Flotsam and Jetsam - Time to Clean Out the Garage

Most of today's collection concerns the fact that Biden seems to have scattered documents here and there, like breadcrumbs (New Neo).  The Free Bacon, Drip, Drip, Drip: White House Says More Classified Docs At Biden Home. At JOM, Classified Documents Underfoot Everywhere. Are they done yet, maybe, maybe not. Fox, Karine Jean-Pierre said search for documents was 'completed' before WH announced more classified docs found. At Da Caller, Random Caller Tells Radio Host He Once Personally Covered Up A ‘Mortifying’ Biden Security Breach. Seems plausible. Insty,WHAT ARE THE ODDS: "Gambling isn’t my thing, but if it’s yours and you want to put some cash on where the next batch of Joe Biden’s classified documents are found, this site is taking bets, according to the Washington Free Beacon."

At Fox, Biden's 'irresponsible' handling of classified docs bigger 'leakage' risk than Trump's, experts say. "'There were absolutely no additional measures to safeguard and protect the information,' says one expert of Biden's storage of classified materials." Nonsense! The garage was locked, well, mostly. Atop Da Hill, Comer calls Biden residence ‘crime scene’ over document search. 'Fuzzy Slippers' at LI reports House GOP Opens Investigations Into Biden’s Classified Documents Scandal, “The letter zeroed in on concerns that it took the White House two months to announce the discovery of documents.” Breitbart hears Dem Rep. Raskin: We Don’t Want to Turn the Biden Docs Case into ‘Political Football’. Bwahahahah! At PJ Media, Matt Margolis finds Andrew McCabe Calls on Biden's DOJ to Obstruct GOP's Classified Documents Probe. I don't doubt they will. 'Streiff' at Red State, Chuck Todd Joins the Media Crowd Losing Their Crap Over Joe Biden's Pilfered Secret Documents. Jonathan Turley@JonathanTurley "...Todd proceeded to dismiss Johnson's objections with snarky comments about "taking him at his word that he is ethically bothered by Hunter Biden" and saying that his objection to media bias is "part of your identity."..."

I think it is something more. This bizarre and nearly childish interview by Todd hints something is perking behind the scenes. We don’t know the classification of the Biden documents yet. By this time, into the Trump document “scandal,” media leaks were claiming that they included nuclear launch codes (patently ridiculous to anyone but the profoundly imbecilic) and payroll documents for deep cover US assets in hostile countries (wtf?). The fact that no one has said, “hey, they were just routine documents that were over-classified,” means there was a serious breach of security. The actions by Congressional Democrats indicate they are not willing to go out on a limb defending Biden.

Althouse, "The biggest problem with the Joe Biden documents story is that we know only what Joe Biden's lawyers have told us." "Writes Byron York (at Washington Examiner)." Matt Vespa at Town Hall, Dems Are Starting to Get That Biden's Press Secretary Isn't Built for Crisis. They're proposing someone else take front and center on this issue. Virginia Kruta at Da Wire, Jonathan Turley Torches Karine Jean-Pierre For Being ‘Transparently Unwilling To Answer Questions’. “Nothing prevents the White House from answering basic questions about the scandal. It will not undermine the Justice Department for the White House to confirm the President’s position and recollection,” But that's her main attribute! Public Substack, Coverage Of Biden & Trump's Mishandled Classified Documents Reveals Media Double Standard. "Most everything the media reported last week turned out to be wrong."

Capt. Ed at Haut Hare, What's really classified: The poisonous double standard applied to Biden, Clinton -- and yes, Trump.  At Am Think jeff Lewis thinks that For Biden Supporters, No Lie Is Too Much To Break The Faith and Clarice discourses on The Corvette Files "I don’t know which post is my favorite, but this one by David Burge (Iowahawk) certainly makes my list: “Just got a smokin' deal on a hot rod project from Craigslist, plus it had some free nuclear codes in the glove box.”" At Am Great, Roger Kimball, on Little Joe’s Corvette "Joe Biden’s usefulness may be coming to an end. Could he possibly run for reelection in 2024, let alone win it?" and Chris Roach, Did The Deep State Turn on Biden? At Da Wire, Ex-Clinton WH Official: Biden In ‘Very, Very Big’ Trouble Over Document Scandal, Will Get ‘Creamed’ David Gergen? He's still around?

Breitbart reminds us of the Document: Hunter Listed $49,910 Monthly Rent Payments While Living at Joe Biden’s Residence  and they didn't even clean the garage first! I&I is optimistic, Is Day Of Reckoning At Hand For Biden Family’s Influence Peddling? I'm not.

Nick Arama at Red State notes Biden Panders, Lies, Gaffes, and Appears to Creep on a Girl During Speech Honoring MLK. PM, Biden falsely claims he fought apartheid, was in civil rights movement, in gaffe-filled MLK Day speech. Pretty much the same as any day. From TNP, Paranoid Biden Won’t Speak Freely Around ‘MAGA Sympathetic’ Secret Service, Tried to Remove ‘Trump-Tainted’ Resolute Desk from Oval Office.

Atop Da Hill Doug McKinnon opines Political correctness could cost Democrats the White House in 2024. We can hope. Breitbart, Survey: Americans Not Optimistic for Improvement on Key Issues in 2023. I still think the economy is most important.

The New Neo has The Kari Lake election fraud verdict: Part III. The usual catch 22:

So they weren’t allowed to stop it ahead of time and they couldn’t do it afterwards. They couldn’t prove it to the court’s satisfaction back in 2020 and therefore they couldn’t allege it prior to the 2022 election. That’s lawfare for you, and one of many examples of the way in which it makes legal challenges to voting practices very difficult – unless, of course, the rule being challenged is considered by the court to have a negative effect on some minority racial group.

At Am Think, Ian MacConnell thinks Like Paul Revere, a Massachusetts Republican Sends Warning. Clean the voter rolls!

Ben Bartee at PJ Media watches MSNBC: Releasing January 6 Capitol Footage Is 'Dangerous.' It might contradict our carefully constructed narrative.

Mike LaChance at LI reports that Four More Virginia Schools Admit To Withholding National Merit Awards From Students “How dare you pretend that students who manage to be in the top 3% academically among seniors nationwide have not achieved an accomplishment of which they should be enormously proud?” Nick Minock@NickMinock  "Today, at least four more high schools in Fairfax County have admitted to not telling students their national merit recognition in time for important college scholarship and admissions deadlines. This brings the total to SEVEN FCPS high schools not notifying students @7NewsDC" Sue.

Gavin Wax waxes happy in Welcome to the Matt Gaetz Era of the America First Movement "The Florida congressman’s stand against Kevin McCarthy ushered in a new era." Haut Hare catches Politico Framing the narrative: Going to be a GOP government shut-down for "impossible demands."

In the Elon Musk, Twitter world, sundance at CTH, hosts Sunday Talks, Maria Bartiromo Interviews Matt Taibbi About the Twitter File Discoveries, DHS and FBI Officials asking Twitter to Unmask Thousands of Users

Also, Interesting Discussion – David Sacks Provides Context on Using the Twitter Files as Gateway for New House Subcommittee. Pretty long. ET reports on a  Class Action Lawsuit Against Twitter Blocked, Had No Legal Basis, Judge Rules. Fuzzy Slippers at LI again  has a Report: Facebook Admits To Suppressing “Often-True Content” At WH Request, “As you know, in addition to removing vaccine misinformation, we have been focused on reducing the virality of content discouraging vaccines that does not contain actionable information.” Breitbart, GOP Rep. Murphy: Schiff Should Face Ethics Probe over Twitter Files. Yep, he should, but he probably won't. At WaPoo, Biden’s plea for Congress to ‘unite’ against Big Tech, explained. Nothing to do with censorship, of course, he's all for it.