The Morning Report — 3/24/26

Good morning kids. With the United States heavily engaged in military operations against the Iranian regime, and Cardboard Cutouts notwithstanding, that regime still capable of hurling missiles at Israel and other nations in the region, is this something?!

A massive explosion ripped through the Valero refinery in Port Arthur on Monday, sending a towering column of black smoke over the city and triggering an emergency response across Jefferson County. The cause of the explosion is under investigation. . . The Valero refinery in Port Arthur is ranked as one of the ten largest refineries in the United States. Valero reported the refinery produces 435,000 barrels of gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel per day.

In the wake of Israel's recent strike on a key Iranian/Qatari oil facility and President Trump's threat to obliterate Iran's energy infrastructure if the regime does not capitulate or accede to his demands for a cessation of hostilities, is there a link to Iran or was this some freak accident. Given the our props borders and joke of an immigration enforcement system prior to the Trump era, sabotage not only can't be ruled out but IMHO it most likely was the cause. Perhaps this brainwave might be pushing things but our own homegrown traitors in the form of Antifa and the red-green-climate change maniacs could have used the war as cover to pull off an attack or are in league with Iranian/Islamic terror cells? And then this happened:

Barksdale Air Force Base (BAFB), a major U.S. strategic bomber installation in northwest Louisiana, has just experienced an unusually serious series of unauthorized drone incursions over its most sensitive areas.

More than a dozen unsanctioned drones repeatedly swarmed a US Air Force base that is home to a nuclear bomber fleet — and were able to resist efforts to bring them down via jamming technology, according to military officials.

And speaking of the common denominator of "Death to America"

A Chicago alderwoman appeared to blame an 18-year-old woman for her own fatal shooting last week, allegedly at the hands of an illegal alien.

Chicago police announced Sunday that Jose Medina-Medina had been arrested for the murder of Sheridan Gorman, a freshman at Loyola University. Chicago Alderwoman Maria Hadden speculated that Gorman was in the “wrong place at the wrong time.”

I guess we are all in the wrong place at the wrong time! We are Americans in a nation that has been subsumed by a cancerous evil malign force known as the Democrat Party that seeks our domination via the destruction of our society and culture.

Democrat Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker refuses to say whether he will honor an ICE detainer request for an illegal alien accused of killing an 18-year-old college student.

Loyola University freshman Sheridan Gorman was walking in a park on Thursday morning around 1:00 a.m., to “catch a glimpse of the Northern Lights” when Medina-Medina allegedly approached her. Gorman “attempted to flee,” but Medina-Medina allegedly shot her in the head. Gorman was pronounced dead at the scene, according to local reports and the Department of Homeland Security.

Fuck that noise. Send in the Green Berets to storm the jail and take the scumbag out by force - and Arrest Fatzker for insurrection or obstruction of justice. He needs to swing if he dares interfere, but there isn't a construction crane sturdy enough to hoist him up by his brontosaurus neck.

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ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY LINKS
• The blast erupted inside the sprawling Gulf Coast facility shortly after midday, shaking nearby neighborhoods and prompting officials to warn residents to stay indoors as fire crews and industrial‑hazmat teams rushed to contain the incident. The explosion produced a thick plume visible for miles across Southeast Texas, adding new scrutiny to one of the nation’s largest refining corridors as authorities worked to determine the cause of the blast and assess potential hazards.
  Massive Explosion at Texas Oil Refinery, Cause Unknown — Residents Told to Shelter in Place
  
• The drones appeared to be custom built and required “advanced knowledge” of signal operations.
  Drones Swarm Nuclear Bomber Base, Exposing Potential Threat to U.S. Aircrews

AMERICA & ISRAEL STRIKE IRAN!
• In a Truth Social post, President Trump said the U.S. and Iran had had “VERY GOOD AND PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATIONS REGARDING A COMPLETE AND TOTAL RESOLUTION OF OUR HOSTILITIES IN THE MIDDLE EAST.”
  Stocks Jump and Oil Plunges After Trump Talks About A Deal with Iran
  
• “We’re looking for all of the things that we’ve been talking about,” Trump told reporters. “We want to see no nuclear bomb, no nuclear weapon, not even close to it, low-key on the missiles. We want to see peace in the Middle East. We want the nuclear dust, we’re going to want that, and I think we’re going to get that.”
  Trump Lays Out Terms For End To Iran War
  
• “The Islamic Republic of Iran adheres to its position rejecting any type of negotiations before achieving Iran’s goals from the war.”
  Iran Denies Agreement With the U.S. After Trump Suggested Deal at Hand
  
• Tehran’s fresh onslaught comes just hours after President Trump announced US military forces would not strike any part of Iran’s power and energy infrastructure for five days.
  Iran launches fresh wave of missiles into Israel, 6 injured in Tel Aviv attack
  
• Backchannel talks reportedly paused U.S. plans to strike Iran’s power infrastructure, though Iran’s Foreign Ministry denies the claims.
  
  
• Trump will win this conflict.
  The signals are all pointing the same direction: Historian Victor Davis Hanson says Iran’s regime is on borrowed time
  
• “Further achievements are relatively unlikely.”
  Trump Should Declare Victory in Iran
  
• We dare not kick this can down the road again.
  Will Trump make a deal with Iran?
  
• Two of the suspects are sisters, Samaneh Ghandali, 41, and Sorvoor Ghandali, 32. They were charged alongside Mohammadjavad Khosravi,40, who is Samaneh’s husband, with allegedly using their employment at unidentified technology companies to “obtain access to confidential and sensitive information,” according to the Department of Justice.
  Alleged Iranian spies are already in the US — and infiltrating Silicon Valley
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• A war abroad — and a betrayal at home.
  The Shadow War Against President Trump
  
• “I said, ‘Call him up, give him a job in the White House,’ and this is what he does.”
  Trump Goes Scorched Earth On Joe Kent, Suggesting Leak And Bringing Up Remarriage

  CIVIL WAR 2.0, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION

• Waiting for accountability in Trump’s second term.
  The Swamp Still Looks Pretty Healthy

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

• Fuck this noise. Send in the Green Berets to storm the jail and take the scumbag out by force - and Arrest Fatzker for insurrection - jjs
  Pritzker Signals He Won’t Turn Illegal Alien Accused Of Murdering College Student Over To ICE
  
• Chicago police announced Sunday that Jose Medina-Medina had been arrested for the murder of Sheridan Gorman, a freshman at Loyola University. Chicago Alderwoman Maria Hadden speculated that Gorman was in the “wrong place at the wrong time.”
  Chicago Official Says Murder Victim May Have ‘Startled’ Alleged Illegal Alien Shooter
  
• ICE arrest of illegal migrant fugitive at San Francisco airport sparks fear-mongering — here’s what really happened
  NO SOB STORY: Outrage erupted at the San Francisco International Airport after ICE agents arrested a woman at the air hub on the eve of President Trump’s order to deploy the officers.
  
• Instead of gutting immigration enforcement, he’s sent ICE into more than a dozen of the nation’s busiest airports to make up for TSA’s missing manpower. Democrats, predictably, are furious — and fearmongering to the nth degree. “The last thing the American people need is for untrained ICE agents to be deployed at airports across the country, potentially to brutalize or to kill them,” House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries frothed on CNN’s “State of the Union.” What about the Americans brutalized and killed by illegal-alien criminals? 
  How Trump’s ingenious TSA fix calls the Democrats’ bluff
  
• ‘The Biden junta ended policies and practices that could have prevented these tragedies.’
  Another Young American Woman Is Dead Because Democrats Imported Her Alleged Killer
  
• Data from the late nineteenth and early twentieth century show why certain immigrant groups assimilated—and offer lessons for today.
  How Well Do Americans Understand the Melting Pot?
  
• Mass immigration, driven by elites, has fractured national cohesion—only deliberate reversal, not drift, can restore sovereignty and social trust in the West.
  Hispanic Mass Migration and Remigration (Part 1)

  THE GREAT SOMALIAN SIMOLEON SWINDLE

• Anar Rustamov, 39, “who appears to have entered the United States illegally,” has been indicted on 14 counts of allegedly orchestrating a scheme to file thousands of false claims for medical equipment with the Medicare Advantage program, according to a statement by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California.
  Feds Charge Azerbaijan Migrant with $90M Healthcare Fraud

  DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE

• ICE was deployed Saturday to assist Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers amid a nationwide airport crisis, as the partial government shutdown left TSA officers without pay and suspended their “nonessential privileges and courtesies,” according to DHS. President Donald Trump had threatened in a Saturday Truth Social post to deploy ICE agents to airports if the “Radical Left Democrats” failed to agree on a funding bill — hours after a fifth vote to end the shutdown failed 47-37.
  ICE Agents Arrive At US Airports Amid TSA Shortage As Democrats Keep DHS Shutdown Going
  
• The effects of the TSA shutdown have been mixed, but major airports have seen massive security lines at peak travel times. Unpaid for the second time in recent months, TSA officers are quitting or calling in sick at growing rates. Democrat Party messaging is deadly simple . . .
  Democrats Have Nothing To Offer But Fear And Misery
  
• When governments increase taxes, it's expected to happen slowly and gently enough to not be too destructive.  Chicago did not choose that path. 
  Checking Out Chicago's Checkout Bag Tax

  
  WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM

• The group, Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamiyya, posted a video through networks tied to Tehran’s Axis of Resistance proxies asserting it had targeted the Machzike Hadath synagogue in the heavily Jewish neighborhood of Golders Green, the Daily Wire reported. The actual damage, however, fell on ambulances belonging to Hatzola, a Jewish volunteer emergency service parked in the synagogue’s lot.
  Iran-Tied Islamists Claim Jewish Ambulance Service Attack As Their Responsibility: REPORT
  
• Woke mayor smiles warmly upon oppression and violence.
  Islamopandering in Salt Lake City

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

• “So I do want to make sure that we are like very clear that it’s bad, whatever, whatever partisan alignment we are talking about.”
  MS NOW (NSDAP) Contributor: “90 Percent of the Antisemitic Comments That I Get Are From the Left
  
• Critics argue that Rama Duwaji’s "behind-the-scenes" role is a facade.
  Mamdani’s ‘Private’ Wife Played Role In Radical DSA Anti-Israel Campaign
  
• New Jersey governor touts 'the five pillars of Islam' in visit to Islamic Center of Passaic County
  'Moderate' Mikie Sherrill Attends Ramadan Services With Imam Who Faced Deportation Proceedings Over Alleged Ties to Hamas and Calls for 'New Intifada'

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

• Robert Mueller is dead, but his toxic legacy lives on in the destroyed lives of the innocent victims targeted by the Russia collusion probe that bears his name. To understand why President Trump had no kind words for the former FBI director when he died over the weekend at age 81, you have to understand the human toll on the president and dozens of his friends and allies. Who knows whether Mueller, who had Parkinson’s, was in command of all his faculties when he was appointed special counsel at age 72? But the deep state evildoers on his team knew exactly what they were doing when they used his formerly prestigious reputation to pervert the course of justice for their “Get Trump” frolic. 
  Miranda Devine: We’re still learning the full rot of the Russiagate scandal
  
• The Russia-collusion saga ranks among the boldest political deceptions in modern American memory -- not for the facts it revealed, but for the damning realities it worked so hard to obscure.
  The Deep State’s Biggest Lie
  
• It isn’t the job of a special counsel to exonerate anyone. It’s also not his job to convict anyone. That gratuitous line in the conclusion of his money pit of an investigation served as nothing more than a lifeline for Democrats and the rabidly anti-American, anti-Trump media to maintain that they had every reason to continue calling the president a Russian agent, though they had none.
  Robert Mueller’s Legacy Is Self-Destruction Because He Failed To Stay In His Lane

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

• MacFarlane said the move will allow him to do 'independent, unfiltered reporting'
  Ex-CBS News Reporter Scott MacFarlane Joins Left-Wing MeidasTouch, the Media Company That Started as an Anti-Trump Super PAC
  * * * * *

• “For too long, outdated regulations have forced providers to keep consumers on antiquated networks,” said FCC Chairman Brendan Carr. “We will cut through that red tape with this decision. This FCC vote will finally allow those Americans to benefit from an upgrade to next-gen infrastructure.” 
  America Doesn’t Need Copper Phone Lines In 2026

  THE ECONOMY, STUPID

• Competition between states is a beautiful thing.
  A Great Income Tax Divorce Is Underway, And It’s A Beautiful Thing

  CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY

• One of the locations in the area officers responded to following the stabbing was a restaurant called Zaya, according to the New York Post which cited early reports that said the stabbing occurred during a fight between the women.
  Police: Multiple Women Injured in Downtown Los Angeles Stabbing
  
• It amounts to a bureaucratic reshuffle that will still leave the NYPD on the hook for the most dangerous mental-health calls.
  Mamdani’s Office of Community Safety Won’t Change Much
  
• He said the crime levels were a product of “years of local politicians, judges, and prosecutors who sided with violent criminals over law-abiding citizens.”
  Trump: We Have Fixed the Memphis Crime Problem
  
• A cornhole player who competes at the professional level, and who also has no arms nor legs, is now facing accusations of murder in La Plata, Maryland.
  Quadruple Amputee Cornhole Player Allegedly Shot A Man Then Drove The Getaway Car

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

• “We cannot meet the Climate Act’s 2030 targets without imposing new and additional crushing costs on New York businesses and residents.”
  Hochul Moves to Delay NY Climate Law Over Costs

  EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT

• Under H.B. 5468, families would be required to file in-person paperwork before beginning to homeschool and to provide annual documentation.
  Connecticut Poised To Create A Surveillance State For Homeschool Families
  
• When teachers inflate grades — giving higher marks than students’ actual performance warrants — the effects ripple far beyond the classroom.
  Study: K-12 Grade Inflation Making American Kids Dumber, Costing Them Millions
  
• Sky-high spending. Crashing enrollment. Failing students.
  The California Education Disaster

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

• “Democrat Senators are grotesquely out of touch with Americans. They’ve been so laser focused on advocating for foreign nationals (including criminal aliens) that they’ve become completely disconnected from reality.”
  New Poll Confirms the Democrats’ Messaging on Voter ID Has Been a Spectacular Failure
  
• The Supreme Court seemed open Monday to cracking down on states’ ability to accept mail-in ballots that arrive late. Several justices seemed concerned about the “slippery slope” of counting ballots received after Election Day, raising questions about who can receive ballots and how to address perceptions of fraud.
  Supreme Court Seems Open To Taking Away Key Election Rule Beloved By Dems

  
  DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY, INSANITY

• Victor Davis Hanson: The canonized legacy of Cesar Chavez is collapsing under revelations that recast a sainted activist as a deeply flawed—and possibly predatory—man the Left can no longer easily defend.
  Who Was Cesar Chavez—and Who Will He Become?

  POLITICS

• Trump’s potential absence would mark a significant shift for CPAC, eroding its reputation as a major platform for his political messaging and influence within the Republican Party.
  Trump Set to Miss CPAC, Breaking Decade-Long Streak.

  FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL

• The video, was initially shared by the anti-communist Twitter account@JaviXCubaLibre and widely circulated by Venezuelan journalist Emmanuel Rincón and shared by Cuban-American journalists. Breitbart News could not independently confirm the authenticity of the video, but it surfaced in the context of a visit by the “Nuestra America” group to Havana.
  Report: Video Claims to Show VIP Leftists Making Starving Cuban Children Dance for Cookies
  
• These people held many events and hosted a concert with Kneecap, the notorious anti-Israel Irish band.
  Code Pink Invades Cuba, Enjoys 5-Star Hotel as People Suffer Through Blackout
  
• The defeat raises questions about the stability of Meloni’s coalition and the future of her leadership.
  Meloni Loses Referendum on Italian Judicial Reform.

  DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS

• Intoxalock issued assurances that company data remained safe. Apparently, the hackers overloaded the firm’s servers.
  Cyberattack on Vehicle Breathalyzer Test Company Strands Drivers Across U.S.
  
• Several prominent scientists and researchers in the U.S. have reportedly died or gone missing over the past year, fueling speculation about whether some of the disappearances may have occurred under suspicious circumstances.
  High-Profile Scientists Keep Winding Up Dead Or Missing — GOP Rep Suggests There May Be A Conspiracy At Play

  ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY

• Using the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have obtained a new high resolution image of the Crab Nebula, and by comparing it with earlier Hubble images taken in 1999/2000 have been able to track the continuing expansion and evolution of this supernova remnant over a period now covering almost a quarter century.
  Changes to the Crab Nebula after a quarter century
  
• Early in the history of SpaceX Musk learned that being dependent on outside contractors was crippling. Too often those contractors saw SpaceX has a competitor and acted to sabotage it. He soon decided his companies must be vertically integrated, doing as much work as possible in-house. He is now applying that policy in chip production as well.
  SpaceX, xAI, and Tesla to build large-scale computer chip factory in Texas

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

• “Why should their state taxpayer dollars be used to pay for others elective surgeries?"
  Red State Republican Warns Taxpayers Are On The Hook For Trans Surgeries
  
• despite the efforts of psychopathic teachers and professionals, and despite celebrities parading their transgender/homosexual children as a status symbol in Hollywood, we can expect the continued decline of transgender surgeries. 
  The Twilight of the Transgenders
  
• “Try not to leave the table without a next step and a contact person."
  Inside The Biden Junta's ‘Speed Dating’ Event For Trans Activists And Megadonors

  CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE

• “In this White House, Christopher Columbus is a hero, and President Trump will ensure he’s honored as such for generations to come.”
  White House Adds Christopher Columbus Statue Using Pieces From Destroyed Baltimore Sculpture
  
• It's the production crews who suffer most from Tinseltown's downfall, and by and large, they aren't woke Hollywood progressives. They're workingmen and women who tend to be far more centrist or even conservative than the stars and studios they work for. 
  Who Killed Hollywood? Or Did it Kill Itself?
  
• The sad result of a continuously fluctuating culture is a generation of young people who have no common cultural identity.
  Gen Z Doesn’t Have Enough Cultural Identity To Care About The Oscars
  
• Some new Catholic voices are using the faith for something else entirely.
  The Catholic Convert Boom Is Real But A Troubling Pattern Is Emerging
  
• “[H]ow did the major universities of this country,” writes Cruz, “descend into left-wing mob rule, right there in plain sight, while we were watching?
  Will the Physical End of the Frankfurt School Be Followed by Ideological Demise?

  HITHER & YON

• A civic farce worthy of a tragic comedy.
  When the Fire Brigade Runs the City
  
• Once again, it is essential if you want to understand the past to read the perspective the people who lived it. Sadly our modern universities no longer demand this, and so we now have several generations of college-educated students who really only know the past through the cartoon ideologies of their teachers and the academics these teachers admire. Wheeler’s book is a great way to counter that shallow education, and to get that more humane perspective of our country’s past.
  The battle of Gettysburg as seen by those who lived it

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