Flotsam and Jetsam - Secret Service Encountered Routh at 10 Ft!

Darn, I really thought we were past the worst on the 2nd Trump assassination attempt. I seem to have misjudged. Sundance at CTH has an Interesting Detail – U.S. Secret Service Agent Was Less Than 10 feet Away When He Shot at Ryan Routh. 10 feet and he missed? At the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 09.18.24 (Morning Edition), Dana Loesch: Of Course He Was On The FBI’s Radar.  Dave Strom, Routh Was a 'Known Wolf' Too. Yeah, he sure seems to have gotten a lot of lucky breaks from the US justice system before he decided to assassinate Trump. At TownHall, Ann Coulter looks at the Feds,  Agent 00-Zero. "Although there are plenty of impressive individuals within these agencies -- like Ken Williams, blown off by his superiors -- they're trapped in the maw of a criminally incompetent federal government. After two assassination attempts on Trump within three months, it's time to stop believing in Hollywood fantasies and get Trump some real security. He should hire Blackwater today." At LifeZette, Even Cat Eating Haitians Are Looking At The Trump Shooter Like An Inside Job. Brianna Lyman at Da Fed notices the Alleged Trump Attacker Praised NBC’s Lester Holt, Who Blamed Trump For Latest Assassination Attempt. Ace, The DHS's Evasiveness and Incompetence Is Too Much Even for Leftwing Democrat Partisan Senator Richard "Danang Dick" Blumenthal, Who Accuses the Agency of "Stonewalling" About Its Botched Protection of Trump. "Before that: The report about a bomb being found near a Trump rally is claimed to have been a false report." At Da Fetched, Rep. Crane Warns Trump: ‘There May Be a Mole in the Secret Service’. Take with the Alex Jones salt tab, Alex Jones@RealAlexJones "BREAKING: Reports Indicate There May Have Been A Third Attempt On Trump’s Life  Approximately 20 patriots who attended Trump’s high-energy rally in Tucson are now reporting having to go to the ER immediately after the rally. The attendees all suffered from symptoms like blurry vision and swelling — serious, concerning reactions that all came on shortly after the rally ended." ET, Secret Service Must Shift From Reactive to Readiness Model: Acting Director; "The head of the Secret Service said that following the assassination attempt during the rally in Butler, he had ‘ordered a paradigm shift.’" I confess I'm not sure what that means. At the Pop Times, DeSantis’ Probe of 2nd Trump Assassination Attempt Explained. At this point, why should we trust the FBI? Austin Bay, The US Election's Dirty Issue: Undisciplined and Corrupted Security Agencies. NewsMax reports Heightened Security for Trump in N.Y. One would hope. 

JD Vance@JDVance ". . . How do you think the Democrats and their media allies would respond if a 19-time Republican donor tried to kill a Democratic official? It's a question that answers itself. For years, Kamala Harris's campaign surrogates have said things like "Trump has to be eliminated." And how have their media allies responded to the second assassination attempt on Donald Trump in as many months?"  At PJM Matt Margolis finds A Disturbing Number of Democrats Think America Would Be Better Off If Trump Were Assassinated "Only 48% of Democrats could definitively say that the country would not be better off if Trump had been killed," and Kevin Downey says Hey Democrats, Stop Trying to Kill Our Guy. Sundance is outraged that Fox News Cuts Off Pundit for Outlining Opinion, “Democrat Party Want’s Trump Dead”   From Reason, Trump Targeted Again Amidst Rising Tide of Political Violence "Politicians and partisan fanatics spur each other to extremes in what they see as a struggle against evil." At First Things, RR Reno explores The Rhetoric of Assassination. "Two assassination attempts in sixty days. Our political culture ought to be in shock. But it seems otherwise." Reason TV, Media BLAMES Trump for assassination attempts. Hat Hair's John Sexton finds the NY Times: Trump is Seizing on These Assassination Attempts. At least he didn't pounce. Vicky Taft at PJM, Rubicon Crossed: White House Doubles Down on Trump Being a 'Threat' After Latest Brush With Death. NewsMax reports Harris Calls Trump as Assassination Scare Sparks Tensions. "I checked on him to see if he was OK. And I told him what I have said publicly -- there's no place for political violence in our country." Did she ask him not to retaliate in kind? Stacy McCain sees it as The Only Trick in Their Bag

This is disgraceful and bordering on conspiracy at this point.

The Dems can’t run on policy so they are running on demonizing @realDonaldTrump. https://t.co/SVVnd3U7pN

— Derrick Van Orden (@derrickvanorden) September 17, 2024

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Da Fetched reports Secret Service Investigating Elon Musk Over Trump Assassination Post. "“And no one is even trying to assassinate Biden/Kamala,” Musk wrote on X." "“The US Secret Service is aware of the social media post made by Elon Musk and as a matter of practice,” an agency spokesperson told the Independent." Dan Chaitin at Da Wire reports House Republican Says Her Office Received ‘Very Serious Shooting Threat’, Ana Paulina Luna. "The announcement comes after a second assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump." At Da Caller, Hart, Trump Survives Slanted Roof And Slanted Debate "Note: This is a satirical piece. . . . Just a reminder to Democrats: It is almost Halloween. Time flies, so keep in mind there are only 20 assassination attempt weekend days left until Christmas."

In what is clearly an attempt to juice the economy just before the election, the Fed cut the interest rate 50 basis points. The market reacted with a bump initially, but ended down, as they thought about it more. The Peacock crows The Federal Reserve just cut interest rates by a half point. "Here’s what that means for your wallet." Capt. Ed at Hat Hair, Go Big Or (Don't) Go Home: Fed Cuts Prime Rate By 50 Basis Points "Looks like the Federal Reserve doesn't like the latest jobs reports any better than others do -- at least others outside the White House." Ace, Despite Inflation Still Raging, Fed Chairman Powell Slashes Interest Rates by a Big Half Point. "He has given up on fighting inflation, and in fact is now putting us on the path for more inflation, to forestall the Biden-Harris Recession by a couple of months until we're safely past the election." zerohedge@zerohedge "The economy is so great, it needs an crisis-level rate cut 2 months before the election." Alt-Markets wonders about Smoke And Mirrors: What Happens After Biden’s Economic Manipulations Disappear? "Trump’s arrival in the Oval Office will result in a hailstorm of bad economic data, and most of this will be due to the sudden end of statistical manipulations that have been in place for the last four years. We are currently in the midst of a tone-shift in which recessionary forces are pressuring markets more than inflation. But don’t be fooled…"

Stephen Kruiser at PJM sees Teamsters' Rank and File Favors Trump, but Union Announces 'No Endorsement' for President. Still, the union has backed the Democrats in every election since 1996. Matt Vespa at TownHall thinks The Teamsters Just Delivered a Body Blow to Kamala. At Hat Hair, Beege Welborn calls it Great Moments in 'D'Oh!': And the Teamsters Union Presidential Research Poll Says? Sundance, Teamsters Union Leadership Announce Member Polling for Presidential Endorsement. Ace,
Teamsters Union Makes No Endorsement in Presidential Race; First Time They Haven't Endorsed a Democrat Since 1996. "Now, some of you will say the union members greatly preferred Trump, so they should have endorsed Trump! Right you are, I'm getting to that. Gimme a quick second. First, the non-endorsement: . . "

Stephen Kruiser again, Sci-Fi Fans Rejoice: Dems Have Discovered Proof of a Parallel Universe. "On Alt Kamala Earth (AKE), Madame Veep is a cool, collected, and capable woman, instead of the cackling village idiot we've been forced to endure since 2021. Over there, her political career has been nothing but one resounding victory after another. I'm waiting for Paul Krugman to write a column explaining why it's a foregone conclusion that Harris's tax plan will cure cancer. The most surprising dispatch from AKE is that Bidenomics is working. No, really, The New York Times Editorial Board unicorn said so!" At the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 09.18.24 (Morning Edition), Twitchy, New Polls Show Dem Efforts To Make Kamala Likeable Are Backfiring BIG Time. At LifeZette, CBS Reporter Shocked by What Nevada Diners Are Really Saying About Harris in 2024. Matt Vespa hears Michigan Dem Has a Warning for Harris, Debbie Dingle, "said she was still “worried” about Harris’ standing: “We’re a purple state,” she told us. “We’re tied. I don’t care what anybody else says.” From the Free Bacon, WATCH: Kamala Harris Delivers Word Salad on Israel, Spars With Black Journalists During Panel Discussion. Capt. Ed adds "I had heard that the panel appearance didn't go well for Harris, but this seems more like her run-of-the-mill substance avoidance rather than disaster. This was the only real contentious exchange with the NABJ, I believe, except for a response on gun control."  Alex Thompson@AlexThomp "Axios asked Harris' campaign whether she was available for a five- to 10-minute interview to discuss her position on immigration. A campaign spokesperson declined." At Bearing Arms Cam Edwards sees Harris Makes False Claim About 'Gun Dealers' and Background Checks. Mary Chastain at LI, Harris in 2007: We Could ‘Walk’ Into Legal Gun Owners’ Homes for Storage Checks, “We’re going to require responsible behaviors among everybody in the community…” Althouse, "As is the case for many people who grew up in the Deep South but have lived somewhere else for many years, the Southern accent I once had..." ""... has given way to the 'nowhere man' accent that I think of as generically American. But it comes roaring back when I visit my family in central Alabama, and even lingers for a few days after I have returned to Brooklyn. It’s also a little more pronounced after a martini (or two). No one gets offended when my Southern accent comes and goes. For Kamala Harris, it’s a different story. Figures on the political right, including JD Vance, Donald Trump and various conservative internet celebrities, have accused Ms. Harris of affecting a Southern accent on the campaign trail, and implied that it was a kind of deception. Ms. Harris, who is not from the South, wasn’t using a Southern accent, though. As John McWhorter has recently pointed out, what Ms. Harris was slipping into was Black English. There’s nothing unusual about her using Black English because to state the obvious (to everyone except Donald Trump, apparently) Ms. Harris is Black...." She grew up in Berkeley and Montreal. Her ebonics is faux. The Babylon Bee snarks 'I Was Born Into A Middle Class Family,' Explains Wife When Husband Asks Why The Car Is On Fire. Beege Welborn again, I Want to Be Perfectly Clear Here: Kamala Harris Is a Monster "We ll know she's an inarticulate puddle of goo when she's let off the scripted hook. But her instincts are so base, so vile, and so authoritarian that sometimes it doesn't matter what argle-bargle dribbles out in the end. What she's done or is planning to do is so ghastly that you barely hear the words. And then she has the unmitigated gall to pretend none of it happened. Or, as Bernie said, she's playing the pragmatic politician to win. Lying with a sincere and empathetic straight face." At WaEx, ABC’s David Muir takes hit to ratings after performance as debate moderator. 

Mary Chastain, FBI: Iranian Hackers Sent Unsolicited Stolen Material From Trump Campaign to Biden Campaign "As far as we can tell, the Biden campaign did not ask for the information or respond to the hackers. Atop Da Hill, Iran attempted to pass hacked Trump campaign info to Biden campaign, making their preference clear.

A Larry video at Hat Hair, Peter Doocy on Fire vs KJP! Vance Torches Reporter! Kamala's 2A Fraud!

Mary Chastain again, Tim Walz Spreads Lie That Trump Wants to ‘Monitor All Pregnancies’ "LIE: “Trump is trying to create this new government entity that will monitor all pregnancies to enforce their abortion bans.”"

Hat Hair's Dave Strom cites Gallup: Trump Is More Popular Than Harris Now. Matt Margolis at PJM, Here's What 2020's Most Accurate Pollster Says About the Current Election. Kamala Won't Like It. Althouse, "Harris Had Stronger Debate, Polls Find, but the Race Remains Deadlocked." "The NYT reports, just now. Free-access link. ADDED: 2 interesting highlights:" Also, "I say, without evidence, that the media’s Trump qualifiers are backfiring." "A great headline — on a column by Matt Bai, in WaPo." PJM's VodkaPundit worried, Harris Keeps Embarrassing Herself and... IMPROVING IN THE DAMN POLLS? – PJ Media. At NewsMax, Trump: I'll Do What GOP Has Not Done Since '84, Win N.Y. I'm not counting that chicken yet.  

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Jazz Shaw, Now Melania Has to Defend Her Nude Modeling? "Former first lady Melania Trump defended her nude modeling work in her latest promotional push for her upcoming memoir. The former model, 54, took to Instagram to discuss her previous career on Wednesday. “Why do I stand proudly behind my nude modeling work?” the mom of one asked in a voice-over. “The more pressing question is, why has the media chosen to scrutinize my celebration of the human form in a fashion photo shoot?” she said."

A great thread on the Springfield mess, 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚎𝚜@718Tv "The mayor of Springfield, Ohio is making millions by replacing a third of the population of his town with Haitian immigrants Let's take a look at such an impressive abuse of power and bag chasing:"  At the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 09.18.24 (Morning Edition), Louder With Crowder, Ohio Gov blows up anti-Trump media narrative, exposes who’s REALLY behind Springfield “bomb threats” Brad Slager at RedState, You Don't Say? In March City Council Meeting, Springfield Residents Complained of Haitians Attacking Pets. At Stream, I Will Not Eat Grilled Haitian Cat, maybe jerked, though. At NewsMax, Patty Morin: No Remorse From Biden, Harris Over Slain Daughter by illegal alien. Da Caller, Illegal Immigrants Charged With Kidnapping And Ransoming Other Illegals. Beege is taking Election Year Odds: Taking Bets on How Far Newsom Is Prepared to Push Illegal Bennies. Never-Trump NRO admits Trump Is Right on Crime. Capt. Ed adds "You can read the full report from the US Commission on Civil Rights here. Not only is crime increasing in the US, blacks and Hispanics are bearing the brunt of the increases."

 AP whines Lack of citizenship documents might keep many from voting in Arizona state and local races. Da Blaze reports 210,000 unsolicited voter registration applications sent out in Democrat Texas county in defiance of AG Paxton. NewsMax, FBI Probes Packages Sent to Election Officials in More Than a Dozen States. TNP notes Public Confidence In America’s Elections Systems Is Collapsing.

Bob Hoge at RedState, CA Gov. Newsom Signs Ban Against Political Deepfakes; Elon Musk Mercilessly Trolls Him With… Deepfakes. Dave Strom, California Bans Parody Videos. VodkaPundit, ARREST ME: I Just Broke Election Law in California With this AI Image. At NewsBusters, IT NEVER ENDS! Soros-Funded Group Doubling Down on Censorship Efforts Ahead of 2024 Election. Sarah Isgur@whignewtons, "Disinformation isn’t just a problem on the right. Here’s 20,000 likes for a quote he didn’t say. I don’t like Trump but you HELP HIM when you mislead people or get fact checks wrong. It allows folks to dismiss all the true stuff." Hollywood in Toto, CNN’s ‘News’ Mocks Trumps, Joke Implodes on Cast "Far-Left comic Michael Ian Black apologizes, then does something odd." NewsMax, reports CNN's Jennings Slams Network for Misrepresenting Trump's Comments. At Racket Matt Taibbi has a Note On Smears. "Like everyone else in media, I have to take even crazy people seriously now. . . . Six weeks before the lancing of the boil that is the Trump-Harris election, officialdom has never been antsier. There’s desperation up there and the more bureaucratically thuggish tactics employed by agencies like GEC have not scratched their itch of uncertainty. Arbitrary removals of content aren’t cutting it. New overreaches are coming, but what?" Also, House Committee Rips State Department Over Censorship "The House Committee on Small Business prints a blistering report on the Global Engagement Center, a State Department "counter-messaging" entity at the center of the Twitter Files." At the Eternally Radical Idea, Yes, when it comes to using violence to stop speech, even 'rarely' is too much. "People can hand-wave this rising trend against free speech on campus, but they do so at their own peril."

Anxious whines Musk says SpaceX will sue FAA for "regulatory overreach  "SpaceX is facing upwards of $630,000 in fines after the FAA alleged Tuesday that the company violated launch requirements during two 2023 missions. In a post on X, Musk slammed the proposed penalty as "more lawfare.""

Stacy McCain is amused by the  Message From the Mossad. "Apparently, Mossad agents penetrated the supply chain by which Hezbollah was obtaining its electronic communications devices, but there’s a lot of finger-point between the Taiwanese manufacturer and the Hungarian middleman about how this could have happened. At any rate, the Mossad reportedly inserted pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN), “a highly explosive material,” inside the batteries of the devices, which “were then detonated by an external signal that caused the batteries inside to overheat.” That was Tuesday’s pager attack. The second wave of explosions on Wednesday were reportedly a result of the Mossad fearing that Hezbollah would figure out that their Japanese-made walkie-talkies were also rigged, so they faced a “use-it-or-lose it” choice and BOOM!"

Campus Reform, Anti-Israel activists vandalize Ben Franklin statue at UPenn, call it ‘symbol of imperial violence and colonialism’ Hat Hair, Ted Cruz: Thanks for Proving My Point! (NSFW) Eitan Fischberger@EFischberger, "Someone just yelled "Fu*king Jews" in the Senate. Because anti-Zionism." Zoe Strimple at Spec World on The rise of the Keffiyeh Karen, "The new generation of activists are workplace terrors."

From Twitchy, Trans Women Are Bullies: J.K. Rowling DROPS Man Forcing a Woman to Say 'Trans Women Are Women'. Spiked, Can a Dachshund be ‘genderfluid’? "A social worker was punished when she refused to respect the trans identity of her colleague’s dog." Twitchy, This Is a Fun Game! Lefty WI State Senator's Lame Attempt at Lecturing People BACKFIRES Spectacularly. 

The Tax Prof reports 11th Circuit Joins 5th Circuit In Dismissing Complaint Against Judges For Refusing To Hire Columbia Law Clerks. "The Complaint fails to present a basis for a finding of misconduct. Federal judges routinely hire law clerks and must consider applicants’ educational backgrounds in determining whether an applicant is qualified for, and will succeed in, the job. As part of that consideration, judges are permitted to make reasonable conclusions regarding the value and quality of a school’s educational program."

Steve Hayward at Power Line presents The Daily Chart: “Latinx” Still Not Catching On.

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