Something to the Effect of, KBJ Sworn In, Wrong Way Biden, Bidencession Begins

Da Caller, Justice Breyer To Retire June 30 At Noon, Paving Way For Biden’s SCOTUS Pick. From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 06.30.22 (Evening Edition), Twitchy notes, Good Morning America claims Ketanji Brown Jackson is the first black Supreme Court justice in history. This may well be true. I believe Thurgood Marshall probably identified as a Negro (yes, children, that used to be the good word), and Clarence Thomas simply identifies as human. I just want to know if she will uphold  the Supreme Court tradition that the junior justice brings the coffee to the others at meetings.

Meanwhile in Bidenworld, from WaEx, Eighty-five percent of US adults feel country headed in wrong direction. Via the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 06.30.22 (Evening Edition), from Mike LaChance at LI: Majority of Americans Believe Country is on Wrong Track, Including 78% of Democrats, “Since last month, the percentage of Democrats saying the country is headed in the wrong direction rose from 66%.” Capt. Ed at Haut Hair, Devastating: 78% of *Democrats* think country is going in the wrong direction in new AP/NORC poll. At Breitbart a different Poll: 78% Believe Nation on Wrong Track, Up 27 Points Under Biden. Don't take too much comfort. As least half the Democrats think he's not effing us up enough. Bob Spencer at PJ Media, Wait—Why AREN’T Democrats Enthused About Biden for 2024?. At Da Caller, Here Are The Predictions Trump Got Right About Biden. "Trump accurately warned voters that Biden’s policies would attack free speech and the Second Amendment, cause illegal immigrants to flood the southern border, and consumers would suffer high gas prices and a failing economy."

If not Biden, then who from the Democrats? From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 06.30.22 (Evening Edition), at Am Think, Joel Gilbert thinks Michelle Obama Is Running for President in 2024. I doubt it. Atop Da Hill, Enter Hillary Clinton? Trump, Roe prompt muted talk of White House run.  Capt. Ed,  Are you ready for ... the Hillary v Biden 2024 Dem primary fight? She's certainly circling like a vulture, ready to pick Biden's bones. But from the Wombat's  In The Mailbox: 06.30.22 (Afternoon Edition) Weasel Zippers finds Former Clinton Strategist Tells Hillary To Pack It In…America Still Hates Her. But are you ready to be Californicated? I&I warns Beware America, Gavin Newsom Is Running For President.

In the Congressional races,  Weasel Zippers (via Wombat's In The Mailbox: 06.30.22 (Evening Edition)) finds FiveThirtyEight predicating Republicans WILL Win House, Possibly Senate…. Now try something hard. At Da Wire, Alaska Congressional Race Down To Three As Palin Seeks Return To Politics. Mediaite, Dem Rep Doesn’t Want Biden Campaigning for Her: ‘I Intend to Do the Campaigning Myself’. Ace, Liz Cheney Makes Her Pitch To Democrats: " these days, for the most part, men are running the world, and it's really not going all that well", and AllahPundit at Haut Hair is happy to bring you the Live video: Cheney vs. MAGA (and Harriet Hageman) "My guess is that, if she has the debate of her life, she ends up losing in August by a mere 20 points instead of 40."

From Wombat's In The Mailbox: 06.30.22 (Evening Edition) The Geller Reports: Google Intercepted 100% of RNC Donation Emails on Biggest Donation Days of Month, more evidence of Googles not-so-secret policy of election interference. At PJ Media, J Christian Adam has an EXCLUSIVE: FOIAs Reveal Progressive Money Fueling FBI, DOJ, Leftist Activist and Election Official Coordination. Hatch Act, anyone? 

At NYPo, Manhattan judge ends contempt order against Trump after lengthy legal battle. The process is the punishment. 

From the Wombat's  In The Mailbox: 06.30.22 (Afternoon Edition), Twitchy watches J6 Committee Member Jamie Raskin Falls Apart Under Jake Tapper’s Questioning. Summit News calls Cassidy Hutchinson Amber Heard 2.0 "The Democrats’ founding myth of January 6 takes another ludicrous plot twist." AllahPundit is bummed that the Jan. 6 committee hasn't corroborated Hutchinson testimony about Trump SUV incident. Ace, The Many, Many Tales of Madison Cornbread Are Disintegrating Like Toilet Paper In a Stream of Piss and Madison Cornbread Said Something to the Effect of a False Statement, "Below, Megyn Kelly points out Madison Cornbread's constant reflexive caveating of her claims of what other people said, always prefacing their words with "something to the effect of." 'Bonchie' at Red State, Cassidy Hutchinson's 'Bombshell' Testimony Takes Another Body Blow, “Multiple sources including one who was at the WH on Jan 6 tell me Cipollone was not there in the am when Hutchinson testified she spoke with him,” Julio Rosas at Town Hall,  J6 Committee Star Witness Caught Making Another 'False' Statement  

Mike Davis, Article 3 Project founder, said Hutchinson testified to the January 6 Committee that former senior Justice Department official Jeff Clark strategized at the White House with Giuliani and the Trump campaign to object to the 2020 election. According to Davis, that is not true because Clark and Giuliani had "never met or communicated." It appears to be a case of mistaken identity because Giuliani had met with a Justin Clark at the White House.    

Victory Girls say Believe Us Because We Tell You To. Hollywood in Toto, Late Night Pounces, Seizes on Jan. 6 Fake News Story "Colbert, Noah highlight Hutchinson's debunked anti-Trump testimony." From the Wombat's  In The Mailbox: 06.30.22 (Afternoon Edition), Weasel Zippers demand you Watch Bret Baier Make An Asshole Out Of Himself On Live TV. Twitchy has more memes and gifs, ‘OH NO! THEY RELEASED THE TAPE!’ Trump grabbing the steering wheel memes, gifs, etc. have BEGUN and LOL, here are the best

MSN whines Trump's security detail was 'aligned' with him and 'personally cheering for Biden to fail,' says author of book on the Secret Service. "There was a very large contingent of Donald Trump's detail, who were personally cheering for Biden to fail, and some of them even took to their personal media accounts to cheer on the insurrection and the individuals riding up to the Capitol as patriots," Leonnig said. "That is problematic." How dare Secret Service personnel support their president? At Off The Press, Pants Down Toobin Calls Republicans 'Cowards' Over J6 Hoax Testimony. Althouse reads the NYT so you don't have to, "The federal prosecutors working on the case watched [Cassidy Hutchinson's] appearance before the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, riot and were just as astonished..." Something doesn't fit together! The NYT says the reasons "are not entirely clear." That's putting it mildly! . . . Something's amiss. Let's brainstorm some less mushy reasons. I invite you to speculate about the motives and to put it as clearly as you can or as brutally as you wish. " At HE, POSOBIEC: Attempted 'Detrumpification' of US Underway as Biden Admin Runs J6 'Investigation in Search of a Crime'. Myra Adams, atop Da Hill thinks she has The compromise that could hold Trump accountable and save the republic. Althouse has a poll, Will Trump be charged with a crime?

This is your big chance to think about an array of options and rank them in order of likelihood. I'm sure I'm forgetting some possibilities and that you will tell me about them in comments. I'm deliberately leaving out the possibility that he could die before things are resolved. That's too morbid. I'm also leaving out the possibility that the United States itself could pass away. That's too remote, though perhaps not all that remote to those who are inclined to believe in coups.

Here are your options, identified by letter so you can use numbers to rank them. I'm putting them roughly in order of severity.

The LAT (cited at Haut Hair) whines The campaign to discredit Cassidy Hutchinson has begun. And going very well, thank you very much. WSJ (also cited at Haut Hair), “She is waking up to a different life” CNN+ contributor? Haut Hair also cites the NYTs Norm Eisen, Cassidy Hutchinson changes everything. Haut Hair promotes Annie Applebaum at the Slantic, If the January 6 hearings don't change minds, nothing will and finds The January 6 hearings changed my mind from Batya  Unger-Sargon at 'Common Sense.' At Da Fed John Davidson claims The Jan. 6 Committee Is Causing Never Trumpers To Lose Their Minds. Too late, they lost them when he was elected. AllahPundit at Haut Hair VIP wants you to know Jon Stewart says The real story of the Jan. 6 hearings is Republicans shifting towards DeSantis. I think that's fair to a limited extent. 

Rachel Alexander at Front Page says Move Over J6 Protesters, the Left is Back Outdoing You With Violence. Greg Byrnes at PJ Media reports the Anti-Dobbs Reign of Terror Gains Momentum. Bob Stilson at LI, The Radicals in Green Hats at the Dobbs Protests, "Legal Observers from the National Lawyers Guild attended Dobbs protests, making good on the group’s promise after the leak to stand “with all of you fighting this in the streets and the courtrooms.”"

At Da Fed, Tom Nash and Joe Cosby lay out how FBI Lies And Entrapment Result In Probation Sentence For Former Republican Congressman, "The FBI and the DOJ are guilty of doing exactly the things with which they charged Rep. Jeff Fortenberry."

Fox Business, Key Fed GDP tracker turns negative, signaling recession is here, "The Atlanta Fed's GDPNow model estimates -1.0% growth for Q2." Capt. Ed, Gulp: Atlanta Fed projects GDP contraction in Q2, "So does this mean we are on the cusp of a recession? Perhaps by the popular definition, which is two quarters of contraction in a row, but that’s not how recessions are defined." Ace, Atlanta Fed Tracker Finds Contraction in the Economy In the Second Quarter, Meaning the Economy Is Already In an Technical Recession 

Now here's why it's being called a "technical recession" -- because a council of economic wise men get to pronounce whether it's a recession-recession or not.

If further readings confirm that the economy did, indeed, shrink in Q2, the technical criteria for a recession -- which is defined by two consecutive quarters of negative growth w-- ill be met. However, the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) is the authority that makes the official determination.

I have a feeling they will avoid making that determination... until a week after the November midterms.

Matt Margolis at PJ Media notes CNN claims Recessions Are Racist. "So, what exactly is CNN’s problem? Well, it seems all but inevitable that the Biden Recession will soon be official, so to preempt this, CNN has declared this cabal of economists racist." Matt Vespa at Town Hall, CNN Had the Most Predictable Response to the Coming Biden Recession, "Everything is racism when things don’t go our way." At the Wa Free Bee, ‘Skipping Meals, Conserving Water’: Bidenflation Wreaks Havoc on Personal Spending, Poll Shows. Madeleine Hubbart at JTN reminds us Stock market tanks with worst first half year since 1970. 

CNS News reads Gallup: 67% of Americans Say Gas Prices Causing a 'Hardship,' 55% Altering Vacation Plans. At PJ Media VIP, VodkaPundit notes how Biden Climate Czar Brags That 'Fossil Fuels' Are 'Losing Jobs' Under Biden. Max Keating at Da Caller details how Biden’s EPA Has America’s Biggest Oil Field In Its Regulatory Crosshairs. Shirking all responsibility, Biden says drivers will pay more for gas 'as long as it takes' to counter Russia (WaEx). At NYPo, Biden: High gas prices to last ‘as long as it takes’ for Ukraine victory. Meanwhile, Cutie Pavlich at Town Hall helpfully reminds us The Baby Formula Crisis Is Still Raging

Bob Spencer at Front Page notes Twitter is Just Fine With Calls to Assassinate Justice Thomas, "What malicious inconsistency looks like." From the Atlanta J-Con, Following Dobbs decision, SCAD removes sign in front of building named for Justice Clarence Thomas. Savannah College of Art and Design. Thomas was from the Gullah culture near Savannah. But at least George Washington University Rejects Demand That Clarence Thomas’ Law Class Be Canceled (Da Caller). From the Wombat's  In The Mailbox: 06.30.22 (Afternoon Edition), Behind The Black: Today’s blacklisted American, "Lincoln bust and Gettysburg Address plaque removed from Cornell library because “someone complained”" Fuck 'em. KT at Haut Hair reports California school board member calls for boycott of July 4th celebrations. And him, too. Mike LaChance at LI, Florida Republicans Mobilizing to Win Local School Board Races, "‘Payback is coming in August’ when the school board elections are held” Also, Woke Military Struggling to Reach Recruitment Goals. At Da Wire, Arizona To Become The Nation’s ‘Gold Standard For School Choice,’ Passing Universal Bill For One Million Students. Front Page thinks Maine Enshrines Cultural Marxism as State Religion in K-12 Public Schools.

Hollywood in Toto says These ‘Gutfeld!’ Ratings Stats Should Scare Liberal Late Night Silly.

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