralds The End Of Nationhood

  DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS

• The arrest brings a key suspect to face American justice and highlights ongoing efforts to hold perpetrators accountable.
  The FBI Has Captured a Major Suspect in the 2012 Benghazi Attack.
  
• Chinese-Linked Las Vegas Biolab Near Nellis AFB Exposes Alarming U.S. Biosecurity and Counterintelligence Failures
  Visitors to Las Vegas Home of Secret, China-linked ‘Biolab’ Report Mysterious, Debilitating Illnesses
  
• Three cheers for America's Secretary of War. . . Last month, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth made a seismic announcement: “We’re taking a sledgehammer to the oldest DEI program in the federal government. A program few people outside of Washington have ever heard of. That I haven’t heard of. It’s called the 8(a) program.
  Why Pete Hegseth Is Right To Take A ‘Sledgehammer’ To The 8(a) Scam

  HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE

• Repeal ESI — give working Americans all the money they earn.
  Solving The Healthcare Affordability Crisis
  
• Everything you know about opioids needs serious re-examination.
  Data Show: Pain Patients Didn’t Cause an Opioid Epidemic
  
• The company aims to continue providing safe, affordable, and personalized care to Americans.
  ‘Hims’ Halts Semaglutide Pill One Day After The National Pulse’s Report.
  
• It’s not surging profits but expensive new medical services and increased usage.
  Why Is Health Care Getting More Costly?

  CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE

• Several Team USA athletes say patriotism now comes with political caveats, raising questions about what representing the U.S. is supposed to mean.
  Trump Fires Back After Olympians Say They Have ‘Mixed Emotions’ Representing America
  
• The Puerto Rican pop star’s latest dive into woke politics was his appearance at this year’s Grammy Awards where he launched into an anti-ICE tirade from the stage as he collected his Best Música Urbana Album award.
  From Backing BLM and Kamala to Bashing ICE, Super Bowl 60 Star Bad Bunny’s History of Left-Wing Activist: ‘F**K TRUMP’
  
• "All in English, all talented, beautifully done."
  Millions Tune In For TPUSA All-American Halftime Show During Super Bowl
  
• The mere fact that these corporations drew back from their public display of DEI initiatives should not elicit conservatives’ praise. After all, the index is not measuring whether these companies are still participating in DEI, but rather whether they are willing to publicly brag about their efforts.
  Queer Lobby Reports 65% Drop In Fortune 500s Celebrating Corporate DEI
  
• The end of Hollywood may be near.
  AI vs IP

  HITHER & YON

• 'Still Hope' continues conversation started on screen by 'Sound of Freedom'
  What We’re Missing in Fight Against Human Trafficking

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