Flotsam and Jetsam - Russiagate Revisited Day 2

Tulsi Gabbard's revelations about Preznit Barack Obama's role in setting off the Russian collusion hoax is still top of the leaderboard. Stacy McCain says To Cap an Action-Packed Week of #Winning, Tulsi Nukes ‘RussiaGate.’ "Easy to see now why the Deep State went all-in to try and wreck Tulsi Gabbard’s nomination as Director of National Intelligence. I have more thoughts, but let’s get the news out of the way first. . . Anyway, a lot of people are demanding “accountability,” i.e., criminal prosecutions of everyone involved in the RussiaGate scandal, up to and including Barack Obama himself. While I would enthusiastically applaud such a Payback Is Hell and Karma Is a Bitch reprisal — given everything these vile swine did to Trump — I don’t think it’s likely." Sundance at CTH, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard Releases Background Information of President Obama Involvement in Trump-Russia Targeting Op and Director Gabbard Explains Her Motive. Matt Margolis at PJM, Obama Admin Engineered The Russia Hoax To Undermine Trump, Documents Reveal. Susie Moore at RedState, Big: Gabbard Making Criminal Referral on Obama National Security Team. Matt Taibbi at Racket, Barack Obama Now Squarely in Russiagate Crosshairs. "New disclosures from a Tulsi Gabbard-led working group point directly to the top, as the legacy of "Hope and Change" begins a plunge to the ocean floor." At Althouse, "Unpopular opinion but I don’t care about this unless they actually arrest and prosecute the culprits, including Obama." ""You cannot allege a 'treasonous conspiracy' and then do nothing about it. The typical pattern by Republicans since forever is to make these kinds of claims (which I don’t doubt by the way), but to make them on Twitter and Fox News, and never actually bring it to a court of law so that the parties responsible can be held accountable for their crimes. I’m tired of it. Go arrest these people and bring them to justice. Then I’ll care. If you won’t do that then what does any of this matter?" Writes Matt Walsh, responding to that thread Tulsi Gabbard posted. Yeah, I'm tired of it too. Of that and a few other things." Kyle Becker @kylenabecker, "Great question. Why are Obama and Biden officials presumptively immune from seditious conspiracy charges? As we heard endlessly when the Democrats launched a thousand failed "lawfare" cases against Trump — they're not "above the law." Quote Ezra A. Cohen @EzraACohen, "Why should Barak Obama and Susan Rice escape accountability for the apparent manipulation of government records related to the Russia Hoax?" Peachy Keenan @KeenanPeachy, "1. Barack Obama wiretapped his political opponent during an election. 2. Anthony Fauci funded and oversaw the creation of the COVID virus and then covered up his involvement (and led the farcical response). 3. Joe Biden had a stroke in Las Vegas during the campaign, was hustled into a bathroom at a Mexican restaurant while reporters were shooed outside, an emergency medical call was issued, and then he was rushed back to DC on a flight so fast that it made the trip an hour early and no reporter bothered to find out what happened (even though they were on the flight). Everything is a giant lie." Yeah, that Las Vegas thing was fishy. Was it a stroke or mini-stroke? We may never know. Ward Clark at RedState, Wherefore, Cincinnatus? A Tale of Staggering American Political Corruption. "This is the Deep State. This is American politics in the 21st century. It can't continue - or we won't continue."

Breccan Thies at Da Fed has Documents: Biden Justice Department Sought ‘Federal Hook’ To Go After Parents As ‘Domestic Terrorists’ "“We’re aware; the challenge here is finding a federal hook. But WH has been in touch about whether we can assist in some form or fashion,” Kevin Chambers, then an associate deputy attorney general, wrote in an Oct. 1 email, trying to manufacture a way to respond to a teed-up letter sent by the National School Boards Association (NSBA)." PJM's Matt Margolis We Now Have the Smoking Gun Proving Biden House Pressured DOJ To Target Parents.

Sarah Anderson at TownHall reports Trump Gets It Done: 10 Americans Back on U.S. Soil After Release from Venezuelan Prison, a swap for Venezuelan illegals. Nayib Bukele @nayibbukele, "Today, we have handed over all the Venezuelan nationals detained in our country, accused of being part of the criminal organization Tren de Aragua (TDA). Many of them face multiple charges of murder, robbery, rape, and other serious crimes. . . " Bob Hoge at RedState hears Trump Teases Imminent Release of 10 More Hamas Hostages at Friday Night White House Dinner.

From Fox, Legal pathway clearly exists for Trump's request to make Epstein grand jury testimony public "AG Bondi says DOJ preparing motion to unseal grand jury transcripts in Jeffrey Epstein case." Da Caller, DOJ Formally Asks Manhattan Court To Unseal Epstein Grand Jury Testimony. Remember, the Dersh keeps telling us the files are really in the courts hands. TownHalls Madeline Leesman sees Vance Respond to the Wall Street Journal's Supposed 'Bombshell' About Trump and Epstein: JD Vance @JDVance "Forgive my language but this story is complete and utter bullshit. The WSJ should be ashamed for publishing it. Where is this letter? Would you be shocked to learn they never showed it to us before publishing it? Does anyone honestly believe this sounds like Donald Trump?" At NYPo, Vance a ‘shoo-in’ to win 2028 presidential election: oddsmakers. Driscoll at Insty snarks YES, I TOO REMEMBER PRESIDENTS DEAN, GIULIANI, AND THOMPSON: I hope it's Vance, but little Marco could be a good choice too.

At Da Wire, Trump Admin Cheers Lowest Summer Gas Prices In Years: ‘Unleashing American Energy. Breitbart, Recession Odds Collapse from 70 Percent to 19 Percent, Lowest Ever Recorded on Polymarket, which successfully predicted 21 of the last 7 recessions. Sarah Arnold, Trump's America First Agenda Works: Native-Born Workers See 100% of Job Gains As Foreign Hiring Plummets. Hat Hair's Steve Moore says Trump Should Index the Capital Gains Tax for Inflation. Greg Ganske at John Kass claims I Helped Reduce the National Debt and This Congress Can Try Harder to Do the Same. At Althouse, "Academics are unsure if removing soda from SNAP would improve public health." ""Data is scarce: No state has piloted a change, and researchers can’t remove people’s benefits for a study because of the arbitrary harm it might cause. . . From "Should Food Stamps Pay for Soda? Colorado and Texas are among the states aiming to change what food and drink can be bought with SNAP benefits" (NYT). Try it and see. It's called an experiment. I predict it won't change much because money is fungible. 

From Da Caller, Susan Collins’ Approval Rating At Record Low. "Collins was one of three GOP senators to vote “no” on Trump’s “one big, beautiful” bill which the president signed into law on July 4." She's done what she can to piss off MAFA folk, and it's never enough for progressives. From Da Blaze, We’re finally living through the conservative revolution we’ve always needed.

Capt. Ed at Hat Hair counts Three Fifths: Yet Another Biden Regency 'Politburo' Member Refuses to Testify. LifeZette, Third Biden Insider Pleads the Fifth in Joe’s Mental Decline Cover-Up Investigation. From NewsBusters, ABC/CBS/PBS Refuse to Cover Biden Autopen Scandal, NBC Offers a Scant 34 Seconds. Matt Margolis looks at how The Biden Admin Stole Your Data to Rig Elections and Censor Speech.

Josh Hammer at Hat Hair, Intersectional Communist Zohran Mamdani Shows Democrats Can't Quit Obamaism. Sister Toldja at RedState thinks it's Hilarious: Book Sheds New Light on Kamala Campaign's 'Tailspin' Over McDonald's Employment Claims. From the Free Bacon, Kamala Harris Worked at McDonald’s For… Two Weeks, New Book Asserts Without Evidence. At MSN a video, 'Gutfeld!': Tim Walz is the ‘best example’ of why Kamala Harris has the ‘worst political instincts’ in the Democratic Party. RCP wonders Will Gavin Newsom Ditch Woke and Move to the Center? He'll try to make it look that way. TNP hears Schiff Gets Criminal Referral to DOJ for mortgage fraud. No one is above the law, right?

Also from TNP, Federal Govt Slashed by Over 22,000 Across D.C., MD, and VA. A drop in the lake. WaPoo whines State Dept. layoffs led by team of outsiders willing to ‘break stuff.’ At Da Fed, Mark Hemingway sees Federal Workers Are Being Held Accountable For The First Time, And They’re Not Handling It Well. At TNP, Biden Judge Rules Trump’s Dismissal of FTC Democrats ‘Unconstitutional.’ So far, I think they've lost every one of these that made it to the Supremes.

Nick Ballasy at JTN reports Military bases in New Jersey, Indiana to become immigrant detention facilities. "Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, Camp Atterbury in Indiana can also house detained immigrants." But Fox hears Democrats fume over new plan to house illegal migrants in New Jersey, Indiana military bases. At TNP, The Trump Admin Wants to Change H-1B Visa Immigration in as yet unspecified ways. Democrats outraged.

At Hat Hair a video declares Victory: No More Tax Dollars for NPR - This Week on Capitol Hill - 7-19-2025, Dave Strom snarks Without State-Run Media and Censorship, Freedom Is Doomed. Rep. Chip Roy Press Office @RepChipRoy "Rep. Roy: “When the floods were hitting the people that I represent, it took NPR through Texas Public Radio 19 hours to post anything about the flooding on its social media. What was NPR and TPR doing in the interim? They were playing a program, a DC based program, lobbying Congress for billions of dollars to continue their funding… Private stations in the communities, in which I live were there for the people of Texas, they were there presenting the information necessary, and the public stations were completely MIA.”" Mitch Berg at Hat Hair VIP asks What If The Marines Got The Money They Needed, And NPR Had To Hold A Bake Sale? From Twitchy, Matt Taibbi Asks for NPR's Most Ridiculous Stories and the Replies Are a Slice of Fried Gold. Nicole Russel at USA Today opines PBS, NPR push liberal propaganda. Trump is right to cut their funding. NewsBusters hears CBS, NPR CEO Team Up To Mourn 'Tremendous Tragedy' After Senate Defunds and notes IT'S SUMMER, NITWITS! NPR Blames ‘Climate Change’ for Texas Floods and ‘Rainstorms.’

NRO's Jim Geraghty figures Ultimately, Math Ended The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. They were loosing $40 million a year. Michelle Tandler @michelletandler, "Colbert has a staff of 200 people??! TikTokers are producing better content on a cell phone, alone." Quote Matthew Belloni @MattBelloni, "The timing and optics are terrible, but Stephen Colbert’s show costs more than $100M a year to produce and is losing more than $40M a year. CBS execs had been mulling for a long time whether to pull the plug. Details https://puck.news/was-colberts-c." Yeah, but TicTokers are trying to be funny. At TrashPanda, Jimmy Kimmel Attacks CBS After Network Cancels ‘The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.’ Seeing the handwriting on the wall? From Twitchy, Brian Stelter's Analysis of Stephen Colbert's 'Masterful' Run As 'Late Show' Host Left Out a Few Things. Brian Stelter @brianstelter, "Stephen Colbert has been a masterful host of "The Late Show" – but the broadcast TV world has been crumbling beneath his feet. Here's my look at how the late-night biz is turning unprofitable for network owners," 𝕂𝕣𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕊𝕡𝕖𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕝𝕂 @CallMeK1123, "It’s prolly because the hosts are political hacks instead of comedians." Driscoll at Insty, I’M SENSING AN AURA OF A PENUMBRA OF A PERTURBATION AS TO WHY COLBERT WAS CANCELLED: Elizabeth Warren @SenWarren "CBS canceled Colbert’s show just THREE DAYS after Colbert called out CBS parent company Paramount for its $16M settlement with Trump – a deal that looks like bribery. America deserves to know if his show was canceled for political reasons. Watch and share his message." Kevin Dalton @TheKevinDalton "There is only a 1/1024 chance the show was cancelled for political reasons." Chad Felix Greene @chadfelixg, "They have no idea they're proving our point..." From the Free Bacon, Meet the Liberal Hack From CBS Who Just Became President of the White House Correspondents' Association. "Weijia Jiang falsely accused Robert Hur of lying about Joe Biden, and praised Kamala Harris for embodying the 'feralness of women using their voices' (whatever that means)."

The Free Bacon reports Israeli Student Assaulted at Infamous 'Die-In' Protest Sues Harvard for Protecting Perpetrators "Harvard 'refused to take any reasonable action to punish the assailants' and instead 'rewarded' them, lawsuit says." Meanwhile Dave Strom hears the Burning Question Among Liberals: Should You Ostracize Your MAGA Relatives?

Breitbart, Trans Runner Sues Princeton for Blocking Him from Competing in Women’s Race. At Persuasion Jim Smoliga has A Stark Reminder That Sex Differences Matter in Elite Sport. "The lesson from a world-class athlete’s attempt to run a 4-minute mile."

The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: Playoff Season up and at 'em at The Other McCain.

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