Flotsam and Jetsam - Happy 250th Birthday America!

Rep. Eric Davanzo

Althouse cites Donald Trump and hosts his speech at Mt. Rushmore, "These are very, very special times. And this is a very special place. You live in a very special place. Congratulations everybody." "Those were the very very very special words of our President, Donald J. Trump, speaking at Mount Rushmore, on the eve of the 250th anniversary of the 4th of July." Oh no! He was mean to the communists! Also from sundance at CTH, Freedom 250 from Mount Rushmore – Livestream Links. Don Surber is Defining MAGA, "Been around 250 years. We will be around another 250." ZitoSalena @ZitoSalena, "Line to get into the Pennsylvania booth at the Great American State Fair out the door! Pavilion is filled with displays from businesses all across the state. PLACE matters--that's what drove people & businesses to step up with pride; no way were they going to let this go empty." At Hat Hair, Dave Strom, America at 250: When You Get Ordinary Americans Away From the Noise, We Still Agree on the Basics, John Sexton hears a SoCal HOA Bans Display of the U.S. Flag and Capt. Ed finds Politico Party Pooper: Trump's America 250 Celebration Will Pollute DC, You Know "Politico even tried complaining to the EPA, whose spokesperson laughed in its face." From NYPo, Pennsylvania state Rep. Eric Davanzo says he was kicked off House floor over ‘patriotic’ suit ahead of America 250. Streiff at RedState thinks the Rogue USAF Major's Speech Garners Progressive Praise, but I Don't Think They've Thought This Through.

Fox News@FoxNews "JUST IN: NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani used America’s 250th anniversary to sharply criticize the country, accusing the U.S. of allowing children to go hungry while billionaires and “oligarchs” gain more power. He said America’s wealth was built by working people with “calloused, dirt-streaked hands" while accusing the country of allowing the wealth built by workers to be concentrated in “the soft hands of a precious few.” Mary Chastain at LI sees Mamdani Trashes America, Trump in Speech Marking Country’s 250th Birthday. Like the nepo-baby has ever had a job that gave him callouses. Bob Spencer at PJM says Mamdani Gives 250th Anniversary Speech, and Boy, Does This Guy Hate America. L A R R Y @LarryOConnor, "He’s been trained by his political handlers to smile almost incessantly. It’s an obvious forced smile to make his odious policies seem reasonable and safe. Here, he’s lost the smile. The result? He and his message convey their inherent hostility." Matt Taibbi, Listen to This Article: Zohran Mamdani and the Nitwit Revolution, "New York’s Mayor proved he’s a generational political talent this week, re-shaping the Democratic Party and setting America up for a referendum on its founding principles." Joel Pollak @joelpollak, "We heard this trash from Obama and it was bad enough the first time. Nobody who loves America talks this way." Quote Gerald Posner @geraldposner, "One year ago today, reports revealed that @NYCMayor checked both “Asian” and “Black or African American” on his 2009 Columbia application (he wrote in “Ugandan” and later said he doesn’t consider himself Black or African American — just an American born in Africa — because the forms had no box for “Indian-Ugandan”). ... When Mamdani gets to the “enslaved Africans” section, that might be the perfect moment to mention how he tried to check the African American box himself back when it could have helped tip the university admissions scale." Bonchie @bonchieredstate, "Eloquent? He trashed the country and then insisted it belongs to non-Americans while making a mockery of George Washington." Quote David Axelrod @davidaxelrod, "These eloquent words speak to me as the grateful son of a refugee who arrived here with his family, carrying little more than their hopes and dreams of freedom and a better life." Northern Barbarian @xnoesbueno, "In fairness, he doesn't know how free markets, capitalism, socialism, communism and New York City work, so I'd have to say the desk is either the least of everyone's concerns. Or a tell." Quote Kate Hyde @KateHydeNY, "Are we as offended by Mamdani using George Washington's desk to make a speech once we realize he doesn't even know how a desk works?"

Hat Hair's Beege Welborn has Hot Child in the City: Commie Mamdani Expects Mommies and Families to Fry At Twitchy, Ben Ferguson Pointed Out CNN Wasn't Complying With Mamdani's A/C Rule and the Host Was NOT Happy. Alexis Wilkins @AlexisWilkins, "Attn: New York Liberals If you don’t like getting told what temperature to set your thermostat, you probably won’t like socialism." PM sees Mamdani's rent freeze affects 1 million apts—nearly 50% are occupied by foreigners. 44 percent of all homes that are rent-stabilized in the city were occupied by people born outside of the US, which would translate to around 440,000 residences. From the Free Bacon, Darializa Avila Chevalier Dating Mamdani Lawyer Who Repped Al Qaeda Terrorists, Including 'Close Associate' of Bin Laden. "The pair met outside of an 'ICE detention facility,' according to Chevalier." Love at first protest!

At Am Great the Great Victor Davis Hanson pens The New Socialists: Elite, Ungrateful, and Toxic as Ever "The new socialist movement believes it can remake America—but its growing radicalism may prove the very thing that drives voters away and fuels a counterrevolution." Dan Greenfield at Front Page worries Hamas Rioters Get Their Own Members of Congress, "Democrats welcome their first “Death to America” congresswoman." From RCP, Legacy Versus Reality: America’s Jews and the Democrat Party. Dave Strom sees Democrats Are Now Debating Who Is 'Too Jewish'. Driscoll at Insty, “PROGRESSIVE” LEFT GOES BACK TO THE FUTURE: "Did a CNN Anchor Really Just Say This About Jewish Democrats?" Andrew Kolvet @AndrewKolvet, "Donny Deutsch, on MSNOW, just gave us an inside sneak peek at establishment Democrats’ panic about the rise of extremist DSA candidates: "Well, Democrats have gone off the rails... Democrats right now are focused on two things:" • "Antisemitism." • "Socialism." ..." Chaskel Bennett @ChaskelBennett, "Israel sent search-and-rescue teams to Venezuela. That's a documented fact. The @nytimes reported on the international response while omitting Israel's rescue mission. Other major media outlets did the same. That's not a typo. It's not a factual dispute. It's an editorial choice. When the facts don't fit the narrative, the facts disappear. That's why nobody trusts todays activist media especially when they report on Israel." Mitch Berg at Hat Hair VIP has the "We've Never Tried 'Real Social Housing'" Hall Of Eternal Shame. At AMAC, a New Documentary Sheds Light on Shocking Radicalism of Minnesota Gov. Walz.

From NYPo news that the FBI infiltrated Gavin Newsom’s inner circle by convincing governor’s ally to wear a wire. Sundance, Lisa Monaco and Merrick Garland Organized Wire Recording Surveillance of Gavin Newsom in June of 2024. "Newsom was under political surveillance prior to Biden’s withdrawal. This puts context on the plan to replace Biden with then VP Kamala Harris. What does then Deputy AG Lisa Monaco and then VP Kamala Harris have in common? They were both key figures within the Barack Obama operation." Chef Andrew Gruel @ChefGruel, "This is nuts!! Voters chose @realSonjaShaw for State Superintendent in the primary, but instead of respecting the fact she may win, Newsom is fast-tracking legislation to shift key powers from the independently elected Superintendent of Public Instruction to a governor-appointed official. That’s an end run around the voters." Quote California Post @californiapost "Gavin Newsom passes 'biggest power grab in California history' over State Superintendent role." PJM's Vicky Taft sees the West Coast, Messed Coast™ States Give Serfs a Huge America 250 'Gift', gas tax increases.

The Center Square, reports GOP hardliners vow to blockade must-pass bills unless voter ID demands met. TownHall's Dmitri Bolt hears This Republican Has a Wild Idea for Fixing Housing Prices: Let the Market Actually Work. "Stop all of the subsidies," Rep. McClintock told Newsmax, Thursday. "That thing is chock full with subsidies and grants. All those do is force up the price of housing for everybody while hiding it for those that are lucky enough to qualify for the subsidies." Real capitalism hasn't been tried either. Mark Tapscott at Insty says TIME FOR REHAB FOR BOTH DEMS, GOP: "Tomorrow is a great day, the 250th commemoration of the proclamation on July 4, 1776, of America’s Declaration of Independence. But on July 5, 2026, we better get honest with each other and our leaders about the approaching fiscal calamity. Read all about it here with my latest Substack column:" Democrats and Republicans MUST Stop Lying About Their Deficit Spending and Debt, Beginning July 5, 2026, if America is to Survive "There is no more kicking the can down the road to delay starting the admittedly painful rehabilitation treatment of our Federal Spending Addiction (FSA)."

Sundance hosts Two Politically Pretentious Canadians Interview U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra and U.S Trade Representative Jamieson Greer Discusses Economy and USMCA.

AG @AGHamilton29, "Qatar is an actual slave state with just a few hundred thousand citizens and a clear record of funding terrorism. The fact that we have somehow allowed them to buy their way into influencing so much of America's ME policy and dictating information flow is still crazy to me."

News Wax reports Hormuz Ship Transits Quadruple as Trump Plan Works.

Sundance dances at a REPORT: Acting DNI Bill Pulte Fires Dozens of ODNI Staff for Politicizing Intelligence, Insubordination, Gross Misconduct and Former DNI Tulsi Gabbard Outlines the Mechanics of the Deep State. From Fox, DeSantis announces plans to use new state law to target dozens of alleged terrorist groups. "CAIR filed a lawsuit to challenge the Florida governor's 'baseless attacks'."

At Da Wire, Mark Krikorian looks at the Citizenship Follies, "Are we going to just have to bar the admission of women from abroad?" John Eastman at Am Mind, reminds us of 1776, Not 1608: What the Supreme Court Got Wrong on Birthright Citizenship. At the Chronic, Mark Judge looks at Justice Kavanaugh’s Transgender Ruling and the Misogyny of the Left.

PJM's Stephen Kruiser tells Dear Europoors: I'm Setting My Thermostat to 1776 for Independence Day. Max @minordissent, "Europoors: if we stop using AC we will solve climate change China: 1M sq ft indoor ski resort that has 10 MW of refrigeration running 365 days a year." Allan @UnrealAllan, "This isn’t so much “third world” as just plainly irrational. A high-capacity public escalator uses about the same energy in 24 hours as that needed to cool 1,500 square feet of living space for 24 hours. What can’t be ignored though is our *energy infrastructure* has been far outstripped by *energy demand*. It would be nice if people were able to analyze and discuss these issues rationally without the insta-default to political histrionics, hysteria, and irrationality." Quote End Wokeness @EndWokeness, "Escalators in NY are now being turned off to "conserve energy" Welcome to the 3rd world." Try shutting of the elevators in government buildings, I dare you.At YouTube, The World Cup is Destroying the Anti-America Narrative.

Alice Smith @TheAliceSmith, "The UK is what happens when career public sector middle-managers get into power." James Lindsay, anti-Communist @ConceptualJames, :2002, "Quote Basil the Great @BasilTheGreat, "A leaked internal home office report from 2002 shows the UK Government had planned to change what "British-ness" meant through mass immigration It was always the goal to erase our identity and replace us.

Jennifer Sey @JenniferSey, "This is hilarious. Dude, we’ve been telling you. They hate the gays. Like really hate. Not like in a fun way." Quote Sunny @sunnyright, "When progressives actually meet Islam, part 6,512"

More at the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 07.03.26. Linked at The Pirate's Cove in the weekly Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup and links. The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: Slowly I Turn up and garnering clicks at The Other McCain.

Flotsam and Jetsam - We Come Not to Honor Kimmel, But to Bury Him

AOL citing People reports “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” Replaced by “Celebrity Family Feud” After Being Pulled by ABC amid Host's Comments About Charlie Kirk. Nick Arama at RedState hears a New Report: Kimmel Was About to Make Things Even Worse Before Suspension, "He planned to address it by blaming MAGA, saying that his words were being "purposely twisted" by them." RBe @RBPundit, "Here’s what happened: ABC: “Jimmy, you fucked up. Apologize.” Jimmy: “Fuck no. I’m going to blast these fascists.” ABC: “Not on our dime, you’re not.”" John Sexton at Hat Hair explores Where Did Jimmy Kimmel Get the Idea that Charlie Kirk's Assassin was Right Wing? "I pointed out some of the people who were spreading this particular fantasy on Bluesky and X here. Keith Olbermann, David Shuster, Jemele Hill and many others were pushing this hard all weekend (I also mentioned Heather Cox Richardson.) As Nate Silver says, this was exactly the sort of online nonsense that the left routinely labels misinformation, but only when it comes from the right." Dave Strom at Hat Hair cites NPR: We Don't Know If Tyler Robinson Was Left-Wing. Twitchy sees Leftist Adults Dox Teens Forming a Texas High School TPUSA Club, Lie About Cause of Charlie's Murder. Hollywood in Toto examines The Sad, Inevitable Fall of Jimmy Kimmel. "Former 'Man Show' cutup sold his comic soul to Progressive movement."

Matt Vespa at TownHall, thinks Ex-CNN Host's Take on Jimmy Kimmel's Suspension Will Likely Anger Libs. Chris Cuomo, “It is not a First Amendment issue until you have proof of government intervention.” Hat Hair's Dave Strom, asks if you Remember When Democrats Pressured Cable Companies to Ban Fox, OAN, and Newsmax? From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 09.19.25, Twitchy sees Scott Jennings SCHOOL Abby Phillip and Other Clueless Dems on How the Television Broadcasting Biz Works. At Breitbart, Unity Achieved: MAGA Supports Democrat Boycott of Disney/ABC over Jimmy Kimmel Cancellation. Mark Hemingway @Heminator "“Oh no please don’t go after the company that went out of its way to attack Ron DeSantis because he didn’t want books in school libraries telling kids how to sign up for Grindr.”" Quote Keith Edwards @keithedwards "Boycott Disney. Cancel Hulu. Don’t let them get away with this." Oilfield Rando @Oilfield_Rando, "You guys if we’re not careful the Democrats might use the FCC for political purposes. Like helping their megadonor illegally take over radio stations or installing the retarded activist children of Democrat Congressmen as commissioners." At Althouse, I'm happy to see America's lefties swooning in love with freedom of speech. "Let them make many strong and loud professions of love, because I want a lot of material to throw in their face when — if? — they get back to subordinating freedom of speech below endless other more important matters. Is it possible they'll commit to this love for freedom of speech with such intensity that they will forsake its rivals? It's unlikely, but I'll be delighted to give them credit... or even a vote. Now, lets check in with Roseanne Barr again:" Roseanne Barr @therealroseanne, "Remember when you and your wife called Bob Iger to have me fired?" Quote Barack Obama @BarackObama, "After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like. Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh "NOW: Leftists have gathered in NYC outside ABC Studios demanding, "ABC, grow a spine!" due to Jimmy Kimmel's cancellation "We are facing FASCISM!" DataRepublican (small r) @DataRepublican, "The signs were printed by RefuseFascism dot org. Bill Ayers, the Weather Underground bomber and Obama's mentor, is a founding member of RefuseFascism. Its tax-exempt financial sponsor is Alliance for Global Justice." Ace finds FCC Head Brenden Carr: Either The View Is a Bona Fide "News" Program, Or Else the Disney Groomer Network Will Have to Provide Equal Time to Republicans. "Just because the law hasn't been enforced for a while doesn't mean it's not the law."

Dmitri Bolt at TownHall reports the Trans Lover of Charlie Kirk Assassin Kicked Out of Parents Home for Substance Abuse and Gaming Addiction. Cathy Salgado at PJM, The Insanity That Created Kirk’s Killer: Lefty Says Dating ‘Trans’ Male Doesn’t Equal ‘Gay’. Maybe we need a new category? Josh Code at the Freep on Understanding Tyler Robinson’s Motives "Andy Ngo breaks down what the messages on the alleged shooter’s bullet casings mean, why they matter, and how obscure internet culture played a role in Charlie Kirk’s killing." Victory Girls sees Angry Socialist-Leninist Transgenders & Queers Arm Up in Salt Lake City. Mike Cantrell at PJM, Legal Documents Say Attempted Kavanaugh Assassin Identified as Transgender. Ace, Surprise! The Left-Wing Assassin Who Came to Murder Supreme Court Justices In Ninja Shoes and Armed with a Chef's Knife Now Identifies as "MAGA" "Whoops, sorry, that headline was written by Jimmy Kimmel's no-talent "comedy" writers. The "man" who planned to murder three conservative justices, and who was arrested sneaking into Brett Kavanaugh's home, is trans." Stacy McCain says We’re All Shocked — Shocked! — to Learn That the Democrat Who Tried to Murder Brett Kavanaugh Is a Psychotic Tranny.

Stacy McCain looks at ‘The Normal-American Community’ and the Demonic Horde Who Love Death. "We live in evil times, and the destructive forces of evil are howling in rage that they can’t kill us all the way they killed Charlie Kirk." Sean Davis @seanmdav "They just murdered Charlie Kirk in broad daylight in front of his and kids while he was peacefully debating a college student. And then they laughed about it. And university professors all over the country said we need more assassinations of Christians and conservatives. Do you understand how utterly ridiculous you sound? “Imagine if the roles were reversed.” What freaking planet do you live on?" Quote Ross Douthat @DouthatNYT, "The woke were warned their tools could be turned against them but couldn't imagine history's arc bending rightward. (I struggled to imagine it myself.) Now populists facing the same warning keep implying no future censorious left could exceed what we've had already. (We'll see.)" From Ace, The Week in the Woke Terrorist Murder Cult and Death Cultist and the Left's "New Joe Rogan" Now an Object of Congressional Investigation; Pro-Murder Agitator Destiny Has His YouTube Monetization Suspended. Quotalatiousness sees After the Charlie Kirk assassination, here are three possible futures. Matt Vespa cites Michael Shellenberger Independent Journalist Nails What's Led to the Left's Frenzy for Political Violence …the environment that led to Kirk’s death was created by the Left in its decades-long demonization and dehumanization of conservatives. For 80 years, schools, universities, and the media have used Hitler, Nazism, and fascism as symbols of ultimate evil. To call someone a “Nazi,” “fascist,” or “far-Right,” is therefore to imply that they are part of this evil, and like the historical Nazis, must be eliminated. Over the last 10 years, not just the radical Left but the mainstream news media, including the New York Times, and mainstream Democrats like Newsom, repeatedly characterized Trump and his supporters as Hitler-adjacent fascists. The New Republic openly depicted Trump as Hitler." At Campus Reform, Higher ed has normalized political violence "The left on college campuses has normalized violence against conservatives, and that mindset has metastasized to poison the next generation." LifeZette, GOP Governor Targeted in Alleged Bombing Assassination Plan by Far-Left Extremist. Mostly Peaceful Memes @MostlyPeacefull, "The two most radicalizing events of my lifetime happened in the same week." LifeZette, Hillary Clinton Brutally Mocked After Promoting Book Labeling Opponents ‘Fascists’. 

From the Free Bacon, 58 House Democrats Vote Against Resolution Condemning Charlie Kirk’s Assassination, "AOC said the resolution brings 'great pain' to the victims of Jim Crow." Huh? Capt. Ed at Hat Hair, Ghouls: AOC Ridicules Charlie Kirk, Fewer Than Half of House Dems Support Resolution reminding us "Three months ago, the House passed a similar resolution honoring Democrat state legislators killed by a deranged political operative in Minnesota, who later ludicrously claimed to be working on Tim Walz' orders so Walz could get a Senate seat. That resolution passed unanimously with nearly all members voting, 424-0." Sundance at CTH, Congressional Black Caucus Reject Resolution Honoring Charlie Kirk. Ace, Democrats Vote Against Resolution Condemning the Charlie Kirk Murder and Denouncing All Political Violence "You will never get the left to agree to this. Many -- at least 40% of them -- are affirmatively pro-murder, pro-killing-the-deplorables, and the other 60% are cowards afraid of the other 40%. They bow to the extremists every single time, as they did at the New York Times when they fired an editor for publishing an op-ed by Tom Cotton. The 40% extremists demanded his firing, and the 60% cowards agreed."

Vicky Taft at PJM, has a  West Coast, Messed Coast™ — Federal Officers Bust Operator of Antifa Safe House in Portland. Dave Strom, Dutch Parliament Votes to Classify Antifa as Terrorist Organization. Ace, Dutch Parliament Declares Antifa a Domestic Terrorist Organization. 

In misc. Trumpiania, RedState's Chris Arps claims Trump Finds His Next 80/20 Issue in a congressional stock trading ban. But will they bite? From Breitbart, Down to Business: Trump Signs ‘Tech-Prosperity Deal’ With UK Unlocking ‘Billions of Dollars of Opportunities’. 

Ace, Senate Invokes "Nuclear Option" to Confirm 48 Trump Nominees Long Delayed By Insurrectionist Democrats. "You get what you deserve." John Sexton, House Passes Bill to Avoid Government Shutdown, but will the Senate Chuck Schumer go along? Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh, "BREAKING: It's just been exposed that Chuck Schumer and Democrats in Congress are demanding free health insurance for illegal aliens, half a billion dollars for NPR, and a $1.5 trillion spending increase in exchange for averting a government shutdown. NO WAY. STAND STRONG." Doesn't sound like it. Sundance at CTH is upset the Republican Wing of UniParty Demand $25,000 Per Month for Each Representative to Hire Personal Security.

From the Pop Times Ex-Biden Aide Jeff Zeints Admits Hunter Biden Was “Directly Involved” in Pardons. Victory Girls hears Biden Chief of Staff Admits That Joe Was Fading While In Office. "Over the course of a six-hour grilling by Oversight staff, Zients also revealed that Biden began having “difficulty remembering dates and names,” while “decisions that once required three meetings eventually began to require a fourth,” according to the first source." Nick Arama sees Kamala Harris Starts a Substack: It's As Bad As You'd Think, and Her Coping With Losing Is Hilarious. Beege Welborn at Hat Hair is Inexplicably Revealing More of the Fatuous Creation That Is Kamala. Or as Matt Margolis puts it Kamala Harris Admits That She’s an Idiot.

Ben Smith at LI reports George Soros Drops $10M on California Gerrymander,“Soros, and his group of psychopaths, have caused great damage to our Country!”

Jen O'Connell at RedState, Federal Judge Rules That Maps for Alabama's Largest County Must Be Redrawn. TNP, Judge Blocks Deportation of Hundreds of Guatemalans. Forbidding ICE from sending kids home to their parents. Capt. Ed hears Federal Judge to Trump's Lawyers: Find An Editor "Merryday didn't dismiss the defamation action outright. He did, however, tell Trump's attorneys to stop trying to make it "the functional equivalent of the Hyde Park Speakers Corner." Dan Greenfield at Front Page, LA Jury Frees Man Who Assaulted Federal Agent "How do you have trials when the judges and jurors can't be trusted?" From LifeZette, Biden’s ‘Ministry of Truth’ Czar is Furious After Appeals Court Tosses Her Case Against Fox News, the singing censor. At Shapiro's Gave, Ilya Shapiro worries How Do We Cure the Body Politic? "Polarization has infected the U.S. court system—from top to bottom."

From Da Blaze, GOP-run Jan. 6 subcommittee goes after trove of data deleted by Pelosi-appointed Jan. 6 committee, hmm I wonder why the deleted it? Not helpful to their case? The Unsinkable Mollie Hemingway at Imprimis, discusses The Significance of the Recently Released Russia Hoax Documents.

Guy Benson at TownHall hears Letitia James: Convicting Me for My Alleged Mortgage Fraud Will Be Tough Because... it will be hard to prove her mortgage fraud was deliberate. Never catch me, coppers! Bonchie @bonchieredstate "“I did it, but you can’t prove I meant to do it” is quite the thing to announce publicly. Wild." Quote Jason Cohen @JasonJournoDC, "NEW: Letitia James tells Joy Reid the mortgage fraud allegations against her are "baseless" since it's hard to prove she did it *ON PURPOSE* "It's baseless because in order to prove mortgage fraud, one has to prove intent — and that's a very high standard, a very hard high bar to meet." Well, maybe, if we had a friendly jury.

Real Clear Education, Bill Trachman and Eitan Genger say Trump is Right: Schools Must Pay Dearly for Discrimination. John Sexton, Lawsuit Can Proceed Against School District that Socially Transitioned Child and Hid It From Parents.

Still lot's more links at the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 09.19.25, but Gabi's soccer team beacons. Linked at The Pirate's Cove in the weekly Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup and links. The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: Meanwhile At The Catgirl Barrel up and garnering clicks at The Other McCain.

Flotsam and Jetsam - Obamagate Got Worse

Stacy McCain on RussiaGate: ‘But I Didn’t Know Until This Day That It Was Hillary Clinton All Along.’ "Of course I’m kidding. We’ve all known from the get-go who was really behind the “Russian collusion” hoax, but I just had to use that line from The Godfather now, because the release of the so-called Durham annex (previously classified evidence obtained by John Durham during his Special Counsel investigation) has finally proven what we’ve suspected." Matt Vespa at TownHall say Former Rolling Stone Editor Couldn't Hold His Tongue on This Aspect of the Russian Collusion Hoax. Anymore Althouse put her own spin on Matt Taibbi "The Russiagate scandal has long been one of the most convoluted, hard-to-follow news stories of all time...." saying "This post is really a place-holder. It marks my own nonfollowing of the story. Notice what I am quoting — Taibbi's acknowledgment that the story is too hard for people to follow. And it's not as though he's solving the problem for us. The quoted material is conclusory assertion. For someone who isn't already pro- or anti-Trump, you still have no way to sort out what's true. I also read The New York Times, and here's Taibbi telling me The New York Times is systematically screwing it up. Maybe. How am I supposed to know?" So she has her eyes and ears covered. But can she escape the smell? Matt Taibbi @mtaibbi "There’s no shortage of possible crimes in Russiagate, from perjury to illegal leaks of classified intelligence to criminal misuse of FISA to concealing/destroying evidence and obstruction of justice, even the Espionage Act, and various conspiracy offenses." Quote Jose Ortega @dosxxamber Replying to @mtaibbi "There still has been NOTHING released that changes the findings of the Trump DOJ or @marcorubio led Senate Russia investigations. They both concluded that Russia interfered and that Russia's actions helped the Trump campaign." From Fox, The Russia hoax is simple. Democrats lied and half the country believed them. "Documents show emails between campaign advisers and Open Society Foundation officials discussing strategy." Dirty tricks are part of politics. It became criminal when they enlisted the FBI, CIA et al to assist. Vicky Taft at PJM, And There It Was — One Sentence in Declassified Docs Proves We All Were Censored to Protect Hillary. Fox, Trump 1.0 alums share chilling Google message from before second-term return: 'LAWFARE at its finest.' "Scavino, Patel, Clark claim FBI surveilled their Google accounts/" Remember, the clock on the statue of limitations doesn't start until the last act of conspiracy. At Am Spec, Scott McKay, has Five Quick Things: The Long Overdue Russiagate Reckoning. "The lies concocted by Hillary Clinton’s campaign team cannot go unpunished." UndeadFOIA, Obama Plan Dates To October 2016 "In 2018, New York Magazine noted the existence of a plan formed in October 2016 with the idea that Trump would refuse to concede the election upon Clinton’s sure-victory."

PM reports Chris Wray referred to DOJ for misleading lawmakers on memo claiming traditional Catholics were domestic extremists. From Fox, DOJ targets noncitizens on voter rolls as part of Trump election integrity push. "Civil Rights Division seeks voter registration data with emphasis on identifying noncitizens on rolls." NYPo, Secret Service halts ex-director Kimberley Cheatle’s security clearance renewal. RCP, Secret Service Stops Renewal of Former Director’s Security Clearance.

At NYPo, the Divine Ms Devine is impressed Trump nailed the biggest trade deal in American history and proved everyone wrong – again! From the Brussels Signal, Despite euro-fantasies, Trump, Xi and Putin do not regard the EU as a sovereign state. Hey, let's restrict them to one vote in the UN! LifeZette reports Trump Slaps Canada with a Tariff Increase Over Failure to Curb Flow of Fentanyl. Fox, Dem senator agrees with GOP that Trump's making progress on trade war "Aside from Fetterman, Hill Democrats are continuing to blast Trump’s tariffs strategy, saying its negative effects are still on the horizon." At WaEx, Trump says he would remove Powell ‘in a heartbeat’ if it didn’t ‘disturb the market.’ From ET, Senate Passes $187 Billion ‘Minibus’ Funding Package "It includes funding for Veterans Affairs and Agriculture, the Food and Drug Administration, legislative branch operations, and other non-controversial spending. . . It’s the first time in years that the Senate has passed any funding legislation before the August recess."

From Althouse, "Think of us as the 'Inglourious Basterds' of the House Democrats. We will do anything to win this." ""Trump has fundamentally changed the rules of political engagement in this country. If they attack, you attack back." Said Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-California), quoted in "Blue-state Democrats face hurdles countering Texas GOP’s new election map/Democratic leaders in California, Illinois and New York are exploring retaliatory measures to offset the creation of more safe red seats. Moving as swiftly as their GOP counterparts will be difficult" (WaPo)(free-access link)." Kurt Schlichter @KurtSchlichter, "That’s a totally unexpected response by a guy they tried to frame and put in prison for the rest of his life, then tried to kill." Quote Shane Goldmacher @ShaneGoldmacher, "One person close to the president summed up the White House’s political strategy succinctly: “Maximum warfare, everywhere, all the time.” What Texas and the redistricting wars reveal about our politics." Misty Severi at JTN, Trump says he wants to 'release everything' related to Jeffrey Epstein. Of course, a lot of it is tied up by courts which are in no mood to help Trump.

Fox lists 5 huge ways Trump can make civil service great again "Civil service plan includes changing incentives, embracing technology and creating private sector partnerships." Sarah Arnold at TownHall, sees Trump Slash IRS Workforce by 25 Percent, Marking Major Win for Taxpayers and Government Efficiency. Leslie Eastman at LI, Trump’s DOE Ditches 400 Climate Cultists, Taps 5 Experts for Balanced ‘Climate Assessment’ "The new climate assessment will be valuable as a basis for making wise decisions that balance the nation’s energy and economic needs with valid and reasonable environmental concerns." From Da Wire, For The First Time In 40 Years, The Federal Government Can Judge Applicants By Merit "The move opens the door to an elite federal workforce — and a major victory for President Donald Trump."

ET reports Trump Issues 60-Day Deadline for Drug Makers to Lower Prices. "In letters to 17 pharmaceutical companies, the president called for swift action to implement most-favored-nation prescription drug pricing." At NYPo Charles Gasparino explains Why the Washington Commanders’ owners are thinking hard about Trump’s demand they restore the ‘Redskins’ moniker "Behind the scenes, they say they are parsing all the ways Trump could screw things up for them. The stadium is on federal land leased to the DC government for the next 99 years."

Fox, Dems dig in, Trump demands all: Nominee fight boils over in Senate as GOP looks for a deal, "Thune says Democrats 'dug in on position that's just not working' as talks continue." Judge Pirro was finally confirmed as D.C. Attorney, 50-45. But it appears the Senate was done after that, going on break until Sept. Matt Margolis at PJM asks Are Senate Democrats Finally Going to Get the Payback They Deserve? Probably not.

ABC 13, Judge pauses Trump administration's push to expand fast-track deportations "Friday's ruling by U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb in Washington, D.C., could benefit hundreds of thousands of people." Fox, Appeals court denies Trump admin's request to lift limits on Los Angeles immigration raids. "Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass celebrated the court's decision as 'a victory for the rule of law and for the City of Los Angeles'" DNYUZ, Court limits Trump’s asylum crackdown at the U.S.-Mexico border. "The three-judge panel at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit lifted its administrative pause on a July ruling from a federal judge who found Mr. Trump’s proclamation defied U.S. laws that require the federal government to hear the claims of migrants who want to apply for humanitarian protection out of fear that they could be harmed if deported." At ET, Appeals Court Allows Trump to End Union Bargaining for Some Federal Workers. "Unions sought to challenge the president’s order ending collective bargaining for employees of government agencies with national security missions." Josh Blackmun at the Volokh Conspiracy reports Justice Kavanaugh "Definitely Pay[s] Attention" To the Press "I am still incredulous that Justice Barrett does not read coverage about herself."Greg Piper at JTN, sees the Feds destroy a family farm for 'single paperwork violation.' GOP-appointed judges rebuke feds. "Supreme Court ban on agencies using in-house courts to fine companies prohibits Labor Department actions going back to Obama administration, appeals court rules. "We’ve been dragged through the mud," farm says."

At The Intelligencer, Kamala Harris Won’t Run in 2026. She Should Skip 2028, Too. Hat Hair's Duane Patterson sees a Noted Wine Enthusiast Goes On Colbert, Sour Grapes Ensue. "I'm not here to call for an intervention, nor am I here to say she might have a problem. What I am saying is that people on pure air alone, without any liquid encouragement, don't act this way." PJM's Matt Margolis has a REPORT: Joe Biden Has Dirt on Kamala Harris and Is Prepared to Use It. At TownHall, Michael Barone claims Heading Toward Midterm Elections, Democrats Not Up Off the Floor. Stephen Moore at Hat Hair is Desperately Seeking a Pro-Growth Democrat, in vain. Maybe Fetterman, but probably not. From AMAC, Democrats Become Schizophrenic on Gender Ideology. I can shave three words off that headline. Althouse notices "Ya know, it keeps gettin' worse...." "Did Chuck Schumer always drop his G's like that?"

Driscoll at Insty has DISPATCHES FROM THE CINCINNATI BOARD OF TOURISM: Fox News @FoxNews "Cincinnati Mayor Aftab Pureval says he hasn't talked to any victims of the attack: "We have significant other public safety challenges."" Jason Howerton @jason_howerton "What's so amazing about this story is how much more law enforcement in Cincinnati cares about convincing people that the victims DESERVED to be nearly beaten to death than condemning the savage violence. We're witnessing insanity." Quote Fox News @FoxNews, "BREAKING: Cincinnati Police Chief Teresa Theetge announces she will release “additional footage” of the recent downtown attack that includes “body worn camera that tells a little bit more of the story.”"

From TNP, ICE Catches Illegal Immigrant Released by Sanctuary County Despite Child Sex Charges. Fox, This is how Trump can break defiant sanctuary cities "Columbia University settlement demonstrates how federal funding pressure can force policy changes." Based Bandita @MissVega8888, "Rep Tim Burchett got the head of the Census Bureau to admit that democrats are using illegal immigrants to cheat and gain more House seats."

Max Abrahms @MaxAbrahms "This has been one of the most disturbing weeks I can remember in the media. The New York Times and media establishment more generally got repeatedly busted for broadcasting fake starvation photos of Gazans. Real photos of Jews being starved to death in Gaza while digging their grave were largely ignored just as the media ignored major revelations in the Russia collusion hoax which the media pushed for years to determine the presidency." Margot Cleveland @ProfMJCleveland, "When was the last time a Pulitzer was awarded to a reporter for a story that turned out to be true?" Matt Margolis wonders, Whoa! Has NBC Finally Learned From Colbert’s Mistakes? Gutfeld going on Kimmel.

Bonchie at RedState sees American Eagle Does the Unthinkable in Response to Sydney Sweeney Ad Campaign Freak-Out. "American Eagle makes it clear that they are standing behind their ad campaign, including the "great jeans" phrasing, and backing Sweeney's inclusion in it. It's a new world out there, and it seems like companies are learning that it's far smarter and financially safer to just be normal. That being so surprising is evidence of just how far down the rabbit hole American society went over the last decade or so, and it's refreshing to see some of that being reversed." Reuters crows US states sue over Trump's targeting of providers of transgender youth medical care.

Tax Prof sees Department Of Justice Provides Guidance For Universities (And Law Schools) On What DEI Activities Are Illegal. From the Free Bacon, George Mason Rolls Back DEI Policies But Keeps the President Who Implemented Them. Someone at USA Today opines Trump's UCLA, Columbia settlements don't stifle free speech. They protect civil rights. How did that slip through? LifeZette notices Democrats Melt Down as The Smithsonian Scrubs Trump Impeachment Note Based Bandita @MissVega8888 "The Smithsonian has removed Trump’s impeachment exhibit after admitting that his impeachment was a political attack and not a serious impeachment."

The Wombat has Rule 5 Sunday: Doughnut Dolly and FMJRA 2.0: World Series ’73 Week Two up on time and under budget.

Flotsam and Jetsam - Stocks Dip in Reaction to Trump Tariffs

Not unexpectedly, the stock markets reacted to Trump's new tariffs with a selloff of around 3%, reducing the amount of funny money in stock values by something like $3 trillion, the largest since the Covid crash. I've lived through more than one of these, and I expect the market to recover in due time. People who sell stocks for a living gotta eat. Dave Strom at Hat Hair looks at the question Are Trump's Tariffs a Good Idea or Not? At PJM , VodkaPundit make The Case For (and Against) Trump's Tariffs (VIP), Matt Margolis explains Here's Why Trump Will Win the Tariff Standoff and Scott Pinsker claims Trump Is Now a Wartime President, trade war. Sundance at CTH has a bunch, hosting President Trump Remarks at Make America Wealthy Again White House Event, Vice President JD Vance Outlines Expectations of Tariffs and Global Trade Reset, USTR Jamison Greer Discusses Tariffs and Trade Policy with Senior White House Team, President Trump Global Trade and Tariff Reset – Resources and Discussion, President Trump Ends Duty-Free De Minimis Treatment for All Chinese Goods and Canadian PM Mark Carney Says Will Match Trump Auto Tariffs at 25%. Matt Vespa at TownHall, Sen. Bernie Moreno Had the Perfect Response to a CNN Host's Questions About Trump's Tariffs Rapid Response 47 @RapidResponse47, "Sen. @berniemoreno: "If one car goes up in price because there's a tariff, that person will just buy the other one that doesn't have a tariff, which is your American-made automobile — and places like Ohio benefit because your neighbor is employed as a result." Fox, Some countries targeted by Trump tariffs seek negotiations, China says 'no winners in trade wars', "Global leaders react to Trump's 'Liberation Day' tariffs with disappointment, threats and calls for negotiation." At Da Fetched, 4 GOP Senators Side with Dems, Vote to Undo Trump’s Canada Tariffs. From NewsMax, Trump Can Expand U.S. Energy Independence Exponentially. From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 04.03.25 (Morning Edition), Twitchy, IT’S ALL A PLOT! LOL! Chris Murphy's Thread 'Exposing' Trump's REAL Tariff Plan Is Accidentally HILARIOUS, Former Anti-Trumper Shocks Lefties With Straight Fire Pro-Tariff Rant, and Angry Staffer Calls BS On Gas Under $3 And It Goes Impressively Bad.

Dave Strom at Hat Hair, has BREAKING NEWS: Elon Musk Is Doing Exactly What He Said He Would And We Are SHOCKED!, will step down as special employee after the legislatively mandated 130 day term passes, will remain advisor. Stephen Kruiser at PJM says  I'll Just Be Over Here Relaxing While Media Dems Read Too Much Into WI Supreme Court Race. TNP has DOGE Data: Almost 50% of National Jobs Cuts are DC Govt Workers. I can almost hear the weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth from here. From Ace, DOGE Discovers That the VA Was Paying $350,000 - $380,000 Per Month For Minor Tweaks to Its Website. "This was almost certainly a payoff. I don't know many website managers who charge $350,000 - $380,000 per month to give the hamsters a kick. The contract has now been cancelled." At the Free Bacon, Green Energy Company on Brink of Bankruptcy Months After Winning $375 Million Biden Loan. "Biden's green energy loan czar personally urged Li-Cycle holdings, which recycles lithium batteries, to apply for the funds." It was a grift. From WokeSpy, Gavin Newsom Rages as Trump Cuts Planned Parenthood Funding in California. Dave Strom again, The NGO Complex Is Irredeemably Corrupt. I don't see it that way, they're just acting as social parasites taking advantage of their host's vulnerabilities. Even tapeworms have to eat. From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 04.03.25 (Morning Edition), Louder With Crowder, Don’t let the media lie, Donald Trump and MAGA had a huge victory in Wisconsin, also, CNN’s Abby Phillip repeats lie after lie about Elon Musk, but her GOP guest refuses to let her get away with ANY of them.

At Da Blaze, Tesla owner vows to 'make an example' of masked intruder who wrecked his Cybertruck: 'That's basically declaring war on me'. At Am Great, Nice Deb reports Texas Tesla Owner Sues Vandal for $1 Million For Keying His Model X. "Nachawati told CBS Texas that his client wants to “send a message” with the lawsuit to discourage further acts of political violence." It's Texas; he might win. Vicky Taft at PJM says Well, Lookie Here: Congresswoman and Harvard Prof Are Caught Planning Massive Anti-Trump Riots? "Rep. Pramila Jayapal (☭-Wash.), who just left her perch as chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, and Harvard professor Erica Chenoweth are holding “resistance” training sessions to get leftists “street ready” for mass protests against President Donald Trump. The goal is to cause so much unrest that Trump would be forced to resign."

From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 04.03.25 (Morning Edition), Louder With Crowder: The Media Wants You To Believe Trump Deported A Loving Father – They’re Lying. Pop Times, Obama Judge Defies Trump, Rules 350,000 Illegals Can Stay in U.S. At Drew Berquist, Homan Slams ‘Stupid’ Ruling on Temporary Protected Status, ‘Not Meant to be Decades Long’. From Da Caller, Gingrich Says Federal District Judges Aren’t Just Tying Up Trump But Another Branch Of Government As Well. At the Center Square, Gingrich: Sobering rebuke to judges will rebalance Constitutional authority. At Althouse, "[Al] Gore said he believed the courts would prevent Trump from implementing some of his most extreme moves," ""I don’t think he’s going to be able to get away with that,' he said. 'I think we’re more resilient as a constitutional, representative democracy than a lot of people of fear,'" From "Why Al Gore Is Shifting His Climate Activism Abroad/Given the Trump administration’s recent moves relating to climate, the former vice president is looking to the developing world for the next generation of climate activism" (NYT)," and "The long con of the left is corruption of the judiciary.... It has been brewing in legal academia for 20 to 30 years." "Says Elon Musk." Ann Coulter at TownHall asks Who's Defying Court Orders Again? Not Trump. Jim Hoft at GateWayPundit reveals Chief Justice John Roberts Caught in Elitist Club of Judges and Lawyers That Includes James Boasberg, Beryl Howell, Amit Mehta and Ketanji Brown Jackson. At AMAC, Left-Wing Lawfare Goes Global with the embezzlement conviction and banning of Marine Le Pen. 

Atop Da Hill, Man to plead guilty to attempting to kill Kavanaugh at home. "Court documents show Roske had told authorities he was suicidal and wanted to assassinate the justice to “make the world a better place.” He also connected his desire to the leaked draft opinion showing the court was poised to overturn Roe v. Wade and the court’s forthcoming gun rights decision, according to the documents." At Althouse, "While in [Justice] Kavanaugh’s neighborhood, Roske kept the gun, unloaded, in a locked box in the suitcase." ""When police searched the luggage, they also found 37 rounds of ammunition, according to earlier court filings, along with a tactical flashlight with a laser that could be mounted on the gun, a 'James Bond' lock pick set, a black face mask, a pair of 'hard-knuckled' tactical gloves, four black zip ties and hiking boots with padded soles affixed to their bottoms that police earlier said were for stealthy movement...." From "Man accused in 2022 Kavanaugh assassination plot to plead guilty, lawyers say/Nicholas Roske, 29, was accused of flying from California and approaching Brett Kavanaugh’s Maryland home with a gun before turning himself in" (WaPo)."

From Fox, FBI flooded with record number of new agent applications in Kash Patel's first month leading bureau. "The FBI saw 5,577 new agent applications in March alone and more than 10,000 since January." At NYPo the Divine Ms. Devine reports New FBI chat logs reveal extraordinary ‘gag order’ senior leadership used to shut down any Hunter Biden laptop discussion. I would hope most of that senior leadership is gone, and any left that participated in this will go soon. Da Caller claims Nina Jankowicz Defends 51 Former Intel Officials Who Cast Doubt On Hunter Laptop. The Queen of Fake News, "Nina Jankowicz, previously the head of former President Joe Biden’s administration’s short-lived “Disinformation Governance Board,” defended the 51 former intelligence officials who signed the letter casting doubt on the Hunter Biden laptop emails during a Tuesday hearing. . . Jankowicz, during a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing, said the former officials were merely using their “right to free speech” and asserted their claim was accurate “based on the evidence at the time.” Except, that the intelligence agencies knew the laptop was real, and Hunter's and if their security clearances (now revoked) were worth the toner to print them, they would have (and almost certainly did) know it.

At Da Fetched, JD Vance Slams Media’s Deportation Narrative: “We Do What the American People Want.” From Da Wire, Trump Immigration Agency Halts Biden Era Gender Policy ‘Effective Immediately’ "Data collected from immigrants should have "meaningful and useful basis for identification," agency states." Da Blaze, Boston judge holds ICE agent in contempt for depriving illegal alien of due process by detaining him in the middle of his trial. "The judge also dropped the charge against the suspect because he was unable to attend the trial." At TownHall Tom Knighton says This Explains the Left's Immigration Policies Completely "See, the influx of illegal immigrants was to try and create a new voter base that would support the left indefinitely. Trump's executive order means those people can't, in fact, become the voting base Democrats so deeply desire." Peechy Keenen at Tom Klingstein says The Cruelty Is the Point."One of the Left’s favorite talking points is that the Right is cruel, heartless, uncaring. How dare Republicans deport murderers and gang members? Won’t someone think of the poor child rapists? How dare Elon Musk volunteer to eliminate waste and fraud from the federal budget and prevent economic collapse? Who does this monster think he is? "

VodkaPundit at PJM hears TikTok Might Have Found an American Buyer, and It's a Perfect Match, Amazon? Da Caller notices Zuckerberg’s Right-Wing Metamorphosis Still Has A Long Way To Go. Althouse hears Elon "Tesla is the only company with all the ingredients for making intelligent humanoid robots at scale." "My prediction is that Optimus will be the biggest product of all time by far. It will be 10 times bigger than the next biggest product ever made." Dave Strom notices Geez, Man. Even Tech Blogs Are Lying Because They Are Too Political. 

Dave Strom says like skinning a cat, There's More Than One Way to Shape a Narrative™. Matt Vespa interprets the NPR CEO: We're Not Biased in Our Coverage, but We'll Drag Our Feet on Stories That Make Dems Look Bad. Ace, A Consensus of Experts: French Academy of Medicine Agrees Near-Unanimously That Covid-19 Leaked from the Wuhan Lab. "It's so strange how the media and Deep State only credit some consensuses of experts but not others. Like: There are two sexes."

Da Caller reports Elite University Targets Student For Trying To Uncover Where Millions In Federal Funds Are Going. From the College Fix, Brown U. student journalist started looking into administrative bloat. Now he’s being investigated. At Hat Hair, John Sexton reports a Wisconsin University Professor Suspended After Overturning College Republican's Table, Trump Gives Public Schools 10-Days to Certify They Have Done Away with DEI and Dave Strom asserts Universities Are Beyond Repair. 

Ward Clark at RedState reports Shocker: Covenant School Shooter Final Report Released - Attack Was Plotted for Years. "Rather than a highly anticipated manifesto, the report found that killer Audrey Hale left behind numerous notebooks, art books and computer documents about her plans to commit the attack and gain notoriety, partly inspired by the Columbine school shooting in 1999. Hale, the 28-year-old attacker and biological female, began "fantasizing" about and researching mass shootings as far back as 2017, according to investigators. A year later, she wrote "detailed fantasies" about shooting up the Isaac T. Creswell Middle Magnet School for the Arts, killing her father and killing her psychiatrist." Ace, Nashville Trans Shooter Plotted Attack for Years, Was Obsessed with Other School Shooters "I'm starting to think that maybe treating juvenile mental illness with powerful exogenous hormones and telling kids they were "born in the wrong body" isn't as medically effective as our "experts" believe." Tyler O'Neil at Da Signal thinks the Police Report on Nashville Transgender Shooter Plays Into Left’s Narrative "The police report seems to follow the same trend Americans have seen from the “experts” time and again. Whenever a mass shooter can conceivably be connected to a conservative cause, be it anger at illegal immigration or a hatred of certain types of people, the manifesto appears almost immediately, and the Left pounces on evidence of “right-wing extremism.” Yet, when a shooter motivated by gender ideology or hatred against Christians carries out an act of evil, the “true motives” remain a mystery." At Da Wire, Nashville Police In Final Report Downplay Covenant Shooter’s Transgender Identity, Hatred Of Christianity. "Nashville police said the attacker was motivated by "notoriety.""

At Twitchy, 'Will You Side With the Truth?' Matt Walsh BLISTERS California Legislature on Trans Ideology. NotTheBee, New Colorado bill would penalize "misgendering" in public places, use it as justification to take your kids away. WokeSpy, Georgia Dems Walk Out of Chamber in Support of Sex-Changes for Criminals. From Breitbart, Lia Thomas Feels ‘Devastated,’ Stricken with ‘Grief’ Over Trans Athlete Ban (wah!) and Women’s Fencer Takes a Knee in Protest, Refuses to Face Trans Opponent: ‘This is a Man’, Unilad, Female fencer handed severe punishment after refusing to partake with transgender opponent, "Just as Redmond warned, referees at the event responded by giving Turner a black card; the most severe penalty in the sport, which can lead to expulsion from the event for serious rule infractions or unsportsmanlike behavior. In a statement to UNILAD, a spokesperson for USA Fencing said Turner was not penalized for her protest, but for simply refusing to fence an 'eligible opponent'."

At Da Caller,  Army Reserve ‘Taking Appropriate Action’ Against Captain Who Accused Trump Admin Of Erasing Trans People "Captain Winters slammed the Trump administration for its recent actions related to transgender individuals, including a prohibition on transgender people serving in the military and a ban on medical facilities providing sex changes for minors. . . Although the post included a disclaimer noting it does not “represent the views or opinions of the U.S. Army,” Winters wore an official uniform in the video. The Army Reserve said it is “taking appropriate actions” in response to the post. “Army regulations prohibit soldiers from wearing official uniforms when speaking in an unofficial capacity. As such, Capt. Winters’ command is taking appropriate actions. Under the Privacy Act, the Army Reserve cannot comment on those actions,” the public affairs office for the Army Reserve said in a statement to the Caller . . . While the Army used female pronouns, Winters appears to be a biological man." 

Christina Winters, a man pretending to be a woman, is a Captain for the US Army Reserve.

He claims that the Trump administration is trying to remove trans people from their homes and is encouraging individuals to be "annoyingly" proud during Trans Day of Visibility. pic.twitter.com/Y0eeCePlag

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