The Morning Report — 9/ 8 /26

Good morning kids. Hope you all had a relaxing Labor Day holiday... With that in mind,I give you the always inspiring words of the great Ronald Reagan on his final Labor Day in office back in September of 1988.

We salute working people because they have built our land with skill, energy, and resourcefulness, transforming raw materials into a shining edifice of freedom and prosperity. On Labor Day we recognize these achievements and reflect on the meaning and dignity of work and on the values it protects and strengthens — the values we as a nation hold most dear.. . Let us always remember that so much of what we are, we owe to working men and women.

Today, in spite of everything, we have some outstanding economic news that the Commie propagandists are doing their best to suppress. First, wow!

American manufacturing is on the rebound — and that good news could hardly come at a better time for President Donald Trump, as Republicans gird themselves for the midterm elections just two months from now.

Manufacturing isn’t the only sector that’s on a hiring spree; businesses across the board added 162,000 new jobs in August.

Even The New York Times called the latest employment numbers “zesty.”

The paper quoted T. Rowe Price’s chief US economist, Blerina Uruci: “It’s a very good report . . . And it perhaps shows that financial conditions more broadly are not that tight.”

The workforce participation rate rose as well — which matters, because people who drop out of the labor force are invisible in unemployment rates that only count those who are looking for work... Establishment economists predicted none of this.

You can bet your sweet ass they didn't, and you can bet they were rooting for our economy to completely collapse. And yet we also have this to cheer about:

The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday night that the analysis shows an extremely strong job market for those between 22 and 34 years of age without diplomas from a higher education institution. . . The historically low unemployment rate among this demographic, which rivals lows since 2003, breaks with the rates of unemployment among college-educated peers in the same age window, per the analysis . . .The report comes days after an extremely strong jobs report on Friday, with the United States adding 162,000 jobs in August with unemployment holding at 4.1 percent, the same rate as in July. The report blew past economists’ forecast of just 55,000 jobs and an uptick in unemployment to 4.2 percent.

And with that we have the forces of darkness and evil in the form of the Democrat Party ready as they have been for 200 years set to strike:

After watching Zohran Mamdani upset Andrew Cuomo in last year’s mayoral race, both radicals and relative moderates alike took the hint: Voters are desperate for candidates who speak to the frustration they feel at the gas pump, in the grocery line and after every utility payment. . . Embattled Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer won’t shut up about his conference’s “affordability agenda,” and the progressive caucus in the House is pitching itself using the exact same phrase. “Democrats in Key Senate Races Campaign on Addressing GOP Affordability Crisis, Bringing Down Costs, and Making Life Easier,” crowed the wordy headline of a Democrat Senatorial Campaign Committee press release issued on Friday.

In the opening months of their reign, they swiped taxpayers’ credit card for $1.9 trillion. So they swiped again, this time running up a tab of well over $700 billion for what they dubbed the “Inflation Reduction Act.”That’s right, they dumped almost $3 trillion in cold hard cash into the economy under the supposition that would make everyone’s dollar go further.

Supply and demand: What is it? . . . Dismissing them as a hoax is folly. But they’d be well within their rights to remind Americans that Democrats’ only real interest in “affordability” is as a cynical slogan. And that all of their actual ideas undermine it in practice.

Don't be fooled by the feud between the alleged Moderates and the DSA. None of it is about policy. It's about control of the Democrat Party as well as how best to bamboozle the American people into thinking they have their and America's best interests at heart, and not the dismantling of America as founded and replacing it with a degenerate Socialist shit hole as was the fate of much of Europe and the world post the Second World War. Yeah, we won the war but the peace, not so much.

And so now, here's greasy Greaseball Newsom, the likely Democrat nominee for 2028:

Co-host Amna Nawaz asked, “So, let me ask you about how Democrats can win back control of Congress, because it’s been a pretty revealing primary season for the party, right? A reckoning, some have called it, too. You saw how many wins DSA candidates, Democratic Socialist candidates, were able to win, Donavan McKinney in Michigan, Chris Rabb in Pennsylvania, Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan, he doesn’t identify as DSA, but was sort of aligned with them. If you have these candidates and this platform that is clearly animating the base, energizing turnout, should more of those ideas be worked into the broader Democratic platform?” Nawaz then cut in to say, “But there seems to be a little distance between some leadership and those DSA candidates.”

Newsom responded, “But not the ideas. We want — I believe in universal healthcare, and I believe in Medicare for All. The party does overwhelmingly, you poll people in the party. So, if it’s about more money in your pocket, lowering costs, it’s about getting money out of politics, and it’s about Medicare for All, I think we’re pretty aligned. It’s about recognizing that we’ve got a planet that is getting hotter and drier, and that we’ve got to address the issue of climate change, and we want energy security, and we want to move off fossil fuels. That’s a DSA position. That’s a mainstream position within the Democratic Party. So, I think, in many ways — it’s just a label. And it’s a familiar — forgive me, you’re talking to the wrong person, it’s such a familiar label to me. We called them progressives. It was the Green Party. I ran against the Green Party. It sounded — the exact same platform 20 years ago, maybe it’s because I’m from the Bay Area, maybe it’s because I’m from California. And I think it’s healthy. I just think it’s — I’m not consumed by this.

And he's supposedly mainstream and moderate. They're all scum, criminals, vermin and tyrants. Poor Ronald Reagan is rolling in his grave. And if we're not careful, we'll be spinning right along with him as the last tiny vestiges of America as founded are utterly annihilated.

On that positive note, I bid you all to . . .

Have a good day.

ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY
• Victor Davis Hanson: The socialists didn’t radicalize the Democrat Party; they simply inherited a party that had already radicalized itself.
  The Democratic Chicken—or the Socialist Egg?

CIVIL WAR 2.0, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION
• Betsy McCaughey: The biggest disgrace of the 25th anniversary of 9/11.
  Time to Defeat the Legal Jihad Against 9/11 Families
  
• After years of insisting that names are fluid, the left suddenly discovers tradition when Trump picks the name.
  What’s in a Name – Trump Style
  
• Democrats have made no secret of it: if they retake the House in 2026, impeachment goes back on the table. They don’t care if President Donald Trump hasn’t broken any laws; they will do it because the base wants them to...
  Democrats Don't Need a Reason to Impeach Trump. They Just Will.

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

• United States Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Ryan Raybould announced in a Friday press release that Lukman Owolabi Ganiyu, an ex- senior Immigration Services Officer with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services was arrested along with his associate, Adeniyi Akeem Somoye. Both were charged with conspiracy to receive illegal gratuities by a public official.
  Federal Immigration Official Arrested for Taking Bribes to Expedite Citizenship Applications

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

• The official told Al Jazeera that the assessment followed a months-long U.S. Navy operation to clear Iranian mines from the strait, adding that Washington expects shipping traffic to increase and remains satisfied with the amount of oil and gas currently moving through the waterway.
  U.S.: Strait of Hormuz ‘Fully Open, Under U.S. Navy Control’ as Iran Threatens ‘New Maritime Exclusion Zone’
  
• The South Korean government said on Friday that “nothing has been decided” about a potential deployment to the Strait of Hormuz to protect international shipping against Iranian piracy and terrorism, but some options were under discussion, including sending troops, maritime patrol aircraft, and a support ship.
  Iran Threatens South Korea with ‘Serious Consequences’ for Deploying to Strait of Hormuz

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

• ‘They ignored the obvious, glaring linkages between UNRWA staff and Hamas,’ a Western diplomat tells the Free Beacon
  EXCLUSIVE: UN Sought to ‘Cover-Up’ UNRWA Staff’s Role in Oct 7 Attack and Ties to Hamas by Undermining Internal Probe, US Watchdog Finds

  THE GREAT SOMALIAN SIMOLEON SWINDLE

• The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) said he was the fifth “Most Wanted Fraudster.”
  ... FBI: Suspect in $600,000 SNAP Fraud Scheme Arrested in India

  DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE

• A government-led rebuilding of Ground Zero was plagued by politics, bad ideas, and delays, even as the private sector drove New York’s broader comeback.
  After 9/11: The Folly and the Glory
  
• Whatever the administration’s real actions turn out to be, somewhere past the sixty day mark when these orders might turn into policies, Congress continues to just sit there like a speed bump.
  Trump’s Orders On Ranchers Might Be A Badly Needed Step In The Right Direction

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

• The vice president seems to have made his decision.
  JD Vance Dishonored Himself for Tucker Carlson
  
• Larry Elder: Is it a warning or a threat?
  Hasan Piker to Dems: Don’t Quit Me
  
• On the floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange on February 19, 2009: “We’re thinking of having a Chicago Tea Party in July. All you capitalists that want to show up to Lake Michigan, I’m gonna start organizing.”
  Rick Santelli, Whose Epic Rant Launched the Tea Party Movement, to Retire
  * * * * *

• “… AI right now is just going to make a few billionaires into trillionaires while making millions of Americans poorer, less safe and less free.”
  Sanders’ Bill Threatens US AI Developers With ‘Corporate Death Penalty,’ Prison Time
  
• Axios reports that the three additions bring a mix of party ties and tech industry résumés. Jessica Schumer, the daughter of Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) will oversee policy and partnerships across the Northeast. She previously ran Amazon’s public policy work in New York and served as chief of staff at the Council of Economic Advisers under the Obama administration.
  Sam Altman’s OpenAI Hires Chuck Schemer’s Daughter to Influence State-Level AI Policies

  WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM

• The mayor's insistence on attending comes days after he handed a symbolic 9/11 pen to an aide who defended an al Qaeda operative.
  Mamdani To Attend 9/11 Ceremony Despite Awkward Ties To Terrorist Sympathizers
  
• “Many steeds of war.”
  The Trojan Horse, or, Millions of Muslims in Our Midst
  
• Rula Jebreal’s slur against Hakeem Jeffries reflects the racism of the prophet of Islam.
  Racist Muslim Journalist Was Just Imitating Muhammad
  
• Silicon Valley tools. Seventh-century ambitions.
  MyDeen: The App Building Islam’s Next Generation

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

• “There seems to be a lot of animosity and conflict in our community right now, and I see the Nativity as an invitation to everyone to pause, think, repent, and realize our common humanity. The Nativity is a wonderful symbol of that ….”
  In Brighton (NY), a Nativity Scene Becomes a Constitutional Fight

  AMERICA AND THE WORLD IMPRISONED: CHINESE CORONAVIRUS FICTIONS AND FACTS

• Army Physician Dr. Theresa Long said she’s looking into whether 2,544 unverified deaths among service members.
  RFK Jr., Hegseth Assign Army Physician to Investigate Adverse Covid Vaccine Effects on Troops

  THE ECONOMY, STUPID

• American manufacturing is on the rebound — and that good news could hardly come at a better time for President Donald Trump, as Republicans gird themselves for the midterm elections just two months from now. Manufacturing isn’t the only sector that’s on a hiring spree; businesses across the board added 162,000 new jobs in August. Even The New York Times called the latest employment numbers “zesty.”
  Trumponomics triumphs in US jobs report — just in time for the midterms
  
• The historically low unemployment rate among this demographic, which rivals lows since 2003, breaks with the rates of unemployment among college-educated peers in the same age window, per the analysis:
  Report: Unemployment Rate Among Non-College Grads Reaches One of Lowest Points in Past 23 Years
  
• Their obsession with engineering a utopian (or dystopian) society into existence by way of arbitrary, top-down edicts threatens to make life still more expensive for their weary constituents.
  Democrats’ faux affordability agenda will cost Americans big time
  
• Buying a house, raising a family, spending Saturdays at kids’ sporting events – every aspect of normal life is touched by private equity.
  From Cradle To Krispy Kreme To Grave, Private Equity Is Making Everyone’s Life Worse
  
• The impression exists that Volkswagen Group’s consolidation course represents less a controlled downsizing than an internal corporate collapse -- the twilight of an economic era.
  Does Volkswagen have a Future?

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

• The announcement follows recent developments at “Sea Lion,” a joint British-Israeli offshore oil and gas project about 140 miles north of the Falkland Islands that plans to begin its first oil operations in early 2028, according to one of the companies involved in the project.
  Argentine Foreign Minister: Govt’s Goal Is to ‘Prevent Hydrocarbon Operations’ at Falkland Islands
  
• If saving nature requires destroying nature on an industrial scale, perhaps the first thing that needs recycling is our definition of environmentalism.<
  The Green Energy Paradox: Saving Nature by Destroying It

  CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY

• “When asked about the previous fundraising campaign and the need for additional funds, Dominique Alexander, president of Next Generation Action Network, declined to discuss how the earlier donations were used.”
  Karmelo Anthony’s Family Asks Public for Another $250,000 Despite 2025 Fundraising Haul
  
• Glenn H. Reynolds: Reddington, in an unhinged press conference after a mistrial was called, accused the dissident of stealing his fellow jurors’ time: “They know that they were robbed by one man for whatever his agenda was, who stole seven weeks of the life of these other jurors.”
  Lindsay Clancy’s lawyer bashed America’s juries — and battered another pillar of justice

  EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT

• Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced that the IRS will review and revoke the tax-exempt status of private universities that use racial preferences in admissions, scholarships, loans and athletics.
  Trump, GOP turn up the heat to ensure fairness, purge wokism on campuses

  THE 2020 AND OTHER ELECTION HEISTS & AFTERMATH

• California already knows who is supposed to vote. Only citizens. Only living people. Only the person whose name is on the roll. What the state has refused to do is check.
  California Still Needs Prop 39 (meh, it needs a U-235 enema - jjs)

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

• You may have heard about the alleged assassination attempt against Ohio Democrat gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton over the weekend.
  Amy Acton’s ‘Assassination Attempt’ Narrative Is Falling Apart

  POLITICS

• But the paradox is that even though he’s nobody’s first choice, he’s an awful lot of Republicans’ second or third choice. Because, yes, in D.C., everyone might hate him (and perhaps for good reason) — but in the heartland, most MAGA voters and conservatives respect him, appreciate him, and trust the genuineness of his convictions.
  Don’t Laugh, Don’t Smirk, Don’t Count Him Out: Ted Cruz Could Beat JD Vance in 2028
  
• I don’t think there’s a great — I just — I think it’s the natural — it’s the — how — it’s reflected in Kucinich and just aspects and component parts of our party that we’ve always had, and it’s a healthy dialectic within the party.”
  Newsom: DSA Ideas Are Being Worked Into Dem Platform (Is Greaseball unaware of the New Deal?! - jjs)
  
• Hanson does not emote; nor does he lavishly praise Trump the way an enthusiastic rally-goer would. He is as close to an objective observer as you can find in the world of commentary.
  The Counterrevolution: Victor Davis Hanson Surveys Trump's Fall and Rise

  FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL

• Six Indonesian volcanoes erupt simultaneously this week, including the famous “Child of Krakatau.”
  2026 Is Becoming the Year the Earth Reminded Humanity Who Is in Charge
  
• Bukele, Milei, Kast—and now De la Espriella: The search for a post-progressive political model.
  The Charm of the New Transatlantic Axis of the Right
  
• The results of a German election shock the continent.
  Springtime for Saxony?
  
• A government continues its war on its own people.
  UK Police Pepper Spray Portsmouth Locals for Trying to Stop an Illegal Invasion

  THE UKRAINIAN "FRONT"

• The real architect of World War III isn’t Putin. It’s Xi Jinping—and Russia’s war in Ukraine may be giving Beijing exactly what it needs.
  We Are in World War Xi

  DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS

• While U.S. Central Command attracts most of the attention and glory right now because of the Iranian conflict, the U.S. military in this half of the world is also engaged in important operations. Criminal cartels and their drug trafficking operations have been responsible for the deaths of thousands of Americans.
  U.S. Interdicts Drug Traffickers’ Floating Refueling Station
  
• Judith Miller: A discussion with former NYPD director of intelligence analysis Mitchell Silber
  Protecting New York from Terror Today

  ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY

• While there have been no reported issues with the Mars rover Perseverance, and while it appears to be functioning normally as it moves around the hilly barren terrain west of Jezero Crater, there appears to be some sort of indecisiveness in how the science team has been operating the rover for more than a year, with an almost complete black-out of updates to explain what they are doing.
  What is going on with Perseverance?

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

• Gloria Steinem was the beautiful face of an ugly ideology.
  The Radical Girl Next Door

  CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE

• "Young women have been taught that patriotism is embarrassing and contempt for America is a badge of intelligence."
  America Needs A New ‘Rosie The Riveter’ For Its 250th Birthday
  
• This is how it always ends.
  After Woke and Green Rebrand, Jaguar Cuts 4,000 Jobs
  
• Thank You For Sharing exposes how the mental health industry thrives off of telling people that their worst behaviors can be excused because of ‘illness.’
  America’s Obsession With Mental Illness Is A Mental Illness
  
• What happens when these Boomers can no longer hold on to the reigns of power? When they are just too old and need to hand it off? Will there be anyone to take their place?
  Boomers just won't quit—but they should
  
• Christian Toto: 'Raging Bull' scribe to use A.I. to fire back against reluctant performers
  Did Paul Schrader Strike Blow Against Woke Actors?
  
• Erwin is to be congratulated for bucking the trend of recent years for denigrating Washington.
  Movie Review: ‘Young Washington’

  HITHER & YON

• In the late 1960s, a boy left Havana in the middle of the night, and days later, he was standing on Merritt Island, Florida.
  A Young Immigrant’s Poem to America
  
• So, in lieu of an editorial, we present the words Ronald Reagan delivered on his last Labor Day as president.
  A Salute To Working People

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