TODAY'S NEWS, May 7-8, 2026
- Larry Schweikart
- May 8
- 6 min read
Updated: May 11
HEADLINES: VA Supes annihilate redistrict there; Uncle Sam releases UFO docs; TN redistricts.
The News of Today is the History of Tomorrow
IN POLITICAL NEWS
1) Blockbuster news. As I predicted, the VA Supes tossed out the Virginny D redistricted map. VA will hold onto 4 R seats, meaning ALL the DemoKKKrats got in redistricting was the "Flimsy Five" seats in CA, of which, mark my words, not every one will go blue. There is the rogue UT seat. Other than that, along with the new redistricting in AL and TN, Republicans look to be safe in 218-222 seats without winning a single "tossup" or contested seat. TN already redistricted, adding yet one more R seat. This caused total chaos at the TN capital. Maybe Andrew Jackson could ride in with his Red Stick War troopers and recall his words to John C. Calhoun that he would hang traitors. A similar clown show from DemoKKKrats erupted in AL, where the dizzletwizzlers pulled fire alarms, but even in the midst of a storm warning, the courageous Rs held their ground and gained yet ONE MORE seat for redistricting (part of my 218-222 estimate). Naturally, as Axios reports, DemoKKKrats are "despondent." Good.
2) Lawmakers have belatedly moved to stop all ChiCom purchase of American farm land. Good intentions, but I'd bet the ChiComs can pull one of the old Mafia shell schemes and use fronts to get around it.
3) The absolutely hideous treatment of the Palisaides fire victims is finally being addressed as a Kollyfornia court of appeals allowed a suit against the city of New Azteca (LA) and the state to proceed.
4) This is an important article, not because it says the GOP is set for political dominance, but because finally many of the "mainstream" conservative outlets are saying what I've been telling you for six months. The DemoKKKrats are actually looking at extinction. In fairness, Jeff Childers at "Coffee & Covid" has also been saying some of these things, but today he made all our lives easier by posting a clever and accurate graphic of the extinction of the DemoKKKrats.
5) Among other problems, the donors never returned after 2024, even after what the Washington Compost calls some "big wins." I guess they mean the single VA governor race and a couple of flipped seats in special elections, though DemoKKKrats have lost four out of the last six and 9/13 overall. But the real, structural stuff is killing the DemoKKKrat Party. Latest case in point? Judicial Watch forced the removal of a massive 372,000 inactive voters in CO. This comes on top of an incredible 800,000 reduction in OR's rolls, 34,000 in NC, and up to 1 million in Kollyfornia. Victor Davis Hanson agrees, but sees a "Jacobin" moment coming for the DemoKKKrats. You know. One where heads roll, literally.
6) SC just passed a redistricting referendum, meaning soon one more red seat will be added to the GOP. By my count, that would be a net 10-12, even after allowing for CA.
7) While the DemoKKKrats are absolutely apoplectic about the VA decision, "Silent" Susie Wiles made a rare public appearance to hint that we shall soon know how many additional states Trump won in the stolen 2020 election.
8) The Anti-Defamation League conducted a study on violence against Jews and found that physical attacks dramatically increased last year.
9) The DOJ is investigating MN. Can we just give this useless state back to the French? More Somali fraud here.
10) It appears that the offensive to determine whether 2020's election of Rutabaga was fraudulent is gaining steam. Cuz it was. Now missing ballots have turned up in Detroit. Remember there were five cities that after midnight all managed to swing 90:10 to Rutabaga and those were Phoenix, Atlanta, Detroit, Philadelphia, and Milwaukee.
11) Slowly but surely courts are allowing Gov. Greg Abbott of TX to move forward in his fight against CAIR (the pro-Muslim group). He now has won access to CAIR's donors.
12) Disney cruise ship staffers were arrested as part of a child-porn sting.
13) Some 60% of voters blame the Hoax News Media for the latest Trump assassination attempt.
14) How bad is the Amazing Moron Zohran's regime been in New Kabul (NYC)? A billionaire has put up $1m for an ad campaign to convince other cake-eaters to stay. Except Ken Griffen of Citidel and Andrew Murstein of Medallion Financial have already said they are expanding outside of New York.
15) The government released the UFO files. One of the weirder ones was a video of this "star" shaped "ship" with shape shifting arms. Pictures from the moon landings and recordings of the astronauts show they observed UFOs from the moon.
IN EPSTEIN FILES NEWS
16) Here is, reputably, Eppy's suicide note.
IN ILLEGAL CRIMINAL ALIEN NEWS
17) The DoJ is going full speed after corrupt VA officials. Last week we had this story. Today, an investigation into an entire VA county for giving illegal criminal invaders special protection when they are charged with crimes to keep them from being deported.
18) They're saying it out loud now: Kollyfornia governor candidate Katie ("Fuller Brush Girl") Porter said that the only way Kollyfornia's population grew was through illegal immigration.
19) New Azteca (LA) is going to ban cops from making traffic stops---cuz, you know, they might find the illegal alien drivers don't have licenses.
IN CULTURAL NEWS
20) My friend (whom I never met :) Jeff Childers over at "Coffee & Covid" yesterday headlined his column with the word "Polycrisis." Without going into the gist of his column, it appears the New York Slimes is reading C&C, as today it cited a "polycrisis" as the reason for fewer births. This is a very important point by Jeff. To libtards, "happiness" = "complicity."
21) Tech billionaire Palmer Lucky came out in favor of homeschooling.
IN ECONOMIC NEWS
22) Steve Everly argues that the data center wars will look very much like the war on shale.
23) Eli Lilly will invest $4.5 billion more into IN's economy through new manufacturing plants.
24) The Court of International Trade struck down Trump's 10% across the board tariffs based on a 1974 law. Guessing this will be appealed.
25) One of the ongoing problems with EVs, besides exploding batteries and limited range, is their price. Even though gas prices are high, the price of used EVs rose just as fast.
26) Jobless claims came in lower than expected. The U.S. economy added 115,000 jobs---a little anemic, but it "beat expectations." But the key point is these job gains are all PRIVATE SECTOR gains, as Uncle Sam, er, Uncle Trump, has slashed 9,000 MORE federal jobs in the last month, bringing the total to 345,000 gone.
29) Construction spending on data centers rose. Spending on offices fell.
IN INTERNATIONAL NEWS
30) A top Iranian official admitted "The fate of our refineries is now at risk." Easy out, spoogies. Take the deal. As the villain said in "Last Stand," "Take the silver or take the lead." Meanwhile, the extremely competent Iranian military, trying to stop a cargo ship going through the Strait, blew up a ChiCom cargo ship. Well done! It was probably filled with lawnmowers an microplastic-infused food.
31) The EU is tightening immigration controls after struggling with deportations. Straight outta The Camp of the Saints, where Jean Raspail predicted exactly this 1973 novel depicted helpless Euros as waves of immigrants invade.
32) At least some Brits see the quicksand they are in, as Stuttering Kier Starmer appears to be out on his arse. "We got shellacked" he said.
33) Several years behind DragonX and SpaceX, not to mention 50 years behind the Space Shuttle, the Euros, doggone it, are on the cusp of launching a resuable space vehicle. Does it run on wind?
34) There apparently was a fight inside the cockpit of the doomed China Eastern flight that crashed in 2022.
IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
35) Ted Turner, who died last week at age 87, should be given credit for almost single-handedly reviving the historical drama/war movie with "Gettysburg," "Ironclads," and "The Rough Riders."
36) Joni Lamb, head of the evangelical Daystar Network, dead at 65.
AND FINALLY . . .
36) Alcohol consumption fell to an 85-year low. I quit drinking. Like, in 1960 when my dad gave me a can of Pabst Blue Ribbon. All it took was one sip.
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