Saturday, April 11, 2026

Flotsam and Jetsam - Swalwell Rape Saga Breaks Out

Sister Toldja at Red State, Report: California Dems in Disarray As Former Staffer Accuses Swalwell of Twice Sexually Assaulting Her. John Sexton, CNN: Three More Women Describe Sexual Misconduct by Rep. Swalwell. Matt Vespa thinks The Eric Swalwell Sexual Assault Story Is Now a Total Fiasco. Driscoll at Insty, has Flashbacks :#HIMTOO? Report: California Dems in Disarray As Former Staffer Accuses Swalwell of Twice Sexually Assaulting Her. Rep. Eric Swalwell @RepSwalwell "There’s nothing political or partisan about acting decisively to end the scourge of domestic violence and sexual assault. That’s why I’m voting to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act. #VAWA" Steve Guest @SteveGuest, "Flashback." Quote Ben Petersen @bennpetersen, "#BREAKING: longtime Democrat Eric Swalwell staffer says he sexually assaulted her x.com/laura_nelson/s…" Jonathan Turley @JonathanTurley, "Eric Swalwell is denying allegations of multiple women alleging misconduct ranging from groping to rape. He is hoping that voters will apply a different standard than the one he applied to Justice Brett Kavanaugh during his confirmation..." and ...When Kavanaugh was asserting his innocence, Swalwell was leading the mob: “more and more cases that are separate and independent, that look the same, pretty soon a prosecutor starts to say to a jury … that the arrows are pointing in the same direction.” Western Lensman @WesternLensman, "It was only a month ago or so where Schiff was discussing how Swalwell as governor would help California “live up to its values." Aged like milk." Mary Chastain at LI, Swalwell Campaign Bleeds Leadership After New Sexual Assault Allegation. “…she became so inebriated that she only remembers snippets of the night, including pushing Swalwell away and telling him, ‘No,’ while he allegedly forced himself on her.” Brittany @bccover, "So the House minority leader calls on a member from his own party to end a campaign for governor- but not resign his seat? That should be the only thing he’s asked by reporters. Why not call on him to resign. He was preying on House staffers FFS." Quote Hakeem Jeffries @RepJeffries, "Statement on the Serious Accusations against Rep. Eric Swalwell."

VP Vance is now part of the team trying to finalize a ceasefire with Iran. The Peacock, Vance arrives for peace talks in Pakistan, warns Iran not to 'try to play us', "Pakistan’s ambassador expressed hope that the talks could serve as a one-stop event to end the war, but Vance warned Tehran not to "try to play us." Sunny @sunnyright, "Several things can be and are true at once: 1) The ceasefire isn’t working 2) The regime isn’t changed 3) The US has inflected severe destruction upon the Iranian military and state, which will take decades to rebuild and sets them back massively in their ability to threaten the world, and all at a sad but relatively minimal cost that any strategist would have readily accepted if it could’ve been guaranteed from the start." Sunny @sunnyright "The loss of a single American serviceman is horrendous. At the same time, if the cost we’ve seen had been guaranteed, any number of presidents would’ve bombed Iran over the last few decades. What stopped them was a fear of far greater cost with far less success." Sunny @sunnyright, "The losses are tragic and the ceasefire a joke. There’s risk in how we move forward from here, as I’ve highlighted a bunch. But the idea that the conflict until now has resulted in anything other than massively significant destruction for Iran and benefits for long term American security, is also disconnected from reality." Open Source Intel @Osint613, "IRAN WAR 2026 What was achieved. What wasn’t. The nuclear threat was pushed back. Not eliminated. Pushed back. Iran’s ability to launch sustained mass ballistic missile barrages at Israel as an existential threat has been completely degraded. The regime’s missile industry took a major hit. Mass production capability likely cut by at least ~80%. Hezbollah has been severely weakened. Israel is now shaping what could become a ~1000 km security buffer in Lebanon. Gulf states may want to work closer with Israel, potentially paving the way for more peace and normalization. Iranian economy was completely decimated before going into this, imagine where it is now, we will see how this plays out going forward. WHAT WASN’T ACHIEVED The IRGC still holds leverage over the Strait of Hormuz. That remains the biggest unresolved pressure point. Watch it closely. The regime is still standing. Still in control of Iran. Iranians are still in danger. LESSONS LEARNED..." At Hat Hair, Dave Strom says Trump Cannot Ignore the Strait, no, but he can wield it as leverage against |Euroweenies and Capt. Ed hears Trump: I Give It 24 Hours Before the 'World's Most Powerful Reset' . At Marine Traffic, I see tankers going through the Strait today, but you can't see the circumstances. Nick Arama at RedState, sees Iran Tries to Play Games, but Trump Just Let Them Know How Few Cards They Have. Rick Moran at PJM, Who's in Charge in Iran? A Splintered Government Makes Negotiations Nearly Impossible. Gazelle غزاله شارمهد @GazelleSharmahd, "This is Tehran now. They are not Iranians. They don’t speak our language. They are Hashd Al shabi jihadists from Iraq speaking Arabic. Iran does not have a “government” that somehow kills “its own people”. Iran is under Arab-Islamic occupation for 47 years. The Ayatollahs just learned a bit of Persian, but they are all foreign enemies to Iran, killing Iranians and will continue to do so as long as they remain in power..." Don Surber sees Art of the Deal met Sun Tzu in Iran "Trump also is spanking Britain, France and Red China." Capt. Ed, Mais Non: Israel Boots France From Lebanon Talks.

Rod Martin notices Chinese Weapons Failed in Venezuela and Iran. Now Beijing Faces the Consequences. "Battlefield humiliation did more than embarrass the CCP. It exposed the rot in Beijing’s military model, badly set back its bid to become a major arms exporter, and upended its calculations on Taiwan."

From the Free Bacon, As Regime Executions Mount, NYT Laments Trump’s War Is Preventing Iranians From Cherishing Nature, "Photos document how Iranians in affluent enclaves of northern Tehran are seeking 'respite from the daily terror wrought by airstrikes'." Dave Strom is outraged MS NOW's Stephanie Ruhle Praises Iran's Moral Courage. Adam Turner at RedState documents The Most Insanely Idiotic Criticisms of the Iran Conflict

IQ 593 | Cody Penn-Dent | influencer @codypd, "The only functional war vessel flying Royal Navy colors US taxpayers come through again." Quote U.S. Naval Institute @NavalInstitute, "It's National Winston Churchill Day to commemorate when the British Prime Minister became an honorary U.S. citizen. USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG-81) flies the Royal Navy White Ensign on special occasions and always has a Royal Navy officer as a member of the ship's company." Ace notices Putin Mocks Effete Effeminate Rent-Boy-Associate Keir Starmer, "Putin has been sending his illegal sanctioned "Shadow Fleet" oil tankers through England's bathtub -- or its former bathtub, as you'll see -- the English Channel. Keir Starmer told Putin to stop using the Channel for the illegal transport of sanctioned oil or he'd seize the shadow ships. And you know that when Keir Starmer acts tough, people take notice. So Putin sent his own warships into the Channel to protect the ships." PJM's Sarah Anderson looks at The New Monroe Doctrine: You Can Stand Me Up at the Gates of Hell, but I Won't Back Down. The Euro Con explains Why Ukraine Cannot Become Part of the EU.


Matt Vespa at TownHall hears Supposedly, This Is the Person Who Saved Tulsi Gabbard's Job, Roger Stone? Magills @magills_, "Immensely funny that these people are now begging the Deep State to overthrow the president." Quote Republicans against Trump @RpsAgainstTrump, "Alex Jones: “How do we 25th Amendment his ass?”"

Stacy McCain says ‘Independent Journalist,’ My Ass! All of this is preamble to a weird story this week: Pentagon, White House Push Back on Alleged Remarks Made to Pope, Vatican. Dave Strom calls it Another Hoax Busted. Sidge S. Mondo ن @Magister_Mondo, "The Vatican story, the fake story re: Hesgeth's "exclusion of Catholics" from a prayer service, the dissemination of Hesgeth's pastor's remarks on Catholic processions... it's not a coincidence. The Left knows they can't get conservative Catholics' votes, so they're trying to poison the well." Quote Rorate Caeli @RorateCaeli "Liberal “Catholics” are simply diabolical, making things up to create dissension between the Holy See and the US Government Grotesque." Lucky Teter @TheMagaHulk, "The Chris Hale / Dem Op to drive Catholics away from MAGA is very obvious. Catholics make up 21% of the electorate and were a major factor in Trump winning in 2024. While Trump only won Catholics by 1 point in 2020, he won by 18 points against Harris. And the gap between White Catholics is even higher (from 15% win in 2020 to 26% in 2024.)..." Northern Barbarian @xnoesbueno, "Having lost his bid for a fourth term in the White House, Obama turned his eyes to the Holy See." Quote Catholic Arena @CatholicArena, "BREAKING Pope Leo XIV met today with former Obama strategist David M. Axelrod"

VodkaPundit at Insty, WELL, YEAH — BUT THAT WAS BEFORE ANYBODY CALLED THEIR BLUFFCari Kelemen @KelemenCari, "Looks like the "under oath" part scared them away. Very telling. Well played, Melania." Quote Spitfire @RealSpitfire "Epstein survivors decline any public Congress hearings after Melania’s speech yesterday. Interesting." Jellenne @Jellenne, "Call me crazy but wasn't that exactly what they were demanding just a few months ago on the steps of the Capitol?" Althouse digs a little deeper than the NYT for a change, "Mr. Trump projected sang-froid about it all on Friday. 'I don’t mind anything having to do with Epstein,'" ""But he was talking about it again because of something his wife chose to do. Was he upset that she had single-handedly thrust this story that had so bedeviled him back onto front pages around the globe? 'No,' he said. 'I never get upset.' He said that after he watched Mrs. Trump’s statement, he thought to himself: 'She had a right to talk about it, because the fake news covers her so inaccurately. Would I have done it that way?' the president mused. 'Perhaps not, perhaps, I don’t know.'"Writes Shawn McCreesh, in "Trump Says First Lady ‘Had a Right’ to Talk About Epstein/President Trump said in an interview that he had known his wife wanted to address rumors about the late sex offender at some point, but that he had not known exactly what she would say" (NYT). My search of the NYT archive included a term that wasn't in the article: Ungaro. I was looking, as I usually do, for elite media coverage of a story I am seeing in lowlier media, which I generally eschew. In this case, that would be things like "Amanda Ungaro Arrived in the U.S. on Jeffrey Epstein's Plane at 17 — Now She's Going After Melania Trump From Brazil" (Yahoo!news). I guess you can say I'm just seeing one of those things the NYT deems not "fit to print.""

Shipwreckedcrew explains A Bold Trump Plan To Use The Postal Service As A Firewall Against Fraudulent Mail-In Ballots "Multiple Dem Party activist groups file suits in courts packed with Democrat appointed judges to try and stop plan to require "trackable" ballot envelopes by states that use mail-in voting." Tom Knighton at Bearing Arms says Hey Hey, Ho Ho, More Reasons Pirro Needs to Go over her gun control record. 

Althouse finds A look at Trump's Triumphal Arch... with the Lincoln Memorial in the background, at a distance. I don't care, except that more big monuments makes the Capital's move to Fargo ND that much more difficult. 

A Larry vid at Hat Hair has Kamala Harris Hints at 2028 Presidential Run During Cringe SpeechJesse Kelly @JesseKellyDC, "Every single elected Democrat has made clear what they intend to do with power should we ever allow them back into power. They’re not hiding who they are anymore. We should probably focus REALLY hard on not letting that happen." Quote Breitbart News @BreitbartNews "Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) says Trump's impeachment "has to be the Democratic agenda.” "We must proceed towards the goal of removing Donald Trump from office, and we must do this now."" Capt. Ed says Dems Discover Pandering On Impeachment, 25th Amendment Has Costs.


M.A. Rothman @MichaelARothman, "𝐍𝐑𝐒𝐂 𝐉𝐔𝐒𝐓 𝐃𝐑𝐎𝐏𝐏𝐄𝐃 𝟐 𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐔𝐓𝐄𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐑𝐎𝐘 𝐂𝐎𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐑 𝐑𝐔𝐍𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐐𝐔𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐈𝐑𝐘𝐍𝐀 𝐙𝐀𝐑𝐔𝐓𝐒𝐊𝐀’𝐒 𝐊𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐑 Cooper — now running for US Senate in North Carolina — is being chased by reporters asking one simple question: why was DeCarlos Brown Jr. on his early release list? The reporter’s barrage, which Cooper refuses to answer: “𝘌𝘹𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘔𝘳. 𝘊𝘰𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳, 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘰𝘴 𝘉𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘐𝘳𝘺𝘯𝘢 𝘡𝘢𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘴𝘬𝘢? 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵? 𝘋𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘮? 𝘋𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 3,500 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘰𝘳?...”


Headlining Ace's Week in Woke <- Bill Melugin @BillMelugin_, "Umm…wow." Quote Homeland Security @DHSgov "IDEOLOGICAL CENSORSHIP. @ABC7 News Los Angeles revealed that they are using AI to edit DHS statements to conform to their narrative bias, including the removal of an illegal alien’s criminal background."

John Carter @martianwyrdlord, "The founder of the Electronic Freedom Foundation vs the current executive director of the Electronic Freedom Foundation." Follow it down the rabbit hole to Conquest's Law #2

Eyal Yakoby @EYakoby, "Horrifying, listen to three professors from Virginia public universities discuss taking down the United States through violence. “We actually need to crash the US—We must stand with the armed resistance.”" At The College Fix, WATCH: Europeans students hate America, but they love U.S. aid.

Ace, Shock, Surprise: Study from Finland Proves That "Transgender" Procedures Do Not Mitigate Mental Illness-- They Greatly Increase and Exacerbate It "Sorry I should have given you a "please be seated safely" warning but I'm just so stunned by this news I'm not quite thinking clearly. This was published April 4. "Psychiatric Morbidity" means "mental illness.""

Still more at the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 04.10.26, of course. 

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