Flotsam and Jetsam - Tom Massie Still Gone

We're still seeing autopsy results from Tuesday's primary elections, not exlusively but most notably the defeat of Trump bête noire Thomas Massie. Sundance hosts President Trump Holding an Impromptu Tarmac Presser – Discussing Election Results, Elimination of Massie, Iran, Cuba and More. Steve Guest @SteveGuest, "@ScottJenningsKY doesn’t hold back on Thomas Massie’s way out the door: “Despicable, anti-Semitic, nasty, gutter politics… it needs to be condemned.” President Trump didn’t just beat Thomas Massie. He made an example out of him. Then Massie ends his career with this line about Ed Gallrein: “I had to find him in Tel Aviv.”" Brad Todd @BradOnMessage, "By the time Massie got to tonight, he’d ticked off the tax cut crowd, the gun crowd, the hard core Trumpers, evangelicals who love the Holy Land, & the GOP normies who think we shouldn’t vacate Speaker’s chair. All he had left were atheists, libertarian weirdos & never Trumpers." Ace, Thomas Massie Has No Constituency and Leaves No Legacy "In the last weeks of his doomed campaign, Tom Massie made explicit what he had previously been coy about: He was a full-blown Nazi. He invited open Hitler fans and Holocaust deniers on to the campaign trail with him, and into his home." Physics Geek @physicsgeek, "Massie votes against border control and funding ICE. People in his district overwhelming supported those things and booted his ass out. And now all the groypers are shouting TEH JOOOOZ. Ye gods, find a new schtick. We get it: You hate Jews. No need to keep beating that brown-shirted dead horse any more." The Free Bacon calls it Money Well Spent: 'Moron' Thomas Massie Joins Marjorie Taylor Greene on Ash Heap of History, "Trump's successful purge proves there is still one party that refuses to coddle its antisemites." Danny Gold @DGisSERIOUS, "Republicans lost Massie but the Dems gained a guy who said the Bondi Beach Massacre was a Zionist false flag, so it’s really sort of a wash." Quote InteractivePolls @IAPolls2022, " RACE CALL: AOC-endorsed Chris Rabb has won PA-03 Democratic Primary." Baddie @tinfoilbaddie, "I’m a huge supporter of Desantis, but if he suddenly started retweeting Candace, taking pics w/known groypers, saying things like, “Israel controls the US, my opponent is over in Tel Aviv.” I would drop my support for him. Blind idolization of any politician is stupid." Kirk @kirk_bridgers, "I live in KY4 and that is exactly what happened." TownHall's Matt Vespa finds The Replies to This Cenk Uygur Tweet About Ed Gallrein Were Brutal. Cenk Uygur @cenkuygur, "Ed Gallrein is a pathetic sock puppet for Israel. Anyone who votes for him is voting against American sovereignty." Matt Van Swol @mattvanswol, "Hey Cenk… Ed Gallrein was a Navy Seal 15 YEARS before you were an American. Please, shut the hell up." RBe @RBPundit, "Worth noting that antisemites keep winning Democrat primaries and losing Republican ones."  Leftism @LeftismForU, "A story in 4 parts." Sister Toldja at RedState hears Chris Murphy Spins a Fairy Tale About Thomas Massie’s Loss — Here’s a Reality Check Chris Murphy @ChrisMurphyCT, "So there you have it. If you lead a campaign against powerful pedophiles, you get drummed out of the Republican Party." Will Chamberlain @willchamberlain, "The whole point is that there's nothing to blow open. The last time that Massie read names on the House floor, he defamed four random civilians who had nothing to do with Epstein other than being in a random police lineup with him. Massie was a fraud, a faker, and now he's done." Quote Gretchen Carlson @GretchenCarlson, "I’m begging @RepThomasMassie to go on the House floor asap & read all of the names in the #EpsteinFiles - you were a hero for survivors - you believed them & fought for them. Your actions were brave & heroic. Now pls blow the whole thing wide open. Thank you." The Babylon Bee, Massie Blames Defeat On Jews Of Rural Kentucky. 

Hat Hair staff, GOP Voters Are RINO Hunting. unseen1 @unseen1_unseen, "Senate gop gone come 2027 1. Tillis 2. McConnell 3. Cassidy 4. Ernst 5. Armstrong 6. Daines 7. Lummis 8. Tuberville 9. Mullin Possibly not coming back... 10. Cornyn Almost 20% of the current gop controlled senate will be replaced this year. Thats a sea change in and of itself and sonething not seen since at least 1980. Hold on. Change is coming." From Da Caller, Georgia Voters Force Runoffs In High-Stakes GOP Primaries. Shawn Fleetwood at Da Fed sees Conservative Candidates Sweep Georgia Supreme Court Elections. Ace, Republicans -- the Real Ones -- Win Big In Georgia, Sweeping the Suprme Court Races and Sending Raffensberger and His Grima Wormtounge Into Retirement. But Beege Welborn at Hat Hair frets Texas Opie Leading Both Cornyn and Paxton. PJM's Stephen Kruiser suggests Texas Soy Boy Talarico Is Giving Dems Premature Electoral Elation. NRCC, NRCC Posts Best Year-to-Date Fundraising in Committee History.Don Surber thinks Democrats are blowing it. "Taking back the House should be a gimme. It isn’t." A Larry video at Hat Hair, Newsom and Jeffries Realize They Can't Stop Trump's Plan to Crush Democrats.

Sundance at CTH is all over Cuba with AAG Todd Blanche Announces Indictment Against Raul Castro and Five Cuban Officials for 1996 Murders, President Trump Delivers Remarks Following Castro Indictment and Secretary Marco Rubio Delivers a Message to the People of Cuba. John Sexton at Hat Hair, DOJ Indicts Raul Castro for Murder. The Tectonic @thetect0nic, "Rubio delivered remarks in Spanish directly to the Cuban people tonight, hours before the DOJ announces at Miami's Freedom Tower tomorrow. The argument he made: GAESA - the military conglomerate Raúl Castro founded 30 years ago - has $18 billion in assets and controls 70% of Cuba's economy. Hotels, banks, construction, stores, even a percentage of remittances sent by Cuban families in the U.S. The regime depended on free Venezuelan oil under Chávez and Maduro. When that ended after January 3, they bought fuel for their generators and vehicles. Not for the people. "The reason you are forced to survive without electricity is not an oil blockade by America. It is because the people who control your country have plundered billions..." PJM's Sarah Anderson, Cuba Falling: These Sanctions Are Getting Mighty Personal. Enrique Alejandro @EnriAlejandroTV, "While Donald Trump is indicting Cuban communist dictator Raúl Castro, Barack Obama was attending baseball games with him in Havana." Kareem Rifai @KareemRifai, "Invoking Orwell to defend a totalitarian dictatorship and make excuses for its decades of corruption and mismanagement. Literally rolling over in his grave." Quote Ben Rhodes @brhodes "Rubio now full Orwellian: the total blockade that we have put on your country after decades of an embargo has nothing to do with the scarcity in your lives or the fact that we are intentionally starving your children."

Sundance, USMCA Development – Canadian Prime Minister will Announce New Advisory Council for USMCA/CUSMA Negotiations "Somewhere along the path to the inevitable dissolution of the USMCA trilateral trade agreement, reality will set in for Canada.  Until then, denial is the preferred course of action from Prime Minister Mark Carney.  Not since COVID-19 have we witnessed an intellectual disassociation happening over such a large sector of a population." Beege Welborn says About That Alberta Independence Petition: Rise Of Alberta @RiseOfAlberta, "BREAKING: 301,620 signatures have officially been announced for the Alberta independence petition. That is far beyond the required threshold to trigger the Alberta independence vote on October 19th. A massive day for the Alberta Independence movement."

At Fortune, Forget tariffs and the Iran oil shock—a top economist says the Fed is blind to the real inflation threat "The Fed needs to address the root cause. And that’s huge excess spending in the overall economy." Cathy Salgado at PJM on ‘Economic Fury’: U.S. Treasury Targets Iranian Exchange and Hamas Flotilla Fools.

Wall Street Apes @WallStreetApes, "Spencer Pratt reveals he knows homeless NGO executives are making over $1 million dollars per year “Homeless "nonprofit" execs are raking in over $1 million a year on the homeless problem — guarantees the problem is never solved” “There's no excuse for anyone to get over $1 million to increase homelessness — Drive around LA. There is more homelessness than ever” 6 people are dying a day on the streets of Los Angeles I looked up some more of the highest paid homeless executives - Dr. Blayne Cutler, Heluna Health (Public Health Foundation Enterprises makes $680,000 - Darrell Evora, Pacific Clinics makes $635,035 - Stephanie Klasky-Gamer, LA Family Housing Corporation makes $331,195 The homeless problem will NEVER be solved as long as all these people are getting filthy rich No one getting paid $26,153.85 every 2 weeks to solve the homeless problem is going to solve the homeless problem." Capt. Ed at Hat Hair hears Laughing Bass on Homelessness: 17% Is A Passing Grade!  David Pivtorak @TheDavidPiv, "I love how every article like this is like, "Hi, I'm a disabled, transgender anchor baby whose family's existence was drain on American taxpayers. I hate children and my sexual fetish is watching homeless drug addicts writhing in their own feces on the sidewalk so I love the status quo here in LA. Anyway, please vote for the candidate that will allow me to keep pleasuring myself to the sight of living corpses on our streets." Quote Los Angeles Times @latimes ""Pratt’s loudest fans fundamentally loathe modern-day L.A., and that should chill all other Angelenos," writes The Times' columnist Gustavo Arellano. Read his latest column:" WSJ opines on Spencer for Hire, "Pratt’s campaign for L.A. mayor is creating a new vocabulary for political messaging." Twitchy, 'You Are Not Alone': Creator Behind Genius Spencer Pratt Ads Shares Latest and It's Brilliant (WATCH)

You Are Not Alone. Vote Spencer Pratt. pic.twitter.com/DdsIoVC7fK

— Gene Parmesan (@dsonoiki) May 20, 2026

Rick Moran at PJM hears ‘I Can’t Believe This Is the Field' — California Dems Reel Over Mediocre Governor Candidates. At JTN, Current polling shows Hilton and Becerra as top 2 in California governor race, "Under California law, the two highest vote getters in the June 2 primary, regardless of party affiliation, will go on to the Nov. 3 general election." Hat Hair's Duane Patterson, Honey, I Shrunk The California High-Speed Rail...Again. Even VodkaPundit at PJM is amazed I'm Sorry, but California Is HOW Deep in the Hole?  Insty, IF THIS FLIES, CAN WE REQUIRE 4 HOURS OF BASIC ECONOMICS AND CIVICS BEFORE PEOPLE CAN REGISTER TO VOTE? Bill Would Mandate 4-Hour Course for Those Moving to California Who Own Guns.

Matt Margolis at Substack wonders How Much Longer Can Graham Platner's Senate Campaign Survive? Capt. Ed, More From the Platner Files: Ridiculing Wounded Troops? Don Surber explains Why Democrats embrace Graham “Cracker” Platner "“Vote for the Nazi: It’s important” isn’t a sane campaign slogan." Capt. Ed again, Texas Dem: Let's Put All 'Zionists' in Camps – And Castrate Them! Jared Moskowitz @JaredEMoskowitz, "First current political candidate suggests concentration camps for American Jews. This should be national news! National Democratic leaders must call this out immediately." Quote Michael Karlis @MichaelKarlis, "TX-35 Democratic candidate Maureen Galindo says she will convert ICE detention center in Karnes County into an internment camp for "American Zionists." "It will also be a castration processing center for pedophiles, which will probably be most of the Zionists," she added." Ace is amazed that the Democrat Who Won the Most Votes for the Primary for Texas' 35th District Wants to Create Concentration Camps for "Zionists" and Forcibly Castrate Them. "That's not an exaggeration, that's her policy program as announced on her Instagram page." From the Free Bacon, JB Pritzker Admin Depicts White People, Cops as Mosquitoes in Microaggression Training That Rails Against 'Color Blindness.' Erick Erickson @EWErickson, "The Democrats have just nominated for Governor the woman who presided over the first burning of Atlanta since the Civl War, whose own constituents turned on her so much that she could not run for re-election as Mayor of Atlanta. Law and order is going to be a big issue now." Phil Holloway @PhilHollowayEsq, "Keisha bailed out on running for reelection as Atlanta mayor because she was despised by Atlantans for letting the city burn in 2020 She fled to a job in the Biden White House The general election for GA Governor is going to be a reckoning for what she did to Atlanta." Daily Wire @realDailyWire, "Not surprisingly, Ohio Dem tries to imply @lukerosiak's fraud investigation is RACIST: DEM: "For you to imply the racist information...You're implying that most of the fraud is happening in communities of color." LR: "I'm not implying it. I'm stating it."" Senator Jim Banks @SenatorBanks, "Sen Feinstein (D-CA) had a Chinese spy in her office. Gov Cuomo & Lt Gov Hochul (D-NY) had a Chinese spy in their admin. Rep Khanna (D-CA) had a Chinese spy volunteer. Rep Swalwell (D-CA) dated a Chinese spy. Mayor Wang (D-CA) is a Chinese spy. Democrats have a big problem."

John Sexton hears Mamdani is a Socialist Demagogue Relying on People's Ignorance. Driscoll at Insty, AND NOW, A FIRESIDE CHAT FROM MAYOR FRANKLIN DELANO MAMDANI: Coddled Affluent Professional @feelsdesperate, "Mamdani is unlocking levels of performative narcissism from a municipal politician that were previously unthinkable."

Ben Smith at RedState reports on how Tim Kaine Tried to Flush Hung Cao - Then the Navy’s Top Admiral Clogged the Narrative. 

Sundance reports DOJ Indicts U.S Attorney Who Supported Jack Smith Case Against President Trump – Stealing Classified Documents Related to Mar-a-Lago Case. "Last weekend former FBI Director James Comey said there were multiple officials remaining within the DOJ and FBI who were actively working to continue the weaponization of the agencies against President Donald Trump. When asked about it earlier today, President Trump said Acting AG Todd Blanche and FBI Director Kash Patel would root them out and deal with the issue. Hours later the Dept of Justice released and indictment {SEE HERE} against Managing Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Fort Pierce Branch, Carmen M. Lineberger. Asst USAO Lineberger was caught downloading classified files from the Jack Smith case to her personal email and labeling them as recipes so she could leak them to Lawfare resistance members." Mark Tapscott at Insty, UH-OH! WATCHDOG CAUGHT IN FLAGRANT FOIA VIOLATION: Hans Bader offers an illuminating illustration of how the Council on Inspectors General for Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE) flagrantly violated the federal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The violations by CIGIE — representing the 72 statutory internal government watchdogs — are so obvious that they illustrate why no federal employee has ever gone to jail for violating the FOIA. Also, WHAT’S UP AT CIA?, "A CIA veteran tells a Senate committee that political leaders in the agency reversed the draft assessment that Covid was leaked from China’s Wuhan lab. But just before the hearing opens, the CIA’s Director of Public Affairs releases a bruising condemnation of the proceedings. Apologies demanded, but not given. Silence from the White House and CIA chief John Ratcliffe. My latest Washington Stand post explores the behind-the-scenes eruption that seems to be brewing." At Althouse, Meade: "Super bloggable, no?" Me: "trying to find an inroad/the photo is overwhelming emotionally", "That's the text conversation here in Meadhouse after I send this to Meade:"

Bill Melugin @BillMelugin_, "As @BenBergquam is embedded with ICE and Florida Highway Patrol, an illegal alien driving a van is arrested. As that arrest is taking place, a car crash happens next to them. Ben reports that one of the drivers involved in that crash also ended up being an illegal alien." Quote "Ben Bergquam - Real America’s Voice (RAV-TV) News @BenBergquam, "Crazy scene on our Florida 287(g) Highway Patrol / ICE operation. As we’re picking up one illegal another illegal crashes right next to us. The truth is most Americans can’t comprehend how many illegals are in our country. Thank God, ICE and America First states like Florida are fighting to fix it!" AP whines Trump administration plans to admit more white South Africans as refugees this year.

Ace laughs maniacally, No Longer Propped Up by the American Taxpayer, Communist Former-State Media NPR Will Cut 300 Jobs, "Oh no!" PJM's Erick Florack asks The New York Times: What 'Journalistic Standards? The Mahvelous Margot Cleveland at Da Fed hopes Covid Dissenter Alex Berenson’s Free Speech Victory Might Be The First Of Many. PJM's Matt Margolis enjoys how Gutfeld Torches Colbert’s Legacy on the Way Out the Door.

John Sexton, Harvard Votes to Put an End to Easy A's. Steven Pinker @sapinker, "Breaking news: Harvard faculty votes to cap the number of A's awarded in course grades, a big step in combatting the grade inflation that has been dumbing down our courses, conveying the wrong message to students, and making universities a national laughingstock." From Campus Reform, Jewish students flee campuses citing antisemitism, transfer to Yeshiva University. From CJ, The “Pipeline” Problem That Medical Schools Don’t Want to Discuss. "Demographic disparities in medical and scientific knowledge show up long before admissions time. DEI manipulation at the end of the process doesn’t solve the problem."

 Driscoll cites BRIDGET PHETASY: We’re All Alex Jones Now. "There’s a famous joke that gets at where we suddenly find ourselves: A JFK conspiracy theorist dies and goes to heaven. At the Pearly Gates, God greets him. “Welcome. You are permitted to ask me one question, which I will answer truthfully.” The man asks, “Who really shot Kennedy?” God replies, “Lee Harvey Oswald shot him from the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository. There were no accomplices. He acted alone.” The man pauses. “Shit. This goes higher up than I thought.”..."

Still plenty left at the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 05.20.2026.

Thursday Tanlines

Not a problem at the beach.

Beach Report 5/20/26

90 F at home, 75 at the beach. Seems like an easy choice, right?

I can't believe this is the first report from the beach this week, but I have been a bit preoccupied. 

Crowded today.

Lot's of shark's teeth, 37, a drum tooth, three stingray dental plates, but nothing big. This small-medium Snaggletooth upper was the best of the lot

Flotsam and Jetsam - Massie Gets the Boot

But not without some insane last minute texts to convince low information voters that he was MAGA afterall. From Ace, Disgraceful RINO Grifter Tom Massie is Now Sending Out Texts Claiming Trump Endorsed Him Rather Than His Opponent. ZitoSalena @ZitoSalena, "Kentucky election day shenanigans; Massie campaign sends out to KY 4 voters via text a 2022 Trump statement making it look like the president supports Massie today where he clearly supports Gallrein Text ends with "Paid for by Thomas Massie for Congress." Capt. Ed at Hat Hair has LIVE PRIMARY RESULTS: Mässiedämmerung in KY; UPDATE: Massie Loses; UPDATE: Massie Loses It Too. NRO, Massie Ousted by Trump-Backed Challenger in Kentucky Primary. Sundance at CTH, UPDATE: Massie Loses His Seat – Kentucky Vote Results, Ed Gallrein vs Thomas Massie, Open Discussion Thread. Ace, in red font, Goodbye Massie: Decision Desk Projects Ed Gallrein will be the Republican Nominee for KY-4. At Twitchy, Unclassy With Massie: Thomas Massie's Concession Jab at Ed Gallrein Shows EXACTLY Why He Lost (Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh, "JUST IN — REP. THOMAS MASSIE CONCEDES: "I would've come out sooner, but I had to call my opponent and concede." "And it took a while to find Ed Gallrein in Tel Aviv." "I have called and conceded the race."" Also, MAGA Vs. Massie: Scott Jennings Delivers Kentucky Republican Incumbent’s Primary Post-Mortem on CNN Scott Jennings @ScottJenningsKY, "You don’t tug on Superman’s cape, spit into the wind, pull the mask off the ole’ Lone Ranger, or mess around with … Trump! My KY-04 analysis for CNN tonight." Scott Pinsker at PJM, Welcome to the NEW Republican Party: What It Stands for, What It Hates, and Why Thomas Massie Is Toast and Stephen Kruiser, Republicans Finally Get Serious About Purging the Squishes. 

In a not unrelated story, Sundance reports President Trump Endorses Ken Paxton, for Texas Senator, snubbing the incumbent Republican John Cornyn for being off the reservation too often. Ace, Trump Endorses Ken Paxton for Senate, "It's a bit late but hopefully it will swing enough votes to put another RINO out on the street outside of MSNOW begging to go on camera for five minutes to pitch his podcast." David Marcus @BlueBoxDave, "The president was crystal clear, the deal was; pass the Save America Act and I’ll save Cornyn. This was John Thune’s choice." Quote Jake Sherman @JakeSherman, "BREAKING -- TRUMP ENDORSES KEN PAXTON IN TEXAS SENATE RACE." Jen O'Connell at RedState thinks JD Vance's Response to Trump Dropping Cornyn Like a Hot Rock Is Really a Message From the Voters, "I've known John Cornyn for a long time, But unfortunately, you know, when it really counted, Ken Paxton was there for the country, was there for the president, and that's why he ultimately earned the president's endorsement. He thinks he's going to be a better senator, thinks he's going to make a better candidate, and so, I do think it sends a message."

Amy Curtis at TownHall, Here's What Vice President Vance Had to Say at Today's White House Briefing and Sundance, Vice President JD Vance Delivers White House Press Briefing and President Trump Gives Media a Tour of White House Ballroom and Defense Infrastructure. The Manhattan Contrarian, "Sue And Settle": Two Can Play This Game. At Armed Forces Press, Why Is My Alma Mater USAFA Allowing Professors Who Undermine The Commander-In-Chief?

Steve Richards at JTN reports Trump pursues ‘strategic stability’ with China, downplays conflicts over Taiwan and land ownership, "The American president has prioritized ironing out a stable trade relationship with the world’s second-largest economy, but experts warn of China’s spotty history of following through." Sundance has Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin Arrives in Beijing, China for Summit with Chairman Xi and Happening Quietly – Mexico Freezes Bank Accounts of Indicted Sinaloa Members and Collaborates with U.S. Intelligence Hub in Juarez.

RCP opines Voting Rights Act Never Mandated Racial Districts. Shipwreckedcrew, The Louisiana Redistricting Case: The End of Mandating "Majority-Minority" -- Errrr Democrat -- Congressional Districts? A Law Splainer, "The claim has long been they are required by the Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act: Justice Alito -- "The law doesn't say that and it never did."" Matt Vespa at TownHall, We Have Some HUGE News About South Carolina's Redistricting Effort, 7R-0D, eliminating Jim Clyburn's gerrymandered district. If the state senate passes it. At Twitchy, Marc Elias Sets Himself Up for a MAJOR TORCHING from Mollie Hemingway That's Just Too Damn FUNNY. Marc E. Elias @marceelias, "Many of you are asking how you can help me. My only ask is this: Spread the word about the threats to democracy and how we can fight back. Tell everyone to subscribe to Democracy Docket for free and share its content with everyone you know. Thanks." Mollie @MZHemingway, "Buddy, do I have news for you! A man named Marc Elias is behind most threats to election integrity, including the nepharioys and horrific Russia collusion lie, efforts to destabilize election security with tens of millions of unsupervised ballots, and even radical gerrymander efforts. Look into him!"

At Da Caller, Karen Bass Pitches Second-Term Goal Showing Lights Are Truly Out In LA. Proposing solar street lights because addicts are stealing the copper from regular lights. James Woods @RealJamesWoods, "This is satire for the record." Quote James Woods @RealJamesWoods, "This would be wrong. And you could get in trouble when asked for your ID to vote. Oh, wait! Never mind. Voter ID is not allowed in California. Oh, and on a completely separate note, the best freeway hours are 10AM-11:30 AM. Just saying." Steve Hilton @SteveHiltonx, "We destroyed California - vote for us!" Quote Mayor Matt Mahan @MattMahanSJ, "California ranks first in population loss, first in gas prices, and dead last in housing affordability. My party has to own this, fix it, and push back on a federal government that’s making it worse. That’s why I’m running for governor." From Ace, "Teen Takeovers" Are Now Common in Blue Cities; Media Begins Pushing Idea That Violent Teen Orcs Don't Need Jail Time, Just "Youth Centers" They Can Fight In and Destroy Instead of Chipotles. At State of the Day, State of Monday: JUDGE JEANINE GETS HER OPPORTUNITY. “Starting today, my office will aggressively prosecute parents under D.C.’s curfew law,” Pirro said during a press conference Friday. “This statute makes it unlawful for an adult to enable, facilitate or permit a minor to engage in delinquent acts. The penalty is up to six months imprisonment."

Rusty Weiss at RedState, Graham Platner Was Already Disgusting — These Latest Unearthed Posts Make It Much Worse. Beege Welborn at Hat Hair, Graham Platner Is One Revolting Tub O' Goo. Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok, "Democrat star Graham Platner’s now deleted reddit account was archived. Here’s some gems: "I still have to jerk off every time I sit in a portas----er… that blue water smell conditioned me." Described penis drawing inside a portable toilet while deployed overseas and called d*** art "beautiful," "engorged and veiny," and moving "towards its penetrative glory." Wrote that he “became a communist” Praised Hamas terrorists." Quote Fox News Politics @foxnewspolitics, "FIRST ON FOX: Democratic Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner's deleted Reddit account reveals graphic posts about masturbating in portable toilets and praising explicit military restroom graffiti — the latest in a growing trail of vulgar comments that could define his race." Youthful stupidities I can forgive. But then he became a communist. From the San Antonio Current, House candidate Maureen Galindo pledges to send ‘American zionists’ to internment camp, "Despite a growing storm of criticism, including from members of her own party, the San Antonio Democrat insists she’s not antisemitic." Fox, Hakeem Jeffries shredded over ‘disgustingly violent’ call for Dems to break spirit of MAGA. "While speaking at a progressive conference on Tuesday, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., called for Democrats to not only defeat "MAGA extremists" electorally but also "break their spirit."" John Sexton at Hat Hair, Democrats Have a Problem. The Solution is Less Extremism.

Capt. Ed at Hat Hair says Hmmm: Key MN Fraud Figure Claims Omar Took Part in $250M Scam. Elon Musk @elonmusk, "SPLC got better returns than Nancy Pelosi and inverse Cramer combined!" Quote David Sacks @DavidSacks, "SPLC invested $270k in Charlottesville and got $81 million in additional donations. Extraordinary returns."

At NYPo, the Divine Miranda Devine: Anthony Fauci can’t escape his ‘origin’al COVID lie.

Sundance sees (and hosts) Acting AG Todd Blanche Taking a Stronger, More Oppositional Approach to Democrats During Senate Testimony.

Sister Toldja at RedState, New: Alleged Manifesto in San Diego Mosque Mass Shooting Throws Wrench in Early Assumptions About Motives. 

Mark Krikorian at Common Place says Immigration Enforcement Needs ‘You’re Fired’ "There are many ways to shrink the illegal immigrant population—use all of them."

From Ace, Katy Tur: When Speaker Mike Johnson Said That God Imbues People With Inalienable Rights, Was He Attempting to "Put God Over the Declaration of Independence"? "Katy Tur is a moderately pretty girl with a nice rack. That is the only reason she is on TV "news." Keith Olbermann used to sleep with her and claimed that she was so stupid that he had to rewrite all of "her" news articles for her, because they were poorly written and pointless. Typical case of an old bent gangly dweeb having to do the hot girl's homework for her. But I do imagine that he's telling the truth about this one thing."

On Stephen Colbert's imminent departure and the demise of the Late Show, John Sexton says Thank Goodness, It's Almost Over. A Driscolly post at Insty starts with DAVID HARSANYI: Stephen Colbert turned into the pompous dullard he once satirized.

Daily Mail @DailyMail "Deportation flight to Muslim-majority Pakistan serves pork sausages as part of 'full Irish breakfast'" Not the Bee @Not_the_Bee, "So you guys are upset enough about this to write about it, even though you admit in the article that Halal food was available on the flight but simply not chosen by the passenger. Journalism is dead."

At Hat Hair, Mark Judge (remember him?) comforts Conservatives: The Culture is Not as Bad as You Think.

Tom Knighton at Bearing Arms is delighted with Babylon Bee Going on a Rampage Mocking Anti-Gun Media, Politicians

Almost forgot to plug the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 05.19.26.

The Wednesday Wetness

 With Alessa Quizon, professional surfer:

WTOP, ‘It’s putrid!’: Glen Echo residents press officials after Potomac River sewage spill. I suspect they're reacting emotionally. The water is being tested, and it keeps coming back OK. There's been a lot of water under the bridge since January.