Sunday, March 23, 2025

Flotsam and Jetsam - Musk Threatens To Sue Bowman over Nazi Slur

At Da Wire, Trump Reveals Which Agencies Will Take Over Ed Dept Duties "The SBA, headed by Administrator Kelly Loeffler, will now be in charge of all federal student loans while the HHS, led by Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., will oversee special needs and nutrition programs, Trump told reporters." Also at Da Wire, Matt Walsh explains All The Reasons Why Abolishing The DOE Is A Great Move By Trump, but remember, "Congress will ultimately have to take the final step of eradicating the department." Which is why it probably won't happen, unless Republicans make the remainder into a dept designed to specifically act against Democrate goals, like promoting home and charter schooling. 

At Insty, THIS WILL BE AN EARLY TEST FOR RFK, JR.: Nick Sortor @nicksortor, " Large Soda Companies are paying “influencers” upwards of $1,000 PER POST to lobby against the SNAP (food stamp) soda ban Why? Because Coca-Cola and PepsiCo pull in over $5 BILLION each year off taxpayer-funded food stamps. DON’T FALL FOR IT. Big Soda is paying for these posts." Reuters admits After Trump meeting, UAE commits to 10-year, $1.4 trillion investment framework in US. Meanwhile, back at home Hat Hair's Salena Zito sees Small Businesses Have Been Battered, But Confidence Is Rising. Where's my $1,000?

Beyond the borders The Telegraph claims that In Canada’s snap election, Donald Trump is the one to beat, "Mark Carney and his Conservative rival will be aiming to create as much distance as possible between themselves and the US president." The Free Bacon hears Trump and Bibi Issue an Ultimatum. Iran and Hamas Should Heed It. They won't.

Althouse find "All Voters who believe in Common Sense should GET OUT TO VOTE EARLY for Brad Schimel. By turning out and VOTING EARLY, you will be helping to Uphold the Rule of Law..." ""... Protect our Incredible Police, Secure our Beloved Constitution, Safeguard our Inalienable Rights, and PRESERVE LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL." That's how Trump put it on Truth Social, quoted in "Trump Jumps Into a Major Wisconsin Court Race With an Endorsement/The president threw his support to Brad Schimel, the conservative candidate in a race for control of the battleground state’s top court. Elon Musk has spent millions of dollars on the contest" (NYT)."

DNYUZ, Musk threatens to sue after Democrat ex-Rep Jamaal Bowman calls him a ‘Nazi’ and ‘thief’ during TV appearance. Collin Rugg@CollinRugg, "JUST IN: Elon Musk announces he is launching a lawsuit after former Rep. Jamaal Bowman called him a “thief” and a “Nazi” on live television. The comment from Bowman came last night on CNN. “I've had enough. Lawsuit inbound,” Musk said in response to the video clip below." Capt. Ed at Hat Hair hears Elon to 'Fire Pull' Bowman: Get Ready for a 4-Alarm Lawsuit

"Is stupidity a defense against defamation? Perhaps, and although [Jamaal] Bowman is a former public-school principal, his attorneys can point to a number of Bowman’s statement and actions to depict him as a pure-D moron, including and especially the fire-pull incident. A better defense, especially in light of Musk’s clear status as a ‘public person’ under the Sullivan standard, is that “Nazi” is a hyperbolic statement of disapproval that was not meant to be taken literally. Unfortunately, both defenses would tend to get defeated by a statement Bowman made at the time of the fire-pull incident. At the time, Bowman attempted to get his fellow Democrats to adopt a set of talking points to defend him for faking a fire alarm, with Politico reporting at the time that one suggested response would be to call Republicans Nazis: One suggested response from Bowman’s office to questions about the incident: “I believe Congressman Bowman when he says this was an accident. Republicans need to instead focus their energy on the Nazi members of their party before anything else.” Bowman then claimed that his staffers had created the bullet points and hadn’t asked him for approval before sending it out. He then released a statement explaining why it was inappropriate:"

Congressman Jamaal Bowman @RepBowman, "I just became aware that in our messaging guidance, there was inappropriate use of the term Nazi without my consent. I condemn the use of the term Nazi out of its precise definition. It is important to specify the term Nazi to refer to members of the Nazi party & neo-Nazis. "Anyway, Musk will still have a tough time getting around Sullivan and the court’s normal tolerance of hyperbole in political criticism. Normally, one might wonder whether a plaintiff in this situation would want to waste the resources on such a fight, but Musk has an awful lot of resources." Defamation suits take a lot of time and money. Elon has plenty of both. Pick a favorable jurisdiction and judge, and go for it. 

A Driscoll post at Insty, ANNALS OF LEFTIST AUTOPHAGY: The carbon footprint of a burning Tesla. At Breitbart, Jimmy Kimmel Justifies Tesla Terrorism, Spreads False Nazi Claims. Insty, ONCE AGAIN, DEMOCRATS ARE ON THE WRONG SIDE OF AN 80/20 ISSUE: Rasmussen Reports @Rasmussen_Poll ""Tesla automobiles and Tesla dealerships have been vandalized by anti-Trump protesters. Is vandalism against Tesla an appropriate form of protest?" NO - DEM: 61% IND: 79% GOP: 78% All Voters: 72%" Well, 70/30. But they can't help appeasing their loud activist base.

Patrick Basham @PatrickBashamDI, "Majority supports @elonmusk government role AND @DOGE cuts: #DemocracyInstitute @Daily_Express @ExpressUSNews poll https://msn.com/en-us/news/pol." You won't hear that at WaPoo. Beege Welborn, The amount of copium in this MSNBC article about 'Elon harming the DOGE brand' is astonishing. At Da Signal, Federal Gov’t Agencies Quietly Went on Giant Spending Sprees for Years, Report Finds. David Sacks @DavidSacks, "One of the Swamp’s favorite debating tricks is to pretend that the only way to meaningfully reduce the deficit is to cut Social Security. No actually, you can go line by line through the budget and cut the waste, fraud and abuse. It all adds up." Quote Rapid Response 47 @RapidResponse47, "Commerce Secretary @howardlutnick: I find it disgusting, when we're the richest country in the world, and some politician says, in order to save Social Security — rather than getting rid of the waste, fraud and abuse — we should move retirement age to 70. How about no." At Breitbart, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard Slashes DEI, Wasteful Spending by Tens of Millions of Dollars. From NewsMax, DHS Purging 3 Offices It Says Add Bureaucratic Hurdles. LifeZette, DOGE Insider Drops IRS Boondoggle Bombshells, Billions in Waste.

Sky News reports Prime Minister urged to call 'emergency meeting' after Trump administration cuts funding to seven Australian universities. "Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has been urged to call an "emergency meeting" after the Trump administration cut grants to seven Australian universities." Streiff at RedState, Australian Universities Demand 'Emergency Meeting' After Trump Cancels Their Funding. Beege Welborn, There's a Question - Why Were We Sending So Much $ to Aussie Universities? "So much money that cutting it off means relations between the two countries have suffered a 'serious' blow? And the Australian universities have their noses out of joint because they were asked to justify the funding they'd received, and now want their government to 'protect' them. It's as if getting these huge chunks of change have become a right, not something to earn and produce results for the client paying for them." Insty, THIS IS A TEENAGER’S DEFINITION OF INDEPENDENCE. “I’M INDEPENDENT, NOW WHERE’S MY ALLOWANCE?Oilfield Rando @Oilfield_Rando, "Apparently the word “independent” means something different in Australia than it does everywhere else. Because if you need $600 million from a foreign country to conduct your research….your research is DEPENDENT on that country."

From Fox, Hegseth suggests judge report to military bases after ruling that Pentagon must allow transgender troops. "Hegseth said the judge 'can report to Fort Benning at 0600 to instruct our Army Rangers on how to execute High Value Target Raids'." Da Signal, Welcome to the Krytocracy: The BorderLine "We may think we live in a democracy, which comes from the Greek words “demos” (people) and “kratos” (rule). But with one federal district judge after another attempting to stop President Donald Trump from carrying out his policies, it’s starting to look more like a “krytocracy,” or rule by judges." Pop Times, Judge Orders the Return of Biological Male Inmates to Women’s Prison Facilities against Trump’s Policy. At ET DOJ Wants Judge Removed From Case Challenging Trump’s Executive Order, "District of Columbia District Judge Beryl Howell already granted a temporary restraining order stopping the executive order on March 12." From NewsMax, Rep. Jordan to Newsmax: Hearings Possibly Next Week on Anti-Trump Judges. At Hat Hair, Josh Hammer says John Roberts Is Responsible for the High Court's Self-Delegitimization.

Matt Vespa at TownHall, Trump Issues a New Order for Attorney General Pam Bondi. It's One That's Needed. "President Trump directed US Attorney General Pam Bond to pursue penalties against law firms and lawyers that lodge “frivolous” litigation against the government. Trump pointed to civil procedure rules barring lawyers from lodging legal filings to “harass” or “cause unnecessary delay” and asked Bondi, 59, to recommend additional steps he could take to fight back." The Peacock screeches Legal community shaken by a powerful law firm's decision to give in to Trump's demands. "President Donald Trump rescinded his executive order targeting Paul Weiss — after the law firm agreed to certain conditions." Beege Welborn passes on "Few groups have been more hostile or forceful in their opposition to Trump than the legal community. Which, of course, is why Trump is coming after it like a conqueror deploying a scorched earth policy. Surrender and survive isn't such a bad option then."

NewsMax, Trump Pulls Security Clearances for Biden, Kamala Harris. "The list includes former Secretary of State Antony Blinken and former Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco and "any other member of Joe R. Biden's family.""  Biden pulled his. They've had enough time to give back any secret papers. Now get the FBI into their houses to check. Dave Strom, It's Always Projection: Trump FBI Critic Arrested For Stealing Classified Information. Another Pam Bondi order via WSJ, FBI Pushes to Release Epstein Files With Some Details on Victims, Witnesses Left In, "Officials, victims’ lawyers worry sensitive information will be exposed in Trump administration’s eagerness to release material." Ward Clark at RedState, Was the Biden Admin's DOJ Spying on Americans' Financial Transactions? House Judiciary GOP @JudiciaryGOP, "NEW: The Biden-Harris FBI worked with financial institutions to spy on Americans' private financial records. @Jim_Jordan, @Congressman_JVD, and@RepLoudermilk are getting to the bottom of it. Read here: https://judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-subs."

Sauron's Eye whines U.S. to revoke legal status of more than a half-million migrants, urges them to self deport. Beege Welborn, Read how CBS phrases what the Biden administration did - they 'reduced' illegal immigration at the border by opening wholesale swaths of paths for illegals to come in through expanded 'Temporary Protected Status': "...A report released by the House Judiciary Committee in early March showed that former President Joe Biden expanded the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program, as well as the CHNV Parole Program. Through his expansion of the programs, millions of illegal aliens were allowed to enter the U.S. “with little to no vetting.”" Just one more crooked end-run around the border by POTATUS and his puppet masters." NYPo reports Gangbanger wanted for human trafficking is first migrant detained under Trump’s newly invoked Alien Enemies Act. CTV, U.S. border officials have caught more people with eggs than fentanyl this year. Well, the fentanyl smugglers are probably more used to concealing their goods. 

At Da Mail, Shock 2028 presidential poll shows the Democrats can't help themselves "She lost the White House in a landslide, torched a billion-dollar war chest, and left her party reeling, but Kamala Harris is back on top." NYPo, Kamala Harris is double-digit favorite to win 2028 Democratic Party nomination: poll. Hat Hair's John Sexton is happy to report that Democrats Face Their Own Angry Town Halls. At Da Signal, the Great Victor Davis Hanson details The Lengths Democrats Are Willing to Go to Stop Trump (video). Breitbart, Hostin: ‘We’re at an Existential Crisis,’ Dems Need to Stop Playing by the Rules. Since when have they been playing by the rules? Matt Margolis at PJM sees The New York Times Makes a Stunning Admission About the Democrats. "Now, the New York Times has accidentally said the quiet part out loud—the left’s political machine is fueled by your tax dollars., "Executive actions intended to cripple top Democratic law firms. Investigations of Democratic fund-raising and organizing platforms. Ominous suggestions that nonprofits aligned with Democrats or critical of President Trump should have their tax exemptions revoked. Mr. Trump and his allies are aggressively attacking the players and machinery that power the left, taking a series of highly partisan official actions that, if successful, will threaten to hobble Democrats’ ability to compete in elections for years to come." LifeZette, Segregation? Maddow Gives Walz the Mic and It Gets Weird Fast [WATCH], "In an unhinged appearance on MSNBC, Walz unloaded on Trump and conservatives, warning—without a shred of evidence—that shutting down the Department would somehow bring back segregation in American schools, as reported by The Daily Caller." 

At Da Caller, Whether Biden’s Autopen Pardons Are Legal Depends On One Crucial Detail. Did the Preznit authorize it? Althouse, "The Bidens are still living in an alternative universe that revolves only around them. Their irresponsibility, family ego and selfishness..." ""... put the Democratic Party in this position in the first place.… The Biden family — and the disconnected reality that they and their ineffective little circle live in — is responsible for the Trump sequel and the wilderness the Democratic Party finds itself in today.... These people drank so much of their own Kool-Aid... that they believed — and still seemingly believe — that an 82-year-old man with a 38% approval rating on a good day, who can’t sit down for a simple traditional 10-minute pre-Super Bowl interview, was the answer for Democrats in 2024 and now this same group thinks the Bidens are the answer for Democrats now?" At Twitchy, Dana Carvey’s Hilarious Biden Dementia Slam on Maher Lands Like a Cognitive Collapse Mic Drop. Not as good as Tom Shalue's on Gutfeld! The Great VDH at TownHall, The Left Knew They Were Lying to Us All Along, about Biden's senility, and a lot more.



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