Flotsam and Jetsam - Scalise Backs Out

After not receiving enough support from the Republicans.  From Breitbart, Steve Scalise Has Serious Problems Getting Votes to Win Speakership. "Well over twenty House Republicans from across the ideological spectrum are against Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) and will not vote for him on the floor, a source with knowledge told Breitbart News." Despite the support of the defector-n-chief, Matt Gaetz, and his nominal opponent Jim Jordan. Ben Whedon at JTN reports Steve Scalise bows out of speaker's race, laments unresolved 'schisms' in GOP, "Our conference still has to come together and we’re not there," he said." Capt. Ed at Hat Hair comments "Well, isn’t that peachy. Now what? Scalise couldn’t get to 150 in the conference, but Jordan couldn’t get to 100, either. Will they do another nominating round that no one will commit to supporting?" 'Becca Downs at TownHall, Steve Scalise Drops Out Of Speaker’s Race. Ace, Oof: Steve Scalise Will Withdraw His Bid to Become Speaker, As At Least 20 Republicans Will Vote Against Him. "The Democrats could vote for him but I doubt they will. They are pursuing a Chaos at Any Cost strategy. You know -- like any other day that ends in a -y." You have to ask what is the point of voting to decide on a Speaker if defectors are just going to sink every nominee.

NBC, cited at Hat Hair reports DoJ indicts Menendez for conspiring to act as a foreign agent of Egypt. Capt. Ed, "Hoo boy. This now sounds like an espionage case more than a corruption case. The Senate may have no choice but to expel Menendez under these circumstances. Stay tuned." Ace, Senator Bob Menendez Indicted for Acting as a Foreign Agent "Huh. I wonder if there are any other well-connected Democrats who have been acting as foreign agents. DOJ? Merrick Garland? Can you think of any other connected Democrats who have been hoovering up money from the Romanian government, Chinese communist party officials, and Russia gangsters acting as Putin's agents since 2014? And then failing to register as foreign agents under FARA (the Foreign Agent Registration Act)? And also committing tax fraud to avoid declaring all the millions they received from foreign governments, which monies, if declared, would trigger a FARA investigation? No? Not a one?"

At the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 10.11.12, American Greatness: House GOP Vows Probe of Biden Administration’s Unfreezing of $6 Billion for Iran and Biden’s VP Office Exchanged Emails With Hunter, His Brother Jim, and Both of their Businesses OVER 29,000 TIMES. Matt Margolis at PJM says the White House Cover-Up of Biden Classified Docs Scandal Worse Than Previously Thought. Breitbart reports Judge Officially Dismisses Previous Gun Charge Against Hunter Biden  "Weiss dropped the gun charge on October 5 as a procedural step that originated from the collapsed plea deal. The dismissed gun charge was replaced with three unrelated gun charges against the president’s son. Weiss charged Hunter Biden on September 14 with one count of false statement in the purchase of a firearm, one count of possession of a firearm by a person who is an unlawful user of or addicted to a controlled substance, and one count of false statement related to information required to be kept by a federal firearms licensed dealer. Hunter faces up to 25 years in prison and a $750,000 fine."

Steve Hayward at Power Line rhetorically asks How Checked Out is Biden? At cabinet meetings, they keep the cabinets name tags pointed toward Biden because he doesn't really know who his cabinet is. Dan Greenfield at Front Page points out Biden Sent $148 Million to ‘Palestinian’ Areas Weeks Before Attack on Israel "The State Department warned that aid money was at “high risk” of funding Hamas." Ace, Our "Intelligence" Agencies Say "Nevermind Hamas Explicitly, Publicly Thanking Iran for Helping Them Attack Israel," Our "Intelligence" Finds That Iran Had No "Direct" Role In the Attacks. "Experts say that (some) Democrats' attempts to distance themselves from their terrorist clients (and patrons) is a bit too little too late."

At Da Caller, Left-Wing Pundit To Primary Biden Despite Being Ineligible To Run Under Constitution, Cenk Uygur, born in Turkey. So, will he seriously challenge the constitutional provision that precludes the foreign born from being elected? If so, should someone get behind Elon Musk?

At PJM, VodkaPundit asserts Bidenomics Has People More Stressed Out Than Obamanomics Ever Did. The debt bomb is going to go off someday. The trouble is no one knows exactly when, only that it grows closer every day.

As everyone, but Latetia James apparently thought, banker actually do their own appraisals when real money is on the line. Jazz Shaw at Hat Hair, Banker: We had "sanity checks" on Trump's loans

In the New York trial of Donald Trump related to his supposed fraudulent business loans, the court heard for the first time this week from one of the supposed “victims” of the fraud. Nicholas Haigh, who served as a Deutsche Bank risk management officer when Trump was applying for the loans answered questions for the court and it really didn’t sound like he did much for the prosecution’s case. There was plenty of banking industry technical lingo being thrown around, but the claim that Trump was somehow whitewashing his worth and fooling the banks isn’t holding up under scrutiny. Sure, Trump’s team tried to fluff up his assets to get the best deal possible, but Haigh’s testimony demonstrates that Deutsche Bank isn’t stupid and they wouldn’t still be in business if they were. They examined Trump’s claims when applying for loans and even pushed back when something didn’t seem kosher. He also confirmed that all the transactions played out smoothly, just as they had expected.

Insty has a HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: Exclusive Photos: These students ‘justified’ murder, rape of Jews. The event was promoted with an image honoring the paragliders who descended upon and attacked civilians at a music festival. "I remember when people justified higher education’s exalted place in our society on the ground that it made people better. The recent evidence suggests it is an incubator for hate." At Da Caller Mary Rook claims  Now’s The Time To Ruthlessly Purge The Universities. Past time.The Babylon Bee quips Harvard Student Leaves Lecture On Microaggressions To Attend ‘Kill The Jews’ Rally. Hat Hair's Dave Strom notices the SPLC is conspicuously silent on pro-Hamas groups in US. Kevin Downey at PJM reports that According to KGB Defector Yuri Bezmenov, It's Time for a 'Crisis'

🚨🚨 We are living through the "Destabilization" phase of our Maoist cultural revolution. It's been planned for years.

Yuri Bezmenov explains it 🔊

- All institutions/organizations
- Family infighting
- Society antagonism
- All relations: Teachers/students and… pic.twitter.com/aeb9ntiNcd

— Resist CBDC (@Resist_CBDC) October 4, 2023

At the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 10.11.12, The Federalist: With SCOTUS Poised To Rein In Out-Of-Control Bureaucrats, Leftists Lash Out, Indulging The Left’s Historical Revisionism Has Consequences, Hamas Attack Is A Warning To America About The Risks Of Our Open Border, Why Calling For Israel’s ‘Restraint’ Is Depraved And Offensive, Why Elon Musk Nuking X Headlines Is A Good Thing, and Shocker! Embracing Drag Queens Didn’t Fix The Navy’s Recruiting Crisis. On that last one, Capt. Ed comments "Quelle surprise on all counts. The real issue in recruitment is that the US is producing less-healthy youth these days, in both body and spirit. Shawn discusses that as well, and that should be *very* concerning for our long-range nat-sec needs. But the DEI stuff clearly hasn’t helped, and it’s very likely hurting both recruitment and mission focus."

Dave Strom is aghast that California will use race to determine how hard to look for missing children. "It’s impossible to overstate just how vile this is. Not because Black children don’t deserve the utmost effort be put into finding them, but rather because ALL children deserve the utmost effort be put into keeping them safe. How hard is that to understand?"