The Morning Report — 3/21/24

Good morning, kids. I wanted to hit on this last week but so many other stories were breaking that yet again, it's something that got lost in the sauce. Yet it still deserves to get attention. Fitting that it involves a moral and ethical midget, George Stephanopoulos, who sank to a depth that makes the Marianas Trench jealous. Disgusting, yet for this creep it's just another day at the office. Literally.

Stephanopoulos likely baited [Rep Nancy Mace] onto his show by offering an opportunity to tell her side of the story. But since we live in a time of psychological warfare, she should have known that this only happens when they’re confident they can orchestrate an ambush to discredit their political opponents.

That was the plan. Yet this time, the ambush didn’t go as planned. The plan’s failure offered Americans that peek behind the curtain.

Stephanopoulos brought up Nancy’s past as a rape victim: As a rape victim, how can you defend convicted rapist Donald Trump?

Here’s where things got interesting. In the scripted exchange, the ABC producers/Democommunist operatives likely envisioned, Mace would have been caught off-guard. “Fair point! Rape is bad. Donald Trump was ‘convicted’ of rape. And yet, I still support Donald Trump! Those seem contradictory! Cognitive dissonance! I’m lost!” She’d then mumble some forgettable word salad talking points and slink away, discredited and humiliated. The psychological battle won, as usual. That was the plan.

But instead, Mace fired back: George is “trying to shame me as a rape victim, and I find it quite disgusting.”

. . . Usually, the Democrat-communists hold a monopoly on the victim card. But Mace’s curveball turned tables, and the scripters of reality suddenly found reality going off-script. . . So, [Ted] Bundy-Stephanopoulos came again: How can you (Mace) support a rapist? Again, Mace responded: “You’re trying to shame me.”

The same exchange happened again and again. Despite a few diversions (civil trials versus criminal trials, rape versus sexual assault, E. Jean Carroll’s lack of credibility, etc.), and despite Bundyphanopoulos clearly giving off waves of abusive boyfriend vibes, the argument kept returning back like a heat-seeking missile to its target: You’re a hypocrite! vs. You’re shaming a victim! Bundyphanopoulos came back at her fifteen times.The “interview” consisted largely of a single “question” that was asked fifteen times.

Remember: George Stephanopoulos pretends to be a journalist. He wants us to believe that his job is to inform the public on important topics.But his actual job is to destroy political enemies by trapping them in contradictions in order to publicly humiliate and discredit them. Whatever his target actually thinks or says, the drama is already pre-scripted: Mace is a hypocrite for supporting Donald Trump. Now, I’m going to perform that drama in front of everyone. It’s more of a play than an interview.

Eventually, realizing this line of attack was failing—a rarity—an exasperated Bundyphanopoulos gave up trying to direct his live-action struggle session and resorted to Plan B: just say it. So, he just declares: “You’re comfortable with Donald Trump being found liable for rape.”* (Therefore, you have no credibility and should be ignored.)

Mace: “You’re putting words in my mouth.” Bullseye. Mace clearly has experience with abusive men.

Those with ears to hear are aware: this is psychological warfare.

Indeed it is. While I'd rate Mace's performance as a solid B to maybe a B+, she could have and should have countered Georgette's smear of "As a rape victim, how can you defend convicted rapist Donald Trump?" with the truth nuke of "How could you not only defend serial rapist Bill Clinton but do so by attacking and destroying the lives of his victims?!"

Yeah, I know Clinton was never convicted let alone even charged with rape or sexual assault, certainly because when most of them happened during his time as emperor of Arkansas, he had that state's criminal justice system in his back pocket. Nevertheless, the multitude of victims and veracity of their charges compared to the complete horseshit about Trump and E. Jean Carroll makes it fair game, to say the least (FYI: Trump was neither tried nor convicted of rape. It was a bullshit defamation lawsuit with a predetermined kangaroo court conviction and insane fine).

In any case, the fact that Mace even agreed to do an "interview" with this greasy bastard of a homunculus in the first place, let alone not to be prepared with a retort such as mine earns demerits. I mean, for fuck's sake, does Nancy Mace let alone any and every Republican and conservative out there not know that Georgina was one of Bill Clinton's key advisors in his War Room? That he was part of the so-called "Bimbo Eruptions Unit" tasked with destroying any and all women who came forward with accusations of rape against slick Willy?

And after a career as the Khalid Sheikh Mohammed of Democrat hatchet-men, how does anyone take this little prick seriously as a journalist, the anchorman of one of the big three TV networks?! Do they not remember 12 years ago when he moderated the GOP debate and the first "question" he asked Pee-Air Defecto Romney was "How can you defend your party's desire to outlaw contraceptives?" And the GOP still has yet to learn its lesson by agreeing to let scum like this to moderate debates, let alone appear on their public executions/struggle sessions tarted up as "interviews."

UPDATE: Flashback to 1975. Attorney Hilary Clinton laughs about defending her client, an admitted child rapist, and getting him a slap-on-the-wrist sentence.

Speaking of the Bimbo Eruptions Unit, the Tweedle Dumber to Snuffleupagus' Tweedle Dum, James Carville let this slip out while being "interviewed" by Gloria Vanderbilt's offspring:

Using the euphemism for spilling blood during murder, Carville said, “Not so much him I mean to be candid Anderson, President Biden is not the best attack politician. I’ve ever seen in my life and hopefully leave it at that. But they are a lot of people to do what I call a quote, the wetwork, unquote.

Cooper said, “It sounds like a mob hit.”

Carville said, “Kind of, but it’s a paid TV and stuff like that. But yes it’s CIA term to take a guy out. But he doesn’t need to do to what work people like me and other groups in the party need to do that he he’s not very good at it. I don’t think people want to hear from that. And then he can he can cruise along at a better altitude, but this has got to be done and they’ve got a precious advantage right now and they have it.”

Skeletor there was starting to babble like Joey Sponge-Brain Shits-Pants when his meds wear off but remember, he's talking to Vanderbilt Poofter, an ally on a house organ of the junta. And he's using actual terminology that the intel community uses to mean assassination and caps it off with "this has got to be done and they’ve got a precious advantage right now and they have it.”

Meaning Trump has to be assassinated and the CIA has the opportunity right now to do it. One of two things are going on here. Either this is illustrative of the fact that the Dems are out of their minds that Trump is going to actually win in November or they are so cocky and loose-lipped in front of friends that they can openly boast and/or suggest what will be or should be done.

I'm sure the usual sub-literate trolls out there will insist I'm taking this completely out of context — Just like when Trump said "bloodbath!" By the way, swamp-thing Carville's rant comes right on the heels of blaming the Jews should Biden lose, because they refuse to back the calls for a cease fire that would allow Hamas to finish Israel off for good.

In that vein, this is an indicator of a rift that is running very deeply within the Democrat ranks. On the one hand, you have the self-gassing apostate Chuck Schemer's and Adam Schiff-for-Brains' gladly sticking their necks out – pun intended – to desperately try to appease the Islamic Republic of Michigan, while quite a few of their colleagues recognize that much of the country still actually supports Israel and are distancing themselves from those two momzers. Even RFK Jr. just released a full-throated unequivocal support of what Israel has done and still must do to survive. Remember: he's still in the race as a third party candidate and that can only hurt Biden, perhaps fatally so. NB, I mean "fatally" in the rhetorical sense.

Meanwhile, despite the utter flop in trying to foist EVs on America, Biden's puppet masters in Kalorama have a hard on to quite literally kill off the gasoline powered automobile.

[So-called quote-unquote "president"] Joe Biden has finalized the most extreme push in history to destroy the gas-powered car industry and force consumers to drive what will be, in effect, government mandated electric vehicles.

The New York Times claimed last month that the administration was going to back off its push to force consumers to only purchase EVs as demand for EVs has nosedived in recent years.

However, the [junta] ultimately caved to far-Left environmentalist groups and activists who demanded the most aggressive effort ever to eliminate combustion engine vehicles. The Washington Post, which called the effort “controversial,” noted that the rule will force automakers “to ramp up sales of electric vehicles while slashing carbon emissions from gasoline-powered models.”

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) claimed that its national pollution standard, which could end up getting killed in the courts, would prevent more than 7 billion tons of carbon emissions, which it claimed would provide $100 billion in annual benefits to the U.S. . .

. . . Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) responded: “Biden’s latest ban on gas-powered vehicles and replacement with electric vehicles is another direct assault on consumer choice and the American way of life.  It ignores the needs of American families in order to appease the radical environmental lobby at the expense of millions of jobs supported by the automotive industry. It’s time to put an end to this regulatory overreach.”

Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) called the agenda “restrictive and unnecessary,” and said that Americans should be able to “choose the best car for their needs.”

That's just it; they're itching to completely take away our right to choose. Not just cars but anything and everything. Perhaps more than any other invention, the automobile and the mobility it allowed individuals to have translated into freedom to go anywhere, at any time, for any reason whatsoever. And as this government becomes more oppressive and tyrannical, that freedom of movement poses almost as much of a threat to their obtaining absolute power as does the Second Amendment. As do free and fair elections. As does a citizenry that understands and cherishes its history, heritage, culture and the incredible sacrifices in blood and treasure it took to achieve and maintain it.

That's why they could care fuck-all if Laken Riley or even a million Laken Rileys are raped and murdered by illegal alien foreigners because foreigners who come here illegally have no love of this country. And as such, they become useful pawns and serfs to those who let them in here in the first place.

Destroy the automobile, oil, coal and gas to turn us into a third world shit-hole? Ditto, the lives of innocent people in a wave of criminality and perhaps terrorist attacks? The cold hard truth is that the Democrat-Left doesn't care what kind of country they can have absolute control over. So long as they can have absolute control.

QED to all of it. And please read that Daniel Greenfield essay in the lead.

ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY
• Daniel Greenfield: "Those who live unreal lives are the most susceptible to unreal politics." (Wow. - jjs)
  The Unreal Politics of Unreal Men
  
• “We don’t own our followers—X does. . . We should take inspiration from the idea of the citizen assemblies.”
  How Big Tech Undermines Democracy
  
• "[Bro-Fo] Ilhan Omar is proof."
  The Melting Pot Myth Is Destroying America
  
• "A former Border Patrol agent explains why it more migrants than the statistics say, and why the Democrats want to keep them coming in."
  How Many Millions of Illegal Aliens in the Country Does the Democrat Party Need to Destroy America?
  
• "We are swiftly approaching the consequences of our suicidal blindness."
  The Civilizational Masochism of the West

ISRAEL AT WAR
• IDF: Several ‘senior Hamas terrorists’ killed while ‘conducting  and promoting terrorist activity’ from Shifa.
  IDF Eliminates 90 Terrorists, Apprehends Hundreds in Raid on Gaza Shifa Hospital Complex
  
• "Hamas is a Sunni terrorist organization that enjoys funding from key China ally Iran and has openly called for the destruction of Israel and the elimination of Jewish people from the territory . . . China has similarly supported the geopolitical goals of other jihadist terrorist groups despite its claim to oppose radical Islamic terrorism, most notably the Afghan Taliban." (Charlie Gib-chan: "Uyghurs? Never heard of them!" - jjs)
  China Tells Hamas Chief it is "Keen on Relations" in First Meeting Since October 7
  
• David Harsanyi: ". . . And Democrats made it so."
  Yes, Israel is Now a Partisan Issue
  
• "As the Israel- ' Palestine ' crisis twists and turns, Washington risks being borne back ceaselessly into the past."
  Biden Continues to Imperil U.S. Troops in the Middle East
  
• “But Israel is a moral nation. So it didn’t do that. Instead, it built an iron dome to protect itself so it would not have to go into Gaza.”
  Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: Israel a "Moral Nation"; Any Other Would "Level" Terrorist Enemy
  
• "Virginia's Tim Kaine becomes latest to dissent from Schumer's views, telling the Free Beacon that 'decisions regarding Israel's leadership should be made by the Israeli people.'"
  SHOT: Just a Third of Senate Dems Say They Back Schumer's Call for New Israeli Elections
  
• "The letter was signed by Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D., Wisc.) and Sen. Sherrod Brown (D., Ohio), two senators facing competitive reelections. Their involvement signals that the Israel-Gaza war will be a campaign issue in battleground Senate races."
  CHASER: Embattled Dem Senators Call on Biden to Recognize ""Palestinian"" State
  
• "The dangerous capitulation of the free state of Israel to terror organizations."
  Suicide by Irresponsibly-Imposed Two-State Delusion
  
• "Turkey's Islamic supremacist, Jew-hating tyrant."
  Erdogan, Tell Us What You Really Think of Jews
  
• "Well-meaning but clueless Westerners – from Washington to Hollywood to the UN – urging Israeli 'restraint' or open-ended 'ceasefire,' should understand why nearly all Israelis will go elsewhere for advice." (Well-meaning is highly debatable - jjs)
  Following Biden’s Lead?
  
• "A terrifying glimpse into the reality of life in Gaza."
  Prager U Video: Arab "Palestinian" Warns the World about Hamas
  * * * * *

• "The company caused many problems for Unilever over its hatred of Israel, embracing of antisemites, participation in the BDS movement, and anti-America tweets."
  Unilever Dropping Anti-Israel Company Ben & Jerry’s as It Exits the Ice Cream Business
  
• "The man was held back by his colleague while screaming at the Israeli man."
  WATCH: Worker at Harvard Flips Out After He Was Caught Ripping Down Israeli Hostage Posters
  
• I guess the risk of Joo-cooties and a beheading kind of makes one think twice, nein? - jjs
  Berkeley Chancellor Declined Invitation To Introduce Israeli Lawyer Whose Speech Last Month Was Derailed by Violent Protesters
  
• Robert Spencer: "How very fitting."
  "Daddy Satan" Endorses the "Palestinian" Cause
  
• . . . the fact that the Trump Derangement Syndrome sufferers are hopping on to the most blatant falsehoods, skipping from "Donald Trump is calling for a bloodbath in November!!!" to "Jared Kushner wants to turn Gaza into luxury apartments!!!" without skipping a beat means they are catching on to the fact that their constant shrieking is starting to no longer work. So, they just increase the frequency.
  New Trump Hoax Just Dropped: Jared Kushner Wants to Build Luxury Apartments in Gaza

  OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY

• Sebastian Gorka: "It is impossible to dispute that President Trump has proven himself as the most philosemitic president since the re-establishment of Israel in 1948. . . Anti-Semitism is a problem in America, but not because of President Trump. It’s a problem because of the Democrat Party’s normalization of anti-Israel policies and anti-Jewish calumnies."
  Trump and America’s Jews
  
• David Harsanyi: "It’s about his support of terror-friendly, cop-killing Jew-haters."
  Opposition to Adeel Mangi Isn’t About "Islamophobia"

  WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM

• Daniel Greenfield: "Open borders is just the first step. This is the next step."
  The Islamist Transformation of Ohio in One Video
  
• "Starting with the lies told within Islam, everything about the Koran is antithetical to the Bible’s ethical monotheism."
  Exploding The Myth That Islam is an Abrahamic Religion
  
• Network Rail initially defended the hadiths, insisting “King’s Cross station is made up of a diverse and multi-cultural workforce and at times of religious significance, messages such as these are displayed to celebrate the station’s diversity and inclusivity.”However, despite Britain being a Christian country, at least constitutionally, no messages appear to have been displayed for Lent, which is currently ongoing.
  Ramadan ‘Hadiths of the Day’ Removed After Backlash

  "BIDEN BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY

• "The panel will hear arguments from Texas this morning as to why the law should go into effect as litigation continues." (The word "Supreme." What does it mean exactly? Abbott must declare he will not abide by a patently illegitimate ruling- jjs)
  Fifth Circuit Blocks Texas Immigration Law After SCOTUS Vacated Stay
  
• "Trump is exactly correct in that the plan would have codified the entry of thousands of migrants a day into the country. . . Part of why Biden has leaned into this message, though, is that as he is reeling from his immigration policy mistakes as president, he has sought to shift blame and responsibility for the crisis — which has seen millions upon millions of migrant entries that otherwise would not have happened — to Congress and Trump and away from himself ahead of the upcoming November election."
  Trump Demolishes Biden for Lying About Senate Immigration Plan: "It Would Have Exacerbated the Problem"
  
• Victor Davis Hanson: "In the last four years, the Biden [junta] has violated every historical canon critical to ensuring legal immigration enriches the United States."
  Biden’s Border Blowup
  
• “I have no problem with saying that I did vote for Biden because I was not voting — here it is,” she said. “Hold on, hold on, this migrant influx that we’re dealing with right now is your fault,” he said.
  Black Biden Voter Rails Against Migrant Crisis Before Show Host Calls Her Out For Voting Blue
  
• "Illegal immigrants 'effectively left in legal limbo without any way to pursue asylum,' says non-partisan data analytics group."
  200,000 Deportation Cases Dismissed Because Biden Junta Failed To File Paperwork
  
• "So we have a transexual prostitute with several bullet holes, a very suspect suspect who keeps getting released, and a Venezuelan sex and drugs cartel operating here with seeming impunity. I guess what bugs me most about all of this is that, even after today's news, we still don't know what terrible act is required for an illegal alien to get locked up — but that soon we might just find out." 
  Illegal Alien Released on Gun Charges, Shoots Trans Illegal Alien, Authorities Helpless
  
• "Less than one week after Tyson Foods decided to sack 1,200 Americans from a plant in Perry, Iowa, and look to hire 42,000 illegal immigrants, the backlash has begun. . . Tyson Foods was hit with federal charges in 2003 involving the company allegedly sneaking illegal immigrants into the U.S. and giving them phony documents that allowed them to work at their food processing plants. One manager killed himself. Tyson argued that any infractions of the law were committed by 'rogue managers.' The jury agreed and the company was acquitted."
  Let's Play Chicken: The Battle Against Woke Tyson Foods Is On
  
• "Denver’s economic challenges continue to mount as the Democrat-controlled ‘sanctuary city’ struggles with increasing numbers of illegal immigrants. Within a little over a year, the city council has seen costs for feeding its illegal population surge. In December 2023, the city allocated $100,000 for a contract to provide food for its illegal aliens. By January of 2024, the food costs had increased to $475,000. Last month, the city had to pay an additional $450,000 in food costs, with another $500,000 expected to come due in June."
  Illegals Are Breaking the Bank in Denver
  
• "Updated terms of New York’s decades-old right to shelter, while not perfect, may lessen the city’s migrant woes."
  A Small Step Forward
  
• "On top of all of that, they had the audacity to say that stopping the flow of migrants into the U.S. by 'criminalizing them' will not only encourage the separation of families, but that it equals 'discrimination and racial profiling that violate the human rights of the migrant community.'"
  Mexico Cites 'Discrimination' & Racism in Rejecting Any Deportees from Texas Back to Their Country
  
• "It’s another day that ends in “-y,” which means House Speaker Mike Johnson is preparing to surrender on yet another federal spending fight that allows President Biden’s border invasion to continue unabated."
  It’s Past Time Mike Johnson Grows a Spine and Stops Biden’s Border Invasion

  BIDEN CRIME FAMILY REVELATIONS & DEMENTIA WATCH

• “They continue to lie directly to the American people without hesitation and remorse,” Bobulinski told the committee, with the two Democrats in attendance. “Rep. Dan Goldman and Jamie Raskin, both lawyers, and Mr. Goldman, a former prosecutor with the SDNY from New York will continue to lie today in this hearing and then go straight to the media to tell more lies.”
  Former Biden Associate Rips Democrat Reps. Jamie Raskin, Daniel Goldman as Liars in Hearing
  
• “Did you witness the president commit a crime? Is it your testimony today?” she asked. “Yes,” the witness answered. “And what crime have you witnessed?” the congresswoman asked. “How much time do I have to go through it?” he asked.
  "RICO is Not a Crime!": Titty-Caca AOC Sent Into Tailspin After Asking Bobulinski To List Biden’s Crimes
  
• "The announcement came at the tail-end of a public hearing that featured the testimony of some former Biden family associates that the [so-called quote-unquote "president's"] son, Hunter Biden, declined to attend following a closed-door interview last month."
  Biden Impeachment: So-Called Quote-Unquote "president" Vegetable McFingerbanger To Get Invite For Testimony, GOP Chairman Says

  SHAMPEACHMENT 1.0, 2016 CLINTON/OBAMA COUP, CONGRESSIONAL PERSECUTION, SPYGATE, DEEP STATE, MUELLER DECEPTION

• Constitutional scholar Jonathan Turley believes the financial predicament is a form of “mob justice” that could ultimately find its way to the Supreme Court.
  Letitia James Asks Court to Deny Donald Trump’s $454 Million Bond Appeal
  
• "The most stable country on Earth anywhere to put capital to work over a long period of time, particularly in real estate, is the United States of America. This is an assault on what we believe to be core.”
  Kevin O’Leary Blasts New York Forcing Trump to Pay $454 Million Bond: An Attack on "The American Brand"
  
• "It will now be up to the Georgia Court of Appeals to decide whether to take up the appeal. If they decline, McAffee's previous ruling stands. If they take it, it will, at the very least, delay proceedings further, but could potentially result in Willis being removed from the case. It's not over yet."
  Fani Willis Could Still Be Disqualified From Trump Case
  
• "38% called the charges 'unfair' and agreed they were meant to undermine the 2024 presidential election."
  Voters Split On Whether Charges Against Trump are "Warranted, Based on Facts": I&I/TIPP Poll

  CIVIL WAR 2.0: J-6 FBI FALSE FLAG "RIOT" & AFTERMATH, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION

• [Vanderbilt Poofter] Cooper said, “It sounds like a mob hit.” (Because he means exactly that. But Trump said "bloodbath!" - jjs)
  Carville: Biden Should Let Surrogates Do the "Wetwork" Against Trump
  
• "I will find you and shoot you." (But Trump said "bloodbath!" - jjs)
  TikTok Fanatic Threatens U.S. Senator Over Bill to Force Sale of App
  
• "Washington, D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb’s office told Fox News that it decided to drop the charges because they don’t typically prosecute similar forms of protest."
  Charges Dropped Against Gold Star Father Who Interrupted Biden’s SOTU
  
• Report by CriticalRace.org on how non-academic DEI “certificate” programs have proliferated: “”When people think about it, they should think about critical race theory as the theory and diversity, equity and inclusion as to how that theory gets implemented …, the action items by which critical race theory is pushed into education and also corporations and government.”
  DEI Certificate Programs Proliferate: “Training a Cadre of Political Commissars”
  
• You mean just like Hilary Clinton, the CIA and DOJ actually attempted to do in 2016?! - jjs
  Scumbag-Deluxe Dan Goldman: GOP House "Conspiring with Russia to Interfere in Our Elections" on Behalf of Trump

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

• Margot Cleveland: "Murthy v. Missouri perfectly illustrates the dangers of censorship, but Justice Jackson still thinks the government’s ‘perspective’ of ‘threatening circumstances’ should matter."
  Justice Brown-25 Jackson’s Comment About Free Speech ‘Hamstringing’ The Government Wasn’t Her Worst
  
• ". . . if not, then we face the prospect of Americans’ rights – and the Constitution itself – being subject to the coercive whims of Leftist mobs."
  Does the Supreme Court Believe in the First Amendment
  
• "Free speech is the last exit ramp before political violence."
  Censorship Is a Dead-End Road
  
• "Will the new TikTok bill prove that conservatives can wield government power effectively, or will it blow up in their faces?"
  What Is the GOP Position on TikTok Now?
  
• “I think we’re reaching this point where some sudden thing is going to happen,” Paul told Carlson. “I believe in that theory of the black swan. It’s going to pop up and it’s not going to be controllable.”
  ‘Very, Very Dangerous’: Ron Paul Tells Tucker Americans Should Prepare For ‘Black Swan’ Event
  
• “Could somebody who isn’t blocked by this account tell them this is untrue in all respects, as I suspect they already know. Lying about my kids is a new low, even by this website’s subterranean standards,” Rowling captioned the screenshot.
  J.K. Rowling Goes To War Over Article Spreading Lies About Her Daughter
  
• "Americans can learn a great deal from watching Stephanopoulos’s attack on Nancy Mace, whether it’s seeing the technique in full color or watching a great defense."
  George Stephanopoulos: A Cast Study in America’s Psychological Warfare ("Case" study? - jjs)

  THE ECONOMY, STUPID

• "Americans are paying roughly 45 percent more at the pump now than before President Joe Biden took office."
  Record-High Gas Prices Don’t Bother Biden Because They Restrict Your Use of Energy
  
• "From President Trump down to local races, the stage is set for big patriotic populist wins on the primary issue of the economy."
  Trump Leads Battlegrounds on Economic Arguments
  
• "A big question going into the Fed meeting was how many cuts central bankers would indicate they are expecting this year. At the December meeting, the last time they released projections, officials forecast three-quarters of a point of rate cuts this year. The new projections leave that forecast unchanged despite stronger-than-expected growth, a solid labor market, and hotter-than-expected inflation."
  Fed Leaves Rates Unchanged But Still Sees Three Cuts This Year

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

• “Biden’s extreme climate agenda will crush America’s auto industry and its hard workers while making us MORE dependent on China,” said Republican Senate candidate Dave McCormick. “And the irony of it all? Biden will increase global emissions by restricting LNG exports and sourcing lithium needed for batteries from China’s mines!”
  Biden Finalizes Plan To Kill Off Gas Cars In U.S.
  
• “This radical policy is anti-jobs, anti-consumer, and anti-American. It will destroy the livelihoods of countless U.S. autoworkers while sending the U.S. auto industry to China.”
  Trump Campaign Vows To Reverse Biden’s New "Extreme Electric Vehicle Mandate"
  
• "The finalized regulation effectively mandates manufacturers to see to it that EVs make up between 31% and 44% of their sales by 2030, a reduction from the initial proposal’s 60% threshold, but maintains the same end goal of reducing emissions from new cars by at least 50% by 2032 relative to 2026 levels."
  Biden Junta Trots Out Al Gore’s Son To Hype Up EPA’s ‘EV Mandate’ Rule
  
• "The EPA rule undermines consumer choice and transportation affordability for most Americans. Americans must retain the right to choose vehicles that are tailored to their needs and budgets — not to diktats from Washington bureaucrats."
  Biden’s War on Gas Cars Will Cost Americans a Fortune (It will cost us our freedom - jjs)
  
• "Like Mowgli in the Disney classic Jungle Book, you can sample ants in your food if you want. But don’t be surprised if, in the long run, like Mowgli, you find that the 'bare necessities' the globalists want to allow you aren’t satisfying, and you prefer a steak and the prosperous American dream."
  Ant[i]-Meat: CA Researchers Push Ants as ‘Delicious’ Food
  
• "The $8.3 billion divestment from BlackRock is the largest among the growing number of states withdrawing funds from the firm due to its politically-discriminatory, ESG-driven investment policies."
  ESG Bully BlackRock Hypocritically Attacks Texas Over $8.5 Billion Divestment
  
• "Of course, human suffering is of no concern for the global left. Leftists governments executed well over 100 million of their own people last century. It's unlikely that changing the nameplate to 'climate change' has altered their focus. . . they've embraced it so wholeheartedly as to 'feel better about' the deaths of hundreds of thousands of human beings so long as they're killed “greenly." How can you even argue with that? The answer, unfortunately, is: you can't."
  John Kerry’s War

  CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY

• "A recent Gallup poll found that 77 percent of Americans believe crime is worsening. Additionally, 63 percent of Americans said the crime problem in America has become “extremely or very serious.” Washington, D.C. — the nation’s capital — saw severe spikes in murder and theft in 2023."
  "It’s Just Disorder!" — "Expert" Says Crime is Down and Blames Public "Perception"

  SECOND AMENDMENT

• Maldonado, nominated by [so-called quote-unquote "president"] Joe Biden for a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, signed a brief defending a ban on “assault weapons” that was challenged in Illinois state courts in the 2010s, according to vettingproject.org. Kennedy cited from her writings when asking her if she could define what an “assault weapon” was.
  ‘Not A Gun Expert’: Biden Judicial Nominee Self-Destructs When John Kennedy Asks Her To Define ‘Assault Weapon’

  EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT

• Additionally, the legislation prohibits students, employees and contractors from being required to attend any “training, orientation, or course work that advocates or requires assent to a divisive concept.” The bill lists eight “divisive concepts” including the idea that “any race, color, religion, sex, ethnicity or national origin is inherently superior or inferior,” or that moral character, inherent racism, or “fault, blame, or bias should be assigned” based on “race, color, religion, sex, ethnicity, or national origin.”
  AL Gov Kay Ivey Signs Bill Barring Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for Public Schools, Universities 
  
• "It operates in a different labor environment."
  Why Labor Unions Won’t Save Higher Education
  
• "Lawyers have become mere technicians—no wonder our legal system has gone haywire."
  The Miseducation of the Modern Lawyer
  
• "LaVar Charleston—who once assaulted a police officer—passed off old studies as new research at least five times." (I'm shocked - jjs)
  Complaint Alleges University of Wisconsin DEI Czar, Husband of Harvard's DEI Chief, Has Decades-Long History of Research Misconduct

  ABORTION

• “You have uncovered what the real truth is," MTG said to Daleiden who’s uncovered many of the horrors of Planned Parenthood and the abortion industry, “The real truth is it’s all for profit off of harvesting the organs and body parts of these unwanted babies, these unwanted human beings, and that’s the real truth.” 
  MTG EXPOSES Baby Organ Harvesting In Abortion Industry: Selling Livers & Profiting Off Lies
  
• "Democrat politicians do want unrestricted abortion care — they just don’t necessarily want to ‘promote and talk about’ it."
  Activists are Forcing Democrats to Admit How Radical the Party Has Become on Abortion

  THE 2020 AND 2022ELECTION HEISTS & AFTERMATH

• SB 101 stipulates that a “ranked-choice voting or instant runoff voting method … shall not be used in determining the election or nomination of any candidate to any local, state, or federal elective office in this state.” The measure would, however, allow the system to be used “for absentee voting by military and overseas voters pursuant to the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act.”
  Louisiana Republicans Pass Bill Ensuring Ranked-Choice Voting Can’t Disenfranchise Voters
  
• "Americans’ votes are diluted by the effects of billionaires funneling millions into local races to fundamentally alter how elections are conducted."
  Katie Porker is Right, ‘Big Money’ Does ‘Manipulate’ Elections — But Democrats Aren’t the Victims

  DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY

• "Democrats and their pye-dogs in the lefty news media stretched the phrase "sexual assault" into "rape." This was enough to instigate a takeover of Capitol Hill by anti-Kavanaugh Marxist groups, back when doing so was considered free speech and not an insurrection. Despite the fact that Blasey-Ford never accused Kavanaugh of trying to rape her, every lefty wackjob in the nation decided he was a rapist. Apocryphal sexual accusations can be a cash cow for leftists. Ask E. Jean Caroll."
  Christine Blasey Ford Never Actually Said Kavanaugh Tried to Rape Her

  POLITICS

• Trump told Breitbart News in a more than 90-minute long exclusive interview last week here at his luxurious seaside resort and club Mar-a-Lago that polls are showing “numbers we’ve never seen” before with women, black, and Hispanic voters.
  Donald Trump: ‘Safety and Security’ Driving Women, Minority Voters to Me and GOP, Away from ‘Lunatic’ Biden and Democrats
  
• "Additionally, the banking group does not believe Democrats will replace Biden as their nominee despite mounting health concerns. . . Meanwhile, Dr. Gad Saad, a marketing professor at Concordia University in Montreal, raised concerns about Democrats’ attempts to abuse the election system. He cites sham impeachments, the suppression of relevant evidence, attempts to alter the structure of the Supreme Court, fraudulent voter practices, and unlawful attempts to remove Trump from the ballot box as mechanisms being used to undermine the electoral process."
  Top Bank Says Dem Lawfare Can’t Derail Trump Train
  
• According to a report published Wednesday by Politico, Manchin has announced a plan to stage his own personal “filibuster,” refusing to vote in favor of any of [so-called quote-unquote "president"] Joe Biden’s judicial nominees if they don’t also have Republican support. And it doesn’t have to be a lot of support, Manchin said, adding that he would be willing to consider a “yea” vote if just one Republican were convinced to vote with Democrats.
  "My Own Little Filibuster": Joe Manchin Vows to Block Any Judicial Nominee Without GOP Support
  
• "The lack of a statewide Democrat primary meant registered Democrats had less reason to turn out on Tuesday than Republicans, who decisively voted for former President Donald Trump in Tuesday’s Republican primary."
  Democrats Canceled Their Florida Primary To Help Biden. It Backfired And Helped Republicans Flip Local Seats
  
• ". . . voters are starting to tune out Team Biden hyperventilations and are believing their own lyin' eyes instead. 'Biden's failure as president, indicated by his 55.5% disapproval rating and the country's 65% wrong-track number, are factors,' notes the analysis. 'Voters tell reporters they are nostalgic for Trump's years (low inflation, no new wars, a controlled border, a strong economy, and low unemployment)' . . Team Biden still has a couple of other handy tools in the toolbox. There's the abortion wrench and the ballot shenanigans WD-40, for instance. But will these be enough to handle the Nov. 5 job without a fully functioning Fear-of-Trump multi-tool in the mix? "
  Uh Oh! Team Biden Broke One of Their Top Campaign Tools
  
• Robert Zimmerman: "These changes at the RNC also seem to illustrate what is happening nationwide on the right. Very steadily the establishment Republicans who for years have claimed to represent conservative values during their election campaigns but then acted more like Democrats when in office have been slowly replaced by actual conservatives, willing to fight. This change is being led by Trump, not so much by who he has endorsed (as he often picks poorly) but by providing a model for others."
  Is the Republican Party Finally Doing the Election Due Diligence It Should Have Been Doing Since 2020?
  
• Like saying chronic colitis is better than terminal cancer. True, but still. Meh, I guess it's something - jjs
  Larry Hogan Leads Maryland Democrat Rivals By Double Digits In Senate Race Poll
  
• Larry Elder: "Look for it anywhere and everywhere."
  A Trump Derangement Syndrome Carol

  THE UKRAINIAN "FRONT"

• "This means that it will suffer the fate of all the French who have ever come to the Russian world with a sword,” emphasized Naryshkin, likely in reference to Napoleon’s disastrous 1812 invasion of Russia. Naryshkin could also have been referring to Infanterieregiment 638 and SS Volunteer Sturmbrigade France — French troops who fought for Nazi Germany and took part in the German invasion of the Soviet Union. The Russian government has long stressed that ‘de-Nazification‘ is a central goal of its military action in Ukraine.
  France Sends 2,000 Troops to Ukraine, Russia Warns They Will Be PRIORITY Target
  
• "If you want peace, prepare for war once more." (France will fall from within to Islam, probably not long after Russia defeats Ukraine, if not perhaps before - jjs)
  France and Ukraine: 2024 Reflects 1938

  FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL

• ". . . adding that it is also “on the way to becoming a colony of Islam.”
  Populist Leader Marion Maréchal: Europe Is "Digital Colony of U.S., Economic Colony of China, Demographic Colony of Africa"
  
• "The country’s history is bookended by superstition and sealed at both ends in violence."
  Haiti Will End in Blood. It Is Better Left Alone.

  DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS

• "Maintenance issues reportedly holding up the Boxer’s deployment go far deeper than the Navy initially let on, including inability to repair mounting engineering problems and a maintenance crew and senior leader who at worst actively attempted to cover up failures, preventing the ship’s deployment, the investigations show." (Boxer. Dog, rebellion or ma'am? - jjs)
  Engineering Failures, Toxic Leadership Prevented US Ship From Deploying, Investigations Show
  
• “Our military institutions should always have one goal – developing principled leaders and lethal warriors. The principles that have led generations of soldiers should not be erased to appeal to the cultural moment.”
  Sen Blackburn Drills West Point For Ditching ‘Duty, Honor, Country’ In Mission Statement

  DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE

• "Despite high rents and the shift to remote work, jobs, amenities, and density continue to attract young people to cities."
  Unaffordable—and Desirable

  ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY

• "Based on this information, we should now expect the fourth flight to occur sometime in the June-July timeframe, with July more likely."
  SpaceX’s next Superheavy/Starship launch, according to SpaceX
  
• It’ll appear as a bright ‘new’ star for a few days with the naked eye, and a little over a week with binoculars, before it settles down again for another few decades."
  A relatively dim star is expected to become one of the brightest in the sky later this year

  CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE

• “White, heterosexual, cisgender men’s power—their dominance—is rooted in the enforcement of heterosexual, monogamous relationships.”
  Advocacy for Marriage as the Ideal Is Racist, Says Professor
  
• "Take the Woke away, and we're one of the happiest countries on Earth. Easier said than done, of course, but if people can't enjoy their 20s and 30s, then how are they ever going to cope with getting older?"
  Americans Are Crankier Than Ever and These Numbers Prove It
  
• "How do you measure the unmeasurable?"
  Gallup’s Stats on American Happiness Are Baloney
  
• Former Home Secretary Suella Braverman responded publicly that "no, the countryside is not racist."
  British Museum Puts Warning Labels on Landscape Paintings After Complaint that Countrysides are Racist and Invoke "Dark Nationalistic" Feelings
  
• "The trio argued that the proposed honorees did not align with the principles espoused by the late Justice."
  RBG Awards Canceled After Late Justice’s Family Objects to Murdoch and Musk Presence
  
• "Anti-Trump jokes = Hollywood approval."
  The Smug, Safe "Comedy" of Jimmy Kimmel

  HITHER & YON

• Christian Toto: "Amusing sequel spits out Easter eggs between modest comic morsels."
  Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire Slimes Us with Nostalgia
  
• Walsh never married and said in a 2015 interview “If you marry another actor, there’s always competition. And if you marry a ‘civilian,’ they don’t understand what you’re doing and why you have to travel to, say, Nova Scotia, for several months. Besides, I never met a woman who was stupid enough to think I was a great catch!” (Always a solid performer. RIP - jjs)
  M. Emmet Walsh, Blade Runner and The Jerk Star, Dead at 88

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