Flotsam and Jetsam - Waltz Out At Nat Sec, In At UN?

Mike Waltz, whose sloppiness in setting up that Signal chat that inadvertantly included virulently anti-Trump Jeffrey Goldman of the Slantic, has been eased out of his seat as National Security Advisor, and offered the UN Ambassadorship, assuming he can pass Senate confirmation (which is not a given). While there have been memorable UN Ambassadors (Jean Kirkpatrick comes to mind), the whole UN is such a shit show that it's hard not to see this as a demotion. At Sauron's Eye, Mike Waltz out as national security adviser, but Trump says he'll be ambassador to U.N. Fox, Mike Waltz, other National Security Council staffers out in latest Trump purge following Signal chat leak, "Fox News confirmed Waltz and his deputy, Alex Wong, left the office Thursday."  NYPo, Trump taps Mike Waltz as new UN ambassador, Rubio as acting national security adviser. Capt. Ed at Hat Hair, BREAKING: Waltz Out As Nat-Sec Adviser? UPDATE: Rubio Interim NSA, Waltz Gets New Gig at UN.  Althouse, "But most of Mr. Trump’s advisers had already viewed him as too hawkish to work for a president who campaigned as a skeptic of American intervention and is eager to reach a nuclear deal with Iran and normalize relations with Russia." "I'm reading "Trump is ousting Michael Waltz, his national security adviser" (NYT)." Ace, Mike Waltz Rumored to be Leaving his position as NSA, along with his aide, Alex Wong. "From Trent Crimm, the Independent . . ." "Adam Smith, representative from Washington, is very mad that Republicans won't repeat Russian Collusion and spend years of committee time looking into this."

Matt Vespa at TownHall thinks he knows Why the Liberal Media Thinks Trump's First 100 Days Are a Disaster: No Wonder. "When you boil down why the press is so mad, it’s simple: Trump is doing the opposite of what Biden would have done." Michael Goodwin at NYPo says Trump’s first 100 days illustrate his strengths and mindset —decisive, bold, and in a hurry. Mike LaChance at LI notes Network Coverage of Defense Sec. Pete Hegseth Was 100% Negative in Trump’s First 100 Days, “I think we’re controversial because we’re OVER the target!” Doing the opposite of Biden. From Da Fetched, Enough to Kill 119 Million: Trump’s First 100 Days Mark Major Fentanyl Crackdown with 22 Million Pills Seized. Good, but we need it shut off at the source. At Althouse, Talk about Trump's third term goes on and "Look, it would be easy for me not to just respond, when you say that, and I could just let you go on. But I’m a very honest person." "Said Donald Trump when The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg asked him why he doesn't quit saying he won the 2020 election." At the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 04.30.25, Don Surber says Trump changed DC this time. At the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 05.01.25 (Afternoon Edition) Louder With Crowder, “You’re fake news”: ABC News’ Terry Moran tried coming after Donald Trump, Scott Jennings has Trump rally crowd laughing, but what he says about Trump’s “bad” polling will truly trigger CNN and Dems, and Exposing 3 Major Anti-Trump LIES (What You Need to Look For).

At NewsMax, Lutnick to Newsmax: Some Trade Deals 'Less' Than Weeks Away. Natalia Mittelstadt at JTN reports China exports drop amid tariff fight with U.S. "A gauge of new export orders decreased this month to its lowest reading since December 2022." Althouse finds Maybe you have enough toys. "I'm trying to read "Trump, on Tariffs, Says ‘Maybe the Children Will Have 2 Dolls Instead of 30’/At the end of a cabinet meeting, the president allowed for the possibility that trade war could disrupt supply chains" (NYT)." PJM's Matt Margolis claims Trump is Winning: China Caves to Trump on Tariffs Again. "In a stunning reversal that validates President Donald Trump's hardline stance, China caved on Tuesday and lifted its punitive 125% tariff on American ethane imports." Sauron's Eye, U.S. vehicle sales surge as buyers hope to beat tariff hikes. Eric Worral at WUWT dismisses the Claim that Trump Tariffs are to Blame for the UK Economic Slump (Not Climate Policy). Hat Hair's Dave Strom sees that Europe's Problem With Trump Is That He Tells Them the Truth. That's so undiplomatic!  

At the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 04.30.25,  Louder With Crowder Here’s Why Canada’s Election Results Are A Golden Opportunity For Trump, America & Alberta, Vox Popoli, The Ports Shut Down, Postcards From Barsoom: Post-Mortem For The Canadian Election.  And at the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 05.01.25 (Afternoon Edition), Don Surber, The Trump and only, Matt Taibbi: When Genius Failed…Again, also, NYT Accuses Trump Of Inventing The Surveillance State.

Sean Davis @seanmdav "With very few exceptions, Republicans in Congress don’t seem interested in doing anything other than being in Congress. As our country teeters on collapse, the most powerful branch in our government is run by do-nothings who are terrified of using their power to save the country, while their opponents are champing at the bit to get power back so they can finish us off once and for all." Quote Cernovich@Cernovich, "The Republican Congress isn't interested in enacting Trump's agenda. No judges impeached. No funding cut for DC courts. No nothing."

At Breitbart, Judge Blocks Trump from Deporting Alleged Venezuelan Gang Members from South Texas Using Alien Enemies Act. Da Caller, Trump-Appointed Judge Blocks Administration From Using Alien Enemies Act To Deport Gang Members. Remember, the court did not address that in their Kilmar Abrego Garcia intervention. Atop Da Hill, Trump administration asks Supreme Court to end protected status for 600,000 Venezuelans. Miami Herald reports Judge says she’s ‘shocked’ Florida attorney general defied her order on immigration arrests "Williams issued a preliminary injunction late Tuesday prohibiting all state law enforcement officials and police agencies from arresting undocumented immigrants who come into Florida." John Kass says Democrat Judges Spit on Rule of Law. Fox, Ex-New Mexico judge, wife who allegedly harbored illegal Tren de Aragua member released on bond. "A federal judge released the couple on $10K bonds under certain conditions." Dave Bernstein at Insty has NEWS YOU WON’T FIND IN THE NEW YORK TIMES: "Potential deportee and Columbia grad student Mohsen Mahdawi won a habeas hearing yesterday. That perhaps temporary victory should not obscure the truly blockbuster revelation in the judge’s opinion, that Mahdawi was reported to the authorities and investigated by the FBI in 2015 after he told a gun store owner that he was involved in murdering Jews in Israel, and telling another individual that he liked to kill Jews, all why eyeing various firearms. The judge, seemingly intent on teaching the Trump administration a lesson did not take these statements very seriously, but (a) Mahdawi should have been referred to ICE for deportation in 2015; and (b) if he can’t be deported now, something is very wrong with our immigration system. Meanwhile, I won’t bother linking to the Times’ story on the habeas ruling but, no surprise, no mention of Mahdawi’s love of Jew-killing."

Terence P. Jeffrey maintains America's Immigration Laws Are Just. Tim Graham is amused by the media Blurring Trump's Posters Displaying Illegal Immigrant Mugshots. At the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 04.30.25, Rep. Jamie Raskin Says The Biden Administration Knew The Right Way To Deport People.

Habba to Newsmax: Law Firms 'Were Colluding' Against Trump, who keeps milking them for cash and free legal services now. "The firms of Kirkland & Ellis LLP; Allen Overy Shearman Sterling US LLP; Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP; Latham & Watkins LLP; and Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, LLP announced they would each provide $125 million in free legal work for causes including veterans and combating antisemitism. In exchange, the White House would absolve the firms of any investigation into their hiring practices. Habba said the firms signed "because they knew they didn’t want any investigations opened into them.""  At the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 04.30.25, Twitchy: Julie Kelly Destroys Fired J6 Prosecutor For Her Crocodile Tears, Everything Is “Swine” Among Democrats, and Rep. Jamie Raskin Says The Biden Administration Knew The Right Way To Deport People Louder With Crowder: Another Dem congressman attempts to defend his Articles Of Impeachment against Trump.

National Review is sort of grateful that the  National Science Foundation Cancels Hundreds of Grants to Left-Wing Research Projects. Ace, EPA cancels 781 Environmental Justice Grants because Trump is a big ole meanie who ran on just this sort of thing, and you should be super mad about it. "You regretting your vote yet, MAGAts?!" WokeSpy has a 2024 Voter Fraud Bombshell: DOGE Discovery Leads To Arrests. Two Ukrainians arrested for voting. "This arrest marks the first publicly known case where DOGE’s internal intelligence has led directly to law enforcement action." Breitbart reports Neil Young Rages at Elon Musk in Latest Hippie Rock Song: ‘If You’re a Fascist, Get a Tesla’. I guess you can't tell him to just shut up and sing. 

From OTP, Bizarre Kamala Harris Speech Talks Elephants, Trump In 18-Minute ‘Comeback’. "Bizarre 18-Minute Speech Talks Elephants, Trump." Althouse, Kamala is back, and she's teaching the wisdom of the elephants. Beege Welborn at Hat Hair, So What Happened When the Coconut Queen Stepped Up to Sing? NewsMax cites Netanyahu: Beeper Attack Moved Up, Held From Biden for Fear of Leaks. Jerry Dunleavy at JTN reports Hunter Biden drops lawsuit against IRS whistleblowers, who say suit was 'attempt to intimidate’ "Hunter Biden has finally given up his lawsuit against the IRS whistleblowers who exposed the federal government's slow-walking and mishandling of the investigation into Joe Biden's son."

Matt Vespa enjoys how House GOP Reps Mock Dems for Being Totally Lost and Adrift. Beege Welborn sees Hogg and Carville, Fightin' in a Tree - What Happened Next Was OMG. James Carville @JamesCarville "Just called @DavidHogg111. He reminded me of the story of, after the battle of Shiloh, Henry Halleck urged President Lincoln to fire Ulysses Grant. Lincoln said: “I can’t fire him. This man fights.” David Hogg fights. The DNC needs him." At WaEx, Sanders rebuffs Schumer’s claim that Democrats are ‘totally united,’ widens split with party establishment. Hat Hair's Dave Strom says Yes, Democrats Are Imploding, But No, They Are Not Doomed. Da Mail, Democrat's 'grotesque' blanket statement about Latinos sends internet ablaze  "'First, they came for the Latinos outside of the Home Depots trying to get work so that they could feed their families,' Rep. Hank Johnson, D-Ga., said during a congressional hearing on Wednesday. 'I didn't say anything about it, because I'm not a Latino at the Home Depot,' the Democrat continued." Mitch Berg at Hat Hair VIP,  paraphrasing Hawaii, Michigan Democrats: "We Could Learn a Thing Or Two From The Stasi..." Da Caller notes Leading National Democrats Are Now Calling For Outright Violence.

Sarah Anderson at PJM says You Won't Believe What Rubio Found In Biden's State Department Files, but I believe it. Leah Barkoukis at TownHall, In Cabinet Meeting, Rubio Reveals Biden Admin Had 'Disinformation' Dossier on 'One Person at This Table'. Only one? Drew Berquist, Marco Rubio: Biden Admin Kept a Secret File on Trump Cabinet Member.  

TownHall's Jeff Charles, Trump Didn't Have to Humiliate '60 Minutes' Like This, but He Did It Anyway "The president on Wednesday said his lawsuit against the three entities “is a true WINNER” and claimed they “cheated and defrauded the American People at levels never seen before in the Political Arena.” Over the 60 Minute reimagination of the Kamala interview. From Breitbart, Exclusive–Morris: The White House Correspondents Dinner Taught Me That Media Bias Isn’t About Politics, Just Insanity. "I mean, like, actually insane. Delusional. Zero self-awareness, or awareness of reality. Not everyone, but, mostly." Bob Hoge at RedState hears 'I'm Black—You're Not': CNN Panel Explodes Into Ragefest As 'The View's' Ana Navarro Loses Her Mind. Are we sure she was in possession of it?  Becky Noble at RedState, Here's the Latest Idea for the White House to Bypass Legacy Media, and It's Glorious. "In yet one more way to bypass the rapidly and increasingly irrelevant mainstream media, the White House has announced the launch of what they are describing as a "Drudge-style" website that will promote pro-Trump stories and give accurate information on what is happening throughout the administration. The new site is called "White House Wire.""

From GateWay, BREAKING: President Trump Signs “Ending Taxpayer Subsidization of Biased Media” Executive Order to Defund NPR and PBS. NewsBusters hears NPR CEO Claims They Are 'Foundational Infrastructure For Our Country'. 

Hat Hair's John Sexton reports Robby Starbuck Sues Meta Over False Claims Its AI Made About Him "What he found, after querying Meta's AI himself, was a whole list of false claims about him. . . Large language models like Meta's AI can hallucinate false answers about a topic, but he wondered if these specific claims may have absorbed from some "source" when Meta's AI was scraping the internet for training material. However, Starbuck's research team couldn't find anyone making these specific claims about him anywhere else online. Also, other AI companies did not make the same errors."

Jim Piereson at CJ on why Trump Is Likely to Win His Fight with Universities. "The administration holds many cards, and it seems determined to play them all." At the Free Bacon, Scathing Harvard Report Details Pervasive Anti-Semitism Driven By 'Politicized Instruction'. "'I am sorry for the moments when we failed to meet the high expectations we rightfully set for our community,' says university president Garber." Rick Moran at PJM VIP, Harvard Reluctantly Admits that Woke Politics Destroyed the School. Ilya Shapiro@ishapiro "Worse than I thought it would be. If Bob Jones U deserved to lose its tax-exempt status, doing the same to Harvard—and every other school that so baldly fails to uphold its civil-rights obligations—is a no-brainer." Quote Yehuda Teitelbaum @chalavyishmael "BREAKING: Harvard Just Released its Final Report on Antisemitism and Anti-Israel Bias. It’s 300+ pages and pretty devastating to read."

NRO reports HHS Report Finds No Strong Evidence Supporting ‘Gender-Affirming Care’ Effectiveness. Ryan King at NYPo, Gender dysphoria should be treated with therapy instead of transition treatments, massive Trump-ordered HHS report urges. NewsMax, Ed Dept Investigates Washington State Over Trans Athletes. At the California Globe, CA Democrats Predictably Kill Sen. Grove’s Bill to Secure Women’s Prisons from Predatory Trans ‘Women.’ ‘This measure ensures the protection of biological women at birth in shared spaces such as sleeping quarters and restrooms.’ At the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 04.30.25, Louder With Crowder CA lawmakers refuse to make it a felony to buy teens for sex and…wait, what?

The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: Out of the Cellar (Again) up at The Other McCain.