Two stories stand out among the rest today. First, the DOJ's IG released a report claiming that while the FBI had dozens of Confidential Human Sources (CHS) inside the capital riot, including several who entered the Capitol building, they had no actual undercover FBI agents involved, and that none of the CHSs were prosecuted for the trespass etc. Second, Joe Biden issued a mass pardon, but not the one many on his side long for.
The Redoubtable Julie Kelly@julie_kelly2, "BREAKING: DOJ IG claims 26 FBI informants were in DC on Jan 6. (Guarantee this is not accurate) At least 17 committed offenses for which other J6er have been federally charges. Three of the CHS were given authorization to go, and at least one was actually paid. No CHS was charged." Mary Chastain at LI, DOJ IG: Dozens of FBI Confidential Sources at Capitol on January 6, "These CHSs gathered information before January 6th and guess what. The FBI didn’t do much. I bet you know what I want to ask the FBI." At the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 12.12.24 (Afternoon Edition), Twitchy, IG Report Lists How Many 'Confidential Human Sources' FBI Had at the Capitol on J6 (BS Called). Ace, IG Report on January 6th Admits That Fed Agents Entered the Capitol, But Denies That the FBI Urged Them to Commit Illegal Acts or Encourage Others to Commit Illegal Act, "Another whitewash from our deplorable and corrupt government." Sundance at CTH, Inspect General Outlines Extensive Use of FBI Confidential Human Sources on January 6, 2021. At Althouse, "The report... includes details that will almost certainly fuel the 'fedsurrection' narrative that has been growing on the right and amongst Donald Trump supporters..." "... The false notion that the federal government was responsible for instigating the attack.While the review found 'no evidence in the materials we reviewed or the testimony we received showing or suggesting that the FBI had undercover employees in the various protest crowds, or at the Capitol, on January 6,' the inspector general's office said that there were 26 confidential human sources in Washington on Jan. 6." From "FBI missed 'basic step' when gathering intel in the lead-up to Jan. 6, DOJ watchdog finds/Investigators found no evidence of undercover FBI employees at the Capitol, but the presence of FBI informants could further fuel right-wing 'fedsurrection' conspiracy theories" (NBC News). JD Vance@JDVance, "For those keeping score at home, this was labeled a dangerous conspiracy theory months ago." Vivek Ramaswamy @VivekGRamaswamy "If you uttered the facts in this IG report last year, you were labeled a “conspiracy theorist.” It’s also notable that the IG report came out literally the day after Christopher Wray resigned." Vicky Taft at PJM, The FBI Paid People to Go to the J6 Riot. DC_Draino @DC_Draino, "So the FBI will raid Trump’s house and indict him twice But a report on the FBI’s involvement in J6 was delayed until after the election so that it “didn’t cause any election interference”? This is why Kash Patel is needed for a deep clean of the corrupt FBI" Quote, Jack Poso @JackPosobiec, "How convenient the IG Report confirming 26 FBI assets at Jan 6 comes out one month *after* the election How convenient, indeed." While this may be true of the FBI (I'm sure they're still hiding as much as they can), there were certainly other agencies involved, and we aren't sure of their level of engagement either. Capt. Ed at Hat Hair VIP, Trump to J6ers: Hold On, I'm Coming. From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 11.12.24 (Evening Edition) Louder With Crowder: Trump Pledges To Pardon Most J6ers Within “The First Nine Minutes” Of Being In Office, Sh*t and Chicago Boyz: Thoughts on J6 Pardons and Investigations,
The Biden/Harris administration announce the pardons or commutation of a large mass of people yesterday, mostly of criminal cases where the sentences were longer than what normally be given today. Sundance, Biden Delivers 1,500 Pardons During First Wave of Executive Clemency Announcements At Da Signal, Biden Nullifies Crimes in Biggest Day of Clemency to Date, Nick Sortor@nicksortor, WTF?! Joe Biden just pardoned multiple Chinese spies and an individual convicted of possessing child p*rnography WHY? 39 MORE DAYS UNTIL THIS CRAP IS OVER. Oilfield Rando @Oilfield_Rando, "We all know Biden had nothing to do with working up the pardon list. The question is: who did?" For the most part, I don't object to this. While I'm sure some are more worthy than others, I don't propose to nitpick. This is not the mass pardon of as yet unknown crimes committed by federal bureaucrats and legislators in their war against Donald Trump, that some desperately seek. Stephen Kruiser at PJM, Just Sayin' — I Never Asked to Be Pardoned for Crimes I Haven't Committed " The people being mentioned as being in need of "Get Out of Jail Free" cards in the next month haven't been publicly lobbying for themselves, but it's an almost certain bet that they're jumping up and down screaming, "Me next!" behind the scenes. As Scott wrote last week, Adam Schiff, Liz "I'm Just Like Lincoln" Cheney, and alleged physician Anthony Fauci headline the group of people most in need of an assist from President LOLEightyonemillion. Schiff and Cheney are sweating bullets because they were members of the J6 House Soviet Select Committee on Daddy Issues, a pathetic un-American charade that only succeeded in wasting the taxpayers' money. Anthony Fauci is on the list for being Pol Pot, M.D. during the pandemic, of course. Four years later, we're still waiting to see if he told the truth about anything other than the spelling of his name in 2020." Beege Welborn at Hat Hair, Did POTATUS Release the Brother of a Hamas Mastermind and...Get None of OUR Hostages Back?
At Splice, Mark Judge predicts Pete Hegseth Will Be Confirmed. Breitbart looks at Pete’s Big Week: How Hegseth Turned His Confirmation Fight Around in 7 Days, Sarah Arnold at TownHall explains John Fetterman Agrees to Meet With Pete Hegseth. Here's Why. A strange voice of reasonability in the Democrat party. Althouse finds "This article is based on interviews with nearly a dozen people who have direct knowledge of how and why Mr. Trump salvaged Mr. Hegseth’s bid, at least for now." "I'm reading "Power, Intimidation and the Resurrection of Trump’s Support for Hegseth/The president-elect became convinced that letting Pete Hegseth fail would set off a feeding frenzy among senators. What followed was a MAGA swarm that helped salvage his bid, at least for now," by Jonathan Swan and Maggie Haberman in the NYT."
From NYPo, Elon Musk asks if the IRS should be ‘deleted’ after agency begs for $20 billion – here’s how X users responded. Charlie Martin at PJM has a Memo to Elon and Vivek: What Are The Incentives That Drive Inefficient Government? At Twitchy, DOGE Asks Twitter for Examples of Government Waste and WHOA, NELLIE Do People Have Some Ideas. Capt. Ed reads Politico: Dems Get Strange New Respect For ... Elon Musk. Ace, Fire Them All: The Democrats' Manueverings Have Granted Trump the Power to Fire Anyone He Wants, "Back in 2021, Biden terminated the appointment of Sean Spicer to a Navy body. The Democrats have no standing to claim that Trump can't do the same."
At Hat Hair Beege Welborn is enjoying a Spicey Deep Dish Pie Fight: Homan v Chicago. Sundance, New York City Mayor Eric Adams Affirms His Intent to Support Border Czar Tom Homan – 500,000 Children are Missing and Likely Being Exploited. Ace, MSNBC Shrieks at Trump's Promise to End Birthright Citizenship, "I'm glad Trump is revisiting this issue, which he brought up but abandoned in his first term." At Da Caller Nicole Silvero hosts as Josh Hawley Confronts Witness Point-Blank To Explain How Flooding Job Market With Illegal Migrants Helps Americans. Center Square CA reports San Diego passes 'super sanctuary' ordinance closing 'loophole' for deporting felons. Heritage Foundation@Heritage, "President Biden and Secretary Mayorkas are doing everything they can to keep our borders open as long as possible." Quote, "Daily Wire@realDailyWire", "EXCLUSIVE: Weeks before Trump takes office, Biden is racing to auction off unused border wall materials. Video shows trucks hauling wall materials off the border to a government auction site, where a massive amount of wall is waiting to be sold."
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Althouse, Time didn't have much choice: Trump is the "Person of the Year." "Here. It's a very long article." At Twitchy, Ooh, That's Gotta' Sting! CNN Reports Huge Support Numbers for Trump's Transition and Second Term. Benny Johnson@bennyjohnson, "”USA” chant breaks out after President-elect Donald Trump rings the bell at the New York Stock Exchange" and Vice President JD Vance: “It’s 9:48am shouldn’t you be making money?!” Capt. Ed, sees the Trump Inauguration, Brought to You By ... ZuckBucks? and CNN Poll: Mar-a-Lago's a Honeymoon Hotel. A Victory Girl calls it Mark Zuckerberg’s One Million Dollar Reparation. Pocket lint. Althouse finds "[F]ew on the populist right view Trump as the genuine article—they tend to politely describe the president-elect as a 'transitional figure'...." Writes Tyler Austin Harper, an environmental studies professor, in "Is This How Democrats Win Back the Working Class? Embracing populism could help the party build a lasting political coalition — if the Republicans don't do it first" (The Atlantic)." Has he really talked to any? Also, "By the way, do you want hors d’oeuvres or anything?" "Said Trump, quoted in "Read the Full Transcript of Donald Trump’s 2024 Person of the Year Interview With TIME." I corrected the spelling of "hors d’oeuvres." TIME wrote "hors d’Oevres." I think it's funny, both Trump suddenly offering hors d’oeuvres and TIME, which would probably jump at any chance to portray Trump as dumb or lowly, not managing to spell "hors d’oeuvres" correctly in a written transcript." Da Signal, Bernie Sanders Hints at Support of Some of Trump's Plans, "Is ‘Crazy’ Bernie Sanders Not So Crazy Anymore?"
John Sexton at Hat Hair catches the NY Times worrying Democrats Are Losing Tomorrow's Elections Today, as people leave blue states. "Most people are making these moves for affordability. Shockingly, it turns out that places run exclusively by Democrats are really expensive. Taxes are higher, home prices are higher, the prices of gas (in the case of California) is a lot higher. Most of the people voting with their feet are moving for livability." Althouse cites the NYT, "Trump Allies Appear Before Judge in Wisconsin Election Interference Case/The case is one of five related to 2020 election interference that are proceeding even as Donald J. Trump prepares to return to the White House."
From the Free Bacon, Tony Blinken Tells Congress ‘No One Anticipated’ Taliban Takeover of Afghanistan. "One month before the Taliban took control, diplomats sent Blinken a dissent cable warning of Afghan government's collapse." I guess they were nobodies. Hat Hair's Duane Patterson looks at Antony 'Bloody' Blinken's Awful, No Good, Very Bad Day.
Paul Bedard at WaEx says Ouch: Just 32% of Democrats want Kamala Harris to run again. That many? From Da Caller House Panel Subpoenas Biden-Harris Official Accused Of ‘Stonewalling’ Probe Into Tim Walz’s China Ties. Ace reports Democrat Criminal Fundraising Organization ActBlue Allowed Foreigners to Donate To Biden and Kamala Throughout the Past Election Cycle, "They deliberately allowed foreigners to donate to American leftwing politicians through foreign gift cards -- basically just a debit card containing an amount of money loaded on to it. You'd think that the fact that these are foreign gift cards would be enough that ActBlue would ban donations made via these cards, but you'd be wrong. They allowed foreigners to illegally donate until the near the end of the election." From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 11.12.24 (Evening Edition). At Am Great the Great Victor Davis Hanson expounds on The Evaporation of the Obama Mystique. "Obama's behind-the-scenes political maneuvering culminated in a failed Biden presidency that ultimately led to a significant Democratic electoral defeat and rejection of his political legacy."
Insty, BROUGHT TO YOU BE THE SAME PEOPLE WHO WON’T STOP YAMMERING ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY:
And now that the election is over it can be revealed, E.J. Antoni, Ph.D.@RealEJAntoni, "Not only did wholesale inflation for Nov come in red hot, but the last 3 months were also revised higher; headline exploded 0.4% M/M, pushing Y/Y to 3.0% while core (pictured here) jumped to 3.4% Y/Y and continues rising much faster than the pre-Jan '21 average:"This is bad: after just two months into fiscal 2025, the US has already raked in a $624BN budget deficit.
— zerohedge (@zerohedge) December 11, 2024
This is the worst start to a year on record pic.twitter.com/Oeta4diK5Q
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