Tuesday, July 4, 2023

Flotsam and Jetsam - Conflict of Interest on Hunter Prosecution Team, Coke Found at White House

On the first, from 'Becca Down at Town Hall One of the Prosecutors in Hunter Biden Probe Certainly Looks to Have a Conflict of Interest. 'Bonchie' at Red State explains NEW: Hunter Biden Prosecutor Previously Worked for Hunter's Business Partner

According to The Daily Mail, one of the prosecutors who was intimately involved in formulating the controversial deal once worked directly for one of Hunter Biden’s business partners.
A prosecutor who signed off on the documents charging Hunter Biden with tax and gun crimes previously worked with one of the First Son’s business partners, DailyMail.com can reveal.

Delaware US Attorney David Weiss officially filed charges against the president’s son last Tuesday after a near five-year probe into his alleged tax crimes and foreign financial dealings.

Weiss’s deputy, Assistant United States Attorney Derek Hines, signed off on the charging documents alongside his boss and two other assistant US attorneys – indicating he has a central role in Hunter’s criminal prosecution.

According to Hines’s LinkedIn account, he previously worked as Special Counsel to ex-FBI director Louis Freeh at his private company, Freeh Group International Solutions, a lobbying and ‘risk management’ consultancy that teamed up with Hunter on overseas business currently under scrutiny by lawmakers.

As a conflict of interest goes, this one is sort of second hand. It really goes to show that the upper level of the pyramid of power in Washington is pretty small, and that a lot of the players have interrelationships. Of more interest to me was the reminder (I knew it once) that Hunter had a business relationship with ex-FBI director Freeh, which suggests to me that Hunter's apparent prosecution resistance is long-standing, and likely cultivated at the highest levels. Hat Hair's Jazz Shaw, David Weiss' "explanation" of Hunter Biden investigation confirms what we knew, the upper levels of the FBI, DOJ and IRS wanted nothing to do with an investigation touching the Biden crime family.  Pete Van Buren at Am Con, calls it The Wild Hunt. "Hunter Biden’s plea deal touches only the tip of the iceberg." Ace, The 51 Ex-Spies Who Participated in the Disinformation Campaign Against America Refuse to Comment on Hunter and Joe Biden's Evident Corruption, ""Deep State of Denial," Chuck Ross titles this article." Twitchy reports Hunter Biden's laptop also contained texts/emails implicating him and Joe in Ivy League admission schemeEd Whelan@EdWhelanEPPC, "Just a coincidence, I'm sure, that Hunter Biden was admitted as transfer student at Yale while Joe Biden, as chair of Senate Judiciary Committee, was handling nomination of Yale law dean Guido Calabresi to Second Circuit." Fox, Biden slammed after report reveals number of grandchildren his aides instructed to say publicly: 'Monsters' "President Biden, first lady Jill Biden refuse to acknowledge Hunter's estranged daughter." Paul Bedard at WaEx grades the White House Report Card: Court losses, Hunter’s fumbles, trip Biden. At Am Great the great Victor Davis Hanson details The Bidens’ Existential Threats to the American Rule of Law. "millions of Americans might shrug, “If Joe Biden, President of the United States and his criminally minded son, can get away with avoiding millions of dollars in taxes, then should not I, a nobody, at least have the right to avoid hundreds of dollars in taxes?”"

At Front Page, Trump and Biden’s Iran Envoy Were Both Accused of Mishandling Classified Info, "One was allowed to stay on his job, the other was raided by the FBI." Da Wire reports Pence Does Not ‘Remember Any Pressure’ From Trump To Urge Governors To Find 2020 Election Fraud. Pence is too honest to be President. 

Matt Margolis at PJM wants to know, Where’s Hunter? White House Evacuated After Cocaine Found

The White House grounds were evacuated on Sunday due to the discovery of an initially unidentified package.

“U.S. Secret Service Uniform Division Officers located an unknown item on the White House complex,” a Secret Service spokesman confirmed. “As a precaution, the White House grounds were evacuated, and the DC Fire Departments Hazmat team responded.”

Curiously, there hasn’t been a lot of news coverage of this incident. This seems odd because the evacuation of the White House and the response of a Hazmat team seems like a significant story. It’s true that the item was eventually deemed to be “non-hazardous” by D.C. Emergency Medical officials, but that’s not the whole story.

An audio recording from D.C. Fire Hazmat revealed the test results showed the substance found was cocaine hydrochloride.

He also documents media attempts to portray this as possibly the discovery of cocaine based nasal anesthetics, which is highly unlikely. Brittany Sheehan at Red State,  Hazmat Situation at White House Leads to Discovery of a Bag of Cocaine They Want You to Believe Is Something Else. It wouldn't be the first time Hunter lost track of some coke.

From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 07.03.23 Don Surber calls COVID The Bioweapon That Elected Biden. Atop Da Hill, We need a serious conversation about Joe Biden’s brain. Hat Hair's John Sexton agrees with Politico: Democrats should primary Biden and force him to prove he's up to the job. Mary Chastain at LI reports States, Including Those With Democratic Leaders, are Rejecting Biden’s Plan to Change Primary Calendar "It’s not just Iowa and New Hampshire. Nevada is also pushing back." Stephan Moore at Hat Hair thinks Bidenomics Is a Big Bust, I do to. At Da Wire, Inflation Causes Fourth Of July Cookout Items To Hit Record High, Brandonomics. From Da Caller, World’s Largest Hedge Fund CIO Issues Terrifying Warning For US Economy, get your shit together or else. Breitbart has a poll, Ahead of July 4, Americans Largely Think U.S. Is Headed Down ‘Wrong Track. Also at da Wire, Ex-GOP Governor Blasts Biden’s Student Loan Bailout As ‘Biggest Vote-Buying Scheme Ever Undertaken.’ Dave Catron at Am Spec says Biden Is Still Beating Student Debt Horse "Congress rejected it and SCOTUS struck it down, yet Biden keeps flogging the wretched beast."

At WaEx, Larry Hogan says he's not currently considering a 2024 third-party bid, he still vastly overrates his popularity with GOP voters across the nation. Similarly, Christie: "I stand with Justice Gorsuch" (Grabien, posted at Hat Hair).

At the Babylon Bee, Elizabeth Warren Says Without Affirmative Action, A Native American Girl Like Herself Would Never Have Been Accepted To Rutgers. Hat Hair's John Sexton reads the NYT so you don't have to, NY Times opinion: Affirmative action mattered a lot for very few and very little for most and Dave Strom explains why 303 Creative is a more important case than SFFA v Harvard. Herr Professor Jacobsen at LI, Karma: Harvard Legacy/Donor Admissions Practices Are Racist According To Civil Rights Complaint Just Filed. "The colleges and universities that have been the most aggressive and belligerent in defending illegal race-based affirmative action are finding their most cherished and lucrative admissions practices challenged: Legacy and Donor preferences." Capt. Ed, "Given the decades of affirmative-action admissions practices at Harvard, those benefits should be broadly available to the ‘diverse’ alumni not just having kids now but having grandkids. As I wrote earlier, I don’t think this lawsuit will succeed in federal court, but I won’t mind the infighting on the Left over it, either. Hopefully Professor Jacobson invites me over for the popcorn, and I can bring the beer."

Breitbart amused by Ocasio-Cortez: SCOTUS in ‘Dangerous Authoritarian Expansion of Power’ — ‘Impeachment on the Table’ for disagreeing with her. John Hinderacker at Power Lines says Impeach Justices? Sure, Go Ahead. At Da Wire, Democrats Revive Calls To Pack Supreme Court, ""Expanding the size of the Supreme Court isn’t extreme," says Adam Schitt." Hat Hair's Jazz Shaw is willing to consider that Maybe the real problem is the Constitution itself 

I would quibble a bit with the wording Frank Miele chose regarding a Consitution that “means what it says.” The document means what the Founders meant when they wrote it. The words remain the same today, but they are being interpreted in different ways that favor more centralized power and less control by the states. Unfortunately, none of the authors have survived to stand and defend themselves in the 21st century. And the people making the final call today see things differently.

At Am think Chris Chantrill has thoughts about The Supreme Court's Pride Week. Michael Finch at Front Page on the The Recent Supreme Court Decisions:  A Toast With a Cautionary Word "Love him, hate him, or be indifferent to the 45th president, his court has changed history." Josh Hammer at NewsWeak opines, Don't Believe the Headlines: This Court is Very 'Normal.' Tony Esolen at Am Great, Nothing, No Place, and No One (talk about an opaque title!) Also at Am Great Nick Waddy says Hey Hey Hi, DEI Will Never Die. At Da Fed, Asra Nomani reports Activists Harass Immigrant Parents Celebrating SCOTUS Ruling Against Anti-Asian Racism.

At Am Think Jay Valentine offers A Line of Defense Against Mail-in Ballot Fraud. Keep track of the effing ballots!

Victory Girls report #RIPTwitter Is Trending. Maybe it's me, I just signed up a few days ago (because I had to to see Tweets). From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 07.03.23 Gab News explains How Gab Deals With Scraping on the Open Web, the problem currently facing Twitter.

Francis Menton at the Manhattan Contrarian says Don't Get The Idea That Internet Censorship Is Diminishing. I didn't.

Ace celebrates The Unquenchable Pride of the Libs of TikTok with an all-round post on the culture wars. Also, Kappa Kappa Gamma Slams the Girls Who Protested The Sorority Forcing In a Man Into Their Home, Declaring That the Word "Woman" Is "Unquestionably Open to Many Intepretations," and Wall Street Analyst: Bud Light's Loss of 15-20% of Its Sales is Permanent "Bud Light sales hit a fresh new low last week." Hat Hair's KT continues The Bud Light fiasco fall-out continues with worker lay-offs, free beer promotions. 'Bonchie' highlights how Joe Rogan Roasts Dylan Mulvaney's Response to the Bud Light Controversy. NYPo, Joe Rogan slams ‘mentally ill’ Dylan Mulvaney after trans influencer spoke out on Bud Light fiasco. At Da Caller, Former Anheuser-Busch Exec Calls For Company’s CEO To Quit Over Bud Light Boycott and The Corporate Diversity Industry Is Finally Getting The Hint That People Are Sick Of Them.

Dave Strom reports Villanova University declares LGBTQ+ identity "sacred" I don't think you know what that word means. WaEx, Jen Psaki claims GOP is ‘trying to recruit Muslim-Americans’ against transgender people. Fox video, 'JUST NOT RIGHT': Maryland parents sound off on school system over LGBTQ+ curriculum

John Sexton, UCLA refused to hire a psychology professor after grad students complained he'd been critical of DEI on a podcastLibs of TikTok@libsoftiktok "New ad from Minnesota State’s Tourism Department promotes drag shows, trans kids, and “gender care”"

PJM's Ben Bartee sees DOD Launches New LGBTQ+++™ Propaganda Offensive, Showcases Transgender Major. Atop Da Summit, “The World Is Laughing At Us”: U.S. Army Shares Story Of Suicidally Depressed Transgender Major. Dana Loesch@DLoesch, "What the hell is your purpose anymore?" Bob Spencer at Front Page, The Queer Biden Administration, "Doling out your tax money to promote trans madness worldwide." At Am Con, What Is Gender Ideology? "Just because something is incoherent doesn’t mean that it isn’t real—and dangerous."

From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 07.03.23 Twitchy: The National Speech & Debate Association Has Gone Woke – Tolerates Open Discrimination. Also at Twitchy, Black high school debater absolutely torches the National Speech and Debate Association: From Hollywood it Toto, Ice Cube: Woke Word Police ‘Keep Us Bickering’, "Rapper breaks down far-Left's hunger to redefine words with Bill Maher." He's not wrong. From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 07.03.23 at Twitchy, MSNBC's Mehdi Hasan says the party that claims to care about kids wants to let them work.

Twitchy, 'Moms for Liberty' convention wraps up with a touching send off.  Althouse, "A month ago, the Southern Poverty Law Center declared Moms for Liberty an 'extremist group' devoted to spreading “messages of anti-inclusion and hate...."
"The 'extremist' label is justified, said Esther Prins, a professor at Penn State University who has studied the intersection of education advocacy and Christian nationalism in America. Prins said the activities of Moms for Liberty chapters — especially efforts to remove books nationwide, many of which are led by group members and which overwhelmingly target people of color and LGBTQ+ authors, a Post analysis found — are consistent with groups that promote a hierarchical social order in which 'men are over women, straight people over LGBTQ people.' Prins said, 'That’s why they don’t want children learning about racism or about the existence of people who are not straight or the existence of families that aren’t the heterosexual nuclear family.'..."

I'm reading "Moms for Liberty didn’t exist 3 years ago. Now it’s a GOP kingmaker. Five GOP presidential candidates attended the group’s Philadelphia convention this weekend" (WaPo).

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