Saturday, May 16, 2026

Flotsam and Jetsam - Trump Returns

Trump is home from China, and if there was a big outcome, I have yet to see it, as I expected. At RCP, Trump Has Historic AI Opportunity in Beijing–He Must Take It. The Babylon Bee @TheBabylonBee, "Faux Pas: Trump Gifts President Xi With Pot Of Honey From White House Beehive.

Sauron's Eye whines U.S. moving to indict Cuba's Raúl Castro, sources say. OK, but don't expect to ever hold a trial. At Am Spec Martin Arostegui sees The ‘Donroe’ Doctrine Comes Into Its Own. "Spain and the UK are emerging as the big losers." Speaking of the UK, Hat Hair's Beege Welborn predicts Tomorrow's 'Unite the Kingdom' Rally Looking Like Starmer's Planning Something Today MORE. Will he get his very own Charlottesville or J6? Sasha Stone says Surprise, Trump Isn’t Hitler After All.

At ToI, Saudi warplanes struck Iran-backed militias in Iraq during war, sources say "Riyadh said to have targeted sites near the kingdom’s northern border from which drone and missiles were launched at Gulf states; Kuwait also said to have fired on Iraq." and UAE secretly launched strikes on Iran during war, attacked oil refinery — report. Maybe it wasn't such a smart move to missle everybody in range. Hat Hair's Capt. Ed has 'Ceasefire' Updates: Israel Hits Top Hamas Commander; Iran Escalating Executions and Trump Offers Iran 20 Years – Or Annhilation. Door #2. Bob Spencer at PJM fears Trump is Waging War on the Time Clock.

To no one's surprise, SCOTUS has just unanimously declined Virginia's plea for them to step in and overrule SCOTVA's ruling again the Spandander redistricting. Capt. Ed, BREAKING: Unanimous SCOTUS Rejects VA Dems Attempt to Reinstate Referendum Matt Vespa at TownHall notes The Supreme Court Just Ruled on VA's Motion Over Their Redrawn Map. Meltdowns Are Coming. Nick Sortor @nicksortor, "IT'S OFFICIAL — Virginia Democrats have just been dealt the FINAL BLOW in their attempt to illegally force through their gerrymandered map for the 2026 US House elections SCOTUS just UNANIMOUSLY denied their request to hear the case on the map. MASSIVE blow to the Dems!" PJM's Stephen Kruiser, We Never Want to Hear 'House Speaker Hakeem Jeffries'. At NYPo, Jonathan Turley frets Virginia’s gerrymander flop leaves Democrats frustrated — and dangerous. AMAC thinks Democrats Reveal “Rule or Ruin” Core on Virginia Redistricting. In response, Ro Khanna proposes packing the court. FischerKing @FischerKing64, "Court-packing is a completely mainstream view on the political left now. They see it as entirely justified because they are unhappy with recent decisions. They're not interested in the "judicial philosophies" behind the opinions - they just want their way. They're refreshingly honest about this." Quote Rep. Ro Khanna @RepRoKhanna, "The Supreme Court has engaged in an ugly recidivism that has marked the fastest rollback of Black political rights since Reconstruction. 18 year terms limits on Justices now. Expand the court from 9 to 13 Justices now." Hat Hair's Dave Strom says Your Offer Is Accepted, let's do it now while Trump is in office, and the Republicans (nominally) control the Congress. Bad Hombre @Badhombre, "The same Congressional Black Caucus that refuses to admit Byron Donalds, Wesley Hunt, John James, and Burgess Owens because they don’t consider them Black since they’re Republicans. Good. It’s a total joke. It can’t go away soon enough."Quote ABC News @ABC, "Almost a third of the membership of the Congressional Black Caucus are at risk of losing their seats through the 2028 election cycle as Republicans in southern states where they control the legislature move swiftly to redraw congressional maps." Breaking911 @Breaking911, "BREAKING: Longtime Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) announces he will not seek re-election." Now that he's been Gerrymandered out. At Data Republican's substack, The "Fourth Founding": How our Unelecteds Plan to Rewrite the Constitution (Part 1) "Inside the Foundation-Funded Blueprint to Restructure American Governance by the Nation's 250th Birthday."

Driscoll at Insty envisions 21st CENTURY HEADLINES: AI Might Make Campaign Ads Halfway Tolerable. Ace, Foreign Communist Candidate for LA Mayor Nithya Raman Wants to Ban Backyard BBQs Because the Transnational Invaders Instinctively Make Endless War on American Normies, "Their absolute hatred of anything normal and wholesome, and their absolute determination to steal away any simple pleasure from the working and middle classes, is demonic. I'm sure you remember this same instinct in full effect during the lockdown." Liz Wheeler @Liz_Wheeler, "Spencer Pratt: I will clean up homeless encampments, address drug addicts, & prevent fires from burning down people's homes. Karen Bass: I will spend your money on teeth for meth addicts. Nithya Raman: I will ban grilling burgers in the backyard. Your choice, Los Angeles." Capt. Ed, LA Mayoral Race Focuses On the Big Problem Facing Angelenos: Grilling! UPDATE: 'Everything Is Awful'

At Da Signal, the Great Victor Davis Hanson explains The Newsom Nightmare: Why California’s Elites Refuse to Face Reality. Matt Vespa hears What If Dems Are Shut Out of the CA Gov Race? Newsom Says There's a 'Break-the-Glass' Contingency Plan. Why should they live with the rules they created to govern others?

Dave Strom at Hat Hair says Say What? 1 in 5 Fairfax County Residents Is Deportable? Cam at BA notices the Virginia Governor Admits She Just Banned Guns 'Frequently Used for Hunting' Tyler Englander @TylerEnglander, "Here is @GovernorVA's statement on her decision to sign the assault weapons ban. “I am signing this bill into law because firearms designed to inflict maximum casualties do not belong on our streets. We are taking this step to protect families and support the law enforcement officers who work every day to keep our communities safe,” said Governor Spanberger. “While the General Assembly chose not to adopt my amendment that specifically carves out certain firearms frequently used for hunting, I will work with the patrons to clarify this language.” She could have vetoed it. From Shooting News Week, One Loser Got Far Too Close…So What Happens When Four Pros Show Up?

The Peacock whines Vance announces suspension of $1.3 billion in Medicaid payments to California. "As part of his role as the fraud czar, Vance said that the administration is targeting California because the state isn’t taking fraud seriously." Charles C. W. Cooke @charlescwcooke, "He literally says “fraudsters” in the video that this tweet sits above." Quote Headquarters @HQNewsNow, "JD Vance appears to call for jailing Democrats who oppose MAGA: “We gotta get them out of this country and we gotta get them in prison.”" Democrats = fraudsters seems a fair conclusion. From Ace,Congress Rejected Biden's Demand for $50 Billion in Extra Spending for Medicaid Programs. On His Own Tyrannical Authority, Biden "Authorized" $46.5 Billion of That Spending Anyway. "This Saved Democracy, you know. It just so happens the money he spent on his own authority is exactly the money currently being looted from the American taxpayer by Democrat parasite groups." PJM's Cathy Salgado notes 425 Groups With CCP Ties Are Getting $1B Annually to Organize Against Israel and the U.S. Beege Welborn at Hat Hair has The Fix for Homelessness? Get Rid of All the Big Money to 'Fix' Homelessness.


Althouse finds "President Donald Trump is expected to drop his $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service in exchange for the creation of a $1.7 billion fund to compensate..." ""... allies who claim they were wrongfully targeted by the Biden administration, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News. The commission overseeing the compensation fund would have the total authority to hand out approximately $1.7 billion in taxpayer funds to settle claims brought by anyone who alleges they were harmed by the Biden administration's 'weaponization' of the legal system, including the nearly 1,600 individuals charged in connection with the Jan. 6 Capitol attack as well as potentially entities associated with President Trump himself." ABC News reports." Nick Sortor @nicksortor, "BREAKING: Colorado Gov. Jared Polis has now CONFIRMED he has commuted Tina Peters’ sentence, saying he believes the election whistleblower’s free speech rights were violated Polis says the judge “held her speech against her.” Peters will OFFICIALLY be free in just a couple weeks, with a release date of June 1."

Driscoll says HOORAY FOR PALLYWOOD! Why would the NY Times make such horrific claims about Israel? The reasons are several-fold. "Nicholas Kristof raped my dog. At least that is what I have heard, from an anonymous source. A source who is intensely hostile to the New York Times columnist. And that’s good enough for me. Now I come to think of it, my pet pug has had a strange look on his face lately. As it happens, the rumor that I have just attempted to spread is far less lurid and fanciful than the one that the New York Times chose to spread around the world this week..." Dave Strom calls it The Big Tell: NYT Not Reporting Kristof Accusations on its News Pages. At NRO, Israel Knows a Defamation Case Won’t Fly. That’s Not the Play. It's the joy of discovery.


InfantryDort @infantrydort, "18 months ago we were doing diversity and inclusion vignette training. Today we’re obliterating terrorists, sinking entire navies, and snatching rogue leaders during their sleep. Fort Benning is using bayonets again. Understand how far we’ve come. Not a step back." Steve McGuire @sfmcguire79, "A committee of the American Bar Association has voted to eliminate its already suspended DEI accreditation requirement. A final decision depends on a future vote by the ABA House of Delegates. One member of the committee said, “Even though I personally agree with [the diversity and inclusion standard] and what it tries to achieve, I think it’s appropriate as an accrediting body that we eliminate that standard so we don’t inhibit the diversity of ideas out there in various types of legal education environments.”" Ed Carson @IBD_ECarson, "@jonhaidt says college students are coddled. Boy did they prove him wrong." Quote Benjamin Ryan @benryanwriter "NYU professor @JonHaidt, who has stood at the forefront of the movement to challenge academia’s culture of suppressing the free exchange of ideas, is facing a campaign to cancel his graduation address."

Stacy McCain, This Should Not Need to Be Said. Cotton-Pickin' is not racist. 

Althouse finds "Texas Children’s Hospital will create the nation’s first 'detransition clinic,' fire five physicians and pay the state $10 million..." ""... under an unusual settlement announced Friday by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R). The clinic would focus on providing [free] medical care to patients who had undergone gender-affirming healthcare and work toward reversing its effects, Paxton said.... The move follows an investigation that began in 2023 after Texas passed a law banning health providers from facilitating gender-affirming medical care for minors.... In a statement, representatives from the hospital system insisted they had been compliant with all laws but were settling to 'protect our resources from endless and costly litigation.'" The Hill reports. I'm also reading the Axios report of this story." 

And, "A judge in Manhattan declared a mistrial on Friday after the jury in Harvey Weinstein’s rape trial was unable to reach a verdict..." "... on the charge that the disgraced Hollywood producer raped an aspiring actress in a hotel room in 2013. It’s the second time a jury has not been able to reach a verdict on this charge." The NYT reports." He may have been a boor, but everyone in Hollywood was well aware of what going to his room entailed.

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