Sunday, July 30, 2023

Flotsam and Jetsam: The Biden's Bad Week

Technofog would like to acquaint you with A Tale of Two Plea Deals "Same Crimes, Same Prosecutors, Different Punishments" in case you had any doubts the DOJ gave Hunter a sweet deal.  At NewsMax, Michael Reagan opines Judge Pops Hunter Plea Deal Travesty Balloon, Anxious anxiously worries Rejected plea deal leaves Hunter Biden's team fuming. That darn judge ruined everything! She's not very happy with them either, at Da Caller, Maryellen Noreika Issues New Order After ‘Apparent Misrepresentations’ Before Hunter Biden Plea Deal Imploded. Send all your requests directly to me, and stop trying to pull a fast one on the clerks. WaEx, Hunter Biden plea: Judge orders no contact with clerk after lawyer's 'misrepresentations'.  At NYPo, GOP senator calls for investigation into Hunter Biden’s defense team over ‘unethical conduct’ Fair enough, they've been going after any lawyer who even whispers nice things about Donald Trump. At NYPo, ‘The View’ guest declares hosts are ‘exhausted’ by Hunter Biden talk after plea deal falls apart. Funny, they never seem to tire of bashing Trump.

Jon Levine at NYPo says Hunter Biden’s laptop full of secret agreements and contracts with foreign business partners, some of which implicate Joe. Insty, HE MAY YET TURN OUT TO BE THE GAVRILO PRINCIP OF THE 21ST CENTURY: Hunter Biden Is a Geopolitical Disaster: His Ukraine dealings corrupted our government, impeached a president, and may have prefigured a war, and ANY TIME YOU ASK ABOUT UKRAINE AND MONEY, DEMOCRATS GO BONKERS: Lee Fang@lhfang, "What’s incredible here is that Bernie Sanders once championed the exact same style audit of Afghan war money as an example of what to do for all of DoD, Elizabeth Warren championed the same style IG for bank bailouts. Now both oppose a special audit of Ukraine money?" Quote Tweet Michael Tracey@mtracey "Once again the Senate rejected a proposal to establish a lead Inspector General to oversee Ukraine spending and enhance legislative oversight. This wasn't some "isolationist" measure: it was introduced by hardcore GOP hawks Wicker and Kennedy. But the Dems still all voted it down." From RCP, White House Backtracks on Hunter’s Business Deals

Stacy McCain, Friday Evening News Dump: Biden ‘Speaks Out’ (But Not Really) About Cokehead Son’s Arkansas Love Child. "No intelligent person is deceived by this, of course, but Democratic voters . . . Well, if it weren’t for stupid people, Democrats would never win any elections at all."  Mary Katharine Ham@mkhammer, "Nothing says unconditional love like a Friday night news dump of the first acknowledgment of a 4-yr-old grandchild. Family, loyalty, decency." Tim Carney@TPCarney, "It was a non-story for 2 years. Then it rose to the level of a REPUBLICANS POUNCE STORY. Now Biden does the right thing, and the major media will finally admit that Biden has 7 grandchildren. It has very state media vibes." At Twitchy, CNN explains why Joe and Jill Biden waited four years to acknowledge their granddaughter "Oh, so they were waiting for the battle over child support to be settled. Kind of like how Hunter waited for the DNA test to prove he was the father before paying any child support. The dude did everything he could to escape responsibility. The New York Post's Miranda Devine says this excuse is bogus, too." Miranda Devine@mirandadevine, "That’s actually not true. Court proceedings were only reopened last September by Hunter seeking to reduce child support payments. Everything was settled in March 2020, after Lunden Roberts established paternity via DNA. Ample opportunity in those 2.5 years for Joe to have acknowledged his grandchild." Althouse comes to the obvious conclusion in "This is not a political issue, it’s a family matter. Jill and I only want what is best for all of our grandchildren, including Navy." "But, of course, it's a political issue. The child is 4 years old, and we're only getting this acknowledgement now. Obviously, his people have read the criticism, notably the criticism from Maureen Dowd (which I blogged about here), and they see that pretending the child doesn't exist is not going to work." At Stream, Mark Judge (remember him?) makes a good point Stop Making Excuses for Hunter Biden’s Behavior. It Hurts Others Fighting Addiction. USA TODAY@USATODAY "Hunter Biden's foibles provide ammunition for Republicans who want to inflict harm on Joe Biden ahead of 2024 presidential campaign." Are we seizing or pouncing today, I haven't checked my email yet.

Coincidence? Maybe, at the Daily Fetched, Rand Paul Suddenly Against Impeaching Biden a Week After His Office Burned down. Sister Toldja at Red State, Joe Biden Hit With Ice-Cold Inconvenient Reminder as He Begins 10-Day VacationRNC Research@RNCResearch, NBC POLL: "More than two-thirds of all voters say they have concerns about [Biden] having the necessary mental and physical health to serve." Paul Bedard at WaEx with the weekly White House Report Card: Biden still standing after horror week. Jenny Beth Martin at Town Hall explains Joe Biden's Latest Attempt to Sidestep the Constitution, by appointing Julie Su Dept of Labor Secretary, despite having been rejected by the Senate. Rules? Who needs 'em? Hat Hair's Jazz Shaw (rhetorically) wonders Why is Biden withholding funding for schools with archery and hunting programs? At Fox, Director Oliver Stone declares he 'made a mistake' when he voted for Biden, says he may start 'World War 3'. "Stone warned that Biden is 'dragging us stupidly into a confrontation' with Russia."

Sundance at CTH is impressed by the James O’Keefe Interview of Robert Kennedy Jr. Video at link. I'm listening in background as I finish this. It is pretty interesting. He's a kook, but he's not wrong about everything.

Hat Hair's KT, Trump to Iowa Republicans: Don't take a chance on DeSantis. PM reports MUST WATCH: GOP presidential candidate Will Hurd BOOED mercilessly in Iowa for dissing Donald Trump. Sundance is pissed that Massachusetts GOPe Propose Primary Delegate Change to Weaken Trump Nomination Effort. 'Bonchie' at Red State claims Alvin Bragg Slowly Realizes His Trump Indictment Is Going to Backfire, and He's Getting Desperate. Sarah Arnold at Town Hall details Jack Smith's Long History of Failed Prosecution Cases Against Republicans. He has way of stretching the law to fit the act he would like to turn into a crime.

At TNP, DeSantis Collapses to Single Digits in Ohio, Behind Vivek. Twitchy calls Busted! Top DeSantis donor appears in RAUNCHY 'Gentlemen's Club' ad. Scumbags in politics? I'm shocked, shocked. Never-anybody but Trump sundance claims Vivek Ramaswamy Aligns with McConnell, DeSantis, Club for Growth and Wall Street Promoting U.S. to Reenter TPP Trade Agreement. Althouse, Never heard of? He's been my favorite of the GOP candidates since he started. "I clicked to read George Will's column, "Meet the unusually qualified presidential candidate you’ve never heard of" (WaPo), and while he's wrong about my never having heard of him, I'm thrilled to see some high-level attention to the worthy contender, Doug Burgum."

Cami Mondeaux at WaEx reports House GOP eyes Spanberger's seat amid reports she'll run for Virginia governor. From Fox, Sen. Fetterman reflects on 6-week hospitalization for depression: 'I don’t even like me. That’s the truth'. With reference to Sen. McConnell's recent freeze up, the Babylon Bee quips Family Torn Between Placing Grandpa In Hospice And Having Him Run For Senate

Ben Whedon at JTN reports a Defiant Alito declares Congress has 'no authority' to regulate SCOTUS. "His comments follow efforts from the Senate Judiciary Committee to require that the court draft a code of conduct and create a process by which the public may submit complaints against its members over ethics issues." Althouse, "No provision in the Constitution gives [Congress] the authority to regulate the Supreme Court—period." "If we’re viewed as illegitimate, then disregard of our decisions becomes more acceptable and more popular." Precisely what liberals are attempting to do.

From TNP, 100% of Dems Vote AGAINST Veteran Help Bill, Citing Lack of ‘Trans’ Care. Jazz Shaw, Suppressing the Nashville shooter's manifesto would be "unprecedented." Then they would have a precedent. Insty, IT’S ALMOST LIKE COLLEGES ARE JUST MONEY LAUNDRIES FOR LEFTY ACTIVISM: Transgender performer Dylan Mulvaney plans $40K-per-visit college tour. "There’s always poorly-supervised money for lefty speakers, filmmakers, activists, etc. It’s just part of the left’s taxpayer-subsidized infrastructure."

Campus Reform has a POLL: Higher education is polarizing, lacks confidence of most Americans. Maya Bodnick at Slow Boring is concerned about How critical theory is radicalizing high school debate. Jazz Shaw is worried that Medical schools have become infected by radical leftism. At the TN Star, ‘We’re Paying People to Hate America’: Musk And Ramaswamy Blast Department of Education. NewsBusters notes the WashPost Editorial Board SEETHES Over Youngkin Involving Parents in Lives of Children. John Hinderacker at Power Line simply says Down With Education! "Well, possibly not all education. But down with colleges and universities, anyway. It seems that their net effect is to make their students dumber. A case in point: American college students think their country is going downhill. Not in the ways it actually is going downhill, but in the ways it isn’t."

Michael Walsh at Da Wire, Democrats Take A Page From Primitive Tribal Shaman, Blaming Their Enemies For The Weather

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