The Wednesday Wetness

13 News, Tucson,  Three swift-water rescues along Alamo Wash in Tucson

A powerful storm rolled through southern Arizona on Monday, Sept. 13, leading to swift-water rescues, power outages, damage, and closed roads. According to the National Weather Service in Tucson, there were at least three swift-water rescues along the Alamo Wash.


13 News was there for one rescue near 22nd and Kolb. While everyone was out of the vehicle, 13 News found a car in a flooded dip in the road. Another rescue allegedly happened near Grant and Craycroft, behind the Tucson Medical Center. The third one allegedly happened near 5th Street and Wilmot.

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Flotsam and Jetsam - Monday Morning Coming Down

After a flurry of activity and breathless reportage after the cops raided a house, and stopped a car, but ended up not arresting anyone, there's no real news on the Gutherie caper, and certainly no good news. We can only hope the Pima County sheriffs and FBI are withholding some for good reasons. From ET, Arizona Sheriff Denies Claims He’s Blocking FBI From Evidence in Guthrie Case. "‘When this is all done with, offer your critiques all you want, but right now we have work to do,’ Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos said." 

At RedState, Bob Hoge claims It's Done: Bondi Tells Congress She's Released All the Epstein Files, No More Coming. Now all Democrats and Tom Massey can complain about are the redactions, which were mandated by the law they demanded. Of course, with 3 million pages, some redactions will have been made that needn't have been, and some redactions weren't made that should have been. The tight deadline they demanded guarantees that. News Wax notes DOJ Releases List of 'Politically Exposed Persons' in Epstein Files. Sundance at CTH, Sunday Talks: Thomas Massie Gives Update on His Epstein File Mission, whines about Pam Bondi. Karol Markowicz @karol, "Self-important jackasses destroying the lives of random people with no connection to Epstein at all." Tim O'Brien at PJM reports Reid Hoffman Funded Suit Against Trump Alleging Rape. Epstein Files Mention Him 2,658 Times. MAZE @mazemoore, "2023. Reid Hoffman explains why he funded E. Jean Carroll's lawsuit against Trump. Hoffman, the walking embodiment of perversion, a man who stayed at Epstein's ranch, island, and NYC home and sent Epstein gifts for "the girls," claims he funded the lawsuit to help Carroll get justice for the "torture" and sexual abuse she endured. Hoffman just wanted to help a woman stand up to a rich and powerful man. What a sick, duplicitous, evil person." Torpedos continue to circle: from the College Fix, U. Arizona cancels major conference after speakers named in Epstein files. From Tierney's Real News, Trump exonerated on Epstein.

From NYPo, Witkoff and Kushner reportedly tell Trump nuclear deal with Iran ‘difficult to impossible’. From the Guardian, No water or electricity, and children begging in streets filled with rubbish – but this is why I won’t leave Cuba.

Sarah Anderson at PJM sees Rubio on Fire! We Won't Be 'Polite and Orderly Caretakers of the West's Managed Decline'. Ace calls it A Resounding And Powerful Defense Of Liberal Democracy, Market Economies, And Unabashed Nationalism And Patriotism. RedState's Nick Arama thinks you should Watch Rubio Deliver a Master Class As He Smokes Reporter for Divisive Question During Briefing in Europe and Legend: Czech Politician Dunks All Over a Furious Hillary Clinton for Her TDS in Great Exchange in Munich. dan turrentine @danturrentine, "Note to all D’s thinking of 28: watch @marcorubio outstanding speech today. Some in our Party (looking at you @CAgovernor) argue to “go back” to pre-Trump. That era is dead. Whoever can articulate a fresh, coherent view of leadership to address the new, changing world and its risks and opportunities will have the advantage." Sundance adds Secretary of State Rubio Holds Interesting Press Conference with Slovak Prime Minister Fico. At Bastiat's Window, One Veep, Two Prez? "On a historian/pundit musing over one vice president serving under two presidents." Rubio/Vance? I prefer the other way around, but would not argue with either. At RCD Chris Williams warns of The Coming War in America "As overseas threats to U.S. national interests intensify, America’s enemies can be expected to carry the fight to the U.S. homeland. The reason for this is clear: The U.S. homeland is a ripe target for such attacks."

WESA Pittsburgh, Fetterman lone Democrat to support Homeland Security funding bill, as DHS shutdown looms. It's here. Can't you tell? News Wax reports from the IRS: Average Refund Up 10.9 Percent in Early Filing. Fox, Gas prices fall in January, giving Americans a break at the pump, "Lower gas prices provided consumer relief while electricity and utility gas service prices surged higher." Batya Ungar-Sargon says The Latest Jobs Report Proves Trump's Theory of the Economy: Tariffs and Deportations Put Money in the Pockets of Working-Class Americans, "Economists and Liberal Media Hardest Hit." Scott McLallen at Town Hall, 'We Send Billions to Dead People': Kennedy Stuns in NewsNation Interview. At ET, Whistleblowers Exposing Fraud Can Receive Up to 30 Percent of Fine Amounts: Bessent, "Individuals may become eligible for awards if the information leads to successful enforcement resulting in monetary fines exceeding $1 million."

ET, EPA Rescinds Obama-Era Finding That Served as Basis for Climate Regulation "The Trump administration eliminated a 2009 finding that six greenhouse gases are a danger to public health." Matt Vespa likes how Keith Olbermann Just Got Wrecked...by a Meteorologist? Chris Martz @ChrisMartzWX, "Keith, I am a meteorologist. That means I study the atmosphere. We don’t just point at a green screen and say “It gonna rain.” You, on the other hand, are a washed-up, irrelevant sports “journalist” who has been fired from nearly every job you ever had because of your unprofessionalism. I am a young, vibrant 23-year-old and I have my whole life ahead of me. You, on the other hand, are a 67-year-old, single, childless, miserable old man that nobody wants to be around, and nobody will remember 50 years from now." Quote Keith Olbermann @KeithOlbermann, Replying to @ChrisMartzWX, "So let's see. You do the weather and you think you're an expert on how the atmosphere changes over thousands of years. Or dozens You're an imbecile. STFU, child, and remember that if we listen to you, when you're "Granpa" you'll get to watch your grandchildren suffocate"

Cynical Publius @CynicalPublius, "I get angry a lot when I hear Democrats lie, but I'm not sure I've ever been angrier than over the below video clip. No one in the history of the USA has purposely caused more hateful division in America than Barack Obama. For Frankfurt School Marxists, hate and division is THE necessary element of power. A true Frankfurt School disciple, Obama's singular purpose was to create hate and division along demographic lines. Racism was on life support when Obama took office. He gave it life once again, deliberately. Virtually all of the hate and division we experience in the USA today is directly attributable to Barack Obama. Other than Woodrow Wilson, Obama is the most objectively evil man ever to sit in the Oval Office. Shut up Obama. Everything you are bemoaning was created by YOU, you lying narcissistic Marxist filth." Quote Brandon Straka #WalkAway @BrandonStraka "OBAMA: “The other side does the mean, angry, exclusive, us/them, divisive politics. That's their home court. Our court is coming together.”" The Drunk Republican @DrunkRepub, "My favorite Obama “coming together” moment was when him and Hillary financed a phony dossier to sabotage the rightfully elected President." RBe @RBPundit, "Motherfucker literally sued nuns to try to force them to pay for contraception and abortions. Fuck outta here." Quote Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen, ".@BarackObama: "When I was president, I suppose I could have simply unilaterally ordered the military to go into some red state and harass and intimidate a governor there or cut off funding for states that didn't vote for me... but that is contrary to how I think our democracy is supposed to work." BL Hahn at Da Fed notes Democrats Openly Fantasize About Anti-White Revolution While GOP Grovels Over A Race Hoax. At TownHall Larry Elder sees the irony as Jeffries And Schumer Denounce Trump's 'Racist' Video -- But Who Are They to Complain?

Atop Da Hill Jonathan Turley is distressed that In Munich, Democrats pledge a return to wealth taxes and climate hysteria. Twitchy thinks you should WATCH the Faces of Germans As Gavin Newsom Compares America's National Guard to Nazi Stormtroopers. They know of real Stormtroopers. L A R R Y @LarryOConnor, "Gavin Newsom goes to Germany and compares American law enforcement to Nazi stormtroopers. In GERMANY." GateWay Pundit sees AOC Fall Apart on the World Stage When Asked a Simple Foreign Policy Question at Munich Security Conference. Scott McLallen hopes This Interview Answer Might Wreck Michigan Gov. Whitmer's 2028 Presidential Run. Begs a Trump ambassador to answer the question on Ukraine. From NYPo, City Hall boots Israel drone supplier from Brooklyn Navy Yard — after Mamdani took office.

Breccan Theis at Da Fed is concerned that the Virginia High Court Greenlights Democrat Effort To Give Millions Of Republicans A Single Seat In Congress.

At Am Great Roger Kimball explores How Deep Is the Deep State? "The deep state resists exposure—but not forever. Patience, persistence, and power may yet cauterize the Leviathan." From Reason, The ATF Created a Backdoor Gun Registry. Lawmakers Want an Explanation. "Federal law bans the creation of a gun registry, but regulators made one anyway."

Geiger Capital @Geiger_Capital, "Oops! We forever changed the demographics of America and Europe, destroyed social cohesion in the West, and called you a bigot for correctly saying it was bad. Anyways… you should put us back in charge now." Quote America @america, "Hillary Clinton admits mass migration has been “destabilizing” to society: “It went too far, it’s been disruptive and destabilizing.”" Edward Badgette @acrimonyand, "I told you that their internal polling was apocalyptic." Quote Leading Report @LeadingReport, "BREAKING: Former President Obama says, “We are a nation of laws,” in reference to immigration. “We have borders, and we've got to figure out an immigration policy that is orderly and that is fair.”" At Commonplace, Ann Coulter wonders How Did They Think Open Borders Would End? "Cleaning up decades of lawlessness is never easy." Breitbart echoes Josh Hawley's Calls For Indictment of Minnesota AG Keith Ellison over Alleged Ties to Somali Fraudsters.

Sundance hosts Sunday Talks – Border Czar Tom Homan Discusses DHS Shutdown and Ongoing ICE Operations. Ben Smith at RedState, Tom Homan Shreds Democrat Victory-Lapping Over ICE's MN Drawdown With Inconvenient Facts. Hat Hair's Betsy McCaughey warns If ICE Is Hamstrung, Hold on to Your Wallets. At CIS, Dissecting CBS News’ Claim that ‘Less than 14%’ of Trump II ICE Arrestees Are ‘Violent Criminals,’ "Ignore the tendentious herd mentality; the press should offer the public “a little more light and a little less noise” — and some better historical context — on immigration enforcement." From Da Caller, Teen Allegedly Plotted To Behead ICE Agents, Show Them Off To Indian Tribes. Kids these days... Chadwick Moore @Chadwick_Moore, "I’m lurking in this ICE alert chat and one of the AWFLs invited an illegal to the chat, who then invited like 50 more illegals and now the chat is entirely in Spanish and the AWFLs are getting REALLY ANNOYED." Bwahaha! 

Sarah Hoyt at Insty is SHOCKED, SHOCKED, SHOCKED: "Duffy cracks down on trucking carriers and ‘sham school’ linked to Indiana crash caused by illegal immigrant. CHASER: Duffy Closes 7,500 CDL Schools in ‘Wild West’ Crackdown. DOT Highlights First-Year Results to Remove Unqualified Truck Drivers."

Phil Wegman at RCP examines The Ravenous Media Diet of Donald Trump. Josh Hammer at Hat Hair wonders Is Free Speech Really the Highest Value?

Stacy McCain takes on The Canadian ‘Gunperson’ and the Syllogism of the Liberal Narrative. "There is a syllogism hidden behind all liberal rhetoric: A. Group X are victims of wrongful oppression; B. Democrats want to help Group X; therefore C. VOTE DEMOCRAT!" Bob Hoge says you Can't Make It Up: Hillary Clinton Opens Girls' Rights Panel by Interviewing... Transgender Lawmaker. TownHall's Joe Chalfant hears Hillary Clinton Gushes Over Transgender Congressman Who Headlined Panel Discussing Women's Rights.

From Politico, She Resigned as Penn President After a Controversial Hearing. Now She’s Back. "Liz Magill, the former president of the University of Pennsylvania, will be the new dean of Georgetown University’s law school." Has she learned anything? This interview suggests not.

Shooting News Week, Loves the Smell of Schadenfreude in the Morning: Gun Hater Stephen Colbert’s Ratings Have Collapsed. "The Stephen Colbert ratings freefall has reached an undeniable breaking point. As The Late Show with Stephen Colbert approaches its already-announced cancellation, the program is now posting record-low January numbers, marking one of the steepest late-night declines in recent television history. According to Nielsen data reported this week, Colbert’s show is averaging roughly 285,000 viewers in the crucial 25–54 demographic, putting it on track for its worst January performance ever in the category that advertisers actually care about. With just months left before the curtain closes for good, the ratings trajectory suggests viewers have been checking out long before CBS formally pulled the plug." From Twitchy, Bad News: The Silence of the Lambs Has Been Canceled "over the years, the characterization of Buffalo Bill (whose sexual orientation is not explicitly stated) has been viewed as gender nonconforming and identifying as trans. For his part, Ted Levine — having played the character who is also known as Jame Gumb — has conflicting feelings about the movie, despite its success. ‘There are certain aspects of the movie that don’t hold up too well,’ Levine, who has never previously addressed pushback surrounding Buffalo Bill, tells The Hollywood Reporter. ‘We all know more, and I’m a lot wiser about transgender issues. There are some lines in that script and movie that are unfortunate.’" No enemies on the left. 

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Flotsam and Jetsam - Trump Meets the Press

Bob Hoge at RedState 'Such a Dishonest Interview Already'—Trump Sits With NBC, and the Media Response Is Utterly Predictable Rapid Response 47 @RapidResponse47 "Meet the Fake Press: "Prices are already going up..." @POTUS: "This is such a dishonest interview already. Prices are down on groceries. Prices are down for oil. Prices are down for all energy. Prices are down at tremendous numbers for gasoline."" Althouse posts Trump on "Meet the Press." "Watch the whole thing. I did." Sundance at CTH hosts Sunday Talks – NBC Extensive Interview with President Trump – Video and Transcript and President Trump Delivers Brutally Honest Impromptu Presser Aboard Airforce One. Matt Vespa at TownHall, What These Black Trump Supporters Said on CNN Obliterated This Anti-Trump Myth. At OTP, Trump Says Will Be ‘Eight-Year President,’ Touts Vance, Rubio As Future Of GOP. Don Surber says They fear something greater than Trump. They fear you. Alex Berenson at Unreported Truths explores the question, Did Covid lockdowns and school closures swing young people sharply right? Larry Eldar at Hat Hair marvels at The First 100 Days For The Trump-Hating Left. "Suddenly, Democrats are pro-"insurrection."" 

At NYPo, Despite their denials, China is losing the tariffs war and retreating as fast as it can. Da Blaze, China blinks first, quietly drops tariffs on some US products. Leslie Eastman at LI, China Poised to Address Fentanyl Crisis in Gambit to Start Trade Talks with Trump. "It appears that Trump is open to considering the next move." ET, Most US-Bound iPhones Will No Longer Be Made in China, Says Apple, "Apple CEO Tim Cook told investors in a second quarter earnings call that the company will import the bulk of its phones for the American market from India." WokeSpy sees JD Vance Saves the Day After 3 Republicans Side with Dems to Stop Trump’s Tariffs. Dave Marcus at Fox, The Americans I talk to will sacrifice for real change. At Althouse, "The client, a townhouse owner in Williamsburg, had a vision of a rooftop greenhouse for morning yoga and coffee." ""Dankman had been hired on in January and the initial estimate for the project was around $55,000 — $40,000 for materials alone. But by the time he started placing aluminum orders in April, Trump had kicked off his chaotic tariff spree, and the cost of materials jumped to almost $50,000. This is a tricky thing to have to tell someone, even if that someone has the sort of funds to build a yoga gazebo on their roof. 'Some of our clients are understanding the situation; some of them are just expecting us to eat the cost,' says Dankman...." A rooftop greenhouse for morning yoga and coffee.... yes, this is exactly the point at which I'm going to start caring about the tariffs." I almost started caring a few days ago when I heard a story about a young woman who ordered 4 dresses because they only cost $8 each and might later cost $12 each. Are these tariff empathy stories trying to get us not to care?"

The NYPo ed board says Trump’s ‘big, beautiful’ budget plan delivers for America. At ET, Democrats Decry Spending Cuts in Trump’s 2026 Budget Proposal. "The proposal seeks $163 billion in cuts to non-defense programs, a 22.6 percent decline from 2025. Many progressive policy initiatives would be eliminated."

From OTP Zelensky Says Ukraine Reaching Ceasefire Deal With Russia ‘Possible At Any Moment.’ Josh Hammer at Hat Hair looks at The Art of a Second Iran Deal. WokeSpy, “Will be Punished”: Consequences Arrive Early for Canadian Voters after Doubling Down on Wokeism, "the globalist Prime Minister has unveiled a raft of left-leaning policies that threaten to damage the Canadian economy than the much-feared Trump tariffs ever could." Sundance has a Sunday Funny – President Trump Supports Plan for Alberta, Canada to Secede and Become U.S. 51st State and Călin Georgescu’s Replacement in Romania, George Simion Wins First Round of Voting in Critical Battle Against EU Intelligence Apparatus.

AP whines Trump says he’ll reopen Alcatraz prison for ‘America’s most ruthless and violent Offenders.’ Bob Hoge, Trump Has Big Plans for Notorious Alcatraz Prison—'This Will Be a Huge Win!’ Sundance, President Trump Proposes Reopening Alcatraz Prison in San Francisco. Stray voltage, although it would be a good place to send some Democrats to. At the Midwesterner, Trump sues Dana Nessel, Gretchen Whitmer over lawfare targeting the fossil fuel industry. Cam Edwards at BA is happy Trump Calls For Big Cuts to ATF Budget, Citing Attacks on Second Amendment. From NewsMax, Trump Moving Healthcare Debate Away From Heavy Handed Gov't and Trump Media Quits Delaware for 'Pro-business' Florida.

Da Wire, Trump Rips Judiciary After Judge Nixes Mass Deportation Plan, "Can it be so that Judges aren't allowing the USA to Deport Criminals, including Murderers, out of our Country and back to where they came from?" From RedState Bonchie sends Obama Judge Goes Full Theater Kid, Declares It 'Unconstitutional' for Trump to Pull Security Clearances and Becca Lower sees the Trump Administration Files an Emergency Appeal With SCOTUS After Fed Judge Blocks DOGE From SSA Access. Alan Dershowitz to Newsmax: Justice Ignored Precedence of Attacking Judges.

Sarah Arnold at TownHall reports Tulsi Gabbard Opens Probe Into Fauci’s Role In Gain-of-Function Research, COVID Origins. Sundance sees the Deep State Weigh In – Mike Turner Interviewed by CBS Margaret Brennan.

From Da Caller, Over 15,000 USDA Employees Take Trump’s Resignation Offer. Sarah Arnold again, State Department Analyst Busted for $650K Embezzlement In Stunning Breach of Public Trust. Insty reports ELON WINS HIS FIRST ELECTION: gorklon rust @elonmusk, "Starbase, Texas Is now a real city!" Nick Sortor @nicksortor "It was a freaking LANDSLIDE! The people voted 173-4!"

From LifeZette, Jen Psaki Denies Seeing Biden’s Obvious Issues, Claims it’s Dangerous to Call it a ‘Cover Up.’ At USA Today, Walz's weird 'code talk' moment exposes why Democrats keep losing. From WokeSpy, Swalwell Busts Out Tinfoil Hat: Claims Musk’s Starlink May Have Rigged 2024 Election for Trump, (Election denier!) and Gretchen Whitmer Now Declares Trump Triggering “Constitutional Crisis” — Day After Tarmac Hug! At PJM, Scott Pinsker says The Coup Against Sen. Fetterman Is Officially Underway.

Nick Ballasy at JTN hears Trump says he's not lifting emergency declaration on southern border ""We have a massive emergency overall. It’s an overall emergency on immigration," Trump said." Why would he? It's working. AP is happy to report Mexico’s president says she rejected Trump’s plan to send US troops across the border. Then stop sending your criminals. PJMs Kevin Downey speaks for all of us Dear Democrats, We the People Have Had Enough of Your Illegal Immigrants' Violence, with a list of examples. At Hat Hair, AZ Gov Katie Hobbs Vetoes Legislation Requiring Her to Follow Federal Law, but she still has to. Benny Johnson @bennyjohnson, "BREAKING: Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs vetoes a bill ordering her and the Attorney General to enforce federal immigration laws." That's kind of insurrectiony. At Breitbart, Showdown Looms as Tom Homan Explores Case Against AOC for Obstructing Immigration Enforcement. Try her in Texas. From Fox, Illegal immigrants accused of pocketing thousands by smuggling hundreds of aliens each week from Canada to US, "4 suspects were arrested at various locations in the US, according to DOJ."

A Driscolly post at Insty, A PINCH OF PROJECTION BY THE GRAY LADY: "How odd that the New York Times, which arbitrarily decided in 2019 that America’s real founding was 1619, not 1776, and got a number of schools to sign on that notion, is angry about Trump arbitrarily renaming the Gulf of … Oh wait, I don’t want to deadname something that has fully transitioned to its new aquatic identity" PJM's Matt Margolis thinks Media Corruption Hits a New Low With Emmy Nomination For Manipulated Harris Interview. They're just winding up. Brownstone has a whole article on The Perfidy of 60 Minutes. Althouse likes this SNL skit, "This order would reduce the number of interracial couples in TV commercials"/"Oh, it's just too many, right?" ""You see them in the kitchen together making meals from HelloFresh. He's wearing loafers, she's got tight braids. You're like: Where'd they meet, you know, what do they even talk about? It's insane."" Pedro Santana Jr @Titx1300 "To everyone complaining about Pope Trump, you were all silent during this… We see right through you!"

Twitchy, Barstool Philadelphia's Appalling Antisemitic Display and Dave Portnoy's Surprising Response. From Da Mail, Dave Portnoy vows to 'come for throats' over vile antisemitic act at his Philadelphia Barstool bar and Dave Portnoy announces fitting punishment for bigots who launched vile anti-semitic attack on his Philly bar. "He also revealed the two waitresses serving the table which ordered the sign have been fired. The Barstool boss then added that he was waiting for ideas on a solution from the perpetrators before he began publicly shaming them. Over an hour and a half later, Portnoy posted a follow-up video saying that he has spoken to to New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft - who runs the Foundation to Combat Antisemitism - and will be sending the culprits to tour the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland."

ET looks at What Loss of Federal Funding and Tax-Exempt Status Could Mean for Harvard. "Historically, private, for-profit colleges have had a difficult time remaining financially stable." I'm not worried for Harvard. Maybe they'll just stop teaching altogether and go into arbitrage. 

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Flotsam and Jetsam - Election 2024 Proceeds Slowly but Surely

We've made incremental progress in the election. NYT wept as they finally acknowledged that Trump won Arizona, securing 312 electoral votes and a complete run of the "battleground" states. RCP finds Republican gained another House seat, giving them 216 of the 218 needed to control the chamber. Most of the still undecided seats are in California. With 86% of the vote counted, RCP won't call the Arizona Senate seat, with Democrat Ruben Gallego slightly ahead of Republican Kari Lake. Most other outlets have called it for Gallego, which would leave the Senate 53/47 Republican.

Benny Johnson@bennyjohnson, "Democrats complained their biggest fear would be Trump refusing to concede the 2024 Election He won in a landslide. The Pennsylvania Senate race has also been called, but Bob Casey still refuses to concede. Where is the Democrat Party calling him a ‘threat to Democracy’?" At OutKick, Stephen A. Smith Concedes Election Results To Sean Hannity: 'It Was An Annihilation'. At Hat Hair, Steve Moore says Thank God for the Electoral College. From Da Wire, Pelosi Blames Kamala’s Loss On Joe Biden. “Had the president gotten out sooner, there may have been other candidates in the race,” Pelosi said. “The anticipation was that, if the president were to step aside, that there would be an open primary.” Matt Vespa at TownHall, How Joe Biden Got His Revenge on the Democratic Party. At Bearing Arms, Tom Knighton thinks Nate Silver's Comments on Presidential Polls Has 2A Ramifications. Polls are crooked, presidential or gun control. Wapoo worries Did abortion ballot measures backfire on Democrats? Abortion is almost a 50:50 issue, a few people are strong on both sides, while the rest of us are spread across the middle. It sounds like a winner to the two ends, but it's just not. Victory Girls think Tim Walz Was Another Big League Reason The Democrats Lost. Assistant Coach Walz couldn't keep the boys on the team. At RedState Nick Arama hosts Bill Maher Hilariously Eviscerating the Bratty Left Over the Election and Bob Hoge has an OPINION: SNL Opens With a Subversive Take on Trump's Victory—and I Actually Thought It Was Great. Althouse sorta likes it too, "Saturday Night Live" did a good job with the election results. "It goes a little long, but stick with it, because one person is much funnier than everyone else..."

Althouse, We'll forget how to agonize about money in politics if it keeps getting spent with such ineffective and hilarious profligacy. ""The Harris campaign paid Oprah $1 million to do that interview, and she spent $100,000 building the set of the Call Her Daddy podcast so Kamala Harris wouldn’t have to fly out to LA to film it."" A million bucks worth of sincerity! Matt Margolis at PJM thinks You Won’t Believe Who’s Offering To Help Pay Off Kamala’s Campaign Debt. Donald Trump! ali golub @alibrooke4ever "I think it’s time to accept the Democratic Party’s main purpose is money laundering", Quote Watcher.Guru@WatcherGuru "Kamala Harris's campaign ends $20 million in debt, after raising over $1 billion, Politico reports."

Dave Strom at Hat Hair outraged that FEMA Directed Relief Workers to Not Help Trump Supporters With Hurricane Relief. Twitchy reports it's 'Not Enough': FEMA Supervisor Reportedly Fired After Directing Workers to Skip Homes With Trump Signs and Justice Is Coming: Ron DeSantis Orders Investigation Into FEMA's Disaster Relief Discrimination. 

Sundance at CTH thinks it's a Good Sign – President Trump Announces No Position for Nikki Haley or Mike Pompeo in New Administration.

At Insty, GOING ON OFFENSE: House Judiciary GOP@JudiciaryGOP, "Jack Smith: Preserve your records." Jack Smith is just the hit man. Merrick Garland is the guy that paid the hit man. A dive into both of their communications is well warranted. 

Insty, THIS IS CNN: CNN Panel Meltdown Over Trans Issue Shows Left Learned No Lessons From 2024 Defeat.

This is an amazing clip, because it shows exactly how our debates end up being rigged by those who claim offense. The solution—“solution”—that is suggested is for Singleton to completely concede his position. It’s “do carry on, but not with the view you were expressing.” https://t.co/u66QCqV58E

— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) November 9, 2024

The Free Bacon is upset that J.D. Vance Was a Poster Boy for Yale Law School. The School Won’t Congratulate Him on His Victory. "Law school congratulated Hillary Clinton when she won Dem nomination in 2016." It's a badge of honor.

Toni Airaksinsen notices a Cornell prof denounces Jews, claims “Violence is all Zionism Can Offer the World”. "Jews poison water supplies" he argues. He's Jewish.

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Flotsam and Jetsam - Trump Trial Winding Down

Alvin Bragg's New York style trial of Donald Trump on some 34 felony charges yet to be actually explained is grinding to a close, with Michael Cohen, Trump's former lawyer and disgraced perjurer finishing his testimony yesterday, presumably the end of the prosecution's case. It's unclear how many witness the defense will call; they may just be content to discredit the prosecutions "star" witnesses, Stormy Daniels and Michael Cohen. From Breitbart, Donald Trump Starts 4th Week of Trial: ‘I Should Be Out Campaigning … Election Interference’.  At NewsMax, Turley: Michael Cohen Offers No New Evidence. At Da Caller Harold Hutchinson explains how Jonathan Turley Lays Out How Prosecutors Could Be Using Michael Cohen To Avoid Swift Defeat "George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley said Monday that prosecutors from Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office could be using former attorney Michael Cohen to avoid a “directed verdict” in the case against former President Donald Trump."

 

Matt Margolis at PJM, Michael Cohen Just Blew Up Bragg’s Case Against Trump. Althouse cites the NYT,  "Michael Cohen is now explicitly testifying that the invoices he was sending, which he has sought to tie to Trump, were false documents," and "This is all so unbelievable. It seems like a big joke. But the damage being done to America is a tragedy," "Writes Juan Williams in "Get ready to see Trump go to jail" (The Hill)." and "Perhaps Judge Juan Merchan has been sobered by the defense mistrial motion he prompted last week." ""The judge foolishly allowed Manhattan prosecutors to elicit graphic testimony from porn star Stormy Daniels about a 2006 sexual encounter she claims to have had with Donald Trump. That testimony was irrelevant to the sole question in the trial, which is whether Trump fraudulently falsified his financial records in 2017. On that matter, Daniels has no knowledge; thus, her testimony was offered solely to inflame the jury against the defendant. Whatever the reason, the latest ploy by District Attorney Alvin Bragg was too much, even for the complaisant Merchan...." Writes Andrew C. McCarthy in "Alvin Bragg again tries an underhanded tactic against Trump" (NY Post)." Vicky Taft at PJM, Cohen Made Huge Admission in NYC Trump Case and Now the Tumblers Begin to Fall in Place and The Space-Time Continuum You Must Live in to Believe NYC Trump Prosecutors – PJ Media. At the Independent, Michael Cohen reveals last message from Trump before being abandoned to face charges alone: ‘Everything’s going to be OK.’ John Solomon at JTN, Michael Cohen’s ex-lawyer to nuke Cohen's tale before Congress: ‘Habitual liar, totally unreliable’ "A former federal prosecutor, Robert Costello's testimony and contemporaneous documents directly conflict with Alvin Bragg's case against Trump." At Am Spec Dave Catron thinks NY Judge May Get Trump Elected. "Judge Merchan’s animosity toward Trump and his inability to ensure a fair trial is not lost on voters." Nicole Silvero at Da Caller watches. Reality Dawn On ‘The View’ As They Realize Bragg Trial May Actually Help Trump: ‘I Blame The Media’. Twitchy, And BOOM: Mollie Hemingway's Post Tearing Media a NEW One Belongs in the Make-'Em-All-CRY Hall of Fame. Da Wire hears ‘SHAM’: House Speaker Johnson Condemns Trial of Trump as ‘Politically Motivated’. Larry at Hat Hair, Republicans Unite to Witness Democrat Witch Hunt Against Trump Go Down In Flames. Ace, Shock: Corrupt Partisan "Judge" Merchan's Democrat Operative Daughter Worked on the Campaign to Get Trump Kicked Off the Colorado Ballot. "This judge has allowed a ton of unduly prejudicial "prior bad acts" falsified testimony from Sloppy Daniels, and allowed the prosecution to proffer "Choose Your Own Adventure" charges against Trump, with three different and contradictory legal theories. The judge said, that's fine. But he's not biased" and CNN: Polls Show Americans Don't Care About the Left's Lawfare Campaign Against Trump "They don't have a Plan B. This is what they've got. This is it. This is the only thing they have in the cupboard. And it's crapping out."

From TNP, Anti-Trump Grand Jury Went ‘Rogue’ with Aggressive Indictments, Lied to Witnesses. 

From CNN! Fact check: Biden again falsely claims inflation was 9% when he became president. John Sexton at Hat Hair comments "The White House claimed Biden was discussing the "factors that caused inflation" which is nonsense. How many times is he going to say this? Does he know this is false and repeats it anyway or does he actually believe what he's saying? I'm leaning toward the latter at this point which seems worse." I'm pretty sure he believes it, and he's stuck on it. John Klar at Am Think thinks about When Gasoline is $100 per Gallon. I saw it go from $0.19 to $5.00 (in California), so don't discount it. Nick Arama at RedState watches Biden's Brain Break at APAICS Gala, Make Creepy Comment About Woman, Add New 'Origin Story' "On this occasion, he noted how he was "raised" by the late Sen. Danny Inouye (D-HI) when he came to the Senate. He also mentioned he was friends with former Secretary of Transportation Norm Mineta, so I guess that all makes him Asian too. Add that to the long list of all the things Biden is." At Hat Hair VIP John Sexton reports Hunter Biden's Lawyers Once Again Tried to Delay His Gun Trial But the Judge Said No. Hat Hair's KT says Ashley Biden's Diary Content Is Real and That's Very Bad for Pedo Joe. 

NYPo wonders why isn’t this a bigger story? — An illegal border crosser – probably Jordanian – tried to force his way onto a US Marine base. Breitbart sees Illegal Immigration Overload: Border Town’s Criminal Prosecutions Explode by 5,000% on Biden’s Watch and has a Report that More Than Half of Immigrants in U.S. Are Unemployed. Mary Chastain at LI is amused when NYC Mayor Adams Thinks Illegal Aliens Could Be Lifeguards Since ‘They’re Excellent Swimmers’ "“How do we have a large body of people that are in our city, our country, that are excellent swimmers and at the same time we need lifeguards.”" Then why do so many drown crossing the Rio Grande? Anxious anxiously claims an Exclusive: Texas nonprofit got massive border contract after hiring Biden official. Plenty good money to be made! Beege Welborn at Hat Hair adds Nothing to see here and "DO YOU WANT US TO TAKE CARE OF THE BORDER OR NOT!??!" old man yells at clouds.

The Times of Israel, The US aims to wrap up Gaza war. How does that square with its goal of toppling Hamas? "Biden officials envision substantially weakened Hamas remaining in Gaza, but aim to marginalize it further with an Arab-backed PA that can out-govern the terror group." Beege Welborn retitles it Is the Biden Admin Actually Floating the Idea of Leaving Enough of Hamas Standing to Share Power in Gaza? "YGTBFKM." Duane Patterson at Hat Hair VIP, After Biden's Threats Don't Work, Administration Compounds Failed Policy on Israel. At Am Think, Allan J. Feifer thinks about The Biden Anti-American Legacy. Althouse, "[V]arious ax-grinders want to use Biden’s struggles to push the party toward their positions. Critics of Israel have fixated..." "... on the problems created by encampments at elite universities. And it is true that the news media’s intense coverage of an issue that splits the Democratic coalition and unites the Republican coalition hurts Biden and helps Trump."

From the Free Bacon, Joe Biden Says China's EV Dominance Is a Problem. His Son Hunter Helped Beijing Gain a Foothold in the Industry. At Reason Eric Boehm thinks Biden's Tariffs Are a Bad Idea. "Bad for consumers, bad for American industry, bad for his administration's own environmental goals, and bad for an increasingly irrational executive branch." I think tariffs should be fair. Alfredo Ortiz at Am Great reports Entrepreneurs Face Major Headwinds Due to Big Government Policies. "Biden and Democrats are waging a war on small businesses that won't end until they've been voted out of office." VodkaPundit at PJM thinks The Latest Government Gimmick Will Infuriate You "BLS uses a "basket of goods" regular people buy to calculate the inflation rate. The problem is, that they keep taking things out of the basket. The latest to go is coffee. If BLS still used the same basket of goods it used in 1980, the rate would have peaked last year at about 18% instead of the official 10% figure. Even now it would probably be somewhere around 8% instead of March's official 3.5% annual rate."

Breitbart is ecstatic with NYT Poll: Trump Continues to Dominate Swing States; Soars with Hispanic, Black, Young Voters. Jason Cohen at Da Caller, ‘My God’: CNN Data Guru Says Sun Belt Polling Is ‘Absolute Disaster’ For Joe Biden. From Behind the Black, The left begins recognizing Biden is going to lose. At HE, Kenny Cody claims Trump will restore the conservative vision of America, which is kind of weird, since Trump isn't all that conservative. At Da Fed, Brianna Lyman warns RNC Has Few Operatives On The Ground In Swing States, Local GOP Leaders Say. Is this their plan to wrest defeat from the jaws of victory? Fuzzy Slippers at LI, sees Democrats Eating Their Own: Democrats May Move August Convention Semi-Online To Avoid Pro-Hamas Riots From Base. "“President Joe Biden’s top advisers are all too aware the ghosts of 1968 may haunt their convention here.” Well, that's no fun!

MD Kittle at Da Fed reports Controversial Wisconsin Clerk Admits To Violating Election Law, Claims She Doesn’t Understand It. She had one job. Crossing the streams, Tyler O'Neal at Da Signal reports the NPR Reporter Assigned to Cover Posters Urging Illegals to Vote for Biden Won’t Answer Whether Aliens Voting Bothers Her.

Stacy McCain reiterates Houston Psycho Tranny Killer Proves Yet Again That Crazy People Are Dangerous. At TNP, West Virginia Town May Get Transgender Mayor. Wheeling, a college town, of course. From Da Caller, Republican Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves Signs Bill Banning Men From Women’s Bathrooms and Gender Doctor Calls Genital Surgery An ‘Adventure’ For Young People While Describing Grisly Complications. “There could be delays because of complications — definitely there will be complications. Either it’s stenosis, fistulas, or partial necrosis, wound healing delays and stuff like that.” Hat Hair's Dave Strom says Sports Illustrated Hates You ""We didn't care. We thought that the right reader would come along with us and the wrong ones we didn't want." Let's call it the "Bud Light Strategy," in which a company decides they don't like their customers, so they send them packing."

From Da Wire, How Race And Sex-Based Affinity Groups Drive DEI Throughout The Federal Government. Tom Jackson at Hat Hair VIP, Florida Decides to Leave Decorating With Rainbows to the Almighty; Alphabet Mob Hardest Hit.  Insty, CHANGE: "Two Virginia universities scrap DEI requirements after Youngkin audit. Related: UNC Diverts DEI Funds Toward Campus Police: Report. Plus . . ." Christopher F. Rufo@realchrisrufo, "Every month, we are reducing the perceived risk of abolishing DEI departments. By the end of the year, most red states will have abolished DEI in their public universities. Then we will move on to the next campaign." The Free Bacon reports MIT Hired Six New Diversity Deans. Two of Them Are Serial Plagiarists, Complaint Alleges. "In dissertation titled 'Cite a Sista,' Tracie Jones-Barrett stole an entire passage on 'ethical considerations' from her classmate." I keep telling you nobody every expected anybody to read that shit!

Rabbi Fischer at Da Spec says To Stop the Campus Riots, Abolish Faculty Tenure, "Full-time professors will have no choice but to teach wisdom, not Hate America poison." Chris Rufo at CJ, Riot Tactics Redux "A veteran officer explains how police should incorporate lessons from 2020 in responding to pro-Hamas campus unrest." From the Free Bacon, Idiots Against Israel: These Student Protesters Misspelled 'Palestine'. To be fair, there's an excellent chance they weren't students or Palestinians. Chalk doesn't have spellcheck. John Sexton at Hat Hair, Repairs to Portland State University Library Could Cost $750,000. Protestors Learn the Hard Way That Hunger Strikes Leave You…Hungry

Mary Chastain, Anti-Israel Columbia Graduates Tear Up Diplomas, Flash Palestinian Flags. Jewish News of NorCal, Threatening incidents surround Berkeley middle-school walkout for Palestinians, well, Berserkley. Libs of TikTok@libsoftiktok "NEW: The pro-Palestine protester who told @bourne_beth2345 “put a gun in your mouth you piece of sh*t” has been identified as @ucdavis Professor Seeta Chaganti. I wonder what @ucdavis thinks of their professor telling people to kiII themselves and behaving like this." Bob Spencer at PJM, Florida Dentist Calls for ‘Annihilation’ of Jews, Could Lose His License. From NYPo, Fire Alarm Rep. Jamaal Bowman says ‘From the river to the sea’ chant isn’t hate speech during debate. Lincoln Brown at PJM, Justice Alito Has a Stark Warning for College Grads. At Power Line Steve Hayward considers the question Can Our Universities Be Fixed? "There aren’t a lot of Churchills among our university leadership class these days, but I do get the sense that some people in university leadership are starting to understand that the appeasement of the campus left needs to stop." Volokh at the Volokh Report asks Can Nonprofits That Help Organize Protests Lose Their Tax Exemptions? "Not because of the viewpoints they express—but yes if they engage in systematic illegal conduct." Pete Van Buren at Am Con, notes Free Speech Still Applies at Universities, "Bad or hateful opinions aren’t against the law." But Dan Greenfield at Front Page decries The Double Standard on Campus Speech. "Free speech for Hamas supporters. None for anyone else." At Hat Hair, Jerry Seinfeld to Duke Graduates: Let's Talk About This 'Privilege' Everyone Hates So Much These Days. Matt Margolis says Jerry Seinfeld Is the Hero We Need Right Now. 

And a brief update on the Key Bridge via Da Balmer Sun, Ship that collapsed Key Bridge lost power twice the day before crash, report finds. I suspect that means their chances of getting off the hook just substantially declined. Mural artist shapes pain and grief into shrine to Baltimore bridge workers. Grifters gonna grift. 

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Flotsam and Jetsam - Joe Says He'll Debate Trump

 But I have my doubts. At  Althouse, "Biden, asked if he’s planning to debate Trump, says 'I am happy to'" — asked by Howard Stern. "The NYT reports." "Oh? Let's see how they weasel out of it. It was a gaffe, right? Somehow it will be impossible to get the conditions right. " Insty, IS THERE ENOUGH ADRENOCHROME* AVAILABLE IN THE WORLD FOR THIS TO HAPPEN? "Biden Says ‘I’m Happy To Debate’ Trump."  At Hat Hair, Four More Lies Biden Told Howard Stern. Greg Price@greg_price11, "On Howard Stern's show today, Biden claimed... - He saved 6 people from drowning as a lifeguard (Lie) - He received "salacious pictures" from women in the 70s that he handed to Secret Service (Definitely a lie and senators don't have secret service protection) - That he was arrested as a kid while standing with a black family on their porch as people were protesting desegregation. (Lie) - That he was "runner-up in state scoring" in football. (Lie)" Walter Mitty had nothing on Joe Biden. At the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 04.26.24 (Morning Edition), EBL, Joe Biden: How Many Times Does Trump Have To Prove We Can’t Be Trusted? Anxious anxiously claims a Scoop: Biden's walkers "President Biden has introduced a change to his White House departure and return routine: Instead of walking across the South Lawn to and from Marine One by himself, he's now often surrounded by aides. Why it matters: With aides usually walking between Biden and the press' camera position outside the White House, the visual effect is to draw less attention to the 81-year-old's halting and stiff gait, Axios' Hans Nichols and Alex Thompson report." Nick Arama at RedState CONFIRMES. Watch the Cover-Up by Handlers in Real Time as Joe Biden Shuffles From Marine One. Hat Hair's KT notes Biden Flubs January 6 Reference at Celeb-Studded Private New York Fundraiser. It wasn't June 6. 

WSJ, cited at Hat Hair, NEW: Biden Panics Over Black Voter Exodus, Drops Menthol Cigarette Ban, Capt. Ed comments "What an obvious pander ... on an extraneous issue. Black voters aren't walking away from Biden over his dumb idea to ban menthol in cigarettes. They're growing disaffected over concerns about the economy, crime, and illegal immigration." Hat Hair's Beege Welborn predicts the future, All Hail Caesar: Benevolent POTATUS Will Allow Smoking of Menthol Cigs...Until Election Is Over. Breitbart would like you to WATCH — NYC Construction Worker Shares Message to Joe Biden: ‘F*ck You. James Bovard at NYPo observes Biden vexes commoners with yet another election money grab. 

Insty has an interesting update on the Secret Service agent on Kamala Harris' detail who got in a fist fight with another agent, JIM TREACHER: Has the Secret Service Gone Insane? Brie Stimson, Fox News: "Anthony Guglielmi, chief of communications for the U.S. Secret Service, called the incident a “medical matter,” adding that the agency wouldn’t be commenting further. . . . P.S. Okay, I was right: Herczeg used to be a cop in Dallas, and in 2016 she sued the department for $1 million over “gender bias.” And then she blackmailed her way into the Secret Service." At the Corner, Luther Ray Abel adds: Unfit Female Agent Responsible for Secret Service Ruckus. How Herczeg came to be in the vice president’s employ after such an experience is an open question, as security for the president and those in his orbit are expected to have spotless backgrounds and years of experience. It’s fair to wonder if the Secret Service’s signing on to the 30×30 initiative, a pledge to have 30 percent of all law enforcement women by 2030, could have forced the qualification of Herczeg when her record was below the level expected of male officers."  At the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 04.26.24 (Morning Edition), EBL One of Kamala Harris’s Secret Service Agents Acted “Erratically”. Wow. Anyway, it's only Kamala.

Cathy Salgado at PJM notes California Takes the Lead in Illegal Migrant Apprehensions. mrcTV reports Illegal Aliens Sent to Martha's Vineyard Get Special 'Crime Victim' Visas. Like the rest of the islanders they're 'special' people. At Da Caller, ‘For The Love Of God’: Leaked Audio Reveals Dem Gov Ripping Biden Admin Over Border Security. Capt. Ed, "MLG's office confirmed that the leaked audio was genuine and didn't dispute that it was Mayorkas on the other end. That makes me think that MLG's office may have leaked it. She may need to defend herself from angry New Mexico voters about Biden's border crisis." 'Bonchie' at RedState, LEAKED: Secret Recording Shows Dem Governor Slamming Border Patrol for Seizing Drugs, and making them look bad. 

At Twitchy, Biden's INSANE Proposed Capital Gains Tax Would WRECK Economy, but the base must be secured at all cost.  Hat Hair's Dave Strom examines the 'Equity' at the Heart of Biden Tax Proposal. Hat Hair's Jazz Shaw, Biden EPA Threatens to Shut Down Coal Plants Amid Energy Crisis. 

Vijeta Uniyal at LI reports Report: Gaza Terrorists Attack U.S. Humanitarian Pier During Construction Work "i24NEWS: “Gazan terrorists fired mortar shells on Wednesday towards the construction work on the humanitarian pier being built off the coast of Gaza.”" Like the scorpion and the frog. 

Breitbart thinks the Supreme Court Poised to Agree with Trump: Former Presidents Are Immune from Some Prosecutions. WaPoo, naturally, disagrees, The Supreme Court appeared poised to reject Donald Trump’s sweeping claim that he is immune from prosecution on charges of trying to subvert the 2020 election, but in a way that is likely to significantly delay his stalled election-interference trial in D.C." Jonathan Turley at NYPo, Oral arguments suggest the Supreme Court’s about to plunge into a constitutional abyss in Trump immunity case. Jonathan Turley@JonathanTurley "In the Supreme Court arguments over presidential immunity, Trump’s best attorney proved to be Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. Bragg is the very personification of the danger immunity is meant to avoid."  Harold Hutchinson at Da Caller, Jonathan Turley Says Alvin Bragg Is Making Trump’s Immunity Case ‘For Him’. At Da Fed, Brianna Lyman notes Biden DOJ Says Droning American Citizens Is Totally Fine Because Obama’s DOJ Said So and Shawn Fleetwood claims Sotomayor Hijacks Trump Immunity Hearing To Push Democrats’ Debunked ‘Fake Electors’ Smear. "Contrary to Sotomayor’s web of dishonesty, the naming of contingent Republican electors during the 2020 election was neither unprecedented nor unlawful." 

At Da Caller, Trump Defense Attorney Fires Crippling Shots At Alvin Bragg’s Case Just Minutes Into Cross-Examination. Sarah Arnold at TownHall, Trump's Attorneys Find Holes In Witnesses' 'Catch-and-Kill' Testimony. TNP, Trump Trial Day 3: Trump Lauds ‘Breathtaking’ Pecker, Who Continues to Shaft Bragg. PJM's Matt Margolis, Here’s Why Alvin Bragg's Case Against Donald Trump Is Collapsing. At this point, they're just relying on a biased jury to hand a victory to Bragg, rather than winning them over with evidence and law. PJM's Vicky Taft calls  This New York City Prosecution of Trump a Dangerous Legal Jenga Game for Democrats.  Insty cites DON SURBER: Trump, the Happy Warrior. "In New York, where Alvin the Chipmunk Bragg is trying him because a porn whore extorted money from him, the jolly times continued. . . " Althouse, "What Harvey Weinstein’s Overturned Conviction Means for Donald Trump’s Trial." "A good title. It's something I was trying to parse on my own yesterday." NY's  conviction of Weinstein's thrown out because the prosecution put a lot of women on to allege bad acts by Weinstein that were never charged, thereby biasing the jury. That pretty much describes Bragg's case.

TNP asks DID YOU NOTICE? Biden DOJ’s SCOTUS Attorney Was Also Robert Mueller’s Russiagate Lead. "The attorney representing special counsel Jack Smith before the United States Supreme Court‘s hearing over former President Donald Trump‘s presidential immunity claim was also a ringleader behind the Russia collusion hoax. Michael Dreeben, a federal attorney with the Department of Justice (DOJ), was revealed in 2018 as the primary legal mind behind special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe into allegations that Trump colluded with Russia during the 2016 election." Greg Byrnes at PJM, What Do New Documents in 'Plasmic Echo' Case Reveal About the Feds' Surveillance of Trump?

What have we learned? First, there's the case code name "Plasmic Echo." According to a consultation with Dr. Google, a Plasmic Score measures the aggregation of platelets in the heart that can lead to thrombosis — in other words, whether you have the big one that lays you out in the silk at the local funeral parlor. Hmmmm. You have to love these FBI guys. They go right to the heart of the matter when they move in for the kill.

Second, the FBI surveilled Trump’s plane. One would think that an ex-president’s plane is his castle, but in what the FBI likes to call its “loose surveillance,” a new state of affairs exists. There doesn’t appear to be anything “loose” in the modern federal domestic surveillance state. Clearly, if Trump picks his nose, the Feds will have a record of it, loose or otherwise.

Mark Pulliam, claims The Rule of Law Depends on John Eastman. Chuck Devore at Da Fed, USAA Scorns Its Trump-Voting Members By Debanking The Lawyer Who Defended Him. At Am Think, Wolf Howling thinks Democrats Need To Be Held To Account For Denying Trump’s Due Process Rights.

From the College Fix, Republican AGs accuse Ed Dept. of partisan vote harvesting for Democrats. Nate Silver warns Democrats  Don't confuse attention-seeking activists for "the youth vote", "Student loan relief isn't a big deal to most voters. And the youth voter turnout surge of 2022 is a myth." At Da Fed, MD Kittle says Leftist Group Screams ‘Voter Suppression!’ After Colliding With Arkansas Election Law, Shawn Fleetwood observes As More GOP Officials Refuse To Follow Biden’s Federal Election Takeover, Others Are Mum, and Tristan Justice reports Utah GOP Gov. Spencer Cox’s Reelection Campaign Is Bankrolled By Far-Left Democrats.

Matt Vespa at TownHall, Creator of the West Wing Blames This Person for January 6...And It's Not Trump, Mark Zuckerberg? The Hollywood Reporter reports Aaron Sorkin Writing a Potential ‘Social Network’ Sequel: “I Blame Facebook for Jan. 6”. Capt. Ed comments "Sorkin wanted to tell a fictional story for his own purposes in the original. I'd expect no less of a sequel." Dave Krayden at HE claims Spies are the foundation of the American police state.

Gail Heriot at Insty, TRUTH ISN’T A DEFENSE: A judge on the Superior Court in San Diego has been disqualified from hearing cases under the Racial Justice Act on the ground of bias. In part he is accused of having said: “There is absolutely no evidence that … the proportion of persons in an ethnicity committing a crime must be the same as the proportion in the population.” The problem, of course, is that statement is plainly true.

TNP reports One of The People Indicted by Arizona’s Far-Left AG is the RNC’s Election Integrity Chief. The Babylon Bee quips Arizona Indicts Trump Allies For Questioning Election Results While Republican.

Ace woke up and noticed Self-Proclaimed "Mary Poppins of Disinformation" and "Disinformation Czar" Nina "Stanky Janky" Jankowicz, Has a New Grifter Operation She'd Like the CIA to Donate To. "Former Biden "Disinformation Czar" Stanky Janky has begun a new anti-"disinformation" grift. Do you smell that? That's the smell of just-laundered CIA and State Department money."

Stacy McCain takes on ‘Selma Envy’ and the Left’s Increasing Embrace of ‘Eliminationist Rhetoric’. From NYPo, Cops take down Emory professor at anti-Israel protest that turned violent, wild video shows, Anti-Israel protesters who set up ‘intifada’ tent camp at state-funded NYC college seen pushing school security in dramatic video,  University of Washington anti-Israel encampment postponed over lack of diversity and George Soros is paying student radicals who are fueling nationwide explosion of Israel-hating protests. Da Caller, Soros-Backed DA Lets Pro-Palestinian Protestors Walk Scot-Free In Texas. Ace, Shock: Pro-Hamas Smelly Filthy "Protesters" Turn Violent In Atlanta, Austin, and NYC. "I'm gutted. I never saw this coming." I&I,  These Are The Students Biden Wants To Bail Out — With Your Money.  From Breitbart, Dem Rep. Manning: College Protests Aren’t Pro-Palestinian, They’re Anti-Israel and Antisemitic. At Insty, DISPATCHES FROM THE EDUCATION APOCALYPSE: Take Columbia’s Khymani James — please. "Well, they may be ignorant or stupid, they may be evil, but they may also need help. Take, for example, Columbia undergrad Khymani James — please. James may be in need of help, but he appears to be busy negotiating with the authorities at Columbia to stand down," and YOU WOULD NEED A HEART OF STONE NOT TO LAUGH:

"Call the Philosophy department!" is my new favorite battle cry. I cried laughing I admit. https://t.co/A5fAo3e0nq

— Lex Jurgen (@Lex_Jurgen) April 25, 2024

At Hat Hair, Beege Welborn says Nice Kid: Leader of Columbia Hamashole Protests Told University 'Be Glad I'm Not Out Murdering Zionists'. The Free Bacon, Exclusive: Notes From Princeton Activists Show Coordination Between Campus Radicals and Outside Groups Aimed at Outfoxing University Administrators "Columbia University protesters are training and coordinating with their peers around the country, notes show." The Babylon Bee, ‘Israel Must End Its Illegal Occupation!’ Cry People Staging Illegal Occupation. Capt. Ed, Yes, it's satire, but it's spot-on. Intellectual consistency isn't something one should expect from ... [checks notes] ... Ivy League undergrads. 

Yale professor accuses Columbia president of plagiarism.

Let them escalate this into a full-blown plagiarism war. Let them settle scores and exact petty revenge through accusation and counter-accusation. Let faculties fall into suspicion and recrimination.

This is glorious. https://t.co/RE4ZSSptLg

— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@realchrisrufo) April 26, 2024

Grayson Bakich at PJM reports Trans Boy Beats Another Girl in Indiana. Max Eden at CJ says the Biden Admin is Institutionalizing a Lie. "The Biden administration’s new Title IX rules mean that all American public schools must operate on the fundamental falsehood of gender ideology." Capt. Ed comments "This really should become a decision point for Republicans and moderates concerned over the marginalization of biological girls and women in education. It's time to pass follow-the-student funding everywhere we can, especially in Texas, where a few Republicans gummed up the works in the last session. Governor Abbott made six of them pay in this cycle for selling out children and families of modest means. No more pussyfooting around this issue. The time is now to force change onto an education bureaucracy that has been fully captured by radicals, including Joe Biden, as this Title IX order demonstrates."

At mrcTV, New Mexico High School Hires Erotic Dancer In Drag to Perform At Prom "Pissed-off parents of Atrisco Heritage Academy High School students in Albuquerque, New Mexico are now demanding to know why - and how - the school hired a provocative dancer to perform at the school’s prom, after video went viral online showing a drag queen performing a striptease-like dance on the school gym surrounded by teenage students."

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