Flotsam and Jetsam - The Pope is Alive and MAGA? GB Strikes Trump Trade Deal and Judge Jeanine to DC

After 2 day on the smoke watch Althouse reports White smoke! "New pope about to show his face. ADDED: "The cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church elected Robert Francis Prevost as their 267th pontiff on Thursday, ending a two-day conclave in Rome with the election of the first pope from the United States" (NYT). . . .  "Pope Leo XIV, Born in Chicago, Is the First American Pontiff/Robert Francis Prevost, who led the Vatican office that selects and manages bishops globally, has spent much of his life outside the United States" (NYT). Chicago, huh. Well he knows about politics, FWIW. WaEx, Pope Leo XIV: Cardinal Robert Prevost becomes first-ever American pontiff.  Capt. Ed At Hat Hair, Habemus Papam! White Smoke At Vatican; UPDATE: AMERICAN POPE; Update: REPUBLICAN??  At the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 05.08.25 (Evening Edition), American Conservative: Pope Leo XIV Crowned as First American Pontiff. Matthew Foldi @MatthewFoldi "It looks like the new Pope is: An American A Republican I’m thinking we’re back" Or at least he voted in a Republican primary, which in Chicago would be a wasted vote. Sundance at CTH, The First American Pope – Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost Elected to Become Pope Leo XIV. Ace, American Pope Elected, Robert F. Prevost; He's Addressing the Crowd, "They counted votes far faster than Arizona." Matt Vespa at Hat Hair, Some of the Reactions to the New Pope Have Been Hilarious. So, I was going to say now we can forget about the Pope again until this one dies, but he's only 69. I'm 73, so this might be the final pope of my lifetime. I assume he'll turn out to be a woke liberal.

Susie Moore at RedState says Whoa: Trump Says He's Pulling Ed Martin's Nom for US Attorney in D.C. - That's on Tillis. Sundance asserts Republican Senators Defeat Nomination of Ed Martin, President Trump will Replace "Ed Martin was what President Trump needed; a very serious, deliberate and qualified person to confront the Deep State UniParty. Those core skillsets are why the Republicans did not support him. However, on the optimistic side, if there is ever a special counsel to be appointed, I suspect Ed Martin will be leading candidate." Ace, After Democrat Senators Tillis, Cassidy, Collins, Murkowski, McConnell, and Linsdsey Graham Balk, Trump Withdraws Ed Martin from Consideration for US Attorney from DC. "Isn't it great having a "Big Tent Party" where all the political positions are filled by Democrats who despise the base and whose greatest mission is to thwart us, contain us, and control us?" ABC whines Trump appoints Fox News host Jeanine Pirro as top prosecutor in DC and CBS sobs Jeanine Pirro to replace Ed Martin as interim U.S. attorney in D.C., Trump says. Jen Van Laar at RedState, Updated: Thom Tillis Really Won't Like Trump's Replacement Pick for Interim DC US Attorney. Hat Hair's John Sexton, Trump Picks Jeanine Pirro as Interim US attorney for DC. Beege Welborn, OMG I just want to cry, this is SO brilliant. HEADS EXPLODING!!!! So bring WetWipes and a towel if you're near any Dems /Lefties /progressives tonight and for probably the next week at least." Not my favorite "The 5" cast member, but she's smart, and as far as I know, politically clean. I kinda think this is a "stick it to them" move by Trump, and it at least stalls an appointment by Boasberg for another 90 days. "How will Jessica Tarlov react? That's the video I'd like to see." Me too. At the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 05.08.25 (Evening Edition), Twitchy, Trump Taps Judge Jeannine Pirro For Acting DC US Attorney.

Althouse, "President Donald Trump on Thursday will announce a new trade pact with the United Kingdom, the first of dozens of agreements he is seeking with countries around the world." Cutie Pavlich at TownHall, Trump Confirms Which Major Country Has Made a Trade Deal. Lesser Britain. Sundance post the video of the announcement, President Trump Announces U.S-U.K Trade Deal. Dave Strom at Hat Hair calls it Schrödinger's Trade Deal With the UK. "There is a left-wing meme being pushed that President Trump's trade deal with the UK is a sham. As I peruse X to keep up with the news and the Narrative™, NeverTrumpers are trying to pour cold water on Trump's talk of a deal. It's for obvious reasons: the more it looks like Trump's tariffs are mostly about moving renegotiations along with the rest of the world, the more the stock markets will celebrate and the jitters that ordinary Americans feel about the economic future will subside. . . . The big problem with the left's narrative is that attacking the deal will require not just going after Trump, but also trashing the UK Prime Minister." From Twitchy, Scott Jennings Uses the UK's Major Deal with Trump/U.S. to DRAAAAG Political Left As Only HE Can and LOL. Scott Jennings @ScottJenningsKY, "lol I was assured on TV two nights ago that the UK was forming alliances to oppose the United States." Amanda Head at JTN reports White House weighs tariff exemptions for baby items "Struggling parents would benefit from the exemption, allowing essential items like diapers, strollers, and other baby items to be tariff-free." At Da Caller, American Manufacturers Overwhelmed With Orders After Trump’s Tariff Crackdown On China. From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 05.08.25 (Morning Edition) Don Surber: Globalists copy Trump and win. At the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 05.08.25 (Evening Edition), Lawrence Person's BattleSwarm Blog, Trump’s Not The Only One Slapping Tariffs On China, Cafe Hayek: Tariff Work-arounds Are Costly, On Joe Nocera’s Mistaken Take on Trade and Economics, GDP?C+I+G+X-M, Ten Minus Two Never Equals Anything Other Than Eight, and FedEx Began With Imported Aircraft.

Matt Margolis at PJM wonders if you Need More Proof That Polls Showing Trump Underwater Are Bogus?

From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 05.08.25 (Morning Edition) Twitchy: Scott Jennings Points Out The Real Constitutional Crisis Facing America, Scott Jennings @ScottJenningsKY, "Activist judges overstepping and usurping authority reserved for the President of the United States is the real constitutional crisis."

Also Mat Margolis, Kash Patel Nukes Another Democrat Over Bogus FBI ‘Weaponization’ Narrative

🚨 Kash Patel just WRECKED Patty Murray

KASH: “I think the common theme is you putting words in my mouth, and I’m not going to tolerate it.”

“If you wanna talk about someone who was attacked by a weaponized bureau, you’re looking at him. And now he’s the Director of the FBI”… pic.twitter.com/YX031HzTIF

— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) May 8, 2025

Collin Rugg @CollinRugg "JUST IN: The FBI has officially opened a formal criminal investigation into New York AG Letitia James for her alleged fraudulent mortgage transactions, according to Times Union. The update comes as James continues to have public meltdowns. James is accused of falsifying records to receive more favorable loan terms including for a property in Virginia that she allegedly claimed would be her primary residence." PM, BREAKING: FBI investigates NY AG Letitia James over mortgage fraud. Texas @MustangMan_TX, "Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett says she doesn't have to explain why her family has been cashing their dead grandmother's Social Security checks since 2004. "Our family business is our family business." Sure. Until your family business is defrauding the taxpayer, DOGE has already fixed the problem and promised to claw back as much as possible."

Right Angle News Network @Rightanglenews "BREAKING - Rep. Anna Paulina Luna has introduced legislation to repeal the Patriot Act. The bill aims to roll back post-9/11 surveillance powers in a major push to restore civil liberties." At the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 05.08.25 (Evening Edition), The Federalist: Filing: Smartmatic Hid Meeting With Dem Megadonor Who Financed Its Suit Against 2020 Election Reporting, House Committees, DOJ Turn Up The Heat On Dems’ ActBlue.

Dave Strom, Halperin Scoop: Biden Inc. Is Going Broke, no influence left to sell. Ace, Mark Halperin: A Source "Very Familiar With the Bidens" Tells Me That Biden, Inc. Is Going Broke as the Graft Spigots Have All Been Turned Off, "This is wonderful." VodkaPundit at Insty, YOU WOULD NEED A HEART OF STONE NOT TO LAUGH. Matt Margolis reports Joe Biden Went on ‘The View,’ and It Was a Total Disaster. Katie Jerkovich wants you to Watch: Joe Biden on 'The View' Struggles to Explain Cognitive Decline Before Jill Can Come to the Rescue. Jeff Charles at TownHall thinks You Will Laugh Your Head Off When You Hear Why Biden Waited So Long to Drop Out of the Race ""I don't think it would have mattered," he says. "We left at a time when we had a good candidate, she was fully funded." Ace, Asked About His Steep Cognitive Decline on Propaganda Yenta Show The View, Biden Babbles Incoherently and Needs His Wifenurse to Step In, ""Joe worked hard every single day," non-doctor Jill Biden said." From Fox, Ex-CNN journalist speaks out on Biden cover-up, says White House aides made it difficult on press "'The Biden team made it really hard to ask questions about his health — they shamed you,' Chris Cillizza says." The poor baby.

Clay Travis @ClayTravis "This is good. @BretBaier asks Bernie Sanders why he spent $221k on private jet travel during his “fighting the oligarchy tour.” Bernie says he’s too important to fly commercial and wait in line like normal people. “No apologies.”" Driscoll at Insty, ‘NO APOLOGIES:’ Absentee Senator From Panem Objects to Flying With Hoi Polloi. “You think I’m going to be sitting on a waiting line,” Caesar Flickerman — excuse me, Bernie Sanders — asks, “at United, while 30,000 people are waiting?” Ace, Bernie Sanders on Using Expensive Private Jets -- Paid for by Billionaire Pals -- While "Fighting the Oligarchy:" "You Want Me to Wait in Line at United With 30,000 People?" "When Sanders asked, rhetorically, "When's the last time you saw Donald Trump at National Airport," Bret Baier replied, "He's not 'fighting the oligarchy.'""

From NYPo, the Divine Ms. Devine reports Corrupt Venezuelan officials ‘facilitated’ Tren de Aragua gang’s reign of terror in US. Sounds like an invasion to me. Bonchie at RedState thinks a Shocking Revelation About Deported 'Maryland Dad' Abrego-Garcia Finishes Off the Democrat Narrative. "This latest revelation revolves around something that happened in Tennessee, though. As Redstate reported, Abrego-Garcia was pulled over in the state on suspicion of human trafficking in 2022. Highway patrol officers found eight other people in the car, which was registered to a convicted human smuggler. They also found $1400 in cash, which was suspected to be payment for the run. The then-Biden-led ICE never showed up to detain Abrego-Garcia on what would have presumably been federal charges, and he was released. Now, the convicted human smuggler has not only been revealed, but he's cooperating with the Trump administration's Department of Justice. As part of a "limited immunity" deal, Jose Ramon Hernandez Reyes has confirmed that he did hire Abrego-Garcia to traffic illegal immigrants."

David Sacks@davidsacks47 "TO WIN THE AI RACE, THE BIDEN AI DIFFUSION RULE MUST GO The Trump administration has announced its intention to repeal the Biden administration’s AI Diffusion Rule. As the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) confirmed in a statement yesterday: “The Biden AI rule is overly complex, overly bureaucratic, and would stymie American innovation. We will be replacing it with a much simpler rule that unleashes American innovation and ensures American AI dominance.” This is an excellent decision by Secretary of Commerce @howardlutnick and Under Secretary of BIS Jeff Kessler. There were several major problems with the Biden Diffusion Rule . . . " Under the Biden administration, I assume there was graft involved.

Guy Benson at TownHall hears ‘It Is Our Job to Destroy the United States,’ Says... MEMRI @MEMRIReports "Temple University Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) President Rishi Arun during a Panel Honoring Cop-Killer Mumia Abu-Jamal: It Is Our Job to Destroy the U.S.; Samidoun Official Mohammed Khatib: Liberating Palestine Will Help Dismantle America." Timur Kuran @timurkuran "Causality goes both ways. Students already inclined to hate other identity groups flock disproportionately to Ethnic, Gender, and Area Studies. At the same time, these activist-heavy disciplines radicalize students who flock to them for other reasons, such as low workload." Quote The Missing Data Depot@data_depot "FIRE's 2024 survey of college students found large variations by major in the acceptability of using violence to shut down speech. While 52% of Ethnic, Gender & Area Studies majors said using violence is acceptable, less than 33% of STEM, Social Science & Humanities majors did."

From Twitchy, NYT: West Point Is to Educate, Not Indoctrinate, Says Professor Who's Quitting. DOD Rapid Response @DODResponse "This article was written by a woke professor who will be RESIGNING in the coming months because he “cannot tolerate these changes.” AKA, he's so upset that @SecDef is REMOVING DEI from West Point that he is RESIGNING… GOOD"

There are still a plethora of good links at the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 05.08.25 (Morning Edition) and the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 05.08.25 (Evening Edition).

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Sharps Island Gets a Exhibit

Corwin and Gabby at the Sharp's Island Light

Chesapeake Bay Mag, Sharps Island Remembered: Tilghman Watermen’s Museum Reopens with New Exhibit

The only sign of Sharps Island today is a noticeably leaning, sparkplug-style lighthouse. It marks the shoals at the mouth of the Choptank River off Poplar Island and Black Walnut Point. It’s hard to imagine that the area near Sharps Island light was once an island up to 700-acres large, but some people in Tilghman still remember when there was some island left to see.

The Tilghman Watermen’s Museum, which records the lifestyle of watermen and the things they do, was founded by Hall and Mary Kellogg in 2008 because the couple saw the old Tilghman Island way of life disappearing.

This new exhibit is modeled on the museum’s Tilghman exhibits, which proved popular for their accounts of real people, with artifacts and using the memories of distinctive island residents. The museum’s approach is to give visitors “a history lesson with some stories thrown in,” says museum board member Bonnie Messick.

The Sharps Island exhibit covers Sharps history spanning from Captain John Smith’s exploration in 1608, when the island measured hundreds of acres, until its demise in the 1950s. The museum owes its early Sharps Island history to Smithsonian researcher Darrin Lowery, Ph.D., a “local kid made good,” as Messick tells us. Lowery has published work on the vanished Sharps Island in his study of coastal erosion through history. Lowery has a large collection of artifacts dating back thousands of years from Sharps, including arrowheads and pipes. Some items like those are part of the new exhibit.
Lowery published this overlaid map reflecting the drastic shrinking of Sharps Island from 1848 to 1952. 

Map of the shrinking of Sharps Island

The island’s role as a navigational aid is its longest-lasting legacy. There have been three Sharps Island Lights over the years, beginning with a portable light station built on the island itself in 1838. It had a wooden keeper’s quarters with a lantern built on top, according to Lighthousefriends.com. It was already obvious that erosion was quickly wearing the island down, and so in 1848 the portable lighthouse was moved farther inland. In 1866, a new screwpile lighthouse was built offshore, about four miles off Tilghman Island. It was no match for the heavy ice that formed multiple times over the next two decades, and the lighthouse was carried away entirely in February 1881. Amazingly, the keepers stayed on the lighthouse for 16 hours as it drifted five miles to another island.

In 1822, the third and final Sharps Island light was built. The cast-iron, concrete-filled caisson had a brick-lined, iron tower and Fresnel lens, along with a fog warning bell. This lighthouse proved sturdier, but it got its modern-day 15-degree tilt during the deep freeze of 1977. The three Sharps Island lighthouses were manned by lightkeepers until the final lighthouse was automated in 1951. The exhibit includes history of the light and its keepers, including a log shared by the daughter of the last lightkeeper.

The exhibit also covers the many owners of the island, which was primarily used for farmland. As the island was whittled down by the Bay, at least one owner tried to claim the historical 700 acres, now underwater, for oyster beds, to no avail.

There's often good fishing there, particularly on the the "ice breaker" a few hundred yards south. A pile of rocks initially set to break up ice drifting with the tide before it reached the tower, now submerged, but close enough to the surface to catch a lower unit on a low tide. It obviously didn't work.

Flotsam and Jetsam - The Pope is Still Dead

Because they haven't agreed on a new one. From Fox, Black smoke on papal conclave Day 2 means new pope not chosen in voting.

UPI reports Trump withdraws surgeon general nominee, replaces her with Stanford grad, doctor. "May 7 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump on Wednesday withdrew Dr. Janette Nesheiwat as his nominee for U.S. surgeon general and announced Dr. Casey Means as his new selection. . . . CBS News reported that records showed she graduated from the American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine, and not the University of Arkansas School of Medicine as was said when her nomination was announced. The University of Arkansas verified that Nesheiwat completed her residency there but didn't earn a degree." NYPo, Trump yanks Dr. Janette Nesheiwat’s nomination for surgeon general — and announces new pick. Sundance at CTH, President Trump Withdraws Nomination of Janette Nesheiwat for Surgeon General, Replaces with Casey Means. Newshweiwat has also drawn fire on the right due to some COVID stances. From Com Def, Trump Nominates Cheryl Mason as VA Inspector General, Prompting Democratic Backlash. Rueters, US FDA names agency critic Vinay Prasad as top vaccine official. 

Matt Vespa at TownHall, Here's the Scott Bessent Response That Sent This House Dem Into Meltdown Mode. "While facing a hostile Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY), the congressman asked Bessent who was president in 2024. “One believes, President Biden,” Bessent responded." Mary Chastain at LI, Bessent Keeps His Cool as Waters Tries (and Fails) to Belittle, Outsmart Him. "Well, at least Waters can brag that she’s better at the Electric Slide than Bessent because, well, that’s it." Dave Solway at PJM, Western Canada Puts the Rest of Canada on Notice. "Attending a recent independence rally in Edmonton, Alberta, Calgary-based management consultant James Albers found that “One could scarcely miss the parallels between the plight of Alberta today and that of the American colonies before 1776—only now the offending party is Ottawa, not Westminster.”" 

Ksenia Karelina

At WaEx, Salena Zite looks at Pete Hegseth’s hard choices: Today’s decisions and tomorrow’s military. Bonchie at RedState, New: The Houthis Just Surrendered to Donald Trump. Yashar Ali @yashar, "BREAKING The Foreign Ministry of Oman says it has brokered a ceasefire agreement between the United States and Ansar Allah (Houthis) “In the future, neither side will target the other, including American vessels, in the Red Sea and Bab al-Mandab Strait, ensuring freedom of navigation and the smooth flow of international commercial shipping. The Sultanate of Oman expresses its gratitude to both parties for their constructive approach that led to this welcome outcome, and hopes that it will lead to further progress on many regional issues towards achieving justice, peace, and prosperity for all.”" Sundance at CTH sees surrender monkey French President Macron Asks EU and USA to Drop Sanctions Against Al-Qaeda in Syria, Vice-President JD Vance Speaks at the DC Munich Security Conference and President Trump Signs Proclamation Designating May 8th as “Victory Day” to Commemorate Victory in World War II. Matt Margolis at PJM, Trump's Ultimate Troll Move Would Send D.C. Leftists Into Meltdown. Appoint Gen. Michael Flynn to UN Ambassador. Da Mail reports Donald Trump meets ballerina Ksenia Karelina who he helped free from Russian hellhole jail in prisoner swap. 

From Fox 26, Trump on High-Speed Rail: "Worst cost overrun I've ever seen. We're not going to pay". The train from nowhere to nowhere. At NYPo Rich Lowry opines Famous name aside, Alcatraz would make a terrible deportation jail. From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 05.07.25 (Evening Edition) EBL, MAGAtraz and The Stock Market Has Recovered Its Losses, Louder With Crowder: JD Vance blasts Ilhan Omar’s “genocidal language”, Commie actor Sean Penn calls Trump a “spouse murderer,” and then he gets ridiculous and from the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 05.07.25 (Unspeakably Early Morning Edition), Louder With Crowder, To bash Donald Trump, CNN interviewed a Mexican Cartel member about being labeled a terrorist, Kamala Harris returns for anti-Trump speech, instead claims elephants live rent-free in her head, Somehow, accusing Donald Trump of KIDNAPPING isn’t the most ridiculous thing Jasmine Crockett says here, and CNN data guru forced to admit Americans STILL think Trump is doing a better job than Kamala Harris ever would.

 Da Fetched a new Clinton-Appointed Judge Blocks Trump from Deporting Gang Members Using ‘Alien Enemies Act’. WokeSpy reports America First Legal Sues Chief Justice Roberts Over Lawfare- “You Can’t Have Your Cake And Eat It Too” "Stephen Miller’s conservative legal advocacy group America First Legal Foundation (AFLF) has filed a lawsuit against Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., and Robert J. Conrad, in their official capacities as the Presiding Officer of the Judicial Conference; and Director of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, respectively, for allegedly violating federal transparency laws." From ET, Trump Announces 5 Judicial Nominations for Missouri, DC Courts. "This latest round of picks brings the total number of judicial nominations made by Trump so far in his second term to six."

Ward Clark at RedState, Senator Thom Tillis Is Blocking a Key Trump Nominee - Why? (Updated). Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) is withholding support for President Donald Trump’s nominee for U.S. Attorney for D.C., a move that could result in MAGA villain Judge James Boasberg choosing who would fill the role — potentially even former Special Counsel Jack Smith. Chris Queen at PJM thinks Thom Tillis' Reason for Blocking Ed Martin's Confirmation Will Make Your Blood Boil. Because of J6 pardons. If Boasberg appoints a new US Attorney, Trump should refuse to pay him. Let Boasberg do it. 

Shooting News Weekly, Yet Again: FBI Botched, Changed, Then Withheld the Results of Its Congressional Baseball Shooting Investigation. LifeZette, James Comer Drops Bombshell: Epstein Files May Be Destroyed by Deep State. How convenient. 

Hat Hair's Beege Welborn informs us CFTC 'Staff' Placed on Leave Amid Investigation. "Acting CFTC Chairman Caroline D. Pham responded to the CFTC Office of Inspector General’s (OIG) findings regarding telework violations by a staff member, expressing concern over what she described as “a lengthy scheme to defraud the American taxpayer.”"

From Twitchy, Greg Gutfeld's 'Rant for the Ages' About Biden's 1st Interview Since Leaving Office Is Necessarily Brutal. Althouse, "I just don't understand how people think that if we allow a dictator, a thug, to decide he's going to take significant portions of land that aren't his, that that's going to satisfy him. I don't quite understand." Said Joe Biden, quoted in "Five takeaways from Biden's BBC interview" (BBC). 'Becca Downs at TownHall asks if you Remember Biden's Failed Pier in Gaza? It Turns Out It Was Worse Than We Thought. Scott Jennings@ScottJenningsKY, "One of the biggest Biden embarrassments - the half baked Gaza Aid Pier. $230 million. 20 days in use. And now we find out it injured 60+ US soldiers. One soldier died! All to placate terrorists & their sympathizers in the Democratic Party. Insane scandal." 

Sister Toldja, hears Fetterman Respond to NY Mag Hit Piece As Another Reporter Casts More Doubt on Story's Validity. Matt Vespa sees a Media Critic Nail What NY Mag's Hit Piece on John Fetterman Is Really About. Steve Krakauer @SteveKrak "Let's be honest about what the Fetterman NY Mag hit piece actually is: Fetterman's former longtime aide Adam Jentleson wrote an email a year ago detailing health issues he saw. This stayed private because it was not politically expedient to leak it. Now his "friend" Ben Terris uses it as the singular piece of evidence in his lengthy attack on Fetterman's health, in an attempt to push him out of the Senate. Why? Because what's obvious to everyone is that Fetterman's health is improving, not declining. He was far worse than his staff let on back in 2023, but has improved, as expected, from the stroke, as is clear in his interviews and interactions. At the same time, his politics have shifted to the middle. He is overtly pro-Israel in a party that is increasingly anti-Israel. He is open to talking to Trump and engaging with the other side at a time when his party wants to otherize the right. Jentleson and his other aides are Dem party operatives who will do anything to hurt their former boss. Covering up his ailments was useful when he was a steady Dem party pawn, voting exactly how they want and saying exactly what they want. But now that he's a wildcard - almost an antagonist to the establishment - and a disruptor within his party, the stories get told about, again, what was happening well over a year ago."

Pop Times reports RFK Jr. Accuses Biden Admin Of Becoming “Collaborator” In Child Trafficking "“We have ended HHS’s role as the principal vector in this country for child trafficking. During the Biden administration, HHS became a collaborator in child trafficking for sex and for slavery, and we have ended that. We’re very aggressively going out and trying to find these 300,000 children that were lost by the Biden administration." WokeSpy, House Dem Lies About U.S. “Deporting” Children, Throw Maxine Waters-Style Tantrum. At Bearing Arms, a Larry video, JD Vance Torches Ilhan Omar! Immigration Game-Changer Sparks Liberal Meltdown! Althouse, "The Trump administration is planning to transport a group of immigrants to Libya on a U.S. military plane..." "The nationalities of the migrants were not immediately clear.... The country is racked with conflict, and human rights groups have called conditions in its network of migrant detention centers 'horrific' and 'deplorable.'" Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok "A mob of pro-illegal aliens protestors in Nashville swarmed a bus transporting illegals and hurled insults at ICE agents. Arrest all of them for interfering with ICE operations." Drew Berquist reports CBP DNA Whistleblowers Finally Cleared—Trump Reverses Biden Admin’s Retaliation. Chuck Grassley @ChuckGrassley "BIG NEWS after over 7 YRS of retaliation CBP whistleblowers Fred Wynn+Mike Taylor+Mark Jones r being promoted These men blew the whistle on CBP's failure 2 collect DNA at the border & the Biden/Harris admin punished them for speaking out ANOTHER GR8 DAY FOR WBS + RULE OF LAW"

At Hat Hair Capt. Ed says Pulitzers Carry On Grand Tradition Of ... Walter Duranty and Dave Strom thinks The Narrative™ Exists, And It Is Imposed By Media, NPR Edition.

Ace, Dozens of Masked Terror Supporters Storm Columbia "University's" Library as Actual Students Attempt to Study for Exams, "We need MEGA -- Make Education Great Again." Nick Sortor @nicksortor "UPDATE: Palestine protestors are now PLEADING to be let out of the Columbia University which they invaded, as officials BLOCK them from leaving without ID “Please, please let us out!”" Those who REFUSE to provide ID are being arrested on the spot. THIS is how it’s done!" Hat Hair's John Sexton notes Michigan Attorney General Drops Charges Against University of Michigan Activists, of course. Beege Welborn asserts The University of Washington and City of Seattle Are a Third World Dumpster Fire. Victor Joecks thinks Defunding Shouldn't Stop With Harvard. True, but it's a damn good start. From Fox, Columbia University lays off around 180 staff after Trump administration revokes grants. "Ivy League school recently lost $400M in federal funding over antisemitism concerns." Roger Pielke Jr. explains How To Get Rid of a Tenured Professor. "Activists push an apocalyptic vision of climate change, but that's not the scientific consensus. I got in trouble just for saying that." At Education Daly, Mississippi Can't Possibly Have Good Schools. "And yet it does. Are we ready to deal?"

Hollywood in Toto sees Celebrities say Trump Will Destroy the World! "Far-Left rhetoric goes to 11 as public tunes out elite progressives." Matt Vespa, Bill Maher Again Sets the Woke Left Aflame in Latest Commentary.

Katie Jerkovich at RedState calls it ‘Tasteless’ when NYC Tears Down Statue Of Thomas Jefferson, Erects 12-foot Statue of 'Overweight Black Woman', that to the extent that it looks like anyone looks like Letitia James. 

Capt. Ed reports Washington (state) Declares War On Faith; Seattle Archbishop Warns Priests to Remain Firm. "Gov. Bob Ferguson has signed a new law stripping members of the clergy of their ability to hear confessions as "privileged communication." The state legislature passed SB 5375 to explicitly target the confessional and require priests and ministers to report any confession involving potential child abuse."

A Thursday Tune - Hungover

Elizabeth Camille Langley (born May 3, 1999), known professionally as Ella Langley, is an American country music singer-songwriter from Hope Hull, Alabama signed to Sony Music Nashville and Columbia Records. Her debut album Hungover was released on August 2, 2024. This album includes her breakthrough number-one hit "You Look Like You Love Me" with Riley Green.

Langley was raised in a musically inclined family alongside two brothers and a sister. Her early exposure to music came through singing in local Baptist churches and informal jam sessions within her community. She loved sitting with her grandfather at the piano, singing "Frog Went a-Courting." After he passed, her father restrung his guitar for her at 14. That same night, she taught herself to play "Three Little Birds" by Bob Marley. In 2016, she gave her first public performance at her high school, Hooper Academy, to perform in the talent show. Afterwards, she began performing at local venues. Initially accepted to Troy University, she later transferred to Auburn University to study forestry.