Flotsam and Jetsam - Leftist Loon Shoots Up ABC Affiliate in Revenge for Kimmel Cancelation

From Twitchy, Jimmy Kimmel, Groypers, and Israel, OH MY: The Left's Desperate Attempt to Characterize a Killer. Insurrection Barbie @DefiyantlyFree, "Every Democrat that opens their mouth and says a single thing about free speech needs to watch a video montage of themselves being complete and total hypocrites." Carl Benjamin @Sargon_of_Akkad "We recreated Weimar conditions and some how it produced a huge aggressive right wing movement, we have no idea why!" Quote The News Agents @TheNewsAgents, "We saw it in Weimar Germany and Mussolini's Italy... It's not a million miles away from this." Former US Ambassador to the EU Anthony Gardner tells @maitlis that curbs on free speech put America on “slippery territory” for democracy." NYPo, Jimmy Kimmel hosted just one right-leaning guest in past three years — and it came with a condition "MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, Trump’s longtime pal and a major Republican donor, appeared on JKL in 2023, but only after agreeing to spend the entire interview inside an arcade claw-machine game because he wasn’t vaccinated. Kimmel, however, said he insisted Lindell be in the claw machine “because it’s hilarious.”" Atop Da Hill, Jonathan Turley sees The funniest joke Jimmy Kimmel never told "So Kimmel is now a hero of democracy — all he had to do was spread disinformation. That makes this the funniest joke that Kimmel never told." From DNYUZ, ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ Crew To Be Paid Next Week As Discussions To Bring Back Show Carry On.

Misty Severi at JTN reports Ted Cruz blasts FCC Chair Brendan Carr's criticism of ABC as mob tactics 'right out of Goodfellas'. Nice network you have there . . . From Twitchy, Man Arrested for Firing Shots at ABC Affiliate After Kimmel Protest. Steve Lookner @lookner, "Anibal Hernandez-Santana, 64, was arrested for firing shots into the window of ABC10 in Sacramento yesterday. An X account that appears to be his "contains a steady stream of anti-Trump commentary," according to Variety." "You mean it wasn't some MAGA conservative celebrating the cancellation of "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" with some celebratory gunfire?" ABC 10, Arrest made in ABC10 shooting. KCRA 3, FBI arrests Sacramento man in connection with ABC10 news station shooting after earlier release on bail "Jail records show he is now ineligible for bail."

Matt Vespa at TownHall thinks NPR's Latest Article on the Charlie Kirk Assassination Is Why It Got Defunded. The Great Victor Davis Hanson at Am Great thinks The Murder of Charlie Kirk Was Not a George Floyd Moment "Charlie Kirk’s murder sparked peaceful resolve, not riots—sharply contrasting the violence, destruction, and radical agendas unleashed after George Floyd’s death." No riots. John Sexton at Hat Hair wonders Are We Done With Political Violence (or Could It Keep Spiraling)? I think you mean, will the left continue to be violent? From OTP, NJ Teacher Canned Over Callous Quip About Kirk: ‘Some People Have To Die’. And some people have to be fired. Nick Ballasy at JTN hears a Democratic congresswoman accuse Charlie Kirk of 'advocating for a Christian nationalist government' "Sherrill said Kirk was "advocating for a Christian nationalist government and to roll back the rights of women and Black people. This flies in the face of every value I hold dear and that I fight for." I'm not a close follower of Charlie Kirk, but I don't believe he advocated anything of the kind. But they need to repeat it to themselves over and over to justify their hate. Sarah Arnold at TownHall notes a Longtime Democrat Says Only Trump Can Unite the Country After Kirk’s Assassination, Manchin. Since when does the left take any lead from Trump? He can get them to go against the sanest policies by merely advocating for them.

At OTP, Arizona Prosecutor Issues Warning Ahead Of Charlie Kirk Memorial With Trump. FAFO. At Althouse, "When Secret Service agents approached him, he claimed to be a member of law enforcement and said he was armed, the service said." ""'The individual is not a member of authorized law enforcement working the event and is currently in custody,' the service said, adding that he had not been arrested as of late Friday night.... The apparent unauthorized entry raised security concerns around the memorial, which is at capacity and is expected to include President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance and many other administration officials and top aides." I'm reading "Armed man detained at site of planned memorial service for Charlie Kirk/The service, which will feature President Donald Trump and Cabinet members, has a top-level security designation akin to a Super Bowl" (WaPo)." Nick Ballasy at JTN, Armed man arrested at Charlie Kirk memorial site providing advance security for known guest: TPUSA. "We do not believe this person was attempting anything nefarious, however the advance was not done in proper coordination with the TPUSA security team or US Secret Service. Also important to note that this was before the site had been fully sealed and locked down," says TPUSA spokesperson."

Also at OTP, WWI Rifle That Killed Charlie Kirk May Be Untraceable. Too old to have a serial number. Still shoots straight, thought. Tyler O'Neil at Da Signal thinks Transgender Ideology Is Motivating Violence: It’s High Time the FBI Designate It as Such. Put Ru Paul on the watch list? I think that's going overboard. Kurt Schlichter @KurtSchlichter, "The trans furry pervert demographic is a key constituency of you and the rest of the Democrats." Quote Tim Miller @Timodc, "One more thing. “one of MINE” didn’t kill Charlie. Unless you mean he was a human or a man like me." I don't know about key, but I guess a bunch of tiny fanatic fringes add up.

At RCP Larry Kudlow thinks Powell's Mismanagement of the Fed Is Beyond the Pale. It's pretty clear now he did his best to bolster Slow Joe and inhibit Trump. Department of Government Efficiency @DOGE "Contracts Update! Over the last 5 days, agencies terminated and descoped 87 wasteful contracts with a ceiling value of $2.1B and savings of $673M, including a $509k State Dept. professional support contract for an “Iran press assistant position in the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs”, a $509k State Dept. professional support contract for a “press advisory specialist in the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs”, and a $911k NASA climate & sustainability contract for “integrating Earth observations toward advancing equitable resilience to geo-hazards in a changing climate”." Atop Da Hill, Trump predicts government could shut down ‘for a period of time’, blames Chucky. “I don’t know if you can make a deal with these people,” Trump said. “I think these people are crazy.” Harold Hutchinson at Da Caller, Mike Johnson Has 4 Words For Chuck Schumer’s Demand That Taxpayers Prop Up Left-Wing Media, “We’re not doing that.” “He’s trying to force, for example, and everybody at home needs to understand what Chuck Schumer is trying to do, is force $1.4 trillion in additional spending on the American people, a spending on a very short-term continued resolution to keep the government out.”

The Brussel's Signal claims The EU sanctions on Russia have had no effect on Putin’s economy. No effect? I doubt it, but certainly not enough to bring Putin to the table. Across the pond at the Telegraph comes word that Britain’s Vagina Museum hit by Trump’s trade war, really! "The Vagina Museum in Bethnal Green, east London, sells items including postcards, magnets, stickers and tea towels featuring the female anatomy. But they are now subject to the US president’s 10 per cent baseline tariff which came into effect in August." Oh dear, how sad to pay 10% more for a vagina tea towel!

At Althouse, "The FBI under former President Biden launched a sweeping investigation called 'Arctic Frost' that included major Republican organizations and conservative groups..." "... according to Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA). Grassley revealed whistleblower evidence at a Senate Judiciary hearing showing the probe, which began with 2020 election challenges, later expanded to 92 Republican targets such as the RNC, the Republican Attorneys General Association, and Turning Point USA. 'Arctic Frost wasn't just a case to politically investigate Trump,' Grassley said. 'It was the vehicle by which partisan FBI agents and Department of Justice prosecutors could achieve their partisan ends and improperly investigate the entire Republican political apparatus." From "FBI's 'Arctic Frost' probe into Jan. 6 investigated Charlie Kirk's Turning Point USA" (Yahoo, republishing Snopes, quoting the Facebook page The Federalist Papers)."

ET reports Prosecution Rests Case in Trial of Trump Assassination Attempt Suspect: 5 Takeaways "The trial resumes on Monday with Routh—who is representing himself—calling his first witness." At CJ, The Dangerous Celebration of Luigi Mangione "It’s his admirers’ adulation, not the court’s decision to toss first-degree murder charges, that should concern us most."

Kaelen Deese at WaEx reports Alex Acosta said he never saw Trump’s name when handling Epstein case. Democrats keep their fingers in their ears, shouting la, la, la, la!

Beth Brelje at Da Fed, FBI Sources Alleged Biden Stopped Burisma Investigation ‘To Protect The Interests Of Hunter,’ New Docs Show. Matt Margolis at PJM, Does This Prove Hunter Biden Orchestrated His Own Pardon? "Biden’s former chief of staff, Jeff Zients, revealed during his House Oversight Committee testimony this week that Hunter Biden wasn't just sitting on the sidelines during those crucial final weeks of his father's presidency—he was actively participating in pardon discussions, attending multiple meetings with White House aides." Rusty Weiss at RedState is shocked by The Loyalty Threat Jill Biden Made to Kamala’s Husband That Left Him ‘Grim’ Faced “She seemed tense, even angry. ‘What’s going on?’ she demanded. ‘Are you supporting us?’ Of course, Doug said. Of course, we are supporting you," one passage obtained by The Guardian reveals. "‘OK. That’s really important. We need to know that.’" Scott Pinsker at PJM sees The Spectacular Self-Destruction of Kamala Harris.

TNP hears Jasmine Crockett: Committing Crimes Doesn’t Make You a Criminal. Fox, Mother ‘furious’ after Rep. Crockett calls daughter murdered by illegal migrant a ‘random dead person’.

Matt Vespa, Abigail Spanberger Was Asked About Men in Women's Bathrooms. Her Answer Was a Trainwreck. Word salad worthy of Kamala after half a box of wine.

Stacy McCain on Collective Grievance, Collective Guilt, Collective Rage: A Case Study "What’s wrong with the Democratic Party? There are two ways to approach this question. Democrats ask what’s wrong with their party in order to fix it, so that they can win more elections. Republicans ask the question in order to make the argument that nobody should vote for that dysfunctional trainwreck of a party." James Banakis at John Kass's thinks we're Living in One Big Nuthouse "Today, I’m going to put all my knowledge of listening to and observing the hungry, overserved masses, and with the help of WebMD, tell you what I think are the afflictions tormenting the Lefties." Josh Kraushaar @JoshKraushaar, "Andrew Sullivan: “We all became used to soft-liberal bias on TV and newspapers for years like background music, and it didn’t delegitimize them entirely. We let it go. They kept up a veil of respectability, a wispy fig leaf of balance over their leftist privates. We sighed and kept subscribing and watching. But the full-on neo-Marxist propaganda of 2020? And far-left disinformation at the Kimmel level in the wake of an assassination? Well, the veil slipped, didn’t it, and here we are.”"

LifeZette sees a Democrat Candidate Tossed Like a Rag Doll While Trying to Block ICE Operation in Illinois. Did she wear a sign proclaiming her candidacy? FAFO. Streiff at RedState reports New York Officials Arrested While Conducting Resistance Theater at ICE Facility. From TNP, Portland Officials Join Fight Against ICE Facility Besieged by Antifa.

At MSN, Trump signs proclamation that adds $100K fee to H-1B visas. If you want to bring in someone super qualified, $100k is worth it, but just to man a call center or ordinary coding? Probably not. Atop Da Hill, Trump signs ‘gold card’ order with $2M visa fee for companies, $1 million for individuals.

MSN, ‘You’re Guilty, Jon’: Trump Rails Against ABC Correspondent in the Oval Office, Says ‘You’re a Terrible Reporter’. From NewsBusters, STUDY: Nets Spent Near Double on Blowout Pre-Election Jobs Report Vs. Massive Revision. Best Emily Littella voice, Nevermind!

John Sexton is pleased a Lawsuit Can Proceed Against School District that Socially Transitioned Child and Hid It From Parents.

At CJ, Trump Is Right to Fight Wokeness at the Smithsonian. "As mostly federally funded institutions, the museums owe Americans a faithful account of their history." "Smithsonian secretary Lonnie Bunch responded to the White House initiative with a letter to staff, declaring, “Our independence is paramount.” This defiance, while understandable, is a bit rich. The most prominent Smithsonian museums are located on prime federal land. The institution receives 62 percent of its revenues from the federal government—that is, from taxpayers. Having the Smithsonian assert its “independence” is reminiscent of a 30-year-old who lives with his parents, rent-free, and receives most of his income from them, yet claims that he’s his own man and beholden to no one." 62 percent of it's direct revenues comes from the Congressional appropriation, but much of the rest comes from grants from the federal government one way or another. Ask me how I know.

The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: Meanwhile At The Catgirl Barrel up and garnering clicks at The Other McCain.