The Morning Report — 7/ 13 /26

Good morning kids. So, to paraphrase the revolting blather of Barack Obama, Lindsey Graham is dead but Mitch McConnell is alive. Just like way back when the notion that GM was "alive" McConnell on the other hand conveniently mugging from his bed for the cameras belies his actual heath and fitness to remain in the Senate. In any case as for Graham, condolences go out to his family and loved ones.

President Trump and VP Vance had this to say about the late senator

President Donald Trump on Sunday expressed his sadness over the sudden passing of Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) at 71 years old and called Graham “a true American Patriot.” Vice President JD Vance remembered Graham in a post on X Sunday morning: Lindsey Graham came from humble beginnings and became one of the most powerful lawmakers in the most powerful nation on Earth. His story was a fundamentally American one. Early in my Senate tenure, I remember getting into a shouting match with Lindsey about a Ukraine funding bill at lunch and then learning the very next day that he was pushing rail legislation I really cared about behind the scenes. That was Lindsey Graham. He fought like hell for the things he believed in, and he was just as willing to go to bat for you when it counted.

For me, Lindsey Graham's record as a warrior for conservative principles was spotty at best if not dismal. After all, his moniker for many years was Graham-nesty and for good reason. As the leader of the so-called "Gang of Eight" he pushed hardest to grant amnesty to the millions of illegal aliens already here during the Obama years. Open borders and illegal aliens are a boon to corporate donors to the GOP and by extension to Graham and his ilk who will gladly wet their beaks at the expense of the indigenous American worker by destroying the wages of real working real Americans. And we all know what massive illegal alien populations do for the Democrats. So, farewell Lindsey Graham and RIP. Here's hoping whoever succeeds you as the Senator from South Carolina will be a real champion of Americanism, America and the free market. Yes, I do realize that Marco Rubio was also a part of that hideous cabal. But his tenure as secretary of State as well as his evolution into a real MAGA stalwart at least in my mind has absolved him of that ill-advised position. Rubio unless and until proven otherwise represents a real hope for our future.

While Graham was only 71 and McConnell 82, both are representative of the entrenched gerontocracy in Washington DC whose sole purpose is the lining of their own pockets at the expense of the taxpayers and in the case of Republicans aiding and abetting the Democrat party's dismantling of America as founded all to get wealthy at the cost of our liberty.

Have a good day,

ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY
• Initial findings Sen. Lindsey Graham’s preliminary cause of death revealed after GOP leader, 71, found in DC home
  
  Sen. Lindsey Graham died of a ruptured aorta brought on by chronic heart disease, according to the preliminary findings of the DC medical examiner’s office released Sunday.
  
• The 84-year-old Kentucky Republican, who was hospitalized June 14 during what dispatchers suspected was a cardiac event, released the statement the day after Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), 71, suddenly died of heart issues — and following weeks of relative radio silence from McConnell’s camp.
  Sen. Mitch McConnell, 84, breaks silence on mystery ailment with photo after hospital stay, questions about health

CIVIL WAR 2.0, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION
• He will be remembered as a man who violated his oath and threw away a military career for absolutely nothing.
  A military officer turns useful idiot
  
• The Democrats rely on this technique to move the political needle, but there are simple ways to counter it.
  Manufactured Moral Outrage

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

• The Trump administration expressed fury at the Democrats for attempting to shield an immigrant who had committed a heinous crime from deportation, with White House Border Czar Tom Homan saying in an interview, “Who pardons a child rapist? That’s how much [Tim Walz] supports illegal aliens over U.S. citizen children.”
  Trump Deports Convicted Child Rapist Tim Walz Tried to Protect Through Pardon Powers.
  
• If you don't want to get shot by ICE, don't ram ICE. 
  Some Tips If You Don’t Want To Be Shot by ICE
  
• No contested history. No robes rewriting the compact. A bright-line rule set by the people, acting through their states.
  The Supreme Court just broke the Constitution—but the States can fix it
  
• The lawsuit highlights ongoing tensions between the Trump administration and Democrat state governments over immigration policy, with the latter attempting to effectively veto federal law by creating sanctuary jurisdictions in which state officials refuse to assist federal law enforcement. While the DOJ has filed numerous lawsuits against similar policies nationwide, challenges remain, as lower courts helmed have occasionally sided with sanctuary states.
  Trump DOJ Sues Dem-Led Maryland Over Sanctuary State Policies.

  THE IRAN CONFLICT, "PEACE DEAL" (aftermath??)

• A US official said there is expected to be a a “bigger” wave of US attacks on Iranian military targets on Sunday night.
  New wave Trump directs fresh round of strikes on Iran to hold regime’s forces ‘accountable’
  
• Trump’s comments underscore the ongoing volatility in U.S.-Iran relations, particularly following the recent resumption of hostilities following Iranian attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz. U.S. forces have struck dozens of Iranian targets in retaliation, apparently focusing on speed boats, drone facilities, and other infrastructure the Iranians have used against commercial shipping.
  Trump Leaves Instructions for Unprecedented Retaliation If Iran Assassinates Him.
  
• When Iranians view nuclear power, they view it not through a “mutually assured destruction” filter, but as the fulfillment of prophecy.
  What Americans Don’t Appreciate About Iran
  
• They’re certain to keep trying.
  Trump Has ‘Left Instructions’ on What to Do if Iran’s Islamic Regime Assassinates Him (100-megaton QOM shot on the magic wishing well! - jjs)
  
• David Harsanyi: We are not living through some uniquely bellicose or interventionist era.
  The United States Has Always Been at War
  
• The U.S. and EU are alarmed that Antigua and Barbuda’s passport program lacks the transparency needed to prevent abuse.
  Caribbean Island’s Sale of Passports to Iranian Nationals Raises Counterterrorism Concerns

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

• Where hatred of Jews leads.
  New York Woman Tries to Send Cryptocurrency to Palestinian Islamic Jihad

  THE GREAT SOMALIAN SIMOLEON SWINDLE

• The incident has reignited conversations about patriotism and migrant integration in a city with one of the largest Somali populations in the U.S.
  American Flag Flown Upside-Down at Somali Independence Day Event in Minnesota.

  DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE

• Advocates are trying to make it a policy issue within official D.C. circles.
  Puerto Rico’s Independence Getting Talked About In D.C.
  
• The amount of money stolen from taxpayers, rivals most states' entire economies.
  The Fraud Industry Is Thriving, And Guess Who’s Happy About It
  
• U.S. District Judge William Orrick granted a preliminary injunction Thursday barring the Departments of Homeland Security, Justice and the Interior from enforcing the contested conditions against 11 local governments, concluding in a 68-page order that the restrictions likely run afoul of both the separation-of-powers doctrine and the Administrative Procedure Act.
  Federal Judge Blocks Trump Administration’s Anti-DEI Grant Conditions
  
• The push to confirm a permanent intelligence chief comes after Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act lapsed June 12, an authority that allows the government to monitor communications of foreign targets abroad, including when they involve American citizens.
  Senate Scrambles to Confirm Trump Nominees Before August Recess

  WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM

• Many have been asking lately if the onslaught of Islam or the rapid rise of Marxism is more likely to destroy the United States ...
  Muslims, Marxists, and mayhem in Minnesota

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

• Authorities are looking at a suspicious person of interest who was seen on video fleeing the historic church not too long before it went up in flames, sources said. 
  Holy smokes Investigators probing possible arson in blaze that tore through landmarked, 173-year-old NYC church

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

• The Justice Department has subpoenaed four New York Times reporters, demanding they testify before a federal grand jury in Manhattan next week over their coverage of security concerns tied to the new Air Force One jet gifted to the United States by Qatar, the newspaper reported.
  DOJ Subpoenas New York Times Reporters Over Air Force One Security Story
  
• The allegation that Araujo used his car as a deadly weapon prior to being fatally shot is central to the entire story — yet the propaganda press obfuscated it.
  Propaganda Press Buries Illegal Alien’s Alleged Attempt To Run Over ICE Agent Before Fatal Shooting

  CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY

• Whether Tyler Robinson will stand trial for the assassination of Charlie Kirk won’t be decided until September.
  Here’s What You Need To Know About The Charlie Kirk Assassination Trial, Day 5
  
• Why youths are rampaging in cities across America—and how to stop it (machine guns, napalm - jjs)
  The Scourge of Teen Takeovers
  
• The lead counsel for the federal watchdog appointed to oversee union activities informed Fain and the senior union member, Rich Boyer, last month that the DOJ had initiated a grand jury investigation into matters detailed in the monitor’s reports, including those involving Fain and his fiancée. The monitor’s office, led by New York attorney Neil Barofsky, issues periodic reports about the union’s inner workings.
  DOJ opens probe into allegations against United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain

  EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT

• $1.1 trillion in spending for the worst test scores.
  ‘Princess Moss’ Declares National Education Association ‘Must be the Most Powerful Force in America’
  
• When a Harvard student needs ChatGPT to help with reading a novel, it’s clear that America’s high schools aren’t teaching students how to read.
  Increasing Number Of Ivy League Students Can’t Even Read, So Let’s Stop Calling Them ‘Elite’

  ABORTION

• Women who use Depo-Provera face a higher risk of developing a slow-growing brain tumor, known as a meningioma, while the contraceptive’s maker, Pfizer, faces hundreds of lawsuits claiming that it was aware of the potential risks.The brand name for depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA), Depo-Provera, contains the synthetic progestin hormone and is used by roughly 1 in 4 sexually active US women at some point. Now, more research has found other common hormonal birth control drugs that carry the same risk.
  It’s not just Depo-Provera — study links 5 more birth control drugs to brain tumor risk

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

• The politicization of everything creates, in the ruling class, a belief in the infallible righteousness of their mission, which, in turn, legitimizes any tactics necessary to take and hold power.
  Graham Platner and the Rationalization of Everything
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• Paul Pelosi has racked up a remarkable string of "lucky" trades over the years.
  Where Was the ‘No Stock Trading!’ Democrat Outrage Over the Pelosi Family?
  
• The biggest grifter in Congress keeps on grifting.
  Rep. Ro Khanna Flees Platner Scandal to Stage Clash in Israel

  POLITICS

• The former Bill Clinton strategist served up expletives on Friday in a “Presidential History Lesson” and echoed Republicans who have been highly critical of democratic socialist candidates nominated in primaries in New York, Colorado. and Washington, DC.
  WATCH: James Carville Unloads on ‘Left Wing Idiots’ as a Threat to Democrats in Midterms
  
• Is history repeating itself?
  Bolshevik Russia and the DSA’s Democrat Party Project, Part I
  
• The socialists endured defeat in 2024, but their cause did not die out.
  The DSA Takes Over the Democrat Party
  
• The Democrats' greatest threat to their 2026 strategy isn't Republicans—it's the radicals defining their agenda.
  The 2026 Midterm Vigil (No. 2): The Democrats’ ‘Failure to Miscommunicate’

  BIDEN CRIME FAMILY REVELATIONS

• Miranda Devine: It is a little like reading his laptop — without the homemade porn.The lies are the same, but this new Hunter sounds nothing like the whiny, malicious Hunter who revealed himself in seven years of frantic, crack-inspired musings on his infamous laptop.The new Hunter is polished, calculated and utterly inauthentic. He is a skillfully manufactured product, and his sudden explosion into the media landscape is anything but organic.
  Hunter Biden is on a shameless media blitz to promote an upcoming doc — and attempts to rewrite history

  FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL

• The thought of Pyongyang’s madman helping Tehran’s madmen should be most disturbing to the West.
  Warning To Kim: Nuclear Weapons Do Leave ‘Fingerprints’
  
• Some leftists went far beyond merely cheering or mocking Widdecombe’s death, welcoming it in graphically violent terms. User @XN2389 wrote that Widdecombe should “Rest in Torture,” while user “Heather Herbert” said she hoped the 78-year-old’s death was “extremely painful,” adding, “I hope she was handcuffed to the bed screaming in agony.” Given the violent circumstances surrounding Widdecombe’s death, this led Raheem Kassam, Editor-in-Chief of The National Pulse, to call for “Heather” to be investigated.
  Leftist Activists Subhuman Scum Cheer Possible Murder of Christian Politician Ann Widdecombe.

  HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE

• The Trump administration unveiled a rule implementing the Medicaid work requirements included in last year’s budget reconciliation law.
  The Minimal Responsibilities And Unintended Consequences Of Medicaid Work Requirements
  
• Locals in Ladera Ranch, Orange County, have spent months raising concerns after at least six local children were diagnosed with Ewing sarcoma, a bone and soft tissue cancer that affects only about 200 to 240 children nationwide each year.
  Extremely rare cancer striking kids in rich SoCal city takes worrying turn — as possible cause emerges

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

• But this interview really sticks out because she accidentally destroyed the entire argument for trans ideology. When asked about the hostility she's faced since transitioning, Page, of course, played the victim card.
  Ellen Page Accidentally Makes the Case Against Gender Ideology

  CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE

• This year, Democrats seem to have sucked the life out of it, but that shouldn’t make us forget that America truly is the greatest and best country in world history.
  1976: The Year Of The Magical Bicentennial
  
• As America marks its 250th year, two common-sense victories reaffirm that girls' sports belong to girls and the Bible remains essential to understanding American history.
  Culture War Victories
  
• As our nation celebrates its 250th anniversary, it is worth remembering that independence was not born overnight.
  Young Washingtonproves Hollywood is wrong about viewers' interest in American history
  
• Christian Toto: Podcaster, Dr. Drew Pinsky call out terrible harm caused by all three
  Adam Carolla Slams Three Biggest Hoaxes of Our Age

  HITHER & YON

• Orson Welles’s film may no longer shock us the way it shocked audiences in 1941—but only because so much of modern cinema learned to speak its language.
  Citizen Kane at 85: A Revolutionary Masterpiece Still Hiding in Plain Sight

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