Flotsam and Jetsam - Colonel Bearclaw Bombs in Florida

Stacy McCain calls the Florida Primaries: Vindman Loses, Jews Win, Very Bad Night for Hasan Piker. From Twitchy, Everything Team Rick Wilson Touches Dies: That’s How Vindman Blew a Race He Was Supposed to Win. Althouse finds "The most gratifying loss last night was that of a real treasonous creep, Alexander Vindman, to a Radical Left Lunatic, who can’t speak or think properly..." ""... and who will go down to certain defeat at the hands of Ashley Moody, a truly Fantastic Senator, from the Great State Florida. Vindman, if you remember, was the one who lied about my 'Perfect Call' with President Zelenskyy of Ukraine, only to find out that the conversation was routinely recorded and proved that I was 100% in the right (Completely Innocent!)..." That's Trump, obviously, at Truth Social just now." Christina Pushaw @ChristinaPushaw, "Seeing too many hot takes from the DC punditocracy who claim that Angie Nixon defeated Alex Vindman because socialism is so popular nowadays. Well I'm sure it is in some states, but NOT in Florida. Vindman lost because he is a deep state establishment plant who carpetbagged to Florida a few weeks before announcing a statewide campaign here. He has zero connection to Florida and does not understand the state. I moved here more than 5 years ago and have been to all 67 counties due to my work. I STILL have a lot to learn about Florida. Vindman knows less than nothing about this state. That goes for his out-of-state backers too..." From Ace, LOL: Secret Architect of Trump's Impeachment, Ukranian Agent Alexander Vindman, Defeated by Lunatic DSA Candidate in Race for Senator from Florida. "Ashley Moody, who took the seat when Marco Rubio took All the Jobs in Trump's government, was already a lock, but now she's the Iron Clad Lock of the Week. Lieutenant Bearclaw will spend more time with his pastries." Capt. Ed at Hat Hair, Florida's Big Winner: Moody Draws DSA Radical in Senate Showdown. PJM's Rick Moran, Democrats Nominate a Socialist for Senate in Deep Red Florida, while Matt Margolis hears A Democrat Just Confessed the Midterms Could Be a Disaster for His Party. Sister Toldja at RedState looks at The Ossoff-Platner Similarities, and How They Could Sink the 'Pee-Wee Herman' Reelection Campaign.

Quantus Insights @QuantusInsights, "Really interesting work from Patrick Ruffini. Across 3,312 Senate polls over four cycles, he finds a D+3.7 average error, with 73% overstating Democrats. Even more interesting is that the error peaks around D+5.9 in late July before narrowing toward Election Day. That adds an important dimension to what we found in our broader Quantus Insights Apr 23, 2025 study. We documented a persistent post-2016 directional error, including roughly D+4.2 across presidential battlegrounds, with some of the largest misses among working-class, rural and non-college electorates..."

At TownHall Dmitri Bolt reports Zohran Mamdani Couldn’t Even Show Up to a Hearing on His Pied-À-Terre Tax. Here’s How It Went and Jeff Charles sees an El-Sayed Staffer Just Compared This Campaign Ad to the KKK. American flag and an old pickup truck. Hat Hair's Beege Welborn notes the New Yorker Gives Mahmoud Khalil the Rolling Stone Tongue Bath and Democrats Bomb Out on Manly Men, Settling for Sexy. Paul Sperry at RCP hears A Call to Power: Islamic Leaders See Ballot Box as Path to Paradise. From Da Signal, DSA Praises Fidel Castro in 100th Birthday Tribute, Denounces Marco Rubio as ‘Genocidal’. Dave Catron at Am Spec, observes The Left Has a Working-Class Problem. "Trump’s 2024 victory exposed the limits of the diploma divide — and the growing political gap between self-styled elites and working Americans." EducatëdHillbilly™ @RobProvince, "You literally let a bunch of Somalis who have been in America 10 minutes steal billions of tax dollars while actual citizens have to go to work to pay the bill." Quote Hakeem Jeffries @RepJeffries, "Taxpayer dollars should be used to make life more affordable for everyday Americans. Not enrich the family and friends of the rich and powerful." It's literally the model for Democrat's.

Ace hears Fake News Jake Blames the "Horrific" Fall of Kabul on Trump, Without Mentioning that It Was Joe Biden Who Actually Oversaw the Botched Bugout. "I guess Fake Jake will write a book in ten years noting that Joe Biden was actually president during this bloody, squalid episode. He's always the last to know."

Capt. Ed at Hat Hair calls it Too Fun to File: MN Sues Texas. Abbott Offers Deal. Jeff Charles at TownHall, Democrat Mary Peltola's Economic Math Ain't Mathing. Leslie Eastman at LI, California’s New Tire Mandate Could Drive Up Costs, "Sacramento has spent years squeezing refiners out of the state. Now it’s squeezing tire manufacturers, all while insisting each new mandate is somehow a gift to drivers and taxpayers."

Althouse "Restitution, if only in the form of honest contrition and perhaps even a public apology, is in order." citing the NYT who admits Yes, Woke 1.0 Was Crazy. Now Where’s the Accountability? They only see when it affects liberals. Rob Henderson @robkhenderson, "46% of Democrats said they had lost a relationship with a friend, family member or romantic partner because of political differences, compared with 29% of Republicans...a higher share of Democrats also said they had initiated the break-ups" (Formerly) Brooklyn Mom @graciefacelove, "There’s nothing more insufferable than being with a group of liberals who assumes you share their politics." Quote Evan @Grand_Ole_Evan, "I remember when this scene came out. The left loved it, raving that it perfectly captured the “devastating” experience of learning a friend voted Trump." NewsBuster laughs at Rosie O'Donnell Claims that Trump Brought Back Fascism.

Sundance reports President Trump Takes Media on Tour of White House Renovation and Repair. TownHall's Matt Vespa says Well, I'd Never Thought Trump Would Do an Interview With This Guy, his old buddy, Michael Cohen! John Sexton at Hat Hair calls Trump the EV Salesman of the Year. From Althouse, "She is a platinum blonde geyser of positivity, there to buck him up when the going gets rough." "I'm reading "'With All My Heart, Natalie.' Trump’s Most Devoted Aide Emerges. President Trump’s White House aide Natalie Harp is always by his side. What, exactly, does she do?" by Shawn McCreesh and Maggie Haberman, in the NYT (gift link). They're talking about Natalie Harp because"she was chosen to join the president on the secret food-delivery-truck rescue gambit" and because Senator Jon Ossoff, a potential Democratic Party nominee for President, observed, "[Trump] doesn’t want to do the job. He wants to build his ballroom and travel with Natalie on their apparently defenseless flying palace gifted by the emir of Qatar.'" The Times article also refers to Harp as a "sylphlike woman."" Beege Welborn issues a Hissy Fit Alert: Trump Admin Reopening Logging in National Forests. Bob Hoge at RedState warns Don't Poke the Bear: Scott Bessent Brutalizes Robert Reich Over 'K-Shaped Economy'. At Twitchy, Diminutive Commie Cut Down to Size: Scott Bessent Takes Robert Reich Down a Notch.

Scott Pinsker at PJM thinks Darline Graham’s Senate Campaign Is Now in a Death Spiral. That's OK. Let some Republican who really wants the job get it.

John Sexton catches the NYTimes admitting US Navy Is Getting Oil Through the Strait of Hormuz. VodkaPundit at PJM, The Strait of Hormuz Is Open. Also Closed. It’s Complicated. From atop Da Hill, UAE says it detected 2 missiles fired from Iran; both fell into water.

Sundance at CTH hosts as USTR Jamieson Greer and Canadian Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc Give Remarks on Potential Trade Deal and Susan Kokinda Outlines Distinctions in U.S-Canada Trade Relationship. Canada has been treating the US the way a tick treats a dog. Sundance also reports Former Ukraine Defense Minister Calls for Elections as Second Ukrainian Arrested for Nordstream Bombing. Polymarket @Polymarket, "BREAKING: U.S. sanctions International Criminal Court President Tomoko Akane, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio calling the ICC a “sham of a court.”"

Beege Welborn sees Light Bulbs Just Went on in Britain Why They Can't Afford to Stop the Boats From France.

Dave Strom at Hat Hair VIP, The First COVID Conspiracy Domino Falls. Ace explains, Fauci's Partner-in-Crime David Morens Pleads Guilty to Illegal Evasion of Federal Records Laws (to Cover Up His Complicity in Covid), "The media is largely ignoring this story, to focus on the Real News, which is Democrat Senator Jon Ossof's WITHOUT EVIDENCE conspiracy theory that Trump is having an affair with his aid." Ben Smith at TownHall, Report: Biden COVID Advisor Put His FOIA Dodge in Text Sent to Anthony Fauci "A single sentence pulled from Anthony Fauci's government cellphone may be the most damning line yet to emerge from the Biden administration's COVID inner circle: "I'm sending this via text messaging to avoid any FOIA issues." Journalist Catherine Herridge identified the sender as Michael Osterholm, a member of Joe Biden's COVID-19 Advisory Board. He sent the message to "Jeff, Vivek, Tony and Rochelle," the Biden administration's entire COVID inner circle, to discuss face masks, aerosol transmission and the administration's public guidance." Dave Strom, Hey, Xavier, I Know You Are Stupid...but Did You Conspire to Hide Fauci's Diary? Ace cites House Oversight Chairman James Comer: California Democrat Candidate for Governor Xavier Bercera Conspired With Anthony Fauci to Hide Fauci's Creation of Covid-19 in Wuhan.

And another thing ... from T. Anderson, The ‘political Supreme Court’ trope, "It's a disinformation campaign, folks." PJM's Cathy Salgado sees a Judge Rules the Biden ‘Ghost Gun’ Rule Unconstitutional.

PJM's Vicky Taft calls it a Bombshell: 'Illegal' Trial of George Floyd 'Murderer' Derek Chauvin Was Complete and Utter Garbage, but we knew that. "No change of venue, Jury pressure and bias, Man lied to get on jury, Pretrial publicity in Minneapolis, Defense witness intimidation, Prosecutorial misconduct, Floyd's drug dealer allowed not to testify, Bad jury instructions, Judge allowing parade of witnesses who were allowed to wail and cry on the stand, Jury should have been sequestered to avoid pretrial publicity and the circus outside the court, State had 20 plus lawyers to Chauvin's one, Completely overcharged the case."

Jordan Sekulow at Da Fed, hears California Admits It Doesn’t Track Noncitizens On Voter Rolls As Federal Law Requires. From Ace, Virginia Mother Slaughtered in Daylight By Yet Another Violent Foreign Criminal Invited Into the Country by Joe Biden. Gina Milan @ginamilan_, "Liberal woman logic: Deport an illegal → “How could you tear a family apart?!” Mother murders her three kids → “Protect her! We love her! Raise $1 million for her legal defense!” Three dead children. The killer gets the sympathy. I’m done coexisting with this." Wilfred Reilly @wil_da_beast630, "Almost...certainly true." Quote Lauren Chen @TheLaurenChen, "If Lindsay Clancy had methodically strangled and killed three puppies, instead of her own children, almost all of the women defending her now would instead be calling for her execution."

Roger Kimball at Am Great on the The Unmaking of Jason Arday, "Whatever else can be said about the “Jason Arday Affair,” he was not the victim." At NYPo, Harvard to pay $53M in suit over selling donated corpses on black market.

Gad Saad @GadSaad, "Noble People: We will rape your daughters. We will f**k your civilization. We will erase your history. We will force you to submit to our religion. If not, we will kill you and all of you disgusting non-believers. American lawyers: Woah! That's illegal. Noble People: Our religion allows us to do this. American lawyers: Oh apologies. Carry on. We have freedom of religion here. Civilizational Seppuku via Suicidal Empathy." At Not the Bee, UK Home Office prints guide to teach migrants not to rape women and kids. Matt Vespa likes how Bill Maher Shut Down a Muslim Comedian When the Conversation Veered Into This Topic. From NYPo, If we’re not careful, Islamic extremists threaten to turn us into ‘Americastan.’ John Sexton, hears Preaching the Word of God Is 'Hate Speech.' Wall Street Apes @WallStreetApes, "We can never let Muslims gain more political power in America Muslim mayor of Dearborn Michigan says that ‘agitators’ against Muslims should be charged with hate crimes and is directing his Attorney General to explore charges He calls for an end of free speech when it comes to criticizing Muslims. He says it’s a “hate crime” “A fine line between free speech and then inciting riots and things of that nature — I would, uh, take that question and actually channel it towards our attorney general to see what she may do with her hate crimes unit to see if there's anything that can be levied against these agitators and provocateurs that come to Dearborn” So Muslims are allowed to take over America and openly chant death to America and openly say they want to replace our government with Sharia Law but we Americans aren’t allowed to challenge them…." Quote Jake Lang - January 6 Political Prisoner @JakeLang, "The MUSLIM Mayor of Dearborn JUST called upon Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel to CHARGE me with HATE CRIMES!!" I literally STONED by MUSLIMS for preaching the name of JESUS in Dearborn last week!!!!

Capt. Ed wants you to Guess Who Wants Males to Play in Women's Sports? and Dave Strom likes America's New Sweetheart, Sophie Cunningham.

More at the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 08.19.26, In Th Mailbox: 08.18.26 (Afternoon Edition) and In The Mailbox: 08.18.26 (Evening Edition). Yes, I was running behind.

A Thursday Tune - My Dog

Honeycrush is the solo project of singer-songwriter Alexandra Antonopoulos. Though a classically-trained vocalist, the Brooklyn artist first picked up a guitar in 2021, recording her debut EP, Milk Teeth (2023), in her home studio to critical acclaim.

Drawing comparisons to artists Cat Power, Scout Niblett, Mark Lanegan, Jeff Buckley, and PJ Harvey, there’s a distinctly rock influence even in Honeycrush’s most somber melodies.

Antonopoulos weaves themes of identity, the fraught struggle of self-discovery, and generational experiences of womanhood into lyrics that tiptoe between abstract poeticism and diaristic confession. Honeycrush performs live as a four-piece rock band, with Antonopoulos playing solo shows on rare occasions.

 

Flotsam and Jetsam - Crime is Down, But Will Americans Notice?

Stephen Kruiser at PJM thinks the GOP's Case for Making Midterms About Law and Order Just Got Stronger "On Friday, the FBI released its "2025 Reported Crimes in the Nation" statistics, and it told a pretty interesting story, but the most important headline is this one: "Data reported to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program shows 2024 to 2025 marked the largest year-to-year decline in violent crime rates since FBI estimations began in 1936." The biggest decline in violent crimes in 90 years? That's huge." It is, but unfortunately parties in power tend not to be judged on what they do, but rather the judgment of what they haven't done. This is abetted by the media, which for Republicans, focuses on shortcomings, not successes. At the Wash Stand, Congress Closes Massive Spending Disclosure Loophole, but Will Trump Sign It into Law? "Legislation known as the Stop Secret Spending Act (SSSA) was approved earlier this year by Congress with bipartisan support in both the Senate and the House, closing a massive loophole in federal law that enables executive branch officials to hide hundreds of millions of dollars in spending from public examination." Trump is still holding out for the SAVE America Act.

Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh, " UPDATE: This pollster missed the Florida Governor GOP primary by a whopping 33 POINTS against Trump-endorsed Byron Donalds, for James Fishback WTF?! @TPSIOfficial this is an EMBARRASSMENT. Final poll: Donalds+4.6 over Fishback Reality: Donalds+37.4 over Fishback LANDSLIDE." Polls are propaganda.

Hat Hair's John Sexton reports a Ukraine Drone Blitz: Largest Wildberries Hub in Russia Burns Down. UNITED24 Media “We Are Preparing for War”: Poland Says Major Russian Provocation Could Be Months Away — . If Putin can't beat Ukraine, why would he think he can beat Poland and Ukraine, let alone the rest of NATO?

IQ 589 | Cody Penn-Dent | Effluencer @codypd, "If I understand things correctly, Iran boarded a vessel that was using their toll lane and took the ship over They then made an announcement that they seized a ship that was trying to navigate the Strait and hadn’t paid Iran The US can’t and won’t escort a ship using Iran’s toll lane Iran decided to get a headline grab by seizing a vessel that was “obeying” Iran’s silly rules So the lesson will now be that going along with Iran’s silly rules carries significant risks Expect more Oman traffic with AIS off." Please us periods. Capt. Ed at Hat Hair hears Trump: All Your Hormuz Are Belong to Us, er, US. If you're going to control it, control it dammit! At PJM, Rick Moran examines Iran's Not-So-Subtle War on U.S. Morale and the Left's Abetting of It.

Coddled Affluent Professional @feelsdesperate, "I’m so tired of these DSA types. It’s always the same exact bio: self-important, bottomlessly entitled rich kids who hate you, want free stuff, and think they can get it doing communist cosplay." Quote Augustus Melmotte @EnriqueDiazAlva, "Absolutely extraordinary. The co-chair of the NYC DSA is a self-described "union electrician", has an arts degree from Yale, a 1.5 million brownstone gifted by his parents, a trust fund, and has worked for a total of about 6 months in his entire life." Buck Throckmorton at Ace's The Morning Rant wonders What Don't You Understand About Socialists? "Mayor Klutz — what’s behind Mamdani’s long string of fumbles, failures and fiascos." At Da Caller, Hakeem Jeffries Punts On Adopting Socialist Agenda As New Polling Shows Dems Embracing It Over Capitalism. Rick Moran, New York Socialist Lawmaker Claims That Poor People Have a 'Biological Need' to Steal, and we must indulge it. Atop Da Hill, Democratic socialist defeats Vindman to take on Moody for Florida Senate. Glad to see him out. Dave Strom finds Living in a Post-Truth Society Is Depressing: Politics & Poll Tracker @PollTracker2024, "Bangor Daily News: Graham Platner will headline Ellsworth, Maine Labor Day rally Platner will speak at the rally, slated for noon on September 7 outside Ellsworth City Hall, about the history of unions and the role organized labor plays in communities across the country, according to the Hancock County Democrats."

Hat Hair's Dave Strom suggests Peggy Flanagan Will Become the Most Radical Senator Come January. From Ace, Abdulrahman El-Sayed Was Set to Appear at Islamic Conference with Pro-Pedophilia Imam; Now the Pedo Cleric Is Booted, But They're Keeping the Islamist Who Called the Holocaust a "Hoax", "As Hasan Piker said of Michigan voters: "You're all piece of shit Islamophobes" for noticing." Amy Curtis at TownHall reminds us Abdul El-Sayed's Mother Worked for Designated Terror Group That Supported Hamas, Osama Bin Laden. Natalie Winters @nataliegwinters, "EXCLUSIVE: Abdul El-Sayed’s mother helped process tens of thousands in overseas transfers for an Islamic charity later convicted of secretly funneling $1.375 MILLION into Saddam-era Iraq—and blacklisted over alleged al-Qaeda, Taliban and Hamas ties." From the Free Bacon, James Talarico Voted Against Bills Targeting CCP Influence in Texas, Including Popular Measure Barring Chinese Nationals From Buying Farmland. "Talarico's only tweet on China touted a 'resolution condemning anti-Asian hate speech' like the term 'China Virus'." Steve Miller at TownHall observes The Media Strategy to Turn Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Into Taylor Swift. Scott Pinsker at PJM is irate; Jon Ossoff Knew EXACTLY What He Was Implying About This Cancer Survivor. Scott Jennings @ScottJenningsKY, "This is quite a message for the Democratic Party to send to young women working in politics. Party of women? Pretty ugly stuff." Quote Aaron Rupar @atrupar, "Ossoff says that Trump doesn’t want to do his job but wants to “travel with Natalie”" johnny maga @johnnymaga, "Natalie Harp received lifesaving treatment for her bone cancer as a result of Donald Trump’s 2018 “Right to Try Act,” and wanted to work for the man who made it possible. The attacks on her are disgusting." Capt. Ed, FL Dem: You Know Who's Kinda Raaaacist for Taking Our 'Opportunity District,' Right?, former DNC chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz. 

Jonathan Turley @JonathanTurley, "Kentucky has a population of just 4.61 million people. However, its governor just called for abolishing the Electoral College, which protects small-population states from being turned into electoral nonentities. https://yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/didn-t-realize-support-abolishing-211457020.html Next, Beshear will call for banning Bourbon." PJM's Cathy Salgado reports Over 5% of One Minnesota County’s Registrations Used Corrupt Vouching ‘Authentification.’

KCRA, California regulators approve new rules limiting what replacement tires you can buy for your car. "Gladfelty told KCRA 3 this new rule will eliminate an estimated 70% of the tires currently sold in California by 2033, which the California Energy Commission has also acknowledged and has not denied." Your tires, your choice!

Wall Street Apes @WallStreetApes, "WOAH! Lead Anchor at CNN Jake Tapper comes out and admits THEY ALL KNEW Joe Biden wasn’t really President and calling the shots He says there was an elite inner circle of advisors who would make the decisions and “steer the country.” He gives the names of the people in that group Again, the mainstream media ALL KNEW Joe Biden wasn’t making decisions “Tell me about the word choice, and then tell me about those people who were really calling the shots around the president.” Jake Tapper “So the Politburo, not a term we came up with, it's a term from within the Biden administration, as the name would suggest is a tightly held group of senior advisors — these were the individuals that help steer the government.” The mainstream media was in on the coverup. How are there no consequences for these people."

From Twitchy, $5 Strippers?! Dems Are ONTO Sean Duffy's Son Over His VENMO Account. in Other News, Dems Are Dumb. FactPost @factpostnews, "Sean Duffy's son-in-law and GOP congressional candidate Michael Alfonso has been caught making Venmo payments for "The strippers" and "High supplies."" Charles C. W. Cooke @charlescwcooke, "I have no idea if there is anything here. I do know that literally not one of my male friends has ever—ever—sent me a Venmo payment with a description that wasn't a joke."

Amanda Head at JTN Reports on Intel Politics: NSA sat on election threat reporting over Trump ‘deep state’ label, memo shows, "The memo from 2020, declassified on Tuesday, reveals the intelligence analyst’s concerns about appearing as part of the “deep state.”" The Drunk Republican @DrunkRepub, "At this point you have to assume the Russiagate nonsense was concocted as much to deflect from the Dems’ dealings with China as it was to sabotage Trump."

Calling All Rush Babes takes a long look at A Very Bad Supreme Court Decision. In 1941 the Court allowed the Feds to regulate how much food was grown.  

Teri Christoph at RedState sees Trump Has a Nasty Surprise Waiting for Mexican Illegal Aliens – and 'Mexico Is Not Happy'. Deporting them to elsewhere. TownHall's Amy Curtis notices NBC News Omits Some Important Details About Teens Whose Parents Were Detained by ICE and Deported. Mother arrested for theft. At NRO, Minnesota Man Arrested for Medicaid Fraud Scheme Previously Won State’s ‘Outstanding Refugee’ Award. End Wokeness @EndWokeness, ""Outstanding Refugee" winner Salman Elmi was just arrested for $1 million in Medicaid fraud, 8 felonies, and a sex trafficking ring." Just taking jobs away from hard working Americans! Oilfield Rando @Oilfield_Rando, ">Illegal alien comes here from Tajistakistan >Murders his derkaderka roommate >Is not punished >is allowed unsupervised jaunts into town We can’t share a country like this." Quote New York Post @nypost, "Virginia man acquitted by insanity in killing flees US during 48-hour mental hospital pass." Adrian Vermeule @Vermeullarmine, "Once again, it’s the people who purport to be hard-headedly realistic about the limits of political possibility who are so often proven wrong by events. Political reality is far less predictable than we like to believe." Quote Nick Solheim @NickSolheim, "The refugee ceiling this year is the lowest in the history of the program and actual admissions are running under even that. Five years ago everyone serious in this town told you that number was politically impossible." From Da Wire, Sanctuary City Mayor Vows To Hunt Down Property Owners Looking To Lease To ICE. "The Department of Homeland Security responded to Wu's plan Monday, saying the "pro-criminal mayor" is "trying to intimidate Bostonians.""

The Telegraph reports Moroccan police block second Ceuta migrant rush, after 88 people died in the first, mostly from drowning.

From Fire, Does free speech assume words are harmless? Part 7 of answers to bad arguments against free speech from Nadine Strossen and Greg Lukianoff.

Which segues well into more beating of the dead horse academic, Jason Arday: Andy Ngo @MrAndyNgo, "Leftists and DEI supporters are urging the British government to pass a law that would ban heavy media coverage of a person. They say this is needed after dozens of stories were published about Jason Arday’s numerous and extensive lies. There were so many stories because there were so many lies." Quote Change.org UK @UKChange, "In the 22 days before his death, 249 articles were published about Jason Arday. That's more than 10 a day. Tia Lazaro-James has launched a petition on https://Change.org calling on the government to protect individuals from media harm." Dave Strom reads Politico, Oh, Come On! Now We Need 'Jason's Law'. Reg @RegHumber, "“Why is that story about that far right guy who got accused of child trafficking no longer getting coverage?” “He complained under Arday’s Law and it’s in the courts. Should be back in the news in about a year.”" I'm just going to assume progressives would award themselves the right to determine how many stories are allowed. Jesse Singal @jessesingal, "Setting aside the insanity of a policy where subjects can shut down reporting about them by claiming mental anguish: Arday had called the police on multiple people who had asked him about his work. He had killed a THE story via legal threat. He deserved no benefit of the doubt." Quote Canary @TheCanaryUK, "BREAKING: Guardian's Katharine Viner was warned Arday was at risk - yet published anyway Author Kelechi Okafor released a series of internal emails showing the Guardian knew how vulnerable Arday was, yet ignored warnings."

Drew Pavlou @DrewPavlou, "This is the opening to one of Jason Arday’s papers. It is virtually unreadable. Maybe the worst sentence ever written in the English language. “Replete with espoused discourses of equality, diversity and inclusion within public bodies, is the UK, wherein lauded initiatives reward its universities’ commitments to increasing the access and positioning of ‘women’ in higher education.” Just leftist bafflegab loosely tied together. From the College Fix, Ibram Kendi: Cambridge scholar Jason Arday was ‘lynched’ for being black. Matt Taibbi at Racket says No, Jason Arday Wasn't the Media's Fault, "Blaming a suicide on correct reporting unfortunately makes perfect sense in this reality-challenged era." From the Slantic, Jason Arday’s Final Self-Delusion, "Elevating a fraud is shameful. Exposing one isn’t." Andy Ngo @MrAndyNgo, "“White lies matter” Photos from my secret attendance at the Jason Arday memorial in London on Aug. 17. Arday was a Cambridge University DEI academic who had to resign in disgrace after journalists began reporting on his plagiarism, academic fraud and serial hoaxes. Thousands attended the rally, many of them nearly in tears. Arday k—lled himself after his lies were revealed by the press. The speakers said those who exposed Arday are to blame for his death." At the Freep, Coleman Hughes explains Why the Left Needed to Believe in Jason Arday. Gad Saad @GadSaad, "George Floyd (repeat felon): lionized Jason Arday (academic fraudster and pathological liar): lionized Luigi Mangione (alleged murderer): lionized All three are lionized by progressive people. This should tell you all about their moral compass." Northern Barbarian @xnoesbuen, "Consider it an honor. I’ve never had that many people want to murder me, one or two here and there maybe. But yeah, stayTF out of London. Good idea." Quote Nathan Cofnas @nathancofnas, "There is an anti-Cofnas hate rally in Trafalgar Square with ~15,000 attendees. If I were in London there is a real possibility that I would be murdered. 1000s of academics & journalists knew the truth about Jason Arday for more than a year. Now you know why no one said anything." Cofnas initiated the scrutiny of Arday's record, and was rewarded by being fired.

Hank Berrien at Da Wire reports Parents Sue School District Over Mosque Field Trip, Claim Religious Indoctrination "According to the complaint, students were allegedly coerced into participating in Islamic religious practices: donning hijabs, accepting Qurans." The Bugscuffle Gazette considers The Establishment Cause, "You don't get to pick and choose." USA @Dec_16_1773, "Islamophobia is a propaganda pejorative for people who believe their eyes, or know history." Quote Wall Street Apes @WallStreetApes, "Muslims aren’t hiding it, they’re openly saying the time has come to change our policies in America They are saying it’s time to mobilize politically to make America an Islamic Country and follow Islam, follow Sharia Law."

At Twitchy, Just WOW: Lefty Coffee Shop Owner Boots Young Pro-Lifers After Comparing Them to the Klan (WATCH). Ben Smith at RedState sees Woke Mob Tries to Sink Children's Ride. Owner Doesn't Give a Ship.

Dave Strom is Deconstructing Deconstructionism: Royce White and Enes Freedom Tying WNBA Into Knots. Ace worries Some of You Will Not Believe Me, but the WNBA Is Woke Trash Filled With Hyperthyroidal Clown Hookers. "If only the world were run by seethingly-angry toxic lesbians. It would look just like the WNBA and be just as profitable."

The Wednesday Wetness

WBOC, Maryland celebrates hitting Bay pollution goals; some watermen say numbers don't match what they're seeing

Maryland is celebrating a milestone in Chesapeake Bay restoration after Gov. Wes Moore announced the state has achieved nearly all of its 2025 Chesapeake Bay restoration goals. But some watermen say the pollution reduction target numbers don't reflect the conditions they're experiencing on the water. The Maryland Department of the Environment says the state has hit 100% of its sediment reduction goal, 100% of its phosphorus goal, and 99% of its nitrogen reduction goal.
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But Captain Robert Newberry, president of the Delmarva Fisheries Association, says the pollution reduction target numbers published don't line up with conditions that watermen are reporting. "It's not my opinion, I'm taking up a conglomerate of what everybody's saying. We have problems with the numbers. They're not right," Newberry said.

Newberry says he spoke with watermen from Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot, Dorchester, Somerset, Baltimore, Anne Arundel, St. Mary's, Calvert and Charles counties while researching the issue, and says the consensus among them was skepticism.  “The upper bay, the guys have been seeing, dead zones, benthic zones, bad water all summer long. And they saw it in the south too, they’re seeing extremely turbid water, which is non-visible,” said Newberry. "Nothing was getting done in one year. All of a sudden, boom, we hit 100% phosphorus reduction, 99% nitrogen and 100% sediment. That's not the consensus I'm getting bay wide.”
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Allison Colden, Maryland executive director of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, says the numbers released this week are based on bay-wide modeling and show Maryland has met or is on track to meet its reduction goals. But she cautions that models don’t tell the whole story.

"Models are always inherently an abstract of what we are seeing in reality," Colden said. "It's a necessity to simplify what we're seeing in order to produce a model. And because of that simplification, there's always a chance that there is, you know, some sort of gap between what the model would predict and what we are seeing. That doesn't necessarily mean the model is wrong.”

That's almost the definition of a model being wrong; when it doesn't match reality.