THEIR LOVE OF AMERICA IS AKIN TO A DOMESTIC ABUSER’S LOVE OF SPOUSE:  ‘It Is Our Job to Destroy the United States,’ Says…

SO BE IT. THE WAR SHOULD CONTINUE UNTIL THEY CHANGE WHAT LITTLE MINDS THEY HAVE:  Poll: 59% of Palestinians in West Bank Say October 7 Massacre Was ‘Correct Decision’.

OBVIOUSLY TRUMP IS RUBBER AND SHE’S GLUE:  Report: FBI Opens Case Against Letitia James for Alleged Mortgage Fraud.

IS BRITAIN STILL A MAJOR COUNTRY? THEIR ECONOMY IS SMALLER THAN CALIFORNIA’S:  Trump Confirms Which Major Country Has Made a Trade Deal.

DEI IS ALIVE AND WELL AT THE NAVAL WAR COLLEGE:  Diversity Thursday. JPME 1, Critical Theory, and Feminism.

GOOD:  The Trump administration has announced its intention to repeal the Biden administration’s AI Diffusion Rule.

And for the X-less.

TRAIN ROBBERIES HAVE BEEN A THING FOR A WHILE NOW:  Amtrak taken for a ride in wild $12M scam by 119 employees, crooked docs – but more than half kept their jobs: bombshell probe.

OH, DEAR:  Buffalo Schools Attorney Goes After AngryCops With Dumbest Argument. [Video]

SANDERS HASN’T LIKED ISRAEL SINCE THEY SAW THROUGH HIS BS AND EJECTED HIM FROM THE KIBBUTZ:  Bernie vs. Bernie: Moreno Slams Sanders on Israel From the Senate Floor.

THEY’RE LIKE ELVES. CAN’T CREATE:  Commies gonna commie.

I NEVER UNDERSTOOD “NON LETHAL DEFENSE”:  Use of Force.

Look, the times I had to use force — and it was more or less forced on me every time — I didn’t really care if the person threatening me died. I wasn’t likely to be able to kill them with whatever I had on hand, because I was in Europe and under age and not carrying anything more lethal than a pocket knife.  But here’s the thing: I was aiming for making them leave me alone, or get hurt enough I could run away. I didn’t care beyond that one way or another. I certainly wouldn’t impair my defense in order not to hurt a gremlin.

In certain circumstances non lethal can save you legal trouble and therefore money. But that’s it.

OPEN THREAD: Wherever you go, that’s where you are.

HEH, INDEED:

Another sign Trump’s tariffs are working… even the Pope is now made in America.

— Kate Hyde (@KateHydeNY) May 8, 2025

Related:

Regarding the new Pope, you never know how someone will serve once in office. Take Trump for example. We were told he would be the next Hitler and then he turned out to be a Democrat from 1991.

— Magills (@magills_) May 8, 2025

JEANINE PIRRO TO REPLACE ED MARTIN AS INTERIM U.S. ATTORNEY IN D.C., TRUMP SAYS.

HAHA, IT’S NOT ACTUALLY “YOUR MONEY” IN ANY MEANINGFUL SENSE, RUBE:

I’d like to withdraw my money from this terrible investment, please. https://t.co/dBg3XA6ftb

— Ilya Shapiro (@ishapiro) May 8, 2025

YOU WOULD NEED A HEART OF STONE NOT TO LAUGH:

A source “very familiar with the Bidens” tells @MarkHalperin that “Biden Inc.,” the family business that generated millions of dollars in revenue to support their lifestyle, has dried up. “The trough is empty, the spigot is turned off,” says Mark. “Biden Inc. needs a source of… pic.twitter.com/T1CVgO7p4Z

— 2WAY (@2waytvapp) May 8, 2025

I assume Biden will still be able to pull in speaking fees but there’s some doubt about how much even sympathetic groups are willing to pay.

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IT’S A GAME THE WHOLE WORLD CAN PLAY: Trump’s Not The Only One Slapping Tariffs On China.

TRUNALIMUNUMAPRZURE! Watch: Joe Biden on ‘The View’ Struggles to Explain Cognitive Decline Before Jill Can Come to the Rescue.

IT’S MY THURSDAY ESSAY FOR VIP SUBSCRIBERS: Skynet Might Be Fiction, But It’s Coming for Our Jobs “Listen, and understand! That Terminator is out there! It can’t be bargained with. It can’t be reasoned with. It doesn’t feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And it absolutely will not stop… EVER, until your job has been fully automated!”

MARK FELTON: VE-Day Airborne Mission! Operation Doomsday (Video).

I love the moment at 13:32 when RAF Air Commodore Lawrence Darvall refuses to shake hands with Luftwaffe General Benno Kosch during the surrender ceremony. (On the other hand, I’m not sure why Felton currently has a photo of Anthony Hopkins and the extras from 1977’s A Bridge Too Far as his screen capture.)

ACTUALLY, YES YOU DO NEED TO EXPLAIN — IDEALLY TO A PROSECUTOR:

Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett says she doesn't have to explain why her family has been cashing their dead grandmother's Social Security checks since 2004.

"Our family business is our family business."

Sure. Until your family business is defrauding the taxpayer,

DOGE has… pic.twitter.com/73IYjJcW23

— Texas 🇺🇸 (@MustangMan_TX) May 8, 2025

ART OF THE DEAL: Where’s the Beef? It’s in Trump’s Unprecedented Trade Deal With Britain.

MADE IN THE USA: Grass Fed Colostrum Powder, Unflavored Bovine Colostrum for Humans. #CommissionEarned

GOOD QUESTION: How Can You Be a Cop in a City That Hates You?

There might be no city in America that monitors its police force more than Chicago. There are at least six oversight agencies scrutinizing the department’s every move. There are even 22 civilian councils—one for each police district—tasked with moving grievances up the chain. Plus, noncitizens—“regardless of immigration status”—get to contribute their “perspectives and experiences” through a first-of-its-kind Noncitizen Advisory Council. Then there is the fact that since 2019, the department has been under a 236-page federal consent decree. That followed a lawsuit won by Black Lives Matter Chicago and other activist groups.

A lawyer who helped represent BLM Chicago told me the group has a “direct role in shaping oversight” of the police department’s reform process. The NAACP also has “intervention authority,” the lawyer said.

Given all of that, perhaps it is no surprise that Chicago police are struggling with a suicide rate that was more than 60 percent higher than the national average, according to a 2017 report from the Justice Department.

Through public records requests, The Free Press was able to uncover that 53 officers, including 12 retirees, have committed suicide in the past decade. The situation is much worse than previously thought, with past estimates putting the figure at “more than 30 police employees.” The Policemen’s Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago, which distributes police pensions, told me that one out of every five deaths they logged since 2015 was a suicide.

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