Friday, April 11, 2025
Democratic Delusions Aren’t Going Away Anytime Soon - Here’s why.
“We’ve got the right message,” Ken Martin, the new chairman of the Democratic National Committee, said while campaigning for the job. “What we need to do is connect it back with the voters. - Ruy Teixeira
The concept that Democrats have delusions about their current situation—that they are in denial about the implications of the 2024 election and other trends—is having a moment...
Here's why.
1. The fool’s gold of Democrats’ low turnout advantage. The dirty little secret of Democrats’ current coalition is that it’s extremely well-engineered for low turnout elections. Democrats used to argue that they wanted really high turnout—ideally everyone voting—in elections because high voter participation is a civic good in democratic societies and because they believed that higher turnout would bring in masses of less engaged, pro-Democratic voters (younger, less educated, less affluent, nonwhite) that would benefit them politically.
No more...
The concept that Democrats have delusions about their current situation—that they are in denial about the implications of the 2024 election and other trends—is having a moment...
Here's why.
1. The fool’s gold of Democrats’ low turnout advantage. The dirty little secret of Democrats’ current coalition is that it’s extremely well-engineered for low turnout elections. Democrats used to argue that they wanted really high turnout—ideally everyone voting—in elections because high voter participation is a civic good in democratic societies and because they believed that higher turnout would bring in masses of less engaged, pro-Democratic voters (younger, less educated, less affluent, nonwhite) that would benefit them politically.
No more...
City threatens to sue residents over comments that cause 'harm' amid contentious mayoral race in Michigan | Blaze Media
City threatens to sue residents over comments that cause 'harm' amid contentious mayoral race in Michigan | Blaze Media:
The small Michigan city of Bangor has authorized its city attorney to file charges against any resident who makes comments that cause the city "harm," prompting cries from local residents and freedom-loving Americans across the country.
On January 6, the Bangor City Council voted 7-0 to approve a motion that will allow the city attorney, Scott Graham, "to file charges with the court against all parties involved in statements that have caused harm to the city." Bangor is a city of barely 2,000 residents located about 15 miles from the shores of Lake Michigan in the southwestern corner of the state.
New Report Sounds Alarm on 'Staggering' Amount of Foreign Money Pouring into US Universities
$60 billion in foreign gifts and contracts were funneled into American colleges and universities, including $20 billion alone to elite schools like Harvard, Yale, and others.
- A new report from a nonprofit and nonpartisan government watchdog is shedding light on the tens of billions of dollars that have poured into U.S. universities in recent years, including $20 billion to some of the most prestigious universities in the country.
- The report, produced by Americans for Public Trust and released this week, found that $60 billion in foreign gifts and contracts were funneled into American colleges and universities, including $20 billion alone to elite schools like Harvard, Yale, and others. Read More
History for April 11
History for April 11 - On-This-Day.com - 
Dean G. Acheson 1893
- 1898 - U.S. President William McKinley asked Congress for a declaration of war with Spain.
- 1921 - Iowa became the first state to impose a cigarette tax.
- 1901 - Construction on the Empire State Building was completed. The building was dedicated and opened on May 1, 1931.
- 1945 - During World War II, American soldiers liberated the Nazi concentration camp of Buchenwald in Germany.
- 1970 - Apollo 13 blasted off on a mission to the moon that was disrupted when an explosion crippled the spacecraft. The astronauts did return safely.
- 1984 - China invaded Vietnam.
- 2001 - China agreed to release 24 crewmembers of a U.S. surveillance plane. The EP-3E Navy crew had been held since April 1 on Hainon, where the plane had made an emergency landing after an in-flight collision with a Chinese fighter jet. The Chinese pilot was missing and presumed dead.
Thursday, April 10, 2025
'No way to run a government': Supreme Court halts order forcing Trump to reinstate fired federal workers * WorldNetDaily * by Katelynn Richardson, Daily Caller News Foundation
'No way to run a government': Supreme Court halts order forcing Trump to reinstate fired federal workers * WorldNetDaily * by Katelynn Richardson, Daily Caller News Foundation:
The Supreme Court halted a lower court order on Tuesday that would have forced the Trump administration to reinstate thousands of fired federal workers.
The Trump administration asked the justices in March to block an order issued by Clinton-appointed U.S. District Court Judge William Alsup directing the reinstatement of over 16,000 probationary employees.
What Teachers Unions Don’t Want You to Know about School Choice - Janine Yass
“The first time I saw a shootout with my own eyes, I was nine years old,” he recalls. “When I was ten, I saw my first drug transaction. When I was eleven, it was the first time I saw someone get killed. And it wasn’t the last.”Growing up in North Philadelphia’s notorious Strawberry Mansion neighborhood, Anthony Samuels saw his share of violence...
Strawberry Mansion High School ranks as one of the most dangerous schools in the country.
Strawberry Mansion High School ranks as one of the most dangerous schools in the country.
And despite the Philadelphia School District’s spending nearly $30,000 per student per year in district-operated public schools, the latest data from the Nation’s Report Card shows student performance in the city is lower than students in most other large cities.
- Last year, 81 percent of Philadelphia fourth-grade students were not proficient in math,
- while 83 percent were not proficient in reading.
- Among Black, Hispanic, and economically disadvantaged students, the numbers were even higher...
The Media is Calling the Shots in the Tariff War
The media is sensationalizing the escalation in hostilities between China and the U.S. while ignoring the 70 countries that have already lined up to negotiate with us. - Elizabeth Stauffer 
Politico‘s Playbook is a widely-read, twice-daily briefing that provides concise summaries of the day’s top stories.
Anyone who read the Wednesday morning edition could be forgiven for calling their stockbroker and telling them to sell everything in their portfolio.
It began:
HE REALLY DID IT: President Donald Trump’s “reciprocal” tariffs came into force at midnight, and this morning we awaken to a different world. The free trade system that America has embraced and nurtured since the mid-1930s has been officially torpedoed by direct order of the president...It’s unclear exactly how quickly these and many others tariffs will filter through to product pricing and consumer demand … but filter through they surely will.Politico mistakenly characterizes the current state of global trade as a “free trade system that America has embraced and nurtured since the mid-1930s.”
In reality, the widespread use of tariffs and non-tariff barriers by most countries makes today’s system anything but free—particularly for the United States...
Climate extremist convicted after attack on priceless Degas art | Blaze Media
Climate extremist convicted after attack on priceless Degas art | Blaze Media:
A climate radical from North Carolina is facing hard time now that he has been convicted of federal crimes related to an attack on a priceless work of art two years ago.
On April 27, 2023, Timothy Martin and Joanna Smith walked into the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., with the expressed intent of attacking the protective coverings over "Little Dancer, Age Fourteen" by French Impressionist artist Edgar Degas.
Diogenes' Middle Finger: Traversing Narrow Channels
...the rest of the civilized world are beginning to understand that there is now a new order, America has retaken the Mantle and will once again be dictating terms.It’s very telling that the White House has been inundated with so many requests for Official Diplomatic Meetings in the last week that they are being forced to prioritize the nations based on the importance of their economic impact...
While the unhinged left in this country still likes to underestimate DJT's ability to follow through on his intentions, the rest of the civilized world are beginning to understand that there is now a new order, America has retaken the Mantle and will once again be dictating terms.
But:
But:
"Many countries level tariffs under insidiously Machiavellian conditions such as falsely constructed health and safety barriers, excise and VAT taxes, and currency manipulation...
Getting to zero or identical tariffs with a host of current mercantile trading nations would be an astounding accomplishment..." - Victor Davis Hanson
Female fencer disqualified for REFUSING to compete against a man | Blaze Media
Female fencer disqualified for REFUSING to compete against a man | Blaze Media:
“Maryland’s fencing competition, the Cherry Blossom Open, did turn into a national story after fencer Stephanie Turner refused to compete against a transgender athlete, Redmond Sullivan,” Sara Gonzales of “Sara Gonzales Unfiltered” says.
“I’m sorry, I cannot do this. I am a woman, and this is a man, and this is a women’s tournament. And I will not fence this individual,” the female fencer, Stephanie Turner, gave as reason for refusing to compete.
Wait, We Outsourced the 'Crown Jewel' of Global Warming Research to Crackpot Climate Consultants?
We touched upon this briefly in March: liberals were going haywire that Russell Vought, director of the Office of Management and Budget, would take a hatchet to the “crown jewel” of the climate change cult. - Matt VespaThe National Climate Assessment is a U.S. Global Change Research Program project.
It’s a multi-billion-dollar operation sanctioned by Congress, but it only has two employees...
- Well, this organization outsources it to a massive government contracting group, ICF, and the people they do business with are prima donna panic peddlers who are pushing for doomsday, though it has yet to materialize.
- It hasn’t stopped green warriors from embarking on their private jets to ritzy destinations to discuss climate change...
Obama's Deportations Have Been Mostly for Nonviolent Crimes | TIME
Most Immigrants Deported Under Obama Had Thin or No Criminal Record - Charlotte Alter
- Most of the 2 million people who have been deported under President Barack Obama were expelled after committing minor infractions, despite Obama’s promise that his administration was targeting immigrants who were threats to the community.
- The New York Times found in an investigation of government records that two-thirds of immigrants deported from the U.S. since 2008 committed minor traffic violations or had no criminal record at all. Another 20% — about 394,000 people — had a criminal record or faced drug charges...
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