The Morning Report — 5/ 27/26

Good morning kids. Well we certainly had a bit of good news out of Texas last night as RINO sellout John Cornyn was at long last kicked to the curb. Chip Roy was also sent to the showers. While in my view, certainly not as overtly odious a RINO as Cornyn, his record in advancing the conservative cause to be charitable was spotty at best, so as the late great NY Mets broadcaster Bob Murphy, would say "Here's the happy recap!"

Texas Republicans delivered major victories for conservatives Tuesday night, as state Sen. Mayes Middleton defeated Rep. Chip Roy in the Republican runoff for attorney general while Attorney General Ken Paxton ousted longtime Sen. John Cornyn in a closely watched Senate primary.

. . .Roy’s defeat marked a significant setback for Washington Republicans who had rallied behind the four-term congressman. Roy had built a national profile as a hardline conservative in Congress and received endorsements from figures including Ted Cruz and members of the House Freedom Caucus.

...Cornyn’s loss represented one of the most significant defeats for a sitting Republican senator in recent years and underscored Trump’s dominance over GOP primary voters.

Well, as I stated in contrast to the author of this piece, Roy's record despite the labels and endorsements has been spotty at best. I'll leave it to all our Texas commenters to weigh in as to whether I'm off base or not. Be that as it may, Look at who Ken Paxton is facing off against:

The Texas church where Democrat James Talarico has delivered his radical sermons is pushing radical gender ideology on children, featuring books filled with sexually explicit content and transgender ideology.

Talarico, the Democrat nominee for the crucial Senate election in November, attends St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Austin. There, children have access to a library stocked with “banned books” that promote ideas rejected by most Christians, including books that contain descriptions of anal rape, incest, and oral sex, according to a Daily Wire review of its offerings.

Oh yes indeed, all you John Cornyn fans, here's your golden opportunity to get on board the Talarico train.

I want to thank Senator John Cornyn for his years representing our state.  We don’t agree on everything, but we both still believe in public service. To Senator Cornyn’s supporters: you have a place in our campaign.

When I said train, I meant in cattle cars on your way to a gulag to get forcibly sterilized.
I would think Talarico doesn't have a snowball's chance in hell, certainly not with this background. And yes Texas is indeed a deep if not the deepest of red red states. But with the nation now really on a knife edge we can no longer tolerate the business as usual of go-along-to-get-along RINO grifters because since the ascendancy of Obama, the Democrat Party is now openly out to seize absolute power by any and every means necessary. The Trump miracle put the brakes on that and so the freak flags are flying in the breeze as the stolen election of 2020, the political persecutions, assassination attempts, riots, judicial coup, bureaucratic insubrdination, censorship and political violence against any and all voices of opposition have amply demonstrated.

Shifting gears now, as CBD and I discussed, that is yammered incessantly about, on the latest episode of the podcast, linked here and in the sidebar as well as on the popular platforms listed below, AI is becoming more and more prevalent. But like every other invention nnd technological development, from the wheel and fire all the way up to nuclear science, it can be used for good or for evil.

And speaking of which:

...Wynton Hall, author of Code Red: The Left, the Right, China, and the Race to Control AI talked about OpenAI. Hall said, “OpenAI has now contracted with 400,000 members of teachers’ unions to start to bake into the curriculum…all their tools.”

Letting Teachers' unions control AI is like allowing Iran to have nuclear weapons. Which, surprise surprise, we also discussed.

The news that President Trump has taken the unusual step of calling a full Cabinet meeting Wednesday suggests that, among other things, he’s exploring ways to jump-start the maddeningly slow talks with Iran. The brainstorming is necessary because it is crystal clear that Trump gave peace a chance, a very good chance, but the mullahs aren’t willing to meet his generous terms. The big question now is whether there is anything more within reason he can do to sweeten the offer, or whether Iran simply has no intention of ever getting to yes. No doubt there also will be a political dimension to the conversations, in that the war is unpopular at home and growing more so the longer it goes on. Its effect on rising energy prices and inflation are a major part of the GOP worry that Trump’s party could lose control of both chambers of Congress in November... Moreover, the stakes in Iran are growing again because even the tenuous cease-fire is coming under severe stress. The US conducted what it called “self-defense” airstrikes late Monday against two Iranian ships it said were laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz. The US also said it took out a surface-to-air missile site based at Iran’s primary naval station that was targeting our warplanes. In response, Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei threatened to strike American military bases elsewhere in the region. The skirmishing is the latest sign that the mullahs have no intention of voluntarily meeting Trump’s top demand for peace. For more than a decade, he has been saying the same thing: that Iran will never be allowed to have a nuclear weapon on his watch.

Of course the problem is Trump's watch will come to an end at noon on January 21 2029. Was the era of Donald Trump a one-off, a speed bump on the road to hell that our nation had or has been on for decades or has President Trump not only slammed on the brakes but has he succeeded in throwing us into reverse and putting America back on track towards sanity? The removal of saboteurs and fools like Massie and now Cornyn is a good sign, but the GOP must be utterly purged as we can see from this abomination of a back-stabbing out of South Carolina.

Only time will tell.

Have a great day,

AMERICA & ISRAEL STRIKE IRAN!
• The big question now is whether there is anything more within reason he can do to sweeten the offer, or whether Iran simply has no intention of ever getting to yes.
  Michael Goodwin: Trump gave Iran a chance at peace — but the president cannot trust the mullahs
  
• In a written message marking the annual Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, Khamenei described Israel as a “cancerous tumor,” echoed his father’s prediction that the Jewish state would not survive another 25 years from a decade ago — effectively placing Israel’s destruction within roughly 15 years — and warned that regional nations would no longer serve as “shields” for American military bases.
  ‘Death to America’: Iran’s Supreme Leader Warns U.S. Will Have ‘No Safe Haven’ — Vows Israel’s Annihilation

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

• A new DOJ lawsuit represents a vital step toward ending an un-American war on disfavored attorneys and defenders of disfavored causes — a war that would do irrevocable damage to our justice system and republic.
  DOJ Takes On Leftist Attempt To Punish Any Lawyer Who Disagrees With Democrats
  
• Supporters of the measures say the laws are needed as churches and synagogues remain on heightened alert following years of violence and politically charged confrontations targeting religious institutions. They say existing trespassing laws are insufficient to deter increasingly aggressive protests.
  States Toughen Penalties for Disrupting Religious Services

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

• Clarence Thomas writes blistering dissent: "An illegal alien who cannot read English road signs cannot drive an 80,000-pound tractor-trailer."
  Supreme Court Rejects Lawsuit Against Blue States Over Illegal Immigrant Truck Drivers
  
• The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously sided with the Trump administration on Tuesday in a dispute involving its policy regulating immigration judges’ “work-related speech.”
  Trump Scores SCOTUS Win In Battle Over Immigration Judges’ ‘Work-Related Speech’
  
• Roughly 125 protesters gathered outside the facility on Monday, including New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill (D), Sen. Andy Kim (D), and some other lawmakers, supposedly responding to a hunger strike organized by inmates. Leftists claim that detainees are living in inhumane conditions.
  Protesters Clash with ICE Outside New Jersey Detention Center; Democrat Senator Claims Pepper-Spray Injury
  
• Clarence Thomas writes blistering dissent: "An illegal alien who cannot read English road signs cannot drive an 80,000-pound tractor-trailer."
  Supreme Court Rejects Lawsuit Against Blue States Over Illegal Immigrant Truck Drivers
  
• The 52-year-old businessman and one-time Fox News host is running on a number of populist issues including lower taxes, less government spending, and immigration.
  GOP CA Governor Hopeful Steve Hilton Says He Won’t Freeze Out ICE

  THE GREAT SOMALIAN SIMOLEON SWINDLE

• “I’m particularly gratified here that this is not a partisan effort. I believe we have a couple of representatives from the attorney generals in Connecticut and Oregon, and as I’ve said repeatedly… this should not be a partisan effort,” he said.
  Vance Hosts State Attorneys General at Anti-Fraud Task Force Roundtable
  
• Ohio’s top fiscal officers are joining a national coalition to root out waste, fraud, and abuse after The Daily Wire exposed a Medicaid scandal.
  Ohio’s Fraud Crackdown Is Getting Real — And The Watchdogs Are Coming Out Swinging

  DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE

• As responders in Garden Grove monitor tank of methyl methacrylate, Los Angeles County firefighters were battling a large fire at a tire and automotive part facility.
  President Trump Approves Emergency Declaration for Orange County Chemical Leak

• A federal panel on Tuesday blocked Alabama Republicans’ House map, ruling that the Supreme Court’s recent landmark decision limiting the Voting Rights Act does not affect their conclusion that the map was intentionally discriminatory against black voters. . .
  After the Supreme Court’s Voting Rights Act decision in April 2026, Alabama moved to reinstate a 2023 congressional map — containing just one Democratic-leaning district — that had previously been struck down in court, Politico reported. 
  Federal Judges Try Keeping Race-Based Congressional Maps Alive Despite Supreme Court Ruling (What does the word SUPREME mean assholes?! - jjs)
  
• “When necessary we will take aggressive legal action to remove negligent owners and property managers.”
  Mamdani Wants To Decide Who Deserves To Keep Their Property
  
• According to the shocking report, the program distributed tablet computers to nearly all California prisoners by mid-2023.
  House Oversight Committee Launches Probe into California’s $189 Million ‘Porn For Prisoners’ Tablet Program

  WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM

• Dr. Jacob Agronin, a cardiology fellow at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia, says that antisemitism is pervasive in U.S. healthcare and medical unions. Agronin is one of the 37,000 resident and fellow physicians represented by the Committee of Interns and Residents (CIR), which is as obsessed with Israel as any teachers union in America. Consider the CIR’s “Housestaff Against Apartheid” resolution, passed in May 2024, which declares that Israel is committing genocide and maintains “an apartheid occupation against the Palestinian people.” 
  Is It Time for Jewish Patients in America to Start Worrying?
  
• “That is what they want — a world caliphate. And I am not going to apologize.”
  Anti-Islamization Party Tops Polls in Australia

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

• Even his old Pulitzer Prize-winning coverage of the Darfur genocide was tainted by his anti-Israel bias.
  Nicholas Kristof’s “Journalism” Went to the Dogs Long Ago
  
• Some of the most virulently anti-Israel voices in the media establishment, including Harvard commencement speaker Maria Ressa and biotech heiress Nika Soon-Shiong, occupy prestigious board positions
  Committee to Protect Journalists, Key Source for Kristof's 'Rape' Claims, Has Board Stacked With Anti-Israel Figures Who Accused Israel of 'Apocalyptic' Destruction, 'Genocide,' 'Apartheid'
  * * * * *

• Microsoft’s grip on Washington survived cyber failures, China ties, and the revolving door—but national security may finally force a reckoning.
  Microsoft Tries to Hide Its Risks, and Anti-Trump Bias, from the Government
  
• “There is nothing accidental about this reversal of means and ends.”
  The Thinker Who Foresaw Pope Leo’s Critique of AI
  
• ...“OpenAI has now contracted with 400,000 members of teachers’ unions to start to bake into the curriculum…all their tools.”
  Already Left-Leaning OpenAI Partnering with Teachers Union

  THE ECONOMY, STUPID

• Midterm season intensifies with the very survival of America's first-world nationhood on the line.
  Trump's Doing Great Things for the Economy. Why Won't GOPers Say So?
  
• Trump is, of course, being maligned … again. What he said was that the cost of gasoline “is peanuts” next to what would happen if Iran got a nuclear weapon. He’s certainly right about that.
  Yes, Today’s Gas Prices Are ‘Peanuts’

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

• A review of the numbers shows that heat-related deaths across the continent exceed the number of gun deaths in the U.S.
  When Data Disrupts Narratives: Europe’s Heat Deaths in Focus

  CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY

• Shining a bright light on the Fairfax Commonwealth’s Attorney’s dim record on public safety
  Steve Descano’s Record Can’t Hide in the Dark Anymore

  EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT

• Students quickly organized petitions calling the policy "racist."
  Harvard slashes 'A' grades but the truth is students haven't been earning them
  
• 'Community Voices for Public Education, led by far-left activist and Houston teacher Ruth Kravetz, says it works to create 'equitable public schools' focused on 'restorative practices (More Gladys less Ruth - jjs)
  Meet the Left-Wing Group Fighting To Eliminate Standardized Test Requirements in Houston
  
• Expanding access to state-level data will give parents and the public a better read on what works in education policy.
  The Nation’s Report Card Just Got More Informative
  
• “Segregating Jewish students” who call out hatred.
  Jewish Students Penalized for Reporting Antisemitism at School
  
• 'Nakba Filmworks' director, professor at Hamas-linked university invited to 'bring Gaza’s … struggles' to campus
  Harvard Gives $90,000-a-Year Fellowships to Four Anti-Israel Activists

  SECOND AMENDMENT

• Governor Wes Moore (D) signed legislation Tuesday banning the sale Glocks and Glock-clones into law, making Maryland the second state to enact such a ban.
  Maryland Gov. Wes Moore Signs Glock Ban Into Law

  THE 2020 AND 2022 ELECTION HEISTS & AFTERMATH

• Elections officials will be required to use jury duty records to identify and remove noncitizens from the voter rolls.
  GOP Secures Agreement From North Carolina Election Officials To Clean Up Voter Rolls

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

• The vote effectively ends any chance of 7-0 GOP map being enacted ahead of the 2026 midterms.
  RINO scum Revolt And Hand Dems Stunning Win Against Trump’s Redistricting Push
  
• In complete defiance of their voters’ wishes, a cabal of Republican state senators sided with Democrats on Tuesday in tanking a proposal that sought to redistrict South Carolina’s lone Democrat congressional seat ahead of the 2026 midterms. The Democrat seat is currently held by longtime Rep. Jim Clyburn, a former member of the U.S. House Democrats’ leadership team.
  By Sabotaging Redistricting, South Carolina Republicans Beg Voters To Hand Them The Pink Slip

  POLITICS

• Texas Republicans delivered major victories for conservatives Tuesday nigh
  Sen. John Cornyn, Rep. Chip Roy Defeated in Texas Election

• Talarico, the far-left state legislator who beat U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett (R-TX) in the Democrat primary, immediately took to X to make a bid to Cornyn’s voters . .
  Talarico Courts Cornyn Voters: ‘You Have a Place in Our Campaign’

• The GOP is Trump’s Kingdom — but the heirs are restless.
  King Trump and the Looming MAGA Challenge
  
• For instance, while the establishment media and Democrats have continued to mock President Trump for stressing the need for a complex added to the White House – namely, a secure ballroom which now has more additions underground – 59 percent of respondents agreed that Congress has an obligation to fund it.
  Exclusive Poll: Broad Support for Trump’s Agenda Ahead of Midterms

• A mush-brained leftist.
  New Hampshire’s Heath Howard is as Close to a Communist as Anyone Now Running for Office in the U.S.

  BIDEN CRIME FAMILY REVELATIONS

• What else is left?
  Hunter Biden Claims He Was Framed by Israel

  FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL

• Meeting with Rubio in New Delhi on Tuesday were Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Japanese Foreign Minister Motegi Toshimitsu, and Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong.
  Marco Rubio Leads Quad Security Meeting in India for Plans to Counter China
  
• A slight softening toward China is detected.
  Nuances on China in USIC’s 2026 Threat Assessment

  ISRAEL vs IRAN & GAZA/HAMAS, HEZBOLLAH . . . AND LEFTISTS. . . AND HISTORY

• The escalation has heightened tensions in the Middle East, with the U.S. having also launched strikes against Iran overnight amid crunch peace talks. Over 3,180 Lebanese fatalities have been reported since March, though these figures do not differentiate between civilians and combatants. Critics argue that Israel’s actions could undermine peace efforts aimed at dismantling Iran’s nuclear program, a longstanding concern for Israel and the U.S.
  Netanyahu Escalates Lebanon Strikes Despite Ceasefire.

  THE UKRAINIAN "FRONT"

• U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke while aboard Air Force Three during his official visit to India, laying out details of a call he’d received from Moscow’s Sergey Lavrov on Monday in which the top Russian diplomat is said to have complained about European involvement in the war on Kyiv’s behalf, and advised America to withdraw its personnel from the city.
  Russia Warns U.S. to Evacuate Ukraine Embassy Before ‘Systematic’ Strikes Against Kyiv

  DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS

• Piker’s comments come as he is facing a subpoena for a recent trip he made to Cuba, where he produced content sympathetic to the communist regime that may have violated U.S. sanctions. Piker has a long history of public controversies, including stating that “America deserved 9/11,” instructing his followers to “make f***ing suicide drones,” and appearing to suggest that former Florida governor Rick Scott should be “killed.”
  Hasan Piker Exposes Pro-CCP Tycoon Singham’s Funding of ‘Political Movements.’

  HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE

• Americans overwhelmingly support commonsense work requirements for able-bodied adults receiving Medicaid benefits, not policies that are easily gamed.
  Medicaid Work Requirements Need Real Enforcement
  
• A decades-long decline in the fertility rate that hit new lows in 2025 is sparking concerns among health experts of a larger fertility crisis that could impact the economy and national security.
  Declining Fertility Rate Becoming ‘Existential Crisis’

  ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY

• NASA officials today outlined its new reshaped program of unmanned missions to Moon, designed it says to lay the first groundwork for the manned lunar base to follow.
  NASA outlines new program of unmanned missions to Moon
  
• Cool image time...The science team labels the image a “dune field.” What struck me immediately however was the vast range of colors, something that is usually not seen on Mars. Within a very short distance we go from bright orange to dark blue, with the change sometimes exceedingly sharp.
  Colorful Martian dunes

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

• Texas Democrat James Talarico also believes "God is nonbinary" and that Jesus Christ was a "radical feminist."
  ‘God Is Queer’: See The Sexually Explicit Books James Talarico’s Church Gives Kids
  
• Incumbent Rep. Dan Goldman and former city Comptroller Brad Lander have reportedly expressed support for throwing federal funds at the program, the New York Post reported Tuesday...
  Report: Two New York Democrat Candidates Want Federal Funds for Childrens’ ‘Drag Story Hour’ Program
  
• “When you understand the vulnerability, the stress, the danger of being a trans kid”
  California Dem Gov. Candidate Tom Steyer Defends High School Trans Athletes

  CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE

• Christian Toto:Josh Johnson's rationalization smacks of excusing assassination attempts
  ‘Daily Show’ Host Justifies Violence Against Trump?
  
• The Act “would change the current Oregon animal cruelty laws, which currently protect pets such as dogs and cats, and would expand coverage to wild animals, livestock and animals used in research.”
  Oregon Ballot Initiative to Ban Hunting, Fishing Unofficially Achieves Signature Threshold
  
• The revelations raise concerns about religious and ideological discrimination within professional sports, invasive surveillance of fans, and the politicization of baseball.
  Washington Nationals Director Admits Team Blacklisted Christian Player, Spies on Fans.
  
• Glenn Reynolds: At Bolt, Breslow said, the HR team “was creating problems that didn’t exist,” as part of “a culture of not getting things done and complaining a lot.”  “The problems disappeared when I let them go.” Cubicle-dwellers across corporate America rejoiced.
  Bye-bye, HR — Let’s hope Bolt Financial CEO Ryan Breslow starts a trend
  
• Woke is dying about as fast as Mr. Orange in Reservoir Dogs, but the writing is on the wall, and the final thrusts of the pugios are coming from the people who put Democrats in charge.
  Even the Big, Blue Towns Are Sick of the Democrat Freak-Show

  HITHER & YON

• The Harlem native and Grammy winner known for his virtuoso playing of the tenor saxophone collaborated with Thelonious Monk, Babs Gonzales, J.J. Johnson, Bud Powell and Miles Davis — all before he was 20 years old.
  Jazz Great Sonny Rollins Dead at 95

  FINALLY . . .

• A doctor in Ontario, Canada, allegedly evaluated a man for assisted death outside a Tim Hortons and, months later, drove him to the building where he died.
  Canadian Man Allegedly Put To Death After Fast Food Parking Lot Bowel Assessment

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