Flotsam and Jetsam - Post Assassination Attempt Hump Day

We seem to be over the "news hump' for the attempted assassination of Trump. We know most of what they'll ever let us know. Capt. Ed reads WSJ: Guess Who Was On the Feds' Radar? Ryan Wesley Routh, the wanna-be Trump assassin. Steve Richards at JTN finds a Former FBI agent says would-be Trump assassin’s devices likely already compromised by intel agencies "The ex-agent said one of the first investigative steps would likely be for the FBI to contact other intelligence agencies about what data, if any, they had collected on Routh." Somebody I know with experience in the criminal justice system looked at Routh's record of arrests with no time served and said "confidential informer". This seems likely to me. Ace, Of Course: The Deep State Ignored Multiple Warnings About the Assassin They Recruited and Set to Kill the President, "Is it even a conspiracy when they're doing it right out in the open? Apparently the left's Red Flag laws don't apply to their Manchurian Candidate killers." Teri Christof at RedState, 'You Are Free to Assassinate Trump': What Alleged Trump Shooter Advocated in Rambling Manifesto. PJ Media@PJMedia_com "There's Something Weird About the Ryan Routh's Glamour (Mug) Shot" He looks much more "together" than in previous shots of his with media, and at demonstrations. Michele Tafoya at Hat Hair has a video, Another Assassination Attempt, and Border Truth Bombs.

At NYPo, Secret Service admits golf course wasn’t searched before Trump assassination attempt and Secret Service says it can’t keep Trump safe on golf courses — even as Biden lounges on beaches. Atop Da Hill, Tuberville calls for Navy SEALs to protect Trump. At Da Fetched, Trump: ‘Maybe God Wants Me to Be President’. At WaEx, DeSantis: It’s not in ‘best interest’ to have federal agencies lead investigation of Trump assassination attempt. They are trying to put him in jail, after all. 

WokeSpy, Trump Campaign Details “Inflammatory, Violent Rhetoric” Used Against Former President and Media Says Trump is Trying to Self-Assassinate. Dave Strom, Anti-Trumpers Want Him Dead and Keep Asking Somebody to Do It--Slyly. Jonathan Turley is concerned we're in an Age of Rage: 26 Million Americans Believe Political Violence is Justified. Ben Bartee at PJM, WATCH: Hillary Clinton Demands ‘Criminal Penalties’ for Americans to Deter ‘Misinformation’ Dave Strom, Hillary Calls for Jailing People Who Disagree With Her.  At PM, Hillary Clinton says Trump is ‘dangerous’ just one day after second assassination attempt, suggests charging Americans for spreading 'propaganda'. "Clinton suggested civilly or criminally charging Trump supporters who posted "propaganda," claiming there needed to be a "deterrence"" said the funder of the Steele Dossier. Rick Moran at PJM hears MSNBC Columnist Says Routh Was Justified in Wanting to Take a Shot at Trump. I would expect no less. Harold Hutchinson at Da Caller, Joy Reid Claims ‘The Violence Is Coming’ From MAGA When Trump Was Nearly Assassinated Twice. Ace notices a CNN "Analyst:" The Bad Thing About These Assassination Attempts We're Inciting Is That They Might Benefit Trump Politically, "Not so hidden meaning: These assassination attempts we're inciting will help Trump politically, unless we stop missing and actually murder the president. Twitchy wonders Could Joe Walsh Sink Any Lower? Well, he's a rock star, so he can sink pretty low. Surprisingly, Defiant World@DefiantWorld, "Chris Cuomo delivers a heartfelt apology to President Trump." John Podhoretz at Commentary discourses on The Assassination Wish Fulfillment. At TAW, Tom Knighton discusses The double standard of a biased media. At the Babylon Bee, Democrats Express Relief That Hitler Is OK. Capt. Ed snarks This isn't even satire, is it?

At OTP, Pakistani National Pleads Not Guilty In Alleged Plot To Kill Trump "A Pakistani national with ties to Iran pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges related to an Iranian plot to assassinate former President Donald Trump." I'll bet he gets a fairer trial than Trump in the NYC court. Hat Hair's Dave ?Strom notes This Makes Two Times Iran-Linked Assassins Have Been Ignored By Feds. 

Jazz Shaw at Hat Hair, Elon Musk: National Security Risk. " But when you look at Elon Musk today, would the phrase "national security risk" jump to mind? That was the case with Andrew Couts at Wired Magazine this week, but Couts isn't suggesting that Musk is selling our government's high-tech secrets to the Chinese or the Russians. Nor is he exporting weapons to our adversaries. Instead, Couts is declaring that Elon presents a risk to national security because of a joke that he made in the wake of the recent assassination attempt on Donald Trump's life in Florida. He wasn't making fun of Trump for being at risk, however. Someone on Twitter posed the question of why someone would want to kill Trump. Musk responded in a (now deleted) post by pointing out that nobody seems to be trying to kill Joe Biden or Kamala Harris. After being called out on his comment, Musk responded by describing it simply as a "joke that fell flat." That doesn't seem to be satisfying anyone thus far."

Matt Vespa, Oh, Look, a Video of a Cat Being Grilled Like Bobby Flay in Ohio. PJM's Matt Margolis,  a Vetted Video Shows Ohio Immigrants Grilling Neighborhood Cats. The video, Christopher F. Rufo@realchrisrufo, "EXCLUSIVE: We have discovered that migrants are, in fact, eating cats in Ohio. We have verified, with multiple witnesses and visual cross-references, that African migrants in Dayton, the next city over from Springfield, barbecued these cats last summer. https://christopherrufo.com/p/the-cat-eate" SAN, DeWine orders Ohio state troopers to Springfield schools after 33 bomb threats. Capt. Ed adds "Better safe than sorry, of course. But this still seems like an overreaction, given that all of these have been hoaxes and didn't even originate inside the US." John Sexton at Hat Hair, Bomb Threats Against Springfield, Ohio Are Coming from Overseas. A Hat Hair Larry video, Fake Liberal 'Bomb Threat' Hoax Blows Up: CNN Heads Explode! Da Blaze, Ohio gov says many Springfield bomb threats were made from overseas and all were hoaxes, undermining narrative blaming Trump. RedState's Sister Toldja wants you to WATCH: JD Vance Puts on Master Class in Schooling New York Times Reporter Over the Springfield Question. Aliens in This World has a nice Springfield Haitian Situation Summary. 

Matt Vespa again, ABC News Finally Responds to Allegations That It Rigged the Debate...Sort of "ABC News has again insisted that no topics or questions were shared with either Vice President Kamala Harris or Donald Trump, and their respective campaigns, in advance of last week’s presidential debate. The network’s statement came after it declined to directly address allegations—made in an allegedly sworn statement, purportedly by one of its staff—that it helped Harris in the debate." Capt. Ed, ABC News, Again: Rig a Debate? Who, Us?  Reagan Reese at Da Caller, CBS News’ Leadership Riddled With Democratic Donors. They’re Also Hosting Next Debate.

Dave Strom reports a 'Conservative' Writer Calls J.D. Vance 'Gap-Toothed Cletus'. I used to like Kevin Williamson, but TDS drove him off the edge. At OTP, Howard Stern: ‘I Don’t Hate Trump. I Hate The People Who Vote For Him’. PJM's Stephen Kruiser says It's OK to Call Your Political Opponents Insane If They're, You Know, Insane. "The 2024 Democrats are in a dangerous state of mental unwellness. That's not hyperbole, it's an obvious conclusion that can be arrived at after even the most cursory examination of their behavior." 

Sundance at CTH explores The Unknown 2024 Election Variable: PLAUSIBILITY There will be attempts to interject ballot fraud into the 2024 election, specifically from key regions which have increasingly been accepted as labeled, the Clyburn network.  For the activist leadership on the Obama/Clyburn side of the system, the issue of plausibility is a serious point of discussion. They need the election outcome to remain close in the psyche of the American electorate.  Only if the election is proclaimed to be “close,” and only if the larger American electorate will accept that foundation, can those who are injecting fraudulent ballots continue to operate with success.  Discussion of factual realities that contrast that “close election” narrative generate high-velocity interest.  This CBS segment discussing Nevada is one of those viral moments." At Am Think Vince Coyner thinks Ronald Reagan Was The Catalyst For The Democrat Cheating Machine. Mark Tapscott at Insty, on ILLEGALS VOTING: "Democrats and their media allies constantly claim voter fraud is a non-existent problem, but that’s not the view of experts interviewed by Ben Johnson of The Washington Stand. “’A 2014 academic journal found that 6.4 percent of noncitizens voted in 2008,’ Kerri Toloczko, executive director of Election Integrity Network and senior advisor to the Only Citizens Vote Coalition, told The Washington Stand. ‘There are about 24 million noncitizens in the U.S. right now. If they voted only at the same rate of 6.4 percent this year as they did in 2008, they would account for 1.5 million votes,’ Johnson reports." Twitchy hears the Postal Workers' Union Endorses Kamala Harris but Your Mail-In Ballot Will Be in Good Hands. At NYPo, New state law gives Letitia James power over NY’s closest election contests. What could go wrong? OTP, Judge Rules RFK Jr. Must Remain On Wisconsin Ballot. "Ehlke said that state law only allows people to be removed from the ballot if they die." At OTP, Lawfare Against Trump Could Hamstring Hiring Of Lawyers For Election Challenges.

From NYPo, Swift endorsement turns more voters from Harris than it attracts: poll. Hat Hair citesThe Hollywood Reporter in Shut Up and Sing, Says ... Pharrell Williams.   From the Telegraph, Kamala Harris suggests she would be open to exploring reparations for slavery. But the Irish Time reminds us Kamala Harris is a descendant of an Irish slave owner in Jamaica. "Hamilton Brown, from Co Antrim, was paid equivalent of €11m in compensation by British government to free slaves after ban." Mary Chastain at LI reports Harris Repeats Lie That Admin Inherited ‘Worst Unemployment Since Great Depression’, "Harris also once again placed January 6th above 9/11 and the OKC bombing as the “worst attack on our democracy.”" Houman David Hemmati, MD, PhD@houmanhemmati, "BREAKING: In a rare, unscripted interview, VP Kamala Harris proudly states that she was “entirely supportive of” “the pause on 2000 lb bombs” to Israel to act as “leverage” to force a cease fire against Hamas. Later, she blamed Israel for the death of American hostage Hirsch Goldberg-Polin, suggesting that he and other civilian hostages held for nearly a year by Hamas would be alive today if Israel had ended its defensive war." Politico, Harris refuses to veer off script in her second high-profile interview.  Natalia Mittelstadt at JTN, finds Body language experts say CNN interview suggests Harris was 'uncomfortable,' 'hollow,' 'insincere', "Military interrogators, detectives and psychologists use facial expressions and body movement to understand what may be going on in a subject's head. The Democratic presidential nominee goes into “fight or flight” when she's uncomfortable and cackles, Greg Hartley said." Scott Johnson at Power Line, Turn the page: A comment  “Turning the page” is an Orwellian Harris campaign theme. Fight the power! Stick it to the man! Harris is the incumbent vice president of the United States. She represents the current administration, whose policies she supports in toto. Her campaign is run by Obama hands who want to serve up a fourth Obama term. She is the man, so to speak. War is peace. Freedom is Slavery. Ignorance is strength. Turn the page." Capt. Ed comments "They're trying very hard to make Trump the incumbent. To do that, though, Harris will have to articulate the differences between her and Biden on policy, and ... she can't even articulate "price gouging" correctly." Scott Pinsker at PJM, MSNBC: Kamala Must LIE about Being a Liberal and Pretend to Be a Moderate, Just Like Tim Walz Did. Dave Strom, The Left Is Obsessed With Words, and Ignore Results. 

Mario Nawfal@MarioNawfal "WILL BIDEN AND KAMALA FINALLY CONGRATULATE THE SPACEX POLARIS DAWN TEAM? During their multi-day mission to orbit, Dragon and the crew reached 1,408.1 km – the highest Earth orbit ever flown since the Apollo program. They participated in the first-ever extravehicular activity (EVA) from Dragon wearing SpaceX-developed EVA suits. It was also the first commercial spacewalk in human history." No, because  Elon Musk is persona non grata.

Jazz Shaw, Migrant 'Squatter King' to (Finally) Be Deported. Tea at Trianon, The Largest Wave Of Sex And Human Trafficking In History "From The Easton Gazette: Trump is stating that Kamala Harris as Vice President has facilitated the largest wave of sex and human trafficking in history.He went on to detail that 325,000 migrant children are missing. Trump further explained that now many of the children are likely dead while others may be slaves for sex or other purposes. (Read more.) . . . "

Don Surber, Musk 1, Eurocrat 0. Capt. Ed, Oh no! Anyway ... Don notes the irony of how Breton made his announcement, too. Delicious. 

Mary Margaret Olohan at Da Wire reports a Trans-Identifying 19-Year-Old Arrested After Expressing Desire To Shoot Up Elementary School, "Woman identifying as a man told her therapist she wanted to shoot kids in the cafeteria, prosecutor tells The Daily Wire." Another case of testosterone poisoning? Oilfield Rando@Oilfield_Rando, "Woman. Y’all wouldn’t even let us keep the BOY SCOUTS" Quote danisha carter@danishacarterr "if men’s mental health mattered (to men) they’d be creating safe spaces for themselves and each other, pursuing therapy, and creating community. instead, they perpetuate the very behaviors systems that have handicapped them in the first place, refuse to support or create x.com/rovabtw/status…Show more" Am Mind's Taylor Hunt looks at Tomboy Nationalism

At six years old, I was squarely in the middle between two older cousins (both boys), two younger brothers, and a younger cousin—again, a boy. Naturally, I wanted to be like everyone else in the family. I had grown into a vivacious tomboy who did not believe in dresses, hairbrushes, or pink. My mother understood this and knew what I meant when I said I “wanted to be a boy.” She did the only thing she could do: let me to grow out of my phase. Which I did. Mostly. 

Back in 2006, wanting to be a boy was harmless enough. Trans children were few and far between, and nobody’s political program functionally entailed the elimination of tomboys. Nowadays, a girl like me living in California might expect state intervention. It’s not impossible to imagine myself getting a medical transition against my parents’ wishes.

For parents in Montana, Indiana, and California, this horror has become reality. And soon the same nightmare may come for parents and children nationwide.

Capt. Ed adds,  Hunt observes that Democrats don't respect parental rights in the slightest, and urges Republicans to make this a key message in the election.

Dave Bernstein at Insty, " . . . Today, Senate Democrats (reluctantly) held a hearing on antisemitism and other forms of hate. As Ted Cruz was speaking, a protestor, apparently from Code Pink, came to the floor of the committee room and shouted, among other things “fucking Jews!” I only know about this because someone send me a private IM. No media outrage, no headlines or even coverage in the MSM, and of course, no ponderous essays about how the left has created a culture of hate. UPDATE: For that matter, if it was a right-wing type who had shouted “fucking Jews” today, and had interrupted a Democrat instead of Ted Cruz, we’d never hear the end of it." Cam Edwards at Bearing Arms is amused that Jewish Groups Issue Travel Warning About Massachusetts County Where Man Charged in Self-Defense Shooting.

John Sexton is shocked, shocked to find Some Universities Are Still Rebranding DEI Offices Instead of Dismantling Them. The grift is too sweet. 

The Wombat has Rule 5 Sunday: Moving Indoors and FMJRA 2.0: One Last Series up on time and under budget.