A bit more on the new Pope, before we get on with the business of forgetting him. From Althouse, "Robert Francis Prevost, the Chicago-born cardinal selected on Thursday as the new pope, is descended from Creole people of color from New Orleans." ""The pope’s maternal grandparents, both of whom are described as Black or mulatto in various historical records, lived in the city’s Seventh Ward, an area that is traditionally Catholic and a melting pot of people with African, Caribbean and European roots . . . It’s unclear whether the new pope has ever addressed his Creole ancestry in public, and his brother said that the family did not identify as Black...." I dunno, He looks pretty White to me. Vatican News, cited by Hat Hair, Pope Leo XIV Begins His First Homily in English. From Da Mail, Pope Leo XIV 'looked the other way' when confronted with child sex abuse allegations against priest in his Chicago church. Pretty much like schools around the US during the same era. From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 05.09.25, EBL, Robert Francis Prevost now Pope Leo XIV, Animal Magnetism: Rule Five Papal Election Friday, Da Tech Guy: Pro Tip on the Catholic Faith, Gates Of Vienna: Nature Provided a Not-So-Auspicious Omen About the New Pope, STUMP: Habemus Papam! On Retirement Planning And Pope Leo XIV, Mark Steyn, Conclave Watch: We Have A Pope!
Sundance hosts White House National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett Giving Updates on “Two Dozen” Trade Deals. Conflicting reports, PJM's Cathy Salgado hears Trump Wants 80% Tariffs on U.S.-Hating China and NYPo claims US weighs plan to slash China tariffs to as low as 50% — down from 145% — as soon as next week: sources. I'm sure we'll hear a new number soon. Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh, "I’m sorry, but I just can’t stress this enough. Prices are down, the stock market has sustained no damage from Liberation Day, a breakthrough trade deal has been made with the UK, Scott Bessent is meeting with China this weekend, and more deals are on the way. THE MEDIA DRAGGED US THROUGH PANICAN PROPAGANDA for a MONTH STRAIGHT!! IT WAS ALL LIES!!"
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From John Sexton at Hat Hair, Stephen Miller: 'Habeas Corpus Can Be Suspended in a Time of Invasion.' “The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus can be suspended in a time of invasion,” Miller told reporters Friday. “So it’s an option we’re actively looking at. Look, a lot of it depends on whether the courts do the right thing or not.” Driscoll at Insty has a GREAT MOMENTIN BRAND RECOGNITION: The Lincoln Project @ProjectLincoln "Suspending habeas corpus. Let that sink in." Mark Hemingway @Heminator "Nobody tell “The Lincoln Project” which American is most famous for suspending habeas corpus." GW@Whynotgord "@grok what other Presidents have suspended habeas corpus and include if they were democrat or republican." Grok@grok "Historically, two U.S. presidents suspended habeas corpus within the continental United States, both Republicans. - Abraham Lincoln suspended it during the Civil War, first in Maryland in 1861 to secure Union rail lines, later nationwide to manage wartime dissent. His unilateral action was controversial but later ratified by Congress. - Ulysses S. Grant suspended it in 1871 in nine South Carolina counties under the Ku Klux Klan Act to combat racial violence during Reconstruction, with congressional approval." I don't think it's likely.
Sauron's Eye whines Trump fires longtime Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden and WaPoo groans Trump fires Library of Congress chief Carla Hayden, citing DEI. Balmer Sun, Trump’s firing of Hayden brings culture wars to the Library of Congress. From Da Fetched, Trump Fires Democrat Librarian of Congress Over ‘Sexual Identity’ Push on Kids. At Da Wire, Top FEMA Official Fired After Saying He Doesn’t Think Agency Should Be Dismantled.
Fox, Newark mayor arrested as Dem Congress members storm New Jersey ICE prison to conduct 'oversight visit.' ABC 7 Amarillo , Democratic Congress members storm ICE facility gates, clash with federal officials in NJ.Rapid Response 47 @RapidResponse47, "Democrats are screaming at ICE agents simply because they're working to get vicious criminal illegal immigrants off our streets." Driscoll at Insty, SOUNDS AWFULLY INSURRECTION-Y TO ME: Democratic Congress members storm ICE facility gates, clash with federal officials in NJ. George@BehizyTweets "BREAKING: Alina Habba just announced that the Mayor of Newark, New Jersey, has been arrested for interfering with ICE's deportation operation. "The Mayor of Newark, Ras Baraka, committed trespass and ignored multiple warnings from Homeland Security Investigations to remove himself from the ICE detention center in Newark, New Jersey this afternoon. He has willingly chosen to disregard the law. That will not stand in this state. He has been taken into custody. NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW." That's so AMAZING!" Sundance, Newark New Jersey Mayor Arrested for Criminal Trespass During Political ‘Resistance’ Stunt at ICE Detention Facility.
ABC grumbles Trump appoints Fox News host Jeanine Pirro as top prosecutor in DC. Ace, Trump Nominates Former Prosecutor and Judge Jeanine Pirro as Interim US Attorney for DC, "She hasn't served as a judge or prosecutor for a long time, but she has performed those jobs for long periods. And she's loyal to Trump. She'll do." Sundance at CTH, President Trump Announces the Appointment of Judge Jeanine Pirro to be U.S. Attorney for Washington, DC and waste not want not, President Trump Announces Move of Ed Martin to DOJ Weaponization Investigation Working Group. From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 05.09.25, American Greatness: Trump Appoints Fox News Host Judge Jeanine Pirro as Interim US Attorney, Justice Department Launches Criminal Investigation Into New York AG Letitia James, FBI Reportedly Reassigns Agents Who Took a Knee at George Floyd-BLM Tributes, and AG Bondi Says FBI Is Reviewing Tens of Thousands of Epstein Videos With Hundreds of Child Victims, The Geller Reports President Trump Appoints Judge Jeanine Pirro interim Head of the DC US Attorney’s Office, FBI Opens Formal Criminal Probe into Corrupt New York AG Letitia James, and Trump Appoints Ed Martin As Special Counsel to Root Out Political Corruption in D.C., This Ain’t Hell: Baseball shooting report “butchered” by FBI, The Federalist: Whistleblower Documents Implicate NARA In Second Get-Trump Criminal Case, NY Court Greenlights Even-Year Voting Law That Republicans Say Rigs Elections Against Them, Texas Indicts 5 County Officials In Voter Fraud Investigation, Dear Justice Sotomayor, Your Left-Wing Partisanship Is Showing.
At PJM, Matt Margolis says Poetic Justice Came for Letitia James, and It's Glorious and Stephen Kruiser thinks You Know, a Letitia James Perp Walk Sure Would Be Fun to See.
Sundance at CTH revels in DNI Tulsi Gabbard Discussing Ongoing Internal Investigations into Intel Community Leaks to Media Allies.
Althouse says Goodbye to Justice Souter. Carrie Severino@JCNSeverino, "Justice Sotomayor just told an ABA audience that “Our job is to stand up” and that “we can’t lose the battles we are facing.” Also: “We need trained and passionate and committed lawyers to fight this fight.” That makes a mockery of any appearance of objectivity in cases challenging the administration or involving the ABA." Or a lot of other things for that matter.
From Da Mail, Jill Biden gives Joe 'SECRET SIGNAL' to stop answering dangerous question on The View...as he sports mysterious hand wound. Ace, Did Jill Biden Signal Her Puppet Husk Husband to Stop Talking on The View? "Almost certainly. She illegally puppeted an invalid four for years of his "presidency."" Well, someone has to. Duane Patterson at Hat Hair hears Joe Biden: I Don't Want To Go On the Cart. NYPo ed board, Joe & Kam’s comeback mainly reminds the world the Dems have no bench. 'Becca Downs at TownHall sees Scott Jennings Calls Out Ana Navarro Over What Just May Be Her Most Laughable Point Yet About Biden, a high bar indeed. Nick Arama at RedState, Scott Jennings Cracks Up at Ana Navarro's Claim About Biden, Implies Something Big About to Drop on Dems. Matt Margolis predicts A ‘Nuclear Bomb’ of Damaging Revelations Is Coming for Biden and Democrats. LifeZette thinks Tim Walz Goes Off the Deep End on MSNBC with Weird Trump Military Uniform Claims. He was born off the deep end. From the Pop Times, “Get Out!” — Dem Strategist James Carville Nukes Rep. Ilhan Omar, Tells Her to Leave the Party.
Hat Hair's Dave Strom sees The Left's Piling On Continues; They Want Fetterman GONE. Matt Whitlock@mattdizwhitlock, "You know who else was "uninterested in the day-to-day duties of a Senator?" Kamala Harris. Who never passed a bill and skipped about 50% of the votes. And they tried to make her President." Quote Axios@axios, "NEW: Sen. John Fetterman has unnerved aides with his performance in office, with both current and former staff telling @stephen_neukam that the Pennsylvania Democrat seems uninterested in the day-to-day duties of a senator." And that worked out well.
Brianna Lyman at Da Fed reports on a Filing: Smartmatic Hid Meeting With Dem Megadonor Who Financed Its Suit Against 2020 Election Reporting
Sundance hosts Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller Discusses Ongoing Immigration Enforcement with Assembled Press Pool. NewsMax reports Trump Asks Supreme Court to Allow Him to End Humanitarian Parole for 500,000 Migrants. Bonchie at RedState hears the Press Wail Over 'Undocumented Grandmother' Facing Deportation, Then the Rest of the Story Comes Out. Bill Melugin @BillMelugin_ "Some context you don’t get in the headline: She had been living in the U.S. illegally for 20 years, has no drivers license (but was still driving), has no identification of any kind, and drove onto a military base where she was stopped and unable to ID herself." Quote Los Angeles Times @latimes "Undocumented grandmother faces deportation after wrong turn in San Diego." From Breitbart, Suspected Tren de Aragua Gang Member Arrested in in Texas Alien Smuggling Sting. Insty cites the Great Victor Davis Hanson, VDH: Would the Left Finally Explain the Inexplicable? "Somewhere between 10 and 12 million illegal aliens were invited into the United States by the Biden administration. . . .But why did Biden or his puppeteers do something so anarchic, so injurious to their fellow Americans? Why cost the nation hundreds of billions of dollars in massive new entitlements? Why swamp the social services of our own poor citizens? Why turn loose half a million criminal aliens and gang members to prey on our own weak and defenseless? Was the idea to alter the demography in one fell swoop? To grow the dependent class, thereby expanding government? Was it pure spite born of hatred of half the country?"
Sundance announces Texas AG Ken Paxton Announces $1.375 Billion Settlement from Google for Privacy Violations.
Stacy McCain celebrates God and Man at UW-Madison. "Today is the big day for son Jefferson and, because of what’s called “diploma privilege,” his graduation from the University of Wisconsin Law School means he automatically qualifies for the state bar, without having to pass a bar exam. However, he plans to practice in another state, so he’ll still be going through the bar-exam ordeal there. Yet, qualifying for the Wisconsin bar means that he gets to call himself an attorney right away, which counts for something as these things are reckoned." Congratulations! Somebody to support you in your old age!
Vicky Taft at PJM reports a College President Flunks Test on Whether It’s Wrong to Celebrate Hamas Murders of Jews. Sundance, Columbia University Lays-Off Nearly 180 Research Staff Following Removal of Federal Grants. Insty reads JIM TREACHER: Kuck Fanye — Antisemitism Is Going Mainstream. "Ever since Hamas butchered over 1,000 Jews on October 7, 2023, there has been an explosion of antisemitism all over the world. That cowardly massacre of innocent people was like a starter’s pistol, and now the antisemites are sprinting their asses off. A few examples from just this week…" Driscoll, LOSING THE PLOT: NYT: West Point Is to Educate, Not Indoctrinate, Says Professor Who’s Quitting. Cynical Publius @CynicalPublius "Here is the subtle point that seems to be getting missed here. This is a school to train US Army officers. YOU ARE DAMNED RIGHT IT’S “INDOCTRINATION.” This is a school that indoctrinates young Americans into the traditions, practices and doctrines of a military formation that is in the business of killing. I want lieutenants who are indoctrinated in the ways of “This we’ll defend,” selfless service, and closing with and destroying the enemy, all in defense of the Constitution. If this “professor” never got this, he had no business teaching at West Point. Good riddance."
I left a few unlinked at the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 05.09.25.
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