Flotsam and Jetsam - Trump Soars While Dems Crash

Hat Hair's Dave Strom likes a WSJ Poll: Trump Bump in the Polls; Dems Dive Even Deeper while Josh Hammers is Grading the Second Trump Presidency, Six Months In. He's giving pretty good marks. Jen van Laar at RedState President Trump Announces 'Biggest Trade Deal Ever' With the European Union. "We're going to do the following: The European Union is going to agree to purchase from the United States $750 billion worth of energy. They are going to agree to invest into the United States $600 billion more than they're investing already. So they're investing a large amount of money. They've agreed to open up their countries to trade at zero tariff, so that's a very big factor...and they've agreed to purchase a vast amount of military equipment. We are agreeing that the tariff straight across for automobiles and everything else will be a straight-across tariff of 15 percent." Matt Margolis at PJM, Trump Secures Huge Trade Deal With European Union. But you can't make everyone happy, as Bob Spencer at PJM reports Man Flies to Scotland to ‘Send a Message to Trump,’ but Then Does This on His Plane. "This being 2025, he was caught on video as he screamed: “Stop the plane. Find the bomb on the plane. Death to America. Death to Trump. Allahu akbar. Allahu akbar. Allahu akbar.” Another passenger recounted: “He literally came out of the toilet shouting ‘Allahu akbar’ with his hands above his head. Then he said ‘I’ve got a bomb, I’ve got a bomb’ - at this point people were confused. I thought he was joking, I mean it’s a weird joke.”"

Hmmm, From Fox, White House orders Hegseth to stop polygraphs on Pentagon staff suspected of leaking: report. "The use of polygraphs to identify leakers became apparent in March."

From Twitchy, CIA Dir. Ratcliffe Drops Nuke – MORE Russia Hoax Evidence DIRECTLY Implicates Hillary Clinton: Nick Sortor @nicksortor " BREAKING: CIA Director Ratcliffe confirmed MORE evidence in the Russia Collusion Hoax is about to drop, and it DIRECTLY IMPLICATES Hillary Clinton LOCK. HER. UP. “What intelligence shows is that part of this was a Hillary Clinton plan, but part of it was an FBI plan to be an accelerant to that fake Steele dossier, to those fake Russia collusion claims by pouring oil on the fire, by amplifying the lie and bearing the truth of what Hillary Clinton was up to.”" Matt Vespa at TownHall, There's More Damning Details on the Steele Dossier...and It Involves a Former Top Trump Official. Matt Margolis explores The John Bolton Connection to the Steele Dossier "In 2018, Bolton received a classified memorandum directly connected to Brennan’s actions. Astonishingly, he chose to bury it, locking it away in a National Security Council safe instead of bringing it to Trump’s attention. His trust in Brennan’s fabricated intelligence prevailed over his duty to the president he served." Jonathan Turley sees The Usual Suspects: Declassified Russian Investigation Material Reveals a Familiar Rogue’s Gallery. At RCP the Great Victor Davis Hanson discusses The Damage Caused by Russia Hoax Lies. Shipwreckedcrew, a former US prosector says Indicting Barack -- It Can Be Done And Here Is How.

Liz Stauffer at LI, Obama Allies Mobilize to Combat Explosive ‘Treason’ Allegations "Obama ally: “This was designed solely and exclusively for Fox News, because that’s where this fire of disinformation is raging.”" Jen O'Connell at RedState, Tulsi Gabbard 'Is Lying' Says Ex-CIA Official Who Oversaw Russian Intelligence on the 2016 Elections, but did she say it under oath? Lots these guys and gals tell the press one thing, and then backtrack when questioned under oath. Matt Taibbi @mtaibbi, "So Susan Miller now says, to NBC, that the CIA team that put together the 2017 Intelligence Assessment “found no two-way collusion between Trump or his team with the Russians.” Fascinating that no one leaked that information to NBC at the time." At NewsBusters NBC’s Kristen Welker Firefights the Russia Hoax Doc Drop, Gets SHUT DOWN by Sen. Graham. Jorge Bonilla @BonillaJL, "WATCH as Sen. Lindsey Graham calls out Kristen Welker's firefighting of the Russia Hoax Doc Drop: "You're trying to sweep this stuff under the rug and that's not right."" Duanne Patterson at Hat Hair, Just When You Thought You Couldn't Hate Media More Than You Do, This Is CNN. Rapid Response 47 @RapidResponse47 "DAMAGE CONTROL? Fake News CNN cuts away just as @DNIGabbard outlines the lengths to which the Obama Administration went to manufacture the Russia collusion hoax. Paul Sperry @paulsperry_ "NEW: NY Times Pulitzer winner Jeff Gerth: "The media isn't looking for Russiagate scoops nor will they fairly present the ones others get if they reflect poorly on their prior reporting. Theyre in a defensive posture & arent inclined to report deeply on anything that helps Trump.""

Another day ending in Y, MSN, ‘Unprecedented’: Trump Wins Supreme Court Ruling — Jackson Dissents. "The Supreme Court case Trump v. American Federation of Government Employees enabled State Department layoffs by lifting a lower court's injunction. This month, the unsigned order permitted the Trump administration to implement mass federal workforce reductions under an executive order. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the sole dissenter, argued in a 15-page opinion that the ruling allowed an "unprecedented and congressionally unsanctioned dismantling of the Federal Government."" 

Steve Calabresi at the Volokh Conspiracy opines on the Appointment of Interim U.S. Attorneys. "I think Interim U.S. Attorneys, whose 120-day appointments have expired without the Senate ever voting on their nominations, can be reappointed to an indefinite number of 120-day terms as Interim U.S. Attorneys by the Attorney General under 28 U.S.C. § 546 until and unless the Senate votes down their nominations and so long as they have been nominated for the office in question. The 120-day term limit does not bar reappointment if done by district court judges. Given that cross-branch appointment of inferior officers is unconstitutional, as I will explain below, there is no reason why 28 U.S.C. § 546 ought to be read as precluding the reappointment of nominated U.S. Attorneys whom Senators do not have the votes to defeat but whose confirmations they are able to delay."

From Breitbart, Poll: Democrat Favorability Hits 35-Year Low as GOP Gains Trust on Key Issues. Sarah Arnold at TownHall, Dems Hit 35-Year Favorability Low as Americans Reject Woke Agenda, Open Borders, Anti-American Policies. From the Telegraph, These Democrats believe Kamala won the election – in an alternate universe. "According to a growing number of spiritually-inclined Democrat supporters, 4am on Nov 6 2024 is the moment the universe “split”, leaving us on an alternate timeline where Mr Trump is president. In reality, they claim, Ms Harris was installed in the White House, and it is only a matter of time before we all collectively realise our mistake and jump back to the “correct” timeline." According to Sister Toldja at RedState, JB Pritzker Enters the Chat on Texas Redistricting Debate and Learns It Was Not a Good Idea. Nick Schroer @NickBSchroer "Bruh. Your state literally screwed the people and republicans by drawing these garbage districts to maintain control. I’ve never seen such insane districts drawn around others or using highways to connect other counties like the state you’ve led had done my guy."

Spencer A. Klavan @SpencerKlavan "Hunter Biden looks better at 55 on a steady diet of ketamine and blow than Bryan Johnson looks at 47 after micro-calibrating the air in the sleep room where he logs his boners." Bryan Johnson @bryan_johnson,"starting ketamine and blow today."

NYPo goes Inside socialist Zohran Mamdani’s posh wedding bash at secluded Uganda compound — complete with phone jamming system, armed guards. From the Chicago Boyz, Grocery Customers of New York City Unite! "Mamdani’s grocery venture will be focused on serving the demands of its own customers, that is, the wishes of his electoral coalition and not necessarily the needs of his constituents. That’s just Politics 101: after all it’s those people who got him there and will keep him in “business.”"

Sf Chronic, S.F. may soon ban natural gas in homes and businesses undergoing major renovations

NewsWeek whines about a DOGE AI Tool to Target 100K Federal Rules for Elimination. Mark Tapscott at Insty, WOULD SOMEBODY PLEASE PINCH ME: "I keep hearing that NPR and PBS are getting their federal tax-paid subsidies eliminated. But that can’t be true, not even Ronald Reagan could get that through Congress, right? Right???"

From the Center Square, Report: Feds allowed 1,000s of juvenile gang members, criminals to become citizens. 

Larry Elder at Hat Hair, Dems Rail Against Colbert's Cancellation -- Here's Why. From Twitchy, They're Just NOT That Into You, Stephen! Lefties Held a Pro-Colbert Rally In NYC and NO ONE Showed Up. What? Couldn't afford a rent-a-riot without USAID? Althouse takes note, "Our country is not perfect, never has been. But we’ve always had the First Amendment, and now Mango Mussolini is trying to take that from us." "Said a man who identified himself as Matt, AKA "Slim," quoted in "NYC’s ‘We’re With Colbert’ rally for late-night host is a bust with just 20 protesters" (NY Post). Matt/Slim was one of the organizers of the event. He couldn't get people to show up, and neither could Colbert. Numbers are numbers. The First Amendment protects your right to speak but it won't assemble an audience for you."

Stacy McCain wonders Has #GamerGate 2.0 Begun? Bizarre Clash Over Sick Fetish Videogames Wrecks ‘Games Journalism’ Site Waypoint  "Like the original #GamerGate, this is a complex story, involving (a) a feminist anti-porn censorship campaign, (b) online payment processors, (c) producers of videogames with content so disgusting I don’t want to describe it, and (d) the staff of a videogame review website associated with Vice Media." From Althouse, "The wax lips is my statement against plastic surgery. I’ve been very vocal about the genocide of a generation of women..." ""... by the cosmeceutical industrial complex who’ve disfigured themselves. The wax lips really sends it home.” Said Jamie Lee Curtis, posing in wax lips and quoted in "'Generations of women have been disfigured': Jamie Lee Curtis lets rip on plastic surgery, power, and Hollywood’s age problem" (Guardian). . . . I guess those Hollywood actresses with their chemicals and surgical procedures are not trying to "be who they are" but to be what they feel others want them to be. How "against plastic surgery" is Curtis? When is it "disfigurement"?"

From the College Fix, U. Pittsburgh teaches high school students, teachers to be ‘social justice’ activists. TN Star, Vanderbilt University Launches Internal Investigation After Video Appears to Show Staff Member Describe DEI Defiance. 

If you want to understand why the universities have become stupid, you have to understand that the universities have literally become stupid.

The average undergraduate IQ has fallen by nearly 20 points in 80 years--massive.

This drop has happened at every level of education. pic.twitter.com/cCLjzvogTt

— Kevin Bass PhD MS (@kevinnbass) July 27, 2025

The Wombat has Rule 5 Sunday: Gother Than Thou and FMJRA 2.0: 1973 World Series up and garnering clicks at The Other McCain.