Sunday, November 9, 2025

Flotsam and Jetsam - Shutdown Reaches 40 Days

If they don't solve it soon, people might get to like it. At JTN, Nick Ballasay reports Thune says bipartisan shutdown talks have been positive "Saturday was the 39th day of the government shutdown." I wonder whose store they're giving away. Drew Berquist hears about a Shutdown Showdown: Democrats Claim They’re ‘Unified’ as America Suffers. From Twitchy A Fuming Chuck Schumer Did NOT Like a GOP Senator's Questions About His Proposal So He STORMED OFF. Amber Jo Cooper @AmberJoCooper, "WATCH: @SenSchumer abruptly walks off the floor as he was being questioned by Sen. @BernieMoreno about his proposal to end the shutdown. Moreno asked Schumer if his proposal was in writing that people could look at.. and if people making millions would still receive the COVID-era subsidies. Moreno: “I was going to ask him before he stormed out of the room because evidently he doesn‘t want to hear any opposing views or actually engage in meaningful negotiation … Would he continue 0 dollar premiums, which we know for a FACT, have enormous levels of fraud.." "If he had stayed, I would have asked him a third question: Does he these monies to go directly to insurance companies?” Sundance at CTH hears President Trump Recommends Congress Bypass Funding Health Insurance Companies and Send Funds Directly to Consumers. What, no cut? At WaEx, Air traffic controllers warn flight cuts won’t ease shutdown strain or prevent risk. Casey Chalk at Da Fed says the Longest Shutdown Ever Reveals U.S. Could Stand To Fire A Lot Of Federal Workers. A lot. Atop Da Hill, Court rules Trump administration violated First Amendment with out-of-office messages. From LifeZette, Obama Judge Rebuked as Supreme Court Halts SNAP Spending Mandate. Streiff at RedState is scandalized by Shenanigans! Over a Dozen States Outmaneuver the Supreme Court and Take Full SNAP Money Anyway. At TownHall Tom Knighton thinks It's Time to Stigmatize Some People Again for abusing SNAP. From Just Facts Daily, The Actual Facts on Taxpayer-Funded Healthcare For Illegal Immigrants "Contrary to Democrats and certain “fact checkers,” Senate Democrats are demanding significant amounts of taxpayer-funded healthcare for illegal immigrants in exchange for opening the government for merely one month. Contrary to Republicans, healthcare for illegal immigrants, even under the broadest definition of that term, accounts for less than 13% of the Democrat bill that would enact their demands." 13% of a huge number is still a big number.

Foreign Affairs makes The Case for Trump’s Second-Term Foreign Policy "Peace Through Strength Is Delivering Stability and Security." AP is disappointed Kazakhstan will join the Abraham Accords with Israel in symbolic move to boost the Trump initiative. ET, Trump Announces Trade Deal With Uzbekistan. From CEPA, Europe Can Feast on Cheap US Gas (and Roast Russia in the Process). "Abundant gas supply is now available for Central and East European countries. Will they seize the opportunity?" JD Davidson at Da Fed thinks The Attacks On Heritage And Kevin Roberts Are Really About Foreign Policy And J.D. Vance.

A video at Hat Hair, The Government is Shut Down and the Capitalist Capital of the World Will Have a Socialist Mayor Now. From the Freep, New York City’s Socialist Experiment Begins. At WaPoo the editors opine Zohran Mamdani drops the mask "The mayor-elect divides New Yorkers into two groups: the oppressed and their oppressors." Hat Hair's John Sexton says Now It Can Be Told: Mamdani's Plans Are Going to Be Wildly Expensive. Surprise! Amy Curtis at TownHall, 'I Lived Behind the Iron Curtain:' Man Who Fled Communism Warns New Yorkers About What's Coming. At Floridian Press, Carlos Gimenez Brands Zohran Mamdani a ‘Marxist’ Like Fidel Castro. Althouse finds "Zoran Momani has been elected.... So what?... What's the big deal? Obviously he was going to win.... You can just leave...." ""But there are people out there who... are finding it increasingly difficult to afford New York City. Those people — the paint-by-numbers/pin a ribbon on me/I did all of the right things/I have all of the right views/I post all of the right things on social media.... They're normies.... They're just boring and vapid and surface and dull and pointless.... and their concerns are so small and petty.... That is the coalition that Zoran has. He has a coalition of angry, boring, mediocre people that have done the right things and have gotten very little for it.... Tim Dillon explains New York." When it turns into a shithole prices will decline. From NYPo, NYPD already losing officers with morale plunging as anti-cop Zohran Mamdani prepares to take reins. Tom Knighton at BA goes on About the Safety Mamdani Promised on Those Free Buses.

Amanda Head at JTN sees an Alarming number of Americans, Democrats expect a politically violent future, "A majority of Americans believe political violence will increase as a starling uptick. Others hold the belief that it is justified. The acceptability of such justifications appear to be divided by party lines, according to polling." Pop Times, Even the Left’s Favorite Comedian Says Democrats Are Falling Apart. Scott McKay at Am Spec thinks The Cold Civil War Is Now on Defrost, and the Right Still Isn’t Ready, "Kill the filibuster now, and start making policy in a lightning round."

At Da Signal Tyler O'Neil looks at 8 Winners and Losers of the 2025 Election and the Great Victor Davis Hanson, wonders Does the Democrats’ Chaos Strategy Work? Pop Times cites Mike Johnson: The Democrat Party Has ‘Officially Surrendered to Radicals Who Hate America’" Streiff says We're Doomed. Omar Fateh Lost the Minneapolis Mayor's Race Because He Lost the Loyalty of Somali Clans. From the Free Bacon, Dems Rejoice as Child Murder Buff Taps Blackface Gov, aka 'Coonman,' to Lead Transition Team, "A scandal-plagued power couple: Ralph Northam advising AG-elect Jay Jones in Virginia." From Insty, YOU DON’T HAVE TO FALLL IN LOVE, YOU JUST HAVE TO FALL IN LINE. Anti-Gun Brady PAC Quietly Yanked Jay Jones Endorsement Over His Violent Text Messages. It Now Claims To Have ‘Proudly’ Supported Him. Rusty Weiss at RedState reports Thousands of Ballots Discovered in Maricopa County 3 Days After Election: ‘Going To Be Mistakes.’ At WaEx, Republicans scrutinize ‘inconsistencies’ in New Jersey election, including hundreds of thousands of new Democratic voters. Matt Margolis at PJM says Something Doesn’t Add Up in New Jersey’s Election Results — and Pollsters Know It.

From LifeZette, Scott Jennings Has Entire CNN Panel in Stitches with Sarcastic Jab at Nancy Pelosi. Matt Margolis says Forget Pelosi, Here’s Why You Should Fear Her Likely Successor. From Fox, Newsom tells Texas crowd taking back House is 'the whole thing' for Democrats in 2026. "The California governor celebrated Proposition 50's redistricting victory, going on the road to Houston on Saturday." Capt. Ed at Hat Hair says Oh My: Judge Green-Lights Lawsuit Accusing Newsom Aide of Facilitating Anti-Semitic Smear Campaign.

Driscoll at Insty, OLD AND BUSTED: The 1970s Hollywood trope of bitter PTSD-inflicted American soldiers broken by years of service in Vietnam. The New Hotness? Sage Steele @sagesteele, "What a heartbreaking existence. Thoughts and prayers for Michelle Obama as she continues her recovery from 8 years as The First Lady…that ended almost a decade ago." Quote End Wokeness @EndWokeness, "Michelle Obama complains about her life: "It is not a luxury to have hair & makeup team"

More on the tentative identification of the J6 bomber. From Da Blaze, Former Capitol Police officer a forensic match for Jan. 6 pipe bomber, sources say The FBI, which failed to solve the case in nearly five years of investigation but indicated that it was closing in after Blaze News brought its investigation to intelligence sources, was feet from the Falls Church address of the pipe bomb suspect days after Jan. 6, according to the Blaze News investigation. Former FBI Special Agent Kyle Seraphin realized Friday that he was doing surveillance next door to the woman now suspected of being the Jan. 6 pipe bomber. “The FBI put us one door away from the pipe bomber within days of January 6, and we were deliberately pulled away for no logical or logically investigative reason,” Seraphin told Blaze News Friday. “And everything about that tells me that they were involved in a cover-up and have been since day one." Sundance at CTH, Blaze Journalist Steve Baker Identifies January 6 Pipe Bomber as Former Capitol Police Officer Shauni Kerkhoff. Matt Vespa, *If* That's the J6 Pipe Bomb Suspect, This Story Has Taken Another Wild Turn. After the Kap Kops, she went to work security at the CIA! Ace, The Blaze Publishes Name of Person It Claims Matches the J5 Pipe Bomber, Based on Gait Analysis, "Eh. Update: "Eh" is becoming "nahh."" Nowhere near done with this story.

Fox reports Brennan, Strzok, Page subpoenaed as part of federal Russiagate probe: Sources. "Law enforcement sources told Fox News Digital that up to 30 subpoenas related to the probe will be issued in the coming days." John Sexton is pleased when a Grand Jury Subpoenas Brennan, Strzok and Page. Nick Ballasy again, reports Most voters favor impeaching Judge Boasberg over ‘Arctic Frost’ scandal, poll shows. "The poll results show that 26% don’t regard the Arctic Frost scandal as serious, which includes 12% who believe it is "not at all" serious." From Da Caller, Obama Judge Who Greenlit Secret Subpoenas Targeting GOP Hit With Ethics Complaint. The Chronic argues it Justice, Not Revenge. "Now they’re squealing like pregnant penguins but I, for one, hope Trump sticks it to them. If I sound vengeful, I am not. I truly believe it might teach the left a lesson: Once in power, be magnanimous. Do not do a Biden, because things can change and come back to bite you. Revenge is a two-headed monster and we never know which way it might go." Sundance argues The Hidden Transcript of Intelligence Community Inspector General Michael Atkinson Testimony Is the Key to Reveal CIA Targeting of President Donald Trump.

From the Free Bacon, Woman Who Harassed Stephen Miller’s Family at Their Home Is Harmless Academic ‘In the Field of Peace Studies,’ Her Lawyer Argues, "Barbara Wien also made a threatening ‘I’m watching you’ gesture at Miller’s wife," and Cotton Presses DOJ to Investigate Code Pink's Terror, CCP Ties. From the College Fix, U. Chicago professor heading to court for alleged battery of police officer at ICE protest. Hat Hair's Beege Welborn, sees Every ICE Target Is a Potential Oscar Winner and Dave Strom explains How Immigration Propaganda Works. Jonathan Turley @JonathanTurley "These incidents show the sense of license and righteous rage of many on campuses today. That is fed by a culture of orthodoxy and viewpoint intolerance that pervades higher education in the United States today." jonathanturley.org "Iowa Student Arrested After Two Attacks on Conservative Displays on Campus. "This week, we have another attack on a display by conservative students at a U.S. university.

At Fox, Joe Rogan, Elon Musk slam blue city judges after repeat offender charged in Charlotte train murder "DeCarlos Brown Jr. allegedly killed Iryna Zarutska on Charlotte commuter train after judge's release." Not much allegedly about it. Reagan Reese at Da Caller, Trump Admin Executes Massive Crime Crackdown In Memphis.

From Twitchy, ‘Entertainment Welfare’: Greg Gutfeld Confronts NYT Journo With the Truth of Late-Night TV’s Demise. Althouse is delighted, "And I’m never going to call somebody fat because they’re fat. I’m going to call you fat if you called me Hitler." ""And the best part about that is it hurts them. It hurts them more than if they were to call me Hitler because they have to look in the mirror every day. I know I’m not Hitler. They know they’re fat." Said Greg Gutfeld, in "The Interview/Fox News Wanted Greg Gutfeld to Do This Interview. He Wasn’t So Sure" (NYT)." Driscoll at Insty, JIMMY KIMMEL’S WIFE WISHES SHE COULD “DEPROGRAM” HER RAGING TDS: "ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel and his wife, executive producer, and co-head writer Molly McNearney, stopped by the Thursday episode of the We Can Do Hard Things podcast to look back on Kimmel’s recent suspension. While the words “Charlie Kirk” were never mentioned once during the nearly 70-minute episode, Kimmel and McNearney claimed they told their children that President Trump was the one responsible for his suspension." From Da Mail, Artist sparks controversy for installation showing a crucified Donald Trump dubbed 'Saint or Sinner.' Beege Welborn sees Weiss's Intense CBS Change Storm Hits 'Climate Desk' Hard - Blows It Right Out of the Building.

Sean Silverman: Silverman Bar Exam & LSAT Tutoring @BarExamTutor, "1: A law school graduate who has not yet passed the bar exam is writing the briefs for this law firm. The law firm submits one of those briefs written entirely by the law school graduate to the 9th Circuit. 2: The law graduate used AI to help write the brief. Tough to blame the law graduate: that's a lot of pressure so early in one's career. 3: The lawyer arguing the case doesn't review the work submitted by the law school graduate to make sure that the AI hasn't made up cases that don't actually exist in our physical world and instead only exist in the digital world inhabited by non-human AI's. 4: The judges are very confused by all of the above. They ask the lawyer to explain. 5: The lawyer tries to explain and his explanation is that before submitting the briefs, nobody checked the citations. 6: The judges are still very confused. Uncomfortable to watch."

Fox 5, DeKalb police officer investigated after encounter with transgender woman. He's so obviously a man. Amy Curtis at TownHall, Revelations of Insurance Fraud at MI Children's Hospital Exposes Troubling 'Gender-Affirming' Practices. There's plenty good money to be made, supplying the groomers with the stock of their trade.

The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: In Like A Lion up and garnering clicks at The Other McCain.

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