The Morning Report — 4/ 24/26

Good morning kids, In yesterday's editorial, I took the good people of Virginia to task for allowing the abject abomination of Abigail Spanberger's and her coven of Democrats' naked power grab gerrymandering bill to pass. I perhaps wrongly stated that their apathy or absence at the polls was a primary reason that this happened. Commenter "Washington Nearsider" who I assume used on his handle is more in tune with the goings on in Virginia than I am, and objected to my assessment by pointing out:

Rural Virginians voted in higher numbers than in the 2024 presidential election. We all knew what was at stake.

And so with that, I apologize to the good folk of the Old Dominion for doing their part. So if turnout, or my presumed lack thereof, wasn't the reason this passed, then how did it happen? Yes, the state and national GOP were and are useless both before and during election season as well as once in office in advancing the American agenda. So what happened here? Did the Democrats steal this one? and/or is there something else that accounts for this abomination that we're missing? Given what's at stake going forward to the midterms and beyond, we better get a handle on this, not that the aforementioned Grifting Oleaginous Parasite party will or even has the desire to, so there it is.

As noted yesterday, this insanity is already in the courts and no doubt will ultimately wind up at the SCOTUS, which given the unpredictability of the court, that is the unpredictability primarily of non-overtly Marxist fraud hacks in black, allegedly conservative justices, the superstar Clarence Thomas for sure notwithstanding and maybe Samuel Alito as well. Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, Coney Barrett and Roberts are reliably unreliable at best.

America as founded is on the precipice, because of the aforementioned as well as the direct action of the evil Democrats and those who lust after absolute power.

During the national debates of 1788, the great Virginian James Madison worried that mere “parchment barriers,” or constitutions, wouldn’t be enough to stop an “overbearing majority” from seeking power and stripping minorities of their voice and rights.

What he envisioned, in other words, was someone like Abigail Spanberger.

Virginia’s current governor recently signed a bill making her state the 18th to join the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, a scheme to circumvent the Constitution and award all electoral votes to the presidential ticket with the highest national vote total — rather than to the candidate who won the state’s election. . .

. . . Democrats have also convinced half the country that the Electoral College’s undercutting of the popular vote is an antiquated quirk of the Constitution. . .

. . . Anyway, we are inching closer to a true constitutional crisis. The member states of the compact don’t have to send their votes to the “popular vote” winner until the coalition reaches an Electoral College majority of 270. . .

. . . Then again, in the end, the Constitution is only as good as the people.

And that doesn’t bode well for its survival these days.

Basta cosi. UPDATE: a few commenters have reminded me that Virginia allows MAIL-IN BALLOTS, and so that explains everything. I should've known as much, And so it goes!

Well, while the Left hand pushes this garbage, the Far Left hand is going for full on violent revolution.

Hasan Piker sparked backlash on Wednesday when he argued that Luigi Mangione allegedly killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson because he committed “social murder.”
...Piker, a Twitch streamer, said Americans “understand” why Luigi Mangione allegedly killed Thompson due to the CEO’s alleged role in “social murder.” “Friedrich Engels wrote about the concept of social murder. And Brian Thompson, as the UnitedHealthcare CEO, was engaging in a tremendous amount of social murder,” Piker claimed in an interview with the New York Times podcast The Opinions.

The ironically-named Piker blathered on about this:

...On the NYT podcast Piker and a writer from the New Yorker were asked to mull on such complex questions as whether it is OK to steal and whether it is OK to murder. . .

. . .The answer to both of these questions appears to be “Yes.”
On the first question it turns out that there are certain stores which it is more moral to steal from than others. Piker and his fellow guest agreed that Whole Foods is especially OK to steal from. A small business is less OK to steal from. But listeners were never treated to an explanation of which shops might be on the borderline between being a place where you could help yourself to a five-finger-discount and those where you couldn’t.
That is because neither Piker nor the other people in the studio seemed to have a very stable set of ethics.

Well at least we've seen the last of the SPLC... Meh, I'm not holding my breath. The Berlin Wall might have fallen, but the communists are alive and well and metastasizing right here at home!

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ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY LINKS
• Today we're going to go, one-by-one, through all of the scientists who have allegedly been killed, or died under suspicious circumstances.
  Here’s What Nobody’s Telling You About The ‘Missing Scientists’ Cases
  
• A global hydra of tyrannies—from Caracas to Tehran to Beijing—spreads violence and narcotics abroad while its most dangerous head persists within America itself.
  Grappling with Hydras

AMERICA & ISRAEL STRIKE IRAN!
• The commentary followed the initial conclusion, and then extension of, a two-week ceasefire initiated by the United States against Iran to create space for talks to end the current conflict. The conflict began on February 28, when President Donald Trump announced that the Pentagon had launched Operation Epic Fury to degrade Iran’s ability to use its missile and drone arsenal against America and its allies. The operation, alongside joint Israeli attacks, resulted in the killing of dozens of senior Iranian officials, most prominently Ali Khamenei, the “supreme leader.”
  Iran Says Opening Strait of Hormuz Impossible, Claims to Reject Talks
  
• Wounded and missing from public view, Khamenei cedes power to hardline generals, says report.
  Burned And Disfigured: Iran’s Nepo Supreme Leader Needs Plastic Surgery
  
• “I have ordered the United States Navy to shoot and kill any boat, small boats though they may be (Their naval ships are ALL, 159 of them, at the bottom of the sea!), that is putting mines in the waters of the Strait of Hormuz. There is to be no hesitation,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
  ‘Shoot And Kill’: Trump Tells Military To Target Iranian Ships Mining Strait Of Hormuz

• Trump said discussions between the two countries’ ambassadors to the US "went very well."
  Trump announces 3-week ceasefire extension between Israel and Lebanon
  
• Israeli Foreign Ministry: “Hezbollah continues to breach the ceasefire and threaten IDF soldiers and Israeli civilians.”
  Hezbollah Attacks IDF Troops Amid Israel-Lebanon Talks
  
• Although President Trump is doing his best to avoid a “boots on the ground” war, it may be inevitable—but it’s also eminently winnable.
  The Hard Math Of War
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• Funny how it coincides with Iranian state propaganda blather.
  After Trump's Action, Far Left Activists Saw Iran Only in Terms of CO2

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

• “Friedrich Engels wrote about the concept of social murder. And Brian Thompson, as the UnitedHealthcare CEO, was engaging in a tremendous amount of social murder,” Piker claimed in an interview with the New York Times podcast The Opinions.
  Leftist Superstar Hasan Piker Justifies Luigi Mangione: UnitedHealth CEO Guilty of ‘Social Murder’
  
• Douglas Murray: At the height of the 2020 riots, a book was published entitled “In Defense of Looting.” At the time I asked a bookshop in New York, which was prominently displaying the work, whether I could walk out with the book without paying. I was told not.
  Dems’ favorite podcaster, Hasan Piker, says stealing and murder are OK
  
• Democrats on Capitol Hill have been quick to run to the defense of the SPLC over the last decade, even while concerns regarding the leftist group’s finances mounted, ultimately culminating in an 11-count federal indictment for wire fraud, conspiracy to commit concealment money laundering, and making false statements to a financial institution.
  Democrats Heaped Praise On SPLC Despite Long History Of Shady Financial Dealings
  
• “It couldn’t happen to a nicer bunch of creeps."
  SPLC’s Favorite Conservative Targets Get The Last Laugh
  
• At the SPLC, Moser wrote, staff joked that they would keep at their work ‘Until justice rolls down like dollars.’
  The SPLC Is A Hedge Fund With A Dumb Anti-Racism Newsletter
  
• NYT podcast discusses “Why petty theft might be the new political protest.”
  Socialists Have Made A New Crime Into A Form Of ‘Protest’
  
• Did you live a self-reliant, constructive life? Did you play by the rules, work hard, raise your kids to be productive members of society, save up, and arrive in seniority well-provisioned for your well-earned golden years? Sucker!
  Leftists Excited to Begin Cannibalizing the Elderly
  
• Their business model runs on hate.
  Why Do Democrats Hate America?

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

• The 1898 decision in Wong Kim Ark made “residency” and being “domiciled” the operative terms, and Congress has since made clear what they mean.
  Congress Has Established That People Here Illegally Are Not Residents
  
• Justice Alito posed a hypothetical scenario in which an lawful permanent resident leaves America for France, ‘shot somebody’ while in France, and then returned to the U.S., questioning whether he must be readmitted.
  SCOTUS Weighs Whether US Has To Readmit Green Card Holders Who ‘Committed’ Crimes
  
• "DACA was an example of how we can be a nation of immigrants and a nation of laws," Obama said. "And it's an example worth remembering today, when families with similar backgrounds who just want to live, work, and support their communities, are being demonized and treated as enemies." And it’s all a lie.
  Obama’s 'Dreamer' Fairy Tale Just Just Got Torched
  
• This initiative could lead to a significant increase in denaturalizations, potentially stripping citizenship of many who were able to acquire citizenship by fraudulent means. The move is part of President Donald J. Trump’s promises to crack down on both illegal immigration and immigration fraud. Notably, Vice President J.D. Vance said in March that the administration thinks Somalia-born Representative Ilhan Omar (D-MN) “definitely committed immigration fraud” and that an investigation into possible remedies is underway.
  Trump DOJ Moves to Revoke Citizenship of Hundreds of Naturalized Immigrants.
  
• Rapid Indian-American growth in Frisco, powered by visa labor flows, is fueling debate over cultural change and domestic job competition.
  Remember the Alamo! The Indian Invasion of Texas.

  DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE

• Prior to that move, Duffy threatened to withdraw $73 million from New York after an investigation found that 53% of those with commercial driver’s licenses (CDLs) were issued illegally.
  DOT Pulls $73M From New York Over Failure to Revoke Thousands of Questionable CDLs
  
• A recent congressional hearing showed the scope of the state waste, fraud, and abuse problem our nation faces.
  How Trump’s Big, Beautiful Bill Is Reversing Rampant State Waste And Fraud

• Hint: Neither burrito nor real patients were being served — taxpayer dollars were.
  A Burrito Stand Qualifies for Hospice Funding Under California’s Medicaid System
  
• NYC’s population decline underscores the city’s high cost of living. The exodus also indicates a growing intolerance towards social problems such as crime, homelessness, and drug use. Similar trends have been observed in other major cities, such as San Francisco, where rising costs of living and declining quality of life drive even longtime residents elsewhere.
  Almost 115,000 Residents Fled New York City in 2025.

  WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM

• The exclusive story of the shocking past of a congressional
  He Testified for the WTC Terror Sheikh. Now He’s Running for Congress

• Someone tell the Houston Texans that sports and terror do not mix.
  NFL Player Azeez al-Shaair Featured at Event With Alleged ’93 WTC Bombing Co-Conspirator

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

• After a wasted decade, this is both the best opportunity and, realistically, the last real chance to get something done.
  Russiagate Czar Joe DiGenova Is The Best And Last Chance For Accountability
  
• A new book pulls together the latest evidence.
  The Last Word on the Russia Hoax?

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

• Another signpost on the road to full societal breakdown.
  The New York Times Celebrates Petty Theft
  
• And other fables from the pioneer of fake news.
  New York Times Misidentifies an Institutional Racist
  
• The Times has not reviewed or covered Stefanik's book, 'Poisoned Ivies,' as New York Republican accuses outlet of refusing to 'acknowledge the crisis of antisemitism'
  New York Times Puts Elise Stefanik Third on Best Sellers List Despite Sales Data Showing She Had Top-Selling Title
  
• Apple, Bing, Google, Yahoo News ... All skew far to the left.
  You’ll Never Find This Article On Any Big Tech News Site

• So, how did the leftist, legacy media report on this? Reuters, the Washington Post, the Associated Press, and The Guardian all make it sound like the DOJ is going after the SPLC for the simple use of paid informants...CBS found a way to frame the story as the DOJ making charges over “investigations.” That’s like saying you’re being charged with a crime because you were arrested. The investigations were not the cause or the reason for the charges. The charges are over something the SPLC did, not what law enforcement did. . . Timing wise, this is excellent. It's still early enough in the Trump administration's second term that the DOJ under Trump will likely be able to see this one through to its inevitable conclusion. One we can only hope will involve the demise of a hate-mongering, propaganda-generating, money-wielding Southern Poverty Law Center.
  Southern Poverty Law Center Story Sends the Legacy Media Into a Schizophrenic Fit

  THE ECONOMY, STUPID

• Pence said, “I give Republicans in Congress and the president a great credit for extending those tax cuts in full. I think had they not done that, had those taxes gone up while tariffs were going up, I think our economy would be would be struggling even more than it is today.”
  Pence: Trump’s Broad-Based Tariffs Contributing to ‘Struggling’ Economy

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

• Lying about weather history for political gain is nothing new. 
  Prisoners of Meteorology

  CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY

• Gillum was wanted by Orleans Parish for “terroristic threats.” Arresting officers found a handgun and 200 rounds of ammunition in his hotel room.
  Police Arrest Man Who Allegedly Plotted New Orleans Mass Shooting then ‘Suicide by Cop’
  
• “This rescheduling action allows for research on the safety and efficacy of this substance, ultimately providing patients with better care and doctors with more reliable information,” the statement read.
  DOJ Reclassifies Marijuana, Building on President Trump’s Earlier E.O.

  EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT

• Israa Jaabis thanked the students for making her feel ‘there is someone who cares about us’
  Berkeley Law SJP Hosts Palestinian Car Bomber Released in Oct 7 Hostage Deal

  THE 2020 AND 2022ELECTION HEISTS & AFTERMATH

• David Harsanyi: During the national debates of 1788, the great Virginian James Madison worried that mere “parchment barriers,” or constitutions, wouldn’t be enough to stop an “overbearing majority” from seeking power and stripping minorities of their voice and rights. What he envisioned, in other words, was someone like Abigail Spanberger.
  The Founding Fathers tried to save us from Abigail Spanberger’s greedy Virginia power grab
  
• In short, Virginia’s statewide election was a national election. The only problem, frustrated Republicans say, the GOP didn’t get that. 
  National Republicans Dodge Questions About VA Ground Game As Locals Allege ‘None Of Them Spent Any Money’

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

• Lopez Chavez says that "nothing inappropriate" happened between her and three other women, while the alleged contact with the fourth woman never occurred.
  Female Dem Congressional Candidate in Utah Accused of Making 'Unwanted Sexual Advances' to Four Women
  
• The investigation and indictment of the SPLC put Jocelyn Benson, a sitting statewide official and gubernatorial candidate, in an awkward position. (one of the culprits who stole Michigan in 2020! - jjs)
  Michigan Gubernatorial Frontrunner’s Deep Ties To Corrupt Southern Poverty Law Center Demand Scrutiny

  POLITICS

• House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) has criticized the effort, warning Republicans to “F around and find out.”
  Republicans Target Key State That Could Flip The House
  
• Global redistributionism, destruction of private property, and violence are all justified by the supposed evils of the Western system.
  The Democrat Party Has Been Eaten By The Radical Left
  
• “Mallory McMorrow walked into the second half of today’s convention flanked by DrumKINGZ and a whole lot of supporters. Many are calling it McMentum.”
  Michigan Senate Democratic Primary Turns Into Anti-Israel vs. AWFUL

  FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL

• Here’s the reality, Mr. Carney. Canadians are damn lucky to have a neighbor like the United States because we share a love for freedom and prosperity.
  Mark Carney delivers bizarre address saying Canada's future lies with EU, not US
  
• Trump’s strategic judgment and leadership in action have suddenly flipped the global script and fundamentally changed the world for the better.
  Trump is the Catalyst for the American Renaissance
  
• If Europe wishes to be protected while reserving the right to sabotage its protector’s actions, let it build and fund its own shield.
  A NATO That Doesn’t Support U.S. Action Shouldn’t Exist
  
• With the Hormuz crisis, another element falls into place in the mosaic of the new world order.
  European Politics in Deep Sleep
  
• Fred Fleitz: Washington’s hesitation to empower Seoul’s nuclear capabilities isn’t prudence—it’s strategic self-sabotage as adversaries surge ahead.
  Why the US Must Deliver Full US Nuclear Propulsion and Fuel Cycle Technology to South Korea Now

  DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS

• 'To our enemies … You can run but you’ll only die tired,' immigrant from Vietnam warns
  New Navy Secretary, Hung Cao, 'Grabbed on to the American Dream'

• A member of the Venezuela raid that toppled Nicolas Maduro placed multiple predictions over the course of a few weeks leading up to the strike.
  Special Forces Operator Turned Classified Intel Into A Six-Figure Side Hustle

  HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE

• “The agreement requires Regeneron to repatriate increased foreign revenue on existing products that Regeneron realizes as a result of the President’s strong America First U.S. trade policies for the benefit of American patients,” the White House adds.
  Trump Strikes Deal with Regeneron Marking 17th Major Pharmaceutical Deal Since Fall

  ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY

• Overall, this hearing reaffirms my earlier conclusion that Isaacman’s political skills are far better than anyone expected. He is forcing Congress to shift its focus from funding pork to funding a real American space effort, and to do so in a way that will in quickly foster a vibrant American space industry, outside government.
  Isaacman before Congress: Speaking the truth to power

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

• While Pope Leo XIV affirmed the 2023 decision enacted by Pope Francis during his flight back to Rome on Thursday, he emphasized that no further changes will be made. As noted by Reuters, Pope Francis “allowed pastors to give blessings to same-sex couples informally outside of a ritual service, and on a case-by-case basis.”
  Pope Leo Says Church Will Not ‘Go Beyond’ Blessing of Same-Sex Couples

  CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE

• The pontiff is right to warn against hatred and rash recourse to war—but his tendency toward a kind of functional pacifism marks a departure from older Christian wisdom.
  Pope Leo: Between Gospel Witness and Humanitarian Illusions
  
• Julian Casablancas, the frontman of the iconic band The Strokes, ignited a firestorm on social media this week after claiming that “American Zionists” act like “they are Black people during slavery” in a controversial interview that’s now blowing up online. “Well it’s been nice having a career,” Casablancas quipped before dropping the remark during an appearance on the YouTube series “SubwayTakes,” hosted by Kareem Rahma.Coachella star targets American Jews in most outrageous comment yet: ‘Black people during slavery’
  
• Christian Toto:Lou Perez, Greg Gutfeld do the work Colbert and company won't
  Comic Skewers SPLC for Allegedly Funding Hate Groups
  
• I sincerely hope that America's most dependable men's clothing company isn't about to go the way of Bud Light or Jaguar, but judging by the ad that just hit my inbox, the prognosis isn't great.
  Bud Light... Jaguar... Brooks Brothers?
  
• Fewer people doesn’t mean fewer ideas—richer, better-educated workers can sustain growth, while the real data shows depopulation raises wages, eases scarcity, and defies the panic.
  Depopulation Fears Are Overblown

  HITHER & YON

• Naomi Wolf: How too much "knowingness" kills lively intelligence.
  The Regrettable Death of the Stupid Question

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