Flotsam and Jetsam - Durham Testifies, Schiff Censured, Hunter Biden Still Guilty, Riley Gaines Rules

Yesterday, Special Prosecutor John Durham, tasked by former Attorney General Bob Barr with ferreting out malfeasance at the DOJ and FBI with regard to the Russiagate Hoax testified to the House Weaponization Committee. As you might imagine, it was contentious, with Democrats trying to derail the testimony, and not a few Republicans dissatisfied with his results. The 6 hr session is posted by sundance at CTH in  John Durham Testimony to House Judiciary Committee – 9:00am ET Livestream. Ace, Durham: James Comey Hid the Fact That the RussiaGate Allegations Were a Political Op Concocted by Hillary Clinton From the Agents He Assigned to Investigate The Lies, "Via Hot Airs "Durham: You better believe Obama, Biden, and Comey knew that this was a Hillary dirty trick  ."   "When informed that this critical context was hidden from him, the agent supervising the investigation got so angry that he had to leave the room to collect himself." At NRO, FBI Crossfire Hurricane Investigators Had Clear ‘Personal Bias,’ Ignored ‘Red Flags,’ Durham Testifies, Capt. Ed, "I have no trouble believing that the vast majority of investigators at the FBI are hardworking and not politicized, but their leadership clearly is the latter. Maybe the honest agents should make those apologies public — and demand more accountability from James Comey and Loretta Lynch, just as a start." At the Center Square, Durham: Feds had no real evidence to investigate Russian collusion, monitor Trump campaign. At Hat Hair, "What is required is accountability"

DURHAM: "Our findings were sobering...Anybody who actually reads the report...would find that the problems identified in the report are not susceptible to overnight fixes...What is required is accountability!" pic.twitter.com/Ue7neu2cKV

— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) June 21, 2023

In other words, new rules won't fix it, if they can't be forced to abide by the old ones. From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 06.21.23, Mary Chastain, Durham Shreds Democrats at House Hearing, Especially Adam Schiff, "Durham reminded Schiff he fell for a prank that promised him dirt on Trump from a foreign government" and The Fed's Tristan Justice claims  Discredited Democrats Attack Durham To Deflect From Their Own Tarnished Reputations,At Town Hall, Cutie Pavlich  'If You Wanna Go There': Durham Hits Back at Schiff Over False Attacks and Spencer Brown, Jim Jordan Has the Best Response to Sheila Jackson Lee's Absurd Questions for Durham who was alleging Durham "colluded" with Barr (his boss). Insty, LOL.  Townhall.com @townhallcom, "Rep. Jim Jordan mocks Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee for her line of questioning: "You had 8 text messages with the Attorney General of the United States in an 11 month time period? That's amazing!" "That is absolutely inappropriate!" "I was just pointing out something that I think is so, so ridiculous..." At Red State Susie Moore has Mad Respect: John Durham's Response to Rep. Steve Cohen's Dig at His Reputation Was Chef's Kiss and 'The Nation Can't Stand': John Durham's Response to Harriet Hageman's One and Only Question Portends a Chilling Truth. Sundance, Congressman Tom McClintock Questions John Durham About His Four-Year Investigation.

Susie Moore again, (Video) Matt Gaetz Rips Into John Durham: 'You Won't Tell Us Who Gave the Orders Because You're Protecting Those People!' Sundance, has the videos, Andy Biggs and Matt Gaetz Confront John Durham About His Spray Paint Motive to Cover a Corrupt FBI and DOJ.

PJM's Paula Bolyard, BREAKING: House Votes to Censure Adam Schiff. John Sexton at Hat Hair, House votes along party lines to censure Rep. Adam Schiff. At Twitchy, House censures Rep. Adam Schiff, Dems throw a tantrum. Sundance, House Republicans Censure Adam Schiff for Falsifying Intelligence Information to Public. Sound and fury, signifying nothing. But it make Republicans feel good, and will probably help (slightly) with Schiff's bid for Feinstein's Senate seat. 

Chicks on the Right, cited by Hat Hair, Hunter Biden: Justice swerved. "Hunter Biden got a sweetheart deal yesterday – I know you’re SHOCKED by that. And of course, in true liberal-progressive-suck-at-the-Democrat-party-teat fashion, CNN and MSNBC are defending it, as is we DON’T have two sets of justice in this country." From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 06.21.23, Lawrence Person's BattleSwarm Blog notes it's One Rule For the Hunter Bidens Of The World, Another For You and Scott Johnson at Power Line has Six theses on Hunter Biden’s plea deal. At the Free Bacon, Inside the Whirlwind 48 Hours Before Hunter Biden Bought His Handgun  "President Joe Biden's troubled son was being hounded about hundreds of thousands of dollars he owed in debts, juggling texts from his brother's widow and her sister, who were also his lovers, and coordinating what appears to be a drug deal at a local 7-Eleven with a man saved in his phone only as "Q."" From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 06.21.23, Jordan Boyd at Da Fed points out If Democrats Really Cared About Gun Laws, They Would Pull The Prosecutorial Trigger On Hunter.

At Am Great, Eric Lendrum reports Congress to Unseal Testimony from IRS Whistleblower in Hunter Biden Case. "According to Just The News, Chairman Jason Smith (R-Mo.) has scheduled a session for Thursday morning where the members of the committee will vote to release the testimony and evidence presented by IRS supervisory criminal agent Gary Shapley. The vote will also aim to waive the 6103 privacy requirements that normally protect any American’s tax information from being released to the public."

At Hat Hair Jazz Shaw want you to Watch as more of Hunter Biden's legal problems magically go away, KT reports that Navy Joan's mom reaches settlement with Hunter Biden over child support. From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 06.21.23,  as the Victory Girls note, Hunter Biden Reportedly Settles And Abandons Daughter. "There is just no other way to read this story and not assume that the full measure of the Biden machine was brought to bear so that Hunter Biden could continue to be an irresponsible deadbeat pig of a human being."

From Da Caller, Trump Slams ‘Election Interference’ Deal Hunter Biden Struck With Feds. At Am Think Frank Friday wonders Were They Spying on Trump All Along?. Oh, they're spying on all of us, but they paid particular attention to Trump. Sundance features Part 2 – President Trump Interview With Brett Baier and says "In this segment President Trump takes some of the 2024 criticism head-on and does a great job.  From the economy and energy policy to the disloyal perspective of Ron DeSantis, to the COVID-19 vaccine criticism, to the social and cultural issues, Trump hits on all cylinders."

Elon Musk, cited at Hat Hair, bans the terms "cis" and "cis-gendered" from Twitter, The terms "cis" and "cisgender" are now considered slurs on my platform. Genevieve Gluck@WomenReadWomen, "Thank you! And for those who don't know, here is some background on the origin of "cisgender," as coined by German sexologist Volkmar Sigusch." Genevieve Gluck@WomenReadWomen "The term "cisgender" was coined by a German sexologist who also stated, "The sensuality that spontaneously unfolds between a child and an adult is something wonderful." Volkmar Sigusch first used the terms "cisgender" and "cissexual" in a 1991 publication titled Transsexuals and… Show more" Capt. Ed thinks "It’s satisfying in a sauce-for-the-gander sense, but it’s shortsighted in other ways. Declaring terms to be slurs is a tactic of the Left to shut down debate. If Musk really wanted to push back against the Left, he’d declare “[blank]phobic” to be slurs unless referencing a DSM IV or DSM V-listed condition." PJM's Matt Margolis, Musk: ‘Cisgender’ and ‘Cis’ Are Now Considered Slurs on Twitter.

 

At Reason, Lab Leak Theory: 1, Misinformation Cops: 0 "Confirmation of Wuhan scientists as "patients zero" makes the lab leak theory look likely—and the misinformation police look like fools."

By far the most amusing Congressional testimony yesterday was Riley Gaines going head to head with the President of the Human Rights campaign in the Judiciary Hearing. From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 06.21.23, OutKick, Riley Gaines Senate Hearing: Proposed Title IX Changes An 'Abomination.' Matt Margolis, Riley Gaines Humiliates the President of Human Rights Campaign. Hat Hair, Today's best congressional faceplant is ... Twitchy, Riley Gaines effortlessly fact-checks LGBTQ+ activist's testimony on trans athletes at Senate Judiciary

Dem witness: "There's been this news article about men that think they can beat Serena Williams in tennis. And it's just not the case. She is stronger than them." @Riley_Gaines_: "Both Serena and Venus lost to the 203rd ranked male tennis player." pic.twitter.com/MSAnV6IA5t

— Greg Price (@greg_price11) June 21, 2023

.@Riley_Gaines_ to @HawleyMO: "We only became aware we'd be undressing next to a man when we had to see a man undressing while we were simultaneously undressing...

Any man could have walked into our locker room... and we weren't forewarned about it." pic.twitter.com/AhKiQEsj4P

— Abigail Marone 🇺🇸 (@abigailmarone) June 21, 2023

At NewsBusters, Pride Police Insist Free Speech Is 'Unsafe. At Stream, Gary Bauer explains Why I’m Celebrating This Pride Month. "But why am I celebrating? There’s something very different about this “Pride Month.” For the first time in many years, there is a real backlash against the radical left." Ace,
Men's Health: If You're a Man Attracted to Women, You're a Part of the Gay Rainbow Now, Too. You're a "Gynosexual." "Men's Health has always been, no offense, a gay magazine. In the nineties, I read a great parody of it, possibly in Maxim, calling it "Men's Health: The Women's Magazine for Men (TM)." But they've outdone themselves now. Straight men are now "gynosexuals," and just another of the many flavors of gay." Da Wire documents Chest Binders And Sleeping Bags: Summer Camps For Transgender Kids As Young As 4 The New Craze. Twitchy reports the Transgender child from MTV documentary is now detransitioning. But Jazz Shaw reports an Arkansas judge blocks children's trans surgery law. At Ringside, Paul Mirengoff diagnoses Big cause envy, "The yearning that helps explain the left's obsession with transgender issues."

News Week is butthurt that Bud Light Sales Suffer Biggest Weekly Fall Since Boycott—Down 30 Percent. Capt. Ed, "I wonder if the acceleration isn’t the result of LGBTQ+ backlash for insufficient defense of the partnership with Mulvaney. For that to be the case, though, one would have to believe that Bud Light enjoyed a lot of popularity in that demographic, which seems counter to Bud Light’s chief marketer Alissa Heinerscheid’s assessment prior to the debacle. I’d guess that more of Bud Light’s traditional consumer base continues to choose other industrial lagers while Anheuser-Busch dithers on an apology, even for Heinerscheid’s insult." At Da Caller, Bud Light’s Bad Sales Persist As Backlash Continues. 

From the College Fix, Feds to begin tracking sexual orientation and gender identity of PhD earners. "Scholars are given the option to “prefer not to answer.”"  I get this survey for retired scientists every year. Sometimes I even respond. Peter Wood at NAS, Academic Freedom Requires More Than Words, following the firing of a tenured professor at Ohio Northern University, apparently for not acceding to DEI. Hat Hair's Dave Strom documents the case where a Michigan State professor forced students to contribute to Left-wing organization she controlled. Capt. Ed, Disgrace: Math and reading scores for 13-year-olds hit lowest level in decades. Thanks to Fauci, Walensky and Weingarten. 

At Hat Hair, Dave Strom explains Why I became a culture warrior, (in one word, Polanski), and claims Going woke is a form of suicide, "If you jump on a grenade to save others, you are a hero. But if you pull the pin on a grenade and jump on top of it to prove how virtuous you are, you are an idiot committing suicide."

I have a double load of election and political crap, but I'm just going to dump it below the fold. The political season isn't all that ripe:

Majority: Biden ‘worse’ than other presidents, losing to Trump by 6 - Washington Examiner
Five signs Biden's campaign has Democrats in full panic mode - Fox News
Althouse: Screenshots display confusion over whether Biden is popular or unpopular.
Joe Biden Is Not OK
If Joe Biden's economy is as great as he says it is, why have 401(k)s plunged 20%? - American Thinker
Biden tries to rewrite the Second Amendment (and U.S. history) – Bearing Arms
Team Sleepy Joe Seems to Have a Case of Kennedy Panic – PJ Media
RFK Jr. has a big primary problem: Democrats like Joe Biden - CNN Politics
RFK Jr. Polling Numbers Rise, Trump Up Big in Another Iowa Poll - The Star News Network
Althouse: "The lockdown was the biggest shift in wealth in human history.... I don't want the Democratic Party to be the party of fear and pharma and war and censorship."
MSNBC Brings the Knives Out for Third-Party Democrat 'Spoiler' Candidates – PJ Media
Democrats Scramble To Stop Joe Manchin From Running Against Biden
Following indictment, Trump leads Biden in polling - Just The News
Trump Says 'No' to Jared, Ivanka In Second Administration. - The National Pulse+
CNN Poll: Trump's GOP support appears to soften post-indictment, but he holds lead in primary field
Samuel L. Jackson: Trump and GOP remind him of rednecks who called him the N-word growing up – HotAir
WaPo Exposes DeSantis' Nefarious Plot To Govern Conservatively
Washington Post Slimes Casey DeSantis But Media had No Problem With Hillary, Michelle, and Jill
BOOM! Ron DeSantis Privately Tells Corporate Donors He Is Against U.S Tariffs on Chinese Goods - The Last Refuge
What Is the DeSantis Strategy?
DeSantis travelogue: Wanna see why San Franciscans move to Florida, Newsom? – HotAir
Fetterman Mocked On Twitter For Juneteenth Post After 2013 Incident With Jogger - The Daily Wire
Biden: Senator Tuberville's hold on military nominees is "bizarre" – HotAir
WEC mails postcards to 116,000 inactive voters, Rep. Brandtjen criticizes - thecentersquare.com
The GOP is Losing the Vote Fraud War - American Thinker'
Instapundit » Blog Archive » HMM: RFK Jr. Is Really Scaring Them Now: LA Times Says He’s a Threat to ‘Our Democracy.’
Foreign national avoids prosecution after illegally voting in Washington 28 times - Just The News
Another GA probe finds no evidence of conspiracy to steal 2020 election – HotAir
Nancy Pelosi reportedly blamed 'the left' and sexism for intense scrutiny of Dianne Feinstein's health

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