The Morning Report — 9/ 4 /26

Good morning kids. Well at long last the Labor Day weekend and the unofficial end of summer is here. Let's start off with arguably the most serious of domestic issues the disaster that has been the erased border and all of the troubles that it has engendered. First off is a story that many had thought might precipitate yet another trademark Democrat-induced/fomented summertime season of rioting, in an effort to boost Democrat voter enthusiasm, and power-grabbing.

Federal prosecutors have charged an ICE officer with lying to investigators about his shooting of a Venezuelan migrant in Minneapolis earlier this year, according to reports.

Christian Castro, 52, is charged with lying to federal agents about the January encounter in which he shot Julio Sosa-Celis in the leg. Making false statements to federal agents carries a maximum punishment of five years in prison, according to The Washington Post.

The federal charges come after Castro’s release from custody in Texas, where he had been arrested on Minnesota charges stemming from the shooting. His federal charges remain sealed, and he has not yet been taken into federal custody, according to the Post. Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty said during a May news conference that Castro fired toward a north Minneapolis home “with the intent to cause fear of immediate bodily harm or death to the four adults who were just inside the door.” The bullet struck Sosa-Celis in the leg before traveling through a closet and into the wall of a child’s bedroom, according to prosecutors.

Lest we forget that Minneapolis was the epicenter of the 2020 Summer of mostly peaceful rioting in the wake of the death of George Floyd who died while resisting arrest after ingesting his stash of narcotics to avoid a potential third strike and a long stretch in prison. It also resulted in the railroading of arresting officer Derek Chauvin who, at least in this instance was merely doing his duty as the suppressed and distorted coroner's report clearly indicated. But the racialist grievance monger Democrat-Leftists demanded their scapegoat and they got it.

That's why this whole thing with Officer Castro just completely reeks of the same kind of grandstanding as well as attempting to hold Texas and indeed the nation hostage just as the crucial midterm elections are heating up.

Hold those thoughts for a moment as we go from the border war skirmish between Minnesota and Texas all the way to of all places Connecticut for another twist on this whole issue which really is or has the potential to lead to societal dissolution.

The city council for Democrat-run Danbury, Connecticut, voted to allow non-citizen migrants to serve as city police officers. The vote was taken in retaliation after federal immigration forces had recently conducted raids in the town... He added, “It’s legal. It’s allowed. It’s been recommended. … I do think it’s timely, and this vote sends a message to our immigrant community that you are welcome in Danbury.” The town’s Mayor, Roberto Alves, heartily supported the policy change and noted that he was an illegal alien when he first came to the U.S. Alves blasted ICE late last month after immigration officers spent several days conducting enforcement actions in the city. And he accused ICE of sowing fear and making local businesses a “ghost town” in the wake of the raids.

This abject mutt piece of shit and everyone who thinks and acts like him is the reason our country is a red-nether hair's width from turning into a third world shithole banana republic. The denigration and disrespect for the rule of law as a result of the continued denigration of America, its history heritage and founding as illegitimate, racist and repressive against colored people of color. And so, with the actions of our phenomenal President in doing all he can to restore our borders as well as institute sane immigration policies that exclude scumbags and cancerous tumors like this degenerate mayor, naturally we're going to get the reactions we are seeing as illustrated by Danbury and every other Leftwing shithole city and state in the nation to disobey and demonize the rule of law.

Obviously, a massive influx of illegal alien third-world indigents benefits first and foremost the Democrat Left.

The race for control of the US Senate is a dead heat.Conventional wisdom suggests the contests in swingy states like Michigan, North Carolina and Georgia could prove decisive — and they might. But it’s possible that the fate of the chamber known as the “world’s greatest deliberative body” will come down to a state not usually considered all that swingy: Texas. I lived in Texas in 2018, when Lone Star Democrats similarly felt confident that then-Rep. Beto O’Rourke would defeat the incumbent GOP senator, Ted Cruz. That didn’t happen: In a similar tough midterm cycle during a Trump presidency, Cruz narrowly prevailed. But what if this time is different? Talarico might not win — in fact, I don’t think he will — but it’s crucial for Republicans to understand how to prevent a leftist, “Christian”-cosplaying caricature like James “the Annunciation justifies abortion” Talarico from getting a job promotion to Washington. Many polls in Texas tell a similar story: Paxton suffers from softer support within the GOP, whereas Democrats are more unified in their support for the joker who has called capitalism “oppressive,” predicted the oil and gas industry is “not gonna last,” and has called for Americans to pare back “meat consumption.” Yes, that’s right — the guy taking a sledgehammer to the oil and gas and cattle industries is seeking statewide office in Texas.

The other thing that's different is despite the President's incredible success in rounding up and deporting the wetbacks is that they've had a many years headstart in invading Texas which is a major border state and miraculously has still managed to remain controlled by the GOP lo these many election cycles.

Does James Puertorico really have a shot? Only if GOP voters just assume he doesn't and just stay home, owing also to what I perceive as a kind of lukewarm support for Ken Paxton.

But there is some encouraging news here and across the nation in general that I'll leave you with.

Despite the nonstop propaganda in the media, the HarrisX poll reflects a very different political reality among Americans. 10 out of 13 key Trump policy positions continue to see majority support. His most popular policies are lowering prescription drug prices (84% support), deporting illegal immigrants who have committed crimes (74%), and requiring proof of citizenship to vote (70%). Trump’s least popular policy positions include placing a 15% tariff on imports from all countries (40%), allowing immigration authorities to access information on low-income families (48%), and eliminating mail-in voting (50%).. . 10 out of 13 key Trump policy positions continue to see majority support. His most popular policies are lowering prescription drug prices (84% support), deporting illegal immigrants who have committed crimes (74%), and requiring proof of citizenship to vote (70%)... Based on media coverage, you would think the majority of the country has turned against immigration enforcement. Despite the torrent of lies, that’s not the case.

Obviously all of us have to show up to vote to overcome the kind of fraud we know the Democrats are going to pull, perhaps not successfully in Texas but for sure in Michigan where they got away with it before and elsewhere where they control the election process via the Secretary of State and Governor, as well as the courts. And on that note, I give you full on revolution, or what should be!

This may be the first time a court has thrown out a congressional map after the primaries already were held using those maps. That would require a general election in different districts than the primaries. That is what the Missouri Supreme Court just did.

The Attorney General vows to go to SCOTUS:

Never before in American history has a court overturned a congressional map after a primary and before a general election. This unprecedented decision clearly violates federal law and has thrust our state into a full‑fledged constitutional crisis.

And so with all this plus all the other insanity in the linkapalooza, I bid you all to have a great, safe and relaxing Labor Day holiday weekend.

CIVIL WAR 2.0, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION
• Prosecutors allege that between January and May 2026, Benjamin Azariah Southworth, 40, used platforms like YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, and a personal website to post videos calling for the president’s assassination and to dox the family of Trump’s personal attorney, Jay Sekulow by publishing their home address and phone numbers.
  LA-Based Gay Podcaster Indicted For Threatening to Kill Trump, Cyberstalking, Making Harassing Interstate Calls
  
• Nearly every House Democrat voted to kill a constitutional amendment proposal on Wednesday that would have kept the Supreme Court at nine justices.
  205 House Democrats Vote To Kill Anti-Court Packing Amendment

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

• The city council for Democrat-run Danbury, Connecticut, voted to allow non-citizen migrants to serve as city police officers. The vote was taken in retaliation after federal immigration forces had recently conducted raids in the town.
  Democrat-Run CT City OKs Non-Citizen Migrants Serving as Police After ICE Raids
  
• "Lying under oath is a serious federal offense."
  Feds Charge ICE Officer After Minnesota Shooting
  
• “directly regulates the conduct of federal law enforcement in the enforcement of the federal immigration laws, thereby violating the intergovernmental immunity doctrine.”
  Judge Pauses Key Part of Virginia Law Limiting ICE Cooperation
  
• The arrested include full-on murderers, rapists, drug traffickers, gang members, child predators and other monsters nabbed as part of ICE’s “Operation Rotten Apple.” Again: 2,200 in all.
  ICE just made NY safer — despite Hochul and Mamdani’s best efforts to stop it

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

• The continued Iranian attacks demonstrate that the conflict remains volatile despite the U.S. declaration that its bombing operation has ended, raising the risk of a wider regional confrontation involving American forces and key U.S. allies.
  Iran Strikes at U.S. Bases in Kuwait, UAE.
  
• Fred Fleitz: Trump’s Iran strategy is no longer just sanctions—it is economic strangulation backed by a naval blockade, asset seizures, and military force designed to break the regime.
  How Trump’s Blockade Could Break the Iranian Regime

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

• Shapiro’s Muslim outreach raises disturbing questions.
  Josh Shapiro: Loving Islam More Than Israel
  
• No other liberation movements are supported.
  ‘Palestinianism’: The DSA’s Racist Foreign Policy and the Nullification of Jewish Nationhood
  
• “Mamdani supports Hamas. Mamdani supports Hezbollah. Mamdani won’t condemn ‘globalize the intifada.’ Mamdani is clearly a terrorist,” Fine alleged. “There’s no question of that. Mamdani allows his city to be overrun with people who stab Jews walking down the street. Mamdani’s wife openly supported October 7th. I mean, what do you have to do to be a terrorist? He is one.” 
  Exclusive: Rep. Randy Fine Explains Why He Calls U.S. Politicians Who Rhetorically Support Hamas ‘Terrorists’

  DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE

• Government—and those who feed off it—slowly but inevitably become our masters.
  Can We Throw Off the Yoke of Government?
  
• State and local leaders have tried every trick to improve affordability except the one that works: fixing overregulation.
  Why Homes in Maryland Are So Expensive

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

• According to a report from the media newsletter Status, Fox dismissed the longtime anchor after learning she had secretly told the White House that network bosses ordered staff not to cover President Donald Trump's July speech on election interference in the 2020 election.
  Now We Know Why Fox News Fired Maria Bartiromo
  
• There are no special classes or influencer exemptions under American immigration law. 
  Milo Yiannopoulos Finally Got What He Deserved
  
• 'Why Jews Must Support Man Who Said “I like to kill Jews.”
  The New York Times Said He “Wanted Peace”, He Said He Wanted to “Annihilate the Jews”
  * * * * *

• . . . to investigate and potentially sue Google’s YouTube for deceptive claims about its censorship policies.
  Trump FTC’s Consumer Protection Bureau Takes Lead Against Big Tech Censorship
  
• All industrial projects carry a mix of costs and benefits, but the massive IT facilities offer one of the better deals to be found.
  Why Opposition to Data Centers Is Perplexing
  
• Whether they intend to or not, AI companies are eliminating unique answers, because they are seeking to install a reward mechanism that encourages the models to play it safe.
  Great Writers Aren’t Obsolete. AI Makes Them More Valuable Than Ever.

  WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM

• Sex with 9-year-olds, legal rape and wife-beating.
  Abdul El-Sayed’s Pedophilia Problem
  
• A long-forecast civilizational struggle increasingly plays out not in the Middle East but in Western countries themselves.
  The West Faces Two Islams
  
• Disputing evidence is not the same as discrediting it.
  Muslim group demands ‘fair and balanced’ coverage, cries ‘Islamophobia’ over Brotherhood exposé—but leaves out key facts from government probe
  
• Money could have gone to unindicted terror funding co-conspirators.
  Every Muslim in Congress Demanded Reparations to Muslims for 9/11
  
• Another jihad attack that won’t be recognized as such?
  Arizona: ‘Practicing Muslim’ Migrant Murders Two Outside Tucson Gay Bar

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

• The child’s mother, identified as Emily Bickford, and father, Matthew Bradeen, have been involved in a legal battle over their 12-year-old daughter’s attendance at a local church, WTMW reported.
  VIDEO: Maine’s Highest Court Rules Against Mother Fighting to Take Child to Church

  AMERICA AND THE WORLD IMPRISONED: CHINESE CORONAVIRUS FICTIONS AND FACTS

• Army physician Theresa Long said in an Aug. 14 federal court deposition that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth detailed her to serve as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s senior medical military adviser.
  Pentagon, HHS Investigating Whether COVID Vaccines Contributed to Military Deaths

  THE ECONOMY, STUPID

• While the reduction in layoffs suggests economic resilience, the lack of robust hiring may signal lingering uncertainty among employers. However, it may also signal that the Trump administration’s immigration restrictions are effectively restraining foreign recruitment, which filled a majority of new jobs under the Biden government.
  DATA: Monthly Layoffs Hit Four-Year Low.

  CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY

• Did the mayor also offer condolences to the murder victim?
  The Death of a Murderer Leaves Mamdani ‘Deeply Saddened’

  EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT

• The proposed rule could force thousands of private schools to eliminate race-based admissions, scholarships, and diversity policies or risk losing valuable federal tax benefits. It would further extend the Trump administration’s push to make race-neutral standards the norm in education, potentially prompting significant policy changes across private and religious schools.
  Trump Treasury Moves to Strip Tax Breaks From Race-Based Private School Programs.
  
• “So here’s to a year…full of radical joy.”
  Drag Queen Welcomes Students Back to Portland Public Schools
  
• Other symposium facilitators included a UPenn student who participated in the school's encampment and a lecturer who tweeted support for 'white genocide'
  Philadelphia Public Schools Host Prison Abolition Workshops With Convicted Felon Who Helped Torch Cop Car and Said Jews Control the Media

  ABORTION

• "We refuse to allow Mayday to taint our values and put our people at risk.”
  Radical Abortion Group Hit With State Lawsuit For Pushing Illegal Drugs

  SECOND AMENDMENT

• A clip posted to Talarico’s YouTube channel in 2023 shows the state representative making the remarks during debate over various bills proposed in response to a 2022 shooting at a Uvalde, Texas, elementary school.
  WATCH: James Talarico Said Failure to Restrict AR-15s Is ‘Ignoring God’s Messengers’

  THE 2020 AND OTHER ELECTION HEISTS & AFTERMATH

• MO AG: “Never before in American history has a court overturned a congressional map after a primary and before a general election. This unprecedented decision clearly violates federal law and has thrust our state into a full‑fledged constitutional crisis.”
  Missouri Supreme Ct Throws Out New Congressional Maps — After Primaries Already Held
  
• The Civil Rights Division Plans to deploy 1,000 monitors to polling sites across the country amid mounting election integrity concerns.
  DOJ Set To Send Army Of Monitors To Keep An Eye On Elections

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

• Peltola’s ostensibly pro-fossil campaign is bankrolled by donors who say the industry is destroying the planet
  ‘Pro-Oil’ Alaska Democrat Mary Peltola Rakes in Cash From Rich Environmental Activists Who Fiercely Oppose Energy Projects She Claims To Champion

  POLITICS

• It’s possible that Harvard-Harris was tapping into something other pollsters may have missed.
  Polling Counter-Narrative: Republicans Doing Better Than Expected
  
• (Speaker Mike) Johnson said members could be summoned back to Washington if the Senate advances major legislation.
  House Cancels Final Two Weeks of September Session With Major Issues Unresolved
  
• Thursday’s press conference marked the first since the formal departure of former White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, and Gilbertson noted her legacy – in conjunction with the Trump White House – of bringing more voices into the fold.
  ‘Off the Charts’: JD Vance Says Even Democrats Have to Admit the Stunning Level of Access Offered by the Trump Administration
  
• Iowa isn't the only place Democrats are keeping their distance. Mary Peltola, the Democrat Senate candidate in Alaska, put daylight between herself and Kamala after Kamala's political operation sent out a fundraising appeal in Peltola's name without bothering to ask first... and she wasn't happy about it.
  Well, This MS NOW Moment With Kamala Harris Was Super AWKWARD
  
• For over a decade, Democrats have touted the purported inevitability of Texas turning blue. “Demographics is destiny,” Democrats bellowed, taunting Republicans by pointing to the state’s burgeoning Hispanic population. (erasing our border will do that, nein? - jjs)
  Texas’ Senate race is tightening — so don’t let James Talarico hide his lefty lunacy
  
• Ash Hall has led the fight against Texas bans on sex changes for minors and on boys in girls' sports
  ‘He's One of the Best’: Meet James Talarico's Lookalike Transgender Role Model Who Democrat Says ‘Keeps Me Going’ in Fight for Left-Wing Causes
  
• Republicans now have fresh evidence of the radicalism that has infected the Democrat Party, which they can take to voters just two months before election day.
  That Vote’s Gotta Hurt
  
• The democratic socialist approach relies on one central idea: tearing down all the nation’s existing institutions and replacing them with a system that eliminates inequality by redistributing wealth and status.
  Democratic Socialism: A Limited Appeal to Voters
  
• 51% of voters say the Democrat Party is being taken over by the far left
  Poll: 3 Out of 4 Back Trump’s Deportation, 7 Out of 10 Back Voter ID
  
• It was once so toxic to be called a “socialist” that newly minted President Obama called The New York Times to protest that he wasn’t one.  Now?  House Democrats just voted overwhelmingly against a resolution condemning it.
  2009 Obama: I’m Not A Socialist — 2026 House Democrats: Yea Socialism!
  
• I'd hoped that after a few decades spent watching the American Left turn first against Israel specifically and then against Jews in general, that it might happen sooner, faster, and all across the country.
  Michigan Jews Turn Against El-Sayed

  FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL

• The core attributes of any energy source are reliability, cost, and security. Gaining control of Venezuela’s vast oil reserves advances each of those attributes for the benefit of America and Americans.
  Trump, Venezuelan Oil, and National Security

  DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS

• Secretary of War Hegseth stressed that this new initiative is “not about artificial enhancement” and framed screening as part of an investment in “the individual warfighter.”
  Pentagon Issues Clinical Guidance on Troop Testosterone Testing

  ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY

• While many of stars inside this bubble are either hot super-giants pumping out intense radiation or baby stars that will eventually evolve to become like our Sun, a good percentage are similar to our Sun, which makes them like it in more ways than one.
  An empty super-bubble cleared by stars
  
• The image... shows the location of Ahmakiq Undae, in the northern low latitudes. The crater to the northeast of this dune field is 56-mile-wide Selk Crater, which the mission planners hope Dragonfly can eventually reach after landing.
  The Dragonfly landing zone on Titan gets an official name

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

• The judge dismissed the lawsuit because the government did not give the California Department of Education (CDE) enough notice about losing federal funds over its policy.
  Judge Tosses DOJ Lawsuit Over California Allowing Males in Girls’ Sports

  CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE

• Christian Toto: Star trashes Reagan's America while promoting pro-Reagan's America film
  What in the World Was Ryan Reynolds Thinking?
  
• The man will burn…and he’s also getting on in years.
  Midlife takeover Burning Man has become a wrinkled sausage fest of aging millennial men, data shows
  
• Our rights do not come from government.
  Freedom Is Much More Important Than Democracy
  
• When “take up your cross” becomes “take care of yourself.”
  What Grows in Weary Lands: On Christian Resilience

  HITHER & YON

• We once landed on the moon. We also, once upon a time, created a toaster that doesn't burn the bread.
  Quality Is Declining. It’s Not What You Think.
  
• Christian Toto: Parton persevered for six decades, entertaining us without malice or dark thoughts.
  Is Dolly Parton the Last of Her Kind?

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