The Morning Report — 8/ 21 /26

Good morning kids. As we briefly touched upon on the latest episode of the podcast linked here as well as in the sidebar and the popular platforms listed at the bottom of this post, there are many things that I'm grateful for in President Trump's second term and unlike Trump 1.0 the overwhelming majority of his staffing picks in cabinet and other key positions have been outstanding. It does make me feel positive insofar as our bench for future presidential elections in '28 and beyond.

his most stellar pick much to the surprise of many has been Marco Rubio as Secretary of State. The institution of a reverse domino effect in the Caribbean and Latin America in turning formerly what were thought of as permanent Socialist/Communist kleptocratic tyrannies into or at the very least taking their first steps into being free and prosperous societies and American allies has been one of the most significant foreign policy accomplishments in decades. The groundwork for this success was laid when President Ronald Reagan brought about the collapse of the Soviet Union which was the chief financier and sponsor of Latin American communist expansion and so without billions of rubles flowing in it was only a matter of time before these banana republic tyrants would follow suit. Although the political will to bring them down was also necessary and in the case of Venezuela, a little military action and legitimate cassus belli as was the case with the Maduro/Chavez regimes' massive narco-trafficking operations posing a grave threat to our safety and security.

But of course, the last remaining domino and symbol of communist failure, tyranny and misery that has yet to fall is Cuba. And so after 66 years it certainly appears as if Castroite communist Cuba may actually at long last be free or at least have a better than even chance of being free again.

Q: What did Communists use to light the night with before candles? A: Electricity.

That is the kind of joke that survives because it is simple enough to tell in a bar, and true enough to sting.

In Havana these days, the joke has acquired an uglier second life.Fidel Castro would have turned 100 on August 13. The government marked the occasion with the familiar apparatus of revolutionary remembrance, and, increasingly, candles. Not birthday candles, but the kind a family keeps in the kitchen for when the electricity disappears again.

Without oil from Venezuela and Iran flowing in, Cuba can no longer export violence, terrorism and communism throughout the region and the globe, nor keep its own abused populace fed and fueled. That said, the government is one of the most effective and repressive police states on the planet so overcoming that as it has always been is the big challenge, just as it is in Iran and Red China, all of which have citizenry that are not pleased with their overlords.

Back to Marco Rubio, as a refugee from Castro's Cuba, the irony of him being our Secretary of State and a potential successor to President Trump himself should Cuba be liberated with him at the helm either in Foggy Bottom or perhaps seated at the Resolute Desk itself is too delicious to contemplate.

Considering the rise of the Democrat Socialites here in the US of A these days, their heads exploding as the statues and banners of the Castros are smashed and burned as Lenin's were in Russia when Communism fell is equally too delicious a prospect. No wonder they are/were in Cuba to celebrate Fidel as well as do their best to thwart President Trump and bolster Communism in Latin America.

But ¡Viva Rubio! who continues the fight regardless.

It seems that Marco Rubio has been pretty busy this week, and he's largely focused on eradicating communism, crime, and drug trafficking from the Western Hemisphere, which is exactly where I like him. Today, the Department of State is designating nine entities and three individuals to further the Trump Administration’s comprehensive push to end the Cuban regime’s malign activities, both in Cuba and across our hemisphere.  This action targets the leadership of the U.S.-designated Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP) and designates nine Cuban entities supporting the regime.

These designations build on the Department’s July 20 report Cuba: The Capital of 21st Century Communism, which summarizes the Cuban regime’s decades-long use of brigades, such as the one coordinated by the designated ICAP earlier this month, to advance Cuban interests at the expense of the United States.
.. .ICAP is the organization Fidel Castro began in 1960 to build global "friendship" and "solidarity" and maintain relationships with foreign activist groups. In reality, it's a way to spread communist propaganda. According to the State Department, "it claims to have more than 2,000 solidarity organizations across over 150 countries [and] serves as the main organizing hub of Cuba’s ideological network."  Think Code Pink and the like. Additionally, "it coordinates research, educational, and cultural exchanges between American and Cuban institutions, builds relationships between American political movements and Cuban officials, and harnesses its global reach to draw leftwing activists, intellectuals, students, influencers and politicians to Cuba from across the world."

Of course the evil Commie rat bastards are not going to lay down and surrender. UN and Congress Commies stage next fake crisis.

The UN is outraged over events in Cuba. Not at the political repression by the Communist regime, the detention of over 1,200 political prisoners, the arrests of protesters, and the government-backed prostitution of children to foreign tourists, but at the U.S. sanctions which have kept foreign tourists from coming by to molest little kids and spend money.in Cuba.

The Communist regime in Havana is at its weakest in history and may be about to topple so the regime, the UN and Congress Commies have begun trying to fake a ‘Gaza-style’ crisis in Cuba. How is Cuba like Gaza? They’re both loser terrorist states lying furiously to play the victim.

And who better to certify that Cuba is Gaza with fewer mosques and more burritos.

The “silent Gaza” talking point had previously been promoted by four radical leftist members of Congress, Rep. Mark Pocan, Rep. Maxine Dexter, Rep Teresa Leger-Fernndez and Rep. Delia Catalina-Ramrez, who, despite the supposed “collapse of infrastructure” and “fuel shortages” that UN human rights experts were complaining about, were able to fly in and tour Cuba.

“I think Marco Rubio is making this personal and not professional,” Rep. Pocan whined, implying that the son of a Cuban refugee should really not take the dictatorship that destroyed his homeland personally. Rep. Pocan, who had spent much of  the last few years defending Hamas-run Gaza from Israeli attacks on the Islamic group, claimed Cuba was a “silent Gaza.”

. . . How is Cuba like Gaza? They’re both loser terrorist states lying furiously to play the victim.. . Rep. Pocan and the rest of the delegation met with Cuban dictator Miguel Daz-Canel, not with the political prisoners imprisoned by the Communist dictatorship they had come to support.  If they really cared about the ‘Cuban people’, they would have consented to meet with the families of political prisoners, as actual human rights activists were asking them to do.

Back in America, Rep. Pocan complained that “now they’re calling us Communists. Like, they’ve lost any credibility. They clearly haven’t taken a high school or even a junior high civics class recently, because they don’t understand the definitions of what they’re calling us.”

I'll leave you with the bitterest of all ironies in that we may very well liberate the world from Communism while at the same time America becomes a Communist hellhole itself. God-forbid.

And with that I bid you all to have a great weekend,

ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY
• A 35-year-old Albany, N.Y., woman is in federal custody for allegedly planting a bomb in the State Capitol building with lawmakers inside.
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• The most consequential presidency in generations.
  Trump Administration Accomplishments: October 2025 – Present, Part Two
  
•  Changing America and the world while restoring Article II of the U.S. Constitution.
  Trump Administration Accomplishments: October 2025 – Present, Part One

CIVIL WAR 2.0, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION
• The left always wants to tear down institutions that don't comply.
  Today’s Supreme Court Reveals The Depravity Of The Left
  
• What began as counterculture became a governing ideology.
  Sixty Years of Revolution
  
• When revolutionary socialists tell us who they are, perhaps we should take them at their word.
  When Lenin Lost An Election, He Abolished Democracy
  
• Thanks to the Soviet Union, America, rather than moving into a post-racial era after the Civil Rights Movement, has remained stuck in a racial time loop.
  Dividing America On Race: Russia’s Enduring Geopolitical Strategy

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

• ‘Notice the resources the Left is putting into silencing me. Why? Judicial activism is their golden goose, and they’re afraid if I keep talking about it then it will stop,’ wrote DHS General Counsel James Percival.
  Leftists Wage Barfare Against DHS Attorney For Criticizing Rogue Judges
  
• Temporary immigrants are “essential” to the operation of New York’s government, Governor Kathy Hochul said.
  NY Gov. Kathy Hochul: Don’t Deport ‘Essential’ Haitians, Salvadorans Who Staff Government

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

• The covert U.S. operation should help mitigate Iran’s efforts to disrupt the global energy market by keeping millions of barrels of oil moving through the Strait of Hormuz. It also demonstrates the growing military stakes surrounding the waterway, as the Trump administration works to preserve international energy supplies while countering Tehran’s blockade.
  U.S. Secretly Sneaking 10 Million Barrels of Oil Past Iranian Blockade Per Day: Report.
  
• We may soon face another Iranian ploy aimed at leveraging foreign elections to weaken the regime’s enemies. Israel’s election is scheduled for Oct. 27; the US midterms are Nov. 3, exactly one week later. That makes the end of October a potentially dangerous window for regime mischief.
  Beware Iran’s most devious weapon — another ‘October surprise’
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• Child marriage and other horrors in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
  ‘Do Your Best to Ensure That Your Daughters Do Not See Their First Blood in Your House’ (Not about a Stallone DVD - jjs)

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

• The state of university education today.
  Brainwashing for 'Palestine'

  DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE

• In the 20 years between 2003 and 2023, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) estimates the total money blown on payments made in error, or in the wrong amount, or with no documentation (!!!) is $2.7 TRILLION.
  I'm Sorry, The Feds Wasted HOW MANY TRILLIONS in Improper Payments?
  
• ‘People are suffering. This is a disaster of such proportions. I can’t say that things are going well.’
  There’s No Easy Story To Tell About Wildfire Recovery In Karen Bass-Era Los Angeles
  
• Since Franklin Roosevelt, federal and state governments have slowly but surely claimed that property is a privilege, not a right. The wealth tax is the next step.
  Private Property Confiscation

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

• Free speech protects ABC’s right to run an all-left-wing panel every weekday morning. It does not entitle ABC to call that panel a news program when convenient and a protected editorial product when it is not.
  The View Can’t Be Both A Neutral Newscast And A Leftist Propaganda Foghorn
  
• No one is watching it for free. Let's charge for it.
  Would You Pay $80 to Watch MSNBC?
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• Republicans risk sabotaging the AI boom—and handing the economic benefits of America’s technological buildout to other countries.
  Democrats Benefit When Republicans Ban Data Centers

  WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM

• In an apparent tacit admission of the backwards cultures being allowed into Britain, the Home Office — the government department tasked with controlling immigration — has published a nine-page booklet for new arrival migrants who apply for asylum, as is the case for most illegal boat migrants as soon as they set foot on English shores.
  UK Gov’t Publishes Pamphlet to Inform Migrants That Rape is Wrong, Sex With Children Is a Crime

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

• “There are so many pathways to the sacred. The Islamic mystic Rumi said, ‘Every religion has love, but love has no religion."
  Talarico Says ‘God Is Not A Christian’ In Unearthed Sermon
  
• “…liberal American Jews who don’t support what Israel is doing may want to ask why their community and political leaders are so bent on protecting Israel that they’re willing to back MAGA and engage in anti-Muslim bigotry.”
  Mehdi Hasan Floats Loyalty Test for Jewish Democrats Who Don’t Support El-Sayed

  AMERICA AND THE WORLD IMPRISONED: CHINESE CORONAVIRUS FICTIONS AND FACTS

• ‘I certainly think that state governments have options in pursuing claims against Fauci, and I very much hope that they will,’ said AFPI Senior Fellow Chad Mizelle.
  Legal Experts Draw The Roadmap For How State Prosecutors Can Hold Fauci Accountable

  THE ECONOMY, STUPID

• Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has described himself as the “nation’s top bond salesman.”
  The Sky Isn’t Falling in the U.S. Treasury Market
  
• With unemployment claims remaining low, the Federal Reserve may feel less pressure to adjust interest rates in September, as the labor market is still relatively robust. However, inflation, which has been above the Fed’s two percent target for five years, will continue to be a critical factor in monetary policy decisions.
  DATA: U.S. Unemployment Claims DROPPED Last Week.

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

• In coordination with the Department of Energy, the EPA’s waivers will allow for the sale of E10 — gas blended with 10 percent ethanol — at a higher Reid Vapor Pressure (RVP). RPV measures how easily gas evaporates, with a higher RVP meaning more emissions, while a reduced RVP results in lower emissions. During the winter months, the EPA allows gas to have a greater RVP in order to help with cold weather starting. 
  Exclusive: EPA to Enact Emergency Fuel Waiver to Increase Domestic Gas Supply, Lower Prices
  
• Sacramento has spent years squeezing refiners out of the state. Now it’s squeezing tire manufacturers, all while insisting each new mandate is somehow a gift to drivers and taxpayers.
  California’s New Tire Mandate Could Drive Up Costs

  CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY

• Taxpayers shouldn’t keep funding feel-good programs without hard evidence that the claims used to justify that funding are actually true. Make the soft-on-crime advocates prove their models work — before letting them conduct any more experiments on the rest of us.
  Criminal justice reform is a bust — and hidden data told the truth all along
  
• A fight over sentencing guidelines looms large over the midterm elections.
  Swing State Republicans Fear Judge-Sanctioned Prison Break For Murderers
  
• "He was spiraling," Wirskye told the court.
  SEE IT: Disturbing Detail Karmelo Anthony Jury Never Saw

  EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT

• The Trump administration on Wednesday published rules that would open the door for other accreditors to be recognized across American higher education, as Trump himself recognizes that accreditation is the “secret weapon” for controlling universities.
  Exclusive: Watchdog Asks Ed Department To Block American Bar Association’s Renewal As Law Schools’ Sole Accreditor
  
• His blackness was the crucial factor in his elevation to the pinnacle of academia by whites eager to feel good about themselves and secure that they couldn’t be called racist.
  The Arday Tragedy: from Tokenism to Wokenism
  
• As their liability insurance premiums skyrocket, districts in Seattle and Spokane are running a program that appears to violate the state’s own guidance on child-abuse prevention.
  Washington Public Schools Know How to Prevent Sexual Abuse—But Many Choose Not To
  
• Can you guess where Jews were told they belonged?
  Haverford College’s Honor Code Divided Students Into “Privileged” and “Marginalized” Groups

  GRIFTING OLEAGENOUS PARASITIC RINO SCUM

• He deserves the same fate as every other two-bit provocateur — to be relegated to the oblivion of complete and utter irrelevancy.
  James Lindsay Is An Op Who Should Be Mocked Into Oblivion

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

• The incident raises concerns about a sitting Canadian MP actively campaigning for a U.S. opposition politician while Canada is navigating sensitive tariff and trade negotiations with Washington.
  Canadian Liberal Lawmaker Caught Campaigning for the Democrats.
  
• An email address Mitchell Berman used in a state elections commission complaint is associated with an Ashley Madison account that made two purchases
  Wisconsin Dem Running for Congress as 'Devoted Husband' Was Active on Adult Affair Site Ashley Madison, Records Indicate
  
• 'Data centers seem to be swallowing up all of the labor force,' L. Louise Lucas said
  WATCH: Top Virginia State Senator Who Authored $15 Minimum Wage Bill Slams Data Centers for Paying Construction Workers Too Much
  
• The investigation further tarnishes Swalwell’s reputation, already damaged by past controversies, including his ties to Chinese national Christine Fang. While he denies all allegations of sexual misconduct, the fallout has raised questions about his personal and professional future, as well as his marriage.
  FBI Intercepts Eric Swalwell at San Francisco Airport.

  POLITICS

• Federal investigators in Alaska are trying to determine whether “fake” Dan Sullivan “entered the race to confuse voters and steal votes from the incumbent, Dan S. Sullivan.”
  ‘Fake Dan Sullivan’ Complicates Alaska Senate Race For GOP Sen. Dan Sullivan
  
• The likely outcome of the general election is not a mystery.
  MAGA Warrior Harriet Hageman Gets Ready To Head To The Senate
  
• He’s as “steadfast as Keats’ eremite.”
  John Fetterman: A Man of Principle (still very liberal if not insane leftist, who will go along to get along with the party bosses 99.999% of the time - jjs)

  FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL

• Castro's centennial arrived with flags, speeches, and candles for the blackouts no ideology can fix.
  Cuba: The Revolution That Needs Its Enemies
  
• South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said it detected the North Korean launch at roughly 5:00 p.m. local time. The missiles originated from somewhere near the North Korean capital of Pyongyang, flew for about 185 miles, and landed in the Sea of Japan, which Koreans refer to as the East Sea.
  North Korea Launches Missile Barrage After Trump’s Peace Overtures
  
• Fred Fleitz: These steps build on the existing strong U.S.-South Korea partnership, advance American interests, and create space to resolve lingering bilateral frictions.
  Before Trump Meets Kim Jong Un Again, Five Things Must Happen First
  
• . . . he's largely focused on eradicating communism, crime, and drug trafficking from the Western Hemisphere, which is exactly where I like him. 
  Cocaine Networks and Communists — Marco's Been Busy Today
  
• The report warns that Britain’s reliance on so-called renewable energy sources, which are intermittent and require costly infrastructure, is exacerbating the country’s economic challenges. Falling energy consumption is a sign of industry slowing down, which will have a knock-on effect on overall wealth and employment.
  British Industrial Energy Use Plummets, Signaling Looming Economic Crisis.

  THE UKRAINIAN "FRONT"

• Moscow’s forces have in recent months intensified their ballistic missile attacks on Kyiv, exploiting Ukraine’s chronic shortage of U.S.-made Patriot air defense interceptors, the sole weapon in its arsenal able to shoot down the missiles.
  Russia Kills 16+ in Kyiv With Ballistic Missile Barrage

  HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE

• This is the “sexy socialist summer,” and the DSA is soaking up every second of its time in the sun.
  Running on 'Medicare for All' in Florida is a fool’s errand

  ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY

• It now appears that Louisiana’s governor Jeff Landry is planning a big event next week when, according to anonymous sources, he will announce the purchase by SpaceX of that 130K acre plot of land presently owned by Exxon and near the unincorporated village of Pecan Island on the state’s south coast.
  Louisiana governor to announce SpaceX land purchase next week?
  
• Using data gathered since 2023 by the GRAVITY instrument on the Very Large Telescope in Chile, astronomers have now mapped the orbit a star circling Sagittarius A*, the Milky Way’s central supermassive black hole, every 8.7 years that when it zips past on its closest approach is moving more than 15,500 miles per second, about 8% of the speed of light.
  Astronomers map fastest orbit so far of a star circling the Milky Way’s central supermassive black hole

  CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE

• A comic book adventure to save a crumbling city shows two young women who refuse to treat the city’s decline as inevitable. 
  Can Comic Books Save Us from the Democratic Socialists?
  
• The Frontpage forerunners were on it from the start.
  The Smithsonian Becomes a Woke Warehouse (misspelled Whorehouse - jjs)
  
• Christian Toto: Queer slasher film scores big in limited release ... will it play in Peoria?
  Is Uber-Woke ‘Camp Miasma’ Exception to Culture War Rule?

  HITHER & YON

• The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities recently announced the discovery during an excavation of Tell Abu Siefi in northeastern Egypt that may be the city of Mesen, Fox News reported Thursday.
  PHOTOS: Archeologists May Have Found Lost Egyptian City with Ties to Biblical Exodus

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