The Morning Report — 6/ 24 /26

Good morning kids. So, this happened yesterday in the primary elections.

Socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s far-left slate of Big Apple congressional hopefuls prevailed in Tuesday’s Democratic primary — with firebrand Darializa Avila Chevalier projected to pull off an AOC-style upset.Former city Comptroller Brad Lander and state Assemblywoman Claire Valdez were quickly projected by the Associated Press and NY1 to win over their establishment Democrat opponents. Avila Chevalier held a razor-thin 49.3% to 46% lead over Rep. Adriano Espaillat with 86% of votes counted late Tuesday, leading the five-term incumbent to concede. The projected win by Avila Chevalier and the congressional race victories — coupled with a likely clean sweep of Democratic Socialists of America candidates in state races — signaled Mamdani could expand his socialist wave beyond New York City, to Washington, DC. . . The candidates hold a slew of far-left views that were once fringe within the Democrat Party.. .

...Valdez and Avila Chevalier both campaigned on their staunch opposition to Israel — labeling the Jewish state’s actions in Gaza a genocide — and on pushing their pro-Palestinian values. Like Mamdani, the pair called for a full divestment of Israel and cutting off of any sales of US arms to its ally in the Middle East.

Valdez also echoed the Mamdani admin’s radical housing platform, pushing for the seizure of property from bad landlords.

All three also want to abolish ICE and Avila Chevalier, a community organizer and doctoral candidate, has even said she doesn’t believe foreign criminals should be deported.

One can laugh at New York and smugly claim, and not unjustly so, that they brought this on themselves. while New York at least for the last 50 years or so has for sure been liberal, the David Dinkins years notwithstanding, it has not been insane. A combination of cultural societal and political conditions have converged to create a perfect storm of insanity that has utterly eradicated the legacy and miracle of the Rudy Giuliani years. And so while one can jeer at New York, this madness can and likely will spread.

On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Source,” CNN Senior Political Commentator Van Jones reacted to Brad Lander’s primary win over Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY) by saying that “The Mamdani phenomenon is not a one guy thing. The Democratic Socialists are an insurgency in this party.” And “This is a serious movement inside the Democratic Party. The left is on the march.” . . . He continued, “But I think people who thought this was going to be kind of a cute guy off to the side, there’s a huge infrastructure here, there’s a movement here, there’s passion here, and people who don’t like it are going to have to wake up and smell the coffee. This is a serious movement inside the Democratic Party. The left is on the march.”

You know who else was "on the march?!" All Jones needs is an Austrian inflection with a soupçon, or mit einem bisschen of Ugandan/Muslim jive for extra texture! For those unaware or as a refresher, Van Jones is a full-on Anti-American anti-Western freak as you can see from his rap sheet here at Discover the Networks.

Jones’ new approach was modeled on the tactics outlined by the famed radical organizer Saul Alinsky, who stressed the need for revolutionaries to mask the extremism of their objectives and to present themselves as moderates until they could gain some control over the machinery of political power. Jones still considered himself a revolutionary, but a more effective one thanks to his revised tactics.

And thus we had the candidacy and now the actions/policies of Abigail Spanberger among others. So no Van Jones was not lamenting the hard left lurch as illustrated by Mamdani and last night's results in NYC. Far from it, his nipples were bursting with orgasmic glee. But, is this filthy bastard right and my hopes that the coming of President Trump heralded a sea change in our culture merely a speed bump on America's road to hell?

Yes, James Talarico I assume has no shot at all, ditto all the others like him scattered around the sane areas of the country, or am I whistling past the graveyard?

By the end of this year, there could be 10 socialist mayors in the U.S. That’s the most since the 1910s, when socialism was the shiny new object embraced by educated elites. But what excuse do Democrats have today – after 100 years of socialism’s miserable, murderous failures – for embracing this toxic ideology? Back in 1911, according to one historical count, members of the Socialist Party of America won office in 74 towns and cities, and another 32 in 1913. Fast forward to today. As NBC News put it, “Democratic socialists are on the rise in Trump-era mayoral races … fueled by a backlash to Trump policies, economic strain and fatigue with the Democratic establishment.” Right now, there are eight socialist mayors – the most since the 1920s – and primary voters in one-party District of Columbia virtually guaranteed a ninth when they nominated a socialist to run that misbegotten city. In Los Angeles, meanwhile, socialist Democrat Nithya Raman will face off against the Fidel Castro-loving incumbent Karen Bass. Then there’s Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, who is a socialist in all but name. . But Democrats rushing to embrace the current socialist fad should beware, because the last one was (thankfully) short-lived here in the U.S. In 1919, only five socialists won mayoral elections. Even in the middle of the Great Depression, there were only three socialist mayors in the country. A “historical note” by the New York University Libraries says the party had trouble containing its “revolutionary wing” right off the bat. And the 1917 Russian Revolution, it says, “encouraged the left wing of the party to demand a more militant program and, when this was not forthcoming, to secede from the party in 1919 and establish the Communist Party.” . . . As the City Journal notes, “As more and more DSA members take power, the group they belong to keeps getting more radical—a tension they will inevitably have to resolve.” A separate City Journal article points out the party’s “emerging militant network.” Republicans ignore these developments at their own peril, since they can’t fight something – even if that something is as toxic as socialism – with nothing. And dismissing it as “junk food of modern American politics,” as GOP strategist Luke Ball told Fox News recently, isn’t going to cut it.

Have a good day,

THE IRAN CONFLICT, "PEACE DEAL" (aftermath??)
• President Trump: “If they did not agree to (nuclear inspections), there would be no further negotiations!”
  Iran, Trump Admin Disagree on Whether Nuclear Inspection Agreement Reached
  
• The conflicting accounts of the peace talks in Switzerland imply a significant gap in understanding between the U.S. and Iran, despite a memorandum of understanding issued earlier this month.
  Tehran Denies Claims by Vance and Other U.S. Officials of Iranian Consent to Nuclear Inspections.
  
• The debacle that is Trump's Iran deal just keeps getting worse.
  Vance: Iran Says Yes to IAEA Inspections. Iran: No, We Don’t.
  
• However much the Iranians demand it, just tell them no: It’s not like they’ve put anything hard and real on the table, anyway. Even President Barack Obama and his idiots never tried a giveaway on this scale.
  Iran can’t get ANY control over the Strait of Hormuz— period
  
• The art of appeasing jihadists.
  Trump Vs. Israel
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• Overall, the latest survey found that a plurality, 44 percent, are unsure of whether or not they support the MOU negotiated between the two countries, followed by 32 percent who support it and 24 percent who oppose.
  Poll: Broad Support for Key Objectives in Trump’s Peace Deal with Iran
  
• The Senate vote passed, 50-48.
  Democrats Pull Another Political Theater Stunt With Iran Vote

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

• The creation of Israel provided a sanctuary for refugees fleeing antisemitism, but it did nothing to address the underlying forces that had necessitated her creation in the first place. 
  Queers for Palestine

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

• “This was not a protest; it was an assault on democracy,” said U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor during sentencing on Tuesday.
  Antifa-Linked Anti-ICE Terrorists Sentenced to Up to 100 Years in Federal Prison.
  
• Biden-appointed Judge Deborah Boardman sentenced Mr. Roske to a mere eight years in prison. That’s it! But he didn’t try to kill one of the left’s sacred cows. No, he tried to kill someone Democrats and the corporate media desperately want murdered, so Judge Boardman sent out a dog whistle that said, Try and kill someone we hate and you only get eight years. Succeed and you’ll be remembered as a patriotic hero forever.
  Eight-Year Sentence and Pronouns Respected for Wannabe Kavanaugh Killer
  
• 'I had to have sex with him first in each encounter with him,' the woman said of Onzlee Ware
  Virginia Democrats Earmark $100,000 for Statue Honoring Late Judge Accused of Trading Sex With Convicted Killer's Mother for Legal Advice
  
• Wire fraud, money laundering, and the “hate map” machine.
  PragerU Video: Inside the SPLC Case

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

• The ruling reinforces the federal government’s authority to scrutinize Green Card holders returning from abroad, particularly those accused of crimes that could lead to removal proceedings. It also highlights the Trump administration’s broader efforts to strengthen immigration enforcement and expand the scope of federal authority.Supreme Court Backs Trump Admin on Stronger Controls for Green Card Migrants.
  
• In 2006, Rico and some family members were admitted to the United States on B-1 tourist visas for a trip to Disney World in Florida. Rico’s visa expired in 2016, but he remained in the country anyway. While in the United States Rico was convicted of assault and arrested for sex crimes.
  Exclusive: Criminal Illegal Alien Overstayed Tourist Visa for a Decade After Visiting Disney World (just like the 9/11/ hijackers - jjs)
  
• How sanctuary policies, activist lawsuits, electoral vulnerabilities, and dark-money recycling make the invasion self-sustaining.
  The Open-Border Funding and Facilitation Network Part II: Entrenchment, Lawfare, and the Political Money Loop

  THE GREAT SOMALIAN SIMOLEON SWINDLE

• “Today, under the leadership of @VP Vance and @DAGToddBlanche, we are announcing the 2026 National Health Care Fraud Takedown involving 455 defendants charged in connection with $6.5+ BILLION in alleged fraud,” Essayli said.
  DOJ Charges 400+ People for $6.5 Billion Healthcare Fraud

  DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE

• This is not satire.
  Where are the protests and outrage about this California ‘prove you’re gay’ law?
  
• No city is a better illustration of the perpetual rot that inevitably follows decades of one-party rule by Democrats.
  How This American City Was Reduced To A Total Humiliating Clown Show
  
  WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM

• Then they pretended to be the victims and the media bought it.
  Crying Terror-Linked Islamists Infiltrated Texas GOP

• The video was recorded in 2025 on the ChatRoulette platform by Israeli influencer Max Ilinsky, also known as Max Veifer.
  Australian court blocks video of Muslim nurses saying they would let Israelis die—claims they didn't know they were being recorded
  
• The deadly cost of Canada's refusal to confront jihadist reality.
  Terror Comes North
  
• A victory for free speech - and for common sense.
  UK: South Wales Police Now Forced to Halt Their Plan to Arrest People for ‘Anti-Muslim Hostility’

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

• Given Vance’s extensive history with Carlson, his ongoing silence screams from the mountaintop.
  The Time Is Now For JD Vance To Disavow Tucker Carlson
  
• It is impossible to escape the conclusion that Mamdani won’t condemn the owner’s behavior because it aligns with his own bigotry. Despite getting an estimated one-third of Jewish votes last year, the mayor is seemingly on a quest to normalize Jew-hatred. (sadly too many J-B-Bs Jews-by-birth hate themselves - jjs)
  Michael Goodwin: Mamdani’s silence in the face of vile antisemitism speaks volumes to the darkness in his soul
  
• We shouldn’t be taking corporate PAC money from Wall Street and crypto and AI and AIPAC, we’ve got to fight harder for working families and have people see us fighting for them, and we have to reset the U.S. relationship with Israel.”
  On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Source,” Brad Lander discussed his primary win over Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY), which he stated “says Democratic voters want to reset the U.S. relationship with Israel,” and said he’s unsure Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) “is in our party any more, to be honest.”

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

• Vance isn’t writing as a theologian, and he’s not claiming expertise. He’s explicitly describing a journey through years of confusion, as a man who was lost and then found his way to something that he now embraces as home.
  Tedious Legacy Media Midwits Hate JD Vance’s New Book About Faith
  * * * * *

• Palantir, a powerful AI surveillance firm, hired a former Democrat senator and several Democratic lobbyists connected to House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, according to a report published Monday.
  Powerful Surveillance Company Slithers Tentacles Deeper Into Democrat Party

  THE ECONOMY, STUPID

• The flash manufacturing PMI rose to 55.7 in June, the highest reading since May 2022, from 55.1 in May. This index has been rising for four straight months. A reading above 50 indicates growth in manufacturing. Economists had forecast a decline in the index.
  U.S. Manufacturing Production Rises At Fastest Pace in Nearly 5 Years

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

• The most alarming projections of climate change have been built upon a scenario known as RCP 8.5 and its successor, SSP5-8.5, which climate scientists now admit are “implausible” parameters.
  The Climate Scenario Behind A Decade of Alarmism Is No Longer Considered Plausible
  
• The U.N. chief urged wealthy nations to honor previous climate-financing commitments and dramatically increase funding for developing countries over the next decade.
  U.N. Secretary-General Demands $1.3 Trillion a Year to Fight ‘Climate Chaos’

  EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT

• Lawmakers have embedded ideological “culturally responsive education” standards into teacher training and licensure rules.
  States Built the Activist Classroom. They Can Also Dismantle It.
  
• When 40% of students are ‘disabled’, it’s time to quarantine colleges
  Shut Down Harvard to End the College Disability Outbreak.
  
• A complaint alleges Maryland allows males not only to compete in female sports and use female-only spaces, but also to use female-only overnight accommodations.
  Education Dept. Investigating Maryland for Alleged Title IX Violations
  
• Under pressure from Mellon Foundation-funded activists, the UC system restored its DEI initiatives.
  The University of California Caves to Activists

  ABORTION

• Four years after Dobbs, medicine has a blind spot on mifepristone.
  The Abortion Pill Story The Medical Establishment Doesn’t Want To Tell

  SECOND AMENDMENT

• In other words, the Commerce Clause allows Congress, as Justice Thomas put it, “to regulate the buying and selling of goods and services trafficked across state lines.” By the time Hemani owned his firearm, it was no longer in interstate commerce — it was not being bought or sold across state lines. As such, Congress had no power to regulate it under the Commerce Clause.
  Twenty-One Years Later, Justice Thomas Is Still Right About the Commerce Clause

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

• The story begins in February of 2021, when James “Not at all Gay” Talarico noticed that someone named Roberto Che Espinoza followed him on social media. Talarico was so flattered and thrilled, he practically squealed like a little girl with a social media fan letter.
  James ‘God Is Non-Binary’ Talarico Admits He’s a ‘Christian Who Hates Christianity’
  
• Talarico, who represents a deep-blue district in the State House, has excised the word 'progressive' from campaign site
  Texas' Talarico Scrubbed Website of Statements Supporting 'Trans Kids' and 'Bold, Progressive Ideas' Ahead of Senate Run
  
• Talarico, who has said he does not support defunding police, also said prisons are 'the consequences of systemic racism and global capitalism'
  ‘We Could Make Prisons Obsolete’: James Talarico Called To Slash Police Budgets and Spend the Money on Social Programs
  
• Funny how the standards are different for Democrats.
  Didn't Rep. Duncan Hunter, Jr. get run out of Congress for the same things Sen. Ruben Gallego is doing?

  POLITICS

• The RSLC announced that its Election Protection Initiative (EPI) will implement a clear “election integrity framework for Republican secretaries of state and candidates seeking office in 2026,” according to a Tuesday press release obtained exclusively by the Caller. The initiative is launched ahead of 26 secretary of state elections this year alone.
  EXCLUSIVE: GOP Mirrors Soros’ Secretary Of State Project — This Time To Boost Election Integrity
  
• Cornyn lost his Senate primary to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in the May runoff. President Donald Trump endorsed Paxton shortly before Election Day. That should have been the end of it. Instead, Cornyn has spent the weeks since acting like the classic toxic ex who cannot accept rejection.
  GOP Voters Dumped Cornyn. He’s Responding Like The World’s Most Toxic Ex-Boyfriend
  
• Wilson’s win positions him to become the frontrunner to replace term-limited GOP Gov. Henry McMaster in the ruby-red state.
  Trump-Endorsed Wilson Thrashes Trump-Endorsed Evette In SC Gubernatorial Race
  
• Most Democrats looking at 2028 are trying to move past Joe Biden. Gavin Newsom is doing the opposite. That is not an accident. It is a strategy.
  Gavin Newsom gambles on Joe Biden in hunt for 2028 presidential nomination— but still has to clear the Kamala Harris hurdle
  
• “The formal party structure is getting weaker and outside groups are getting stronger,” said Liam Kerr, co-founder of Welcome, a centrist Democrat group. He gets no argument from the activists. “We have not been in a place (before) where entire ecosystems of groups are effectively running parties within the parties in explicit, direct, factional warfare.”
  Why the Radical Left’s War on Democrat Incumbents Is Suddenly Trump’s Fault
  
• Socialism hasn't been this popular in 100 years, before anyone knew how terrible it was.
  Democrats Party Like It’s 1911
  
• Mamdani-backed lefties sweep in NYC congressional primaries — as socialist mayor’s influence grows to DC
  THE HATEFUL SLATE
  
• The socialist mayor unseated two Democrat incumbents and took a third vacant seat in three key Democratic primaries
  Chill of Collectivism Spreads: Mamdani-Backed Candidates Sweep in Contested New York City House Primaries
  
• DSA politicians such as Lewis George, Mamdani, and Ocasio-Cortez are in the spotlight today because of the party’s increased mobilization efforts a decade ago.
  Socialists Now Run Or Are Fighting To Run Four Of America’s Biggest Cities
  
• Sounds better in the original German! - jjs
  Van Jones: ‘Left Is on the March’ ‘Democratic Socialists Are an Insurgency’ ‘This Is a Serious Movement’
  
• California’s political machine has left Republicans with a simple challenge: convince voters that change is worth crossing the aisle for.
  How Steve Hilton Can Become California’s Next Governor

  FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL

• The sanctions aim to weaken the regime’s ability to fund its repressive security apparatus. These sanctions build on previous measures targeting financial institutions and officials accused of supporting left-wing terrorist groups based in Cuba. These sanctions are part of a broader strategy by the Trump administration to aid the Cuban people while isolating the Cuban regime.
  U.S. Imposes Sanctions on Five Cuban Entities, Targets Castro Family Member.
  
• The Starmer government literally made room in British prisons for free speech "criminals" by releasing real criminals from incarceration.
  Keir Starmer’s legacy is a war on free speech and a contempt for ordinary Britons
  
• The 19-point plan was African Union and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Commission on Reparatory Justice.
  Reparations Cartel: African and Caribbean Leaders Target U.S. and Europe’s Taxpayers

  THE UKRAINIAN "FRONT"

• Republican senators unveiled legislation Monday to unfreeze Russian assets for Ukraine’s benefit, while lawmakers continued to say they lacked the necessary 60 votes to pass the SAVE America Act.
  As SAVE Act Dies On The Vine, Republicans Unveil Bill To Help Ukraine

  HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE

• “With her solicitation and approval of the pilot projects in this case, the Secretary purports to waive not just a mere administrative or technical obstacle, but the very definition of ‘food’ as it was laid down by Congress.”
  Activist Judge Strikes Down SNAP Junk Food Restrictions, Dealing Major Defeat to MAHA
  
• In 2025, a long-sought milestone was reached: the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a nonopioid pain medication as safe and effective. Yet the healthcare system has been slow to respond. ..
  A New Tool Against Opioid Addiction — If We Use It

  ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY

• These microscopic organisms carry water and nutrients to 70 per cent of plant species and help keep a vast amount of carbon out of the atmosphere
  Study maps quadrillion-mile fungus web lurking in topsoil
  
• This intense space race for geopolitical influence, resource extraction, and the establishment of standards for future exploration is not about proving what is possible but about securing a foothold. 
  Who Will Win The New Space Race, China Or America?

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

• "This bill is part of a larger agenda designed to permit children to circumvent their parents' refusal to consent to sex-rejecting interventions."
  Radical Bill Will Make It Easier For ‘Trans’ Kids To Cut Legal Ties With Parents

  CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE

• Adam Smith is history’s most famous economist, yet most people know precious little about what he wrote. But 2026 provides an excellent opportunity to overcome some of that oversight. That is because the semiquincentennial of America’s birth this summer coincides with that of Smith’s “Wealth of Nations,” published just under four months before the Declaration of Independence, which shared its deep commitment to liberty.
  Celebrate America For How It Enabled The Invisible Hand, Not The Visible Foot
  
• Quinn Slobodian misquotes Ludwig von Mises in an egregious attempt to link Austrian economics to the modern Alt-Right.
  Prominent Historian Misrepresents Mises
  
• Christian Toto:Variety, far-Left W. Kamau Bell savage superstar for simple act of kindness
  It’s Time for Nate Bargatze to Drop Good Guy Act (Kamau-mau - jjs)
  
• MLB Commissioner Robert D. Manfred wants Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., to believe that Major League Baseball is neutral — but the facts show otherwise.
  MLB Commissioner Lies About League’s Left-Wing Activism In Letter To Hawley

  HITHER & YON

• At the beginning of the Cold War, the Soviet Union bugged the U.S. Embassy with one of the most ingenious devices ever created.
  The Thing
  
• In the end, the sum of da Vinci’s life is that sense of incompleteness — not of the man himself but of our knowledge of him. We know this man did great work, but somehow in all he did there are unknowns and gaps that make it hard to see the full picture. As Nicholl notes, everything about da Vinci carries with it “a characteristic note of uncertainty.”
  Leonardo da Vinci: An art director, a painter, and a man whose life epitomized the uncertainty of existence

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