Flotsam and Jetsam - Bridge Clean Up Begins, Transgenders Free to Go Back to Being Invisible

At the Balmer Sun, some good news regarding the Key Bridge disaster, Workers remove first piece of Key Bridge as salvage operation continues and Temporary alternate channel to pass commercially essential vessels around Key Bridge cleanup. It looks like the serious people are temporarily in charge. But then Dan Chaitin reports Buttigieg Pledges ‘More’ Federal Assistance For Maryland Bridge Collapse After $60 Million Start. It won't be cheap. But it's time to get the deplorable guys with big toys busy, and worry about how to pay for it later. 

Sundance at CTH was aghast when the  Biden Administration Promote Transgenderism Over Easter. From Breitbart, White House Doubles Down After Declaring Easter Sunday ‘Transgender Day of Visibility’, but then sees Damage Control: Now Biden Wishes Christians a Happy Easter. Virginia Kruta at Da Wire notices Cartoon Network Goes All In On Trans ‘Day Of Visibility,’ Makes No Mention Of Easter. I assume it's because they're all gay or trans and not religious. From Spiked,  Easter doesn’t need to be ‘inclusive’. "Why are corporations running scared of the E-word?" PM,  Gov Hochul orders World Trade Center, NY landmarks lit up in trans flag colors on Easter Sunday. "Today we celebrate Transgender Day of Visibility by acknowledging the contributions that members of the transgender community." Althouse cites the White House in "Transgender Americans are part of the fabric of our Nation.... they help America thrive. They deserve, and are entitled to, the same rights and freedoms..." "You could have just looked away — turned the other cheek, as it were." At the Babylon Bee, Biden Condemns Jesus For Rising Again On Trans Day Of Visibility "Who does this Jesus think he is?" shouted an angry Biden. "Today is about dudes becoming chicks and chicks becoming dudes, not dead people becoming alive! Come on, man!" I'm glad that they can now go back to being invisible. 

PJM's Matt Margolis thinks he knows  What Biden Doesn’t Want You to Know About His Fundraising Numbers. "While Biden is clearly benefiting from big donations from corporations and left-wing interest groups, he is struggling to attract small, grassroots donations." Also, Is Joe Biden Making a Play for Florida?  Breitbart has a Poll: Majority Are ‘Worse Off Financially’ Under Joe Biden, Up 25 Points Since 2021. Fox Business reports Price of eggs, chocolate remain higher than usual amid Easter festivities. Don't you mean 'Trans Day of Visibility' festivities? Naomi Lim at WaEx reports Harris tries to chip away at her disapproval rating in preparation for November. Yeah, good luck with that. 

Dan Chaitin at WaEx, House Republican Says Committee Lawyers Don’t See ‘Specific’ Crime In Biden Impeachment Inquiry. I do. 

April Fool at the Free Bacon, Biden Says His Next SCOTUS Nominee 'Will Be An Illegal Immigrant, I Mean Undocumented'. Show me the law that says Supreme Court Justice needs to be a citizen! The El Paso Times reports El Paso judge orders release of migrants accused of 'border riot' ""It is the ruling of the court that all the rioting participation cases will be released on their own recognizance," Acosta ordered."

At Da Wire, Ex-CENTCOM Commander: ISIS Threat To U.S. Becoming Serious Because Of Biden’s Foreign Policy. The Free Bacon reports Biden Admin Coordinates With UNRWA After Congress Banned Taxpayer Dollars, State Department Says. "Cotton: 'Biden administration is trying to flout Congress’s ban on UNRWA funding'" Hat Hair's KT reminds us Thanks, Joe: Afghan Women are Not Okay, never mind the Aghan gays and trans. 

Stacy McCain has Notes on Partisanship: ‘At Some Point You Have to Join the Team That You’re On’ "Professor Reynolds quotes me as having once said the above quote, and I’m sure I did, but I couldn’t find it via Google search, and that’s OK. As I recall, it was during Barack Obama’s first term in the White House, when some Republicans were reluctant to embrace the Tea Party movement while, at the same time, some members of the Tea Party movement were reluctant to embrace the GOP. Or, to speak more broadly, there was then (as now) an apparent divide between the Establishment and the grassroots of the opposition to the Democrat-controlled regime." From Da Mail, Donald Trump beats Michelle Obama in a hypothetical 2024 election matchup by 47 points to 44, according to Daily Mail poll, but did they count the mail-in ballots yet? At Da Fed, MD Kittle is concerned that ‘Bidenbucks’ Tentacles Expand As Judge Shuts Down Lawsuit. "Critical swing state Michigan announces a ‘first-of-its-kind collaboration’ with the Small Business Administration to help drive Biden’s GOTV campaign."

Brittany Sheehan at Red State reports the Judge's Daughter Linked to Democrats Raising $93 Million Amid Trump Trial, Recusal Calls Intensify, but there's no conflict because they judge will happily rule against his darling daughters wishes, am I right? At WaEx, Judge’s rare media appearance on Trump gag order sparks controversy. "Judge Reggie Walton, an appointee of former President George W. Bush, spoke on CNN about comments Trump has made in recent days on the daughter of a judge who is overseeing Trump’s hush money case in New York." At Althouse, "Contemning and obstinately resisting authority; stubbornly perverse, insubordinate, rebellious.... Wilfully disobedient to the summons or order of a court." "The article is "Trump Launches Another Attack on Judge’s Daughter, This Time with Photos/The former president accused Judge Juan Merchan's daughter of presenting a conflict of interest, possibly violating a gag order": . . . From the NY Post article: The judge’s daughter, Loren Merchan, is president of Authentic Campaigns, a Chicago-based progressive political consulting firm whose top clients include California Rep. Adam Schiff, who was the lead prosecutor in Trump’s first impeachment trial, and the Senate Majority PAC, a major party fundraiser. Why shouldn't Trump talk about that?"

Ben Whedon at JTN reports Trump appeals decision to keep Fani Willis on 2020 election case. At ET, Fani Willis Met With Kamala Harris Before Trump Indictment. 

Chuck Callesto@ChuckCallesto "SHOCK REPORT:  Jack Smith attempting to HIDE EVIDENCE of Potential Witnesses in Trump Case." ET, Jack Smith Seeks to Shield Names of Potential Witnesses in Trump Case, because nothing screams fair trial as loud as secret witnesses. 

Althouse, "But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your Father in heaven." "Recalled on reading Trump's Truth Social Easter message." Bob Spencer at Front Page says Destroyers of Democracy Continue to Insist Trump Will Destroy Democracy. "A blatant case of projection." Ace, Banana Republic Status? It's Worse! More Like Stasi-On-The-Potomac "The process is the punishment, and the Biden/Obama junta, ably abetted by the Deep StateTM is conspiring to destroy the career and livelihood of an attorney whose only "crime" was representing his client . . . The heroic sacrifice of John Eastman." At TownHall, Kurt Schlichter has Some Basic Law Stuff for Conservatives Watching This Legal Chaos. "There is almost no resemblance between what is happening with Trump and the law as normally practiced among normal people in normal times. Remember, there’s a Trump Exception to all the rules and all the norms that rejects any kind of precedent and procedure, as well as simple fairness, in its pursuit of the Bad Orange Man and his allies. When you understand that, you will understand why I shake my head when people ask me my legal opinion about what’s going on. My legal opinion about what’s going on is it has nothing to do with the law at all."

Breitbart, wants you to WATCH: FBI Agent Confronting Oklahoman Says Agency Questions People ‘Every Day, All Day’ over Facebook Posts. At Reason, FBI Agent Says He Hassles People 'Every Day, All Day Long' Over Facebook Posts ""It's just an effort to keep everybody safe and make sure nobody has any ill will," he claimed." There's a law against ill will? TNP, In Biden’s America, FBI Agents Are Visiting Homes to Police Thoughtcrimes. The NYPo Ed Board says the FBI pulls a ‘Hunter Biden’ to shield ex-informant Whitey Bulger. Hiding evidence of their own complicity.

April Harding @april_harding "Matt Taibbi was asked "why doesn't he pay much attention to the sins (or threats) from "the right"?" He gave a great answer: Why I don’t spend a lot of time on the Republicans: 1) There is a enormous army of MSM reporters already going after them from every angle, with most major news organizations little more than proxies for the DNC, to the point where stations hire Biden spokespeople as anchors . . . " Herr Professor Jacobson at LI, Matt Taibbi was asked “why doesn’t he pay much attention to the sins (or threats) from “the right”?” “The Democrats’ ambitions are significantly more dangerous than those of the Republicans. From digital surveillance to censorship to making Intel and enforcement agencies central players in domestic governance … they are thinking on a much bigger and more dangerous scale than Republicans.”

At HE, Did critics read the TikTok bill? Dan Greenfield at Front Page Could China Use TikTok to Elect Biden? "85 million Americans get their news from a Chinese Communist controlled platform." Well, at least it's not MSNBC. Paul Bradford at Am Great notes Big Tech Wants To Sneak Its AI Agenda Through State Legislatures "Lawmakers should ignore the lobbying of the tech industry and approach AI regulations without any outside interference." To be fair, pretty much everybody tries to get the legislature to secretly enact their wishes. 

The NYPo decries The New York Times’ disgraceful, deceitful ‘report’ on Detective Diller’s funeral "Republicans pounce!"

At TNP a report, Journalists Keep Stealing from Air Force One. "A White House staffer and a reporter recently rendezvoused to address a recurring issue of items being taken from Air Force One – the presidential plane, according to a report from POLITICO. . .  To discourage theft, the president of the White House Correspondents’ Association, Kelly O’Donnell, reminded reporters not to take items from the aircraft, adding that items with Air Force One logos could be purchased outside the plane. However, sources indicate that collectible items available for purchase are not comparable in quality to onboard counterparts." So basically, White House reporters are scum.

Phil Holloway@PhilHollowayEsq "Quite literally, nothing is sacred and longer When St. Patrick’s Cathedral can’t celebrate Easter in peace, you know we are a nation in decline It was a mistake to let the anarchy of 2020 happen with impunity." At Breitbart, WATCH: ‘Free Palestine’, Climate Protesters Interrupt Easter Vigil at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, NYC  and WATCH: Met Police Officer Tells Jewish Woman Swastikas Should Be ‘Taken in Context’ at Anti-Israel Rally. From Campus Reform, Columbia University groups host event with Israeli-designated terror org: 'There is nothing wrong with being a member of Hamas'. "​​Groups at Columbia University in New York City hosted an event with an Israeli-designated terrorist organization, which Germany has also banned." At Da Wire, Harvard Law Students Resign From Student Govt Over Secret Ballot Anti-Israel Vote. "Harvard Jewish Law Students Association slammed the divestment resolution as antisemitic."

BIC, ‘Dilbert’ Creator Scott Adams Dismantles DEI Ideology, Slams Democrats For Using Victimization As A “Tool For Success.”   He went on, “A lack of Republicans on staff caused Twitter, Facebook, and Google to censor free speech for years before getting caught. A lack of Republican voices in the corporate news business — excluding the FoxNews bubble — allowed over 20 major political hoaxes to flourish in the past 5-7 years,” further pointing out, “The Right had a few too.” “A lack of Republicans destroyed the reputation of Harvard. Republicans would have added balance to leadership. Google’s Gemini AI — literally the future of their business — died in the crib because of a lack of Republicans on staff.” Victory Girls, FDNY: Firefighters Forced To Remove Thin Red Line Flag. Nick Arama at RedState says NY Firefighters Forced to Remove Flag for 9/11 Heroes After Leftwing Questioning, Backlash Saves Day. At Da Fed, Elaine Donnelly wonders If ‘Diversity Is Our Strength,’ Why Is Our Military So Weak? I don't think they're weak, but the leadership clearly has problems. 

At Da Caller, ‘This Is My Vulva’: Kindergarten Curriculum Teaches 4-Year-Olds About HIV/AIDS, Gender Identity. 

The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: Adrift Somewhere In The Anacostia River up and garnering clicks at The Other McCain.