Thursday, January 30, 2025

Flotsam and Jetsam - JFK Jr. Confirmation Conflict, Are You Supportive of These Onesies?

 Of all Trump's controversial cabinet picks, JFK Jr's selection for HHS is the one I care least about. JFK Jr. is a well meaning loon on any number of subjects I care about, and HHS is a department that should never have been created (it was a sop to Democrats, and serves as a conduit to buy off their follower), and should be eliminated if DOGE does it's job the way it should (it won't). If Bobby succeeds in destroying it, deliberately or not, I won't cry. Nevertheless, he represents an important part of Trump's new winning coalition. His confirmation hearing was yesterday. Ace, RFK Jr. Confirmation Hearing In Progress. "His opening statement stressed that Americans' health is the worst it has ever been and worst in the western world. In other words, the Pfizer-owned shills and liberal Establishment Republicans who only want to continue present disastrous policy because It's The Way We've Always Done Things are defending the indefensible. Obviously he was "disrupted" by shrieking leftists, who of course wear the obligatory covid mask in 2025. And of course he was "disrupted" again." At Da Caller, ‘Tidal Wave’ Of RFK Jr. Supporters Descend On Washington As HHS Nominee Faces GOP Holdouts. You can find the whole hearing at CTH, or from Althouse. A Larry video at Hat Hair suggests Chaos In DC: RFK Jr Rips Democrats to ShredsEvan Kilgore@EvanAKilgore, "MIC DROP: RFK JR: "I would ask ANY of the Democrats who've are chuckling just now, do you believe all that money, the $900 BILLION we're sending to Medicaid every year has made Americans healthy?" Senate Hearing room breaks out in applause." Insty,  DEMOCRATS REMINDING PEOPLE WHY THEY LOST.  At Twitchy, YIKES! Elizabeth Warren's 'Full-Blown Meltdown' at RFK Jr. Hearing Spoke Volumes. Beege Welborn at Hat Hair calls it All in the Family, American Psychos Episode. Nick Arama at Red State notes Sanders' Unhinged 'Onesies' Moment During RFK Jr. Hearing Had Kennedy, Megyn Kelly, Others Laughing. Twitchy, Megyn Kelly in the Background was ALL of Us When Bernie Sanders Asked RFK Jr. to Condemn Onesies.

Sundance at CTH, Senator Whitehouse Demands RFK Jr Support: “Forced Mandatory Vaccinations” or No Confirmation Support. Kurt Schlichter@KurtSchlichter "I would say that Sheldon Whitehouse treated RFK Jr worse than he treats black people at his beach club, but that’s not true because Sheldon Whitehouse’s beach club doesn’t allow black people." Quote, Tony Kinnett@TheTonus, "Sen. Whitehouse (D-RI) beginning his confirmation "questioning" of RFK Jr. by saying "I'm very experienced, so you're just going to have to listen," then talking for 7 minutes nonstop is such a perfect picture of why Democrats are failing around the nation right now." Calley Means@calleymeans, "Astounding. Reporters at RFK hearing have pre-written negative headlines." Well, it does save time. Dave Strom at Hat Hair VIP, 10 Years Ago I Would Have Opposed RFK, Jr. Today I Am Behind Him. The enemy of my enemy . . . Capt. Ed has Wednesday’s Final Word: JD Vance@JDVance, "In their own way, both Tulsi Gabbard and RFK Jr. represent parts of the new coalition in our party. To say they’re unwelcome in the cabinet is to insult those new voters. To reject their confirmation is to reject the idea that President Trump decides his cabinet."


At the Peacock, Trump administration offers roughly 2 million federal workers a buyout to resign. "An email went out to the federal workforce Tuesday evening, with a subject line that had ties to Elon Musk." Hat Hair cites Anxious, Trump Offering Buyouts to All Federal Workers, Source Says. wretchardthecat@wretchardthecat "The 8 month severance package is the first of several probable moves to reduce the size of govt. The reality that drives it is the bare fact that govt is running out of money to keep paying a bloated bureaucracy indefinitely but it can pay them for 8 months more." Dave Strom at Hat Hair, Hilarious: Federal Employees Sue Because They Don't Want to Get Emails From the Boss. Streiff at RedState, Anonymous Feds Use Reddit Post to Challenge Trump's Government-Wide Email System. Megan McArdle@asymmetricinfo, "C’mon, guys, this is just playing into Trump’s hands. “My employer, the Federal government, can’t mass email me until there has been a systematic bureaucratic review of how much information the Federal government, which employs me, will need to send the emails” is not a valid complaint, and if this actually works, it would 100% justify blowing up the bureaucracy and replacing it with people who aren’t idiots." Where are we? Nowhere @nowhere_nh, "There cannot be a "hostile takeover of the civil service." The civil service is not a check on the Executive Branch- it IS the Executive Branch. If a Department, Office, Bureau, program, or individual is doing something counter to the will of the Executive, it's well within the Executive's right to nip such behavior in the bud. Because the Executive was elected by the will of the people. The bureaucracy was not . . ." Elon Musk@elonmusk, "Interesting poll. Downsizing government is the most popular issue by far!" The Telegraph, Civil servants plot to sabotage Trump’s working from home ban, "Federal workers suggest administration’s edict will be unworkable as they plan ‘return to distraction’" Matt Vespa at TownHall, Here's Stephen Miller's Hilarious Exchange With CNN's Jake Tapper Over Federal Workers. Mark Tapscott at PJM insists Trump's Civil Service Reform Has Nothing to Do With 'Politicization'. Reuters, Exclusive-USDA inspector general escorted out of her office after defying White House Nice Deb at Am Great, Over 50 USAID Workers Placed on Leave While Acting Administrator Investigates Insubordination. VodkaPundit at PJM, We're as Mad as Hell and We're Not Going to Take This Anymore.

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Ace, Trump Freezes All Federal Boondoggles Until They Can be Analyzed for Waste, Fraud, and Graft, "Breaking Update: Matthew Daly @MatthewDalyWDC WASHINGTON (AP) -- White House budget office rescinds order on federal grant freeze that sparked widespread confusion. Yeah, I don't really think much of this. I think it's being rescinded so that he can issue another executive order that avoids the fake "confusion" better." Rick Moran at PJM, White House Rescinds Federal Aid Freeze Memo. John Sexton at Hat Hair, Trump Administration Rescinds Freeze on Grants. Althouse, "It's an astonishing reversal by the Trump administration, a day after top officials defended the funding freeze...." ""'This is NOT a rescission of the federal funding freeze. It is simply a rescission of the OMB memo,' White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a post on X.' Why? To end any confusion created by the court's injunction," and "Karoline Leavitt, the new White House press secretary — at 27, the youngest person ever to hold the job — kicked off her first briefing on Tuesday afternoon..." ""... by reminding all the veteran reporters in assembly that they had become more irrelevant than ever." Libs of TikTok@libsoftiktok "Former president of Kenya mocks countries who are upset Trump that said he won’t give blank checks anymore to foreign governments. “Why are you crying? It’s not your government! He has no reason to give you anything. You don’t pay taxes in America.”" Dave Strom, To Crush Your Enemies, See Them Driven Before You, and Hear the Lamentations of Their Women. Wesley Yang@wesyang, ""literally all of our programs encompass AND ARE BUILT on DEI policies. It's even baked into our contracts." It's a giant societywide make-work program embedded into everything that institutional America touches, providing an ever-burgeoning class of rent-seekers sinecures and fees." Quote Kingpilled@realKingpilled, "Reddit is awash with these types of posts. The federal govt has been loaded to the gills with the most pathetic and useless people imaginable. Virtually all the federal agencies are part of a literal jobs program for stupid people." ET, House Oversight Chair Worries Resistance From Federal Agencies Will Sink Efforts to Cut Spending. Guy Benson at TownHall details How Republicans Just Teamed Up to Defeat a 'Malicious Compliance' Stunt on DEI


At the Telegraph, This is America First. The world had better take notice. From WUWT, Trump Dumps the Paris Agreement: Is it a Big Deal? Althouse, "Trump has been adamant that the United States should exert control over [Greenland], given both its strategic position in a melting Arctic region..." ""... where China and Russia also have growing interests, as well as the wealth of natural resources that are thought to lie beneath Greenland’s seabeds and frozen wastes.... Trump and his allies do not envision an invasion of Greenland.... Instead, Trump is hoping for Copenhagen’s acquiescence in some sort of deal, framing a U.S. acquisition of the territory as an act of generosity to relieve Denmark of the burden of administering it. There is plenty of historical precedent. . . " Ace, France's Leftwing Failure Macron Considered Sending Troops to Greenland... to Fight America, "Well this is the end of NATO then, isn't it?" Rueters, Putin growing concerned by Russia’s economy, as Trump pushes for Ukraine deal

From NYPo, Disgraced ex-NJ Sen. Bob Menendez cries as he begs for leniency — but gets 11 years in prison for gold bar bribery scheme. Sundance, Former Senator Bob Menendez Sentenced to 11-Years in Prison. "There’s no sympathy for Bob Menendez at all; however, all things considered, he was convicted of doing the same thing that every Senator on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee does, and the same thing that Joe Biden did for decades… Sell the influence of their office to foreign countries. They all do it." Ace, "Bullion Bob" Menendez Sentenced to 11 Years for Bribery and Corruption, the Longest Sentence Ever Handed Out to a Senator, "Now do Joe Biden."Jeff Blehar is *BOX OFFICE POISON*@EsotericCD "What makes Bob Menendez a true legend of New Jersey politics is how he spent years fighting federal criminal charges, beat them, and then turned around and got right back to crimin' again the instant he did. The man was *committed* to his grift. It was in his heart all along."

At the Victory Girls, Tim Walz Is In Pure Hell. Paul Bedard at WaEx sees Virginia turning red: Dead heat in governor’s race, and Youngkin popularity soars. NY Sun, Ahead of Gubernatorial Election, New Jersey Emerges as a Bellwether for Trump, and Seems To Be Shifting Right. "If this were expressed in a political Richter scale, aftershocks could offer some surprises." Let Guy Benson explain Why a Brutal Murder in Chicago Could Become a Political Disaster for Democrats. Capt. Ed hears Dems Wonder: Should We Listen to Voters or Naah?

Capt. Ed at Hat Hair, LA Times: About That 'Fast Track' for Rebuilding Palisades ..., not so fast. "Lest one miss the nuance of this moment, people objected in a public hearing to allow victims of a wildfire to rebuild the homes they lost. They want to apply new rules and regulations to force property owners to replace the single-family Palisades and Altadena neighborhoods with multi-family dwellings, while the victims remain displaced. Or at the very least, they want these victims to run a gauntlet of bureaucrats for years just to restore what was lost -- at least in part by progressive incompetence and policies that kneecapped fire prevention and firefighting." Justine Bateman @JustineBateman, "Karen Bass and whoever is spinning the @MayorOfLA posts as fast and you can, people can't get to their houses in the Palisades. We are sick of your total incompetence. Just hand the keys over to @RickCarusoLA. Also, @realDonaldTrump @POTUS, perhaps you can send someone to handle this. Our Mayor has completely failed." Sunny@sunnyright, "Republican president is elected and Democrats, upset over his plan to take away cheap labor, talk of secession" Quote, KTLA@KTLA, "Measure to make California an independent country cleared to gather signatures https://trib.al/AvOkPaC." John Sexton, LA Democrats Are So Incompetent that the County is Moving Right.

BeeGe Welborn, Things Suddenly Looking Chilly for Milley. He may have been pardoned by Biden, but he can still be busted down in rank for defying President Trump. Eric Daugherty@EricLDaugh, "Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth just said that the Pentagon is going to investigate retired Gen. Mark Milley." Tom Knighton at Bearing Arms, FOIA Submitted With Questions About Merrick Garland's New Tommy Gun.

Chronicles predicts The Deportation Revolution Will Be Televised. At Hat Hair, Noem Talking and Walking the Mean Streets. Matt Vespa says Tom Homan Had the Perfect Response to This MSNBC Host's Meltdown Over ICE Raids. " Townhall.com @townhallcom, "Tom Homan just said that MSNBC’s Joy Reid is “dumber than a box of rocks.”" Stephen Kruiser at PJM, I'll Take My New Immigration Policy on ICE, Please.Hat Hair, Congress Has Summoned Michelle Wu to Explain Her 'Sanctuary Jurisdiction'. NYPo, DOJ sent top official to Chicago to investigate possible sanctuary city interference with ICE raids. Fox, Trump moves to prepare Guantanamo Bay for 30,000 'criminal illegal aliens' "Trump says, 'It's a tough place to get out of'." Victory Girls note another Trump EO: Deport Students Who Broke Laws During Campus Protests. NYPo, Tren de Aragua migrant gangbangers who posted photo of baby sitting on pile of illegal cash get taken down in NYPD sweep. Ace, Tren de Aragua "Ringleader" Arrested in NYC Immigration Raids, "They always knew where these vicious criminals were. They could have stopped them from victimizing innocent people. Instead, they danced to the tune of anti-civilization, pro-crime, pro-chaos maniac George Soros' tune." Capt. Ed, CNN Analyst on Deportations: Just You Republicans Wait Until Women Can't Get Smoothies! Mary Katharine Ham @mkhammer, "Call me crazy, but I don’t think “whaaat will I doo without my exploited underclaaahhhsss to pick my smooothie berriiieees,” with maximal vocal fry, is the enlightened argument she imagines it is."  Dave Strom, I'd Like to Report Another Murder: Stephen Miller Wipes the Floor With Jake Tapper:
The Peacock whines Meta agrees to pay $25 million to settle Trump lawsuit over suspended accounts. "Meta, along with nearly every other major tech company, suspended Trump’s accounts in 2021 after the Capitol attack by his supporters."

From the Free Bacon, Columbia Student Group Observes Holocaust Remembrance Day—By Noting 'Parallels' Between Auschwitz and 'Zionist Dungeons and Torture Camps'. "‘A return to the status quo prior to October 7 is not enough,’ Columbia Jewish Voice for Peace writes." The College Fix finds Conservative events repeatedly blocked at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.


The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: Back In The Cellar up and garnering clicks at The Other McCain.

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