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“Republicans love Donald Trump more than any president’s own party supporters loved them at this particular point,” CNN’s Harry Enten reported Thursday, citing results of his network’s latest poll.

No other president has had this high a percentage of overall approval by supporters of his own party at this point in his presidency, Enten said while explaining why almost all of the primary candidates endorsed by Trump win.

Newsbusters.

CNN’s Erin Burnett displayed some bizarre and problematic moral equivalency on Wednesday as she hosted OutFront from Tel Aviv, Israel. Recapping the days’ events, she sought to compare an American submarine sinking an Iranian destroyer to Iran bombing neutral countries as proof the conflict is “escalating.”

Burnett began, “This as the war is escalating tonight, as I speak, 10 countries across northern Europe, northern Europe, you heard me right, are preparing a plan right now to evacuate civilians across borders amid this war with Iran that is now spreading thousands of miles from where it began, in Khamenei’s compound in the center of Tehran Saturday morning.”

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Attention DePaul University donors! Do you want to check out how your funding is being put to use? The institution just initiated an obnoxious, new anti-ICE journalism institute in partnership with radical ex-Mayor of Chicago Lori Lightfoot and another Chicago-based left-wing group financed by some of the most notorious leftists in American politics.

The supposedly Catholic DePaul — which sits comfortably on a roughly $1.15 billion endowment — announced that it was launching the cringely-named Institute for Journalism and Racial Justice (IJRJ) during a February 25 campus event, according to student newspaper The DePaulia.

he announcement came following a “community briefing for a new Immigration and Customs Enforcement accountability platform led by” Lightfoot. Who held Lightfoot accountable? The Firearm Industry Trade Association panned Lightfoot’s tenure as Mayor in 2023 as being tainted by some of “the worst criminal and gang violence in memory.” Chicagoans reported a 43 percent crime increase in 2022 above pre-pandemic levels under her administration. But apparently, DePaul sees the former Democrat mayor as its guiding “Lightfoot.”

DePaul is a notoriously radical left-wing institution.

The Other McCain.

Wow, has it been nearly two years since I used that headline? I created the Violence Against Women category specifically for the kind of “violence against women that feminists will ignore.” You can call it “intersectionality” or just call it hypocrisy, but if you pay attention a while, you’ll notice that there seems to be a double standard regarding this issue that feminists claim to care so much about. If the perpetrator of “violence against women” happens to be a Democrat, or a member of a key Democratic Party constituent group, then there will be no headline-making protests, no angry speeches in Congress, etc. Like everything else liberals in America claim to care about, this issue only matters when they see an opportunity to exploit it as a vote-getting trick for Democrats.

The problem with conservatives is that it is impossible for most of us to imagine how utterly cynical liberals really are. Everything they do is ultimately about trying to help Democrats win elections, without regard for whether Democrats actually do anything that helps the people liberals claim to care about. Because I was born and raised a Democrat, of the old-fashioned New Deal-era Yellow Dog type, this cynicism was never apparent to me until Bill Clinton (whom I voted for in 1992) became president, and proceeded to betray everything I’d ever believed in.

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The persistent harassment and destruction of Christian Serbian heritage in Kosovo by the Albanian Muslim majority represents one of the most egregious ongoing violations of religious freedom and cultural integrity in contemporary Europe. This phenomenon, rooted in post-1999 ethnic revenge and fueled by radical Islamist influences, has manifested in the deliberate targeting of Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) sites, the mass displacement of Christian Serbs, and the export of Muslim extremism abroad. Far from isolated criminal acts, these incidents form a pattern that undermines the very foundations of Christian presence in the region and demands urgent corrective action from Western powers that bear responsibility for the current situation.

Historical records document the scale of destruction with chilling precision. According to the International Center for Transitional Justice and corroborated Serbian Orthodox Church sources, 155 Christian churches and monasteries were destroyed or severely damaged between June 1999 and March 2004, following the NATO intervention and the establishment of international administration.

This figure encompasses revenge attacks in the immediate post-war period, escalating dramatically during the 2004 unrest, when 35 additional sites were razed or heavily damaged in a matter of days. Notable examples include medieval masterpieces such as the Holy Virgin of Ljeviš (14th century, burned inside); the Church of Christ the Savior (14th century, burned); the Cathedral of St. George in Prizren (20th century, mined and burned); the Monastery of the Holy Archangels (14th century, looted and burned); Our Lady of Ljeviš in Prizren (UNESCO-listed, torched); the Church of St. Nicholas in various locations (multiple instances destroyed or vandalized); the Church of St. Panteleimon in Potkaljaja (14th century, damaged); the Church of St. Cosmas and Damian (14th century, damaged); and countless others from the 14th-15th centuries that embodied Serbia’s medieval Christian civilization. These acts of iconoclasm, often involving dynamite, arson, and looting, aimed to erase visible symbols of Serbian and European Christian identity and presence in Kosovo.

This is what Muslim immigrants to other Christian countries would do—if we let them.

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A Berlin court has sentenced a 20-year-old Syrian man to 13 years in prison for a jihadist-inspired knife attack on a Spanish tourist at the German capital’s Holocaust memorial.

The suspect, named only as Wassim Al M., was convicted of attempted murder, grievous bodily harm, and attempted membership of a terrorist organisation.

The attack occurred in February 2025, only days before Germany’s general election. The court confirmed that Al M. acted “in the name of the Islamic State (IS) group” and targeted a person of Jewish faith. The victim survived only because the knife missed major blood vessels by millimetres.

Al M. approached the 30-year-old victim from behind among the concrete steles of the memorial, inflicting a 14-centimetre (over five-inch) cut to his throat. Despite serious injuries, the victim managed to stagger out of the steles before collapsing in front of the memorial.

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A Belgian online news outlet has been reprimanded by the country’s press ethics body after publishing the full text of a speech by U.S. vice president J.D. Vance, sparking debate about censorship and media freedom.

The controversy stems from a speech delivered on February 14th, 2025, at the Munich Security Conference, a major annual gathering of Western political and military leaders. Speaking the day after a deadly attack in Munich, Vance sharply criticised what he described as a decline in freedom of speech and democratic values across Europe.

Among the examples he cited were censorship of social media, threats to shut down online platforms, the cancellation of a presidential election in Romania, and the criminalisation of prayer in the United Kingdom. The remarks were widely discussed in the international media.

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shaking down companies with fake racism accusations to get franchises for his sons, and subsidize his affair and his out-of-wedlock baby, has given a boost to his criminal son.

Jesse Jackson Jr, a former Obama campaign co-chair, had been busted and sent to prison for making off with $750,000 in campaign cash and spending over $10,000 on Michael Jackson memorabilia, including $8,500 on two fedoras, not to mention $800 on a mink cashmere cape, is relaunching a campaign for his old House seat in Chicago, while exploiting his father’s death.

“We’ve got a lot of work to do,” Jesse Jackson Jr told Sharpton on MSNBC (MS NOW) and remembered how amazing it was that “on any given Saturday, Michael Jackson might stop by.”

Jesse Jackson Jr didn’t specify if it was to molest one of the kids or ask for his fedora back.

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A federal judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked the enforcement of an executive order issued last year by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis that designates two Muslim groups as foreign terrorist organizations.

U.S. District Judge Mark E. Walker wrote in his preliminary injunction that the First Amendment bars the governor from continuing the troubling trend of using an executive office to make a political statement at the expense of others’ constitutional rights.

The governor’s order targeted the Council on American-Islamic Relations and the Muslim Brotherhood. His office didn’t immediately respond Wednesday evening to an email seeking comment on the judge’s order.

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he U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Wednesday approved its first construction permit for a commercial nuclear reactor in eight years, one that will allow a Bill Gates-backed company to build a sodium-cooled reactor in western Wyoming.

TerraPower filed for the permit in 2024 and construction is now set to begin within weeks. Completion of the up to $4 billion plant is targeted for 2030, according to TerraPower.

Microsoft co-founder Gates, who is eyeing nuclear generation as a power source for the electricity-hungry data centers behind artificial intelligence, is a founder of TerraPower and its primary investor.

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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem told lawmakers Wednesday that sanctuary jurisdictions declined to turn over 17,864 illegal immigrants in local police custody to federal immigration authorities in 2025.

Noem provided the figure during a House Judiciary Committee hearing after Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, asked how often Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainers had not been honored last year.

“17,864 detainers were declined,” Noem said.

“Many of those people are out on the street, is that fair to say?” Jordan asked.

“That’s correct,” Noem responded.

Newsbusters.

As the U.S. and Israel war against Iran enters Day 4, the PBS News Hour continues to rely on coverage sympathetic to the murderous regime pro-regime from “special correspondent” Reza Sayah.

CNN, a Voice of the Crust.

This Is CNN—so check another source before you believe it.

Iranian bombers came within minutes of striking the largest military base housing US troops in the Middle East before Qatari planes shot them down in their first aerial combat mission, two sources briefed on the operation told CNN.

On Monday morning, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard dispatched two Soviet-era Su-24 tactical bombers toward al-Udeid Air Base, which typically houses 10,000 US service members, and Ras Laffan, a key natural gas processing facility and a bedrock of the Qatari economy.

The Iranian jets were “two minutes” away from their targets, one of the sources said. A second source told CNN that the planes were visually identified and photographed “carrying bombs and guided munitions.”

The Qataris issued a warning over radio but received no response from the jets, which had switched to a flying altitude of 80 feet to evade radar detection, the second source said.

Due to “time constraints” and “based on the available evidence,” the aircraft were “classified as hostile,” the second source added. Qatar then dispatched its warplanes, and a Qatari F-15 fighter engaged the Iranian jets in “aerial combat” before downing them, the second source added.

The Telegraph (UK).

Labour has told employers not to use the word “competitive” in job adverts because it is too masculine.

I can see why Labour would have a problem with that.

Companies should not use “terms associated with male stereotypes” when writing job adverts, including words such as “competitive” and “ambitious”.

I can see why they would have a problem with that, too.

In new guidance from the Office for Equality and Opportunity, bosses have also been told to use “neutral job titles” to ensure a greater gender balance among applicants.

No, they want men to lose and women to win. That’s not ‘balance’.

Judge: Trump Effort to End NYC Congestion Pricing Unlawful

Smoothie King fires employees who refused to serve couple with Trump merchandise (Brady Knox/Washington Examiner)

Trump’s MAGA base wrestles with Iran strikes launched by an ‘America First’ president (Matt Dixon/NBC News)  No, they don’t. They’re behind him. Narrative Media sock-puppets just don’t want to believe it. (Why didn’t we do this to Iran long ago?)

New Jersey Faces Structural Deficit Crisis And Democrats Blame Trump

The Trump administration still can’t decide why it’s doing this (Cameron Peters/Vox)  Sure they did, you just can’t admit it.

Trump is running out of time to sell his rationale for Iran war (Politico)  He’s got three years left.

House Dems fume at Trump admin’s “bullsh*t” Iran briefing (Andrew Solender/Axios)  Fuming is about all they’re good for.

Jeffrey Sachs: ‘Trump Is An Utter Disgrace To Our Nation – He Lied To Us’

O’Donnell Suggests Trump’s Military Operates like Hitler’s WW2 Forces

Texas primary shows that MAGA loves a villain (Amanda Marcotte/Salon)  Amanda Marcotte loses her shit. No, MAGA doesn’t so much love a villain as hate a RINO. Amanda, of course, hasn’t the wit to perceive that.

So much for affordability: Trump’s war with Iran exposes the deceit of ‘America First’ (Max Burns/The Hill)

Right-wing pundits want Trump to heal the MAGA rift over the Iran war via the mass deportation of American Muslims (Matt Gertz/Media Matters for America)  Sounds like a plan.

Trump’s War on Iran Could Screw Over US Farmers (Molly Taft/Wired)  As if anybody who writes for WIRED knows shit about farming.

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The collapse of Hollywood has been on the radar for some time now, though the industry consistently and vehemently denies they are in decline. The movie industry Titanic is sinking fast and the celebrity rats are abandoning the ship. Some of are even leaving the US for foreign shores. The media claims that the death of Hollywood is a signal that America is “no longer the cool country.”

This was the narrative of Fortune Magazine in a recent article discussing the celebrity exodus from America and it’s effect on the US as a center of “global culture.” The platform argues:

“An odd thing is happening as America, long a beacon worldwide as the defining destination for people in search of a new hope and a new life, is starting to feel like the “old country” that people quietly plan to leave behind. More than that, to be American is downright uncool…”

What? Are they not sticking around in California so that the state can tax their wealth? What a bunch of fascists!

(Hey, guys. don’t let the door hit you in the butt on the way out….)

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In a rare and controversial move, New York Attorney General Letitia James has ordered a Manhattan hospital to resume offering gender-transition treatment to transgender youth. NYU Langone had discontinued such treatments after funding threats from the Trump administration. It is now caught between the proverbial rock (HHS) and a hard place (NYAG).

Last year, President Donald Trump signed an executive order entitled “Protecting Children from Chemical and Surgical Mutilation,” seeking to restrict gender-transition treatment for people under 19. HHS then threatened hospitals with a cut off of federal Medicaid and Medicare funding for continuing such treatment for children.

Various European countries have also halted certain procedures after countervailing studies suggesting that the risks are too high. England’s National Health Service 2024 report on the subject, known as the Cass Report, found concerning evidence of harm for minors and inconclusive benefits.

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A total of 746 rapes were recorded in London in January, according to publicly available crime data from the Metropolitan Police Service.

The figures mean that, on average, one rape was reported roughly every 60 minutes in the British capital during the first month of the year.

The data, broken down by borough, show particularly high numbers in several inner-city districts. Southwark recorded 41 cases—the highest total—followed by Tower Hamlets and Haringey with 40 each, and Croydon with 39. Newham, Lambeth and Lewisham also reported more than 30 cases each. Even in boroughs with lower totals, double-digit figures were common. Kingston upon Thames recorded 12 cases, Richmond upon Thames 11, and Bexley and Harrow 10 each.

Separate data obtained under the Freedom of Information Act show that in 2023, 780 individuals were investigated for rape offences. Of those, 544 were British nationals, 229 were foreign nationals and seven were of unknown nationality. The statistics do not clarify whether British nationals were born in the UK or naturalised.

Organised group-based sexual abuse in London, often referred to as ‘grooming gangs’—with its existence denied by Labour mayor Sadiq Khan—may well be a contributing factor to the grim statistics.

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MEP Charlie Weimers has long worked towards limiting what he describes as Europe’s (especially Iranian) Islamist threat. Now he is going further, demanding that lawmakers across the continent clamp down on the construction of new mosques.

The Sweden Democrats (SD) MEP has submitted a “mosque ban” motion to the European Parliament after last month saying that “the expansion of mosques and other radicalisation centres must be actively countered at national, local and EU level.”

Weimers has pointed to examples of mosque officials in Sweden preaching about “how men should beat their wives” and mosques in Brussels functioning as “recruitment centre[s] for Islamic State fighters.” He also last month wrote to the European Commission, highlighting that “several European countries have closed mosques and Islamic centres after it came to light that they were being used as instruments of radicalisation, recruitment and terrorist financing.”

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A lethal knife attack in downtown Kaiserslautern, southwest Germany has left one young man dead and another critically injured. On the evening of Saturday, February 28th, two men were stabbed during a dispute in the town center. The 22-year-old victim succumbed to his injuries late Monday in hospital, while the 20-year-old remains in critical condition.

The suspect, an 18-year-old Syrian, was arrested on the scene and is currently in pre-trial detention, charged with manslaughter. According to police reports, the attacker stabbed the 22-year-old in the back and the 20-year-old in the chest during the altercation.

Several emergency calls were made, and passers-by, along with police officers, provided immediate care before paramedics arrived.

Reports indicate that all parties involved are Syrian nationals. The public prosecutor’s office has confirmed the suspect’s Syrian nationality but has not released further details regarding residency status.

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Armed police in Edinburgh arrested a 23-year-old immigrant from Chad following a violent knife rampage and a tense seven-hour standoff at a high-rise building in the Calder district. The incident, which unfolded on Monday morning, left two people hospitalized—a man with stab wounds and a woman with a head injury. Fortunately, both victims have since been discharged. The suspect, who has reportedly lived in the city for three years, is accused of roaming the streets with weapons and ransacking a local shop, an ordeal that forced nearby schools and a nursery into an emergency lockdown.

Edinburgh Knife Attacker Stabs Two, Barricades Himself in Flat

As the situation developed, local authorities had to contend with a surge of social media rumors. Chief Inspector Scott Kennedy addressed the community to debunk claims of hostage situations or attempts to breach educational facilities, stating: “I’m aware misinformation continues to be shared online about this incident which could cause further distress in the local community.” He urged the public to refrain from speculation to avoid compromising future legal proceedings.

The Home Office also weighed in on the case, emphasizing its commitment to firm immigration enforcement. A spokesperson declared, “We will not allow foreign criminals and illegal migrants to exploit our laws,” while highlighting ongoing reforms to speed up the deportation of foreign offenders.

Although police confirmed the incident was not terror-related, the suspect remains in custody ahead of his appearance at Edinburgh Sheriff Court.

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A 17-year-old boy’s night out in Florence turned into a “horrifying ordeal” after he was abducted and raped on the night of February 14th. After spending the evening with friends, the teenager consumed enough alcohol to feel dizzy and eventually fell asleep on a seat aboard atram. According to surveillance footage, a 32-year-old Moroccan national took advantage of the boy’s state, lifting the unconscious youth onto his shoulders and carrying him off the vehicle.

The victim eventually came around under an overpass on Viale Guidoni, near the T2 tram terminus, where he was stripped and raped. Following the attack, the teenager managed to escape his tormentor around 5:00 a.m. and sought help at a nearby petrol station. After contacting his parents, he was rushed to the emergency room at Meyer Hospital for treatment.

Police investigators managed to reconstruct the events of the incident with the help of CCTV footage, which led the swift identification and arrest of the suspect. The 32-year-old migrant, who has resided in Italy for three years and has a prior criminal record, is now in custody facing charges of sexual assault on a minor. While he has partially confirmed the allegations, he claimed his actions were the result of being under the influence of alcohol.

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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz was aware of the widespread welfare fraud in his state “for years” and “repeatedly failed to act,” alleges a congressional report released on Wednesday.

Walz and the state’s Attorney General Keith Ellison are set to testify Wednesday about the $9 billion scandal before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.

The report, which also alleges that Ellison knew of the welfare fraud in Minnesota, draws from interviews with state employees and whistleblowers.

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Whatever one’s view of the so-called ‘special relationship’ between the United Kingdom and the United States (and I, for one, think it’s non-existent and embarrassing), the UK’s refusal to support American action against Iran marks a troubling moment in British foreign policy. The decision to prevent the United States from using joint UK-U.S. bases while simultaneously (and endlessly) stressing Britain’s non-involvement signals a government more concerned with internal community relations than strategic reality.

Close Commonwealth allies such as Australia and Canada, not natural bedfellows of the Trump administration, recognised the necessity of confronting Iran’s aggression. Britain and its Labour government, yet again, chose hesitation. The government has suggested that legal constraints made participation impossible. That claim does not withstand scrutiny.

Lord Wolfson, the shadow attorney general, has outlined a clear legal basis for action. He stated that the right of self-defence exists against an imminent threat from a hostile state with a consistent record of aggression. Also, there have been Iran’s sustained campaigns against British interests, including assassination plots, cyber-attacks, and threats to UK forces—not least the six-year insurgency against the British military in southern Iraq by Iran-backed Shia militias. There is also the moral obligation to assist allies acting in self-defence, particularly where Iran’s nuclear ambitions pose an existential threat to Israel.

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In June 2025, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei told his regime at the mausoleum of Ayatollah Khomeini that Iran’s nuclear program would go on regardless of President Trump. “Our response to the US nonsense is clear: they cannot do a damn thing in this matter.”

A few weeks later, Iran’s underground nuclear program was rubble and a year later, Khamenei, who mocked any American efforts to negotiate, has joined his beloved nukes under the ground.

In early February, a top adviser to the commander of the regime’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps dismissed the buildup of U.S. forces. “Even if America brings 12 aircraft carriers to the region, it can’t do anything,” he bragged. “America is defeated and incapable of any aggression.”

His commander is now dead along with Khamenei and elements of the regime’s leadership.

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New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill faces an ethics complaint after she asked Garden State residents to report on Immigration and Customs Enforcement to the state government.

“In a seemingly unprecedented move, Governor Sherrill is using official state resources to coordinate the potential obstruction of federal immigration enforcement activities,” Curtis Schube, director of research and policy at the Center to Advance Security in America, told The Daily Signal in a statement on the complaint Tuesday. “Her administration created an official portal for members of the public to upload personal videos of ICE officials conducting their official duties.”

“This outrageous conduct is not in accordance with the rules of the New York Bar, nor is it appropriate for any legal professional or government official,” Schube added. “CASA is filing a bar complaint today and is hopeful that an investigation into this matter will be initiated immediately.”

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The U.S. has formally notified the UN that it is withdrawing from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

According to the UN, the U.S. will officially be out of the UNFCCC on February 27, 2027. A withdrawal takes effect one year after the UN’s receipt of the notification of withdrawal (which in this case was February 27, 2026) or on a later date specified in the notification.

The American Mind.

While many of us are currently monitoring the situation in the Iranian fog of war, other pressing questions at home remain. What sort of victory against foreign enemies will we have if we end up losing our country to internal threats?

I am speaking, of course, of the migration crisis, which has thrown the very concept of American citizenship itself into doubt. After decades of treating citizenship like some ethereal idea, theoretically extendable to anyone who wants it, Americans have finally woken up to the fact that citizenship must be more than a piece of paper. New questions, as well as new battle lines, have emerged not only around illegal and legal immigration—but even the idea of birthright citizenship is now up for legal reexamination.

It’s against this larger background, then, that we should view Trump v. Barbara, a case the U.S. Supreme Court will begin hearing on April 1. At stake is whether our laws permit Americans to have a country or not. The Court will hear the government defend the proposition that birthright citizenship does not include children born to parents who are “unlawfully present,” or who have only “temporary” status. Such conditions on citizenship are very common among many nations, including numerous historically Christian nations.

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Gee, I wonder why?

Import Turd World people, gt Turd World problems.

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During his Tuesday State of the Union address, President Donald Trump issued a challenge to the members of Congress before him.

“If you agree with this statement, then stand up and show your support,” he said. “The first duty of the American government is to protect American citizens, not illegal aliens.”

Republicans stood and applauded. Democrats didn’t budge from their seats. It was a striking contrast. Trump knew it, too.

“You should be ashamed of yourself, not standing up,” he told Democrats.

Imagine telling someone a week ago that congressional Democrats wouldn’t publicly agree with that statement. He or she would have laughed at you because it was so absurd. Even Democrats who prioritize illegal immigrants over Americans would have the political sense not to admit it openly. Right?

Wrong. This wasn’t the only moment like this.

The Hill, a Voice of the Crust.

Gotcha, bitch….

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While Sacramento legislators debate how to extract more money from residents who are already leaving, Tallahassee legislators are moving in the opposite direction. The fiscal philosophies now playing out in California and Florida represent the starkest tax policy divergence in modern American history—and the numbers tell the story.

In California, there is a $12 billion budget deficit, the product of spending commitments that expanded faster than the revenue base meant to fund them. The legislative response, rather than spending restraint, has been a parade of wealth tax proposals. The latest—Initiative 25-0024, the 2026 Billionaire Tax Act—would impose a one-time 5 percent excise tax on the net worth of California residents exceeding $1 billion as of Jan. 1, 2026. Applied to the state’s approximately 200 billionaires, the measure is projected to raise roughly $100 billion, with 90 percent directed to Medi-Cal.

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Now consider Florida, in which the policy signals are vastly different. The state already has no income tax—a structural advantage that has driven a decade of net migration from high-tax states. Governor Ron DeSantis is now pushing further: a constitutional amendment on the November 2026 ballot that would eliminate property taxes on homesteaded primary residences. The Florida House passed HJR 203 on Feb. 19, 2025, by an 80–30 party-line vote. If the Senate concurs and 60 percent of voters approve, Florida would become the first state in American history with neither an income tax nor property taxes on primary residences.

Cardio is a good way to get a heart attack.

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Last week, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith announced a referendum for October 19. It will ask Albertans a slate of policy and constitutional questions. Independence, she said the next day, will be added to the ballot if the requisite number of signatures is met in the petition drive, which is likely.

Albertans will get their chance to say if they want to leave Canada.

But Canadian federalists can relax. The Alberta premier is one of them.

The referendum is the fix to defeat Alberta independence.

It will undermine the separatist cause and split the independence vote.

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Rep. Nancy Mace obliterated Ilhan Omar on X after the Somali-born Democrat raged about U.S. strikes on Iran during Ramadan, escalating calls to expose Omar’s alleged immigration fraud and boot her back to Somalia.

Sounds like a plan….

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Los Angeles schools were thrown into chaos after the FBI raided the home and office of embattled Superintendent Alberto Carvalho in connection with a widening investigation into a $6 million deal between the nation’s second-largest school system and an AI startup. Days later, the district’s board put him on paid administrative leave (he makes $440,000 a year).

According to federal officials, the agency executed a series of search warrants which included Carvalho’s home – during which they seized Carvalho’s work phone and other devices during Wednesday’s raid, according to district insiders. By Friday, the Board of Education voted unanimously to sideline him. Veteran administrator Andres Chait, the district’s chief of school operations, will step in as interim superintendent.

At the center of the FBI probe is a collapsed ed-tech startup called AllHere, which was given a $6 million LAUSD contract to build an artificial intelligence chatbot named “Ed,” pitched as a revolutionary tool to “democratize education.” Carvalho personally championed the project after arriving in Los Angeles in 2022, touting it at tech conferences as a game-changing way for students and parents to stay connected.

And of course, the bot was bullshit, and AllHere’s founder – Joanna Smith-Griffin, now faces federal fraud charges for allegedly inflating revenues and exaggerating the company’s client base. The criminal case remains unresolved as both sides discuss a possible deal, court records show.

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The House Oversight Committee dropped more than nine hours of raw video from Bill and Hillary Clinton’s closed-door Epstein depositions on Monday, where the pair were questioned over their longstanding relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.

1. Bill Clinton Smirks While Flipping Through Epstein Photos; The #1 clip on the entire internet: Bill casually thumbs through old pictures with Jeffrey Epstein, nodding and smiling – until his lawyer lunges in and yanks them away.

2. Bill Explains the Hot Tub Photo from the Epstein Files; Lawmakers press Clinton on a specific photo of him in a hot tub with Epstein associates. His awkward answers and body language have everyone talking.

3. Bill Says He Felt “Closer” to Ghislaine Maxwell Than Epstein Because She Was ‘good friends with Evelyn Rothschild and his wife, Lynn.’

4. Hillary’s Full “I’m Done” Table-Pounding Meltdown; After learning Rep. Lauren Boebert leaked a photo of her testimony, Hillary explodes, pounds the table, screams “I’m done with this!” and storms out threatening contempt.

Bill is a horndog and Hillary is a bitch. No news here.

UPDATE: Hillary Clinton’s team demanded ‘beauty lighting’ and custom background for Epstein deposition: source (Ryan King/New York Post)

Politico, a Voice of the Crust.

My, what a surprise….

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Indeed, they are not.

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In a betrayal of trust that has siphoned billions from American taxpayers, New York state officials were accused of gaming the Medicaid system for decades — forcing hospitals to fund their own federal matches in a scheme that authorities under President Donald Trump are none too pleased with.

Dr. Mehmet Oz, head of the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, on Tuesday fired off a scathing letter to New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, obtained by Newsmax, demanding answers to 50 questions about the state’s bloated $124 billion Medicaid program.

Oz painted a picture of rampant waste, fraud, and abuse, noting that New York spends a staggering $12,528 per beneficiary — 36% above the national average — and nearly 80% more per resident than any other state.

NBC News, a Voice of the Crust.

Three men suspected of spying for China were arrested Wednesday, London police said. One of the three men is the husband of a lawmaker from the governing Labour Party.

The three allegedly assisted a foreign intelligence service in violation of the National Security Act of 2023, Metropolitan Police said.

Police did not name the suspects because they haven’t been charged. They said one was a 39-year arrested in London, another was a 68-year-old arrested in Powys, Wales and the third, a 43-year-old, was arrested in Pontyclun, Wales.

My, what a surprise.

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Welcome to the “Rhythms” home page, a blogvel of sorts in several parts. The author’s attempt was to reveal elements of life aboard an aircraft carrier on the line. He had no idea it would take so long, and leave so very much untold.

This was my life for four and a half years aboard the USS John F. Kennedy (CVA-67). Even after fifty years, I can still hear the sounds, smell the smells, and appreciate how that life formed my character, for better or worse. (My wife still rolls her eyes when I insist on folding my underwear.)

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A 59-year field experiment in northern China suggests that seeding desert dunes with cyanobacteria can reduce soil recovery time from 15 years to as little as one or two.

The method, based on induced biological soil crusts, offers a new way to slow desertification without relying only on trees.

For years, the response to advancing deserts has been straightforward: plant more vegetation. China has done exactly that along the edge of the Taklamakan Desert, building green belts to anchor shifting sand. The results are visible, though the approach demands time and resources.

Cornyn, Paxton in ugly runoff: 5 takeaways from Texas, North Carolina primaries (KRON4)

Texas warning signs: 4 takeaways from the first primaries of 2026 (Axios)

Big Senate race takes shape in North Carolina, and other primary night takeaways (Washingtoon Poop)

Just call this the Takeaway Election. (You want fries with that?)

The Telegraph (UK).

The chief executive of the Police Federation of England and Wales (PFEW) has been arrested on suspicion of corruption, The Telegraph can reveal.

Mukund Krishna was arrested with two other senior figures by officers from City of London Police.

The arrests followed an investigation into allegations of financial wrongdoing at PFEW, which represents 130,000 rank-and-file officers.

Mr Krishna, a former management consultant, is the first chief executive of the PFEW, and is reported to earn more than £700,000 a year.

On Wednesday, officers carried out a series of raids on premises in Wales, Somerset, London and Surrey to arrest suspects and gather evidence.

Import Turd World people, get Turd World problems.

The Telegraph (UK).

Footage shows the moment Hillary Clinton stormed out of a Congressional hearing about her links to Jeffrey Epstein after her picture was leaked online.

The former secretary of state and first lady was questioned by the House oversight committee for more than six hours on Feb 26.

Her husband, former president Bill Clinton, was questioned the following day.

Footage released by the committee on Monday showed Mrs Clinton becoming irate after it became clear that a photograph had been taken of her and leaked to Maga influencer, Benny Johnson, who posted it on X.

“I’m done with this if you guys are doing that, I am done. You can hold me in contempt from now until the cows come home,” she says in the clip, thumping the table with her palm.

I guess she doesn’t like being treated the way Democrats usually treat Republicans.