Friday, October 6, 2023

Flotsam and Jetsam - Trump for Speaker?

Bob Spencer at Front Page says Bravo, Gaetz "At last, a politician stands up to the establishment uniparty." Dan Flynn at Am Spec looks at The Matt Gaetz Eight "He did with seven other votes what McCarthy could not do with more than half of the House chamber." NewNeo, Here’s my question about Gaetz’s method of removing McCarthy "But back to my question: what’s to stop other small factions from doing the same to any GOP member who replaces McCarthy as Speaker? Is it just the fear that it would backfire on the right and enable the left?" Paul Mirengoff at Ringside speculates about what comes After the Matt Gaetz S-Show. Fred Bauer at CJ eyes The Widening Gyre, "Kevin McCarthy’s fall reveals the incentives for chaos in contemporary American politics." Evita Duffy-Alfonso at Da Fed notes ‘Republican’ Sen. John Cornyn Joins The Deep State In Calling Conservatives Terrorists. NewsBusters records Scarborough Mocks Democrats in 'Problem Solvers Caucus' Voting to Dump McCarthy ""If Democrats wake up to a Jim Jordan speakership, I mean, who knows? They may be asking questions, like, why didn't a few more of us vote "present?" Ben Voth at Am Think thinks about Kevin McCarthy and the Political Culture. "The idea that Kevin McCarthy suffered an impossible indignity on October 3 is a testament to how out of touch our intellectual culture is with how the public is regularly victimized by its own federal government."

Mary Chastain at LI, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise Announces Bid for Speaker, “It is with a strong sense of responsibility and purpose that I seek the House Republican Conference’s nomination for Speaker of the House.” Dan Chaitin at Da Wire sees Jim Jordan Enters Race For House Speaker "Jordan: 'Now is the time for our Republican conference to come together to keep our promises to Americans.'" I could be OK with either Scalise or Jordan, although I lean Scalise; Jordan is more valuable asking questions of Democrats and their allies in committee. Althouse, "Congressman Jim Jordan... will be a GREAT Speaker of the House, & has my Complete & Total Endorsement!" "Writes Donald Trump at Truth Social." PJM's Stephen Kruiser  finds the concept of a Warm, Fuzzy, 'Unifier' Trump Is Totally Weirding Me Out, "Trump’s combativeness is his biggest selling point to me. I’m not ready for him to put on a cardigan and relax into fireside chat mode."

Stephen Richards and John Solomon at JTN reports that Days after Joe Biden became president, his DOJ sought briefing on Hunter criminal case, memos show. "The request for a roundup of Hunter Biden-related cases alarmed agents because some attendees from DOJ -- including Biden political appointees -- had no authority in the case. That puts Merrick Garland's insistence of "no DOJ interference" into serious doubt." Elle Purnell at Da Fed maintains James Biden’s Role In The Biden Access-For-Hire Operation Shows It Was A Family Affair. mrcTV wants you to WATCH: Biden Bribery Emails Exposed - ‘It Says The VP Signed Off On This.’ Geoffrey Norman at Am Spec wonders Will the Guns of Hunter Biden Prop Up the Right or Left? "If he’s smart (a big if, to be sure), he could become a true hero of the anti-gun movement."

At NYPo, Interviewing Biden ‘the saddest thing’ as he ‘couldn’t finish his sentences,’ ex-ESPN host Sage Steele says “And here’s the saddest thing — his voice just trailed off. He said, ‘I was good,’ and then he went silent, and he goes …, ‘Uh, never mind.’ “I thought it was so sad because I realized that’s why he was in the basement during the whole election cycle — because even then he couldn’t finish his sentences, he struggled.” TNP reports Rudy Giuliani is Suing Joe Biden. "Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani has announced that he is suing President Joe Biden for referring to him as a “Russian Pawn” during one of the 2020 Presidential debates with Donald Trump." He certainly has a better case than that woman who sued Trump.

Mary Chastain at LI, Biden Admin Waives Numerous Federal Laws to Construct a Border Wall in South Texas, "Mayorkas: “There is presently an acute and immediate need to construct physical barriers and roads in the vicinity of the border of the United States in order to prevent unlawful entries into the United States…”" Ace, Biden Suspends Environmental Regulations to... Build Border Wall in Texas Update: Cosplay Mexican Robert Francis "Beto" O'Rourke Says Biden Is No Different Than Trump. "Wait, I thought this was the most racist racisty racism imaginable. I guess Biden, who we already knew to be an old-school racist ("Boy!"), is now just coming out and admitting his racism. But I have a feeling the Enemy of the People Media will portray this as a "prudent" step to stop a crisis -- the crisis being the rapidly-worsening position of Biden and all the Democrats he is blowing up with his woke incompetence. Twitchy reviews some of the recent cases of Democrat mayors hitting the panic button on illegal aliens.

TNP reports U.S. Adds Just 89k Jobs In September, Missing 150,000 Target. And just wait for the customary downward revision! Michael G. Zey at Am Think compares 2024: The Trump Boom vs. the Biden Bust

 Da Caller says Forget Independent RFK — There’s A Bigger Threat To Joe Biden Already On The Campaign Trail, Strategists Say, Cornell West. What if Blacks don't stay on the plantation?

NYPo claims rhe Judge at Trump’s NY civil fraud trial slams hand on bench, loses his cool during testimony: ‘This is ridiculous!’ Judicial temperament. At Twitchy, NY AG Letitia James' real estate appraisal cred called into question for this meme about Mar-a-Lago. The valuation the prosecution is trying to sell is also a fraud on the court. James Lynch at Da Caller reports that the Law Clerk Who Trump Can’t Criticize Ran As Democratic Candidate, Donated Thousands To Local Dems

Mary Chastain again with the Report that the FBI is Targeting Donald Trump Supporters as Threats to 2024 Election "So basically the data viewed by Newsweek shows the FBI is putting those who do not have leftist views on the same level as Timothy McVeigh, an actual domestic terrorist." At  PJM athy Salgado claims an Exclusive: FBI Whistleblower ’Vindicated’ by Exposure of FBI Targeting MAGA. “While I am happy to be vindicated, I am frustrated that mainstream media delayed investigating the veracity of my claim” and Stephen Kruiser drops by to Check in on Joe Biden's Rogue Goon-Squad FBI. The Bablylon Bee snarks FBI Stops By Antifa Riot To Ask If They’ve Seen Any Dangerous MAGA Around ""Well golly gee wiz, mister! No MAGA types here, but that sure does sound dangerous!" "But we've been pretty busy burning down this building. Buildings don't burn themselves!" the loveable scamp added." Ace, Chicago Insurrectionists Stage Anti-Government, Nativist Protests, "I don't think the FBI will be investigating these anti-government insurrectionists. They're Democrats." The redoubtable Julie Kelly at Da Fed reports This Activist Wife Schmoozes The Get-Trump White House While Her Prosecutor Husband Jails J6ers "The political nature of the Jan. 6 prosecutions is illustrated by the partisan history of Matthew Graves and his wife, Fatima Goss Graves."

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At NYPo, Virginia college swimmers reveal fight to keep trans athlete from joining women’s team after competing as male. Hat Hair's KT reports Martina Navratilova has had it with this administration's embrace of a 'pathetic parody of women.’ Breitbart, Biden Administration Forces Transgender Orthodoxy in Workplaces. OutKick notices the American College Of Sports Medicine Puts Out The 'No Duh' Statement Of The Century. “Biological sex is a primary determinant of athletic performance because of fundamental sex differences in anatomy and physiology dictated by sex chromosomes and sex hormones.” Hat Hair's Begee Welborn snarks Wait, wait, wait - I thought biological sex was a "social construct"? From Da Wire, Philadelphia Area School District Bans Biological Boys In Girls’ Bathrooms After 400 Students Walk Out In Protest. "A father said his daughter was distressed over believing a boy was with her in the bathroom. PJM's Linc Brown says the Pennsylvania School District Takes Common Sense Approach to Bathrooms Jane Coleman at LI calls it a Groundbreaking Win For Parents when a WI State Court Rules Against School’s Secret Gender Transitioning Policy "Parents’ Lawyers: “This is the first case where a court has ruled on the merits in favor of parents over a school district.” PJM's Kevin Downey correctly says The LGBTHAHA Movement Jumped the Shark a Long Time Ago. From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 10.05.23 (Early Morning Edition), Louder With Crowder: Dolphins QB shocks reporters by professing his Christian Faith, Princeton, The Ivy League One, Launches “Drag University” So Your Son Can Major In Being A Drag Queen, Dave Harsanyi at Da Fed reports Authoritarian Thugs Continue Their Persecution Of Jack Phillips, the Colorado baker. "The latest chapter in Phillips’ Kafkaesque saga involves a transgendered lawyer named Autumn Scardina, who demanded Phillips create a pink cake with blue frosting to help celebrate a “gender transition.” As expected, Phillips, who’d already spent years fighting government coercion, refused to participate."

Stacy McCain has an Update From the Dept. of Ironic Crime

Saturday we shared the tale of a young woman who made the fatal choice of Baltimore as an ideal place for “building a deeply inclusive culture.”

Since then, there seems to have been a rash of such ironic crimes. Irony is not to be confused with comedy, of course, and we would not want people to laugh at death, which is not funny. Except sometimes . . .
A left-wing Philadelphia journalist who mocked concern over rising crime in Democrat-run cities was shot to death in his home.. . .

Ryan Carson “dedicated his life to fighting for social justice,” and worked at a left-wing non-profit founded by Ralph Nader. Irony alert:
The 32-year-old was waiting for a bus with his girlfriend when police said he was brutally attacked. Surveillance video obtained by PIX11 News showed an unidentified man, who police described as emotionally disturbed, stabbing Carson several times.. . . .
Let me be clear: Murder is bad. I am anti-murder, and no one should think that I am happy to see left-wingers getting murdered like this. Also, I am anti-carjacking, and thus cannot be accused of celebrating when a Democratic congressmen gets carjacked at gunpoint in D.C. My point in calling attention to these cases is not to advocate in favor of violence against liberals, but rather to say that, when Democrats support soft-on-crime policies, they seldom expect that they personally will suffer as a consequence of the ill-considered policies they embrace. When the boomerang comes whirling around to smack them in the back of the skull? Some might say it serves them right. I’m just saying it’s ironic.

From the Free Bacon, Gretchen Whitmer’s Sister Wants This Defund Police Group To Take Over Local School Boards "Congressional hopeful Liz Whitmer Gereghty 'thrilled' with left-wing org that wants to pull cops from schools."

James Nault at LI, Army Corps of Engineers to Solve “Nation’s Toughest Engineering Challenges” Through “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion” "As a former military professional, one of the worst aspects of this plan is the crushing bureaucracy that the Plan creates." Crushing bureaucracies = job opportunities for Democrats. From Behind the Black, Today’s blacklisted American: Man’s life ruined because a black man slandered him for profit.

The Wombat has Rule 5 Sunday: I’m In Love With Shouko’s Mom and FMJRA 2.0: Lepanto up and garnerning clicks at The Other McCain.

1 comment:

  1. The removal of McCarthy is one bi-partisan effort I can agree with.

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