Flotsam and Jetsam - Supes Rule Prez can Fire Any Agency Head Except Fed

A number of case came down from on high at the Supreme Court yesterday, and it was a mixed bag for the President (as it usually is). The court ruled in Trump v. Slaughter and Trump v Wilcox that the President was free to fire the head of any executive agency, including those the Congress attempted to designate as "independent", but quickly tempered that by ruling in Trump v Cook that Trump could not fire Janet Cook from the Federal Reserve board without some kind of due process. Weird, but as my Daddy used say, consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds. In Watson v. RNC they also ruled that states could count mail-in ballot that arrived after election day, as long as they were postmarked by election day. Althouse spent the day Waiting on the Supreme Court. I didn't. Capt. Ed at Hat Hair VIP, SCOTUS Slaughters Humphrey's Executor – But the Fed ... Oilfield Rando @Oilfield_Rando, "In a stunning blow to Our Democracy™, SCOTUS has ruled that unelected bureaucrats can’t do whatever they want and run federal agencies like their personal fiefdoms in perpetuity," Quote Benjamin Ryan @benryanwriter, "NEWS: Supreme Court overrules a 90-year-old precedent and frees the president to fire independent agency heads The Supreme Court ruled today that President Trump can remove Federal Trade Commission members at will, and in doing so it overruled Humphrey's Executor, the 1935 decision that has protected independent agencies for nine decades. The case is Trump v. Slaughter, and it reshapes the federal bureaucracy..." Sundance at CTH, Supreme Court Rules 6-3 That President Can Remove Any Agency Head in Executive Branch. At Ace, Supreme Court Rules That the Chief Executive Does In Fact Have the Power to Fire His Own Executive Branch Employees. "Liberal congresses passed laws to establish so-called "independent agencies," which are executive branch agencies intended to be independent from the very executive they're part of." Insty, NOW ON SUBSTACK, MY THOUGHTS ON THE SUPREME COURT’S SLAUGHTER OPINION: Bringing Back the ‘Spoils System?’ Yes, Please. A better name would be an “accountability system.” And it’s just the beginning. Sundance is not so happy about Supreme Court 5-4 Ruling Creates Fourth Branch of Government – Trump v Cook and Supreme Court Rules States Can Decide How Long After Election Day Ballots May Be Received. Cathy Salgado at PJM, Supreme Court Decides Crucial Mail-in Ballot Case. Capt. Ed calls it a Stunner: SCOTUS Whiffs on Election Day Showdown, 5-4. TownHall's Matt Vespa says The Amy Coney Barrett Problem Reared Its Ugly Head Again, after she wrote the majority opinion in that case. At Nevada News, How Did We End Up With ACB Instead of Barbara Lagoa on the Supreme Court? I Have Thoughts. Sundance hosts President Trump Giving Remarks and Opinion on Three Supreme Court Decisions.

In other Supreme Court news, Matt Margolis is pissed SCOTUS Just Let a Rigged Verdict Against President Trump Stand, E Jean Carroll. Althouse also reports on Chatrie v. United States: "Police officers conducted a Fourth Amendment search when they acquired Chatrie’s location data from Google because an individual has a reasonable expectation of privacy in his cell-phone location information. Justice Kagan writes the majority opinion, joined by the Chief and Justices Sotomayor, Kagan, Kavanaugh, and Jackson. Justice Gorsuch writes a concurring opinion, and Justice Alito has a dissent joined by Thomas and Barrett." From Ace, Supreme Court May Decide Birthright Citizenship Case This Week; RNC Sues Colorado Over Allowing Birth Tourism Foreigners Who Never Even Set Foot in Colorado to Vote There "In the next few days, we may find out if we have a country or not. May be. The Disney Groomer Corporation is sad."  I expect the Court to rule against Trump on birthright citizenship, and throw it back to the Congress, which never does anything.

Joe Chalfant sees the The Alaskan Supreme Court Just Gave Democrats a Lifeline With This Insane Ruling. "The Alaskan Supreme Court issued a shocking decision Monday evening that will allow a Democrat-recruited sham candidate to appear on the upcoming ballot against Republican incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan." Can we run 12 AOCs in her district?  Beege Welborn is In a Bit of a Surprise when the CO Supreme Court Knocks Down Dem Redistricting Plan. Breaking911 @Breaking911, "BREAKING: The Colorado Supreme Court has unanimously blocked a Democratic-backed congressional redistricting proposal in Colorado that could have resulted in Democrats gaining three additional seats in the U.S. House."

At TownHall Kurt Schlichter observes The Socialists Are Coming... for the Democrats. From Da Signal, The Democratic Socialists of America’s Platform Explicitly Aims to Destroy the Constitution. Capt. Ed, CNN: DSA Nominee Suuuuuure Likes Marx, Lenin, Stalin, and ... CNN admits Deleted tweets on Darializa Avila Chevalier’s account had favorable references to communist leaders and Marxism. From Fox, Bill Maher calls Mamdani-backed socialist ‘patient zero’ of the ‘woke mind virus’. ""The New York Times asked her, 'If someone murders someone randomly, should they go to jail?' Couldn't get her to say yes for that," Maher said. "So, there is a woke mind virus, and I think we found patient zero. Her name is Darializa Avila Chevalier." Derek Hunter at TownHall wonders Has the ‘Revolution’ Already Passed AOC By? "AOC seems quaint compared to these people." NYPo, Gavin Newsom — once a capitalist, now a socialist. 

From Campus Reform a POLL: Most Democrats say they'd rather live outside the United States. Oh, please do! From Ace, Nine Democrat-Led States, Plus Vermont, Refuse to Send any Delegation to the Nation's 250th Anniversary "National State Fair." At Althouse "At a time of fierce debate over how to teach American history, particularly around issues of race, the Freedom Trucks weigh in squarely on one side of the argument..." ""... telling a patriotic, positive story of core American values and exceptionalism. They stand in sharp contrast to liberal efforts in recent years — in classrooms, museums, national parks and media — to lift up discussion of systemic racism and highlight chapters where America has failed to live up to its ideals." From "Trump-backed ‘Freedom Trucks’ tell a sanitized story of the country’s founding/At a time of fierce debate over how to teach American history, the mobile exhibits weigh in squarely on one side of the argument." (WaPo)(gift link)." Someone has to counter WaPoo's negativism. 

Jonathan Turley notes ‘You’re Next!’: Democrats Discover the Mob has a Mind of its Own. Ben Shapiro @benshapiro, "No one more richly deserves this humiliation than Scott Wiener, who learns the hard lesson that you can be a militant for trans radicalism, a full-scale Israel-hater, and an all-around moral derelict...and the hard Left will still yell at you for being a Jew. 10/10, no notes." Quote Dimitry Yakoushkin @decadimitry "Scott Wiener showed up to the trans march and for the first time we kicked his ass out. It's sad because while he's written some good legislation for queers, hes ultimately a genocidal-supporting center right shill. Trigger warning: broken man walking away defeated. Vote Connie!" Spencer Pratt @spencerpratt, "Hey, Wiener guy! Remember when you called me a "McBigot"? How does it feel now that the Frankenstein you created is coming for you? Every stupid communist learns this history lesson the hard way. Enjoy!"  John Poretz at The Freep explains How the Left Abandoned the Jews.

@instapundit @instapundit, "Were any of them raped by dogs, Nick?" Quote Nicholas Kristof @NickKristof, Replying to @elonmusk, "Elon, I can give you many, many names of people who have died because of your aid cuts.: *Yamah Freeman was a 23-year-old woman who died in childbirth because you stopped paying for the diesel for ambulances in her part of Liberia. ..." Elon Musk @elonmusk, "The hard truth is that USAID, with its constant support of often violent leftist regime change, caused a lot of death!" Quote amuse @amuse, "USAID: The data show that dismantling USAID did not result in ANY increase in African mortality much less the four million Democrats claim Elon Musk is responsible for killing. It was all a lie. In fact, the UNAIDS/SAMRC data show that mortality declined after." Cernovich @Cernovich, "We were forced to pay for diesel in ambulances in Liberia? What in the world? Show this stuff to normal voters and watch their (and my own) befuddlement. "Wait, we were doing WHAT?"" Oilfield Rando @Oilfield_Rando, "Africa wanted its independence, they got it, but somehow I am still obligated to buy them diesel fuel. Neat." Elon Musk @elonmusk, "Correct." Quote Peter St Onge, Ph.D. @profstonge, "Turns out defunding USAID did not kill Africans. Because the money wasn't going to Africa. It was going to buy elections and burn Tesla dealerships. x.com/arctotherium42…" @instapundit @instapundit, "They don’t call you a murderer because they think you murdered people. They call you a murderer to encourage people to murder you."

At PJM VodkaPundit has the sads that California Dems Solve a Fictional Water Crisis by Taxing Wine. John Lott at RCP sees CA Lawmakers Seek To Ban Popular Handgun, Glocks. 

PJM's Scott Pinsker thinks Something Is Very, Very Strange About the Media’s Fixation on Pete Buttigieg’s CPS Swatting Story. They don't care when conservatives get SWATted. Speaking of something strange, Twitchy cites Nate Silver Looking at Sales Figures for Dr. Jill Biden’s Memoir. The Free Bacon is strangely satisfied, America Dodges Bullet: Congress To Remain Kennedy-Free After Jack Schlossberg Fails in New York "'America's babygirl' will have to keep looking for his first real job."

Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok, "The Senate is on vacation for the next two weeks. Sorry folks, no SAVE America Act right now… It’s mind boggling that having secure elections is not the #1 priority."

PiptheCowboy @AeroSpaceShark, "The Chaplains didn't have their "rank taken away" I work with them daily, they replaced their rank on their uniforms with chaplains corp insignia to make them more approachable. The Chaplains corp likes this change. They're foremost counselors, not officers with command." Quote Chuck Pfarrer | Indications & Warnings | @ChuckPfarrer, "THIS JUST IN: Pete Hegseth has decided to take away the rank from all military Chaplins- because they're not ‘warfighters’. Since WW One, US Chaplins have won 5 Medals of Honor, 26 Distinguished Service Crosses, 1 Navy Cross, 45 Silver Stars and 719 Bronze Stars for valor."

Hat Hair's John Sexton sees Lack of Gasoline Getting to Russians, Part Two.

Duane Patterson at Hat Hair, has a long post, After A Little Weekend Warrior Work, Iran Is Back In the M.O.U. Box. Sundance reports U.S. and Iran Schedule Deconfliction Meeting in Doha. Dick Pollack at The World in Crisis thinks he detects A Civil War Between Vance and Rubio? "The two are following distinctly different Middle Eastern paths over Iran."

Buck Throckmorton at Ace's MORNING RANT: is teed off that Trump-Bashing Felon John Bolton is Scheduled for a Fireside Chat Today with National Review to Discuss Character and Leadership "The National Review Institute is hosting an “American Leadership & National Security” seminar in Newport Beach today. Jim Geraghty, Noah Rothman, and other Trump-hating “conservatives” are scheduled to join Mr. Bolton in discussing character and leadership."

CIS touts Two SCOTUS Victories: One for Trump on TPS, the Other for the English Language on Asylum "Two SCOTUS Victories: One for Trump on TPS, the Other for the English Language on Asylum The ‘TPS case’ and the ‘asylum entry case’ are in; only the ‘birthright citizenship case’ remains." Ilya Shapiro, Supreme Court Confirms Broad Executive Power Over Immigration "In three rulings last week, the justices turned back left-wing lawfare against President Trump’s policies." At Am Mind, Blood, Soil, Creed—and the Immunities of American Citizenship. Prowler @derzum_, "As of May, 93% of asylum is being denied in immigration courts—record high—amounting to hundreds of thousands fewer lawful migrants. ‘Immigration judges are now issuing denials in virtually every case’ after rule changes and mass firings by the Trump admin cleaned the system." Beege Welborn at Hat Hair says Lemme 'Splain - Heads Exploded in Vain Over Mullins' TPS Comments Yesterday. People whose TPS was terminated can apply for visa; but most won't qualify. C3 @C_3C_3, "Want some truth? If Haitians started voting Republican the Democrats would have them back in Haiti faster than you could say Port-au-Prince." Publius @OcrazioCornPop, "Trump, 2018: "Haiti is a sh!thole country." Hollywood Libs: "Haiti is a great, truly beautiful country. Trump is a r*cist!" Trump (& SCOTUS), 2026: "Temporary means temporary, Haitians have to return home to their great, truly beautiful country." Hollywood Libs: "Haiti is a sh!thole country. They must be allowed to stay forever." CHECKMATE, LIBTARDS. WHY ARE HOLLYWOOD LIBS LIKE THIS?"

Elon Musk @elonmusk, "Extremely troubling." Quote iamyesyouareno @iamyesyouareno, "“We will kill the white man’s children, we will kill their woman, we will kill anything that we find in our way!” —Andile Mngxitama, member of parliament in South Africa. This is what happens to Whites when they become a minority. Prepare."

Fire argues about  How does the First Amendment apply to AI? "Far from authorless, AI models are built by a long chain of expressive decisions meriting First Amendment coverage." The old rule "garbage in, garbage out" still applies. 

"I’m pleased that the D.C. police recognize their part in violating my rights." "Said Sam O’Hara, quote in "Man who played Star Wars music at National Guard members receives settlement/The ACLU announced it had reached a financial agreement with the D.C. government and four of its officers, resolving part of the case" (WaPo)(gift link)." Sue and settle.

From NYPo, Oh baby! New York Times is losing its mind because Republican women are … having children and CNN star Anderson Cooper told colleagues he doesn’t want to work for Bari Weiss. Well at some point you've made enough money.

Ace, Another (Expected) Deadly Heat Wave Hits Europe, With Some Beginning to Doubt the Green Left's Dogmatic Opposition to Air Conditioning. "Europe is so beaten by the heat that they're willing to entertain embracing the unfashionable American preference for air-conditioning. How will they reverse their decades-old determination to let the elderly die in heat waves?As the BBC shows us: Simple! They'll now say that air conditioning is a sad but necessary response to global warming!" Tablesalt @Tablesalt13, "NEW - Paris morgues ARE OVERFLOWING from heat-related deaths morgues are now seeking permission for refrigerated containers The mayor of Paris has also authorized additional body storage units at City morgues. In Europe, you only get A/C once you're dead." Polymarket @Polymarket, "JUST IN: Paris’ deputy mayor says the U.S. bears “a significant amount of responsibility” for the deadly heatwave gripping France." Absolute Resolve Fella @mack_a_d00, "Good one." Insty adds F OFF, FROGGIE: DC_Draino @DC_Draino, "Make no mistake about it. If Kamala had pulled off the steal in 2024, America would be banning A/C right now too." Quote DC_Draino @DC_Draino, "Europe is starting to ban A/C for 2 reasons: 1. To kill old people with heat stroke who use up all the tax dollars in socialized medicine. 2. To make everyone feel hot and miserable so the “global warming” scam feels more real and they can pass more tax increases. These globalist elites are truly evil." Saffron Sniper @Saffron_Sniper1, "Chinese people are trolling Europeans by posting videos on social media showing that even their pigs have air conditioning, while many Europeans can’t because of government rules." Save the bacon! In Chicago, they'd still be voting for universal health care. Matt Whitlock @MattWhitlock, "In the UK, between 9/2024 and 8/2025, roughly 79,130 names were removed from healthcare waiting lists because patients died before getting care. 28,908 had been waiting longer than the 18-week standard, and 7,737 had waited more than a year. Does that feel “universal?“" Quote Scott Robertson @sarobertson_, "McGowan: Every single country in the World Cup has universal health care except us. That's not a far left position."

Steve Milloy @JunkScience, "New York State celebrates the 250th by trying to force Catholic nuns to use 'preferred pronouns': "The sisters have received three letters from the state’s health department, in effect, explaining that they’re not complying with provisions of a “Bill of Rights for LGBTQIA+ New Yorkers” that Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) signed in 2023. "The text stipulates that long-term care facilities must use patients’ preferred pronouns, even when they’re not present; defer to their choice of bathroom; and refuse to assign rooms based on biological sex. Staff must also undergo “cultural competency” training.""  Jennifer Sey @JenniferSey, "A hybrid Trans/Palestinian flag. Like it's a thing."

Los Angeles 2021

At NottheBee, Los Angeles man arrested for shooting BB gun at naked bike riders taking over the city. Oilfield Rando @Oilfield_Rando, "Anarchotyranny is when sexual deviants are allowed to break the law while police stand by to protect them from any consequences from outraged citizens." Quote Collin Rugg @CollinRugg "NEW: Los Angeles man arrested after shooting naked people with a BB gun as they rode their bikes through downtown Los Angeles. Hundreds of people were spotted riding without clothes for the World Naked Bike Ride." I suppose it depends who's riding naked. 

Josh Weiner looks at The Unchecked Politicization of Chicago Classrooms. From RCM, America Didn't Lose Its Tradesmen by Accident. They were "educated" away. 

Stacy McCain is shocked, shocked Woke ‘Supergirl’ Bombs Badly "Let’s start by stating the obvious: Sixty-six-year-old grandpas are not the target audience for super-hero action movies and, even when I was part of the target demographic, age-wise, I really never was much of a fan of movies about comic-book characters."

Still more the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 06.29.26! The Wombat has Rule 5 Sunday: Happy 250th, America! and FMJRA 2.0: Waiting Until August up in star-spangled glory at the Other McCain.

Flotsam and Jetsam - Was There a Conspiracy to Kill Kirk?

Capt. Ed at Hat Hair, Patel: You Won't Believe How Strong a Case We Have Against Charlie's Assassin ... And Maybe More? Matt Margolis at PJM sees Charlie Kirk Murder Investigation Expands "According to a report from the Washington Free Beacon, federal investigators are now digging into at least seven social media accounts that showed apparent advance knowledge of the September 10 shooting." Hat Hair's Dave Strom asserts There IS Evidence of a Conspiracy to Kill Charlie Kirk and John Sexton hears 'It Was Me': Tyler Robinson Confessed in Online Chat. Bonchie at RedState hears the FBI is Investigating Seven People for Alleged Foreknowledge of Kirk Murder, Including Big Ideological Signs. From LifeZette, Bongino Reveals FBI Probing Possibility of Others Helping Charlie Kirk’s Assassin. Sundance at CTH hosts Deputy Director Dan Bongino Outlines Updates on Charlie Kirk Murder and His Emotional Struggles During Investigation. Ace, FBI Investigating a Conspiracy of Violent Far-Left Transgenders Who Proclaimed That Charlie Kirk Would be Murdered on September 10th and Who Admitted Their Role in the Conspiracy: "We F***ing Did It!" and The Trans-"Ally" Antifa Assassin Confessed to His Trans Pals "Washington Post:" Grummz @Grummz "He told everybody on Discord that he did it. Every Antifa Discord server is in full panic right now. Because I’m pretty sure the gov will be looking very very hard at private servers that are stirring up political violence. Don’t bother scrubbing, Discord saves everything even if you delete. I am looking forward to all the Antifa mods collectively crapping their pants today." Quote Nick Sortor@nicksortor "BREAKING: Charlie Kirk assassin Tyler Robinson appears to have CONFESSED to friends in a Discord chat shortly before turning himself in, per WaPo “Hey guys, I have bad news for you all. It was me at UVU yesterday. im sorry for all of this. im surrendering through a sheriff . . . Show more" FWIW, I'm not convinced it was a conspiracy. It may be, but it also may be that the assassination chatter in this online crowd spurred Robinson to do it to impress them. So the FBI needs to look hard at this group.

Stacy McCain sees a Plot Twist: Did Lance Twiggs Just Become the World’s Most Famous Transgender? and Demonic Forces, Transgender Terrorism and Other ‘Random Coincidences’. TechnoFog at substack, Tyler Robinson - the trans-allied assassin. From Twitchy, Andy Ngo Shuts Jessica Riedl DOWN for Trying to SHAME People for Noticing Kirk's Assassin Has a Trans BF. Andy Ngo @MrAndyNgo, "Brian @JessicaBRiedl, he’s not a roommate (oops!), but rather the Antifa assassin suspect’s lover. And federal and state investigators are probing if Robinson’s support for trans may have inspired him to take direct action, as Antifa and Trantifa have been demanding. I’ve attached a rallying cry from a Los Angeles antifa ringleader as one of thousands of examples:" Matt Vespa at TownHall, The Left's Narrative on Charlie Kirk Imploded Over the Weekend...and They're Crashing Out Peter J. Hasson @peterjhasson "Step 1: "Woah, woah, let's not just assume it was a leftist who did it just because it looks that way and leftists are celebrating it." Step 2: Lie about it being a MAGA false flag until it's no longer tenable Step 3: "Why are we still talking about this? We need to move on."" Matt Margolis, Kash Patel Destroys the Left’s Favorite Lie About Charlie Kirk’s Killer, "The left’s refusal to abandon false narratives even amid official FBI findings reveals a dangerous obsession with twisting the truth for political gain. The facts show that Tyler Robinson was a radicalized leftist, not a MAGA supporter. Denying this only deepens division and dishonors the truth." Dave Strom at Hat Hair says Let's Applaud Tyler Robinson's Family and His 'Partner' For Standing Up When It Counted.

Veep JD Vance hasn't reached the "turn the other cheek" phase yet. From Ace, JD Vance Guest Hosts the Charlie Kirk Show: "This is not a 'both sides' problem". At RCP, J.D. Vance: There Is No Unity With Those Who Celebrate Charlie Kirk's Assassination, Or Groups Who Fund Them. Sundance hosts JD Vance Closes Charlie Kirk Podcast with Powerful Message. Daffey Thoughts thinks If you disagree with the Left then they hate you and want you dead. John Kass maintains Democrat Assassination Culture Killed Charlie Kirk. At Althouse, "From where does all this hatred, violence, and moral vacuity arise?" ""Why did the shooter inscribe his bullets with 'anti-fascist' messaging, cruel taunts, and trans jargon?" Asks Victor Davis Hanson, in "Was the Current Madness Birthed in the University? America’s descent into violence and moral chaos—from Kirk’s assassination to suppressed crime truths—traces back to the toxic ideologies nurtured in universities" (American Greatness)." Matt Vespa thinks you should Watch Randi Weingarten Get Obliterated for Peddling Total Nonsense About Charlie Kirk's Assassination. Scott Adams @ScottAdamsSays "Wait until the haters of Charlie Kirk find out their anger is based entirely on quotes taken out of context and flat-out lies about what he said. Cognitive dissonance will glue most of the haters to their original positions, with word-salad explanations of how they have been proven wrong yet they are really right. But some will experience unbearable sadness and deep shame over their actions this week. That's coming." Larry Correia @monsterhunter45, "Somebody reminded me of a useful concept some of my newer readers don't know about, and it correlates to what the left has been doing all week to Charlie Kirk. About ten years ago my fans came up with "Straw Larry". Whenever a Caring Liberal would blunder in to scream at us about how Larry Correia was a racist, sexist, transphobic, whatever, and he said (insert thing I never said) my fans would go, oh no, that's not Larry, that's Straw Larry. Common mistake. Happens all the time. . . : At PJM Cathy Salgado details The Actual Charlie Kirk 2nd Amendment Quote Lefties Lie About and ‘Stop Killing Us,’ Straka Tells Lefties Screaming ‘Nazis’, Threatening Rally Goers. Driscoll at Insty cites AXIOS: How Charlie Kirk’s killing sparked unfounded theories about Groypers. Wall Street Mav @WallStreetMav "The Southern Poverty Law Center put a (target) on Charlie Kirk and Turning Point USA earlier this year."

Adrian Vermeule @Vermeullarmine, "Repeat: the answer isn’t “pick up the microphone that Charlie Kirk was holding.” The answer is to use the full authority and force of the law to restore conditions in which people can speak without fearing for their lives." Quote Adrian Vermeule @Vermeullarmine, "Charlie Kirk tried to win hearts and minds through open debate with all comers; his enemies found it intolerable and assassinated him. One reaction, a bad reaction, is private violence, which is unjust except in defined cases, such as immediate self-defense and defense of others. LifeZette reports Stephen Miller Vows DOJ, DHS Crackdown on Left-Wing Groups Promoting Violent Action. Mollie @MZHemingway, "Who are these women who are going out of their way to hurt the very young Miller children at their home?" Quote Corey Inganamort @TheBirdWords "Just four days after the political assassination of Charlie Kirk, @arlingtondems are “chalking” messages of hate towards @StephenM and @KatieMiller just blocks away from their home. I asked them to explain “Miller is preying on families” and all were too cowardly to respond." Capt. Ed hears Justice Barrett: Political Assassination Should Be 'Foreign' to the American Experiment.

Justine Bateman @JustineBateman, "Don’t know if people who live outside of LA can know how significant this is." Quote Barbara Sharp "Turning out for Charlie Kirk in Beverly Hills…." Kian Simone @kiansimone44, "POWERFUL! Thousands of Canadians in Calgary sing the American National Anthem at a memorial for Charlie Kirk." Grummz @Grummz "I see this on bluesky. They think this is just another blip on the timeline. They don’t understand the entire thing just branched hard." Quote Nick Monroe @lobsterlooker, "Replying to @lobsterlooker "There are people out there who don't understand. There's no return to the status quo. Charlie Kirk's death permanently changes the direction of things going forward." T. Greer, Bullets and Ballots: The Legacy of Charlie Kirk "What did Charlie Kirk mean to the Young Right?" At Splice Today, Mark Judge has Some Difficult Thoughts on Charlie Kirk. "My point is the safety of my friends on the right. Don’t speak at a college unless security is tight. Don’t enter a kill zone where you’re an easy target." Ben Domenech at Spec World Charlie Kirk saw himself as holding back a revolution. "The murdered activist exemplified a belief in the American values of civil debate." SabreMom, We all need to be Charlie now. "Keep your kids from becoming another Tyler Robinson."

Kevin Bass PhD MS @kevinnbass, "As a former leftist myself, you must understand that the left will never stop until they achieve victory. They will not leave you in peace. They will not coexist. The only two options are roll over and be crushed or crush them, over and over, relentlessly, constantly, forever. As soon as you stop crushing them they will come back and start trying to crush you again. They may hide it but that is what they are doing, always and forever. There is no peace. There is either crush or be crushed by the left. This is the truth. Do you understand?" Fusilli Spock @awstar11 "You called it “a war” the day before the assassination and said your side should use “any means necessary.” So STFU about unity you two-faced cheerleader for violence." Quote Chris Murphy @ChrisMurphyCT, "Pay attention. Something dark might be coming. The murder of Charlie Kirk could have united Americans to confront political violence. Instead, Trump and his anti-democratic radicals look to be readying a campaign to destroy dissent." Frank J. Fleming @IMAO_ "*young man gets murdered in front of his family; tons of psychos celebrate his murder* “What if this leads to something dark?”" Driscoll, AND YET, NO STORE OWNER BOARDED UP HIS WINDOWS THIS WEEKEND. From the College Fix, NYU adjunct: Charlie Kirk not a ‘victim,’ MAGA = ‘liars’ who should be ‘excluded from public discourse’. Peter J. Hasson @peterjhasson, "New Yorker writer claims, astonishingly, to be unaware of a single leftist celebrating Charlie Kirk’s murder." Da Caller, Dem Mayor Orders Flags To Full Staff Post Charlie Kirk Assassination, Firefighters Say No. At Shooting News Week, David Hogg Tries to Make Yet Another Tragic Shooting All About Him. Johnny St.Pete@JohnMcCloy "WOW. Hell Yeah Senator Burchett calling out CNN to its face as if THEY weren’t relentlessly attacking Trump. “Well what are YOU ALL doing about it..if you really wanted this to change YOUR EDITORIAL BOARD WOULD SAY WERE NOT GONNA PUT THIS STUFF OUT” - @timburchett He then points out their horrific ratings and that is why NOBODY watches them and she has the audacity to get offended and pretend they don’t run propaganda directed at Trump/Conservatives day in and out. Clearly everybody is over the Mockingbird media."

From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 09.15.25, Louder With Crowder: Scott Jennings drops all the receipts on Dem rhetoric that killed Charlie Kirk, also, Erika Kirk fights back tears issuing battle cry after Charlie’s assassination, Dana Loesch: Charlie Kirk’s Assassin Caught.

At his NYPO gig, Insty writes Charlie Kirk’s murder will break the left’s hateful cancel tactics, From Fox, Washington Post columnist fired over social media posts after Charlie Kirk's assassination, "Karen Attiah says outlet accused her posts of 'gross misconduct'" Quote 'doctoring'. Capt. Ed, WaPo Editor: I Got Fired Over Charlie Kirk. Bonchi at RedState, WaPo Editor Fired for Justifying Charlie Kirk Assassination, and Her Double-Down Is Even Worse. Bonchie @bonchieredstate, "Let me explain this to the leftists suddenly deeply concerned about cancel culture. Digging up decade old tweets of jokes or hacking a political donation to get someone fired is cancel culture. People getting fired for currently, openly cheering murder is not cancel culture." Ace, Washington Post Fires Left-Wing Extremist DEI Savage for Dancing on Charlie Kirk's Grave, Suggesting His Assassination Is Warranted. Comfortably Smug @ComfortablySmug, "You made up a quote to dehumanize a man who was just murdered I'm so happy you were fired! And I hope you never find gainful employment again! Stop dehumanizing conservatives Our society can't tolerate people who celebrate the murder of innocent people anymore." Michigan News, Office Depot Fires Employee Who Refused To Produce A Charlie Kirk Poster Because It Was ‘Propaganda. NYPo reports a NJ surgeon who ‘cheered’ Charlie Kirk’s murder resigns — as suspended nurse who called him out is reinstated. Jesse Kelly @JesseKellyDC, "For those uncomfortable with communists being fired, please understand this is as NICE as the Right will be from now on. You can see it in incidents like this. This has happened many times in the past few days. Previously, nobody would have touched this animal." Guy Benson at TownHall considers the question Should the Ghouls Publicly Celebrating Charlie Kirk's Assassination Lose Their Jobs? EducatëdHillbilly™ @RobProvince, "We “cancelled” the Dixie Chicks by not buying their music or going to their concerts. You canceled Charlie Kirk by assassinating him. We are not the same." Cathy Salgado, State Department Revokes Visa for Rapper Who Mocked Assassination of Charlie Kirk. Jeremy Kauffman @jeremykauffman, "People lost their jobs in 2020 for: - Reading an MLK letter out loud - Showing a Shakespeare film from 1965 - Snapping fingers (interpreted as) - Sharing data that riots were unpopular - Teaching the proper pronunciation of Chinese - Donating $25 to Kyle Rittenhouse." Quote Jeremy Kauffman @jeremykauffman, "I actively cataloged some of the worst behavior during 2020's cultural revolution. Here's a round-up of 25 egregious firings, investigations, and excesses from 2020, so you can remember just how bad things got." At Calling All RushBabes, The Left Cannot Learn or Admit Error. Free speech does not include freedom from consequences.

VodkaPundit at PJM reports a Possible Kirk-Related Bomb on Fox News Van Fizzled, But That's Not the Weird Part... It was those sneaky Lutherans again. Just kidding. The suspects' names are Adeeb Nasir, age 58, and Adil Justice Ahmed Nasir, age 31. . . On Sunday, the FBI served a search warrant in Salt Lake's Magna neighborhood west of downtown, but only after evacuating neighboring homes. It's a good thing, too, since the search found explosives, explosive-related components, firearms, illegal narcotics, and drug paraphernalia." John Sexton, Two Men Arrested for Attempted Firebombing of News Van in Utah.

In misc. Trumpiania, Ace relishes Trump Destroying Another Narcoterrorist Drug Boat. John Sexton, US Strikes Another Boat Leaving Venezuela. From News Wax, Trump: D.C.'s Bowser Balking at ICE, National Emergency Next. Sundance, President Trump Announces the Launch of the Memphis Crime Taskforce Deployment. Sharyl Attkisson at JTN, reports a Sweeping Trump crackdown on misleading pharmaceutical ads is first in nearly 3 decades "The U.S. is one of only two countries allowing such ads. The other is New Zealand." MELANIA TRUMP @MELANIATRUMP, "Retraction & Apology from The Daily Beast."

Steve Cortes at Am Great, Zelensky’s Incentive Problem: Unmasking the Media’s Darling. "Polling shows Zelensky trailing rivals, mired in corruption woes, and stalling peace talks—his halo fading fast at home and abroad."

Ace cites Joe Manchin: Obama and Biden Destroyed "the Guardrails" That Make Peaceful Democracy Possible, "He also says that Biden was an anger junkie incapable of controlling his temper. And that's before he lost most of his executive function to dementia. (That's my addition at the end, he didn't say that.)"

NYPO, NY Gov. Kathy Hochul endorses Zohran Mamdani for NYC mayor. News Wax, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul Endorses Zohran Mamdani for NYC Mayor. John Sexton, Gov. Hochul Bends the Knee to Mandami, Eeeew.

Tyler O'Neil at Da Signal, sees Abigail Spanberger Caught Up in Defamation Lawsuit After Her Campaign Secretly Wrote Jan. 6 Press Release.

Shipwreckedcrew, has hopes Is The Supreme Court About To Clarify President Trump's Authority To Fire Executive Branch Officers? "District Judges and the D.C. Circuit have invited a Supreme Court response as Early as next week with their continuing efforts to block the President's personnel decisions." And, Congress Created "Expedited Removal" To Speed Up Routine Deportations -- But Federal Judges Know Better, "A District Judge Has Determined That Expedited Procedures For Removing Illegal Aliens Make Her Unhappy -- So She Blocked Their Use." Florida News reports Court upholds Florida law that bans noncitizens, non-residents from gathering ballot initiative petitions.

Gunther Eagleman™ @GuntherEagleman "I honestly didn't know that the Emmy's were still a thing." Quote New York Post @nypost, "‘Hacks’ star Hannah Einbinder slammed for crude Emmys speech: ‘F–k ICE and free Palestine’ https://trib.al/gfYLLnM" From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 09.15.25, Twitchy, John Ondrasik Speaks Some Brutal Truth to Actress Who Shouted 'Free Palestine' at the Emmys'. John Ondrasik @johnondrasik, "Sweet Hannah would have been raped, murdered, her body desecrated, all filmed and uploaded to FB for the @TheEmmys to see, if she had attended the Nova Concert in Israel." Quote Variety @Variety, "Hannah Einbinder on saying "Free Palestine" in her Emmys acceptance speech. "It is my obligation as a Jewish person to distinguish Jews from the state of Israel. Our religion and our culture is such an important and long-standing institution that is really separate to this sort of ethnonationalist state."

A few more relevant links can be found at the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 09.15.25. 

Flotsam and Jetsam - Just Another DIY Thursday

 I have a crisis to deal with, so here it goes:

Trump and the Republicans 

The Nonexistent Epstein List and the Left’s Failed Trump Smear – PJ Media
Ace of Spades HQ - Epstein Victims Claim They Want Transparency But Refuse to Name Their Alleged Abusers
Epstein Victims Hold a Strange Press Conference in Washington, DC - The Last Refuge
Epstein victims' lawyer says unreleased documents leave public 'appalled' - Fox News
MSNBC Analyst Robbed Repeatedly in DC Doesn't Understand Why Trump Cracked Down on Crime.Trump Floats Sending National Guard Troops To New Orleans
D.C. Mayor's Latest Decision Involving the Federal Takeover Will Likely Trigger Libs
Jeanine Pirro on X: "You are looking at the largest seizure of precursor chemicals used to manufacture methamphetamine in U.S. history. China was sending over 700,000 lbs on the high seas to the Sinaloa Cartel before my office seized them. Because President Trump and Secretary Rubio declared the
A Return to Frontier Justice? : The Other McCain
Ace of Spades HQUS Military Drone-Strikes a Tren de Aragua Drug Smuggling Boat and the Pro-Crime, Pro-Terrorism Left Is Angry
Running Out the Clock on Vladimir Putin - RealClearDefense
President Trump Holds a Bilateral Meeting with President Karol Nawrocki of the Republic of Poland - 11:00am Livestream - The Last Refuge
Treasury Secretary Bessent: Trump May Declare Emergency Over Housing Affordability - American Greatness
Delete, Delete, Delete: How FCC Republicans are killing rules faster than ever - Ars Technica
Biden’s Former Monkeypox Czar Blames RFK Jr. For Decision to Quit CDC Post
Althouse: "He’s very concerned. How do they say it, this is for all the tea in China. This is serious."

The Disloyal Opposition

Gov. Tim Walz Criticized Over Trump Health Remarks
Rep. Jamie Raskin Says Trump Wants to Shrink the Size and Scope of Gov't Just Like Stalin – Twitchy

The Just Us System

Amy Coney Barrett Fires Shot Across the Bow at Fellow Activist Judges: ‘Not Kings’ – RedState
Will The Supreme Court's Conservatives Begin To Disregard The Views Of Justice Jackson Next Term?
Boston Judge Rules in Favor of Harvard, Trump Administration Plans to Appeal – HotAir
Not So Fast, Newsom: Trump-Appointed US Attorney Rains Down on Left's Victory Parade Over National Guard – RedState
Federal Appeals Court Blocks Trump From Deporting Tren De Aragua Gang
House approves creation of new panel to investigate J6 select committee and riot - Just The News
Gabbard slams Clapper, Brennan for thinking they could 'undermine' a 'duly elected president’ - Just The News
The Russiagate Problem - The Last Refuge
Mr. President, Tear Down These Walls - The Last Refuge
Senate Republicans consider rules change to speed up approval of Trump nominees - Just The News
If Lisa Cook Committed Mortgage Fraud, Then It’s a Crime Still in Progress - Chronicles
Ace of Spades HQLisa Cook's Lawyers: You Can't Fire Her For Mortgage Fraud Because She Admitted Being a Mortgage Fraudster to Biden and He Said It's Okay

Illegal Immigration

Census Data Shows Massive Drop in Immigrant Workers After Trump Crackdowns
EXCLUSIVE: August Migrant Encounters at Southwest Border Drop 90 Percent from Prior Year
A Man Towed an ICE Vehicle During an Enforcement Operation. Guess What Happened Next.
Cutting the Gordian Knot of Birthright Citizenship – Robert G. Natelson

Media, Government and Social Media Censorship

 

Ace of Spades HQ - Nigel Farage Testifies to Congress About the End of Free Speech in the UK

Instapundit - FIREWORKS ERUPT AT HOUSE JUDICIARY HEARING AS JORDAN, RASKIN, AND NIGEL FARAGE SCORCH EUROPE
Free Speech Under Threat? Jordan, Raskin, Farage Weigh In
Met Commissioner: Police Shouldn't Be Enforcing the Left's Culture War Demands – HotAir
Althouse: "It’s time this government told the police their job is to protect the public, not monitor social media for hurty words."
The UK Earns Status as a Censorship State - by Greg Collard
Mike Benz On The UK: This Is A Tyrannical Hellhole State Trying To Export Their Censorship Here | Video - RealClearPolitics
Inevitable West on X: "🚨BREAKING: In leaked messages, Peterborough's Labour Council leader Dennis Jones refers to grooming gang victims as "white trash" Labour hate you and your children. https://t.co/ulTr0ZtSGD" / X
Saving Democracy - by Glenn Harlan Reynolds
David Ellison Set to Acquire The Free Press - Puck
Ace of Spades HQ - Newsmax Sues Fox, Alleging That the Fake Conservative Network Uses Illegal Means to Keep the Conservative Market All to Itself
This Reporter Got a Brutal Reality Check After Trying to Have a 'Gotcha' Moment With Trump
Instapundit - THAT’S WHAT XI SAID! ABC Gets Hot and Bothered By China’s Show of ‘Patriotism and Power.’ S
A Judge Lets Google Get Away with Monopoly

The Great Culture War

School Girls Told They Can Escape Boys in Their Locker Rooms if They Admit to Being Mentally Ill – PJ Media
Malcolm Gladwell Reaches His Tipping Point on Trans Athletes - National Review
Ace of Spades - HQ Liberal Woke "Intellectual" Malcolm Gladwell: I Knew That It Was Wrong to Let Men Compete Against Women But I Lied and Said I Supported It Because of Leftwing Social Pressure
NBC Apologizes for Not Using 'She' to Describe Male Minneapolis School Shooter
Restaurant Loses Case After Denying Male Entry to Women’s Bathroom – PJ Media
I Watched Transgenderism Ruin My Friends' LivesBlack Comedian Paints Himself White, Goes to NASCAR, Doesn't Find What He Expects – PJ Media
Smithsonian Celebrates Violent Racist Cult – PJ Media

The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: Morning Glory Milking Farm up and garnering clicks at The Other McCain.

Flotsam and Jetsam - The BBB Trundles Along

Sundance at CTH hosts National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett Outlines Importance of Big Beautiful Bill. Ace, "Big Beautiful (?) Bill" Passes Cloture Vote, Now In "Vote-a-Rama" Phase for Amendments, "The Democrats are proposing dozens and dozens of amendments just to delay the final vote." From Da Caller, Senate GOP Slashes Spending In ‘Big, Beautiful’ Bill As Fiscal Hawks Push For More Cuts. At Hat Hair, Inside the OBBB: AFP's Kent Strang Breaks Down Senate Drama and Fiscal Showdowns. Cam at BA heartened, Senate Language Zeroing Out Taxes on Suppressors, Short-Barrels Passes Byrd Bath. Hat Hair's Duane Patterson thinks the media and Democrats are being Willfully Obtuse about the BBB. Matt Vespa at TownHall hears Fetterman say I Want to Go Home. Sundance says I told you so, Elon Musk Pledges to Launch Third Party if Big Beautiful Bill Passes Congress. CNN just reported Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ awaits final Senate vote. From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 06.30.25, EBL: Chuck Schumer Melts Down Over The Big Beautiful Bill, Victory Girls: About Time: Green New Deal Energy Subsidies Booted From Trump’s Bill, also, Vote-a-rama: The Last Scene Is Being Played Out In The Senate.

At Hat Capt. Ed Hair reads the WSJ: Say, Remember the Great Stock Market Crash of 2025? Well "... neither does anyone else" and Larry has a video, Dems Melt Down Over Trump Wins! CNN Can't Handle Scott Jennings! Dmitri Bolt at TownHall, Thanks to President Trump, America Enjoys the Lowest Summer Gas Prices Since 2021. Ace, #Winning: Inflation Rises More Slowly, Gas Prices Fall, and the Markets Hit All-Time Records, A European Economist Admits: "Maybe Trump Has Outsmarted All of Us" "The markets soared to record highs on Friday, despite the "predictions" (or partisan rooting interest) of the liberal establishment. Part of the rally is due to falling, get this, inflation." Matt Vespa at TownHall sees a Dem Strategist Loses It After She Cannot Deny America Is Better Off With Trump. Matt Margolis at PJM thinks Elie Mystal’s MSNBC Meltdown Over Trump Is One for the Ages. From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 06.30.25, American Thinker, ‘A Very Consequential Two Weeks’ and Transterrestrial Musings, Trump’s Past Two Weeks.

ABC reports Iran crackdown deepens with speedy executions and arrests, "Three Iranians were executed for alleged spying, Iran's judiciary said." Hat Hair's Dave Strom hears Iranian Women Take to Streets to Offer Babies Up for Martyrdom. Dan Chaitin at Da Wire, Trump Predicts More Nations Will Join Abraham Accords After Iran Strikes. Sarah Arnold at TownHall, Jeffries Slams Trump for Abandoning Obama's Iran Strategy, That Included Sending Tehran Pallets of Cash. From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 06.30.25, American Thinker: Yes, the U.S. ‘Obliterated’ Iran’s Nuclear Capabilities, BattleSwarm: Hegseth Slams Lying Media, Trump To Iran Last Week: We Can Remove Sanctions On You Now. Trump This Week: Or We Could Have, If You Hadn’t Been Such Colossal Dicks. At NYPo, Where’s Tulsi Gabbard? Intelligence director missing from key moments as insiders call her ‘wrong on the big stuff.’

Don Surber, Trump celebrates Canada Day, "TACO becomes POCA—President’s Opponents Cave Again." Politico whines Canada drops digital tax that angered Trump to resume US trade talks, "The move comes as Washington pressures multiple trade partners — including the EU — to ease digital rules targeting American tech firms." Liz Stauffer at LI, says Canada Capitulates: Will Scrap Digital Services Tax, Restart Trade Talks “So revenues collapsed in Canada during his [Trudeau’s] 10-year reign, and now [Prime Minister Mark] Carney has no income. … So, he’s trying to find any way he can to make income.”  Ace, Canada Surrenders to Daddy Trump on Tax on Tech Services "Canada decided to join the EU in punishing US tech firms because they're mad that Elon Musk allows free speech."

From sundance, HHS Secretary RFK Jr Tells Tucker Carlson all the Terrible Stuff HHS is Doing.

From Sarah Anderson at PJM, a puff piece on the second lady, Usha Vance Gets Personal, and It's a Breath of Fresh Air.From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 06.30.25,   Shark Tank: DeSantis Confirms Trump Will Join Him At “Alligator Alcatraz” Opening.

Matt Vespa sees a Whitewash: Watch CNN Pull a 'Kamala Harris' on Zohran Mamdani's Views. At Hat Hair Dave Strom notes the Pravda Media is Covering for Mamdani and a Michele Tafoya video, Congressman Mike Lawler Knows Zohran Mamdani. Driscoll at Insty, OLD AND BUSTED: ‘I’m Not A Witch,’ Republican Candidate Christine O’Donnell Tells Delaware Voters. "—NPR, October 5th, 2010. The New Hotness?" MAZE @mazemoore "This is not terrible AI, it's a real message from the current frontrunner for NYC Mayor to his socialist comrades. "The end goal of seizing the means of production." I can't believe this is actually happening." Chicago Boyz, observe Enablers of Mamdani: America’s Universities. Jesse Kelly @JesseKellyDC, "Mao, Che, Pol Pot, on and on it goes. Communist leaders are almost always rich kids with a god complex who pretend to be of the peasant class to gain power. Almost every time." Quote End Wokeness @EndWokeness "Zohran says his worldview is inspired by the 3rd world while eating rice with his hands" Renu Mukherjee @RenuMukherjee1, "Mamdani’s mother is a world-famous, Academy Award-nominated Bollywood director worth tens of millions of dollars. His father is a chaired professor at Columbia. He is, in effect, a perpetual theatre kid who’s pretending to be “Third World.” It’s all so, so performative + stupid." Bonchie @bonchieredstate, "What you have to realize about the communist class in America is that they are all bored, privileged theater kids with nothing better to do than destroy Western civilization. None of them actually grew up hard knocks," Quote "Breaking911 @Breaking911 "Despite her ‘Bronx girl’ claims, AOC graduated from suburban Yorktown High School in 2007 as “Sandy Cortez”. You mean she's been lying? What a shocker." Dana Loesch @DLoesch, "Nepo baby who never worked and only became a citizen a few years ago hates the country in which he wants to impose his authority," Quote R A W S A L E R T S @rawsalerts "BREAKING: Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, who is running for New York City mayor, said he doesn't think we should have billionaires." Insty, DEMOCRATS IN A NUTSHELL: Maud Maron @MaudMaron, "He says he “grew up in the third world” but he was living in the United States attending private school since he was 7 years old—that’s not “code switching,” that’s lying. He is a spoiled, privileged young man playing today’s most popular parlor game “Look how oppressed I am.”: The Babylon Bee @TheBabylonBee "Mamdani Clarifies He Is Not A Communist, He Merely Wants To Seize The Means Of Production And Put All The Capitalists In Gulags https://buff.ly/4Ob4CoD."

John Kass predicts Democrat Anguish Will Only Get Worse. Buck Sexton @BuckSexton "The Right takes pride in being American. The Left takes pride in believing they’re better than America. More true now than ever." Quote FischerKing @FischerKing64 "Gallup poll results that will surprise absolutely no one. While Republicans overwhelmingly are proud to be American, Democrats are not - and the number keeps falling." At Althouse, "Pride among Democrats tumbles, while independents also hit new low, more than offsetting increase among Republicans." "According to a new Gallup poll, reported at "American Pride Slips to New Low.""

From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 06.30.25, This Ain’t Hell, Jasmine Crockett questions Melania Trump’s visa, Hunter Biden Coughs Up Law License. 

From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 06.30.25, Don Surber: SCOTUS saves the judiciary. Randy Barnett @RandyEBarnett "“It just can’t be right….” This is what makes Justice Kagan’s vote in this particular case so disappointing. The least she should have done is to write her own dissenting opinion to justify this change of mind from 2022, The Federalist: We Still Have An Imperial Judiciary, Yet Trump Continues To Exercise Extreme Restraint, Lawsuit Claims Nevada Elections Chief Is Hiding Records On Alleged Illegal Voter, America Deserves Better Than Amnesty For The Politically Connected." PJM's Stephen Kruiser thinks Dem Reactions to SCOTUS Kneecapping Activist Judges Are Delicious and Matt Margolis explains why Justice Jackson Is Even Worse Than We Thought. Tim Carney @TPCarney "Your reminder that every media figure in the past 10 years who posed as the defender of democracy just meant “I want libs to win elections and court cases,”" Quote Julie Roginsky @julieroginsky, "It's not an exaggeration to say that the Supreme Court today put the final nail in the coffin of our constitutional republic by anointing a king." Virginia Kruta at Da Wire, hears Biden’s Lone SCOTUS Pick Wonders What Aliens Would Think Of The Court’s Latest Decision. "'A Martian arriving here from another planet would see these circumstances and surely wonder: 'what good is the Constitution, then?'' Andy Paquette at Zark, Justice Jackson and the AI law professor "For fun, I uploaded the documents to Claude.ai and asked it to grade them from the perspective of a Harvard law school professor, on quality of argument and understanding of law. . . . Grade: F. This work demonstrates such fundamental misunderstanding of judicial role and legal methodology that I would recommend you seriously reconsider whether law is the right field for you.”" The Babylon Bee @TheBabylonBee, "KBJ Issues Savage Dissent In Form Of TikTok Dance." At the Babylon Bee, District Court Issues Nationwide Injunction Against Supreme Court Ruling: "This nationwide injunction holds that the Supreme Court's ruling against our nationwide injunctions is unconstitutional," Boasberg said in his ruling. "The United States Supreme Court, despite holding ultimate legal authority over all other courts in the country, simply holds no authority over any other court in the country. I hereby decree that any ruling that declares our injunction unconstitutional is unconstitutional. Checkmate, Supreme Court."

John Sexton at Hat Hair, Investigation Uncovers Massive Medicare Fraud. Kaelen Deese at WaEx, DOJ charges hundreds of people in $14.6 billion healthcare fraud takedown. Dave Strom, $42 Billion in Two Days: Bidenistas Went on Green Spending Binge in January.

At Hat Hair, Beege Welborn is scandalized that CNN is Helpfully Explaining the Latest in ICE Tracking Apps in Case You, Like, Need to Know. Sundance reports CNN Promotes ICE App an Alert System to Help Illegal Aliens Avoid Capture. Driscoll at Insty,  IT’S 2025, TRUMP’S BACK IN OFFICE, AND CNN IS BACK TO DOXXING AMERICANS: "CNN Helpfully Explaining the Latest in ICE Tracking Apps in Case You, Like, Need to Know." Jonathan Turley is also upset "ICE, ICE Baby: Denver City Council Ends Car Theft Tracking System to Protect Illegal Immigrants." 

Da Wire reports the State Department Looks To Revoke Visa For British Rappers Who Chanted ‘Death To The IDF’, "State Department official: "The U.S. government will not issue visas to any foreigner who supports terrorists." Matt Vespa, Whatever This Is, It's Being Called a Nazi Rally. Here's Why. Capt. Ed, Rubio to Drop a Beat on Anti-Semitic Brit Rappers? UPDATE: BBC Says ... Oops, Our Bad; UPDATE: Revoked! From the Victory Girls, Bob Vylan Rappers Who Led Antisemitic Chants At Glastonbury, Banned From U.S. Driscoll cites MELANIE PHILLIPS: Nuremberg at Glastonbury. "Apparently the British government is shocked that the Bob Vylan spot was live-streamed on the BBC. The Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy — the former chair of Labour Friends of Palestine and the Middle East — has asked the BBC Director-General Tim Davie for an “urgent explanation” about what due diligence it carried out into Bob Vylan. . ." From Da Mail, Tourist who claimed he was banned entry to US because of a JD Vance meme on his phone was actually denied for a different reason, Homeland reveal.

Matt Vespa says BOOM: Harvard Violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, Could Lose ALL Federal Funding and Capt. Ed echoes Boom: DoJ Formally Finds Harvard Violated Civil-Rights Laws. From the Free Bacon, Harvard Begs Major Corporations for Cash Amid Trump's Funding Cuts. At the College Fix, Georgetown professor walks back statement that Iran should perform 'symbolic' strike on U.S. base. "Georgetown Professor Jonathan Brown said in a viral X post that he hopes Iran strikes a United States military base. Brown has since deleted the post and made his X account private." Well, they took his advice, and it was ineffective (by design). At his substack Professor Insty wonders What is College Good For?

Althouse finds "I am a philosopher, not a physician... Philosophers prize clear language and love unravelling muddled arguments, and the writings of pediatric gender specialists..." "... serve up plenty of obscurity and confusion.... The review describes how the medicalized 'gender affirming care' approach to treating pediatric gender distress, endorsed by the American Medical Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics, rests on very weak evidence.... [N]o reliable research indicates that these treatments are beneficial to minors’ mental health.... Writes MIT philosophy professor Alex Byrne, in "I co-wrote the anonymous HHS report on pediatric gender medicine/The hostile reaction to our work shows why we needed to do it in the first place" (WaPo)(free-access link). " Katie Jerkovich at Red State reports JK Rowling Gets the Final Word After Trans-Activist Attacker Ends Up Behind Bars For Child Rape. At TownHall, Jeff Charles wonders Do We Really Need to Trans Shakespeare? "An academic in the United Kingdom claims all of the main characters in Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” were gender-fluid. The play is a tragedy about a Scottish nobleman who resorts to skulduggery to seize the kingdom with the help of his wife, Lady Macbeth." The test of a true academic is whether they can believe 7 outrageously stupid ideas before lunch.

The Wombat has Rule 5 Sunday: Surf’s Up and FMJRA 2.0: Not Long Before The End up and garnering clicks at The Other McCain.