Flotsam and Jetsam - Hunter is Still Guilty

As hell, but will be free as a bird. Yesterday, when then news broke, I had seen it only at WaPoo after going there to pick up something else. Today, of course, it's all over the place. No need for snark, many of the articles have in the headline. Stacy McCain calls it a Slap on the Wrist for Hunter Biden "Because it’s different when Democrats do it " A few from the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 06.20.23, EBL, Hunter Biden Sweetheart Plea Deal,  Am  Great, Delaware U.S. Attorney Reaches Sweetheart Plea Deal With Hunter Biden Over Tax and Gun Violations, The Lid, Unequal Justice: Hunter Gets Exactly The Slap On The Wrist Republicans Predicted, Legal Insurrection, “This Hunter Biden deal is to put to rest a major problem for the Biden family”, This Ain’t Hell, Hunter Biden plea deal on tax and gun charges; likely to avoid jail, Victory Girls: Clown Prince Hunter Makes a Deal and The Federalist, Joe Biden Once Recommended More Prosecutions For Those Who Lie On Background Checks. Has He Changed His Mind?

YaHoo! Hunter Biden will plead guilty in a deal that likely averts time behind bars in a tax and gun case. The Peacock, Hunter Biden to plead guilty to federal tax crimes, take deal on gun charge. At WaEx, Hunter Biden will plead guilty to skirt prison time. Manu Raju at CNN cited at Hat Hair, New: Hunter cops a plea? Capt. Ed, "Wanna bet this results in no prison time, with charges designed to avoid any entanglement with Biden Inc corruption? Get ready for a long season of media outlets claiming the Hunter Biden scandals to be “old news” after this."

Ace, Huge Surprise! Democrat US Attorney in Delaware Strikes Sweetheart Plea Deal With Hunter Biden, the Son of His Boss. "Because Merrick Garland refused to appoint a special prosecutor, this prosecutor has no insulation from the chain of command that runs from Biden to Garland to him." PJM's Matt Margolis, Hunter Biden Cops a Sweetheart Plea Deal. Althouse, "Hunter Biden to Plead Guilty on Misdemeanor Tax Charges." "The NYT reports. At Da Wire, Hunter Biden Reaches Plea Deal Over Tax Crimes. NROs Dan McLaughlin has First Thoughts on the Hunter Biden Guilty Plea. Capt. Ed notes "The point about Trump is worth noting. Trump could have settled his own case before the DoJ ever got involved, and then probably wouldn’t have been charged at all if he had complied with the subpoena. Hunter got a plea deal because he was willing to bargain." I would hasten to point out he took 5 years to do so. It's been less than a year with Trump.  Sundance at CTH is not happy,  Five Years Later…. DOJ Reaches Sweetheart Plea Deal With Hunter Biden – Two Misdemeanor IRS Tax Charges, Diversion for Federal Gun Crime, "The corrupt political establishment is just laughing at people now." At Town Hall  Spencer Brown, Hunter Biden to Plead Guilty to Multiple Federal Crimes With No Jail Time. 'Bonchie' at Red State, Furious Reactions to the Hunter Biden Plea Deal Come in, as James Comer, Jonathan Turley, and Others Push Back. Hat Hair, Comer: This "slap on the wrist" looks political to me. Da Caller calls it a ‘Two-Tiered System Of Justice’: GOP Presidential Candidates React To Hunter Biden’s DOJ Deal. Tom Knighton at Tilting of Windmills thinks Hunter Biden's deal is a slap in the face.  Paul Bedard at WaEx documents Outrage over Hunter Biden avoiding jail. Breitbart, Hunter Biden Plea Deal Excludes Alleged Biden $10M ‘Bribery’ Scheme. "Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) on Tuesday ripped the Justice Department for appearing to ignore the bribery scandal. “If the DOJ thinks this dismisses the $5 million alleged bribery scheme or the years of reported Biden family corruption, they are mistaken.”  wretchardthecat@wretchardthecat, "The whole idea of blind justice is motivated by the fear that one bad turn will be repaid by another.  But the obvious way to avoid that outcome is to ensure you call the shots forever." Matt Margolis at PJM, Trump Predicted Hunter Biden’s Sweetheart Deal. WaEx, Trump slams 'broken' system as Hunter Biden enters plea agreement, of course. At Fox, White House responds to Hunter Biden plea deal: President, first lady 'love their son.'  The Babylon Bee snarks Hunter Avoids Jail Time After Pleading Biden.

Tucker responded. Sundance has a Rumble link at Tucker Carlson Discusses the U.S. Dual Justice System and the Biden Family. Mike LaChance at LI, “For the children of the people in charge, there are no penalties — there are only upsides”, "Tucker Carlson weighs in on Hunter Biden’s sweet deal." But I prefer the Twitter link, to reward Elon for his support for freedom of speech, at Insty, ‘TOTAL INVERSION OF VIRTUE:’ Tucker Reacts to Hunter Biden’s Sweetheart Deal.

Ep. 5 As in most of the developing world, it's safer to be the president's son than his opponent. pic.twitter.com/AtRRaxYSjs

— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) June 20, 2023

Mia Cathell at Town Hall reports More Legal Trouble on the Way for Hunter Biden. At Da Wire, ‘We Will Not Rest’: Comer Vows Hunter’s Plea Deal Won’t Stop Biden Corruption Probe. Nick Arama at Red State reports  Hunter Biden Settles Child Support Dispute Over Daughter, down to $5k per month from $20k. 'Becca Downs at Town Hall, Hunter Biden May Be Getting Off Easy in Another Matter, as He Reportedly Settles Child Support Payments. Bob Anderson at Da Fed asks How Did Biden Really Make His Millions? It’s Time For A Special Counsel To Find Out. I think that's what's known as a rhetorical question. 'We'll Get The Last Laugh': Hunter Biden Rallied to Buddy’s Side in Massive Indian Tribal Bond Fraud Scheme, "Devon Archer is headed for prison after losing an appeal earlier this month." James Lynch at Da Caller, Hunter Biden Worked With Burisma Executives To Open Account With Shady Maltese Bank, Emails Show. Tim Graham at Front Page notes CNN Can’t Find a Biden Scandal, "Willful apathy - and blindness." At News Busters, Hunter Biden Plea Deal: CNN Whines GOP ‘Not Going to Let This Go’, well, they're right. Capt. Ed, "Imagine that — a House investigation into potential corruption involving the president! Did CNN complain about this when it came to House subpoenas for Donald Trump’s tax returns on the basis of potential foreign influence?" At Breitbart, a Poll: 83% of Voters Say FBI Should Make Biden ‘Bribery’ File Public. 

Stephen Green at PJM asks Did Trump Just Convict Himself on Fox News? "What we have here, then, is a statement on Fox News that almost certainly doesn’t rise to the level of Trump practically convicting himself before his trial even begins but certainly complicates his defense."  At Victory Girls, Trump vs. Barr vs. Baier. Paul Mirengoff at the Ringside of the Reckoning on Trump's interview with Bret Baier.  At Da Wire, Trump On Allegedly Stating That He Showed Classified Doc To Others: ‘There Was No Document.’ At ET, Trump Says ‘Secret’ Document He Described on Tape Referred to News Clippings. TNP catches Leftists Are Mad Trump ‘Looks Too Good’ In Courthouse Sketch.

Hat Hair's Capt. Ed, Speedy indeed: Judge sets Trump trial for August 14. At PM, Trial date in Trump Mar-A-Lago documents case set for August 14. At WaEx, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg sued by Heritage Foundation to release Trump case records. Matt Beebe at Da Fed would like you to Brush Up On The DOJ’s Long History Of Abetting Prosecutorial Misconduct. At TNP, Judge Rules Only DOJ – Not Trump – May Leak to Media. Not Cannon, but rather "The judge who authorized the federal raid on Mar-a-Lago has handed down an order prohibiting Donald Trump from disclosing information to the press and public." At Da Mail, Judge orders Trump not to share information in Mar-a-Lago classified documents case: Former president also banned from posting evidence on social media.

Jonathan Turley “Ongoing Need for Specific Deterrence”: Michael Cohen Denied Early Release by Federal Court, "This is one hustle that Michael Cohen will not be able to land. It is hardly a major loss. He can always write a third memoir after “Disloyal” and “Revenge.” Perhaps “Shameless.”"

Hat Hair's KT, Cornyn: It's time to dump Trump and the criminal charges are politically motivated. Michael Anton at Compact, They Can't Let Him Back In. At Front Page, Deep State Declares War on Trump Voters, "What the latest "indictment" really proves." Lee Smith at Tablet, The War on Trump Is a War on Millions, "Biden’s Justice Department views Trump as a traitor. It views Trump’s supporters the same way." Matt Boose at Am Great sees Decadent Elites Plunge America Into Political Crisis, "A regime that treats good people like criminals and criminals like “public servants” exposes its own iniquity." Tom Slater at Spiked, The anti-Trump brigade is a menace to democracy, "The legal witch-hunting of the former president is infinitely more dangerous than he is." The redoubtable Julie Kelly at Am Great  predicts The ‘Get Trump’ Games Continue, "Unfortunately, the country has no choice but to sit as idle spectators in the Justice Department’s reckless game to put the 45th president in prison."

John Solomon at JTN, After years behind closed doors, John Durham confronts Congress. Here are 8 questions he may face, "Durham's final report lambasted FBI for opening the Russia collusion probe without evidence." Sundance goes him a few better, with 22 (by my count), Questions for John Durham – House Judiciary Committee Testimony, Wednesday June 21, 9:00am. Also, Robert Barnes Summary – The Administrative State Motive to Weaponize Secrets and Create Precedent. At PM, Biden's DOJ quietly drops 5 charges against Sam Bankman-Fried "Five of thirteen charges against Sam Bankman-Fried in relation to the financial collapse of FTX have been withdrawn by federal prosecutors." A major Democrat donor. Also, MTG says that Biden and Christopher Wray 'absolutely should be impeached' "The impeachment articles detail other consequences of the actions taken by Biden on immigration, including such problems as fentanyl overdoses in the US and the ending of the Migrant Protection Protocol." 'Adam Mill' at Am Great says If You Work for the FBI, Quit Your Job "We’ve moved way past the “few bad apples,” excuse. The FBI is a tool of leftist power." And then goes on to say why no one should ever hire you for anything other than day labor. Breitbart, Around 100 Letters Containing Suspicious White Powder Sent to Kansas Republicans, also Donald Trump, Clarence Thomas targeted in letters with white powder, "Postal inspectors intercepted suspicious letters addressed to the former president and the Supreme Court justice, in addition to the 100 or so mainly Republicans in Kansas, sources told ABC News."

Jazz Shaw at Hat Hair, YouTube jumps on the RFK trans censorship bandwagon. At NYPo, YouTube says it removed Jordan Peterson interview of RFK Jr. for violating vaccine policy. At Hollywood in Toto, John Cusack: Strip Fox News of Its Broadcast License "Far-left star pushes censorship over channel's 'dictator' jab at President Biden." Althouse has "Meta has adopted an internal list of Vietnamese Communist Party officials who should not be criticized on Facebook..." "Writes Rebecca Tan in "Facebook helped bring free speech to Vietnam. Now it’s helping stifle it" (WaPo)." At The Political Hat, a Federal Judge says  Actually There IS A Hate Speech Exception To The 1st Amendment. Gary Gross calls Censorship: the next world war?

Twitchy, Tucker on Twitter, Episode 5: The Hunter Biden plea deal, "At this point, it is up to four million views. So this is where we are, view-wise: Episode 1: 118 million views. Episode 2: 59.3 million views. Episode 3: 100 million views. Episode 4: 30.2 million views. So that gives you some idea of the staying power of this venture. We find that interesting to report on because one question is whether Twitter can become a platform to rival other kinds of media. Can it compete with YouTube? Can it outperform Fox News? Impossible to say, but we are glued to our screens."

Dave Strom at Hat Hair is astonished that Anheuser-Busch just accepted "Creative Marketer of the Year" Award. James Lynch at Da Caller, Anheuser-Busch Accepts Creative Marketing Award Announced Shortly Before Bud Light Boycott Began. YouTube: Why Bud Light Executive Alissa Heinerscheid’s Words Are More Damaging Than People Think. From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 06.20.23, Louder With Crowder: “Just shut up”: SNL alumni torches Garth Brooks for involving himself in the Bud Light fiasco. Rabbi Barclay at PJM, is Finding Hope at Dodger Stadium. I&I, Americans Say ‘No Thanks’ To ‘Woke’ Corporations: I&I/TIPP Poll. 

Mary Chastain at LI reports Ex-Teammate of Lia Thomas Says UPenn Told Swim Team ‘Don’t Talk to the Media’. “That conversation was so scary and so frightening that we were afraid to even speak amongst ourselves. And at that point, you couldn’t really raise any concerns because you didn’t know who you could trust.”

At Da Caller, Screaming Trans Activist Removed From Event, Audience Responds With USA Chant. Dan Greenfield at Front Page, Why the Left is Losing the Transgender Debate, "Even the majority of Democrats oppose men playing on female teams." From the College Fix, Mayo Clinic professor suspended after saying testosterone improves athletic performance.  At Fox, Youngkin condemns Loudoun County school board denying difference between males and females, "Virginia governor takes aim at Loudoun County school board." Dave Strom May schools conspire against parents? They certainly do. 

At Fox, AMC abruptly cancels film documenting journey of detransitioners after backlash "Laura Becker, who is featured in the film, called out the 'dangerous precedent' on 'Fox & Friends.'" At Twitchy, SHOCKING, horrific thread shares origin of 'gender identity' and it's even worse than we thought.

Shades of Harrison Bergeron, at Da Caller, Teachers Union Exec Defends Remote Schooling By Saying Learning Loss Made Everyone ‘Equal’. Ann Atkinson at WSJ, I Paid for Free Speech at Arizona State

The university is firing me for organizing an event featuring Charlie Kirk and Dennis Prager. Mike LaChance at LI reports Files Show UC-Berkeley Ranked Faculty Applicants Based on Their Support for DEI Policies "“graded candidates on their espousing specific viewpoints that many academics may disagree with for intellectual or ideological reasons.”