Tuesday, July 16, 2024

Flotsam and Jetsam - It's Vance

I ALREADY SUPPORT HIM,
YOU DON’T HAVE TO SELL ME
Yesterday was the first day of the Republican convention in Milwaukee,  two days after the assassination attempt on Donald Trump, and it was eventful. At Hat Hair, Trump: I'll Choose My Running Mate Today and  It's Not Rubio; UPDATE: Not Burgum Either. Matt Margolis at PJM, Here We Go: Trump Announces Vice Presidential Pick, JD Vance. Insty, SO, J.D. VANCE. "I had told Helen that I thought the assassination attempt would boost his chances. With Trump feeling — literally — the wind of mortality on his neck, he’s going to want a backup who’ll carry the MAGA flame, not some milquetoast who might “balance the ticket” but who wouldn’t be worth it if he/she stepped into Trump’s shoes. Plus at best Trump can only serve one term; he wants someone who might follow him in office and carry the MAGA vision forward." Ace, in red italics, Trump Announces Pick on Truth Social: JD Vance. Spencer Brown at TownHall, Trump Announces VP Pick. Cam Edwards at Bearing Arms, Trump Names J.D. Vance as Running Mate. Where Does He Stand on the Second Amendment? Pretty pro. Althouse, "...I have decided that the person best suited to assume the position of Vice President of the United States is Senator J.D. Vance of the Great State of Ohio." "I'm happy with this choice. Aren't you?" Well, I was hoping for Youngkin, to get Virginia, but I think Vance can do that nearly as well, essentially representing Appalachia. At Twitchy, NO ONE CARES: Tea Pain Crying Over Vance VP Pick Shows How DEI Has Completely Captured Democrats. From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 07.15.24, Twitchy: Democrats Wishcasting Hard Over Harris/Vance VP Debate, BattleSwarm, J. D. Vance Is Trump’s Veep Pick, Volokh Conspiracy GOP VP Nominee J. D. Vance is an Enemy of Free Markets.

From NYPo, RNC 2024: Live updates from Milwaukee following Trump shooting. Salena Zito, Trump rewrites Republican convention speech to focus on unity not Biden. Capt. Ed at Hat Hair, Meeting the Moment: Trump's New Convention Strategy. Ace, After Assassination Attempt, Trump Rewrites Convention Speech from Hot Denunciation of Biden and Democrats to a Kinder, Gentler Call for Unity. "My first thought when I read this was "Oh no, here it comes." But I can see a big upside, too." Capt. Ed, Day 1: Trump's Triumphal Entry; UPDATE: 'One Tough SOB'. "Teamsters president Sean O'Brien offered a stemwinder in favor of pro-union policies, an unusual pitch for a GOP convention in recent years. O'Brien may have made a few people squirm in the delegate ranks, but he made his agenda clear, and he did get some applause. But O'Brien endeared himself to the crowd when he declared that the assassination attempt on Saturday vindicated his outreach to the GOP, and then paid homage to Trump as "one tough SOB." There's no disputing that any longer." Althouse, Trump walks out into the GOP convention: What was your reaction? Stainless steel balls. Mary Chastain at LI notes RNC Audience Boos Mitch McConnell When Announcing Kentucky’s Votes for Trump, "LOL!." Lincoln Brown at PJM, MSNBC Wonk Tries to Ambush Don Jr. Hilarity Ensues.

'Bonchie' at RedState says Latest Election Numbers for Joe Biden Are Absolutely Brutal. GayPatriot
@GayPatriot "Whoa." And that's before Saturday. PJM's VodkaPundit is astonished, WHOA: Young Voters Abandoning the Dems in Droves. As Dave Harsanyi at Da Fed notes, Democrats Have Become A Party Of Paranoia And Conspiracy Theories.

Mia Cathell at TownHall has Everything We've Discovered About the Would-Be Trump Assassin. Darn little. My question is was he social media-phobic, or did the FBI scrub everything from the internet before they released his name? WSJ, Mystery Around Trump Shooter Deepens. WXPI TV, Alleged Trump shooter spotted by law enforcement nearly 30 minutes before shots fired. At Twitchy, A Counter-Sniper Saw Crooks on the Roof Nearly HALF AN HOUR Before He Tried to Assassinate Trump. "Even if the Secret Service were not sure if he was armed, how were they not able to confront the killer on the roof for twenty-six minutes? Do they not have ladders?" Althouse, "Folks, if they had this subject on their radar that you had a potential threat... Why was President Trump even on stage at that point?"  Matt Margolis at PJM, Secret Service KNEW About Rooftop Vulnerability Days BEFORE Trump Shooting: Report. At Da Mail, Sniper team was inside building where Trump shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks opened fire from the roof... and cops spotted him 26 minutes before the assassination attempt. At PJM, Ashley McCully says This Is Why We Drill: Embarrassing Secret Service Response to Attempted Trump Assassination, but Jack Dunphy adds There Will Always Be Vulnerabilities. I don't disagree, but this mission was clearly botched, and the question is by whom? Nick Ballasy at JTN, Former NYPD Chief Kerik calls for independent commission to probe assassination attempt on Trump. "This Justice Department, [Attorney General] Merrick Garland and the director of the FBI [Christopher Wray] are extremely biased against President Trump. That's pretty obvious."  Capt. Ed responds, "Maybe Congress should just do its job. I'm getting very tired of "independent" investigators and prosecutors." At the Capts. Journal, a review of the Attempted Trump Assassination. From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 07.15.24, BattleSwarm, Your Obligatory Trump Attempted Assassination Post,  Da Tech Guy Trump Survives Assassination Attempt Quick Thoughts, June 27th and July 13th Be Careful what you wish for MSM or The Same Old Leftist Media Song and Dance and Song: You Don’t Kill Trump So Easy, Dana Loesch Trump Shooter Identified, All The Updates From The Trump Assassination Attempt, First Street Journal: Greatest campaign photograph ever!, Gates Of Vienna: First Blood, Eyewitness to the Assassination Attempt, The Hinge of History, The Man on the Roof,

From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 07.15.24, EBL , Why did the Secret Service fail so badly? From NYPo, Secret Service Director Kim Cheatle landed job after push by Jill Biden’s office, sources say. 'Bonchie' at RedState, Jill Biden Orchestrated Kimberly Cheatle Heading the Secret Service, Now Everyone Is Doubling Down, won't consider resigning.  Jim Treacher, Maybe the Secret Service Isn't a Vehicle for Female Empowerment. Ace, Jim Treacher: Maybe the Secret Service Should Be Focused on Hiring Large Strong Men Who Can Protect Their Clients, and Not So Much on Providing Wannabe Girlbosses with Bodyguard Fantasy Camp Opportunities. "It was a sight to behold -- three small women attempting to shield Trump from bullets."  Chris Rufo at CJ, A Compromised Secret Service "The agency has sacrificed its basic mission on the altar of DEI." Jazz Shaw hears from the Secret Service: No, We're Not Increasing Trump's Security. Hey, he was only wounded a little, right? 0.63 MOA Away - That's it. NewsMax, Shellenberger: Secret Service Lied, Trump Was Denied Protection. Hat Hair cites Truth Social, Trump: Get RFK Secret Service Protection ASAP, and low and behold: NEW: Mayorkas Announces Secret Service Detail for RFK Jr. Mary Chastain at LI, Biden Admin Finally Giving RFK Jr. Secret Service Protection. "It took an attempt on former President Donald Trump’s life to do this even though assassins murdered RFK Jr.’s uncle and father." It's a pretty bad look. Insty calls it COMMON SENSE. Hat Hair cites NBC, Bolstered Security at Vance Residence NOT Secret Service. It will be soon, though. 

Insty, CLASS ACT: ‘I’m not supposed to be here.’ "It was obvious that Trump was still processing what had happened. Who wouldn’t be? It is something that will stay with him for the rest of his life. At the moment, he is grappling with the feeling that something very big has changed in his life and in the presidential race. When I asked him, “Does this change your campaign?” he immediately answered, “Yes.”" From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 07.15.24, Dan McCarthy from Am Con, Trump’s Courage Rises Above the Fray "The media’s rhetoric and the administration’s security negligence may have caused the moment, but Trump carried it." Earick Ward at Am Think thinks, Martyr, no. Claire Lehman at Quillette pens Courage and Cowardice in Pennsylvania, "In trying to assassinate Donald Trump, Thomas Matthew Crooks inadvertently provided Trump with an opportunity to display the very qualities that have made him a cult icon."  A triplet from Althouse, How quickly Trump "pivoted to a complete understanding of what the image was, what the moment meant..." "I'm listening to the NYT reporter Glenn Thrush on the new episode of "The Daily" podcast, "The Attempted Assassination of Donald Trump," "That chart that I was going over saved my life.... The border patrol saved my life... I was going over that border patrol chart... If I hadn’t pointed at that chart and turned my head to look at it, that bullet would have hit me right in the head,'" "Said Donald Trump, quoted by his doctor Ronny Jackson, quoted in "Trump Credits Chart for Saving His Life, His Former White House Doctor Says/The former president said he would have been struck 'right in the head' if he hadn’t turned and pointed at an immigration chart, Dr. Ronny Jackson said in an interview", and Nothing is inconceivable after it happens. What is the thought you don't want to think that would make it conceivable? "Let me quote one more thing from the new episode of "The Daily" podcast, "The Attempted Assassination of Donald Trump." John Lucas at Bravo Blue sees Leadership Under Fire. "Who else would do this? Tommy Tuberville to Newsmax: Trump Attack 'Also a Shot at Millions'. Eli Lake at the Freep, It’s 1968 All Over Again. Roger Kimball at Spec. World, Who’s the real threat to democracy? "I can help those claiming to be in the dark about the shooter’s motive. His motive was to kill Donald Trump." The Babylon Bee@TheBabylonBee, "Trump Indicted For Inciting Assassination Attempt.

From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 07.15.24, Twitchy  Joe Biden Tries To Defend His “Bullseye” Comment To Lester Holt, bullseye, not crosshairs. Matt Taibbi at Racket on The Slow-Motion Assassination. "Self-described guardians of democracy spent years creating a lethal atmosphere around Donald Trump". Frank Sempa at Am Spec, ‘Existential Threat to Democracy’. "Given the flood of dangerous rhetoric, the shooter could have easily thought he was protecting our democracy from a Hitler-like dictator." Mark Judge at Hat Hair VIP, Once Again: We are Dealing with an American Stasi that will Stop at Nothing. Down the Pipeline, Trump, Biden, and the Shame of the Corporate Media. Jim Geraghty at NRO identifies What Joe Biden Didn’t Say Last Night “Violence has never been the answer, and some deranged people on my side of the aisle, who think they speak for my party and my values, need to heed that message too.” Richard Pollack, Can the Hard Left Abandon Its Extreme Rhetoric and Violence? "AOC still calls Trump a fascist - will harsh rhetoric continue?" No, they can't.  At Semafor, Top Democratic strategist pushed reporters to consider ‘staged’ shooting. Will he stand by while I shoot at his ear? From NYPo, Forbes removes column that asks if Trump surviving shooting will appeal to black voters. Tristan Justice at Da Fed astonished when  Axios Founders Demand Trump Apologize For Being Shot During Assassination Attempt. VodkaPundit, MSNBC Pulled 'Morning Joe' Today for One Very Smart Reason.  Ace, MSNBC Yanks "Morning Joe" Off the Air, Out of Fear He'll Say Something That Could Discredit the Already-Disgusting Propaganda/Assassination Porn Channel. Spiked looks at The woke media’s grotesque gloating over the shooting of Trump. "The media elites’ Trump Derangement Syndrome has utterly shattered their morality." Spencer Brown at TownHall sees that the First Episode of 'The View' After Trump Assassination Attempt Was Something Else "The phony echoing of Biden's phony call for unity — which came from the Oval Office just days after the president said it was time to put Trump "in the bullseye" — is right on-brand for the ladies of "The View." They just can't help themselves." Paul Bedard at Wa Ex, Liberal Media Scream: Anger over blood-splattered ‘fight, fight, fight’. 




At RedState WATCH as Joe Biden Is Asked About His Inciteful 'Bullseye' Trump Comment, His Answer Just Doesn't Cut It. Ace cites Latrina John-Pissoir: We're Calling on Trump to "Lower the Temperature" on Inciting Rhetoric, But We're Going to Continue Calling Trump an Existential Threat to Our Democracy. Ryan Saavedra on X "Biden falsely claims he has never engaged in inflammatory rhetoric against Trump Here are some direct quotes from Biden attacking Trump: 3/22/18: ""If we were in high school, I'd take him [Trump] behind the gym and beat the hell out of him.'" 9/1/22: "Donald Trump and the MAGA https://t.co/FFJdFwGTZE." Batya Ungar-Sargon on X: "So much for lowering the temperature."  Nick Arama at RedState, notes Biden Tells Boatload of Lies in New Interview, Insults Voters, Makes Whopper of a Mistake.  Bobby LaValley on X: ""Is it acceptable that you have still not heard, at least publicly, from the Secret Service Director?" BIDEN: "Oh, I've heard from him." The Director of Secret Service is a woman." Althouse, When you find yourself on the precipice of the other guy's slogan... Matt Vespa, That's Not What He Said: NBC News Appears to Clean Up Biden's Address and One Line Demolished Biden's Defense of His Mental Health During Sloppy NBC News Interview. “My mental acuity’s been pretty damn good,” says the man who referred to Secret Service Director Kimberley Cheatle as a man." From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 07.15.24, BattleSwarm: The Joe Biden Experience,


The Great Victor Davis Hanson calls it the  The Biden Titanic. "Removing Biden is wise and needed for the country’s sake, but it will not solve the growing public anger at the left." Ace, Democrats End Their Campaign to Boot Biden From the Ticket -- and Admit They're Now "Resigned" to the Inevitability of a Trump Restoration, "Biden Doubles Down on "Threat to Our Democracy" Rhetoric." Rueters, Democrats to nominate Joe Biden in virtual vote before convention, despite turmoil. Capt. Ed, "Before Saturday, I'd have guessed that Democrats would have canceled this to keep pressure on Biden to withdraw. Now they clearly don't see any reason to pretend they can win in November, and at least Biden keeps a lid on the internecine warfare that would erupt in an open convention." 

Stacy McCain sees Trump #Winning Again. Never-Trumpers at NRO whine as Trump Dodges Another Bullet: Jack Smith. Matt Margolis at PJM, Trump Scores Major Legal Victory!. Althouse, "Judge Aileen Cannon ruled that the entire case should be thrown out because the appointment of the special counsel who brought the case, Jack Smith, had violated the Constitution." "The NYT reports. . . .ADDED: Here's the opinion. Excerpt:"
The bottom line is this : The Appointments Clause is a critical constitutional restriction stemming from the separation of powers, and it gives to Congress a considered role in determining the propriety of vesting appointment power for inferior officers. The Special Counsel's position effectively usurps that important legislative authority, transferring it to a Head of Department, and in the process threatening the structural liberty inherent in the separation of powers. If the political branches wish to grant the Attorney General power to appoint Special Counsel Smith to investigate and prosecute this action with the full powers of a United States Attorney, there is a valid means by which to do so. He can be appointed and confirmed through the default method prescribed in the Appointments Clause, as Congress has directed for United States Attorneys throughout American history, see 28 U.S.C. § 541, or Congress can authorize his appointment through enactment of positive statutory law consistent with the Appointments Clause.

Ace, Heroic Judge Aileen Cannon Dismisses Florida Documents Case Against Trump, Citing the Illegal Appointment of Jack Smith "In a 93 page opinion, she lays out her reasoning: Jack Smith was illegally appointed by Merrick Garland. Garland failed to follow the legal course for a special prosecutor appointment." Jonathan Turley@JonathanTurley "The dismissal of the classified documents case is a seismic development. From the beginning of all of these cases, I have said that the Mar-a-Lago case was the greatest threat to the former president. It is now dismissed." Check out the rest of the thread, too. Cathy Salgado at PJM, Former Target of Jack Smith Praises Trump Docs Ruling. From NewsMax, Trump: DOJ Should Dismiss 'All Witch Hunts'. But it won't. Too many witches! At Da Caller, Jack Smith’s Other Big Trump Case Could Go Down In Flames After Judge Finds His Appointment ‘Unconstitutional’ Judge Shitcan wont play along. She'll have to be dragged. “Technically [District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan] is not bound by Cannon’s decision, and based on her hostility to Trump in the past she likely will not follow it,” Moreno told the DCNF. “But this allows Trump to raise the same issue and, again, knowing that the Supreme Court will ultimately back him.” A random example of the liberal response at Da Caller, Schumer: Dismissal of Trump Docs Case 'Misguided'.

Kurt Schlichter at TownHall, Fixing the Military Requires a Dying Art Called 'Leadership'. Buck Throckmorton at Ace's, THE MORNING RANT – Could Secretary of Defense Kurt Schlichter Rid the Military of DEI?

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