Flotsam and Jetsam - Schwerin to Blow Doors Off Biden Bribery?

Matt Vespa at Town Hall asks hopefully, Could This Man 'Blow the Lid Off' the Biden Bribery Scheme?

House Oversight has their latest witness who must be interviewed regarding this sleazy side business the father-son duo was peddling, Eric Schwerin. Mr. Schwerin was a partner in Hunter's firm, visited the Obama White House some 36 times, but more importantly, managed every aspect of their family's financial business, according to Hunter’s ex-wife.

I expect as serious case of amnesia. 

Ace, Dan Goldman (The New Adam Schiff) Claims That Burisma Wanted to Keep the Prosecutor Shokin in Office. In Fact, Hunter Biden Was Working for the Illegal Foreign Agents Who Wanted Him Fired. This is a talking point liberals always try when discussing the Ukraine thing, that Shokin was corrupt, and the "world community" wanted him fired. The "world community" was (and probably still is) party to the corruption in Ukraine, and the thought of an honest (or at least more honest) prosecutor threatened to end their cut, so yes, they wanted him gone. 

At RCP, Megyn Kelly: I'm Just Now Understanding That Joe Was Using Hunter, Not The Other Way Around

Hat Hair's Jazz Shaw, FBI agent caught lying under oath about Hunter's laptop, but he won't be charged because lying to Republicans is legal with Merrick Garland's DOJ. Hat Hair's Capt. Ed catches NBC: Republicans sure are pouncing all over Biden's "brand," or something.

Ryan King at NYPo reports White House cocaine may have belonged to someone in ‘Biden family orbit.’ "“If you want the name, ask Joe Biden,” one source told Keating. “He knows who it is.” “It was someone within the Biden family orbit, and it wasn’t Hunter,” said a second source, referring to the president’s adult son — an admitted recovering drug addict." 'Becca Downs at Town Hall, Joe Biden Was Reportedly Told Who Brought Cocaine Into the White House. Matt Margolis, SOURCES: Joe Biden Knows Who Brought Cocaine to White House. I never believed that the SS, helped by the FBI, couldn't figure out who put it there.

At NYPo, Biden calls Grand Canyon one of world’s ‘nine wonders’ full of ‘ironic’ species. He's not that smart, and never was. Sister Toldja at Red State notes One 45-Minute Stretch of Joe Biden’s Tuesday Schedule Raises Eyebrows - and Questions. Hey, it was his afternoon nap. I like mine too.

Becca Lower at Red State finds Jake Tapper Perplexed by Biden's Policies Failing to Persuade Americans, NPR Host Insists She Knows Why. Astonishingly, it's not racism! It's bad messaging!

Mickey Kaus @kausmickey "Still don't understand why it's illegal for Trump to have "pressured state election officials," especially if he thought he'd actually won. Levinson analogizes it to breaking into someone's house. It is not at all like breaking into someone's house." Isn't pressuring officials what they are for? Rachel Alexander at Townhall ridicules the The Three Politically Motivated Phony Indictments of Trump so Far. Althouse read the NYT so you don't have to, 
"The indictment alleges that Mr. Trump lied and manipulated people and institutions in trying to shape law and politics in his favor."

"Exaggeration and truth-shading in the facilitation of self-serving legal arguments or attacks on political opponents have always been commonplace in Washington. Going forward, these practices will likely be disputed in the language of, and amid demands for, special counsels, indictments and grand juries.... Watergate deluded us into thinking that independent counsels of various stripes could vindicate the rule of law and bring national closure in response to abuses by senior officials in office. Every relevant experience since then — from the discredited independent counsel era (1978-99) through the controversial and unsatisfactory Mueller investigation — proves otherwise. And national dissensus is more corrosive today than in the 1990s, and worse even than when Mr. Mueller was at work...."

Writes Harvard lawprof Jack Goldsmith, in "The Prosecution of Trump May Have Terrible Consequences" (NYT).

Ace, Judge Questions Very Special Counsel's Use of Out-of-State Grand Jury to Persecute, I Mean Prosecute, Trump. "Lefties who live in leftwing areas get leftwing juries to try their cases. Righties who live in rightwing areas also get leftwing juries to try their cases. That's the Unamerican Way." 'Bonchie' at Red State, Judge Chutkan's Controversial Denial to Trump Team's Hearing Request Previews Really Rough Seas Ahead. Jonathan Turley, Pritzker’s Truth Police: How the Illinois Governor Made the Case Against the Trump Indictment. "Pritzker declared that the law is “just like the case against President Trump. You have a right to free speech, but you don’t have a right to lie.” In his mind, it is that simple. It is not, of course. Lies are generally protected under the Constitution. In 2012, in the United States v. Alvarez decision, the Supreme Court held 6-3 that it is unconstitutional to criminalize lies in a case involving a politician who lied about military decorations." So even assuming that Smith is correct, and Trump knew he lost and lied about it, it's still not a crime. Now, I believe he still thinks he was cheated out of the win, and I think evidence exists to support that position. At ET, Pelosi Says 2nd Trump Term 'Cannot Happen,' Calls Indictments Against Him 'Beautiful', so the ends justify the means. Althouse, "As Mr. Trump showed in 2016, when it comes to media coverage, quantity has a quality all its own."

"The indictments make everything about him more so than is the case ordinarily. His motorcades haven’t been covered as extensively since he was president, and his latest Truth Social posts denouncing his mistreatment are being covered as breaking news. It all contributes to the miniaturization of the rest of the field. . . . Writes Rich Lowry, in The New York Times, in "Imagine What Another Indictment Could Do for Donald Trump." Lowry compares Trump to the historical figures Huey Long and Adam Clayton Powell Jr.

PJM's Ben Bartee reports Liberals Accuse Cornel West, a Black Man, of 'Stealing Votes' From Biden. Isn't that a federal crime? ET, Most Americans Unclear About Inflation Reduction Act as White House Touts Economic Record. At Da Fed, Dave Harsanyi notes ‘Bidenomics’ Has Been A Disaster.  "“Bidenomics” encompass anything and everything that’s convenient for Democrats. And in this moment, it’s convenient for them to take credit for merely letting people go back to work. Biden, who once claimed that the Democrats $3.5 trillion “Build Back Better” plan cost “zero dollars,” isn’t exactly a math whiz. But when he says stuff like “13.4 million jobs have been added to our economy” under his watch, more than “any other president in a full 4-year term,” anyone with even a passing familiarity with the events of the years preceding 2023 knows it’s a lie of omission." Steve Moore at Hat Hair fears New Banking Regulations Could Sink the Economy.

From the Messenger, DeSantis Replaces Campaign Manager with Florida Chief of Staff As He ‘Reloads’ (Exclusive). Never-anybody-but-Trump sundance at CTH, An Anniversary Message – DeSantis Removes Campaign Manager, Shuffles Campaign Team in Relaunch 4.0, Latest Effort to Save Failing Campaign. Hat Hair's KT is taking A second look at Doug Burgum? 

WATCH - Mike Pence released a campaign ad filling up his truck at the gas station, but forgets to push the button.
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Hat Hair's KT, Pence avoids humiliation as he qualifies for first GOP primary debate. From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 08.08.23 (Afternoon Edition), EBL, Mike Pence’s New Respect.

Sundance, Michigan State Police Discover Widespread 2020 Voter Fraud and Turn Over Evidence to FBI – Who Apparently Did Nothing. 

 From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 08.08.23 (Afternoon Edition), Director Blue: Summarizing The Allegations Of Vote Fraud In The 2020 Presidential Election.

Dave Strom at Hat Hair catches the WaPo: calling D.C. "The Swamp" is racisss... Ace, Taxpayer-Funded, Government-Authorized "Researchers" Are Devising Fresh New Schemes to Censor the Right -- and Hiding That Censorship From Us, So That We Cannot Complain, "Might as well enjoy your next several years of censorship -- you're paying for it." At Breitbart, Emails Show New York Times Collaborating with State Government to Target Orthodox Jews.

 From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 08.08.23 (Afternoon Edition), Twitchy: “The Crack Team Of Degenerate Journos At The NYT”, Racist Texas Teacher Who Openly Bragged About Wanting To Kill White Men Has Been Fired, and Riley Gaines Takes Man Claiming To Be Lesbian Apart For Mansplaining Lesbianism, Louder With Crowder: Roseanne Barr’s BACK, teams with anti-woke company and is bringing new comedy show to Elon Musk’s X, Defiant Jason Aldean surprises restaurant with acoustic performance of anti-woke anthem “Try That in A Small Town”, and Elon Musk savages NYT making excuses for a viral song calling for the killing of white people, Gab News: Yes, You Can Legislate Morality, Gab Tells Governments Who Demand Censorship To Get Lost and Don Surber, How Dare Americans Not Cheer For A Team That Hates The Country.

Riley Gaines

Hat Hair's KT again, Gov Abbott held ceremonial signing of Save Women's Sports Act as protesters chanted and Mic drop: Ne-Yo reverses apology from publicist over remarks on transgender kids. Breitbart has the VIDEO: Riley Gaines: Leftists Spat On, Attacked Pro-Women’s Activists at Texas Bill Signing. Dave Strom thinks he has A great way to fight back against pornography in schools "Well, parents in Texas have found a way to make the choices very specific indeed. They have begun a campaign to force school administrators and policymakers to look directly at the books that they have been pushing into classrooms and school libraries." Gina Louden at Town Hall explains What  the Trans Radicals, Pro-Abortion Activists, and Sex Traffickers All Have In Common. "The thread that connects all three is that they destroy the lives of children." Mark Tapscott at PJM says Don't Bother Applying to Foster or Adopt Children if You Are Traditional Catholics and Live in the People's Republic of Massachusetts and won't coddle gender dysphoria. According To Hoyt the war on boys is Destroying the Future. 

Bummer dude, Beege Wellborn at Hat Hair reports on Skid row: Anheuser-Busch now selling off craft brands. 

Jazz Shaw at Hat Hair, Watch The Atlantic defend liberal university culture. "As you see, if any of you rubes had actually been bright enough to graduate high school and go on to obtain a liberal arts or gender studies degree at an Ivy League university, you wouldn’t be so confused. You’d understand how all of the elites are actually putting policies in place to make sure that you don’t sink completely into the quagmire of your own ignorance and professional shortcomings. Don’t you feel ashamed now?" From the College Fix, Three University of Kansas professors now accused of falsely claiming Native American ancestry.

The Wombat has Rule 5 Sunday: Potato On The Beach and FMJRA 2.0: Time For New Water Coolers ready for prime time at the Other McCain.