Wednesday, May 7, 2025

Flotsam and Jetsam - DIY Wednesday

 It's been a while since I've had to dump them like this, but it's just one of those days:

Trump and the Republicans

Carney says Canada 'never for sale' after Trump again suggests 51st state plan
Althouse: "I look forward to meeting the new Prime Minister of Canada, Mark Carney. I very much want to work with him, but cannot understand one simple TRUTH..."
The Best Press Availability Ever Held in the Oval Office - The Last Refuge
Trump Just Made This Nation Drop its Tariffs to Zero
Trade War Fallout in China a Mystery; Beijing Stopped Reporting Key Economic Data
Treasury Secretary Bessent and USTR Jamieson Greer Will Meet Chinese Trade Counterparts in Switzerland - The Last Refuge
Lithuania knows how to have a backbone against China, the EU should take note - Brussels SignalSouth Korea Invests Big in Texas - RealClearWorld
Trump Tells Hollywood to Make Movies in America or Pay the Price [WATCH]
Hollywood Panics After Trump Proposes 100% Tariff on Movies Filmed Outside the U.S.A.
Strong European Demand Pushes U.S. LNG Exports Up by 20% – HotAir
Up next: the deregulation of America - Don Surber
Ace of Spades HQ Trump: I'll Stop Bombing the Houthis Because They Called Me Up and Totally "Capitulated"
BREAKING: Trump Pauses Houthi Campaign After 'Capitulation'? – HotAir
The Trump-Iran Deal Explained – HotAir
Starmer Preparing for War With Russia – HotAir
Hegseth orders Pentagon to cut number of senior generals by 20% - LocalNews8.com - KIFI
(1) Cynical Publius on X: "Pete, I know you got this and you are totally awesome, but I also know the Joint Staff is going to come up with a bunch of COAs on how to make these cuts that will be presented in a 120-slide PowerPoint deck after 9 months of coordination with the Services and USD (P&R), so can I" / X
Pete Hegseth - "Less Generals, More GIs Policy" - Victory Girls Blog
Trump Envoy Witkoff Signals Potential Breakthrough In Abraham Accords
Hegseth Directs Pentagon To Reduce Senior General Ranks By 20%
Border Czar Homan Reacts to Plan to Reopen Alcatraz Prison
(1) The Babylon Bee on X: "Trump To Expand Alcatraz By Putting Up Fence Around San Francisco https://t.co/GwypfUUa4o https://t.co/EsVL6oww3q" / X
DC Mayor Looks Hilariously Uncomfortable Standing Behind Trump As He Rips Biden, Illegals – RedState
Trump Responds to AI Pope Image: "My Wife Thought It Was Cute"
FDA’s Chief Inspector Abruptly Steps Down
All GOP Senators Have to Do Is Not Be Dumb, So We’re in Trouble
Shock Poll: Majority of American Muslims DON’T Oppose Trump’s Gaza Plan; Take Anger Out on DEMOCRATS! – PJ Media
Althouse: "Until now, arguments for limiting consumption have tended to come from the left rather than the right."

The Democrats

Biden Aides Privately Feared His Decline: 'There’s No Obama Out There. Who’s Going to Do It?'
Biden memo let feds target Americans for 'non-criminal behavior' before Catholics, parents probed - Just The News
Biden Fudged the Numbers—Trump’s Deportation Machine Sets the Record Straight
Sit Down, Stolen Valor: Tim Walz Weighs In on Trans Military Ban and Whew ... That Was a BAD IDEA – Twitchy
Charlie Kirk: ‘We Are Seeing the Base of the Democrat Party Evaporate’ [WATCH]
DNC Vice Chair David Hogg Turns on His Own Party: “Clearly Something Is Not Going Right Here” – WokeSpy
Grab the Popcorn: Reps. Jasmine Crockett and AOC Squabble Over House Oversight Leadership – The Populist Times
Federal student loans are due again. A record percentage of borrowers are seriously delinquent | CNN Business
Democrats Feeling Hopeful About 2026 Senate Map – HotAir

The 'Justice' System

Supreme Court rules to allow, for now, Trump ban on trans military members - Fox News
Supreme Court Issues Ruling on Trump's Transgender Military Ban
(None Dare Call It) Treason of the Judiciary – HotAir
Breaking: Supreme Court Hands Down Momentous Decision on Transgenders in the Military – RedState
(None Dare Call It) Treason of the Judiciary - RealClearPolitics
NEW: SCOTUS Reinstates Ban on Trans Troops; Tide Turning On the Left? – HotAir
Supreme Court Affirms President Trump Can Block Mentally Unstable People from the Military - The Last Refuge
Stephen Miller’s AFL Files Bombshell Lawsuit Against Chief Justice Roberts for Violating FOIA
Grassley Moves to End Rogue District Judges Blocking Trump’s Orders Nationwide [WATCH]
Could 'President' Boasberg Pick His Own US Attorney for DC? – HotAir
Trump’s Nominee For DC Prosecutor Faces Uncertainty
Ace of Spades HQ Leftwing Saboteur Tom Tillis is Blocking the Appointment of Ed Martin to be Trump's US Attorney for DC -- an Absolutely Critical Position -- and Will Allow Leftwing Judge Boasberg to Pick the US Attorney
A Republican turncoat courts a Trump judgeship - Blaze Media
FBI ‘misled the public’ in claiming 2017 GOP baseball shooting wasn’t domestic terror: House Intel - Just The News
Ace of Spades HQ House Report: FBI "Butchered" Fake Investigation Into Softball Shooter James T. Hodgkinson, Lied About His Motives for Shooting Up GOP Congressmen
House Releases New Report on Congressional Baseball Shooting – HotAir
Tulsi Gabbard Reacts to Pulling Hillary Clinton’s Security Clearance: “I Smiled” – The Populist Times
Trump calls NY AG Letitia James ‘a total crook’ — says DOJ will ‘do what’s right’ on fraud criminal referral
Trump Orders DOJ To Take ‘All Necessary Action’ To Secure Release of Tina Peters Over 2020 Election Charges

DOGE

NSA Expected To Cut Up To 2K Civilian Jobs
Foreign Aid Official Who Resisted DOGE Took Secret Payments After Steering Africa Money To Friend

Illegal Immigration

DOJ charges roughly 1,300 illegal migrants with immigration crimes during first week of May - Just The News
Corrupt Venezuelan officials ‘facilitated’ Tren de Aragua gang’s reign of terror in US – DNyuz
JD Vance Torches Ilhan Omar! Immigration Game-Changer Sparks Liberal Meltdown! – HotAir
Why the Husband of a Top CBS News Correspondent Just Had His Business Raided by ICE

Media Matters

They Hate Trump SO Much, They Gave the Pulitzer to the Bullet – HotAir
Kash Patel Vindicated: MSNBC Forced to Retract False Claim About the FBI Director [WATCH]

The Great Culture War

Building Occupation Leads to Arrests at University of Washington – HotAir
The Long Shove Back Out Of The Institutions – HotAir
Dave Portnoy Gets Mixed Reviews for Handling of Antisemitic Incident in His Bar
Bill Ackman says Harvard not 'entitled' to federal funds
Women Swimmers File Complaint After Unknowingly Competing Against Trans Athlete
We have met the pigs… - by Benjamin Kerstein

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