Flotsam and Jetsam - Monday Morning Coming Down

After a flurry of activity and breathless reportage after the cops raided a house, and stopped a car, but ended up not arresting anyone, there's no real news on the Gutherie caper, and certainly no good news. We can only hope the Pima County sheriffs and FBI are withholding some for good reasons. From ET, Arizona Sheriff Denies Claims He’s Blocking FBI From Evidence in Guthrie Case. "‘When this is all done with, offer your critiques all you want, but right now we have work to do,’ Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos said." 

At RedState, Bob Hoge claims It's Done: Bondi Tells Congress She's Released All the Epstein Files, No More Coming. Now all Democrats and Tom Massey can complain about are the redactions, which were mandated by the law they demanded. Of course, with 3 million pages, some redactions will have been made that needn't have been, and some redactions weren't made that should have been. The tight deadline they demanded guarantees that. News Wax notes DOJ Releases List of 'Politically Exposed Persons' in Epstein Files. Sundance at CTH, Sunday Talks: Thomas Massie Gives Update on His Epstein File Mission, whines about Pam Bondi. Karol Markowicz @karol, "Self-important jackasses destroying the lives of random people with no connection to Epstein at all." Tim O'Brien at PJM reports Reid Hoffman Funded Suit Against Trump Alleging Rape. Epstein Files Mention Him 2,658 Times. MAZE @mazemoore, "2023. Reid Hoffman explains why he funded E. Jean Carroll's lawsuit against Trump. Hoffman, the walking embodiment of perversion, a man who stayed at Epstein's ranch, island, and NYC home and sent Epstein gifts for "the girls," claims he funded the lawsuit to help Carroll get justice for the "torture" and sexual abuse she endured. Hoffman just wanted to help a woman stand up to a rich and powerful man. What a sick, duplicitous, evil person." Torpedos continue to circle: from the College Fix, U. Arizona cancels major conference after speakers named in Epstein files. From Tierney's Real News, Trump exonerated on Epstein.

From NYPo, Witkoff and Kushner reportedly tell Trump nuclear deal with Iran ‘difficult to impossible’. From the Guardian, No water or electricity, and children begging in streets filled with rubbish – but this is why I won’t leave Cuba.

Sarah Anderson at PJM sees Rubio on Fire! We Won't Be 'Polite and Orderly Caretakers of the West's Managed Decline'. Ace calls it A Resounding And Powerful Defense Of Liberal Democracy, Market Economies, And Unabashed Nationalism And Patriotism. RedState's Nick Arama thinks you should Watch Rubio Deliver a Master Class As He Smokes Reporter for Divisive Question During Briefing in Europe and Legend: Czech Politician Dunks All Over a Furious Hillary Clinton for Her TDS in Great Exchange in Munich. dan turrentine @danturrentine, "Note to all D’s thinking of 28: watch @marcorubio outstanding speech today. Some in our Party (looking at you @CAgovernor) argue to “go back” to pre-Trump. That era is dead. Whoever can articulate a fresh, coherent view of leadership to address the new, changing world and its risks and opportunities will have the advantage." Sundance adds Secretary of State Rubio Holds Interesting Press Conference with Slovak Prime Minister Fico. At Bastiat's Window, One Veep, Two Prez? "On a historian/pundit musing over one vice president serving under two presidents." Rubio/Vance? I prefer the other way around, but would not argue with either. At RCD Chris Williams warns of The Coming War in America "As overseas threats to U.S. national interests intensify, America’s enemies can be expected to carry the fight to the U.S. homeland. The reason for this is clear: The U.S. homeland is a ripe target for such attacks."

WESA Pittsburgh, Fetterman lone Democrat to support Homeland Security funding bill, as DHS shutdown looms. It's here. Can't you tell? News Wax reports from the IRS: Average Refund Up 10.9 Percent in Early Filing. Fox, Gas prices fall in January, giving Americans a break at the pump, "Lower gas prices provided consumer relief while electricity and utility gas service prices surged higher." Batya Ungar-Sargon says The Latest Jobs Report Proves Trump's Theory of the Economy: Tariffs and Deportations Put Money in the Pockets of Working-Class Americans, "Economists and Liberal Media Hardest Hit." Scott McLallen at Town Hall, 'We Send Billions to Dead People': Kennedy Stuns in NewsNation Interview. At ET, Whistleblowers Exposing Fraud Can Receive Up to 30 Percent of Fine Amounts: Bessent, "Individuals may become eligible for awards if the information leads to successful enforcement resulting in monetary fines exceeding $1 million."

ET, EPA Rescinds Obama-Era Finding That Served as Basis for Climate Regulation "The Trump administration eliminated a 2009 finding that six greenhouse gases are a danger to public health." Matt Vespa likes how Keith Olbermann Just Got Wrecked...by a Meteorologist? Chris Martz @ChrisMartzWX, "Keith, I am a meteorologist. That means I study the atmosphere. We don’t just point at a green screen and say “It gonna rain.” You, on the other hand, are a washed-up, irrelevant sports “journalist” who has been fired from nearly every job you ever had because of your unprofessionalism. I am a young, vibrant 23-year-old and I have my whole life ahead of me. You, on the other hand, are a 67-year-old, single, childless, miserable old man that nobody wants to be around, and nobody will remember 50 years from now." Quote Keith Olbermann @KeithOlbermann, Replying to @ChrisMartzWX, "So let's see. You do the weather and you think you're an expert on how the atmosphere changes over thousands of years. Or dozens You're an imbecile. STFU, child, and remember that if we listen to you, when you're "Granpa" you'll get to watch your grandchildren suffocate"

Cynical Publius @CynicalPublius, "I get angry a lot when I hear Democrats lie, but I'm not sure I've ever been angrier than over the below video clip. No one in the history of the USA has purposely caused more hateful division in America than Barack Obama. For Frankfurt School Marxists, hate and division is THE necessary element of power. A true Frankfurt School disciple, Obama's singular purpose was to create hate and division along demographic lines. Racism was on life support when Obama took office. He gave it life once again, deliberately. Virtually all of the hate and division we experience in the USA today is directly attributable to Barack Obama. Other than Woodrow Wilson, Obama is the most objectively evil man ever to sit in the Oval Office. Shut up Obama. Everything you are bemoaning was created by YOU, you lying narcissistic Marxist filth." Quote Brandon Straka #WalkAway @BrandonStraka "OBAMA: “The other side does the mean, angry, exclusive, us/them, divisive politics. That's their home court. Our court is coming together.”" The Drunk Republican @DrunkRepub, "My favorite Obama “coming together” moment was when him and Hillary financed a phony dossier to sabotage the rightfully elected President." RBe @RBPundit, "Motherfucker literally sued nuns to try to force them to pay for contraception and abortions. Fuck outta here." Quote Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen, ".@BarackObama: "When I was president, I suppose I could have simply unilaterally ordered the military to go into some red state and harass and intimidate a governor there or cut off funding for states that didn't vote for me... but that is contrary to how I think our democracy is supposed to work." BL Hahn at Da Fed notes Democrats Openly Fantasize About Anti-White Revolution While GOP Grovels Over A Race Hoax. At TownHall Larry Elder sees the irony as Jeffries And Schumer Denounce Trump's 'Racist' Video -- But Who Are They to Complain?

Atop Da Hill Jonathan Turley is distressed that In Munich, Democrats pledge a return to wealth taxes and climate hysteria. Twitchy thinks you should WATCH the Faces of Germans As Gavin Newsom Compares America's National Guard to Nazi Stormtroopers. They know of real Stormtroopers. L A R R Y @LarryOConnor, "Gavin Newsom goes to Germany and compares American law enforcement to Nazi stormtroopers. In GERMANY." GateWay Pundit sees AOC Fall Apart on the World Stage When Asked a Simple Foreign Policy Question at Munich Security Conference. Scott McLallen hopes This Interview Answer Might Wreck Michigan Gov. Whitmer's 2028 Presidential Run. Begs a Trump ambassador to answer the question on Ukraine. From NYPo, City Hall boots Israel drone supplier from Brooklyn Navy Yard — after Mamdani took office.

Breccan Theis at Da Fed is concerned that the Virginia High Court Greenlights Democrat Effort To Give Millions Of Republicans A Single Seat In Congress.

At Am Great Roger Kimball explores How Deep Is the Deep State? "The deep state resists exposure—but not forever. Patience, persistence, and power may yet cauterize the Leviathan." From Reason, The ATF Created a Backdoor Gun Registry. Lawmakers Want an Explanation. "Federal law bans the creation of a gun registry, but regulators made one anyway."

Geiger Capital @Geiger_Capital, "Oops! We forever changed the demographics of America and Europe, destroyed social cohesion in the West, and called you a bigot for correctly saying it was bad. Anyways… you should put us back in charge now." Quote America @america, "Hillary Clinton admits mass migration has been “destabilizing” to society: “It went too far, it’s been disruptive and destabilizing.”" Edward Badgette @acrimonyand, "I told you that their internal polling was apocalyptic." Quote Leading Report @LeadingReport, "BREAKING: Former President Obama says, “We are a nation of laws,” in reference to immigration. “We have borders, and we've got to figure out an immigration policy that is orderly and that is fair.”" At Commonplace, Ann Coulter wonders How Did They Think Open Borders Would End? "Cleaning up decades of lawlessness is never easy." Breitbart echoes Josh Hawley's Calls For Indictment of Minnesota AG Keith Ellison over Alleged Ties to Somali Fraudsters.

Sundance hosts Sunday Talks – Border Czar Tom Homan Discusses DHS Shutdown and Ongoing ICE Operations. Ben Smith at RedState, Tom Homan Shreds Democrat Victory-Lapping Over ICE's MN Drawdown With Inconvenient Facts. Hat Hair's Betsy McCaughey warns If ICE Is Hamstrung, Hold on to Your Wallets. At CIS, Dissecting CBS News’ Claim that ‘Less than 14%’ of Trump II ICE Arrestees Are ‘Violent Criminals,’ "Ignore the tendentious herd mentality; the press should offer the public “a little more light and a little less noise” — and some better historical context — on immigration enforcement." From Da Caller, Teen Allegedly Plotted To Behead ICE Agents, Show Them Off To Indian Tribes. Kids these days... Chadwick Moore @Chadwick_Moore, "I’m lurking in this ICE alert chat and one of the AWFLs invited an illegal to the chat, who then invited like 50 more illegals and now the chat is entirely in Spanish and the AWFLs are getting REALLY ANNOYED." Bwahaha! 

Sarah Hoyt at Insty is SHOCKED, SHOCKED, SHOCKED: "Duffy cracks down on trucking carriers and ‘sham school’ linked to Indiana crash caused by illegal immigrant. CHASER: Duffy Closes 7,500 CDL Schools in ‘Wild West’ Crackdown. DOT Highlights First-Year Results to Remove Unqualified Truck Drivers."

Phil Wegman at RCP examines The Ravenous Media Diet of Donald Trump. Josh Hammer at Hat Hair wonders Is Free Speech Really the Highest Value?

Stacy McCain takes on The Canadian ‘Gunperson’ and the Syllogism of the Liberal Narrative. "There is a syllogism hidden behind all liberal rhetoric: A. Group X are victims of wrongful oppression; B. Democrats want to help Group X; therefore C. VOTE DEMOCRAT!" Bob Hoge says you Can't Make It Up: Hillary Clinton Opens Girls' Rights Panel by Interviewing... Transgender Lawmaker. TownHall's Joe Chalfant hears Hillary Clinton Gushes Over Transgender Congressman Who Headlined Panel Discussing Women's Rights.

From Politico, She Resigned as Penn President After a Controversial Hearing. Now She’s Back. "Liz Magill, the former president of the University of Pennsylvania, will be the new dean of Georgetown University’s law school." Has she learned anything? This interview suggests not.

Shooting News Week, Loves the Smell of Schadenfreude in the Morning: Gun Hater Stephen Colbert’s Ratings Have Collapsed. "The Stephen Colbert ratings freefall has reached an undeniable breaking point. As The Late Show with Stephen Colbert approaches its already-announced cancellation, the program is now posting record-low January numbers, marking one of the steepest late-night declines in recent television history. According to Nielsen data reported this week, Colbert’s show is averaging roughly 285,000 viewers in the crucial 25–54 demographic, putting it on track for its worst January performance ever in the category that advertisers actually care about. With just months left before the curtain closes for good, the ratings trajectory suggests viewers have been checking out long before CBS formally pulled the plug." From Twitchy, Bad News: The Silence of the Lambs Has Been Canceled "over the years, the characterization of Buffalo Bill (whose sexual orientation is not explicitly stated) has been viewed as gender nonconforming and identifying as trans. For his part, Ted Levine — having played the character who is also known as Jame Gumb — has conflicting feelings about the movie, despite its success. ‘There are certain aspects of the movie that don’t hold up too well,’ Levine, who has never previously addressed pushback surrounding Buffalo Bill, tells The Hollywood Reporter. ‘We all know more, and I’m a lot wiser about transgender issues. There are some lines in that script and movie that are unfortunate.’" No enemies on the left.