Thursday, March 13, 2025

Flotsam and Jetsam - The Schumer Shutdown Looms

From Behind the Black, Expect no end, no slowdown, in Trump’s non-stop offensive. Matt Vespa at TownHall, If This Is the Reaction to the Senate Dems' First Move on the Spending Bill, They Better Rethink It. "We’re heading for a shutdown. On March 14, the government will close its doors, and it’s the fault of Senate Democrats who failed to advance the House’s six-month continuing resolution. They want to short-term CR this session to death and disrupt the GOP from their plans of passing a slew of crucial domestic items, like making the Trump tax cuts permanent, finishing the border wall, and securing our southern border. They also want to shut down the Department of Government Efficiency, whose work of uncovering wasteful spending and political class pork has hit close to home." Also, Is Trump Committing an Unforced Error Here? for threatening to primary Rep. Massie for opposing CR? Hat Hair's Capt. Ed, Senate Dems Have Only One Choice Left. Will AOC and Jayapal Allow It? PJM's Rick Moran thinks Senate Democrats are Looking to Fold and Vote for 'Horrible' Continuing Resolution. “The CR is a terrible bill… but a shutdown has terrible consequences,” the source added. “Elon Musk is trying to shut down the government. If we shut down the government, it takes the blame away from him, and it puts the blame on us for chaos and confusion.” Nick Sortor @nicksortor, "#BREAKING: Chuck Schumer has announced Democrats will be BLOCKING the CR bill from passing, which will likely result in a government shutdown in just days SCHUMER SHUTDOWN!"

WWBL, Russia waiting for US-Ukraine cease-fire proposal details, Kremlin says. Austin Bay, Ukraine War: The Peace Ball Is Now in Putin's Court. At CTH, Sundance hosts Secretary of State Marco Rubio Outlines Next Steps Toward Ukraine-Russia Ceasefire,  President Trump Hosts Ireland’s Taoiseach Micheál Martin and Takes Press Questions from The Oval Office and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick Outlines Global Impact and Response from USA Tariff Hammer. Am Con claims European Opposition to Trump Is Heavily Overstated. Mike Kochin at Am Great  expound on The Vance Doctrine, "Vance calls for America to rethink defending Europe, arguing it suppresses democratic dissent while Ukraine's victory would embolden totalitarianism."

Ace, Inflation Is Cut By More Than Half In Trump's First Month In Office. "He said inflation would start coming down "on day one." Promise kept! The last reading on inflation under the Usurper Zombie was 5.7%, annualized. Trump's first reading is 2.4%, annualized." Benny Johnson @bennyjohnson, "BREAKING: American gas prices have hit their lowest since March 2021, according to GasBuddy." At PJM, Matt Margolis thinks This Is Literally the Worst News Democrats Could Get Right Now. Inflation falling, esp gas and eggs. At WUWT, BREAKING: EPA Launches Biggest Deregulatory Action in U.S. History. Art Laffer to Newsmax: Trump Brings 'Sensible' Policies on Economy. At Da Caller, ‘These Are My People’: Trump’s Energy Sec Takes Bull By The Horns In Rodeo Night Appearance.

Insty, at his NYPo gig says Trump is deworming Washington — now to keep the parasites out for good. At Just Facts Daily, an Overlooked Treasury Report Supports Musk’s Warning About Federal Deficits Sinking the U.S. Ace, Trump To Lay Off 1,300 Department of Education Layabouts and Slapdicks, Cutting Staff by Nearly Half, "Reagan was a pussy. Just kidding. But also kinda serious." Leah Barkoukis at TownHall reports Zeldin Terminates $20 Billion in Biden 'Gold Bar' Grants. From NewsMax, Zeldin Promises to Cut 65 Percent of EPA Spending. Shipwreckedcrew@ shipwreckedcrew, Lawyers at the EPA -- along with those at the ENRD at DOJ -- are "true believers." Lawyers take positions with those two agencies because they are committed to the "religion" of climate change. Leaving them in place would be self-sabotage for an Administration wanting to shift policy. Quote Charles Gasparino, @CGasparino, "Just got stopped in the subway by a dude in a suit who said “just so ya know all the lawyers at the @EPA got laid off I’m one of them.” At WUWT, Government Science Frozen by Credit Card Freeze! "Federal Science Hamstrung by DOGE’s Credit Card Spending Limit." Leslie Eastman at LI, NASA Jettisons ‘Climate Advisor,’ DEI Branch, and Other Drags on Space Program, "Real space missions are back on the menu!" Nick Sortor @nicksortor, "#BREAKING: The US House just EXTENDED the statute of limitations for people who committed COVID fraud, allowing those who stole COVID relief funds to continue to be prosecuted. DOGE is coming for these criminals. Democrats are apparently VERY afraid of this, considering 127 of them voted against it." Secretary Brooke Rollins @SecRollins, "@USDA was funding a $397K grant in the San Francisco Bay to educate queer, trans, and BIPOC urban farmers and consumers about food justice and values-aligned markets… This grant has been CANCELLED." Matt Van Swol @matt_vanswol "#BREAKING: HUD Secretary, Scott Turner, has REJECTED a proposal by the City of Asheville NC for $225 million in disaster relief. It was uncovered that buried in the proposal was a clause that the city would "prioritize" DEI when distributing disaster relief funds to victims..."

Leah Barkoukis, Trump Says Attacks on Tesla Dealerships Will Be Considered Acts of Domestic Terrorism. NewsMax, FBI, DOJ Asked to Investigate Attacks on DOGE, Tesla. Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok, "A parent on Reddit is asking for legal advice after their 18-year-old daughter was caught on camera vandalizing a Tesla and Cyber Truck during a protest and is now being prosecuted. FAFO." VodkaPundit at Insty, SHOT: At This Point, Elon Musk Will Have to Give Up Tesla. Chaser: Robby Starbuck @robbystarbuck, "President Trump just bought a Tesla Model S and declared that violence against Tesla will be treated under the law as domestic terrorism. I don’t think any leftists want to test Trump on this!" Breitbart reports a Trump Hater Sets Himself Ablaze While Torching Tesla Charging Station in South Carolina. Let him heal up in jail. Western Lensman @WesternLensman, "@ScottJenningsKY nukes CNN panel's "Tesla dealership” argument — and points out the insane attacks on the company: “Here’s a video of Joe Biden driving a Jeep around the South Lawn." "It's pretty common for the president to boost American industries." "He obviously has a close relationship with Elon, who, by the way, is, I think, unfairly under attack." "And this company is unfairly under attack. You have these insane people all over the country chasing people down in their Teslas." "I had a friend who tried to trade his Tesla in in New York the other day, and there were protesters screaming at his children." Hollywood in Toto, Bill Burr Struck with Elon Musk Derangement Syndrome, "'Rebel' comic sides with hard-Left, dubs Tesla owner a Nazi idiot." Elon Musk @elonmusk, quote Lachlan Phillips exo/acc@bitcloud, "No see, the good guys are the ones wearing swastikas, dressing up like Hitler, torching electric vehicles and trying to assassinate people. The bad guys are the ones building EVs, trying to end government corruption and securing free speech. Hopefully this helps." The Babylon Bee @TheBabylonBee, "Liberals Defeat Nazis By Painting Swastikas Everywhere And Torching Immigrant Businesses https://buff.ly/GQyix98"


The NYPo ed board wonders Who was really running the country while Autopen Joe Biden snoozed and drooled? Vicky Taft at PJM sees Old Joe's Fake Oval Office — and Its Fake News Apologists — Exposed. From Twitchy, 'I Now Know Why!' Alina Habba Gives a Revealing Tour of Biden's Fake Oval Office. Charles Gasparino@CGasparino "Breaking: People close to @WhiteHouse believe @JoeBiden increased federal spending by as much as $300 billion in his final months of his presidency to juice the economy and markets and help @KamalaHarris get elected. That combined that with rolling over short term debt in order not to force rates on the all-important 10 year note (which consumers rates are priced off of) to spike higher, has left a balance sheet mess of epic proportions. They say this spending spree provides an insight into the mountain of debt and deficits that Trump must start to eliminate. Story developing." At the Pop Times, “Drunk Auntie” Vibes: Kamala Rambles About Doritos at AI summit, Leaving Audience Baffled.

Hat Hair's Dave Strom claims Democrats' Internal Polling Is Disastrous. POLITICO @politico, "The Democratic Party’s brand is in rough shape in the congressional battlegrounds, new polling shows." Ace, Politico: Internal Democrat Polling Shows "Massive Branding Problem." "Ah, of course. Politico reports this in terms of the Democrats' preferred framing, that their problems only have to do with "messaging" and "branding," and not at all with their core pseudo-religious cult doctrines. You just have to stop saying "LatinX" and then bob's your uncle!"VodkaPundit at PJM finds Burn, Baby Burn: Another Lefty Has Some Deliciously Bad Advice for Dems. Hat Hair's Capt. Ed hears Fetterman to Dems: Grow Up and NEW: Third Senate Dem Calls It Quits. "Senator Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire will not run for re-election in 2026, bringing an end to a long and singular political career and further complicating Democrats’ efforts to regain a majority in the Senate." Pop Times notes Democrats Invite Transgender Rockstar to Desecrate Christianity During the “Fighting Oligarchy” Tour.





Laura Powell @LauraPowellEsq "At the hearing today on the lawsuit challenging the ban on trans people in the military, Judge Reyes questioned the government attorneys about whether she should be required to defer to the judgment of the current Secretary of Defense. She pointed out that Pete Hegseth has not been in his role long. She said she believed Hegseth had no military experience, but then corrected herself and said something about having received an “early deployment” to do a TV show. She suggested that instead, she should defer to an opinion expressed by the former Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff years ago, emphasizing he had a “stellar” military record. If you are looking for a constitutional crisis, we’ve got a judge who thinks she can disregard the proper exercise of executive authority if she believes the Cabinet member isn’t sufficiently qualified."

Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok "REPORTER: Do you think local law enforcement has the resources to both cooperate with ICE and conduct public safety? HOMAN: "You're running around arresting the same guy FIVE TIMES. Arrest them once, give them to us and you don't arrest them anymore."" The Post Millennial @TPostMillennial "Tom Homan calmly eats an apple as the left screams at him." At the Pop Times, CBS News Reporter Says He “Did Not See a Single Migrant” Trying to Cross the Border. NYPo, Admitted Hezbollah terrorist finally set to be deported — a year after he crossed border and said he ‘hoped to make a bomb.’ He should go to Gitmo.

Eric Schmitt @Eric_Schmitt, "The Left spent the past decade building a vast censorship enterprise. A shadowy network of NGOs, tech groups and governments working to censor the Left's enemies—not just in America, but across the West. Over the next four years, the GOP must expose + dismantle this system." Charlotte Hazard at JTN reports CBS News requests FCC stop probe into edits of '60 Minutes' interview with Kamala Harris. Ace, NYT Fires Half of Its Editorial Staff, "Learn to code. Learn to do something. Anything, really." Insty, CLOWN NOSE ON: Stewart is pretending to get the vapors over Fox News, while having a massive case of selective amnesia* over how we got here: How Jon Stewart And ‘The Daily Show’ Elected Donald Trump. * Useful for keeping one’s career options open." From the College Fix, West Point disbands 12 student groups following Trump’s DEI executive order. Da Mail would like you to Listen to leaked audio of DEI activist SHARING air traffic controller exam answers with minority candidates. John Sexton at Hat Hair, Yale Suspends Project Director Linked to Pro-Terrorism Group. Charlie Kirk @charliekirk11 "It's not widely known, but over HALF of Columba University's enrollment is now foreign students. Some of them are people like Mahmoud Khalil, who spent all his time agitating in support of Hamas terrorists. But if you dig deeper, the true story is even more appalling: Columbia is using the prestige of its elite undergraduate school to bring in thousands of mediocre foreigners who want a Columbia degree in computer science, engineering, or a similar field. Columbia admits them because they pay full-freight tuition, boosting their bottom line while glutting the American job market and lowering wages for STEM workers. Why are we letting one of America's premier universities become overwhelmingly foreign in order to fund bloated administrator paychecks? Don't take it from me, the internet is full of Columbia grads complaining about what's happened to their school. . ." Unused links at the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 03.12.25 (Afternoon Edition). The Wombat has Rule 5 Sunday: Waitress on the Ramparts and FMJRA 2.0: Breakthrough! posted and garnering clicks at The Other McCain.

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