Flotsam and Jetsam - Trump Promises J6 Pardons

 Charlotte Hazard at JTN reports Trump vows to pardon Jan. 6 rioters on day one after getting into office, "These people are living in hell," Trump told NBC News' "Meet the Press." While he believes he was wronged, Trump said he will not appoint a special prosecutor to investigate Biden." Matt Margolis at PJM thinks Trump's Big Plan for Day One Will Really Trigger the Democrats. At WaEx Paul Bedard hears MTG heralds Trump’s Day One promise of Jan. 6 pardons and Jenny Goldberry note Trump leaves Biden, Jack Smith prosecution to Bondi and Patel: ‘Disgrace’. Sundance at CTH, President Trump Outlines His Viewpoint on Pam Bondi and Kash Patel Objectives – No DOJ/FBI Retribution, President Trump Full NBC Interview – Video and Transcript and President Trump Outlines Inaugural Address Theme – A Message of Unity. At Twitchy, Trump ENDS NBC Propagandist in Back and Forth About Deporting Vicious Criminals and It's GLORIOUS (Watch). At RedState, Bob Hoge enjoys as Trump Shreds FBI Director Christopher Wray—'He Invaded My Home' Insurrection Barbie @DefiyantlyFree, "As of December 2024, the Department of Justice has charged over 1,572 individuals across nearly all 50 states and the district of Columbia in connection with January 6, 2021. By its own admission, the Department of Justice says that this has been the most extensive investigation and prosecution in American history . . ." Shipwreckedcrew (Bill Shipley) at Da Blaze, January 6 pardons: Who qualifies, and what can we expect? Insty, TRUMP SHOULD JUST DO A BLANKET PARDON, AND ORDER THE DOJ TO COMPENSATE THEM. At Da Caller, You Might Have Missed It, But Ray Epps’ Lawsuit Against Tucker Went Down In Flames. At the Manhattan Contrarian, How The Régime Treats Is Enemies, And Its Friends.

Da Caller, ‘They Came In Illegally’: Trump Clashes With ‘Meet The Press’ Host Over Deportation Promises. At Da Wire, Trump On Deportations: ‘We’ll Send The Whole Family, Very Humanely, Back’, Won’t Be ‘Separated’. ET, Trump Signals Families With Mixed Immigration Statuses May Be Deported, Vows End to Birthright Citizenship, ‘The only way you don’t break up the family is you keep them together and you have to send them all back.’ Bonchie@bonchieredstate "Holy crap…lol…just saying the quiet part out loud, I guess." Quote Bluesky Libs@BlueskyLibs. "The Bulwark: Democrats should deport illegals because they’re no longer reliable illegal votes." Fox, GOP Senator calls out NBC for 'selectively omitting key words' from 14th Amendment in Trump interview, "Trump said he intends to end birthright citizenship, calling the policy 'ridiculous' during 'Meet the Press' interview." Twitchy sees Buyer’s Remorse: Martha Raddatz Mad Over Deportation Price Tag She Voted for in 2020. Pop Times highlights the November Jobs Report: All Net Job Growth in the Past Year Has Gone to Foreign-born Workers.

From ET, Speaker Johnson Confident in Hegseth’s Confirmation: ‘Momentum’s Moving the Right Way’. Deroy Murdock at Da Signal, All We Are Saying Is: Give Pete a Chance. NewsMax reports Sen. Mullin Denies Hegseth Has a Drinking Problem. Pop Times sees Chip Roy Warns “RINOs” Are Secretly Working to Thwart Trump’s Agenda. Not very secret. Oilfield Rando@Oilfield_Rando, "The people who turned the US military into a social laboratory for “transgender rights”, “racial equity”, abortion advocacy and climate change want you to know that Hegseth is too dangerous to lead it because he’s a Christian." Benny Johnson@bennyjohnson, "IMPORTANT: 46 Republican Senators voted to put DEI Darth Vader in charge of our Military. This man turned the Pentagon into a woke activist liberal arts laughingstock and started multiple unwinnable wars. The GOP Senate have absolutely NO ground to sabotage Trump’s SecDef pick." At TownHall, Kurt Schlichter proposes We Need to Ritually Sacrifice a Squish GOP Senator to Encourage the Others, and has some suggestions.

The Peacock notes Donald Trump says he won’t try to remove Fed chief Jerome Powell “No, I don’t think so. I don’t see it,” Trump replied. “But, I don’t — I think if I told him to, he would. But if I asked him to, he probably wouldn’t. But if I told him to, he would.” Seth Tillman at The New Reform Club looks at Trump-47 and the Future of the Federal Judiciary.

Bob Hoge reports Trump Names Fierce Attorney Who Defended Him in Multiple Cases As 'Counselor to the President'. NewsMax, Trump Taps His Attorney, Habba, for Counselor to the President. At OTP, Who Is ‘Counselor’ Alina Habba? Some background. 

At NYPo, FDA may outlaw food dyes ‘within weeks’: Bombshell move would affect candy, soda and cakes, revolutionize American diets. I don't necessarily agree. Synthetic is not necessarily bat and natural doesn't mean not toxic, the wilds are full of wonderful poisons. If the agencies have done their work correctly we needn't worry, but that's always the question, isn't it?

At Military.com, Trump Calls for Immediate Ceasefire in Ukraine and Says a US Withdrawal From NATO is Possible. Althouse finds "600,000 Russian soldiers lay wounded or dead, in a war that should never have started, and could go on forever." ""Russia and Iran are in a weakened state right now, one because of Ukraine and a bad economy, the other because of Israel and its fighting success. Likewise, Zelenskyy and Ukraine would like to make a deal and stop the madness. They have ridiculously lost 400,000 soldiers, and many more civilians. There should be an immediate ceasefire and negotiations should begin. Too many lives are being so needlessly wasted, too many families destroyed, and if it keeps going, it can turn into something much bigger, and far worse. I know Vladimir well. This is his time to act. China can help. The World is waiting!" Writes Trump on Truth Social." Matt Margolis notes Trump's Victory Sparks Breakthrough in Hamas Hostage Standoff. I'll believe it when they come home.

At Althouse, I didn't blog this yesterday because I thought Trump's Fight, Fight, Fight cologne was just a joke. It is funny, but the product is apparently real. Sundance, President Trump Posts Hilarious Cologne and Perfume Advertisement on Truth Social. VodkaPundit at Insty, DOES ANYONE IN AMERICAN POLITICS HAVE MORE FUN THAN DONALD TRUMP?

As the Biden/Harris administration fades in the rear view mirror, 'Becca Downs at TownHall hears Tommy Tuberville Shares What We're All Wondering About the Hunter Biden Pardon Is Hunter's pardon the end of the road? Tuberville doesn't believe so. In fact, he doesn't even think this is "the big pardon." "So at the end of the day, this is not the big--the big pardon," Tuberville previewed. "I think the pardons coming down the road with his brother and the rest of his family members are going to be the ones that are going to look around and go, 'what do they need pardons for?'" Da Caller hears Victor Davis Hanson Speculate Hunter Was ‘Blackmailing’ Joe Biden Into Pardoning Him. Breitbart has a Report: House Democrats ‘Angry’ at Biden, Hunter Pardon Pushed Them ‘Over the Edge’. Feigned anger. Paul Bedard, Biden sullies legacy as Trump takes over. 

Kevin Killough at JTN reports a ‘Revolving door’ may allow Biden admin's top officials to exert influence over agencies they led. "“The revolving door is spinning faster than ever. People who came from powerful special interest groups into the administration are now leaving the administration to go to powerful special interest groups,” Micheal Chamberlain, director of Protect the Public's Trust, said." Trump needs to go through and thin the herd. Breitbart reports Biden Admin Gives Another Nearly $1 Billion to Ukraine. We need to look for the "10% for the Big Guy." WaEx, Biden says end of ‘brutal’ Assad regime is a moment of ‘historic opportunity’.

At the Pop Times, Call Her Daddy Podcaster Alex Cooper Slams Kamala Harris for Spending $100,000 to Recreate Her Studio “It’s hilarious,” said Cooper. “My studio that is gorgeous in Los Angeles doesn’t even cost six figures, so I don’t know how cardboard walls could cost six figures.” At the Free Bacon, Beyoncé, Bruce Springsteen, and Black Barbershops: How Kamala Harris Whittled Away Her Campaign War Chest in the Election's Final Days. "Team Harris paid $900k to musicians in waning days of ill-fated campaign." At Not On Your Team, But Always Fair, The Democrats have become the Party of feminine cruelty.

Driscoll at Insty. THE DEATH CULT: How a Liberal Media and a Delusional Left Will Turn an Assassin into a Hero. "And today, after Biden broke his word (yet again) and issued a blanket, unconditional pardon of his nitwit kid, the left stopped believing as well: the law means nothing anymore. The final holdouts have stopped holding out. So why not kill a healthcare CEO?" David Burge@iowahawkblog, "America will always have its share of lunatic assassination fans, but there's no reason to give them bylines, faculty offices, and tenure" Quote Jon Levine@LevineJonathan, "This woman is a professor of "law and morality" at Saint Louis University https://archive.is/9FO5L." U.S. Senator John Fetterman@SenFettermanPA, "No shortage of shitty takes on the 2024 election or on this assassination. The public execution of an innocent man and father of two is indefensible, not “inevitable.” Condoning and cheering this on says more about YOU than the situation of health insurance. Alex Berenson at Unreported Truths, on journalism's dishonesty and moral rot "Did insurance company executive Brian Thompson deserve to be murdered? The New Yorker can't quite decide. But Jordan Neely - a violent psychotic criminal - is a “subway dancer.”"

At NewsMax, Trump FCC: CBS May Have to Stop Left-Wing Bias, Turn Over '60 Minutes' Transcript. Paul Bond at JTN, Legacy media fear Trump retribution, but ignore years of Obama-Biden attacks on conservative outlets. "Journalists and authors including former Fox reporter James Rosen and filmmaker Dinesh D’Souza each came under federal scrutiny."

Da Wire, Congress Will Block Harmful Trans Procedures For Children of Military Members, "Mike Johnson: "Taxpayer dollars should never be used to support procedures and treatments that could permanently harm and sterilize young people."" From NewsBusters, PBS Promotes Pro-Pedophilia 'Pioneer,' Conservative Opponents Offer Only 'Vitriol'. Twitchy, BUSTED! Parents WRECK Maine School Board That Tried to Sneak Through Vote on 'Confidential' Health Clinic. At Da Signal, Arizona Couple Began ‘Transitioning’ Their Child as 1-Year-Old Boy. At the College Fix, Trump ‘danger to everyone’ UW-Madison LGBT scholars say. At Da Caller, ‘That Is Ridiculous’: Piers Morgan Clashes With Neil DeGrasse Tyson Over Whether Sports Should Be Separated By Sex.

The Wombat has Ruke 5 Sunday: Little Mischief Baker (sic) and FMJRA 2.0: The Draft Plays On up and garnering clicks at The Other McCain.