Tuesday, November 12, 2024

Flotsam and Jetsam - Pubs Win House, Trump Starts Picking People

 Hat Hair cites Decision Desk HQ,  NEW: GOP Wins Control of House. 218-209. Capt. Ed, adds "I suspect we're looking at a ceiling of 220 seats, which puts Republicans in the same position as two years ago. The pressures of being in the opposition won't be present this session, which should make it more manageable for Mike Johnson. Still, it will be difficult to originate bold legislation in the House with such a thin majority."  Benny Johnson@bennyjohnson "🚨 BREAKING: Republicans officially retain control of the House of Representatives."  RCP currently has it 219-209. Paula Bolyard at PJM is happy, The Red Wave Continues: Republicans Will Keep Control of the House. At Althouse, At Real Clear Politics, the GOP has won control of the House and notes NYT is still holding out hopes for a Democrat takeover. At the Bablylon Bee, BREAKING, Arizona Announces They Have Counted Another Ballot "Citizens of Arizona hailed the news of the counted ballot, saying it's a sign of the improved voting processes from 2020. "Nine ballots in five days? Wow, we're crushing it. Way to go, Arizona.""  Capt. Ed, "This is maddeningly, infuriatingly, and embarrassingly not really satire at all." Also Capt. Ed thinks it's Too Fun to Check: Biden Internal Polling Had Trump Winning 400 Electoral College Votes? That's hard to see. Insty, I’M SO OLD I REMEMBER WHEN THE PRESS CALLED HIM “WEIRD.” Eric Daugherty@EricLDaugh, "REPORT: JD Vance has the highest net favorability rating of all candidates on both major tickets - CNN"  Insty, call this OBVIOUS MISINFORMATION, NOTHING LIKE THIS HAS EVER HAPPENED:

Meanwhile Trump is rushing to get a team into place before the inauguration. Althouse, "New York Rep. Elise Stefanik has accepted President-elect Donald Trump’s offer to be his enforcer as United Nations ambassador...." Presumably her seat is safe. Sundance at CTH, President Trump Nominates Elise Stefanik to be U.S Ambassador to the United NationsPresident Trump Names Stephen Miller as Deputy Chief of Policy for Term 2 and President Trump Appoints Tom Homan to Position of “Border Czar” in Charge of Deportation Program. From NYPo, Trump’s new border czar Tom Homan vows that sanctuary cities will not stop him from deporting migrant criminals: ‘We’re coming’. Jake Sherman at Hat Hair, New: Trump Taps Lee Zeldin for EPA ChiefYashar Ali@yashar, "Zeldin has acknowledged the existence of climate change. He has a 14% lifetime score with the League of Conservation voters. He was a member of the Conservative Climate Caucus and the bipartisan Climate Solutions Caucus in the House." Also at NYPo, Why Muslim Trump supporters are pushing president-elect to name Ric Grenell secretary of state and Ex-Defense official Kash Patel emerges as a top contender for CIA director. I like it! Guy Benson@guypbenson, "NYT: Rubio is Trump’s choice for Secretary of State." CNN, Trump picks Kristi Noem to serve as his Homeland Security secretary. Matt Margolis at PJM reports CNN Gets Whiplash Over How Fast Trump Is Moving to Fix This Country. At Twitchy, Rolling Stone Validates Early Trump Staff Picks by Labeling Them THE WORST PEOPLE IN THE WORLD. Dave Strom sees MAGA Is Flexing Its Muscles in the Senate Majority Leader battle. They'll lose this one, I think.  Duane Patterson at Hat Hair discusses Coincidences and Consequences with recess appointments. Ben Whedon at JTN looks forward to Trump’s Day One: A look at his opening moves in the White House. "Sarcasm much? Trump made headlines late last year during a Fox News forum with moderator Sean Hannity during which he promised that he would not abuse power or act as a dictator “except for day one.”"

Election post-mortems and recriminations have reached a fever pitch. Chris Queen at PJM, Let's Play the Blame Game! Matt Vespa at TownHall, WaPo Digs Into Kamala Harris' Epic 2024 Collapse...and It's Brutally Entertaining and CBS News' 60 Minutes Was a Brutal Takedown of the Dems and It Wasn't the Revenge of the Working Class Voter in 2024. It Was Something Much Worse for Dems. Matt Margolis, WaPo’s Brutal Election Postmortem Destroys the Democrats, and It's Glorious. Capt. Ed, Fareed Zakaria Lists Biggest Mistakes Dems Made -- And #3's a Doozy "The dominance of identity politics on the left, which made it push for all kinds of DEI policies that largely came out of the urban academic bubble, but alienated many mainstream voters. There's an irony in claiming to be pro-Latino by insisting that people use the term Latinx, only discovering that Latinos themselves think the word is weird." At RVM, SNL Host, Comedian Bill Burr Unpacks Democrats’ Electoral Debacle [WATCH]. NOTUS, ‘Broken Since the Beginning’: What Went Wrong Inside the Harris Campaign "Campaign leadership installed when Joe Biden was running is facing fierce internal criticism. “I’m amazed that we even got close,” said one official close to the team." Matt Taibbi at Racket says Ding, Dong, the Cult is Dead! "The national mass psychosis is finally dealt a blow, making it safe to be sane again." At Am Great the Great Victor Davis Hanson claims The Fault, Dear Democrats, Is in Yourselves. Hat Hair's John Sexton cites the NY Times: Democrats Just Didn't Turn Out for Kamala Harris and Dave Strom asks Guess Who Underperformed Kamala Harris! (Fauxcahontas). Bob Graboyes at Bastiat's Window, Winning by Losing, Losing by Winning "Joe Biden’s 2020 victory may have been the worst own-goal in Democratic Party history." Don Surber enjoys watching Democrats go mean girl on one another and notes This ain’t your father’s Donald Trump, "This is the Lemon-scented Super Duper Ultra President Trump with OxiClean." Driscoll at Insty, WHEN YOU’RE A LEFTIST WHO’S LOST MAUREEN DOWD…: Democrats and the Case of Mistaken Identity Politics and AS ALWAYS, LIFE IN THE 21st CENTURY IMITATES WOODY ALLEN’S SLEEPER: Wanna Know How Devastating Kamala’s Loss Really Was for the Left? Just Check Out What Mark Cuban Did-LOL. Steve Miller at Spec World, Kamala Harris ran the Fyre Festival of campaigns. "It will go down in American history as the stuff of legend. Enjoy the show!" Sasha Stone, It Wasn't an Election. It Was an Intervention. "How Donald Trump rescued America from a cult." Opinion at the KC Star, Trump won because Democrats keep telling young men they’re dangerous and don’t matter. Ace, Healthy Masculinity Defeated the Toxic Femininity Left. NYPo, Trump won by uniting those who think liberal rulers have gone too far.

At the Free Bacon, ‘Managing Stress During Change’: Biden-Harris State Department Holds Therapy Session After Trump Win. Ace, The Borderline Personality Disorder Left Continues Their Histrionic Woke Meltdowns,  Our Very Competent Diplomats and Intelligence Analysts at the State Department Need Play-Doh Therapy Due to Trump's Win. "This is grounds for firing right here. If you're this emotional, you need to work a less stressful and important job. Adam Kredo. . .  ." Also, Trump Deranged Father Kills Family, Self. "As Mark Halperin predicted: We are entering a period of the greatest mental health crisis in American history." At Spiked, No, you don’t have ‘post-election depression’ "When did the liberal left become so dominated by overgrown children?" The College Fix report  a Teacher goes on profanity-laced anti-Trump rant in class: ‘This sh*t is not a f***ing game’. John Sexton, White Harris Supporter Facing Potential Hate Crime Charge After Punching Minority Trump Supporter. The Blaze, 49ers Nick Bosa fined for wearing 'MAGA' hat in postgame interview despite appearing on-screen for less than 5 seconds

Ace, Kamala Paid Her Rich Celebrity Friends Huge Sums for Their "Endorsements" " .  . . . As Jesse Watters points out, if these people really were "fighting Hitler," shouldn't they have "fought Hitler" for free?" Nick Arama at RedState, WATCH: Oprah Gets Cornered by Reporter and Asked About That Million Dollars From Kamala.  Sean Davis@seanmdav, "The endorsements were as fake as the candidate. But as a legal matter, how are secret bought-and-paid-for endorsements even legal? If you can’t run a paid ad without a clear disclosure, how on earth can you run a paid endorsement without disclosure?" The Free Bacon, Still Fuming from Harris Endorsement Drama, Washington Post Gives Readers Advice on How to Flee the Country "Deranged liberals have been threatening to leave the United States since 2004."  Bob Hoge at RedState, The 'Great One' Freaks Out Canadians, Social Media Wimps by Showing Up at Trump Election Eve Celebration. That's a fair trade.

Capt. Ed, Muh Democratcy: Former Harris Aide Calls for Biden to Resign to Make Kamala President. Insty, MADAM PRESIDENT ASTERISK: "Taking “Didn’t Earn It” to a whole new level."

PJM's Bob Spencer hears Melania Declines White House Meeting With Jill Biden for a Startling Reason "The Post quoted an unnamed source who was “familiar with Melania’s decision” and said: “She ain’t going. Jill Biden’s husband authorized the FBI snooping through her underwear drawer. The Bidens are disgusting. Jill Biden isn’t someone Melania needs to meet.”"

Lawrence Person's BattleSwarm Blog hears a Court To Biden: No, You Can’t Have A Backdoor Amnesty. Not Yours.

At the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 11.11.24 357 Magnum: Actions and Elections Have Consequences
Twitchy, MAGA Defeats Magazines As Voters Turn The Page On “Cover Girl” Kamala, and Mark Zaid Advises Clients To Flee The Country Before Inauguration Day, Louder With Crowder: Elderly Kamala Harris supporter arrested for hate crime after assaulting two girls for their skin color and political beliefs
Vox Popoli, The Plan is the Prediction, Four More Years and More, and Embrace the Hopium,  Against The Mountains of Madness,  Trumpamania Video Edition, Bacon Time: Liberalism – A Family Mental Illness, Postcards From Barsoom: Vibe Shift Of Ages, CDR Salamander: A Post-Election Midrats Melee,  The 11th Day of the 11th Month, Dana Loesch: The Swamp Picks Scott, Cornyn & Thune For Senate Leadership, also, Rick Scott Screwed Republicans In 2022 & Wants To Do It Again As Senate Leader.

PJM's Bob Spencer, Iran Denies That It Is Trying to Murder Trump, But…. At NYPo, Serial trespasser who wants to talk to Trump about assassination attempt arrested again at Mar-a-Lago. "Li, who is originally from China, allegedly told Secret Service that he had information that China was linked to the July 13 assassination attempt on Trump at a Pennsylvania rally."

WaT, FBI brass ‘stunned’ and ‘shell-shocked’ over Trump reelection. Save him the trouble and resign now. “It’s a countdown for Wray because [people here] don’t think he will stay to get fired after what Trump did to Comey,” the first source said. “Trump will say, ‘Yeah, fire his a—. Don’t let him take the plane home.’” Twitchy, 'Terrified' Justice Department Lawyers Told That Resistance Will Not Be Tolerated

Ace, Racist Government-Weaponizer Who Told Relief Workers to Ignore Trump Supporters "Relieved of Duties" "FEMA previously claimed that they had taken "extreme actions" to discipline her -- which turned out to be shuffling her from one county to another, like a pedophile teacher. Now that popular outrage has exploded, they say they "fired" her. But did they? Other reports say she was merely "relieved of duties," which sounds an awful lot like being paid to not come into work while they wait for the heat to die down." Tom Knighton at TAW is asking The question not being asked. How high up does it go? "Because I promise you, Washington didn’t come up with this out of ether. There’s a reason she believed she could get away with it. I want to definitively know what it was and who was responsible." Teri Christoph at RedState sees a NBC News 'Journo' Turns Petulant Bully After She's Criticized for 'Lazy' Reporting of FEMA/Trump Scandal.

The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: Franchises In Motion up on time and under budget.

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