TERRY MORAN OUT AT ABC NEWS:

Moran dropped the mask, and revealed what everybody at the House of Stephanopoulos thinks about this administration, and with a fair amount of projection, Trump aide Stephen Miller in particular:

BILL WHITTLE: How L.A. Dies. “One man, 36 hours, and seven hundred dollars: a cautionary tale about the future of my home for 37 years.”

WHAT WAS I JUST SAYING?

Really, I was just saying this.

WHY IS THIS GUY STILL STANDING?

Put some oomf into it.

NIFTY: U.S. Army integrates SMASH smart fire control system on M4A1 rifle to target aerial drones. “The SMASH 2000L is developed and produced by Smart Shooter Ltd., a defense technology company based in Yagur, Israel. The firm specializes in fire control systems designed to improve small arms accuracy and lethality in complex battlefield environments. The SMASH 2000L represents a lightweight, compact iteration of the company’s proven SMASH technology, specifically engineered for integration with standard assault rifles such as the M4A1. It allows operators to effectively engage not only ground targets but also small unmanned aerial systems (sUAS), which pose growing threats in modern combat zones.”

Cool, but wouldn’t a shotgun be cheaper?

POLLING NUMBERS IN? Newsom, Bass, Suddenly Talking Tough to their Shock Troops:

But they likely won’t:

Flashback to Andy Ngo in 2023: Who funds Antifa protests? We all do.

On March 5, an [National Lawyers Guild] member and staff attorney for the Southern Poverty Law Center named Thomas Jurgens was charged with domestic terrorism for his alleged involvement in a violent Antifa attack on police in Atlanta.

When the NLG’s legal observers and their comrades are arrested, they’re immediately provided with pro-bono legal aid and connections for bail money (rioters often write the NLG’s phone number on their body in anticipation of arrests.)

And then the lawsuits come.

Last year, New York City agreed to pay tens of thousands to NLG members arrested in the Bronx in June 2020.

In Detroit, NLG members are suing the city for alleged wrongful conduct stemming from its police response in 2020.

Nearly every American city afflicted by mass protesting and rioting in 2020 ended up settling and paying out millions in taxpayer money to radical protesters who were allegedly subjected to force by law enforcement.

Denver settled to pay $1.6 million to just seven people.

Austin settled to pay $17.3 million.

The cities, led by Democrats, don’t even bother to fight the cases, preferring to write a check.

The settlement cash doesn’t just end up rewarding the protesters, awarded inflated attorney fees are used to reinvest in the legal groups to grow the operation for the next cause. Additionally, law enforcement morale declines as they are punished for doing their jobs.

But lawsuit settlements aren’t the only way that militant protesters and riot suspects get paid. Bail funds have emerged as a lucrative cash source with progressive district attorneys refusing to prosecute most left-wing riot-related cases.

We’ll know if Trump is serious about pushing back against the rioters if they face federal charges and lengthy prison sentences.

YOUR TAXPAYER DOLLARS AT WORK: Oops! Masked ‘Protester’ Reveals Identity to Reporter – DataRepublican Shows NGO is Paying Her to Dissent.

First, the funny part. A pro-illegal alien protester in Asheville, North Carolina, was being interviewed by a local TV news reporter. She said and spelled out her name on air. Then said she was wearing a mask to protect her identity. Yep, they’re not sending their brightest. Then, X sleuth extraordinaire DataRepublican did some quick research. Wham! Bam! Yep, the masked fool is a paid protester.

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At the beginning of 1991’s Parliament of Whores, P.J. O’Rourke famously wrote:

Not long after Andy [Ferguson] and I met, we were driving down Pennsylvania Avenue and encountered some or another noisy pinko demonstration. “How come,” I asked Andy, “whenever something upsets the Left, you see immediate marches and parades and rallies with signs already printed and rhyming slogans already composed, whereas whenever something upsets the Right, you see two members of the Young Americans for Freedom waving a six-inch American flag?”

“We have jobs,” said Andy.

But for the protestors on the left, as we’ve learned, this is their job. Nice work if you can get it: Who’s Paying for the Violent L.A. Protests Against ICE? You Are. And It Gets Worse From There.

Oh, and speaking of “signs already printed,” a quick reminder:

And this all-time classic from the late Andrew Breitbart: