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The Morning Report —4/ 13 /26

Good morning kids. Yet again it's the international scene that's grabbing all the attention this morning. we'll get to the latest developements off the Iranian coast in a moment, but first there are a couple of bit stories happening in Europe that might otherwise get lost in the sauce. The disappointing news first comes fromHungary.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban conceded defeat in the parliamentary elections on Sunday, bringing an end to 16 years of governance in Budapest. . . Conceding defeat on Sunday evening, Orban said: “The election result is painful for us, but understandable. I congratulated the Tisza Party. “No matter how it turned out, we in the opposition will serve our country and the Hungarian nation,” he declared, adding: "We never give up!"

I'm not necessarily in tune with the attitude of the Hungarian people but that they sent a true patriot and a staunch defender of western values, civilization and sanity packing is a head scratcher considering the madness of open borders especially with the invasion of Islamic hordes that have ravaged a significant portion of the rest of the continent. Orbán was a tough, passionate and vocal critic of the EU on this and other issues of national sovereignty, especially the insane push to go to war with Russia over Ukraine, as well as earning the enmity of the homosexual/transexual pervert lobby for his staunch criticism of them and the EU's drive to push their ideology on the Hungarian people. From what I have gathered, the new regime in Hungary will do a very abrupt about-face on all these issues and President Trump and America my lose, at least in the near term, a very key strategic ally.

On the complete opposite end of the spectrum of the Hungarians we have the Irish, who really got their Irish up!

So you say you want a revolution?  Well, take a look at what’s happening in Ireland right now.  Tens of thousands of farmers, truckers, and other fed-up “normies” are taking to the streets of Dublin to protest fuel taxes, mass immigration, and poverty-inducing “climate change” policies.  For the most part, corporate news propagandists in both Europe and North America are intentionally ignoring the combustible situation.  Just when I had begun to think that all the “fighting Irish” had moved to America, the Old Country has started to show signs of life.  Perhaps there are still a few irascible pugilists willing to bash heads and take on the globalist empire after all. . . Although few people saw the present brouhaha coming, Ireland makes a natural “ground zero” in the war between Big Government globalists (aka, the “international rules-based order” club of World Economic Forum totalitarians) and ordinary citizens willing to defend their nation’s sovereignty and their own personal freedoms.  For two decades, the globalists have been taking over Ireland and stripping it for parts.

Would or could something like this ever happpen here in the USA. I Mean among real Americans and not leftist Antifa rent-a-goons agitating for revolution and committing acts of terorism to overthrow our Republic once and for all?

And speaking of Democrat/Leftist terrorism, please pardon the redundancy . . .

Turning Point USA’s “Frontlines” reporter Savanah Hernandez posted multiple videos of mob members opposed to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations in the Minneapolis area seemingly attacking her Saturday. After Hernandez posted photos of one assailant — a man charged in connection with the storming of a St. Paul-area church — Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet K. Dhillon responded in to the post on X. (RELATED: Democrat Candidate Calls For Banning MAGA From Internet)

The only reason Antifa et al can get away with what they get away with, the corruption of the courts and Political cover by their overlords in the Democrat Party aside, is that they know that kyle Rittenhouse notwithstanding we will never preemptively hunt them down and take them out as is their strategy, let alone take up arms to defend ourselves. Because if we ever did, look out.

On that orgasmatronic pipe dream, here's a clunky segue to the latest from Iran.

Whoever’s calling the shots in Iran wasted yet another chance for peace over the weekend, and now President Donald Trump will again call Tehran’s bluff. Iran’s negotiators refused to satisfy America’s demands Saturday in talks in Pakistan, as regime leaders bet that playing the Strait of Hormuz card would get Trump to blink. Instead, he played it right back at them — announcing his own blockade, so that Iran’s oil exports (which had continued despite the war) will also be blocked.

The prez is thinking outside the box with this blockade and his plans to escort ships through the Strait; if necessary, he can later order US forces to take Kharg Island and eviscerate the regime’s power base.
This also guarantees that Tehran’s effort to charge a toll on all tankers crossing the Strait will fail — honoring an American commitment to freedom of the seas that goes back to President Thomas Jefferson, the Barbary Pirates and the US Marines’ triumphant excursion “to the shores of Tripoli.”
Of course Iran’s rulers (whoever they are at this point) responded with fresh bluster, vowing a “strong and forceful response” to Trump’s move and huffing that it would end the cease-fire.
Utter bull: Tehran has almost no offensive capabilities left except those that threaten Strait shipping, and those assets can now be eliminated as completely and readily as the rest of its Navy, missile launchers and drone capabilities already were.
It can’t seriously mine the Strait without choking off its own exports, nor can that blockade last once America and its allies’ minesweepers, backed by the US Navy, get down to work.
Trump’s blockade won’t much impact Europe or the Americas, while our Middle Eastern allies are switching to export routes that don’t rely on the Strait; it’s Iran and its allies (mainly China) that will now suffer most. Beijing and its dependents in Moscow will soon regret vetoing the UN Security Council measure to reopen the Strait.
Meanwhile, the Iranian hardliners behind this lunacy will face more internal pressure from other regime factions; everything they’ve tried to do has blown up in their faces.
They assumed America would be help captive by conventional wisdom; our president proved them wrong.
Trump once again tried to reach a peaceful settlement; the Iranians again refused: Now they’ll pay yet a higher price for thinking they could get him to chicken out.

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• The prez is thinking outside the box with this blockade and his plans to escort ships through the Strait; if necessary, he can later order US forces to take Kharg Island and eviscerate the regime’s power base. This also guarantees that Tehran’s effort to charge a toll on all tankers crossing the Strait will fail — honoring an American commitment to freedom of the seas that goes back to President Thomas Jefferson, the Barbary Pirates and the US Marines’ triumphant excursion “to the shores of Tripoli.”
  Trump brilliantly calls Iran’s bluff — with his own Strait of Hormuz blockade
  
• Faced with leftists, quislings, and cowards, Trump has announced a new phase to the Iranian conflict. It’s so crazy-courageous, it should definitely work.
  With the peace talks ended, Trump has a powerful, brilliant new plan for Iran
  
• President Donald Trump announced Sunday the U.S. Navy will begin blockading ships in the Strait of Hormuz, the news coming after he said Iran promised to open the strait but ultimately did not.
  ‘We Are Fully Locked and Loaded’ — President Trump: U.S. Navy Blockades Strait of Hormuz
  
• Iran thought they had the world over an (oil) barrel. Turns out they signed their own economic death warrant. The blockade is an inspired tactic pushed by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and former Green Beret-turned-UN Ambassador Mike Waltz as the logical next step after the Chinese and Russians last week vetoed the UN Security Council resolution led by the Gulf States for international cooperation to reopen the Hormuz Strait.
  Miranda Devine: Playing the Trump card vs. Tehran
  
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• Criticism of strikes on Iranian infrastructure clashes with claims that the IRGC controls much of the economy, making such targets central to degrading its military power.
  The IRGC’s Control of Iran’s Economy
  
• Elections are a tool, not a solution. To fix Iran requires more.
  Looking Ahead to Elections in Iran
  
• It is time to ask what the United States and its partners should do with the Islamic Republic of Iran.
  Be Wary of Iran’s Propaganda Machine
  
• This outcome means Tehran is left “begging for a ceasefire” and at its weakest point since the 1979 Islamic Revolution after reaching “a situation where Iran does not have a single active enrichment facility,” as U.S. negotiators walked away from talks in Pakistan, he continued.
  ‘Crushed’: Netanyahu Says U.S.–Israel Campaign Destroyed Iran’s Nuclear, Missile Programs — Regime ‘Fighting to Survive’

• CIA Director Jon Ratcliffe alluded to the "exquisite" technology that, he said, "no other intelligence service possesses."
  Did CIA Use Covert Tech To Find Lost Airman?
  
• The details of the amazing search & rescue effort to recover a downed American pilot in Iran last weekend has been covered quite thoroughly in the media, especially the alternative press. This video gives us the compelling perspective of the men and women who made that rescue happen. Even if you oppose Trump’s present actions against Iran, Steeve’s reveals a fundamental aspect of the American way of war that illustrates again the best part of America. The key quote, “Will you be worth the trip?”
  A military pilot’s perspective on downed pilot rescue in Iran Easter weekend

  
  

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• Roger Kimball: Trump’s “outrageous” rhetoric unnerved critics, but it masked a blunt strategy: overwhelm Iran militarily, force leverage at the table, and leave opponents scrambling to keep up.
  Trump, Iran, and the Theater of Moral Panic

• Democrats accuse Trump of weakness or recklessness as it suits them—revealing less about him than their own shifting standard for American power.
  Democrat Perfidy Knows No Bounds

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

  
  

• Democrats Are Killing the Country with Racism
  Democrats Are Killing the Country with Racism
  
• Kelly told an audience "The last thing I would want in a Space Shuttle crew would be seven white-guy U.S. Navy test pilots like me."
  So did Mark Kelly tell his fellow white crew members on the Endeavour how disgusted he was to serve with them?
  
• More often than not, she comes away with some pretty raw video that gets a good amount of “clicks and shares,” making her an influencer, but this does not happen without her taking personal risk.
  Anti-ICE Protesters Violently Attack Conservative Journalist Savanah Hernandez
  
• Draw a big red X on people teaching different perspectives.
  The Left’s Desperate War on Turning Point USA and Free Thought
  
• Turning Point USA’s “Frontlines” reporter Savanah Hernandez posted multiple videos of mob members opposed to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations in the Minneapolis area seemingly attacking her Saturday. After Hernandez posted photos of one assailant — a man charged in connection with the storming of a St. Paul-area church — Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet K. Dhillon responded in to the post on X. (RELATED: Democrat Candidate Calls For Banning MAGA From Internet)
  DOJ Signals Probe Into Brutal Assault Of Conservative Journalist Filming Anti-ICE Riot

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

• Republicans should have learned this lesson over ten years ago. Yet they’re preparing to die on the amnesty hill yet again.
  Backdoor Amnesty for Illegal Aliens Is (Still) Political Cyanide
  
• Immigration’s true cost isn’t seen in stagnant wages, but in natives pushed out of opportunity—masking displacement, distorting data, and quietly eroding mobility and growth.
  Moving Targets
  
• Assimilation as a modern fairy tale.
  The Pot That Refuses to Melt

  THE GREAT SOMALIAN SIMOLEON SWINDLE

• We need more Nick Shirleys who expose this rampant fraud. And fewer corrupt politicians who think we will believe anything. (we need more rope and lamp posts - jjs)
  Gavin Newsom says he has led the charge against fraud in California

  DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE

• It makes perfect sense that Democrats freaked out when DOGE started following the money. Look at what they’ve been up to all these years.
  It’s Always the Money That Gets Them

• John Stossel: Why give the government and politicians power over our lives?
  You Don’t Own Me (Channeling Lesley Gore - jjs)

• The Green Mountain State is a textbook case of how progressives employ social justice causes to drain the wallets and dreams of citizens.  
  
  How progressives rob working-class Vermonters

• A federal appeals court on Friday tossed a 158-year-old ban on home distilling, finding it exceeded Congress’s constitutional authority to levy taxes.
  US Court Strikes Down 158-Year-Old Home Distilling Ban

• While Kagan tries to find ways to limit originalist outcomes, her fellow leftists are needlessly making reaching her objective more challenging.
  Here’s How Sotomayor And Jackson’s Temper Tantrums Are Causing Headaches For Kagan

  WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM

• Authorities still searching for motive.
  Muslim Man Charged in $500M California Warehouse Fire

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

• David Harsanyi: Tapping into ugly conspiracy theories and fearmongering.
  Everyone Knows What the Democrats’ AIPAC Obsession is Really About

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

• No media outlet has a right to federal funding.
  Federal judge: taxpayers must fund NPR forever
  
• When you’re a leftist and you’ve lost 60 Minutes…
  Shocker: 60 Minutes does real journalism
  
• Robert Spencer: What happens when someone dissents from the leftist establishment narrative in a way that is so compelling and convincing that the continued wide acceptance of that narrative is imperiled? What happens is that the leftist media establishment deploys its strongest rhetorical weapons against the offender, hoping to destroy or at least cripple the dissident before he or she is able to amass a significant following, or to dishearten and disperse that following if it already exists. This is why the April 2026 issue of Tablet magazine contains a massive article, over 6,000 words long, damning with faint praise the pioneering scholar of dhimmitude, Bat Ye’or.
  Truth-Teller Encounters the Buzz-Saw of the Establishment Narrative
  
• In his new article, Washington Post reporter Justin Jouvenal attempts to convince readers that SCOTUS has waged a war on ‘civil rights.’
  WaPo Thinks SCOTUS Upholding The Constitution Is A Bad Thing

  THE ECONOMY, STUPID

• Rising energy costs have heavily influenced inflation, affecting consumer prices and household budgets.
  Inflation Surged in March, Driven by Soaring Gas and Energy Prices.

  CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY

• CBS News reported the attack occurred about 8:45 p.m. A man whose girlfriend works at the restaurant indicated “a group of men came into the restaurant and went directly behind the counter, where they fired multiple shots.”
  Numerous Injured After ‘Masked Suspects’ Storm Chick-fil-A, Opens Fire
  
• A man with active paranoid delusions was expected to schedule and attend his own psychiatric evaluation. He didn't go. Nobody followed up. Three weeks later, Iryna Zarutska was dead.
  Iryna Zarutska was failed by a system that never tried—and now that system says her killer isn't competent to stand trial
  
• Forty-eight-year-old Thomas Pham LeGro of Washington, DC, pleaded guilty Friday to a single count of possessing the material, U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro announced.
  DOJ: Award-Winning Former Washington Post Journalist Pleads Guilty in Child Pornography Case
  

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

• Dan A. Emmett's contributions reflect an emerging trend in which left-wing donors bankroll climate litigation and climate-related academic literature intended to influence judges
  Meet the California Millionaire Funding Anti-Oil Lawsuits—And the Columbia Academics Working To Influence the Judges Handling The Cases
  
• Forests and their surrounding communities need local knowledge and coordination, which a national system would almost certainly destroy.
  A New National Wildfire Organization Would Be A Disaster
  
• “Carbon credits are a very particular type of asset... “The scale of these crimes is owed first to brute geography... "This marriage of speculative capital and loose land markets bodes ill for Brazil.”
  Carbon Credits Are Destroying the Amazon
  
• Exempting classic cars from the smog test is a reasonable policy.
  Why Jay Leno Needs A Law In His Name

  SECOND AMENDMENT

• It's a scam to disarm Americans.
  Ammo serialization has nothing to do with solving crimes

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

• The reality of life in Alaska—the money and the technical sophistication—does not align with Murkowski’s stated reason for opposing the Act.
  The SAVE America Act, Lisa Murkowski, And The Truth About Alaska
  
• Sen. Ron Johnson sees it as a kind of golden rule in dealing with nasty Dem politics: Do unto others before they do unto you. 
  GOP Senators: Nuke The Filibuster, Pass The SAVE America Act

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

• In a post on X, Swalwell expressed that he was “deeply sorry for mistakes in judgment” that he had made, while adding that he would “fight the serious, false allegations.” (then why step aside if you're innocent?!-jjs)
  Rep. Swalwell Suspends Gubernatorial Campaign After Being Accused of Sexual Assault
  
• Poor Eric Swalwell has been stabbed in the back by politicians he once trusted.
  Dems take down one of their own
  
• Covering up sexual assault until it's politically useful. 
  Dems Had No Problem With Swalwell Until He Ran Against Their Candidate
  
• “We urge survivors and anyone with knowledge of these allegations to contact our Special Victims Division at 212-335-9373,” the office said. “Our specially trained prosecutors, investigators and counselors are well-equipped to help you in a trauma-informed, survivor-centered manner.”
  Manhattan District Attorney’s Office Investigating Rep. Eric Swalwell Over Sexual Assault Accusations
  
• Barely any of Rep. Eric Swalwell’s fellow elected California Democrats have called for him to resign his Congressional seat — though some said he should drop out of the state’s gubernatorial race — after multiple women accused him of sexual assault Friday.
  Here’s Where Every California Democrat Stands On The Explosive Eric Swalwell Rape Allegations

  POLITICS

• Out-of-state money, anemic GOP candidate recruitment, apathy toward local elections, and emotion-laden propaganda led Virginia to this point.
  How Republicans Surrendered Virginia To Left-Wing Colonizers
  
• Worse than you think.
  Kamala Harris Tries Out Comedy to Boost Presidential Prospects (VIDEO)
  
• Newsom has kept his returns private as his wife rakes in hundreds of thousands of dollars from her charity, which is funded by corporations that do business with Newsom's California
  Gavin Newsom Said He Had a 'Moral Duty' To Release His Tax Returns Every Year He Served in Office. He Hasn't Since 2022.

• Once, a powerhouse convention in the conservative world, it’s now just a backwater.

  CPAC Is Dead
  

• Trump’s endorsement of Steve Hilton in California’s governor’s race risks muddying a GOP primary where Sheriff Bianco may offer a stronger path to victory in a fractured state.
  Trump Needed to Stay Out of the California Primary
  
• The likely GOP nominee, who served in the Senate from 2003 to 2009, emphasized his focus on local issues in a sitdown with the Free Beacon
  GOP’s John Sununu ‘Very Confident’ He Can Win Under-the-Radar New Hampshire Senate Race As Polling Shows Tight Contest

  FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL

• Following a hotly contested campaign against his rival, Member of European Parliament Péter Magyar, and his upstart Tisza Party, a record turnout of over three-quarters of voters decided to turn the page from Viktor Orbán’s Fidesz party, which had ruled the country since 2010.
  End of an Era: Viktor Orbán Concedes Defeat in Hungarian Elections to Upstart Rival Magyar
  
• The spirit of revolution hangs in the air.
  Irish Patriots are Fighting Back
  
• Sinn Féin, the largest opposition party in Ireland, announced on Sunday that it will table a vote of no confidence in the Fianna Fáil-Fine Gael coalition government when the Dáil parliament returns to session.
  Left-Wing Irish Government Faces No Confidence Vote Amid Farmer Protests Against Fuel Tax

• One ally holds the line — for all of us.
  The U.S.–Israel Alliance is a Strategic Bargain
  
• What she doesn’t understand about the Jewish state.
  Titty-Caca Ocasio-Cortez Opposes All Aid to Israel

• The problem when violence becomes routine.
  Pakistan Tops The Global Terrorism Index
  
• “I don’t want a Pope who criticizes the President of the United States because I’m doing exactly what I was elected, IN A LANDSLIDE, to do, setting Record Low Numbers in Crime, and creating the Greatest Stock Market in History.”
  Trump blasts Pope Leo after pontiff’s veiled jabs over Iran war, immigration
  
• Henhouse meet fox.
  Iran Nominated to Head UN Terrorism Prevention Group

  ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY

• A half-century pause in spaceflight wasn’t technological—it was economic; without property rights and profit incentives, the path from the Moon to Mars will remain grounded.
  The Lost Half-Century
  
• Sure, we're imperfect, but look at what we can pull off with a little ingenuity and one hell of a lot of moxie! 
  We get to dream—why Artemis II matters
  
• Though many will call this lunar fly-by “historic,” it will likely be little remembered by future generations. It did little to move the settlement of the solar system forward. No truly useful engineering was tested. The rocket and capsule are engineering dead-ends. Neither will be of much use for establishing colonies on the Moon or Mars, as SLS is still too expensive and too difficult to stack and launch and Orion is too small for any interplanetary missions, being nothing more than an overweight and very expensive ascent/descent capsule
  Orion survives re-entry, crew splashes down saf
  
• The first stage (B1063) completed its 32nd flight, landing on a drone ship in the Pacific. With this flight, 43 days after the stage’s previous flight, it moved into a tie for fourth place in the rankings of the most reused launch vehicle.
  Three launches, two by SpaceX and one by China

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

• The declining number of men in the workforce is a serious problem.
  The Workforce Flip That Could Change Marriage, Family, And The Future Of Men
  
• The change is part of Philz’s effort to create “a more consistent, inclusive experience across all our stores, including removing a variety of flags and other decor,” CEO Mahesh Sadarangani told the San Francisco Chronicle. Sadarangani has served as CEO since 2021. (RELATED: How Come Nobody Is Willing To Say The Obvious About The Modern LGBT Community?) Philz Coffee Getting Rid Of Rainbow Flags And Baristas Are Losing It

  CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE

• Thad McCotter: Four old friends reunite and prove that decades of loyalty and shared history can outlast politics—and that some bonds are worth more than any argument.
  ‘Old Days and Old Age’: A Friendly Reminder of What Truly Matters
  
• A pro-policing vibe is creeping back into popular culture.
  Cops Are Cool Again
  
• Usha Vance is revolutionizing maternity fashion, not just with her pastel spring fits, but with how these ensembles showcase her love for her family.
  Usha Vance Is Making Maternity Fashion Hot Again
  
• Christian Toto :
  Rebel comic suggests president faked critical event from 2024 campaign
  Here’s Only Excuse for Tim Dillon’s Insane Anti-Trump Rant
  
• What Americans mourn isn’t old ballparks or bygone rosters, but the steady collapse of the communities that once gave them meaning, loyalty, and continuity.
  Fenway Park, College Basketball, and the Loss of Community

  HITHER & YON

• In the second half of the 20th century, she already had prescient insights into America, circa 2026.
  Maggie Thatcher’s Timeless Wisdom

• “I believe in the resurrection, and I believe in a restoration of this world, and so I did not feel great fear about my death.”
  ‘To Die Is Gain’: Ben Sasse Faces Terminal Cancer With Unshakable Faith

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