Flotsam and Jetsam - SPLC Paid For Cross-Burning, Charlottesville Buses

Apparently, there isn't enough racism and right-wing violence in America anymore, so the SPLC had to subsidize it. Tyler O'Neil @Tyler2ONeil, "READ IT The Justice Department just secured a superseding indictment against the Southern Poverty Law Center, and it reveals some new bombshells" "F-30 wasn't the only one. F-31 & F-32, KKK members, wanted out in 2010. The SPLC bribed them to stay in the movement. These Fs used the $ to attend extremist rallies and to gain a leadership role. SPLC reimbursed them for cross-burning materials." "F-37, a member of the leadership chat for the Charlottesville rally in 2017, made racist posts under an SPLC employee's supervision and arranged transport for others to attend the rally. SPLC paid this person $300K." From NYPo, Far-left Southern Poverty Law Center reimbursed Klan members for cross-burnings: feds. Techno Fog, Sordid Southern Poverty Law Center paid for cross burnings, "And - SPLC employee in a romantic relationship with "hate group extremist". Hat Hair's Beege Welborn, The SPLC Turns Out to Have Been an Equal Opportunity KKKind of Place. TownHall's Matt Vespa notices So, the Premise Behind Biden's 2020 Run Was Built on a Lie Paid for By the SPLC? How much did Biden's handlers know, and when did they know it?

The DOJ recently announced that it would hold hold NGO's funding violent protests responsible for the consequences. Will this mean the SPLC will be charged in the death of the one person killed at Charlottesville? I hope so. At Data Republican's Substack, Which NGOs Are Organizing the Newark Protests, and How "How a six-word Signal message shut down a thousand-person protest." "What happened between Sunday morning and Sunday night was a single message in an encrypted Signal group, as discovered by @bitchuneedsoap. A Cosecha NJ communicator posted a six-line announcement: “Cosecha is NOT mobilizing to Delaney Hall tonight. We are talking to strikers and their families to regroup.” No negotiation, no vote, no gradual loss of enthusiasm. Some switch had been flipped off ... On May 28, six days into the hunger strike and four days before the stand-down, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told the White House press room that a joint IRS-FBI investigation into protest funding networks had made “substantial progress.” Then he added the line that mattered: “If a grant recipient is violent, if they are suppressing people’s rights, then YOU are responsible for that.”

Homeland Security @DHSgov, "Last week, the state of New Jersey’s health inspectors went to Delaney Hall and didn’t find one SINGLE violation. Compare this to the “DEPLORABLE” conditions of the New Jersey state prison system. See for yourself" NBC New York, NJ prison inmate was beaten to death in his cell. Officers didn't check on him for 2 days. "Warning: Some of the details of the case are disturbing." In other words, he started to smell. Nick Sortor @nicksortor, "One of our reporters, who got locked up in a New Jersey jail while documenting the chaos outside Delaney Hall a few nights ago, asked for toilet paper after being in a holding cell for 18 hours. They told him to use his hand. Wanna condemn that, @GovSherrillNJ?" At Twitchy, Chef José Andrés Shown the Dinner Menu at ICE Detention Facility Where Hunger Strike Is Alleged. Homeland Security @DHSgov, "Chef, Chicken Fried Steak was on the menu for dinner last night." Gina Milan @ginamilan_, "You wanna hear something funny? Lemme tell y’all what Rep. LaMonica McIver just said to Secretary Mullin during the hearing. Paraphrasing but you get the gist… “You wanna talk about racism and everything… tell me why every person locked up in Delaney Hall is a foreigner?” Who’s gonna tell her that ICE facilities ONLY house illegal aliens? GOOD LORD! Democrats are truly the stupidest breed out there." Insty at his NYPo gig, From Delaney Hall to ‘Freedom 250,’ lefty violence is what real insurrection looks like. No Pasaran! Doxxing & Double Standards: In Case You Are Wondering, Here Is the Real Reason Why ICE Officers Are Masked. The Manhattan Contrarian explores What Percent Of U.S. Households Headed By Illegal Immigrants Receive Welfare Benefits? SightBringer @_The_Prophet__, "Trump is using Treasury and financial institutions to target illegal immigration, cartel finance, fraud, and access to the U.S. financial system. This is the domestic financial-border regime starting to appear. The physical border is only the visible layer. The deeper border is access to banking, payments, welfare flows, payroll, credit cards, remittances, debit cards, prepaid cards, and identity-linked financial rails. That is what this is really about..." Trump understands that money talks. 

Twitchy, OUCH! Dem Senator Did NOT Like Scott Bessent Spotlighting the Reason He's Slandering Treasury. Greg Price @greg_price11, "BESSENT: "Sen. Wyden has slandered the Treasury building to cover up his son having an investment with Jeffrey Epstein." WYDEN: "Nobody is interested in the rambling of a capo in the most corrupt regime in American history." BESSENT: "Your son's largest investment position was Rick's Cabaret. Did your son and Epstein talk about poll dancing?" Jen O'Connell at RedState, With the Quickness: Scott Bessent Easily Divests Ron Wyden and Thom Tillis' Half-Baked Questions. Driscoll has a Driscolly post on it at Insty, OLD AND BUSTED: "Gambling Going On in Rick’s Café. The New Hotness? Ron Wydon’s son investing in Rick’s Cabaret!" Sarah Anderson at PJM, Day 2: Rubio Enters a Hostile Clown Show, and... Well, You Just Have to See This. Nick Arama at RedState, Absolute Killer: More Rubio Jabs at Hearing As He Leaves Dems Fuming, but the Rest of Us in Stitches.

At Althouse, "President Donald Trump has spent much of his second term putting his personal stamp — and in many cases his image — on American institutions. Now his eponymous impulses ..." "... have expanded to the celebration of America’s 250th anniversary. Trump’s face will be stamped on a celebratory gold coin marking the semiquincentennial. His stern visage will peer from commemorative passports. Administration officials are pushing for a $250 bill featuring the president’s portrait. On Trump’s 80th birthday, June 14, the White House lawn will transform into a ring for a 'Freedom 250' UFC fight.... Whines Writes Cleve R. Wootson Jr., in "America’s 250th birthday celebration increasingly centers on Trump/From a $250 bill to special passports to a presidential rally, many Independence Day commemorations will revolve around the president" (WaPo).

Nick Arama sees John Cornyn's New Post About TX Senate Race Is Raising Eyebrows: What the Heck?. He may tepidly 'support' Paxton, but he's not above 'I told you so.'

Hat Hair's John Sexton reports Drones Hit St. Petersburg as Putin's Annual Economic Forum Opens, It's not like he has the standing to complain.

From NYPo, Trump predicts meeting with Iran’s probably gay Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei: ‘Getting along quite well.’ Sundance hosts President Trump Gives Extensive Interview on Iran Issues – Confirms Testy Conversation with Benjamin Netanyahu, with the Divine Ms. Devine.

On the California primary elections, Vicky Taft at PJM, Not So Fast, Karen, Spencer Pratt Isn't Done With You Yet. At Ace, California Primary Results. "Although California will take days or weeks to full tabulate the " " " votes " " ", it appears that Karen Bass will take about 35% of the vote, Spencer Pratt will take 30%, and communist carpetbagger foreigner Nithya Raman 22%. That means that Bass and Pratt will go on to the general election, which will be held on November 3rd. Unless Karen Bass's fraudulent vote elves can print up enough fake votes to get her over 50%, in which case she wins immediately. But I think that's too big a lift even for the Democrat fraudsters of the Home of "Ballot Harvesting," California." Dave Strom, California's Elections Are a Bad Joke; UPDATE: Suddenly Raman Is Ahead of Pratt in the Odds. At Althouse, "Obviously, God wanted 5 more months of me exposing all the failures of our mayor, so it's going to be a fun ride. I hope she's ready!" "Now, I have 5 months to get deep into every community that hasn't heard my message to make them safe. So I'm actually very excited because I felt very rushed. It's a big city and I was not able to talk to as many people as I look forward to talking to. This is the first time since 2005 an incumbent is going to a runoff." Sundance, Steve Hilton Gives Speech in California as AP Reminds Everyone Votes Change for Days/Weeks Depending on Democrat Tally Requirements. In a Hat Hair vid, Larry notes MSNow Slips up and Reveals California Mail-in-Ballot Scheme. Matt Vespa sees Oh, Here We Go Again: Those Damn Mail-in Ballots Have Severely Cut Into GOP Vote Totals in CA.

John Sexton hears In Private, Dems Asked Platner If There Would Be More Allegations to Come. Michael Trujillo @mikehtrujillo, "Umm yeah, not trying to disclose everything I do, but YES there is more on Platner and anyone saying there isn’t is 100% gaslighting you." Quote Politics & Poll Tracker @PollTracker2024, "WSJ: Senators Privately Ask Graham Platner Whether New Allegations Will Emerge Maine Senate candidate tells Democratic lawmakers, "The worst of the rumors we’ve all heard are not true" and denied credible allegations of assault are forthcoming." Ace, Erick Erickson: "Alarming" Rumors Swirl About Graham Platner's Ejection from Elite Boarding School; More Is Coming About His "Behavior" with Women. From the Free Bacon, 'What a Cool Pic': Totenkopf-Tattooed Graham Platner Admired 'German Helmets' in WW2 Photo of Nazi-Allied Troops, Deleted Post Shows, "Platner has spent the last six months trying to explain his Totenkopf, or Death's Head, Nazi tattoo, which he wore for 18 years before having it covered up last October." Mary Katharine Ham @mkhammer, "I do continue to crack up at this idea that Democrat politician moral fiber was so high at some point. When I started working, the Senate Democratic caucus was home to Sen. Killed That Girl in Chappaquiddick, Sen. Waitress Sandwich, and Sen. Klan Member." Quote Western Lensman @WesternLensman, "My favorite interview genre right now is watching Democrats attempt to run on superior morals and higher standards of conduct, then get asked about Platner. The immediate switch to dodge and deflection mode is hysterical." AMAC discusses James Talarico and the Myth of the Moderate Democrat. Dave Strom hears Democrats in Washington So Excited About Talarico's Chances That They Expect Coattails! But Texas isn't inside the Beltway.

Hat Hair's Capt. Ed calls it Too Fun to Check: Jeffries Balks At Wasserman Schultz Endorsement For Majority-Minority Seat.

Stacy McCain finds Democrats Electing Jew-Haters, While Losers Blame … THE JOOZ! Jerry Dunleavy at JTN reports Michigan Democrat Senate hopeful Abdul El-Sayed a protégé of firebrand Muslim activist Linda Sarsour. "Abdul El-Sayed, who is currently front-running the Democratic Party primaries has been backed up by Bernie Sanders surrogate and controversial Muslim activist Linda Sarsour for nearly a decade." Ace, Democrats Nominate Al Qaeda and Hamas-Linked Advocate for the WTC Bombing Mastermind for Congress "January 6th protesters stole a chair and a coat-rack so MAGA must be purged. Meanwhile, Democrats are electing actual Al Qaeda terrorists. This cannot go on. And the good/bad news is-- it will not.Via David Strom"
At PJM, Bob Spencer calls it the Embarrassment of the Week: ‘Islamophobic’ Killer Is Named… Yeah, You Guessed It, Mohamed Rage.

Matt Margolis reports Joe Biden Crashed Jill's Book Event, and It Was an Absolute Train Wreck. Whoopie! Ace, Joe Biden's Childhood Stutter Crashes Doctor Jill's Book Promotion to Ask Her How Much She Loves Him, "The childhood stutter flares up from time to time, resulting in dementia."

Jennica Pounds at Am Mind, on Feeding the Fraudsters, "The largest COVID fraud case yet reveals systemic blind spots."

Cam at BA rejoices Virginia Judge Delivers Win for Gun Owners, Smacks Down AG and Governor on Background Checks.

TownHall's Jeff Charles Trump Just Confirmed What We Already Knew About J6. Fedsurrection.

Sundance hosts Senate Intelligence Vice-Chair Mark Warner Reduced to Quivering Rage Over Bill Pulte Appointment – Video and Pulte Panic Reaches Fever Pitch – Democrats Threatening to Block FISA 702 Reauthorization.

Ace hears of a Virginia Judge: It's Unconstititional To Ban That a Repeat Convicted Child Sex Offender from Loitering Outside a Children's Swimming Pool. "The judge is so determined to set the pedophile free to molest children that he's decided that it's "unconstitutional" to mandate that a repeat sex offender who has admitted he gets off on exposing himself to children can't, well, go into the YWMC lockers when little girls are present and expose himself. He insists that the pedophile maintains that right, and that anyone attempting to restrict him via the sex offender registry is violating the Constitution." Dave Strom, Judge: Paedo Sex Offenders May Use Girls' Locker Room. From the Free Bacon, Harvard Divinity School Launches Journal Devoted to ‘Queerness,’ ‘Palestinian Liberation’, "'We are not scholars,' the editors write in volume one, with 'support' from dean’s office." Virginia Kruta at Da Wire thinks Conservatives Are Winning War Against LGBT Ideology, Major Poll Shows.

At Althouse "Race and partisanship have closely tracked each other for decades. But the justices said that under their new standard..." "... courts must disentangle the two and could step in only if race, not politics, was at play. Analysts who cheered as well as those who criticized the ruling agreed that the justices were signaling that from now on lawmakers — not the courts — should be in the driver’s seat of redistricting." From "In Alabama Ruling, Supreme Court Signals Limited Role for Federal Courts in Redistricting Fights/In an emergency ruling on Tuesday night, the court’s conservative majority gave a first glimpse into congressional district battles under a weakened Voting Rights Act" (NYT)."

PJM's Stephen Kruiser is happy CBS Fires Professional Prevaricator Scott Pelley. At NRO, Charles Cooke thinks Scott Pelley Is Ridiculous in All the Usual Ways. Brad Slager at RedState thinks Some of Scott Pelley’s Comments Explain the Type of Man He Is and Explain How Journalism Was Not Attacked. State of the Day's, State of Tuesday: THE TRUTH BEHIND SCOTT PELLEY'S EPIC CBS MELTDOWN. At Althouse "Yesterday, you hijacked my first meeting with staff to disparage me, my qualifications, and my intentions with remarkable incivility and contempt... a performative display of hostility...." ""Your antipathy to the future of the show has come through loud and clear. And I have heard you." Said Nick Bilton, "60 Minutes" executive producer, quoted in "Scott Pelley fired from ‘60 Minutes’ after confrontation with new boss/The termination marks the latest shake-up during a tumultuous period for the iconic newsmagazine" (WaPo)." Ace says Scorned Woman Pelley Shrieks Out. Driscoll's take REASON’S MICHAEL MOYNIHAN AND MATT WELCH ON SCOTT PELLEY’S CRASH AND BURN: The Fifth Column @wethefifth, "Pompous ass @ScottPelley deserved to be fired from 60 Minutes. From our new episode." T. Becket Adams @BecketAdams, "The CBS tantrums are even funnier when you remember they’re not in reaction to some fringe right-winger, but a lesbian Obama-Democrat." Quote Neera Tanden @neeratanden, "Decades from now @BariWeiss will be best known as a destroyer of greatness."

Dave Strom, Shock! (NOT): Henry Nowak's Killer Was a 'Known Wolf'. Stole knives from the Sikh temple! Kevin Sorbo @ksorbs, "Weird, because that excuse was rejected by BLM when George Floyd overdosed." Quote Visegrád 24 @visegrad24, "Hampshire police claim that Henry Nowak would have died anyway, regardless of whether he was handcuffed or not. The Hampshire police have issued an official defense for the actions taken by the officers who handcuffed 18-year-old Henry Nowak as he was pleading for help. The medical examiner has testified that Vickrum Digwa’s 21 cm blade had caused a catastrophic wound directly to Henry's heart. Because the blade penetrated so deeply, the blood was pooling inside his chest cavity rather than soaking his clothes immediately. According to the pathologist, the trauma to his heart was unsurvivable from the moment it occurred, arguing that it didn't matter who was handcuffed at the scene first. The Deputy Chief Constable has publicly stated that "the pathologist who spoke in court was clear: there was nothing officers could have done that day to save Henry. His wound was deep and internal, the bleeding extensive but internal." Henry's father, Mark Nowak, stressed that while the wound was fatal, the police's mishandling denied his son the right to die with dignity, care, or peace. Essentially, the British police shifted their narrative on Henry Nowak from "we did nothing wrong" to "he would have died anyway, so the delay doesn't matter."" Beege Welborn hears Nigel Farage Is the Bad Guy for Being Angry: Ed Davey @EdwardJDavey, "Nigel Farage is trying to exploit Henry Nowak’s murder to divide people – exactly what Henry’s father asked us not to do. We need a different kind of politics that brings people together to stop knife crime." leilani dowding @LeilaniDowding, "This is just 1 police force! Look at the amount of our tax money going on ridiculous jobs."

John Sexton wonders What is the Point of Education If Everyone is Cheating? Pretty soon, education will be come a matter of teaching how to ask AI the right questions (and how to detect AI hallucinations.)

Tattoo Thursday

At People, Hailey Bieber Shows Off New Rib Tattoo That's Seemingly in Honor of 21-Month-Old Son Jack Blues

Hailey Bieber has some new ink, and it seems to be in reference to her toddler son.

On Monday, June 1, the 29-year-old Rhode founder posted a few photos on her Instagram where she wore a dark string bikini and lay on the ground. Bieber's side was exposed, which showed a tiny "22" tattoo on her ribcage.

The 22 could be in reference to her birthday, November 22, and her 21-month-old son Jack Blues' birthday, August 22.

Go big or go home. 

Flotsam and Jetsam - England Has a 'George Floyd' Problem and It Was Primary Day in Cali

I mentioned it in passing yesterday morning but it blew up later in the day. It seems quite some time ago, a young British lad, Henry Nowak either got in a spat with a Sikh, Vickrum Digwam, 23 and was stabbed 4 time with the 21 cm (8 inch) Sikh 'ceremonial' knife. Sikhs are legally allowed to carry knives that ordinary British citizens are not, due to a religious requirement that Sikhs always carry a knife. Digwam's family called Police and accused Nowak of racism, and they put Nowak in handcuffs and chatted with and released Digwam. Meanwhile, Digwam's mother was called to the scene and took the dagger away, cleaned it and hid it. Nowak bled out on the street while the police ignored his pleas. The police actions were recorded on body cams, the footage of which was released two days ago, leading to riots. British police have apparently been explicitly trained to take minorities sided in racial incidents. After investigation, Digwam was charged with murder, and his mother with being an accessory. TCW, The sickening footage of dying Henry Nowak that shows how twisted the police have become. At Insty they are all over it, BRITAIN’S GEORGE FLOYD MOMENT, Driscoll cites BRENDAN O’NEILL: The merciless mistreatment of Henry Nowak, BUT THEY WERE LECTURING PEOPLE ABOUT BEING “DIVISIVE” TODAY and KONSTANTIN KISIN: How America’s Racial Politics Poisoned Britain. and VodkaPundit, INDEED: George Alexopoulos @GPrime85, "There's no more accurate a metaphor for the West than slowly bleeding to death by the hand of barbarians while corrupt authorities tie our hands behind our back." Leslie Eastman at LI, Henry Nowak Killing Highlights Two-Tier Standard on Identity, Policing, and Justice in Britain, "Stabbing death of the 18-year-old at the hands of a Sikh falsely claiming racism, and Nowak’s subsequent handcuffing by the police as he lay dying, only received attention once Elon Musk began sharing the news on social media." Dave Strom at Hat Hair, Henry Nowak's Death Proves Two-Tier Policing Is the Result of 'Antiracism' UPDATE: One Officer Resigns. Guido Hawkes, Guardian Published 26 Articles on George Floyd in a Month Compared to Three on Henry Nowak. From Ace, One Officer Resigns in Henry Nowak Police-Assisted Murder Scandal Update: Protests Turn Mostly Peaceful, "I heard this hours ago but could not find the story about it. But now it's confirmed." Protesters in Southampton Demand Police Take a Knee For Henry Nowak, The Man They Murdered, "Things are getting Mostly Peaceful," and Is the UK in a State of Civil War Yet? If Not, Why Not? Northern Barbarian @xnoesbueno, "In America, when people rioted, burned things, looted, attacked police stations and courthouses because a crackhead career criminal had a heart attack while violently resisting arrest, our elites called it "social justice." What will your elites call it, these expressions of outrage over a boy being cuffed and left to bleed out because his killer cried racism? When the police who lied about it remain on the job, the murderer received the mildest of sentences, and those who aided and abetted haven't even been charged. When the commanders, governing boards, politicians and party that advanced a two-tier racism form of law enforcement remain not only unrepentant, but still in their positions?" Quote R A W S G L B A L@RawsGlobal, "#BREAKING: Full-scale riots have erupted in Southampton UK as hundreds of protesters clash with riot police throwing Glass bottles, bricks, and wheelie bins at officers as tensions continue to escalate throughout the area. Demonstrators are demanding justice for Henry Nowak." Northern Barbarian @xnoesbueno, "Hometown newspaper gets the story." Quote Southampton Times @sotontimes "“I don’t think you have mate” The British public showed tonight in Southampton they will not accept the death of Henry Nowak. This is a turning point for change."

Sauron's Eye reports White House Correspondents' Dinner rescheduled for July 24 after shooting disrupted initial event, "Mr. Trump said he has accepted an invitation to speak at the dinner next month, calling it a "'HOT' ticket!"" Location as yet unspecified. At NYPo, Vandals sabotage Trump’s Freedom 250 event on National Mall — contaminating underground water with fuel: spokeswoman. I'm sure their mothers are proud. Also, a Nantucket church cancels Fourth of July celebration in ‘political protest’ because of its ‘own whiteness.’ Sasha Stone notes Donald Trump is the Counterculture "The reason the fringe artists originally planned for America’s 250th celebration backed out is that they were told it was a partisan event for Trump and MAGA and not “bipartisan,” as though the word still exists in practice. It doesn’t." 

Mark Tapscott at Insy wonders IS BESSENT KILLING CHINA’S CURRENCY? "The backstory of why Scott Bessent was President Donald Trump’s Treasury Secretary begins with the fact Bessent’s early career included time in 1992 with the Soros Fund Management team that broke the Bank of England. The ever-observant Rod Martin sees the huge significance of that otherwise little-noted fact in the context of U.S.-China relations."

Sundance at CTH has Secretary of State Marco Rubio Testimony to Senate Foreign Relations Committee, DNI Tulsi Gabbard's Husband, Abraham Williams, Begins Surgical Treatment for Bone Cancer and Senators Thune and Cotton React to Pulte as Acting ODNI.

Jeff Charles at TownHall sees Marco Rubio Just Threw Down the Gauntlet With Iran. Cathy Salgado at PJM, Iran Ends Negotiations With U.S., Doubling Down on Terrorism - Trump Responds. Beege Welborn hears Iran is Poking the Eagle: IRGC Says It's 'Targeting' US Bases Tonight.

Yesterday was primary day in many places yesterday, including the much commented on races for Mayor of Los Angeles and Governor of California. At PJM Stephen Kruiser notes It's Primary Day in California — Raise a Glass to the Underdogs and Vicky Taft, Decision Day: Will Californians Choose to Save Their State and Vote for Steve Hilton? At Hat Hair, Capt. Ed has LIVE PRIMARY RESULTS: We Love LA … And CA, IA, MT, NJ, NM, And SD. At RedState, Susie Moore has LIVE: Election Results - California, Iowa, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, South Dakota. Currently Steve Hilton leading in CA, and Spencer Pratt is second to Bass in LA. Of course, it's CA, so they vote is nowhere near counted. Jarvis @jarvis_best, "I try not to contradict Nate very often but there’s a perfectly valid reason why it takes so long to count votes in California. Here is a typical timeline: Election Day: everyone votes Week 1: mail in ballots, absentee ballots, military ballots, overseas ballots, ballots accidentally issued to people’s pets, and ballots harvested from Skid Row start trickling in. Week 2: As the ballots pile up, Officials consider appointing a Committee to Count Ballots. Week 3: Committee to Count Ballots is appointed and commences discussion on electing a chairman. Week 4: deadline for ballots from illegal immigrants. Week 5: Committee decides that “chairman” is an outdated term and will be replaced by a term to be decided later once the Committee to Count Ballots Diversity Consultants finishes their report. Week 6: fraudulent ballots from the Chinese Communist Party arrive. Week 7: The Committee elects as Chairzerxon a nonbinary disabled child to count the ballots. Week 8: it is discovered that the Chairzerxon does not actually know how to count. Week 9: the ballots are thrown away and the Committee announces election results that are entirely made up." Quote Nate Silver @NateSilver538, "The fact that California elections often can't be resolved for weeks is kind of insane and not common in other electoral systems around the world." Matt Vespa at TownHall thinks We Knew the LA Mayor's Results Wouldn't Be Called, but These Drunk Pratt Supporters Were Hilarious. Jim Geraghty at NRO calls it Spencer Pratt’s First Big Test. Cathy Salgado looks at Spencer Pratt’s Excellent Economic Plan and Final Bid to Voters. At Althouse, Bill Maher lay in wait for Spencer Pratt, then suddenly sprang the trap: "Your wife... look I hate to put it this way, but what I remember about this story was huge tits....", " "What is the state of the tits? They're not what you would call huge but they were at one point. At one time they were okay. So what happened there?"" From Da Wire, Democrats Made A Living Hell Out Of The City Of Angels, "The glamourous city depicted in Entourage no longer exists." NYPo, Karen Bass pulls funds for iconic Valley July 4 parade — leaving community devastated. Driscoll at Insty sees HOPENCHANGE IS BARACK IN CALIFORNIA! "‘Barack Obama’ Is Running for California Governor, but There’s a Catch. Hailing from the sunny streets of Alameda, Barack D. Obama Shaw has entered his not-so-unique name in California’s upcoming gubernatorial election against 61 other candidates."

Am Spec's Dave Catron wonders, How Long Will Democrats Keep Defending Platner? "Their defense of this creepy character reveals how much control the far left has over the party." John Sexton at Hat Hair thinks Platner's Redemption Arc Blew Up but Democrats Don't Care. Ari Fleischer @AriFleischer, "I don’t want to hear a word by the Democrats about the Epstein files when they’re running a guy for the Senate in Maine who took a picture of himself wrapped in a towel for use on an app targeted to teens. Platner is Epstein without the island." From Twitchy, Wanna See Just How WARPED Democrats Really Are? Check Out This Thread of Graham Platner Supporters. At Althouse "Democrats really, really like Platner in Maine but the Republicans f***ing love him … if Maine wants an asshole with a Nazi tattoo on his chest, they get him." "Said John Fetterman, quoted in "Graham Platner 'sexted women.' Senior Democrats fear voters won’t care/Sexually explicit texts have piled pressure on the candidate for Maine. Long-serving party insiders say it’s a test of the tolerance for scandal" (London Times)." From Ace, Democrats Meet With Nazi Feces-Fetishist Graham Platner To Ask If It's Just the Nazi Tattooo /Communism/Mockery of a Purple Heart Hero/Racism/Obsessive Sexting, Or If There's a Real Scandal Coming, "Spoiler: They're sticking with the Communist Nazi serial adulterer welfare layabout aroused by the smell of human waste," and The Very Perceptive Ladies of The View: Gee This Graham Platner Guy Seems Like a Hot S.S. Mess Doesn't He? "These subnormal-IQ chickenhead* women just don't miss a trick do they?" From the Free Bacon, Graham Platner Says He 'Serves' as His Maine Town's Harbormaster. He Held the Largely 'Clerical' Role for 18 Months Before Quitting To Campaign. "'We don't really have any working waterfront,' Sullivan's town manager said, adding that Platner's role was 'not like a regular employee.'"

PJM's Matt Margolis sees Talarico Revealed His Girlfriend and Accidentally Exposed a Couple of Scandals, Too. Don Surber says Democrats don’t know American men, "They believe we are Nazis who eat barbecue with a napkin and use tampons." Stephen Green @VodkaPundit, "So the first step is to incentivize neglect via rent control. A few steps later, you "transfer ownership" to your cronies. And then you're just a couple more steps away from "some animals are more equal than others." Quote End Wokeness @EndWokeness "IT BEGINS… NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani unveils plan to "transfer ownership" from landlords to "the community"" Ramin Ekhtiar @raminrealtalk, "Everyone’s yelling “communism” about Mamdani’s housing plan. They’re missing the actual trick. His own plan says the city will “engage lenders to trigger foreclosure” on landlords. I’ve done real estate 20 years. Here’s what that means: they let the building go distressed, force the bank to eat the loan, then hand it off with NO mortgage. A building with no loan is a money printer. And they pick who holds it. That’s not a housing plan. It’s a wealth transfer with a loyalty program attached. New York’s the test kitchen. California’s next. Follow me — I’ll show you the part nobody else is reading." Fusilli Spock @awstar11, "If Democrats told you what they really believed, they’d never get elected." Quote Andrew Kaczynski @KFILE "NEW: Mamdani-backed congressional candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier deleted posts and reposts calling for abolishing police, prisons and borders, seizing private property, nationalizing industries, and one declaring, “Israel doesn’t exist!”" At Shooting News Week, More Virginia Counties Announce They Won’t Enforce Spanberger’s ‘Assault Firearms’ Ban. The Victory Girls at amused at Unserious Democrat Females Demanding Paid Time Off For Menstruation.

NYPo, Hakeem Jeffries’ re-election bid boosted by ‘sick’ NYC Dems running ‘beloved’ dead community leader on same ticket: critics. It worked with Biden. Sara at Insty, HUNTER ISN’T GETTING THOSE LUCRATIVE BOARD MEMBERSHIPS, SOMEBODY HAS TO MONETIZE THE FAMILY NAME: So, That’s Why Jill Biden’s Book Is Coming Out Now.

Ben Whedon at JTN reports RFK Jr. announces largest autism fraud bust in history, "Investigators uncovered brazen schemes that billed taxpayers for nonexistent services, fraudulent diagnoses, and fake care while criminals enriched themselves at public expense." From WaT, HHS probes complaint of racial preferences in Biden-era healthcare training grants.

NYT whines the Supreme Court Clears the Way for Republican-Friendly Map in Alabama. Bob Graboyes at Bastiat's Window, looks at the Extraordinary Popular Vote Delusions and the Madness of NPVIC "The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact is dangerous for America and perhaps even more so for its Democratic fan base."

RedState's Bog Hoge sees Jack Smith's Ghost Haunts DOJ As Burn‑Bag Document Trove Surfaces.

New York Post @nypost, "Anti-ICE agitator who allegedly bit officers during Delaney Hall protest was previously accused of distributing child porn https://trib.al/bybS5PF." Ace, White House: Rioters Outside of NJ ICE Facility Will be Prosecuted to the Fullest Extent of the Law, NGO Admits It's Giving the Orders to Riot, "It's time to start getting rough with the terrorists." DataRepublican (small r) @DataRepublican, "Read this again. A single NGO can call these protests on and off at a moment's notice." Quote bitchuneedsoap @bitchuneedsoap, "Cosecha New Jersey just announced they will not be mobilizing to Delaney Hall tonight. They’re “talking to strikers and their families to regroup.” 

Dave Manney at PJM notes ICE Keeps Finding the Criminals Democrats Pretend Don’t Exist. Jum @JesterJum "How do I know the media is brainwashing people? Obama's ICE Chief received the Presidential Award for Distinguished Service for removing over 900,000 illegal aliens. Trump's ICE Chief is called a Nazi. It is the same person.....Tom Homan.... The only difference? The narrative. Matt Lamb at LI finds an Illegal Immigrant Accused Of Faking Homosexuality To Get Asylum, "Illegal immigrant reportedly fakes being gay in order to get asylum and then gets caught after marrying a woman." CIS reports Texas Nabs Six Camo-Clad Chinese on Border Ranch. "The border is now so secure that their apprehension is ‘newsworthy’ — unlike under the last administration."

Driscoll, 60 MINUTES IS BURNING. BRING MARSHMALLOWS: "Scott Pelley knows he’s on borrowed time and has been for quite a while. He’s making himself a pain in the ass so that he can claim to be a victim of “censorship” when he’s let go for a completely different reason — namely, that he’s a leftist hack whose journalistic product is middling at best, that he makes far too much money for the volume of content he produces and the number of eyes it draws, and that his undisciplined and irritating public outbursts are bad for the CBS News brand." Beege Welborn, Bari-O-Meter, Pegged: Scott Pelley Has a Major 'Hold My Beer, Alfonsi' Moment UPDATE Adios, Pelley. Noam Blum @neontaster, "It’s probably what he wanted with that tantrum." Quote Dylan Byers @DylanByers, "#BREAK: CBS NEWS has terminated Scott Pelley's contract." Read the letter.

Ace hears Jimmy Kimmel Cries That His Show Will End the Way Colbert's Did (And for the Same Reason). "God save us from effeminate, histrionic men. Yes, Jimmy, you will go the way that Colbert went, because you both are anti-talents losing the shareholders tens of millions per year."

Northern Barbarian @xnoesbueno, "Canada going boldly forward with coercive state-facilitated death as a cost-saving measure is among the many developments of the 21st century I did not see coming. Combined with ruinous economic policy and strategic choices, plus replacement migration, it's like Canada is striving to outdo Britain and Europe in the international self-destruction race. Eager to stand out." Quote “Sudden And Unexpected” @toobaffled, "“Canada Modelling Non-Voluntary Euthanasia to Save Trillions?” A new academic study is calculating how much money the government could save by dramatically expanding euthanasia .. including “non-voluntary” scenarios for vulnerable people."

The Wednesday Wetness

 With Coco Ho:

Coco Malia Camille Hapaikekoa Ho 

(born April 28, 1991) is a professional Hawaiian surfer born in Honolulu, Hawaii. She began surfing at 7 years old, following in the footsteps of her family.  At age 7, Coco Ho began following in the footsteps of her surfer family. Her father, Michael Ho, was formerly a professional surfer (World Cup and 1982 Pipe Masters), as was her uncle, Derek Ho (1993 World Champion). Her brother, Mason Ho (1st Place Cold Water Classic ASP Pro Jr. 2008), played a major role in her early surfing influences. Ho earned her first sponsorship at 8-years-old, and at age 17, she qualified for the ASP Women's World Championship Tour. In 2009, she won the Rookie of the Year award. Raised on Oahu's North Shore, Ho spent most of her time surfing the "Seven Mile Miracle.” She is the face for the Volcom clothing brand.