Flotsam and Jetsam - Contempt for Christopher Wray?

At NYPo, the divine Ms. Devine claims Biden’s disastrous Air Force Academy fall only makes US look weak to our global enemies. At Town Hall Nick Arama notes Biden Delivers More Delusion, Shakes Hands With the Air During Visit With KC Chiefs  and Kurt Schlichter says It Doesn’t Matter That Joe Biden Is a Corrupt, Doddering, Old Pervert, he's not really the one calling the shots. Althouse, sees "Fox News sought a response from the White House for a story it was doing on the problem of President Biden's advanced age. "But — as HuffPo reports in "Fox News Refuses To Run Snarky White House Comment In Story Criticizing Biden’s Age" — the White House deputy press secretary Andrew Bates only responded with attacks relating to the advanced age of Rupert Murdoch. . . There's a big difference between owning a company and seeking election to high office. That Murdoch hangs onto his power says nothing positive about Biden's effort to cling to power in his old age. Biden must convince us, the people, that he's fit. He's younger than Murdoch and at least as power hungry. That's Bates's argument." At Da Caller, Biden Wants To Give Power Over Defense Contracts To Climate Activist ‘Cabal’ Bent On Curtailing Economic Growth. Jeff Reynolds at PJM, Mark Levin Explains Why the Debt Ceiling Negotiations Didn't Matter: The System Is Broken. The 'system' was never fixed to begin with. It's always a work in progress, for good or ill. Via the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 06.05.23, the Weasel Zippers: Biden Tells Americans He Wants To Raise Taxes, Dem Rep. Jamie Raskin: “Having A Debt Ceiling Statute Is A Threat To Us”.

At WaEx, Quin Hillyer predicts A Trump nomination would bring GOP victories to a screeching halt. According To Hoyt  The Game Isn’t Worth The Candle, as she come out weakly on Trump's side. NRO is pleased and Sundance at CTH annoyed as Mike Pence Officially Enters the 2024 Presidential Race "In related news, Gov. Chris Sununu (R-N.H.) announced Monday that he will not enter the 2024 Republican presidential primary, saying a crowded field will only help former President Donald Trump win. (link)" 'Bonchie' at Red State says Tim Scott's Appearance on 'The View' Ends in Embarrassment Because Republicans Never Learn, but Hat Hair's John Sexton is pleased Sen. Tim Scott takes on Sunny Hostin over systemic racism. From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 06.05.23, Victory Girls: Vivek Ramaswamy To Take The Debate Stage In GOP Primary Election, Daily Beast Aims Spittle-Flecked Rant at Casey DeSantis. KT at Hat Hair reports Governor Chris Sununu has made his decision on whether or not to run for president, no. CNN, New Hampshire GOP Gov. Sununu says he will not run for president in 2024. Althouse channels Sununu, "No one can stop candidates from entering this race, but candidates with no path to victory must have the discipline to get out." Hat Hair KT, RNC announces details of first primary debate in August - who will qualify to be on the stage? "The top five primary candidates, at least so far, will all meet the requirements for the first debate. Trump, DeSantis, Nikki Haley, Tim Scott, and Vivek Ramaswamy all should reach the thresholds without any problems."

VodkaPundit at PJ VIP reminds us  Dear Conservatives: RFK Jr Is Still Just a F****** Commie. Well yes, but he's a useful tool against Biden. As evidence the libs fear him look no further than this Michale Scherer article at WaPoo, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. tests the conspiratorial appetite of Democrats. "One of the most famous living descendants of the most famous American political dynasty shows early strength against Biden in polls" PJM's Ben Bartee observes Instagram Censors RFK Jr. Campaign Account

From Fox, Manchin fires back at Obama adviser who called him 'dead man walking' in West Virginia: 'Funny comment', "CNN analyst says Manchin 'knows' he can't be re-elected in West Virginia" That's why we have elections, to decide that.

Jim Hoft at the Gateway reports Kanekoa Releases The Konnech Files: FBI Shielded Two Firms Tied to Chinese Communist Regime That Holds US Voter Data in Mainland China. From Da Wire, DeSantis Suspends Mayor From Office Who Was Arrested For Alleged Voter Fraud. At Da Caller, ‘Playing A Game’: Texas Democrats Quietly Blocked Constitutional Amendment Requiring Citizenship To Vote. Gee, I wonder why? The Fed's Shawn Fleetwood notes Ranked-Choice Voting Is So Bad For Elections, Even D.C. Democrats Are Rejecting It. At Am Think Harold Lowrey thinks about The Razor-thin Margin in American elections.

From  the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 06.05.23, a bunch from Da Fed,  ‘Highly Credible’ Source Reveals Scandal Bigger Than Biden Bribery: FBI Election Interference, Climate-Crazed Bureaucrats’ ‘Home Of  Majority Of Americans Want Corrupt FBI To Be Reformed Or ‘Shut Down’, and After Overseeing Weaponization Of Government Against Trump, James Comey Frets Trump Could Weaponize Government. Bob Spencer at PJM, Comey Warns Trump Might Use the Constitution Against Him and His Corrupt Friends. PJMs Stephen Kruiser thinks James Comey Unwittingly Makes the Case for Trump 2024.  \I'm already sold. Insty, GREAT MOMENTS IN PROJECTION: After Overseeing Weaponization Of Government Against Trump, James Comey Frets Trump Could Weaponize Government.

Spencer Brown at Town Hall reports It's Official: FBI Director to Face Contempt of Congress Proceedings. At  PJM Kevin Downey is amused Congress and the DOJ Are About to Play an Epic Game of Chicken and Bob Spencer hopes FBI Top Dog Wray May Be Held In Contempt of Congress. Can He Be Held In Contempt of the American People? Sundance, FBI Refuses to Give Physical Document to House Investigators Outlining Biden Bribery Scheme, Now Claim “Ongoing Investigation”…  MRC TV,  Comer: Without Subpoenaed Doc Accusing Biden In-Hand, Media Will Claim ‘Source Is Unverified,’ ‘Conspiracy Theory.’ From Da Caller, FBI Has ‘Ongoing Investigation’ Into Biden Bribery Allegations, Rep. James Comer Says, but  WaPoo claims the FBI had reviewed, closed inquiry into Biden claims at center of Hill fight "Republican lawmaker James Comer said he will still seek to hold the FBI director in contempt of Congress after viewing document in question." Breitbart reports the White House Claims Biden Family Business Represents ‘No’ National Security Threat. Ace, Grassley: Source Behind Bribery Accusation of Biden Is "Highly Credible" and Has Been Used by FBI In the Past, "So -- completely unlike the source for the "Steele Dossier," which the FBI infamously launched a full investigation into." Also, Quick Hits, "Here's the FBI's new spin: If we present the document alleging Biden conspired with foreign actors in a $5 million+ bribery scheme, the person who brought this information forward may be killed." Matt Vespa at Town Hall writes Here's the Latest Hiccup in the Biden Corruption Investigation, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna@RepLuna "Just left meeting for House Oversight. The @FBI is afraid their informant will be killed if unmasked, based on the info he has brought forward about the Biden family."  At Twitchy, Michael Shellenberger’s thread perfectly sums up why ‘half of Americans don’t trust the FBI.’ 

The NY Sun, After Durham Report Excoriates FBI for Abuse of Power, GOP Won’t Reauthorize FISA Spy Law Without Reforms, ‘Reforms are necessary,’ Representative Mike Turner told the Washington Examiner. ‘We will be taking up the issue of reforms, and they will not be limited to 702 itself.’ I&I, After Durham Report, Voters Seek Deep FBI Reforms: I&I/TIPP Poll.

The redoubtable Julie Kelly at Am Great has a J6 Defendant on Ray Epps: ‘They Are Protecting Him Like Crazy’ "Epps’ unusual defenders make less and less sense." Or it only makes sense if he's some kind of fed agent or plant.

Breitbart, MSNBC’s Weissmann: Trump Will Be Indicted This Week in Classified Documents Probe, he's probably right, but he shouldn't be. At WaPoo, Trump lawyers ask Justice Dept. not to charge Trump in classified docs case, "High-stakes meeting included special counsel Jack Smith, who is leading probe of Trump’s conduct, possible obstruction" If indicted, the GOP needs to go scorched earth on Hillary, Obama, Biden, Pence, and Comey, all of whom took classified docs. WaPoo, Trump-funded studies disputing election fraud are focus in two probes, "The then-president’s campaign hired two firms to prove voter fraud, but none was ever found" So, it's illegal to do studies on elections, now? Sundance is dwelling on old ground in Recusal and Conflicts. From  the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 06.05.23, The Lid reports Supervising Detective in Bragg’s Case Against Trump Suspended For Ties to Michael Cohen.

John Sexton at Hat Hair, reports Opponents of Atlanta's police training center have been giving public comment for 8 hours (Update: 'If you build it, we will burn it').

From  the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 06.05.23, Transterrestrial Musings: says Biden’s War On The First Amendment …isn’t going well. Ace, Missouri AG Attorney Bailey: A Judge Is Rejecting Biden's Argument That He Has the Right to Censor People's Speech, "Heartening! This is the guy who c***-punted that Soros DA, Kim Gardner, out of St. Louis." The Free Bacon Reports on the Fake News Group Behind Deceptive TV Ad Funded By Dem Megadonor Reid Hoffman "Piedmont Rising faced scrutiny for campaign ads designed to look like news broadcasts." From Da Caller, Big Tech-Backed Group Tries To Kill California Bill Because It Could Help Conservative Media. From Hat Hair, WaPo: Extremist "experts" say conservatives are exploiting TikTok etc to pick on places like Target. Hat Hair's Jazz Shaw says it's Confirmed: Weingarten and Walensky conspired to keep schools closed. I thought we knew this a long time ago.

At Twitchy, ARGLE BARGLE RAR! Gynecologist who insisted Dylan Mulvaney is a woman gets BIG MAD at being mocked. Ace, cites a Former Anheuser-Busch Executive: Companies Are Being Forced to Propagandize for Woke Causes by Woke Financial Giants Vanguard and BlackRock, "We have to make it illegal for these woke companies to manage people's retirement funds using any other criteria beyond strict economic benefit" and THE MORNING RANT: The Satanic Daycare Sex Abuse Panic and the Current Transgender Social Contagion. John Hinderacker at Power Line reports Target Says: Tear Down Mount Rushmore! Nick Arama is pleased that Target Gets Hit With Another Downgrade, as More Disturbing Info About What They Support Emerges. Sign of the Times, Norway bans child sex changes, joins Finland, Sweden, and UK in rejecting gender ideology. Dave Strom, "the United States is going to become the last country on Earth where these barbaric practices are supported by the government and medical industry. You can thank Joe Biden, the radical Left, and the money-grubbing medical industry profiting off this evil practice." Hat Hair's KT has More on the North Hollywood elementary school where a Pride flag was burned: Parent power. Jason Rantz,  Elementary sex ed promoted puberty blockers, pubic hair art in Olympia Washington. Dave Strom even finds Gender madness in IDAHO. Jazz Shaw reports a Trans drug-dealing prisoner hits the jackpot. Tyler O'Neil at Da Signal, Associated Press Forbids Even Discussing Transgenderism as an Ideology. From  the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 06.05.23, Don Surber: Democrats Went After Kids. 

At LI, Mary Chastain reports on a U. Cincinnati Student who Claims Professor Failed Her Project for Using ‘Biological Women’ “And I 100% know that this is, like, the most biased grade ever, because my project is about transgenders competing in biological women’s sports ” and Jane Coleman, White House Antisemitism Plan Succumbs To Leftist Pressure on Defining Antisemitism, "Under the guise of “inclusivity,” the document leaves “antisemitism” so poorly defined that it creates a pretext for permitting it instead of a plan to stop it."

Little Mermaid's Halle Bailey

Ace, Have You Heard the Scuttlebutt? Disney Has Another Woke Bomb On Its Hands as Little Mermaid is Projected to Lose Between $50 and $100 Million, "A hundred million here, a hundred million there, and pretty soon you're talking real money." Leslie Eastman at LI, Threat of ESG-Based Corporate Insanity Begins to Recede When Faced With Reality. "Being identified as ESG-compliant may eventually be synonymous with being woke. You can ask Anheuser-Busch how well the woke identification has worked out for them." At Breitbart, though, BlackRock’s DEI Push Is ‘Chinese Social Credit System Applied at the Corporate Level’

Stacy McCain reports about school principals on crack,  ‘Our Recreational Drug Use Began About a Year Ago … It Increased Recently.’ A cocaine habit is not cheap, and you’ve got to be doing it pretty heavily — like, the Eagles on tour in 1977 — to reach the point where you’re in a grocery store parking lot babbling paranoid gibberish with a pistol in your pocket. How were the Griffins able to do this much coke while functioning as elementary school principals and nobody even noticed? In conclusion: Crazy People Are Dangerous."