Buzzfeed: "Blue Flags" Women Should Look for to Let Them Know a Man Is Acceptably Liberal

—Disinformation Expert Ace

But... would this liberal man actually be interested in dating a woman, I wonder?

Women Are Sharing How To Detect Whether A Man Is Actually Liberal From A Mile Away, And You're Gonna Want To Take Notes

Do yourself a favor and bookmark this one for future reference.

Done and done! And I mean done.

Posted on Mar 27, 2026

In 2026, political views are a major indicator of compatibility in dating. But most people aren't exactly disclosing this information on a first date, which means you're often left decoding subtle cues to gauge which side of the aisle someone's on.

This detective work can be exhausting, so we asked members of the BuzzFeed Community to share the telltale signs that a man is liberal.

They mean they were lazy and had no ideas so they asked their commenters to write a post for them. I have to start doing that. I did it a couple of times, years and years ago.

Here are the real bangers of advice women give to other women to deliberately sabotage them and keep them from being sexual competition or attracting any mate at all:

1. "He's definitely left-leaning if he's not afraid of the word tampons."

--Anonymous, 45, Female, Chicago

2. "If a man supports LGBTQIA+ rights. Even better, if he can say another man is hot without fearing people will think he's gay."

--Anonymous, 55, Female, Philadelphia

Right off the bat, they're telling you their ideal male mate is a gay man who is also looking for the ideal male mate. The second one says that she wants her man to go out of his way to signal that he's actually gay.

There are a lot of eligible men who do that. They are all gay.

3. "He doesn't ask for a body count within the first few dates. Any conservative or Trump supporter I've gone on a date with would ask, without fail, within the first few dates -- usually on the first date."

--Anonymous, Female, Florida

I want a man who doesn't care how many dozens of men have been inside men.

Oh I've got just the ticket -- have you considered a gay man?

5. "The biggest blue flag is if he's in therapy and is comfortable working through his issues and trauma with professionals."

--Anonymous, 48, Female, Ohio

I mean... at this point, I would usually start making up my own joke entries, but I don't have to.

Here's another one pining for a gay man:

6. "If he's excited to use toys in bed because it'll help YOU finish. Toys are not his competition! If he's excited for whatever gets you off, that screams 'feminist who cares about his partner's pleasure and is secure in his masculinity.' Two qualities you likely won't find in conservative men."

--Anonymous, 33, Female, Minnesota

"I want a man who really knows his way around a realistic dildo."

Below: Another "I want a man who is essentially a woman" post.

7. "It's always a good sign when he has close positive platonic relationships with women. My now husband is very close with a female friend, had a close female mentor at work that he spoke positively about, and spoke with a lot of respect and fondness about multiple female friends."

"He had close guy friends too, but honestly, his close female friendships helped him grow emotionally and communicate well, so it wasn't expected for me to be the only one to meet all his emotional support needs. When we all hung out, there was never a whisper of anything sexual, and he was always respectful of everyone. He also has a good relationship with his sister and mom."

--Anonymous

Okay so a guy who has a large harem of girl friends is either a real player or he's, you know.

8. "Stanley Cups scream liberal to me, for some reason."

--Anonymous

Stanley cups are those large oversized drinking cups that became a huge trend due to women bloggers asking Stanley to make them in pretty colors. They had been intended for men working outside in construction or jobs like that, so Stanley thought that slate gray was all the color needed. No, these women bloggers told them, women will buy them if you make them in pretty colors.

Stanley gave in, just to shut them up, and for once, loud-mouthed demanding broads were right. Trend-chasing easily-influenceable women who spend all their time on the internet lifestyle-comparing with other women turned them into a national craze.

I'm not saying you have to be that kind of person to own one. Let me just admit this so that you can all make fun of me and add it to my list of heterosexuality-doubts: I own one too. (Honestly, it is too big. It really should be used... by dudes working outside for whom an oversized cumbersome drinking cup is worth it because they are hundreds of yards from a fountain or convenience store. I only use it to try to get in my daily creatine.)

Anyway, by saying that a man should really be into the nearly exclusively female trend of 2019 of buying Stanely cups in pretty colors, yet another woman says that what she looks for in a man is another woman.

9. "I think a good indicator that a man is liberal-leaning is if they don't shy away from conversations about women's health, like someone's period. Even better if they're comfortable buying tampons for their girlfriend, wife, daughter, etc. Now, could a person with those qualities also be conservative? Sure, but I have not met any yet. Oh, and attending International Women's Day events in support of their girlfriend, wife, or daughter is also nice."

--Anonymous, 33, Female, Canada

Literally every other post is a wish for a man to be just another girlfriend -- who treats at dinner -- or a gay friend.

10. "He doesn't get mad at women when you drop hard facts about misogyny and the microaggressions women deal with frequently."

--Anonymous

"I want to pop off all the time and never be challenged! Because I want 'equality' in relationship where my word is his command as if he were a subordinate!"

11. "If he wears his sweater around his shoulders, he's probably liberal."

--Anonymous, 45, Female, New Jersey

Again, this is a preppy woman's kind of look. Well, preppy women, and Jm J. Bullock from Too Close for Comfort.

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13. "Literally any complaint about the economy and prices is a blue flag in my opinion. I live with a lot of MAGA who refuse to admit they're paying almost twice as much for groceries now than they did under Biden. This is how I figured out my neighbors across the street are Democrats, too. They were trying the same litmus test on me, saying, 'Oof, these tariffs are killing me.' I was like, 'YES, THEY ABSOLUTELY ARE.'"

"People who aren't MAGA don't go on the offense or make excuses for the state of the economy right now. We know Trump is screwing it up and don't care to save face for him."

--Anonymous, 31, Female, Colorado

Just curious: Was this also a Blue Flag when inflation hit over 20% under Biden or nah? Nah, right?

14. "A big blue flag for me is when I tell a man I'm a mechanical engineer and they don't act disgusted, or tell me it's a man's job, or that I'm too manly. Conservatives never respond positively to the fact that I'm an engineer; liberals always seem genuinely interested, ask questions, and are complimentary. Conservatives turn it into a pissing contest by suddenly asking about cars, machinery, or other random things, and get upset when I know the answers."

--Anonymous, 42, Woman, Arizona

90% of modern "feminism" is just the demand that anytime a woman says something, a man agrees and praises her for saying it. They are very, very keen on this point: Anything they think, say, or do must be validated and praised.

This is such a distinctly feminine form of narcissism that it was noted 23 years ago by the left-wing Onion, back when it was occasionally funny.

We haven't had a "look for a gay man as a mate" one in a while. Let's fix that.

17. "Big blue flag is when he's flattered when a gay man flirts with him because he knows most gay men only pick cute straight men."

--Anonymous, 38, Female, US

Back to "I want a man who is actually a woman:"

18. "He knows a few (or more) female professional athletes and their stats -- not just that they are beautiful."

--Anonymous, 50, Female, Tacoma, WA

This is all deeply narcissistic stuff. I'm sure a lot of men would prefer it if their girl was into sports or video games -- but they do not demand it as a litmus test for compatibility.

20. "Liberal guys generally try to pronounce uncommon names correctly and go out of their way to do so. This shows that they value people and respect the way they see/identify themselves, and usually this transfers to any person who uses non-traditional pronouns (they/them, etc.) See how often Trump and other Republicans purposely mispronounce the names of people they don't like or respect? It's the same for most conservative men, I find."

--Anonymous, 42, Male, San Antonio, TX

Oh a male is adding what he looks for in a man. Finally, some honesty. Again: "I want a man who is not just a gay man but the gayest of gay men."

Another repeat: "I want a man who narcissistically and pointlessly spends a lot of time and money on therapy like I do."

21. "My partner is willing and able to discuss his emotions in depth, asks for (and respects) my opinions, shows genuine respect and care towards everyone in his orbit, is kindly curious about everyone he meets, and strives every day to become a better man and person through therapy and self-reflection. He takes in the world around him and thinks about how he can help everyone have a better life experience. It's not all about him!"

--Anonymous, 34, Female, WA

It should never be all about him. It must always be all about me.

25. "The guy I'm dating said something along the lines of, 'Can you believe what that orange f*ck has said lately?' I literally lit up inside!

--heroiccan516

Oh my days (I keep hearing that from British people and I want to use it instead of "OMG"), find another OCD obsession. You're so boring and basic.

Why can't he just be a gay and/or a woman?

26. "Nail polish on men usually indicates a progressive mindset. It's an expression of self that shouldn't be reserved for women. It's also a sign that they are secure enough in themselves to be expressive, not bottling things up until they can't cope."

--chilltable846

Hey liberal ladies, have I got the perfect emotionally-incontinent, obsessive, vindictive, politics-obsessed cuck dreamboat for you!!!

Putin Mocks Effete Effeminate Rent-Boy-Associate Keir Starmer

—Disinformation Expert Ace

Putin has been sending his illegal sanctioned "Shadow Fleet" oil tankers through England's bathtub -- or its former bathtub, as you'll see -- the English Channel.

Keir Starmer told Putin to stop using the Channel for the illegal transport of sanctioned oil or he'd seize the shadow ships. And you know that when Keir Starmer acts tough, people take notice.

So Putin sent his own warships into the Channel to protect the ships.

England used to own the English Channel. Owning the English Channel protected it from invasion many times, from the French during the 100 Years War though World War II. Operation Sea Lion, I think Hitler called the plan to invade England, cancelled because the Nazis realized any attempt to reach English shores would result in disaster.

And now? Not only does England no longer "own the seas," it can't even patrol its own Channel.

Russian frigate escorts sanctioned tankers through British waters despite PM's vow to seize vessels

Vladimir Putin has openly defied Sir Keir Starmer's threat to seize sanctioned Russian vessels by sending a warship to escort them through the Channel.

The Admiral Grigorovich, a Black Sea fleet frigate, accompanied a pair of shadow fleet ships on Wednesday while a British naval vessel followed behind.

Positioned on the Royal Charlotte, a boat almost 10 miles from Dover, The Telegraph observed Putin's flotilla cruising past the south coast while RFA Tideforce, a Royal Fleet Auxiliary tanker, trailed in their wake.

Last month, Sir Keir gave special forces the authority to capture the armada of rusted ships illegally ferrying oil to support Russia's war in Ukraine, saying he would hit the shadow fleet "even harder" if they sailed through British waters. However, Britain is yet to seize a single Russian vessel.

The Prime Minister has repeatedly faced criticism regarding the state of the Royal Navy and Britain's Armed Forces. After an Iranian-made drone hit RAF Akrotiri, HMS Dragon, Britain's only deployable destroyer, was sent to the Middle East, but took three weeks to arrive and has already had to return to port as it suffers water supply issues.

They have one (1) deployable destroyer, which is a light-middleweight warship. This should be a class of warship England can deploy dozens of.

In a speech on Saturday, Kemi Badenoch, the Conservative leader, is expected to pile further pressure on Sir Keir, urging him to publish the long-delayed defence investment plan. She will state that there is "no plan for rearming Britain".

Donald Trump, the US president, has previously described the Navy's two aircraft carriers as "toys" while his defence secretary, Pete Hegseth, mocked Britain's "big, bad Royal Navy".

...

Admiral Grigorovich -- a 3,620-ton frigate armed with anti-ship, cruise and surface-to-air missiles -- sailed between the two 600ft tankers Universal and Enigma shortly after 9am on Wednesday as they headed west toward Plymouth.

Universal reportedly departed from the Russian port of Vysotsk on Jan 18.

The Russian-flagged tanker is believed to be on a mission to deliver crude oil to bolster the Kremlin's coffers, which are straining to fund Putin's war machine.

In September, she was outlawed in British waters for attempting to "destabilise Ukraine or undermine or threaten" Kyiv by exporting oil from Russia to fund its invasion.

England is a tiny gay poodle with a big bark and big ideas about how the world should be run with absolutely no capacity to actually act. Their idea of "acting" is to whine at the US into doing its bidding.

Shock, Surprise: Study from Finland Proves That "Transgender" Procedures Do Not Mitigate Mental Illness-- They Greatly Increase and Exacerbate It

—Disinformation Expert Ace

Sorry I should have given you a "please be seated safely" warning but I'm just so stunned by this news I'm not quite thinking clearly.

This was published April 4.

"Psychiatric Morbidity" means "mental illness."

Psychiatric Morbidity Among Adolescents and Young Adults Who Contacted Specialised Gender Identity Services in Finland in 1996--2019: A Register Study

ABSTRACT

Aim

To examine the prevalence of severe psychiatric morbidity among gender-referred adolescents, focusing on gender differences and outcomes related to medical gender reassignment.

Methods

Finnish nationwide cohort of all under-23-year-old gender-referred individuals between 1996 and 2019 (n = 2 083) and 16 643 matched controls. Cross-tabulations with X2 statistics and Cox regression were used to analyse the data.

Results

Gender-referred adolescents showed significantly higher psychiatric morbidity than controls both before (45.7% vs. 15.0%) and ≥ 2 years after referral (61.7% vs. 14.6%).

That's big right there. Yes, we all expect that most "transgenders" have a constellation of mental illnesses. And this study shows that those who seek transgender therapy have a much higher incidence of "psychiatric morbidity," 45.7% vs. 15.0% as seen in the general population.

That's not news -- although the psychiatric community ignores all this mental illness and does not treat it, following instead the unproven, unevidenced theory that all of someone's mental illnesses are caused by their being "born in the wrong body" and will be cured by cutting their tits and dicks off.

They never concede the possibility that it is the constellation of mental problems -- autism, schizophrenia, depression, neuroticism -- that instead causes them to fall prey to the sales pitch that chopping off their genitals will be the Magic Bullet that cures all that ails them.

More about this study:

Me-Again Kelly: I Agree That Nefarious Jews Manipulated the Simple-Minded Egotist Trump to Bend Him to Their Hebraic Design; In Fact, I'm Sure That the Archjew Mark Levin Would Have Me Killed

—Disinformation Expert Ace

From her "interview" with Ana Kasparian, who just declared "Israel must not be allowed to continue to exist" last week:

ANA KASPARIAN (GUEST): There are, in my opinion, people within our country who are less interested in their American patriotism and more interested in serving as Israeli operatives, and I think Mark Levin happens to be one of those people. So, these pressure campaigns, right, these threats, these efforts to literally destroy your life and your livelihood if you don't play ball, I do think that those intimidation tactics have been very successful in this country, and it's about time we push back, and I'm happy to see that people like you are pushing back.

I'm pushing back myself. I've lost jobs. I've lost opportunities as a result of how vocal I've been on this issue. But I care about my country more than I care about my pocketbook, and it's really important for us to live in a sovereign country.

On top of that, when it comes to the manipulation tactics that were used against Trump, not to rob him of his agency, at the end of the day he's the commander in chief and he made the decision. However, we can't deny the fact that Trump has an ego, as anyone who wants to be president very likely has, and it's easy to manipulate him by stroking his ego. So telling him these, like, these magical stories about how he's going to be the world's hero by, like, demolishing the Iranian regime and freeing the Iranian people, and it's going be so easy, you're going get so much credit for it. I think those manipulation tactics are also very effective on someone like Donald Trump, who likes to see himself as a hero.

MEGYN KELLY (HOST): I think that's all you need. That's all you need. I don't think you need to go blackmail. I mean, I'm open minded to the possibility of blackmail because, honestly, my past nine months have proven to me that they will stop at nothing to get you to bend the knee. Nothing. And I'm just a podcaster. I'm a journalist. Imagine if you're the president of the United States. I don't think they would stop at anything. And I mean Israel and its emissaries, foreign and domestic.

I actually believe that Mark Levin would like to have me killed. I do believe it. I think he'd be thrilled to see me taken out, like, actually. That's so fucking crazy to me, Ana. There's no one, no one politically who I would ever wish that upon, ever. There's no one whose death I would celebrate. There's no one whom I would intentionally endanger with really crazy ass rhetoric.

He knows what he says about Tucker, about me, about many others is actually endangering. To over and over call somebody a neo-Nazi, to suggest that they want Jews killed because they say things like, 'young people no longer support Israel.' It's so irresponsible. It's lunacy.

KASPARIAN: It is.

KELLY: There's something wrong there. There's something wrong. There's something going on there.

I just want to remind everyone again that for the past nine months, Me-Again Kelly has actively defended and promoted Cavernous Nostrils as that vicious race-hustling madwoman has spun out one lunatic slander after another about the widowed Erika Kirk, claiming she is a lesbian, that she grooms the children she pretends to help out of the sex trade to have sex with her, and that she either participated in or covered up the murder of her husband because Jews were afraid they had lost control over.

Cavernous Nostrils has been priming her fucking deranged cultist loser audience to murder Erika Kirk to avenge Charlie Kirk for nine fucking months, and not only has Me-Again Kelly refused to condemn her even once, she has promoted her as an important voice that must be heeded.

Derek @DGPsalm3

Erika Kirk is facing constant death threats and people wishing death on her because of the retarded "investigation" by Candace Owens that Megyn Kelly fully supports, and Megyn couldn't possibly care less. Not even worth mentioning.

However, she wants to pretend she's in danger from Mark Levin. What a disgrace she has become.

And this narcissistic bitch dares whine that criticism of herself is "endangering?"

How I wish it were, Me-Again.

Me-Again is and always has been a frivolous gossip, dumb bunny, and drama-farmer. Every thing about Me-Again is about Me-Again. No matter what the story is, Me-Again is the star subject.

And so here we are in the US/Israeli war against the 47-year-old murderous terrorist tyranny of Iran, and who is the Real Victim Here? That's right, Me-Again Kelly.

Me-Again is the Living Meme:

Trump just blasted Me-Again, Cavernous Nostrils, Islamic Agent Tuq'r Qarlson, and high-carbohydrate clown Alex Jones:

If you have trouble reading that, here are some key parts:

Ryan Saavedra @RyanSaavedra

5h

🚨 BREAKING: President Donald Trump goes nuclear on Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly, Candace Owens, and Alex Jones

"They think it is wonderful for Iran, the Number One State Sponsor of Terror, to have a Nuclear Weapon"

"They have one thing in common, Low IQs."

"They're stupid people, they know it, their families know it, and everyone else knows it, too! Look at their past, look at their record."

"They've all been thrown off Television, lost their Shows, and aren't even invited on TV because nobody cares about them, they're NUT JOBS, TROUBLEMAKERS, and will say anything necessary for some 'free' and cheap publicity."

"Now they think they get some 'clicks' because they have Third Rate Podcasts, but nobody's talking about them, and their views are the opposite of MAGA -- Or I wouldn't have won the Presidential Election in a LANDSLIDE. MAGA agrees with me."

"Hand Flailing Fools like Tucker Carlson, who couldn't even finish College, he was a broken man when he got fired from Fox, and he's never been the same -- Perhaps he should see a good psychiatrist!"

"Megyn Kelly, who nastily asked me the now famous, 'Only Rosie O'Donnell,' question"

"'Crazy' Candace Owens, who accuses the Highly Respected First Lady of France of being a man, when she is not, and will hopefully win lots of money in the ongoing lawsuit. Actually, to me, the First Lady of France is a far more beautiful woman than Candace, in fact, it's not even close!"

"Bankrupt Alex Jones, who says some of the dumbest things, and lost his entire fortune, as he should have, for his horrendous attack on the families of the Sandy Hook shooting victims, ridiculously claiming it was a hoax. These so-called 'pundits' are LOSERS, and they always will be!"

THE MORNING RANT: There Is Massive Industrial Investment Under Way in the U.S. Due to Repatriation of Manufacturing

—Buck Throckmorton

The March jobs report was released last week, and it “unexpectedly” showed that jobs are being created in numbers well in excess of what was predicted by “experts.”

“Job Growth Shatters Expectations in March, in Boost to Trump” [Politico – 4/03/2026]

178,000 jobs were created, and the unemployment rate fell to 4.3%. This happened despite the number of federal employees being at the lowest level since the mid-1960s (thanks to Trump and DOGE taking a chainsaw to the government payroll.)

Left-wing partisans and tariff-hating “free traders” who seek to enrich China at the expense of the U.S. have been blind to what is going on. But thanks to the tariff regimen imposed by Donald Trump, there is an industrial renaissance blossoming across America.

I write a lot about the auto industry, because I know it very well. What I am seeing is a massive reinvestment in auto manufacturing in this country, and it is reasonable to extrapolate that there is similar industrial reinvestment in other industries.

Nearly every major auto manufacturer is committing billions of dollars to new plants, or expanding existing plants. The announcements for these projects tend to include some statement to the effect of ”We want to move vehicle production closer to our customers,” while also acknowledging that tariffs are a compelling incentive to bring manufacturing to the states.

Before Trump-era tariffs, Nissan was domestically manufacturing about 45% of the vehicles it sells in the U.S. That figure now exceeds 60% and the company is targeting 80% in the near future. Nissan has recently expanded its Tennessee plant, and its chief executive for the Americas, Christian Meunier, was recently quoted as saying, “The tariff was not a bad thing for us because it forced us to really accelerate our plan. We need to build where we sell. There’s no magic.”

Just a few days ago, Hyundai’s CEO announced a major new American expansion, spending another $26 billion and creating 25,000 new direct jobs. Hyundai is also aiming for 80% of its U.S. sales to be vehicles manufactured domestically.

Mercedes is moving production of its GLC SUV from Germany to the U.S., and expanding its manufacturing footprint in Alabama: “Mercedes-Benz to Pour $4B Into Alabama Plant as Trump Tariffs Reshape US Auto Strategy”

Mercedes North America CEO Jason Hoff says localizing production for high-volume models just makes good business sense given tariffs.

Toyota continues to increase U.S. production: “Toyota to invest $1 billion to increase U.S. production in Kentucky, Indiana plants” [CNBC - 3/23/2026]

“Toyota’s investment in the U.S. is for the long-term, tied to our philosophy of building where we sell and buying where we build,” Toyota Motor North America Chief Operating Officer Mark Templin said in a statement.

General Motors had been importing some vehicles from China. That production is coming back home: ”GM’s Buick Envision production shifting from China to US in 2028;
The onshoring of production is designed in part to mitigate tariffs that have driven up the price of the compact SUV and cut into sales” [Wards Auto – 01/23/2026]

This headline is from a year ago, when Honda started this massive round of U.S. investment:

“Honda to produce next Civic in Indiana, not Mexico, due to US tariffs” [Reuters – 3/03/2025]

I live in the South, in an area ringed by auto assembly plants built in recent decades. Those plants have brought a great deal of prosperity – not just directly from jobs at those plants, but in suppliers that have sprung up, and suppliers to suppliers, etc. There is wealth being created and cash flowing in, and the prosperity continues to circulate and recirculate from all the jobs and spending within those supply chains.

And remember, what I’m discussing here is just from the auto industry. The industrial renaissance is across all industries.

Carig Fuller of Freightwaves has been monitoring the trucking industry, which is suddenly having a golden era. The crackdown on foreign drivers who should not have been issued CDLs is certainly benefiting legitimate trucking companies, but beyond that, the absolute volume of freight being hauled by trucks is spiking upward as the domestic economy heats up: “Truckload volumes and spot rates hit multi-year highs; It’s not just capacity: Truckload volumes hit multi-year highs” [Freightwaves – 3/19/2026]

Freightwaves is also reporting a surge in rail freight:

Mid-Morning Art Thread

—CBD

The Fountain, Villa Torlonia, Frascati, Italy
John Singer Sargent

The Morning Report -- 4/ 10 /26

—J.J. Sefton

Good morning kids. With the situation in the Strait of Hormuz still fluid let us turn our attention to the Straight-UP Whores mewling a sellout right here at home. Forget President Trump sabotaging the midterms for the GOP with the military strikes on Iran, What will destroy him and us is the political suicide bomb that guarantees our destruction in this and maybe several election cycles to come, if not permanent national and societal suicide. The GOP and dear Lord please not President Trump himself is are seriously about to revive Amnesty and worse for Illegal aliens with this so-called "DIGNITY ACT." Meh, National Death with INdignity, and it's not an Act they're putting on. At least not from the cheap seats where I'm sitting.

Despite President Donald Trump winning on the promise of “mass deportations,” a handful of spineless Republicans, alongside Democrats, are trying to push a mass amnesty act known as the DIGNIDAD Act — or, for English speakers, the DIGNITY Act.

The legislation is billed as not being amnesty, but would give millions of illegal aliens — both so-called DREAMers/DACA and non-DREAMers/DACA — a legal status. But co-sponsor Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar, R-Fla., insists it’s not amnesty, so much so that she’s screaming at people on X to “READ. THE. BILL. BEFORE. YOU. OPEN. YOUR. MOUTH.”

So I read the bill.
And frankly, it might be worse than just amnesty

And it is. In the near term it will be the MAGA movement's death knell and in the long term as I stated it will cement imported alien cultures antithetical to any semblance of America as founded and indeed given the nature of Islam, one that seeks our submission or death on its unholy quest to conquer the world, by subsubsuming the one adversary that has until now effectively held it in check, that being the United States of America. And the word"United" is seriously in doubt in 2026 as we approach or 250th anniversary. And yet. . .

The past five years have seen a massive migration of Americans out of heavily Democratic counties and into ones where Donald Trump won majorities in each of the past three elections. That’s according to an exclusive analysis by Issues & Insights of the latest Census Bureau and election data.

Most analyses of internal migration patterns look only at state-level data. And what they show is that blue states are losing population to red states, and have been for many years.

I&I wanted to go deeper, so we used the latest Census data on migration between counties, and compared that with how these counties voted in the past three presidential elections.

What we found was that millions aren’t just moving out of blue states, but are moving out of blue counties within states.
Trump won 2,589 counties in each of the past three elections. From 2020 to 2025, those counties gained 5.4 million people due to net migration — which measures how many people move into and out of an area. The 433 counties where Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, and Kamala Harris carried the day saw a net loss of 5.43 million people.

And the 121 counties in which Trump won at least one of the past three elections saw a net gain of 29,000 people over those years.

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Daily Tech News 10 April 2026

—Pixy Misa

• A hacker has reportedly broken into the National Supercomputing Center in Tianjin, China, and made off with... Carry the twelve... Ten petabytes of data. (CNN)
  
  That's the equivalent of 70 billion Apple II floppy disks, or the total data in all the DNA strands of six and a half dromedaries.*

  CNN cannot verify the origins of the alleged dataset and the claims made by FlamingChina, but spoke with multiple experts whose initial assessment of the leak indicated it was genuine.
  
  The alleged sample data appeared to include documents marked "secret" in Chinese, along with technical files, animated simulations and renderings of defense equipment including bombs and missiles.

  Oops.

  Hofer, who reviewed the sample of the leak, said he was able to contact on Telegram a person who claimed they had carried out the hack. The attacker claimed to have gained access to the Tianjin supercomputer through a compromised VPN domain.
  
  Once inside, the attacker told Hofer they deployed a "botnet" - a network of automated programs that were able enter the NSCC's system and then extract, download and store the data. The extraction of 10 petabytes of data took around six months.

  One question arises: Where did the hacker get 70 billion Apple II floppies?**
  
  * Content may settle in shipping.
  ** Or six and a half dromedaries, for that matter.***
  ***Grok tells me that dromedaries are far too big and half far too much DNA, but if I substitute honeybees the statement is accurate to within 15%. I don't necessarily recommend this if you're planning a barbecue.

Thursday Overnight Open Thread - April 9, 2026 [Doof]

—Open Blogger

Photo from Lexi, Mystery Click for the first Moron you probably thought of

Thursday night ONT has arrived, and so have you. Open thread, as always. What's on YOUR mind tonight?

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What kind of country are we if a man can't have a pet alligator?

A Buffalo-area man ends his fight to reclaim Albert, his 12-foot alligator seized in 2024

An upstate New York man who had his alligator seized after sharing a home for more than three decades has given up his court fight to get back the reptile he affectionately named Albert.

Tony Cavallaro sued the state Department of Environmental Conservation after officers met him with a warrant in the driveway of his home in the Buffalo suburb of Hamburg in March 2024. The officers sedated the 12-foot (3.6-meter), 750-pound (340-kilogram) alligator and drove him away in a van.

Albert, who lived in an indoor swimming pool, eventually ended up in a sanctuary in Texas.

Cavallaro sued over the state’s denial of a license to keep Albert. But the 66-year-old said Thursday that the legal action had consumed his life for two years. With no quick end in sight, he decided last month that he couldn’t deal with the exhausting battle anymore.

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Cavallaro said he has not seen Albert since the animal was taken away, though he has seen photographs.

“I’m not at peace. I don’t think I ever will be,” he said. “I’m very angry about the whole thing.”

Check out the whole thing and let us know if you think this is overreach or justified.

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What's the most amount of layers you've ever worn on your upper body? Bet this woman has you beat!

An Arkansas athlete donned 55 T-shirts and ran a half marathon to break a Guinness World Record and celebrate her weight loss journey.

Meredith Smith ran the Fort Smith Half Marathon on March 30, 2025, while wearing her 55 layers of shirts, and Guinness World Records has now confirmed she earned the title for the most T-shirts worn during a half marathon (female).

Ummm - OK.

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"A Tradition Unlike Any Other" - 2026 Edition

The Masters opened up today

The 90th Masters Tournament has begun with ceremonial tee shots from Jack Nicklaus (86 years old), Gary Player (90 years old) and Tom Watson (76 years old) - who have a combined total of 11 Masters victories between them. ⛳️ pic.twitter.com/zRipcIQxvc

— James Melville 🚜 (@JamesMelville) April 9, 2026

Drone footage of Augusta - KEWL!

🎥🚁🌺 #WATCH — Augusta National from a drone. 😍 pic.twitter.com/JHinjTge2a

— NUCLR GOLF (@NUCLRGOLF) April 5, 2026

Speaking of coolness - how about Ben Hogan and Arnold Palmer burning lung darts at Augusta 60 years ago?

The Masters, 1966. No airbrushing required. pic.twitter.com/S1WV9A0xOE

— Straight Down The Middle (@sdtmgolf) April 2, 2026

Not from The Masters, but still kewl

How to patch up divot on putting green ⛳

© behind_thegreens pic.twitter.com/rYyGIlVUNs

— Sarahh (@Sarahhuniverse) March 29, 2026

From the official site of The Masters
Thursday Photos From the 2026 Masters

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Nearly 7 minutes of car owner stupidity.

I laughed way too hard at some of these🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/Nk4bOhPTkP

— Marie Isabella (@MarieIsabellaB) April 9, 2026

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Off-Roading Cafe

—Disinformation Expert Ace

Two idiots engage in a Flip-Off Fight.

Taking the train down from an 1850 meter peak at Lake Gelmer, Switzerland.

English words and phrases that derive from sailing jargon. Common English words with no known origin or analogy in any other language. "Dog," for example, is a complete mystery.

Just for some controversy, here's a vid that claims five of the greatest guitarists are overrated hacks who only play one note ever ten seconds. Yes he means Clapton, but he also means David Gilmour. And of course he means Keith Richards, who I've long heard described as sloppy. I don't endorse this. I am linking it only for the clickbait.

In Soviet Russia dudes are thrown at a water balloon.

They're animals, man! How can they do that?! Actually I suspect this is AI but I'm kind of done with attempting to screen them out.

Shred the gnar, man.

Classic Bentley. (Which is James Bond's car in the books, though that was a Blower Bentley, not the Speed Six which won Le Mans.)

Hashtag #LifeGoalz.

A shelter for handicapped dogs shows that every life is worth living.

When cats think you're not around, they're even louder and more annoying than usual.

Lunch with your donkey.

Quick Hits

—Disinformation Expert Ace

At what age are you legally required to stop being a spaz?

For twenty years, O'Donnell has been losing it on TV. His signature tantrums include his jugular vein popping out and his classic Irish face turning beet red.

On Tuesday night, O'Donnell struck a blow for women's equality by lambasting Secretary of War Pete Hegseth for pointing out what had been U.S. military policy for about 250 years. Commenting on the rescue of the weapons specialist from the downed F-15, Hegseth said, "No Lives were Lost, No Man was Left Behind."

"That is, of course, the old school version of the idea, back when only men flew American military planes," O'Donnell informed us. He then played a clip that showed the "modern way" the phrase should be uttered. Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman (that's "chairman) Gen. Dan Caine, declaring that America leaves "no one behind."

"The general knows, unlike Pete Hegseth, that that could have been a woman they were trying to rescue -- and it might be a woman the next time," O'Donnell said.

I doubt it.

"But this 21st-century notion that we leave no one behind ignores the 120,000 prisoners of war held by German and Japanese forces in World War II for years, who were left behind."

What are you talking about? We invaded Germany as soon as we were capable of it and dropped two nuclear bombs on Japan to force them into unilateral surrender.

Old, decrepit libs continue talking like absolute moronic children because they are so in love with the idea of "youth" -- an idea they can barely remember -- they make themselves deliberately flighty, frivolous, stupid, and irresponsible in hopes that someone will mistake this for "having a young mind."

From The Guardian: Is cheap z-grade internet porn the hero we need to stop "global warming"?

The actual answer is "no" but whatever.

This is again from washed-up has-been Adam McKay, who was formerly funny -- or at least some of us thought so -- when he was making movies with Will Ferrell. (Who is also now a washed-up has-been.)

All he is now is propaganda and lectures. He thinks this makes him a Serious Person.

Are OnlyFans models the best way to explain the climate crisis?

Actor Megan Prescott has joined with Adam McKay in the hope that showing bite-size web videos of women undressing will persuade us to save the world. Will it work?

Why would anyone want to see this pyrsyn unclothed? Or clothed? Pick one, I don't want either.

The world, as we know, is in trouble. The last three years have been the hottest ever recorded. Global emissions are still at record highs. The planet is now consistently flirting with the 1.5C limit it promised not to cross. Increasingly, it feels as if we need a genuine miracle to stop us from sleepwalking into catastrophe. Could that miracle be an environmental warning from a woman in her pants?

This is the stated desire of Headline Newds, a new series of web videos by actor Megan Prescott, film-maker Bree Essrig and "climate narrative strategist" Jessica Riches. Released through the not-for-profit Yellow Dot Studios -- belonging to Adam McKay, creator of movies The Big Short and Don't Look Up -- Headline Newds is made up of bite-size videos in which the climate emergency is broken down and raunchily explained to us by a variety of OnlyFans models.

A Cultural Enrichment Officer burned down an entire toilet-paper making factory to protest the fact that they don't think he's worth as much for his labor as he seems to believe he's worth.

Given that this lunatic just burned down a several million dollar warehouse, I'd say they were right not to give him a million dollar check just for existing.

Paul A. Szypula @Bubblebathgirl

UPDATE: Video allegedly from INSIDE the Ontario, California, warehouse where 29-year-old Chamel Abdulkarim of Highland started a fire on Tuesday that torched that building operated by consumer goods company Kimberly-Clark in San Bernardino County.

The original Instagram account with Abdulkarim's name has been suspended, but not before this video was captured.

In this video, Abdulkarim can be heard saying:

"You know, if you're not going to pay us enough to live or afford to live, at least pay us enough to not do this sh**."

"You should have paid us enough to f***ing live."

"You know, we may not get paid enough to f***ing live, but these b****es dirt cheap."

"All you had to do was pay us enough to live. All you had to do was pay us enough to f***ing live. All you had to do was pay us enough to live."

"There goes your inventory."

Abdulkarim was caught near the warehouse while the fire still raged.

He is being held without bail and is accused of intentionally setting ablaze the nearly-1.2 million square foot building.

Over 140 firefighters worked like heroes to put out the fire that burned all day, leveling the warehouse that's worth an estimated $156 million, based on Zillow.

(inlandwire on IG)

Video of this lunatic immigrant's rampage here.

By the way, the media refuses to report that this criminal terrorist is an immigrant, but Grok says it has discovered records showing he's from Eritrea:

Public reports and social media discussions describe him as originally from Eritrea (with some mentions of birth in Saudi Arabia to Eritrean parents or connections). Eritrea is in the Horn of Africa, and the name "Abdulkarim" (or variants like Abdul Karim) has Arabic/Islamic roots common in Eritrean and broader East African/Middle Eastern communities. He appears to have immigrated to the United States at some point and is now living and working there as an adult.

No mainstream news articles provide a full official biography (e.g., exact birth date/place, year of immigration, or citizenship status), as coverage has focused on the arson case itself. However, the consistent references to him being "originally from Eritrea" while residing in California confirm immigrant background. He is not described as U.S.-born in any available reporting.

Boy immigrants sure do add a lot to our economy and culture. Say, why don't we have a study to actually add up the exact contributions and exact debits racked up by immigrants? Including piracy, of course, and endless welfare dependency, and deaths due to terrorism, and the economic losses suffered due to waiting in line for security checks, and the costs of additional security, surveillance, and insurance to cover terrorist attacks, etc.

Let's tally that all up.

California Arrests Five People in Raids on 10 Fake Hospices in Newsom's Fraud Paradise of California

—Disinformation Expert Ace

Just the News:

Five people arrested in California crackdown on hospice fraud, with more arrests to come

According to California Attorney General Rob Bonta, the scheme defrauded California of $267 million using bogus charges to the state's Medicaid program.

The California Department of Justice has arrested five people as part of a crackdown on hospice fraud in the state.

The suspects were part of an alleged hospice fraud ring, CBS News reported Wednesday.

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The state Justice Department, in a joint operation with other state agencies, alleges the suspects purchased identifying information for non-California residents from the dark web and enrolled them in the state Medicaid program. Straw owners bought 14 hospice companies, then billed the state for hospice care for the stolen identities.

The hospice companies were state-licensed and approved by the California Health and Human Services Agency.

Note Newsom only ordered this because Mehmet Oz is investigating this fraud and he wants to prove he can be a Real President.

Great job, Newsom. Give yourself another big $19 million taxpayer funded advertising campaign to show the public what a great president you'd be.

Ex-Delta Force Support Civilian -- Who Railed About the Need for More "Diversity" in Delta Force's Support Staff -- Charged With Leaking Classified Information

—Disinformation Expert Ace

Of course this is what she looks like: Narcissistically posing like a super-model, despite being less than mid.

Definitely we need "diversity" in the staff that supports Delta Force, not just the best, most qualified people. More diversity like this smugly beast.

It's not as if the unit absolutely depends on microscopic advantages over the enemy to survive.

Boy these DEI hires sure do add a lot.

Note that the media is of course misrepresenting her as a "Delta Force member." She's not. She's back-office support staff. I think she's a civilian now -- she had once enlisted for some Army gig at one point, but she's now just an "Army employee," not an enilsted soldier.

A former Army employee was arrested and charged with allegedly leaking classified information about a covert military force to a reporter, according to court documents unsealed Wednesday.

Federal prosecutors allege in a criminal complaint that Courtney Williams of Wagram, North Carolina, divulged classified information to an unnamed reporter between 2022 and 2024 about her time in Delta Force, a U.S. Army Special Military Unit, or SMU.

According to the complaint, Williams worked for the Army between 2010 and 2016 after serving as a contractor and previously enlisting, and held a top secret security clearance. Williams left in 2016, after investigators said she had her access to classified information suspended, "based on an internal investigation" conducted in 2015 and 2016.

She is charged with one count of illegally communicating or transmitting national defense information, which is punishable by up to 10 years in prison if convicted. Court records show she was arrested Tuesday and was ordered to be temporarily detained in jail ahead of a preliminary hearing on April 13.

According to an FBI affidavit included in the complaint, Williams and the reporter "discussed William's employment at the SMU and associated information" in texts and "consistent and extensive phone conversations." The affidavit also alleges that Williams "provided documents, photographs, notes, and/or other materials to the Journalist, some of which likely contained classified NDI that was subsequently published in the Article and the Book," through a removable hard drive and emails in ten document batches.

What I've seen on Twitter is that she doxxed the Delta Force commander who the Maduro mission. These men's identities are kept top secret for a reason -- they and their families will be subject to violent retaliation by terrorists and drug barons if they're publicly known.

Williams was featured prominently in a Politico article as an on-the-record voice in a story profiling alleged misconduct in Delta Force, a covert military unit where Delta Force is headquartered. That article, by Seth Harp, was adapted from his book, which was to be published shortly after the article.

Here's the DEI bullshit:

In a statement posted to social media late Wednesday, Harp described Williams as a "courageous whistleblower who exposed rampant gender discrimination and sexual harassment" in Delta Force.

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In another text message to someone else, prosecutors allege that Williams said she was "probably going to jail for life" for her alleged disclosures.
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Oh, the "reporter" she leaked to, who is pushing her "gender discrimination" bullshit, is a guest of Tuq'r Qarlson's, of course.

Billy Bush: I Know For a Fact That ABC "News" Had an Entire Division of 75 People "Dedicated to Getting [Trump]"

—Disinformation Expert Ace

You mean George Stephanopolous continues to be a Democrat propaganda minister the same as he's been his entire life?

You've been had! Ya been took! Ya been hoodwinked! Bamboozled! Led astray! Run amok!

Former TV host Billy Bush alleged ABC News had an entire "division" dedicated to "get" Donald Trump during the 2016 election.

Remember, Bush used to work for NBC so he's not a rando.

Former TV host Billy Bush alleged ABC News had an entire "division" dedicated to "get" Donald Trump during the 2016 election.

"ABC News had a division. They had a division dedicated with 75 people in it -- because I knew the guy who ran the division, which was dedicated to basically getting him," Bush said on Thursday's installment of the "Hang Out with Sean Hannity" podcast.

Bush, who was swept up in the infamous "Access Hollywood" tape that nearly derailed Trump's first presidential campaign, recalled the last meeting he had with then-NBC News chairman Andy Lack before Bush was ousted at the Peacock network.

"I said, 'Andy, I understand what you want to do with this [the "Access Hollywood" footage] and what you want to weaponize this because there's a debate on Sunday night, the second debate with Hillary and Donald,'" Bush said. "And sure enough, it was the first question to come out of Anderson Cooper's mouth. He was the moderator."

The semen-hued nepo baby used to work at ABC "News" before getting hired at CNN.
He also worked for CBS on 60 Minutes.

"This was it! This was -- there has always been an 'it' to get Trump, but this was definitely it at the time," he continued.

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When asked for comment, Bush declined to identify who allegedly ran the alleged anti-Trump division at ABC News but suggested the person no longer works at the network. ABC News did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.

The Disney-owned network has had a long, contentious relationship with Trump. In 2017, ABC News was forced to retract a report alleging that fired National Security Adviser Michael Flynn would testify that Trump had ordered him to make contact with Russians about foreign policy while Trump was still a candidate.

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In December 2024, just weeks before Trump was sworn into office for his second term, ABC News paid a $16 million settlement to Trump after he filed a defamation lawsuit earlier in the year for comments made by "This Week" anchor George Stephanopoulos.

Stephanopoulos had falsely claimed that Trump was "found liable for rape" in the E. Jean Carroll case when, in fact, a civil jury ruled he was liable for "sexual abuse." ABC News issued an apology as part of the settlement, which was reportedly approved by then-Disney CEO Bob Iger.

Sick of High Energy Prices, the Irish People Rise Up in Protest

—Disinformation Expert Ace

They're blocking the streets in cities and, a little counter-productively, fuel depots.

) Protesters calling for ​further government help to lower the cost of fuel clogged up busy thoroughfares ‌and motorways with parked lorries and tractors across Ireland on Wednesday, disrupting commuters and public transport for a second successive day.

Convoys of vehicles began converging on Dublin's city centre and other towns and cities on Tuesday, with ​protesters, including hauliers and farmers, complaining that a 250 million euro package to temporarily cut ​taxes on petrol and diesel did not go far enough to cushion the ⁠knock-on cost of the Middle East conflict.

"With the price we're paying for fuel, I'm probably two ​months away from my business folding," said Christopher Duffy, 46, an agricultural contractor who was part ​of a group blocking Dublin's main thoroughfare of O'Connell Street that is calling for the price of diesel to be capped at a lower rate.

"It's not a lot to ask for really... We're just backed into a ​corner."

Ministers said they would not agree to the protesters' demands to meet with them as they ​did not belong to representative groups with whom the government has been engaging on supports. Organisers pledged a ‌third ⁠day of disruption on Thursday.

Do you think they'd agree to meet with the protesters if they were 1, communists, 2, Islamofascists, or 3, both?

Because I do. I know there's one group of people who aren't allowed to protest and whose concerns just don't matter.

"We respect people's right to protest but what is not acceptable is people declaring that we will turn O'Connell Street into a car park," Prime Minister Micheal Martin told a news conference.

Again, I see the Extinction Agenda doing this every day and I never see European politicians objecting. I see Islamists blocking the streets during peak traffic hours to "pray" and definitely not assert their control over swathes of England and France.

But these people? They're a riotous menace that must be put down.

Indeed, the "Irish" government now says it is ready to deploy the military against its citizens.

The army is being called in to help remove vehicles blocking roads, with the Irish police now treating protests at fuel depots as "blockades".

Travel in parts of the country is being affected for the third day in a row, with slow-moving convoys protesting against high fuel prices caused by the US and Israeli war against Iran.

The Irish Minister for Justice, Jim O'Callaghan, said there would be "legal consequences" for the protests.

"It might not arise today or tomorrow but people have licences to drive vehicles, those licences will be affected."

O'Callaghan added that he expected insurance coverage to become "void as a result of the owner of the equipment deciding to voluntarily get involved in such illegal activity".

Gardaí (Irish police) can request the assistance of the Irish army in "aid to the civil power... when required".

In a statement on Thursday, a gardaí spokesperson said the force was "moving to an enforcement phase" unless those blocking access to critical infrastructure "desist and disperse".

But Muslims are still allowed to occupy the streets to "pray," yeah?

More threatening language against the Davos-hated normies, the one group of people you can brutalize when they annoy you:

"The blocking of critical national infrastructure will not be permitted to continue and the assistance of the Defence Forces has been requested," justice minister Jim O'Callaghan said in a statement.

He said large vehicles would be removed -- and warned owners to "remove them immediately" on Thursday morning, or face the possibility of them being damaged.

Owners "should not complain later about any damage caused to those vehicles during removal", he said.

"Denying people access to fuel and clean water is an unacceptable interference in the most basic of human rights," he added.

They can bully and brutalize the normies precisely because they are law-abiding and do not blow things up when they're angry.

We'll see how long that continues.

You're Not Going to Believe This, But Leftwing "Republicans" Are Pitching, Get This, Comprehensive Amensty Reform Yet Again, This Time With a Hot New Name Designed to Appeal to Your Psychology: "The DIGNITY Act"

—Disinformation Expert Ace

Well who could possibly be against Dignity?

You're not against la dignidad, are you, Racist?

This bill is cosponsored by 20 "bipartisan" Democrats and Democrats who run as Republicans because the rubes they're conning lean right. It is pushed by long, long time Amnesty Whore Maria Elvira Salazar.

Bonchie @bonchieredstate

23h

It's literally no deportations, work permits, and a pathway to citizenship.

What exactly do you think the word amnesty means?

Rep. María Elvira Salazar @RepMariaSalazar

Apr 7
READ. THE. BILL. BEFORE. YOU. OPEN. YOUR. MOUTH.

Calling the DIGNITY Act "amnesty" isn't just wrong. It's a deliberate distortion and it exposes just how little you know about the bill.

This is enforcement first: zero tolerance for criminals, permanent border security, and hard, earned requirements to step forward and face the law, so American workers are protected, not undercut.

Amnesty is the chaos you've defended, millions in the shadows, no control, no accountability, and a system that stopped working a long time ago.

No shortcuts. No giveaways. No blanket forgiveness. That's law and order. That's DIGNITY.

Does that sound like a lie to you?

Because it is:

Community Note Currently rated helpful 21h

Directly addresses the post's claim · Provides important context
It grants amnesty: permanent residency (Dream Act), deferred action & legal status (Dignity Program), and halts deportations. Wipes 3/10 year bans, creates inspected and admitted loophole, grants AG power to terminate deportation for family "hardship"

Matt Van Swol @mattvanswol

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Replying to @RepMariaSalazar

So, I did exactly what you asked and I sat down and read ALL 261 pages of your bill.

It does support mass amnesty and I'll tell you exactly where:

Pages 162-170... The Dream Act:

You grant conditional lawful permanent resident status to ILLEGAL ALIENS who:

>Have been continuously present in the U.S. since January 1, 2021
>Entered before age 18
>Meet education, employment, or military service requirements
>Pass criminal background checks

On top of this, in Sec. 2102(b)(3)(B), DACA recipients get fast-tracked to conditional green card status.

...which is literally mass amnesty

BUT THE BILL GOES EVEN FURTHER!!!

On pages 204-217, you present the Dignity Program:

This is a separate track for illegal aliens who don't qualify for the Dream Act.

If you are an illegal aliens who:

> Was continuously present since December 31, 2020
>Pay a $1,000 upfront "restitution" fee
>Submit biometrics, pass a background check
>No felony convictions

You get work authorization + travel authorization + deferred removal for 7 years

After completing the 7-year program (paying $7,000 total in fees, staying employed, obeying laws, paying back taxes):

We grant you:
> "Dignity Status" which is essentially a lawful nonimmigrant status, which is renewable any number of times
>Work and travel authorization

But the most important bit that you're hiding here is that it totally suspends deportation of anyone who qualifies for this.

This would effective end ALL MASS DEPORTATIONS in the United States immediately.

You are a liar, you are a fraud, everything you stand for is fake... did YOU read your own bill?

Because I just did, and you are a damned LIAR!!!!!

It's not just that, either. The bill specifically forbids the use of court records to establish someone is a gang member. It pretends that gang members aren't eligible -- but then forbids the government from using court evidence to show someone is a gang member.

Now I have a feeling I know the lie she'll offer: Well, if someone is convicted of being a gang member, then they would be barred from amnesty.

But hang on: Who is ever "convicted of being a gang member"? There is no crime of being a gang member. Gang members are frequently jailed -- but for things like extortion, murder, rape, arson, theft, selling stolen goods, importing and selling drugs, etc.

You might get a sentence lengthened if the prosecutor, during the sentencing phase, then presents additional evidence that in addition to the crimes you've been convicted of committing, you're also a gang member.

A judge might make it a condition of someone's parole that he no longer participate in gang activities -- and a prosecutor or parole officer might present to the court that the criminal has violated that condition.

But this isn't "conviction for being a gang member." It's intelligence and evidence presented to a judge in a post-sentencing hearing, not presented to a jury to determine if someone is factually a gang member or not.

But this is exactly the kind of evidence this nasty lying whore forbids the government from using to prove that someone is a gang member.

So there is literally no evidence that the government can ever present to prove someone is a gang member and hence not eligible for Salazar's Mass Amnesty.

So all gang members will be granted amnesty, because the government is absolutely forbidden to open its records to show someone is a gang member.

But she'll lie to you and say that proven gang members aren't eligible. Asterisk: There is no evidence permitted to be introduced to prove someone is a gang member.

But this isn't amnesty, Bigots.

READ. THE BILL. BEFORE. YOU OPEN. YOUR MOUTHS. RACISTS.

DataRepublican (small r) @DataRepublican Hello Representative Salazar,

You probably don't even know this... but he word "dignity" in your bill's title carries decades of political science literature behind it.

Dignity shifted from something that originates within the individual to something engineered from above by institutions. When the UN, NGOs, and multilateral bodies invoke dignity, they mean the replacement of organic, inherited civic bonds with managed, contractual ones administered by a professional class. That is the tradition your bill's language is drawing from, whether you intend it or not.

On the substance: the DIGNITY Act is amnesty. Symbolic barriers to permanent residency do not change that the bill provides a path to legal status for tens of millions of people who entered the country unlawfully. Others have dissected the policy details thoroughly, so I won't repeat their work here.

But I want to press a different question. Why the insistence that this isn't amnesty? The most straightforward explanation is that you know your constituents oppose it. They voted for enforcement, in the most demographically diverse Republican coalition in modern history. That coalition didn't ask for managed integration. It asked for sovereignty.

The Founding Fathers built a republic from the bottom up, starting with human nature as it actually is: rooted in specific communities. The rules-based international order builds from the top down, starting with an abstract ideal and engineering populations to match it. Your bill, whatever its intentions, belongs to the second tradition, the one that is non-American. It assumes that cohesion can be manufactured through NGO programs... public schools, civic integration, managed assimilation... rather than protected through enforcement of the boundaries that a self-governing people chose to establish.

That is not a conservative position. It is not a republican position in any meaningful sense.

And your constituents can see it.

We see you.

You are a fraud, Representative Salazar.

Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals: Pornographers Have No "Right" to Sell Their Pornography to Taxpayer Funded School Libraries So That Children Have Access to Their Porn

—Disinformation Expert Ace

Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals announces stunning legal conclusion: Schools do not "owe" pornographers the "right" to have taxpayer-funded schools purchase their pornography to make it available to children in school libraries.

This is where we are: This was actually a live debate in the courts.

Authors of pornographic books do not have an inalienable right to sell their goods to school libraries, a three-judge panel of the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Monday.

A coalition of LGBT groups, free-speech organizations, authors, and publishers is challenging an Iowa law requiring schools to ensure that books are "age-appropriate."

Senate File 496 explicitly refers to books with "descriptions or visual depictions of a sex act" and says school libraries cannot hand them out to kids.

This upset Penguin Random House, Hachette Book Group, and HarperCollins, who all really want to place pornographic books in front of kids.

However, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a preliminary injunction against the law, holding that schools have a "legitimate pedagogical" interest in which books are accessible to kids during the day.

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The court further ruled that children do not have a right to read certain books in schools, and this does not amount to a book ban.

"The First Amendment does not guarantee students the right to access books of their choosing at taxpayer expense," the ruling stated, citing case precedents.

Hello! Happy Thursday, one of the best days of the week!

Just a quick slumpbuster if you would, or even if you wouldn't.

Here's a little news on me: I got almost eight hours of uninterrupted sleep last night and my energy levels are yuge. I've gotten a huge amount done this morning. Went after it hard twenty minutes after getting up. Unfortunately I've been working on a bunch of things to the exclusion of the first post of the day, which is why I'm posting this quickie.

(Oh, varnishing done, but there is a little left in the can so I'm going to slop on one more coat on to the top.)

Man, do you people routinely get a full night of sleep and have this much energy? If so, I feel really cheated.

The Morning Rant: Iran Is Not Of The West

—CBD

The gulf between East and West is massive, and the best way to see it is to negotiate. Westerners, animated by 2,500 years of Western culture -- based on empiricism and truth and morality -- make implicit assumptions about the motives of the people across the table: that they are motivated by the same goals...an honest and fair agreement that recognizes the needs of both parties.

And those are laughable from the perspective of the rest of the world. Lying, cheating, outright stealing is part of the game, and they simply take advantage of the morality of Western culture to get what they want, and be damned with the other parties to the agreement.

Iran has never and will never negotiate in good faith. Their goals will never change, and until those goals are seen as 100% unobtainable, they will continue along the same path. And what are those goals? Regional hegemony. A nuclear arsenal. The destruction of Israel. The destruction of America. How can honest negotiation proceed if those goals are immutable?

Vance says "ceasefires are always messy" and U.S. "never indicated" Lebanon would be included in deal with Iran

The U.S. never promised Lebanon would be included in the ceasefire agreement, Vance said, despite Iran's claims it was, chalking that up to a "reasonable misunderstanding" between the parties.

Vance said he's not confident in how well Ghalibaf understands English, "because there are things that he said, frankly, that didn't make sense in the context of negotiations that we've had."

On Wednesday, the Iranian Parliament speaker claimed the U.S. is violating three parts of a ceasefire deal, citing continued fire in Lebanon, a drone allegedly entering Iranian airspace and a "denial of Iran's right to enrich uranium." Vance said that if Ghalibaf only has three points of disagreement, there must be quite a lot of agreement.

What is actually going on is murky, but it is entirely possible that Ghalibaf does not have overall authority, or he is simply lying and Iran had no intention of opening Hormuz. Or both. And the IRGC and the Iranian government are not one and the same, unlike Western countries with militaries that answer to civilian leadership.

That is why the only clear path to a peaceful Iran is the total destruction of their military capacity, and the decapitation of the IRGC down to the squad level. Negotiation will never change the savage focus of the Mullahs and the IRGC, and to assume that there are "moderate" factions within Iran that can take control is just silly. Absent a successful revolution and the ascension of Pahlavi or another anti-Mullah figure to a position of authority, Iran will not change.

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The Dugout
Norman Rockwell

The Morning Report — 4/9 /26

—J.J. Sefton

Good morning kids. The situation with Iran and the ceasefire remains at the forefront of the news. And as the ceasefire begins, friend and friend of the blog, Middle East and Islam expert par excellence Robert Spencer declares, with tongue planted firmly in cheek:

Oh, Great, Peace in the Middle East Again — Hey, I’m as happy as everyone else, but I can’t help but notice those missiles raining down on Israel. . .

. . . A big day for World Peace! Iran wants it to happen, they’ve had enough! Likewise, so has everyone else! The United States of America will be helping with the traffic buildup in the Strait of Hormuz. There will be lots of positive action! Big money will be made. Iran can start the reconstruction process. We’ll be loading up with supplies of all kinds, and just “hangin’ around” in order to make sure that everything goes well. I feel confident that it will. Just like we are experiencing in the U.S., this could be the Golden Age of the Middle East!!! President DONALD J. TRUMP The Islamic Republic of Iran was likewise in a celebratory mood, and in its joyful exuberance, fired off a round or two of celebratory missiles and drones into Israel and the Sunni states that it has targeted since the beginning of this conflict. Fox News’ Trey Yingst reported that on “Ceasefire day 1,” Israel “took multiple waves of Iranian missile fire after the ceasefire was announced.

WELL, not to doubt our friend but Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has declared:

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth claimed Wednesday that Iran is under a new regime with a “new calculus” about negotiating with the United States, just a day after President Donald Trump threatened total destruction over the nation’s intractability.

That seals the deal for me, and yet we have all these doubting thomases.

When President Trump first struck Iran over a month ago, I took a “wait and see” approach. I wasn’t supportive of the foreign intervention, as it seemed unwise and reckless. But there was a possibility the blowback could be minimal. Trump had previously killed Qasem Soleimani and bombed Iran with hardly any consequences. History could repeat itself once again with the Khamenei assassination.
It’s clear now that this war was a grievous mistake. We did not achieve regime change, nor did we even get a more amenable leader to deal with Iran. The Islamic Republic isn’t going to give up its missiles or nuclear program. While Iran has lost many of its leaders and military installations, it’s still able to shut down the Strait of Hormuz and strike critical infrastructure throughout the Middle East. With these advantages, the Islamic Republic has upended the global economy and world oil supply. It’s more likely America and its allies will make serious concessions to open the strait than it is for Iran to meet Trump’s initial demands.

In all seriousness for the past 47 years, the regime in Iran has spilled oceans of innocent blood in its eternal jihad and quest to conquer the world in the cause of Islam. The fecklessness, acquiescence and surrender of prior American and western nations to Iran in not defending Western Civilization from this threat to the advancement of humanity and civilization is why we are facing an existential threat. In that regard, the attempt to take Iran down had to be done sooner or later. Trump bucked the tide of prior administrations that were at best indifferent/ineffective (Reagan, Busshes)at worst collaborationist and) (Carter, Clinton, Obama/Biden).

At this point it certainly looks as if President Trump has painted himself into a corner.

The world breathed a sigh of relief Tuesday night on news of a cease-fire in the Iran war, but this is certainly no time for President Donald Trump to go wobbly.

If he can’t work out a comprehensive deal to end the Iran threat for good, he needs to get the jets back in the air over Iran pronto — and let the bombs drop.

If not, he does risk that TACO label. Trump saw enough hope for a peace deal — and an “immediate” opening of the Strait of Hormuz — to hold off, for now, on the enormous additional devastation he threatened to inflict on the Iranian regime.

Fine.But it’s far from clear what, exactly, the Iranian leaders he’s dealing with (whoever they are) will ultimately agree to. And stick to.

That’s why any deal to be worked out over the next weeks must be absolutely air-tight.

It must cover all the bases, paving the way for a future Iran that can’t continue to threaten the world and wreak havoc, whether through actual violence or economic terrorism. . .Nor can Iran’s negotiators be allowed to drag out the talks indefinitely, spared of fresh airstrikes from the United States or Israel.

Trump must be prepared to resume bombing, including of infrastructure used by Iran’s military, if — as he would put it — he smells BS.

Indeed, he should warn publicly (and not just threaten but mean it) that he’s ready to restart the attacks, and even ratchet them up, if Iran refuses to meet his conditions.

Let’s face it: This is the world’s one chance to end the 47-year Iran nightmare once and for all — or at least to set conditions that can lead to its end.

It’s Trump’s chance to make good on his promise that Iran will never have nuclear weapons. Not in a year. Not in 10 years.

Remember, it took 47 years for any US president to confront the ayatollahs the way Trump has. No other leader will have the guts to do it again. Look at North Korea’s nukes if you doubt it.

Yet Trump himself may be less willing to prolong the war now: Oil prices fell the minute he announced the cease-fire. The markets shot up. .

Back here at home there are other things happening. On a related note we have a point counterpoint to contemplate:
POINT:

The Fall of Islam It will start here in Texas, and inspire others in America to stand.

To Colonel Allen West I would say "Unless and until Islam falls in Mecca and way too much of the rest of the western world and in the hearts nd minds of all its billion and a half adherents, we're merely trying to hold back the tide."

Counterpoint: with backstabbing blithering fools like this, we're going under.

Texas AG Candidate Tried To Force Towns To Greenlight Development Of Muslim ‘Sharia Cities’

Elsewhere we have madness from the courtrooms to contend with:

In an apparent effort to delay and thus perhaps permanently undermine justice for Iryna Zarutska's killer, prosecutors have accepted the assessment from Central Regional Hospital, leaving a judge to decide whether to reject the assessment and proceed with the April 30 hearing to delay 180 days as the hospital and prosecutors recommend. The new claim that Decarlos Brown is "incapable to proceed" on state murder charges became public in a motion filed April 7, according to the New York Post. Decarlos Dejuan Brown Jr. already had 14 arrests on his record when he boarded a Charlottesubway train in August 2025 with violence on his mind. Brown did not know Iryna, who was also riding the subway and quietly minding her own business. But Brown suddenly and randomly approached Iryna and stabbed the young woman to death while most of the other passengers looked another way, refusing to intervene. Just before he got off the train, video of Brown shows him gloating to himself, "Got that white girl." 

Thankfully Gavin Newsom's concubine has words of wisdom to calm us down.

In a video clip resurfacing on social media, Gavin Newsom’s activist wife Jennifer Siebel Newsom is heard describing how she told a group of convicts in San Quentin about the childhood incident in which she killed her own sister with a golf cart — something she was never punished for because it was accidental. “Yours were probably accidents too…” she told the prisoners.

What an utterly evil filthy diseased pudenda! Makes Michelle Obama look like Dolly Madison by comparison. Or not.

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