Monday, October 30, 2023

Flotsam and Jetsam - Mike Johnson, the Newest Boogeyman

Stephen Kruiser at PJM thinks Speaker Johnson is Hitting All the Right Notes, Annoying All the Right People. Atop Da Hill, Democrats make Speaker Mike Johnson their new 2024 boogeyman. How many do they need? 'Duke' at RedState hears Speaker Johnson: 'There Is a Difference' in Biden's Cognitive Acumen From a Couple of Years Ago, and no, he hasn't gotten sharper.

At Fox, After Pence ends 2024 bid, GOP insiders predict more to follow: 'Consolidation is inevitable'. Who's next? Hat Hair's KT hears Pence Bows Out of the Race as Trump Seeks His Endorsement. From WaEx, Donald Trump says Mike Pence should endorse him after he bowed out of 2024 race. If you want loyalty get at dog, a Labrador, not a Siberian. 

Becca Lower at RedState reports RFK Jr. Was Denied Secret Service Protection by Biden DHS After SS Assessment Showed High 'Risk' Level. Are they hoping something will happen to him? They don't seem to believe he hurts Trump more than Biden.

Natalia Mittelstadt at JTN, NJ election fraud: New charges brought against two Democrats over mail-in ballots, registrations "The mail-in ballot election fraud case against Paterson City Council President Alex Mendez has been ongoing for more than three years. . . . According to Platkin’s office, Mendez’s campaign allegedly collected ballots that were not sealed by voters and examined them at the campaign headquarters to see if they were cast for Mendez. Ballots that were not cast for Mendez were allegedly destroyed and replaced with a ballot for him. The replacement ballots were allegedly stolen from voters’ mailboxes. " But there is not voter fraud. 

Steve Hayward at Power Line, Biden’s Freefall Continues. "According to the latest Gallup Poll Biden’s approval rating has fallen four points from 41 percent last month to 37 percent now—an all time low in Gallup’s series." Althouse, "President Joe Biden’s job approval rating among Democrats has tumbled 11 percentage points in the past month..." "... to 75%, the worst reading of his presidency from his own party. This drop has pushed his overall approval rating down four points to 37%, matching his personal low." From WaEx's Paul Bedard's Weekly Report Card: Biden ‘Just not connecting’. Breitbart claims Democrat Leaders Pressure Strategist to Shut Up About Joe Biden’s Low Polling Numbers. I can't imagine that would make Carville shut up. From Fox, Andrew Cuomo tells Maher there should be a Dem primary against Biden: 'I doubt' he's the strongest candidate "The ex-NY governor said he'd 'probably' run against Biden if he was still in office." Run, Andy, run! Bob Hoge at RedState, says WATCH: 'SNL' Actually Makes Fun of a Frail and Befuddled Joe Biden. The vultures are circling. 

At Da Fed, Margot Cleveland has a list of 7 Ways DOJ Obstructed The U.S. Attorney Investigating Biden Family Corruption. Steve Richards at JTN, When it came to Biden family criminal probes, DOJ’s policy often was 'just say no' ""Slow-Walking" and outright blocking: New documents from Congress shed light on further obstructions by the DOJ and FBI in the Biden investigations." Fox, Speaker Johnson: Biden engaging in ‘cover-up’ of role in Hunter business dealings, impeachment probe continues

ET, Federal Reserve’s Preferred Inflation Gauge Unchanged in September at 3.4 Percent. From Da Caller, Pricey Treats: Halloween Candy Inflation Hits Double Digits For The Second Year In A Row.

Also at Da Caller, Ivanka Trump Must Testify At Donald Trump Civil Fraud Trial, Judge Rules. TNP sees Michael Cohen’s Testimony Against Trump Wasn’t The Slam Dunk The Media Thinks It Was.  "Trump attorney Clifford Roberts directly asked Cohen, “Trump didn’t ask you to inflate the numbers on his personal statement, correct?” To which Cohen responded, “Correct.” Trump’s lawyers moved for an immediate and direct verdict, however far-left Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Arthur Engoron denied the motion."

ET reports Former Fox News Reporter Refuses to Reveal Source, Faces Contempt Charge. "Contempt carries a possible jail sentence."  

The case stems from three reports published by Fox News starting in 2017 that disclosed that the FBI had investigated Ms. Chen, a naturalized U.S. citizen who founded and owned a university attended by multiple U.S. military personnel. Ms. Chen was informed in 2016 that she wasn't being charged.

The Department of Defense moved in 2018 to stop helping to pay the tuition of military members to attend Ms. Chen’s university. Ms. Chen sued the FBI, alleging that it or other government entities had leaked the previously private information to Ms. Herridge.

Judge Cooper has said that Ms. Chen's "need for the requested evidence overcomes Herridge’s qualified First Amendment privilege."

At Fox, IRS policy allowing surprise visits on taxpayers limited after Judiciary Republicans' probing, report says. WaT, IRS agents use fake names to ‘harass and intimidate’ taxpayers, report reveals. One of the victims was Matt Taibbi at Racket, A House Investigation Reveals Disturbing IRS Home Visit Practices "The IRS promised to curtail home visits, but a deep dive by the House Weaponization of Government Committee revealed more about past abuses. Has this happened to you?"

John Tierney at CJ takes on Harvard’s Double Standard on Free Speech. "At the university, you’re free to excuse Hamas’s atrocities, but don’t dare say anything that offends leftists." Forward, As Harvard president, I am committed to tackling the pernicious antisemitism on our campus; “For years this university has done too little to confront its continuing presence” Herr Professor Jacobson at LI sees Another low for academia: Anti-Israel “Homonationalism and Pinkwashing” Conference at CUNY. At the Volokh reportsGene Volokh  is aghast by a Cornell Lockdown Due to Threats and Josh Blackmun t cites Chemerinsky: "Nothing has prepared me for the antisemitism I see on college campuses now."  Annie Vail @AnnieSun16 "Currently on a @Cornell discussion forum, the kosher dining hall (104 west) is now on lockdown and Jewish students are scared to leave their rooms. @GovKathyHochul @HenMazzig. @HenMazzig At Campus Reform, PROF GIORDANO: K-12 conditions students to hate Jews in college. "Illiteracy regarding basic history is not limited to the Holocaust. Only 13% of students demonstrate proficiency in U.S. History, including our involvement in World War II." Honestly, that's better than I would expect. NYPo's Karol Markowicz says Campus antisemites are vile but administrators who protect them are just as complicit. Worse actually, they should know better. 

PM, BREAKING: ADL removes Libs of TikTok’s Chaya Raichik from ‘Glossary of Extremism’ after threat of legal action. "This comes after the ADL pushed for Raichik to be kicked off the internet." NME, Twisted Sister’s Dee Snider responds to Israeli forces playing ‘We’re Not Gonna Take It’ "When you cross that line, you’re burning people, you’re slaughtering people, you’re raping people, you’re just killing people after what happened at that festival, you don’t get to say, ‘Okay, your revenge can be this much.’ No. Payback’s a mothereffer."

Althouse blogs "The decolonization narrative has dehumanized Israelis to the extent that otherwise rational people excuse, deny, or support barbarity." "Writes Simon Sebag Montefiore in "The Decolonization Narrative Is Dangerous and False/It does not accurately describe either the foundation of Israel or the tragedy of the Palestinians" (The Atlantic)." A fight in the comments ensues, of course. From Fox, Newly appointed NYC racial equity chair has history of antisemitic posts: 'FROM THE RIVER TO THE SEA'. "'FROM THE RIVER TO THE SEA! PALESTINE WILL BE FREE,' Linda Tigani wrote in a July 2020 post to X." Rick Moran at PJM reports Protesters Take Over Brooklyn Bridge, Call for the Elimination of Israel. Hat Hair's Jazz Shaw notes More Than 300 Pro-Hamas Morons Arrested at Grand Central. At Da Wire, Mobs In Russia Yelling ‘Allahu Akbar’ Hunt Down Jews, Storm Airport After Flight From Israel Arrives. From Da Caller Josh Hammer claims There Are Monsters In Our Midst. TownHall's Kevin McCollough thinks Something Awful Is Brewing. "First, the chickens of once-fringe leftist ivory tower piffle, such as critical theory and intersectionality, have come home to roost in a very menacing way. The avant-garde leftism of a half-century ago has led many to now justify, or outright cheer on, genocide perpetrated against the most genocide-d people in world history." PJM's Kevin Downey, asks Guess Where Some Hamas Big-Wigs Were Found Living. London. 

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