Flotsam and Jetsam on The Feast of Stephen

Also known at Boxing Day.

Jeff Charles at TownHall hears  a Poll that Shows Americans Are Hopeful For 2025, and the Reason Why Might Make You Smile. At RedState, Bob Hoge posts the Best Trump Impersonator Delivers Christmas Message That You Won't Want To Miss.

TRUMP READS: "TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS🎄🇺🇸" pic.twitter.com/N8kAyZoqt2

— Shawn Farash (@Shawn_Farash) December 25, 2024

Cutie Pavlich at TownHall, Here's the Final Tally on How Much Money Trump Raised for Hurricane Victims. "President Trump announced over $8 million in donations for victims of Hurricane Helene raised through his dedicated GoFundMe. As reported by Fox Business, President Trump’s Hurricane Helene relief was the top fundraiser on GoFundMe in 2024, and supported nearly 50,000 people across all 50 states and more than 50 countries. These funds were distributed to charities including Samaritan's Purse, Water Mission, Mtn2Sea, the Clinch Foundation, and Sweetwater Mission to uplift impacted families and communities," the Trump transition team released in a statement." Breitbart reports Ford, General Motors to donate to Trump’s inauguration, out of purely altruistic motives, no doubt. 'Bonchie' at RedState hears Anthony Scaramucci on CNN Makes Weird Mob Boss-Esque Threat Against Elon Musk. 

"He's just got to be very, very careful because he's making enemies that he doesn't realize, and the incentives in Washington are totally different than those in business, and so everybody's incentivized in a different and sometimes irrational way, and I think the power that he's wielding right now, Washington has a great neurological system, and I think they'll find a way to rebut him. So I'd say to Elon Musk, not that he would listen to me, stick to business, you've done great, you've made a couple hundred million dollars since the election. Lay off the gas on politics a little bit because these people can hurt you, and there's no need for you to get hurt. You're doing so well in life."

At the Pop Times, I’m Safe, You Know Why? Trump Blasts the Left on “President Musk”:  Autism Capital@AutismCapital: "TRUMP: “No, Elon Musk is NOT going to be President, that I can tell you. And I’m safe, you know why? Because he can’t be, he wasn’t born in this country. HAHAHA!” lmao" Nick Arama at RedState, has a MUST SEE: Elon Drops Powerful Video of Reagan That Is True Now More Than Ever. 

Reagen Reese and Henry Rogers at Da Caller conspire to write Despite Democrat Screeching, Years Of Hill Work Has Kash Patel Cruising Toward Confirmation. Sundance at CTH worries, Unfortunately, The Trump Cabinet Will Likely Expand the Surveillance State. Don't worry, as soon as we turn it on the Democrats, they'll shut it down. At NYPo, Trump buying Greenland would be largest US territory acquisition ever — topping even these massive gains and Denmark ramps up security —and calls in the sled dogs — in Greenland after Trump threatens takeover. "In addition to more sled dog patrols, Denmark also plans to increase staffing at its Greenland command post and upgrade the island’s airports to handle F-35 fighter jets, according to the BBC." Umm, just where do think you get those jets? Also at NYPo, Trump trolls Trudeau by promising Canucks he’ll lower taxes if Canada becomes ‘51st state’ — and backs hockey legend Wayne Gretzky as PM. Sundance, President Trump Reports Border Wall Auction Has Been Stopped. John Sexton at Hat Hair notes Trump Sides with Crime Victims as Biden Sides with Activists. Breitbart cites Homan: Suspected Subway Killer Got Benefits the Homeless Aren’t. NewsBusters sees ABC Still SILENT on Horrendous Immolation of Woman on the F Train by an illegal alien.

Reagan Reese at Da Caller has JOE BIDEN WRAPPED: How Delaware’s Favorite Son Fared During His Final Year In Office. Cutie Pavlich wonders Are Biden's Latest Pardons Legit? Because of Joe's advanced senility? The should should be revocable, but I don't see an easy way to get there. Da Caller,  In Memoriam: A Look Back At KJP’s Greatest Fibs As Her Time In The White House Ends. At PM, Oversight Project vows to get, release recordings of Biden’s interview with ghostwriter "Our team will get the audio tape of Joe Biden’s interview to you. This recording is yours. It belongs to you. You deserve to know." From Reason, A Decaying Joe Biden Underlines the Need for a Less Powerful Presidency, "The power of the office is excessive, and we don’t even know who is wielding it." At WaEx, Here’s what’s among the 50 bills Biden signed into law on Christmas Eve. I'm impressed he had the stamina, or did he use the autopen? Adam Pack at Da Caller, calls ‘Partisan Politics At Its Worst’: Biden Fuels ‘Judicial Crisis’ By Vetoing Bill That Would Let Trump Tap New Judges. Dan Chaitin at Da Wire, Biden Vetos Bipartisan Bill That Would Give His Successors, Including Trump, More Judgeships To Fill "Republicans and at least one Democrat expressed disapproval of the outcome." The Democrats were all in until Kamala lost. At Da Signal a report that the Biden Admin Rushes to Hire DEI Staff Ahead of Trump Inauguration. More to fire. Da Wire, BUCKING DOGE: CA Dems Beg Buttigieg To Give $536M To High-Speed Rail Before He’s Gone. "DOGE: "Zero passengers have been transported and the majority has not even been fully designed"" Campus Reform reports the Biden administration throws out proposed Title IX transgender sports rule "The Biden administration has scrapped plans to prohibit states from banning transgender athletes from participating in school sports." The Victory Girls take heart that the Bald Eagle Is At Long Last Our National Bird. I thought that was a done deal, but "Although the iconic bird of prey is featured prominently on symbols, including the government’s official seal adopted in 1782, the U.S. did not have an official national bird." Given their predilection for stealing from Ospreys, I always thought it was appropriate that the IRS used them on their logos.

Misty Severi at JTN reports Teamsters' boss Sean O'Brien torches Kamala Harris 'who does this f***ing lady think she is?' "O'Brien, who spoke at the 2024 Republican National Convention in August, recounted moments when Harris and her party attempted to push his group to endorse her by telling one of his union representatives to "get on board," and to do it soon." Pop Times is being sarcastic, Shocker: Red States Far Outperform Blue States in Job Creation. Maryland is fifth from the bottom. Rick Moran at PJM hears TSA Nightmare Security Lines 'Inevitable,' Says DHS Secretary. TSA delenda est.

The Peacock reports Trial of man accused in Trump assassination attempt in Florida is pushed back, as "Ryan Routh’s attorneys had asked for a delay, saying they needed more time to review the evidence and decide whether to mount an insanity defense." He's certainly a nut, but is it enough to be an excuse? 

Logan Washburn at Da Fed reveals that the Leftist Group That Drew Up Blueprints For ‘Get Trump’ Prosecutions Was On Retainer To ‘Advise’ Arizona AG.

Nick Arama sees John Harwood Gets Nuked Into Next Week for Tweet About Trust in Media That Has a Big Problem In It.

Stacy McCain, ‘I Am Trying, and Admittedly Failing, to Understand How This Makes Sense’

One should never try to “make sense” of Amanda Marcotte. Ever since she first burst upon the national consciousness in 2007 — as one of two feminists (the other being the execrable Melissa McEwan) hired to blog on behalf of Democratic presidential aspirant John Edwards — Marcotte has been an inspiration for mockery hereabouts, and it is still difficult for me to imagine that anyone actually takes her seriously.

Nevertheless, Dana Pico has undertaken to analyze one of Ms. Marcotte’s recent outbursts, concluding that her enthusiasm for transgender athletes is rooted in a secret fear of inferiority: “To Miss Marcotte, any differences [between men and women] at all are a mark of inferiority, and she just can’t let the facts get in her way.” Yes, exactly so.

Mary Margret Olohan at Da Fed,  A Daily Wire Investigation: Are There Really 15K Trans Military Members? "The Defense Department says it does not track how many trans-identifying service members it has."

At Hat Hair, John Sexton hears DEI Supporters: Corporate DEI is a Mess. Because they're not getting everything they want.