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worse than you think

friday, march 28th, 2024

At this point it’s not too much to say that the federal judiciary has plunged us into a constitutional crisis. The fusillade of injunctions and temporary restraining orders issued by district court judges in recent weeks against the Trump administration — on everything from foreign aid to immigration enforcement to Defense Department enlistment policy to climate change grants for Citibank — boggles the mind.

[FULL TITLE: "The Judicial Insurrection Is Worse Than You Think."]

The point of all the injunctions and restraining orders is to preserve the supreme rule of unelected and unaccountable bureaucrats.

More nationwide injunctions and restraining orders have been issued against Trump in the past month that were issued against the Biden administration in four years. On Wednesday alone, four different federal judges ordered Elon Musk to reinstate USAID workers (something he and DOGE have no authority to do), ordered President Trump to disclose sensitive operational details about the deportation flights of alleged terrorists, ordered the Department of Defense to admit individuals suffering from gender dysphoria to the military, and ordered the Department of Education to issue $600 million in DEI grants to schools.

On one level, what all this amounts to is an attempted takeover of the Executive Branch by the Judicial Branch — a judicial coup d’état. These judges are usurping President Trump’s valid exercise of his Executive Branch powers through sheer judicial fiat — a raw assertion of power by one branch of the federal government against another.

But on another, deeper level, this is an attempt by the judiciary to prevent the duly elected president from reclaiming control of the Executive Branch from the federal bureaucracy — the deep state, which has long functioned as an unelected and unaccountable fourth branch of the government. This unconstitutional fourth branch has always been controlled by Democrats and leftist ideologues who, under the guise of being nonpartisan experts neutrally administering the functions of government, have effectively supplanted the political branches. Unfortunately, to large extent the political branches have acquiesced in the usurpation of their authority.

Trump, with a strong mandate from the American electorate, has resolved to wrest control of the government from the deep state. The deep state in turn has been forced to fall back on its last line of defense: the courts.

What we’re seeing, in other words, is the return of the political (in the classical sense) to American governance. The political never really went away, of course. The idea of a neutral, nonpartisan class of experts and bureaucrats was always a fiction, a thinly-veiled scheme for implementing the Democrats’ agenda and neutralizing the effect of elections on actual governance. The voters could elect whomever they liked, but it would not much change what the bureaucracy did. This scheme has been the greatest scandal of modern American government, and the crisis unfolding now is a direct result of Trump’s efforts to dismantle it.

Why are the courts willing to defend the deep state? One reason is simply the unabashed partisan hatred of Trump by specific federal judges, like U.S. District Judge James Boasberg of the D.C. circuit, who this week arrogated to himself the authority to command federal law enforcement and military personnel overseas in a failed attempt to halt the Trump administration’s deportation of hundreds of alleged foreign terrorists.

There is also the encouragement that judges like Boasberg have received not only from the Supreme Court’s refusal to step in and check these abuses of power but also from Chief Justice John Roberts’ unprecedented statement this week attacking the president for suggesting that Boasberg should be impeached (which he should).

The larger cause of this judicial insurrection, however, is structural and historical, going back more than a century to the emergence of the theory of the administrative state. As a practical matter, the modern administrative state was created by Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal, which in the 1930s established a federal bureaucracy powerful enough to actually govern. But its intellectual and conceptual roots go back to Woodrow Wilson, an academic and unabashed progressive. Long before Wilson’s political career, he studied what he called “the science of administration” and looked to the imperial bureaucracy of Prussia in the 1880s as a template for how to transform American governance.

Wilson’s goal was to overcome what he saw as the needless inefficiencies and limitations of constitutional government. The role of government in society, according to Wilson (and contrary to the Founding Fathers), should adjust to meet the demands of the moment. At the turn of the 19th century, Wilson believed the moment demanded a government not bound by outdated concepts like rule of law or separation of powers. “Government,” he wrote in 1889, “does now whatever experience permits or the times demand.”

To accomplish this, Wilson (along with other pioneers in administrative law and politics at the time, like Frank Goodnow) believed it was necessary to create a realm of neutral administrative authority totally shielded from political influence and the vicissitudes of the ballot box. Above all, Wilson wanted to separate the business of governing from public opinion. “Wherever regard for public opinion is a first principle of government, practical reform must be slow and all reform must be full of compromises,” he wrote in 1886. “For wherever public opinion exists it must rule.” The crucial thing, then, was to separate politics from governance.

But if you take politics out of governance, where does that leave public opinion? How do you maintain a democratic form of government in which the people are supposed to have a say in how they’re governed? You don’t, actually. It would be, and is, impossible. Indeed, the entire point of the administrative state is to render elections largely meaningless. Whether it’s a change of president in the White House or a shift in the congressional majority, the goal is to strip the authority of the political branches to adjudicate political questions and place that authority in the hands of so-called experts inside the bureaucracy.

After generations of this sort of rule, we can see what it produces: a bloated and unaccountable deep state controlled by partisan ideologues who wield massive policymaking power, answerable to neither the president nor the Congress. Whatever you call this system of government, it isn’t the republican constitutionalism that our Founders set up, and it isn’t accountable to the American people. Voters can twice elect a president like Trump, who openly ran on dismantling the deep state, only to find that the deep state is not controlled by the elected president. It is a power unto itself, indifferent to the wishes of the people.

All of this directly relates to the judicial coup now underway. The injunctions and restraining orders coming out of the federal courts are a result of the complete takeover of the administrative state. Indeed, they are one of the deep state’s last lines of defense against the reassertion of actual political power in the person of Trump.

Take for example something like immigration and asylum policy, which is inherently a political question that in a properly functioning republic should be decided by the elected representatives of the people. Instead of passing clear laws that settle the political question of who is allowed into the country and who isn’t, Congress created an elaborate immigration bureaucracy that purported to transcend the political nature of the question in favor of fake process neutralism.

This immigration bureaucracy was housed in the Executive Branch, but as we can see now it was only ceremonially under the control of the president, and only so long as the president did not interfere with the bureaucracy. Presidents and members of Congress would inveigh against illegal immigration and promise to secure the border. But this was just political theater. In practice, the immigration bureaucracy implemented mass immigration by flooding the country with millions of illegal immigrant “asylum-seekers” who had no valid claims to asylum but were nevertheless allowed to remain in the U.S. as their cases wended their way through the system, a process that takes years.

That is to say, a political question was answered with a political decision. But because Congress abdicated its duty to settle that political question, it was settled instead by the unelected bureaucrats of the deep state, who had their own policy preferences.

It wasn’t until Trump came along and attempted to reassert political governance that the reality of administrative rule became so obvious that anyone could see it. Trump wants to change how we run our immigration system, and he has a mandate from the voters to do so. He tried to change it but was immediately challenged by the deep state, which is now relying on the judiciary to uphold its authority over and against the president.

The good news is that by attacking the deep state, Trump has forced it to fight back and expose its true nature, which isn’t that of neutral experts but of politically and ideologically motivated actors. Trump has also exposed the collusion and corruption of the judiciary in upholding the authority of the deep state. Radically partisan judges (who are also supposed to be neutral arbiters of the law) are now resorting to increasingly outlandish injunctions and restraining orders to maintain the deep state’s hold on power.

This state of affairs cannot continue. Thus far, Trump has shown remarkable restraint in how he has responded to judicial usurpation of his legitimate executive authority. But he’s running out of ways to show deference to these federal judges, who have only been emboldened by his restraint.

The plain reality is that this fight with the federal courts is really a fight against the entire progressive scheme of administrative rule, and it’s one that Trump has to win if we ever want to restore the role of politics — that is, of public opinion and the consent of the governed — to its rightful place in America.

A Day In The Life.

Up at 5a on Friday, a 37°F,at 0-DARK-THIRTY, damp morning, I upped the heat, made coffee, fired-up the Ol' Win-7 Pentium HP Desktop to let 32 million lines of code load, had a couple smokes in the garage and checked the day's list of stuff to do. Just the 9a Dr's app't, and 2 stops on the way home. I tuned into the "CS Show LIVE" until 8, got ready for the day, and left at 8:30, for Apple Hill Medical Center, down south of York.

Back home by 11:30, with everything good from the earlier app't, and other errands done, I had some lunch, did a few condo chores, took a 3hr snooze on the LR couch, and re-checked the news and weather after getting back up, around 5p. Nice day, even with the cool wind.

Each day, I watch the news report of demented leftist scumbags, attacking the TESLA EV vehicles and dealerships -- they're just getting "tuned-up" for a Summer of rioting, looting, assaults, rapes, robberies and worse... remember the seriously-misnamed 2020 "Summer of Love"? Coming soon enough, again to our crumbling cities of liberal hell. Load those mags, FRiends.

Damn, sorry... I lost my head, for a minute, after hours of reading headlines chocked full of anti-American hatred, anti-American everything bad; I could fill pages and pages of examples. I got so PO'd, that I had to stop commenting on that idiotic crap, years ago, but am catching myself now from slowly falling back into 'it'.

I had dinner, spent an hour trying to get xfinity/CommieCast CATV w/ ERROR! signal, working (several calls to xfinity, signal refreshes), missed the news, and watched Discovery's "Gold Rush" series until 1:30a. Lights out.

Up at 8:30a on Saturday, a heavily-clouded 46°, showers on-the-way, morning. We need the rain. I upped the heat, made new Fool's "Dark Knight" Coffee, and had a couple smokes in the now-open garage. After tuning into the "CP Show PODCASTs" from last week, I checked the day's to-do list: one errand to Rite Aid Pharmacy to p/u some waiting Rxs. I went thru the 'fridge, cleaned-out some older foods, and put together an online order from Weis Markets (Enola, PA) for delivery on Tuesday. I got ready for the day, and left for Rite Aid at 12:30p.

All day, vertically-arcing storm fronts moved thru the area with 30-40mph winds, and 45-55mph gusts, and little to no rain. Back home by 1:30p, I had lunch, spent the afternoon working on new, reorganized "In Case of My Death" documents for Sis; something that's been on my mind, lately. OK, that's enough on that. I scanned Fox News' website for news (what else?), and AccuWeather.com's site for weather reports. Sis called and stopped by to visit and drop-off a bacon-meat loaf she'd made, and we had an initial talk about "death prep". It's her 74th B-Day, so I'd made a card in MS-Publisher, as I have for everyone over the past 35yrs, for her.

Chinese F1 Grand Prix

No nap today; just a lot of coffee. After Sis left, I had dinner, watched the news, and "History's Most Shocking" series -- bad night for TV -- until 12, and bagged it for the night.

Up at 9:15a on Sunday, a bright, sunny, 39° morning, upped the heat, made coffee and scanned the weather and news. The F1 Chinese Grand Prix was run at 2:30a this morning, and since I didn't stay up to watch and don't have F1-TV this season, I watched the replay highlights on YT. Good race. Laundry, condo chores, garbage/recycles out to the curb, and no nap today. I had a lot of paperwork to do, and TV was all crap today, so I didn't bother with it (except TWC). By 11;30p, I'd had enough, and unplugged.

Up at 7:30a on Monday, an overcast, drizzly, 38° morning. I fired-up the furnace, made coffee, and tuned into the last of the "CS Show LIVE" until 9, then switched to the "CP Show LIVE" until 12. I made Scrambled Eggs on an English Muffin, for breakfast, and will get some lunch later. I tuned into the usual "CS Show" and "CP Show" programs, but I had mucho pain in my R/S buttock/hip/leg from the Sciatic Nerve, so I took 3 50mg Tramadol, and that helped a little. Pain or not, I had my usual Monday 2-3-4 errands run to make, and left at 12:15p.

Back home in just over an hour from 2 stops, I had some lunch, worked on taxes, and had a delivery from Weis Markets (Enola, PA), unpacked the 6 bags, Sis stopped by to drop-off her tax packet for me to take w/ min on Friday to our CPA, and worked on taxes until 6p. After dinner, I watched the news, and switched to Discovery's "Filthy Treasures" until 12 midnight. Lights out.

Up at 8:15a on Tuesday, 65° forecast for today, I upped the heat, made coffee, and scanned the news and weather on my HP Desktop. I tuned into "CS Show" and "CP Show" programs, worked on finishing-up my 2024 Taxes' Organizer Forms from my CPA, put all my 1099/INT/DIV/IRA/Brokerage electronic forms into a folder for emailing to the CPA, had lunch and took a short hour nap. Later, after dinner, I watched the news, and joined History's "Curse of Oak Island" until 11:30, and unplugged.

Awake and up at 8:30a on Wednesday, a sunny, blue sky 41° morning, with dark clouds -- light snow and ice -- moving-in from the west. Temps of 49° forecast for the day, and the showers hit after 10:30. I made coffee, breakfast, and tuned into the "CP Show" until 12; Sherry will be here around 1p. Haven't seen her in a week. I need some hugs and kisses. Heh.

Sherry arrived after 1p, and we decided to go to Flinchbaugh's Orchard & Farm Market and then back to Saubel's Market, with each of us needing just a "few things". Heh, that's the way it starts. I lost count on the bags we got, but then I wasn't counting. Back at my place around 4, we caught-up on things -- we hadn't been together since last Wednesday -- and all too soon, she had to leave. We'll talk over the weekend, and get next week planned.

After dinner, I watched the news and switched to Discovery's the "Expedition Files" until 11, caught the news update, and called it a day. Lights out at 12 midnight.

For the next 3yrs-10mos, the leftist scumbag filth will be using the black-robed, socialist, Marxist, communist, fascist, anarchist demonKKKrat judiciary, to stymie and try to destroy POTUS 45-47's "America First" Agenda. They couldn't beat him at the ballot box, or in the US Legislature, so they'll go with the thousands of leftist filth 'judges' they've infiltrated and installed in that criminally-corrupted branch of gov't. The left has tried to block, hold back, deny, lie, obfuscate, overrule and commit felonies against the Legal System, in order to stop Trump. Recent examples are here, and here, and here, and here, and here, and many, many, many, more right here. Plus, the worthless, uselessPOS John Roberts is on the corrupt judges' side; it's very apparent he's a Trump hater, too.

Awake at 4a, 4:45 and 5:15, I finally got up, started a load of laundry, fired-up the heat, made coffee, had a smoke in the garage, and scanned the HP Desktop's news and weather. The ***Elevated Risk of Wildfires*** Warning is still posted to all local websites, for the 9th day, it was a cold 29° at 0-DARK-THIRTY, as I tuned into the "CS Show LIVE". I had a couple of errands to do, got back home around 12noon, had lunch and grabbed a 3hr snooze on the LR couch. Nice day, and 80° weather is coming this weekend. Too hot, too early.

Cherries, Forsythia, Magnolias, Amelanchier, Pears and others are in bloom, already, and it's good to see some color again, after a bleak Winter. I went thru the CPS's 2024 Income Tax Checklist and their Tax Organizer once more, got Sis' and mine ready to go down to their offices mid-morning tomorrow, and scanned the news and weather, again. I had dinner, watched the news and continued with History's "American Pickers" thru 1a. Good night, Irene.

Tomorrow starts a new week, here in the "Journal", and it's a clear week for me, thankfully after the last 4, recent medical app'ts. I'm sure 'something' will come up, but as of now, it's open. Nice.

Democrats Rigged 2024: Biden’s Failed Illegal Election Plot is Unravelling.

During his presidency, Joe Biden orchestrated an illegal scheme to manipulate the electoral system, using Executive Order 14019 to funnel federal resources into Democrat-controlled voter registration efforts. This was not merely an overreach; it was a flagrant violation of federal law designed to rig elections in favor of his party. Now, with President Trump back in office, Congress is uncovering the full extent of Biden’s corruption. Led by House Administration Committee Chairman Bryan Steil, Republican lawmakers are demanding full transparency and accountability from the federal agencies that participated in this unlawful order. The Biden administration brazenly weaponized taxpayer-funded agencies to tilt elections, and now, under Trump’s leadership, Congress is finally holding them accountable.

At the center of this inquiry are official letters sent by Congress to fourteen federal agencies, demanding they turn over the documents and records detailing how they carried out Biden’s corrupt election rigging scheme. These letters expose the direct involvement of agencies such as the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the Small Business Administration (SBA), the Department of Education, and the Department of Justice. These agencies, under Biden’s directive, steered government resources into voter registration drives specifically designed to benefit Democratic turnout. This was not a neutral effort—it was a partisan operation conducted under the false pretense of “voter access.”

The legal violations committed under EO 14019 are staggering. The Anti-Deficiency Act expressly forbids federal agencies from spending funds on unauthorized activities. Yet, Biden’s agencies blatantly diverted public money to Democrat-aligned voter drives. The Hatch Act, which strictly prohibits federal employees from engaging in partisan political activities, was shredded by Biden’s administration as government workers were instructed to register and mobilize voters for one political party. The Biden administration knew this was illegal—which is why they fought so aggressively to conceal their activities from Congress.

The Biden administration’s refusal to release its election-rigging plans is further proof of their guilt. When oversight requests were issued in 2023 and 2024, Biden’s agencies defied Congress, refusing to provide the strategic plans outlining how EO 14019 was implemented. If they had nothing to hide, why the secrecy? Their obstruction only confirms that this was a targeted operation designed to secure Democrat electoral victories using taxpayer money.

History has repeatedly warned us about the dangers of executive branch election interference. The Hatch Act was created specifically to prevent corrupt schemes like Biden’s, following accusations that Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal programs were used to buy votes. The Obama administration faced similar scrutiny when Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius illegally used her office to promote Obama’s re-election. But Biden took it even further—his administration weaponized the entire federal bureaucracy to engage in mass voter registration tailored to help Democrats win.

The danger of EO 14019 is not just what Biden did—it’s what could happen if this illegal precedent is allowed to stand. If a Democratic president can turn government agencies into a massive get-out-the-vote operation for his party, what stops another from doing the same? House Republicans are making it clear: this abuse of power will not be tolerated. The executive branch must never be allowed to use taxpayer money to control election outcomes.

Congress’s investigation into EO 14019 must not stop with document requests. This corruption demands criminal referrals, subpoenas, and full legal action. The House Oversight Committee should compel testimony from agency heads who participated in this fraud. Republican attorneys general must file lawsuits to dismantle every piece of Biden’s illegal executive order. Additionally, Congress should strip every remaining dollar from any program initiated under EO 14019, ensuring that this disgraceful election manipulation never happens again.

This is not about voter rights—this is about Democrats stealing elections using federal power. The Biden administration’s refusal to be transparent proves their guilt. If EO 14019 was a legal and neutral initiative, they would have no problem releasing their plans. Instead, they obstructed, lied, and hid the truth. Now, Trump’s Congress is forcing them into the light.

Congress, under Trump’s presidency, must ensure that Biden’s blatant election crimes are fully exposed and punished. This is not just about correcting past wrongdoing; it is about safeguarding the future of American democracy from the left’s corrupt and unconstitutional election tampering. Every American should demand accountability. The time for action is now.

Death By Lunacy.

The West has made a fundamental and destructive error. Can it still save itself?

Over the past few days, Sunni Muslims, under the nominal command of Syria’s new leader, went on killing sprees against Alawite and Christian citizens. The last number I saw had over 700 killed. Videos show Syrian army personnel riding on some of their victims, who are forced to bark like dogs before being shot dead. People had warned that an ISIS/Al-Qaeda government led by Abu Mohammed al-Julani would go against other ethnic groups sooner or later. Israel last week emphatically expressed its support for the Druze communities in southern Syria. Julani is smart, if nothing else. He dropped his fatigues, moved to nice suits and ties, and in no time was meeting with world leaders, including the head of the UN. Will any of them hold him accountable for the actions of his soldiers? I would not bet on it.

After the bloodletting on the Syrian coast, Muslims in Europe rejoiced. There are images from Vienna of thousands of Sunni Muslims with the new/old Syrian flag. They are thrilled at the death of the Alawites, the same tribe from which came the Assad family. Western governments ostensibly should have demanded fair trials for any Alawite who was involved in the Assad torture/killing machine. Julani’s men cut straight to the chase and killed men, women, and children in an orgy of blood-letting. They dragged some of their victims behind their vehicles.

If you build a big building on a faulty foundation, there is a real chance that the whole edifice could collapse. The Western globalist project has made its most fundamental assumption that all people are more or less the same. And if you go by genetics and physiology, most people have the same genes and look anatomically the same without the clothes. This thinking drives men into women’s sports: men can be women, too! It is the force behind massive population shifts, whether from Central and South America into the US or from the Middle East into Europe. We’re all just one big, happy family—aren’t we? Ultimately, that is a big lie, and the question is whether Tom Homan and Pam Bondi can eject people fast enough to keep the American experiment going. Europe, through a lack of will and demented policies, is probably lost.

If one has kept abreast of things, he may have noticed that England is having a really difficult time ejecting illegal alien criminals from its shores. In one case, an Albanian convicted of receiving citizenship through deception got a reprieve from the courts. The reason? His son did not like the chicken nuggets in his destination country; thus, his father could not be forced to leave the UK as the punishment would be “unduly harsh” on the boy. No, I am not quoting a Babylon Bee story or making this up because my article is too short. Here is a link to the story. The Europeans, under the leadership of Frau Merkel, Monsieur Macron, a half-dozen British prime ministers, and others, brought millions of unvetted Muslims to Europe. They felt that they were getting a twofer: they were doing kindness to people persecuted in their home countries, and they were adding to their worker base, as their populations have mostly given up on having babies. The problem was that not all people were the same. I am not and will not say one is better than the other. God made ‘em all. But not all people think or act the same way. Imagine two college students thrown together by the admissions office. One needs to get to bed early to function, while the other does not start his day before 11 pm. Maybe they can work things out, or perhaps they will drive each other nuts.

The joy expressed by Muslims in Europe over the slaughter of civilians in Syria should be a flashing red light that the failed integration of millions of Muslims into a European ethos has severe ramifications. We don’t go a week without Muslims expressing their goal of turning Europe and the US into Muslim-run Sharia states. The crowd that was initially pro-Hama/anti-Israel has made it clear that it hates the US and its values. People are not just their genes and anatomies. Those are actually the scaffolding for our real persons. We are determined primarily by what’s between our ears. People growing up in Islamic cultures have values and views that are wildly different from those of people who grow up in Jewish, Christian, and non-religious environments. Even if one believed that everyone killed in Syria over the past few days was a real culprit in the deposed Assad regime, he would hope for a proper and fair trial. Not so for those in Syria or their fanboys in Europe. Different cultures sometimes cannot mix successfully. Students working with foreign actors and funders in the US are demanding the destruction of the only democratic state in the Middle East. Their actions, at times, are also directed against Jewish Americans who cannot get to class or are harassed in Jewish eateries. Their disdain for the US stands in contrast to all the physical and material benefits they have enjoyed living in the United States.

People often jump up and scream, “Racism!” when one points out that not all cultures can live peacefully side-by-side. I have seen cases in England where Muslim immigrants complained about locals with booze or walking their dogs or women not being dressed as per their demands. Excuse me, don’t we have things backward? I was once asked to speak at a rally for terror victims; I declined for the simple reason that I am not an Israeli citizen, and I thought that it would be a chutzpah for a foreigner (even one who is a permanent resident) to criticize the local government. The British, Dutch, French, Italians, and Americans have the right to live according to their laws, rules, and customs. In the past, immigrants readily agreed to become like the locals. My mother said that her school in New York had no program to teach in German. She learned English, came to love the Brooklyn Dodgers, and could belt out the Star Spangled Banner at the start of a Cubs game with the best of them. Today, immigrants want to make California Mexico and the UK Pakistan. Economically failed cultures come to successful cultures and pull them down rather than join their hosts moving up. It used to be that immigrants were proud to be new Americans or Europeans. Now, all we hear is how terrible the host country is and how good things were at home. Mexicans boo the national anthem at soccer games, and Muslims deface European statues and landmarks. Planes leave the country you despise on the hour; please take one.

People can be equal but different. And while all people can get along for the short term, not all groups can live harmoniously side-by-side as fellow citizens. Muslims blocking streets to pray may work in Islamabad but less so in Liverpool. European leaders, if they were not so clueless and ideologically driven, would see the pro-bloodshed rallies in their midst and start ejecting their Muslim immigrants who refuse to integrate. They are so convinced that everyone is the same that they will go down with their countries rather than make the necessary course corrections now.

The Terrorists Among Us.

Whenever the far left in the U.S. loses an argument — called an election — it suddenly decides it’s time to take to the streets and get violent. Now is just such a time, as America experiences a new spasm of home-grown anti-Trump, anti-Musk terrorism. It shouldn’t be tolerated.

Whether it’s taking pot shots at the president, violently demonstrating in support of murderous terrorists, “swatting” people they don’t like, or destroying cars made by a person they now despise, our country once again finds extremists threatening us and our liberty.

And, no surprise, it’s nearly all from the far left side of the political spectrum, organized by supposedly “nonviolent” groups, quietly supported by the Democratic Party, and excused by the ultra-biased Big Media.

President Donald Trump’s reelection seems to have brought out even more extremist violence, which had already surged. A report by the Center for Strategic and International Studies recently found “domestic terrorist attacks and plots against government targets motivated by partisan political beliefs in the past five years is nearly triple the number of such incidents in the previous 25 years combined.”

So, yes, it’s very real.

As noted, we’re in the midst of a domestic terrorism outbreak right now, after a spate of what at first appeared to be lone-wolf crimes against Tesla owners and dealers, who only a year ago were the darlings of the so-called progressive movement.

But that was before Tesla chief executive Elon Musk joined Trump’s administration.

Today, Tesla dealerships and electric vehicles are being torched, bombed with Molotov cocktails, or vandalized and damaged beyond repair by people angry that Musk is helping to reduce government waste.

Imagine that: People committing terrorist acts to keep others from cutting government waste.

As if there’s any doubt, Attorney General Pam Bondi has declared the attacks against Tesla “domestic terrorism.” And she’s right.

“The swarm of violent attacks on Tesla property is nothing short of domestic terrorism,” she said . “The Department of Justice has already charged several perpetrators with that in mind, including in cases that involve charges with five-year mandatory minimum sentences.”

These aren’t solo or isolated “protests,” as the left maintains. Indeed, Bondi said prosecutors are looking also for “those operating behind the scenes to coordinate and fund these crimes.”

There have been at least 20 separate attacks on Tesla vehicles and dealerships in the last three months. As the New York Post’s Karol Markowicz wrote this week:

Tesla dealerships are being firebombed and shot at, while Tesla vehicles are vandalized and their owners assaulted.

Trump-supporting influencers are getting ‘swatted,’ set up for dangerous police encounters by opponents who phone in hoax distress calls.

Relatives of Trump-aligned public figures — including the sister of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett and Elon Musk’s brother — are receiving bomb threats.

Musk himself believes these are well-planned acts of terror. “An investigation has found 5 ActBlue-funded groups responsible for Tesla ‘protests’: Troublemakers, Disruption Project, Rise & Resist, Indivisible Project and Democratic Socialists of America,” Musk wrote on X.

A group called “DOGEQUEST” is even doxxing “private home addresses and contact info of DOGE employees, their families, some private Tesla owners and Tesla stores.”

The toxic, and at times inciting, rhetoric in the media and by Democrats against Trump and his new administration has only encouraged the terrorism.

It picked up substantially after last June’s failed assassination attempt, when an aide to Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson of Mississippi posted: “I don’t condone violence but please get you some shooting lessons so you don’t miss next time ooops that wasn’t me talking.”

Others on social media and elsewhere chimed in with similar “funny” remarks about the near-death of a presidential candidate.

Now Musk is coming in for some of the same treatment.

California Democratic Rep. Robert Garcia told CNN that Musk is “harming the American public in an enormous way,” adding that it’s time for Americans to bring “actual weapons to this bar fight. This is an actual fight for democracy, for the future of this country.”

Get it? A real fight. Real weapons.

Since then, the violence has only grown, as the media have continued to make light of it. Late-night show host Jimmy Kimmel, for one, looked sarcastically into the camera and mockingly said “Please don’t ever vandalize Tesla vehicles.”

Meanwhile, MSNBC downplayed the violent attacks, calling them “protest.”

With all this support, a group called Indivisible is organizing a “Tesla Takedown” campaign for April 5 as revenge on Musk for daring to help shrink our bloated federal government.

“Donald Trump and Elon Musk think this country belongs to them,” the group’s website says. “They’re taking everything they can get their hands on, and daring the world to stop them. On Saturday, April 5th, we’re taking to the streets nationwide to fight back with a clear message: Hands off!”

As Townhall recently noted, “Indivisible Project, a 501(c)(4) bankrolled primarily by Open Society Foundations (OSF), the nucleus of the Soros grantgiving nexus, is one of the main activist organizations behind the anti-Musk movement targeting Tesla showrooms all over America.”

But as we’ve already seen, nothing makes a “clearer message” than a few molotov cocktails, physical threats and destructive vandalism of private property.

The far left and its “progressive” billionaire supporters and top Democrats all silently support this activity.

Have you heard any prominent Democrats coming out and condemning the violence, as many Republicans did after the Jan. 6 riots?

We once again have domestic terrorists roaming our streets to cause mayhem and terrorize average people who might own — or even think of owning — a Tesla EV. Elected Democrats, supposedly “leaders” who have said nothing, richly deserve the blame for this rampant lawlessness.

Our suggestion: If you like living in a civil nation governed by laws, and not by street violence, remember this the next time you vote.