The Morning Report — 4/ 24 /25

Good morning kids. Per the memorable lyrics of the Buffalo Springfield (close to 60 years on now!), "There's something happening here. What it is, isn't quite clear. . ." While virtually the entire Democrat/Media complex has placed its near-term political future on openly backing transnational violent criminals as well as terrorist-backing/colluding Islamic terrorists in the insane belief that it will help them destroy Donald Trump and the movement he sparked to return America to some semblance of societal and political sanity. That of course being antithetical to the Democrat/Left's 200-plus year plot to dismantle America as founded and seize absolute power for themselves. Despite this, there are a few surprising voices of if not sanity, then voices within that party that are staking out positions completely contra to their leaders if not base, that cannot be lumped in with the rest. Emphasis on the word LUMP in this instance:

Sen. John Fetterman (D., Pa.) says the Trump administration should drop nuclear negotiations with Iran and finish off the country's nuclear facilities with a military strike.

"Waste that s—t," the Pennsylvania Democrat told the Washington Free Beacon in an interview on Wednesday. "You're never going to be able to negotiate with that kind of regime that has been destabilizing the region for decades already, and now we have an incredible window, I believe, to do that, to strike and destroy Iran's nuclear facilities."

Fetterman dismissed the foreign policy experts who warn that striking Iran would lead to the outbreak of a regional war. "And remember, all of these so-called experts were all wrong," he said. "You know, they've been saying for years and years Hezbollah was the ultimate badass that kept Israel in check, and we can't move on anything beyond that."

As it turned out, Fetterman said, the Iranian proxy group "couldn't fight for s—t. And Hamas, literally, are just a bunch of tunnel rats with junkie rockets in the back of a Toyota truck. And now the Houthis have been effectively neutered as well. So what's left? You have Iran, and they have a nuclear facility, and it's clearly only for weapons."

Senator Fetterman is correct in his assertion that Iran cannot be negotiated with. The underlying reason either escapes him or else it is too politically toxic, and likely deleterious to one's continued physical health and existence to openly state. To wit: the goal of Islam is for global domination/subjugation via every means necessary and available. With Shiite controlled Iran, that calls for the initiation of armageddon to bring about the return of the 12th Imam from his slumber in the magic wishing well in Qom to usher in paradise on earth.

Now as to America using its armed forces to directly attack and go to war with Iran, as we discussed at length on the podcasts and here in many columns, that just is not a sane option. There are many ways in which to topple the Mullahs, that would not cause the already suffering people to rally around them but to help bring about their much deserved dangling from the lampposts in Tehran along with their goons in the Sharia Police and Revolutionary Guards.

Remove the Mullahs from power and much of the Islamic terrorism in the world would disappear virtually overnight. Not all of it, of course, because Islam itself would still remain and its adherents wherever they may be still have the same goal as the Iranian mullahs. You'd just have a different "King A-Rab" Master sitting on top of his "Blaster" telling him which way to go and whose head to take off.

Look what happened in India a few days ago. And what could potentially be brewing:

There are certainties life: death, taxes, and the ever-present risk of India and Pakistan going to war — and the latest spark could prove to be Tuesday's jihadi Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist attack that left at least 26 non-Muslims dead on the Indian side of the long-disputed Kashmir region. . .

. . . India’s foreign secretary, Vikram Misri, explained that the IWT is suspended “until Pakistan credibly and irrevocably abjures its support for cross-border terrorism.” Defense Minister Rajnath Singh warned, "We will not only reach those who have perpetrated this incident but also those who, sitting behind the scenes, have conspired to commit such acts on the soil of India."

In New Delhi's diplo-speak, "Sitting behind the scenes" means "plotting in Pakistan."

Pakistan has yet to announce what measures it will take in retaliation, but Islamabad said its defense and intelligence National Security Council will meet on Thursday. 

The longtime rivals have fought four wars since partition and independence from the UK in 1947, three of them major. The last time hostilities elevated to more than skirmishes was 1999's Kargil War, when Pakistani soldiers and militants infiltrated Indian positions around Kargil in Kashmir. Both sides had nukes by then, and a general war did not break out.

The tempo of crises that almost led to war has increased since both countries went nuclear. The two have nearly come to blows at least six times since the 1986-87 Brasstacks Crisis. Pakistan had not yet conducted a nuclear weapons test but was widely believed to have the ability to quickly assemble and deploy several nuclear warheads.

From "Beyond Thunderdome" we go to "War Games" and who wants to play global thermonuclear war?! India is generally in our corner as India is a rival of the Chi-Coms who are as a result allied with Pakistan. The current Sino/American tensions ratcheted up via President Trump's tariff regime adds a new wrinkle to current geopolitics:

Despite sharing a long border with Iran, Pakistan is 90% Sunni. Does that or did that prevent Pakistan from helping Iran develop it's nuke program? the Sunni/Shiite rift is arguably as deep or perhaps deeper than that of Islam and Judaism/Christianity. But enemy-of-my-enemy considerations can change with the times as they often do.

“The empire, long divided, must unite; long united, must divide. Thus has it ever been.” — The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, circa 1400, attributed to Luo Guanzhong.

At some point, Xi’s Chinese Communist Party will either 1) productively address America’s trade grievances, 2) start military action that risks global thermonuclear war, or 3) itself collapse and throw China into chaos. The first two possibilities have been discussed broadly elsewhere, but let’s think through scenario three because it seems this is our goal. . .

. . . Xi must certainly understand Trump’s challenge as an existential threat to his rule and the rule of a centralized government under the CCP. A major retrenchment from prior prosperity has always been considered a loss of the Mandate of Heaven and a sign for regime change, whatever the cause.
We should be confident that the Trump Administration understands the stakes here for Xi. Trump has backed Xi into a corner. Xi’s options are bad. He can acquiesce, which will lower Chinese living standards and reduce their international clout. Or he can fight and even escalate, which will lower Chinese living standards and reduce their international clout. Either way, Xi loses face and his power weakens. He may yet retain central control, or he might be replaced with a more consensual and less aggressive CCP leader. Or China as we know it could break into warlordism. . . What emerges after the breakup of the CCP will, without doubt, return to vigorous competition amongst the regional states. That competition could well turn violent, as so often has happened in the past. And somebody is going to inherit the nuclear weapons. . . We must hope the US has some plan for dealing with a new Period of the Warring States.

Well, hope over experience is no way to live one's life, as we now see in terms of the entire Ukraine debacle/fiasco that our globalist asshole wizards of smart helped bring about since the breakup of the Soviet Union that they were completely unprepared for and handled with insanely gross incompetence regardless of who and which administration was in power at the time.

China is also out to capture the world as it has and continues to make moves all over the world. They both need us and want to dispose of us at the same time. Trump's goal to kneecap the chi-coms is right. We can debate strategies and tactics as is our wont to do. . .

As for Islam, well the Muslims don't need nukes. They just need mass migration to every non-Muslim nation on the planet and have the babies that Low-T soy boys and green-haired lesbians and trannies refuse to or cannot and in no time flat, Al-Shabab's Your Uncle! Notre Dame, Westminster Abbey and St. John the Divine are transformed into clones of the Hagia Sophia while Mohammed becomes the most popular baby name for the next 100 years.

At first I was reluctant to believe that there are quite so many British Muslims in positions of power as some people maintain. Then something like the following happens, and it seems a hell of a lot easier to believe.

What happened is this: Renaud Camus, the 78-year-old French philosopher, author, and intellectual, was banned from entering the UK. Who, you may ask, is Renaud Camus? Well, back when the world was young, Camus was what the French call a ’68-er – a radical on the barricades, the Gallic equivalent of an American hippie, a bookish lad playing at revolution. He was also a leading figure in France’s gay-rights movement. His 1979 novel Tricks, a chronicle of intimate same-sex liaisons, was a bestseller and a critical sensation. The critic Roland Barthes gave it his imprimatur. Gore Vidal praised it in the New York Review of Books.

But no, Camus isn’t being kept out of Britain because of any of that. Tricks, and the civil unrest of May 1968, are, after all, long ago and far away. Nor is Camus (no relation, by the way, to Albert Camus, the Nobel Prize-winning author of The Stranger and The Plague) being punished for having been an active member of the Socialist Party in the 1970s and 80s. How many French intellectuals, after all, weren’t socialists in the 1970s and 80s? Nor is Camus – a man of wide and deep learning – being banned for having accumulated more diplomas than you can fit on a single wall, including degrees in French literature, philosophy, political science, and the history of law.

No, Camus’ offense is having published the 2011 book Le Grand Remplacement (The Great Replacement), which warned that Europe was undergoing, as the title put it, a great replacement – a massive influx of non-Western immigrants who, owing to early marriages and high reproductive rates, were gradually taking the place of native Europeans who were marrying late, if at all, and, in most cases, having no more than one or two children. . . When Goodwin interviewed Camus – who was in France, of course – the latter denied his detractors’ charge that he’s pushing a “conspiracy theory”; no, he contended, the Islamization of Europe is “plain fact.” Goodwin said that according to critics, Camus’s analysis of the European situation has been “debunked”; how, replied Camus, can it have been debunked “when it is evident in every street”? Camus accused his critics of “denialism” – denialism about “the most important thing” ever to have happened to Europe.

Psaki-Psircling back to the US of A, we have open borders that are not only letting in a flood of latin American peasants, along with drug traffickers, human traffickers, murderers, rapists and criminal gangs that the Democrats are falling all over themselves to defend but Islamic terrorist cheerleaders and terrorists themselves. But deporting them is a stain on our sacred democracy or something.

Keep on pushing that line, Democrats and even more Latinos, Asians, Blacks, youth and women will abandon you. Perhaps John Fetterman might be indicative of something and not merely an outlier. Yes, for sure, The aforementioned are not going to embrace Trump openly, but no one is flocking to Titty-Caca Cortez and jet-setting commie alta-cockers like Bernie Sanders either.

Elsewhere, Pete Hegseth must be doing something right or else the Deep State youldn't be so desperate to destroy him. Yes, he's a good stand-in for President Trump, but a revitalized military is antithetical to both the globalist goal to take us down a notch on the global stage but to erode a key pillar of our culture and society.

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ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY
• Assuming Trump’s success in cornering China on trade, will there be an implosion or an explosion?
  Are we prepared for a new Chinese period of the warring states?
  
• Victor Davis Hanson: The left decries Trump’s deportation of an MS-13-linked illegal alien while ignoring its own legal hypocrisy and attempts to undermine the U.S. justice system.
  What Is Democrat Legality?
  
• Dangerous policies, incoherent ideas, and amoral politics.
  A Field Guide to the American Left

DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE
• Shutting down several FOIA offices at HHS is especially troublesome considering the ambitious and controversial agenda of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. For example, RFK Jr. promises to find the cause of autism by this September. Full transparency will be needed to “double check” the work.
  FOIA Under Attack: Government Keeping Way Too Many Secrets
  
• The U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness pushed the disastrous Housing First policy on states and ignored mounting evidence of its failure.
  Trump Was Right to Shutter This Homelessness Agency
  
• It means residents of blue states and cities are voting with their feet. . . “Young families are leaving large urban metros so quickly that several counties — including those encompassing Manhattan, Brooklyn, Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco — are on pace to lose 50% of their under-5 childhood population in the next 20 years.” 
  Miranda Devine: Leftists to blame for much of the US housing crisis — as almost a third of Americans are ‘housing-poor’
  * * * * *

• Could Los Angeles be the next Detroit? At times, is seems it’s in a race with San Francisco to see which will be the first to reach a Motor City-like nadir.  
  What Is Going On In Los Angeles?  
  
• Daniel Greenfield: A nation divided against itself.
  Dem States Now Boycotting Entire Countries

  THE ECONOMY, STUPID

• Gavin Newsom is dusting off John C. Calhoun’s playbook from 1832, arguing his state can nullify federal law.
  South Carolina’s Play To Nullify Tariffs In 1832 Failed Spectacularly. Newsom’s Will Too
  
• Trump’s comments came during an impromptu press gaggle after surveying the North Lawn of the White House for the best spot to stake a massive flag pole. (Pelosi's chest had too much botox and silicone-jjs)
  Trump on Trade Talks with China: ‘Everybody Wants to Be a Part of What We’re Doing’
  
• Intel Corp. is preparing to announce a significant workforce reduction, potentially cutting over 20 percent of its employees to address declining sales and bolster its focus on engineering, according to reports. This decision comes as the U.S. semiconductor giant works to regain its competitive edge, having lagged behind companies like Nvidia in artificial intelligence (AI) computing.
  Intel Set to Slash Over 20% of Workforce.
  
• But apparently, the wacky idea that a person actually be required to pay back money they willingly borrowed is sending some people into absolute apoplexy - including this young lady, who is just beside herself at the notion of having to pay a bill she owes.
  Leftists MELT DOWN Over Having to Pay Back Their Student Loans
  
• It’s a bad day to be an ‘Indigenous Pottery And Ways Of Knowing’ major. Well, worse than usual.  The Department of Education (ED) announced April 21 that it would resume collections of defaulted federal student loans beginning May 5. The ED has not collected on defaulted loans for over five years, pausing collection in March 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Biden administration never resumed recollection. Student debt currently amounts to a staggering $1.6 trillion, according to the ED. 
  SANDOVAL: Trump Just Gave People With Useless Degrees A Huge Reality Check

  CIVIL WAR 2.0: J-6 FBI FALSE FLAG "RIOT" & AFTERMATH, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION

• Indiana’s treasurer helped push banks to back down on canceling conservatives, and now a banker-backed bill would strip his office’s powers.
  Bill Targets Indiana Treasurer Who Stops Banks From Canceling Christians, Gun Owners
  
• There are more than enough activist judges willing to undertake the job of stopping every move Trump makes to fulfill his campaign promises to the voters.
  The color revolution waged by our judiciary
  
• Lloyd Billingsley: Woke shrinks recycle Soviet tactics against the president and his people.
  Psycho Squad Attack Against Trump
  
• Daniel Greenfield: Sanders uses his anti-Trump campaign to fund his lifestyle and family.
  Fight Oligarchy by Funding Bernie’s Private Jet

  "BIDEN/HARRIS BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY

• President Donald J. Trump spoke about the challenges related to holding legal proceedings for potentially millions of migrants who have entered the United States illegally on Tuesday. He emphasized the improbability of providing court trials for every individual due to the sheer volume of cases. Trump stressed the need for expedited deportations to ensure national safety, suggesting that obstructive legal processes could lead to a perilous situation for the country.
  Trump Explains Why You Can’t Hold Trials For the Millions Biden Let In.
  
• It’s a shame that the El Salvadoran prisons can’t keep Democrat “lawmakers” who visit.
  ‘Maryland Man’ Not a Maryland Man
  
• The poll underscores deep partisan divides on immigration policy, but widespread uncertainty about Abrego’s alleged MS-13 ties—meaning public opinion could shift if they are clearly proven.
  90% of Kamala Voters Would Bring Alleged MS-13 Trafficker Abrego Back Into America.
  
• Several Democrats have made journeys to El Salvador to demand Abrego Garcia’s return to the United States despite the allegations against him, which include abusing his wife. The woman called into journalist Mark Halperin’s “The Morning Meeting” to voice her anger, saying the effort won’t win over Hispanic voters.
  ‘I Am So Angry’: Hispanic Caller Tells Mark Halperin She’s ‘Disgusted’ At Dems Over ‘Fighting For’ Abrego Garcia
  
• Emails obtained by The Daily Wire identify Colony Ridge's defense lawyer as 'the attorney that prepared the bill language.'
  This Texas Bill, Written By Lawyer For Colony Ridge, Could Sprout More Illegal Immigrant Hotbeds
  
• According to the DOJ, this “newcomer,” a now-indicted “Cleveland Man,” is in trouble for illegally trafficking (checks notes) his “sister,” was it?
  Yet Another Example of What Democrats Assured Us Wasn’t Happening Really Was the Whole Time

  ISRAEL vs IRAN & GAZA/HAMAS . . . AND BIDEN

• 'While we cannot comment on the specifics of personnel matters, all fellowship candidates are evaluated on many factors,' Harvard tells Free Beacon
  Harvard University Extended a Fellowship Offer to Ousted Columbia Prof Accused of Anti-Israel 'Indoctrination'—Then Rescinded It Without Explanation
  
• The Ivy League university also promised that student agitators would face 'immediate disciplinary action'
  Yale Derecognizes Students for Justice in 'Palestine' Chapter After Group Blocks Jewish Students' Access to Parts of Campus

  
  WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM

• Deadly attack carried out by Pakistan-based terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), New Delhi says. 
  India Launches Manhunt After Islamic Terrorists Massacre 26 People in Kashmir Region
  
• Perhaps we ought to reflect on the wisdom of Thomas Jefferson when considering how much Islam to allow into American society.
  Islam Is Incompatible with Democracy

  OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY

• The Community Security Initiative is preventing anti-Semitic violence. (the best defense is a good offense - jjs)
  The Private Task Force Protecting New York Jews (Meh, we need another combination JDL and Irgun - jjs)

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

• The legislative branch must codify the administration’s policies to ensure a speech policing apparatus does return under a future president.
  Trump’s Next Target In Dismantling The Censorship Complex Is CISA
  
• Speaking to TheWrap, Redstone insisted that the media has an important role in America and it isn’t merely to indulge its “free speech.”
  Paramount Chair Shari Redstone Throws Down After ‘60 Minutes’ Producer Resigns: Media Must ‘Give the Facts, Not Opinions’
  
• We’re told some CNN staffers are still sore at Cuomo, who they believe, “tried to take down network,” by filing suit when he got the boot.
  Bad blood at CNN years after Chris Cuomo broke ‘bro code’ and ‘stabbed’ Jeff Zucker ‘in the front,’ insiders say
  
• The Trump administration argues that the government-sponsored media has become increasingly partisan.
  Judge Deals Blow To Trump Plan To Dismantle Taxpayer-Funded International Media
  
• When everything is an existential crisis, nothing is.
  The Press Is Back In Full Frenzy Mode, But This Time Nobody Is Listening
  
• Must be nice to be a Democrat - history begins anew every morning.
  CNN Ignores Left-Wing Terrorism to Appease Dwindling Audience

  RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS,

• Okay, so…am I the only one who remembers back in the 1990s that climate activists told us that aerosols were harmful to the environment? I remember more than one movie making fun of that point by going outside and spraying hairspray into the air.
  U.K. Gov't Planning to Use Aerosols to 'Dim the Sun'...to 'Prevent Runaway Climate Change' (Jump off he cliffs of Dover to hold back the tide!!! - jjs)
  
• The vandalism was aimed at making a statement against Musk, who was appointed by President Trump as the leader of the newly formed Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). In this role, Musk has been tasked with slashing funding and staffing deemed wasteful at numerous government agencies.
  Extinction Rebellion Climate Wackos Vandalize NYC Tesla Dealership on Earth Day
  
• Newsom wrote to California Energy Commission (CEC) Vice Chair Siva Gunda on Monday to urge that Gunda and the CEC “redouble” their efforts to keep fuel refiners in the state on the heels of Valero’s announcement that it will be taking at least one of its California refineries offline by April 2026. In the letter, Newsom attempts to characterize the state’s dwindling refining presence as part of a wider national trend, but analysts have warned for years that California’s hostile regulatory environment is what is truly driving the fossil fuel industry’s retreat from the state.
  Gavin Newsom Begs Regulators To Keep Refineries In Biz After California Dems Ran Industry Out Of Town
  
• The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), Energy Foundation China (EFC), Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) and other entities that fund climate initiatives in the U.S. have direct or indirect relationships with the Chinese state, according to The Washington Examiner. Many environmental organizations celebrated Earth Day on Tuesday, even while some of the leading groups in the green movement have cozied up to China, the world’s leading emitter and a prolific polluter of the oceans.
  Earth Day Reminder: Green Groups Linked To World’s Top Polluter
  
• With darling Greta Thunberg going off script, the Left needed a new poster child for their cause of climate change.
  Fredi Otto, the new Greta Thunberg

  
  EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT

• Reason Magazine noted that Grunden’s son, W.G., took a photo of the cans at home on September 14, 2025, and posted it on social media. “The post was accompanied by a trending audio file, titled ‘Ak47,’ which includes a voiceover saying, ‘This is the famous AK47, with over 50 million manufactured in ten countries. The AK47 is the most popular assault rifle in the world.'”
  Mom Suing School That Suspended Her Son Over Dr. Pepper Cans Arranged in the Shape of a Rifle
  
• The university has entrenched a system of racial discrimination—against whites.
  Princeton’s War on Civil Rights
  
• Four small colleges reject woke orthodoxy, student debt, and federal strings—offering faith, grit, and classical learning as a bold alternative in higher ed.
  Bright Spots Do Exist in American Higher Education—Are They the Future?
  
• Will taxing colleges save them?
  Ending Harvard’s Tax Exemption

  POLITICS

• Democrat Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin, the No. 2 Senate Democrat, announced his retirement after 44 years in Congress on Wednesday. Durbin, 80, was up for reelection in 2026 and was widely expected to not seek a sixth term in the Senate. He is the fourth Senate Democrat to announce their retirement in 2025.
  No. 2 Senate Democrat Announces Retirement After Four Decades In Congress
  
• California Gov. Gavin Newsom accidentally told the truth about the left’s current favorite obsession, and now members from his own party are hanging him out to dry.
  Gavin Newsom Crossed The Line, And Now He’s Paying The Price
  
• This could've been just the run-of-the-mill textbook politics 101, but the problem, as with everything, is the hypocrisy when the Left is involved.
  Trump’s second term is a reckoning for the globalist left
  
• The 50th edition of the poll found that the amount of young Americans who approve of Congressional Democrats was just 23%, down from 42% in spring 2017. Meanwhile, Congressional Republicans’ approval ratings increased slightly in the same period, reaching 29%, up from 28% in 2017.
  Congressional Democrats’ Approval Ratings Plummeting Among Young Americans, Harvard Poll Shows
  
• Maybe it’ll be someone like Stephen A. Smith. (My money is on Jen Psaki, Jon Stewart, or Rachel Maddow.) In all probability, the Democrats’ next nominee is someone you already know, but don’t expect to run. That’s just how the wind is blowing.
  Too Much, Too Soon: Why Titty-Caca AOC Won’t Be the Dem’s Nominee — but THIS PERSON Will
  
• The hope is that we can elect fighters like Ken Paxton who are willing to go to Washington and “fight, fight, fight” rather than “compromise, lose, and...
  Paxton v. Cornyn is a crossroads for the GOP
  
• Steve Hilton, once a top adviser to former British Prime Minister David Cameron, has announced his candidacy in the 2026 California governor’s race. Running as a Republican, he aims to replace Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom, who is term-limited. Launching his campaign with the slogan “Golden Again: Great Jobs, Great Homes, Great Kids,” Hilton’s message emphasizes “positive populism” to resolve the Golden State’s issues.
  Ex-Cameron Adviser Steve Hilton Enters California Governor Race.
  
• Voting behavior in Southern suburbs is remarkably stable. Is that good news for Republicans?
  Beyond The Swing: Why Southern Suburbs Refuse To Budge 
  
• What happened to our nation during COVID set the table for accepting all that happened next.
  Donald Trump: Right Man, Right Moment

  THE UKRAINIAN "FRONT"

• “Nobody is asking Zelenskyy to recognize Crimea as Russian Territory but, if he wants Crimea, why didn’t they fight for it eleven years ago when it was handed over to Russia without a shot being fired?”
  Trump Warns Zelenskyy: Accept Peace or Lose the Country
  
• Planned peace talks in London on Wednesday were downgraded as it became clear that major fault lines remain over what an acceptable end to the war would look like.
  Zelensky Shuts Down Reported Trump Peace Plan, Vance Warns U.S. Will ‘Walk Away’ if No Agreement
  
• “This is false,” Rubio and Witkoff said in a joint statement. “Neither of us have had any conversations about lifting sanctions on Russia as part of a peace deal with Ukraine. This is just totally fictitious and irresponsible reporting from Politico, a fifth-rate publication. If they have an ounce of journalistic integrity they will fully retract this piece of fiction.”
  Rubio, Witkoff Dismiss Fake News Politico Story That White House Is Considering Lifting Sanctions on Russia: ‘Totally Fictitious’

  
  FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL

• The tempo of crises that almost led to war has increased since both countries went nuclear. The two have nearly come to blows at least six times since the 1986-87 Brasstacks Crisis. Pakistan had not yet conducted a nuclear weapons test but was widely believed to have the ability to quickly assemble and deploy several nuclear warheads.
  India and Pakistan Are THIS Close to War... Again

• 'You're never going to be able to negotiate with that kind of regime,' Dem senator says
  'Waste That S—t': In Interview With Free Beacon, Fetterman Tells Trump To Dump Iran Talks and Destroy Tehran's Nuclear Facilities
  
• . The sudden messaging shift, experts say, seems to suggest a larger conflict behind the scenes between hardliners who want a total dismantlement of Iran’s nuclear program and restraint-minded officials that prefer the diplomatic option with limited, monitored enrichment.
  Trump Admin’s Shifting Iran Stance Reveals Deeper Policy Fight Inside Washington, Experts Say
  
• 'This development underscores why Iran cannot retain uranium enrichment,' expert says
  Amid Nuclear Negotiations, Iran Quietly Builds Security Perimeter Around Suspected New Uranium Enrichment Site: Watchdog Report
  
• Party leader Pierre Poilievre announced the publication of the platform three days after his rival, Liberal Party leader and Prime Minister Mark Carney, published his – a day after Canada ended its brief early voting period. A record 7.3 million Canadians cast their ballots this weekend, according to Elections Canada, the government agency that runs elections. The number, in addition to being a record, marks a 25-percent increase in the number of people voting early from the 2021 election cycle that saw radical leftist Prime Minister Justin Trudeau maintain his grip on power.
  Canada’s Conservatives Make Cutting Spending the Core of Their Final Election Pitch — After Record-High Early Voting
  
• Whittling down China, Trump’s principal weapons are trade policy and tariffs. If the president wins, the U.S. emerges as the shaper of the rest of the 21st Century.
  Trump Means to Reduce China
  
• South Korea has dramatically increased its profile as a manufacturer of defense technology and is similarly one of the world’s most prolific manufacturers of telecommunications and computer technology. These industries rely heavily on rare-earth minerals, a group of 17 elements common in the production of batteries, computers, automobiles, and other high technology. China dominates the rare-earth industry in both production and processing of the minerals and has recently used that leverage to reduce its exports in response to President Donald Trump’s efforts to limit the world’s dependence on the communist Chinese economy.
  Report: China Pressures South Korea to Limit Rare-Earth Product Exports to U.S.
  
• As China’s Belt and Road initiative tightens worldwide, the U.S. has a rare opportunity to stymie its inroads into Latin America.
  If Rubio Doesn’t Act, He Risks Giving the CCP Dominance over South American Shipping
  
• Marine Corps veteran says the area’s Navy SEAL training waters are likely to be the country’s “next Camp Lejeune.”
  EPA’s Zeldin Demands Mexico Stop Sewage Flooding into San Diego’s Waters
  
• “Transfers to Greenland have always been talked about as a gift. . . Emotions and capital were linked in how Danes perceived the relation to Greenland.”
  Greenland Between Denmark and Trump
  
• The chickens are coming home to roost.
  In Yemen, the Houthi Reign of Terror is About to End

  DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS

• "Americans should sleep better at night."
  Trump Strikes Have Killed 74 Terrorist Leaders Planning Attacks On U.S. Soil: Mike Waltz
  
• The now-rescinded program was but one of several efforts by the Biden junta to integrate leftists’ climate alarmist agenda into military operations.
  Navy Scraps Biden-Era ‘Climate Action’ Plan, Returns Focus To Warfighting
  
• And the corrupt press continues its sabotage campaign.
  Secretary Hegseth Threatens the Deep State
  
• From May 2022 until his arrest in March 2024, Schultz engaged in an ongoing conspiracy to provide dozens of sensitive US military documents — many of which contained export-controlled tactical and technical information — directly to a foreign national living in the People’s Republic of China, according to court documents. 
  Former US Army intelligence analyst sentenced for selling sensitive documents to Chinese national

  HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE

• “The specifics of the removal are still under discussion and could change, said the two people, who were granted anonymity to discuss private deliberations,” Politico reported.
  Report: RFK Jr. Considers Pulling Coronavirus Vaccine from Official Childhood Vaccine Schedule
  
• We all probably enjoy a protein shake now and then, but imagine if that was the only thing you ate for every meal, every day of your life. Such is the case for many children and adults who receive their nutrition through a gastrostomy tube (G-Tube).
  Hey, RFK Jr.: Please Take on Big Formula and Normalize Real Food for Kids With G-Tubes
  
• The mislabeling could allow Chinese companies to dodge FDA regulations and tariffs.
  China Is Flooding America With Illegal Vapes — And More Than 90% Fly Under the Radar

  ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY

• Not only have large sections broken off in the wheel’s central section, it appears that the wheel’s outside section is beginning to separate from that central section.
  More wheel damage detected on Curiosity
  
• Their calculations estimate the planet will disintegrate entirely in about two million years.
  Transiting exoplanet appears to be losing matter with each transit

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

• The duo had entered the women’s locker room to change, when she suddenly heard a man’s voice. They exited their stall to find the creep standing there, fully naked.
  YMCA Defends Man Who Exposed Himself to 7-Year-Old in Women's Locker Room

  CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE

• Christian Toto: New media superstar dresses down progressives in epic fashion
  Megyn Kelly Torches Clooney, LuPone Over ‘Journalism’ Taunt

  HITHER & YON

• Over the past 6 months, however, a team of 2,000 volunteers from the Great Needs Trust, a Pennsylvania Amish community, have been quietly and steadily rebuilding the town’s homes, businesses and bridges.
  Unsung Heroes: For the Last 6 Months Amish Volunteers Quietly Rebuild Devastated NC Town

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