March 25, 2025
Lawsuit Claims That Left-Wing Pro-Terror Campus Groups, Including One Headed by Khalil Mahmoud, Were Given a Heads-Up About the Coming Slaughter of October 7, and Told to Prep the Informational Battlespace
Coincidence? Or conspiracy?
While I find it hard to believe that Hamas would risk spoiling its sneak attack by giving its overseas embedded terror propaganda agents an explicit advanced notice of a coming slaughter, I can believe that they would tell their operatives "Something big is coming, start the propaganda machine up." I think Al Qaeda chatter spoke of a coming "birthday cake" just before the 9/11 attack. Is this what happened? Or did the various pro-terror campus groups just coincidentally start their propaganda ops shortly before the terror attack? A coincidence is possible, for the disgusting reason that Hamas is almost always launching terror attacks, or at least plotting them and building bombs for them. But the DOJ and FBI need to subpoena all of these groups' communications and financing. From the NY Post:The families of hostages kidnapped by Hamas during the Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attack are suing detained Columbia University protest leader Mahmoud Khalil and several student groups for allegedly "aiding and abetting Hamas' continuing acts of international terrorism." The lawsuit, filed on Monday in Manhattan federal court, names Khalil as one of the heads of the anti-Israel protests that engulfed the Morningside Heights campus last year, which the families claimed effectively helped to spread Hamas' hateful rhetoric. "Defendants in this case are Hamas' propaganda arm in New York City and on the Columbia University campus," the suit states. "Their self-described acts in furtherance of their goals to assist Hamas have included terrorizing and assaulting Jewish students, unlawfully taking over and damaging public and university property on Columbia's campus, and physically assaulting Columbia University employees," the families added. ... Along with Khalil, the lawsuit names Nerdeen Kiswani of Within Our Lifetime-United For Palestine, Maryam Alwan of the Columbia Students for Justice in Palestine and Cameron Jones, of the Columbia-Barnard Jewish Voice for Peace as defendants in the case. Representatives for the defendants could not be reached for comment.Speaking of Khalil Mahmoud: As he's suing to overturn Trump's completely-legal, completely-within-his-power-as-Chief-Foreign-Policy-Officer deportation order, it has emerged he hid his association with the Hamas-controlled fake UN "aid" agency UNRWA. He also refused to disclose that he was a leader in the antisemitic "Columbia University Apartheid Divest" group. When they ask you to disclose all groups you're associated with for a green card, they're not really asking. They're ordering you to make maximum disclosures so that your case can be properly vetted. If you withhold that information, you're defrauding the United States, and you're a criminal. That's a straight-up lie told on his green card application, and an automatic disqualifier from keeping that green card.
Nerdeen Kiswani was accused of leading the most vocal support for Hamas. The families allege that as Hamas launched its brutal attack, where the terror group killed about 1,200 people and kidnapped 251 others, it put out a message abroad for it's supporters to "join the battle in any way they can." The lawsuit accuses Khalil, Kiswani, Alwan and Jones of taking up the call and preparing to launch anti-Israel rallies at Columbia University. "Associational Defendants have distributed pro-terror propaganda produced by and literally stamped with the logo of the 'Hamas Media Office,' " the filing claims. ... It also goes as far as to suggest that some of the defendants had prior knowledge of the Oct. 7 terrorist attack because of the Columbia SJP's inclusion in a signed statement supporting Hamas just hours before the massacre. "Three minutes before Hamas began its attack on October 7, Columbia SJP posted on Instagram 'We are back!!' and announced its first meeting of the semester would be announced and that viewers should 'Stay tuned,'" according to the suit. The plaintiffs ultimately alleged that every time Hamas and its allies would put out a call for action on social media, the student groups would answer, with the encampment at Columbia's campus and the Hamilton Hall takeover serving as prime examples. The suit argues that the defendants are not protected under the constitutional right to free speech and protest, claiming their actions were coordinated with a foreign terrorist group. "Associational Defendants are not independent advocates; they are expert propagandists and recruiters for international foreign terrorist organizations and nation-state proxies operating in plain sight in New York City." the lawsuit adds, claiming the defendants violated America's Antiterrorism Act. The lawsuit seeks to have the defendants charged with violating the law, as well as paying unspecified damages to the plaintiffs.
The Trump administration has accused Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia University student and anti-Israel protester, of failing to disclose his employment with a United Nations Palestinian relief agency on his visa application, alleging this omission warrants deportation. Khalil, a 30-year-old green card holder who is married to a U.S. citizen, was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials on March 8. In a court brief dated Sunday, the U.S. government outlined its arguments for keeping Khalil in custody while his removal proceedings continue. The department says Khalil fraudulently applied to change his immigration status without fully disclosing his "membership in certain organization," which could be grounds for deportation. Among those organizations was the United Nation's Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA). The relief agency was infamously stripped of tens of millions of dollars in federal funding after Israel claimed that 12 of its members took part in Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023 attack on Israel. The DOJ says Khalil did not disclose that he was a political officer of UNRWA from June 2023-Nov.. 2023. The DOJ also says Khalil did not reveal he was working at the Syria office in the British embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, when he applied for a visa or that he was a member of Columbia University Apartheid Divest (CUAD), which led anti-Israel protests at the Ivy League institution. The DOJ said Sunday that the fact he allegedly lied on his application provided an "independent basis" to deport him, overriding free speech rights. "Regardless of his allegations concerning political speech, Khalil withheld membership in certain organizations and failed to disclose continuing employment by the Syria Office in the British Embassy in Beirut when he submitted his adjustment of status application," they said. "It is black-letter law that misrepresentations in this context are not protected speech."Get. The F***. Out of my country, smelly terrorist scum.
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Activist Judge Boasberg: Tren de Aragua Prison Gang Members Have Right to Appeal Their Deportations (and Must Be Allowed to Remain in the US During Their Appeals)
House Republicans will hold hearings on activist judges presuming to rule the country as unelected presidents, for whatever that's worth.
Judge Boasberg allows Tren de Aragua gangsters to appeal deportations A federal judge in Washington, D.C., ruled Monday that Venezuelan nationals allegedly tied to the notorious Tren de Aragua gang must be allowed to appeal their deportations under the 1798 Alien Enemies Act. The decision halts the Trump administration's efforts to swiftly remove over 200 individuals suspected of gang affiliation, prompting strong backlash from top White House officials. Key Details: Judge James Boasberg ruled that suspected Tren de Aragua members must be granted individual hearings before deportation. Over 200 Venezuelan nationals have already been detained and deported to a facility in El Salvador under President Trump's orders. The administration plans to appeal Boasberg's decision and is pushing back on what it sees as judicial overreach into matters of national security.
The House Judiciary Committee, led by Rep. Jim Jordan, is set to hold hearings next week on "activist judges" issuing nationwide injunctions against the Trump administration's policies. The move comes as President Trump calls for the impeachment of a federal judge who halted his deportation efforts. Key Details: The Judiciary Committee's hearing will focus on district court judges blocking Trump's policies through nationwide injunctions.This won't stop until Trump declares that only the Supreme Court itself, not lesser courts created by Congress, is a co-equal branch, and that he will therefore not obey any "nationwide injunction" issued by a single leftwing fairy judge, but will only obey (maybe!) the Supreme Court itself after a full hearing and reasoned decision. That is, not Justice Roberts just co-signing a brief district court order. Happy Tuesday! Are you all Gettin' After It and Gittin' It Done!? I sure am! (No I'm not, obviously. I can't even make my noon start time.)
A bill by Rep. Darrell Issa aims to prevent lower court judges from issuing such injunctions, with a House vote expected soon.
President Trump and several House conservatives have pushed for the impeachment of U.S. District Judge James Boasberg, who recently blocked a deportation order.
House leadership is cautious about impeachment but is considering Issa's bill as an alternative approach.
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The Morning Rant: Minimalist Edition
Hamas 'not as ideologically extreme as portrayed,' says Trump envoy
Where to start... First of all, the Hamas ideology was on full display on October 7th, 2023, when they sent thousands of their terrorists into Israel to murder Jewish Israelis and anyone else they could get their hands on. The barbarity on display that day was a testament to their ideological fanaticism, and to suggest otherwise is simply ignorant, or willfully blind for political purposes. Second; it wasn't just Hamas that demonstrated savagery and inhumanity. It was the supposedly innocents of Gaza that poured through the fences and raped and murdered and tortured and kidnapped... all in service to that evil ideology. There is ample evidence that the entire culture of Gaza has been subsumed into a rabidly anti-Jew, anti-Israel mania. School books, children's cartoons, entire curricula are dedicated to the single-minded goal of the destruction of Israel and the Jewish people. The focus of Gazan culture (such as it is) is death in service to this mania. The people of Gaza seem to support it enthusiastically, as evidenced by their active participation in it. Whether it is a reflection of larger Islam (it clearly is), or a malign mutation simply doesn't matter. The facts on the ground should govern, and Witkoff is either blind and a willing dupe, or has ulterior motives that are antithetical to the Trump administration's realpolitik in the Middle East. Witkoff is an awful choice for Special Envoy, and why he was chosen is an interesting glimpse into Donald Trump's mindset. They are birds of a feather (NY city real estate), and Witkoff is known to be a good negotiator. But he also has a significant financial involvement in the Middle East, included with Qatar, which is the primary supporter of...Hamas! He needs to disavow his connections to Qatar, repudiate his idiotic statements about Hamas, or resign. I hope he resigns. People that conniving, or that stupid have no place in the Trump administration. [Crossposted at CutJibNewsletter and X]
Hamas 'not as ideologically extreme as portrayed,' says Trump envoy
“We need to understand what Hamas wants and then think about what we can offer them to make them leave. That is what needs to happen here. At the start of the conflict, we heard that ‘Hamas is an ideology, and they are ready to die,’” the official told controversial media figure Tucker Carlson. “I don’t think they are as ideologically extreme as they're often portrayed," Witkoff went on to say of Hamas. "They send young children who understand nothing to commit suicide with explosive belts. Once we understand that they want to live, we can talk to them more effectively.” He said it was imperative that Hamas disarms. “They need to demilitarize, and then they might also be politically involved in Gaza.”
Where to start... First of all, the Hamas ideology was on full display on October 7th, 2023, when they sent thousands of their terrorists into Israel to murder Jewish Israelis and anyone else they could get their hands on. The barbarity on display that day was a testament to their ideological fanaticism, and to suggest otherwise is simply ignorant, or willfully blind for political purposes. Second; it wasn't just Hamas that demonstrated savagery and inhumanity. It was the supposedly innocents of Gaza that poured through the fences and raped and murdered and tortured and kidnapped... all in service to that evil ideology. There is ample evidence that the entire culture of Gaza has been subsumed into a rabidly anti-Jew, anti-Israel mania. School books, children's cartoons, entire curricula are dedicated to the single-minded goal of the destruction of Israel and the Jewish people. The focus of Gazan culture (such as it is) is death in service to this mania. The people of Gaza seem to support it enthusiastically, as evidenced by their active participation in it. Whether it is a reflection of larger Islam (it clearly is), or a malign mutation simply doesn't matter. The facts on the ground should govern, and Witkoff is either blind and a willing dupe, or has ulterior motives that are antithetical to the Trump administration's realpolitik in the Middle East. Witkoff is an awful choice for Special Envoy, and why he was chosen is an interesting glimpse into Donald Trump's mindset. They are birds of a feather (NY city real estate), and Witkoff is known to be a good negotiator. But he also has a significant financial involvement in the Middle East, included with Qatar, which is the primary supporter of...Hamas! He needs to disavow his connections to Qatar, repudiate his idiotic statements about Hamas, or resign. I hope he resigns. People that conniving, or that stupid have no place in the Trump administration. [Crossposted at CutJibNewsletter and X]
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Mid-Morning Art Thread
The Little Alms Collector
Jan Steen
The Little Alms Collector
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The Morning Report — 3/ 25 /25 
Up 20% in the last 5 days! Jeez, three more years of this and the Dems will FDR Trump to a third term! So much for term limits! Constitutional crisis my ass. Yeah, bring on more Titty Caca and Bernie Sanders! Keep defending illegal alien rapists and murderers as well as Jew-killing terrorism supporters! And while you're at it lefties, let's get Crockett's opinion on this. We'll have MAGA presidents for the next 100 years! Hawaiian judges and stolen elections notwithstanding.
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The Texas Democrat congresswoman, who absolutely loves accusing conservatives of inciting violence and stirring up imaginary “insurrections,” apparently has no qualms with openly threatening other members of the legislature. When asked about Texas senator Ted Cruz’ victory over challenger Colin Allred in the November election and what Allred could have done differently to squeeze out a win, Crockett said Democrats should become "okay with punching." “I think you punch. I think you punch. I think, you know, you okay with punching,” the wannabe-gangsta-turned-elected lawmaker said during an interview with Lone Star Politics.I'm sure the usual DU trolls will be falling all over themselves to insist she was using a metaphor. The same ones who rushed to slime anyone who defended Sarah Palin and the target meme way back when. So, metaphor like with a gasoline filled bottle and a Timmy Walz Manpon flaming fuse in it?
“I love Colin, and I think towards the end he started to punch a little harder, but like, this is Ted Cruz! Like, this dude has to be knocked over the head - like, hard,” she went on.
During a Sunday appearance on MSNBC, Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) denied playing any role in promoting the violence waged against Elon Musk’s brand, Tesla. The Texas Democrat acknowledged participating in the so-called “Tesla takedown,” which she maintained was a “large protest.”Maybe she has a point. After all it turns out that in spite of, or maybe because of the anti-Musk/Tesla "protests" Tesla stock is going through the roof.
Up 20% in the last 5 days! Jeez, three more years of this and the Dems will FDR Trump to a third term! So much for term limits! Constitutional crisis my ass. Yeah, bring on more Titty Caca and Bernie Sanders! Keep defending illegal alien rapists and murderers as well as Jew-killing terrorism supporters! And while you're at it lefties, let's get Crockett's opinion on this. We'll have MAGA presidents for the next 100 years! Hawaiian judges and stolen elections notwithstanding.
An LGBT activist teacher in Colorado and her trans-identifying male husband are housing a 17-year-old girl who identifies as a boy. Police say they are unable to intervene to bring the teen home to her mother. JoAnn Smotherman, a former math teacher at Durango High School, took the teen, one of her students, into her Durango home in December when the girl left home after a fight with her mother. JoAnn is married to Vivian Smotherman, a trans-identifying man who ran for Colorado State Senate as a Democrat last year. The teen’s mother, Cynthia Stein, has gone to the Smothermans’ home and attempted, unsuccessfully, to take back her daughter. She called in the police, but the officers who responded to the scene said they would not force the teen to go home, according to the police report and body cam footage of the incident obtained by The Daily Wire."Smotherman?" In this fiend's case, that's a name that's pregnant with meaning as Churchill might say. Given all of the above, I think I give you this blast from the past (or geriatric vaginal gas emission):
Not so crazy on you. Nancy Wilson of the popular rock band Heart has come under fire for claiming it’s “more embarrassing than ever” to be an American. . . “I hope I am alive to see that next revolution,” she added.Oh hell yes! Be careful what you wish for Nancy!!!!!! Because God help you when sane, moral decent hard-working real Americans rise up in their righteous rage at what you and your ilk have done to our sacred Republic and society, vis a vis all of the aforementioned being just the tip of the iceberg, and finally wield the long overdue terrible swift sword of justice.. . As we say in temple at the conclusion of services, "On that day the Lord shall be One and His name shall be One!" Amen.
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- ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY
- The most promising way to get rid of the rogue, activist federal judges currently overstepping their authority to block President Donald Trump from performing his legitimate duties isn’t impeachment, constitutional scholar, conservative commentator and Author Mark Levin said Sunday.
Ol' Yeller Levin: 4 Ways to Stop Rogue, Activist Judges – Here’s ‘the Best’
- Daniel Greenfield: Including its possible next governor.
An Assassination Has Ties to California’s Political Elite
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Daily Tech News 25 March 2025
Top Story
- Oracle says intruders definitely did not break into an Oracle cloud login server and steal details of six million customers. Security experts press F to doubt. (The Register)
Not only are six million records claimed to be from Oracle Cloud up for sale on the dark corners of the internet, but the hacker left an identifying file on the server and it was picked up by the Wayback Machine.
Oracle claims that Oracle Cloud was never breached, but someone planted that file on that server. Unless the Wayback Machine itself was breached, which... They also deny.
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March 24, 2025
Monday Overnight Open Thread - March 24, 2025 [Doof]
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Rainy Days and Mondays Cafe
On pilgrimage in Lhasa, Tibet
watering your lawn more like watering your fawn am i rite Poor dog is so tired of the damn goats headbutting him all day. A bull recognizes a former caregiver. Little baby seal misunderstood the sign that said "SEAL Training." Good boys commit credit card fraud. Senior dog enjoys his stair lift. Very sad vid content warning: an elephant mourns his diseased mate. Otters (the good kind). The pine marten must be Some Form of Weasel. Cirque du Soleil performers practice their recreation of the tilting-floor duel in Flash Gordon. (Not really but they're right there!) Dog brings home a lost fren. Northern lights. Wiseacre horse. The dog that picks his owner up from school.
On pilgrimage in Lhasa, Tibet
watering your lawn more like watering your fawn am i rite Poor dog is so tired of the damn goats headbutting him all day. A bull recognizes a former caregiver. Little baby seal misunderstood the sign that said "SEAL Training." Good boys commit credit card fraud. Senior dog enjoys his stair lift. Very sad vid content warning: an elephant mourns his diseased mate. Otters (the good kind). The pine marten must be Some Form of Weasel. Cirque du Soleil performers practice their recreation of the tilting-floor duel in Flash Gordon. (Not really but they're right there!) Dog brings home a lost fren. Northern lights. Wiseacre horse. The dog that picks his owner up from school.
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"They Hate Us:" The Democrat Base is Revolting.
I Mean, They've Always Been Revolting. Now They're Rebelling.
I Mean, They've Always Been Revolting. Now They're Rebelling.
You're going to see this analogy a lot, that Democrats want their own Tea Party. Except the Tea Party was demanding the Republican Party do the things they'd said they'd do but had not done. On the other hand, the Democrat Party has already embraced the insane, anti-American, anti-white, anti-male, anti-straight discrimination and hatred demanded by their base. They have protected and encouraged illegal alien criminals to come to America and rape American children. They have shut down the country in an escalating game of Quien Es Mas Karen? They have stolen children from parents so that the state can pump them full of transgender hormones. They've done all these things, and the public has given its judgment of them. So this isn't a base that is demanding the party try something new. This is a base demanding that the party double-down on all the things the public hates and has already rejected.
As Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer knows better than anyone, the Democratic base is pissed off. And not just a little. The intensity of the anger roiling the party is at a historic level, suggesting a breach between congressional Democrats and the party grassroots so severe that it could reshape the 2026 primary election season. Congressional Democrats have typically enjoyed higher popularity with their voting base than their Republican counterparts. But the trauma of the 2024 presidential election defeat appears to have ruptured that relationship. A review of Quinnipiac University's annual first-quarter congressional polling reveals that, for the first time in the poll's history, congressional Democrats are now underwater with their own voters in approval ratings. Just 40 percent of Democrats approve of the job performance of congressional Democrats, compared to 49 percent who disapprove. That's a dramatic change from this time last year, when 75 percent of Democrats approved compared to just 21 percent who disapproved. The Democratic base's disillusionment runs so deep that it's eerily reminiscent of Republican grassroots sentiment in the period leading up to Donald Trump's takeover of the Republican Party.
Hm, they want the Democrats to try #resisting Trump and rejecting his every proposal no matter how reasonable or popular or self-evidently correct. And they actually think the Democrats have not done this for the past nine years. Axios reports on Democrat Congressmen feeling scared by the leftwingers attending their town halls.
The numbers are clear: No longer satisfied with the status quo in their party, Democrats are on the verge of a Tea Party-style, intra-party revolt. The Democratic approval data is unlike any in recent history -- and it isn't a case of bitter, disaffected partisans reacting to a loss in the last election. The first time Democrats lost an election to Donald Trump, their congressional approval ratings within the party actually ticked up, as Democratic base voters largely approved of the ways that party leadership resisted the Trump administration in early 2017. The same phenomenon surfaced among Republicans in 2021 when, despite Trump's defeat and the subsequent chaos of Jan. 6, Republican voters remained generally positive regarding their views on the congressional GOP. ... Despite the restive energy in the party's progressive wing, the Democratic discontent does not seem to be centered around a desire to pull the party to the left or the right. Democrats cannot seem to agree on which direction the party should move in -- recent Gallup polling found that 45 percent wanted the party to become more moderate, while 29 percent felt it should become more liberal, and 22 percent wanted it to stay the same. ... Instead, the numbers suggest that the fury is at least partly fueled by the Democratic base's dissatisfaction with congressional leadership's relatively conciliatory approach to Trump this time around, and their inability to stop him.
Yes, there you go. That's what they really mean: They want office-holders to begin openly calling for violence and leading the violent revolution. So I'll just say it: I want you to do that. We all do. Do it. We're itching for it. Do you think we've been stocking up on guns for 40 years because we're too afraid to fight for ourselves? Young voters have abandoned the Democrat Geriatric Revolutionary Party:
Democratic members of Congress, back home in their districts for the last week, have been encountering a level of anger and hostility that some see as reminiscent of the 2010 Tea Party wave.
... State of play: Democratic town halls across the country have been erupting into fury over Senate Democrats' decision to let a Republican spending bill pass rather than use it as leverage to constrain DOGE. Several House Democrats, pressed on Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) folding in the government spending fight, have responded that the Senate leader should step down. Rep. Sean Casten's (D-Ill.) town hall was repeatedly rocked by disruptions and was shut down by police after 45 minutes due to outbursts from pro-Palestinian protesters. What we're hearing: The senior House Democrat told Axios that a colleague called them after a town hall crying and said: "They hate us. They hate us." ...
"Another thing I got was: 'Democrats are too nice. Nice and civility doesn't work. Are you prepared for violence?'"
More from Fox News. But apparently fat-assed dumpy AWFL Karens think they're going to wage war on strong young men and... win?
Owen Gregorian
@OwenGregorian NYT writer says Dems are 'getting destroyed' as data show Gen Z 'most conservative' generation in decades | Alexander Hall, Fox News Ezra Klein suggested that Democratic assumptions about youth support have proven 'completely false' amid President Donald Trump's return to power New York Times columnist Ezra Klein spoke with a Democratic pollster Tuesday about how the dream of an ascendant Democratic majority is imploding as younger voters, especially White men, flee the party. Klein interviewed David Shor, the head of data science at Blue Rose Research, a Democratic polling firm, for his podcast in an episode titled "Democrats Need to Face Why Trump Won." When Klein and Shor reviewed numerous charts, including one headlined, "2024 Democratic Support by Age -- Split by Race and Gender," the pollster explained that in this chart in particular, "One thing you can notice is that among 18-year-olds, women of color are the only of the four [race and gender demographic groups] that Harris won. Trump narrowly won nonwhite men." The Times columnist seized on one "shocking" finding in the data that defies one of the Democratic Party's core beliefs. "I find this part of this chart shocking. I sometimes talk about narrative violations, and if we knew anything about Donald Trump eight years ago, it was that young people didn't like him. And Republicans had been maybe throwing away young people for generations in order to run up their margins among seniors," Klein said. "But if you look at this chart, 75-year-old White men supported Kamala Harris at a significantly higher rate than 20-year-old White men."
"It is a real shift," Shor agreed. "This is the thing I am the most shocked by in the last four years -- that young people have gone from being the most progressive generation since the Baby Boomers, and maybe even in some ways more so, to becoming potentially the most conservative generation that we've experienced maybe in 50 to 60 years." The data expert went on to discuss what he called "the scariest chart in this entire presentation," which shows the massive and historically unusual polarization between young men and women. "What's crazy is that if you look at people under the age of 30, the gender gap has exploded. Eighteen-year-old men were 23 percentage points more likely to support Donald Trump than 18-year-old women, which is just completely unprecedented in American politics," Shor said. ... Klein noted numerous factors at play in recent years, ranging from the #MeToo movement and the rise of the Manosphere, to how "there's a sense the Democratic Party is becoming much more a pro-women party and in some ways, sort of anti-young men. And that, in turn, had a huge effect on young men's political opinions." ... "Democrats are getting destroyed now among young voters. I do think that, even as the idea of the rising demographic Democratic majority became a little discredited in 2016 and 2020, Democrats believed that these young voters were eventually going to save them," [Klein] said.
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As Predicted, Snow Woke Is Another Costly, Shareholder-Value-Destroying Flop for Propaganda Corporation Disney
I know you are as sick of this movie as we were sick as Biden. I think this is one of the last posts I'll be doing about it.
It "won the weekend," though a weekend without a single major-film competitor. Robert DeNiro's newest "passionless" hackwork bombed even harder.Snow White had a mediocre opening day at the US box office amid the ongoing controversy surrounding the film, while Robert De Niro's mob drama The Alto Knights has completely tanked. The Disney live-action remake, which stars Rachel Zegler and Gal Gadot, took $16m across Friday and preview screenings from 4,200 venues across the US. Variety reports that this figure puts the film on track to land a projected opening weekend north of $45m.It made $44.3 million. They keep lowering projections and it keeps missing them. On Saturday, I think, Disney and the Disney Shill Media revised projections to $100 million global, and set this as the new bar of success. It failed to come close to that, making $87 million globally.
I heard Anthony Cumia note that it sure is hard to watch a Robert DeNiro movie now that we all know he is a venom-filled ridiculous hatemonger with a subnormal IQ. He's literally a moron (and not the good kind). It's hard to take him seriously once you realize he barely even understands the lines he's mouthing. Fortune:
Snow White has a steep climb ahead -- it carries a production cost of more than $250m, meaning it will have to have a successful theatrical run to reach profitability. By comparison, 2023's The Little Mermaid, which had a similar budget of $240m, made $95m on its opening weekend, more than double what Snow White is projected to make. ... Robert De Niro's The Alto Knights also opened this weekend but bombed on its opening day, with sales of $1.17m across Friday and previews, playing in 2,651 cinemas in the US. The film, which sees De Niro playing two identical gang leaders, has already been projected to be one of the year's biggest flops -- with The Independent's film critic Clarisse Loughrey giving it two stars, calling it "passionless".
'Snow White' built Disney into entertainment powerhouse; now its remake risks becoming a culture war casualty and its biggest flop ... The $250 million film hauled in a disappointing $43 million at the domestic box office, far below recent projections of at least $65 million amid generally middling reviews. Both its critical and commercial reception currently rank it the lowest among any of Disney's modern remakes of its animated classics. Even 2019's Dumbo performed better with nearly $46 million on its opening weekend and a slightly better review score on aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes. ... First there was the issue of how to treat the once titular dwarves. Peter Dinklage from Game of Thrones fame sparked a public feud with fellow short-statured actor Dylan Postl over whether it was culturally insensitive to use real actors born with dwarfism. Briefly there was speculation they would simply be a bit more bohemian--the "seven Seattle baristas" as one critic put it--until finally the decision was taken to simply resort to CGI in an manner that seemed to pleased no one. Even the reference to the Seven Dwarves was stripped from the movie's official title. Then there was the casting of Rachel Zegler in the lead role, who has proven to be a PR headache for corporate execs. She rarely hid her criticism of the 1937 film that put Disney on the map. For example, she revealed being actually "scared of the original cartoon" as a child, while also slamming it for featuring a dated love story around a prince "who literally stalks" Snow White. Just six months before the debut of what should be the actor's biggest role on the silver screen to date, she drew heavy criticism immediately following the November election. In a social media post, she wished Trump voters "may never know peace" for their role in ushering in "another four years of hatred". She issued a formal apology later, claiming emotions got the better of her. Finally there was the personal friction between the two main leads. Israeli actress Gal Gadot is an ardent supporter of her country's war against Hamas militants. Zegler by comparison has vociferously opposed the killing of Palestinian non-combatants, including the more than 14,500 children who have died according to UNICEF estimates.Note that Gadot is portrayed as favoring "war" while Zegler just wants the people murdering and raping Israelis to suffer no consequences.
... Some bemoan the adaptation of such classics into versions updated for "modern audiences", others for draining away all the expressiveness of beloved characters like Little Mermaid's Flounder and Lion King's Simba, while others simply see them as a cynical cash grab inferior in all ways to their original.The Daily Mail reports on the almost-completely-empty theaters showing Snow Woke.
The crisis facing the Walt Disney Company over its controversial Snow White reboot deepened today amid pictures of empty cinemas and screens with no bookings in primetime slots following a poor opening weekend. Studio bosses had hoped that the reboot of the 1937 original, which had a budget of more than $270million (£210million), would launch with at least £79million ($100million) in ticket sales. But the movie starring Rachel Zegler and Gal Gadot took just $87.3million (£67.4million) globally including $43million (£33million) in the US after a slow start followed a slew of negative reviews. ... Alongside the caption was a photograph of the cinema booking screen, showing just a single seat reserved. They also posted another image of Saturday night's bookings and penned: 'And for Saturday night? ZERO. I've never seen a major movie from Disney have this little interest opening weekend. This is hilariously abysmal.' The post attracted more than 13million views and drew comments from people who observed similar scenes in their cinemas -- with one writing: 'I have one better. Dolby Cinema and only a small handful of people.'
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CBS Ran a Fact-Check on the Claim that Boston Is Setting Illegal Alien Child R*pists Free on $500 Bail. Their Conclusion? It's All True (But We're Going to Pretend It's False.)
Bill Melugin with some of the lowlights of Boston's Pedophile Protection Racket.
Bill MeluginAnyone think the media is going to make 10 movies about the Boston Pedophilia Protection Racket Scandal? Or will this one be covered up, as they cover up for teacher molestation? CBS attempts to claim this is all "false" based on a technicality, but the full report shows it's true:
@BillMelugin_ NEW: CBS looked into ICE Boston claims that illegal aliens charged w/ child rape in MA are repeatedly being released from jail w/ ridiculously low bail. They found that yes, they are, including the following in recent months: - Guatemalan charged w/ 3 counts of aggravated child rape released on $7,500 bail. (ICE detainer ignored). - Guatemalan charged w/ aggravated child rape, (victim age 9 or below) released on $7,500 bail. (ICE detainer ignored). - Honduran charged w/ assault to rape &
masked armed robbery released on his own recognizance with $0 bail. (ICE detainer ignored) - Worcester County had two illegal alien inmates charged w/ child rape who both received $500 bails. - Another was charged w/ fentanyl trafficking and released on $4,000 bond before ICE could arrive.
So the police only set free one wanted criminal illegal alien -- the rest were set free by judges or the wardens of jails. In addition, CBS claims it's not true that these criminals were simply set free. Why, some had to pay a $500 ticket for r*ping a child! Not a ticket, just $500 bail which means they really only put up $50 of their own money and will certainly flee the jurisdiction rather than face trial.
It has been a month since Tom Homan, the Trump administration's "border czar", told an enthusiastic crowd at the Conservative Political Action Conference that he was "bringing hell to Boston." "You're not a police commissioner. Take that badge off your chest. Put it in the desk drawer," Homan told the audience, taking aim at Boston Police Commissioner Michael Cox, accusing him of releasing immigrants charged with violent crimes back into the community. WBZ-TV decided to dig into the press releases of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Massachusetts to see if violent criminals are really being released by Cox or other law enforcement. After reviewing every press release from January to the present, WBZ found only one which said Boston Police released someone wanted by ICE. All of the other releases stated that individuals wanted by ICE were released from jails or courts.
Tom Homan said he specifically counted "9 child rapists that were in jail in Massachusetts," that were released into the community before they were arrested by ICE. WBZ decided to take a deeper look at the bail for some of those cases. Take Jose Fernando-Perez, who was arrested by ICE in Framingham in February. According to an ICE press release, the Essex County Superior Court in Salem arraigned him on three counts of rape of a child by force and three counts of aggravated rape of a child in August, 2022. WBZ called the court and found that he posted a $7500 bail and was released with an order to stay in his home in October, 2022. Stivenson Omar Perez-Ajtzalan was arraigned in Lawrence District Court arraigned Perez Dec. 20, 2024, on felony charges of aggravated rape of a child with a ten-year age difference, according to an ICE press release. WBZ learned that he posted his $7500 bail and was released with a GPS monitoring device. He was arrested by ICE in January. Juan Alberto Rodezno-Marin was arraigned in Middlesex Superior Court in March, 2023 for indecent assault and battery in a person over 15, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, masked armed robbery, and assault to rape. He was released on personal recognizance with a GPS monitoring device in December 2024 and arrested by ICE in January. In the last six months, the Worcester County Jail had two inmates who were charged with child rape with bail set at $500. They were picked up by ICE. Two other inmates were charged with cocaine and fentanyl trafficking with bails of $500 and $4,000. Both of them were wanted by ICE and bailed out before ICE arrived. "Most people would not think that's an appropriate bail," Evangelidis said. Stephen Roth, a criminal defense and immigration attorney, says these bails are set by judges to reasonably assure someone reappears in court, not to ensure someone remains in custody. "There's this list of criteria that they go through to determine if bail should be set and immigration status is not one of those categories," Roth said. Prosecutors may also request a dangerousness hearing to keep a defendant behind bars. Attorney Jennifer Roman, a WBZ legal analyst, says detention all the way until trial is reserved for the most severe cases. ... Evangelidis now supports a bill filed by two Republican state lawmakers which would allow him to hold inmates wanted by ICE for an additional 36 hours. It also asks judges to take immigration status into consideration when setting bail. "I think immigration is a big factor in whether people are going to voluntarily come back to court," Evangelidis said.Boston is going to have a billion-dollar sized hole in their budget soon as feds withdraw all funding:
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Fire-Alarm-Pulling Ex-Congressman Jamaal Bowman Calls Elon Musk a "Thief" and "Nazi;" Musk Vows to Sue
Sue them and discover the coordinated and paid nature of the Soros-controlled Color Revolution.
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Chuck Schumer Rules Out Stepping Down with Bidenesque Steadfastness
Hm, wait a sec, Biden wound up stepping down, right?
When Schumer pressured him to, and presented him with the real polling figures (which allegedly were hidden from Biden by his "subordinates") showing that he would lose over 400 electoral votes.WELKER: All right. Well, I do want to move to some of the discussions on Capitol Hill. Because of your decision, Leader Schumer last week, to clear the way to pass a Republican funding bill and avoid a government shutdown, you have faced calls from outside groups, even members of your own party, to step aside as minority leader. When asked about your future at a town hall, Senator Michael Bennet said, quote, "It`s important for people to know when it`s time to go." Leader Schumer, are you feeling pressure to step down? SCHUMER: Look, I`m not stepping down. And let me just say this, Kristen. I knew when I cast my vote against the C -- against the government shutdown that it would be -- that there would be a lot of controversy. And there was. But let me tell you and your audience why I did it, why I felt it was so important. The CR was certainly bad, you know, the continuing resolution. But a shutdown would be 15 or 20 times worse.This is causing all sorts of disarray for the Marxists. Bernie Sanders quit an interview when he was asked if he would support AOC's likely primary challenge against Schumer.
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Judge Who Blocked Trump's Deportations Took Junket With Anti-Trump Sponsor and Anti-Trump Speakers
But of course he refuses to recuse himself.
Boasberg is also demanding Trump turn over national security documents to him concerning decision-making about the deportations. AG Pam Bondi now says Boasberg has no right to national security information.
A federal judge who recently halted President Donald Trump's deportation orders for illegal alien gang members attended a judicial conference funded and staffed by organizations and individuals with a history of anti-Trump rhetoric and activism. Key Details: Judge James Boasberg attended a Rodel Institute conference featuring speakers and sponsors openly hostile to President Trump and his policies. The event was funded by progressive foundations known for supporting anti-Trump immigration initiatives. Boasberg later blocked a Trump administration policy targeting the deportation of illegal alien gang members. Diving Deeper: Months before he issued a high-profile ruling to block deportations under President Donald Trump's immigration enforcement policies, U.S. District Judge James Boasberg attended a privately funded judicial fellowship event rife with anti-Trump speakers and sponsors. The July 2024 conference, held in the elite enclave of Sun Valley, Idaho, was part of the Rodel Judicial Fellowship program--a gathering that appears to have blurred the lines between judicial ethics and political activism. The event's sessions included ideologically charged topics like "The Role of Judges in a Democracy" and "The State of Democracy"--language nearly indistinguishable from the DNC's 2024 campaign rhetoric. According to ethics disclosures obtained by Just the News, Boasberg was one of twelve federal judges in attendance, nine of whom were nominated by Democrat presidents. The conference was underwritten by organizations that have aggressively opposed President Trump's immigration reforms. The Henry Luce Foundation, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, and the Hewlett Foundation were all financial backers. These groups fund entities such as the Migration Policy Institute, the Brennan Center for Justice, and Documented--all of which have criticized Trump's approach to border enforcement and immigration law. Perhaps most concerning is the institutional ideology behind the Rodel Institute itself. Its CEO, John Kroger--a former Clinton advisor and Schumer aide--has publicly called Trump "disqualified" from holding office and decried Republicans' opposition to critical race theory as "undemocratic." Kroger also praised Biden's controversial special counsel Jack Smith and accused the Trump administration of undermining constitutional law. His leadership casts a shadow over any claim that Rodel's programming is nonpartisan.
Related: Bondi warned Jasmine Crockett about her agitation for political violence.
Pam Bondi, the attorney general under President Donald Trump, rebuked U.S. District Court Chief Judge James Boasberg for attempting to obtain "national security information," calling his request improper and unconstitutional. "He's trying to ask us about national security information, which he is absolutely not entitled to!" Bondi told Fox News's Maria Bartiromo on Sunday Morning Futures. The comments came after Boasberg ordered a halt to deportation flights involving MS-13 members and other gang-affiliated illegal immigrants--many of whom were sent back to El Salvador just days prior. Bondi claimed that Judge Boasberg "dragged us into court on a Saturday" with little notice, a move she characterized as a judicial ambush. She said the administration remains undeterred and will return to court on Monday to continue its appeal. "We will win. We will prevail. There are 261 reasons why Americans are safer today, and that's because those people are now in an El Salvador prison," she added.
Hello everyone! I hope you're enjoying the rain. What an amazing March so far. I'm grateful for that.
Attorney General Pam Bondi didn't mince words Sunday morning when she directly addressed Rep. Jasmine Crockett's inflammatory rhetoric toward Elon Musk. Speaking on Fox News' Sunday Morning Futures, Bondi emphasized the serious implications of Crockett's remarks, especially given her role as an elected official. "Nothing will happen to Elon Musk, and we're going to fight to protect all of the Tesla owners throughout this country," Bondi said, underscoring the government's obligation to shield private enterprise from politically driven intimidation tactics. ... The "Tesla Takedown" movement, which has scheduled over 500 protests nationwide on March 29, coincides with Crockett's birthday--a date the Democrat has described as symbolic of her hopes to "see Elon taken down." The optics of a sitting congresswoman aligning herself with coordinated protests--some of which have already resulted in property damage--raises red flags about the growing radicalism within the DNC's activist base. As Bondi pointed out, Crockett's position as a lawmaker carries with it a heightened responsibility. "We are not coming off these charges," Bondi said, noting the DOJ's aggressive stance on any behavior that escalates from protest to criminal activity. "We are looking at everything, especially if this is a concerted effort."
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THE MORNING RANT: Austin Successfully Killed the Golden Goose, and Its Depopulation Trend is Accelerating
While news of Austin losing population was shocking at the time, the trend has continued to accelerate. There was a net loss of 13,400 people in 2024.
With residents fleeing, there is a glut of houses for sale, and prices are plunging as the real estate bubble bursts. This is also deflating prices on homes in the surrounding suburban and exurban counties.
It is my hope that some of the depopulation is because of blue state colonizers returning to their natural coastal habitats, thus leaving Texas a little bit redder overall. Of course, there is also a steady exodus of regular people from Austin – those who just can’t take it anymore. From personal experience, I know that it is a goal of many normies to leave the oppressive and theocratically woke eco-leftism of Austin, as well as the social disorder it has wrought. My wife and I were among them. Back when Austin was simply weird, it was a delightful melting pot of politicos, educators, hippies, rednecks, musicians, and regular suburban Texans. Music bound those groups together. I can attest that I spent a lot of evenings in my younger days at joints like the Broken Spoke, Continental Cafe, and Green Mesquite, catching great new acts, some of whom went on to significant success. Unfortunately, Austin has also been pretty effective in killing off its legendary music scene. Apparently, tech bros and AWFLs just don’t foster a music scene the same way that hippies and rednecks once did, and now even the legendary SXSW Festival is largely ditching the music aspect that got the whole thing going.
Austin started to lose population in 2023, as the crush of exhausted citizens fleeing the “blue dot in a red state” started to exceed the number of incoming settlers. It wasn’t a huge number, just 2,500 net out-migration that year, but it was still significant in that the net incoming tide of people had been reversed.
“More People Leaving than Coming to Travis County [Austin] for the First Time in 20 Years” [CBS – Austin – 3/26/2024 This resulted in Austin falling out of the list of Top-10 US cities by population. “Austin falls out of top 10 largest cities in the US” [KXAN Austin – 5/17/2024]New numbers from the U.S. Census Bureau show that for the first time in two decades more people are leaving Travis County than moving in.
While news of Austin losing population was shocking at the time, the trend has continued to accelerate. There was a net loss of 13,400 people in 2024.
People are fleeing Austin, TX in droves.
— Nick Gerli (@nickgerli1) March 18, 2025
The city lost -13,500 people to outbound migration in 2024.
The biggest drop the city has ever experienced.
This outmigration has now caused Austin's housing market to collapse. With home prices down -19.5% over the last two+ years. pic.twitter.com/XwNuvWYoRy
With residents fleeing, there is a glut of houses for sale, and prices are plunging as the real estate bubble bursts. This is also deflating prices on homes in the surrounding suburban and exurban counties.
It is my hope that some of the depopulation is because of blue state colonizers returning to their natural coastal habitats, thus leaving Texas a little bit redder overall. Of course, there is also a steady exodus of regular people from Austin – those who just can’t take it anymore. From personal experience, I know that it is a goal of many normies to leave the oppressive and theocratically woke eco-leftism of Austin, as well as the social disorder it has wrought. My wife and I were among them. Back when Austin was simply weird, it was a delightful melting pot of politicos, educators, hippies, rednecks, musicians, and regular suburban Texans. Music bound those groups together. I can attest that I spent a lot of evenings in my younger days at joints like the Broken Spoke, Continental Cafe, and Green Mesquite, catching great new acts, some of whom went on to significant success. Unfortunately, Austin has also been pretty effective in killing off its legendary music scene. Apparently, tech bros and AWFLs just don’t foster a music scene the same way that hippies and rednecks once did, and now even the legendary SXSW Festival is largely ditching the music aspect that got the whole thing going.
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The Morning Report — 3/ 24 /25 
All of this has created what appears to be a large circular firing squad between the old guard Democrats like Schumer et al and the crazy in your face anti-American Maoist Mau-maus like Titty-Caca Ocasio-Cortez and her ilk. All I can say is pass the popcorn while they openly expose themselves to a perhaps heretofore disinterested or blind majority of Americans who can no longer choose or are able to turn away. And as Trump's domestic and foreign policy successes will show in the coming months and years of his term, voting for anything other for America first candidates and policies is insanity. OF course, the now nakedly corrupt judiciary, especially at the lower levels and horribly underscored by the Supreme Court's refusal to reign them in, as well as Congress which despite a slim GOP majority also lacks the will to exercise its whip hand against an overreaching Judiciary. Naturally, the Democrats in both chambers are not going to be of any use. And on a not unrelated note, we have a very crucial special election a week from tomorrow here in my new home state of Wisconsin which has national repercussions. Yes symbolically it's being touted by the usual propagandist hacks as a referendum on Donald Trump. It's for a seat on the State Supreme Court.
A glance at the calendar shows that a week from Tuesday just happens to be April Fool's day. Given the nature of what the Democrats are doing to themselves, let's hope that that is a good omen for our side. If the best they can do is manufacture astroturfed rallies for Bernie and Titty-Caca where the two of them wind up sniping at each other, well pass the tree bark soup, call me Rocket Man, and let me warm myself by the glow of a burning Tesla dealership.
Not taking any chances, given what happened here in 2020 via the election thievery, so I will go out either today or tomorrow and vote early if not often and I urge all of my fellow Wisconsonians to do the same. Click here for the state's voting info site and look for your polling place or where you can vote early (early absentee in-person).
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That leftists are doing these senseless acts of violence however illustrates the mindlessness and bankruptcy of their movement. It has nothing but violence and hate to drive it. In an authoritarian society this violence and hate might lead to power and rule, but not in America. We still remain a nation of laws and rule by election. Violence and hate only leads to arrests and prosecution, fully supported by the general public. And it only lowers the support for any movement that engages in such barbaric behavior. Thus, this vandalism and swatting are merely the short term manifestations of a dying movement. As these thugs get prosecuted and sentenced to prison, the attacks will fade. And at that point, either the left will finally start to reassess its actions and policies, or it will die as a political movement. Don’t expect any reassessment, however. That the left has now descended to this idiocy indicates its inability to self-assess. It is so certain it is right that it thinks shooting itself in the foot is a sure way to win new adherents. Keep it up, Democrats! We on the right are thrilled you are proving yourselves to be this stupid.
All of this has created what appears to be a large circular firing squad between the old guard Democrats like Schumer et al and the crazy in your face anti-American Maoist Mau-maus like Titty-Caca Ocasio-Cortez and her ilk. All I can say is pass the popcorn while they openly expose themselves to a perhaps heretofore disinterested or blind majority of Americans who can no longer choose or are able to turn away. And as Trump's domestic and foreign policy successes will show in the coming months and years of his term, voting for anything other for America first candidates and policies is insanity. OF course, the now nakedly corrupt judiciary, especially at the lower levels and horribly underscored by the Supreme Court's refusal to reign them in, as well as Congress which despite a slim GOP majority also lacks the will to exercise its whip hand against an overreaching Judiciary. Naturally, the Democrats in both chambers are not going to be of any use. And on a not unrelated note, we have a very crucial special election a week from tomorrow here in my new home state of Wisconsin which has national repercussions. Yes symbolically it's being touted by the usual propagandist hacks as a referendum on Donald Trump. It's for a seat on the State Supreme Court.
The most important election of the year arrives April 1, and will decide who controls the Wisconsin Supreme Court. The race pits Brad Schimel, the former Republican Attorney General, against Susan Crawford, a judge from heavily leftist Dane County. With the recent retirement of progressive justice Ann Walsh Bradley, the state’s highest court now stands deadlocked, with three conservatives and three liberals, so the winner will be the tie-breaking vote in what might be the swingiest of the swing states. The election has nationwide implications, in more ways than one. Democrats are attempting to make the race a referendum on President Trump’s most potent ally, Elon Musk. Here in Wisconsin, the party is currently running an ad that barely mentions Schimel — but instead attacks Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency. . . Musk has pumped millions of dollars into groups backing Schimel, so if Democrats successfully paint the conservative candidate as a Musk puppet, this strategy will undoubtedly spread nationwide. If liberals succeed in defeating Schimel based on DOGE’s handiwork, it might actually be Democrats who keep Musk in the news to use his influence as a talking point in the 2026 midterms. . . . . . The contest is also an early look at how voters feel about Trump’s second term. The president has won Wisconsin twice — each time with fewer than 20,000 votes, or less than 1% of the statewide tally.
Trump endorsed Schimel on Friday, calling Crawford a “Radical Left Liberal” who has been soft on crime, and effectively tying Schimel to his own agenda. “And if she wins, the Movement to restore our Nation will bypass Wisconsin,” Trump warned. A Marquette University Law School poll conducted in February showed Wisconsin residents split on Trump’s job performance, with 51% disapproving and 48% approving. (Musk fared worse: Only 41% of respondents viewed him favorably.)
The race also might indicate how much swing-state voters will be hearing about abortion in the near future. Democrats are pitching Schimel as an abortion extremist: In Wisconsin, pro-abortion activists have been unsuccessful in rescinding an 1849 law that bans abortion in the state. A 4-3 liberal state court majority would almost certainly do so.
But while Democrats have counted on abortion as a big election-winning issue in the post-Roe world, Republicans like Trump continue to win statewide here. If it fails to take out Schimel, liberals may be forced to drop abortion as their silver-bullet issue. And of course, Schimel’s election could thwart Democrats’ hopes of pushing changes through the courts that they can’t pass in the GOP-majority state legislature. And of course, Schimel’s election could thwart Democrats’ hopes of pushing changes through the courts that they can’t pass in the GOP-majority state legislature. Their top priority is overturning Act 10, former Gov. Scott Walker’s 2011 law that effectively ended collective bargaining for government unions.
A glance at the calendar shows that a week from Tuesday just happens to be April Fool's day. Given the nature of what the Democrats are doing to themselves, let's hope that that is a good omen for our side. If the best they can do is manufacture astroturfed rallies for Bernie and Titty-Caca where the two of them wind up sniping at each other, well pass the tree bark soup, call me Rocket Man, and let me warm myself by the glow of a burning Tesla dealership.
Not taking any chances, given what happened here in 2020 via the election thievery, so I will go out either today or tomorrow and vote early if not often and I urge all of my fellow Wisconsonians to do the same. Click here for the state's voting info site and look for your polling place or where you can vote early (early absentee in-person).
Have a great day. 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.
- ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY
- Conservative influencers are the latest targets of swatting, a dangerous hoax that brings armed law enforcement to the homes of innocent families.
What It’s Like To Be Swatted
- Under the headline, “Intelligence Assessment Said to Contradict Trump on Venezuelan Gang,” the Times cited unnamed “officials” claiming that the violent Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang, members of which the White House says are illegally in the U.S., is not in cahoots with the origin nation’s government. It’s an assertion in direct contradiction to the administration, which has justified the expedited removal of many illegal aliens by claiming that the Venezuelan government works with the gang to destabilize America.
Trump’s Intel Agencies Are Trying To Sabotage Him Again. Will Ratcliffe And Patel Stop It?
- Victor Davis Hanson: California’s high taxes, crime, and regulations are driving an exodus, shifting political power to red states as the once-prosperous blue-state model collapses under economic and social strain.
California and Its Collapsing Blue-State Democrat Model
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Daily Tech News 24 March 2025
Top Story
- 23andMe has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and its CEO has stepped down. (Tech Crunch)
Not at all unexpected given the way things have been going for the formerly high-flying DNA dating site lately.
Ex-CEO Anne Wojcicki - yes, the sister of Susan who ran YouTube for years - is planning to make a bid for the remains. The company was once valued at $6 billion but its current market cap is less than 1% of that.
Rob Bonta, California's Attorney General, recommended users delete their data now. (New York Post / MSN)
For once, he's not wrong.
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March 23, 2025
Sunday Overnight Open Thread - March 23, 2025 [Doof]
Howdy Hordelings! Hope you are having a very nice Sunday here in the early days of Spring. How are your brackets? Did you make sixteen sweet picks? Or perhaps you really just don't care. Whatever your feelings on that, the ONT is here for you to end your weekend. Step on in!
Howdy Hordelings! Hope you are having a very nice Sunday here in the early days of Spring. How are your brackets? Did you make sixteen sweet picks? Or perhaps you really just don't care. Whatever your feelings on that, the ONT is here for you to end your weekend. Step on in!
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Gun Thread: Still More March Edition! 
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