Meet the Texas Democrat Who Wants a Prison Camp for ‘American Zionists’
https://redstate.com/ben-smith/2026/05/19/meet-the-texas-democrat-who-wants-a-prison-camp-for-american-zionists-n2202512
A Democratic congressional candidate in San Antonio wants to turn an ICE detention center into a prison for “American Zionists,” and she has a runoff election in one week. Maureen Galindo, running to represent Texas’ newly redrawn 35th Congressional District, is facing a cascade of condemnation after a series of social media posts in which she called for Zionists to be imprisoned, accused Jewish “Zionists” of controlling politicians and the media, and declared that her runoff opponent should be tried for treason.
(sounds like she is trying to get elected on the far left wack-a-doodle ticket – jlr)

via https://www.facebook.com/MichaelARothman
𝐓𝐄𝐗𝐀𝐒 𝐆𝐎𝐏 𝐃𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐆𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐒𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐇 𝐅𝐈𝐄𝐋𝐃𝐒: 𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐍𝐘𝐍 𝐆𝐎𝐓 𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐄𝐃 𝐀𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐓𝐄𝐗𝐀𝐒 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍, 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐍 𝐖𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐁𝐀𝐂𝐊 𝐓𝐎 𝐃𝐂 𝐒𝐀𝐘𝐈𝐍𝐆 — 𝐈 𝐀𝐌 𝐆𝐎𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐎 𝐒𝐇𝐎𝐖 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐃𝐄𝐏𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐀𝐁𝐋𝐄𝐒 𝐈 𝐀𝐌 𝐈𝐍 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐆𝐄
Fields, with the receipts as a precinct chair:
‘𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘵 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦, 𝘛𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘛𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘦. 𝘑𝘰𝘩𝘯 𝘊𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘺𝘯 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘛𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘴 𝘙𝘦𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘦𝘥, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘨𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘋𝘊 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘴 — “𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦. 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶. 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦. 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 10 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭, 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘻𝘦𝘯, 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.”
‘𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘶𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘢𝘧𝘦𝘳 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘈𝘤𝘵 — 𝘢.𝘬.𝘢. 𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘭𝘢𝘨 𝘭𝘢𝘸𝘴 — 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘥𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘸 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘥𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘥𝘰𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴, 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦. 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘢 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘷𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘗𝘛𝘚𝘋 — 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘢 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘺 𝘨𝘶𝘯𝘴? 𝘊𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘺𝘯 𝘸𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘶𝘯𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭-𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘴.”
Why this delegate’s testimony lands. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐀𝐜𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐠𝐮𝐧 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝟑𝟎 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬, and Cornyn personally negotiated it — the precise category of ‘reasonable compromise’ that historically convinces moderate Texas Republicans to vote red and gets cited as proof Texas can work across the aisle. 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐠 𝐥𝐚𝐰𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐛𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐚 𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐠𝐮𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐯𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬.
𝐖𝐇𝐄𝐍 𝐀 𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐎𝐑 𝐃𝐎𝐔𝐁𝐋𝐄𝐒 𝐃𝐎𝐖𝐍 𝐀𝐅𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐎𝐖𝐍 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐒 𝐇𝐈𝐌, 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐐𝐔𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐈𝐒 𝐖𝐇𝐄𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐓𝐄𝐗𝐀𝐒 𝐆𝐎𝐏 𝐈𝐒 𝐖𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐎 𝐑𝐄𝐓𝐈𝐑𝐄 𝐀 𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐎𝐑 𝐖𝐇𝐎 𝐓𝐎𝐋𝐃 𝐈𝐓𝐒 𝐁𝐀𝐒𝐄 𝐇𝐄 𝐃𝐎𝐄𝐒 𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐊 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐌

Alleged Manifesto in San Diego Mosque Mass Shooting Throws Wrench in Early Assumptions About Motives
https://redstate.com/sister-toldjah/2026/05/19/maniesto-in-san-diego-mosque-shooting-n2202515
The attackers were NOT Trans and they blame Jewish people for everything – They hated women, they were incels. – They said they didn’t hate Muslims. They said they hated Islam. They hated Black people. – They hated all immigrants (legal and illegal) – They hated gay people and trans. The shooters were incels. Repeat, they were not trans – The shooters were NOT MAGA, did NOT like Trump and did NOT identify with the Right. – The shooters openly called for the Left to shoot Trump and Vance – One of the shooters said he was/is left wing depending on the definition. He also claimed to be Christian.

JB Pritzker Admin Depicts White People, Cops as Mosquitoes in Microaggression Training That Rails Against ‘Color Blindness
https://freebeacon.com/democrats/jb-pritzker-admin-depicts-white-people-cops-as-mosquitoes-in-microaggression-training-that-rails-against-color-blindness/
The training from Pritzker’s Department of Human Rights—offered to ‘private-sector, government, and public participants’—also shows a black woman torching the mosquitoes with a flamethrower
video – 00:01:58 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDd3bzA7450&t=5s

The Gospel According to Useful Idiots
https://michaelsmith.substack.com/p/the-gospel-according-to-useful-idiots
Modern Progressivism Runs on Magical Thinking, Institutional Money, and the Refusal to Ask One Simple Question: “Is It Working?”

Cars Are Fast Becoming Dystopian Prison Pods…
https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/cars-are-fast-becoming-dystopian-prison-pods
The surveillance state has found its newest frontier: your car’s dashboard. What used to be a symbol of American freedom and independence is rapidly morphing into a high-tech cage that watches your every move and can override your decisions at will.

Extreme Hakeem Says Things
https://michaelsmith.substack.com/p/extreme-hakeem-says-things
Given, those things are unconstitutional and racist, but it is (D)ifferent when they do it.
Late last night, I saw a montage of prominent Democrats and their leaders openly threatening those who oppose them – but it isn’t just their opposition, it is anyone who isn’t 100% on board with their stealth fascism and authoritarianism disguised as “democracy”.

Gavin Newsom Says Democrats Will Circumvent Election Results
https://gellerreport.com/2026/05/threat-to-democracy-gavin-newsom-says-democrats-will-circumvent-election-results.html/
Gov. Gavin Newsom said he has a secret “break the glass” plan to prevent California from electing a Republican governor

“Even The Center Is Vanishing”
https://gellerreport.com/2026/05/even-the-center-is-vanishing.html
Not only have conservatives become vanishingly rare in academia, but so have centrists. That’s how complete the left’s dominance is: Even moderates are now a fringe group in academia.
pic – https://x.com/SteveStuWill/status/2056175243232940032

Ketanji Brown Jackson Publicly Trashes All 8 of Her Fellow Supreme Court Justices
https://www.westernjournal.com/ketanji-brown-jackson-publicly-trashes-8-fellow-supreme-court-justices/
She suggested that the court acted politically by speeding up the case’s final ruling so that Louisiana would have time to craft a new map for the upcoming midterm elections.

New Skyraider II ‘Swiss Army Knife’ Joins AFSOC Fleet
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/05/19/new-skyraider-ii-swiss-army-knife-joins-afsoc-fleet-n2202495
The OA-1K Skyraider II, to be assigned to the United States Special Operations Command. The OA-1K was, we note, developed by L3Harris from their AT-802 Air Tractor – a cropduster. And the new plane, aside from having a storied name in close-air support, has plenty of capability in its own right.

MA city votes to disable gunshot detection system just one week after major “active-shooter event” in order to shield blacks, migrants from cops
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/4380134/posts
This, of course, means that the criminals in high-crime areas will be free to commit more crimes thanks to the color of their skin and immigration status. Everyone who is not part of these privileged groups will just have to dodge the bullets.

The Stupid was strong whit this one.
https://miguelgg.substack.com/p/the-stupid-was-strong-whit-this-one
All the wrong things were done. – If you are not putting the same effort (or more) to train your brain on self-defense legal issues as you are doing range work, you can end up also wearing orange jammies for a long time
embedded video – 00:01:12

I worked at NHRF for two weekends, and they were so different from one another it’s hard to even describe.

Our first weekend, Saturday was raw. The high for the day was 56*F, and let me tell you, it was raining buckets. So it was cold, wet, and miserable. It’s not often I call uncle, but at the end of the day on Saturday, I begged my sweetie to take me home. We drove back an hour and a half so we could shower, warm up, have a hot drink, and sleep in a warm bed rather than our cots. Luckily our canvas tent is extremely well made. No leaks, not even a minor one. Could we have stayed? Sure… but I wouldn’t have been in a great place to work on Sunday.

Saturday, the Blue Haired Fairy worked for me. Sunday was supposed to be a repeat. But after all the rain and misery, both BHF and girlfriend were miserable, and coming down with something. They left, and I ran the booth, while also trying to do garbage runs and fetch water at faire. Not a great combo (there’s a reason BHF does it at this fair). I managed, but barely, and I was grumpy a lot of it. I tried not to let it show to patrons and fellow vendors tho, and definitely not to my volunteers.

I was down volunteers, too. I should have had 8 for the first weekend, and had 6. That’s not an undoable number, though. I remember the days when it was just me and one other person. I did that for 2 years… but the fair was also much smaller as well. Frankly, I should have a staff of 12, so I can have shifts. As it is, these amazing folks worked from about 8am until 6pm, basically non-stop. And I did mention, they’re volunteers. Because NHRF is a charity, all our scut work teams run on volunteers. There are very few paid positions, and those few are only paid gas and essentials. We give our money to the food bank and meals on wheels (which in our area does a lot of work with veterans and cancer patients). So these guys did this heavy, taxing work, for hours, in the cold and wet… because I say nice things and gave them plastic volunteer cups and 3D printed cauldrons (thanks Chris!). They’re amazing.

Second weekend, it was in the 80s both days. People who didn’t come in the rain ended up coming Saturday. We usually get about 3800 to 4000 people a day at NHRF, with a rain day being considered good at 1800 (which we met this year on the rain days). On Saturday, we had 5600 people walk through our gates. Well, 5600 paying customers (we don’t count those who have free passes). I cannot even begin to tell you how busy it was. It was insane.

So my group is the General Team. We are responsible for making sure there are garbage cans with bags at regular intervals, that those trash bins don’t overflow and are taken to our dumpster as they fill up… and getting big bottles of water that we have at the various stages and performing areas, for those who need it. It might be a bit warm, but it’s wet and it’ll keep you from getting dehydrated, and it’s free. We do several other things as well, but those are the two big ones.

On Saturday at about 12:30pm, our fair ran out of garbage bags. I found out at 12:40pm. I contacted “our guy” who made an emergency trip to get more, but it took time. At 1pm, while our guy was still out and about trying to find the right size bags, we discovered two more things. First, we were out of water (and that means water for our “green room” that provides food, water, and help to performers and vendors and volunteers), and second, the health inspector showed up unannounced. As the trash barrels overflowed and people just started dumping trash everywhere, the inspector was talking to my immediate boss, who was trying to distract the inspector long enough for the team to be back in production.

I split my team of 5. We three ladies did trash, and the two guys did water bottle delivery. We smashed it, and got everything done, and all the gross trash picked up. By end of day, all was in good stead, and we retired to a nice meal with friends at a restaurant. But the day… oy vey. At one point, I was dealing with a very large bag of trash with no wagon or wheelbarrow to help, so I had to drag it. I was not strong enough to lift it. But the bag broke, and I had a snail trail of icky juicy garbage to clean up. Friends showed up at that moment, aghast, and I just laughed. This is what I do for NHRF. It’s honest work, and it helps my community, and as gross as it was, it’s worth it.

We beat all our attendance records this year. Our little fair, in its 21st year, has grown in size several times since I joined it, and had grown long before I arrived. We’ve been well supported by the community, too. They know their “fun” dollars go right back to their neighbors in need, and that we have an incredibly small overhead because we all watch out for one another.

Working for NHRF has taught me a lot of things. It’s taught me that there are some people who you just have to shake your head and walk away from. It’s taught me that I have inner strengths I never dreamed I’d have. I’ve learned how to be an effective leader, which still blows my mind. I have a huge group of people who do dirty, filthy things, deal with port-a-potty hazmat situations, stinky garbage, irate patrons… all because I thank them, feed them at times, and give them trinkets. They come back to work on MY team, year after year. It makes me proud… and humble.

I often quote some anonymous person who said, “There are no bad employees, only bad managers.” While that’s not always entirely true, I can say with authority that good managers (or bosses of any kind) can make you stay and WANT to stay even when the job itself sucks donkey ass. Working on my team is like that. We deal with all the crap no one else wants to, and we do it efficiently and quickly. Most of the time, no one even notices us doing our jobs, which means we’re doing it right. If my team fails, that’s on ME. I strive to learn things every year. And I hear from my team members every year, over and over, “We love working for Allyson. She’s amazing!” I suffer from enough impostor syndrome that I struggle not to negate their statements, but I keep my mouth shut. Not today, Satan! This year, one of my hardest workers had a new job he started only 3 weeks ago. He told them coming in, “I work for NHRF as a volunteer, so I cannot work these days.” Luckily, it’s a local business, and they know how much we do for the locals. He had to work one of the days (farm with an emergency trumps everything) but was there the other three. And he worked his ass off, laughing the whole time.

Did I mention we do all this while dressed up as Vikings, medieval ladies, and in one notable case this year, a lady gnome with a tall red conical hat and a beard? LOL… My team interact with patrons as we go about our work, and people recognize us as staples at the fair. There are a ridiculous amount of photos of “people hauling garbage” because we do it in character and with good attitude.

My fair ended with a quiet Sunday evening. I had Chris pick me up Monday after most people were already off site, so we didn’t have to muck about with backing the trailer up. I slept like a log after sitting around a quiet last fire with a couple of friends still on site. We talked politics. One is Libertarian (big L), and one is “middle, independent” but not suffering from TDS. It was interesting talking. Big L was concerned about the ongoing police action (as am I), supportive of infrastructure fixes (East Wing, Reflecting Pool, etc), and mixed over various health policies. Middle independent was all over the board, but not stupid about anything, and listened when I explained a couple of things. I gave her some stuff to go look up, and she did just that when she went back to her car for the night. It was… nice. Three different political views, all talking honestly, giving facts and opinions (clearly stated), and receipts as necessary. I wish all my political discussions were like that, because while we didn’t agree on everything (even vehemently disagreed on a couple of things), there was no rancor, no drama. Just discussion, and an exchange of information for future thought. As it should be.

On Friday, I go to the Fort for a little over a week. I’m looking forward to that, though I’m more looking forward to a few nights in my own bed, stretched out and not worried about tipping my cot over or freezing because I got the zipper stuck on my sleeping bag. LOL… Oh, and btw, the featured image is one I took of our faire on the first Friday evening, before all the rain started. Not everyone is set up yet, but you can see the line of canvas tents across the top of the lake. One of those is mine. My “home away from home.”

I think this may be my new favorite song. Let me introduce you to Fuck Around, by Breaking Law.

From the chorus, “I ain’t all talk, I’ve been here before. You push me hard, I’ll push back more.”

This is … a view of the Right side of America today. Read that however you like.

A out.

Things have been happening around here, but I have stopped posting regularly. Reading Divemedic’s consistent posts has been pushing me to get back into it.

What happened, in general, is that I’ve been getting healthier. I’m still losing weight, and my mental health has been improving. In addition, a change in other medications is also helping.

My wife’s job now includes a long commute. This means that when she gets home, I’m done on the computer. I’m out there in the living room with her. Spending time with her is more important than anything on my computers.

So what’s happening?

• The woodworking shop is a considerable step forward. The front window is installed. We have most of the downstairs insulated; we have more than 1/2 of the shop paneled in 1/2 OSB. I’m currently priming the OSB.
• We have the Multibuild panels ready to be installed in the wood shop as soon as the panels are fully painted.
• We have 700 board feet of lumber I milled air drying. The moisture meter says they are ready to use when I want.
• The tripod crane is built, and I’m working on the leg extensions. Currently it has 7 ft. legs. The extensions will add 3 1/2 ft per extension, and I am working on 6 extensions.  This gives me 7 ft, 10.5 ft and 14 ft leg options. With the 14 ft option, I can use this for lifting heavy loads into the truck or trailer.
• We now have a 5.5×9 trailer with a ramp. This makes me less dependent on my son for moving heavy things. I can roll the snowblower or lawnmower onto the trailer to take it for servicing.
• The chainsaw has been upgraded from 0.325 pitch to 3/8 (0.375) pitch, which provides me with access to ripping chains and longer bars.
• My local metal supply people are now working with me and I’m getting good prices; basically, I’m buying steel by the pound. Though it is difficult to remember to say “Hot rolled” and “Cold rolled” when I’ve been trained to say “A36 hot rolled” or “1018 cold rolled”.

  Home Depot was selling 1.5″ sch40 black pipe for $7+ per foot. My supply house sold me 21 ft sticks for $60 each. Much cheaper.

• We are nearing the end of SCOTUS OT2025. I have a predictions on the 5 platform cases while we wait for the opinions to issue on the vampire rule out of HI and §922 canabis prohibitions.
• I’ve finally established a good working relationship with my AI tools.

I will fill out some of these soon. Mostly the SCOTUS cases and the AI.

Meanwhile, I’m getting closer to being back to building steam engines.

This weekend, I was working at the opening of New Hampshire Renaissance Faire. There was very little talk of politics, and people were VERY respectful the couple of times I either said something or walked off. That was nice.

On Sunday afternoon, I ran into the Baroness of my chapter of the SCA, someone who’s been a distant friend for a while. She was with the local SCA group, doing demonstrations and outreach. I found out this is her last year as Baroness, and that she and her husband are stepping down. I get it… it’s a LOT of work. She wanted to know why I hadn’t been around in a while. So I told her.

See, a few years ago (after the pandemic but at least 2 and maybe 3 years ago), friends of mine and my family decided to do their wedding at popular SCA event local to us. It used to be my absolute favorite SCA event, and it was (and is) called Harper’s Retreat. My (at the time 18 or 19 year old) kid kept reminding me I needed to make time to go, so I could be at A and S’s wedding, so I finally went over my calendar, moved a bunch of stuff around, and informed kid that yes, I’d go with them to the wedding. She happily went to inform A and S, and were promptly told that I was MOST DEFINITELY not invited, and to not come. Someone told them I’d supported Trump, and so they wrote me off. They also “disinvited” me to an entire event that is supposed to be open to the whole of the SCA. They put my kid in a shitty position, too, because she had to make a choice of whether to attend their wedding and the event (the only place she sees many of her friends) or supporting me (and let’s be honest, a parent is never going to win in that situation). She went, but she was upset. It was the first time she’d witnessed that sort of thing in person.

I gave a TL;DR version of this to the Baroness, and pointed out that I had reported it to the anti-bullying crowd, but had basically been told that if you’re on the Right, you can’t be bullied. It only works in the other direction. Of course, that isn’t SAID, at least out loud. But it is how things work. Baroness was sad, but understood, and intimated that the unequal application of anti-bullying and other rules within the SCA was one of the reasons she and her hubby were stepping down.

The SCA has had scandals, and I know it’s important for a group to stay out of scandal as much as possible. There have been some really crappy people do some really horrid things, and they needed to be removed (one of our kings murdered his wife and then hid it, and went to be with his girlfriend at a huge SCA event to try and make a plausible alibi). But this has gone way beyond that. If you don’t join in the groupthink, you are ostracized and removed. I was doing needed work in a position that’s ridiculously difficult to fill, and doing it well, and they lost that when they allowed me to be persecuted. They lost an organizer, a writer, a planner, a good leader. Many of the folks I hung out with back in the day are still playing, and they know what happened. They are disappointed in their leadership, but they aren’t willing to walk away to force change.

This is a microcosm of America today. The radical Left has hijacked the government steering wheel somehow. The Right attempts to fix it, gets bullied, ostracized, name called, etc… and then just shrugs and walks away. We don’t have to put up with that kind of treatment. But what it does is leave the Left even more in charge. How do you fight it? There’s no good way to do it.

More and more, I’m understanding why Trump’s grammatically questionable, loud-mouthed rants on X and Truth Social are so important. It isn’t that the Right necessarily embraces the suck (because let’s face it, there are times when Trump shoots himself in the foot right in the midst of things, and it’s frustrating as all get-out). It’s that Trump is willing to be the burr under the saddle, the person who refuses to leave just because the Left is being a bully. He has the cohones to simply let it slide off.

I wish I could be that for the SCA. I can’t, though, for all sorts of reasons. Mostly, I’m just not that kind of person. Unfortunately, there isn’t someone like Trump to save the SCA. People are leaving it, either just stopping historical reenacting entirely, or moving to (or creating) new groups. What’s the point in constantly fighting and then having “the authority” tell you that you’re wrong, over and over again? It’s just not worth it.

I think there’s a lot of people in the middle of our country (both physically and politically) who never get talked to, are ignored, and are quietly wishing ALL the politicians would go away. It’s my strong opinion those are the people we need to convince to either become Conservatives, or to be *good* Democrats. Fetterman comes to mind, of course. We also need them to vote. But why would they, when all they see of either party is in-fighting, poo-slinging, and name calling? It’s depressing.

So I’m not going back to the SCA. I finally decided I’m not even going to the one camping event I continued to enjoy (called Great NorthEastern War). I’ll go to Birka in January, because it’s basically a big market and it’s become less SCA and more “everyone who has a costume” over the years. But I’m pretty much done with the SCA, and I’m watching as scads of people drift away. It’s sad, because it has changed many of our views of actual history. People who started out as SCA larpers ended up as major historians who made amazing discoveries. Seeing it implode makes me want to cry.

But it’s just like watching what’s happening to America. And I don’t want to watch.

It’s here, and it’s available on Amazon!

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0GYPM85LB/

From the back:
I spent years failing at bread. Every attempt ended in frustration, with inedible bricks or doughy masses. I was told my hands were too warm, that I kneaded too much or not enough, or that one day the mystical “silky smooth” stage would simply make sense. It did not. It took me years of practice, failures, successes, and work to finally perfect my baking skills.

This book is written for every beginner who’s ever stared hopelessly into a bowl of dough that didn’t rise, for those who desperately want to bake but haven’t managed to succeed, and those who are just starting on their journey. It’s also a great collection of recipes for veteran bakers.

The first half of the book includes the real, often funny story of my own messy journey—from a childhood with no baking at all, through years of setbacks and irritation, to the gradual discovery that good bread is possible for everyone.

The second half is filled with the approachable recipes that finally worked for me: straightforward loaves, comforting sandwich breads, crusty rustic rounds, and sweet treats, all written with the nervous beginner in mind. No intimidating jargon. No vague instructions. Just clear, patient guidance, honest troubleshooting, and the gentle encouragement you need to keep going.

Join me on this journey. Whether you’re baking your very first loaf or trying again after past disappointments, I hope these stories and recipes help you find the same. Never give up, and you’ll be baking delicious loaves in no time!

This book has been 25 years in the making, basically. When I first met Chris, I tried. Ask him about some of my “famous” birthday cakes I made for him. I think the first we called “Hamburger Hill” because it was so misshapen that it looked like a hill, so I frosted it green and put soldiers on it… and then they kept falling over, so I left them there and sprinkled red sprinkles around them to look like blood pools. LOL… Baking has been a struggle my whole life. If I had known that him basically bullying me into learning how to bake properly would lead to where I am today, I’d have done it much earlier.

Today, I whip out loaves of bread with very little stress, every week, and sometimes twice a week. I teach bread baking to others. I play with my bread, too, and do different things. If I could learn, then anyone can. This book really is my attempt at making bread something that can be done by ANYONE. It’s written very conversationally (which most of my books are, honestly), so that it doesn’t feel like I’m lecturing. But I don’t hide the hard parts, either. I talk about mistakes that can happen, and how to fix them or get around them, or avoid them going forward. And I challenge the reader, too!

At one time, bread was something everyone knew how to bake. Why? Because bread was 60% of the diet of early Americans. If you didn’t know how to make bread, you could starve. So everyone just knew. Today, we have at least two and sometimes three generations between ourselves and people who “just knew” how to bake. It’s both an art and a necessity, and it needs to return.

So if you want to learn to bake, this is the book for you!

What is the proper way to make a budget? I went to Grok, to see what it had to say.

Step-by-Step Guide to Creating a Budget

Calculate Your Net Monthly Income

Start with your take-home pay (after taxes, deductions, and benefits). Include reliable sources like salary, freelance gigs, side hustles, child support, or investment income. If income varies, average the last 3–6 months. Example: $4,000 salary + $500 side income = $4,500 total monthly income.

Track and List All Your Expenses

Review bank/credit card statements, receipts, and bills from the past 1–3 months. Categorize them: Fixed expenses (predictable): Rent/mortgage, utilities, insurance, loan payments, subscriptions. Variable expenses (fluctuate): Groceries, gas, dining out, entertainment, shopping. Be honest and thorough—small daily spends (coffee, apps) add up.

Categorize and Compare Income vs. Expenses

Add up total expenses and subtract from income. Positive balance → Room to save or pay debt. Negative balance → Need to cut spending. Use a simple spreadsheet, app (like Mint, YNAB, or Excel), or free worksheet from consumer.gov.

Set Financial Goals

Decide what the “extra” money should do: build an emergency fund (3–6 months of expenses), pay off debt, save for a house/vacation, or invest for retirement. Make goals specific, measurable, and realistic (e.g., “Save $200/month for emergency fund”).

Choose a Budgeting Method 

Pick one that fits your style: 50/30/20 Rule (simple & popular): 50% needs (housing, food, transport, minimum debt), 30% wants (dining out, hobbies, fun), 20% savings/debt payoff.
Zero-Based Budgeting: Assign every dollar a job until income minus expenses = $0. Great for detailed control.
Envelope System: Allocate cash (or digital “envelopes”) for categories like groceries; once empty, stop spending.
Pay Yourself First: Automate savings/investments right after payday, then budget the rest.

Create Your Plan and Allocate Money

Build a monthly template. Adjust categories so everything fits. Example for $4,500 income using 50/30/20:
Needs (50%): $2,250
Wants (30%): $1,350
Savings/Debt (20%): $900

Track, Review, and Adjust Monthly

Check progress weekly. At month-end, compare actual vs. planned spending. Life changes (new job, inflation), so tweak as needed. Consistency beats perfection.

***

That’s a nice breakdown of what I do to balance my budget. Sometimes, your budget gets upside down. You owe more than you’re bringing in. This is where we are with the American budget. This requires you (in this case “We The People”) to cut costs in many different places and be frugal until the upside down part is paid off. This is what our government should be doing. And while Conservatives are better at budgeting than Liberals, that does not mean they are GOOD at budgeting. Everyone in the government is spending “someone else’s money” and therefore they’re doing a poor job of it.

This government (and by that I mean Trump’s administration, the next three years, and possibly into Vance and Freitas’s terms) NEEDS to make a damn budget. I don’t mean whatever it is they’ve done over the past 25 years. I mean a real, honest to goodness budget. They need to do housekeeping and they need to show us, the American people, WE THE PEOPLE what they are spending and where.

I realize there will be places where it just says, “Security – TS Clearance” or something similar, and we’re going to have to take it at face value. That’s fine. It’s when we don’t see any of those costs that it becomes a problem. When it looks like security, or farm aid, or bailing out car companies or banks, or whatever is free (even when we know it’s only “free at point of service”), there’s a problem. People lose sight of the money that is being spent. That’s why there’s so much fraud being discovered right now.

Imagine, for a moment, how much fraud would be exposed and expunged if our government were required to do a public (or mostly public, within security barriers) audit every four years (right before a President leaves office, for instance)? It would be glorious. It would show the American people just how much a President has actually done for the country.

So how do we calculate the net monthly income of the United States? Well, I looked into it, and it’s roughly $23.6 trillion dollars per year, or about $1.967 trillion dollars per month. In looking this stuff up on Grok, it’s limited in what it can access, but it looks as though we’re currently spending about $2 trillion dollars a month, so a bit more in monthly expenses than we make. Obviously, the details are much larger than what I’m writing about here, but I have to work in generalities because again, there isn’t enough transparency for any of us peons to see what’s actually being paid out or taken in. We can only guess. And that, my friends, is a real problem.

We need to cut spending. Everyone seems to agree (or mostly everyone… all of the Right and portions of the Left agree). What can’t be agreed on is WHAT we should cut, spending-wise. The Right wants to fund military and some government oversight stuff. The Left wants social safety nets. Of the two, our Constitution seems to indicate the Right is correct and the Left should be doing its social safety nets at the state or community level, NOT the Federal level. But it’s hard (for me, at least) to get overly judgmental about bad spending on the Left when I’m also seeing bad spending on the Right (for example, farm subsidies, abstinence only sex ed come to mind, but there’s pork in all those barrels). Don’t get me wrong: I don’t want the Left spending money on songbirds in Denmark or trans rights in Africa. I just also do not want to pay farmers not to farm (especially right now) or to bolster the price of food (never a good thing imo), or to teach something that has proven it just doesn’t work.

The only way, in my VERY strong opinion, to get past this whole pork barrel bullshit, is to budget from the ground up. There should never be “cutting something from the budget” involved. It should be, “We can’t put that INTO the budget, because we’ve run out of money.” Period.

And folks? We’re the richest country in the world. We need to live inside our damn means. That means tightening our belts for a while. It might mean we need to see a number of our stores close (do we really need to support 8 different coffee shops inside a one mile radius? I think not). Money needs to be shifted, and start paying the important stuff.

Looking at all the numbers above, I begin to understand how much DOGE did, and didn’t do. Sure, they rooted out millions of dollars in fraud and waste. But that’s not even a single day worth of budget. It’s not even a measurable PORTION of a single day of budget. That’s how tiny it was.

We can’t keep living the way we’re living, folks. Time to buckle down. Buy less. Grow more. Waste less. Support local companies, because they’re literally the ones that keep us fed. Look at how we fed the nation during WWI and WWII. Look at how we dealt with the Depression. We need to learn, or re-learn those lessons, so we don’t have to repeat them.

Time’s a’wastin’, boys.

Pres. Trump first proposed a new ballroom for We The People back in 2010, when Obama was in office. He suggested it heavily several times between then and July 2025, at which time he announced it would be going forward.

Back when he first mentioned the need for a ballroom, Trump suggested he’d fund it entirely himself. A few million dollars was the proposed cost. Fast forward to July 2025, and that cost had gone up to $200 million. Between then and today, an extra $200 million has been added. And now, the GOP is saying they want an extra $1 BILLION added, but this time out of taxpayer funds.

I am a proponent of the ballroom. We need a secure facility that can host the kind of shindigs the President should be having. The old East Wing was in sad condition, and it needed a refurb at the very least. I have been entirely on board with this project since I first heard of it back in 2025.

I am not a proponent of spending a billion bucks more on it. At every single point, Pres. Trump has talked about how this ballroom would be funded by himself and others, privately. Hearing the addition of $1B to the cost really made me antsy. And then I started thinking, and investigating.

So after doing a small quest, I discovered several things. First and foremost, this is a multi-year request for $1 billion, for security only. It is NOT for the ballroom itself. That is still being privately funded, even after the price hikes after they discovered all the damage. “The funds are appropriated for fiscal year 2026 but remain available until September 30, 2029 (i.e., multi-year availability, spanning roughly FY2026–FY2029).” (CNN) They are also part of a larger $30 B package that the GOP are asking for in regards to immigration, ICE, and general security. There are confusing statements made all over the place about what the $1B is meant to cover, but everyone agrees it absolutely covers the new security measures for the ballroom/East Wing area. There are questions, because of wording by the GOP folks themselves, whether it also covers the rest of the White House. In a few places, they talk about it only being part of the ballroom, and in other places they talk about how it’s all the spots inside the fence.

The very fact that we don’t have wording for this stuff bothers me. When I supported Trump, I was standing for transparency in government. While he’s definitely (imo at least) been the most transparent President in my remembrance, this is being obfuscated. Perhaps that’s to do with security, which I can appreciate, but it’s still our money they’re talking about using. I’d like at least the generalities. Right now, we have very vague wording from the Senate Judiciary Committee, but no line-item breakdown has been released.

I want our President, First Lady, VP and Second Lady, and all dignitaries to be safe when they’re working. I hate that the shooting at the media dinner means that it’s the last time we’ll see Vance and Trump together at a dinner outside of the White House. Someone did a stupid, letting almost the entire chain of command be at that dinner. It just can’t happen again, and that makes me sad. so yes, we absolutely must harden the White House (not just for Trump, but for all future Presidents and their guests).

It’s a lot of money. A billion bucks over 3 years can be more easily understood like this:

• $333,333,333.00 per year
• $27.7 million per month
• $913,242 per day

Those are big numbers. Is the security worth a million bucks a day? Is that a reasonable number? The reality is, none of us plebs can really tell if it’s worth it or not. We don’t have access to enough information to make anything even remotely close to an educated guess. And yes, that bothers me.

I am still VERY much a member of the “less government is good government” club. This security package isn’t necessarily “more” government, but money is fungible and I worry about a stray million being lost here or there. When we get into numbers this large, that is quite literally a reality. And I’m not naive enough to believe that ONLY the Left makes those kinds of appropriations of cash. I know the Right does it as well.

Bottom line? This is not a bait and switch. It’s a (very) big addition that the Right as a whole wants to add to Trump’s ballroom project, and since he didn’t suggest it, he shouldn’t have to pay out of pocket for it. Not that he could. He’s rich, but his pockets aren’t bottomless. On the other hand, my pockets aren’t bottomless either, and things ARE getting tight. I don’t regret Trump being in office, but I do think that some reminders might need to be forthcoming.

This is “the hut.” It’s a one story with short attic, built entirely by Chris and the kids. Some of it is finished, and the rest of it is, as you can see, still waiting on siding. However, today it received a major upgrade. The window is in! As you can see, the front window is now in place, allowing light to come in. Of course, now I have to make curtains for it, so people can’t see in, but whatever. It works. LOL…

This is Chris’s wood workshop. All his woodworking tools will be in here eventually. Quite a few are there already. Now that it’s in place, he’ll be able to get his woodworking done in a better way, and have GOOD storage for all his tools. On top of everything else, this has a really good roof, and is incredibly sturdy (and new of course, relatively speaking). It’s a good place to store stuff.

This is the same hut where our xmas decorations are stored, and where my historical stuff will go in the off season. The loft is high enough on one side that I can almost stand (at 5’1″, it’s a low bar…. a really, really low bar LOL) upright. With the winch setup, it’s easy to get things up and down. I can lift the xmas tree and heavy boxes without having to scale a sketchy ladder on my own, hoping I don’t trip or drop something expensive.

I think it looks pretty spiffy. It seemed to go in quickly, too, as Chris and son went to work on it and it appeared to take less than an hour. I’m impressed. And did I mention there’s room for all the woodworking stuff now? Yay!

May 1

(Pure Trump – jlr)
Trump’s Hilarious Remark About a Bulletproof Vest Has Reporters Rolling in the Aisles
https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2026/04/30/trump-remarks-about-bullet-proof-vest-n2201887
Q: Are there talks about you wearing a bulletproof vest?
@POTUS: “I don’t know if I can handle looking 20 pounds heavier.”
video – 00:00:22 – https://twitter.com/i/status/2049936824668221636

High School Graduate Overjoyed by White House Response to Her Graduation Announcement
https://istandforfreedom.com/high-school-graduate-white-house/
The young graduate’s mother woke her at 6 a.m. to capture the moment on video. What the teen pulled from that oversized White House envelope left her speechless—and then sobbing with joy. The White House sent her a congratulations letter, included is a signed photo of Donald Trump and a photo of JD Vance.”
What most Americans don’t realize is that the White House has maintained a presidential greetings program for decades. Citizens can request acknowledgments for life’s major milestones: births, birthdays, weddings, retirements, and yes, graduations. The current administration actively promoted the program just last month, encouraging Americans to “celebrate life’s most meaningful moments with a message from the President” through WH.Gov/Greetings. So why haven’t you heard about this? Good question. Few take advantage of it and even fewer expect what comes back.

Heads I Win, Tails You’re a Threat to Democracy
https://michaelsmith.substack.com/p/heads-i-win-tails-youre-a-threat
It’s interesting to watch Democrats take both sides of arguments.
When principles become optional and outcomes are everything, “fairness” is just a moving target—and the rules always seem to land in the same place.
When you consider how standing on both sides can be true, you come to understand that their power is based on two things – process and structure – and the control of both – and not the will of the people.

Michigan city spends thousands to remove over 600 ‘racist’ Neighborhood Watch signs
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2026/05/01/michigan-city-spends-thousands-to-remove-over-600-racist-neighborhood-watch-signs-1636213/
City crews in Ann Arbor spent man-hours and taxpayer funds removing more than 600 “Neighborhood Watch” signs because liberal leaders claimed they were “expressions of exclusion.”…“Removing the signs aligns the city’s environment with its commitment to inclusive, evidence-based public safety and fostering trust, belonging and welcoming neighborhoods for all residents and visitors,” In a unanimous vote in December, the leftists on the city council approved spending $18,000 to have every sign taken down by July 15. The fact that they were actually excluding criminals seemed lost on the city council and the mayor…“Liberals are always siding with the criminals over the victims,”

Minnesota State Trooper: State ‘Tried to Cover Up Fraud Allegations’ – Then Walz Shut Down His Department
https://gellerreport.com/2026/04/minnesota-state-trooper-state-tried-to-cover-up-fraud-allegations-then-walz-shut-down-his-department.html
Now Walz is trying to take credit for the fraud investigations he had nothing to do with (except to take part in the fraud.)…
Vice President JD Vance fired back at Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz Wednesday after Walz claimed credit for a series of raids on establishments reportedly used by the state’s Somalis to scam welfare benefits…“Where we did actually get some help was from some state local law enforcement officers who we assigned to the federal task force because the state government wasn’t doing anything,” Vance continued. “So, all credit goes to people on the ground, the federal officers, the state officers who are working to uncover this fraud.”

Paxton sues Houston care center over alleged Chinese ‘birth tourism’ scheme
https://justthenews.com/nation/states/paxton-sues-houston-care-center-over-alleged-chinese-birth-tourism-scheme
The lawsuit comes as the Trump administration seeks to crack down on “birth tourism” operations as the Supreme Court considers a challenge to President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship.
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Paxton accuses Houston-area business of running birth tourism scheme
https://www.fox26houston.com/news/paxton-accuses-houston-area-business-running-birth-tourism-scheme
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton alleges a Houston-area postpartum center ran a “birth tourism” scheme for pregnant Chinese women seeking U.S. citizenship for their babies.
The lawsuit says the operators coached clients on avoiding visa scrutiny and used four Houston-area properties to house families and facilitate births.
Paxton also alleges the business falsely advertised nursing and medical services, and is seeking to shut it down and win financial penalties.
Paxton said “America is for Americans, not foreigners trying to cheat the system to claim citizenship,”…”The Center’s scheme not only facilitated an invasion of Texas, but it also involved shielding and facilitating violations of immigration law. Birthright citizenship is a scam that threatens national security, and I will do everything in my power to stop unlawful ‘birth tourism’ schemes like this one.”

New York City’s ‘Commission on Racial Equity’ Commits $500K to ‘Reparations, Truth, Healing’ Amid Historic Budget Crisis
https://freebeacon.substack.com/p/new-york-citys-commission-on-racial
New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani is pushing for new taxes to help close a multibillion-dollar budget deficit. But the city’s Commission on Racial Equity is doling out $500,000 for a “Reparations, Truth, Healing, and Reconciliation Network” that will help produce a study on reparations to black New Yorkers as well as a “Citywide Truth, Healing, and Reconciliation Plan,”

Newest species scientists want to ‘de-extinct’ is an African antelope
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/04/30/gene-tech-company-bring-back-extinct-african-antelope/89715897007/
…The latest extinct animal the so-called “de-extinction company” hopes to bring back is an African antelope known as a bluebuck…Colossal began working on the blueback de-extinction project two years ago…Since announcing its project to bring back the woolly mammoth in 2021, Colossal Biosciences has announced plans to de-extinct two birds, the dodo and the moa, the Australian thylacine or Tasmanian tiger and the dire wolf… any success with birthing blueback antelope can help in the conservation efforts of other antelope and bovid species – cloven-hoofed, hollow-horned herbivores including cattle, sheep, goats, buffalo and bison.

House Dem Invokes ‘Nazi’ War Crimes in Attack on Hegseth Over Caribbean Strikes as Rhetoric Escalates
https://www.westernjournal.com/democratic-congressman-suggests-execution-pete-hegseth/
We no longer have to speculate how the recklessness of Democrats’ rhetoric plays out among their base — we saw it Saturday, with a third attempt on Trump’s life. Consider the outrageous substance of Moulton’s comments about these drug boats…He labels traffickers “fishermen … trying to feed their families.” He failed to mention that evidence — including video — shows the “fishing boats” were loaded to the gills with deadly drugs bound for the United States. He also apparently forgot to mention that defense officials told members of Congress after the September incident that the second strike on one boat was justified because survivors had been “attempting to continue their drug run, making them and the already-damaged vessel legitimate targets for another attack.”…Moulton’s CNN interview is typical of the Democrats’ complicity with the far-left-leaning liberal media to paint a distorted picture of conservatives and America’s real enemies. Trump Derangement Syndrome has led the Democrats and the left to defend some of the worst people — drug traffickers and Islamic terrorists, to name two. Whatever the cost, they see it as critical in opposing Trump, implying the president’s administration is worse than the worst people in history, when, in reality, the current administration is making enormous strides at neutralizing some of the most serious threats our country has ever seen.

Watch: House Hearing Turns Into Shouting Match When Pete Hegseth Accuses Rep. Ro Khanna of ‘Gotcha Question’
https://www.westernjournal.com/watch-house-hearing-turns-shouting-match-pete-hegseth-accuses-rep-ro-khanna-gotcha-question/
When it came to dealing with Democrats on Capitol Hill this week, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth lived up to his job title. As lawmakers’ questions turned into contentious debate, Hegseth went on the offensive repeatedly while defending President Donald Trump’s military action against Iran. But his tussle Wednesday with California Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna sparked fireworks that could have lit up the Potomac — and Hegseth never backed down.
video – 00:05:07 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vqtlq7kI28U&t=139s

Pete Hegseth Shuts Down Elizabeth Warren in Heated Senate Hearing Clash: ‘I Don’t Know What You’re Looking for, But You Ain’t Gonna Find It’
https://www.westernjournal.com/pete-hegseth-shuts-elizabeth-warren-heated-senate-hearing-clash-dont-know-looking-aint-gonna-find/

video – 00:01:54 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_b1dxxk0lzU&t=1s

US National Debt Exceeds GDP for First Time Since the Immediate Aftermath of WWII
https://www.westernjournal.com/us-national-debt-exceeds-gdp-first-time-since-immediate-aftermath-wwii/
The national debt exceeded 100 percent of the gross domestic product at the end of March and is on a path to reach a level not seen since the end of World War II. The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget said in a Thursday news release, “Debt held by the public on March 31 was $31.27 trillion, while nominal GDP was an estimated $31.22 trillion over the prior 12-month period.” That pushed the debt-to-GDP ratio to 100.2 percent,

(The ALWAYS Classy) Crockett Mocks Abbott’s Disability on Live TV
https://dailyheadlines.substack.com/p/crockett-mocks-wheelchair-bound-abbott
Jasmine Crockett has made a habit of going after Greg Abbott’s wheelchair
video – 00:00:15 – https://x.com/i/status/2049680065688953170
…Abbott’s office directed Fox News Digital to the governor’s own X response, which said it all without saying much: he posted an AI-generated image of himself as a superhero in his wheelchair alongside the words “Uniquely abled.”
photo – https://x.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/2049701852636119276

Watch: Jasmine Crockett Claims She’s One of the Most ‘Powerful’ People in the Country, Slams Those Not ‘On the Same Level’https://www.westernjournal.com/watch-jasmine-crockett-claims-one-powerful-people-country-slams-not-level/
…she began her viral remarks by… making everything about race. “I’m a black woman in America,” Crockett began. “I mean, some people are just like, ‘Oh, but you’re a congresswoman.’” “I’m a black woman first. And so, you know, the level of disrespect that is continuously lobbed against us as black women, you know, for me, I’m like, wait a minute now, I am one of the 535 most powerful people in this country, and for some reason you think we on the same level but you going to disrespect me.” “Like, it’s not going to happen.”
video – 00:11:36 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9ylRXuvfis

Please explain to me…
https://vineofliberty.com/2026/05/01/please-explain-to-me/
I am having a moment of cognitive dissonance.  I am brand new to “the Right.” In some ways, I’m only here under protest, because the Left has scampered so far Left that I can’t be there anymore. There are definitely points I’ve been “far right of center” on since early on (2A comes to mind), but those were outliers. I’ve always been into rainbows and ren faires. I still am. A good portion of my friends are gay or pansexual. Many are pagan. These days a larger portion of them are also Conservative, but that’s due to attrition and stupidity, not me…today, the bar for voters is so low that our Founding Fathers would weep. You have to be a citizen (but only 36 states require some form of ID). You have to be at least 18 years old. Most states have residency requirements, and you have to register…Despite this deplorably low bar, only 64% of citizens voted in the last two Presidential elections… and they were considered historically unusual for the number of voters. Only about 50% of eligible voters voted in the most recent midterms…I like Starship Troopers (Heinlein) method for choosing voters. Only veterans can vote, but anyone can serve. If you want to serve, they’re legally bound to find a job you can do, even if that’s just greeting people at a doorway. Your service to your country buys your franchise. It means you have skin in the game. I’ve always found that to be… a good idea. It’s not a guarantee that the veteran is a better person than the general citizenry, but it’s a better indicator than what we currently have.

This Is the Real Reason the Democrats Hate President Trump’s Ballroom
https://pjmedia.com/tim-o-brien/2026/05/01/this-is-the-real-reason-the-democrats-hate-president-trumps-ballroom-n4952410
They hate the ballroom because Trump is building it, and once it’s complete, it will be a lasting legacy of the 45th and 47th president, even if he never steps foot in it as president. It’s the Trump ballroom, and it will always be known as just that.

The Latest Thing the Liberal Media Wants You to Lose Sleep Over Is so Dumb
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2026/05/01/the-latest-thing-the-liberal-media-wants-you-to-lose-sleep-over-is-so-dumb-n4952402
…the next option is just to whip up a phony Supreme Court scandal to undermine the court…, the big scandal that makes our blood boil is that Chief Justice John Roberts and Associate Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett all showed up at a state dinner with their spouses… Georgetown Law professor Steve Vladeck, whose take was less than the bombshell she needed. Vladeck confirmed that historically, justices attending state functions — even during high-profile cases involving the president — is not uncommon. His only real concern was optics. “The problem here,” he said, “is the symbolism, that these six justices — and only these six — were there. It does nothing to disabuse the appearance that the court is playing partisan political favorites, an impression this court should be invested in avoiding.” Optics. That’s it. That’s the scandal. A law professor thinks it looks bad…This is the left-wing media playbook at work here. When there’s no scandal, take a non-event, layer it with ominous framing, and hope the narrative takes off.

‘This s**t shouldn’t happen’: Trump-hating brewer weeps after apparently doxxing federal agent
https://www.theblaze.com/news/this-st-shouldnt-happen-trump-hating-brewer-weeps-after-apparently-doxxing-federal-agent
On Thursday, Bangstad claimed that he had been contacted both by the U.S. Secret Service and the FBI, then shared a transcript of an alleged voicemail from a USSS agent on Facebook, including the agent’s alleged name and phone number. Bangstad proceeded to tell his followers, “Call this number and ask this secret service agent to stand down and honor his oath to his country.”

At the Fed: Warsh Secures Committee Approval; Powell Doesn’t Want to Leave
https://gellerreport.com/2026/04/at-the-fed-warsh-secures-committee-approval-powell-doesnt-want-to-leave.html
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Wednesday that he would stay on the central bank’s board after his chairmanship ends next month to defend the institution from what he called unprecedented legal attacks from the Trump administration. His decision marks a departure from decades of precedent and overshadowed deepening divisions over the path for interest rates…. His term as chair ends May 15 but a separate term as governor allows Powell to remain at the Fed until early 2028. For decades, Fed chairs have left the building when their successor is installed (

Biden Officials Buried COVID Vaccine Injury Data
https://gellerreport.com/2026/04/biden-officials-buried-covid-vaccine-injury-data.html/
The vaccine has been linked to heart failure, cardiomyopathy and a higher mortality rate in the young. “Nearly a quarter of Americans believe someone they know died from COVID-19 vaccine side effects, and even more say they might be willing to become plaintiffs in a class-action lawsuit against vaccine makers.” There was no mea culpa, no hesitation, no cessation of mass inoculations. On the contrary, the more people died or sufferrd life long health damage, the more it was ignored and denied.

Active Response Training – Weekend Knowledge Dump- May 1, 2026
https://www.activeresponsetraining.net/weekend-knowledge-dump-may-1-2026
Knowledge to make your life better. If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend.

THE FIVE POINT CHECK LIST, REVIEWED – Despite some attorneys in disagreement, I firmly believe that Massad Ayoob created the definitive list of statements that you should make to the police after a defensive shooting.

Why aren’t you carrying pepper spray? – Caleb asks an important question. He’s right on with his advice to buy the small container from POM. If you like a larger container, the Sabre Red is an excellent choice as well.

What Criminals Know That You Don’t – Alex shares lessons learned from one of John Hearne’s courses.

May 2

Big Texan Steak Ranch marks 66 years on Route 66 as America nears 250th birthday
https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/article/big-texan-steak-ranch-marks-66-years-on-route-66-as-america-nears-250th-birthday/ar-AA227ZOe?ocid=BingNewsVerp
embedded video – 00:03:04
video – 00:03:04 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92kS7mmC1I4

Chain restaurants are closing hundreds of locations across the US in 2026. See the list.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news/chain-restaurants-are-closing-hundreds-of-locations-across-the-us-in-2026-see-the-list/vi-AA20T4zm
Several restaurant chains have revealed plans to close locations in 2026. Wendy’s will close up to 350 US restaurants in the first six months of the year. Pizza Hut intends to shutter 250 US locations in the first half of the year.
(A boost for LOCAL restaurants? – jlr)

Socialist Seattle Mayor Gets Aggressively Saved By Handlers When a Reporter Politely Asks Basic Questions
https://twitchy.com/dougp/2026/05/01/socialist-seattle-mayor-gets-aggressively-saved-by-handlers-when-a-reporter-politely-asks-basic-questions-n2427765
Seattle’s Socialist Mayor responds to exodus of wealth from Washington state by saying “BYE” … then laughing. We’re doomed.
video – 00:00:14 – https://x.com/i/status/2049562844862324861

60 Years of Artificial Chaos in Service for Revolution
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/05/60_years_of_artificial_chaos_in_service_for_revolution.html
The Cloward-Piven strategy was a calculated blueprint for social disruption. How is it working out?…In the spring of 1966, the United States was in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement and Lyndon B. Johnson’s War on Poverty. It was at a time when the New Left concluded that American capitalism had neutralized the working class; therefore, it was no longer suitable to be cannon fodder for revolution. To answer the collectivist call, two Columbia University School of Social Work professors—Richard A. Cloward and Frances Fox Piven—published a provocative essay in The Nation magazine. Titled “The Weight of the Poor: A Strategy to End Poverty,” the May 2 article outlined what later became known as the Cloward-Piven strategy…Six decades later, the Cloward-Piven strategy, as part of the Left toolbox, remains a Rorschach test for American politics. Conservatives see a cautionary tale of engineered dependency and fiscal irresponsibility that, in a Machiavellian way, battered the very people it proclaimed to help. The Cloward-Piven essay’s enduring power lies in its frank acknowledgment that poverty could be part of political business. Whether one regards the strategy as cynical manipulation or moral necessity, it forces a reckoning: in a republic, how much crisis is tolerable? Cloward and Piven bet that the weight of the poor, thoroughly mobilized and meticulously pre-brainwashed, could bend the arc of policy.

Woman confesses to heinous crime on social media and mocks victim: ‘I bet he ain’t laughing now’
https://www.theblaze.com/news/odonnell-shoot-clerk-confess-video
Shantay Lashay O’Donnell, 46, of Virginia was caught on surveillance video allegedly pulling out a gun at the Columbia, Maryland, gas station and pulling the trigger…Police said she was trying to rob the store but left without anything…n the days following the shooting, O’Donnell allegedly posted a video confessing to the crime and laughing about the victim. “I’m the one that did the shooting at the gas station,”…”I shot that man because he has a demon spirit, and he laughed in my face and thought it was funny. I bet he ain’t laughing now,”…She went on to say that she was “getting ready to rob something right now” and claimed she didn’t pay for anything but stole what she needed.

Guess Who’s Big Mad They Can’t Buy Junk Food With Your Tax Money Anymore
https://pjmedia.com/tim-o-brien/2026/05/02/guess-whos-big-mad-they-cant-buy-junk-food-with-your-tax-money-anymore-n4952420
… some big changes took place in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits April 20. The entitlement program’s beneficiaries can no longer use their EBT cards to purchase soda, energy drinks, candy, and “ultra-processed prepared desserts” such as Twinkies, cookies, cupcakes, and other packaged sweets. They can continue to use their taxpayer-funded, free-food cards for fruit, vegetables, grains, meat, dairy and other staples. They can also use their EBT cards for coffee, tea, bottled water, and sport drinks. On the snack side, they can use their EBT cards for granola bars, freshly prepared baked goods, and packaged “breakfast” foods such as toaster strudels and breakfast biscuits. The federal government did not implement the restrictions, even though the state of Florida’s SNAP program receives subsidies from the government. Rather, this a state policy which is being implemented under a waiver program from the Trump administration.
Guess who’s not happy about the change? video – 00:01:14 – https://twitter.com/i/status/2050251148091892221
…the reason for the change was “to better align the program with its intended purpose: providing low-income households with access to a more nutritious diet to alleviate hunger and combat malnutrition,”…“SNAP benefits can continue to be used to purchase the same healthy, nutrient-rich foods they always have, including fruits, vegetables, grains, meat, dairy, and other staples that support a balanced diet and overall well-being.”…the health and nutritional benefits of this move are lost on SNAP benefit recipients who don’t know the first thing about healthy eating – people whose idea of a well-balanced diet includes the four major food groups: soda, ice cream, cookies, and cupcakes.
video – 00:00:27 – https://twitter.com/i/status/2048146540804329980

Blue Cities and States Are Dying. Cause of Death: Suicide.
https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2026/05/01/blue-cities-and-states-are-dying-cause-of-death-suicide-n2675363
Only socialism can make places as beautiful and as cool as California into a nightmare, and that seems to be what the Left is intent on doing – everywhere.
embedded video – 00:11:07

House Redistricting Strategery – the Endgame?
https://redstate.com/adam-turner/2026/05/02/house-redistricting-strategery-the-endgame-n2201901
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down Louisiana’s congressional map in Louisiana v. Callais, finding that the state’s second majority-Black district violated the Equal Protection Clause…Soon after, the U.S. Justice Department vowed it would enforce the ruling in every state with racially gerrymandered districts.

Alabama Is Set to Make a Huge Redistricting Move Ahead of the Midterms
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/josephchalfant/2026/05/01/alabama-is-set-to-make-a-huge-redistricting-move-ahead-of-the-midterms-n2675411
Democrats could potentially lose ALL US House seats in Alabama, with Republicans picking up 1-2

Trump Orders Pentagon to Reduce US Forces Based in Germany
https://redstate.com/beccalower/2026/05/01/trump-orders-pentagon-to-reduce-us-forces-based-in-germany-n2201919
Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell released a statement, quoted in reports linked above, stating that the administration’s move “follows a thorough review of the Department’s force posture in Europe and is in recognition of theater requirements and conditions on the ground.”

Charles Not in Charge: King’s Visit Hits All the Right Notes but Doesn’t Reflect Reality
https://freebeacon.com/columns/charles-not-in-charge-kings-visit-hits-all-the-right-notes-but-doesnt-reflect-reality/
President Trump called Charles “the greatest king” at the White House—reveals His Majesty’s underrated diplomatic abilities. Unfortunately, the trip also shows that Britain’s place in the world is diminishing…Charles can preside but not act. If Starmer does not change course, his country will be able to do neither.

Terrorism Now Highly Likely in UK: US Embassy Just Issued an Alert
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/05/01/terrorism-now-highly-likely-in-uk-us-embassy-issues-new-may-1-alert-n2201917
This has been a growing problem for some time now, and all of these warnings, alarms, alarums, and alerts all seem to stem from the same demographic: “Refugees” from North Africa and the Middle East, many of whom entered Britain illegally.

May 3

Somali Fraud Is Only a Drop in the Bucket Compared to This Indian Fraud Scheme
https://www.westernjournal.com/somali-fraud-drop-bucket-compared-indian-fraud-scheme/
The Somali fraud is only a drop in the bucket, as it compares to the elaborate Indian fraud and scam networks that are taking American tech jobs and hurting the American economy, through H-1B visas, bought degrees and fake certifications. Since COVID, 90 percent of the net gain in American jobs have gone to foreign workers, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Tech companies are passing over American college students for foreign workers, many of whom have scam degrees and certifications.

Iran Peace Proposal Aimed at Ending War Under Trump’s Review – ‘I’m Looking at It’
https://www.westernjournal.com/breaking-iran-peace-proposal-aimed-ending-war-trumps-review-looking/
“I will soon be reviewing the plan that Iran has just sent to us, but can’t imagine that it would be acceptable in that they have not yet paid a big enough price for what they have done to Humanity, and the World, over the last 47 years, thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP.”
The Trump administration has repeatedly insisted it will not agree to a deal with Iran unless nearly all of their terms are met, most notably including Iran’s surrender of its enriched uranium stockpile.

After Attack of Cargo Vessel, Trump Directs US to Escort Foreign Ships Through Hormuz
https://www.westernjournal.com/breaking-attack-cargo-vessel-trump-directs-us-escort-foreign-ships-hormuz/
Earlier Sunday, a large cargo craft was reportedly attacked by multiple small vessels traveling roughly 11 miles from Iran…Countries from all over the World, almost all of which are not involved in the Middle Eastern dispute going on so visibly, and violently, for all to see, have asked the United States if we could help free up their Ships, which are locked up in the Strait of Hormuz, on something which they have absolutely nothing to do with — They are merely neutral and innocent bystanders! For the good of Iran, the Middle East, and the United States, we have told these Countries that we will guide their Ships safely out of these restricted Waterways, so that they can freely and ably get on with their business. Again, these are Ships from areas of the World that are not in any way involved with that which is currently taking place in the Middle East. I have told my Representatives to inform them that we will use best efforts to get their Ships and Crews safely out of the Strait. In all cases, they said they will not be returning until the area becomes safe for navigation, and everything else. This process, Project Freedom, will begin Monday morning, Middle East time. I am fully aware that my Representatives are having very positive discussions with the Country of Iran, and that these discussions could lead to something very positive for all. The Ship movement is merely meant to free up people, companies, and Countries that have done absolutely nothing wrong — They are victims of circumstance. This is a Humanitarian gesture on behalf of the United States, Middle Eastern Countries but, in particular, the Country of Iran. Many of these Ships are running low on food, and everything else necessary for largescale crews to stay on board in a healthy and sanitary manner. I think it would go a long way in showing Goodwill on behalf of all of those who have been fighting so strenuously over the last number of months. If, in any way, this Humanitarian process is interfered with, that interference will, unfortunately, have to be dealt with forcefully. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

Trump Administration Pulls 5K Troops Out of Germany Over Iran War Betrayal
https://gellerreport.com/2026/05/trump-administration-pulls-5k-troops-out-of-germany-over-iran-war-betrayal.html/
Europe has had a free ride for decades. Time and again, they failed to live up to their commitments. Sanctimonious parasites. Troop drawdowns in Europe are way past due. The United States should be clear about one thing: alliances are not entitlements—they’re commitments.
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Germany Urges New Boost From Europe on Its Own Defense After Trump Pulls US Troops
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/05/02/germany-urges-new-europe-defense-boost-after-trump-pulls-us-troops-n2201930
Germany’s defense minister sought to downplay the impact of Washington’s decision to withdraw 5,000 troops from the country, casting the move as expected and using it to underline Europe’s need to take greater responsibility for its own security. “It was anticipated that the U.S. might withdraw troops from Europe, including Germany,” Boris Pistorius said on Saturday, adding that “if we are to remain transatlantic, we must strengthen the European pillar within NATO.” NATO said it was “working with the U.S. to understand the details” of the Pentagon’s decision to pull the troops. The move by the Trump administration “underscores the need for Europe to invest more in defense,

Dammit…
https://oldnfo.substack.com/p/dammit-518
30 plus years of existence wiped out…Spirit Airlines died this morning at the hands of the socialist (Democrat) crusader, Elizabeth Warren, and all the Democrats that stand with her…This morning at 3am, Spirit turned off the lights. Another 14,000 jobs gone. 30+ smaller airports lose service. JetBlue offered $3.8 BILLION in cash to buy Spirit in 2022 so the airline could be saved and competition could be preserved. Shareholders, the unions, management, literally everyone voted yes. The combined company would have held 9% of the US market against a Big 4 that already owned 80%. For anyone who understands numbers: 9% isn’t a monopoly against 80%. Warren said no. Democrats cheered her on, helping undermine this lifeline the entire way. They wrote letters. They protested and campaigned. They pressured DOT head “Mayor Pete” Buttigieg. Biden’s DOJ sued. A federal judge killed the deal in January 2024. Their argument: the merger would cost consumers $1 billion a year. Now look at the collateral damage they will try to dust under the rug.
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Elizabeth Warren Killed Spirit Airlines and Now She’s Complaining About It
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/josephchalfant/2026/05/02/elizabeth-warren-killed-spirit-airlines-and-now-shes-complaining-about-it-n2675422
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, in partnership with former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg and President Joe Biden are the ones with Spirit Airlines’ blood on their hands after working tirelessly to block the merger of the budget airline with JetBlue…Thankfully, Warren has been dragged on social media for her lack of self-awareness.
video – 00:00:18 – https://twitter.com/i/status/2050581207302177076
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After Spirit Airlines Goes Bust, Remember How Biden, Warren Stopped Merger to Save Airline Because It’d Mean ‘Fewer Flights’https://www.westernjournal.com/spirit-airlines-goes-bust-remember-biden-warren-stopped-merger-save-airline-itd-mean-fewer-flights/
It was killed by Democrats, specifically President Joe Biden’s administration, who thought that letting Spirit exist as an unsustainable separate entity would be good for competition and lead to lower ticket prices and more jobs.
Now, Spirit is completely out of business, meaning less competition, higher ticket prices, and no jobs for anyone with the airline.
Winning, Democrat-style!
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Joe Biden, Pete Butttegieg, and Elizabeth Warren Nixed Plan to Save Spirit Airlines
https://gellerreport.com/2026/05/joe-biden-pete-butttegieg-and-elizabeth-warren-nixed-plan-to-save-spirit-airlines.html/
Spirit Airlines died tonight at the hands of the socialist crusader, Elizabeth Warren. She must be so proud to add another casket to her achievements. Tonight at 3am, Spirit turns off the lights. 14,000 jobs gone. 30+ smaller airports lose service. JetBlue offered $3.8 BILLION in cash to buy Spirit in 2022. Shareholders, flight attendants union, literally everyone voted yes. The combined company would have held 9% of the US market against a Big 4 that already owned 80%. For anyone who understands numbers: 9% isn’t a monopoly against 80%. Warren said no. She wrote letters. She pressured Buttigieg. Biden’s DOJ sued. A federal judge killed the deal in January 2024. Her argument: the merger would cost consumers $1 billion a year. Now look at her collateral damage she dusts under the rug. 510 pilots gone in the months after. 1,800 flight attendants furloughed in December. 14,000 jobs in 2023. 7,500 last week. Zero tonight. And that’s just the people in Spirit uniforms. Catering goes. Fuel guys go. Baggage crews, gate agents, airport coffee shops, hotels and rental cars in 70 cities Spirit flew to. Every airline job carries 3 more on its back. 40,000 people out of work because of one woman’s moronic crusade against the market. And the math ain’t mathing. Spirit abandoned 90 routes during the death spiral. Fares on those routes are up 14% on average. Oakland to Newark: $135 to $288. Fort Myers to San Juan: $92 to $219. Kansas City to Newark up 66%. That’s reality. Not some BS number from a “study.” So, tell me how this saves the consumer money? Cheap carriers in a market drop fares 21% across the board. Southwest did this in the 90s and saved Americans $68 BILLION over 20 years. Warren killed it. That’s what moronic politicians led by socialism do. Then with her own blind arrogance, she tweeted Spirit’s collapse is “a Biden win for flyers.” A win. 14,000 people are reading termination letters tonight. And she’s taking credit. This is socialism in 2026. A senator who’s never made payroll thinks she knows how to run a market better than the people who own and work in the company. She saved you a billion on imaginary paper. She cost you ten times that in real life. She didn’t protect consumers from anything. 14,000+ will go from working to welfare. She will make sure to blame billionaires, hardworking tax payers, AI, capitalism and whatever monster they will make up tomorrow hiding under your bed. Higher taxes. Fewer jobs. More expensive everything. She called it a win. I hope you enjoy winning.
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Elizabeth Warren Gets Wrecked by Community Notes for Trying to Spin Spirit Airlines Comments
https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2026/05/02/elizabeth-warren-on-spirit-n2201938
…Well, nothing reduces competition more than a cheaper alternative like Spirit going under. They had filed for bankruptcy twice in 2024 after the merger failed. But now that this has happened, what is Warren saying? She’s bemoaning the fewer choices, and trying to blame others. She even tried to blame the judge who denied the merger, seemingly forgetting what she had said before… she called it a “Biden win for flyers,” but now, with the shutdown, there were fewer flights and less competition.
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Spirit Airlines Ceases Operations After Biden Administration Blocked Merger; Trump Admin Announces Relief Measures
https://americanjournaldaily.com/spirit-biden-trump-relief/
★ Biden’s DOJ killed Spirit’s merger with JetBlue — and thousands of jobs followed.
★ Spirit is the first U.S. airline to fail financially in 25 years.
★ Trump’s team moved fast with capped fares and hiring pathways for displaced workers.
★ This administration refused to bail out a failing airline with taxpayer money.

Pro-CCP Billionaire’s $22.4M Network Helped Organize NYC May Day Rally Where Mayor Mamdani Spoke
https://americanjournaldaily.com/ccp-may-day-mamdani/
…blocks away at Union Square, a different operation was underway. Members of the Party for Socialism and Liberation pulled up in a van and unloaded dozens of professionally printed anti-Trump signs, stacking them neatly for distribution before the march even began. The Revolutionary Communists of America were there. So were the Communist Workers of America. Organizers hawked communist newspapers and recruited for upcoming events, right out in the open. Follow the money to Shangha Here’s where the story turns from disturbing to dangerous. The People’s Forum and the Party for Socialism and Liberation — the groups running the show at Union Square — are funded by a man named Neville Roy Singham. He’s a tech tycoon. He lives in Shanghai. And according to a Fox News Digital investigation, his nonprofit network funneled $22.4 million to The People’s Forum alone.
Let me ask you something: a guy living in Shanghai is bankrolling political rallies in Manhattan, and nobody in city hall sees a problem with that?
Apparently not — because New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani showed up to deliver remarks. He stood in front of banners reading “NO ICE, NO WAR” and “NO BILLIONAIRES” and told the crowd:

A civil right is a civil right – Even if you don’t like it.
https://thelawdogfiles.substack.com/p/a-civil-right-is-a-civil-right
If a civil right can be stripped on an allegation in a civil court5 — no probable cause required — that starts a ball rolling nobody really wants to deal with. Y’all need to listen to me on this one … but you won’t.

EU to Begin Censoring Emojis on Social Media — For ‘Safety’
https://pjmedia.com/benbartee/2026/05/03/eu-to-begin-censoring-emojis-on-social-media-for-safety-n4952447
The European Commission apparently finds itself no longer satiated with controlling what combinations of letters it permits the serfs on its techno-planation to spell out on social media and has now expanded the scope of its Orwellian censorship regime to emojis…Who is going to decide which emojis have to go? Probably some unelected bureaucrat behind a screen in some Brussels lair — or else AI; I’m not sure which is more dystopian…*Always “for the children” — the eternal excuse of the nanny state gynocrats to trample on fundamental civil liberties…**Of course, in such cases of “grey areas,” the censor will always and reflexively err on the side of maximum censorship, which is what’s surely going to happen here.