Will the Real Dictator Please Stand Up?—If He’s Able
Daniel Oliver, American Greatness
About Biden, we should ask, as attorney Joseph Welsh did of Senator McCarthy during the infamous army hearings in 1954, “You’ve done enough. Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?” Biden’s answer, obviously, would be no. Biden enthusiasts might argue that Biden is sufficiently over-the-hill that he doesn’t really appreciate the distinction between truth and not-really-the-truth. But his gag writers surely do. Neither Biden nor his campaign cares about accuracy—or honesty.

Trump kills any notion that Nikki Haley could be his running mate
Alex Miller, Washington Times
Former President Donald Trump scratched at least one name off of his sprawling list for potential running mates. Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, who was also the last GOP presidential candidate standing in the way of the ex-president’s push to retake the White House, was reportedly being considered as Mr. Trump‘s vice presidential pick. But Mr. Trump swiftly shut the door on the idea on his social media platform Truth Social. “Nikki Haley is not under consideration for the V.P. slot, but I wish her well! DJT,” Mr. Trump said.

Did Biden Betray Israel, Or Did Biden’s Brain Betray Him?
Scott McKay, The American Spectator
I would say that the administration’s position hasn’t changed and its holdup of the precision bomb shipment to the Israelis was more about yanking Bibi Netanyahu’s chain than it was shifting sides to supporting Hamas. But that said, Team Biden doesn’t support Israel. They can’t turn out the Arab vote in Michigan by supporting Israel and know that Jewish money, which is an incredible half of the flow into the Democrat Party’s coffers (as opposed to only 25 percent of the RNC’s donor flow), is in no real jeopardy of drying up.

Trump and the Lawfare Implosion of 2024
Kimberley A. Strassel, Wall Street Journal
It is Mr. Smith and his press gaggle who are living in legal unreality, attempting to rush the process to accommodate a political timeline. Democrats faced a critical choice last year: Try to win an election by confronting the real problem of a weak and old president presiding over unpopular far-left policies, or try to rig an outcome by embracing a lawfare stratagem. They chose the latter. Perhaps a court will still convict Mr. Trump of something, although that could play either way with the electorate.

Taxpayers Fund $150 Billion of Perks Annually for Illegal Aliens, Including Biden’s ‘Parolees,’ Such as…
Craig Bannister, MRCTV.org
Thanks to Pres. Biden’s program providing “parole” to illegal aliens from countries like Haiti and Cuba, the American taxpayer is footing the bill for costly benefits available to those who circumvent the legal immigration process. “They come in illegally; we are granting them citizenship-like status,” Rep. Josh Brecheen noted a hearing titled “The Cost of the Border Crisis.” Under Biden’s parole scheme, which continues to be challenged in court, immigrants immediately become entitled to taxpayer-funded benefits, Brecheen said.

Justice Department Sues Iowa over Immigration Law After Warning
Just the News (Misty Severi), The Star News Network
The Justice Department sued the state of Iowa on Thursday, after the state failed to stop a new immigration law that makes it a crime for people to be in the state if they were previously denied admission to the United States. The lawsuit is the second legal action taken against the state over the new law, which goes into effect in July. The first was a lawsuit from a civil rights group that was filed earlier Thursday. The department warned Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds that it would sue last week if she did not stop the law by May 7.

Is It Even Possible to Keep Democrats’ Hands off Your Appliances?
Scott McKay, The American Spectator
This is about power — power over you and your family, power over the economy, power over manufacturing and international trade. Stupid regulations are mere contrivances to get that power, because a government that tightly regulates a thing may then squeeze the manufacturers of that thing for whatever corrupt purposes the people in charge of that government might desire. And the squeezing must continuously increase, or else the folks might get more comfortable. It’ll take a wipeout election to make that possible.