Friday, December 5, 2025

Flotsam and Jetsam - FBI Nabs J6 Bombing Suspect, Supes Buy Texas Gerrymander

And MAGA he's not. Cathy Salgado at PJM, J6 Pipe Bomber Arrested: Nick Sortor @nicksortor "BREAKING: The alleged DC pipe bomber, arrested about 90 minutes ago in in Virginia by the FBI, is expected to appear in court TODAY His identity has still not been released This could get spicy." Althouse finds "The suspect’s identity remained unclear for the moment, but the arrest could ultimately provide an answer to one of the most tantalizing mysteries arising from the Jan. 6. riot." "I'm reading "Suspect Arrested in Inquiry Into Pipe Bombs in D.C. Ahead of Jan. 6 Riot" (NYT). "The break in the case was not based on new information but came after agents bore down yet again on their investigative files and discovered a new lead, according to one person familiar with the matter."" Ace, Pam Bondi Announces Charges Against J6 Bomber Brian Cole, Jr., Says More Charges May Be Filed, Feds Raid Home Linked to Suspected J6 Bomber, a Suspected "Anarchist" and Bondi, Pirro, Bongino Crow About J5 Bomber Arrest, Note That Biden Allowed the Case to "Languish." "A lot of celebrating from the beleaguered DOJ leadership. ... Federal agents swarmed the Woodbridge, Va., home of 30-year-old Brian Cole Jr. following the break in the case that has vexed and embarrassed the FBI for nearly five years." From Sundance at CTH, FBI Arrests Male J6 Pipe Bomb Suspect in Virginia and the DOJ Press Conference Announcing Arrest of J6 Pipe Bomber, Brian Cole – Indictment pdf. John Sexton at Hat Hair on Who Is Brian Cole, Suspect in the DC Pipe Bomb Case? "Brian Cole, Jr. worked for a bail bonds company run by his father that worked to free illegal immigrants from ICE facilities and sued the Trump administration’s Department of Homeland Security. Weeks before 30-year-old Cole Jr. allegedly planted pipe bombs at the headquarters of the Democrat and Republican parties on January 6, 2021, a court ruled against the company in its lawsuit attacking the Trump administration on immigration issues, The Daily Wire has learned... Later in 2021, the company held a press conference bemoaning anti-black racism with a left-wing attorney. Cole Sr. and Benjamin Crump, who represented the family of Trayvon Martin, attempted to sic the Biden Department of Justice on a local Tennessee prosecutor who had raised questions about the bail bond company." Matt Vespa at TownHall, The Suspect in the J6 Pipe Bombing Incident Has Been Captured. Why the Story Could Vanish Soon. NYPo, Accused DC pipe-bomber Brian Cole Jr.’s dad once defended by famous civil rights attorney who repped George Floyd. Benny Johnson @bennyjohnson, "The January 6th pipe bomber terrorist was… - a young black guy - radical anti-Trump activist - sued Trump & ICE & DHS - extreme racial justice advocate - works at his family bail bonds company that frees criminal aliens from ICE custody Yeah, this explains exactly why the FBI & DOJ could not “find” this guy for 4 years. The Biden FBI had mountains of evidence against Brian Cole. Receipts, cell data, license plate, photos and videos of the crime. They knew exactly who did it! But Brian’s profile destroys their entire ‘MAGA white supremacist insurrection bomber’ narrative in one blow. The FBI didn’t “fail” to catch him. Leftists protected their own. This is the biggest FBI cover-up scandal in history. What a nightmare…" From Twitchy, When Jake Tapper Said the J6 Pipe Bomber Was a ‘White Man’ and Then This Happened Greg Price @greg_price11, "Jake Tapper identified the J6 pipe bomb suspect as a “30-Year-old white man.” Idk about you but this guy does not look white to me." Technofog, Brian Cole: The DC Pipe Bomber "Next question: whether he was working alone." Sister Toldja at RedState, Watch: Democrat Senator Hilariously Own-Goals His Party With Criticism of DOJ Pipe Bomb Case Arrest. Tim Burchett @timburchett, "Your Democratic party controlled FEDS had it for 4 years. @FBIDirectorKash and #Bongino had it for 9 months and solved it." Quote Townhall.com @townhallcom, "Democrat Senator Mark Warner: It kinda makes me "crazy" to see the Justice Department treating the arrest of the pipe bomber suspect as a "victory lap.""
John Solomon at JTN Patel tells Just the News the FBI is 'faster, stronger, more accountable' after reforms "FBI director and his deputy outline a dozen new reforms they have implemented."

Susie Moore at RedState reports Supreme Court Allows Texas Redistricting Plan to Stand. John Sexton, Supreme Court: Texas Can Use New Congressional Maps. Althouse, "The court’s brief, five-paragraph order indicated that 'Texas is likely to succeed on the merits of its claim that the District Court committed at least two serious errors.'" ""Moreover, it added, the lower court 'improperly inserted itself into an active primary campaign, causing much confusion and upsetting the delicate federal-state balance in elections.'" From "Supreme Court allows Texas to use redistricting map challenged as racially discriminatory" (Scotusblog). Here's the opinion. There's a long dissent by Kagan, joined by Sotomayor and Jackson, arguing for deference to the decision of the district court. Alito writes a concurring opinion, joined by Thomas and Gorsuch:" So that's kind of new; now the Supreme Court is supposed to give deference to the hand picked activist Democrat on the district courts. 

Sundance sees a Leaked Transcript of EU Conference Call with Zelenskyy Highlights Fear of Trump Securing Peace for Ukraine "“There is a possibility that the U.S. will betray Ukraine on the issue of territory without clarity on security guarantees,” Macron said, according to Spiegel, adding there was “a great danger” for Zelenskyy. The Élysée did not immediately respond to POLITICO’s request for comment. Spiegel reported the Élysée denied in a statement to the German outlet that Macron spoke of any betrayal. “The president did not use those words,” Macron’s office said, per Spiegel." From TNP, Venezuela Reopens to U.S. Deportation Flights Following Trump’s Airspace Ban. Sara Anderson at PJM reports Maduro’s Ex-Insider Turns Snitch, Sends Trump an Explosive Letter. "Hugo “El Pollo” Carvajal Barrios is an ex-military intelligence officer for the Venezuelan government and was a powerful official within Maduro's Cartel de los Soles. Today, he's in U.S. custody, charged with narco-terrorism, among other things. As part of a plea deal for a lighter sentence, he's agreed to help the U.S. government by telling it everything he knows about Maduro and the cartel."

A Hat Hair video, AFP’s Brent Gardner: Democrats Can’t Claim ‘Affordability’ After Driving Historic Inflation and Capt. Ed, The Rent's Not So Damn High: Has Trump Turned a Corner on Affordability? unseen1 @unseen1_unseen, "The gop should be taking a victory lap and telling Americans how they are bringing back affordability to the voters. This is easy politics. Celebrate the wins. Make the people see what you are doing." Quote Rapid Response 47 @RapidResponse47, "CNBC reports the national median rent just fell for the fourth straight month. More progress. More to be done. https://cnbc.com/2025/12/02/apartment-rents-vacancies-november.html."VodkaPundit at Insty, HOW MUCH OF THE AFFORDABILITY CRISIS WAS REALLY JUST THE ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION CRISIS? Peter St Onge, Ph.D. @profstonge, "Turns out 2 million migrants going home does wonders for rental vacancies." Quote Barchart @Barchart, "Multifamily Vacancy Rate hits 7.2%, the highest level ever recorded." And HMM: Small businesses cut 120,000 jobs in November, ADP says. Peter St Onge, Ph.D. @profstonge, ""Weak" job growth but no layoffs. It's almost like there's simply fewer people -- like, say, 2 million illegals." Quote Lisa Abramowicz @lisaabramowicz1, "Initial jobless claims just fell to the lowest since Sept. 2022. Not screaming distress." VodkaPundit at PJM sees Washington's Spending Train Is 'Unstoppable.' It's a weakness of our republic; Politicians on both sides see advantage in taking a little from the many (often from the future), and giving it to the few now. 

At ET, IRS, Treasury Issue Guidance on Trump Accounts "Five types of contributions can be made to a child’s IRA account until the child turns 18." "The tax-advantaged Invest America accounts, commonly referred to as “Trump accounts,” were established under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act signed into law by President Donald Trump in July. The plan aims to provide every newborn child with a “head start toward lifelong financial security and the American Dream,” the White House said in a Dec. 2 statement.
Any child younger than 18 who is a U.S. citizen and has a valid Social Security number may open a Trump account. In addition, children born between Jan. 1, 2025, and Dec. 31, 2028, will receive a $1,000 initial seed contribution from the government, according to the joint guidance issued on Dec. 2." From News Wax, Bessent Sees More Private Contributions to 'Trump Accounts'. 

Matt Margolis at PJM thinks Democrats Humiliate Themselves AGAIN With Another Epstein Drop. That dead horse is down to bones. NY Post Opinion @NYPostOpinion, "I asked if Trump Derangement Syndrome is real: I got the death threats in reply proving it is https://trib.al/VCdpkYi." At Hat Hair, a Larry video, Kennedy Family Cancer Diagnosis Ends in Political Hit Job. Dave Strom, And They Call This 'Journalism'

Lawrence Person's BattleSwarm Blog thinks Trump (Inexplicably?) Pardons Henry Cuellar. “Sleepy Joe went after the Congressman, and even the Congressman’s wonderful wife, Imelda, simply for speaking the TRUTH,” Trump wrote. "The president said that Cuellar “spoke out against Open Borders” and that the previous administration would “attack, rob, lie, cheat, destroy, and decimate anyone who dares to oppose their Far Left Agenda, an Agenda that, if left unchecked, will obliterate our magnificent Country.”" My working assumption has been that these political calculations may indeed be why the Biden Administration charged Cuellar…but that he was probably guilty as well." TNP, Trump Pardons Democrat Who Accused Him of Inciting Insurrection, Voted for Impeachment. From OTP, Trump Pardons Businessman Indicted By His Own DOJ In July "Trump issued the pardon of Oak View Group co-founder Tim Leiweke without a public statement. It’s unclear why he pardoned Leiweke, though he is represented by Trump ally and former Rep. Trey Gowdy. Gowdy lobbied the administration to drop the case against Leiweke or grant him clemency, CNN reported."

Turns out the poster was from Africa.

Cathy Salgado has an Update on Wounded Guardsman Andrew Wolfe "Andy remains in critical but stable condition. He was more active today as he had his eyes open often, he had a period of about 10 minutes where he was raising his left arm and leg well into the air and he was trying to grab his breathing tube. His vitals remained stable during this period which was good. He had no setbacks today. Tomorrow he will have his tracheostomy and feeding tube surgery and they will remove the breathing tube that runs through his mouth and down his throat. As always, we thank you for your love, support and kindness."

Bob Hoge at RedState, Jim Jordan Demands Answers on Arctic Frost, Subpoenas Former Special Counsel Jack Smith. Smith wants an open session so he can dish dirt on Trump. From Fox, Court says Boasberg didn’t know Arctic Frost subpoenas hit lawmakers, Grassley calls that ‘deeply troubling’. "Court official suggests Biden DOJ did not notify chief judge that Arctic Frost subpoenas targeted members of Congress." Din't know nuffin.' At TNP, Top Federal Court Official Defends Boasberg in Arctic Frost Scandal and Stefanik Secures FBI Weaponization Provision in Defense Bill After Clash with Speaker Johnson, "The provision requires Congressional disclosure when the FBI opens counterintelligence investigations into presidential and federal candidates." Sundance says Watch Out for the 2026 FISA 702 Reauthorization. They won't give up domestic surveillance so easily. 

 On the demise of Lititia James' case in Georgia, the At J Con, says the Trump case was a steaming mess, but a lost opportunity for justice "Pete Skandalakis ended up with the case after he was unable to dump it off on any other DA in the state." At TownHall, Byron York says a Requiem for a Scandal. "Nothing in the evidence suggests that [the contingent electors] conspired to overturn the election," Skandalakis wrote. "On the contrary, the record overwhelmingly demonstrates that the electors believed their actions were legally required to preserve Georgia's electoral votes in the event President Donald J. Trump prevailed in the then-pending lawsuit in Fulton County challenging the election."

RCD takes on The Seditious Six. Mike Kochin at Am Great sees Principled Cowardice and the Seditious Six. Cynical Publius @CynicalPublius, "It just dawned on me what Seditious Mark Kelly might be up to. THEORY: -Kelly clearly thinks he can run for President. -Kelly saw that when the lawfare goons had Trump arrested, it basically ensured Trump's election. -So Kelly is purposely getting even more seditious and is goading Trump into having him recalled to active duty for a court martial. -Kelly thinks the blowback will get him elected. He wants to be a martyr. Just a theory, mind you, but the difference is that every charge against Trump was fabricated nonsense whereas Kelly actually has violated numerous sections of the UCMJ." C3 @C_3C_3, "Well well well… It appears Mark Kelly leaked classified information trying to frame Pete Hegseth for leaking classified information. Oops!" Sundance thinks Democrat Senator Mark Warner Advocates for Military Coup against President Trump.

At AOL, Retarded Tim Walz Says Trump’s Slur Is Inspiring Others To Scream It Outside His House. Does his wife still sleep with the windows open? From the Free Bacon, WATCH: ‘Then Why Aren’t There State Prosecutions?’ Local Reporter Calls BS on Tim Walz’s Claim He Sent Somali Fraudsters to Jail. "Walz appears to be taking credit for the actions of a conscientious state official who alerted the FBI to Feeding Our Future's scheme." WaEx, Tim Walz promotes new Minnesota paid leave program open to ‘undocumented workers.’ Althouse, If the Minnesota fraud was so huge, why didn't government officials notice and take action? "The question is asked on today's episode of the NYT podcast "The Daily." The answer is two-fold: 1. A group called Feeding Our Future accused the state of racism for "slow walking" their application. This wasn't long after the "national reckoning" that followed the death of George Floyd, and "at that time, nobody wanted to be called a racist, even it was wholly unfounded" and "that really had a paralyzing effect on people in state government who knew something funny was going on, but didn't really want to stick their necks out and stop it." 2. Money was cycling back to the Democratic Party. "Somali Americans have become politically quite powerful in the state... and... became important donors to their campaigns.... [S]ome democratic elected officials... worried that any action they took to question or intervene in a way that would maybe stop these schemes, could have alienated a really important constituency." My bold.

Christopher F. Rufo @christopherrufo, "“They stole billions, but they paid $67 million in taxes.” Quote KSTP @KSTP "Somali Minnesotans generate at least $500 million in income annually and pay about $67 million in state and local taxes." At Fox, Ilhan Omar pressed to explain how fraud in Minnesota got 'so out of control' "Small Business Administration probes groups tied to $1B COVID fraud scandal in Omar's state." You didn't stop us, was her response. Capt. Ed calls it Today's Deep Question: What Did Ilhan Omar Know About Minnesota's Billion-Benjamins Fraud? Tom Knighton at BA, says Ilhan Omar Just Let Cat Out of the Bag With Anti-Gun Comments "“We have more guns in this country than we have humans,” she said in the video. “So, one of the things that is going to be important is to create a registry so we know where the guns are. We know when they go into the wrong hands when they’re stolen. And we can actually start a buyback program. I know that some of the Minnesota legislators have had that legislation, and that’s something that we should be thinking about on a federal level.” It’s interesting that Rep. Omar would mention a “gun buyback” in the same breath as gun registration. Pro-gun advocates have warned for years that registration always leads to confiscation wherever it has been tried. Thus, anti-gun Democrats have avoided lumping the topics together."


PJM's Matt Margolis notices a GAO Bombshell Reveals Obamacare Fraud on a Massive Scale and Stephen Kruise asks When Does the Part Where Obamacare Fixes Everything Happen? Short answer, never. From Fox, Schumer unveils Democrats' Obamacare fix plan, likely dead in the water, "Schumer unveils Democrats' plan to prevent Obamacare subsidies from expiring ahead of key vote."


John Solomon at JTN reports an Election Integrity Push: DOJ on track to compel voter roll cleanups in over half of U.S. states ""The sloppiness of the elections in blue states is no accident. It is on purpose. It is a feature, not a bug," Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet J. Dhillon says." Shrinking the margin of fraud. 

From Twitchy, Morning Joe Host Who Assured Us Biden Was Sharper Than Ever Says Team Trump Is 'Making S**t Up Every Day'. Don Surber says Pentagon reporters self-deported. America won. "On October 15, roughly half of the 101 members of the self-important Pentagon Press Association turned in their credentials as Pentagon reporters to protest new rules such as not giving reporters free range in the military headquarters. These are the eagle-eyed journalists who never noticed that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was in the hospital for a month." Capt. Ed hears Don't Fall For Fake News on Israel, Young People, Says ... Hillary Clinton, who invented both the term "fake news" and the Russiagate Hoax. Dave Strom sees The Vaccine Debate Is Not Driven By Science, gives the Hep B Example.

At Breitbart, Tennis Great Margaret Court ‘Upset’ over Transgender Propaganda Confusing Children. Natalia Mittelstadt at JTN reports America First Legal wins case against Fairfax County Public Schools over boys in girls' bathrooms "AFL obtained judgment on behalf of a female student who was told that if she was uncomfortable with a boy in the girls’ bathroom, then she must use a different restroom." Lauren Chen @TheLaurenChen, "If you call everyone from Trump to Sydney Sweeney to JK Rowling "Hitler" Then yes, it does in fact follow that Hitler must not have been that bad." Insty has a FLASHBACK: "Draft women? Why not? It occurs to me that if you want to boost birthrates, having a draft for women with a pregnancy/motherhood exception would probably do it. We certainly see high pregnancy rates among female troops scheduled for deployment already . . . ."

From the College Fix, Nine in ten college students think ‘words can be violence’, but mostly conservative words.
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