WHEN THEY TELL YOU WHO THEY ARE…:

HMM: United flight from SFO disrupted by ‘possible drone strike.’ “The pilots aboard United flight 1980 reported the strike prior to arriving at San Diego International Airport around 8:30 a.m. The airline said the flight landed safely and the 48 passengers deplaned without interference. A maintenance check found no damage on the aircraft.”

OPENAI BATTLE:

KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: The Democrats’ Gerrymander Gloating Hits a Brick Wall. “Democrats have been operating ‘under the cover of civil rights law’ to racially gerrymander themselves into Congress. Our new junior senator from Arizona — Ruben Gallego — got his start in Washington by being elected to the House of Representatives from one such district. SCOTUS righted a wrong, and the Dems are apoplectic. Expect the progressive ‘pack the court’ talk to get louder now.”

NARRATIVE: TRUMP IS THE MOST UNPOPULAR PRESIDENT IN HISTORY!

Reality:

THE ELECTION OF BARACK OBAMA WAS A TRAGEDY FOR THE NATION ON MANY LEVELS:

WELL, GOOD: Biden-Era ‘Gun Dealer’ Rule Dead.

Decisions by decision, the Trump47 Administration is sweeping away un-American Biden regulatory overreach. A lot of us may be frustrated by the pace of change, with things that should have been overturned in 2025 still lingering on into this year. But the aircraft carrier of state can take quite a while to turn.

Case in point: A Biden-era ATF proposal to make ordinary American citizens register as gun dealers if they want to sell a single gun, a rule the Department of Justice finally stopped trying to defend.

The administration doesn’t always start off on the right foot on gun policy, but they usually come around.

K-12 IMPLOSION UPDATE:

CORN, POPPED:

THE LAW OF UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES REIGNS SUPREME: How U.S. Electric Vehicle Industrial Policy Created A New ‘Rust Belt.’

The United States once viewed the electric vehicle (EV) industry as a pivotal lever for both a manufacturing renaissance and a green transition. The Biden administration promoted it, where an intensive series of policies centered on the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) were rolled out in an attempt to fulfill the dual political promises of energy transformation and industrial reshoring within a condensed timeframe. However, since the beginning of 2025, this highly anticipated industry has shown clear signs of cooling or even stagnation across multiple regions. Progress on several projects has been obstructed, the pace of investment has decelerated, and employment expectations have fallen short, effectively creating an “EV Rust Belt.”

According to reporting from Reuters, on March 30, 2026, General Motors’ Detroit-based electric vehicle plant Factory Zero announced an extension of its production halt until April 13, with the plant manager citing aligning with “market dynamics” and initiating temporary layoffs for approximately 1,300 workers. Furthermore, in December 2025, Ford Motor Company announced a USD 19.5 billion capital impairment charge related to its electric vehicle operations and cut roughly 1,600 jobs at its BlueOval SK battery plant in Kentucky. Ford simultaneously announced it would cease production of the all-electric F-150 Lightning and abandon its production plans for the next-generation T3 electric pickup and electric vans. Media reports also indicate that Magna’s factory in St. Clair, Michigan, a supplier of EV components to General Motors, now sits nearly vacant; as the automotive industry recalibrates its electric vehicle investments, the plant has suffered a significant blow and is essentially in a state of shutdown or large-scale dormancy.

What once was heralded as the “hope for revival” of the American automotive industry is now facing a rapid decline.

Stop. Helping.

IT’S HARD TO ARGUE WITH THIS:

TIT FOR TAT IS HOW THEY LEARN:

THAT’S NOT LEGAL:

Must-read thread, but this part stands out:

Let’s start with Multnomah County, OR, home of deep blue Portland, where deaths of homeless people quadrupled between 2019 and 2023. The county’s screening tool for housing services is designed to “prioritize … BIPOC households, LGBTQIA2S+, [and] people with disabilities.”

Read the whole thing.

NEW RULES NOT APPLYING UNIVERSALLY JUST YET:

(Classical reference in headline.)