WELL, YEAH:

It's because he hates Jews. That's why. That's the reason. https://t.co/MBMxq0qrcE

— Omri Ceren (@omriceren) May 29, 2026

KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: Hide Your Kids — Pride Month Is Almost Here. “The rhetoric of the LGBTQ people does not match reality. I would like a list of what any of the letters aren’t free to do. The ‘courageous visibility’ line is utter stupidity. Pride parades have been going on since Richard Nixon’s first term in the Oval Office. After more than half a century of dudes in harnesses and garish drag queens in rainbow makeup marching down the street, trust me, they’re visible.”

I LIKE THE CUT OF HIS JIB: Florida Governor Calls for Special Session to Eliminate Property Tax for Homeowners.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on May 27 called for a special legislative session to pass his plan to exempt homeowners from paying property taxes on their permanent residence.

The Republican governor revealed his plans to sign a proclamation that would require state lawmakers to convene in Tallahassee and discuss his “Save Our Homes” proposal starting on June 1.

“Taxing something that you own repeatedly, which is a property tax, is the worst way to do taxation,” DeSantis said in a news conference on May 27.

DeSantis said he hopes that eliminating taxes from Florida homesteads could be a bipartisan effort.

“You pay all these taxes to acquire that property, and then year after year, you’re just having to write a check just for the privilege of being able to maintain ownership of something that is supposedly yours,” he said.

Indeed.

JAMES TALARICO COULD NOT BE REACHED FOR COMMENT:

Bessent is a Beast.

— Jocelyn James (@jtjames55) May 28, 2026

TREAT SWATTING AS ATTEMPTED MURDER, BECAUSE THAT’S WHAT IT IS: Swatting Justice Barrett Was a Threat, Not a Prank.

WINNING: Republicans are poised to finish this year’s redistricting war 10 seats ahead of Democrats.

The coast-to-coast battle to gain an edge in November’s elections through partisan gerrymandering is racing to its conclusion – with Republicans poised to finish with as many as 10 seats ahead of Democrats through redistricting alone.

The GOP kicked off the fight last year in Texas, changing boundaries for US House districts in the hopes of improving the party’s chances of surviving a blue wave this fall, with Democrats responding in turn. The US Supreme Court’s blockbuster decision last month to gut one of the remaining pillars of the 1965 Voting Rights Act further supercharged redistricting efforts across the South, prompting several Republican-controlled states to move election dates and eliminate districts with sizable Black populations.

The moves could be a major boon in efforts to protect House Speaker Mike Johnson’s razor-thin majority ahead of the midterm elections. But regardless of the outcome in November, the mid-decade redistricting battle has likely altered American politics permanently – fueling a growing appetite to redraw lines for partisan advantage every election cycle, rather than every decade after the census, as is traditional.

“There is no normal,” said Justin Levitt, a professor at Loyola Marymount’s law school who runs the “All About Redistricting” website. He pointed to the high court’s string of election-related rulings in recent years, including a 2019 opinion declaring that federal courts could not police partisan gerrymanders, as helping pave the way for the extreme actions now taking hold.

“The Supreme Court has effectively announced that the adults have left the room,” he said. “What you see is what you get when you reward bad behavior, which is a lot more bad behavior.”

With primaries well underway around the country, both parties now have run out of battlegrounds on which to wage new redistricting fights this year. But they are gearing up for even more aggressive gerrymanders in the 2028 election cycle.

This is CNN, so of course the story paints a most unflattering picture of Republicans districting the way Democrats do. Although that’s (D)ifferent because reasons.

But no matter how the media chooses to frame the story, the 10-seat gain is real.

ROBERT SPENCER: What One Illinois Speaker Said About Islam and America Has People Talking. “The video, which began circulating on Wednesday and has over 560,000 views as of Thursday afternoon, is arresting on a number of levels. It shows a woman wearing a hijab and leading a prayer at the Illinois General Assembly, which is not all that odd in itself: The General Assembly often features clergy of various religions leading the assembled legislators in prayer. Muslim clerics, however, are universally male, and so in this case, we have a Muslim layperson leading the solons in prayer. What she says, however, is far more striking than the event itself.”

THIS IS JUST NEWSOM WANTING TO WEAPONIZE THE TAX CODE AGAINST PEOPLE HE DOESN’T LIKE…:

“The whole point of the fund is to make victims whole after the federal government was weaponized against political opponents, pro-life activists, and parents at school board meetings, and Newsom never had a problem with any of that weaponization when it was actually happening.” https://t.co/a50y97BVat

— Joel Pollak (@joelpollak) May 28, 2026

…and he wants to be president.

SARAH ANDERSON, MARCO’S NUMBER ONE FAN: Go Marco! It’s Your Birthday! (And You’re the Most Popular Man in the GOP).

MORE ON THAT YALE STORY:

How many more laps are we gonna take around retard mountain before we accept that standardized testing works. pic.twitter.com/rpgYxWGwKv

— Rob Henderson (@robkhenderson) May 28, 2026

Bloated administrations always seem to latch on to the latest fad — particularly in education — probably because they lack any legitimate work to do.

BOTTOM STORY OF THE DAY: Michigan Gov. Whitmer says she won’t be running for president in 2028. “She is among many high-profile potential 2028 Democratic contenders for president, which includes California Gov. Gavin Newsom, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker.”

BE PREPARED: Trump’s accelerating squeeze on Cuba. “The Trump administration is bracing for the potential collapse of Cuba’s totalitarian government as early as this summer, and has war-gamed new military response plans in case the island descends into chaos, U.S. officials tell Axios.”

TRANSLATION: THE AWFUL THING WE PREDICTED NEVER HAPPENED BUT YOU’D BETTER KEEP PANICKING: Forecasters predict below-average hurricane season, advise against complacency.

Can’t we just declare victory in the War Against Extreme Hurricanism and go home?

OTHER PEOPLE’S MONEY: California Gives Illegal Aliens ‘Free’ Fridges, Solar Panels.

EXCLUSIVE: US Probe of Embattled UN Gaza Relief Agency Expands to 1,500 Staffers Suspected of Hamas Ties: UNRWA Could Soon Be Labeled a ‘Foreign Terrorist Organization.’

Not sure how long I’ve been saying that UNRWA is a wholly owned subsidiary of Hamas, but it’s nice to see the authorities acting on it.

CHANGE (IT BACK):

Yale fully reinstates its pre-pandemic SAT/ACT requirement in admissions.

“These test scores are strong predictors of a student’s future Yale academic performance, and there is evidence that they are less subject to bias than other elements of an application.” pic.twitter.com/nQUCIHDai9

— Steve McGuire (@sfmcguire79) May 28, 2026

CORN, POPPED: You Love to See It: DOJ Digs Into E. Jean Carroll’s Possible Perjury.

MAKE WASHINGTON BEAUTIFUL AGAIN:

People outside of DC don’t realize what a transformation this is. Union Station used to be packed with drugged out zombies shambling around screaming at passersby, and barefoot, piss-soaked homeless people passed out on the floor. Columbus Circle right outside used to be a gross… https://t.co/THnYayRwVb pic.twitter.com/QtDKrsiKoF

— Payton Alexander (@AlexanderPayton) May 28, 2026

More:

Never in my 13 years living in DC have I seen this fountain on.

Honestly, I don’t think many Washingtonians thought it would ever come back, especially after last year’s protests.

It’s more beautiful than I expected. pic.twitter.com/V4wmQk23t3 pic.twitter.com/vE31yrRUD5

— Ken Farnaso (@KLF) May 28, 2026

Left and right: This is your capital; this is you capital on Democrats.

THAT RIGHT THERE IS FUNNY: Gun Control Org Claims Cornyn’s Defeat Means Texans are Cool With More Gun Control Laws.

That ought to go over as well as a COVID mask-wearing all-vegan campaign, if you can even such an absurdity actually happening in Texas.

HMM:

🇬🇹 Guatemala has reportedly agreed to joint military strikes with the 🇺🇸 U.S. against drug trafficking groups inside its territory.
Washington is also reportedly pressuring Honduras as part of a broader regional anti-cartel strategy. pic.twitter.com/Xm0XZlbw9u

— Defence24com (@Defence24eng) May 28, 2026

FASTER, PLEASE: The Imminent Democrat Party Civil War.

POTUS 47: Trump in Iran leaders’ ‘head’: Retired US general.

Retired Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg said on Wednesday that President Trump was in the heads of Iranian theocratic rulers, arguing that the fractured state of Tehran’s inner circle was the Trump administration’s biggest obstacle to finalizing a peace deal.

“I think the president’s in their head. They know it. They’re on the losing side right now,” Kellogg, who served as Trump’s special envoy for Ukraine until January, told Fox News hosts Bill Hemmer and Dana Perino on “America’s Newsroom.”

Living the rent-free skull life is his speciality.

“CLEVER”:

We're now at the part where the press squee over a dude wearing a mumu-looking soccer jersey. https://t.co/coh9eWKUEW

— Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) May 28, 2026

WAPO implies that there’s a problem with Americans “scrutinizing his every move,” but the real problem is that New York voters didn’t.

Either that, or they did — and approved.

CUBA FALLING: Desperate Times Call for Desperately Attacking Rubio.

SHARKS GOTTA SWIM, BATS GOTTA FLY: Maryland Governor Wes Moore Signs GLOCK Ban Bill Into Law.

Maryland becomes the second state to enact such a gun ban after California. For now at least, existing owners can keep their firearms. Violations carry fines up to $5,000 and up to three years in prison. Anticipating the all-too-predictable move by Governor Moore, the National Rifle Association, Second Amendment Foundation and Firearms Policy Coalition have already filed a lawsuit challenging the law.

GLOCKs are among America’s most common pistols due to their simplicity, durability, and widespread adoption by civilians and law enforcement. Critics of the ban call it symbolism intended to burden lawful gun owners while being ignored by criminals. It’s akin to locking up shampoo and deodorant in stores instead of locking up shoplifters.

Despite some well-documented problems he’s had with the truth and falsifying his resume, Governor Moore is rumored to have presidential aspirations.

More to come…