Flotsam and Jetsam - Trump Dumps Biden's CAFE Standards

Da Mail whines it's a Huge win for fans of gas-guzzlers as Trump kills off hated Biden-era rule. Althouse find "Flanked by executives from major automakers in the Oval Office, Mr. Trump said the Transportation Department would significantly weaken fuel efficiency requirements..." ""... for tens of millions of new cars and light trucks. The administration claimed the changes would save Americans $109 billion over five years and shave $1,000 off the average cost of a new car. The Biden administration’s stricter efficiency standards were designed to get more Americans to go electric. But Mr. Trump said they 'forced automakers to build cars using expensive technologies that drove up costs, drove up prices, and made the car much worse. This is a green new scam, and people were paying too much for a car that didn’t work as well.'" From "Trump Returns to Gasoline as Fuel of Choice for Cars, Gutting Biden’s Climate Policy/The president said he would weaken Biden-era mileage standards, which were designed to increase electric-vehicle sales, calling them a 'scam'" (NYT)." Sundance at CTH, President Trump Cancels Joe Biden CAFE Standards Against Auto Industry. VodkaPundit at Insty, GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY: New York Post @nypost "USPS EV fleet behind schedule with $3B in taxpayer funds spent — and only 612 trucks built https://trib.al/tS8Nd3i" Ace, Lefties Continue To Live in Denial, But Gas Prices Are Now Under $2/Gallon in Some Parts of the Country, "When is Trump going to fulfill his campaign promise of reducing inflation? Wait, he already has? Well in that case, when is he going to stop murdering poor innocent narcoterrorist drug smugglers?! Huh, racist?!" 

Stephen Moore says If Young People Want More Affordability, They Should Get Jobs, but what's the fun in that? Driscoll at Insty, HOW IT STARTED: Trump Is the New FDR. . . "How it’s going: Maddow Suggests Trump’s America Is Akin To Japanese Internment. Rich Lowry at NRO, Trump Is the New FDR. "Progressives have long pined for another FDR. Here in the first couple of months of 2025, they’ve gotten one. President Trump’s mad opening dash is like nothing we’ve seen since Franklin Roosevelt’s historic first 100 days." Beege Welborn at Hat Hair likes Playing Smashmouth: AgSec Rollins Taking the Blue States' SNAP. Ace, Trump's Ag Secretary: States Will Either Open Their Books So We Can Detect SNAP Fraud, Or We're Cutting Them Off. "This is huge. Can't wait for a left-wing rogue judge to be "randomly" assigned to the lawsuit and immediately grant an injunction."

Ace woke up and noticed Republican Matt Van Epps Holds On to Win the Tennessee 7 Special Election, But It's A Much Closer Race Than We'd've Hoped "The Democrats are hysterical and frantic and absolutely energized to kill us at the polls -- and maybe in real life too." VodkaPundit at Insty, goes BACK TO THAT TENNESSEE SPECIAL ELECTION ONE MORE TIME: Robby Starbuck @robbystarbuck, "Some will be mad at me for this but I say it out of love for our country… We won the TN special election by less than we should have. If you’ve been to this area, you know it should have been a blowout. And this isn’t a knock on Matt Van Epps. He had lower name ID to begin with and did a good job pulling it out. A lesser candidate would have made it a real nail biter. So why was it close? Many voters are apathetic and have very little enthusiasm on our side. Why? They think our majority in Congress is failing them due to weak leadership, bad priorities & inconsistent messaging . . . " Bonchie @bonchieredstate, "This is going to shock you, but after she lost, Aftyn Behn called up Van Epps and nagged him. This may be the most AWFL thing I’ve ever seen. And I saw that clip from Jennifer Welch’s podcast yesterday." Quote Acyn @Acyn, "Behn: I called the congressman elect, Matt van Epps, and I had one question for him: What will define what happens next? Do not let the affordable care act subsidies expire. Do not raise healthcare costs for working families in Tennessee." Roger Simon calls the Tennessee 7th Race 'Much Ado About Nothing', "Or maybe 'Much Ado About Nothing... Much'" Scott Pinsker at PJM, PR Fallout of the Tennessee Special Election: Here’s What the Media WON’T Tell You. "It would’ve been weirder if the Dems didn’t “over-perform.” The fact that they had every single institutional advantage available and STILL lost by nine points is significant. But we won’t hear too much about that from the mainstream media, will we?" Hat Hair's Dave Strom says remember, Public Polls Are for Entertainment Purposes Only. Well, they're also for propaganda purposes.

From RVM, Dems Hegseth Narrative Blows Up Faster Than A Cartel Boat in the Gulf of America. From Twitchy, Rachel Maddow Has a Theory for Why Trump's Targeting Totally Innocent Fisherman in Rowboats. Breaking911 @Breaking911, "WATCH: Rachel Maddow says the Trump admin. is targeting Venezuelan narco-terrorists to illegally deport people from America "They declared a war. Then, they needed a reason for the war." "Why are we killing people in boats without motors?"" Huh, those speed boats have 3-4 motors costing ~ $30k each. About the cost of one Hellfire missile. Also at Twitchy, Journo David Shuster Continues One-Sided Slap-Fight With Pete Hegseth. RNC Research @RNCResearch, "INSANE Democrat Jack Reed dismisses criminals smuggling illegal drugs into the U.S. as not "narco-terrorists," just people trying to make money. "Usually, people are not significantly involved...It's the way they make money."" The genius of Trump is that he can make Democrats align with the worst of the worst. From Breitbart, ‘Franklin the Turtle’ Publisher Lashes Out at Hegseth Meme. Kurt Schlichter @KurtSchlichter "Long explainer: Let’s examine the emerging “scapegoat” narrative, because it demonstrates the true objective of the Democrat/Regime Media/Fredocon axis - to hurt Trump politically and to stop the changing of the Pentagon from a leftist-supporting social pathology Petri dish back into a patriotic war-fighting force that can effectively prevent the eventual color revolution they are working toward. At the threshold, let’s understand that there was nothing illegal here. Even under the facts as alleged, which change as they keep shifting the goalposts, there was no violation of the law of war. There was no violation of any Geneva Convention, not least because no Geneva Convention applies here. So, everything I say here is simply taking their story du jour and testing it to see if it makes internal sense. It does not, because it’s all baloney. They don’t care. It’s the lie that’s important. . ." At Am Mil News, Trump confirms call with Venezuelan president amid rising tension. Sarah Anderson at PJM says This Dude Maduro Sure Does a Lot of Dancing for Someone With a $50 Million Bounty on His Head. Sundance hosts Secretary of State Marco Rubio Discusses Immigration Vetting, Venezuela Situation and Ukraine-Russia Conflict and Videos Worth Watching – President Trump asked About Witkoff and Kushner Visiting Moscow.

At Hat Hair, a Larry video, Dems Plot Military Coup: Hegseth, Trump Double Down. Amy Curtis at TownHall wonders Did Senator Mark Warner Just Call for a Military Coup? Greg Price @greg_price11, "Sen. Mark Warner: "I think, in many ways, the uniformed military may help save us from this President." They're now just openly calling for military coups against President Trump." From Twitchy, Dem Mark Kelly Is Now Declaring That Unlawful, Illegal Military Orders Have Been Issued Under Trump "Democrat Senator Mark Kelly is taking his sedition to the next level. He’s now claiming that unlawful, illegal orders to the military have been given under President Donald Trump - a clear reference to the manufactured narco-terrorist boat scandal. He’s trying to sow chaos in the military so soldiers question all orders for fear they’ll be prosecuted under a future Democrat administration." From JTN/Center Square, AZ Sen. Mark Kelly says Trump and Hegseth can't silence or bully him "During televised segments Sunday on CNN and NBC, Kelly dismissed criticisms and actions by President Donald Trump and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth." PJM's Stephen Kruiser thinks There's a Lot of Entertainment Value in Mark Kelly's Implosion.

Matt Margolis at PJM asks Why Is The Washington Post Defending the National Guard Shooter? and hears a Bombshell Report Reveals Shocking New Motive for DC National Guard Shooter. From PM, Investigators consider potential Taliban blackmail as motive in shooting of National Guard troops: "Lakanwal has family remaining in Afghanistan and investigators are considering as a line of inquiry that he may have had concerns about their safety." Jeff Charles at TownHall sees If This Is What Motivated the National Guard Shooter, the Blowback Could Be Terrifying. Ace, Of Course: Biden Created a Special Exemption So That "Low-Level" Taliban Officials Could Migrate to the US. "Yeah they're Taliban -- members of the radical cult that sheltered bin Ladin and floods the world with heroin -- but they're "low-level" "civil servants" so I'm sure they're cool. BTW, why would Taliban civil servants have to flee the Taliban? It's almost as if the Democrats just want to fill the US with foreign terrorists because they believe we should all be equal in poverty, misery, murder and terror." At the NYPo, Refugee group was warned that DC shooting suspect Rahmanullah Lakanwal was spiraling into mania — he got asylum anyway. From Front Page, Pakistani Muslim Terrorist Busted Planning to Shoot Up University of Delaware, "Students had protested ICE enforcement against Muslim terrorist supporters."

Hat Hair's John Sexton hears a Boston Judge Steps In to Rescue Planned Parenthood Again. Why bother with executive and a legislative branches, just let the judges decide what they think it best. At RCP, 'Iryna's Law' and the Bad Judges Who Make It Necessary. From News Wax, Trump: Dems Talking 'Pack' the Court; 'Terminate the Filibuster.'

WokeSpy reports Sen. Ron Johnson Says His Team Was Offered Hunter Biden’s Laptop in 2020 but Declined After FBI Warning. "Johnson described how, in August 2020, shortly before his team was offered the hard drive, the FBI summoned him and Sen. Chuck Grassley for briefings warning them about potential Russian and Ukrainian disinformation. He recalled being told, “you got to be careful about what you hear out of Russia and out of Ukraine, and spread disinformation.”"

From LifeZette, Scott Adams Suggests Kamala Chose Tim Walz Because She Knew He Was Corrupt. From the Slantic, The Operator "Josh Shapiro has spent his life preparing to lead an America that might no longer exist." Beege Welborn hears Californians Scoff: Tim Walz Is Amateur Welfare Fraud Hour Compared to Gruesome Newsom. Mitch Berg at Hat Hair VIP says Sticks And Stones May Break My Bones, But Tim Walz Should Shut Up About Namecalling. Also at Hat Hair, Trump: Somali Community Has 'Destroyed Minnesota' Under Walz and Frey. Breitbart reports the St. Paul Mayor: Fraud Charges Show Federal Agents ‘Not Adding Value’, Doing ‘Opposite.’ Ace, Fascist Government Shows Its Authoritarianism By Responding to Voters' Wishes, "Kristi Noem says "We don't want them [third world criminal immigrants]." Dave Strom considers the question Should Presidents Call Groups of People Garbage? If the shoe fits. LHGrey @grey4626, "Ilhan, Your recent proclamation that "Somali Americans are here to stay" is a mendacious assertion, a fabrication woven from the threads of delusion and despair. It is a lie, plain and simple, and one that will not withstand the relentless march of truth and justice. These individuals, these so-called "Somali Americans," are not indelibly woven into the fabric of this nation. They are transients, interlopers, parasites feeding off the lifeblood of a country that was never meant to be their sanctuary. . . " Beege Welborn again, Jayapal and Friends Trying to Spring Illegals From Detention WIth Taxpayer Funded Lawyers. NottheBee, Minneapolis mayor suggests he won't cooperate with federal law enforcement while speaking Somali. Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok, "Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara says that Somalians should call 911 if ICE shows up wearing masks to make arrests. He says police will "immediately respond" and "intervene." Interfering with immigration enforcement is a CRIME." At WaEx, Byron York on immigration law: Federal government has enforcement authority. Based Jessica @RealJessica, "Reporter tries to use the words “undocumented immigrant”, then Governer Ron DeSantis shames him into using the correct words “illegal aliens”. This is how every politician should handle it when dealing with far left reporter."

At Hat Hair, Waah: CNN Spazzing Over White House Media Page. Overton @overton_news, "CNN is already frantic over the Trump administration’s new webpage exposing media bias. Brian Stelter practically spiraled on air...insisting over and over that the real goal was to “delegitimize the media.” At the bottom of the screen, CNN slapped on a dramatic chyron: “White House launches webpage that targets reporters.” And Stelter spent the entire doing everything in his power to discredit the effort to hold the media accountable for inaccuracies. “To delegitimize the media. I would say it’s to delegitimize the media.” “This media bias monitor is being produced at taxpayer expense. It’s a featured part of the White House website, and it’s about trying to tarnish and demean various news outlets.”" Beege Welborn sees Scott Bessent Eviscerates the Old Grey Lady on Her Own Stage “Andrew, there’s no new normal,” adding that he has stopped reading the paper but that the articles sent his way prove to him the outlet is “just this fever swamp.” “You know, in twenty, thirty, forty, fifty years The New York Times is no longer the paper of record,” he predicted. “I read this article, like ‘President Trump is slowing down. President Trump’s mental capacity –’ It is a hundred percent fake. Like he only called me twice at two in the morning last week instead of three times.” Real Clear Defense is clearly angered by The Washington Post’s Attack on Veterans’ Integrity. 

Althouse finds "Republicans and Democrats are now nearly unanimous in believing the other party has gone too far with its rhetoric and are much more likely to think this than in 2011." ""Ninety-four percent of Democrats, compared with 74% in 2011, now say Republicans and their supporters have gone too far, and 93% of Republicans (vs. 63% in 2011) say the same about Democrats and their supporters. In contrast, partisans are disinclined to believe their own party has gone too far with its rhetoric and are no more likely now than in 2011 to hold this view. Today, 36% of Republicans believe the GOP and its supporters’ rhetoric has gone too far, compared with 32% in 2011. And Democrats are less likely now (28%) than in 2011 (45%) to say their party’s rhetoric has been too inflammatory." From "More Americans Say Political Rhetoric Has Gone Too Far/69% say Republicans', 60% say Democrats' inflammatory criticism of opponents has gone too far" (Gallup)."

From Hat Hair's John Sexton, Trans Woman Found Guilty of Child Abuse, Claims Jury Was 'Hypnotized'. Pop Times, New York Pastor Announces Gender Transition During Sunday Service. Ace sees A Man Brutalized a Woman and Put Her In the Hospital. In a Private Conversation, She Called Her Attacker a "Faggot." She Was Arrested. "In the UK, of course. Another "non-crime hate incident" prosecution. You're not allowed to use harsh language when describing the thug who beat the shit out of you, you see."

Find even more at the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 12.03.25. 

A Thursday Tune - Rise Up

Patricia Büchler (born 9 March 1997), known professionally as Patty Gurdy, is a German hurdy-gurdy musician, singer, songwriter and YouTuber.

Büchler was born on 9 March 1997. She lived in Düsseldorf while she studied there and graduated in 2019. She has some Irish ancestry. She earned a bachelor's degree in communication design. After playing the piano and other instruments for many years, she took up the hurdy-gurdy in 2014 and describes her genre as "dark folk-pop". She was a member of German bands Harpyie, under the stage name Io, in 2016 and Storm Seeker during 2016–2018. Her 2019 festival performances included Smaabyfestivalen in Flekkefjord, Norway and Tredegar House folk festival in Newport, Wales.

The hurdy-gurdy is a string instrument that produces sound by means of a hand-cranked rosined wheel which rubs against the strings. The wheel functions much like a violin (or nyckelharpa) bow, and single notes played on the instrument sound similar to those of a violin. Melodies are played on a keyboard that presses tangents—small wedges, typically made of wood or metal—against one or more of the strings to change their pitch. Like most other acoustic stringed instruments, it has a sound board and hollow cavity to make the vibration of the strings audible.

Moon Halo

 I went outside last night to see if there was an aurora. No aurora, but I found this:

22° halo

The Tide is High and I'm Moving On

Flag Harbor, aftermath of Hurricane Isabel 

Phys.org, Chesapeake Bay's storm surge tides can be 47% higher than the open ocean

When hurricanes or strong storms sweep up the United States' East Coast and meet the shores of the country's largest estuary, Chesapeake Bay, the familiar pattern of storm activity gets a little more complicated. A new study, published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, shows that water levels inside the bay can spike far more dramatically than along the open ocean, raising flood risks for coastal and inland communities.

Ph.D. researcher Jenero Knowles, of North Carolina State University, and colleagues focused on storm tides, these being the combined height of regular tides and the additional water pushed in by intense winds and low air pressure causing storm surges. In extreme cases, the storm tide magnitude can be many meters high, such as peaks of nearly 9 meters along the Mississippi coast during Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

Using a high-resolution simulation of the Lower Chesapeake Bay region, the researchers compared how extreme water levels might differ at open coast zones (like Virginia Beach) versus more sheltered locations inside the bay (such as Hampton and Norfolk).

They modified storm parameters such as wind strength, storm size, speed and track to generate a wide range of plausible storm scenarios, with the range of possible peak storm tides in the bay being up to 47% greater than those at the open coast. This translated to an almost 2 meter higher tide than normal.

My slip and dock box after Isabel

the water was down considerably at this point

 

While it may seem obvious to assume that a large estuary like the Chesapeake, partially protected from the full force of the ocean, would experience lower extremes, the study shows the opposite—enclosed or semi-enclosed water bodies like bays can actually intensify flood risk under certain conditions. The key lies in a mix of physical factors: the shape and geometry of the bay, how tides and storm surges interact, and how sensitive the surge is to small changes in storm behavior.

In Chesapeake Bay, the researchers used a model validated against observed water-level records from 2011's Hurricane Irene to ensure the simulation was realistic. By modifying storm characteristics (for example, shifting a storm's track slightly closer or further from the bay, or changing the wind intensity), they found that water levels inside the bay responded far more variably than along the coast. In many simulated cases, this resulted in storm tides considerably higher than typical open ocean surge predictions.

This heightened variability and amplification arises because bays and estuaries are complex hydrodynamic systems. Their shape, depth, and the narrowing or widening of channels can cause water to pile up or flow differently than on a straight, open coastline. When the entering surge interacts with the regular tidal cycle, and when wind and storm tracks align just so, the result can be larger than expected water levels.

Water levels were much higher further up the Bay for Hurricane Isabel. Basically, the Bay acted as a funnel, and as the wave of the tide moved up the bay, it concentrated. It was much worse for Annapolis and Balmer.  

Oregon, My Oregon

 At Breitbart, a VIDEO: Leftist Portland’s ‘Tree’ Lighting Ceremony Avoids Saying the Word ‘Christmas’

Christmas got political in Portland, Oregon, on Friday night during the city’s 41st-annual holiday celebration.

Leaders and speakers at the event in Pioneer Courthouse Square avoided using the word “Christmas” and even referred to the massive Christmas tree as “the tree,” a move that disappointed many online, the New York Post reported Monday.
. . .
According to the Post article:

Though the event seemed to lack the usual Christmas spirit that most U.S. cities embrace during the holiday season, the city made sure to trot out a Santa Claus, who posed with families and had a “sing-along of holiday carols,” which included “Angels We Have Heard on High” and “Deck the Halls.”

Nearly an hour into the ceremony, Mayor Keith Wilson addressed the crowd and brought out Santa Claus and the city’s representatives before switching on the 10,000 bulbs on the 75-foot-tall tree.

Social media users commented on the Post‘s story about the Christmas tree issue, one person writing, “It’s the Voldemort Tree — the tree whose name must not be spoken.” “Try that in a small town. Heathens,” someone else replied.

Try that in Roseburg. 

Flotsam and Jetsam - Pubs Save Tennessee Seat

In what had to be let down for Democrats, and a bit of a sigh of relief for Republican, Matt Van Epps beat Aftyn Behn, the woman who hates Nashville, in the special election in Tennessee in an election widely viewed as harbinger of the midterms. Capt. Ed at Hat Hair, Special Election in TN-07! UPDATE: DDHQ Calls Election for Van Epps. Sundance at CTH, Trump Endorsed Matt Van Epps Wins Tennessee Special Election for CD-07. Brent Scher @BrentScher. "Poor Aftyn Behn spent millions in donor dollars trying to leave the city she hates for DC. Shame it didn’t work out for her." The margin was a comfortable 9 points, but in a +22 Trump district, that's not saying too much. Driscoll at Insty, TRUMP IS REMAKING THE ELECTORATE. WILL IT LAST?, "Between 2020 and 2024, Trump nearly doubled his support among black voters, from 8 percent to 15 percent, according to the Pew Research Center. Over the same period, his support among Asian voters rose from 30 percent to 40 percent, and his share of the Hispanic vote increased from 36 percent to 48 percent. That Trump was able to make these dramatic inroads among blacks and Asians while running against Kamala Harris, a woman of black and Asian descent, is even more remarkable.". . . "Curiously, wannabe shadow president Mark Kelly seems quite cross about Trump’s multiracial support: Mark Kelly Claims Republicans Don’t Want Brown People in America and HOOBOY, Let the DRAGGING Begin." Nick Freitas @NickJFreitas, "Let me be clear…I would GLADLY trade Sen. Mark Kelly for a brown person who actually loves America and wants to preserve it." Quote Thomas Sowell Quotes @ThomasSowell, "Sen. Mark Kelly: "When I heard the secretary say that they're going to pause immigration from third-world countries, I take that as a message that they don't want brown people coming to the United States. And I find that disturbing."" PJM's Scott Pinsker sees MAGA at the Crossroads: With Record-Low Approval Ratings, How Does Trump Roar Back?

Amy Curtis at TownHall, The New York Times Just Blew WaPo's Hegseth War Crimes Story Out of the Water. Nick Arama at RedState thinks That Narrative About Hegseth and the Strike on the Drug Boats Just Imploded Even More. VodkaPundit at PJM, NYT to WaPo: You Lied About Hegseth. A day late, Ace sees New Deep State Op Drops: Pete Heseth Said "Kill Them All" Just Like Colonel Kurtz, and US Planes Fired on Drug Boat Survivors Clinging to the Wreckage Like Heroes, "I missed this story, but someone I knew who spent the holidays with her liberal family said that CNN is pushing this latest op non-stop." Cynical Publius @CynicalPublius, "Freaking seditious moron. The job of any nation's military is to close with and destroy its enemies in as expeditious a manner as possible. No nation's military has ever had a mission of social experimentation and figuring out how not to kill its enemies efficiently. The fact that any American gives this neo-Marxist traitor any credibility of any kind is quite disturbing." Quote Breaking911 @Breaking911, "SEN. KELLY: "[Hegseth] runs around on stage talking about lethality and warrior ethos and killing people." "That’s not the message that should be coming from the Secretary of Defense."" Will Chamberlain @willchamberlain, "The fact that people were thinking the way Kelly is thinking here is exactly why it was right to change DOD's name to the Department of War They had forgotten what their purpose was - fight, kill, win." From Twitchy, They MISCALCULATED: ShipWreckedCrew Shares Mark Kelly Video That Proves He's Actually VERY Nervous. From LifeZette, ‘Seditious’ Dem Mark Kelly Faces Two-Front Fire: Pentagon Probe and China Funding Concerns. VodkaPundit at PJM, Just When You Thought Tom Nichols Couldn't Possibly Go Fuller Tom Nichols.  At OTP, Rand Paul Blasts Hegseth Over Boat Strike Report. I like Rand Paul, but he's often guilty of letting the best be the enemy of the good.

Sundance at CTH hosts President Trump Holds a Cabinet Meeting and Secretary of State Marco Rubio Delivers Remarkable Affirmation of Trump Foreign Policy. Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh, "LMFAO! President Trump making everyone crack up right now as he DUNKS on the Fake News "I sit here and do 4 news conferences, I ask questions from VERY intelligent LUNATICS - you people." "You always find something new! Like, 'Is he in good health? BIDEN was great, but is Trump in good health?!'" "But you do stories about BIDEN was in wonderful health? The guy won't do a conference for 8 months! I go ONE DAY - 'There's something wrong with the president.'" "YOU PEOPLE ARE CRAZY!""  

From Breitbart, Michael and Susan Dell Boost ‘Trump Accounts’ with $6.25 Billion Donation. Nick Arama has Great News on Gas Prices. Less than $3 nationwide. We saw that here yesterday. OTP predicts Oil, Gas Prices Expected To Stay Significantly Lower Through 2026. At TNP, No, Costco Is NOT Suing to Overturn Trump’s Tariffs: What Is the Lawsuit Actually About? "In reality, the company is seeking the right to recoup import duties paid, should the tariffs be overturned in a separate case before the Supreme Court." At Breitbart, Marvel Star Josh Brolin Defends ‘His Friend’ Trump: ‘No Greater Genius Than Him in Marketing.’ Secretary Sean Duffy @SecDuffy, "HUGE ALERT @USDOT is giving THOUSANDS of trucking schools 30 days to comply with federal rules for drivers or they may be forced to close down. The days of a “Wild Wild West” trucking industry are over under the Trump administration." Quote The Associated Press @AP, "BREAKING: Nearly 44% of U.S. truck driving schools could close after a federal review found many may be out of compliance with government rules. https://apnews.com/article/commer" The subtext is that many schools are just "diploma mills" for illegal aliens to get licenses.

At Am Great, the Great Victor Davis Hanson considers The War in Ukraine: Lots of Questions and a Few Answers. "Putin gambled on Western hesitation, and now a war born of miscalculation grinds on because neither Moscow nor NATO is willing—or able—to force a decisive end."

Amy Curtis at TownHall hears Grinches: Democrats Caught Lying About Melania Trump and Christmas. It's who they are, it's what they do. 

At JTN Natalia Mittelstadt reports Afghan national charged in connection to National Guard shooting pleads not guilty "Rahmanullah Lakanwal appeared virtually for the court hearing from his hospital bed, as he had been shot by another National Guardsman" and the staff present Suspect in shooting of 2 National Guard troops in DC shouted 'Allahu Akbar' as he fired on troops "The alleged gunman, Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29, is an Afghan national who entered the US in 2021 following the disastrous US military pullout." From RVM, Pam Bondi Says D.C. Shooting Suspect ‘Should Have Never Been in Our Country!’ Amy Curtis sees MAGA Shreds RINO Andy Barr for Viral Clip Saying America 'Owed It' to Afghans to Help Bring Them Here. Charles C. W. Cooke@charlescwcooke "It’s not permissible to shoot members of the National Guard, and “I didn’t think they should have been deployed” is not a mitigating factor." nationalreview.com No, Trump Is Not to Blame for the National Guard Shooting | National Review The reaction in the media to this attack is as predictable as it is revolting. Sunny @sunnyright, ""If you don't want to be the target of violence don't do the thing I oppose" is applied with a selectiveness that curiously tends to whitewash the violent criminals rather than protect and honor the law-abiding." Driscoll at Insty, AFGHAN NATIONAL HIT WITH FEDERAL CHARGES OF THREATENING TEXAS SUICIDE BOMB ATTACK: "Mohammad Dawood Alokozay, who has been living in Fort Worth, Texas, said in a video posted on TikTok, X and Facebook days before Thanksgiving that Americans and “infidels” must perish and that he was going to use an improvised explosive device — with a yellow cooking oil “favored by the Taliban” — to carry out the slaughter, according to the Department of Justice."

Sundance hosts as Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard Recaps IC Reform and Accountability Measures. We haven't heard much from her lately. Capt. Ed reads Politico: Will the DoJ Appeal Rulings on Comey, James Cases – Or Start Over? TownHall's Jeff Charles realizes Letitia James' Lawfare Against Pro-Life Groups Just Crashed and Burned "The U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ruling stating that James cannot threaten crisis pregnancy centers over “abortion pill reversal” (APR). These groups have touted the treatment as a way for mothers who change their minds after taking the abortion pill."

From WokeSpy, Tim Walz Fraud Scandal Gets Teeth as Bessent Says They’re Following the Money. Beege Welborn at Hat Hair hears Aw, Now Duffy's on the Dummy's Case, Too. Andrew Kolvet @AndrewKolvet, "JUST IN: Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey says as many as 100 federal agents are headed to the Twin Cities following reports of massive taxpayer fraud committed by Somali immigrants." From the Pop Times, Employees Say Harris Chose Walz Despite Repeated Fraud Warnings in Minnesota. NYPo believe Minnesota’s Somali scammers scandal is what happens when officials blindly believe the ‘racism’ grift. Chris Rufo at CJ thinks The Somali Fraud Story Busts Liberal Myths
Mass immigration, antiracism, and the welfare state lead inexorably to fraud. News Wax hears Trump: Somalis Should Go Home and Fix Somalia. Althouse is upset, "President Trump unleashed a xenophobic tirade against Somali immigrants... calling them 'garbage' he does not want in the United States..." ""... in an outburst that captured the raw nativism that has animated his approach to immigration.... 'These are people that do nothing but complain,' Mr. Trump said at the tail end of a cabinet meeting at the White House.... 'When they come from hell and they complain and do nothing but bitch, we don’t want them in our country. Let them go back to where they came from and fix it,' Mr. Trump added as Vice President JD Vance banged the table in encouragement. . . . From "Trump Calls Somalis ‘Garbage’ He Doesn’t Want in the Country/President Trump has a history of insulting people from African countries, but the outburst was shocking in its unapologetic bigotry. Vice President JD Vance banged the table in encouragement" (NYT). I watched this performance live yesterday, and I believe I said out loud, "He's choosing to resonate with racists."" JTN reports Homeland Security Sec Noem says half of visa applications from Minnesotans are 'fraudulent' "Noem also said those who submitted “fraudulent visa applications signed up for government programs, took hundreds of billions of dollars from the taxpayers and we’re going to remove them and get our money back.”" Insty says SO MUCH FOR THE SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE: Righteous Sen. Ed Markey Quotes the Gospels in Replying to Sec. Kristi Noem’s Travel Ban Suggestion. Ed Markey @SenMarkey, "For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me. Matthew 25:35" Quote Secretary Kristi Noem @Sec_Noem "I just met with the President. I am recommending a full travel ban on every damn country that's been flooding our nation with killers, leeches, and entitlement junkies." "I was hungry and you demanded higher taxes to give me food. I was sick and you lobbied for Caesarcare. I was in prison and you did a TikTok dance. I was a stranger and you set a chariot on fire… https://t.co/cY8PCsRlrh — Jon Gabriel (@exjon) December 2, 2025" At Breitbart cites Brooke Rollins: USDA to Review ‘ALL’ Its Programs ‘to Ensure Only Legal Citizens Are Receiving Benefits.’

NewsWeek whines 8 Immigration Judges Fired in Latest Trump Admin Move. We're they accepting every asylum case? Amy Curtis thinks you should Check Out the Despicable Anti-ICE Ad Running in North Carolina Right Now. David Marcus @BlueBoxDave, "My biggest takeaway from visiting Del Rio, TX, where I’m sure neither of these white ladies who brunch have ever been, was not how many border agents are Hispanic, but how much the local Hispanic community supports them. They should really go there." Quote Jason Cohen@JasonJournoDC "NEW: Ex-MSNBC Host Krystal Ball *CAN'T GRASP* why minorities join ICE "What is wrong with you!? Not only do you not have morality, apparently you don't have self-preservation! These people hate you! "You're never going to belong — and you're the one implementing the violent force against your own community!? I just can't wrap my head around that!""

PJM's Matt Margolis wonders Is Chuck Schumer Pulling a Jussie Smollett? It Sure Looks Like It. "Chuck Schumer took to the Senate floor Monday to announce that multiple bomb threats had been directed at three of his New York offices, claiming law enforcement informed him about emails with "MAGA" in the subject line and messages alleging the 2020 election was rigged. If this story sounds familiar, that's because it plays like a bad rerun of the Jussie Smollett hate crime hoax, where the actor claimed two men in red caps attacked him while shouting, "This is MAGA country.” The parallels are almost too perfect to ignore."

News Wax is hoping Joe Biden's Lifetime Judicial Appointments May Be Void because of the autopen. I really doubt it; no court is going to hold their appointment was illegal.

Insty, BLACK RAIN: Michael Douglas And Catherine Zeta-Jones Reportedly ‘Furious’ Over Son’s On-Air Humiliation On CNN. "Michael Douglas and his wife, Catherine Zeta-Jones, are reportedly very displeased over the manner in which their son Dylan was humiliated during a roundtable discussion on politics with CNN commentator Scott Jennings. Young Dylan was left stuttering incomprehensibly midway through the interview, which has seemingly become a source of mockery behind the scenes. Now, according to sources, his parents, Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones, intend to blacklist the entire network, as they believe CNN crossed the line. Jennings is of course, loving every minute of this:" Mike Cantrell at PJM. Ellen DeGeneres Leaving UK to Return to U.S. After Fleeing From Trump. Please don't. Beege Welborn, Picking Your Poison Poorly: Trump v the 'Cold' Cotswolds.

Bob Spencer at PJM reports a TSA Agent Who Say’s He’s a Woman Claims a ‘Civil Right’ to Grope Women. This is liberal gratitude, Surgeons Removed His Cancers and Saved His Life. "He, a "Transgender," Is Now Suing the Doctors for Having Questions About His Fake Gender.  The transgender decided to make trouble by secretly recording the medical staff during his surgery so he could hear if the surgeons Failed to Correctly Gender Him when they were saving his life." 

Hat Hair's John Sexton is concerned 'Students With Disabilities' Doesn't Mean What You Might Think These Days "If you grew up in the era I did, having a disability meant something pretty specific. It meant people who had major physical or mental issues that were obvious to anyone who looked at them. If you were in a wheelchair you had a disability. But that's not what it means today. These days, lots of students claim a disability based on as little as a doctor's note and ask that special accommodation be made for them. The percentage of students making these claims, especially at elite schools, has tripled over the past 10-15 years."

Comfortably Smug @ComfortablySmug, "Employees of the Environmental Defense Fund, a left-wing group that wants you to get rid of your gas stove, are joining a union for journos. What a wild disclosure at the bottom of the article."

Kurt Schlichter @KurtSchlichter "We’re going to wipe out your institutions and if you think you’re going to somehow convince us that fighting back violates our principles, you’re going to have a very sad time of it." Quote Zee Cohen-Sanchez @ZeeToTheHill, "Reminder: Charlie Kirk launched the Professor Watchlist which is a blacklist that Conservatives still use today to relentlessly harass professors and ruin their careers. Charlie Kirk didn’t fight cancel culture. He professionalized it, monetized it and weaponized it. If the left had created Professor Watchlist to target conservative professors, would Republicans still call it “free speech” or would they be screaming censorship?"

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