June 06, 2025
Mid-Morning Art Thread
Serviceman's Wife
Ivan G. Olinsky
Serviceman's Wife
Ivan G. Olinsky
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The Morning Report — 6/ 6 /25
Good morning kids. 81 years ago at almost this very hour, the allied armies, led by the United States and the British stormed ashore on five Normandy beaches to begin the liberation of Europe from the barbarism of Nazi German occupation and all of its horrors. God bless the sacred memory of all those wonderful guys who gave their lives and eternal honor to all who came ashore that day. Within a year, those who survived the landings would have to endure other nightmares, with names written in their and their buddies' blood like Falaise, Arnhem, Bastogne, the Hurtgen Forest and then the Rhine, and if they survived would ultimately come upon the electrified barbed wire gates of hell that were Buchenwald, Dachau, Belsen, Sachsenhausen and Mauthausen. At the latter, the wonderful Angels of the Lord dressed as members of the US 11th Armored Division liberated my mother. Miraculous as her survival was, somehow both her parents and her 6 siblings, also managed to survive and be reunited to live long and full lives here and in Israel. The odds of an entire family making it through intact are astronomical, and as I am now in the twilight of my years, with one of my mother's sisters still alive at age 93, I just shake my head at what a blessing it was for them and me to be here today. It's why I am going to have try and tread as lightly as possible, given recent events. And yet, sadly, tragically it is something that needs to be addressed, so here goes.
This episode once again highlights the head shaking question of why are Jews liberal and vote Democrat. I can certainly understand how generations of persecution can attract people to movements and individuals who mouth the right words about Justice and security and yet deliver exactly the opposite. Hell, forget Jews but for blacks to vote generationally for the party that had them in literal chains as slaves and then kept them in economic chains, destroying them all in the name of political power is insanity. Which as we all know is doing the same things over and over again and expecting a different result. Back to this poor woman, This is the direct result of thinking with one's heart and not with one's head while at the same time being completely deaf, dumb and blind to everything around one. You will never find a more compassionate, sympathetic and even empathetic human being on this earth than my dear mother of blessed memory. But she knew what was what in terms of the politics of this nation. She knew what the Democrat Left was all about and would have none of it. From the moment they came onto the scene, she knew the Clintons were going to be trouble, and sadly she had to endure most of the first term of Obama. The salient point is, unlike this poor woman from Boulder, there is no way in hell my mother would have countenanced open borders, or the flooding in of unvetted aliens regardless of their claims of persecution. And it took her years of sweating out the paperwork in a Displaced Persons Camp before she got her papers, and she had to prove she was not an indigent, had communicable diseases, was not a communist agitator, and that she had relatives here in the States who would support her while she got on her feet. A big hat tip to commenters Washington Nearsider who brought this to our attention late in the comments yesterday, and to Lizzy whose reaction sums it all up: What's wrong with this country? People like you brought in terrorists. GAH!
And just to preempt the usual trolls and other anti-semites out there, this is NOT a Jewish thing. Some people have bleeding hearts for very good reasons but unfortunately they let their good natures and own personal issues cloud their ability to think clearly, reasonably and rationally. And that is why this poor woman aligned herself with individuals who want to unleash the very same barbarism that nearly gassed and then burnt her in a crematorium, or shot her into a mass grave, right here in America. Compassion and charity are of course noble and admirable. They are central tenets of Judaism and Christianity. But let's have a healthy dose of sanity
With that off my chest, the big story is that Trump and Musk are at each other's throats over the budget bill and while I have my reservations over incurring trillions more in debt to stop incurring trillions more in debt, the incongruity of this and the purpose of DOGE now coupled with the nastiness between these two individuals is only giving our enemies propaganda/politica fodder that we can ill afford. We have to get our act together. And lastly, a quick shout-out and thank you for your continued support in hitting our tip jar. It truly is appreciated more than you can know. Have a great weekend.
If the video is glitchy, It is The World at War Episode 17 "Morning" which is aeasily found on YouTube and elsewhere.
Good morning kids. 81 years ago at almost this very hour, the allied armies, led by the United States and the British stormed ashore on five Normandy beaches to begin the liberation of Europe from the barbarism of Nazi German occupation and all of its horrors. God bless the sacred memory of all those wonderful guys who gave their lives and eternal honor to all who came ashore that day. Within a year, those who survived the landings would have to endure other nightmares, with names written in their and their buddies' blood like Falaise, Arnhem, Bastogne, the Hurtgen Forest and then the Rhine, and if they survived would ultimately come upon the electrified barbed wire gates of hell that were Buchenwald, Dachau, Belsen, Sachsenhausen and Mauthausen. At the latter, the wonderful Angels of the Lord dressed as members of the US 11th Armored Division liberated my mother. Miraculous as her survival was, somehow both her parents and her 6 siblings, also managed to survive and be reunited to live long and full lives here and in Israel. The odds of an entire family making it through intact are astronomical, and as I am now in the twilight of my years, with one of my mother's sisters still alive at age 93, I just shake my head at what a blessing it was for them and me to be here today. It's why I am going to have try and tread as lightly as possible, given recent events. And yet, sadly, tragically it is something that needs to be addressed, so here goes.
Holocaust survivor who supports nonprofit suing Trump over refugee ban surprised that illegal Egyptian migrant would set her on fire . . . An 88-year-old Holocaust survivor who was burned in Sunday’s alleged terror attack in Boulder, Colorado, shares a message for the rest of Americans, saying, “We are better than this,” before asking, “What the hell is going on in our country?” She's wearing a huge HIAS button. The Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, is a Jewish American nonprofit that provides humanitarian aid and assistance to refugees, like the Catholic and Lutheran charities. “We at HIAS have been so blessed to have Ali Mayorkas on our board of directors, and are thrilled to have him nominated to be the next Secretary of Homeland Security,” said HIAS President and CEO Mark Hetfield. “Ali has consistently demonstrated that he is not only a strong and highly respected leader, but an empathetic one who knows the heart of the stranger, as the child of a Holocaust survivor, as a Latino, and as a refugee and immigrant himself. Ali is uniquely suited to rebuild public trust in the Department of Homeland Security as he knows that America is at its greatest when we build bridges, not walls.”
This episode once again highlights the head shaking question of why are Jews liberal and vote Democrat. I can certainly understand how generations of persecution can attract people to movements and individuals who mouth the right words about Justice and security and yet deliver exactly the opposite. Hell, forget Jews but for blacks to vote generationally for the party that had them in literal chains as slaves and then kept them in economic chains, destroying them all in the name of political power is insanity. Which as we all know is doing the same things over and over again and expecting a different result. Back to this poor woman, This is the direct result of thinking with one's heart and not with one's head while at the same time being completely deaf, dumb and blind to everything around one. You will never find a more compassionate, sympathetic and even empathetic human being on this earth than my dear mother of blessed memory. But she knew what was what in terms of the politics of this nation. She knew what the Democrat Left was all about and would have none of it. From the moment they came onto the scene, she knew the Clintons were going to be trouble, and sadly she had to endure most of the first term of Obama. The salient point is, unlike this poor woman from Boulder, there is no way in hell my mother would have countenanced open borders, or the flooding in of unvetted aliens regardless of their claims of persecution. And it took her years of sweating out the paperwork in a Displaced Persons Camp before she got her papers, and she had to prove she was not an indigent, had communicable diseases, was not a communist agitator, and that she had relatives here in the States who would support her while she got on her feet. A big hat tip to commenters Washington Nearsider who brought this to our attention late in the comments yesterday, and to Lizzy whose reaction sums it all up: What's wrong with this country? People like you brought in terrorists. GAH!
And just to preempt the usual trolls and other anti-semites out there, this is NOT a Jewish thing. Some people have bleeding hearts for very good reasons but unfortunately they let their good natures and own personal issues cloud their ability to think clearly, reasonably and rationally. And that is why this poor woman aligned herself with individuals who want to unleash the very same barbarism that nearly gassed and then burnt her in a crematorium, or shot her into a mass grave, right here in America. Compassion and charity are of course noble and admirable. They are central tenets of Judaism and Christianity. But let's have a healthy dose of sanity
With that off my chest, the big story is that Trump and Musk are at each other's throats over the budget bill and while I have my reservations over incurring trillions more in debt to stop incurring trillions more in debt, the incongruity of this and the purpose of DOGE now coupled with the nastiness between these two individuals is only giving our enemies propaganda/politica fodder that we can ill afford. We have to get our act together. And lastly, a quick shout-out and thank you for your continued support in hitting our tip jar. It truly is appreciated more than you can know. Have a great weekend.
- ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY
- There is a judicial coup underway in this country. The presidency cannot remain functional if it is core powers are subject to the whims of rogue judges.
How Long Will Trump Let Rogue Judges Break The Law To Help Gangsters And Terrorists? - Michael Walsh: As my regular readers know by now, the subject of this excerpt is not only things military, but also things artistic, historical, musical, and poetic -- in other words, the context in which the various commanders (in this case, Napoleon) undertook their great enterprises. I hope you find it both challenging and interesting.
THE CONVERSATION: 'Amateurs Talk Tactics; Pros Talk Logistics'
- But there is a cost to committing crimes. And there are costs for carrying out acts of terrorism. If one of those costs is inconvenience to your loved ones, then perhaps you should think twice about it first. Because the sympathies of the American public have been stretched quite far enough. (Lest we forget, the mere presence on our soil without permission is a crime in and of itself, calling for immediate deportation, no trials no questions - jjs)
Douglas Murray: Liberals turn killers, racists, and haters into martyrs
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Daily Tech News 6 June 2025
Top Story
- AMD's "budget" Radeon 9060 XT graphics card is here. Is it any good? (Ars Technica)
Yes. And also no.
The 16GB model is pretty decent if you can find it for under $400. The MSRP is $349 for basic models, but they sold out pretty quickly in the US. You should still be able to find slightly faster models for around $389.
(In Australia the MSRP models are still available.)
The 8GB model is $50 cheaper and is readily available at MSRP because it sucks and you shouldn't buy it.
It's consistently faster than Nvidia's RTX 5060 and the same price. Compared to the 5060 Ti it's cheaper, and faster on non-ray-traced games, though a little slower in ray-traced titles. (And a lot slower on Black Myth Wukong which significantly favours Nvidia hardware, but that's an outlier.)
If you want a graphics card that is merely a bit expensive but not actually insanely overpriced, this is the one to buy.
(Or go back in time a few months and nab a 7800 XT for $400 like I did.)
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June 05, 2025
Everyone's Crazy Except For Me And ONT
Greetings Horde! Man, I dunno what's going on here, but it must be something seriously spooky.
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Animal Bandits Cafe
The Pont du Gard, the tallest of the Roman aqueducts
by Roberto Ferrari
The Pont du Gard, the tallest of the Roman aqueducts
by Roberto Ferrari
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Democrats Call ICE Agents "Nazis" and "Secret Police," Demand ICE Agents Remove Their Masks So That the Democrats' Marxist Paramilitary of Antifa Can Dox and Murder Them
Boston Mayor and suspected Chinese Agent Michelle Wu called ICE agents "Nazis" and "secret police" and demanded they remove their masks during arrests.
ICE's acting director explained that ICE agents are only wearing masks because the Democrats' violent paramilitary street armies of antifa are posting pictures of them online -- and posting pictures of their family members online -- encouraging antifa street thugs to kill them. Rather than disown suspected Chinese agent Wu's disgusting embrace of antifa terror-tactics as a useful Democrat political tool, Minority Leader (but is he really a leader Hakeem Jeffries doubles down and says ICE agents are Nazis, and yes, they deserved to be doxed and physically threatened.No one in the Democrat Media asks their fellow Democrats to denounce their antifa allies, because they know, of course, that the Democrat Party views its violent paramilitaries in antifa, trantifa, and BLM as a legitimate "fourth branch of government." Mary Rooke at the Daily Caller objects:
Not only are ICE agents and their families being targeted by unhinged left-wing activists, but now Democrats in Washington are openly threatening to dox ICE personnel themselves, effectively aiding and abetting those who want to intimidate, endanger, and silence federal law enforcement. "Every single ICE agent who's engaged in this aggressive overreach and are trying to hide their identities from the American people will be unsuccessful in doing that," House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said at a press conference Tuesday. "This is America. This is not the Soviet Union. We're not behind the Iron Curtain. This is not the 1930s. And every single one of them, no matter what it takes, no matter how long it takes, will, of course, be identified." Hakeem Jeffries' unhinged rhetoric should outrage every American who believes in law and order. Comparing ICE agents--federal officers lawfully enforcing immigration policy--to Nazis and Soviet secret police isn't just vile, it's calculated and dangerous. Jeffries knows exactly what he's doing by invoking the 1930s and the Iron Curtain: He's deliberately smearing these agents to justify their public targeting and harassment. It's not just reckless--it's an open invitation for extremists to hunt down law enforcement officers and their families. This isn't leadership; it's incitement. And it speaks volumes about the radical, unhinged direction of today's Democrat Party.
The Democrats are creating more New Rules every day. They will not be happy when the right embraces these New Rules and inflicts them on Democrats. But dem's the New Rules.
Democrats are wading into dangerous territory that could end up seeing U.S. Immigration and Customs agents killed. It's an established fact that Democrats are suffering from a violent extremist problem permeating from the far left wing of their party. But despite this worrisome reality, Democrats are doubling down on enticing violence that will be targeted at ICE agents. New York Democrat Rep. Dan Goldman held a press conference on May 29, denouncing ICE agents' use of masks while conducting immigration arrests. He claimed that if these brave men and women are doing nothing wrong, then why do they have to hide their faces? On Tuesday, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries also promised to dox every agent who wears a mask while conducting these immigration raids, "no matter what it takes, no matter how long it takes." ( ... What do Jeffries, Goldman and the other Democrats think is going to happen when they label an entire swath of the federal government Nazis? The violent extremists in the Democrat party are going to listen to their leaders tell them ICE agents are evil and attack accordingly. We've already seen this happen with the left, who firebombed Tesla dealerships after Elon Musk became involved with DOGE. Trump has survived two separate assassination attempts. Republicans were shot at a Congressional baseball game practice. And entire communities burned to the ground during "peaceful but fiery" protests during the George Floyd riot season. All of these deadly events have one thing in common. The left used their massive voice to either support the perpetrator[s] in these crimes and/or labeled the victim as an evil Nazi.
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Trump Announces Muslim Travel Ban 2.0, Putting 19 Third-World Shitholes and Failed States Under Visa Restrictions
The announcement is well-timed, given that we just had a third-world savage attempt to re-create Auschwitz on the streets of Boulder.
Biden judges are already writing their injunctions, just waiting for a George-Soros-funded group to file for one.President Donald Trump on Wednesday resurrected a hallmark policy of his first term, announcing that citizens of 12 countries would be banned from visiting the United States and those from seven others would face restrictions. The ban takes effect Monday at 12:01 a.m., a cushion that may avoid the chaos that unfolded at airports nationwide when a similar measure took effect with virtually no notice in 2017. Trump, who signaled plans for a new ban upon taking office in January, appears to be on firmer ground this time after the Supreme Court sided with him. Some, but not all, 12 countries also appeared on the list of banned countries in Trump's first term. The new ban includes Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, the Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen. There will be heightened restrictions on visitors from Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan and Venezuela. In a video released on social media, Trump tied the new ban to Sunday's terror attack in Boulder, Colorado, saying it underscored the dangers posed by some visitors who overstay visas. The suspect in the attack is from Egypt, a country that is not on Trump's restricted list. The Department of Homeland Security says he overstayed a tourist visa. Trump said some countries had "deficient" screening and vetting or have historically refused to take back their own citizens. His findings rely extensively on an annual Homeland Security report of visa overstays of tourists, business visitors and students who arrive by air and sea, singling out countries with high percentages of remaining after their visas expired. "We don't want them," Trump said. The inclusion of Afghanistan angered some supporters who have worked to resettle its people. The ban makes exceptions for Afghans on Special Immigrant Visas, generally people who worked most closely with the U.S. government during the two-decade-long war there. Afghanistan was also one of the largest sources of resettled refugees, with about 14,000 arrivals in a 12-month period through September 2024. Trump suspended refugee resettlement his first day in office. "To include Afghanistan -- a nation whose people stood alongside American service members for 20 years -- is a moral disgrace. It spits in the face of our allies, our veterans, and every value we claim to uphold," said Shawn VanDiver, president and board chairman of #AfghanEvac. Trump wrote that Afghanistan "lacks a competent or cooperative central authority for issuing passports or civil documents and it does not have appropriate screening and vetting measures." He also cited its visa overstay rates.Below, a Somali refugee in Sweden defends robbery and murder and drug-dealing as the prerogative of asylum seekers who want to get "rich." In the second clip, her mother tells her she has to teach her children not to be drug-dealing gang members, given that they're "guests" in Sweden, but she denies this, saying that she's a Swede now and can do whatever she wants. Including, literally, committing murder.
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Biden Aides Go Nuclear on Latrine John-Pissoir, Calling Her the Most Incompetent WH Spokesman In History
Putting aside the recent unpleasantness...
As some have noted: When you pointed out that Latrine John-Pissoir was an incompetent incapable of answering basic questions without reading a largely-unrelated entry from her giant cheat-sheet briefing book, you were a racist homophobe who hates women and immigrants. But when Latrine John-Pissoir pisses off Biden staffers, and they say she's an incompetent incapable of answering basic questions without reading a largely-unrelated entry from her giant cheat-sheet briefing book, they are heroic truth-tellers correcting the record. Axios reports what everyone else saw with their own eyes five years ago... again.Um, Axios... is that the only reason she was "untouchable"? When people criticized her, they weren't attacked as "people who disagreed with Jill Biden's top aide Anthony Bernal." They were attacked as racist homophobes who hate women and immigrants. Trust the news media, people. They tell nothing but the full truth.
Former Biden press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre announced Tuesday that she's written a book about a "broken" Biden White House and what she sees as the betrayal of the former president by the Democratic Party. Many of her former colleagues think Jean-Pierre -- the face of the White House for more than two years -- was part of the problem, according to interviews with more than two dozen former Biden administration officials. Driving the news: Jean-Pierre's announcement Wednesday led former Biden aides to tee off on her. Many quietly had fumed for years, believing she was incompetent at her job at the White House podium and more interested in promoting herself than Joe Biden.
... What they're saying: One former White House official who worked closely with Jean-Pierre told Axios that she "was one of the most ineffectual and unprepared people I've ever worked with. ... She had meltdowns after any interview that asked about a topic not sent over by producers." "She didn't know how to manage a team, didn't know how to shape or deliver a message, and often created more problems than she solved," the official said. A former Biden communications official threw more wood on the fire: "The hubris of thinking you can position yourself as an outsider when you not only have enjoyed the perks of extreme proximity to power -- which ... bestows the name recognition needed to sell books off your name -- but have actively wielded it from the biggest pulpit there is, is as breathtaking as it is desperate ... It's difficult to see how this is anything but a bizarre cash grab." Another former White House official familiar with the dynamics told Axios: "The amount of time that was spent coddling [Jean-Pierre] and appeasing her was astronomical compared to our attention on actual matters of substance." A former senior spokesperson in Biden's administration added: "It's hard to believe someone could look at the past year and genuinely think, 'The party left Joe Biden -- that's why I'm leaving the Democratic Party.' '" ... The intrigue: Despite longstanding internal frustration with Jean-Pierre's performance since she took over as press secretary in mid-2022, Biden aides largely had stayed silent because she was seen as untouchable, given her close relationship with Jill Biden's top aide Anthony Bernal.
... Zoom in: Some former Biden aides said Jean-Pierre's tenure was complicated by her work with a New York-based publicist, Gilda Squire. Jean-Pierre was the focus of several magazine profiles and appeared on "The View" in New York. At one point, she wanted to appear on the show once a week.There was another story about her trying to get hired by The View. They never even bothered to call her back, those racists!
Alex Thompson is now posting the PR flack's false denial, saying that people who lie don't get the protections of an "off the record" agreement. Um... will you be revealing the emails of Biden staffers who lied about Biden's mental fitness, or are you just taking cheap shots against an easy target?
Within the White House, there were concerns about Squire being looped in on internal emails regarding Jean-Pierre's profiles and promotional appearances. Concerns about Jean-Pierre's self-promotion were even raised with the White House counsel's office because some staffers felt torn between their administration duties and helping Jean-Pierre promote herself, according to a former White House aide familiar with the internal dynamics. Contacted by Axios in February 2024, Squire asked to go off the record and denied she was working with Jean-Pierre to navigate and boost the press secretary's public profile. As a result, Axios didn't report Squire's involvement at the time. Internal White House emails obtained later by Axios, however, show that Squire was copied on emails related to Jean-Pierre's publicity work. The messages included a September 2023 email describing plans for a Vogue magazine profile.
Becket Adams
@BecketAdams So ... when we all went "Wow KJP is terrible at her job" and the White House was all "how dare you speak in such a manner about our black queer queen" .... the White House was lying about what we all could clearly see with our own two eyes? Has this happened before??
David WeigelI saw a Democrat remark that there are few opportunities for Biden staffers to get work now, and that this is Latrine John-Pissoir's attempt at a quick grift.
@daveweigel A very odd part of the Biden legacy: Elevating black women as the first to be VP and WH press secretary, then making it known to everybody that they were disasters.
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Elon Musk Goes Nuclear on Trump, Claiming He's "In the Epstein Files"
Well, that escalated quickly. It really took a jump.
Trump foolishly suggested cutting "government subsidies" to Elon Musk to save money. Those aren't subsidies, those are contracts for Musk's companies' services. And then Musk went absolutely nuclear. This got bad, fast.Posted by: Ace at 03:22 PM | Comments (443) | Trackbacks (Suck)
Elon Musk: Trump "Betrayed" Me. He Wouldn't Have Gotten Elected Without Me.
I understand Musk's frustration. Musk put himself in a terrible business position -- pissing off his own progressive greeney customer base -- to ferret out all of the wasteful spending in government, only to see those efforts wasted. We're not seeing $2 trillion cut from the budget. We're not even seeing $200 billion, which was a number floated as well. Trump is asking for $9.4 billion in rescissions from the budget. Maybe this describes you as well -- I never know what to think in these situations. Is it really true that this is the best we can do? Are there just too many leftwing "Republicans" to ever pass meaningful budget cuts? If there are too many -- why don't we just go to war with them and turn them out of office? Why do we continue to allow Lisa Murkowski to command the entire party? On the other hand -- did Musk over-promise? Was his ultimate plan to reform entitlement spending, which Trump promised he would not do? No doubt, some things probably are "politically impossible." The problem is, the GOPe claims that everything actual conservatives want is "politically impossible," including stuff that is now proven to be very politically possible -- like closing the border without having to join with the Democrats on a Bipartisan Open Borders Amnesty bill. They lie about literally everything and claim everything we ask them to do simply cannot be done. This is a lie. They just don't want to do these things, because they're establishment liberals and always have been. So if someone says that $2 trillion in cuts is politically impossible, should I believe them? Why should I believe them, when they have lied remorselessly to me about literally everything else?
Anyway, this is a a messy public break-up and it's a shame that Trump and Musk are no longer a team.
Trump, as a businessman, seemed a little off-balance in his first term. He expected that, as the National CEO, he could announce a policy and the "business" would enact that policy. In his second term, he's savvier about what a shitshow DC is. Maybe the problem is that Musk, being a neophyte -- being in the Trump 1.0 mindset -- just doesn't accept that the CEO has to make crappy deals with his stupid RINO middle-managers. I've also heard people say that Musk is angry that Trump isn't extending the Obama-era subsidies for EVs. (And if I had to make this call -- I'd extend those subsidies for ten years. Yes, I know, it's a garbage policy. But Musk has lost tens of billions of dollars due to his crusade. I'd give the guy a break. Yes, it's a political payoff. So what? Politics is mostly payoffs, and this one is well-earned.)
Musk has really crossed a line here -- Trump does not forgive anyone who doesn't say he won an election. I think Musk nuked their relationship by claiming credit for his win. And, by the way, I think he has a point: Musk did bring in a lot of "Gray Tribe" voters, voters who usually consider themselves "above" electoral politics and the Democrat/Republican dichotomy. And Musk brought in a lot of Silicon Valley billionaires and millionaires, too. But... I don't think he can say he won the election for Trump. And I know he can't say that and have any future relationship with Trump.
I understand Musk's frustration. Musk put himself in a terrible business position -- pissing off his own progressive greeney customer base -- to ferret out all of the wasteful spending in government, only to see those efforts wasted. We're not seeing $2 trillion cut from the budget. We're not even seeing $200 billion, which was a number floated as well. Trump is asking for $9.4 billion in rescissions from the budget. Maybe this describes you as well -- I never know what to think in these situations. Is it really true that this is the best we can do? Are there just too many leftwing "Republicans" to ever pass meaningful budget cuts? If there are too many -- why don't we just go to war with them and turn them out of office? Why do we continue to allow Lisa Murkowski to command the entire party? On the other hand -- did Musk over-promise? Was his ultimate plan to reform entitlement spending, which Trump promised he would not do? No doubt, some things probably are "politically impossible." The problem is, the GOPe claims that everything actual conservatives want is "politically impossible," including stuff that is now proven to be very politically possible -- like closing the border without having to join with the Democrats on a Bipartisan Open Borders Amnesty bill. They lie about literally everything and claim everything we ask them to do simply cannot be done. This is a lie. They just don't want to do these things, because they're establishment liberals and always have been. So if someone says that $2 trillion in cuts is politically impossible, should I believe them? Why should I believe them, when they have lied remorselessly to me about literally everything else?
Anyway, this is a a messy public break-up and it's a shame that Trump and Musk are no longer a team.
"Look, Elon and I had a great relationship. I don't know if we will anymore," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office after Musk slammed his tax and spending mega-bill as an "abomination". The world's richest man responded by live-tweeting on his X social media platform as Trump spoke on television, saying that the Republican would not have won the 2024 election without him and slamming him for "ingratitude." In an extraordinary rant as visiting German Chancellor Friedrich Merz sat mutely beside him, 78-year-old Trump unloaded on SpaceX and Tesla boss Musk in his first comments on the issue. "I'm very disappointed, because Elon knew the inner workings of this bill better than almost anybody sitting here... All of a sudden, he had a problem," Trump said when asked about Musk. The clash comes less than a week since Trump held a grand Oval Office farewell for Musk as he wrapped up his time leading the cost-cutting Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). South African-born Musk, 53, hit back minutes later, saying Trump's claims he had advance sight of the bill were "false." "Whatever," he added above a video of Trump saying Musk was upset about the loss of subsidies for electric vehicles. Musk then ratcheted up the public spat even further, saying the Republican would have lost the election without his support. He was the biggest donor to Trump's campaign, to the tune of nearly $300 million. "Without me, Trump would have lost the election," Musk said on X. "Such ingratitude." Tesla shares fell sharply on Wall Street, down eight percent, after his comments, in a sign of the huge stakes for a falling out between the world's richest man and its most powerful.
Trump, as a businessman, seemed a little off-balance in his first term. He expected that, as the National CEO, he could announce a policy and the "business" would enact that policy. In his second term, he's savvier about what a shitshow DC is. Maybe the problem is that Musk, being a neophyte -- being in the Trump 1.0 mindset -- just doesn't accept that the CEO has to make crappy deals with his stupid RINO middle-managers. I've also heard people say that Musk is angry that Trump isn't extending the Obama-era subsidies for EVs. (And if I had to make this call -- I'd extend those subsidies for ten years. Yes, I know, it's a garbage policy. But Musk has lost tens of billions of dollars due to his crusade. I'd give the guy a break. Yes, it's a political payoff. So what? Politics is mostly payoffs, and this one is well-earned.)
Musk has really crossed a line here -- Trump does not forgive anyone who doesn't say he won an election. I think Musk nuked their relationship by claiming credit for his win. And, by the way, I think he has a point: Musk did bring in a lot of "Gray Tribe" voters, voters who usually consider themselves "above" electoral politics and the Democrat/Republican dichotomy. And Musk brought in a lot of Silicon Valley billionaires and millionaires, too. But... I don't think he can say he won the election for Trump. And I know he can't say that and have any future relationship with Trump.
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FBI Arrests Chinese National Loyal to the Communist Chinese Party for Smuggling In an "Agroterrorism Agent" Capable of Wiping Out Billions of Dollars Worth of Foodcrops
This is a serious, serious escalation.
FBI Director Kash PatelI don't know if Trump blames China for this. It might be a case of another of these Frankenvirus maniacs just deciding to play dice with human existence. Trump said he had a "very good call" with Chinese tyrant Xi over trade terms.
@FBIDirectorKash
New... I can confirm that the FBI arrested a Chinese national within the United States who allegedly smuggled a dangerous biological pathogen into the country. The individual, Yunqing Jian, is alleged to have smuggled a dangerous fungus called "Fusarium graminearum," which is an agroterrorism agent, into the U.S. to research at the University of Michigan, where she works. This fungus can cause a disease called "head blight," a disease of wheat, barley, maize, and rice, causing significant health issues in both humans and livestock. It is responsible for billions of dollars in economic losses worldwide each year. Evidence also indicates Jian had expressed loyalty to the Chinese Communist Party and had received funding from the Chinese government for similar work on this pathogen in China. Jian's boyfriend, Zunyong Liu -- also charged in the complaint -- works at a Chinese university where he conducts research on the same pathogen. Liu is alleged to have first lied, then admitted, to also smuggling Fusarium graminearum into America--through the Detroit Metropolitan Airport--so that he too could conduct research the University of Michigan. Both individuals have been charged with conspiracy, smuggling goods into the United States, false statements, and visa fraud. This case is a sobering reminder that the CCP is working around the clock to deploy operatives and researchers to infiltrate American institutions and target our food supply, which would have grave consequences... putting American lives and our economy at serious risk. Your FBI will continue working tirelessly to be on guard against it. Our @FBIDetroit team did excellent work in this case partnering with @CBP. Justice will be done.
President Trump on Thursday announced he held a lengthy and productive call with Chinese President Xi Jinping, focused "almost entirely on TRADE." Trump said both sides will soon send top officials to a follow-up meeting, location TBD. Key Details: Trump described the call with Xi as "a very good phone call...discussing some of the intricacies of our recently made, and agreed to, Trade Deal," adding the conversation "resulted in a very positive conclusion for both Countries." He named key U.S. representatives for the upcoming trade discussions: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer. Trump confirmed the discussion excluded any talk of Russia, Ukraine, or Iran, stating, "The conversation was focused almost entirely on TRADE."Update: Last week, the State Department announced that it will begin revoking Chinese "student" visas.
One day after Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the U.S. would scale back visas to Chinese students, a department spokesperson emphasized that the Trump administration would fight back against China's "exploitation" of American research and intellectual property. Spokesperson for the Department of State Tammy Bruce delivered her warning against the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) during a press briefing on Thursday. [RELATED: Education Department launches investigation into UPenn over foreign donations] "The United States, I further can say here, will not tolerate the CCP's exploitation of U.S. universities or theft of U.S. research, intellectual property, or technologies to grow its military power, conduct intelligence collection, or repress voices of opposition," Bruce said. In her opening remarks, Bruce noted that initiatives like pulling visas from CCP-linked students are part of the department's updated "America First" reorganizing. "Every visa adjudication is a national security decision - every single one of them," Bruce continued. The spokesperson noted China's extensive role in "exploiting" American intellectual property and research, adding that the State Department's latest strategy is "one way that [the department] can certainly try to mitigate that issue." In a brief press release on Wednesday, Secretary Rubio said that revoking student visas would place "America First, not China." "I think everyone who's here on a visa has to recognize ... that America takes their visa seriously, that vetting is not a one-time process - it's continuing," Bruce said.
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Supreme Court Stuns: Non-Minorities Actually Have Some Rights In America
Good news: the Supreme Court voted unanimously that people in the majority actually have constitutional rights
Bad news: This was actually in question.In a major unanimous decision, the Supreme Court ruled Thursday that majority group individuals--such as heterosexuals--are fully protected under federal anti-discrimination laws, siding with an Ohio woman who alleged she was demoted and denied a promotion due to her sexual identity. Key Details: The 9-0 ruling supports Marlean Ames, a heterosexual woman who claimed she was discriminated against in the workplace. Justices ruled that Title VII protects majority groups equally from reverse discrimination. Justice Clarence Thomas wrote a concurring opinion, joined by Justice Neil Gorsuch, strengthening the Court's stance. Diving Deeper In a decision that could shape future workplace discrimination lawsuits, the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ruled unanimously in favor of an Ohio woman who claimed she faced unlawful discrimination due to her identity as a heterosexual. The case, Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services, centered on Marlean Ames, a former executive secretary and program administrator who worked at the state agency for over a decade. Ames alleged that, despite receiving positive performance reviews--including from a gay supervisor--she was denied a promotion in 2019 and later demoted, with both roles going to gay employees. Ames filed suit, claiming her demotion and the denied promotion constituted illegal discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. While the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals initially dismissed her claim, saying she failed to show a pattern of discrimination or "background circumstances," the nation's highest court disagreed. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson delivered the opinion of the Court, affirming that the protections under Title VII apply to all individuals, not just those in historically disadvantaged groups. The Court made clear that "reverse discrimination"--discrimination against members of majority groups--is just as unlawful as any other kind. Justice Clarence Thomas, joined by Justice Neil Gorsuch, issued a concurring opinion, reinforcing the constitutional principle of equal treatment under the law.During Pride Month, Supreme Court? DURING PRIDE MONTH?!?!!
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The Morning Rant: Minimalist Edition
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The Morning Report — 6/ 5 /25
Until my dying day, everything wrong with this country, all the unnecessary, pain, death and suffering, waste of money and wasted lives and human potential are the fault of and/or have been massively exacerbated by the aforementioned in their evil pursuit of absolute power and control almost since the founding of the Republic. Day in and day out, week in and week out the links in this report and even that which is reported in the legacy propaganda press, no matter how they try to spin it otherwise, is a chronicle of this destruction. Arguably the worst of it all, is the corruption of our judicial system. Yes, those jurists who are Leftists will subvert, pervert and bastardize the Constitution in service to the attainment of absolute power for their ideological chieftains and fellow travelers even if it means the persecution of the politically disfavored. Be it the railroading of President Trump, the J-6 protesters, as well as Derek Chauvin and other police officers merely attempting to keep the peace and the public safe by carrying out their oaths to serve, protect and defend the citizenry by upholding the law.
Those who are not leftists either cannot do or worse will not do what they can to stop the perversion of the Constitution and the individual rights and liberties enshrined in them.
On a completely separate note, CBD and I pondered what the hell is with this Big Beautiful Bill? I thought the Trump presidency was about stopping the spending and borrowing madness. Is this not antithetical to DOGE? Meh, all government, even the most benign is inherently evil, but perhaps a necessary evil. I don't want to make it more "efficient." I want to defang and dismantle it as much as possible while leaving only the most necessary elements intact to ensure the functioning and stability of the civil society. And lastly, a quick shout-out and thank you for your continued support in hitting our tip jar. It truly is appreciated more than you can know. Have a great day.
An 88-year-old Holocaust survivor who was burned in Sunday’s alleged terror attack in Boulder, Colorado, shares a message for the rest of Americans, saying, “We are better than this,” before asking, “What the hell is going on in our country?” Barbara Steinmetz, a Holocaust survivor and the eldest of the 12 victims wounded in Sunday’s Boulder terror attack, told NBC News that she and other members of the group Run for Their Lives were “peacefully” advocating for the remaining Israeli hostages held by Hamas when they were suddenly firebombed."Alleged" terror attack? Really Breitbart? "WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON IN OUR COUNTRY?" Well, That is the multi century multi-trillion dollar question of all time, isn't it? And the answer of course for anyone who has been paying attention and/or mercifully not on the receiving end or was otherwise able to tune out the past few decades of the worst of the American educational/indoctrinational system, the socialist/progressive movement and its epicenter in the DEMOCRAT PARTY.
Until my dying day, everything wrong with this country, all the unnecessary, pain, death and suffering, waste of money and wasted lives and human potential are the fault of and/or have been massively exacerbated by the aforementioned in their evil pursuit of absolute power and control almost since the founding of the Republic. Day in and day out, week in and week out the links in this report and even that which is reported in the legacy propaganda press, no matter how they try to spin it otherwise, is a chronicle of this destruction. Arguably the worst of it all, is the corruption of our judicial system. Yes, those jurists who are Leftists will subvert, pervert and bastardize the Constitution in service to the attainment of absolute power for their ideological chieftains and fellow travelers even if it means the persecution of the politically disfavored. Be it the railroading of President Trump, the J-6 protesters, as well as Derek Chauvin and other police officers merely attempting to keep the peace and the public safe by carrying out their oaths to serve, protect and defend the citizenry by upholding the law.
Those who are not leftists either cannot do or worse will not do what they can to stop the perversion of the Constitution and the individual rights and liberties enshrined in them.
On a completely separate note, CBD and I pondered what the hell is with this Big Beautiful Bill? I thought the Trump presidency was about stopping the spending and borrowing madness. Is this not antithetical to DOGE? Meh, all government, even the most benign is inherently evil, but perhaps a necessary evil. I don't want to make it more "efficient." I want to defang and dismantle it as much as possible while leaving only the most necessary elements intact to ensure the functioning and stability of the civil society. And lastly, a quick shout-out and thank you for your continued support in hitting our tip jar. It truly is appreciated more than you can know. Have a great day.
- ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY
- Victor Davis Hanson: Biden’s border legacy isn’t just policy—it’s a demographic earthquake that will rattle America’s foundation long after he’s gone. (True but there were already over 40 million here before him - jjs)
Biden’s Border Nihilism Will Live Long After He Is Gone
- Kurt Schlichter: Rome wasn’t built in a day, and we’re not going to burn it down overnight.
Rome wasn’t built in a day, and we’re not going to burn it down overnight.
- Notably, the attack in Boulder comes after last month’s arrest of 31-year-old, Chicago-born Elias Rodriguez, who is accused of fatally shooting two Israeli embassy employees in Washington, DC.
Holocaust Survivor Burned in Colorado Attack: ‘What the Hell Is Going on in Our Country?’ (The continued existence of the Democrat Party - jjs)
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Daily Tech News 5 June 2025
Top Story
- Microsoft's LinkedIn chief is running Office as part of an AI reorg. (The Verge)
Abort, abort, abort.
WordPerfect is still available if you're allergic to free.
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June 04, 2025
Wednesday Overnight Open Thread - June 4, 2025 [TRex]
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Good evening Horde. The time has come for mid-week shenanigans of the overnight variety.
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Quick Hits
So much academic excellence.
Last week, UNC fired a DEI administrator for bragging that she was still doing illegal anti-white, anti-male discrimination "covertly." UNC, under pressure from the state that funds them, supposedly banned DEI. Well, now another UNC administrator made the mistake of bragging about being a criminal.
The Democrat Party is purging the old folks.
Democrats' generational tensions reach boiling point in House primariesHere's the trouble with this purge of the Olds: The Olds may be old, but they're not the ones pushing toxic horsehit like "Defund the Police" and "Decarcerate the Prisons" and forcing children to learn fake pronouns and inviting Drag Queens to lecture kindergarteners about anal sex. That's the Young Dumb Things in the Democrat-Media Party. (Except for San Fran Nan.) Speaking of the Democrat-Media Party's loss of young men: The DMP has finished its "Speaking with American Men" study -- wow, it took a week and a half, it must be super-rigorous -- and they find that young men are just young liberal girls waiting to be liberated. I mean: that's the gist. Basically they find that young men want the same thing the Democrat-Media Party's preferred liberal female voters want, and they just have to tweak their messaging to bring them aboard. Pretty much exactly what we all expected. No changes in policy -- just try to sell young men on permanent status as second-class citizens while talking about drinkin' some brews and watchin' porn.
A growing number of young Democrats have launched primary bids against the party's old guard in recent months, underscoring generational tensions that burst into the open following former Vice President Kamala Harris's defeat in November. Former House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) last week drew a primary challenger 50 years his junior in Harry Jarin, who cast the incumbent as representative of "a bygone era." He follows a number of other young candidates who have launched primary bids against veteran Democratic lawmakers. The trend comes amid renewed anxiety within the party over the issue of age, spurred by new revelations about former President Biden and the recent deaths of several older House members. "A lot of politicians in Washington, they stew in this environment in D.C., sometimes for decades at a time, and they lose touch with young people and working people and people outside the beltway," Jarin told The Hill. "I think that's the reason for the sudden surge of primary challengers: We've now spent our whole lives seeing the same Democratic leaders do the same unproductive things in Congress and not actually deliver results." ... The 2024 election also raised red flags for Democrats that young voters, especially young men, are shifting right. "It's worth noting that Republicans in Congress have definitely had a lot more turnover in the last decade than Democrats have. And I don't know that you could draw a direct line to some of the gains or unexpected dynamics folks are seeing with young voters, but it's certainly the case," said Kaivan Shroff, a Democratic strategist and veteran of the Generation Z group Dream for America. The conversations have taken on a new sense of urgency in recent weeks with the release of multiple books that have ramped up scrutiny on Biden's health. The public recriminations that have emerged following the release of the books have also played out as the party reels from the recent deaths of three Democrats in the House. "Six members of Congress have died in the last 16 months, and all of them were Democrats over age 65. So, I mean, I don't see how you can look at the situation and not say, 'Hey, we have a serious problem,'" Jarin told The Hill. "I'm not putting down any of these people or the work that they've done. But we have to be realistic." ... Still, young candidates and activists alike stress age isn't enough to make a winning pitch for the House. ... "It's about efficacy and accountability and being results-oriented," he added. "It's not enough to just say, 'Hey, I'm young and I'm fresh.' It's about being serious. It's about being strategic. It's about being able to take on a broken system and win." ... As 2026 approaches, young Americans are "looking for new conversations," Shroff said. "If this next wave of young candidates doesn't bring that, then it's the same old, same old."
Thus they determined to explore the heretofore unknown expanses of New Bro-Land, donning pith helmets and native guides to find out about this amazing yet elusive tribe. Politico reports that the $20 million excursion has concluded, and that young men turn out to be just like you and me. Or something:In other words: Men are anxious, neurotic, and don't "feel seen" and "feel unsafe." In other words: Young men are just like the largely-mentally-ill neurotic liberal female voters that the Democrat-Media Party far more enjoys pandering to. That's the word from Tim Walz's teenaged son, at least:
"Democrats are seen as weak, whereas Republicans are seen as strong," Hogue said. "Young men also spoke of being invisible to the Democratic coalition, and so you've got this weak problem and then you've got this, 'I don't think they care about me' problem, and I think the combination is kind of a killer. ... The focus groups found that young men feel they are in crisis: stressed, ashamed and confused over what it means to be a man in 2025. They vented about conflicting cultural messages of masculinity that put them in a "no-win situation around the meaning of 'a man,'" according to the SAM project memo.
Here's a challenge for the Democrats reading this study: Define "man." The problem isn't "conflicting cultural messages," it's that Democrats have endorsed fantasy life over biological reality. They have wrapped themselves around the trans and queer movement to such an extent that Democrats can no longer safely state without reservation that a man is an adult male human based solely on biology....
The rest of this study produces a much more generic set of criticisms that could apply to voters across the spectrum:
They described how the Covid pandemic left them isolated and socially disconnected. They also said they now feel overwhelmed by economic anxiety, making "traditional milestones," like buying a home or saving for kids' college, "feel impossible," an analysis of the research said. "The degree to which those economic concerns are also impacting how they think about themselves and quote-unquote success of being a man, and living up to their own expectations or the expectations of their family or society," Della Volpe said. "There's another layer of economic anxiety that I don't think I fully saw until now."
Once again, the diagnosis of young men is exactly the same as their diagnosis of young women: they want to belong in clubs and movements and feel accepted. Sure, young men want to feel accepted, same as anyone. But men have a much, much greater tolerance for going it alone than women do. Social acceptance is not nearly as strong a survival instinct for young men as it is for young women. But once again, the diagnosis of the Democrat-Media Party is that young men are exactly like young women, because the sexes are exactly identical and all it takes is some pills and a light spot of 10 years of surgery to turn one into the other. The "Speaking With American Men" report did at least acknowledge the most minimal amount of truth:
Minnesota Democratic Gov. Tim Walz turned to his high school aged son to figure out why President Donald Trump appeals to young men. Trump made historic inroads with men, particularly those who are young, black or Hispanic, in the 2024 election, causing Democrats to ask themselves why they have lost the demographics in such large droves. Walz said that his son, Gus, explained to him that Trump "understands belonging," and said that the Democrats failed to welcome young men into their movement. "[Gus] is pretty in tune to this, but what he said was, he said, 'dad, a lot of these young guys [aren't] voting on the policy issues.' And he wasn't dissing them, he said they may know the policy issues, but most of them don't. They're doing it because there's a sense of excitement, a sense of thrill in this, it's entertainment or whatever. We all dismiss that. 'Donald Trump's a clown. Donald Trump's rallies [are] a clown' ... But there's a peripheral side of that that's not criminal but is going down the same road of saying 'you've got a place to belong.'" Walz said. Walz compared the sense of belonging young Trump voters felt to being on a high school sports team, stating that they felt they were part of a movement and belonged. "If you don't give a kid a place to belong, they'll go flying away," Walz continued. "So while you want them to be involved in sports and music and things in school, because they will go find a group of folks. And I think Donald Trump understands belonging, he understands groups because look at it, he gives them a uniform, the red hat. He gives them some chance, some talking points, whatever, it's not all that different than when we built sports teams in high school. You belong, you're part of this."
Disinformation Expert LizzyAgain with this very feminine understanding of men, though: that we want to be "liked." Again, yes, sure, everyone wants to be liked, but it's not about being liked. It's about being officially disadvantaged by US government policy at every turn, from college admissions to hiring to promotion. But they can only see things in "girl logic" terms. Men just want to be liked, so if we just are a little "nicer" about it, we can continue making them second-class citizens as encoded into US law and they'll accept it.
@StarChamberMaid They spent $20m to learn this: "The Democratic Party is missing that we're not going to be able to message our way out of these deep problems men are facing, starting with the fact that they know the Democratic Party doesn't really like or respect them."
So much academic excellence.
Graduation Speaker Returns Honorary Degree After Plagiarizing Speech At Elite Women's CollegeWhy yes, she's a DEI pick. Why do you ask? I'm offended you would even ask that.
Musician and activist Evelyn Harris returned her honorary degree from Smith College after it was revealed that she plagiarized much of her commencement ceremony speech. According to Smith College president Sarah Willie-LeBreton, Harris "borrowed much of her speech" without "typical attribution" and decided to give up her degree.
Advertisement "Ms. Harris was forthcoming about her choices while also acknowledging that she sought to infuse the words of others with her own emotional valence," Willie-LeBreton said in a statement. "With appreciation for the requirement of academic integrity so central to the values of Smith, Ms. Harris has chosen to relinquish her honorary degree." "I appreciate those who brought the dissonance of this moment to our attention and am very grateful for the graciousness of Evelyn Harris's decision," Willie-LeBreton wrote. Two of Harris' bandmates in the cover band Young@Heart defended her actions in the Daily Hampshire Gazette, claiming that "plagiarism works a little differently for us." "We sing lyrics and play music written by others without explicitly crediting them from the stage, without asking their permission, but often getting the original artist's enthusiastic response when they eventually hear our version," Bob Cilman and Julia van IJken wrote. "We imagine Evelyn may have been doing something similar in her speech and was honoring the words of others."
Last week, UNC fired a DEI administrator for bragging that she was still doing illegal anti-white, anti-male discrimination "covertly." UNC, under pressure from the state that funds them, supposedly banned DEI. Well, now another UNC administrator made the mistake of bragging about being a criminal.
You see, Janique Sanders wasn't at all representative of how things work at UNC. She was a rogue administrator whose ideas don't reflect the school. At least that's the story UNC was telling. But here we are a week later and another administrator has just been caught saying basically the same thing, this time at UNC-Asheville. This administrator's name is Megan Pugh.Boy is she though.Megan Pugh is another DEI administrator straight out of central casting.
Newly released undercover video shows a university administrator in North Carolina boasting about DEI efforts still taking place at the school despite state and federal efforts to roll back the policies, prompting the school to sever ties with that employee. "I mean we probably still do anyway... but you gotta keep it quiet," UNC Asheville Dean of Students Megan Pugh tells an undercover journalist in a video released by Accuracy In Media and exclusively obtained by Fox News Digital, after being praised for continuing to do "equity work" at the school. "Keep it on the down low?" the journalist responds, to which Pugh says, "Yeah." "But, I love breaking rules," Pugh then says.
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Jim Acosta Threw Himself a #Resistance Party But No One Showed Up
Well, practically no one. Some union members paid to be there and act as a Rent-a-Mob apparently turned up.
From Andrew Stiles of the Free Beacon:WASHINGTON--"There are some tickets left," Jim Acosta told his Substack followers a few hours before taking the stage at the Lincoln Theater in Washington, D.C., to host a live town hall version of the online chat show he started after his "voluntary" exit from CNN earlier this year. He wasn't kidding. The lineup for the first (and apparently only) stop on the "Fire Within Tour" would struggle to draw a crowd almost anywhere else in the country: Rosie O'Donnell, Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D., Texas), and an assortment of professional Trump haters whose names you wouldn't recognize unless you're the sort of mentally deranged liberal who owns an Anthony Fauci prayer candle and refuses to watch CNN because it's right-wing propaganda. Only the most delirious of hyper-online partisans could stomach the pretentious tagline: "Fueling Courage. Defending Freedom. Igniting Truth." The Beltway, of course, is teeming with this variety of freak, which is why the lack of turnout on Monday night was so humiliating for everyone involved, not least for the people who actually did show up to have their courage fueled. Venue staff informed a Washington Free Beacon reporter that the upper balcony, comprising nearly half of the venue's 1,200 seats, was closed--for reasons that were soon obvious. Generously estimated, the lower section was roughly three-quarters full--about 500 people. As the night wore on, it became clear that a significant portion of the attendees were either members of a federal employee union invited to denounce Trump, or had personal or professional connections to one of the "performers." Acosta, a fierce opponent of so-called mis- and disinformation, had claimed to be expecting a "big crowd" based on conversations with the organizers. In retrospect, a large retirement home in the Maryland or Virginia suburbs would have been a more appropriate venue for an event of this nature. At the very least, fewer people would have been able to get up and walk out before the end. Acosta opens the show with his costar Michael Fanone, a former D.C. police officer who became a professional anti-Trump activist after clashing with protesters on Jan. 6. Setting the tone for the show, Fanone laments, "We are in a tough fucking spot." Acosta agrees. "We are. We are." Fanone hates Republicans almost as much as he loves punk rock and tattoos. He hangs out with Sean Penn and Kathy Griffin. He's not afraid to express his feelings with expletives. House Speaker Mike Johnson is a "petty bitch" surrounded by "cock-sucking colleagues." Not to be confused with the unelected Trump supporters, who are "dick-sucking ass clowns." Acosta tries to change the subject by asking his other costar Olivia Troye, a former Republican who spoke at the 2024 Democratic convention, about the tragedy that has befallen her Northern Virginia community of federal bureaucrats since Trump took office. "It's super upsetting," she says. "And I just have to say to you that the American people, they may not realize it right now, but they will realize it in time, the incredible treasure that they've lost."Below: The amazing "show."
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