I was walking you home, we got down to the gate, and I was dreaming of the tabs …
I regret to inform you that the libs are once again writing books about the greater/common good. Cc @EdMorrissey @rgreggkeller @ap4liberty pic.twitter.com/MICKkgyFvQ
— Liz Mair (@LizMair) April 29, 2026
Ed: I can only imagine the lines that will form to avoid buying and reading this book. When Democrats start talking about “the greater good,” what they mean is “give us your capital so we can send it to our allies.” And most of them also mean, “We’re coming for it whether you agree or not.” And when it comes to assisted suicide and abortion, well …
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NY Times: Two of the country’s largest sponsors of donor-advised funds have cut off the Southern Poverty Law Center. …
“Fidelity Charitable is aware of an ongoing governmental investigation into Southern Poverty Law Center,” according to an email it sent to a donor. “Consistent with our grant-making standards and practices, the organization is not an eligible grant recipient during the ongoing investigation.” Fidelity Charitable shares a parent company with Fidelity Investments.
Vanguard Charitable sent a similar message when denying a grant request: “The organization has had allegations and/or charges brought against them for activities that may call into question their ability to carry out their tax-exempt charitable purpose.”
Ed: So long, SPLC. They live off their institutional donor connections. If Fidelity and Vanguard walk away, get ready for the exodus. Corporate sponsors will find other charities to support, and most of them won’t come back even if the DoJ can’t get a conviction. The exposure of their massive payouts to leaders of hate groups and funding of their events – especially Charlottesville – will make them toxic forever.
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Must be exhausting to be for gerrymandering one week and against it the next. https://t.co/W5sAMbkj0n
— Scott Jennings (@ScottJenningsKY) April 29, 2026
Ed: When you get as much exercise as Obama does in mental and moral gymnastics, you can pace yourself, it seems. Obama hardly even has to warm up to perform his 180s.
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Associated Press (March 5): Former President Barack Obama is promoting a Democratic effort to redraw congressional lines in Virginia, the latest front in a nationwide redistricting battle ahead of this year’s midterm elections.
The announcement Thursday comes a day after the state Supreme Court allowed the redistricting question to go to voters for an April 21 election. Early voting begins Friday.
It’s the second time Obama has agreed to stump for a Democratic effort that asks voters to temporarily set aside an independent redistricting process in favor of partisan maps as a way to counter President Donald Trump’s push for congressional gerrymandering in Republican-controlled states. California voters approved a similar measure last fall as a counterpoint to Republicans’ unusual mid-cycle redistricting that began in Texas.
Ed: Obama only opposes redistricting that benefits Republicans. He’s always been a bare-knuckle progressive activist with a good PR campaign, amplified joyfully by the Protection Racket Media.
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FETTERMAN DARES HIS OWN PARTY
Senator Fetterman just threw down the gauntlet and challenged Democrats to purge moderates like him in a full-on witch hunt.
FETTERMAN: “And now, as the only single Democrat that’s flipped seats and now I’ve also made it mathematically impossible… pic.twitter.com/88yB1AL9OC
— Overton (@overton_news) April 29, 2026
FETTERMAN: “And now, as the only single Democrat that’s flipped seats and now I’ve also made it mathematically impossible to even to reclaim the majority in the United States Senate.”
“So if they want the Democratic Party to turn it into, witch burning and to go after the one Democrat that’s done the thing that these people haven’t been able to do, so they’re entitled to do it.”
“But I’m proud to represent Pennsylvania.”
“And I don’t just represent just Democrats in Pennsylvania. I represent ALL 13 million Pennsylvanians.”
“And I’m going to play it straight. I’m going to never lie or pretend something’s wrong.”
Ed: In a couple of years, Democrats will likely take Fetterman up on this challenge. They would have pushed Joe Manchin out if he’d given them the chance. They DID push Kyrsten Sinema out, only to replace her with Eric Swalwell’s wingman. Ruben Gallego. The moderate purge has been ongoing for some time.
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USA Today: The Florida Legislature approved a congressional redistricting plan which may violate the state constitution but meets Gov. Ron DeSantis’ goal of increasing Republican chances of gaining four new seats.
GOP supermajorities in the House and Senate advanced the new district boundaries April 29 over fierce Democratic opposition in the latest battle in a multi-state war over redistricting triggered by President Donald Trump. …
Republicans acknowledge the map relies on partisan data, which would violate the state constitutional standards put in place in 2010 by Florida voters.
But DeSantis and ruling Republicans are betting a court will overturn the state restrictions as conflicting with the equal protection clause of the U.S. Constitution.
Ed: Interesting. DeSantis got this passed quickly, and on the same day that the Supreme Court invalidated racial gerrymanders. Alito’s decision explicitly noted that partisan redistricting is both legal and normal, but that doesn’t override state constitutions that prohibit it. We’ll have to see how an equal-protection argument works. It’s not going to be a slam dunk.
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🚨BREAKING: In a UNANIMOUS decision, this morning the #SCOTUS delivered a major victory for life and freedom of speech in First Choice Women’s Resource Centers, Inc. v. Davenport.
Pregnancy centers have faced targeted harassment from government officials over the fact that they… pic.twitter.com/Hv8XGjWsVf
— SBA Pro-Life America (@sbaprolife) April 29, 2026
Ed: This was the other notable action from SCOTUS today; the opinion is here. This doesn’t directly rule on the merits of the challenge by the pro-life center in New Jersey, but it does allow the lawsuit to proceed. The lawsuit challenges the state’s new law requiring donor information to be disclosed to a “Reproductive Rights Strike Force” established by New Jersey’s Attorney General (Davenport), a pro-abortion Democrat. The court officially does not take a position on the merits, but AG Davenport may want to read this carefully to get an idea of what the future of this case looks like.
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Jonathan Turley: The problem with this indictment will be the merits. The indictment concerns an image that was later removed by Comey showing “86 47” in shells on a beach. Comey has a rather odd history of drawing inspiration from shells. This message, however, had a lethal twist since many interpreted the message as essentially calling for the killing or “86-ing” of Trump.
Comey insists that he did not make the shell art and that he only posted it to his more than 1 million followers on X. He was merely the captive of his shell muses.
For over a decade, I have been one of Comey’s most vocal and consistent critics. I have dozens of columns criticizing his excesses and the damage that he has done to our system.
For that reason, I would prefer to crawl into one of Comey’s conversant shells than write a column supporting him. However, here we are. The fact is that I believe that this indictment is facially unconstitutional absent some unknown new facts.
Ed: This may prove to be an unpopular opinion here, but … this indictment is nuts. “86” is not a code for murder or assassination. To 86 someone means to eject them, not kill them, an idiom used in bars all over this country as a slang for banishment. Comey’s adolescent mewling is an endorsement for impeachment and removal, not assassination. This isn’t a threat by any rational assessment, except to the notion that Comey’s a mature adult. It’s petty beyond measure to pursue this as an actual criminal case, and probably isn’t worth the solid legal analysis Turley gives his readers. Be sure to read it all.
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Straight from the Comey playbook. What feds have always done. If anyone deserves it, it’s this treasonous douchebag. He and all the others who pushed that Russia bullshit at Obama’s behest, plus all of you in the media who regurgitated it, deserve more than that. https://t.co/ujPTQ1fmOb
— Northern Barbarian (@xnoesbueno) April 29, 2026
Ed: In fairness, that’s how the Biden Regency used the DoJ in regard to Trump. You’ll notice that Trump didn’t use the DoJ in that manner in his first term, only after the massive lawfare campaigns by Merrick Garland, Fani Willis, Alvin Bragg, Cy Vance, and so on. That’s what Northern Barbarian is getting at, too. But even granted that … don’t we have better and bigger issues for the DoJ to focus on? Going after the seashells as some kind of incitement makes everyone involved look ridiculous, and I wonder if Pam Bondi tried telling that to Trump at some point.
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Douglas Murray at The Free Press: Every schoolchild has heard the hypothetical: What would you do if you could go back and kill Hitler? History doesn’t work in that way. But today, while we may not all believe in God, we all believe Hitler was the devil. And once you accept that Trump is Hitler, then that fantasy of going back in time and killing Hitler isn’t a fantasy anymore. It becomes something you can do in the here and now.
This has alarmed me for years. As Lionel Shriver has noted, what distinguishes terrorists from other angry people is simple: They’re willing to pick up a gun and use it.
Even after Saturday night’s shooting, people were still outside the dinner, screaming at police. One person held a sign saying “Death to tyrants. Death to them all.” This is protected speech, and it should be. But there should be a basic civic standard by which someone who stands on a corner screaming that the president is a child-raping murderer is laughed off.
Instead, it’s all become very normal.
Ed: This is far more important than Comey shilling sea shells by his buttsore. The demagoguery that creates it is still not actionable as a crime. However, I’d prefer we spend our time raising these issues and making the perps pay political prices for it rather than water down our moral position by pretending Comey threatened Trump.
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BREAKING:
Internal rift deepens in Iran as two camps clash over strategy with the U.S.• The divide: pragmatists vs hardliners
• Pragmatists, led by Parliament Speaker Qalibaf, believe Trump will not back down and push for a deal
• Hardliners, led by IRGC Commander Ahmad…— דרור בלאזאדה | Dror Balazada (@DBalazada) April 29, 2026
• Hardliners, led by IRGC Commander Ahmad Vahidi, believe Iran must hold firm until Trump breaks
• Hardline options under consideration if pressure continues:
* Laying additional mines in the Strait of Hormuz
* Targeting undersea communication cables
* Striking Gulf oil infrastructure
• Despite this, Tehran is holding back for now amid fears of a strong U.S. response
Ed: Vahidi’s henchmen have been all over state media today, promising to unleash secret weapons that will sink battleships and hit Americans here at home. They’re trying hard to justify confidence in the regime, but it’s impossible to gaslight people about an economic collapse.
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Defense Secretary Hegseth was questioned on Capitol Hill on Wednesday over the costs of the war with Iran for Americans, with Rep. Ro Khanna, a California Democrat, asking: “Do you know how much it will cost Americans in terms of their increased cost in gas and food over the next… pic.twitter.com/sb7S0sJQY6
— CBS News (@CBSNews) April 29, 2026
“Do you know how much it will cost Americans in terms of their increased cost in gas and food over the next year because of the Iran war?”
“I would simply ask you what the cost is of an Iranian nuclear bomb,” Hegseth said.
Ed: That is the actual question.
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