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Oops! He Did It Again :: SteynOnline:
“… At Butler, Mr Curran and his colleagues shrunk the perimeter so that it excluded an easily accessible roof with a clear line to Trump’s head. At the Washington Hilton, Mr Curran and his colleagues shrunk the perimeter to the event room and its immediate approach. In the usual tedious “manifesto”, the would-be killer nevertheless noted that the security was so “insanely” bad, they must be “pranking” him:
So, once he’d run through the security line, he was able to get into the same men’s room that the entire cabinet had to use. Had RFK or Pete Hegseth felt the urge before settling in for a night of long speeches, the headlines this weekend would have been very different. Half the presidential line of succession was in there. That’s what the geopolitical types call, if you remember, a “decapitation strategy”. Except you don’t need a bunker buster, just some California doofus willing to take a run at the checkpoint – and bingo, whoever the Secretary of the Interior is winds up like some z-list ayatollah.
As a taxpayer, I’m revolted by the money-no-object crapness. Yet, instead of heads rolling, Sean Curran is congratulating himself on what a brilliant job he did.
Perhaps it is because I am thousands of miles away in Ukraine, which is a very corrupt country but straightforwardly so. Yet I find it deeply weird that the majority of American conservatives are apparently willing to live with a federal protection service large numbers of whom are trying to get the President killed. The White House ballroom, to which Saturday-night right-side influencers pivoted in an instant with the grace and poise of a synchronised-swimming team, is not the issue. Au contraire, it should be possible on this absurd a protection budget for the chief of state occasionally to venture out and espy long-distance glimpses of what life is like for his fellow citizens.
The issue is the corruption undermining the government from within. The United States Secret Service is a national disgrace, and I renew my 2024 call for it to be abolished and rebuilt from scratch.” …….
Cole hit his knee on the magnetometer or else he would have gone much farther.
Curran says it was a perfect set-up and he wouldn’t change a thing.
I would. Starting with Curran.
Fantastically beautiful assessment of how corrupt and also how totally incompetent the US federal government is, apparently, in every sector! All the taxpayer funds in the world, if not stolen by numerous grifters, could never FIX this mess of total nonsensical ineptitude.
When Can We Start Cutting the Size of Government?
https://thenewamerican.com/opinion/when-can-we-start-cutting-the-size-of-government/
“What the Tea Party Movement represents is an end to the dialectical process. That is why it is being opposed by RINO Republicans. Thus, true American conservatives are not just involved in a life and death struggle with Obama socialists, but also the dialectical Republicans who are dedicated to advancing America toward the New World Order.”
All the RINOs basic “wants” are their own immediate gratification of DC status and under-the- table personal profit. True statesmen fight first and foremost for the nation they have sworn an oath to.
President Trump made it cheaper for people to get weight loss drugs…
JUST IN: New study reveals drugs like Ozempic responsible for >850,000 fewer annual truckloads of food & beverage deliveries in the U.S.
https://www.cypher-news.com/2026/04/ozempic-is-changing-more-than-waistlines/
I would add, if they ever stop using it, the truck loads of food will resume and the jury is still out on the side effects.
Food stamps at over $10 billion annually absurdly feed grifters and grocery profits, resulting in unhealthy, obese consumers who then cause medical insurance to cost taxpayers more. It’s a well devised USA self destruction machine of slow motion so subtle that few notice.
Will the GOP Civil War End the Neoconservatism Ruse?
https://thenewamerican.com/us/politics/will-the-gop-civil-war-end-the-neoconservatism-ruse/
Blast from the Past: PNAC’s 1998 Letter to Clinton
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2008/1/27/444438/community/Blast-from-the-Past-PNAC-s-1998-Letter-to-Clinton/
Nothing to see here. Move along.
OKLAHOMA — 54-year old State Senate candidate Barry Christian (R) found dead after reported missing. Kid Rock endorsed Christian when he launched his bid for OK Senate last year. Authorities found his truck in the Sandy Sanders Wildlife Management Area.
Video:
https://t.me/THEREALTORIABROOKE/64925
DEVELOPING: Republican Oklahoma State Senate Candidate Found Dead Days After Being Reported Missing
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/04/developing-republican-oklahoma-state-senate-candidate-found-dead/
Dims ignore judiciary In Virginia.
Virginia Guv Spanberger signed into law a bill re establishing mandatory background checks for personal firearm transfers. A judge declared a permanent stay on doing the same last year. (One issue was the law discriminated against 18 to 21 yo )
Still the stay is still valid and the guv made it emergency law now and ordered the state police to enforce it.
So yes dims ignore judiciary when they wish and use it for lawfare otherwise.
The loons tried to pull similar stunts back in 2019 and a majority of the state told them to pound sand. In February of this year, many of the same areas re-affirmed their 2A sanctuary status.
This isn’t Virginia’s first rodeo. In 2019, citizens reacted to a wave of gun control measures proposed after Democrats flipped both chambers of the General Assembly, taking control with a trifecta that included Democrat governor, Ralph Northam.
By early 2020, a grassroots movement had developed resulting in 95% of Virginia localities adopting measures declaring themselves Second Amendment sanctuaries, according to the Virginia Citizens Defense League (VCDL), a state-level, non-profit gun rights organization founded in 1994.
News2A spoke with Philip Van Cleave, President of the VCDL, who confirmed that as of February 18, 29 municipalities have reaffirmed their sanctuary city status through council measures, with a 30th expected to vote in support of such a measure this evening.
https://www.news2a.com/national/nearly-30-virginia-cities-reaffirm-2a-sanctuary-status-as-sheriffs-vow-to-back-constitution/
Dems cheating votes will assure the destruction of Virginia.
As GOP Senators doesn’t eleminate blue slips, Minority can block WH nominated officials effectively
Chair Chuck Grassley has repeatedly defended the tradition, pointing out that nominees who do not get blue slip approval from home state senators would lack the votes to be confirmed on the Senate floor anyway.
As a consequence, DJT nominee for USAEDVA, Lindsey Halligan will not be confirmed because VA’s DEM Senators Tim Kaine and Mark Warner oppose her.
Trump nominates Lindsey Halligan for top Virginia prosecutor
One third of a million names that could be used to fill in fraudulent ballots taken off the Colorado voter rolls thanks to JW.
Who’s making sure they don’t get put right back on?
Bad news IMO…
They tell you what they intend to do if they ever get control again – just like the madness in VA. These midterms really do matter greatly – no sitting out!
DHS needs to appeal the order, as well as ask for an emergency stay. In the meantime – heads up…
NEW: I’m told by federal sources that a Dominican illegal alien with a deportation order & an Interpol Red Notice arrest warrant for murder in his home county was ordered released from ICE custody on Tuesday by Rhode Island federal judge Melissa DuBose (Biden appointee). I’m told that international fugitive Bryan Rafael Gomez was arrested by ICE Boston in Worcester, MA on April 4th, and had been detained in a facility in Rhode Island where he was issued a deportation order on April 28th by an immigration judge.
On Tuesday, I’m told Judge DuBose ordered Gomez be released from ICE custody on the grounds of “continuous unlawful detention”, while ICE argued that Gomez was subject to mandatory detention due to having an international arrest warrant for homicide.
I’m told Gomez was released, is now roaming freely again, and ICE can’t rearrest him due to Judge DuBose’s order. He was caught and released at the southern border by the Biden administration in 2022.
If we had a functioning media some journalist would ask her why she released an individual wanted for murder. Because it makes no sense.
This isn’t just a failure to respect an ICE hold, it’s a failure to honor an arrest warrant from a foreign government. Which could be cause for a diplomatic scandal.
Dims always have been racist – and protective of their slaves.
I sense a FO moment for the pilot…
Scott continues to show what CAN be done when citizens actually get involved…
Too bad, so sad. (Sarcasm intended)
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U.S. Supreme Court decision puts brakes on Illinois redistricting amendment
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/u-s-supreme-court-decision-puts-brakes-on-illinois-redistricting-amendment
“Illinois should pursue rigor and transparency in public schools rather than lowering standards or softening accountability metrics.”
Ain’t happening, the kids are gonna go to Mayday rallies tomorrow when they need to be attending to the 3R’s…
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/04/chicago-schools-bus-students-anti-trump-may-day/
https://x.com/PapiTrumpo/status/2050003103206821952?s=20
That’s plastic the demon has on fire and is using to drop burning molten plastic onto their bare skin. Those being tortured are Christian Nigerians.
https://xcancel.com/ACSPARTAN1/status/2049837130571001883#m
CJ Pearson
@Cjpearson
NEWS: Well-placed sources in Alabama politics tell me that after a successful lobbying campaign by
@AGSteveMarshall,
@KGRob27, and Secretary of State Wes Allen, that Governor Kay Ivey WILL indeed call a special session to redraw congressional maps.
This is HUGE news.
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Justice Dept says it will enforce SCOTUS ruling in every state with racially gerrymandered districts
https://justthenews.com/government/federal-agencies/justice-dept-says-it-will-enforce-scotus-ruling-every-state-racially?utm_source=mux&utm_medium=social-media&utm_campaign=social-media-autopost
@amuse
@amuse
IRAN: The regime claimed it was charging oil tankers $2M to transit the strait, prompting Treasury to enlist Chainalysis and TRM Labs to trace IRGC-linked wallets. Investigators identified about $500M in bitcoin held in Tether wallets and froze them. There was no evidence any tanker paid a toll; the funds appear to be mined crypto. The US holds about $30B in seized bitcoin.
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And in flyover country…where communism is celebrated:
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/04/chicago-schools-bus-students-anti-trump-may-day
https://news.wttw.com/2026/04/30/chicago-labor-groups-students-participate-may-day-events-friday-here-s-what-know
Pascal Najadi (USSF)🇺🇸
@JfkPascalNajadX
🚨 HOLY CRAP. Health Sec. Bobby Kennedy says he found a hotel where EVERY HOTEL ROOM was marked as the “headquarters” for a nursing group…
…in Gavin Newsom’s California.
It’s UNENDING FRAUD.
“They aren’t actually doing nursing care. They just collect money!”
Video linked…