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The Morning Report — 8/ 24 /26

Good morning kids. Hope you all had a nice, relaxing weekend but let's jump right in, shall we? All I have to say is this greasy bastard!

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed California’s controversial “Stop Nick Shirley Act” into law Saturday, which critics say will suppress investigative journalism in the state. Newsom, however, won’t be around to officially field any First Amendment court challenges of Assembly Bill 2624. The law does not take effect until October 1, 2027, nearly ten months after the northern California Democrat has left office because of term limits. The bill expands the state’s “Safe at Home” program to employees of nonprofits that purportedly help people navigating the U.S. immigration system. What that could mean, critics say, is investigative reporters are banned from seeking to interview workers whose organizations are suspected of fraud. Mia Bonta, the Almeda Democrat who introduced the bill back in February has rejected that interpretations, saying the law does not conflate legitimate journalism with the doxxing targeted by Safe at Home, the California Post reported. . . . . . Critics, like Republican Assemblyman Carl DeMaio from San Diego have countered that the measure is simply meant to intimidate people “trying to shine light on bad behavior.” DeMaio coined the nicknamed the law the “Stop Nick Shirley Act.” . . . Shirley, an independent journalist and YouTuber, has made viral videos following immigrant workers and accusing them of fraud, particularly incidences involving day nonprofits in the Somali community in metropolitan Minneapolis. . . The young journalist has criticized AB 2624, alleging it was created only after he “exposed widespread fraud in immigrant communities” in California and Minnesota.

God bless Nick Shirley and anyone and everyone like him, like James O'Keefe and Hannah Giles of Project Veritas, for they are the real journalists and patriots exposing the grift and graft that are robbing the taxpayer and treasury blind while empowering scum like Newsom and funding his and his allies to the tune of billions as they work to enrich themselves while enslaving America and destroying the very foundations of our republic. It is the legacy "mainstream media" whose goal is to perpetuate the myths and lies of Newsom et al, as a de facto Leftist/Globalist ministry of propaganda, in service to our destruction. Trust in them has absolutely cratered year after year over the past decade. When the editorial boards of the NY Times and Washington Post along with CNN and MSNOW(NSDAP) finally go dark, the incandescent light of truth shall be a sight for sore eyes, and that is a light that has been lit by Nick Shirley, and long may it shine, Amen!

In a not necessarily unrelated item we have this bit of good news:

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) enrollment dropped by more than 13 percent in just one year. . .

This reduction follows the introduction of stricter requirements. Under new federal rules, adults aged between 55 and 64 and parents of children aged between 14 and 17 must now meet work, volunteer, or education requirements in order to qualify for the food stamps program. Specifically, new data released this week revealed that enrollment fell from 42.2 million in May 2025 to 36.6 million in May this year, much faster than anticipated . .

. . . The rapid decline in SNAP enrollment suggests that the President’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act and fraud crackdown are achieving their aim of reducing welfare reliance. Waste, fraud, and abuse have become significant problems costing the government immense sums of money. In one high-profile case, reported back in March, a Haitian man admitted to $7.6 million in SNAP fraud committed through his retail store in Boston, Massachusetts. Another bust earlier this year implicated more than 20 retailers in Ohio. In Minnesota, a woman admitted to over $300,000 in SNAP fraud through illegally obtained Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards.

This is certainly not necessarily Nick Shirley's doing but no doubt the shining of the light certainly makes the efforts of President Trump, Musk and DOGE that much more effective and popular, at least among real actual Americans and Taxpayers.

An ever expanding welfare state and concomitant loss of freedom and liberty via dependency by more and more citizens (and perhaps an equal or even greater number of non-citizens and amnetized migrants/immigrants as exposed by Nick Shirley in Minnesota, California and elsewhere) is how the Democrat/Left gains and expands its power.

In conclusion, while the causes of the MAGA and DSA populist movements are similar, thus allowing for rare and specific instances of agreement, the overarching differences between their agendas are as stark and irreconcilable as their respective views of America and the power of its government.

A reformist MAGA seeks to “drain the swamp” to “make America great again.”

A radical DSA seeks to empower government to “flood the zone” to create a socialist hellscape.

And a frustrated electorate just wants practical results that work for them.

Students of history know of the failures and horrors of socialism. But they also know that in trying times, the temptation to trade freedom for “free stuff” can be powerful.

And that the DSA is banking on it.

While certain elements of the establishment Democrat Party are trying to distance themselves from the DSA, others are riding the back of the Tiger thinking they can go all the way to power and immortality, or be eaten last.

Perhaps this is Newsom's logic as he is or at least was a major, if not "THE" contender to beat for the 2028 presidential nomination. I guess, we'll just have to wait and see.

Speaking of Democrat Socialites, once again our blackened eyes are turned to Michiganistan...

PETA knows how to find a villain. When Kristi Noem, then South Dakota governor and later a member of the Trump administration, revealed in 2024 that she had shot her 14-month-old dog Cricket, PETA went straight for her throat.

The group said Americans would consider Noem a "psychotic loony." It later sold a Halloween costume depicting Noem as a "Puppy Killer."
Nobody had to search for PETA's position. Subtlety had left the building.
Then came Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed, Michigan's Democrat nominee for the Senate.
El-Sayed oversaw Detroit Animal Control for about 16 months while serving as Detroit health director. He was reported to have had more than 4,000 dogs and cats euthanized during his tenure, although the number during his actual period of oversight appears to have been closer to 1,900. . .

. . . But principles aren't worth much when their volume changes depending on whose name is attached to the controversy.
Kristi Noem got "psychotic and loony." Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed got a lecture about breeders.
People can decide for themselves whether politics had anything to do with it. PETA made sure they have plenty of evidence to consider.

Well, once President/Mullah El-Sayed starts euthanizing Jews there will be no criticism since per Newsom's law along with the Koran, that will be illegal and get one arrested, "inshallah!"

Gevalt.
Have a good day,

CIVIL WAR 2.0, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION
• Contra the woke mob, ‘all men are created equal’ was not a mere self-serving phrase.
  Woke Hostility to the USA Founders’ Authority
  
• The seashell “assassination threat” trial is scheduled to begin on October 21, 2026, in New Bern, North Carolina.
  Relative Blasted Comey Over ’86 47′ Seashell Message, Calling it ‘a Call For Violence,’ Court Doc Shows
  
• Their live show is on a West Coast swing that began Friday in San Francisco, where the video appeared to be shot, according to a photo Piker shared online of him and his co-hosts.
  WATCH: Hasan Piker Mocks Charlie Kirk by Singing Tribute Song Made After His Assassination as Audience Cheers
  
• “JD Vance has Brown kids who he thinks are less American than everyone else,” El-Sayed said. “Usha, like, get out. Okay? Still got time.”
  Abdul El-Sayed Targets Usha Vance in Racist Attack
  
• Facts are facts, even when they complicate a good political punch. But PETA's response remains fascinating. When questioned about El-Sayed, PETA blamed the larger problem on breeders, retailers, people who buy instead of adopt, and owners who don't spay or neuter their pets.
  PETA Savaged Kristi Noem. For Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed, It Found Excuses.
  
• And what it can teach us about today’s fake genocides.
  When Genocide Apologists Put America on Trial for Genocide

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

• Over 985,000 illegal aliens have been deported since President Trump took office. An additional 2.2 million have self-deported, DHS confirmed to American Greatness earlier this month.
  ICE Continues to Arrest ‘Worst of the Worst,’ Including Three Illegal Alien Murderers and Two Other Heinous Criminals on Thursday

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

• We can still win this war. The question is whether we have the political will to do so.
  Iran Is Betting America Will Cut And Run
  
• The US and its allies have put a triple lock on Iran by weakening its grip on the Strait of Hormuz, hindering its trade and economic growth, and stoking division among its top leaders desperate to find a way out of war.
  Iran faces massive new triple-threat as Hormuz begins to open, cash gets tight and pols call to end the war
  
• Because Donald Trump comes from the business world, unlike his predecessors in office, he has made it clear he prefers negotiating with adversaries to war, and economic strangulation when negotiating with them fails. 
  The Big Build and the Siege of Iran
  
• The Houthis claimed their targets were a “sensitive Saudi enemy site at Najran Airport” and a facility belonging to Saudi Aramco, the Saudi national energy company. The Najran region is located in southwestern Saudi Arabia, close to the border with Yemen.
  Iran-Backed Houthi Terrorists Claim Attacks on Saudi Airport and Oil Facility
  
• President Trump's announcement on Wednesday that he was launching an "Economic D-Day" on Iran has been met with a combination of bluster and panic in Tehran. 
  Turmoil in Tehran
  
• Meanwhile, the new head of the Islamic Republic’s top security body warned, in a more forceful tone, of retaliation if neighboring countries support U.S. threats to further sanction Tehran.
  Iran’s president says US memorandum is best path out of stalled war, and other Middle East news
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• “Suspected Iranian attacks have been reported in Germany, Poland, Finland, Belgium, Poland and Albania.”
  Iranian Regime-Backed Hackers Shut Down UK Power Plant

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

• A new documentary makes sense of the October 7 savagery.
  A Collective Descent Into Evil

  THE GREAT SOMALIAN SIMOLEON SWINDLE

• The rapid decline in SNAP enrollment suggests that the President’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act and fraud crackdown are achieving their aim of reducing welfare reliance. Waste, fraud, and abuse have become significant problems costing the government immense sums of money...
  SNAP Enrollment Declines Dramatically Amid Fraud Crackdown.

  DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE

• Newsom’s endorsement could influence California parents to participate in the program despite the largely Democrat-voting state’s opposition to the President.
  Newsom Breaks Ranks to Tout Trump Children’s Savings Accounts.
  
• How an American-dream city became a case study in urban dysfunction
  Los Angeles Darkening
  
• Implementation and compliance were clearly secondary priorities.
  Mamdani’s Messy Pied-à-Terre Tax Rollout

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

• Newsom, however, won’t be around to officially field any First Amendment court challenges of Assembly Bill 2624. The law does not take effect until October 1, 2027, nearly ten months after the northern California Democrat has left office because of term limits.
  Newsom Signs the ‘Stop Nick Shirley Act’ into Law, a Blow to Investigative Reporting Say Critics
  
• Most corrupt state in the country will spend millions bribing reporters.
  California is Buying Journalists at $20,000 Each
  
• To uphold a greater standard for moral journalism and reporting, it must become a priority to support journalism that discloses its conflicts instead of monetizing them.
  Hunterbrook is short-selling America and targeting conservatives
  
• The FBI says there are 7 times as many anti-Jewish as anti-Muslim hate crimes. Yet the New York Times is stoking a panic.
  The New York Times Is Weaponizing Islamophobia
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• AI-powered cyberattacks are already here. Quantum computing could soon break the encryption underpinning the modern economy. (Hat tip to author and friend of the blog Brandt Pasco - jjs)
  AI Is a National Security Problem, But Q Day Is Coming.
  
• This is not the only child safety-related lawsuit to face TikTok and ByteDance. In Pennsylvania, the platform is facing a lawsuit alleging that TikTok is addictive and harmful. “TikTok has built its empire based on a model of addictiveness at all costs,” said Pennsylvania’s Attorney General Dave Sunday.
  TikTok Agrees to $400 Million Settlement Over Children’s Privacy Breaches.

  WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM

• The former defender of the faith is busy paving the way for the nation’s destruction.
  King Charles and the Demise of Britain
  
• But the motive “remains unclear.”
  France: Man Attacks Police While Screaming ‘Allahu Akbar’

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

• The staffer, Iman Abdul, who also worked for AOC, pleaded guilty and got a sweetheart deal from Brooklyn's far-left district attorney
  Mamdani Hired Staffer for His Friend's Campaign Who Was Later Arrested for 'Terroristic Threat' Against Teenage 'Lexus-Driving, Israel-Loving Zionists'
  
• Roger Kimball: They want to acknowledge the sudden rise in antisemitism but they can’t bear to acknowledge that Donald Trump was doing something about it.
  Jamie Raskin’s Trump Obsession Trumps Antisemitism

  THE ECONOMY, STUPID

• As total US government debt climbs, so, inevitably will, taxes that Americans pay.
  Don’t Fret $40 Tril In Debt? You’ll Regret It
  
• This represents another tariff-related decision by the administration this month alone. Earlier this week, the President paused the 50 percent tariffs on Canada as part of progress towards a new agreement with America’s northern neighbor. The pause lasts for three days and applies to approximately $20 billion of Canadian imports.
  Trump Waives Beef Tariffs to Combat Rising Prices.
  
• Instead of looking for short-term Band-Aids to mask the beef price problem heading into the mid-terms, the Trump admin should instead focus on ways to incentivize heifer retention in order to increase long-term cattle supply.
  If Trump Wants To Reduce Beef Prices, He Should Help Struggling Farmers Grow Their Herds

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

• Where was this outrage when the Biden junta permitted the killing of bald eagles and whales to erect its politically favored wind turbines?
  Green Movement’s Selective Outrage Over ESA Reforms
  
• Meanwhile, Statistician William Briggs has crunched the numbers and shows we have reached “peak climate change.”
  Desperate Climate Crisis Cultists Turn to OnlyFans for ‘Sexy’ Messaging

  EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT

• Both Muslims and communists abide by Lenin’s famous dictum: “Give me a child for the first 5 years of his life, and he will be mine forever.”
  The Mohammunist Manifesto—Control of Education and Formation of the Young
  
• New rules highlight the tension between institutional autonomy and free speech
  Trump Admin Moves To Make Academic Freedom a Condition of Accreditation and Federal Aid
  
• The teachers are part-owners of the company that Weingarten and the AFT are trying to damage over politics. 
  A Teachers’ Union Hits the Wrong Target
  
• It’s time for parents to take full control of their children’s education.
  Escaping the Educational Industrial Complex

  ABORTION

• How Dobbs returned a constitutional right to the mercy of the majority.
  The Cowardice of Dobbs

  THE 2020 AND OTHER ELECTION HEISTS & AFTERMATH

• According to court filings, Sun submitted an online voter registration in Massachusetts on October 10, 2024, impersonating another Chinese national residing in the state who had legal permanent resident (LPR) status.
  Federal Prosecutors Charge Chinese National With Voter Fraud in 2024 U.S. Election

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

• DeBergalis appeared behind closed doors before investigators from the House Administration, Oversight and Judiciary committees. The deposition lasted less than 30 minutes, according to Fox News Digital.
  ActBlue Co-Founder Pleads Fifth in House Investigation Into Foreign Donations
  
• It sure beats sponsoring a stupid bill to add a third 'unspecified' gender option on US passports
  Ro Khanna Dethrones Stock Queen Malig-Nancy Pelosi in First Real Accomplishment of Political Career
  
• Personally, I suspect Hillary has been planning Clinton's funeral for decades.
  Hillary Reportedly Planning Bill Clinton's Funeral, and I Have Questions

  POLITICS

• With Republicans currently holding a 218-212 House majority, even a handful of altered districts could have major consequences for control of Congress. If all projected changes materialize, Republicans could gain approximately ten additional seats.
  Win for Trump, GOP as Court Upholds Redistricted Map Ahead of Midterms.
  
• Thad McCotter: MAGA seeks to reform government to restore liberty; the DSA seeks to expand government to remake America into a socialist state.
  MAGA and the DSA, Part Two: Differences Between These Populist Antagonists
  
• Once the primaries are over, we can’t let our search for purity render us so apathetic that only the lunatics and fanatics decide elections.
  The Tyranny of Voter Apathy
  
• Florida Republicans could flip more than four Congressional seats this year.
  As Goes Florida?
  
• “Bottom line, I think Democrats need to be very clear, not just what we’re against, but what we’re for. And I’m very much want to be part of that debate. And I am kicking the tires, testing the waters.”
  Chris Van Hollen: I’m ‘Kicking the Tires’ on 2028 Presidential Run
  
• Farmers are being squeezed by lower commodity prices and higher operating costs.
  Democrats Open New Midterm Front In America’s Heartland
  
• Time and again, she’s revealed herself to be the consummate weather vane, shifting her stance on important matters depending on which way the wind is blowing.
  Michael Goodwin: Don’t be fooled by Hochul’s act — she’s just as radical as Mamdani
  
• “In short, it was determined that she had failed to meet conditions concerning Palestine solidarity”
  Maoist Faction of the DSA Claims Titty-Caca Ocasio-Cortez too ‘Moderate’ to Run for President
  
• Hurrah! Commentators finally have a word variety counterpart to GOP.
  ‘Democrat Party’ and ‘DSA’ Are Now Officially Synonymous

  FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL

• So, has that "year of Latin America" materialized? Absolutely.Colombia's newly-elected president, Abelardo de la Espriella, has promised to restore the relationship in a big way. Sa'ar was actually at his inauguration in early August, signaling a new beginning between the two countries. 
  Why Did Israel Declare 2026 'The Year of Latin America'?
  
• Police believe the slain girl was not a targeted victim but was rather killed at random, reports German newspaper Die Welt.
  Alleged Swordsman Named After Girl, 17, Killed in Swedish High School Attack

  HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE

• Don’t believe the hysterics or the lies – Medicaid work requirements won’t kill anyone
  No More Free Rides: Inside The Fight Over Medicaid Work Requirements
  
• The escalating outbreak threatens to overwhelm the country’s already strained healthcare system. The ongoing violence against health workers undermines the increasingly unsustainable containment operation. . .
  Ebola Crisis Escalating as Death Toll Passes 2,500.

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

• Women are deeply unhappy today because being a woman, rather than being elevated through feminism, has been profoundly devalued.
  The Cultural Divide, The Crisis Of Womanhood, And The Revitalization Of Motherhood
  
• Currently, counseling demands affirming people’s LGBTQ+ identity. But some individuals want therapists who can help them break away from that identity.
  Change The Counseling; Change The Culture

  CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE

• How a pitcher’s career-ending injury and a surgeon’s daring innovation transformed sports medicine and saved countless athletic careers.
  Tommy John and Dr. Frank Jobe
  
• “If you want us to take you seriously, you have to say how you f—ed up”
  Joe Rogan Blasts AOC and the Left for Trying to Gloss Over the ‘Woke’ Era
  
• Can real lessons come from anthropogenic Gods and fake miracles?
  Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way
  
• Christian Toto: 'What Killed Michael Brown?' director returns with timely, vital documentary
  EXCLUSIVE: The 20-Year Journey Behind ‘White Guilt’
  
• The incident occurred during the third quarter when Cloud was seen yelling toward Enes Kanter Freedom, who was sitting courtside. When Freedom stepped toward the floor, security intervened and escorted him out amid a torrent of boos.. .
  Enes Kanter Freedom Ejected from WNBA Game After Confrontation with Chicago Sky Player Natasha Cloud

  HITHER & YON

• It saddens me to see how far Amnesty has deviated from these founding values. In 2020, Amnesty International Ireland signed an open letter written by Trans Equality Network Ireland that called on “media, and politicians to no longer provide legitimate representation” for people who believe that biological sex is real and material in law.
  My grandfather cofounded Amnesty International to protect freedom of conscience — today, it does the opposite

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