Flotsam and Jetsam - Bondi Out at DOJ

First a rumor, then officially announced, Pam Bondi is to leave the job of Attorney General at DOJ for an unspecified private sector job. Asst AJ Todd Blanche, a former Trump lawyer will replace her at least temporarily although EPA Admin Lee Zeldin is thought to be a strong possibility for a permanent replacement. Both Trump and Bondi are being nice about it, but I suppose there's plenty of time for a nasty tell all book later. Reasons for her dismissal are vague, most speculate it percolated up from the way she botched the Epstein files releases, saying she had the file of Epstein clients "on my desk," when it turned out there really isn't such a file. It could have just been unfortunate bureaucrat speech, but it makes it much too easy to charge a cover up. Or it could have been her failure to exact legal vengeance on those who committed lawfare against Trump. One odd rumor suggests she tipped off Eric Swalwell to the investigation coming his way over Fang Fang. Fox, Pam Bondi already fired as attorney general, cabinet official teed up as replacement: sources. Jeff Charles at TownHall, President Trump Fires Pam Bondi. Sarah Anderson at PJM, Pam Bondi Fired, Todd Blanche to Replace Her as Acting Attorney General. Sundance at CTH is not sad, Bondi Out. "Readers of CTH will likely not see this as a surprise. {Go Deep}Pam Bondi was the second sequential cabinet level removal prediction we made after she was announced. {GO DEEP} The first person we predicted to be removed was National Security Advisor Mike Waltz. Susie Wiles should be embarrassed." Althouse likes her NYT, "Pam Bondi is a Great American Patriot and a loyal friend, who faithfully served as my Attorney General over the past year. Pam did a tremendous job..." ""... overseeing a massive crackdown in Crime across our Country, with Murders plummeting to their lowest level since 1900. We love Pam, and she will be transitioning to a much needed and important new job in the private sector, to be announced at a date in the near future, and our Deputy Attorney General, and a very talented and respected Legal Mind, Todd Blanche, will step in to serve as Acting Attorney General. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP" Trump, at Truth Social." Ace, Breaking: Multiple Reports That Trump Has Told Pam Bondi That Her Time as AG Is Coming to an End "Update: She's been fired now?" and Bondi's Out. Is Tulsi Next?! "As you know, Pam Bondi was fired today. This article repeats the rumor that Trump believed she was leaking to Eric Swallwell:" Matt Vespa at TownHall, Pam Bondi Reportedly Isn't the Only One on the Chopping Block, with picture of Tulsi. At Hat Hair Capt. Ed calls it Too Weird to Check: Trump Canned Bondi Over ... Swalwell? Sundance, No, Bondi Was Not Fired for Leaking to Swalwell and Bondi’s Replacement is Important, But Not as Important as Perceived. Reason whines Pam Bondi's Loyalty to Trump Wasn't Enough To Save Her Job "Ultimately, Bondi's fulsome defense of the president could not overcome blowback over her handling of the Epstein files."

I've got little reason to diss Bondi, though I do think she botched the Epstein matter. But the job of AG is a very important one, particularly in the era of lawfare. If Blanche or Zeldin would be better for the administration, yes, make the change. As for Tulsi, I would not be in a rush to dump her. She and RFK Jr are the evidence that Trump is willing to work with the principled opposition. Moreover, both Pam and Tulsi were dropped into snake pit; both Justice and the intelligence community are seething masses of anti-Trump fervor. It's hard to know which snakes are the King Snakes and which are the Coral Snakes.

Mike Davis @mrddmia, "The Colorado Court of Appeals confirms what we’ve said for years: Mesa County District Court Judge Matthew Barrett illegally persecuted Tina Peters for her First Amendment-protected political views. 9 years in prison. For a 69-year-old woman. Because Barrett didn’t like her political views. Barrett is a garbage human being. He shouldn’t be on the bench. He should be in prison. https://coloradojudicial.gov/system/files/o"

The Archdude @The_Archdude, "I want Canadians to land on the moon just so that their first words on the surface are forced to be a land acknowledgment to the native indigenous people of the United States." Beege Welborn at Hat Hair, Got a Major Charge Seeing Artemis Zoom Off? Progs Are Here to Tell You It Was ALL Bad. M.A. Rothman @MichaelARothman "𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐁𝐁𝐂 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 𝐆𝐎𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐎 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐎𝐎𝐍 𝐑𝐀𝐈𝐒𝐄𝐒 “𝐂𝐎𝐋𝐎𝐍𝐈𝐀𝐋 𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐀𝐍𝐒𝐈𝐎𝐍” 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐑𝐍𝐒 BBC Radio 4 is running a premiere of 𝘔𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘔𝘢𝘻𝘦 asking whether the Artemis 2 moon mission raises “𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴” — including whether humanity risks “𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯.” The moon. 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧. On the moon..."

From Twitchy, Chuck Schumer Admits Dems Held Up TSA Funding and Now He's Upset Trump Took Away Their Leverage. Oilfield Rando @Oilfield_Rando, "All this because Thune let Schumer renege on the appropriations deal, while still giving Democrats everything they wanted in the other appropriations bills. Thune sucks." Quote Bill Melugin @BillMelugin_ "According to a memo that OMB sent to Congress, it appears the White House plans to take “additional executive action” to pay civilian support employees at ICE & CBP via the OBBB since they aren’t being paid now and won’t be paid through appropriations because the Senate DHS bill. Republicans are agreeing to provides no funding for ICE & CBP.It appears the WH intends to get those support employees paid via OBBB so they don’t want to wait until June for a reconciliation bill. They haven’t been paid since mid February. pinions-2026-04/24CA1951-PD.pdf" PJM's Stephen Kruiser thinks Dems' Ballroom Hate Is the Saddest Proof Yet of Their State of TDS Mental Unwellness.

Hat Hair's Dave Strom sees EU Pokes the Bear Again: Bragging About Sending Aid to Cuba. "Do European leaders WANT Donald Trump to leave NATO?" The Euro Con, Brussels-Funded NGO Attacks Conservative Governments, Again. Nick Arama at RedState has a Report: Our 'Ally' France Just Made Another Incredible Move Regarding the Strait of Hormuz "The Gulf countries were trying to advance a resolution drafted by Bahrain in the United Nations Security Council that would allow the use of force to defend their shipping in the Strait of Hormuz...But the effort was effectively stymied on Thursday by three countries. You could probably guess two of them - Russia and China. But the third was ridiculous: France. They opposed any authorization of military action or use of force, according to a diplomat and a senior U.N. official." No soup oil for you! Tom Sauer @thomasbsauer, "Like we haven’t been planning for this event and what we’d do for DECADES. It’s practically US 5th Fleet’s raison d’etre Go ahead, Iran. Try it." Disclose.tv @disclosetv "JUST IN - Iran has moved to close the Strait of Hormuz, with ships reportedly receiving VHF transmission from Iran’s Revolutionary Guards warning "no ship is allowed to pass the Strait of Hormuz." — Reuters"

Iran International, Dubai crackdown hits Iran’s economic lifeline, squeezes IRGC networks. wretchardthecat @wretchardthecat, "To understand why Saudi Arabia and Israel are urging Trump not to relent on Iran it is important to understand the military term "pursuit phase". Pursuit is the phase which follows a breakthrough designed to catch or cut off a hostile force that is attempting to escape (retrograde), with the aim of destroying it before it can reorganize or establish a new defensive position. It begins when the enemy breaks contact and tries to withdraw, often after losing cohesion..." and "If this deck of cards tally is accurate the Iranian Regime is not so much being changed as shaped. At least that's what they seem to be doing." I assume the Israelis are not yet done. Apranik @patriot_apranik, "A host went on live TV begging ordinary Iranians NOT to leak the hiding locations of regime officials to Israel! He literally cried that if the people expose their coordinates, “it's over” and they will be eliminated. The Islamic Republic is terrified because they know the ultimate truth: millions of Iranians are acting as the eyes and ears of Israel on the ground. The Iranian people are actively cooperating to hunt down their oppressors. We are allies in this fight." From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 04.02.26 (Evening Edition), Don Surber notes Trump predicted this in 1987.

Nick Arama White House Humorously Skewers Remarks Kamala Harris Decided to Put Out Before Trump's Iran Speech "Kamala Harris oversaw the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan and ushered in an invasion of migrant criminals into our homeland. She should listen to the overwhelming majority of Americans who want her to crawl under a coconut tree and go away." From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 04.02.26 (Evening Edition), Twitchy, Expert on Grand Strategy Can't See the Rationale for Blowing Up a Bridge in Iran. "Mehdi Hasan, who's definitely not a terrorist supporter, called the destruction of the bridge state terrorism and a war crime." Bonchie @bonchieredstate, "The current state of The Bulwark. People who spent a decade promoting the Iraq War are now certain that a month-old conflict of total military domination has been lost because it's not over yet." At WUWT, The Iran War Reveals Who Is Living In A Fantasy World.

From Ace, As Part of JD Vance's Anti-Fraud Task Force, Feds Raid Fake Hospice Fraudsters In California. PJM's VodkaPundit asks The $196 Billion Question: Where Did California’s Medi-Cal Money Go? Coddled Affluent Professional @feelsdesperate, "I’m not a blackpiller but the web of corruption that extends between the Democratic Party, the public sector, NGOs, and various connected cronies is worse than anyone can imagine. We’re probably talking about hundreds of billions $ stolen nationally each year." Quote Christopher F. Rufo @christopherrufo... "In Gavin Newsom's California, the officials who are in charge of investigating fraud are committing fraud against the very programs they are supposed to protect. "Sacramento is pervaded by a culture of corruption."" PJM's Rick Moran pens Gavin Newsom, 'The Celebrated Jumping Fraud King of Calaveras County'. Charles C. W. Cooke @charlescwcooke, "Did you pay your federal taxes?" "They're . . . delayed." "They're delayed?" "Yes.""So you haven't paid them?" "No." Replying to @charlescwcooke Charles C. W. Cooke @charlescwcooke, "Just read this. A combined income of nearly $400,000/year. $60,000 of childcare paid for from campaign funds each year—three times as much as the next congressman. And his finances still look like this. These are the people who want to raise taxes. Crazy." Eric Swalwell. 

Sean Cooksey @SeanJCooksey, "A bombshell NYT report on the major legal jeopardy ActBlue is facing! ActBlue allegedly failed to investigate potentially illegal foreign political contributions and then misrepresented its safeguards to Congress. As a former FEC Chairman, I can tell you this is a big deal." Quote Shane Goldmacher @ShaneGoldmacher "NEWS: ActBlue May Have Misled Congress on Vetting Foreign Donations, Its Lawyers Warned From @reidepstein and me:" Nathan Brand @nathanbrand, "Worst kept secret in DC… ActBlue failed to vet for foreign campaign donors."

 

At NYPo, Mamdani shows no respect for older New Yorkers who are killed — but he has plenty of sympathy for law breakers. Swann Marcus @SwannMarcus89, "Extremely underrated Hasan Piker moment was when he went on a five minute rant about how the streets should run red with the blood of landlords and like five days later everyone found out his mom owns and manages commercial real estate."

From PM, HUNDREDS of companies provide BIRTH TOURISM for foreign moms who want US citizen babies ""There are more than 500 firms in China that facilitate people coming from the Chinese Communist Party to give birth here in the United States."" At Tom Klingstein Alex Petkas thinks birthright citizenship was The Breaking Point of a Republic, the Roman Republic. NYPo notes a ‘Breakfast Club’ host confused by ‘extra nice’ ICE agents at airports acting ‘like Chick-fil-A workers’ "Charlamagne tha God said Tuesday he saw ICE agents picking up the slack of TSA agents so efficiently and friendly that he suspected there was a government “psy-op” at play." College Reform reports University of Utah signals unwillingness to cooperate with ICE, posts guide for dealing with agency. From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 04.02.26 (Evening Edition), EBL, Birthright Citizenship at the Supreme Court and Twitchy: NBC News Reports Death of “Refugee” Released By Border Patrol is Homicide and New “Maryland Man” Joins “Virginia Dad” In the Headlines.

Dave Strom is giddy as Trump Trounces Tucker. Ace elaborates Trump Promotes Douglas Murray Article Blasting Tucker Carlson as a Sharia-Law-Promoting Holocaust-Denying Backstabber.

I&I, sees #ProtestsSoWhite: Media Ignore Lack Of Diversity In ‘No Kings’ Protests. The Free Bacon notes Karen Attiah, Radical Beefcake Columnist Fired for 'Endangering' Colleagues, To Receive 'Distinguished Service Award' From Journalism Society "Society of Professional Journalists will honor scandal-plagued ex-WaPo writer at 'hall of fame' ceremony in June." VodkPundit sees TMZ Is Coming for Congress — and Washington Is Nervous.

The Chronic examines The Woke Leftist-Islamic Identity Coalition Destroying the West. Dave Strom wonders Has King Charles Become a Muslim? It Seemed a Ridiculous Rumor, But...