The Pundit class, at least the ones I have seen, seem to be boosting the prospects of Jim Jordan for Speaker, over the other leading contender, Steve Scalise, you know, the guy that the Bernie-Bro Democrat shot and almost killed. Hat Hair's KT opines The next Speaker of the House will be Jim Jordan. At the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 10.06.23 (Evening Edition), EBL, MAGA Speaker of the House, Louder With Crowder: Congressman Jim Jordan will be the next Speaker of the House, and Da Tech Guy: 5 Speaker Overboard Thoughts Under the Fedora. Sundance at CTH has a Report – President Trump Will Endorse Jim Jordan for Speaker of the House, also, Newt Gingrich, Hillary Clinton and Mark Levin Are All Apoplectic That Kevin McCarthy Has Been Removed. From the Messenger, How Texas Congressman ‘Totally F–ed’ Trump’s House Speaker Race Strategy (Exclusive). "According to one adviser, the former president is 'pissed' at Rep. Troy Nehls." Dave Harsanyi at RCP, says Matt Gaetz Didn't Oust McCarthy. He Just Helped Democrats Do It. Fox reports Kevin McCarthy denies report he is considering resigning Congress after being ousted as House speaker, "A news outlet reported McCarthy was considering resigning after he was removed from the speakership earlier this week." NYPo, Kevin McCarthy insists he won’t quit Congress after House speaker ejection. John Stoessel at Hat Hair says Shut It Down!, the government, that is, the issue that precipitated all this to begin with.
From Da Caller, ‘Embarrassing’: Even The RNC’s Own Members Are Admitting Trump-less Debates May Be A Waste Of Time. Sundance, CPAC Invites Democrat Candidate to Address Audience – RFK Jr. Will Attend, Hoping to Remove More Trump Support. At Da Wire, Police Say ‘No Evidence’ Protester ‘Intentionally Rammed’ Ramaswamy Campaign’s Car; Campaign Stands By Statement. I&I reports Support For Both Biden And Trump Fell In Oct. — A Blip, Or Opening For Challengers? Herr Professor Jacobsen at LI, Dems Likely To Pick Up Seat Under Alabama Congressional Redistricting Map Selected By Three-Judge Panel. "Black voters — who all sides appear to believe will heavily vote Democrat – are now a majority in one district, and a near-majority in a second district. “The Office of the Secretary of State will facilitate the 2024 election cycle in accordance with the map the federal court has forced upon Alabama and ordered us to use,”
Hayden Ludwig at Am Great reminds us the ‘Zuck Bucks’ Grift Was Born in Wisconsin; Voters Must Ban It in 2024. PJM's Paula Bolyard says it's Zombie Voters as Far as the Eye Can See. At Da Fed, Shawn Fleetwood identifies 10 Ways Democrats Are Already Rigging The 2024 Election.
'Bonchie' at Red State, People Wonder if Kamala Harris Was High After Hysterical Laughing Fit. Twitchy, Twitter attempts to figure out what is wrong with Kamala Harris and it's hilarious.
Breitbart reports David Weiss Drops One Gun Charge Count Against Hunter Biden, "The procedural step removes a charge alleging he broke a law against drug users having guns when he bought a gun in 2018, during a period he has acknowledged struggling with addiction." At NYPo, Hunter Biden asks for federal gun charges to be dismissed, claims he has immunity. At Da Mail, EXCLUSIVE: Hunter Biden withdrew $20,000 from daughter Maisy's college fund and spent it on hookers and drugs after bankers warned he had just 44 cents left in his account. What a mensch! Paul Sperry at NYPo reminds us FBI knew all about Joe and Hunter’s business dealings, laptop authenticity — and did nothing: files. At Da Caller, FBI Agent Accused Of Lying About Censoring Hunter Biden Laptop Dodges Testimony Before Jim Jordan, Source Confirms (Elvis Chan), and FBI, DOJ Officials Were ‘Openly Mocking’ Congressional Inquiries Into Hunter Biden Investigation, Memo Alleges. Andy McCarthy at NRO, Whither the Impeachment Inquiry? "Give the Democrats this much: The 2019 Ukraine-related impeachment may have involved executive abuse for which a presidential impeachment was a disproportionate response, but once President Trump’s opponents went that route, they were single-minded and relentless. Not so the current House impeachment inquiry regarding President Biden. It’s been over a week since the first hearing."
Breitbart, sees Joe Biden Building Border Wall After Calling It ‘Waste of Money,’ ‘Not a Serious Policy Solution’ Under Trump. PJM's VodkaPundit sees it as a sign that White House In FULL PANIC MODE Over Border Crisis and Matt Margolis says If This Happens, It’s All Over for Biden and the Democrats in 2024, economic crash. Da Caller points out US Mortgage Rates Just Hit A Shocking New High "The average for the 30-year fixed rate mortgage climbed to 7.49% for the week of Oct. 5, the highest point since December 2000," Matt Margolis again, A Threat to Democracy? Biden Defies the Supreme Court Again with his new student loan cancelation. From the Center Square, New federal rule could add costly burden to retirement plans.
At Da Mail, Biden rambles about TV news being dominated by dogs being 'pushed' in lakes as he blames 'unhappy' reporters for Americans thinking the economy is dire. Hat Hair's KT notes Democrats want you to think that Grandpa is cool. Althouse wants you to know that David Brooks thinks Biden is on his game, "The Republicans who portray [Biden] as a doddering old man based on highly selective YouTube clips are wrong." "In my interviews with him, he’s like a pitcher who used to throw 94 miles an hour who now throws 87. He is clearly still an effective pitcher." From Twitchy, Brit Hume responds to General Milley's defense of Biden with a GREAT question. "So who do you believe? The general or your lyin' eyes?"
Also from Da Mail, a Win for Trump as judge STOPS the breaking up of his business in his $250 million New York fraud trial after a tense week in court - but rejects bid to have the case suspended. The NY Sun hears Letitia James Accuses Trump of Trying To ‘Sow Chaos’ as Former President Notches an Appellate Win. "The appeals courts will ultimately decide whether the former president’s business empire will be sold off for parts." Sundance hosts President Trump NYC Attorney Alina Habba Gives Great Breakdown of NYC Trial Status. She's cute, is that enough? Also, New York Appeals Court Halts Process of Forced Dissolution of Trump’s Business Operations in State. At NYPo, AG Tish James says Trump ‘doesn’t care about numbers or facts’ in scathing post. Pot, kettle.
At Breitbart, Donald Trump Cites Presidential Immunity in Motion to Dismiss January 6 Case, won't happen. Capt. Ed at Hat Hair, notes ABC claims Trump passed nuclear-sub info to Australian member of Mar-a-Lago, "Did Donald Trump pass secrets about our nuclear submarine fleet to a foreign national? ABC News made a big splash with that report last night, at least with its headline. However, the article doesn’t quite definitively deliver, and there may be a reason for that. . . . Apparently Smith’s team didn’t bother to bring in someone with the appropriate clearance to determine the accuracy of the claims. That in itself is curious, given the resources at Smith’s command as special counsel."
Breitbart reports Hillary Clinton Calls for ‘Formal Deprogramming’ of MAGA ‘Cult Members.’ Hat Hair's KT, Hillary Clinton: How does a little formal deprogramming of MAGA Republicans sound? Jonathan Turley is aghast, Deprogramming “Deplorables”: Clinton Raises Need for “Formal Deprogramming” of Trump Supporters. Insty, OH, THAT LIBERAL FASCISM: Hillary Clinton Calls For ‘Formal Deprogramming’ Targeting Trump Supporters. "C’mon Hillary be specific! Would these be modeled after the CCP’s Uighur reeducation camps, or the North Korean reeducation camps? Or perhaps something a bit more old school?" James Woods@RealJamesWoods "And just like that the real meaning of the Second Amendment becomes crystal clear." Matt Taibbi asks Have They Gone Mad? "Hillary Clinton suggests "formal deprogramming" for seventy million . . . What impolitic comment is next? “We have enough railway capacity for the job”? Althouse wonders Comedy, right? Creepy comedy, but comedy... right??, the woman doesn't have a funny bone in that chardonnay soaked body. The Babylon Bee quips Elderly Woman Escapes Nursing Home, Rants About Deprogramming The Populace.
Ace, Just In Time for the Election, the FBI Labels MAGA Supporters Domestic Terrorists and Begins Tracking and Surveiling Them, "Kyle Seraphin is one of the FBI agents who blew the whistle on Biden's Stasi. He refers to his fellow whistleblowers as "The Suspendables," a play on "The Expendables" movie franchise. I think he means that the FBI is willing to sacrifice its few remaining good agents by permanently suspending them." Da Wire, FBI Targets Trump Supporters as ‘Violent Extremists’.
Ben Weingarten at Da Fed is pleased that the Fifth Circuit Corrects Critical Error In Prior Ruling To Shut Down Deep-State Censorship Tactic.
Ace summarizes The Week In Woke in his inimatable style. From Da Caller, Dad’s One Simple Question Continually Stumps Radical Transgender Activists “What is a trans kid?” and being met with silence. "I’ve asked this question of thousands of trans activists. None can tell me,” Elston said in an exclusive sit-down interview with the Daily Caller." Mary Chastain at LI Maine reports on the ‘Trans’ High School Runner Dominating Girls Track, Rising From 172nd to 4th. “As the girl who often came in tenth, this really bothers me.” At Da Wire, sees a Campus Erupts When Candace Answers Student’s ‘Trans’ Question: ‘Life’s Tough, Get A Helmet’ “What do you have to say to the trans students here who actively feel victimized by your presence, here?” the female student asked Owens." mrc-TV, Oh, Honey: Dem Activist Nervous FLA Death Penalty for Child Sex Offenders is 'Genocide' For LGBTQs. That's quite an admission that LGBQRSTUVWXYZ folk make a lot of sex crimes against children. Hat Hair's John Sexton reports Assault victim sues Loudoun County Public Schools for $30 million. "A teenage girl who was sexually assaulted in a Virginia high school bathroom has sued Loudoun County Public Schools, alleging that school officials failed to heed warning signs about her attacker and responded to her May 2021 assault by trying to cover it up. The teenager, who filed the lawsuit under the pseudonym “Jane Doe” along with her parents, was 15 years old when a younger, male student in a skirt assaulted her in a girls’ bathroom at Stone Bridge High School in Ashburn on May 28, 2021." Sue the bastards! At Da Wire, School Investigates Students Who Chose To Use Private Bathroom For Implicit ‘Harassment’ Of Transgenders "Superintendent said students could use the nurse's bathroom if transgender policy made them uncomfortable. The line for that bathroom got so long that he called it harassment." Da Signal explains why Parents Who Object to Pornographic Material in School Libraries Aren’t ‘Book Banners.’ Capt. Ed comments "Can you buy the book in a store? Order it on line? Then it ain’t banned, and it’s idiotically tendentious to describe it that way. There are no banned books in the US. We can discuss and debate access policies in school libraries, but only if we approach it honestly. The fact that the Left refuses to do that tells us all we need to know about their interest in an honest debate." From ET, California AG Doubles Down on Secret Gender Identity Policy.
Sarah Arnold at Town Hall on San Francisco's latest folly, Progressive City Plans to Hand Out 'Guaranteed Incomes' To Transgenders, Illegal Immigrants. I can't imagine there's anything unconstitutional about that, can you?
The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: Lepanto up and garnerning clicks at The Other McCain.
re: From the Center Square, New federal rule could add costly burden to retirement plans.
ReplyDeleteThis is simply a badly phrased, but excellent rule.
If we're talking about printed letters being mailed to retirees, if the person moves, they can submit a change-of-address form to the USPS. This isn't something that can be done, universally, with email addresses.
I believe a well designed -- and sure as hell don't ask me to design one -- and implemented -- always the source of problems -- system would reduce the amount of undeliverable and/or unread email communications.
There's always going to be arguments for and against the use of all of the information that the government(s) posess for projects for which it would be valuable, but without unnecessary duplication.
For example, state DMV issue IDs and licenses that have your home address. If you are licensed at address 1 in jurisdiction 1 and receive US mail at address 2 in jurisdiction 2. If you are killed in an accident and they send a police officer to the address on your license, which is not valid, some father is going to get a shock when he answers the door at 3am to a somber looking officer.
Of course, for every good reason like this, there are many reasons to deny the government this type of access. The question is: who gets to decide what access is reasonable and what is overreach?
Perhaps there should be an application deployed that randomly sends a yes/no/unsure query to nine participating judges. If a majority respond with 'yes' then the system processes the query. A majority of no/unsure/no response denies the query.
There are many, many beneficial uses of technology that we could implement but every single one of them could be, and in my experience, would be, used in many more detrimental ways.
I don't know what the answers are, and neither do I know of anyone qualified to give them.