The Morning Report — 4/ 23/26

Good morning kids, Here's a bit of good news to start things off for a change. In the wake of the nightmarish redistricting vote in Virginia, sanity has quickly prevailed in the OldDominion:

The decision halts the certification process, potentially blocking changes to Virginia’s congressional map, pending the outcome of the appeal. The new map, authorized in a close referendum on Tuesday, heavily favors the Democrats, likely handing the party another four seats in the U.S. House of Representatives.

At least in the near term, I don't expect this to be resolved before the midterms which was certainly why the evil commie bastards rammed this abomination through when they did. It's not just about Virginia, this vote had and might yet have national implications first of all to completely derail President Trump's remaining two years and then wipe out any national GOP aspirations going forward. Absolute power by every means at their disposal is the Left's ultimate goal, same as it ever was since time immemorial.

Given the vicissitudes of a top down corrupted judiciary, this situation may yet go in the Democrats favor, but at least for now we may have dodged a pretty significant electoral/political bullet.

All of that said, there has been much anger aimed at the GOP for being woefully unprepared for this vote, and rightfully so. For sure the party is at best useless and feckless and at worst collaborating with the Democrats on every level and on every issue. This in spite of the fact that Virginia and America in general is still a distinctly if not overwhelmingly conservative or non-crazy-leftist nation (or is it?). And for sure millions of dollars from the DNC and the usual Soros and other Leftist front groups were poured in to buy the victory.

Yes the Virginia and National GOP have much to answer for but at the end of the day, despite all of the aforementioned, we can bitch and moan about the Grifting Oleaginous Parasites until the cows come home, but the reality is is that it's the voters who don't show up that bear the responsibility for yesterday's abomination. Surely Virginians were not clueless about the ramifications of losing this vote and yet how is it that this was able to pass? 'nuff said.

Naturally the criminals who foisted this on us are warning us not to do unto them what they have done to us because that would be un"Democratic" shall we say. It is to vomit:

In a statement to PunchBowl News founder Jake Sherman, Hakeem Jeffries said that Republicans in Florida will suffer further losses if they move forward with redistricting.
 “If Florida Republicans proceed with this illegal scheme, they will only create more prime pick-up opportunities for Democrats, just as they did with Trump’s dummymander in Texas,” he said.
“We will aggressively target for defeat Mario Díaz-Balart, Maria Elvira Salazar, Carlos Giménez, Kat Cammack, Anna Paulina Luna, Laurel Lee, Cory Mills and Brian Mast. We are prepared to take them all on, and we are prepared to win.” Jeffries added, “Maximum warfare, everywhere, all the time.”

Aside from Democrats, speaking of invasive parasitic worms that destroy everything in their path:

A destructive, fast-moving invader is wriggling its way into yards across the US, and officials say Californians should be on alert. Agriculture authorities are sounding the alarm over the Asian jumping worm, a highly invasive species that’s already been spotted in multiple states, including the Golden State. . . The worms are easy to spot, and hard to forget.

They’re smooth, dark gray or brown, with a distinctive flat, milky-white band circling their bodies near the head. Bridging the gap between a gardener’s nightmare and a Klingon’s dream, reports indicate that the invasive Asian jumping worm can flip its body a foot into the air, a violent thrashing behavior that perfectly mirrors the legendary Star Trek delicacy, Gagh.
. ..With no reliable way to eliminate them once established, officials are urging residents to focus on prevention.

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ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY LINKS
• he decision halts the certification process, potentially blocking changes to Virginia’s congressional map, pending the outcome of the appeal. The new map, authorized in a close referendum on Tuesday, heavily favors the Democrats, likely handing the party another four seats in the U.S. House of Representatives.
  Judge Blocks Virginia Redistricting Referendum Certification Over Constitutional Violations.

AMERICA & ISRAEL STRIKE IRAN!
• Victor Davis Hanson: Iran’s decades-long bluff—built on terror proxies, nuclear brinkmanship, and Western appeasement—collapsed the moment it faced direct force and a changed geopolitical landscape.
  How Iran Committed Suicide
  
• The WSJ: “The blockade alone could cost Iran more than $400 million a day, according to some estimates.”
  Trump Moves to Stifle Iran’s Oil Trade as Regime Skips Islamabad Talks Amid Infighting
  
• “If the current efforts of the Iranian and American negotiators, which we support, result in something like the 2015 agreement, I think it would be a great success,” Lavrov said at a press conference after meeting with Taher al-Baour, the acting foreign minister of one of Libya’s two governments. Libya was torn in half and became infested with terrorists and warlords after Obama attacked the country in 2011 to change its regime.
  Russia Pressures U.S. and Iran to Return to Obama Nuclear Deal
  
• Which has a better track record of telling the truth — the IDF or Hezbollah?
  How the IDF Eliminated 180 Hezbollah Terrorists in Ten Minutes
  
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• Fetterman said, “As things continue, Israel becomes more and more unpopular, and the Democrats are getting more aggressively, aggressively anti-Israel, between the guy with the Nazi tattoo in Maine or the guy in Michigan that describes Israel and Hamas [as] equally evil and things. So, that’s where we’re going.”
  Fetterman: Israel’s Security Will Be Up in the Air if Iran Not Dealt With Now, Dem Wins in 2028
  
• If you're a Democrat senator, you prove the definition of insanity: repeatedly doing the same failed thing and expecting a different result.
  Senate Democrats Go 0 for 5 Trying to Stop Trump on Iran

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

• "PayPal, one of the world’s largest online payment processors, was integral in raising money to orchestrate the event," the SPLC stated in 2017.
  SPLC Raged At PayPal For Helping Fund Charlottesville Rally — While Bankrolling One Of Its Planners
  
• The Southern Poverty Law Center’s indictment.
  The SPLC Was One Giant Fraud
  
• SPLC's indictment for wire fraud and other charges renews scrutiny of liberal charity's offshore banking practices
  SPLC's Offshore Assets Ballooned as Embattled Left-Wing Darling Secretly Funded KKK and Other ‘Violent Extremist Groups’—and Reported Owning Accounts in the Cayman Islands
  
• If the DOJ's indictment is accurate, the SPLC is probably the single greatest funder of "white supremacy" in the entire country.
  Is This The Worst Political Psy-Op In Modern History?
  
• Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, and other progressives lied when they told us white supremacy was the biggest threat facing the United States, and now that lie has been laid bare.
  SPLC funded the hate they claimed to be fighting while Dems claimed white supremacy was biggest threat

• Daniel Barber is a convicted murderer. He is also an obsessive hater of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). He sent a message to ICE leadership under the title “Brutally Goofy Buddha” in which he ranted that “every f*****g one of” ICE agents should be “summarily tried and convicted” and then shot in their “maggot Nazi heads.” But the Feds tracked Barber down, and now the anything-but-goofy Buddha is back in handcuffs.
  Feds Arrest Convicted Murderer Who Said ‘Nazi’ ICE Should Be ‘Executed’
  
• The ruse is fronted by Kennedy relative Tim Shriver, who appears on Fox News in the guise of a perfectly reasonable moderate Democrat, the type we all wish still ­existed.
  Miranda Devine: The left’s ‘Dignity Index’ is a weak attempt to disarm Republicans – and disguise their own hate
  
• If the Biden junta was defined by one thing, it was its consistent and careful targeting of Democrats’ political enemies.
  New Records Prove Biden FBI Spying On Congress ‘Wasn’t An Isolated Incident’

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

• President Donald Trump blasted conservative Supreme Court justices on Wednesday over the tariff case decision and predicted the court will rule against him in the birthright citizenship case, adding the court is “already Packed” for Democrats.
  Trump Predicts SCOTUS Will Rule Against Him in Birthright Citizenship Case: Court Is ‘Already Packed’ for Dems
  
• Ortega was granted protection under the Convention Against Torture at the same time as she was ordered deported, preventing removal to her native El Salvador. However, the Trump administration is using third-country deportation agreements to work around restrictions on sending illegals back to their home countries directly, most recently striking an agreement to transfer them to the Congo.
  Army Sgt Lashes Out at ICE for Detaining His Wife… Who Entered the Country Illegally… And Was Subject to Deportation Order.

  DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE

• This may be a lull between storms, or maybe sanity is finally tempering the judiciary’s madness.
  A good day in the courts for conservativism
  
• In a 9–8 decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit concluded that the policy does not violate constitutional limits on government involvement in religion. The court also found that the requirement does not interfere with parents’ authority over their children’s religious upbringing.
  Appeals Court Upholds Texas Ten Commandments Law
  
• The Trump administration has taken a series of significant steps against fraud, but so far they’re mostly going it alone.
  Fraud Is Costing Taxpayers Up To Half A Trillion Dollars A Year, And We’re Not Doing Enough To Stop It
  
• Effective new ad results in 6,000 application submissions.
  FAA Levels Up Recruiting: Gamers Targeted for Air Traffic Control Jobs

  WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM

• The Daily Mail reported Tuesday that “a Canadian terrorist who burst into a military recruitment service and stabbed soldiers has been given permission to fly to Saudi Arabia and Somalia – even though officials say he ‘continues to pose a significant threat to public safety.’”  They seem to think that the trip will do Ayanle Hassan Ali good, as it will help him become a more devout and observant Muslim, and what could possibly be the problem with that?
  A Jihadi Stabs a Soldier for Allah, and Doctors Come Up With a Remarkable Cure for What Ails Him
  
• Gomez, a Colombian-born activist who is currently running as a Republican for Texas’s 31st District in the House of Representatives, was planning on travelling to London next month to attend a rally organised by veteran anti-grooming gang activist Tommy Robinson.
  Anti-Islam Activist Valentina Gomez Vows to Land in Britain by Boat After Being Banned by Gov’t
  
• A horror story of nightmarish abuse . . . and he’s back on duty!
  A Syrian Muslim ‘Caregiver’ for the Swedish Elderly

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

• Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche summed up the case perfectly by saying, ‘The SPLC is manufacturing racism to justify its existence.’
  ‘FBI Does It Too’: Media Hacks Go All Out To Downplay SPLC Indictment
  
• Amazon’s brief ban—and reversal—of The Camp of the Saints underscores how fragile access to controversial ideas becomes when a single platform controls the marketplace.
  Amazon Briefly Bans, Then Restores ‘The Camp of the Saints’
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• The settlements follow lawsuits against Roblox from other U.S. states, such as Florida and Iowa. On Monday last week, Roblox said it would introduce age-based accounts and stricter parental controls in response to mounting accusations that it is not taking the online safety of its young user base seriously enough.
  Roblox Agrees to Pay $36 Million Over Child Grooming Concerns.

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

• ‘Earth Day today feels increasingly detached from the kind of environmental problems that gave rise to it in 1970’
  Heartland Institute Climate Experts Comment on Earth Day

• It's far less about the environment and ecological stewardship than a vehicle to further the Democrat Party agenda, which at its base is an effort to rule citizens rather than represent them, to overtax, overregulate and overstep constitutional boundaries.
  The Dirt On Earth Day
  
• The attorneys general wrote that Moody’s and Standard and Poor’s (S&P) joined the Net Zero Financial Service Providers Alliance, an organization that the attorneys general have warned would violate antitrust laws and would require drastic emissions cuts.
  Exclusive — 23 Republican State Attorneys General Investigate Ratings Agencies Downgrading Energy Producers over ESG Metrics
  
• Isuzu Commercial Truck of America, Inc., a subsidiary of Japanese automobile manufacturer Isuzu Motors Ltd., has been the top-selling low-cab forward commercial truck brand in the U.S. since 1986, with several models including the N-Series Diesel and N-Series Gas, as well as the F-Series, which runs on a Cummins B6.7L diesel engine. But a 2022 Biden-era EPA emissions regulation, which requires heavy-duty commercial vehicles to limit nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions to 0.035 grams for model year (MY) 2027, is still in effect, forcing Isuzu to pause production of its F-Series and N-Series Diesel trucks.
  EXCLUSIVE: Biden-Era Rule Screws Over Top US Truck Maker As Diesel Plans Grind To A Halt

  CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY

• Here’s a list of the latest crime across America:
  American Crime Blotter: 4/23/26

  EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT

• As a solution to racist white colleagues constantly attempting to undermine their minority counterparts, one of the ways encouraged to deal with this issue is for companies to “[transfer] power to the minority individual.
  Wharton School Publishes Research Claiming Minorities Can’t Trust White Colleagues
  
• The university also allocates more money for the Muslim Student Union than every Christian group combined
  Stanford Students Award Drag Group Five Times As Much Funding As Veterans Association
  
• 'Conversations about leading complex organizations at a uniquely complex time'
  Harvard's Board Chair, Obama Official Penny Pritzker, Has a New Podcast—Sponsored by Harvard's Audit Firm

  THE 2020 AND 2022ELECTION HEISTS & AFTERMATH

• The gerrymandering of Virginia will likely hand the Democrats nearly all of the state’s House seats in November, potentially shifting the balance of power in Congress.
  WATCH: How RNC Insiders Prioritized Cornyn & Lindsey Graham Over Virginia’s Gerrymandering.

• “You can’t brag about a huge war chest and then continue to leave Republicans stranded in blue states."
  ‘Where Were You?’: GOP Faces Backlash After Virginia Voters Approve Congressional Map (No where were you Virginians?! -jjs
  
• For whatever reasons of fear, derangement, and the rise of Islamo-Marxism, the party just keeps doubling down on what Americans hate.
  Virginia's redistricting is a Democrat power grab from a party that hates Americans
  
• Old Dominion Democrats seem intent on following the Golden State into the abyss.
  Virginia Outshines California In Political Skullduggery

• According to Newsweek, Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis “called a special session to consider legislation on redistricting beginning April 28, setting up the next front in the fight.”
  Democrat House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries Cautions Florida Against Redistricting After Virginia Win
  
• Florida Senate President Ben Albritton (R) has warned state lawmakers that they cannot advance maps that “favor or disfavor a political party or incumbent,” and that anything they decide is likely to be subject to “significant litigation.” While hailing the Democrats’ gerrymandering in Virginia, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) has branded the Florida redistricting effort an “illegal scheme” and vowed to “aggressively target” Republican Florida Representatives Mario Díaz-Balart, Maria Elvira Salazar, Carlos Giménez, Kat Cammack, Anna Paulina Luna, Laurel Lee, Cory Mills, and Brian Mast
  Here’s How Republicans Can Quickly Respond to Virginia’s Gerrymandering.
  
• While the left’s naked power grab may be hypocritical, partisan map-making is not the problem — legally speaking. 
  Dems Win Naked Power Grab In Virginia, Could Lose In Court On Constitutional Grounds

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

• eStCru LLC filed for termination roughly one week after Omar submitted an amended financial disclosure that listed the winery as having no value
  Fall From Grapes: Winery Owned by Bro-Fo Omar's Husband Folds One Year After Omar Said It Was Worth Up to $5 Million

  POLITICS

• “DeSantis’ future was on the menu after the two men had lunch at Trump National Doral Golf Club in Miami a week ago Sunday.”
  Ron DeSantis Apparently Wants a Job in the Trump Administration
  
• The Democrat representative, who served in the Georgia General Assembly before becoming a House member, unexpectedly died after 50 years in elected office and became the fifth incumbent lawmaker in the lower chamber to die in the past 13 months, according to the Atlanta-Journal Constitution (AJC) and other outlets. His death was confirmed by his office to the AJC on Wednesday.
  Democrat Rep. David Scott Dies In Office
  
• There are a few reasons that NYC will still be standing when Mamdani completes his commie reign of error. One is sheer scale. It's the municipal version of what's going on statewide in California. Yes, people are fleeing in droves, but there are A LOT of people. The population can handle a lot of attrition before it's really noticeable. 
  New York City Will Survive Mamdani, but It Might Not Want To

  FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL

• A Canadian woman in her early 20s was killed in the assault, while 13 others were injured.
  Gunman inspired by Columbine goes on deadly shooting spree at Teotihuacan pyramids on anniversary of massacre

• Officers and agents died in a car crash after six clandestine synthetic drug labs were raided in Morelos.
  CIA Agents Killed After Massive Cartel Lab Raid in Mexico
  
• Argentine President Javier Milei has long been an unabashed supporter of Israel. He confirmed that once more Tuesday night as he sang and lit a ceremonial torch at Israel’s 78th Independence Day celebrations.
  Watch: Argentina’s Milei Center Stage Singing at Celebration of Israel
  
• And why JD Vance and Barack Obama took opposite sides in Hungary's election.
  How Hungary Matters
  
• Per the study’s findings, foreign-born population across the EU increased by some 2.1 million between 2024-2025, an amount that, while slightly bellow the 2.6 million increase documented between 2024 and 2024, is still “high by historical standards.”
  Study: Record-Breaking E.U. Migrant Flood Hits 64.2 Million in 2025

  DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS

• Secretary of the Navy John Phelan was fired Wednesday after months of feuding with his Pentagon bosses, particularly over his handling of President Trump’s “Golden Fleet” shipbuilding initiative. Tensions between Phelan, War Secretary Pete Hegseth and Deputy War Secretary Stephen Feinberg had been simmering for months, according to the New York Times and a Republican source.
  Navy secretary fired after feud over Trump’s ‘Golden Fleet’ with Pentagon leaders, including Hegseth
  
• When Hencely sued Fluor under state law, the military contractor argued his case was preempted by federal law. In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court sided with Hencely, reversing a lower court’s ruling that found “Hencely’s claims preempted even though the conduct complained of was neither ordered nor authorized by the Federal Government.”
  Liberal Supreme Court Justices Side With Clarence Thomas On Suicide Bombing Case
  
• In a video posted to X, Hegseth explained why the Biden-era vaccine mandate was being rescinded, calling the previous administration’s requirement “overly broad and not rational” and telling US military personnel “we will not force you.”
  Secretary of War Pete Hegseth Makes Mandatory Annual Flu Vaccine for US Troops Optional

  ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY

• Because all of JAXA’s rockets are presently grounded due to technical failures, Japan’s space agency has had to turn to Rocket Lab.
  Rocket Lab launches satellites for Japan’s space agency JAXA
  
• Note the flat rocks in the foreground of the panorama, all part of the crater’s rim. Each looks like a large flat paving stone that was very precisely shattered into numerous tiny pieces, all about the same size. Very strange. On Earth you’d assume some craftsman had laid these small pieces down like tiles, but of course, that couldn’t have happened on Mars.
  Curiosity looks at a small crater as it climbs Mount Sharp

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

• "Career officials determined" that the transgender-identifying woman "should be released" with a tracking device.
  Southern Poverty Law Center Pressured Biden Junta To Release Convicted Trans Sex Offender

• The father has been charged with kidnapping by the Justice Department
  FBI Spoils Trans Father’s Plan To Transition Son In Cuba

  CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE

• Does the Communist Twelver Shi’ite mayor bring a curse? Of course he does.
  Woke Mets Embrace Mamdani, Lose Twelve in a Row
  
• Christian Toto: Tonally bananas update won't please kids, parents or Orwell completists
  ‘Animal Farm’ Targets Capitalism, Not Soviet-Style Repression

  HITHER & YON

• A destructive, fast-moving invader is wriggling its way into yards across the US, and officials say Californians should be on alert. Agriculture authorities are sounding the alarm over the Asian jumping worm, a highly invasive species that’s already been spotted in multiple states, including the Golden State.
  Invasive ‘crazy worms’ confirmed in California, and there’s no way to kill them
  
• Spaghetti with a side of surveillance? Apparently.
  Your Dinner Could Be Spying On You

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