Flotsam and Jetsam - Texas Floods Bring Out the Worst in Democrats

Althouse reads the WaPoo, "At least 59 people have been confirmed dead by the floods... as a frantic search-and-rescue operation continues for countless more who remain missing..." ""... including 11 girls from a beloved summer camp on the Guadalupe River.... Extraordinary atmospheric conditions released 1.8 trillion gallons of rain in and around Texas Hill Country on Friday. In one area, the Guadalupe River rose from 7 feet to 29 feet in just a few hours.... The National Weather Service said its reports gave localities hours of lead time, but the speed and severity of the flooding still appeared to catch many off guard. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi L. Noem said that the agency used an 'ancient system' for alerts and that the White House has been working to upgrade the technology...." The Washington Post reports. UPDATE: The headline at the link now reads "Death toll nears 80 as local officials promise ‘full review’ of what went wrong."" Susie Moore at RedState, Trump Authorizes Disaster Relief for Kerr County, Texas, in Wake of Horrific Flooding. Leslie Eastman at LI, Texas Hill Country’s Lack of Flash Flood Protection Exposed by July 4th Disaster "Ignoring the realities of the reasons behind the Guadalupe River flood disaster to craft the “Trump Katrina” narrative is as dangerous as it is shameful." Matt Vespa at Town Hall, Here's the Gross Anti-Trump Narrative Libs Are Peddling About the Horrific Flash Floods in Texas. Ryan Maue @RyanMaue "In statements to NY Times, the former head of National Weather Service Louis Uccellini blamed climate change and staffing shortages for the Texas flooding. Holy moly, we're down bad." At Hat Hair, Beege Welborn catches the NYT Desperate to Smear NWS and Trump for Kerrville Disaster and Dave Strom rebukes The Party of Empathy... Sunny @sunnyright "This is a blatant lie and one that has been proven a lie by experts on both sides of the aisle." Quote Brent Baker @BrentHBaker "George Stephanopoulos on @ThisWeekABC: “We’re also learning there were significant staffing shortfalls to the National Weather Services offices in the region.”" Don Surber catches Grok adding to the misinformation, Grok-aganda, "A flash flood wiped out Grok's credibility. Good."

Matt Margolis at PJM, The Left’s SICK Response to the Texas Floods Will Make Your Blood Boil. At Calling All Rush-Babes, This is the party which prides itself on its compassion. The party who sticks up for the little guy. Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok, "Tiktoker blasts people who are donating and helping find the missing girls in Texas. Her reason is because the girls are White and “they’re deporting your family members.” This is one of the sickest things I’ve ever seen." Update, BREAKING: Houson Mayor’s office says this woman is being permanently removed from Houston’s Food Insecurity Board immediately" Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok "Rosie O’Donnell blames Trump for the Texas tragedy because he cut wasteful spending. NWS had EXTRA staffers during the storm and warnings were issues hours in advance. This is TDS." Bonchie at RedState, As the Death Toll Rises in Texas, Democrats Choose to Be Black-Souled, Evil Ghouls. A now deleted Tweet: The people in Texas voted for government services controlled by Donald Trump and Greg Abbott. That is exactly what they getting. — Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) July 5, 2025. From Twitchy, MONSTER Pediatrician Cheering Deaths of MAGA Children in Texas Flood Goes REALLY REALLY REALLY Wrong and BYE! Cruel Lefty Removed From Houston Food Insecurity Board After VILE Comments About TX Flood Victims.

Sundance at CTH had a big Sunday, Sunday Talks – Kevin Hassett Outlines Trade Deadlines and Tariff Status, President Trump and Secretary Howard Lutnick Hold an Impromptu Press Conference and When an Intransigent Resistance Meets an Immovable Object – EU Trade Team Accepting Baseline Tariffs. Larry Elder at Hat Hair, Other Presidents Complained, But Trump Made NATO Step Up. At OTP, Hassett On Medicaid Cuts In Trump Megabill: ‘Best Way To Get Insurance Is To Get A Job.’

At WUWT, EPA Suspends over 140 Toxic Employees Who Wrote Letter Denouncing Trump Policies. RCE, Trump Fired Hanson Over a “Conflict of Visions.” "In what some have deemed an illegal move, President Trump last week abruptly fired Nuclear Regulatory Commissioner Christopher Hanson, whom he had appointed back in 2020 and whom President Biden had named as Chairman and reappointed just last year." John Solomon at JTN, Presidential intel board prepping reform options for Trump, with an eye on shrinking DNI "PIAB Chairman Devin Nunes says personal preference is to slim down top intel agency, send more spies outside Washington."

From sundance, President Trump on Truth Social, “Saddened to watch Elon Musk go completely off the rails.” The Peacock crows Investment firm Azoria postpones Tesla ETF after Musk plans political party. From NewsMax, Influencers Shun Musk's New 'America Party'.

Also at NewsMax, Zelenskyy: Latest Call With Trump Was 'Most Productive' He's Had. CBD at Ace's predicts Russia Will Win In Ukraine, And It Doesn't Matter At All.

Dan McCarthy at Hat Hair says Democrats Need Populism, But Not Zohran's Sort. From NYPo, ‘Nepo baby’ Zohran Mamdani claims to have less than $2K in the bank — despite his salary and privileged upbringing "State lawmakers are only required to report investments and retirement plans, and don’t have to disclose how much they have in regular savings or checking accounts. They are also not required to reveal trust funds established by their relatives — and in Mamdani’s case that could be a windfall, observers have noted." Katya Sedgwick at LI thinks Mamdani Hates You "You think civilized people use utensils? Don’t want to wake up to the Islamic call for prayer every morning? Don’t dream of merging into the Third World? What are you going to do about it when the dual Ugandan citizen rules New York?" Betsy McCaughey at Hat Hair, NYC Campaign Finance Board Rigs Elections to Benefit Mamdani. Well, Democrats. Dinesh D'Souza @DineshDSouza, "No need to grovel. This was your first piece of real reporting in about 5 years. You outed Mamdani as a fraud according to his own standards. This Indian rich kid tried to take the affirmative action spot of a black person. Why do you have to “explain” why you exposed him?" Quote Patrick Healy @patrickhealynyt, "As the @nytimes assistant managing editor for Standards and Trust, I’ve received reader feedback regarding our reporting on Zohran Mamdani’s 2009 application to Columbia University. To provide context on how the reporting came together, I wanted to share some information:" Or as Jonathan Turley puts it, New York Times Struggles to Explain Why It Reported News to Traumatized Readers. At NewsBusters, Hayes Demands Concerned Democrats Fall In Line Behind Mamdani.

Nick Ballasy at JTN, Former Texas Democratic Party county chair indicted for ballot harvesting after Paxton probe. "KSAT reported that Juan Manuel Medina, former Bexar County Democratic Party Chair and former San Antonio mayoral candidate, was among those indicted on two counts of ballot harvesting." LifeZette reports Trump’s DOJ Reportedly Quietly Looking Into Criminal Charges Against Election Officials. "Attorneys under U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi are reviewing legal pathways to bring criminal charges against state and local election officials who fail to meet federal standards for election security, according to individuals familiar with the discussions."

Matt Margolis, Fresh Obama-Biden Feud Details Are Here and They’re Absolutely Delicious. From Da Mail, a Huge spike in 'Trumpugees' fleeing America... but they'll quickly regret it.

Hat Hair cites Anxious, Oh, Here We Go: CIA Admits Shadowy Officer Monitored Oswald Before JFK Assassination. Bob Hoge at RedState reports Multiple Airspace Violations Over Trump's NJ Golf Course, Fighter Pilots Had to Use 'Headbutt Maneuver' North American Aerospace Defense Command @NORADCommand "NORAD intercepted a plane violating a Temporary Flight Restriction (TFR) over Bedminster, NJ on July 5, 2025. Pilots, a reminder to check FAA NOTAMs before you fly!" https://tfr.faa.gov Fly informed. Fly safe. #NORAD #AviationSafety"

Cynical Publius @CynicalPublius, "One shows the illegal internment of lawful residents. (Democrat run.) The other shows the lawful internment of illegal residents. (GOP run.) It's actually a useful contrast." Quote Travis Matthew @Matthewtravis08, "When History Repeats Itself…" From NewsMax, Trump Hails ICE Amid Threats for Its 'Remigration'. At the Tampa Freep, Alabama, Tennessee Lawmakers Push To Exclude Illegal Immigrants From Electoral Counts "Legislation Aims to Base Political Representation Solely on Citizen Population, Citing “Perverse Incentive” of Current System." Right, but it's self-defeating if only Red States do it. Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh "BREAKING: Treasury Secretary SCOTT BESSENT just summed up the migration crisis for America perfectly. "The big LIE was that this kind of immigration didn't hurt working people. Now economists have come out and said, oh what a surprise, even the laws of supply and demand work in the low end labor market!" "For YEARS, Wall Street has done well. Now it's time for Main Street to do well, and they can both do well."" From Althouse, "The Democrats onstage saw themselves as morally courageous. American voters, it turned out, saw a group of politicians hopelessly out of touch." ""Standing side by side at a primary debate in June 2019, nine of the party’s candidates for president were asked to raise their hand if they wanted to decriminalize illegal border crossings. Only one of them held still. Six years later, the party remains haunted by that tableau. It stands both as a vivid demonstration of a leftward policy shift on immigration that many prominent Democratic lawmakers and strategists now say they deeply regret, and as a marker of how sharply the country was moving in the other direction." I'm reading "Can Democrats Find Their Way on Immigration? The party’s leftward shift in the Biden administration arguably laid the groundwork for President Trump’s aggressive approach. Deciding the next move won’t be easy" (NYT)(free-access link)." NewsBusters, PBS Tries To Use 4th of July To Denounce Deportations. PBS (and NPR) delenda est.

Campus Reform wants you to Meet the Dartmouth College students and faculty arrested at Hamas-endorsed protest. Jeff Charles at TownHall says White House Accuses This Museum of Using Taxpayer Funds to Undermine America "Lindsey Halligan, a Trump administration official, criticized a display at the National Museum of American History’s Entertainment Nation that discusses pop culture. . . "One placard, featured alongside a 1923 circus poster, reads: "Under the big top, circuses expressed the colonial impulse to claim dominion over the world." Another, describing early American entertainment, declares: "One of the earliest defining traits of entertainment in the United States was extraordinary violence."" Analysis, true. From RCI, Choice Tax Breaks: The GOP’s Federal Plan to Transform Education. "The tax credit program, which would provide scholarships to K-12 students to pay for private schooling, would mark a significant shift in federal education policy."

Fox reports North Carolina governor vetoes Republican-led anti DEI and trans legislation "Stein vetoed 4 bills targeting DEI initiatives and trans policies."

The Wombat has Rule 5 Sunday: Add More Ginger As Required up and garnering clicks at The Other McCain.