Flotsam and Jetsam - Celebrating Six Months of Trump

Has it been six months? It seems like just yesterday, and forever ago. From NewsMax, Trump Hails Wins, Approval Ratings at 6 Months. Duane Patterson at Hat Hair, After Six Months, Let's Look At The Lefty Prophets Of Doom Vs. Reality. At NYPo, the Great Victor Davis Hanson says Trump defied the world with truth — and upended the status quo. Kurt Schlichter @KurtSchlichter "Nothing says “dictator” like the elected president using his lawful powers to do what he promised voters." Quote The Atlantic @TheAtlantic "“What America is witnessing is a remaking of the American presidency into something closer to a dictatorship,” @petermshane argues. That project is the work of Chief Justice John Roberts: https://theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/"

Insty cites MATT TAIBBI: Explaining Russiagate: Why the December 9th, 2016 Meeting Mattered: It’s not just what the Intelligence Community planned to say about Russian interference, it’s who would have seen the text. “I would have seen it,” Flynn says now. “I was reading the PDBs at that point.” Asked yesterday if he thought that might have been a reason for holding the planned draft, Flynn said, “Very likely.” Matt Vespa at TownHall, Former WaPo Reporter on Russian Collusion Docs: 'Jaw-dropping...Slam-Dunk Evidence of a Conspiracy'. Paula Bolyard at PJM, Bombshell Report Reveals What We've Known All Along About Hillary Clinton's Email Scandal. "According to the Judiciary report, the FBI gained access to a trove of Hillary Clinton's thumb drives, but Comey, then-Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe, and former FBI Special Agent Peter Strzok were completely incurious about the contents. They "failed to perform additional, targeted searches of the drives," even though they may have revealed serious national security risks." John Hinderacker at Power Line, Hillary, Obama and the FBI: Russian Intelligence Speaks. "So, to recap: “So far the FBI does not have any hard evidence against Hillary Clinton because data was removed from the mail servers just in time.” That, ostensibly from then-DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz. " Fox, DOJ receives Gabbard's criminal referral on bombshell claims Obama admin 'manufactured' Russian collusion hoax, "Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley will also declassify the appendix to a 2018 DOJ Inspector General report." Capt. Ed at Hat Hair, Getting Real: DoJ Confirms Gabbard Criminal Referral of Russia-Collusion Hoax Evidence. Bob Hoge at RedState, The Sound of Silence: Comey, Brennan, Obama Mum on Tulsi Gabbard's Criminal Referral to the DOJ. Dan Chaitin at Da Wire hears House Republicans Demand Obama Russia Hoax Arrests: ‘This Is Simply Illegal.’ Driscoll at Insty reads ROGER KIMBALL: I have a bone to pick with Tulsi Gabbard. NOVA Campaigns @NoVA_Campaigns "There’s an increasing chance @MarkWarner has been notified that his correspondence in RussiaGate are about to be disclosed." Quote Mark Warner @MarkWarner, "Tulsi Gabbard should not be the Director of National Intelligence." Enguerrand VII de Coucy @ingelramdecoucy "Is Tom aware that the plot of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is about a massive conspiracy and coverup happening in the highest echelons of British intelligence that ultimately destroys the careers of most of the entrenched bureaucracy of MI6 when it’s brought to light?" The Atlantic @TheAtlantic "Kash Patel and Tulsi Gabbard are turning America’s spy apparatus on its own employees, @radiofreetom argues." Catturd ™ @catturd2 "Well, Well, Well ... What have we here." Quote The Hill @thehill, "Former President Obama: "No one -- especially the president -- is above the law."" VodkaPundit at PJM, Trump Shared Hysterical AI Video of Obama in Jail, but I'm Not Laughing. Sarah Hoyt is observing The 48 Hour Rule.

Sundance at CTH reports DNI Tulsi Gabbard Releases Over 230,000 Documents Related to MLK Assassination. Scott Pinsker at PJM, The Scariest, Creepiest, DARKEST Theory About Jeffrey Epstein Has NOTHING to Do With Blackmail. Sean Davis @seanmdav "The woman on the right is Ghislaine Maxwell. She trafficked children for Jeffrey Epstein. The woman on the left owns your magazine" quote The Atlantic @TheAtlantic "“If the Epstein scandal teaches us anything, it is that America needs a dedicated and decently funded group of people whose job is not just to ask questions, but to find answers,” @helenlewis writes. “Let’s call them journalists.” https://theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/" Matt Vespa at Town Hall tells all About That NYT Story on the 'Troubling' Encounter Between an Epstein Accuser and Donald Trump. Scott Pinsker at PJM wonders Are Tucker Carlson, Steve Bannon, and Qatar Running an Anti-Israel ‘Epstein’ Conspiracy? Sundance at PJM, President Trump Removes Wall Street Journal Reporter from Scotland Press Pool over Epstein story.

ShellBanger @Bangershell11 "Breaking, Extreme Poverty Drops 18.2% YoY to 7.4%, Driven by Real Wage Growth Outpacing Inflation for First Time Since 2020." From Ace, Dare We Even Dream? Some Republicans Hope That an Expanding Economy Plus Tariff Revenues Will Balance the Budget "This seems almost as crazy as the 4am Timeline Split, but let's give the Timeline Witches of Just the News a chance." From Da Caller, House Dems Begin To Take Credit For Provisions In Trump-Backed Law They Voted Against. From Da Blaze, Read it and weep: Tariffs work, and the numbers prove it. At PJM, Sarah Anderson tells The Truth About Tariffs, Tomatoes, and America's Farmers. GBN reports Vauxhall owner Stellantis posts huge £2billion loss after Trump's auto tariffs impact sales. Sundance at CTH sees Trudeau Redux – Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney Huddles with U.S. Senators and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent Discusses Current Status of Trade Negotiations. NewsMax cites Commerce Secretary Lutnick: US Will Secure Trade Deal With EU. Beege Welborn at Hat Hair hears Bessent: It's About Time We Took a Good Look at the Fed, Doncha Think? Dmitri Bolt at PJM reports Jerome Powell Referred to DOJ for Perjury, in his testimony to Congress on the feds renovations. 

Rick Moran at PJM thinks The Latest 'Government Assessment' of Damage at Iran Nuke Sites Is 'Hyped-Up Nonsense' Says Expert. "The effort to undermine Donald Trump's claims that three Iranian nuclear facilities were "obliterated" continued this past week when anonymous sources told NBC News that just one of the three nuclear sites was destroyed, while the other two were heavily damaged but could resume enrichment activities in a few months." David Albright@DAVIDHALBRIGHT1, "Whoever wrote or leaked this is muddled, and the @NBCNews headline is hyped up nonsense. Esfahan is not an enrichment site. Two GBU-57’s were dropped on the Natanz underground enrichment plant. Could be that the original muddler is actually talking about the mountain complex at Esfahan, whose tunnel entrances are blocked, and the Natanz Mtn complex, which the US did not target. Neither reportedly can be destroyed by GBU-57’s. Interesting that assessment is that strike on Fordow was successful. https://nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna2"

Ace celebrates an anniversary, One Year Ago Today, Joe Biden, Who Was Totally Mentally Fit to be President, Dropped Out of the Presidential Race, "From Ed Driscoll, posting at Instapundit." Matt Vespa, Today, We Celebrate the Greatest Decision Joe Biden Ever Made During His Failed Presidency A Driscolly post at Insty, WHERE’S HUNTER, FAT? He’s Back! "Hunter Biden Is Back In the Spotlight, Dropping Profanities Defending Radical Policies. This post is emphatically NSFW, not because I want to drop the F-bomb a thousand times, but because Hunter Biden apparently cannot speak without doing so." Capt. Ed, Too Fun to *Not* Check: Ninth Circuit Rules Biden Didn't Know What He Was Talking About. At WUWT more on How the Biden EPA Scrambled To Beat Clock And Route Billions To Political Allies.

Atop Da Hill, Will the 2028 Democratic nominee be ‘none of the above’? No, next question. Hat Hair's Dave Strom reports Newsom Directed $500,000 to Anti-Police Pro-Illegal Immigrant Group. Da Caller, Gavin Newsom Personally Secured Nonprofit Cash For Anti-Law Enforcement Activists. Leslie Eastman at LI reports California Gov. Gavin Newsom Tries Desperately to Ditch Covid Record. "Newsom’s track record during the pandemic is rife with failure and hypocrisy." Drew Berquist, Pete Buttigieg Spent $80 Billion on DEI, Zero Progress on Air Traffic Control Systems. Breitbart says The 2026 Senate map is tough for Democrats, but Republicans have their own headaches. NewsMax opines Mamdani Fled Terror Only to Defend It. Dave Strom notes Minneapolis Mayor Loses Democratic Endorsement to Somali Socialist Candidate. VodkaPundit at Insty, I’M NOT SAYING THAT EVERYTHING ABOUT LEFTISM COMES DOWN TO EUGENICS, BUT PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING ABOUT LEFTISM COMES DOWN TO EUGENICS: Sulla @gaulicsmith "The Left is working very hard to normalize their final position: existence itself is bad." Quote taoki @justalexoki, "is it racist to want your genes to profilerate?" sic.

NewsMax hears Obama Judge Gets Trump's $10B Murdoch Lawsuit Case. At NYPo, Obama-appointed judge looks likely to side with Havard over $2.6B funding cut, as Trump rages: ‘TOTAL DISASTER.’ At Hat Hair, Whacko Kayakers Paddle Out to Island to Protest Justice Roberts. Beege Welborn asks "Just when you need an orca, where are they?" Ace reads Margot Cleveland: Memo Reveals Left-Wing Judges Scheming to Thwart Trump's Agenda. "At The Federalist: Democrat judges openly proclaim their hostility to Trump and their determination to protect the country from the president that voters elected making the policy choices he told them he would make." From Breitbart, Trump Administration’s ‘Culling’ of DOJ Officials Continues in Wave of Firings. From TNP, Jeffries Lobbies Judges to Push Out U.S. Attorney Alina Habba, Gets Hit With Ethics Complaint. "“House Democrat Leader Hakeem Jeffries called on the 17 New Jersey U.S. district judges (15 of whom are Democrat-appointed by Presidents Obama and Biden) to effectively fire the New Jersey U.S. attorney tomorrow [Monday]… The reason? Because she brought an indictment against a Democrat House Member—who allegedly attacked federal officers. This is clear corruption by House Democrat Leader Hakeem Jeffries.” – Article III Project ethics complaint."

Drew Berquist thinks you should watch Trump Call for Adam Schiff to be Prosecuted, Drops Smoking Gun Receipt.

From NYPo, Off-duty CBP officer shot in face during robbery at NYC park by suspect ID’d as illegal migrant, career criminal – who got freed after every bust. From Da Wire, Suspect In Shooting Of Border Patrol Officer Released Under Biden, DHS Says. Ace, Two Illegal Aliens Released Into the Country By Biden Shoot An Off-Duty CPB Officer In the Face, "More Cultural Enrichment, one attempted murder at a time." Bill Melugin at Hat Hair, Narrative Check: Quick Survey of Random Maryland-Type Men Arrested at CA Home Depot: Bill Melugin @BillMelugin_ "NEW: Border Patrol tells @FoxNews records checks reveal that of the 11 illegal aliens they arrested in a raid at a Sacramento Home Depot on Thursday, five have a criminal history, of which three are convicted felons, including a fentanyl trafficker & a sex offender who fled from agents and broke into a nearby inhabited apartment & assaulted the occupant during the raid. . . ." Beege Welborn adds Yup. All simple, honest, hard workers trying to make a living, just standin' on the corner, watchin' all the girls go by in the meantime. From the Victory Girls, Kidnapping Hoax Lands Illegal Alien In Even Deeper Trouble. Capt. Ed hears Mayor Nero Calls to End ICE 'Reign of Terror' in What's Left of LA. Vicky Taft at PJM can't believe LA Mayor Says She's Not Worried About Harm to Doxxed ICE Agents. Are You Listening to Yourself, Karen? Beege Welborn, Dems Magic Tricks: Illegals Who Were 'NEVER on Medicaid' Have Suddenly 'Lost Access'. Yep, that was the point. DataRepublican (small r) @DataRepublican "From the other thread - the more I think about this screenshot from International Organization for Migration (IOM), the more it disturbs me. I think the picture we had of migrants, is of desperate people fleeing war-torn countries on foot. I don't think anyone of us thought of refugee migration as a process which is coordinated and scheduled by NGOs, done with chartered flights. Who decides how to schedule flights, which countries to schedule them, which migrants get these flights? . . . "

PJM's Stephen Kruiser says Trump Didn't Get Colbert Axed, but I'm Having a Blast Watching Lefties Think He Did. Stacey Matthews at LI, ‘Truth to Power’: Democrats Prove the Point in Salty Tribute Tweets to Stephen Colbert. From Twitchy, Stars No More: Colbert Treated ‘Journos’ and Dems Like Celebrities - No Wonder They’re So Upset! At Mediaite, ‘A Must Watch Show’: Bill Simmons Predicts Jon Stewart Could Quit the Daily Show On-Air Tonight to Protest Colbert Cancellation. Spoiler, he didn't. He did this instead,

Jon Stewart’s rebuttal to CBS canceling “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” is every bit as cringey and terrible as you would expect it to be. pic.twitter.com/vyuAjHgjIR

— Kevin Dalton (@TheKevinDalton) July 22, 2025

From Fox, NPR whistleblower says embrace of 'fringe progressivism' led to defunding. "Uri Berliner resigned from NPR last year after calling out outlet's liberal lean."

Stephen Kruiser notes the GOP Finally Gets the Importance of Nuking Teachers' Unions. VodkaPundit at Insty, “GIVE ME FOUR YEARS TO TEACH THE CHILDREN AND THE SEED I HAVE SOWN WILL NEVER BE UPROOTED”: A Tale of Two Experiments. The Martin Center sees The Diversity Game Is a Gigantic Con "A new book shows how the trick works—and how to fight it." The Tax Prof argues Unconstitutional ABA Accreditation Pressures Force Law Schools To Discriminate Against Faculty And Students. Sean Davis @seanmdav "No American Indians are actually offended by it. Only stupid white people who have to invent problems to fill their meaningless lives with fake outrage are offended by it, and even then they’re only pretending." Quote Adam Schefter @AdamSchefter, "President Donald Trump is threatening to hold up a new stadium deal for Washington’s NFL team if it does not restore its old name of the Redskins that is considered offensive to Native Americans."

Steve McGuire@sfmcguire79, "Megyn Kelly: “Can a man become a woman?” Rahm Emanuel: “No.” @megynkelly: “That’s so easy! Why don’t more people in your party just say that?” @RahmEmanuel: “Because I’m now going to go into a witness protection plan.”

The Wombat has Rule Five Sunday: The Ghost of Safeguard-chan Watches Over Us and FMJRA 2.0: Playoff Season up and at 'em at The Other McCain.