Flotsam and Jetsam - Donald Trump = George Washington?

At OTP, Sly Stallone Calls Trump ‘Mythical,’ ‘Second George Washington’ "Sly Stallone Calls Trump 'Mythical.'" Althouse picks it up, Rocky says Trump is George Washington. This might be a slight exaggeration. 

Matt Vespa at TownHall ventures a guess Is This Why Trump Rolled Out a Ton of Controversial Picks? "Halperin adds that there are Republican senators who have constituents, donors, and the like who want jobs with the Trump administration; not good retail politics if you’re seen as the person who sunk Trump’s nominees." At the Center Square, Trump says Hegseth nomination puts U.S. enemies 'on notice'. Beege Welborn at Hat Hair adds "Indubitably. It also comes with extra benefits as far as 'enemies within.'" Wall Street Mav @WallStreetMav, "🚨 BREAKING🚨 All of the employees in the Office for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (ODEI) are threatening to quit if Pete Hegseth is confirmed at Secretary of Defense." From Twitchy, Just WOW: What Chris Hayes' Guest Called Pete Hegseth Has People DEMANDING He Sue Her and MSNBC (Watch), white supremacist, and via The Wombat's In The Mailbox: 11.15.24 (Evening Edition),  Absolutely VILE Lefties Continue to Smear Pete Hegseth As a White Supremacist Because of His Tattoos. ZitoSalena @ZitoSalena "The Jerusalem cross is one of the most recognizable symbols in the world and one just a few examples of the different types of crosses created throughout the history of my faith." Quote Tara Copp@TaraCopp, "WASHINGTON (AP) -- Pete Hegseth, the Army National Guard veteran and Fox News host nominated by Donald Trump to lead the Department of Defense, was flagged as a possible "Insider Threat" by a fellow service member due to a tattoo he has that’s associated with white supremacists." Greg Price@greg_price11 "They're attacking Pete Hegseth for having a tattoo of the Jerusalem Cross, a Christian symbol that dates back to the 13th century. These people are nothing but anti-Christian bigots." Richard Vigilante, I Read Hegseth’s Book. "Hegseth knows what Trump wants done better than Trump does. He just needs to be confirmed and let loose. What the two men agree on, passionately, is getting the military unwoke so it can recruit, train, and affirm warriors. Trained warriors, Hegseth, a warrior himself, explains, are not ordinary people, though they may start out ordinary.  They are brave, willing to die for their country, and, more important, willing and able to kill for it. Honing the skills that support bravery and make efficient killers is their daily pursuit." Capt. Ed at Hat Hair, Pete Hegseth, You Magnificent B******, I Read Your Book! From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 11.15.24 (Morning Edition), Vox Popoli: The New SecDef, "The good news is that Pete Hegseth, the incoming Secretary of Defense is an “extremist” with a Deus Vult tattoo whom the Pentagon hates. He knows the US military, its capabilities, and its limitations. The bad news is that he neither knows nor understands the Middle Kingdom, and would appear to buy into the retarded neocon myth that China seeks “global domination”.

Matt Margolis at PJM posits Is This the Real Reason Why Trump Nominated Matt Gaetz for Attorney General? and Athena Thorne says Calm Down, Everyone. Matt Gaetz Had a Perfectly Good Reason for Resigning From Congress Immediately. Sundance at CTH hosts as Senator Bill Hagerty Outlines Case for Matt Gaetz Confirmation and Leaves Andrea Mitchell Speechless. Capt. Ed, 'People Are Pissed': WSJ Reports Gaetz Nomination Doomed ... In Committee. WaEx, Matt Gaetz ethics report threatens to derail Senate confirmation. "Gaetz has denied any wrongdoing, and the Justice Department did not bring any charges against him following a sex trafficking investigation. He explained the timing of his departure was to minimize any impact on House Republicans’ slim majority under Trump and allow Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) to appoint a replacement in the new Congress quickly." Ben Whedon at JTN, Johnson to 'strongly request' House ethics panel not release Gaetz report. At OTP, Halperin Predicts Nomination Win For Gaetz And RFK As GOP Realizes Trump In Charge. 

At WokeSpy, Scott Jennings Destroys CNN Panel During Row Over RFK Jr. Pop Times, Not Protecting Kids: Potential HHS Head Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Promises These Sweeping Changes Across the FDA, NIH, CDC. Sundance, MAHA Opposition – There are Trillions at Stake. Dave Strom at Hat Hair, Trump Is Shrinking Government Already! C-Reason@CreasonJana, "Good … it’s like shooting fish in a barrel … the problem employees are letting Trump’s administration know who they are. This will make the firing decision clear and easy. Fire all the people who needed a mental health day after Trump was elected, and don’t offer severance packages to those who are quitting. WIN WIN! Thoughts?" Quote, The Gay Republican@GayRepublicSwag "BREAKING: FDA employees are threatening to mass quit in protest against Trump picking RFK Jr." From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 11.15.24 (Evening Edition), EBL MAGA MAHA , and Lefties losing it: Donald Trump’s top five cabinet selections

More nominations! Sundance, President Trump Announces Karoline Leavitt as Press Secretary, President Trump Announces Nomination of Doug Burgum for Interior Secretary and Chair of New National Energy Council and Reports of Former HPSCI Chairman Mike Rogers Being Discussed for FBI Director, Mar-a-Lago Interview. Fox, Trump picks Steven Cheung for communications director, Sergio Gor for personnel office director. "Both Steven Cheung and Sergio Gor will join the Trump White House from the campaign." Althouse, "John Thune Says Recess Appointments 'On the Table' To Get Trump Picks Through." "Newsweek reports." Breitbart, John Thune Warns Democrats Not to Obstruct Trump’s Cabinet Nominees and House Democrat Calls for ‘Shadow Government’ to Undermine Trump, with Adam Schiff as Fake AG. Nick Goeden at Am Great says The New Senate Majority Leader Must Muzzle Adam Schiff, "Schiff has disqualified himself from defense-related committee assignments in the U.S. Senate."  Ace cites Lee Smith: Trump Will Not Be Allowed to Be a Full President Until He Exorcises the Undead Vampire Obama from Washington, "At Tablet."

Dan Greenfield (Sultan Knish) happily notes Trump Won Jewish Neighborhoods Across America. Althouse hears Bernie Sanders, "So what happened in this campaign is Donald Trump said to the American people, you are angry. You're really pissed off" and then goes off the rails, and "Democrats lost because everyone except for whites moved in the direction of Donald Trump this cycle." "Said the sociologist Musa al-Gharbi, quoted in David Brooks's new column, "Why We Got It So Wrong" (NYT)." Hat Hair cites John Murdoch, Trump Broke the Democrats' Thermostat. "Data suggests the Democrats lost ground with moderates, while holding steady among progressives. Charges that racism propelled voters to Donald Trump are at odds with the rightward swing among Black and Hispanic voters, and with a raft of data showing that racial prejudice is in steady decline among Americans of all political stripes." Fox, Rep Moulton says fellow Dems 'privately' agree with his criticism of party. "'We're really out of touch,' Democratic Rep Seth Moulton tells Fox News Digital."  From Da Fetched, James Carville Blames Liberal Elite for Kamala’s Election Loss: ‘What You’ve Done Ain’t Worth S**t.’ Sarah Anderson at PJM, Let Them Eat 'Prison Sandwiches': Is This Why Kamala Lost Wisconsin? OTP, Dem Rep. Dean Phillips Open To Role In Trump Admin.PJM's Stephen Kruiser says Here's Hoping the Dems' Cluelessness About the Election Lingers.

Rachel Zegler

From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 11.15.24 (Morning Edition), Twitchy: Lisa Boothe Drops the REAL Reason Eva Longoria Fled America, Another Stunning Woman Announces A Sex Strike After Trump’s Win – And There Was Much Rejoicing (Whoopie!) , Louder With Crowder, Disney’s woke Snow White actress lashes out AGAIN, calls for half of America to “never know peace”. At Variety, an update, Rachel Zegler Apologizes for Anti-Trump Comments After Backlash: ‘I Let My Emotions Get the Best of Me’. Capt. Ed adds "Translation: Disney's home office called me and told me to apologize and shut the f*** up if I ever want to work in this town again. I wrote about Zegler's brand damage yesterday. I doubt this apology will do much to ameliorate it, which raises the question of whether Disney will release Snow White at all. The added costs of distribution and marketing will make this a $500M release, with almost no hope of recouping much. Is it better to Batgirl it and get the insurance payout?"

Buck Throckmorton at Ace's looks at Trump Plans to Kill EV Tax Credit AND Exit the Paris Climate Agreement. Pop Times, Trump to Withdraw the United States From the Paris Agreement Climate Pact Again. Fox, Trump said to lift all military restrictions on Israel on 1st day in office according to reports. Reuters worries Rising US producer prices add to signs of fading disinflation.

Mia Cathell at TownHall sees Fired FEMA Official Just Dug Herself a Deeper Hole. "So the people [with] FEMA were fearing the Trump houses like they were fearing people with vicious dogs in their backyards?" Fox News host Trace Gallagher pressed. "Exactly," Washington replied. "Unfortunately, the passionate supporters for Trump, some of them were a little bit violent."  From The Wombat's In The Mailbox: 11.15.24 (Evening Edition) Louder With Crowder, Fired FEMA Supervisor Compares Trump Supporters To “Vicious Dogs.” At Da Signal, ‘ROTTEN TO A CORE’: 5-Year FEMA Veteran Reveals Woke Bias at Disaster Relief Agency. JTN, Florida sues former FEMA officials over Hurricane Helene, Milton failures. "According to whistleblower reports, FEMA workers in Lake Placid were directed to ignore storm victims in households that displayed Trump signs or flags."

Ace, Democrat Election Commissioner In Bucks County Defies the PA Supreme Court as She Casts a Vote to Count Fake Votes to Steal Election from Dave McCormick. "She explained her vote to violate the law by saying, and I quote, "people violate the laws any time they want.""  From The Wombat's In The Mailbox: 11.15.24 (Evening Edition) Louder With Crowder: PA democrats ignore state Supreme Court, vote to count ILLEGAL ballots in senate race. Natalia Mittelstadt at JTN, Election watchdog sues Texas county over ballot secrecy, but paper ballots could be the solution. "The suit alleges that certain specific voters’ ballots have already been made available to the public and have been publicly released through various news organizations. . . .“By utilizing the poll books from countywide Vote Centers along with publicly available ballots of specific voters, it is possible to connect specific voters to their individual ballot to learn how they voted in that election,” the lawsuit alleges." At the Georgia Star, Georgia Secretary of State Makes Push for National Photo ID, Citizenship Verification in Voting.

NYPo, SCOTUS Justice Neil Gorsuch shout-outs P’Nut the Squirrel in speech about government overreach "The internal communications and timeline reviewed by The Post showed that the fate of P’Nut and Fred was sealed from the beginning — and contradicts the DEC’s claims that the rabies test was ordered after P’Nut bit a wildlife operator on the thumb. P’Nut’s story grabbed national attention as outraged animal lovers called it an act of government overreach and bashed the state agency."

Kaelen Deese at WaEx, Judges delay two Jan. 6 trials, citing Trump victory. "Without direct prompting, Nichols asked prosecutors to assess whether these cases would proceed once Trump takes office. When the prosecutor could not confirm, he opted to set a later trial date, allowing the DOJ time to recalibrate under the new administration." Misty Severi at JTN, Former Detroit Lions linebacker charged with assaulting officers during January 6 riot "Williams, who played for the Lions during the 2016 season, was arrested in Savannah and charged with a felony charge of assaulting, impeding, and resisting officers, and obstruction of law enforcement, the Justice Department announced. . . .   Prosecutors claimed they identified Williams after a fan allegedly sent a tip to the FBI on social media, after the bureau released photos of suspects they were still trying to identify, according to NBC News. They also noted during an interview with Williams in 2023 that he had a red key fob that was similar to one the suspect had during the riot."

From Da Fetched, Joe Rogan: Many Celebrities Secretly ‘Thanked Me’ for Endorsing Trump. At Breitbart, Actor Michael Rapaport Rips MSNBC’s Joy Reid for Pete Hegseth Fake News: ‘Con Artist, Race Hustler, Bullsh*t Artist’.

NewsMax, US Looks to Put Google Under Federal Supervision, which might possibly be worse than it is today. 

Riley Gaines

At PJM, Megan Fox, Being a Good Winner Doesn't Include Cancel Mobs. Megan Fox @MeganFoxWriter, "My daughter was given an assignment to write a paper on inequality. She chose men in women's sports. Her professor has informed her she can't use that topic. She may write about the inequality that trans women face in sports but not the inequality women face because of "trans women" in sports. Make that make sense." Althouse, "The boys in our liberal school are different now that Trump has won." "This is an article by "Anonymous" in The Guardian, ostensibly written by a girl who is a senior in a high school in New York's Hudson Valley — a "mostly liberal" place, we're told. She purports to be capable of perceiving and reporting how boys have changed since 10 days ago. I have no idea how accurate any of this is, but I'm interested in the text that was published, which says something about The Guardian's attitude, if nothing else. . . " Victory Girls, Volleyball Players Sue Mountain West Conference Over Title IX Violations. At Breitbart, Lawsuit Alleges Trans College Volleyball Player Plotted to Cause Harm to Female Teammates. RVN, Dave Rubin Defends Girls Against Trans Athletes In Fiery Exchange On Piers Morgan’s Show. At Fox, Riley Gaines repeatedly tears into AOC for taking pronouns out of X bio after advocating for trans athletes "Gaines has criticized Ocasio-Cortez for supporting trans athletes."

From the College Fix, Universities boost counseling services as Trump victory prompts some young people to threaten suicide. At Campus Reform, Trump won because of racism and sexism, claim faculty at University of California, Berkeley. Matthew Wieliki at Irrational Fears asks and answers What Happened to Higher Education? "How Bureaucracy and Ideology Hijacked Our Universities." From the Martin Center, Let’s Regulate Colleges Like Businesses, "There is no reason not to subject universities to existing consumer-protection statutes."

At PM, Scientific American editor-in-chief resigns under pressure after calling voters 'fascists,' 'bigots'. "I've decided to leave Scientific American after an exciting 4.5 years as editor in chief. I'm going to take some time to think about what comes next." Take all the time you want.

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