The Morning Report — 5/ 7/26

Good morning kids. I recall a wise-ass riddle from my childhood that went What word starts with an "F" and ends in "-u-c-k?" The echo of childish tittering from long ago and far away fades into the abject revulsion of today:

The slip occurred when the debate segued into the destructive Palisades Fire of 2025 and reports that dozens of fire trucks were in need of repair prior to that fateful day. It was when Bass had to utter the word “trucks” that another word slipped out. “So yes, there were fire trucks that were broken, but there were also fire fucks,” Bass said before she immediately corrected herself to say “trucks that were out of use.”

No it's not the broken trucks that were the problem it was her and Gavin Newsom's politically-driven ineptitude and incompetence that caused one of the most expensive and beautiful neighborhoods in Los Angeles and America to be reduced to ashes and rubble, and more than a year later to remain a ruin and a monument to insane leftist policies. "Fire Fucks" indeed. Both of them should have been fired long ago and in a sane world should never have been within a billion light years from any position of political power. And it's not just them but the political party and movement that they are floating near the top of. Barring some unforeseen dark horse candidate Greasy Greaseball Newsom, despite being white, male and publicly non-homo, will probably be at the top of the ticket in 2028.

As a reminder, California was once the 6th largest economy in the world, and a place that for generations Americans flocked to, as a place to live the American dream. Now people with an ounce of sanity are fleeing California in droves. The Democrats are not necessarily worried about that . . .

Democrat California Gov. candidate Katie Porter inadvertently revealed the real reason leftist politicians are pushing for sanctuary cities.

Porter let the mask slip during Tuesday night’s gubernatorial debate and admitted that illegal immigration is one of “the only ways [California] has been growing in recent years,” seemingly embracing the replacement of American residents with foreigners. Notably, the deep blue state has welcomed illegals to the tune of millions while an estimated 10 million California residents have fled the state in the last decade.

And as if you weren't aware, they may be here illegally but every one of them is a registered Democrat who votes, early and often I'd bet. And for their troubles they are given welfare to the tune now of hundreds of billions of dollars, as was uncovered in Minnesota and in Ohio and surprise, surprise California.

Elsewhere this item just underscores the utter evil of Democrat/Leftism:

A Chicago alderman is calling for “corporate” criminal charges against the pharmacy chain Walgreens for its plan to close a store on the city’s troubled South Side over concerns over retail theft and violence at the drugstore. “We’re not here to beg Walgreens to stay,” Ward 6 Alderman Will Hall said at news conference, surrounded by local community members. “We are saying that their decision is the wrong decision my opinion. In my opinion, it should be considered a first-degree corporate crime. Because the amount of people that will be hurt by this, the amount of elders who will not have access to healthcare is evil.”

What's evil is causing the breakdown of the family and decriminalizing crime while blaming free market capitalism, America and our society which allowed Chicago to become a one-time flourishing megalopolis, unlike the decaying hellhole it is today thanks to vermin like this alderman and his ilk.

Well, once this Mamdani-wannabe seizes the means of production and all private property, paradise on earth will be achieved, just like in the Soviet Union. Or Cuba.

And speaking of Cuba:

During a press briefing on Cuba on Tuesday, Jayapal spoke about how, in January, President Donald Trump had signed an executive order “declaring a national emergency over the threats to America posed by Cuba.” In a post on X, Scott responded to Jayapal’s comments in which she described the sanctions against countries giving oil to Cuba, and firms and banks working with Cuba, as “an economic bombing of the infrastructure of Cuba.”

“DISTURBING: @RepJeffries and @HouseDemocrats, members of your party are OPENLY admitting to aiding a communist adversary in coordination with foreign countries to VIOLATE American sanctions,” Scott wrote. “@POTUS put those sanctions in place to keep Americans SAFE and to hold the Castro/Díaz-Canel regime accountable for their crimes.”

So, where are the arrests and prosecutions RIck Scott, and President Trump?! The world wonders...

Have a good day!

ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY LINKS
• Victor Davis Hanson: Today’s Democrat Party has abandoned its traditional working-class, patriotic roots and embraced a radical Jacobin ideology built on division, coercion, and political extremism.
  The Democrat Party Is Dead, Long Live the Jacobins!
  
• ‘Today’s crisis is a product of government errors, not greedy landlords, institutional investors, and so-called market failure.’
  Heartland Institute Releases New Report on American Affordability Crisis

AMERICA & ISRAEL STRIKE IRAN!
• Constricting Iran and its proxies.
  The Islamic Republic of Iran’s Economic Collapse
  
• “The memorandum would be followed by discussions to unblock shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, lift U.S. sanctions on Iran and agree to curbs on Iran’s nuclear program,” Reuters reported. The memo laid out a period of 30 days for those subsequent negotiations.
  Pakistan Says U.S. and Iran Getting Close to Ceasefire Deal

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

• “F— the White House,” Marx allegedly said while in an ambulance, along with, “Kill me, kill me, kill me.”
  Gunman Near JD Vance’s Motorcade Said ‘F— The White House’: DOJ

• “We’re not here to beg Walgreens to stay,” Ward 6 Alderman Will Hall said at news conference, surrounded by local community members. “We are saying that their decision is the wrong decision my opinion. In my opinion, it should be considered a first-degree corporate crime. Because the amount of people that will be hurt by this, the amount of elders who will not have access to healthcare is evil.”
  Chicago Official Calls for ‘Criminal Charges’ Against Walgreens for Closing Store on Violent South Side
  
• The Trump appointee delivered the straightforward message while speaking at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Institute (RRPFI) on Tuesday.
  ‘We Have To Take Ownership’: Gorsuch Urges Americans To Take Self-Governance Seriously
  
• An existential crisis for the SPLC and the left.
  Why the Left Won’t Let Racism Die
  
• The strategy signals a significant shift in counterterrorism priorities, focusing on domestic threats from radical secular groups alongside traditional threats like cartels and jihadist organizations. It also reflects a broader effort to address the rise of politically motivated violence in the United States.
  White House Unveils Plan to Target Transgender Terrorists.

• She wants the Brits to pay trillions for reparations while enjoying tremendous family wealth built on that very bondage.
  ‘Reparations’ activist is a descendent of Nigeria’s most prolific slavers

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

• Porter let the mask slip during Tuesday night’s gubernatorial debate and admitted that illegal immigration is one of “the only ways [California] has been growing in recent years,” seemingly embracing the replacement of American residents with foreigners. Notably, the deep blue state has welcomed illegals to the tune of millions while an estimated 10 million California residents have fled the state in the last decade.
  Katie Porter Accidentally Admits The Real Reason Democrats Want Sanctuary Cities
  
• "We need Wisconsin sanctuary politicians to cooperate with us to remove criminals from our country."
  Biden-Freed Illegal Immigrant Accused Of Horrific Crimes Against America’s Most Vulnerable

  DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE

• Trump threw down BASIC requirements to get taxpayer-funded welfare. And leftists are big mad over it.
  Millions Might Lose their SNAP Benefits. And if so, They Deserve to
  
• Oregon and Washington were two of the most popular U.S. destinations before the tax man arrived.
  Northwest Blues

  WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM

• Robert Spencer: A statement about Christian and Muslim agreement is a vicious libel against Jews and Judaism.
  Tucker Digs Deeper

• The troubling ties of the state’s top prosecutor.
  The Islamization of the New York Attorney General’s Office
  
• Praise October 7? Fine. Worry about Sharia? Racist!
  Celebrating Hamas in Norway

  OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY, PLUS VARIOUS & SUNDRY GODLESS HEATHENS

• Maureen Galindo is heading into a primary run-off in the lead for a newly redistricted seat that experts call 'a toss-up'
  Democrat Sex Therapist Making Strong Run for Texas House Seat Slams 'Jews Who Own Hollywood,' the 'Synagogue of Satan,' and Israeli 'Blood Money' in Wild Social Media Rants
  
• The Biden junta targeted Christians for being Christian — I was one.
  Biden And His Cronies Engaged In Anti-Christian Actions, What’s Shocking Is The Extent
  
• Other states are trying to shutter CAIR branches. Gavin Newsom is writing them checks.
  Why Did California Award This Alleged Hamas Front $40 Million?

  TRUMP ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTS AFTERMATH

• The report from Homeland Security was created to notify partners of "significant incidents that have impacts to homeland security."
  Feds Uncover Critical Link In Radicalization Of Wannabe Trump Assassin
  
• Larry Elder: The problem isn't education, it's ideological isolation.
  Trump’s Would-Be Assassin

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

• Without a stay, collection proceedings could begin immediately, potentially causing what Trump’s lawyers describe as irreparable harm. The case could set a precedent on the limits of presidential immunity and the application of the Westfall Act.
  Trump Seeks to Halt $83 Million Payment to E. Jean Carroll.
  
• “It took me two years of my life to prove the following: that a political party in the United States of America, in the 21st century, would go overseas and hire some bogus intelligence asset to manufacture fraudulent, fake, unverified information,” Patel told Sean Hannity during Tuesday’s episode of Hang Out with Sean Hannity.
  Kash Patel Says FBI Lied to Obtain Warrants Used to Illegally Spy on Trump’s 2016 Presidential Campaign

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

• Turner’s push for 24-hour news broadcasting reshaped journalism.
  Ted Turner, Founder of CNN, Passes Away at 87.
  
• A new poll finds 60% of likely voters believe the barrage of negative coverage of President Trump likely influenced the attack.
  Poll: 60 Percent Of Voters Blame Trump-Hating Media For Latest Assassination Attempt
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• We've spent years building a therapeutic culture that systematically weakens that relationship in the name of adolescent privacy.
  Sadistic online gang 764 preys on children who were already left vulnerable by mental health industry

  THE ECONOMY, STUPID

• The potential reopening of the Strait of Hormuz could stabilize oil markets. In late April, President Trump warned about the impact of a prolonged blockade of the Strait on oil prices. Earlier the same month, the price of Brent crude oil hit an all-time high of $144.42 just hours before the ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran was set to expire.
  Oil Prices Fall as Trump and Iran Say Hormuz Could Reopen Soon.
  
• Egg prices spiked past $6 a dozen; Trump’s DOJ is refocusing antitrust enforcement on alleged price coordination that raised grocery bills, not corporate size.
  The Egg Price Spike Wasn’t an Accident—Trump’s DOJ Is on It

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

• Climate debates also tend to flatten history into a simple narrative where warming automatically equals collapse, but human history tells a more complicated story.
  If New Orleans Is Doomed, Then Why Aren’t They Evacuating Florida, Too?
  
• John Stossel: Usually, productive things only happen when government gets out of the way. (and malthusians, Luddites and Commies! - jjs)
  Titty-Caca AOC’s data-center freakout is wrong on every level
  
• “We have simply made it too difficult to permit a mine here in the United States and that must change. If China wants a new mine, they can open one tomorrow. But it takes 29 years to bring a mine online in the U.S. – the second longest timeline in the world; that’s not sustainable,” a National Mining Association (NMA) spokesperson told the DCNF when asked about mining prospects for the Appalachian deposits.
  What Nobody Will Tell You About The Massive Lithium Find Buried Deep In Appalachia

  CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY

• `13 Washington, DC police officers, including reportedly some “high ranking” department officials, have been suspended in connection with an internal investigation into how the department has been formulating crime statistics — a matter also probed by Congress and the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
  More than a Dozen Washington, DC Cops Suspended in Fake Crime Stats Scandal
  
• "To the drug dealers poisoning the streets of Los Angeles: your safe haven is gone."
  Feds Target Street Dealers In Massive Drug Bust

  EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT

• Administrators warned the student hosts not to identify the perpetrators.
  Protestors Disrupted a UCLA Federalist Society Event

• While school choice has gained momentum around the country, zoning and land-use rules needlessly constrict supply.
  It Shouldn’t Be So Hard to Open Schools

  ABORTION

• America has focused so closely on the woman that we’ve ignored the child, and even when looking at the child, we avoid inexorable logic and morality.
  Why Conservatives Refuse to Abolish Abortion

  SECOND AMENDMENT

• Democrat Virginia Sens. Tim Kaine and Mark Warner announced they were introducing legislation targeting the rights of gun owners, including a ban on modern semiautomatic firearms and a nationwide “red flag” law.
  Virginia Democrats Want To Take Their State’s Anti-Gun Law Spree Nationwide

  THE 2020 AND 2022ELECTION HEISTS & AFTERMATH

• Every time politicians torpedo needed election reforms like the SAVE America Act they are damaging our republic.
  18 Voter Fraud Prosecutions Racking Up While Republican-Led Congress Ignores SAVE Act
  
• Hopefully senators starring in the failure theater production of ‘debating’ the SAVE America Act heard Indiana’s message loud and clear. 
  Indiana Primaries Should Be A Wakeup Call For Senate RINOs: Pass The SAVE Act

  L'AFFAIRE EPSTEIN

• Reportedly filed away in a New York courthouse for several years, the alleged suicide note had been under seal as part of a criminal trial involving Nicholas Tartaglione, Epstein’s former cellmate. Tartaglione claims he discovered the purported suicide note just weeks before Epstein’s death in July 2019, when Epstein had been found injured and unresponsive in his jail cell, according to The New York Times.
  Judge Releases Alleged Epstein Suicide Note

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

• Louise Lucas was a key figure in the push to gerrymander a greater Democrat advantage in Virginia's congressional map.
  A Dem Power Broker’s Wild Morning As FBI Raids Hit Her Cannabis Dispensary
  
• Letter from Kelly Neumann's attorney, aka the 'First Lady of Law,' riddled with factual errors
  Democrat Fundraiser Threatens Free Beacon for Noticing Veterans Day Tribute to Grandfather Who Fought for Hitler
  
• Yes @MayorOfLA just said fire fucks instead instead of fire trucks on live tv. And yes, the fact that she left town before it burned down is reason enough for her to never ever serve this city again...
  Video – Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass Drops F-Bomb in Bizarre Freudian Slip During Debate

  POLITICS

• Can President Trump boost sagging polling numbers before 2026 congressional elections?
  For Trump, Approval Is All About The Base, As Dems, Independent Voters Cool: I&I/TIPP Poll
  
• Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves told the Daily Caller in an exclusive interview Wednesday that Mississippi lawmakers are already preparing for a special session focused on the state’s Supreme Court districts, but said he has the authority to expand that call to include other redistricting matters — potentially including its congressional and state legislative maps.
  EXCLUSIVE: ‘Earliest Opportunity’ — Gov Opens Door To Redrawing Maps After SCOTUS Nukes Race-Based Districting
  
• If passed, the map would likely ensure a Republican sweep in Tennessee’s congressional delegation, further solidifying GOP control in the state and handing the party another House member in the November midterms. Similar redistricting efforts are underway in other Southern states, including Louisiana, Florida, and Alabama, following the Supreme Court’s ruling against racial gerrymandering.
  Tennesse Puts Forward New Electoral Map Likely to Eliminate Democrat House Seat.
  
• The state that Kamala carried over Trump by a 52% to 46% margin.
  All Redistricting Reformers Are Hypocrites
  
• “But, you know, the real impact, how you went over the votes, is knocking on that door, talking to that voter, and making that neighborly, face-to-face connection,” Formica said.
  Indiana voters flipped when campaigns got off social media and onto doorsteps
  
• Framing the Indiana primary victories as ‘retribution’ from President Trump is all wrong. Voters side with Trump when he sides with us.
  GOP Voters Don’t Want Mike Pence’s Republican Party
  
• Collins, 73, disclosed the condition — which causes visible shaking in her hands, head and voice — publicly for the first time on Wednesday while she insisted that it has not impacted her ability to serve in office.
  Maine Sen. Susan Collins reveals ‘essential tremor’ diagnosis: ‘It’s had absolutely no impact’
  
• The DCCC added a number of Democrats facing primary fights to its ‘Red to Blue’ list of preferred candidates, prompting swift backlash
  House Divided: Dem Congressional Candidates, Lawmakers Lash Out as 'Undemocratic' Party Leaders Endorse in Primaries

  FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL

• “DISTURBING: @RepJeffries and @HouseDemocrats, members of your party are OPENLY admitting to aiding a communist adversary in coordination with foreign countries to VIOLATE American sanctions,” Scott wrote. “@POTUS put those sanctions in place to keep Americans SAFE and to hold the Castro/Díaz-Canel regime accountable for their crimes.”
  Sen. Rick Scott Rips House Dems After Rep. Jayapal Says She Has Been Trying to Help Cuba Get Oil

• This is just one of several notable sexual assault cases concerning Scotland.
  Scottish Left-Separatist Sentenced for Sexual Offending Against Boys and Young Men Ahead of Crunch Elections.
  
• "Spain is a product of migration and will not be a mother of xenophobia.”
  Overwhelming Opposition in Spain to Giving Amnesty to 500,000 Illegal Immigrants

  DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS

• “As I said after our first successful counterterrorism mission, just days after I was sworn back in office – if you hurt Americans, or are planning to hurt Americans, ‘We Will Find You and We Will Kill You.’”
  Trump Counterterrorism Strategy: Aggressive Response, Border Security, Hemispheric Safety

  HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE

• with affordability concerns dominating voter priorities, Republicans may face challenges in maintaining control of Congress in November if it remains focused on the Middle East and other foreign policy issues, instead of emphasizing its work to bring down drug prices.
  DATA: Affordable Health Care is Top Issue for MAHA Voters.
  
• The deadly hantavirus outbreak aboard the stranded MV Hondius could reshape the way cruise lines screen passengers before boarding, an expert told The Post.
  Deadly hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship could have this lasting impact on industry: expert

  ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY

• In their latest drilling campaign using the drill on the Mars rover Curiosity, the science team picked up a big surprise that could have been a serious problem, but turned out all right in the end. When they tried to extract the drill from the hole, the drill instead stayed stuck to the rock, and picked the whole rock up instead.
  Curiosity unintentionally picks up a rock slab
  
• No other launch company has expressed any interest in using Sutherland, and it appears none will be forthcoming in the near future. The red tape in the UK, combined with that powerful local opposition, has made Sutherland a pariah to the smallsat rocket companies looking for launch sites.
  The UK’s Sutherland spaceport now appears dead

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

• When pediatric gender medicine carries risks of sterility, cognitive harm, and lifelong medicalization, evidence—not ideology—must determine whether intervention is justified.
  The Experiment on Adolescence
  
• A woman is suing a prison system after she was allegedly assaulted by a "transgender" man while incarcerated in a women's prison.
  Women Sue Prison System For Allowing Violent ‘Trans’ Male To Terrorize Inmates
  
• Modern sexual and family norms have blurred the meaning of womanhood, weakening motherhood and accelerating a cultural shift that treats biology as optional.
  How Women Have Led to the Erasure of Women

  CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE

• This little tribute to Turner isn’t so much about him and his many accomplishments as it is about the impact he had on the world around him.
  Ted Turner Wouldn’t Make It as a Democrat Now
  
• During this year of America’s 250th birthday, Trump declared that “we pledge to never forget the countless blessings God has bestowed upon our people and our country.” The president stated, “From the cradles of civilization in the ancient world to the Christian empires of medieval Europe and the miraculous founding of our own Nation, the entire Western experience has been connected by a golden thread of devotion to God.” He especially emphasized the role of faith in America’s Revolution and founding.
  ‘Golden Thread of Devotion’: Trump’s National Day of Prayer Message

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