Flotsam and Jetsam - Trump Decapitates TDA, Musk Becomes First Trillionaire

The White House @WhiteHouse, "“At my direction, the United States Southern Command delivered a swift and lethal kinetic strike to successfully execute Niño Guerrero, the infamous leader of Tren De Aragua, one of the most bloodthirsty Terrorist Organizations on Planet Earth.” - President DONALD J. TRUMP" Beege Welborn at Hat Hair, BREAKING: Trump Channels Inner Tom Clancy, Takes Out TdA Head in Airstrike. Althouse "At my direction, the United States Southern Command delivered a swift and lethal kinetic strike to successfully execute Niño Guerrero, the infamous leader of Tren De Aragua..." "Here's the background material that formed the center of Trump's post (where I have an ellipsis above): "Before I returned to office, Joe Biden opened our Southern Border to millions of Illegal Criminals, and allowed this foreign army to rape, maim, and murder American Citizens with total impunity. During my Campaign, I pledged to expel these monsters from our Country, and bring Justice to the families of those they slaughtered, including the precious 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray, 22-year-old Laken Reilly, and countless other beautiful souls. With this action, the United States Military has brought retribution for them, their families, and their loved ones. Early in my Administration, I delivered on my promise to designate Tren de Aragua as a Foreign Terrorist Organization, deport thousands of evil criminals, and wage war against the Cartels, who have long been waging war against our Citizens, while weak leaders left America helpless and defensive." I expect some Democrat judge to order Trump to resurrect him.

Also at Althouse "The president's threatening to leave it permanently.... We'll just host weekly fights between people in politics, you know, and settle our scores that way...." "The comic stylings of Marco Rubio:" Regarding the giant temporary arena being set up on White House ground for the UFC fight. I don't follow UFC, but all the right (left) people are pissed off. Matt Margolis at PJM thinks This Scott Jennings Joke on CNN Is the Funniest Thing You’ll See All Week "This continues to be one of the more perplexing things happening at the White House. I do wonder, Scott, why? Why are we doing this to the tune —""Four hundred ninety-four porta-potties?” Jennings interjected. "That's a lot of porta-potties," Phillip replied."Somewhere Graham Platner is booking an airline ticket," Jennings quipped."

At the NYT, After Senate Loss, Cornyn Predicts ‘Miserable’ Final Two Years for Trump. From Twitchy, Texas Loser John Cornyn Tries to Insult Scott Presler and, Yeah, THAT Didn't Go Well for Him. As Charles De Gaulle once noted "The graveyards are full of indispensable men."

From the Brussels Signal, The G-7 is Trump’s chance to express US dominance within the Western alliance. Sundance at CTH sees Mark Carney Arrives in France Three Days Early for Defeating Trump Strategy Session with Emmanuel Macron.

On the Iran affair, News Wax has Khamenei Website Releases Statement: No Give Up on Hormuz, No Deal With Trump, Trump: Leaked Iran Deal 'Bears No Relation to the Truth' and cites FT: Iran Still Has Access to Missiles Despite Attacks.Dmitri Bolt at TownHall hears President Trump Just Blew a Hole in Iran's Alleged Leaked Deal "The terms that Iran leaked out to the Fake News have NOTHING to do with the terms that were agreed to, in writing," the president wrote on Truth Social. "What they said, including their weak and pathetic statement on having a deal, bears no relation to the truth. Very dishonorable people to deal with. With them, there is no such thing as dealing in good faith." Iran is playing it's usual games by saying one thing in negotiations, and another to the press. They may need a few more rounds of softening. Conrad Black at the Brussels Signal opines Trump will get what he wants in Iran by negotiation or by force. The Peacock preens Defense industry leaders preparing to meet with Trump as worries over missile supply grow, sources say. "The president is expected to press the leaders to find ways to swiftly increase production of weaponry for the Pentagon, sources told NBC News." Probably has at least a grain of truth, though. At RCW, Iran’s Execution Machine Is Running at Full Speed. Hopefully the people of Iran will respond in kind when they get their chance, assuming Israel leaves any of the leadership alive. 

Yesterday, SpaceX held its IPO, and Elon Musk became the world's first trillionaire, at least on paper. Envious Democrats, Socialist and Democratic socialists are beside themselves (a neat trick) with envy and rage. John Sexton at Hat Hair calls 'Total Bulls**t": The Left Has Plans for Seizing and Spending Elon Musk's Money. Enguerrand VII de Coucy @ingelramdecoucy, "You know they’re the good guys by the way they keep calling for violence and bloodshed against those they view as their ideological enemies." Quote Aleph @woke8yearold "Over on the blue site popehat is calling for Elon Musk to be killed for being racist His brain has been cooked, although admittedly he was unstable to begin with." Insty, at his substack says Elon Musk is a Genius, and a Litmus Test. "People's reactions to him are diagnostic." Henrick Johansson @compliantvc, "Elon Musk is about to become a trillionaire If he agreed to pay just 80% of that as a wealth tax to the EU, the EU government could use its efficient operating experience to fund bicycles with solar panels attached to them for over 40 residents of the Netherlands Elon is being selfish by not paying the wealth tax." John Sexton hears Kimmel: Elon Musk Is 'An Immigrant Who Has Been Stealing From Us'. Antonio García Martínez (agm.eth) @antoniogm, "The most envious, Marxist, redistributive person in the world isn't the guy busting his hump to frame a house, or the guy grinding out DoorDash...it's the smug guy worth 7 or 8 figures staring at a trillionaire he considers socially beneath him." Quote Rolling Stone @RollingStone, "Jimmy Kimmel warned against "obscenely wealthy weirdo" Elon Musk becoming the world's first trillionaire. Watch: https://rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-m" From Twitchy, Here's Why Class Warfare Lefties Are Ignoring THESE Working Folks Profiting From Elon Musk's Greedy IPO and Limit and Give It: Scott Jennings Schools Grabby CNN Dems Who Want to Kneecap Trillionaire Elon Musk. Cynical Publius @CynicalPublius, "“Elon Musk is a trillionaire.” As a securities law attorney, please allow me to explain how anyone who says this is basically lying to you: 1. The Securities and Exchange Commission has a myriad of laws that prevent founders and other large stockholders of publicly traded companies from dumping their shares. There are substantial holding period requirements, volume of sales limitations and public reporting obligations for stock sales. Basically, Elon holds largely illiquid shares, he is a “trillionaire” on paper only, and the best analogy is when people peg your net worth based on your home’s market price. That’s not money in your pocket, that’s the house you live in..." Peter Hague @peterrhague, "It’s basically incitement at this point, right? I’m sure the journalists have been very careful with language to avoid crossing the legal line (I’m not paying to read this crap) but it’s clear what their intentions are." Quote The Globe and Mail @globeandmail, "Opinion: SpaceX IPO makes Elon Musk the first trillionaire. Here’s how to properly hate him https://theglobeandmail.com /business/comme..." Northern Barbarian@xnoesbueno, "When Canada's house organ has to issue instructions on how to hate you, you must be doing something right. The richest man in history has devoted his life to making this world a better place. Useful things, making people freer. And getting us onto other worlds. (The Tesla thing, I personally don't really care about, except to the extent it financed other projects and also hilariously made virtue-signaling twats self-humiliate with ridiculous stickers.) The $44 billion for free speech alone when governments are actively censoring dissent, would deserve a Nobel Peace Prize, though associating that wretched tainted award with Musk would elevate it more than it would honor him. Personally devoting his efforts to rooting out massive corruption, fraud and waste in the United States government. Congratulations, @elonmusk. Keep doing what you're doing."

Matt Margolis says Just When You Thought the Platner Tattoo Scandal Couldn’t Get Worse… From the Free Bacon, The Scum Also Rises: Graham Platner Makes History As First Vanity Oysterman With Nazi Tattoo To Win US Senate Nomination. Ace has More: Graham Platner, Known to Have a Dick the Size of a Grain of Rice, Has Lied About Why He Has a Nazi Totenkopf on His Flabby Droopy Moob According To What Story He Thinks His Mark Wants to Hear, "I'm 99% sure this is the woman we heard about yesterday. I'm not 100% on that, though." At Hat Hair, Capt. Ed calls him Shameless: Khanna Invokes Epstein to Defend Platner, Dave Strom on Why Platner's Death Camp Guard Tattoo Really Is No Big Deal to Democrats and Mark Judge, Graham Platner’s Sexts and the Stasi Media. Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine, "Being called a thug and the worst person ever to run for office by Donald Trump might be the highest compliment I have ever received." Cynical Publius @CynicalPublius, "I mean, he could have called you a Nazi but you would have to agree." Dave Strom calls this Peak Democrat Propaganda: Chuck Ross @ChuckRossDC, "A dirtbag who banged his dead brother's wife is asked by a dirtbag who banged his best friend/campaign manager's wife about another dirtbag who cheated on a fiancee (alleged) and sexted a dozen women right after getting married (confirmed)." Quote POLITICO @politico, "Hunter Biden defends Graham Platner on Newsom podcast http://dlvr.it/TT0RXs."From NYPo, Mamdani cashed in on mayoral perks for Knicks tickets — and downplayed the price: sources.

Ed Ring at Am Great on How the Machine Buried Spencer Pratt. "Spencer Pratt’s LA mayoral bid surged on Election Day, only to be reversed as California’s entrenched political machine reshaped the final count after the vote." At Da Fed, Brianna Lyman notes California Allows Late Ballots With No Postmark — That’s An Invitation To Fraud. Stella X @Stellaaa, "Riddle me this LA: If it’s illegal for non-citizens to vote, why the Hell does the West LA Library have a display for non citizens that includes a VOTER REGISTRATION specifically for non citizens that allows them to “preregister” to vote. They even have a special section on the registration that allows you to vote ANONYMOUSLY if you don’t feel “safe” putting your address. Gee what could possibly go wrong?!..." Scott McKay at Am Spec calls What’s Happening in Los Angeles an Exercise in Brute-Force Politics. "The vote factory strikes again." Dave Strom reads the Los Angeles Times: Accusations of Voter Fraud 'Unfounded,' Yet They...Found It. F.A. United States Attorney Bill Essayli @USAttyEssayli, "The @LATimes headline says voter fraud claims are “unfounded” — then their own reporting confirms it. Their article documents homeless individuals being paid cash to register to vote. That’s a federal crime under 52 U.S.C. § 10307(c). “Three people told The Times they accepted a couple dollars to sign, with one saying he signed multiple signatures using various names and received $10." That’s not unfounded. That’s voter fraud and it’s exactly why there must be investigations." Hat Hair's Beege Welborn sees Spencer Pratt Unleashed: Of Course You Realize, THIS MEANS WAR “Karen, Nithya, ask yourself, is it possible one of your employees may have a recording of you doing or saying something that would force you to resign in disgrace?” he says deadpan into the camera. “Hope you sleep well at night.” Spencer Pratt @spencerpratt, "Jimmy Kimmel i guess you missed the part of the story i don’t need a U-Haul…I have nothing left to pack."

Joe Chalfant at TownHall notes Dan Sullivan and GOP Officials Just Ended Democrats' Nefarious Plan in Alaska. InteractivePolls @IAPolls2022, "JUST IN: Alaska Division of Elections has ruled Dan J. Sullivan of Petersburg ineligible to run for office after a probe into Republican allegations that he’s trying to rig the election by drawing votes from U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan." You have to give them credit for inventiveness though. He even looks like him.

From Da Mail, California hit by another huge fraud bombshell as thousands of claims for $4 BILLION in taxpayer-funded compensation meant for sex crime victims are FAKE, investigator says. Beege Welborn, GASP: 'Most' Claims in Los Angeles County's Four BILLION Dollar Sexual Abuse Payout Might Be...Bogus. Scott McLallen at TownHall, Nine Convicted in Ohio Drug Ring That Mixed Fentanyl Trafficking With $4.5M COVID-19 Fraud. Diversification! Stephen Kruiser at PJM, The Morning Briefing: Feds Keep Racking Up Law Enforcement Wins, Dems Hardest Hit.

Althouse sees the Demoncrats' newest wedge issue, AI data centers, "Democrats need organized voters. The political mobilization that the civil rights movement built..." ""... and that has propelled Democrats to victories across the country is aging. The G.O.P. is racing to disorganize and dilute Black electoral power across the South and the Voting Rights Act is all but dead. Your guess about the Democratic Party’s plan to fill the gaps is as good as mine. The party seems to want some kind of economic populist message without embracing the demographic reality that a member of the working class is just as likely to be Black or a woman as a white dude in a Carhartt...." Writes Tressie McMillan Cottom, in "This Could Be the Winning Issue for Democrats" (NYT). The suggested winning issue is opposition to data centers: "Americans hate data centers. They really, really hate them.... Data centers evoke strong emotions because they are tangible. Voters can hear them, smell them and see them.... [W]hen political problems become local, people can be persuaded to look beyond their party affiliation or even their own social class to help one another...."

From Sundance, Why Have I Spent a Decade Focusing on FISA, DNI Tulsi Gabbard (Aaron Lukas) Revokes Biden Era Assessments Created Inside Weaponized CIA Analyst System and DNI Tulsi Gabbard Releases New Information on 120 U.S. Govt Funded Biolabs Operating Worldwide. Ace, Despite the Lies of the Biden Administration and Its Egregiously Dishonest Spokeswoman Jen Psaki, the US Did In Fact Use Taxpayer Money to Fund Bioweapon Labs Across the Globe, Including in Ukraine.

Jae Sambo @JaeSambo "They can't even take accountability for slavery and give reparations but want to lecture everyone else about being accountable." Matt Van Swol @mattvanswol, "I never owned slaves, but Karmelo murdered someone. Hope that helps." Flopping Aces @FloppingAces, "The trial told us Karmelo Anthony murdered Austin Metcalf. The aftermath told us something much bigger and uglier was running the show. Once the verdict and the 35-year sentence came down, the mask slipped. Instead of accepting the outcome, parts of the support ecosystem immediately shifted into intimidation mode. Death threats started hitting the Metcalf family’s phones. Some of them specifically said Austin’s twin brother Hunter should have been stabbed too. Others talked about desecrating the grave. This wasn’t grief. This was punishment for the family daring to get justice in a courtroom..."

From CIS, Latest Harvard/Harris Poll Shows Increasing Support for ‘Mass Deportations’. "The survey is all over the place — but it’s clear that voters want illegal criminal aliens gone," and notes an interesting ‘Birthright Citizenship’ Exception — From Canada, "The pregnant Dutch crown princess and a quickie proclamation of ‘extraterritoriality.’"

Congressman Brandon Gill @RepBrandonGill, "Somalis rank among the most welfare-dependent groups in the United States, Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway, Finland, and Sweden. Six countries. Same result. Every single time. This is a pattern, and American taxpayers are paying for it. 81% of Somali immigrant households receive welfare. Even after being in the US for 10 years or longer, 78% are still on welfare. For native households, that number is 21%. They aren’t living the American dream. They are getting free stuff. And we are all paying for it...." Gene Volokh at the The Volokh Conspiracy cites a case where Cultural Difference "Cannot Be Accepted as a Reason to Mitigate" Ethiopian-Born Lawyer's Dishonesty-Related Misconduct. PJM's Athena Thorne begs Can We PLEASE Stop Mass-Importing Third-World Medieval Butchers?

VodkaPundit at Insty cites DAVID MANNEY: The Washington Post’s Credibility Crisis Hits the Checkout Page. “The complaint, filed in Superior Court of the District of Columbia, seeks class-action status for current and former subscribers, claiming the Post used reader behavior, engagement, and personal information to estimate how much subscribers would tolerate paying at renewal.” I've heard worse about WaPoo.

At The Weak Are Woke

At State of the Day, State of Wednesday: HERE IT COMES, AS PREDICTED. Riots in Belfast? Just like the good old days. Maybe this can unite the Irish. From sundance Britain’s Prime Minister for Northern Ireland Says “a Crackdown is Coming” Against Those Who Complain About Beheading. The Slantic attempts to explain away How Britain Became as Poor as Mississippi. Poorer, actually. They mostly blame conservatives for "austerity" efforts.

Gene Parmesan @dsonoiki, "modern leftism is just a permission structure to be as awful as humanly possible to other people all the time for no reason."

From Fox, Emergency action seeks to prevent erasure of 'mother' and 'father' in code of largest US town. "New York's legislature voted to use nonbinary terms 'gestating parent' and 'non-gestating parent' in its state code."

And even more at the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 06.12.26.