Flotsam and Jetsam - Trump Takes on the Slantic

From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 04.24.25 (Afternoon Edition) Twitchy: Trump Walking Into The Lion’s Den Once Again Up Against A True Hater. TownHall's Jeff Charles hears Trump Agrees to Interview With Longtime Media Foe—And It’s Going to Be Wild, Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg. Matt Margolis at PJM, This Is Huge! You Won’t Believe Who's Going to Interview Trump. Althouse, "Later today I will be meeting with, of all people, Jeffrey Goldberg, the Editor of The Atlantic, and the person responsible for many fictional stories about me...", ""... including the made-up HOAX on “Suckers and Losers” and, SignalGate, something he was somewhat more 'successful' with. Jeffrey is bringing with him Michael Scherer and Ashley Parker, not exactly pro-Trump writers, either, to put it mildly! The story they are writing, they have told my representatives, will be entitled, 'The Most Consequential President of this Century.' I am doing this interview out of curiosity, and as a competition with myself, just to see if it’s possible for The Atlantic to be 'truthful.' Are they capable of writing a fair story on 'TRUMP'? The way I look at it, what can be so bad – I WON!" Writes Trump, at Truth Social. I like this. Trump is reminding me of Bill Maher — as Maher approached his dinner with, of all people, Trump." At the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 04.24.25 (Evening Edition), EBL Larry David and Bill Maher – My Dinner With Adolf.

Charlotte Hazard at JTN reports Trump tells Putin to 'STOP!' following Russia's deadly airstrikes on Kyiv, as peace deal crumbles. Then, to be fair, NewsMax features how Trump Slams Zelenskyy for 'Inflammatory' Crimea Comment. I don't think Putin or Zelenskyy are ready for peace. At the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 04.24.25 (Evening Edition), American Conservative, Saving the World is Not America’s Responsibility. Twitchy, Are You HIGH?! Alexander Vindman Makes His Dumbest Claim YET About Trump and HOO BOY That Was ... Dumb.

At Da Blaze, Trump tells Glenn Beck the cold reality about tariff talks: 'I don't have to negotiate'. Harold Hutchinson at Da Caller, Donald Trump, Scott Bessent Reveal Which Country Could Be Close To Making Trade Deal: ‘They Came With Their A Game’, South Korea. At Ace, Treasury Secretary Bessent: We Have the Opportunity for a "Beautiful Rebalancing" of Trade With China; Tariffs Could be Lowered to 50-65%, "Those tariffs are still beastly for China. Trump talked about cutting the tariffs "substantially" down from the current 145% level." ZeroHedge claims a US Propane Tanker Diverts Chinese Port Call In Latest Warning Sign For China's Plastic Factories. But, then, how can they make us cheap plastic junk? From TNP, Trump Tariff Strategy Sparks Surge in U.S. Manufacturing Investments. The European Conservative says Stop Complaining: On Tariffs, Meloni Is Showing the Way Forward. "Meloni’s decision to engage Trump directly is a masterstroke for Italy. Facing a 20% U.S. tariff on European exports, Italy’s economy—heavily reliant on luxury goods, wine, and machinery—stands to lose billions. By securing a foothold in negotiations, Meloni aims to shield key actors while multiplying her international influence." At the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 04.24.25 (Evening Edition) Cafe Hayek, Fair Trade Is Grossly Unfair.

Also from Ace, Media Claims That Trump Backs Tax Hike on Millionaires as Part of His "Big Beautiful Tax Bill;" Trump Says "No, I Don't" "I don't know if this was a real trial balloon or just another completely fabricated Democrat op. Fox is claiming that "White House aides" floated the idea of creating a new highest income tax bracket for the wealthiest tax payers of something like 38%."

Shawn Fleetwood at Da Fed thinks the New Anti-Hegseth Op Illustrates The Media’s Campaign To Protect The Pentagon Status Quo. PM notes Military recruitment surges under Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth "All branches have surpassed their goals for the fiscal year that started in October 2024 through FEbruary 2025." Austin Bay is all about Decoupling, Reshoring and Restoring US Defense. From Breaking Defense, Navy Secretary John Phelan kills Biden-era climate plan, but think of the poor climate grifters! From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 04.24.25 (Afternoon Edition), CDR Salamander: Five Points of Pentagon Reform? and at the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 04.24.25 (Evening Edition), SECNAVY Phelan – First Person Spoken Word. From Da Fetched, Gabbard Declares War on Deep-State Leakers: “That Ends Now.” Chris Queen at PPM reports Jon Ossoff Voted for Military Pay Raises — Then Voted Against Funding Them.

WUWT likes Trump’s Example to the World: Cull Activists to Achieve Energy Abundance "Through executive orders limiting U.S. funding for international climate initiatives, the president has eased disruptive foreign interference in domestic energy policies. However, developing nations, especially those in the Global South, must now take advantage of their newfound freedom to set energy policy." John Sexton at Hat Hair approves of Trump's Latest Executive Order Takes on Disparate-Impact Theory. "This is, to put it mildly, a big deal. City Journal's Heather Mac Donald argues it's the "most important step" to restore meritocracy in America."

From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 04.24.25 (Afternoon Edition) Twitchy, Jessica Tarlov Sounds Super Insurrectiony, and Trump 2028 Hat Drops And The Left’s Freakout Belongs In The Hall Of Fame, Matt Taibbi: A Recap Of Trump’s First Three Months, and at the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 04.24.25 (Evening Edition), Shot In The Dark: If They Held A State Of The State & There Was No Donald Trump, The Federalist, Trump Admin Asks SCOTUS To Block Lower Court Injunction On Military ‘Trans’ Policy, The Media Have A New Conspiracy Theory About Trump’s Interior Decorating, Democrat Representative Urges Protesters To Harass Congressmen At Church, and Trump’s Fight To Fire Leftist Bureaucrats Is A Supreme Battle Worth Fighting.

Ace is pissed, Elon Musk Announces He'll Be "Scaling Back" His Work With DOGE as Democrat-Antifa Terrorism Crashes Tesla's Profits, "Is that how we're doing it now?" At Da Caller, Most Dem-Voting Federal Bureaucrats Say They Would Disobey ‘Legal’ Orders From Trump, Poll Shows. Another reason for Trump to go after the dead wood with no mercy. At Twitchy, Oh SNAP! Agriculture Secretary Announces Illegal Aliens no Longer Qualify for ‘Food Stamps’.

The AP crows Judge halts parts of Trump’s overhaul of US elections, including proof-of-citizenship requirement Da Wire reports Federal Judge Blocks Trump’s Proof-Of-Citizenship Voting Requirement. "Trump's executive order, which he signed in March, seeks to root out voter fraud in U.S. elections." At Da Signal, 6 Things to Know About the Judge Blocking Trump’s Election Integrity Order. Mary Chastain at LI elaborates Judge Temporarily Blocks Part of Trump’s Executive Order on Voting, "The judge did not issue a preliminary injunction on Sections 2(b), 7(a), and 7(b)." At the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 04.24.25 (Evening Edition), The Geller Reports Corrupt Democrat Judge Blocks Trump Admin’s Proof of Citizenship Requirement to Vote Matt Vespa at TownHall thinks CNN's Scott Jennings Nails What's Motivating These Anti-Trump Rulings. Mike Lee @BasedMikeLee "This is so devious." Scott Jennings @ScottJenningsKY, "Run out the clock. Oldest play in the book." Jeff Charles, Another Day, Another Judge Blocking Trump’s Policies – This Time It’s Sanctuary Cities. NewsWeek, Judge Blocks Trump From Withholding Funds From 16 'Sanctuary' Cities, Counties.

Rich Lowry at NYPo explains How ‘absurd’ US immigration laws let Kilmar Abrego Garcia game the system. LifeZette, Democrat’s MS-13 Caucus Gets Destroyed by New Ad From Senate Republicans. Ace, New Evidence Released Proves That "Maryland Father" and "Oriole State Husband" Kilmar Abrego-Garcia Is Definitely a Human Smuggler "Gee, why did the cops think that Abrego-Garcia was a human smuggler when they pulled over his car, loaded to the roof with immigrant men, none of whom had any luggage? It wasn't just those circumstances, which are already highly suspicious. It also turned out that Abrego-Garcia was driving a car owned by a known human smuggler used for human smuggling. Who Abrego-Garcia admitted was "his boss."" LifeZette, Fox News Co-Host Get Nuked From Orbit by Jesse Watters Over Dems MS-13 Hypocrisy. At the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 04.24.25 (Evening Edition) Twitchy: More Details Released About “Maryland Man” Abrego Garcia’s Boss, From WJ, Pam Bondi Drops the Hammer, Begins Bringing RICO Charges against Tren Del Aragua. KFOX 14, Ex-judge, wife into custody after claims of hosting Tren de Aragua member in Las Cruces, "A spokesperson for ICE confirmed they were both taken into custody as part of an ongoing investigation led by Homeland Security Investigations." Steve Richards at JTN reports Waltz suggests cartels, gangs could face military action: 'More like ISIS than the mafia.' "Waltz said “all aspects of our national power” should be used to defeat threats from the cartels and transnational gangs."

At the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 04.24.25 (Evening Edition) Louder With Crowder, Biden’s anti-American “Disinformation Czar” resurfaces in Europe, pleads with EU to RESIST Donald Trump and free speech, Ketanji Brown Jackson’s excuse for why grade school LGBTQ indoctrination is constitutional is almost too silly for words, and Elie Mystal Claims He Does Not Give “Constitutional Weight” To Laws Passed By White People.

Jeff Charles hears 'Threat to Democracy': Trump Didn't Mince Words in This Post About Harvard's Antisemitism. Ilya Shapiro at Shapiro's Gavel says Trump Is Right to Go After Harvard. "Federal action is a necessary but not sufficient condition for reform." Chris Rufo discourses on Princeton’s War on Civil Rights. "The university has entrenched a system of racial discrimination—against whites." John McGinnis at Law and Liberty looks at The Road to Campus Serfdom.

Driscoll at Insty, THE WEIMAR REPUBLIC CALLED AND SUGGESTED THAT 2025 DIAL IT BACK A NOTCH OR TWENTY: Laura Powell@LauraPowellEsq "In 2025, an attorney for a government school district is able to make it all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court defending exposing children as young as three years old to books about sexuality. Imagine going back in time to any point—even just a few years ago—and explaining that this is considered a serious argument. What I find most remarkable about the exchange is the attorney’s acknowledgment that their intent is to “influence” children. He begins to explain that the goal is to install “civility,” which is the “natural consequence of being exposed to—” before he is cut off. Was he going to say that “civility” results from exposure to sexual content at a very young age? What could “civility” possibly mean here? . . . " Irons in the Fire, And they wonder why people raise hell at school boards, and want their kids out. At Althouse, "A new straight-studies course treats male-female partnerships as the real deviance." "Subheadline for a New York Magazine article titled, "If Hetero Relationships Are So Bad, Why Do Women Go Back for More?" The teaser title on the front page is "Do Straight Women Really Exist?" The author of the article is Jessica Bennett. . . Flipping the script is a good approach to studying the topic, and the topic is worthy of study. However, I don't like being directed to "worry" or "feel sympathy" or "be allies." I'd look at the subject head on. But neutrality is cruel, and women want to present as empathetic." At Commentary, Hannah Meyers takes on the problem of Trans Criminals: The Problem We Refuse to Define "Our willful ignorance undermines our ability to make good policy." Stacy McCain explains The True Definition of ‘Objectivity’ "Perhaps you’ve forgotten John Paul Neumann, a/k/a “Chloe Sagal,” whom I wrote about in 2018 (“Death by Social Justice: Transgender Scammer ‘Chloe Sagal’ Commits Suicide”), after he/“she” died by self-immolation, having set himself/“herself” on fire “in a downtown Portland park across from the Multnomah County Courthouse after reading a manifesto about homelessness and mental health.” Frankly, I’d forgotten about him/“her” myself, until the other day I got a message from a relative thanking me for the “very fair and balanced article” I’d written." At WokeSpy, Diva to Demon: Nancy Mace Causes Dress-Wearing Trans Individual to Drop the Female Act Fast. Listen to the voice drop “He went from soprano to bass all in one breath,” Mace quoted her tweet.

My security thought this guy was going to throw this plant at me. pic.twitter.com/nEyxXg7zRc

— Nancy Mace (@NancyMace) April 22, 2025

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