Apr 23
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The Red State Dilemma: A Reality Check on Civil Conflict and the Constitution
video 00:14:47 – https://www.facebook.com/reel/4320647198224116
McLaughlin Poll: Voters Back Trump on Iran
https://www.newsmax.com/mclaughlin/midterm-republican-voters/2026/04/17/id/1253286/
Key findings from our April 8–15 national poll (1,000 likely voters, ±3.1% margin of error):
★ A majority of voters (52%) approve of military action to eliminate Iran’s nuclear and missile programs, while 40% disapprove—an improvement from last month.
★ Support is overwhelming among Republicans (87%), but notably extends across party lines, with 28% of Democrats and 23% of Harris voters also approving.
★ Voters who watched President Trump’s address directly support military action by a decisive 67% to 29%, while those relying on media coverage are essentially split.
★ That contrast reveals a critical dynamic: when voters hear directly from President Trump, support rises sharply. When filtered through media coverage, support erodes…************The reason is equally clear — media framing distorts voter understanding of the mission.
New Navy Secretary, Hung Cao, ‘Grabbed on to the American Dream’
https://freebeacon.com/america/new-navy-secretary-hung-cao-grabbed-on-to-the-american-dream/
‘To our enemies … You can run, but you’ll only die tired.’
Southern Poverty Law Center’s Murky Offshore Assets Ballooned As Embattled Group Secretly Funded KKK and Other ‘Violent Extremist Groups’
https://freebeacon.substack.com/p/southern-poverty-law-centers-murky
The Southern Poverty Law Center, which claims to “dismantle white supremacy,” saw its offshore assets balloon by as much as 430 percent over the decade it allegedly defrauded donors by funneling millions to the Ku Klux Klan and other white supremacist organizations, our Andrew Kerr and Chuck Ross report.
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The Reactions to the SPLC Scandal Have Been Gold
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2026/04/23/the-reactions-to-the-splc-scandal-have-been-gold-n2674895
The reactions to the SPLC getting exposed for subsidizing fake racism has been hilarious: You can’t make this up: the Southern Poverty Law Center sees racism everywhere because they are paying people to act crazy.That’s at the core of the latest Justice Department indictments against the group, which has Democrats melting down and the media going nuts. No wonder MSNBC and CNN viewers think America is racist—they were spoon-fed pure, grade-A leftist nonsense. It was all a psyop, and they fell for it. We knew some of these clowns weren’t genuine. But it was too obvious, yet liberal Americans bought it hook, line, and sinker, which explains a lot about how the Russiagate collusion hoax spread like COVID…Turns out that “white supremacy” was the greatest threat to the United States because the SPLC was spending millions to keep it alive
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Clueless Columnist Asks If It’s Now a Crime to Expose White Supremacist Groups
https://twitchy.com/brettt/2026/04/22/clueless-columnist-asks-if-its-now-a-crime-to-expose-white-supremacist-groups-n2427401
Media outlets like USA TODAY have been doing their best to misinterpret the charges:
USA TODAY @USATODAY – The Southern Poverty Law Center was indicted for paying sources to infiltrate hate groups, a tactic federal agencies have used for decades.
CNN’s post wasn’t any better. Southern Poverty Law Center indicted in federal court over alleged use of paid informants to infiltrate white supremacist and other extremist groups
CNN’s post gave just enough disinformation to bait rubes like Georgia Recorder columnist Jay Bookman: “So … it’s now a federal crime to infiltrate and expose white supremacist groups? White supremacist groups are a protected class under this administration?”
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HATE GROUP SPLC INDICTED: ‘Paid Extremist Leaders’ in Shocking Fraud Case, Funded The Hate, 11 Federal Charges Including Money Laundering
https://gellerreport.com/2026/04/hate-group-splc-indicted-paid-extremist-leaders-in-shocking-fraud-case-11-federal-charges-including-money-laundering.html
The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) is one of the Left’s premier, well-heeled, and most dishonest and ruthless attack dogs.
The Morning Briefing: Whaddya Know — Republicans Can Play Legal Hardball Too
https://pjmedia.com/stephen-kruiser/2026/04/23/the-morning-briefing-whaddya-know-republicans-can-play-legal-hardball-too-n4952074/
A circuit court in Virginia just ruled that the newly passed but incredibly biased gerrymandered congressional map is unconstitutional…What’s rich about this is that the Democrats immediately began whining about an “activist judge.”…Their entire strategy to fight anything that President Trump and his administration do is built around activist judges; without them, the party is nothing. They haven’t had the greatest luck with them so far, mostly because their activist judges tend to overreach and/or ignore the law.
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DataRepublican Shares Data-Filled Post Showing DAMNING Irregularities in VA Gerrymandering
https://twitchy.com/samj/2026/04/23/datarepublican-shares-virginia-data-so-many-irregularities-n2427417
There it is folks! Three separate Dumps! TOTALLY 65,000 VOTES!And every vote was a YES! Which was impossible! The trap worked! They exposed themselves!
They only had 3 high speed scanners! 65,000 votes in 5 MINUTES was impossible! Dump 1 – F Dump 2 – F Dump 3 – F –
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HGm8rpdWkAAHDIR?format=jpg&name=small
Cory Booker Calls for ‘Foot Soldiers’ to Take to the Streets to ‘Stand Up’ Against ‘Darkness’ in Bizarre Rant
https://www.westernjournal.com/cory-booker-calls-foot-soldiers-take-streets-stand-darkness-bizarre-rant/
Democratic Sen. Corey Booker of New Jersey called for “foot soldiers” to defend democracy, citing “darkness” and the need to “redeem the dream of America.”
Booker was speaking Saturday at the Legacy Luncheon in Detroit to the Michigan Democratic Women’s Caucus… “Ladies and gentlemen, there is a storm in our nation!”…“There is darkness and wind,”…“People are getting hurt! What we need is not from on high. We need foot soldiers of our Democracy who, in times of trial, are willing to stand up!”…“Will you stand for our democracy?”…“Will you stand to get out the vote? Will you stand for our children? Will you stand up for our elders? And will you stand together, unified, strong, be the hope that people need?”…“We are Democrats! It’s time for a new deal! It’s time to redeem the dream of America.”
Remember Ilhan Omar’s Winery? Something Very Peculiar Just Happened to It
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2026/04/23/remember-ilhan-omars-winery-something-very-peculiar-just-happened-to-it-n2674907
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) is attributing her alleged inflated net worth to an accounting mistake…If that’s a true accounting error, then I’m Somali, too. Are you kidding me, lady? There was an error that inflated your assets to $30 million?…Ilhan Omar’s sham winery LLC was dissolved 9 days after her updated disclosures…The backstory via the Free Beacon: https://freebeacon.com/democrats/ilhan-omar-said-its-categorically-false-to-call-her-a-millionaire-her-net-worth-just-reached-up-to-30-million-an-increase-of-at-least-3500-percent-in-one-year/
PARTY OF TREASON: Democrat Sen. Chris Murphy Supports Iran with ‘Shameful’ X Post
https://gellerreport.com/2026/04/party-of-treason-democrat-sen-chris-murphy-supports-iran-with-shameful-x-post.html/
A sitting U.S Senator is supporting the genocidal and terrorist sponsoring Islamic Republic of Iran against America. Not a surprise though. Senator Chris Murphy is among the most radical and unhinged of all the Senate Democrats. Just this week Murphy was in Spain at a Soros funded event trashing President Trump. This lunatic is very likely going to be running for POTUS in 2028.
Michigan’s ‘Dearborn Democrats’ Cheer the Islamization of US Politics: Jewish Incumbent Targeted in Antisemitic Attacks, Choose Pro-Hezb’Allah Muslim
https://gellerreport.com/2026/04/michigans-dearborn-democrats-cheer-the-islamization-of-us-politics-jewish-incumbent-targeted-in-antisemitic-attacks-choose-pro-hezballah-muslim.html
Dems reject candidate whose car was sprayed with antisemitic graffiti, choose pro-Hizballah Muslim
Robert Spencer: The pro-jihad elements are here. They insist they’re here to stay. Their leftist allies want them here to help them advance their political power. Eventually, when they have won the day, leftists may regret the alliance they made, but by then it will be far too late.
Macron’s Cowardice: France’s Retreat Before Jihadism
https://gellerreport.com/2026/04/macrons-cowardice-frances-retreat-before-jihadism.html
For centuries, the French Republic has struggled to define its relationship with the Islamic world, often oscillating between colonial control and strategic avoidance. Today, President Emmanuel Macron embodies the latest – and perhaps most dangerous – iteration of this failure. While his rhetoric claims to defend laïcité (secularism), his actions reveal a deep-seated political cowardice. By obsessing over domestic administrative hurdles while refusing to confront the ideological and geopolitical centers of radicalism, Macron has proven himself incapable of tackling the menace decisively.
‘Time Is Running Out For Iran’: The Market Is Calling ‘Bullshit’ On Mainstream’s Narrative, Hugh Hendry Explains…
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/time-running-out-iran-market-has-wrecked-mainstreams-narrative-hugh-hendry-explains
The stock market is telling a different story from the ‘Iran is strong, America is overreaching’ narrative being spewed by mainstream media. For weeks, the financial war narrative has been ‘Iran, strong; America, reckless’, risk’s like mercury and the thermometer rising. And yet, the stock market has done the opposite…As Hugh Hendry remarks in his latest ‘Acid Capitalist’ report: video – 00:24:48 – https://hughhendry.substack.com…”the gap between what you’re reading on the front page of the Financial Times or in the Wall Street Journal, and what you’re seeing every day in the stock market… has become too wide to ignore.”…the transatlantic intelligentsia of the coastal elites and the European Sophistocrats, tell you the same goddamn thing: Iran, Darling, Iran has the upper hand. The strait is their choke point. Trump, Trump, that clown he’s out of his depth. He’s a reckless vulgarian, and he’s dragging all of us into another disaster. While the patient, chess-playing Iranians, they hold every card as they sip tea in Tehran. My brothers and sisters, this is not journalism. It’s a fucking echo chamber.” This is all perfectly engineered to confirm with every lazy prejudice. It is also contemptible because it’s wrong.
Detroit Is So Far Gone, Officials Are Begging Criminals Not to Steal These
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2026/04/23/detroit-fire-hydrants-n2674942
Crime is so bad, in fact, that city officials are now asking criminals not to steal the city’s fire hydrants for the brass components…The criminals don’t care, of course.
Tit-For-Tat Assaults On Shipping Widen: US Intercepts 3 More ‘Illicit’ Tankers In Asian Waters, Iran Seizes Additional 2 In Hormuz
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/iran-seizes-two-ships-hormuz-chokepoint-tehran-received-some-signs-us-ready-end
The semi-official news agency Fars reports on X that Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps seized the MSC Francesca and a Greek-owned ship named Euphoria,
Rep. Ilhan Omar Declines to Testify Before Committee Investigating Her Role in $250M Fraud Scandal
https://istandforfreedom.com/omar-testify-committee-fraud/
The Minnesota House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Committee wanted answers. They invited Omar to testify at a hearing examining her potential connections to the sprawling scandal but her response was, quite literally, nothing at all. the committee sent multiple emails and letters to Omar’s office, and not a single reply…From State Rep. Kristin Robbins (R-Maple Grove), chair of the committee: “She didn’t even respond, ghosted us. And her Meals Act is what created the conditions that allowed Feeding Our Future to happen. She took the guardrails off so billions of our tax dollars could be stolen.”
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Rep. Ilhan Omar Pulls a ‘Who Do You Think You Are’ Moment As She Blows Off Minnesota Fraud Hearing
https://redstate.com/beckynoble/2026/04/23/rep-ilhan-omar-pulls-a-who-do-you-think-you-are-moment-as-she-blows-off-minnesota-fraud-hearing-n2201602
A Republican lawmaker in Minnesota has gone straight to Omar’s office and is formally requesting records regarding her possible involvement in the “Feeding Our Future” program, after Omar skipped out on a hearing in the Minnesota State Legislature on that program and other COVID-19-era programs. Minnesota Republican State Rep. Kristin Robbins, chair of the House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Committee, sent a letter to Omar denouncing her no-show at a hearing that focused on the MEALS Act, a COVID-era relief program that Omar sponsored and was passed in 2020. In the letter, Robbins stated:…if Omar thinks the questions from the Committee are beneath her and will just go away because of her whiff on the hearing, she would be wrong. Robbins is now asking Omar’s office to turn over any communications that would show how she promoted extended access to federal child nutrition programs. That communication would include emails, texts, and any meeting records with the Minnesota Department of Education and any of her constituents.
Ilhan Omar Uses Columbine to Pine for Gun Control Law that Failed to Stop Columbine
https://bearingarms.com/tomknighton/2026/04/23/ilhan-omar-uses-columbine-to-pine-for-gun-control-law-that-failed-to-stop-columbine-n1232312
Omar, as per usual, locked replies to her post on X, which is why you’re not going to see numerous replies calling her out on her stupid here, but you have to know that even she realized she was going to get dragged.
(LOOK at Nancy in the background, smirking at one of her “USEFUL IDIOTS” – jlr)
Angel Mom Blasts California Bill to Fund Taxpayer-Paid Legal Defense for Illegal Aliens Facing Deportation
https://americanjournaldaily.com/angel-moms-california/
Under a bill from Assembly member Mia Bonta, California Democrats want to use your tax dollars to fund the legal defense for immigrants fighting deportation. This is the ultimate “Americans Last” agenda, brought to you by a progressive establishment
(IF you own firearms, and especially if you carry, you need to read this – jlr)
What Wyoming’s Failure Says About the Second Amendment Nationally
https://bearingarms.com/tomknighton/2026/04/23/what-wyomings-failure-says-about-second-amendment-nationally-n1232315
Wyoming, a pro-gun state, actually sees it the same way to some degree, and that’s clear with their refusal to pass a recent bill that would be good for gun owners and all those who are forced to act in self-defense. HB14 would have helped citizens acquitted of charges arising from using deadly force in self-defense. It would have allowed the citizen to recover some of their legal expenses from the prosecuting county and would have applied to both acquittals and dropped charges. There was even a provision to expedite expungement: There would be no records to haunt the citizen in the future.
Though Wyoming is one of the reddest states, House Bill 14 failed to advance. Twenty-nine Republicans voted for it; 26 Republicans and six Democrats killed it. It’s likely cost was a factor. Eight of Wyoming’s 23 counties have fewer than 10,000 residents, and it wouldn’t take a particularly large settlement to bankrupt them…The cost of defending oneself from charges such as this can easily run into the tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars and would bankrupt most people.
(THIS…is why I have USCCA (US Concealed Carry Assn,) insurance – if you don’t have insurance, they can, and will litigate you, sometimes illegally and maliciously, into prison, or bankruptcy, or both – leaving your family broke and homeless – DAs are publically PAID lawyers, and you will be paying for your own defense attorney, expert witnesses, et al, out of your pocket – unless you have insurance – and I pray daily that I NEVER have to use my firerarm in defence of myself or others – jlr)
something to look at and examin
https://worldpopulationreview.com/
Apr 24
Four Traitorous RINOs Block SAVE America Act Effort
https://gellerreport.com/2026/04/four-traitorous-rinos-block-save-america-act-effort.html/
You have to wonder what the swamp has on these turds. You know they are being blackmailed with something. What Republican in his right mind would oppose voter integrity?…Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, Thom Tillis, R-N.C., and Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., broke with much of the GOP conference, opposing an amendment from Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., aimed at advancing key election integrity provisions backed by Trump
(Whatever Trump is for, these 4 are against, and Mitch is just a now out-of-power bitter old man willing to secre anything up he can – the other 3 are RINO socialists – jlr)
Every Where You Look: The Game
https://wilderwealthywise.com/every-where-you-look-the-game/
Our values have been ripped away via rule changes to The Game. Nothing is wrong, except thinking something is wrong. Silly. The Game is about inclusion. Even to the point of including people who hate you. This is what is wrong with the world today…Just try on the damn glasses, why don’t you?
Schumer rushes to defend the SPLC after it was EXPOSED for apparently funding racist extremism
https://www.theblaze.com/news/schumer-rushes-to-defend-the-splc-after-it-was-exposed-for-apparently-funding-racist-extremism
Schumer said Wednesday on the floor of the U.S. Senate that the “deeply disturbing charges” brought against the SPLC “should send a chill down the spine of every American who cares about free expression and the rule of law in the Justice Department. It should send a chill down the spine of every American who cares about civil liberties and the fight against violent extremism.”
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Greg Gutfeld vs. Ilhan Omar
video – 00:17;31 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BheCaezhq9U
Gutfeld: How is she not in jail…?
starts about 00:03:20
RFK Jr. and Rep. Rosa DeLauro spar over raw milk
video – 00:01:21 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EdsJASWCEc
Connecticut Rep. Rosa DeLauro and Health and Human Services Director Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sparred over his views on raw milk, with DeLauro questioning why he has not publicly told Americans that consuming unpasteurized milk is dangerous. No one has ever had to put up with this much stupidity and lunacy.
(It’s NOT that liberals DON’T understand the legal issues, it is that they don’t WANT TO understand the legal issues (willful ignorance) on something like this – they just want to grandstand and kvetch about everything that is not run by and for them – jlr)
SHOCK FOOTAGE: Fairfax Democrat Caught on Video STEALING Vote No Info From Election Day Polling Location
https://twitchy.com/samj/2026/04/24/shock-footage-no-big-woop-just-a-fairfax-dem-stealing-vote-no-info-from-election-day-polling-location-n2427477
Check out this footage that shows a Fairfax Democrat strolling through an Election Day polling location and stealing ‘Vote No’ literature, signs, and information. Gosh, why on Earth would a Fairfax Democrat not want voters to be informed about what exactly they’re voting on?
video – 00:01:32 – https://twitter.com/i/status/2047670178507301299
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DAMNING Thread BUSTS Spanberger for Being Even SHADIER in Redistricting (GUESS What She HID from Voters)
https://twitchy.com/samj/2026/04/24/virginia-redistricting-gets-even-shadier-electors-hid-the-map-n2427469
Have we mentioned Virginia Democrats are the dirtiest Democrats in the country before? We have? Well … they are. And they just proved it by shoving through an illegal, unconstitutional, and unethical power grab with their recent gerrymandering referendum that somehow magically passed after Fairfax County (the county that, incidentally, would get all of the new districts) showed up with three separate vote dumps.(https://twitchy.com/samj/2026/04/23/datarepublican-shares-virginia-data-so-many-irregularities-n2427417)…What makes this even dirtier is the fact that Spanberger literally hid the new map from voters…via Luke Rosiak @lukerosiak – https://x.com/lukerosiak/status/2047535924964192534
Incredible: Gov. Spanberger (D-VA) told localities NOT to post pictures of the gerrymandered maps that people were voting on, saying they should direct people to the General Assembly’s website if they wanted to know. But the General Assembly doesn’t seem to show the maps either!
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It Sure Sounds Like Hakeem Jeffries Just Tried to Threaten the VA Supreme Court
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2026/04/24/hakeem-jeffries-warns-va-supreme-court-n2675004
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is concerned, and it also appears as though he’s trying to intimidate the Virginia Supreme Court into upholding the map.
video – 00:00:36 – https://twitter.com/i/status/2046985010985484583
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Someone’s NERVOUS: Hakeem Jeffries Threatens VA’s Supreme Court to Uphold Gerrymandering OR ELSE (Watch)
https://twitchy.com/samj/2026/04/23/hakeem-jeffries-threatens-the-virginia-supreme-court-n2427421
About that tipping formula and attitude.
https://miguelgg.substack.com/p/about-that-tipping-formula-and-attitude
If you issue a challenge like that, you’d better be prepared to be let go because people will go to other eateries or stay home just to spite your ass. My tip is 20% if both the food and the service are great. That would make the meal above come to $98.88, which I will round up to the full $100. And what if the food suck but the server is great. I will go 10% to 15% depending on the suckage. Even if the restaurant waives the bill, the server gets a tip (We always tip cash) because he/she tried to make amends. And what if the server sucks and the food is subpar? Oh hell, I will leave a subtle hint like this: And if you think I am being an asshole, I had a friend who would actually crazy-glue the penny to the plate. And, of course, where the penny is dropped, we never return.
Active Response Training – Weekend Knowledge Dump- April 24, 2026
https://www.activeresponsetraining.net/weekend-knowledge-dump-april-24-2026
Apr 25
Shots Reportedly Fired at WH Correspondents Dinner, Trump and Melania Rushed Out
https://www.westernjournal.com/breaking-shots-reportedly-fired-wh-correspondents-dinner-trump-melania-rushed/
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Trump Evacuated As Shots Fired at White House Correspondents’ Dinner, Shooter Dead
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/trump-evacuated-shots-fired-white-house-correspondents-dinner-shooter-dead
Education Secretary Linda McMahon’s security detail told CNN live that there was a shooter in the lobby and that the shooter is dead.
A separate White House Pool Report from Jeff Mordock of the Washington Times stated that Secret Service ind
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Shooter Reportedly Shot Dead or Apprehended at WH Correspondents Dinner with Trump in Attendance
https://www.westernjournal.com/breaking-shooter-reportedly-shot-dead-apprehended-wh-correspondents-dinner-trump-attendance/
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Trump Shooter Name: Who is Cole Tomas Allen? 31-Year-Old From Torrance, California, Identified as Suspect By Reporters
https://www.timesnownews.com/world/us/us-news/trump-shooter-name-cole-tomas-allen-torrance-california-ca-white-house-shooting-article-154170692
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Trump: Shooter at White House press dinner had multiple weapons, one officer shot
https://www.timesnownews.com/world/us/us-news/trump-shooter-name-cole-tomas-allen-torrance-california-ca-white-house-shooting-article-154170692
Ha!!! – Always said coffee was ‘good’! It keeps people unstabbed. And now there is proof, but I’m still not drinking decaf or cold coffee…
https://oldnfo.substack.com/p/ha
Researchers from APC Microbiome Ireland found that habitual coffee consumption alters the trillions of microbes living in the digestive tract, creating a chemical feedback loop that directly influences mood, stress levels and cognitive sharpness.
Full article, HERE from Fox News.
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Your daily coffee habit may be quietly reshaping your gut and mood, study finds
https://www.foxnews.com/health/daily-coffee-habit-may-quietly-reshaping-gut-mood-study-finds
Both caffeinated and decaf drinkers reported reduced stress, depression and impulsivity
“Coffee is more than just caffeine,” study author John Cryan, principal investigator at APC Microbiome Ireland, said in a statement.
“It’s a complex dietary factor that interacts with our gut microbes, our metabolism and even our emotional well-being.”
The United States of America v. John Roberts
https://pjmedia.com/aj-christopher/2026/04/25/the-united-states-of-america-v-john-roberts-n4952167
The Supreme Court is under attack. It has been under attack for years, almost exclusively from the left. And by “under attack,” I don’t mean the peaceful criticism. I mean everything from challenges to its legitimacy to outright ignoring its rulings to death threats against conservative justices.
This began years ago. Chief Justice John Roberts initially responded by trying to stay apolitical and by trying to ignore the criticism. When President Barack Obama called him out during his 2010 State of the Union address, Roberts called the stunt “very troubling.” In the last two decades, that has been the entire extent of his pushback against the left…………………..
Democrat melts down after Secretary Doug Burgum drops bombshell about NGOs during committee hearing
https://www.theblaze.com/news/democrat-melts-down-after-secretary-doug-burgum-drops-bombshell-about-ngos-during-committee-hearing
In a Monday House Committee Hearing, Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) asked for clarification on Burgum’s proposed “complete elimination” of some programs in the Fish and Wildlife Service, including some state and tribal wildlife grants. Burgum replied with a shocking statistic about where some “nongovernmental organizations” get their money. “There was a review done of the grants,”…”And that is an area where there’s been substantial review. We found organizations that were receiving grants from the Interior, where 80 to 100% of the revenue of that NGO was a grant from the federal government.”…”And yet those organizations, we were the sole source of their revenue, but they would have a CEO making $650,000 and four $400,000 lobbyists,”
They Can’t Even Flip Burgers
https://townhall.com/columnists/walter-curt/2026/04/25/they-cant-even-flip-burgers-n2675035
The entire Times frame is backward. DOGE was treated like the marauding villain because it dared to question the sacred bureaucracy. How dare anyone cut government jobs? How dare anyone interrupt the NGO pipeline? How dare anyone ask whether these programs actually work? How dare anyone touch the soft, padded, credentialed ecosystem where public money flows into nonprofit offices, consultant contracts, administrative salaries, stakeholder meetings, and reports about reports. The Times wants Americans to see cruelty. What Americans see is confirmation.
Common sweetener may trigger fat buildup in ways experts didn’t expect
https://www.foxnews.com/health/common-sweetener-may-trigger-fat-buildup-ways-experts-didnt-expect
Fructose promotes fat production and storage differently than glucose, researchers say
Mamdani will VETO NYC schools ‘buffer zone’ bill — he’s determined to protect anti-ICE, pro-Hamas student protesters
https://gellerreport.com/2026/04/mamdani-will-veto-nyc-schools-buffer-zone-bill-hes-determined-to-protect-anti-ice-pro-hamas-student-protesters.html/
Mamdani wants to make sure that patriotic Americans who support ICE, and oppose the jihad against Israel, will be terrorized as much as possible in his New York City. He doesn’t want to allow them to have any place where they feel safe. Even as their children go to school, he wants them hounded, harassed, vilified, and terrorized.
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NYC: East Village residents voted 70% for Mamdani, and now they’re suing him
https://gellerreport.com/2026/04/nyc-east-village-residents-voted-70-for-mamdani-and-now-theyre-suing-him.html/
East Village residents who voted for New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani by a 40-point margin are now suing to stop a building in their neighborhood from becoming a temporary homeless shelter…Leftists sometimes directly experience the misery that their cherished policies inflict on the rest of us, and that’s happening now in the East Village, where they voted in massive numbers for the Marxist Mayor Mamdani, only to have him decide that they would be among the first to be punished… Now Mamdani wants to inflict violent and criminal homeless people on the affluent leftists of the East Village. The idea is to demoralize and threaten them until they’ll support the authoritarian policies that are the heart and center of leftism. Well, it couldn’t happen to a nicer bunch, but they’re just toward the beginning of the line.
Europe’s War on the Crown Prince Pahlavi
https://gellerreport.com/2026/04/europes-war-on-the-crown-prince-pahlavi.html
The European political machine actively conspires to silence Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi through a calculated strategy of diplomatic betrayal and systemic negligence…The liberal elites in Brussels and Berlin view a free, strong Iran under the leadership of Prince Pahlavi as a threat to their predatory energy contracts and geopolitical leverage…Just as the radical left in America deployed a campaign of character assassination and security failure against Donald Trump, European capitals now provide the vacuum in which the Tehran regime operates its hit squads.
Ilhan Omar Accused Of Trying To Steer $1.4M To Nonprofit With Somali Restaurant For Address
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/ilhan-omar-accused-trying-steer-14m-nonprofit-somali-restaurant-address
The nonprofit, Generation Hope MN, describes itself as providing addiction recovery services, peer support, job training, and mental health support for the East African community. The address tied to Omar’s earmark request – 326 Cedar Ave S / 411 Cedar Ave S – matches Sagal Restaurant and Coffee, a Somali eatery. Conservative investigator Angela Rose documented the site in a video, using Google Street View archives and on-site footage to show minimal or no clinic signage over the years, with the building primarily operating as a restaurant. The owner has confirmed that Generation Hope uses the upstairs space in the multi-tenant property, but critics highlighted the optics amid Minnesota’s fraud history.
Maryland: Residents ‘fleeing in droves’ after ‘insane’ far-left takeover
https://gellerreport.com/2026/04/maryland-residents-fleeing-in-droves-after-insane-far-left-takeover.html/
You can be sure that it’s not just the remaining patriots in Maryland who are fleeing. It’s leftists, also. They don’t want to live under the insane policies they vote for any more than anyone else does. The bitter irony, however, is that they will learn nothing. They will go from Maryland to some state that is not as contaminated with leftist insanity and vote for leftist candidates. They seem unwilling to face the obvious fact that the disastrous and worsening conditions in Maryland are the result of their choices at the ballot box.
Trump Is Making Leftists Pretend They’ve Never Seen Water Before
https://pjmedia.com/tim-o-brien/2026/04/25/trump-is-making-leftists-pretend-theyve-never-seen-water-before-n4952169
President Donald Trump learned a long time ago that reverse psychology works on the left. All he has to do is take the most common-sense position; then Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS) will take over, and the left will take the exact opposite position…when the president announced that just in time for the America 250 celebrations in Washington, D.C., he’s sprucing up the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool…Trump chose an industrial-grade swimming pool surface in American flag blue. The coating covers the aging granite bottom and seals the leaks. Trump announced the work on April 23 and set a clear timeline. The job costs around $1.5 million and should finish within weeks. Previous plans called for full granite replacement at roughly $301 million, stretching over many years… an amazing number of leftists have convinced themselves that blue does not reflect, even when they post photos of reflective blue paint, even before the water is poured back into the pool. News flash: blue does reflect, but more importantly, water reflects…
Hood-Winked: NAACP Defends KKK-Funding SPLC
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/04/25/hood-winked-naacp-defends-kkk-funding-splc-n4952168
There are days when I have to triple-check that a story is true, because it seems so preposterous I at first believe it has to come from a satire site. But no, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) actually did issue a protest against the federal indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) regarding payments to… the Ku Klux Klan and other white supremacist groups.
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The Vindication of Ayaan Hirsi Ali and a Long Overdue Reckoning for the Southern Poverty Law Center
https://pjmedia.com/rick-moran/2026/04/24/the-vindication-of-ayaan-hirsi-ali-and-a-long-overdue-reckoning-for-the-southern-poverty-law-center-n4952137
The Only Ones… Spray and Pray. – “But cops have firearms training!
https://miguelgg.substack.com/p/the-only-ones-spray-and-pray
Houston, Texas — On March 25th, 2026, at approximately 3:57 p.m., a Houston Police Officer arrived in the 5800 block of Glenmont Drive. He was responding to a call about a suspicious male with a pink bag and a gun walking near a school. The officer located a man matching the description. He approached the suspect, Bara’Atef Mohammad AlQudah and gave him multiple commands to drop his bag. AlQudah produced a gun from his bag and fired it, striking the officer. The officer returned fire and AlQudah fled on foot into a nearby apartment complex. The officer pursued AlQudah, giving commands to stop. The officer fired his duty weapon, striking AlQudah. The officer immediately began rendering first aid until Houston Fire Department paramedics arrived. AlQudah was pronounced deceased at the scene. The officer grazed in the right side of his abdomen, was treated for non-life-threatening injuries.
video – 00:007:17 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1l281epVan
(THIS is why semi-annual, annual, 2 yr, 4 yr, 5 yr re-qualifications are useless paperwork, because most people who have to qualify for a concealed carry permit only shoot at the necessary requalification times. Unless you hit the range often, and shoot more than a couple of mags, you are sending hot rocks down range addressed “To Whom it may Concern”, NOT bullets, properly aimed, at a specific target. – This is why I shoot semi-competitively. I say semi-competitively because at 75 y.o. I am shooting against my last scores, not the young guns, who can move faster, have better eyes, and faster reflexes than I do at this age. My goal is to shoot the match clean, 100% 1 shot hits, and beat my best time. The absolute last thing I ever want, if I have to use my firearm in defence of myself or other people, is a round going down range addressed “To Whom it MAY Concern.”
At ALL times YOU are responsible for every round you fire. – jlr)
Florida Man Friday: Meet Mayor McDUI (is there something in the water in FLA or around FLA? – jlr)
https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2026/04/24/florida-mayor-busted-for-dui-while-on-probation-for-dui-n4952149
★Embattled Florida mayor arrested after allegedly flunking drug test while on probation for drunk driving
https://nypost.com/2026/04/21/us-news/florida-mayor-teresa-heitmann-arrested-after-allegedly-flunking-drug-test-while-on-probation/
★★Florida man dressed as pirate with sword arrested after fire at park
https://golfweek.usatoday.com/story/news/crime/martin-county/2026/04/23/florida-man-dressed-as-pirate-with-sword-arrested-after-fire-at-park/89748665007/
★Florida Woman Somehow Drives Lifted Truck Over Lamborghini, Video Has Everyone Rewinding
https://autos.yahoo.com/people-and-culture/articles/florida-woman-somehow-drives-lifted-203131283.html?guccounter=1
★Central Florida Man Arrested for Two Hit-and-Run Crashes
https://westorlandonews.com/central-florida-man-arrested-for-two-hit-and-run-crashes/
Meanwhile, in New York…
★★Upstate NY man allegedly tried to stab family member — while dressed as a cow
https://nypost.com/2026/04/13/us-news/upstate-ny-man-allegedly-tried-to-stab-family-member-while-dressed-as-a-cow/
Apr 26
Well…The correspondents’ dinner apparently got a little ‘sporty’ last night…
https://oldnfo.substack.com/p/well-17c
Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump – https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116471074928310119
What happened last night is exactly the reason that our great Military, Secret Service, Law Enforcement and, for different reasons, every President for the last 150 years, have been DEMANDING that a large, safe, and secure Ballroom be built ON THE GROUNDS OF THE WHITE HOUSE. This event would never have happened with the Militarily Top Secret Ballroom currently under construction at the White House. It cannot be built fast enough! While beautiful, it has every highest level security feature there is plus, there are no rooms sitting on top for unsecured people to pour in, and is inside the gates of the most secure building in the World, The White House. The ridiculous Ballroom lawsuit, brought by a woman walking her dog, who has absolutely No Standing to bring such a suit, must be dropped, immediately. Nothing should be allowed to interfere with with its construction, which is on budget and substantially ahead of schedule!!! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP
The video of the perp rushing the magnetometer, gun drawn, and apparently shot a Secret Service agent on the way through.(video – 00:00:13 – https://x.com/i/status/2048280677217599624 – lower left video) – (video – 00:00:24 – https://1a-1791.com/video/fww1/34/s8/2/w/W/w/i/wWwiA.caa.mp4)
Thankfully, nobody died, the perp was captured, and none of the administration or correspondents were hurt. Scared obviously, but not hurt.
So this now makes at least ‘three’ tries at the President now. It’s long past time for the Dems to stop playing games and get with the program to bring this country back together! Dammit…
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Trump Asked Why Assassins Keep Trying to Kill Him, Gives Blunt Answer
https://www.westernjournal.com/trump-asked-assassins-keep-trying-kill-gives-blunt-answer/
President Donald Trump told the media why he thinks assassins keep on wanting to take his life: They want “the people that make the biggest impact.”
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Trump says suspect who shot Secret Serviceman at WHCD identified: ‘It’s always shocking’
https://www.theblaze.com/news/trump-says-suspect-who-shot-secret-serviceman-at-whcd-identified-it-s-always-shocking
Trump, who has already survived two assassination attempts, reflected on the political violence waged against him and other politicians, saying, “I want to live because I want to make this country great.”
video – 00:49:10 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHN8xcAJUsc&t=19s
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WH Correspondents’ Dinner Shooter Identified, Appears to Be Kamala Harris Donor on Public Listing
https://www.westernjournal.com/breaking-wh-correspondents-dinner-shooter-identified-appears-kamala-harris-donor-public-listing/
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Suspected WHCD Shooter Boosted Bluesky Posts Saying Trump Should Be ‘Tried For High Crimes’
https://freebeacon.substack.com/p/suspected-whcd-shooter-boosted-bluesky
The suspect, Cole Tomas Allen, contributed to Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign. On social media, he also slammed the First Amendment pocket square journalists were donning at last night’s dinner.
(read the BlueSky posts – jlr)
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WHCD Gunman Manifesto, Social Accounts Found – He Targeted Trump, Was a ‘No Kings’ Rally Attendee
https://www.westernjournal.com/breaking-whcd-gunman-manifesto-social-accounts-found-targeted-trump-no-kings-rally-attendee/
New information on the White House Correspondences’ dinner shooter, 31-year-old Cole Tomas Allen,
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Full WHCD Shooter Manifesto: He Told Family He Was Willing to Kill ‘Most Everyone’ at Dinner to Get to Trump
https://www.westernjournal.com/full-whcd-shooter-manifesto-told-family-willing-kill-everyone-dinner-get-trump/
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Read White House Correspondents’ Dinner gunman Cole Allen’s full anti-Trump manifesto
https://nypost.com/2026/04/26/us-news/read-whcd-gunman-cole-allens-full-anti-trump-manifesto/
Accused White House Correspondents’ Dinner gunman Cole Allen sent a sprawling, crazed manifesto to family members 10 minutes before Saturday’s attack, sources told The Post.
In the 1,052-word missive obtained by The Post Sunday morning — signed Cole ‘coldForce’ ‘Friendly Federal Assassin’ Allen” — and outlined his “rules of engagement” for the shooting and stated he believed it was his righteous duty to target administration officials.
Cole Allen’s manifesto in full:
Hello everybody!
So I may have given a lot of people a surprise today. Let me start off by apologizing to everyone whose trust I abused.
I apologize to my parents for saying I had an interview without specifying it was for “Most Wanted.”
I apologize to my colleagues and students for saying I had a personal emergency (by the time anyone reads this, I probably most certainly DO need to go to the ER, but can hardly call that not a self-inflicted status.)
I apologize to all of the people I traveled next to, all the workers who handled my luggage, and all the other non-targeted people at the hotel who I put in danger simply by being near.
I apologize to everyone who was abused and/or murdered before this, to all those who suffered before I was able to attempt this, to all who may still suffer after, regardless of my success or failure.
I don’t expect forgiveness, but if I could have seen any other way to get this close, I would have taken it. Again, my sincere apologies.
On to why I did any of this:
I am a citizen of the United States of America.
What my representatives do reflects on me.
And I am no longer willing to permit a pedophile, rapist, and traitor to coat my hands with his crimes.
(Well, to be completely honest, I was no longer willing a long time ago, but this is the first real opportunity I’ve had to do something about it.)
While I’m discussing this, I’ll also go over my expected rules of engagement (probably in a terrible format, but I’m not military so too bad.)
Administration officials (not including Mr. Patel): they are targets, prioritized from highest-ranking to lowest
Secret Service: they are targets only if necessary, and to be incapacitated non-lethally if possible (aka, I hope they’re wearing body armor because center mass with shotguns messes up people who aren’t
Hotel Security: not targets if at all possible (aka unless they shoot at me)
Capitol Police: same as Hotel Security
National Guard: same as Hotel Security
Hotel Employees: not targets at all
Guests: not targets at all
In order to minimize casualties I will also be using buckshot rather than slugs (less penetration through walls)
Guests crouching under tables after being rushed out of the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner.
I would still go through most everyone here to get to the targets if it were absolutely necessary (on the basis that most people chose to attend a speech by a pedophile, rapist, and traitor, and are thus complicit) but I really hope it doesn’t come to that.
Rebuttals to objections:
Objection 1: As a Christian, you should turn the other cheek.
Rebuttal: Turning the other cheek is for when you yourself are oppressed. I’m not the person raped in a detention camp. I’m not the fisherman executed without trial. I’m not a schoolkid blown up or a child starved or a teenage girl abused by the many criminals in this administration.
Turning the other cheek when someone else is oppressed is not Christian behavior; it is complicity in the oppressor’s crimes.
Trump recounts political unity after White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting: ‘Place was just coming together’
White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting live updates: Trump recounts ‘shocking’ moment he heard gunshots
Cole Allen, 31-year-old California teacher, ID’d as White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooter
Objection 2: This is not a convenient time for you to do this.
Rebuttal: I need whoever thinks this way to take a couple minutes and realize that the world isn’t about them. Do you think that when I see someone raped or murdered or abused, I should walk on by because it would be “inconvenient” for people who aren’t the victim?
This was the best timing and chance of success I could come up with.
Objection 3: You didn’t get them all.
Rebuttal: Gotta start somewhere.
Objection 4: As a half-black, half-white person, you shouldn’t be the one doing this.
Rebuttal: I don’t see anyone else picking up the slack
Objection 5: Yield unto Caesar what is Caesar’s.
Rebuttal: The United States of America are ruled by the law, not by any one or several people. In so far as representatives and judges do not follow the law, no one is required to yield them anything so unlawfully ordered.
I would also like to extend my appreciation to a great many people since I will not be likely to be able to talk with them again (unless the Secret Service is astoundingly incompetent.)
Thank you to my family, both personal and church, for your love over these 31 years.
Thank you to my friends, for your companionship over many years.
Thank you to my colleagues over many jobs, for your positivity and professionalism.
Thank you to my students for your enthusiasm and love of learning.
Thank you to the many acquaintances I’ve met, in person and online, for short interactions and long-term relationships, for your perspectives and inspiration.
Thank you all for everything.
Sincerely,
Cole “coldForce” “Friendly Federal Assassin” Allen
PS: Ok now that all the sappy stuff is done, what the hell is the Secret Service doing? Sorry, gonna rant a bit here and drop the formal tone.
Like, I expected security cameras at every bend, bugged hotel rooms, armed agents every 10 feet, metal detectors out the wazoo.
What I got (who knows, maybe they’re pranking me!) is nothing.
No damn security.
Not in transport.
Not in the hotel.
Not in the event.
Like, the one thing that I immediately noticed walking into the hotel is the sense of arrogance.
I walk in with multiple weapons and not a single person there considers the possibility that I could be a threat.
The security at the event is all outside, focused on protestors and current arrivals, because apparently no one thought about what happens if someone checks in the day before.
Like, this level of incompetence is insane, and I very sincerely hope it’s corrected by the time this country gets actually competent leadership again.
What do you think? Post a comment.
Like, if I was an Iranian agent, instead of an American citizen, I could have brought a damn Ma Deuce in here and no one would have noticed shit.
Actually insane.
Oh and if anyone is curious is how doing something like feels: it’s awful. I want to throw up; I want to cry for all the things I wanted to do and never will, for all the people whose trust this betrays; I experience rage thinking about everything this administration has done.
Can’t really recommend it! Stay in school, kids.
Full WHCD Shooter Manifesto: He Told Family He Was Willing to Kill ‘Most Everyone’ at Dinner to Get to Trump
The Left Were Absolute Psychopaths Following the Attack on the WHCA Dinner
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2026/04/26/the-left-were-absolute-psychopaths-following-the-attack-on-the-whca-dinner-n2675073
Allen admitted he was targeting Trump officials. However, the media tried to play the ‘we don’t know who he was targeting’ game, which was comical. For now, the left-leaning influencers on social media are pushing the ‘it was staged’ narrative because a) they’re Trump-obsessed, b) they’re generally foolish, and c) they don’t want to be held responsible for their nonsensical, violence-promoting rhetoric that fuels these lunatics trying to assassinate government officials. That is a fact,
video – 00:00:16 – https://twitter.com/i/status/2048238007979749811
video – 00:00:23 – https://twitter.com/i/status/2048189815628411333
video – 00:01:22 – https://twitter.com/i/status/2048244129503510957
(READ the rest comments posted on X after the attack – jlr)
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Nick Freitas · Original audio
https://www.facebook.com/reel/1547051893417522
After the latest assassination attempt, I finally understand why the left wants gun control so bad…
You Can Tell How ABSOLUTELY SHOOK Mainstream Media Were After WHCD Shooting, Just WATCH (Video)
https://twitchy.com/samj/2026/04/26/mainstream-media-were-so-shook-after-assassination-attempt-you-can-see-them-literally-stealing-watch-n2427547
The mainstream media has been very busy this morning trying to find a way to either make everyone believe last night’s WHCD shooting was either staged or ALL ABOUT THEM. Forget that Allen has admitted that he was there to target the Trump administration…Not to mention, they were allegedly caught on video stealing wine bottles.
Retired Green Beret Unpacks Troubling, Even DAMNING Points About Trump Assassination Attempt at WHCD
https://twitchy.com/samj/2026/04/26/retired-green-beret-unpacks-very-troubling-points-about-another-attempted-assassination-n2427538
https://x.com/Schwalm5132/status/204827256266940858 – So let’s unpack a few things right up front…
1) He left California and was in DC at the hotel where the WHCD was veing held.
2) Imagine the intent he had to have in order to travel that distance all the while thinking about what he was going to do.
3) He either moved several weapons or procured them in/around DC and figured out a way to get them in proximity to the WHCD.
4) He took the time to load the weapons on to his body (to reportedly include several knives) and nobody noticed.
5) Now here is the kicker…in his hidden location he was somehow aware that the President was in the room and was seated. How/when was he aware of that part?
6) If he wasn’t a guest at the WHCD and he couldn’t see the President from where he was….how did he know?
7) It’s not like he could go look in the room and then go load up with his gear.
8) He was supposedly a guest at the exact hotel? Like every room in that place wasn’t booked full over a month in advance? In DC, on a Saturday, with the WHCD in the same hotel….have you ever booked a hotel in DC during a Major Presidential event? Good luck!!!
All of it screams that he had help from someone in DC. Someone with some serious knowledge and capabilities.
You just don’t pull off something like that on a whim and without some serious reconnaissance ahead of time.
Oops! Judge Blocks Bulletproof WH Ballroom Right Before Assassination Attempt Proves Why It’s Needed
https://twitchy.com/justmindy/2026/04/26/ballroom-judge-last-week-no-security-concern-n2427536
via Adrian Vermeule @Vermeullarmine – https://x.com/Vermeullarmine/status/2048231617500533060
On April 16, in his most recent opinion in the ongoing litigation over the construction of the White House ballroom, Judge Leon of the federal district court in DC wrote: “The fact that the ballroom is planned to include security features such as bullet-proof windows and a drone-proof roof does not bring the structure within the scope of the
[national security] exception. While these features may well be beneficial, Defendants have not provided any national security justification for why these features must be installed immediately such that they should be excluded from the scope of the injunction.”
Seems like the ballroom where the President hangs out really needs all that fancy security after all, Judge Leon.
Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer Get INSTA-RATIOED Over Their Statements on the WHCD Shooting
https://twitchy.com/dougp/2026/04/25/really-hakeem-jeffries-gets-insta-ratioed-after-statement-on-whcd-shooting-and-trump-evacuation-n2427531
White House Correspondent’s Dinner – 72-Hour Rule
https://thelawdogfiles.substack.com/p/white-house-correspondents-dinner
Folks ask me, “Ian, why do you hate people so much?” And I do. The public as a whole annoys the whey out of me. Humanity in general is nothing more than up-jumped apes; and not only do they possess the full measure of petty biliousness and vile moral depravity of our primate cousins, intelligence has just given humanity the key do it better. Do you doubt me?………………..
The U.S. Virgin Islands Citizen Statute and Birthright Citizenship
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/04/the_u_s_virgin_islands_citizen_statute_and_birthright_citizenship.html
There’s a 1927 law that’s gotten the silent treatment from courts and parties in birthright citizenship litigation, but that has a place in the discussion.
Apr 27
U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Texas’ Redrawn Congressional Map in 6-3 Ruling, Clearing It for 2026 Midterms
https://istandforfreedom.com/scotus-texas-congr-map
I’d say Judge Smith nailed it, and the Supreme Court evidently agreed. Here’s the legal reality that gets buried in every breathless news cycle about gerrymandering: redistricting based on political preference is perfectly legal. Racial gerrymandering is not.
The Toxic Masculinity That So Terrifies and Infuriates a TDS Crazed Left
https://hotair.com/tree-hugging-sister/2026/04/27/the-toxic-masculinity-that-so-terrifies-and-infuriates-a-tds-crazed-left-n3814330
The Trump Derangement Syndrome that so many have reveled in and promoted and built upon with ever-increasing stridency and hysteria only serves to further convince us that the Democratic Party’s current progressive masters, and, by extension, convenient mouthpieces, are purposefully advocating for violence in order to whip their footsoldiers with the short-circuited brains into doing the dirty work for them. A Democratic Party call-to-action is couched in far different terms than one we hear. They’re not asking for votes. They’re soliciting violence volunteers safe within what they see as a thin shield veneer of plausible deniability…It’s a deep, festering sickness eating its way through the pustular crust of the progressive Democratic body politic…
Understanding Phone Number Spoofing
https://amac.us/newsline/lifestyle/understanding-phone-number-spoofing
Spoofing is a deceptive technique that allows scammers to disguise their identity by falsifying information, such as phone numbers, so that their calls or messages appear to come from a trusted source. This technology is often used in scams, phishing, or cyberattacks to steal data or money, or gain unauthorized access to systems.
Third Trump Assassination Attempt – Left Must Acknowledge Its Violence Problem
https://amac.us/newsline/politics/third-trump-assassination-attempt-left-must-acknowledge-its-violence-problem/
President Donald Trump was the target of yet another assassination attempt this weekend, this time during the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner. Details are still coming in, but what does seem clear now more than ever is that Trump Derangement Syndrome is no longer just a joke or online meme. It is a very real psychological sickness driven by a left-wing cult of violence that is tearing at the seams of American society.
WHCD Shooter’s Social Media Posts, Manifesto Show Hatred of Trump as Media Search for ‘Motive’
https://freebeacon.substack.com/p/whcd-shooters-social-media-posts
The alleged shooter who succeeded in shutting down Saturday evening’s White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, Cole Tomas Allen, recently shared posts on the left-wing social media platform Bluesky arguing that President Trump should be “tried for high crimes,” that ICE should be abolished, and that Trump ally Elon Musk is “a Nazi,” the Free Beacon’s Collin Anderson scooped. Furthermore, in a manifesto first described by the New York Post, Allen said he was “no longer willing to permit a pedophile, rapist, and traitor to coat my hands with his crimes.” Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said Sunday morning that top Trump administration officials were the target of the attempted shooting rampage.
Barack Obama Did Not Just Say That About the WHCA Shooting
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2026/04/27/barack-obama-did-not-just-say-that-about-the-whca-shooting-n2675098
…the media and now former presidents are trying to play the ‘we don’t know game.’…
via Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok
The shooter: – donated to Kamala – called Trump a r*pist pedo – wrote he wanted to target Trump officials – dozens of anti-Trump posts – house had democrat candidate campaign sign
Obama: “motive unknown”
One LOOK at This Senator’s X Timeline and You Can Tell Where WHCD Shooter Got a LOT of His Talking Points
https://twitchy.com/samj/2026/04/27/just-guess-which-senator-whcd-gunmen-quoted-very-often-hint-he-compares-republicans-to-nazis-a-lot-n2427577
One of the scariest parts of the WHCD shooting is that the gunman was influenced by the very ordinary, everyday Democrat talking points. The things he wrote in his manifesto (and in his past tweets and posts) could have come from several Democrats on X.
Suspected WHCD shooter and another would-be Trump assassin have a lot in common — and it’s not just Ukraine
https://www.theblaze.com/news/suspected-whcd-shooter-shares-more-in-common-with-ryan-routh-than-just-a-ukraine-obsession?
Like Ryan Routh, suspected White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooter Cole Allen appears to have been steeped in unhinged Democratic propaganda…Besides making donations to the same party and obsessing over the same foreign power, both Routh and Allen were apparently radicalized in recent years with the help of Democrats’ incendiary rhetoric.
‘You’re a dead man!’ Enraged family members explode at arrested male accused of fatally shooting boy, 15, at NYC playground
https://www.theblaze.com/news/youre-a-dead-man-enraged-family-members-explode-at-arrested-male-accused-of-fatally-shooting-boy-15-at-nyc-playground
The victim’s older sister, 17-year-old Nellie Pierre, had harsh words for those recording video of the attack on her brother, telling the New York Daily News that “everyone there recording did nothing. They treated it all as entertainment. He was already beat up. He was helpless, and they shot him.”
(That is today’s “video, everything, but do nothing to help, because maybe I might be able to monetize it somehow”, culture. People have videoed people drowning and done nothing. – jlr)
Apr 28
Book recommendation: First 30 Seconds by Ed Monk.
https://miguelgg.substack.com/p/book-recommendation-first-30-seconds
I don’t recall the last time I got so mad reading a book. And I am not mad at the author by any stretch of the imagination, but I am seething at bureaucrats and politicians who have blocked, impeded and belittled armed personnel in schools…The other thing that makes this book a must-read is the amount of information that was not easily available to the public for any reason…Go buy the book, read it, absorb it, get mad, and wonder why there are people in positions of being responsible for the safety of kids who are willing to go to the mattresses just to keep things the way they are right now and keep the kids being easy targets for murder.
From FaceBook
https://vineofliberty.com/2026/04/28/from-facebook/
Post by Michael Smith on Facebook: https://michaelsmith.substack.com/p/hitlers-mirror
Hitler’s Mirror: When Germans stared into Hitler’s mirror, instead of themselves, they saw dirty Jews. When the American left does it, they see Trump.
Both were wrong.
“The most impenetrable fortress is not a citadel built of concrete and steel; it is a delusional mind built from lies and raw emotion. It’s way past the time when a rational and moral people understand that while the American left’s causes are not real, their violence most certainly is…………….”
(let’s see if I get a time-out or disapeared b fascist foio because I used the word hitler in posting this to fascist folio – jlr)
Democratic Lawmakers on Neighbors Not Enemies Act
https://www.c-span.org/program/news-conference/democratic-lawmakers-on-neighbors-not-enemies-act/654807
Representative Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Senator Mazie Hirono (D-HI), and other Democratic lawmakers held a news conference to discuss the Neighbors Not Enemies Act that would repeal the Alien Enemies Act of 1798.
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video – 00:34:20 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iN2TYGv-A_4
Dangerous Democrats Continue to Leave DHS Unfunded As Political Violence Escalates
https://gellerreport.com/2026/04/dangerous-democrats-continue-to-leave-dhs-unfunded-as-political-violence-escalates.html
We’re at day 73 and counting of the partial government shutdown. Meanwhile, those porkers continue to get paid, engorge themselves at the trough of taxpayer dollars, and defraud the people.
The Democrat party is the enemy of the people.
It keeps happening for a reason.
https://miguelgg.substack.com/p/it-keeps-happening-for-a-reason
Another nutjob, apparently and unexpectedly a Liberal Lefty tried to go Banzai and kill whomever he could from the top tier of this administration…yhere needs to be a rethinking on the shit leaders on the Left think they can say, but it won’t happen because they less-than-secretly wish their political enemies get to suffer or die so they can get more power… They feel safe to do their incitement because they are allowed to be safe…Nothing will change till we get rid of this polite immunity for those who wish us harm. And I fear that there is a lack of genital fortitude to do so by people in charge who are too squeamish and which will lead to things turning real ugly. No, I do not see a happy ending anywhere, or even a quiet one.
The Culture That Bred Cole Allen
https://www.thefp.com/p/the-culture-that-bred-cole-allen
How does the unacceptable become acceptable?…it is impossible not to see the weekend’s thwarted attack in the context of our increasingly upside-down culture, one in which political speech is derided as violence and political violence is tolerated, excused, and even celebrated… just head down to Washington Square Park and ask the NYU co-eds and twentysomethings if they think murder is ever an appropriate political tool. just head down to Washington Square Park and ask the NYU co-eds and twentysomethings if they think murder is ever an appropriate political tool.
video – https://www.instagram.com/p/DXpuAKpCRNk/
Brewer fantasizes about Trump’s death AGAIN — and even Wisconsin Democrats are appalled
https://www.theblaze.com/news/brewer-fantasizes-about-trumps-death-again-and-even-wisconsin-democrats-are-appalled
The brewer wrote the following last weekend after yet another attempt on Trump’s life, this time at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner: Well, we almost got #freebeerday. Either a brother or sister in the Resistance needs to work on their marksmanship or he faked another assassination to get a a [sic] positive news cycle. We’ll never know. Regardless, we stand at the ready to pour free beer the day it happens…Bangstad wrote in a post on Tuesday, “The day ‘he’ dies will do a LOT to end that suffering. Sure, JD Vance will bring with him a more intelligent treachery to the world stage if Trump passes — but when the symbol of American weakness, ignorance, and bigotry finally breathes his last breath — the entire world will be able to breathe a little easier.”
‘Mad Men’ actress accuses Trump of staging WHCA assassination attempt
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2026/04/28/mad-men-actress-accuses-trump-of-staging-whca-assassination-attempt-1635352/
January Jones is apparently hopping on the boat with people who have refused to utilize critical thinking skills in the wake of Saturday’s shooting. She posted an Instagram story implying that the horrifying event was staged, as if the hateful vitriol from the left exists in a vacuum with no influence over anyone who might genuinely believe the claims that President Donald Trump is a threat to democracy, women, minorities, etc…“Do you have a boring dinner party coming up, and lots of losers and fake friends have rsvp’d? Are you looking for help staging a small scale low risk assassination attempt to get out of it? Look no further, the US Government is your man, call us now at 1-800-wehate-americans and they’ll add a bonus podium to talk at people at length about how cool and strong you are and ruin everyone’s evening,” she wrote, adding the caveat “This is is NOT a one time offer, you can do it as many times are you want, taxes don’t apply.” Unfortunately, she’s not alone in this lunacy.
DOJ Moves Against White House Ballroom Lawsuit in Wake of Shooting: ‘Enough Is Enough’
https://www.westernjournal.com/doj-moves-white-house-ballroom-lawsuit-wake-shooting-enough-enough/
National Trust President and CEO Carol Quillen issued a response to Shumate’s letter Monday, writing, “We’re grateful to the Secret Service and DC law enforcement officers for keeping the President and all guests safe at this weekend’s White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner. We are not planning to voluntarily dismiss our lawsuit, which endangers no one and which respectfully asks the Administration to follow the law,”
DeSantis Unveils Florida Congressional Map Poised to Deliver 4 Additional House Seats to Republicans
https://istandforfreedom.com/desantis-florida-house-seats/
For years, Democrats have aggressively redrawn congressional maps to tilt the scales in their favor, from California to Virginia. Most Republicans have watched from the sidelines, wringing their hands about optics and procedure. But one governor just picked up the pen…So what are Republicans supposed to do? Keep playing nice while Democrats rewrite the rules?… Predictably, Democrats are losing their minds: House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries warned DeSantis to “F around and find out”—classy stuff from the guy who wants to be Speaker…Funny how the same people who celebrated Virginia’s power grab are suddenly concerned about fair play…
Can Congress Kill the ‘Kill’ Switch? UPDATE January ‘Yes’ List Added
https://hotair.com/tree-hugging-sister/2026/04/27/can-congress-kill-the-kill-switch-n3814350
This is more than mere speculation, as Congress is the one that let it live. Specifically, 57 Republicans voted in January of this year NOT to turn off development and installation of the obnoxious, Biden administration Big Brother mandate to determine if you were capable of driving your vehicle starting…checks watch…THIS YEAR.
FORD’S NIGHTMARE TRUCK IS HERE — They just patented a truck that you won’t own, but will OWN YOU!
video – 00:04:05 – https://x.com/i/status/2048765296576471457
The Left’s Sneaky War on Free Speech: It’s Called ‘Epistemic Violence’
https://hotair.com/walter-hudson/2026/04/27/the-lefts-sneaky-war-on-free-speech-its-called-epistemic-violence-n3814271
Epistemic violence, stripped of its academic pretensions, is simply critical thinking. Apply reason and logic to understand the world, and the left brands you guilty. They have deliberately appropriated the word “critical” for their theories—critical race theory, critical gender theory, critical social theory—because “critical thinking” carries a positive connotation among rational people. Yet their version means the opposite: rejecting objective standards in favor of subjective “knowledges.”…Epistemic injustice, they claim, occurs when one form of knowledge—typically Western, scientific, or empirical—is deemed more valid than others. This framework prioritizes “lived experience” over evidence, elevating personal anecdote as unassailable expertise. Rugged individualism, the scientific method, a strong work ethic, grammar, and even timeliness get condemned as tools of “white supremacy.” Hate speech, they argue, sustains this “injustice” and must be curbed…The solution, in their view? Construct freedom of speech by limiting it for disfavored groups. “If there are groups that are going to use their freedom of speech to use hate speech and curb the freedom of speech of other people, those groups need to be stopped,” says Brazilian academic Victor Foresti Castro. Criminalize homophobia, racism, transphobia, he says. Position the state as protector of the “weakest entity.”
It Must Be Tuesday: Yet Another Seismic Event Shakes up the Persian Gulf
https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2026/04/28/the-persian-gulf-just-got-shook-up-again-n4952288
The United Arab Emirates’ leaving OPEC as of May 1 is a much bigger deal…Dubai also has itself a nice little pipeline bypassing Hormuz…If ZH is correct, then UAE is both more hobbled by OPEC, and has more capacity to make up for lost production in Iran…”The UAE likely sees this as the end of Iran as a major market competitor for years to come,”…and so the Emirates “are moving to fill that supply gap permanently.”
Hakeem Jeffries is STILL Melting Down Over DeSantis ‘Ronmander’ After Cheering Virginia Gerrymander
https://twitchy.com/justmindy/2026/04/28/hakeem-jeffries-ron-desantis-gerrymander-dummymander-n2427617
Jeffries keeps threatening to see DeSantis in court. Ok, dude. Everyone heard you the first 10 times…It’s fine when they do it. They just don’t like it when the tables turn. The Democrats believe they live by a different set of rules…In the last decade, the GOP has basically decimated the DNC in Florida. Sorry, but cope and seethe, Hakeem.
Arkansas Lawmakers Haven’t Forgotten ATF Raid That Led to Death of Airport Executive
https://bearingarms.com/camedwards/2026/04/28/arkansas-lawmakers-havent-forgotten-atf-raid-that-led-to-death-of-airport-executive-n1232359
On Monday, 30 Arkansas state senators held a press conference with Malinowski’s widow to announce they’re seeking a federal investigation into Malinowski’s death, and are sending a letter to President Donald Trump outlining their request.
Connecticut Governor Wants to Ban Glocks. Guess What That’s Doing to Gun Sales.
https://bearingarms.com/camedwards/2026/04/28/connecticut-governor-wants-to-ban-glocks-guess-what-thats-doing-to-gun-sales-n1232361
Taking New Mexico Back, One Vote at a Time
https://bearingarms.com/kerry-slone/2026/04/28/taking-new-mexico-back-one-vote-at-a-time-n1232358
For Ergo Grip’s CEO and President, Mira O’Connell, that time has passed. Building upon her 15 years of law enforcement experience in New Mexico and her firearms industry experience, Mira decided to infiltrate the “anti-2A” state capitol to bring about positive change, and is petitioning to get on the ballot for the 2026 U.S. senatorial race.
Pennsylvania Democrat Uses Trump Assassination Attempt to Push Ban on ‘Military-Grade’ Guns
https://bearingarms.com/camedwards/2026/04/28/pennsylvania-democrat-uses-trump-assassination-attempt-to-push-ban-on-military-grade-guns-n1232360
In addition to the fact that the suspect was armed with arms that cannot even remotely be described as “military-grade”, he apparently took advantage of no “lethal loopholes” in state or federal law. The suspect purchased the shotgun and handgun at California gun stores, where he underwent and passed a background check, as well as sitting through the state’s mandatory 10-day waiting period before he could obtain the guns he’d purchased. Those purchases were separated by several months, and there’s no reason why either of them would have raised any red flags at the time. So what the heck is Kenyatta talking about?
Apr 29
‘I don’t have to listen to this B.S.’: Watch Lee Zeldin school purple-haired member of Congress on American law
Lee Zeldin, the chief of the Environmental Protection Agency for the second Trump administration, has delivered a schooling to a purple-haired member of Congress on the law under which his agency operates. It happened during a congressional hearing and left U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro, a Democrat from Connecticut, literally stunned and flustered. ‘You’re very defensive about not knowing the two biggest landmark Supreme Court cases of the last year with regards to your question’
video – 00:0:25 – https://twitter.com/i/status/2048895480151593427
Schadenfreude in the morning
Yes Kings!
https://miguelgg.substack.com/p/yes-kings
Senator Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) bows to King Charles III (that is The Third, not one hundred and eleventh) like she suddenly loves the idea of kings.
Next, somebody is going to say it is a cultural thing, and I am a racist for questioning her motives to show submission to a foreign potentate.
If the video does not start on cue, go back to 00:24 and play it. If somebody can clip just the scene from 00:24 to 00:29 to add to the post, I would appreciate it.
Video – 00:52:32 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lS4-mSHIFyQ
Dem Rep: Actually, It’s Donald Trump Who’s Responsible for the Attempts on His Life
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2026/04/29/of-course-this-dem-rep-blamed-trump-for-the-third-assassination-attempt-on-his-life-at-the-whca-dinner-n2675223
Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY) remains at the top of the Democratic Party’s attack dog list. President Trump was targeted again at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner on Saturday by Cole Allen. He was armed and nearly entered the ballroom at the Washington Hilton, but he tripped before he could breach the venue. He was later apprehended by federal agents, and he admitted that he was targeting Trump officials. His manifesto was clear that the president was also a target, the primary one. And Goldman believes Trump is responsible for the attempts on his life or something.
video – 00:00:22 – https://twitter.com/i/status/2049162840892735787
No, sir. You and your party are getting owned because saying this Democrat or that Democrat is scum is very different from saying Trump must be taken out, he’s a threat to democracy, and it’s time for maximum warfare. One is ad hominem—you can argue whether that’s right—but the Democrats have for years peddled assassination-inspiring/civil war porn.
Democrats Always Act Surprised When One of Their Own Tries to Murder Trump
https://townhall.com/columnists/derekhunter/2026/04/28/democrats-always-act-surprised-when-one-of-their-own-tries-to-murder-trump-n2675166
In their attempt to get President Donald Trump killed, Democrats are hitting zero. You might think that’s a glib way to put it, but how else can you explain the repeated attempts to inspire someone to kill the president and the deflated “we have to condemn all political violence” that inevitably follows? It’s performance art – they have to pretend to be shocked that someone acted on what they’d been openly hinting they’d like to have happen, because otherwise the next person might not be inspired by their rhetoric to pick up the mantle and try to finish the job.
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Politeness
https://vineofliberty.com/2026/04/29/politeness/
This book (“Friday” by Robert A. Heinlein – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friday_(novel) is an important one for anyone interested in politics, in my opinion. This quote,(see article) though, is important right now. RIGHT now. Politeness is dying. And it’s considerably more significant than a riot, though we’ve plenty of those, as well, despite their “mostly peaceful” monikers. While I’ve no desire to go back to a time where I would be forced to wear a corset every day and was bound to cook, clean, and bear children for my husband simply because I’m female… I do want to live in a time where doing so is not maligned or looked down upon. Or bad-mouthed. I’m so very tired of many things right now, but the impoliteness is really getting to me right now. You can disagree with someone and be polite. It’s why the South invented the term, “Bless your heart!” Everyone knows if a Southern person says that to you, it’s the equivalent of saying to fuck off… but it’s not the SAME. It’s polite. Why does it matter if we’re using polite language? I mean, if everyone knows that the polite language means the same thing as the brutal language, why bother to use the polite version? Because it’s social lubricant, that’s why………………
Liz Wheeler drops shocking poll that should terrify every conservative after WHCD assassination attempt
https://www.theblaze.com/shows/the-liz-wheeler-show/liz-wheeler-poll-conservative-whcd-assassination-attempt
According to an April 2025 poll (https://networkcontagion.us/wp-content/uploads/Assassination-Culture.pdf) conducted by the Network Contagion Research Institute in partnership with Rutgers University’s Social Perception Lab, 56% of self-identified left-of-center respondents said murdering Trump would be at least “somewhat justified,” with 14.1% calling it “completely justified.”…“Fifty-six percent of people on the left — that’s not just the mainstream media and the loudest influencers on X and YouTube, the freaks of the Democratic Party and Congress. This is over half of Democrats,”…“That means if you walk up to someone on a street, you meet a neighbor, a co-worker, and you find out that they voted for Kamala Harris or that they lean left, they are more likely than not going to justify a potential assassination of
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Support for Political Violence Among Americans
https://research.skeptic.com/support-for-political-violence-among-americans/
New survey reveals 1 in 3 younger Americans support political violence, with highest rates among very liberal respondents and those with graduate degrees. 53% of Black GenZ expressed agreement that violence is necessary for social change.
Over 40% of Liberals Say Political Violence is Justified
https://gellerreport.com/2026/04/over-40-of-liberals-say-political-violence-is-justified.html/
pic – https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HG42Wpha8AARNCe?format=jpg&name=small
Minneapolis Residents Are Begging for Police Protection After Elected ‘Defund the Police’ Politicians
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2026/04/29/minneapolis-30-car-break-ins-n2675237
Minneapolis was the birthplace of the Black Lives Matter (BLM) and Defund the Police movements. The Left insisted we didn’t need police to keep our communities safe, that violence and crime were social constructs, and if we sent social workers and boatloads of welfare dollars into our cities, the problems would go away. That wasn’t true, of course, and now crime is rampant in blue cities and the residents who voted for such policies are regretting it.
(Schadenfreude – that feeling you get when you watch liberals FA and FO that elections actually have consequences – sometimes negative consequences for them – then whine about it – jlr )
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Data centers are devouring the electrical grid. Is a crash around the corner?
https://www.theblaze.com/return/data-centers-are-devouring-the-electrical-grid-is-a-crash-around-the-corner
America’s scramble for technological dominance is outpacing its power supply.
The technology industry tends to describe its obstacles as temporary inconveniences, friction to be optimized away. The power problem is not that kind of obstacle. A modern data center, before it is a real-estate asset or a monument to computational ambition, is an electrical system. IT equipment can represent 95% of its total demand. Cooling systems are themselves power-electronics loads. For the highest-performing AI facilities, operators have begun to omit traditional backup protection for their servers, relying instead on software checkpointing and restart logic, because the weight of the electrical infrastructure has become something to work around. “Construction complete” does not mean the facility can be turned on. Completion requires that the utility interface, the internal electrical architecture, the backup strategy, and the thermal system are synchronized and tested. The construction is the least of it.
What Would Mike Rowe Do?
https://michaelsmith.substack.com/p/what-would-mike-rowe-do
Results matter more than intent but which of the two do you think drives more of government action?
…politicians are not in government to deliver results, they are there do write laws, create programs and spend money.
Self-Avowed ‘Socialist Socialite’ Roasted After Mocking Budget Dress Worn by Hegseth’s Wife
https://www.westernjournal.com/self-avowed-socialist-socialite-roasted-mocking-budget-dress-worn-hegseths-wife/
Socialism is often defined as a system that rejects private ownership in favor of public or collective control. Wealth, in that framework, is meant to be redistributed rather than accumulated.
A socialite, by contrast, is someone who moves comfortably within elite, often affluent circles. Wealth in that world is not just present — it’s performed, curated, and displayed.
Put simply, one ideology treats wealth as a problem to be solved, and the other treats it as a marker of status to be celebrated.
this inane X post from “socialist socialite” Ella Devi – ella devi @ellad3vi – “Pete Hegseth’s wife wore a dress from Temu to the white house correspondents dinner (I’m not joking)
https://x.com/ellad3vi/status/2048613115718152383
Thankfully, the mockery wasn’t far behind Devi, with many pointing out that her remarks were as airheaded as the entire concept of being a “socialist socialite.”
In Cities Across America, Homeless Services Are Doled Out Based on Race and Sexual Identity
https://freebeacon.com/america/exclusive-in-cities-across-america-homeless-services-are-doled-out-based-on-race-and-sexual-identity/
Rolled out in October 2024, the Multnomah Services and Screening Tool awards up to 5 points to non-white, non-straight applicants who speak English as a second language—more than the 4 points it would award a domestic violence survivor with a six-year-old child who has been homeless for over a year. The rubric, obtained by the Washington Free Beacon through a public records request, is “designed to prioritize … BIPOC households, LGBTQIA2S+, [and] people with disabilities,” according to a Frequently Asked Questions pamphlet. It awards 1 point for “interest in LGBTQ services,” 2 points for “English as a second language,” and another 2 points for “interest in culturally specific services,” a catch-all term for Portland’s race-based housing programs. Maryland and Minnesota use the index to allocate funds for housing, rental assistance, and, in Maryland’s case, street outreach and emergency shelters, according to documents from both states. A third state, Oregon, used the index to allocate rental assistance from 2021 to 2023.
Warmth of Collectivism Mamdani Declares ‘Historic’ Crisis After Blowing Deadline, Pushes State Bailout
https://redstate.com/ben-smith/2026/04/28/warmth-of-collectivism-mamdani-declares-historic-crisis-after-blowing-deadline-pushes-state-bailout-n2201804
New York City’s self-described democratic socialist mayor, Zohran Mamdani, has made history, just not the kind worth bragging about. Barely months into office, he has blown past a statutory budget deadline for the first time since 2015, declared a fiscal crisis of “historic magnitude,” and responded to a $5.4 billion budget gap the way any good socialist would: by asking someone else to pay for it. Mamdani and City Council Speaker Julie Menin appeared together at City Hall on Tuesday to announce they would delay the executive budget, originally due May 1, until May 12 while lobbying Albany to bail out a city that, under their preferred ideology, was supposed to be thriving.
(It’s not enough to banrupt NYC, he is trying to bankrupt NY state as well – jlr)
Limousine Leeches: Sec. Brooke Rollins Drops a BOMBSHELL About People Who Are Receiving SNAP
https://twitchy.com/grateful-calvin/2026/04/29/limousine-leeches-sec-brooke-rollins-drops-a-bombshell-on-some-of-the-people-receiving-snap-n2427653
Secretary Brooke Rollins @SecRollins – https://x.com/SecRollins/status/2049131612835586505
In just ONE state, 14,000 individuals receiving SNAP benefits were driving LUXURY VEHICLES! 
3 Bentleys 3 Ferraris 11 Lamborghinis 59 Maseratis 141 Porsches 244 Alfa Romeos 306 Land Rovers 2,098 Teslas. And this is just in ONE STATE. We need to defend our nutrition programs for those most in need, not for scammers gaming the system. These individuals are taking advantage of the American taxpayer. And together with @VP’s Task Force to Eliminate Fraud, this ends NOW. 4.3M Americans have been moved off of SNAP — but more work to be done!
video – 00:00:41 – https://x.com/i/status/2049131612835586505
9th Circuit Court Rules Federal Officers Can Use Crowd Control Munitions Against Anti-ICE Protesters
https://americanjournaldaily.com/court-ice-protests/
The line between protest and riot has been intentionally erased, replaced by a violent entitlement that treats federal property as a playground for destruction. This chaos isn’t an accident; it’s the whole point, designed to intimidate and dismantle the very foundations of our society. This assault on civil order has often been cheered on by activist courts, where judges seem more interested in protecting the “rights” of rioters than the safety of law-abiding citizens. The US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled against a group of anti-ICE protesters, blocking a lower court judge’s order that barred federal officers from using less-lethal munitions to disperse unruly crowds at the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Portland, Oregon. The facility has been the site of ongoing violent demonstrations since June 2025. The 2-1 panel decision, issued on Monday by judges Kenneth Lee, Eric Tung, and Ana de Alba, the last of whom dissented, states that protesters failed to show that federal officers deployed crowd-control munitions as a means of retaliation, rejecting the plaintiffs’ arguments that their First Amendment rights were violated. The decision is a permanent administrative stay granted to the Department of Justice (DOJ) pending further appeal proceedings, in which the panel ruled that the Trump administration is “likely to succeed on the merits” of the case.
Armed Response — Not Gun Control — Stopped the D.C. Hilton Attack
https://txgunrights.org/armed-response-not-gun-control-stopped-the-d-c-hilton-attack/
What ultimately stopped the threat was not a regulation or a policy. It was an armed response. Security personnel and law enforcement officers on site were able to intervene and neutralize the situation before it escalated further. This outcome aligns with a large body of research showing that the presence of armed defenders significantly reduces both the duration and severity of violent incidents. When resistance is immediate, attackers are far more likely to be stopped before causing widespread harm.
Why This Matters for Texas
The policy implications are especially relevant for states like Texas, which have taken a different approach. Rather than focusing on restricting access, Texas has increasingly emphasized the role of lawful self-defense. Constitutional Carry, along with strong legal protections for justified use of force, reflects an understanding that public safety depends not just on prevention, but on the ability to respond when prevention fails.
New Funding Bill for DOJ Includes Big Cut to ATF Budget, Deregulation of Some NFA Items
https://bearingarms.com/camedwards/2026/04/29/new-funding-bill-for-doj-includes-big-cut-to-atf-budget-deregulation-of-some-nfa-items-n1232370
House Republicans are advancing a funding bill for the Department of Justice that includes a major cut in funding to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, as well as measures meant to fully remove suppressors and short-barreled firearms from the regulatory framework of the National Firearms Act.
New Pew Research Confirms ‘Assault Weapons’ Rarely Used in Crimes
http://bearingarms.com/camedwards/2026/04/29/new-pew-research-confirms-assault-weapons-rarely-used-in-crimes-n1232365
New York Defends Ban on Body Armor, Insists It’s Too Dangerous for Civilians
https://bearingarms.com/camedwards/2026/04/28/new-york-defends-ban-on-body-armor-insists-its-too-dangerous-for-civilians-n1232364
Apr 30
The Alamo fell in blood and turned Texas into a cause
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/the-alamo-fell-in-blood-and-turned-texas-into-a-cause/vi-AA21U21g#details
The Battle of the Alamo was a crushing military defeat for the Texan defenders, but the brutality of the siege gave the rebellion a far more powerful cause. Outnumbered and overrun after nearly two weeks under bombardment, the defenders were wiped out in a final assault that showed there would be no mercy. But instead of ending the revolt, the massacre hardened Texan resolve and turned Remember the Alamo into a rallying cry. What changed here was not the battlefield result, but the political and emotional force that helped drive Texas to independence just weeks later.
(https://tnm.me/ – Texas Nationalist Movement advocates for Texas independence from the United States, for Texas to become a sovereign nation AGAIN. – jlr)
What Does the Future Hold on Political Violence
https://bearingarms.com/tomknighton/2026/04/30/what-does-the-future-hold-on-political-violence-n1232379
…Democrats are not interested in turning down the temperature or abandoning political violence; they are only disappointed that the “lone wolves” they inspired have been unsuccessful. Progressives see political violence as their birthright and will not stop deploying it unless they are stopped with immediate and severe consequences. While Democrats will deliver tired platitudes about political violence having no place in our country, the truth is that violence has been central to their strategy for a long time. From the race riots of the 1960s to the terror bombings of the 1970s to modern-day assassinations, leftists have regularly wielded violence……………
Report on WHCD Shooting Suspect Stumbles Upon the Most Troubling Aspect of Them All
https://redstate.com/sister-toldjah/2026/04/29/report-on-alleged-whcd-shooting-suspect-stumbles-upon-the-most-troubling-aspect-of-them-all-n2201833
The Democrat Party has been so successful at mainstreaming the radicalism and extremism within its ranks to the point that media outlets and so-called “extremism experts” either don’t recognize it or refuse to acknowledge that the obvious radicalism and extremism that exists among the Democrat faithful, which leads to assassination attempts, is radical and extreme anymore.
A Surprisingly Unanimous SCOTUS Decision Renders a Blow to the Relentless Targeting of Pro-Life Groups
https://redstate.com/jenniferoo/2026/04/30/a-surprisingly-unanimous-scotus-decision-renders-a-blow-to-the-relentless-targeting-of-pro-life-groups-n2201858
…NJ pro-life pregnancy can proceed with challenge against subpoena that asked for all kinds of records, including donor information…
The Supreme Court handed the First Choice pro-life pregnancy center a huge victory Wednesday, ruling that it can challenge a New Jersey investigation seeking its private donor information. In a 9-0 opinion written by Justice Neil Gorsuch, the high court held that the state attorney general’s 2022 subpoena, sent after the creation of a “Reproductive Rights Strike Force,” was chilling to First Amendment freedoms.
Obama, Mamdani, other Democrats throw ugly tantrums after SCOTUS strikes racial gerrymander
https://www.theblaze.com/news/obama-mamdani-and-other-libs-throw-ugly-tantrums-after-scotus-cracks-down-on-racist-gerrymandering
Democrats and other radicals have framed the Supreme Court’s ruling against unconstitutional racial gerrymanders in apocalyptic terms…Their case, Louisiana v. Callais, ultimately made its way to the U.S. Supreme Court, which ruled on Wednesday that “because the Voting Rights Act did not require Louisiana to create an additional majority-minority district, no compelling interest justified the State’s use of race in creating SB8, and that map is an unconstitutional racial gerrymander.”…Beyond striking down the racial gerrymander in its 6-3 decision, the court provided some much-needed clarity on “whether compliance with the Voting Rights Act can indeed provide a compelling reason for race-based districting.”…”§2 imposes liability only when the evidence supports a strong inference that the State intentionally drew its districts to afford minority voters less opportunity because of their race.”… the court’s clarifications appeared to be aimed at providing states with guidance on how to comply with Section 2 of the VRA without unduly discriminating on the basis of race and violating the U.S. Constitution,
Hakeem Jeffries Launches Wild Attack on SCOTUS in Wake of Voting Rights Decision
https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2026/04/30/hakeem-jeffries-remarks-about-scotus-n2201864
…the fevered, unhinged remarks from the Democrat House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (NY-08). Yet, here you have Jeffries going off on the Supreme Court with highly charged rhetoric, saying, “Everything is on the table – everything – to deal with this corrupt MAGA majority that is issuing political opinions that are designed to bolster the prospects of the Republican Party, and we will not allow them to succeed.“..Democrats are losing what little they have left of their minds after the decision by the Supreme Court in Louisiana v. Callais, the Voting Rights Act case that may lead to redistricting that helps Republicans. That can’t be allowed to happen, or the Democrats might lose power.
video – 00:00:29 – https://twitter.com/i/status/2049879559890207037
Democrats Are Really Screwed Now
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2026/04/30/democrats-are-really-screwed-now-n4952380
Gov. Janet Mills announced Thursday that she is suspending her campaign for the U.S. Senate, citing a lack of financial resources…Her exit leaves Democrats in an uncomfortable spot: their presumptive nominee is a self-described communist with a Nazi tattoo and a taste for racism and misogyny…”In November, Susan Collins, a proven leader with an indisputable record of delivering for Maine, will face a Nazi sympathizing self-proclaimed communist with a record of hate-mongering and dishonesty.”
video – 00:01:00 – https://twitter.com/i/status/2049841114690011197
US Jobless Claims Hit a Number Not Seen Since Nixon Was President
https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2026/04/30/us-jobless-claims-hit-a-number-not-seen-since-nixon-was-president-n2201863
The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits tumbled to their lowest level more than 50 years last week despite a number of economic headwinds including the war in Iran. U.S. jobless aid applications for the week ending April 25 fell by 26,000 to 189,000, down from the previous week’s 215,000, the Labor Department reported Thursday. That’s well below the 214,000 new applications analysts surveyed by the data firm FactSet were expecting. ,Filings for unemployment benefits are considered a proxy for U.S. layoffs and are close to a real-time indicator of the health of the job market.
Illinois Judge Rules Shooting Was Self-Defense, but Armed Citizen Could Still Face Prison Sentence
https://bearingarms.com/camedwards/2026/04/29/illinois-judge-rules-shooting-was-self-defense-but-armed-citizen-could-still-face-prison-sentence-n1232372
It doesn’t appear that Pacheco was actually prohibited from possessing a firearm. He just didn’t go through all of the steps to acquire the Second Amendment permission slip before having a gun in his car. In 29 states, that wouldn’t be an issue, but Pacheco has the misfortune of living in a state that makes it a felony offense to transport or possess a loaded firearm in a vehicle without a carry permit.
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