Flotsam and Jetsam - Biden - Guilty, Guilty, Guilty!

And six more times. Apparently catching both prosecutors and the judge off guard, in the process of selecting a jury, Hunter Biden suddenly changed his tune from innocent to guilty, trying, but maybe not succeeding in constructing Alford pleas, basically stipulating the prosecution has overwhelming evidence, but not admitting guilt. Fox, Hunter Biden pleads guilty to all nine federal tax charges brought by special counsel David Weiss, three felonies and six misdemeanors. Kevin Downey at PJM, Hunter Biden Cops a Plea Deal in Federal Tax Evasion Case. "Joe Biden publicly stated he would not pardon Hunter, but if you believe that, I'd like to sell you Dottoe, my invisible unicorn." OTP, Hunter Biden Guilty On 9 Counts, Sentencing Right Before Christmas, "Hunter's Sentencing Dec. 16; Pardon TBD." Andy McCarthy at NRO, Hunter’s Inevitable Guilty Plea Spares His Father and the Harris Campaign. "“Hunter’s” business was the Biden family business in which Joe was a willing participant — the one person who was in a position to stop it instantly if he opposed it." Hat Hair's Capt. Ed comments "Yes, this definitely makes things less messy for Joe, but that's not even much of an issue any longer. Joe's pretty much retired already, and the family business will collapse because of that more than the prosecution of Hunter. Still, this allows Joe to issue a pardon before he leaves office, and maybe even before the election if Harris decides to start throwing him under the bus." At Da Caller, Jonathan Turley Says He Thinks Hunter Biden’s Lawyers Put Him In ‘Worst Possible Position’ With Plea Switch "Turley, on “The Story with Martha MacCallum,” said delaying this pivot until just before jury selection ensures he will receive minimal advantages from the plea proposal." Capt. Ed, "It's insane ... and pretty emblematic of the Biden allergy to strategic thinking. Martha MacCallum also points out that Hunter is an attorney himself, and Turley amusingly calls this a "collapsing bridge" approach. Watch the whole thing. And his final point about the pending sentencing hearing for the gun conviction is worth remembering." Ace, Hunter Biden Offers to Plead Guilty In His Tax Fraud Case -- But Only If He's Permitted to DENY All Wrongdoing, "So he'll plead guilty while simultaneously maintaining his innocence? I betcha he'll get his way."

Ace, Listen Up, Bigots: Another NeverTrumper Has Yet Another Important "Announcement" For Your Racist Ears "Hey guys -- another NeverTrumper has made yet another Huge Surprise Announcement. "Want to guess which NeverTrumper has made another repetitive announcement? I'll give you a second. Did you guess that Liz Cheney has made the stunning announcement that she's voting for Kamala Harris? If so, well-done, but also, Suck It, Deplorables!"   From OTP, Full Traitor: Liz Cheney Dumps Her Values, Vows To Vote For Kamala Harris. "Cheney Dumps Her Values, Backs Harris", Cheney Had Warned That Cities Would Burn If Kamala Harris Became President and Putin For Harris, Says Kamala’s Laughs Show She’s Soft. Matt Palumbo at Bongino,  Vladimir Putin Endorses Harris 2024. Matt Vespa at TownHall explains Why John McCain's Son Should've Kept His Mouth Shut About Trump's Arlington Visit "since his late father shot a political ad from the 2000 presidential campaign that featured him walking through the cemetery." WokeSpy, McCain Family With Egg on Face After Arlington Revelation. The Populist Times notes Vance Hits Back After Cheney Endorses Democrat Harris "“A very good thing that I could say about the next presidency of Donald J. Trump is that he’s going to make sure people like Liz Cheney are laughed out of the Oval Office instead of rewarded,” Vance told moderator Charlie Kirk." 'Bonchie' at RedState, JD Vance Stirs Controversy With Blistering Critique of Liz Cheney, but Hits on a Very Important Issue, "Kamala Harris and Liz Cheney make very, very interesting partners. They get rich when America's sons and daughters go off to die. They get rich when America loses wars instead of winning wars, and they get rich when America gets weaker in the world. We want American strength, American security, and most importantly, peace."

From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 09.06.24 (Morning Edition), Twitchy: Putin Just Threw A Big Ol’ Wrench In The Democrat Plan To Resurrect The Russia Hoax. Stephen Kruiser at PJM thinks The World's Bad Actors Do Not Want Trump to Win in November.

At Twitchy, Kamala Harris Campaign Doesn't Have Time to Think About Why Certain Things May Have Happened, like inflation, border mess etc. NewsMax wonders How Long Can Left Cover For Harris' Mangled Messaging? They can try, but it's pretty much out in the open. PJM's VodkaPundit says Click Here to Read Kamala Harris's Next Flip-Flop Before It Even Happens! "One person she spoke with wanted to go beyond simple reparations. "You should write laws for black people. Don't group us in with everybody else." 2019 Harris nodded and said, "That's right." Here's the clip:" Ace, Kamala Harris in 2019: Why Yes, I Believe There Should Be a Separate Legal Code for Black People Only. "Kamala Harris race-pandered in her usual clumsy, grasping, extremist way by agreeing with a black voter that yes, Black People Need Their Own Separate-But-Unequal Legal System." End Wokeness @EndWokeness, "You should write laws for black people. Don't group us in with everybody else." Kamala Harris, nodding: "That's right"   Ashe Schow at DaWire notes Kamala’s Tough Talk On Immigration At Odds With Previous Statements: ‘Detainers Are Not Mandatory’. TP Jeffery, Would Harris Secure the Border That Biden Did Not? Hat Hair's John Sexton reads WaPoo's Chris Cillizza so you don't have to; Does Kamala Harris Have Any Actual Beliefs? Other than endorsing whatever is current leftist orthodoxy? No. Steven Cheung@TheStevenCheung, "SCOOP: the @KamalaHarris campaign has told people at the rally they can’t leave because the busses they used to bus people in from out of state are not operational for another 30 minutes. The announcement just came over the speakers at the rally and the crowd, already waiting in line, cried, “NOOOOO!”" Bwaahaha!  NYPo's Michael Goodwin fears Feckless Biden and Kamala have thrown Israel to the wolves with their ignorance and betrayal

Nick Arama at RedState, Whoops: Report That Harris Team Regrets Not Picking Shapiro, As Nate Silver Has More Bad News for Them. Meanwhile, Tim Walz was caught in another fib, from the Free Bacon, ‘He Did Not Complete the Degree Program’: Tim Walz Repeatedly Claimed He Was ‘Nearly Finished’ With Doctorate Years After He Disappeared from University. "Walz was only enrolled at Saint Mary's University of Minnesota until 2004 but said until 2011 that he was close to getting his doctorate." If he becomes Veep, I'm sure they'll give him an honorary. Mary Chastain at LI, Walz, Sen. Tina Smith Use Bakery That Closed During His COVID Crackdown to ‘Own’ Vance. "Maybe don’t use a business that closed its storefront shop during COVID." Capt. Ed comments "There's some debate whether Daube's storefront closed (their bakery remains in operation) because of Walz' lockdown policies or whether it was just a coincidence. But this is beyond stupid, especially since there are other donut shops in the Twin Cities." Mmmm, donuts! Also at the Free Bacon, House Panel Subpoenas Gov. Walz in Investigation of 'Massive' Pandemic Fraud Scheme in Minnesota. Nick Arama, YIKES: Tim Walz's Remarks About Gaza Just Revealed Why They Don't Want Him Answering Questions. 

OTP, Jobs Killer Kamala: Lowest Jobs Creation Since Trump Left. Collin Rugg@CollinRugg, "JUST IN: President Biden admits that the 'Inflation Reduction Act' was not actually about inflation after he started ranting without the teleprompter. Holy sh*t. . . ."  Mary Chastain, Biden Admits Inflation Reduction Act was a Climate Change Law. "Thanks for admitting something we all knew!" From the Western Journal, Watch: Smirking Biden Ignores Reporters Until Handler Escorts Him from Room. "Without a script, Biden is rudderless."

Libs of TikTok@libsoftiktok "BREAKING: Newly obtained documents reveal city officials, the CO AG, FBI, and DHS, knew of the Venzualan gang takeover of apartment buildings in Aurora for WEEKS and did nothing. Not only did they do nothing but they actively gaslit the public that it wasn't true and there was no safety risk. The property manager himself was told not show up at the properties because it was too dangerous." Althouse finds "For some of the schools, the migrants coming here has been a godsend because we’ve lost so many other kids." ""Some schools were being threatened with whether we’re going to be able to keep the doors open. I push back on a lot of the kind of negative politics that people talk about with migrants. This is a city of immigrants. I mean, that’s the uniqueness of New York. We never make it easy for immigrants who are coming. But they find their way. And the same thing is going to happen here." Said David C. Banks, quoted in "Migrants Have Been a ‘Godsend,’ New York Schools Chief Says/In an interview, Chancellor David C. Banks said migrants had helped schools that were bleeding students. He also promised a big new role for artificial intelligence" (NYT)."

 Capt. Ed, Kamala Caves ... And Plays 'Let Me Speak' Card Anyway. Matt Margolis, Excuse Me? ABC News May Change Rules of Debate to Help Kamala Harris. "The network, according to the source familiar, has offered assurances to the Harris campaign that if there is significant cross talk between Harris and Trump, it may choose to turn on the mics so that the public can understand what is happening, the moderator would discourage either candidate from interrupting constantly and the moderator would also work to explain to viewers what is being said. Pool reporters, who can report on what they hear both sides saying, will also be in the room, the source added." Nick Arama, Hold on - Is Kamala Trying to Change Debate Rules AGAIN, Even As She's Struggling in Debate Prep. Ace, Kamala Harris Demands That ABC Un-Mute the Mics In Debate With Trump, and Gets "Assurances" from the Leftwing Propaganda Network Led by Bill Clinton's Chief Media Spinner. ""Assurances." I think this is sinister, and will tell you why in a bit." Althouse, A NYT article I'd be more interested in reading if my search of the page had turned up one name — Donna Brazile. "The article: "Trump Questions Fairness of Next Week’s Debate at a Town Hall/Former President Donald J. Trump, at a Fox News event, insisted without evidence that Vice President Kamala Harris was 'going to get the questions in advance.'"" "Of course, we all expect ABC to frame questions that will not trap or unduly challenge Kamala Harris. The only check on that behavior is that at some point, the coddling is obvious and invites mockery." Newt Gingrich writes of Tailwinds, Headwinds, and the 2024 Presidential Debate. From Da Caller, Millions Could Miss Trump, Harris Debate As ABC Feuds With Major TV Provider. DirecTV. Matt Vespa thinks There Was One Slight Problem With Fox News' Town Hall Event With Trump. Crowd was too rowdy!

At OTP, Polling Guru Nate Silver Says Trump Has 58.2% Chance Of Winning. Slightly better than a coin toss. Capt. Ed cites Emerson, National Poll Tightens After Conventions to Virtual Tie, "This is a small amount of movement in one poll, but it's still in the wrong direction for Harris. The RCP aggregate still has her up 1.8 points with the Emerson data included, but the upward momentum has halted." Matt Margolis finds  Election ‘Nostradamus’ Predicts Kamala Victory, but There’s a HUGE Problem. Prediction systems work until they don't. The Populist Times claims Donald Trump Narrowly Leads Harris in Michigan. Breitbart cites a WSJ Analysis: Kamala Harris Fails to Erase Donald Trump’s Gains Among Black, Latino, Young Voters. NewsMax, Fmr California Dem Senator Flips to Republican, Endorses Trump, Gloria Romero. Capt, Ed adds "Romero apparently came to Trump through RFK, whom Romero called her 'personal hero.' Her main issues are education and school choice, a topic that has not gotten enough attention yet from Team Trump. With Walz on the ticket, though, education reform should be a significant issue, especially in trying to woo urban voters." WpkeSpy, Barack Obama’s Brother Malik Endorses Trump 2024. Mark Lewis at TownHall says 2024 Is Beginning to Smell Like 1980. Ben Domenech, No, Republicans don’t win by losing "Without fail, in every cycle, some media commentator will pen a ludicrous piece about why Republicans should want to lose. They follow a similar, all-too-familiar script: if the Democrat wins the presidency, they will be restrained by the power of the Congress and the Courts from advancing a truly radical agenda; historically, their victory will lead to a sizable midterm backlash setting up for a better election the next time around; and the sooner the GOP rids itself of the baggage at the top of the ticket, the sooner it can elevate younger rising stars who haven’t been thoroughly villainized yet by the national media. This argument is bunk — and the author is usually not stupid enough to actually believe it themselves."  WokeSpy, Donald Trump To Create Government Efficiency Commission With Elon Musk If Elected. At NYPo, Trump rips ‘deeply sick’ Dems for sympathizing with terrorists during virtual Republican Jewish Coalition appearance. 

Da Wire reports All 15 Arizona Counties Sued For Failing To Remove Illegal Aliens From Voter Rolls. Brianna Lyman at Da Fed, Biden Admin Dismisses Noncitizen Voting Because It’s ‘Already Illegal’ (Just Like Shoplifting And Drunk Driving).

Matt Margolis, We Have Explosive New Whistleblower Revelations About the Trump Assassination Attempt. 'Becca Downs at TownHall, We're Learning More About Trump's PA Rally Security...and the Revelations Are Damning. Cami Mondeaux at WaEx, House panel investigating Trump shooting presses local law enforcement for transcribed interviews. Twitchy, WHOA: Jesse Watters and Josh Hawley Reveal More SHOCKING Trump Shooting Facts From Whistleblowers. Sundance at CTH, Whistleblower Tells Senator Josh Hawley About Sketchy DHS Operations to Guard President Trump from Assassination in Butler, Pennsylvania. Ace puts it out there in the title, Josh Hawley: Most of Trump's "Secret Service Agents" Were Non-SS Homeland Security Employees Whose "Training" to Protect a President Was an Two-Hour-Long Webinar ""A two hour long Zoom "training." And get this -- the sound didn't even work for parts of this elite-level "training."" Althouse, "Former President Donald Trump’s youngest child, Barron Trump, was spotted arriving at New York University Wednesday to kick off his first day of college life." "The New York Post reports, ending the mystery of where Barron Trump would be going for college. "The towering 18-year-old was flanked by Secret Service agents as he stepped onto the downtown Manhattan campus with a black Swiss Gear backpack casually slung over his shoulder.""

Collin Rugg@CollinRugg, "BREAKING: Fani Willis shows up on the side of the road with her "ex" *Nathan Wade* after her daughter was arrested for a suspended license. You literally can't make this up. New bodycam footage shows Willis with Wade, a man who she claimed she was no longer in a relationship with, on police bodycam footage. Willis' pregnant daughter Kinaya Willis was arrested in Tyrone, Georgia for driving with a suspended license last week. Willis came under fire for her improper relationship with special prosecutor Nathan Wade. Willis claimed their relationship ended years ago." NYPo, Embattled Georgia DA Fani Willis showed up to site of daughter’s arrest with prosecutor lover long after pair claimed affair ended, bodycam footage shows. At Ace's Quick Hits "Fani Willis was caught on a cop's bodycam trying to argue her daughter out of a ticket, and surprise surprise! Who was with her? None but Darrius "Sweetdick" Honeycum, the guy she claimed totally wasn't banging her any more during the hearing to determine if she should be removed from the Trump case."

Da Caller, ‘We’re In Banana Republic Land’: Alan Dershowitz Says Judge Should Delay Trump Sentencing. Bob Spencer at PJM, Secret Video: Manhattan Attorney’s Office Spokesman Says Bragg’s Case Against Trump is ‘Nonsense’ "Nicholas Biase, the Manhattan U.S. Attorney’s Office’s chief spokesman, didn’t mean to out Bragg as a corrupt, politically motivated destroyer of our legal system. He did so in a private conversation with a woman who turned out to be an undercover operative for podcaster Steven Crowder. Instead of impressing his date, Biase ended up on Crowder’s “Mug Club,” ripping into his boss in front of the whole aghast world."

From WaEx, Trump enters not guilty plea in DC 2020 election superseding indictment. OTP, J6 Judge Wants To Jumpstart Case As Election Looms "Judge Tanya Chutkan imposed a string of court deadlines on Donald Trump that will occur throughout the next two months, putting a renewed focus on the former president’s election interference charges in the final weeks of his presidential campaign."Byron York@ByronYork "Thread. Lawfare goes on." Quote Zoe Tillman@ZoeTillman, "Hello on this stunning September morning from the DC federal courthouse, where Judge Tanya Chutkan is holding the first hearing in the Trump case since SCOTUS kicked it back to her. Trump won't be here. Waiting to see what kind of schedule Chutkan will set for the next round of fights over the future of the indictment https://bloomberg.com/news/articles/.

Ace, FBI Officials Questioned the Need for the Mar-a-Lago Raid, and the Political Biases of the DOJ Prosecutor So "Aggressively" Pursuing This Nothing of a "Case." "I thought maybe I could say this might be political tea leaves -- the Deep State is coming to grips with the possibility that it might not be able to rig this one, so people are starting to pipe up to say "I was against all this." Maybe they're starting to think about who will be in charge of the DOJ and FBI in January, and who won't be, and who will no longer have the power to protect them. But I think that might be a stretch. This is from NBC, so of course it's slanted to present the people questioning the Democrat Party donations of the DOJ lawyer pushing this as the unreasonable, politicized people. It's interesting, though."

Cutie Pavlich, DOJ Just Made an Announcement About Russia and the Election. Does Anyone Believe Them? Semafor, Blaze fires contributor linked to alleged Russian operation. Capt. Ed adds, "Neither of them were named in the indictment, but it did apparently reference Tenet Media's mission statement without explicitly identifying them. Tim Pool issued a statement late yesterday distancing himself from Tenet, and says that if the allegations are true, then he was victimized by the scheme." Sarah Hoyt, The Psyop Inside the Psyop.

Sundance, Known Wolf – FBI States They Were Aware of Threats from 14-Year-Old Georgia School Shooter, Colt Gray. The Babylon Bee@TheBabylonBee "FBI Assures Public The Next Ten Mass Shooters Are Also On Their Radar https://buff.ly/4cT1Mvk"

Misty Severt at JTN, January 6 defendant receives first reduced sentence after Supreme Court ruling, "U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper re-sentenced Thomas Robertson in his January 6 case to six years in prison, instead of just over seven years."

Althouse, I'm going to have to give my "things not believed" tag to this WaPo story about why Alexa said "I cannot provide content that promotes a specific political party or a specific candidate"... "... when it was asked "Why should I vote for Donald Trump," but, when asked "Why should I vote for Kamala Harris," said..." Ben Shapiro at Da Wire, Will Kamala Go After Elon With The Law? If she can. Stephen Miller at Spec World, Brazil is showing a Harris administration how to de-platform Twitter/X. "Harris and Walz have voiced support for such action many times." Mary Chastain at LI, 2019: Kamala Harris Promised to Weaponize DOJ Against Social Media to Fight Misinformation, “We will hold social media platforms accountable for the hate, infiltrating their platforms because they have a responsibility to help fight against this threat to our democracy.” PLM's Kevin Downey, Stand Up America! This Is What Will Happen if Kamala Harris Wins, Part 1: Free Speech Is Toast. At NewsMax, Betsey McCaughey opines Harris Wants to Take All Freedoms Away, except abortion. 

From Da Caller, old snakehead James Carville Suggests Fact-Checkers Abandon ‘Impartial’ Reporting ‘To Help Save Constitution’ From ‘Republicans’. Matt Vespa, No, Associated Press, JD Vance Didn't Say That About the Georgia School Shooting. The Great Victor Davis Hanson at Am Great, says The Media Lies Add Up. "For some nine years, the media and the left have successfully fed the country a succession of rank deceptions and conspiracies." Tim Graham, Media Bias Makes It Easier To Run a 'Flawless' Campaign, but only for Democrats. 

Hat Hair's Jazz Shaw is mortified that Zuck's Meta Decided 'From the River to the Sea' Wasn't Hate Speech. From Campus Reform, MIT anti-Israel activists spread map of Jewish orgs they want to ‘dismantle,’ provoking condemnation from MIT. From the Free Bacon, Chaos at Columbia: Pro-Hamas Students Block Entry To Campus, Vandalize Statue on First Day of Classes, "New ‘actionist’ group, Unity of Fields, vows to bring violence to America."

Robby Starbuck@robbystarbuck. "Big news: Last week I messaged executives from @CoorsLight @MolsonCoors to let them know that I planned to expose their woke policies. Today they’re preemptively making changes. Here are the changes: • Ending participation in the @HRC’s woke Corporate Equality Index social credit system.. . . " WokeSpy, Molson Coors Says “Woke No More” In DEI Policy Shift. 

From the College Fix, ‘Plagiarism is plagiarism’ says scholar whose work was lifted by critical race theorist Robin DiAngelo. Just think it as reparations. Hey, at least somebody is reading your shit. 

Tristan Justice at Da Fed warns California Law Mandating Indoctrination Of Students On Climate Change Goes Into Effect This Year. It's been unmandated for years. 

PJM's Chris Queen thinks United Methodist Church's New LGBTQ Heritage Center Reveals a Denomination That's Too Far Gone.

The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: Is It October Yet? up and garnering clicks at The Other McCain.2024-08-31/trump-court-filing-in-2020-election-indictment-preps-new-attacks?srnd=undefined