NATION
HR7521 – TikTok Ban Assurances and Those Who Remember Patriot Act Assurances
Lawsuit: Anti-Trump Official Illegally Designated Ballot Drop-Off Sites In Pennsylvania County
Elon Musk Gets Real, Warns There is ‘Either a Red Wave in November or America is Doomed’
AP ‘Fact Focus’ Elastically Redefines Terms to Defend Biden
Rachael Rollins Disbarred After Justice Refuses to Prosecute One of its Own
Lara Trump Announces RNC Hiring Scott Presler To Lead Legal Ballot Chasing Operations
America’s Political Realignment Is Real
Ben Shapiro Isn’t Just Voting for DJT, He’s Fundraising for Him Editorial Comment: I will still be leery of Shapiro and every other “Never-Trumper”
Another Democratic Scheme To Establish Absolute Political Power
Put another way, by Dune author Frank Herbert, “Absolute power does not corrupt absolutely, absolute power attracts the corruptible.”
And thus we understand why the Democratic Party is overflowing with the most wretched people imaginable. It’s a party that draws in the worst among us in much the same way communism attracted the Lenins, Stalins, Maos and Castros.
The kakistocrats that captain the Democratic Party are so lacking in principle and so filled with villainy that they are using illegal aliens as pawns in their scheme to establish unopposed, unchallengeable power.
How can we know this? Because not a single Democrat voted last week in favor of an amendment from Tennessee Republican Sen. Bill Hagerty that would allow only citizens to be “counted for the purposes of allocating congressional districts and electoral votes.”
When Hagerty offered the amendment, “the Democrats just went nuts,” he said. New York Democratic Sen. Charles Schumer “threatened to shut the government down.”
WORLD
Sixteen Nigerian soldiers killed in attack in Delta state
70% of Syrians need humanitarian assistance after over decade of war
Germany, France and Poland pledge more weapons for Ukraine in show of unity (irishexaminer.com)
Armenia Considering EU Membership Application, Foreign Minister Mirzoyan
Niger breaks off military cooperation with US
HEMISPHERE
Ortega’s Lists and Tools to Prohibit the Return of Nicaraguans
Learning to Eat Healthy in Cuba, Where Everything Is in Short Supply
HEALTH
The Silent Shame of Health Institutions
MACRO
El Salvador moves $386m worth of Bitcoin into cold storage
Argentina’s Central Bank cuts rates to 80% in surprise move as inflation cools
Ecuador Joins The Copper Rush, Invests $3.2B In SolGold
MICRO
Former-Treasury Secretary Mnuchin Planning Group to Buy TikTok
Citing City Council mandate, Lyft and Uber to exit Minneapolis on May 1
Can You Eat Squirrel All Year Round? [Important Safety Information]
WORTH ANOTHER LOOK
Cash For Clunkers: RCR Stories (YT) Editorial: Cash for Clunkers was one of the worst ideas in the history of enacted ideas. It showcased the Left’s instinct and impulse and reflex to destroy, in this case, used automobiles. The taxpayer woukld take a hit no matter what, but why not distribute the vehicles to poor people or use them to bolster the GAO fleet? Instead, the cars and trucks were deliberately trashed, setting off a used car shortage across the country. Destruction with no upside. None. All wrapped in a bow of self-congratulation and media praise for the innovative Obama Administration. Cash for Clunbkers was idiocy in action.
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