The Morning Report -- 4/ 16/26

Good morning kids. Hoping that you all had at least a little carfare in your pockets that the shakedown artists at the IRS missed yesterday. In any case, the Democrats in California are smelling blood and flatus in the water as they circle the political carcass of Eric Swalwell. As the estimable Miranda Devine reminds us, the only reason he's gone is they are fearful of the possibility that the GOP could in theory, thanks to that state's fercockter electoral system wind up actually winning the Governorship. regardless of the mass of illegal aliens, dead people and deadbeats and Democrat election thievery.

Eric Swalwell was Nancy Pelosi’s made man, the golden child of San Francisco’s rotten machine politics. Today he’s roadkill, his name erased from the sign outside his congressional office, vultures feasting on his ­remains. Swalwell’s clinical political eradication this week tells you everything about the Democratic Party and how ruthlessly and efficiently they will move to keep to power in the state they have controlled for 15 years and run into the ground. California, our most populous and richest state, is the engine of their vast patronage system, fueled in part by illegal migration and social services fraud that has ripped tens, perhaps hundreds, of billions of dollars off the taxpayer and recycled it through unions and “grassroots” donations back into the party. That’s why Dr. Mehmet Oz, Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, calls California the “kingdom of fraud” as he confronts massive organized ripoffs of Medicaid, home health services and hospice care... Illegal migration, turbocharged under Joe Biden by his Homeland Security secretary, California hit man Alejandro Mayorkas, also served the machine well, by artificially inflating the state’s census counts and enabling voter fraud. The census inflation led to extra House seats for California and more electoral votes, and thus more power in presidential ­elections. In return, the machine sponsors and protects useful buffoons like Swalwell, who was one of “Pelosi’s boys” from the minute he threw his hat into national politics as a 31-year-old San Francisco councilman with a mischievous grin and a lackluster legal career behind him.

Yes the ramifications are indeed national and so Swalwell had to go, lest the Democrats lose more than just a statehouse and control of one state, albeit a massive and important one.
Sadly the cancer of Democrat Leftism has metastasized all over the place, and while California, regardless of its electoral system is most likely a lost cause barring some sea change in the societal/political landscape that might happen (I am not holding my breath), the Democrats have a very deep and dark bench, including the absolutely horrendous Tom Steyer.

Meanwhile 3000 miles or so to the east, we have this blonde beast to contend with, who likely has national aspirations for national socialism as this trio of links indicates
https://freebeacon.com/campus/moderate-governor-abigail-spanberger-signs-bill-forcing-virginia-schools-to-consider-restorative-disciplinary-practices-before-suspending-students/

'Moderate' Governor Abigail Spanberger Signs Bill Forcing Virginia Schools To Consider 'Restorative Disciplinary Practices' Before Suspending Students

Such practices include a 'restorative circle,' a 'centuries-old indigenous practice' in which participants sit in a circle to discuss their actions

Then... She goes Gun Crazy, Quelle Surprise?!

The DOJ’s warning signals potential federal litigation, challenging the constitutionality of the Virginia Democrats’ proposed laws. Pro-Second Amendment critics of the legislation argue the measures could restrict firearms commonly used for lawful purposes, while proponents of gun control, including Spanberger, have attempted to frame the legislation as necessary to address gun violence.

Turd and finally...

By signing this compact, Spanberger has agreed to hand Virginia’s 13 electoral votes to whichever presidential ticket wins the national popular vote.

Now you can see how crucial it is for the Dems that there isn't even a sliver of an iota of a scintilla of a chance that they lose control of California. But then again, if more states follow VIrginia in handing over their electoral votes to the popular vote winner thus de facto destroying the Electoral College, that's ball game, even if the Golden State should flip Red. Assuming that a GOP candidate even wins the popular vote ever again.

On that cheery note...

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AMERICA & ISRAEL STRIKE IRAN!
• U.S. President Donald Trump says China has agreed not to provide weapons to Iran as reports circulate that Beijing has considered transferring arms.
  The Latest: US blockade of Iranian ports ‘fully implemented’ as Trump says war is near end
  
• President Trump’s campaign against the Iranian regime carries broad implications — many of them directly advancing American interests and reshaping the strategic landscape for years to come.
  Crude new world Oil markets will never be the same – regardless of how the war in Iran ends
  * * * * *

• Notice that events are developing. . .
  Democrats Can’t Update Their Script On The Iran War To Incorporate New Realities

  
  CIVIL WAR 2.0, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION

• President Donald Trump signaled a willingness Wednesday to extend a hotly debated surveillance tool while also commenting that he would willingly surrender his rights and privileges to do so.
  Trump Sides With Deep State, Signals Intent To Preserve Spy Tool That Snarled His First Term
  
• Theirs is the party of cruelty, sadism and derangement..”
  The ‘Disease’ That Drives The Democrats
  
• In a saner world, the political weaponization of the Department of Justice under [so-called quote-unquote] President Joe Biden would be a bipartisan scandal, but the “moderates” in today’s Democrat Party won’t lift a finger to protect traditional norms.The latest horror story is this week’s report on flagrant abuses, including the withholding of evidence and “aggressive arrest tactics” when targeting pro-life defendants; the nearly 900-page review also shows Attorney General Merrick Garland’s prosecutors demanding far harsher prison sentences for pro-lifers than pro-choicers convicted on similar charges.
  Biden’s weaponized Justice Department is just Democrats vs. democracy
  
• Larry Elder: Gasp! Candidates were all white.
  California’s Think-Alike Dems Cancel Debate Over ‘Lack of Diversity’
  
• “At a recent appearance at the University of Kansas School of Law, I referred to a disagreement with one of my colleagues in a prior case, but I made remarks that were inappropriate,” Sotomayor said. “I regret my hurtful comments. I have apologized to my colleague.”
  Justice Sotomayor Apologizes for ‘Hurtful Comments’ Suggesting Justice Kavanaugh Is Privileged

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

• On Wednesday, Rep. Maria Salazar (R-FL), the sponsor of the DIGNIDAD Act, and Reps. Mike Lawler (R-NY), Don Bacon (R-NE), and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), all co-sponsors of the DIGNIDAD Act, voted with House Democrats to advance a bill that will stop Trump from ending TPS for Haitians.
  ‘DIGNIDAD’ Republicans Defy Trump, Advance Democrat Plan to Keep 350K Haitians in U.S.
  
• Tom Steyer, the now top polling Democrat for California governor, has unveiled his extremely radical, open-door, anti-ICE immigration platform as he continues his run for the state’s top office.
  California Gov. Candidate Tom Steyer Pledges to Open Borders and Arrest ICE Agents
  
• The solicitor general’s arguments in the birthright citizenship case now before the Supreme Court should remind us all why and how we’re Americans.
  Sauer Saved US Citizenship. Was SCOTUS Listening?
  
• “These acts of pure evil have devastated our Department."
  DHS Employee Murdered While Walking Dog As Biden-Era Naturalized Suspect Emerges
  
• “The cut to legal entries was 2.5 times as large” as the cut to illegal entries, David J. Bier wrote in his report, noting that illegal entries have also fallen under Trump. But “cuts in legal immigration broke the trend of rising legal immigration from 2021 to 2024.”
  Study: Trump Cut Bloated Legal Immigration By Bigger Numbers Than Illegal Crossings
  
• Cut off the cash and they'll leave.
  Debanking is Another Way to Get Illegal Aliens Out

  
  THE GREAT SOMALIAN SIMOLEON SWINDLE

• Shirley has turned his sights on California in recent months, claiming to have “uncovered over $170,000,000 in fraud” in the state. A bill proposed by the wife of California Attorney General Rob Bonta might criminalize the sort of on-the-ground journalism Shirley does.
  Fraud Whistleblower Nick Shirley Announces Sights Set On California. Wife Of AG Floats Silencing Whistleblowers
  
• California’s ruling class just sent a loud message via AB 2624: expose fraud, and they’ll come after you, not the fraudsters.
  California Democrats Advance ‘Stop Nick Shirley Act’ to Shield Fraud From Citizen Journalists

  DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE

• California faces a structural budget deficit, but that doesn’t stop the state from using taxpayer money to fund radical left transgender procedures for illegal immigrants, according to a report.
  Breast Implants And ‘Bottom Surgeries’ — Taxpayers On Hook For Funding Sex Changes For Homeless, Illegal Aliens
  
• A surge of affluent New Yorkers leaving the city and moving to places with lower taxes such as Florida was a major story in the run-up to the 2025 mayoral election. Mamdani repeatedly called for massive tax increases to pay for a slew of social welfare programs and reports of the exodus exploded as his win looked increasingly likely. But when speaking in front of a “Tax The Rich” banner at a Tax Day event on Wednesday, Mamdani denied there has been any such exodus, calling it imaginary and arguing that the opposite was true. 
  Mayor Mamdani Says Exodus From New York Is Just Your Imagination

  WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM

• The Tennessee attorney general said that the accommodations were an attempt to "propagandize and proselytize" non-Muslim students. (separation of Church and State, but not Mosque and state, eh?Q! - jjs)
  School Helped Organize Muslim Prayer And Now It’s Putting The First Amendment To The Test
  
• America welcomes you — but only under American rules.
  State Lawmakers Nationwide Erect Firewalls Against Sharia Law
  
• One million Catholics shrank to 8,000 through mass murder.
  Pope Leo Celebrates Christian Genocide in Algeria

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

• In February, Just the News discovered that the DOJ allegedly “invited” Willis to apply for a grant in 2022 as she started investigating Trump.
  Georgia Lawmaker to Investigate Fani Willis Over Biden Grant Given During Trump Probe
  
• There was never a genuine complaint. It wasn’t an opportunistic hit job either. It was something far more deliberate, a coordinated effort.
  New Documents Reveal Democrats’ Plot To Frame Trump With Ukraine Call

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

• “The seductive promise of direct action is the promise of exerting agency over the future.”
  The AI Backlash Turns Violent
  THE ECONOMY, STUPID
  
• Let's consider the merits of a regressive tax code.
  A Modest Proposal On Tax Day
  
• The April 15 event, held alongside Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA) and Rep. Steve Womack (R-AR), came as Democrats used Tax Day to promote a different message focused on higher taxes for wealthy Americans.
  Chairwoman McClain Focuses on Working Families Tax Cuts While Democrats Push ‘Tax the Rich’
  
• When a model swings from loss to gain on its own assumptions, it isn’t proving tariffs failed—it’s exposing the limits of the model.
  The Anti-Tariff Priesthood Strikes Again 

  CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY

• The ruling could alter the competitive landscape of the concert industry, where Live Nation has been a dominant force. Potential court-ordered divestments might disrupt Live Nation’s business model, which relies on interconnected operations to drive ticket sales and sponsorship deals. Live Nation will have to pay damages following the jury’s decision. Jurors ruled that Ticketmaster overcharged customers by $1.72 on each ticket. The judge will determine the total damages amount based on that finding.
  Jury Finds Live Nation (Ticketmaster) is Monopoly That Overcharged Consumers.'
  
• If certain individuals by virtue of their mental condition pose a continuing and unpredictable threat, then the appropriate response is permanent removal from situations where they can harm others.
  The Insanity Defense: A Public Danger

  EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT

• Such practices include a 'restorative circle,' a 'centuries-old indigenous practice' in which participants sit in a circle to discuss their actions
  'Moderate' Governor Abigail Spanberger Signs Bill Forcing Virginia Schools To Consider 'Restorative Disciplinary Practices' Before Suspending Students
  
• With one question during congressional hearings on campus antisemitism, Rep. Elise Stefanik became the general of a war against antisemitism on college campuses across America: “Does calling for the genocide of Jews violate your university’s code of conduct?” The viral video of her query became the most-watched congressional hearing clip in history.
  Elise Stefanik reveals the sick truth of elite colleges’ moral collapse
  
• “Despite pursuing a financial sustainability plan and raising more than $55 million through its Change in the Making campaign, efforts in enrollment growth, debt refinancing and land development did not yield a viable path forward.”
  Iconic Leftist Hampshire College Permanently Closing at End of the Year

  SECOND AMENDMENT

• The DOJ’s warning signals potential federal litigation, challenging the constitutionality of the Virginia Democrats’ proposed laws. Pro-Second Amendment critics of the legislation argue the measures could restrict firearms commonly used for lawful purposes, while proponents of gun control, including Spanberger, have attempted to frame the legislation as necessary to address gun violence.
  Virginia’s Far-Left Governor is In a Pitched Battle Against the 2nd Amendment.

  THE 2020 AND 2022ELECTION HEISTS & AFTERMATH

• By signing this compact, Spanberger has agreed to hand Virginia’s 13 electoral votes to whichever presidential ticket wins the national popular vote.
  Spanberger Pushes Nation To Brink, Signs Law Rendering State’s Votes ‘Null and Void’

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

• Miranda Devine: Eric Swalwell was Nancy Pelosi’s made man, the golden child of San Francisco’s rotten machine politics.
  All the Queen's men Swalwell’s fall from grace was by design — and so Dems can keep their grubby hands on California
  
• Eric Swalwell will be a quickly forgotten nobody in American politics. But to understand why these allegations are coming out now and what they mean, we have to see that this is an indictment of more than Swalwell’s dirtbaggy ways.
  Swalwell’s dirtbagginess caught up with him, but the timing of his downfall is coldly calculated
  
• The fallout has destroyed Swalwell’s political career, with his withdrawal from the California governor’s race and mounting legal and reputational challenges. Cloobeck’s public denunciation also highlights growing dissatisfaction among some high-profile Democratic donors with the party’s current trajectory.
  https://thenationalpulse.com/2026/04/15/this-dem-mega-donor-says-hes-a-libertarian-republican-after-swalwell-scandal/
  
• 'ActBlue, I want my money back,' says Swalwell donor (Swalwell ays "LOL-GFY!" - jjs)
  Swalwell Accuser's Allegations Corroborated by Campaign Disbursements, Raising Fresh Legal Questions
  * * * * *

• A man with a mangled biography.
  The Next Obama Can’t Stand ‘Right-Wing Media’ Scrutiny

  POLITICS

• In terms of a political apocalypse, Abigail Spanberger is more like one of Homer’s sirens. Her song has lulled the electorate to sleep. She creeps softly over us, a bug whose hard exoskeleton boasts a layer of warm human skin, injecting our institutions with low-grade acid that melts them from the inside out.
  Spanberger Spins A Siren Song As She Melts America From The Inside Out

• The man can be tone deaf, but he’s doing wonderful things, both at home and abroad.
  Reasons to forgive Trump his trespasses
  
• Talarico said the total marks a record for money raised by a Senate candidate in the first quarter of an election year. The leftist Democrat is set to face the winner of the GOP primary runoff between incumbent Sen. John Cornyn and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.
  Senate Candidate Reports Massive Fundraising Haul In Bid To Flip Seat Blue
  
• San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan escalated his attacks on fellow Democrat gubernatorial candidate Tom Steyer on Wednesday, accusing the billionaire former hedge fund manager of attempting to use his wealth to buy the California governor’s office despite a record that Mahan argued conflicts with Steyer’s current political message.
  ‘He Thinks You’re Stupid’: Leftwing Democrats Take Gloves Off In Fight Against Billionaire Tom Steyer

  FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL

• If I had a dollar for every time the president said something about what's coming in Cuba over the last three months, I'd have enough cash to buy a plane ticket to Washington, D.C., so I could stand outside the State Department, hold a boombox over my head, and beg Marco Rubio to give me an interview on the topic. And if I had a dollar for every "anonymous sources" exclusive the MSM put out about what the president plans to do in Cuba, I'd have enough money to fly back home when the State Department inevitably takes out a restraining order. Sigh.
  Is the Pentagon Preparing for Military Action in Cuba?

• The CCP’s valued stability is at risk.
  Reading the Tea Leaves at China’s 2026 ‘Two Sessions’
  
• “Well, as regards to relations with China, we share many of the concerns with the U.S. including with imbalance in our trading relationship, including with China’s industrial overcapacities and non-market policies and practices, including China attempting to use our dependency for example on critical minerals like rare earths supplies as a leverage or choke point,” Dombrovskis further explained regarding China. “So we are engaged with the U.S. on many of those aspects I was mentioning. It is also among the big topics here for the IMF Spring Meetings — global economic imbalances is one of those topics — and they will be discussing in different forums this including directly with China. So there are many of the concerns which we are sharing and which we need to cooperate to address. Then economically I was mentioning the U.S. is EU’s largest trading partner. China is EU’s second largest trading partner. So also, obviously, there is lots at stake economically. So we are not pursuing decoupling. We are pursuing what you call de-risking, so continuing engagement but addressing imbalances, addressing unfair competition, and also finding a way how to address existing or potential dependencies from China.”
  Exclusive — Top European Economic Minister Says Europe Rooting for Trump in Beijing Talks: ‘We Share Many of the Concerns’ U.S. Has with China
  
• The Global Times said Xi declared China is ready to share “the opportunities brought about by Chinese modernization to strengthen the foundation for regional development and security” in the Middle East.
  China Welcomes UAE Crown Prince, Straining to Defend Its Middle East Ties (Up yours and don't starch the collars, Hop Sing! - jjs)
  
• Ireland’s fuel protests have grown into a broader revolt over immigration, identity, and EU policy, exposing deep fractures between voters and political elites.
  From Protest to Real Power: Why Irish Eyes Aren’t Smiling
  
• The IMF is also concerned about rising global debt levels, with Britain’s gross debt projected to reach 104.1 percent of GDP. Meanwhile, despite Britain’s enormous and growing tax burden, some economists are warning that further tax rises may be necessary to meet relatively modest commitments to increase defensespending.
  One G7 Country is Raising Taxes Faster Than the Rest of The Group PUT TOGETHER.
  
• The findings highlight the exploitation of the British asylum system while exposing those who are profiting from it. The Home Office—roughly equivalent to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security—has claimed it will take action against those abusing the system.
  Legal Advisers Coach Migrants to Fake Gayness for Asylum Claims.
  
• David Harsanyi: Even partial capitalism works every time.
  Argentina is Booming — Capitalism Remains Undefeated

  ISRAEL vs IRAN & GAZA/HAMAS, HEZBOLLAH . . . AND LEFTISTS

• Any guesses what they had in mind?
  60 "Palestinians" Hide in a Garbage Truck to Infiltrate Israel
  
• The UNRWA bill would codify President Donald Trump’s decision to freeze funding for the Hamas-tied UN agency
  GOP Senators Push To Prohibit US Funding for UNRWA
  THE UKRAINIAN "FRONT"

  DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS

• The articles are unlikely to pass in the current Congress, as Republicans control the House of Representatives. The Pentagon has dismissed the resolution as a political stunt, and President Donald J. Trump has expressed strong support for Hegseth, praising his leadership at the Department of War.
  Dems Plan 5 Impeachment Articles Against Hegseth. (destroying the prospects of a future, winning GOP presidential prospect - jjs)

  HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE

• Before the COVID-19 pandemic, most Americans, regardless of political beliefs, placed strong trust in the medical establishment. But that confidence took a major hit during the pandemic...Today, that erosion of trust reflects a deeper concern. Many people believe healthcare decisions are no longer driven solely by patient well-being, but increasingly influenced by corporate interests and financial incentives...Dr. Peter McCullough and his colleagues have led a first-of-its-kind study exploring the use of Ivermectin + Mebendazole in cancer treatment, opening the door to a new line of investigation.
  Groundbreaking New Study Links Ivermectin to Cancer TreatmentBenefits (but, but, but horse paste?! - jjs)
  
• We're breaking up with popular activewear.
  The $130 Leggings In Your Closet Could Be Packing Chemicals Linked To Infertility

  ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY

• ...the goal is part of a series of missions that began earlier this month with the Artemis II mission, which successfully saw the first orbital manned flight around the moon in decades. The plan positions the U.S. as the leader in space nuclear power, a critical component for long-term missions and for maintaining military and technological superiority amid growing competition from China and Russia. (Gabrielle Drake in the silver moon bikini - jjs)
  White House Unveils Plan for Nuclear Moon Bases.
  
• By comparing how galaxies clustered in the past with their distribution today, researchers can trace dark energy’s influence over 11 billion years of cosmic history. Surprising results using DESI’s first three years of data hinted that dark energy, once thought to be a “cosmological constant,” might be evolving over time. . .
  DESI telescope completes its nominal mission, mapping more than 47 million galaxies
  
• The entire interview is worth reading. It indicates a very practical and honest mindset. Everyone might not agree with every proposal Isaacman has put forth, but he is clearly approaching things from a very good place.
  A very interesting and revealing interview of NASA administrator Jared Issacman

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

• They ‘trust the science’ in Canada, until it comes to gender transition.
  How Pushing Back On Gender Ideology Cost One Man $750,000

  CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE

• Why is the Vatican allowing leftist U.S. politicians to exploit the pope? (he's one himself - jjs)
  Has the Vatican becomes a DNC satellite office?
• In a world where basic etiquette is scarce, it is ironic that the burden of perfection continues to fall on the performer, not the crowd.
  Why Sabrina Carpenter’s reaction to fan's 'zaghrouta' wasn’t the problem

  HITHER & YON

• Another interesting addition to the 2026 Bingo Card.
  When Primate Politics Turn Deadly: ‘Civil War’ Shattering Uganda’s Ngogo Chimps
  
• We do the exact same thing with human experts. We treat people who are undeniably smart as if they were automatically also wise. We let them substitute their intelligence for our judgment, then lower our own standards to meet them halfway.
  The Real Danger Isn’t Dumb People — It’s Smart People Without Wisdom
  
• Christian Toto: 'Saul' star has action-movie chops but story suffers from split personality
  Odenkirk’s Fargo-Style ‘Normal’ Goes Full Tarantino
  
• How an Iranian diplomat turned Nazi paperwork into a weapon and saved thousands during the Holocaust.
  Born in Tehran – Tested in Nazi Paris

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