The Morning Report — 4/19/24

Good morning, kids. Were it not for the fact that Israel evidently launched what it describes as "limited" yet by most reports pretty sharp retaliatory strikes on Iran – that is directly and overtly on Iranian territory by IDF assets, not merely suspected covert Mossad assassinations or sabotage – you would not know (if you weren't reading this editorial) that the braindead kohlrabi-in-chief, or his puppet-master(s) as James O'Keefe seems to have officially confirmed in his latest undercover exposé, has yet again abandoned American military personnel to their fate in yet another international hotspot that doubtless would not be so hot had the 2020 election not been stolen. This time, it's Niger. Wait, do I have to write that as Ni*er so I don't get sent to a gulag?

Ironically, when I think of Niger, I think of yellow cake. You might recall that that's a form of uranium-containing ore which supposedly the wizards of smart at Langley back during the Dubya years used as the proof that Saddam Hussein was intending to go nuclear, and thus a/the casus belli for Gulf War 2, Shock and Awe Boogaloo. Maybe if we told Joey Sponge-Brain Shits-Pants that Niger is holding Betty Crocker hostage, he'll launch a rescue mission for our trapped soldiers.

Be that as it may, the stumbling, shambling, stuttering clusterfuckery that is our foreign policy might well be shoving us down the slippery slope (sorry Xi) towards a major conflagration in the Middle East.

Israeli missiles hit at least one site in Iran, ABC News reported, citing US officials, and Iranian state media alerted citizens to explosions heard in the central part of the Islamic republic.

The attack comes after Iran rained down more than 300 drones and missiles toward the Jewish nation last Saturday — though nearly all were intercepted by Israel and its allies. Israel’s early morning retaliatory strike, however, appeared to be “limited,” a military source told Fox News. Israeli officials notified the US on Thursday that it had planned to strike Iran within 24 to 48 hours, according to Bloomberg News. 

The Biden [junta] “didn’t endorse” Israel’s response, a US official told CNN.T

he city of Isfahan – home of Iran’s Natanz nuclear research facility and a major air base – appears to have been Israel’s primary target. A scroll alerting viewers to a “loud noise” near Isfahan was displayed on Iranian state television, but provided no other information, according to the Associated Press. State television claimed that all nuclear sites in the region were “fully safe.”

Hossein Dalirian, a spokesman for Iran’s civilian space program, claimed that the explosions were the results of three quadcopter drones that had been shot down, dismissing the threat Israel’s apparent retaliation posed to Iran.  Iran’s air defense systems were activated in several provinces after the explosions first rang out, state news outlet IRNA reported, according to CNN. . .

. . . “Hearing [Supreme Leader of Iran Ali Khamenei] is having a blast today on his birthday,” Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) wrote on X, shortly after reports of the Israeli strike began to emerge. Khamenei, 84, was indeed born on April 19.

Maybe we can dress up a goat to resemble Marylin Monroe, replete with full burqa-witz, and get it to bleat "Happy Birthday" in a sultry manner. Or we can deliver Rashida Tlaib on a silver platter with an apple in her mouth. Same difference.

In all seriousness, the world has been destabilized, not only in the Middle East, but almost everywhere on the map as a result of the head-up-the-ass Ivy League/Kennedy School/Johns Hopkins-fueled delusions of the Foggy Bottom elites whose worldview is completely out of phase with reality and just plain old Jew-hatred that's also part and parcel of that worldview. As I implied, if elections indeed have consequences, take a good look around and consider the consequences of stolen elections.

The only thing that irks me from that report is that Israel supposedly informed the White House (boy, you talk about the term "Occupied Territories") that it was going to retaliate, and if that is true, likely the extent/nature of the retaliation. I imagine this was some sort of face-saving diplomatic gesture but the real-politik of who is a friend and enemy kind of blows this out of the water.

In any case, on the broader diplomatic front of this brewing war, the Sponge-Brain Shits-Pants banana-in-the-tailpipe junta might have totally screwed itself – and that means some good news for a change for Israel and all of us.

The United States used its veto on Thursday at the United Nations (UN) Security Council to block a Palestinian state from being declared unilaterally.

American policy has held for decades that a Palestinian state should emerge after negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. Still, the Biden administration played coy until the last hours before the UN Security Council vote, with the White House dodging questions about a potential veto until the State Department announced the U.S. position earlier on Thursday. . .

. . . The U.S. tried to portray a Palestinian state as something that “Hamas and its Iranian backers” would oppose, though Hamas denounced the U.S. veto.

Israel welcomed the veto. The Israeli government had argued against Palestinian statehood, either at the UN or outside of it, arguing that recognizing a Palestinian state in the present context would reward Hamas for terror.

This comes a couple of weeks after the US stabbed Israel in the heart by not vetoing another General Assembly vote which paved the way for "Palestinian" statehood. There's either no one at the helm or Commodore Decker has sealed himself on the Enterprise bridge and is intent on ramming us down the throat of the planet killer; that cheapo model on strings that resembles a Biden ice cream cone on end.

At least, to paraphrase Gil Scot Heron, they might have "lost Detroit." But for sure, they've lost Dearborn and possibly Minneapolis. Will they have regained some (most, all) of the self-gassing idiot Jews who had initially distanced themselves in the wake of 10/7 to come back and open their checkbooks for the DNC? TBD.

So, let's take a quick gander at the state of play on the RISK board:

IRAN – is going to have to respond to this, and with the abject failure of its mass aerial assault last weekend, I would imagine there will be some sort of mass combined ground and artillery attack from Hezbollah coming from Lebanon.

ISRAEL – no doubt sees this and perhaps is preparing some sort of preemptive strike on Iranian assets up north to blunt that attack, or whatever command and control assets Iran has up there and possibly in Iran itself. Combined ops of Mossad and Sayeret Matkal, the IDF's equivalent of the SEALs/Delta Force.

The Biden-Junta-controlled USA – in order to salvage the Muslim-Marxist voting base might have to somehow intervene militarily or otherwise assist Iran to defend itself if they catch wind of what Israel is going to do. Oh boy! Talk about getting hair mussed.

In any case, this may be anecdotal but remember that there is a lot of pent up hatred of the mullahs in Iran itself:

The Iranian police reportedly arrested Iranian national volleyball team player Mobina Rostami for condemning the Iranian attack on Israel:

Iranian national volleyball team player Mobina Rostami posted on her Instagram account: “As an Iranian, I am truly ashamed of the authorities’ attack on Israel, but you need to know that the people in Iran love Israel and hate the Islamic Republic.”

She was reportedly arrested shortly afterwards. One of the comments on her post came from an account associated with Iranian security forces, stating: “We will shove you in a bag.”

“Only God knows what fate awaits her,” her friends posted on social media.

No one knows where she is right now.

Pray for her. Pray for all the truly innocent Iranian people who think like her. Pray for Israel, Judeo-Christian civilization as well as for our personnel abandoned in Ni*er.

And Joey should only choke on a big fat slice of yellow cake. How fucked is this world with Obama or whoever pulling his strings?

BIDEN: "I made it clear to the Israelis — don't move on Haifa!"

. . . Biden has tried to pressure Israel not to enter Rafah, a city in Gaza on the Egyptian border that is thought to be the location of the last Hamas battalions, and the remaining Israeli hostages.

Haifa is considered Israel’s third city, after Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. It features a large port in a natural harbor. It is also seen as an example of coexistence between Arabs and Jews, and is a headquarters for the Baha’i faith.

My latest essay is up at Taki's Magazine. Please read and comment.

Have a good weekend. And as Buck Turgidson said to Suge (not Knight) "Don't forget to say your prayers!"

ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY
• "In Musk’s case, the death cult resents his advances towards Mars. The cultists hate the idea that humanity might someday slip not merely the surly bonds of Earth, but the devouring bonds of their ideological control." (Hat tip to Buck Throckmorton - jjs)
  The Anti-Human Death Cult
  
• "Thank you, President Nixon, for reminding us what a strong and competent leader looks like." (The author goes to great lengths to put Nixon in the most positive light and glosses over the consequences of his major failings. You be the judge - jjs)
  Remembering Nixon’s Legacy 30 Years After His Death
  
• "Historically speaking, he’s even a bigger deal than you may think."
  The Remarkable Uniqueness of Donald Trump
  
• Fentanyl isn't the scourge. 60-plus years of the Leftist's intentional societal degeneracy that led to fentanyl is the real scourge - jjs
  Douglas Murray: Fentanyl-Laced Drugs Aren't "Someone Else's Problem" — They're a Scourge on America That's Killing Our Kids and Tearing Families Apart
  
• Daniel Greenfield: "How Marxist ‘relative rights’ usurped America’s absolute rights."
  You’re Only as Free as Your Oppression

IRAN ATTACKS ISRAEL, ISRAEL RETALIATES
• Israel’s early morning retaliatory strike, however, appeared to be “limited,” a military source told Fox News. Israeli officials notified the US on Thursday that it had planned to strike Iran within 24 to 48 hours, according to Bloomberg News. The Biden [junta] “didn’t endorse” Israel’s response, a US official told CNN. (Informing Biden, even one second before the first missile hits is FDR telling Tojo about Doolittle bombing Tokyo. Stupid - jjs)
  Israel Hits Back at Iran in Retaliatory Strike, Targeting Nuclear Research Facility and Major Airbase: Reports
  
• "The official from the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism made the remarks while on U.S. soil during a CNN interview after he attended a U.N. meeting." (What's Farsi for "Blow it out your ass, Achmed?" - jjs)
  Iran’s Foreign Minister: Our Response to Israeli Attacks "Will Be Immediate and at a Maximum Level"
  
• Bradley concluded that Hezbollah is “ready and willing to fight. We’re hearing a lot of bellicose language from a lot of different groups. So, this is a very, very dangerous situation.” (How did we get here, asshole? Blaming the victim of a gang-rape for dressing too provocatively. These filthy bastard propagandists can't have their tongues and typing hands ripped out fast enough for me - jjs)
  Junta House Organ NBC’s Bradley: Israel May Have Made ‘Deeply Destabilizing Move’ for Iran and Whole Region by Striking Back
  
• “As an Iranian, I am truly ashamed of the authorities’ attack on Israel, but you need to know that the people in Iran love Israel and hate the Islamic Republic.”
  Female Iranian Volleyball Player Reportedly Arrested After Showing Support for Israel
  
• "Irans’s belligerence necessitates a significant military response against Iran’s infrastructure and nuclear program regardless of the Biden [junta's] duplicity."
  Israel and America at a Crossroad
  
• "An emboldened Iran is a feature, not a bug of the Obama–Biden foreign policy doctrine."
  Hold Obama–Biden Foreign Policy Responsible for Iran’s Unprecedented Attack on Israel

  ISRAEL GAZA/HAMAS FRONT

• "The [so-called quote-unquote "president"] was apparently trying to claim credit for pressuring Israel, in response to a question about how he had responded to anti-Israel, pro-'Palestinian' protesters who have followed him for months. Biden has tried to pressure Israel not to enter Rafah, a city in Gaza on the Egyptian border that is thought to be the location of the last Hamas battalions, and the remaining Israeli hostages.
  Biden Claims He Prevented Israel from Invading Haifa — an Israeli City
  
• American policy has held for decades that a Palestinian state should emerge after negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. Still, the Biden administration played coy until the last hours before the UN Security Council vote, with the White House dodging questions about a potential veto until the State Department announced the U.S. position earlier on Thursday. (Well, the Democrats can perhaps kiss Michigan goodbye. We'll see if it has an effect on the self-gassers' checkbooks - jjs)
  U.S. Vetoes "Palestinian" State at United Nations
  
• "It is not known if he and his kidnapped wife and children are still alive."
  New Video Shows Israeli Hostage Yarden Bibas Being Brutally Beaten by Gazan “Civilians” on October 7
  
• "The denial and perversion of monsters." (Like the Auschwitz orchestra playing "The Merry Widow" in front of the gas chambers - jjs)
  Hamas Claims That Israeli Hostages Left Captivity "Happy and Laughing"
  * * * * *

• "The rules of the Soros-connected A15 group read like Antifa marching orders."
  Well, Well, Well, Look Who Bailed Out 'Death to America' Road- Blockers
  
• Rep. Aaron Bean to Columbia President Shafik: Your words don’t match your actions. You’re saying the right things, but we see the videos and your students can’t walk across campus without hearing “Fuck Jews.”
  “Columbia in Crisis” — University President Gets Caught Contradicting Herself On Campus Anti-Semitism
  
• "'President Shafik misconstrued what happened,' professor says."
  Columbia's Joseph Massad Calls BS on University President Minouche Shafik's Testimony
  
• Hirsi added that she had received notice on Thursday that she is one of three students “suspended” from Barnard College “for standing in solidarity with 'Palestinians' facing a genocide.”
  Bro-Fo Omar’s Daughter Suspended from College for Involvement in Anti-Israel Encampment (Is the brother the father of the daughter? - jjs)
  
• "Omar grilled Columbia president one day before her daughter, Isra Hirsi, was suspended for participating in ‘indefinite occupation’ of university property."
  Jamaal Bowman Defends Bro-Fo Omar's Daughter After Suspension for Her Role in Anti-Israel Tent City at Columbia
  
• "Cops clad in riot gear descended on the school’s Morning Heights campus to break up the protests at the behest of Columbia’s president, Minouche Shafik."
  Video Shows Police Clearing Pro-"Palestinian" Tent City at Columbia University
  
• "Why don’t people fight obvious evils?"
  Prager U Fireside Chat: Hamas, Nazis, and Calling Out Evil

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

• "I love being part of a religion whose leader’s first action was to bless wine." (Sadly the current one is a pope "fiction" - jjs)
  Christianity Is Simply More Fun

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

• "The Afghan national has spent almost a year in the U.S. after he was caught and released by Border Patrol at the California border in March 2023. Kharwin is reportedly a member of Hezb-e-Islami, a U.S. designated terrorist group responsible for the deaths of at least nine American soldiers and civilians in Afghanistan."
  ICE Removed Terror Suspect From Tracking Just Weeks After Entering Country
  
• "Most of the illegals flown directly into the country by the Biden regime have gained entry via the app."
  Haitian Double Murderer Allowed into U.S. Via Biden’s CBP App
  
• "As residents leave, Democrats look to stabilize the state’s population."
  Gov. "Wretched" Whitmer Pays Migrants Who Move to Michigan
  
• "House Speaker Mike Johnson supported shutting down the Southern border until it got in the way of his real priorities: sending money abroad."
  Just Like Democrats and Joe Biden, Mike Johnson Supports an Open Southern Border

  BIDEN CRIME FAMILY REVELATIONS & DEMENTIA WATCH

• "It's a good story. Too bad it's not even close to the truth."
  Biden Says His Uncle Was Eaten by Cannibals in WWII. The Military Begs to Differ.

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

• Trump supporter, former Supreme Court clerk, Senate Judiciary attorney, and Article III founder Mike Davis assessed the situation so far. "Judge Juan Merchan is conducting a clearly rigged jury selection process and ensuring President Trump will not receive a fair trial by allowing left-wing activists to be seated on his jury," he told Newsmax. "There is little doubt this biased New York jury will absolutely find Trump guilty for these non-felonies, and partisan operative Judge Merchan will convict him."
  The Jury Is Nearly Set for Trump's NYC Trial. Let the Rigging Begin.
  
• "Trump knows this gag order is unconstitutional. He's daring them to jail him, just as J.K. Rowling dared Scottish police to arrest her for breaking their country's gag order (speech code). We'll find out the next chapter at the hearing on Tuesday."
  Trump Could Be Jailed for Speaking About His NYC Case Due to Judge's 'Unconstitutional' Gag Order
  
• “The district attorney who once refused to move forward on this case yielded to pressure,” Turley said. “The courts have allowed this to go forward even though many of us have said it is absurd … The New York legal system is relying on average people, frankly, to have a redemptive moment to say, ‘my god, we have to say enough. Where is the crime here?’ And that will come down to [Trump’s] intent.”
  Jonathan Turley Says Michael Cohen Must Convince Jury To Convict Trump For Following His Legal Advice
  
• "One juror admitted she couldn’t remain impartial. The second was arrested 'for tearing down right-leaning political advertisements.'”
  Judge in Trump Hush Money Case Excuses Two Jurors
  
• ". . . CNN legal analyst and globalist hatchet man Norman Eisen said the quiet part out loud, albeit unintentionally, insisting that the corporate media shouldn’t refer to Bragg’s prosecution as a 'hush money' trial but rather an ‘election interference’ trial."
  Biden Cheers On His Junta's Lawfare Campaign Against Trump
  
• Rabbi Dov Fischer: "What the Democrats are doing to him is beyond anything that exists in American law."
  The Lawfare Racket Against Trump

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

• The thwarted shooter, an 18-year-old woman from Rockville who identifies as a man, was arrested on Wednesday by the Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD), the county said in a news release, adding that the FBI had obtained a 129-page “manifesto” in which the teenager wrote about committing a school shooting, contemplated targeting an elementary school, and more.
  Court Docs Show Trans Teen Arrested For Planning Mass Shooting Fawned Over Covenant Shooter
  
• "Steven Bradford, a Democrat who represents parts of Los Angeles County (including Inglewood and Compton) is a big believer in reparations – and is running for Lieutenant Governor!"
  California Lawmaker Wants “Genealogy Office” to Prove Eligibility for Reparations
  
• Robert Zimmerman: "It is important to emphasize that Eastman has done nothing wrong. All he did was accept the job as Trump’s lawyer and make reasonable legal arguments about what Trump should do in connection with the numerous credible allegations of vote tampering in the 2020 election. For that 'crime,' he has lost his law license and has become blacklisted nationwide. Now these banks are blacklisting him, simply because he did what all lawyers are supposed to do, take the case of his client and defend that client to the best of his ability."
  Today's Blacklisted American: Former Trump Lawyer Already Disbarred in California Because He Took Trump's Case Now Blackballed by His Banks

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

• Christopher Rufo: "The Wikipedia co-founder discusses Katherine Maher and the corruption of the Internet."
  Larry Sanger Speaks Out
  
• "NPR has fixated on ideologically seductive narratives that lack truth."
  Defund NPR Yesterday
  
• "As Kerry Kennedy was explaining the endorsement to CNN’s Wolf Blitzer ahead of the event, a shrieking protester could be heard lashing out in the background."
  ‘I Have Rights To Be Here!’: Screaming Protester Dragged Out Of Biden Event During Kennedy Appearance on XiNN
  
• "That incredulous assertion was 11 days late to be an April Fool’s joke."
  Millennium’s Dumbest Headline: "Few Tools to Fix Inflation"
  
• David Harsanyi: "Find a new story."
  Newsweek Dusts Off Long-Debunked Conspiracy Theory To Smear Tom Massie

  THE ECONOMY, STUPID

• “I literally just did grocery shopping right at Whole Foods, and look at this, look at this. Guess how much this is. This is an apple; it’s called a SugarBee fucking apple, apparently, and look at it. The size of my palm. I thought it was probably just, like, two to three dollars. I scanned this mother-effer — I scanned it — seven fucking dollars, seven!” she claimed.
  WATCH — ‘Guess How Much’: Whole Foods Shopper Claims Apple Costs $7 Due to Soaring Inflation
  
• "Rising fast-food prices are eroding American household budgets."
  Inflation Hits the Drive-Through
  
• "At least Jimmy Carter showed that he could learn in office." (Very, very little at that - jjs)
  Joe Biden’s Economic Dunkirk
  
• "Biden, through the student loan forgiveness program, wants the Secretary of Education to waive student debt and assume responsibility for paying off loans with money Congress hasn't appropriated."
  Student Loan Forgiveness: Morally Reprehensible and Legally Invalid

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

• "While the move, the sources say, would stunt offshore drilling and curb greenhouse gas emissions, others think the move would help energize youth voters, particularly those with a focus on climate, Bloomberg reported." (See the link in Politics about the youth vote jumping ship to Trump - jjs)
  REPORT: Biden’s Latest Reelection Gambit May Be Declaring National Climate Emergency
  
• "A coalition of 25 attorneys general filed a lawsuit against the Biden [junta's] electric vehicle mandate Thursday."
  More Than Two Dozen AGs Sue Biden Junta Over EV Mandate
  
• "Whether or not cloud-seeding missions immediately preceded this week’s rain and flooding, the government’s cloud-seeding endeavors are undoubtedly at least partly responsible for the country’s recent increase in rain. The UAE has experienced a significant rise in rainfall in the past few years, and a report in the journal Nature predicts that precipitation is expected to increase by 15 percent to 30 percent in the coming years. This week’s rainfall was the country’s heaviest since record-keeping began in 1949."
  At Least 20 Dead During Record Flood After Government "Cloud Seeding"
  
• "As John Donne almost put it: Therefore, send not to know for whom power cuts apply, they apply to thee. We are glimpsing the future and it doesn’t work. Just ask the old Soviet Union, if you can still find it."
  Mugged by Reality, Result = Fascism
  
• ". . . it should stop persecuting farmers and try this industry instead."
  If Biden’s EPA Really Cares about Pollution . . .

  CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY

• "Surveillance footage captured a man approaching the building around 4 AM on April 8, wearing a facial covering, tactical vest, and gloves. He ignited an improvised explosive device before fleeing. Authorities say the bomb partially detonated, causing minor fire damage. DNA was uncovered from a single hair on the partially detonated device."
  Man Arrested for Bombing Satanic Temple

  EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT

• The shocking video out of Parkland High School in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, shows the moment a black male student got into a verbal altercation with his white female teacher, who was calmly seated at her desk. The student proceeded to slap the woman in the face - which, to her credit, didn’t seem to rattle her, even as the other students in the classroom laughed. He then asked, “Want me to hit you again?” before slapping her once more and walking away.
  Shocking Video Shows Student Repeatedly Slapping Teacher In the Face
  
• “I really appreciate you coming in and talking about these issues, that way I get to know how many racist people belong to this University.”
  Assistant Professor Removed by Police for Disrupting Ann Coulter Speech at Cornell
  
• "The students are transported off-campus via bus to attend the Bible sessions, which are permitted thanks to a US Supreme Court ruling that allows religious instruction to be taught during school hours as long as it's off-campus, privately funded, and students have parental permission." (I thought that once Hugo Black, you never go back? - jjs)
  LifeWise Academy teaches Christianity in public schools after finding Supreme Court loophole
  
• "Ron DeSantis moves to reinforce Florida’s education standards by requiring that students learn about 'the dangers and evils of Communism.'” (I hope it includes the Dangers and Evils of Democrats - jjs)
  Florida’s New "History of Communism" Law – A Model All States Should Follow

  ABORTION

• "The court’s decision to allow the 15-week limit to stand also clears the way for the state’s six-week abortion limit to take effect. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signed the 15-week limit in 2022, which Planned Parenthood affiliates in the state almost immediately challenged in court. DeSantis then signed the six-week Heartbeat Bill in April 2023, which contains exceptions for rape, incest, and the life of the mother."
  Poll: Support for Florida Pro-Abortion Amendment Falls Short

  THE 2020 AND 2022ELECTION HEISTS & AFTERMATH

• As a civil rights attorney in 2009, Clarke lobbied the Obama administration to drop a case against members of the New Black Panther Party charged with intimidating voters and poll workers in Philadelphia. Two members of the militant group, one holding a billy club, called black poll workers working for the GOP "race traitors" and said there "would be hell to pay" because of the workers' party affiliation.
  Biden DOJ Enlists Kristen Clarke, Who Defended Black Nationalists Charged With Voter Intimidation, To Combat Voter Intimidation
  
• "The Wyss-backed Sixteen Thirty Fund has funneled nearly $34 million into Michigan since 2017 to, in part, ‘rewrite the state’s election laws.’"
  Dark Money Group Backed By Foreign Billionaire Has Dumped $100 Million Into State Ballot Initiatives

  DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY

• "All these revelations exposed in yet another expose by an OMG American Swiper Journalist reveal an increasingly insular group of party operatives influencing the Biden Administration and using federal institutions to manipulate elections," writes O'Keefe. "Only by continuing to shine a light on this waste and corruption will we ensure fair elections."
  O’Keefe Media Group Exposes Who Is Really Running the White House
  
• According to Ferrari’s lawsuit, he was appointed by a superior to supervise Pearson’s interaction with female colleagues. His complaint points to a pervasive “hostile work environment” impacting all team members, irrespective of gender. The lawsuit also refers to Pearson’s alleged commentary regarding city contracts — particularly the discontinuation of an illegal immigrant shelter due to flooding — which, it asserts, expressed his intent to exploit such situations financially.
  Eric Adams Aide Hit With 2nd Sexual Harassment, Discrimination Suit

  POLITICS

• "A Speaker has NEVER used the minority to steamroll his own party in Rules. — House Freedom Caucus (@freedomcaucus) April 18, 2024"
  Democrats Seize Control of House: For First Time in Recorded History, Speaker Mike Johnson Relies on Minority Party Votes to Advance Foreign Aid Plan
  
• "As bad as this comes off, especially compared to Trump's Chick-fil-A visit last week, it's worse than you think. Every single moment of Biden's visit to the Wawa was staged. Even the cashier's tip was pre-planned."
  Joe Biden Makes Staged Visit to a Wawa – And It Was Bad
  
• "Back in 2020, among all adults under age 30, Biden led Trump by +23 points. Today, Biden’s lead among this same group has dropped to just eight points. That is a 15-point shift in Trump’s direction."
  Donald Trump Enjoys Double Digit Gains with Voters Aged 18-29
  
• "If you’re going to make an end-run around your own party, shouldn’t you at least give us a reason?" (End-run, not even a reach-around - jjs)
  Mike Johnson Should Grow a Spine or Leave
  
• "And actually, we’d be better off with a Democrat-controlled Congress and an actual GOP opposition than whatever this is."
  If The GOP Loses Its House Majority, It’s Speaker Johnson’s Fault
  
• "The Natural Law Party nominated Kennedy and his running mate Nicole Shanahan as their president and vice presidential candidates, putting them on the ballot in Michigan, according to a campaign press release. Kennedy is also on the ballot in Utah, and is nearing access in North Carolina, New Hampshire, Nevada, Georgia, Arizona, South Carolina, Idaho, Nebraska, Iowa and Hawaii."
  RFK Jr. Says He Secured Ballot Access In Michigan
  
• "Florida gets all the attention. The GOP power center of the future is closer to D.C."
  How Ohio Became the Center of the Republican World

  FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL

• ". . . the report accuses Biden [junta] officials of trying to cover up the situation to lawmakers, as well as to troops deployed there and their families anxiously awaiting their return."
  Nightmare in Niger — Exclusive: Biden Junta Leaves Hundreds of U.S. Troops ‘Hostage’ in Niger
  
• “Since the hostility within the government of Niger that took over in mid-2023, the Department of Defense is unable to execute planned troop rotations or deliver mail, medical supplies, equipment, and other materials. The Biden Administration is actively suppressing intelligence reports about the atmospherics of the Nigerien position to avoid embarrassment for investing hundreds of millions of dollars in a nation where U.S. forces are no longer welcome,” Gaetz stated in his report.
  Rep. Matt Gaetz Releases Report Alleging Cover-Up Of Stranded US Troops Overseas
  
• "The days of free and cheap riding are numbered."
  Europe is Starting to Wake Up to Needing Defense—Including a Nuclear Deterrent
  
• Believe it or not, there's precedent for Argentina's request. During President Donald Trump's first term, Colombia asked for and received NATO partnership status.  As partners (but not official allies), NATO and Colombia work together on "cyber security, terrorism, the fight against corruption and maritime security. Colombia provides demining training to NATO Allies and partner countries, while NATO is also supporting Colombia in its continuing efforts to develop its armed forces." 
  Wait, WHO Wants to Join NATO?

  DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS

• "With Biden’s weakness inviting aggression from America’s rivals, the infrastructure problems plaguing the U.S. military cannot be ignored."
  America Ignores Major Military Infrastructure Problems At Its Peril
  
• "I thought [so-called quote-unquote "president"] Biden was going to treat our military better? He has no vision at all."
  Is There a Vision Racket at the VA?

  ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY

• "While this seems to fall directly under the FAA’s basic authority, to make sure launches and landings pose no risk to the general public, I guarantee it is also going to slow the growth of the new space manufacture industry."
  FAA to now require that reentry spacecraft get landing license before launch
  
• "Those delays by the CAA probably explains why the company has had four different CEO’s in the past year. Though the fault of the delays lies with the government, others have had to take the blame. Meanwhile, company officials now state that it is now exploring using other launch sites, including its own near the equator."
  Rocket startup Orbex raises another $16.7 million in private investment capital

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

• "The policy, which was finalized in 2022, prohibits individuals from changing the gender on their birth certificate, unless their gender was listed incorrectly on the original certificate as a result of data error or misidentification, according to the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS)."
  Montana Hit With Lawsuit Over Sex-Change Policy For Birth Certificates, Driver’s Licenses

  CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE

• Robert Spencer: "And feminists are enraged."
  WNBA Rookie Star Signs for $76,000 a Year
  
• Christian Toto: "Rebel comic says City by the Bay is as gross and crime ridden as advertised."
  Andrew Schulz Shreds San Francisco, Malig-Nancy Pelosi
  
• "The left is relentless in its forcing of gender identity politics into everything children love, from school to video games. Nothing is safe any longer. Parents have to be extra-vigilant in checking for these insidious sexualized themes being aimed at the youth to keep them from falling prey to this toxic ideology."
  'Pokémon Go' Pushes Gender Ideology on Children With New App Update
  
• "If sexual liberation can’t even provide good sex, then what possible reason is there to keep pursuing it?"
  Strangling for Sexual Sport is Exactly the Kind of Thing We Should "Kink-Shame"
  
• Scott McKay: "And Joy Reid is right about Trump’s New York trial."
  Five Quick Things: The Impending Death (By Suicide) of Reacher
  
• Jeffrey Lord: "And is ignorant of its own history."
  New York’s Lincoln Center Goes Woke
  
• "Key takeaways from the Deepwater Horizon incident of April 2010 and how they apply to today are clear except to those who deny them."
  America is in a Deepwater Horizon Moment
  
• "A flawed but universal work of art misunderstood by elite book burners."
  Gone With the Wind Revisited

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