Flotsam and Jetsam - Is Garland Impeachment Coming?

Virginia Kruta at Da Wire reminds us Prosecutor Reportedly Told Six Witnesses He Was Not Permitted To Charge Hunter Biden. "Shapley explained that by not allowing Weiss to file charges in D.C., Graves had effectively barred Weiss from seeking charges on crimes allegedly committed during 2014 and 2015 — including “foreign income from Burisma [Holdings] and a scheme to evade his income taxes through a partnership with a convicted felon … The purposeful exclusion of the 2014 and 2015 years sanitized the most substantive criminal conduct and concealed material facts.”" ET, New Email Contradicts Garland on Hunter Biden Probe as Impeachment Talk Heats Up. Evita-Alfonso Duffy at Da Fed, Whistleblower: FBI Tipped Off ‘People Very Close’ To Joe And Hunter Before IRS Investigative Team’s ‘Day Of Action’ It's good to be a Biden. Herr Professor Jacobsen at LI notes Attorney for IRS Whistleblower Disputes DOJ Denial Of Interference In Prosecution of Hunter Biden. Ace, Hunter Biden's Lawyer: Ignore The Fact that Hunter Invoked Joe Biden's Name as He Threatened a ChiCom Agent into Giving the Bidens Money. Hunter Was So High on Crack He Didn't Know What He Was Saying. "That's what the lawyer actually claims." Yeah, all mostly old stuff, but Matt Margolis at PJM wonders Did The White House Quietly Admit Biden Was Involved With Hunter’s Business Deals? "Did you catch that? We went from being told Biden never spoke with Hunter about his business dealings to Joe Biden is “not in business” with Hunter. There is a world of difference between those two statements, and it seems that the White House is attempting to change the narrative without explicitly admitting that Joe Biden did, at the very least, have conversations with his son about his foreign business deals. Did they really think we wouldn’t notice?" At Da Signal, White House Response to Scandal Allegations: Let Them Eat Cupcakes, "pride" cupcakes. 'Bonchie' at Red State takes note of another Biden gaff, Joe Biden Proclaims That He 'Sold a Lot of State Secrets' During White House Meeting. Libs on Twitter claim it was a joke. Some joke! Ace's Quick Hits Biden: "I Sold a Lot of State Secrets...". Now imagine Trump making such a joke.

John Hinderacker at Power Line makes the case to Impeach Merrick Garland. At The Wombat's In The Mailbox: 06.26.23, Eric Lendrum at  Am Great, Speaker Kevin McCarthy Hints at Impeaching AG Merrick Garland. Matt Margolis sees McCarthy Sets Date for Possible Impeachment Hearings Against Merrick Garland. Ben Whedon at JTN notes Trump declines to back Garland impeachment. Capt. Ed at Hat Hair comments "That seems like a strange ‘pass.’ You’d think Trump would cheer for any impeachment of Biden officials at least for the payback value. It’s the smarter political position, though." At NYPo, differing with Jonathan Turley Rep. James Comer slams ‘ridiculous’ appointment of Hunter Biden special counsel. “If you support a special counsel, you support and trust [Attorney General] Merrick Garland to have the sole authority to pick one person who can then take over the investigation and never have to be transparent with the media or Congress until the conclusion of the investigation.” Capt. Ed,  "I wholeheartedly agree. Special counsels are insidious devices no matter how much integrity the appointed individuals have. They become roving prosecutors with opaque processes and nearly no accountability whatsoever — which should be considered antithetical to American jurisprudence. The proper venue now for this investigation is the House of Representatives and its oversight over the Department of Justice." Madeleine Hubbard at JTN, Cruz urges House to investigate impeaching Biden over 'direct evidence' he abused power. At Flopping Ace's Dr. John calls it The biggest political scandal in the history of the country. At Doug Ross. Larwyn’s Linx: Merrick Garland Poisoned the DOJ And Must Be Impeached.

Susie Moore at Red State reports Judge Denies DOJ's Motion for Special Conditions of Release and to Seal Witness List in Trump Classified Docs Case. At the Messenger, Judge Denies Request to Seal Witness List in Trump Case. "“The Government's Motion does not explain why filing the list with the Court is necessary," wrote Judge Aileen Cannon." Capt. Ed, "There are 84 witnesses in the case with whom Trump is barred from contact. His attorneys can certainly depose them, though. The order is perhaps a good way of keeping Trump and his team from running afoul of witness-tampering allegations. The court has not released the list — yet — but it may yet come out." wretchardthecat @wretchardthecat, "Putin is threatening Prigozhin with less for marching with tanks on Moscow than Biden his opponents for mishandling classified.  The difference is less virtue than power; the former hasn't and the latter has."

At The Wombat's In The Mailbox: 06.26.23, Twitchy, Kinzinger Enters Desperation Mode After Tweeting About Neo-Nazis At Proud Boys Event Being Feds. PJM's Vicky Taft, Portland Proud Boys Unmask Attackers at Pride Protest – And Well, Well, Well, What Have We Here?. We don't know if they're feds, yet. Also from Twitchy, Whistleblower: FBI threatened agents who questioned whether Jan. 6 rioters were being treated equally. At the Daily Fetched, General Michael Flynn on Durham Report: “House Should Call In Obama to Testify” That would be fun, but it won't happen. AZ Sun Times, First Week of Disbarment Trial of Trump Attorney John Eastman by Judge Who Contributes to Democrats Concludes. 

Matt Margolis again, Gingrich Warns That Biden’s Campaign Is Stronger Than We Think. Mike Tomasky at the New Rep (cited at Hat Hair), Come on, Dems -- Biden's been a terrific president! Capt. Ed, "It’s hard to measure just how delusional this is. . ." At Town Hall, AMAC has a list of Six Ways Biden’s Presidency Is Exposing the Obama Myth. YaHoo! 2 in 3 concerned about Biden’s mental, physical health. Breaking the Glass Floor, atop Da Hill, a Poll: Kamala Harris sets record low for vice president net favorability. Insty, EVERYTHING IS GOING SWIMMINGLY: There are photos: RFK, Jr. is ripped and ready to debate that old man in the White House. "On the other hand, he’s still a nut: RFK Jr. Hosts Convicted Sex Predator on His Podcast To Praise Putin. It’s old home week: “Kennedy’s guest was Scott Ritter, a former United Nations weapons inspector who served jail time in 2011 after exposing himself to a cop posing as a 15-year-old girl.” To be fair, by UN standards that probably counts as chivalry."

Don Surber has Another reason to vote Trump. "No, the real American flag." Capt. Ed, "I don’t think this is an exclusive in the GOP field, but it’s definitely worth discussing. We need to stop the processes of “woke” division and regain the processes of unity. Both Trump and Ron DeSantis are making that a big part of their campaigns, and for that matter so is Tim Scott." ABC, DeSantis says he would seek to end birthright citizenship for children of undocumented immigrants, well, it may not be that easy, but put it in an executive order, and see if it flies. Hat Hair hosts a New DeSantis ad: Winning the war on woke.

Dave Strom at Hat Hair observes the American Library Association schemes to censor conservatives. "We are constantly lectured that attempts to age-restrict books promoting alphabet ideology are “censorship” and must be resisted; but when it comes to Brave Books, a Christian-themed publisher, the ALA is promoting strategies to its members on how to deny permission for events where parents and celebrities gather to read books published by Brave being held in public spaces that libraries provide for meetings." At City Journal, The Left Twists the Meaning of “Book Ban,” "What’s being removed from school libraries is material entirely inappropriate for students. Don’t believe me? Pornographic examples below." Capt. Ed, "I’ve been pointing this out on Twitter for weeks and months, and occasionally here. Library curation is not “book banning.” The United States *did* officially censor books until a few decades ago, but there are no book bans at all now. The law in Florida allows for parental input on school library curation (and notably not public libraries), but curation takes place in every library in the country. No library has a copy of every book ever published, and it would be absurd to expect it."

Eric Worrall at WUWT, Australia Advances Draft “Disinformation” Free Speech Lockdown Laws. At Alpha News, Minnesota Moms for Liberty leader pushes back on ‘hate group’ label. "Despite attacks from the Southern Poverty Law Center, Moms for Liberty Wright County chapter chair Angie Greig said she is seeing a "swell of parents" join the movement."

At ET, Bud Light Will Permanently Lose Nearly a Fourth of Its Business: Analysts. At OutKick, Bud Light Teases Hail Mary Plan To Save Company, the Bud Knight. 

Ace, Fully Naked Men Proudly Show Their Penises to Children at the "Pride" March in Seattle,  "Video here. It's as described." Andy Ngô 🏳️‍🌈@MrAndyNgo "Children and adults are playing together at a clothing-optional #Pride event water party in Washington Square Park in New York City." From Twitchy, George Takei complains that the Right wants to stifle LGBTQ+ people's need to expose themselves to kids. At Da Mail, University of Wyoming sorority reveals it CHANGED its definition of 'woman' to allow 6ft2, 260lb trans member to join - and slams sisters who sued because she 'stared at them with an erection visible through leggings'. At Da Caller, Notorious Sex Change Provider Targets Underage TikTok Users In Ad Campaign. "Plume Health, an online transgender clinic, is advertising its services to young TikTok users, according to screen recordings posted to Twitter." At Da Blaze, New Jersey files 'emergency' lawsuits against school districts over trans notification policy, claiming 'outing' children to parents could cause 'irreversible harms.' Ace, Perjury Trial of Loudoun County School Spokesman Who Covered Up Transgender Sexual Assault Begins. "The perjury trial of the Loudoun County, Virginia school spokesman who lied to cover up the sexual assault (sodomy, in fact) of a girl by a "gender-fluid" boy in the bathrooms started this week." At Campus Reform, Lia Thomas ineligible for Olympics after new FINA ruling on transgender athletes, "The new standards make it harder for men to transition and compete in women's divisions by prohibiting male athletes to compete as women if they went through male puberty." Must transition by age 12. Fox, Lance Armstrong wonders if one can support trans community and question fairness of trans athletes in sports. "Armstrong teased a conversation with Caitlyn Jenner."

Joy Pullman at Da Fed claims Pride Is The Flag Of American Occupation. "The United States is undergoing an attempted regime change, and the pride flag is its emblem." Capt. Ed, "I’m not sure I’d go quite that far. However, the Pride flag has certainly become the symbol of American cultural colonialism, part of a long line of diplomatic “priorities” that the US exports around the world. And largely by the same people who keep insisting that you can’t export democracy. Be sure to read all of Joy’s argument." Hot Hair's Jazz Shaw thinks Almost everyone hates what's happening. Too few want it to change. 

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Hollywood in Toto, Gal Gadot Blasts Gender-Swapped Action Heroines "'Heart of Stone' star states the obvious about male, female differences" Thanks! I needed an excuse to include a picture of Gal. Also, ‘Office’ Alum Rainn Wilson: God ‘Freaks People Out’ in Hollywood. "‘Soul Boom’ author shares life as a believer in show business (and its costs)" I really enjoyed seeing the Megalodon eat him in "The Meg." From Bounding into Comics, Marvel’s ‘She-Hulk’ Actress Jameela Jamil Wants To Keep Gendered Acting Awards, Proposes Giving Non-Binary People Their Own Category “Rather Than Open The Door For Hollywood To Completely Shut Out Women”. She's afraid men make better women than women.

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Dave Strom, School performance is even worse than you think. At the Free Bacon, Biden Admin Says Its COVID Spending for Schools Will Boost Test Scores. Districts Used the Funds for Staff Bonuses. "With reading and math scores at decade lows, Miguel Cardona touts 'positive results' Jazz Shaw, Public schools used COVID spending for staff bonuses. Jim Fishback at the Freep (cited at Hat Hair) claims The high-school debate moratorium on real debate is worse than first reported. Capt. Ed, "Here’s the operative definition of ‘microaggression’: It’s whatever a member of an aggrieved class says it is. It’s a meaningless standard. The use of arbitrary and capricious complaints like ‘microaggressions’ are silencing techniques, which are made all the more ironic in the context of debate tournaments. Nor is that the only irony Fishback notices. “The irony of the NSDA’s obsession with “safety” is that it actually fuels an atmosphere of fear among students,” he writes, and that is INTENTIONAL. The enforcers of the Left want to intimidate people out of the public square, and institutions like the NSDA are acquiescing when they should be objecting."

Anxious anxiously reports Larry Fink "ashamed" to be part of ESG political debate. Hat Hair's KT sees The Woke come for MLB - demand more black players and John Sexton sees Wokeness is literally the end of real debate, and that's literally the point. 

The Wombat has Rule 5 Sunday: Elisabeth Giolito and FMJRA 2.0: No Joy In Philly up on time and under budget at The Other McCain.