Flotsam and Jetsam - The Second Stab at the Nerd Prom

They kind of caught me by surprise with the rescheduled White House Correspondents Dinner. I guess I wasn't paying attention, again. Any, it was held last night at the Waldorf Astoria in Washington DC. Capt. Ed at Hat Hair heard Trump to Recognize Secret Service Officer Shot at First WHCA Dinner at Nerd Prom, Take 2. Seems reasonable. As you might remember, the Secret Service agent Victor Gonzales survived the close range shotgun blast thanks to his vest. He also runs down the list of administration attendees, which notably does not include JD Vance and Marco Rubio. RedState's Jen O'Connell has Hot Takes: Media's Reaction to Redo of the White House Correspondents' Dinner Was As Expected. Aw, he was mean to the poor babies. Althouse host's Trump's routine (I hesitate to call it a speech) and offers her opinions of some of it in "Is this supposed to be fun? Am I supposed to be serious? Am I supposed to be a comedian?" "Trump finally gets his White House Correspondents' Dinner speech. ... And here's the joke I thought was the best: "Under my administration, a once-feared and powerful regime that relentlessly attacked America has finally been toppled. Their former leaders have been removed and they're now being run by a gay dictator facing internal divisions. But I for one wish Bari Weiss all the best at CBS News. She's a wonderful woman."

Victor Davis Hanson @VDHanson, "President Trump is leading a political "counter-revolution," seeking to reverse decades of progressive policies on immigration, education, energy, and American history, doing more than any other Republican president." At Althouse, "His detractors have adopted the 'Never Vance' slogan and flooded social media, especially over the past week, with attacks..." ""... including claims that Vance is 'unfit' to be vice president due to his efforts to negotiate a peace deal with Iran. They have asserted, without evidence, that Vance is making policy decisions not supported by President Donald Trump. They have likened him to former president Barack Obama and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont)...." I'm reading "Knives are out for Vance in the GOP. His allies say it’s a coordinated ‘op.’ The vice president has faced a barrage of attacks recently that are unusual for their intensity and how early in the political calendar they are taking place" (WaPo)(gift link)." PJM's Matt Margolis, Is This the Reason Your Leftist Relatives Are Cutting You Off? and Sarah Anderson reports a Black-Owned Atlanta Restaurant Faces Boycott Calls for Serving a Republican.

RCD looks at Hegseth’s Herculean Task.

PJM's Cathy Salgado notes One Pennsylvania County Has 3,500 Noncitizens on Non-Juror List, Potentially Voting and Bob Spencer wonders Is Dem Fundraising Powerhouse ActBlue a Massive Money Laundering Machine? Yes, the example he provides is stunning. A Larry video at Hat Hair, Trump DOJ Confirms Investigation Into New Jersey Voter Rolls.

Karol Markowicz at NYPo thinks Democrats are completely blind to the DSA’s brazen party coup — so the rest of us must step up. RCP cites James Carville: DSA Are "Paternalistic, Over-Educated Little White Turds" Who "Think They Know Better Than You" Yep. Rainer Zitelmann at Reason explains How Capitalism Beat Communism in Vietnam. "It only took a generation to go from ration cards to exporting electronics." At Da Signal, How Cuba Became the Nerve Center of the Anti-American Left. Dave Strom at Hat Hair opines Shamelessness Is, You Must Admit, a Huge Political Advantage, featuring a picture of Dan Goldman. I think it's an essential, at least on the Democrat side. 

Hat Hair's John Sexton hears from Morris Katz: We May Have Missed a Few Red Lines with Platner. Just a few. Seth Mandel at Commentary calls AOC’s Latest Dual-Loyalty Hoax a Doozy. At the Crimson Hub, AOC, Her Brother, and the Property Taxes Billed To Their Mother. Luke Rosiak at Da Wire reports Ilhan Omar’s Sister Linked To Central Figures In Minnesota’s Fraud Scandal. "Records tie company founded by "Squad" member's sister to largest public theft scandal in Minnesota history." Jon Tobin at JNS claims The lies behind Mamdani’s Netanyahu stunt are the real threat. "New York’s mayor isn’t going to arrest Israel’s prime minister. But the widespread belief in the “genocide” blood libel illustrates how toxic ideologies, AI and social media are defeating facts." At Althouse, "You want voters to believe you posted to this account but all of the bad things came from someone else, including a friend who is dead?" Matt Smith @mattsmith_news, "When asked today if he was 100% certain he didn't write any of the offensive posts on the 'Dirt McGirk' Twitter account, David Crowley said, "Look, we would have to go through all of these different posts, but the ones that I've seen that were printed, I did not write those."" "And the pig got up and slowly walked away."

RAW EGG NATIONALIST @Babygravy9, "Amazing we're just never going to hear anything about this ever again, including the fact the killer said he was paid by Tim Walz to do it." Quote Nick Sortor @nicksortor, " JUST IN: Tim Walz appointee Vance Boelter has been sentenced to TWO LIFE SENTENCES plus 40 years for the murder of Minnesota House Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman Boelter’s vehicle was found with “NO KINGS” flyers on the seat, and kiIIed Hortman and her husband soon after she voted against healthcare for illegals. Will Walz pardon this guy too?"

Beege Welborn at Hat Hair observes Chicago West and South Side Save A Lot Stores Closing, Blame New EBT Rules and likes Steve Hilton Debuting Wild New Campaign Ads: Enough Is Enough!

Steve Hilton puts out devastating ad exposing communist California’s mindless, Godless leftist machine! https://t.co/tfIJvVdv05

— The Chris Salcedo Show (@CSalcedoShow) July 24, 2026

John Sexton sees the California Wealth Tax Battle Continues. PJM's Vicky Taft has another West Coast, Messed Coast™ – Climate Lie Implodes but Greens Already Spent Taxpayers' Billions.

wretchardthecat @wretchardthecat, "Current operations in Iran are no longer starting from the original position. Iran’s missile attack volume was substantially higher in March 2026 than in July 2026 going from as many as hundreds per day then to mere dozens now. It's retaliatory power, while still existent, has clearly diminished..." Peter Orem @PeterMOrem, "I think we're still operating within war-gamed scenarios."

From Althouse, Why Madison police don't have body cameras. Molly Beck @MollyBeck, "Former Madison Mayor Paul Soglin’s perspective on why Madison police don’t have body cameras (Soglin was mayor until 2019):"

The Guardian whines about a British-born man living in US since age of nine held by ICE under threat of deportation, "Connor Read, who is married and has two children, was detained in June during residency permit interview." Also, an extensive, but pretty petty criminal record. But just for kicks, he should claim asylum based on England's censorship policies.

Curt at Flopping Aces sees The Press Tried to Shame Elon. He Put the Entire Media Class on Trial. Wall Street Mav @WallStreetMav, "This was basically the interview." Ace, Elon Musk Demolishes Snarky Superior Editor of The Economist, "The extremist didn't like being told that she's the actual extremist." From Twitchy, Ben Shapiro Schools Piers Morgan: Free Speech Means I Don't Have to Feed Your Clickbait Show. Dave Strom takes The Curious Case of the Woman Who Was Baited Into Saying the 'N' Word.

EducatëdHillbilly™ @RobProvince, "Let’s be honest about why this article was written & published… It’s was a shot across the bow to any white woman that even thinks about complaining about abuse by anyone not white. It was a threat to shut up lest be called a white supremacist. A murderer of Emmitt Till. A klan member." Quote Michael McCarthy @MMcCarthyREV, "UPDATE: A top USA TODAY executive stood by Nancy Armour's explosive column linking some Caitlin Clark fans to white nationalists. "Her column is clearly labeled Opinion," she tells @FOS." At Mazelite Airaksinen, NYC Doc Claims Orthodox Jews Smell and "Criminally, Fraudulently and Illegally" Live in USA, "Dr. Robert Guarino is a pathologist in the West Village of NYC and Staten Island." John Sexton was really shocked by a NYT Opinion: 'Land Acknowledgements Are Infuriating.' "If you mean it, give it back, the conservatives said. They are not asking in good faith, but they are asking for the right thing. It names the gap between the words and anything the institution is willing to surrender."

And even more at the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 07.24.26. The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: In The Bowels of the Draft up on time and under budget at The Other McCain.

Flotsam and Jetsam - Humpday Hash

A truly themeless day, so let's just start with miscellaneous Trumpiania. Joe Chalfant at TownHall thinks it's disgusting that Deranged Vandals Force Authorities to Implement New Security Measures Around Reflecting Pool. It's a reflection on liberals. Althouse finds "When asked if Trump was the 79-year-old man in question, White House spokesperson Kush Desai did not say no...." Eli Lilly Approved Obesity Drug for Mystery 79-Year-Old Patient and "He was much less stoked to be assigned by Tina Brown, then editor of The New Yorker, to profile Mr. Trump in 1997,"I'm sorry to hear that Mark Singer has died. You can click on my tag "Mark Singer" to see how he's come up here over the years. What a distinction to have Trump's "YOU ARE A TOTAL LOSER" in your NYT obituary. To continue the all-caps — RIP." Reason complains Trump Says His Task Force Is Fighting a Foreign 'Invasion.' It's Busting Americans for Drugs Instead. At CTH, sundance has Primary Elections in New York, Utah, Maryland and South Carolina – Results and Open Discussion.

In the Iran conflict, sundance hosts Secretary Rubio Holding an Impromptu Presser Upon Arrival in Abu Dhabi, UAE. News Wax claims Trump says Iran Has 'Fully Agreed' to Nuclear Inspections. If so, they're lying. NYPo goes Inside the insurance racket Iran wants to run in the Strait of Hormuz — and how it will devastate Western shipping. Oil Price.com sees the Hormuz Crisis Sparks a Middle East Pipeline Boom. Makes sense. I suppose they're allowed to build such things still. Don Surber addresses the question Where’s the regime change? "It is in Iran because killing the ayatollah created a power vacuum." I think we need to peel back three or four more layers of the onion.

Matt Margolis at PJM says Stick a Fork in James Talarico. He's Done after a video comes to light of him admitting "I always think of myself as a Christian who hates Christianity, right?" At Hat Hair, Dave Strom thinks If The Texas Senate Race Isn't Safe, Then We Might as Well Pack It in and Move to Canada for MAiD and Capt. Ed notices Whoa: Crockett, Allred Snub Talarico and Texas Dem Convention.

Driscoll at Insty does COFFEE AND CLICHES: Lefty owner of anti-Israel NYC coffee shop calls US ally ‘Nazi Germany of our time’ in hateful online outburst. "The radical leftist owner of a woke Brooklyn coffee shop that boasts about discriminating against pro-Israel Jewish customers on social media has a history of deranged anti-Israel LinkedIn posts — including accusing the Jewish state of genocide and comparing it to Nazi Germany." Jonathan Turley @JonathanTurley, "Some of us almost spit out our coffee this morning on Dan Goldman going on CNN to denounce the lack of civility in politics. This stems from the refusal of a barista to sell him a coffee. Goldman, who is viewed by many as the face of rage for his party in attacking anyone with..." Steve Eisner @DoTheRightWing, "Classic case of the pot calling the kettle black. They spend all their time hurling the most vicious insults against the Right never even thinking to protect their flank as they get eaten by their own on the Left." Michael Birzin @bigbee383, "He's found out too late that he isn't communist or antisemitic enough for the DSA. After today the Democratic party should officially change it's logo. The communist left has taken over." Jon Levine @LevineJonathan, "NEW from me The owner of the coffee shop which refused Dan Goldman's "AIPAC" money: 1. Owes NY almost $400,000 in taxes 2. Accused Israel of doing 9/11 3. Donated to Graham Platner (naturally) 4. Been repeatedly cited by NYC health inspectors." Charles Murray @charlesmurray, "My daughter's friend in grad school, upon being asked by a member of her dissertation committee why she didn't include a Marxist perspective. "I grew up in the Soviet Union. I don't practice recreational Marxism." Quote Possum Reviews @ReviewsPossum, "I don't care what communism is in theory because I know what it is in practice. x.com/ilektramerc/st…"

Amy Curtis at TownHall, Josh Shapiro Actually Said This About the Democratic Party. Defiant L’s @DefiantLs, "Josh Shapiro: "I think Democrats are the party of real freedom. Real freedom that... allows parents like me and my wife Lori to make decisions over what vaccines our kids are gonna be able to get." You're free to bake the cake, or else. From the Victory Girls, Chicago’s Latest Emergency Is A Word Nobody Can Define: Transfemicide Beege Welborn at Hat Hair asks Excuse Me, Chicago - Could You Point Me to Where the 'Transfemicide' Is Happening? TheBlaze @theblaze, "Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson says he has declared a “Transfemicide State of Emergency.” "You know how many PEOPLE of all colors, but mostly black, have been killed in Chicago in the same past ten years? FIVE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED With 197 already this year." Ace, So Close to Pride Month? As Chicago Recovers From Bloody "Juneteenth" Violence Leaving Eight Dead and Thirty-Nine Shot, BlacKKK Mayor Brandon Johnson Changes the Topic and Babbles About Anti-Trans Violence That Barely Exists. "It was another weekend of slaughter in the Lightworker's supposed home city." Nick Matau @nick_matau, "The terrorist group (PFLP - who started modern terrorism) Sama Safi belongs to has killed over 20 U.S. citizens." Quote Rep. Derek Tran @RepDerekTranCA, "I am deeply alarmed by the detention of Sama Safi in an Israeli prison. Sama, a 20-year-old Palestinian American student, was taken from her home in the middle of the night and continues to be held without charges. This is part of a disturbing pattern of the Israeli government." 

George MF Washington @GMFWashington, "I do an early morning bike ride on weekends just as all the addicts are “coming to”… if you really want to see the horrors Newsom and Bass turn a blind eye to, that’s the time to do it, before they wisely move back into the shadows before the normies start their day." Quote New York Post @nypost, "Iconic Santa Monica beach turns into 'sleeping bag city' at sunrise - as locals erupt https://trib.al/9T5XZRi." I went to Santa Monica beach many times growing up. Beege Welborn hears Newsom to CA State Employees: Okay, Everybody Back in the Pool! You can stop cowering from Covid now. Ace cites Politico: Senator Reuben Gallego (Who Fancies Himself a Candidate for President or VP in 2028) Shared a Joint Back Account With His F***buddy Eric Swalwell, Used His Campaign Kitty to Pay for Personal Expenses, "I can't believe that this slob believes he can be President or VP. He thinks he has an in because he's Hispanic and Democrats are nothing but racial panderers." Bob Hoge at RedState reports Former LAFD Chief Hits Karen Bass With Blistering Defamation Suit Alleging Mayor Lied Through Her Teeth.

Matt Vespa at TownHall says Get Over It, Lady. Hillary Clinton's Latest Remarks on the Electoral College Are Not Surprising. Enguerrand VII de Coucy @ingelramdecoucy, "It’s only calls for an anti-Democratic insurrection when it’s a right wing candidate calling for it, when it’s a left wing candidate doing it he’s bravely calling on his supporters to rise up as freedom fighters in defense of Democracy" Quote Faytuks Network @FaytuksNetwork, "Left-wing Peruvian presidential candidate Roberto Sanchez, who is currently projected to lose, has announced at a press conference that he does not recognize the election, alleging that there "has been a manipulation of the vote," asking his supporters to take to the streets."

From Althouse, "Schlossberg’s Defeat Dampens Dream of a Renewed Camelot." "That's one of the NYT's front-page headlines about yesterday's primaries. Dream of a Renewed Camelot... Who was still dreaming that dream?" and The London Times stresses the Texan in Elon Musk as it reports the news/"news" that he's not a trillionaire at this precise moment. You mean stocks go up and down? Who knew? Twitchy is shocked Popehat Banned from Bluesky Over Bizarre Musk Assassination Missive.

Streif at RedState is gratified Antifa Terrorist Gang Gets Nearly a Half Millenium in Prison for ICE Facility Attack. Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh, "JUST IN: A group of Antifa terrorists were just SENTENCED to HUNDREDS OF YEARS in prison after a violent attack on the ICE facility in Alvarado, Texas FAFO, LOCK THEM UP! I voted for the law and order! The group's RINGLEADER, Benjamin Song, got 100 years. The others got as many as 70 years and 50 years. BIG WIN." Bill Melugin @BillMelugin_, "This reporter describes the Antifa attack on a TX ICE facility as a “noise demo”, during which they showed up in all black, armed, threw fireworks as a distraction, and then shot an Alvarado, TX police officer in the neck as he responded to the scene." Quote Sam Russek @samrussek "Update: 8 Texas protesters were sentenced today, following a July 4 noise demo outside an ICE detention center. The maj. were sentenced to 50 years in prison." You don't hate the media enough. Oilfield Rando @Oilfield_Rando, "Ah, democrats in congress are publicly expressing support for a group of domestic terrorists who tried to assassinate a cop to free illegal aliens. But remember, you’re a dangerous extremist if you get loud at a school board meeting," Quote Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib @RepRashida "These sentences are a travesty and totally unjustified, but that's the point. Americans hate the fascist Trump regime, so the only way they can try to cling to power is brute force. NSPM-7 is a grave threat to all of us and more bullshit "terrorism" charges like these are coming." From Ace, Two More Leftwing Incels Charged In Planned UFC Mass Casualty Attack; Another Incel Kills Two People in Montreal, "Maybe young working-age men shouldn't spend all day on the internet jacking off with a robotic vagina. Maybe that's not the way God or biology (or both) designed men to live their lives. Maybe it does something insidious to your brain."

Jake Scullum at Reason hears Clarence Thomas Explain Why the Commerce Clause Cannot Justify Federal Bans on Gun Possession, "Even under the Supreme Court's highly elastic understanding of that clause, Thomas says, such laws do not qualify as regulation of interstate commerce." Shooting News Week, AP Poll Shows Dems Not As Worried About Threat to Gun Rights They Don’t Value FischerKing @FischerKing64, "Suspect SCOTUS is dropping some pro-administration rulings on immigration because at the very end of the term they're going to drop a 6-3 bomb ruling in favor of birthright citizenship - and then they're all going to disappear for their vacations and paid seminars/speeches" and "I could be wrong and would like to be. I was genuinely surprised when they overturned Roe v. Wade. I thought their careerist instincts would override any fidelity to the law - that they would uphold it 5-4 thinking it would avoid court packing discussions." At Da Caller, Judge Shuts Down Trump Admin Database Used To Remove Non-Citizens From Voter Rolls. Twitchy, Judge BLOCKS Trump Administration From Restricting SNAP Benefits for Soda and Candy.

Beege Welborn says it's Soundin' Like Acting DNI Bill Pulte Swept In With a Broom to Sweep Out. Sundance elaborates Acting DNI Pulte Removes 51 from Agency – Six Fired and 45 “sent back to their home agencies.” "I’m not sure if that represents 45 from across all the desks, or the complete elimination of some overstaffed liaison desks. That said, given the nature of the leaking was recently to CNN (State Dept leaks to CNN), I am somewhat confident the State Dept liaison office inside the DNI is now empty office space." At Coffee and Covid, "Mere days after former DNI Tulsi Gabbard declassified 1,600 pages of secret intelligence community emails and work product from the first months after the pandemic, Dr. Anthony Fauci has had a sudden, but sincere, change of heart. Yesterday, SFG Media reported, “Anthony Fauci Refuses to Testify Voluntarily Before Congress on COVID-19.” It’s ironic. Having run the world’s premier allergy agency, Fauci has suddenly become allergic to testifying."

Julie Kelly @julie_kelly2, "Chief Sund was Pelosi's (and others) scapegoat. She forced him to resign on Jan 7. Sund was just months away from retirement eligibility and deprived of a job he loved--all so Pelosi could place the blame on his shoulders. Congress should right this wrong." Quote, "Chief Steven Sund @ChiefSund, "Before any investigation, Pelosi and her staff were already plotting my removal. On Jan 6, Pelosi admitted on camera that she was responsible for the security failures at the Capitol. Yet, within 24-hours, she publicly blamed me for Jan 6..."

FedWire, DHS and CBP announce 13 consecutive months of zero releases at the border. Amy Curtis at TownHall, Illegal Immigrant Busted After Using Uber Gig to Kidnap, Assault Passenger.

Not surprisingly, Nigel Farage thinks Britain is broken, we need an election. Steve Soukup at Am Great wonders “Is There No England Now?” "Whether Keir Starmer has resigned or not, Britain’s turmoil over immigration, speech, and identity signals a ruling consensus fracturing under public backlash." At TCW, Delusional to the end: Starmer’s resignation speech proved why he had to go. Sarah at Insty snorts BUT HE’LL ‘FIX’ THE PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT BECOMING MINORITIES IN THEIR OWN COUNTRY: "Open borders Burnham won’t fix broken Britain." At the Babylon Bee, Visitors From Europe Tell Us Their 13 Most Surprising Discoveries In America. "4. The police won't raid your house if you share a meme: Go ahead and be funny, Europeans." Benjamin Domenech @bdomenech, ""Hot Swedish women like America, here's why that's bad." - @TheAtlantic" Quote Stephen L. Miller @redsteeze, "Oh, you all are enjoying the posts from the hot Swedish influencer? Well, she's a whore. x.com/bdomenech/stat…"

From the College Fix, ASU professor docked for ‘Christian bias’ after asking students about ‘highest good’ and Roughly one-third of UC Berkeley law students claim ‘psychological’ disabilities. To be fair, it's probably a low estimate. Joanne Jacobs sees Liberals see promise in tax-credit scholarships; conservatives see dangers.

Ace, Under Threat of Anti-Trust Action, Un-American MLB Walks Back Threat to Discipline Players for Daring to Include Biblical References on Their Forced Gay Cosplay Hats. "As you know, the San Francisco Giants forced players to wear pRiDe rainbow caps. Some players objected to being forced to wear this antibiblical message, so they put little strips of cloth on the caps noting a specific Biblical passage that mentions the rainbow as God's promise to never flood the world again." NYPo, Woman who emptied Knicks trashcan on street — then stole it — is fired from JPMorgan Chase, was DEI exec. Althouse asks "What's "experiential content" and why am I "experiencing" that as bullshit?" From State of the Day, the State of Monday: ALPHABET PRIDE'S DISASTER MONTH "Something tells me it’s going to get worse before it gets better."

And more at the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 06.23.26 The Wombat has and FMJRA 2.0: Meanwhile, Somewhere In The Great Basin a bit late, but within reason.

Flotsam and Jetsam Returns

We arrived home from Hawaii, after two days of flying (Maui to LA on Wednesday, LA to Balmer on Thursday). A pretty nice trip, but very busy. So did I miss anything? 

I see the Schumer Schutdown is still in force. Did any one notice the difference? Jeff Charles at TownHall, Trump's Latest Shutdown Threat Is Making Democrats' Skin Crawl. News Wax, Trump: Only Cutting Dem Programs, 'Taste of Their Medicine'. 

And we have peace plan in Gaza agreed to by all sides? Althouse, "After months of deadlock, Israel and Hamas have reached an agreement for the release of Israeli hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners, a long-awaited breakthrough..." ""... that could point toward an end to the two-year war in Gaza. 'This is a GREAT Day for the Arab and Muslim World, Israel, all surrounding Nations, and the United States of America, and we thank the mediators from Qatar, Egypt, and Turkey, who worked with us to make this Historic and Unprecedented Event happen,' Mr. Trump said on Truth Social." The NYT reports." and Fetterman praises Trump: "We can have true peace in the region now." I'm not counting this chicken just yet, there's still plenty of opportunity for Hamas to fuck things up, but it's certainly a great step forward. The Nobel committee, of course, bypassed Trump this year, choosing instead to give the Nobel Peace prize to a virtually unknown Venezuelan opposition leader. Althouse says Now, we can keep talking about it for another year. "Trump did not win the Nobel Peace Prize. Not Trump won."

President Trump revealed plans to put National Guard troops into both Portland and Chicago, both cities where civil authorities have forbidden to the police to assist ICE when threatened by Antifa black-shirts, effectively declaring insurrection against the Federal government. Both cities found friendly federal judges willing to go out on a limb and forbid Trump from doing so. Althouse, "Untethered from reality." "I'm reading "Live Updates: Ninth Circuit Questions Why President Can’t Send National Guard Into Portland/A judge in Chicago is still hearing arguments on the Trump administration’s plans to send troops there. Both cases center on the legal limits of a president’s power to order troops into American cities against the will of state and local authorities" (NYT): The federal case in Oregon turns, in part, on the amount of deference the courts must give to the president’s decisions about when and where to deploy the National Guard. The federal government is arguing that the courts cannot review those deployment decisions at all. Stacy Chaffin, who is representing Oregon before the appeals court, the Ninth Circuit, told the panel of judges on Thursday that the usual policy of deference did not apply if the president’s assessment of the situation in Portland was “untethered from reality.” ADDED: It might seem crazy to have a legal test premised on connection to reality, but I think we are that crazy. The "rational basis" test is used all the time. It's important to see that the President is asking for even less scrutiny than that. He's arguing that his decision is unreviewable." Jonathan Turley roasts Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson Calls for the Arrest of ICE Officers.

Trump's bête noire Letitia James, Attorney General of New York, has been indicted in Virginia for claiming residence on mortgage applications for houses she clearly did not intend to reside in. She is, of course, ironically whining about how unfair it is for a politician to go after another politician. NYPo, NY AG Letitia James indicted on federal bank fraud, false claims charges. John Sexton at Hat Hair, Letitia James Indicted for Mortgage Fraud. Meanwhile, the Peacock reports Ex-FBI Director James Comey pleads not guilty after Trump called for his prosecution. The Biden FBI investigated several Republican Senators in the course of it's J6 investigation, examining their phone records. Politico whines Sen. Josh Hawley falsely says FBI ‘tapped’ senators’ phones during Jack Smith probe, "The Missouri Republican referenced FBI documents which revealed the time and duration of calls made and received by lawmakers." Atop Da Hill, FBI fires 2 special agents who worked on Jack Smith probe: Reports "FBI Director Kash Patel told Fox News on Wednesday that agents involved in “Arctic Frost” had been fired, but he did not specify how many. NBC News also reported the FBI took action against a third agent involved in the investigation. . . . Patel added that the subpoenas of the phone records were placed in a “lockbox” and classified as prohibited access, a move that would have required the approval of former Attorney General Merrick Garland and former FBI Director Christopher Wray."

A judge gave would be assassin of Supreme Court Justice Kavanaugh a lighter sentence because it claimed to be trans. At City Journal, Impeach Judge Boardman, "Her lenient sentencing of Justice Kavanaugh’s would-be assassin has shaken public confidence in the courts."

At Da Caller, Republican Buys Dominion Voting Systems, Forces Them To Drop Lawsuits Against Conservatives. "Dominion Voting systems has been acquired by founder and chairman of Liberty Vote Scott Leiendecker, in a deal which included dropping lawsuits against conservatives. Leiendecker, former GOP election reform advocate, has officially become the sole owner of Dominion after making the deal contingent on dropping several remaining lawsuits against prominent conservatives and One America News Network (OANN)."

The arsonist who allegedly set the Pacific Palisades fire in Los Angeles has been identified, and arrested, and turns out to be a Biden donating, Trump hating environazi. At Breitbart, a Report: Palisades Arson Suspect Ranted About Trump, Climate Change. From Ace, The Pallisades Arsonist, Murderer of 12 and Destroyer of $150 Billion in Proparty, Donated to Biden and Threatened to Burn Down His Sister's House (When the Kids Were Inside It), "Whatever we do, we must never send criminals to prison or lunatics to the asylum. That would be Letting Trump Win. Pallisades inferno arsonist Jonathan Rinderknecht donated to Biden:"

Jay Jones, the Democrat candidate for Attorney General of Virginia, was revealed to have said his former Republican rival, then-House Speaker Todd Gilbert deserved two bullets in his head, and his wife deserved to see her daughter die in her arms. USA Today, 'Two bullets to the head'? Virginia Democrat's texts should end his AG campaign. He sort of apologized eventually saying “Like all people, I’ve sent text messages that I regret and I believe that violent rhetoric has no place in our politics.” It certainly doesn't seem that way. His running mate for Virginia Governor, continues to support him, Insty, THAT’S AN ENDORSEMENT, THEN: Abigail Spanberger Refuses to Withdraw Jay Jones Endorsement amid Text Scandal. Wesley Yang @wesyang, "If the Democrats don't change their position on gender (which is that forbidding girls to draw a boundary between themselves and any boy who says he is a girl is the Civil Rights Movement of the 21st Century) and only try to change their messaging to get around the fact that their position is unpopular today while seeking to win the power to keep brainwashing little girls from the earliest age that they must accept boys who say they are girls as real girls or be ostracized and punished by the state, they end up sounding like Abigail Spanberger does in this clip -- like a wheedling, evasive, dishonest, inhuman, bureaucratic non-entity." Quote YoungkinWins @YoungkinWins, "WATCH: @SpanbergerforVA repeatedly REFUSES to say if men should be allowed to compete in girls’ sports and use girls’ locker rooms/bathrooms:"  Althouse, "If your li'l girl comes home and said she was forced to undress in a locker room with a biological boy, what would you say? She's crying!" "Why wasn't the Democrat, Abigail Spanberger, sharp enough to come up with something to say?"

Stacy McCain, on how a Typical Democratic Voter Inadvertently Explains the Great Mystery of Our Time. Did you ever wonder how the Democratic Party got so crazy? For example, how is it that the governor of Illinois is inciting violent mobs against federal immigration authorities and meanwhile, in Virginia, every Democrat is rallying to the defense of Attorney General candidate Jay Jones, who openly fantasized about murdering political opponents? To summarize briefly: Bad causes attract bad people."

Find even more links at the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 10.08.25 The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: Opening Day 1974 up on time and under budget.

Flotsam and Jetsam - Trump's Navy Blows Up Venezuelan Narco Boat

From Da Caller, Latin America’s Narco States Freaking Out Over Trump’s Cartel Crackdown. Atop Da Hill, Venezuela at ‘maximum preparedness’ with US warships in Caribbean: Maduro. At Da Wire, Maduro Accuses U.S. Of ‘Seeking A Regime Change’ After Trump Deploys Military To South Caribbean. Yeah, and your point? PM reports Trump announces the US military has just conducted a lethal strike against a Venezuelan drug cartel vessel in the Caribbean. "These came out of Venezuela — and coming out very heavily from Venezuela. A lot of things are coming out of Venezuela." See the video at the link. At the Center Square, Chinese networks use U.S. to launder billions for Mexican cartels, Hat Hair's Dave Strom, Liberals Discover That the BRICS Exist, Blame Trump. From NewsWax, Trump Says He Is 'Very Disappointed' With Putin.

A video at Hat Hair, Kent Strang: Strong Economy, Poll Surprises, and Why AI & Energy Will Shape America’s Future. Beege Welborn at Hat Hair hears The Young Latino Swing to Trump Is Real.

PJM's Matt Margolis thinks Trump’s Response to Death Rumors Was Absolutely Epic “You know, I, I have heard, it’s, uh, sort of crazy, but last week I did numerous news conferences, all successful, they went very well, like this is going very well. And then I didn’t do any for two days and they said, ‘There must be something wrong with him.’ Biden wouldn’t do them for months. You wouldn’t see him, and nobody ever said there was ever anything wrong with him, and we know he wasn’t in the greatest of shape.” and thinks he's SICK: Tim Walz Publicly Roots for Trump’s Death in Shocking Video From Ace, After Left Wing Lunatics Push "Trump Is Dead" Hoax on Twitter, Governor and Former VP Candidate Tim Walz Enthusiastically Proclaims That While Trump Didn't Die Yet, He Will Die Soon, "Mentally ill and loathsome people, many of whom believe in witchcraft and the power of "manifesting" your preferred reality through chanting spells, tried to will Trump's death into being over the weekend." Neil Pollack at the Spec World says Wishing Trump dead only make him stronger.

Driscoll at Insty, THAT’S THE CHICAGO WAY — BUT IT DOESN’T HAVE TO BE: Chris Arnade @Chris_arnade "The acceptance of disorder in the US, including levels of violence in poor neighborhoods that's near top across the world, is simply stunning. We don't have to live like this, but because most of it happens to poor people, out of sight of an incurious media, we do." Quote Breaking911 @Breaking911 "REPORTER: “This past weekend, 54 shot, 7 dead…” PRITZKER: “Look, big cities have crime!”" RedState's Sister Toldja thinks Wow: Pritkzer Hands GOP a Gift With Wildly Tone-Deaf Answer to Question About Chicago's Violent Weekend. At NYPo the Divine Ms. Devine says Democrats’ head-scratching reaction to Trump’s DC crime crackdown puts them at odds with voters. Beege Welborn, Brandon Johnson Basically Calling for Race War to Keep Federal Troops Out of Chicago. Ward Clarke at RedState, hopes Trump EO Could Help Solve Las Vegas' Devastating Homeless Crisis. At Da Signal, Sorry, White Old Hippies: We Black People Want Safe Streets. Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok, "Remember when a trangender t*rrorist shot up a Christian school and kiIIed two kids and then the Democrats told us not to pray for the victims??"

Sundance at CTH, President Trump makes 2:00pm ET Announcement – U.S. Space Force Likely Moving From Colorado to Alabama. Beege Welborn, Make Space Great Again...From Huntsville UPDATE. Gunther Eagleman™ @GuntherEagleman "BREAKING: Trump has OFFICIALLY directed the Space Force HQ to be stationed in Huntsville, Alabama! This is COMMON SENSE, given its proximity to NASA. The icing on the cake is that this will create 30,000 new jobs in the state! WINNING!!!" Ben Whedon at JTN reports Trump to move Space Command from Colorado to Alabama, "Trump established the Space Force in 2019, building the branch out of components of the Air Force."

Bob Malone at Malone News, looks at The Plot to Get RFK, Jr. "BIO: “It is time to go to The Hill and lobby that it is time for RFK Jr to go.”" Insty at his NYPo gig says The CDC’s in-your-face double standards lost America’s trust — winning it back will be tough. Just Facts Daily looks at The Track Record of the CDC. From Fox, 5 ways MAHA moms can fix kids' junk food problem at school lunches nationwide "Practical tips focus on protein over carbs as childhood obesity rates climb to one in five."

Misty Severi at JTN reports House Republicans release the first tranche of Epstein files. "The Justice Department delivered its first trove of files to Congress last month, after the House Oversight Committee subpoenaed the department for the files." Matt Margolis, Epstein Files Drop: The Left's Trump Smear Campaign Just Collapsed. Nothing will ever be enough for Trump's detractors; they'll always be praying for a pony in the next pile of horseshit. 

In misc. Trumpiania, at OTP, Eric Trump Signals Openness To Future White House Run. I want Kai, but it will be a few years yet. Reagen Reese at Da Caller says Trump Unveils New Troll Of Joe Biden’s Autopen In Oval Office. Katie Jerkovich at RedState sees the Internet Goes Crazy After Bizarre Video Surfaces of WH Window Shenanigans. "One person suggested it was perhaps First Lady Melania Trump in the window and that she was throwing something out because she was "mad" about something, claiming that women often throw things out of windows. . . A White House spokesperson said it was simply a contractor doing work at the White House: "An official said that an object was thrown out of the window by 'a contractor who was doing regular maintenance while the president was gone.'""

From WokeSpy, Democrats Sink to Near Zero in New Gallup Poll, They’re Just Not Satisfied and Airbnb Co-Founder Dumps Democrats, Backs Trump Over Border Crisis. Jeff Crouere at TownHall, sees Democrats Descend to Deeper Depths of Trump Despair. At Hat Hair Capt. Ed hears Nadler: Biden Broke Me, and I'm Out and Duane Patterson thinks Democrats are at the Crossroads in Virginia.  At Lawrence Person's BattleSwarm Blog, VDH On How The Left Destroyed The Democratic Party. OTP, Dems Get Fact-Checked For Spinning Biden-Era Inflation Against GOP.

NYPo reports Oh mama! Qatar bankrolled over a decade worth of films directed by Zohran Mamdani’s mom. Da Caller, Zohran Mamdani’s Mother Revealed To Allegedly Have Deep Ties To Islamic Government. From Twitchy, Obama... AGAIN?! DataRepublican's Deep Dive Into Ilhan Omar's HUBBY Is One HELLUVA DAMNING Doozy (Thread). Stu @thestustustudio "PYM’s Aisha: How to Disrupt the F-35 Program This may be the most alarming thing to come out of the People’s Conference for Palestine because it is a step-by-step playbook that America’s enemies could benefit from. Aisha, a leader with the Palestinian Youth Movement, explained how activists could cripple the U.S. military’s crown jewel fighter jet program, the F-35 . . ." Video at link. This looks almost treasonous to me. Aid and comfort.

From the Free Bacon, ‘Stolen Land’: Gavin Newsom’s ‘Agricultural Equity’ Advisers Prepare Plan To Redistribute Farmland to Racial Minorities "California has 'the responsibility' to help 'rebuild the wealth that was stolen,' task force says." At Bloomberg Law, Texas Representative Sues Newsom Over California Redistricting. Mickey Kaus @kausmickey "There is no bigger swamp than the non-profits ..." Quote Mark Krikorian @MarkSKrikorian, "Celebrities Raised Millions for LA Fire Aid. Much of the Money Went to Programs for Illegal Aliens and Nonprofits That Only Assist 'Black and Brown Communities.' https://freebeacon.com/california/cel"ebrities-raised-millions-for-la-fire-aid-much-of-the-money-went-to-programs-for-illegal-aliens-and-nonprofits-that-only-assist-black-and-brown-communities/

At WTOP, Appeals court backs EPA action terminating billions in ‘green bank’ grants. At JTN, Trump to seek 'expedited ruling' from SCOTUS on tariffs case, DC grand jury refuses to indict woman over alleged online threats to Trump (to be fair, she was crazy, but then most Democrats are), Federal judge directs Google to share search results in major antitrust decision but not sell Chrome and Second judge rules against Trump having sent National Guard to Los Angeles "U.S. District Court Judge Charles Breyer ruled that the Trump administration violated federal law by sending troops to accompany federal agents on immigration raids in Los Angeles." Jeff Charles at TownHall, Rogue Judge Just Pulled Off Judicial Coup Against Trump's LA Riot Crackdown. 

A Larry video at Hat Hair, The Media Missed the Biggest Story of the Century with John Solomon, "Investigative journalist John Solomon joins Larry O’Connor to expose the full timeline behind the Russia-collusion hoax—Steele dossier, Crossfire Hurricane, the Flynn ambush, IC spin, and how the same playbook fueled impeachment frenzy and the Mar-a-Lago raid. We connect key dates (July 5, 2016 & Jan 6, 2017), unmasking, FISA abuse, and media malpractice—then look at accountability and what’s next." 

OTP reports Georgia Court Orders Fani Willis To Search For Trump-Related Records. 

Jeff Charles at TownHall thinks This Explosive Revelation Could Bury Lisa Cook. Using her second "primary residence" as a rental property.

AP says 1.2 million immigrants are gone from the US labor force under Trump, preliminary data shows like it's a bad thing. OTP, DOJ Challenges Illinois Law Granting In-State Tuition To Undocumented Students. VodkaPundit at PJM, CNBC Just Spilled the Awful Truth About California, "“These are the workers that are keeping our economy afloat. They’re keeping businesses open,” Abby Raisz, research director at the Institute, told CNBC." Driscoll at Insty, OLD AND BUSTED: #MeToo. #BelieveAllWomen. "The New Hotness? Prominent UK women tell rightwingers: stop linking immigration to sexual abuse."

Dave Strom has a UK Totalitarianism Update. The Spectator, Graham Linehan says I was arrested for insulting the trans mob. Beege Welborn, Carry Out Baggage: UK Starmtroopers Now at Airports Snatching Up Comedians Who Mean Xweet. Ace, British Comedy Writer Graham Linehan, Creator of "The IT Crowd," Arrested at Heathrow Airport Over Anti-Trans Tweets "Anti-"hate speech" laws in action. Here's one of the tweets he was arrested for: Graham Linehan @Glinner, "If a trans-identified male is in a female-only space, he is committing a violent, abusive act. Make a scene, call the cops and if all else fails, punch him in the balls." VodkaPundit at Insty, THE SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP IS OVER, AND BRITAIN IS NOW OUR PSYCHOTIC EX-GIRLFRIEND: Preston Byrne @prestonjbyrne, "Critically, they did this to Linehan for speech and conduct he engaged in *while in the United States.* The UK has declared war on the First Amendment and America needs to respond accordingly." Quote GB Politics @GBPolitcs, "NEW: Comedian Graham Linehan was arrested and interrogated by five armed police officers at London Heathrow Airport over three posts on X Mr. Linehan has also been banned from using X." A Driscolly post at Insty, THE POUND IS SINKING: Preston Byrne @prestonjbyrne, "The Linehan crash. My theory is that American posters have made UK free speech such a huge issue in the U.S. - where all the capital lives - that the UK’s pro-censorship posture is capable of materially degrading the country’s economic position." Quote, GB Politics @GBPolitcs, "NEW: The British Pound (£) has fallen 1.50% against the U.S. dollar ($) within the last few hours." The Babylon Bee @TheBabylonBee, "English Bobbies Race Past 5 Stabbings To Tackle Offensive Social Media Poster https://buff.ly/mcDdkni."

At Hat Hair, Mark Judge (remember him?) reports A New York Times Reporter Apologized to Me. Now What? From LifeZette, CNN’s Abby Phillip Shrugs Off Threats Against ICE Agents And Families. CNN host Abby Phillip is facing scrutiny after suggesting that violent threats against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers and their families are risks “they just have to take” as part of their jobs." At Da Wire, Trump Goes To War With Wikipedia Over Political Slant.

At Althouse, "Liebich has vigorously resisted suggestions of taking this step to satirise the authorities, rather than out of a wish to live as a woman."  Stacy McCain explains Bad Causes Attract Bad People (and Why NPCs Can’t Resist ‘The Current Thing’). Greg Piper at JTN, Christian baker punished for refusing lesbian wedding cake asks SCOTUS to close California loophole. ""First Amendment rights will vary dramatically by location, even between state and federal courts within California," if SCOTUS doesn't resolve two splits in lower courts. Justice Scalia 1990 opinion should be junked, petition says."

From OutKick, Australian Women’s Soccer Team With Male Players Wins Premier League Title (Again).

Lots of links left at the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 09.02.25 (Afternoon Edition). The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: Morning Glory Milking Farm up and garnering clicks at The Other McCain.

Labor Day Flotsam and Jetsam - Trump Still Not Dead

I hope you're planning on having a pleasant Labor Day. No labor here, I promise, although at some point we're likely to go the beach to walk and pick up shark's teeth.

The Victory Girls are Mourning For Democrats – Trump Is Alive! From Twitchy, BAHAHA! Welcome to the Find OUT Part! --> Lefty Cries on X After Losing Job for Celebrating Trump's DEATH.

AMAC explains How Trump’s D.C. Crime Crackdown Could Help GOP in Midterms. "The real danger for Democrats, particularly looking ahead to the midterm elections next year, is that the American public now has proof of concept for what Republicans have been saying for years: that the crime, chaos, and general dysfunction in virtually every U.S. city is a choice." Sarah Arnold at TownHall, Chicago Mayor Signs Order to Shield Criminal Illegal Aliens, Undermine Federal Immigration Enforcement. Larry Elder at Hat Hair scolds the Media: Trump 'Bizarrely' Calls President 'Chief Law Enforcement Officer' -- Other Presidents Did, Too. 

Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh, "JUST IN: The Washington Post is SIDING with Bill Pulte, exposing Democrat Fed Governor Lisa Cook for mortgage fraud and stating that @Pulte’s documents are CONFIRMED. “Obviously, she could not live in two places at once.” It’s over. The activist judge needs to allow Cook to be fired by President Trump immediately." Quote, Savannah @BasedSavannah, "Also, Reuters has chimed in with the same. Lisa Cook is done." From Fox, Rep. Maxine Waters calls for using the 25th Amendment to find out what’s ‘wrong’ with Donald Trump, "The Democratic congresswoman argued that Trump's removal of Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook could 'upend the entire economy.'"

At Da Blaze, It's been a year since Kennedy and Trump joined forces. Here are MAHA's top 3 wins. At Da Wire, RFK Jr Dismisses Gun Control Calls, Will Examine Psych Drugs In Mass Shooting ‘Health Crisis’ "Kennedy said HHS is investigating the mental health effects of psychiatric drugs." I think they're probably looking at it the wrong way, confusing cause and effect. Crazy people take psych drugs, and crazy people are do crazy shit. Sharyl Attkisson @SharylAttkisson, "“Kennedy's reforms aren’t being proposed to disrupt a healthy and effective system that’s served us well; quite the opposite. The context is a sick and broken establishment that demands a fresh approach.” 

From the Tampa Freep, EPA Rejects Stricter Meat And Poultry Regulations, Citing Economic Relief For Farmers. WokeSpy, Biden’s “Green New Scam” Suffers $679M Blow, California Hit Hardest. "Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced this week that the federal government has rescinded $679 million in funding previously allocated to offshore wind projects across the United States. The largest withdrawal affects California’s Humboldt Bay Offshore Wind project, where $427 million in planned funding has been cancelled." Gov. Exec. whines A fresh executive order aims to ban unions at more federal agencies. "A new edict published alongside President Trump’s proclamation celebrating Labor Day seeks to outlaw collective bargaining at more than half a dozen additional agencies under the auspices of “national security.”   . . .  Thursday’s order would ban collective bargaining at the International Trade Administration and the Patent and Trademark Office within the Commerce Department; the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service and the National Weather Service; as well as NASA and the U.S. Agency for Global Media. It states that all these agencies “have as a primary function intelligence, counterintelligence, investigative or national security work.”" From ET, Trump Says He Will Issue Executive Order to Require Voter ID "The midterm elections will be held on Nov. 3, 2026." I expect 'Hawaian' judges to overturn the latter two, forcing the issue to the Supreme Court. 

NPR, Middle schoolers are lauded for protecting younger kids during church shooting. In a video Andy Ngo explores Why Are There So Many Trans Mass Shooters Now? Rod Martin, has a Sunday Essay: When Identity Becomes Idolatry - What the Minneapolis Catholic School Shooting Reveals About Our Age, "The massacre at a Catholic school in Minneapolis wasn’t just another tragedy—it was a revelation of where our culture now stands. And the Church is increasingly in the crosshairs." At Alpha News, a Minnesota doctor urges parents—and doctors—to help end so-called gender-affirming care ‘as fast as possible’ "When struggling children are told by doctors that they were born in the wrong body, "that's not only not true—it's malpractice," Dr. Jill Simons explained." From News Wax Transgender Politics, Good Intentions Have Consequences. The Victory Girls, Dear Timmy: The Mental Illness Is A Root Cause, Not Guns. Bob Hoge at RedState, Tim Walz Has the Sads—'I Get Tired of Myself at Times.' Imagine how we feel. At TownHall Scott McClallen is happy to report a $110M Grant Will Harden Security at U.S. Churches, Houses of Worship.

At CTH, Sundance has Trump on DNI Gabbard: “By the way, she’s coming along, right?”, Senator Eric Schmitt Discusses “Russiagate” and COVID-19 Weaponization, and Someone Killed Andriy Parubiy – Victoria Nuland’s Former Point of Contact During 2014 Ukraine Maidan Revolution. "Andriy Parubiy knew a lot about western intelligence operations in Ukraine. Andriy Parubiy is dead now. Volodymyr Zelenskyy knows a lot about western intelligence operations in Ukraine." Scott Adams @ScottAdamsSays "There's a lot of worry in his voice. And it isn't about democracy." Quote, Western Lensman @WesternLensman, "The man who politicized the CIA to frame Donald Trump is back on MSNBC lamenting that the CIA has been politicized by Donald Trump." James Clapper. Reagan Reese at Da Caller says Trump Has No Problem Seeing Comey, Brennan Behind Bars For Russiagate Hoax. Throw Clapper in there too. Make room if necessary. News Wax's Larry Bell opines John Bolton Investigation: Retribution or Justice? Embrace the healing power of 'and.'

MAZE@mazemoore "In 2019 Erin Burnett wanted to make sure that there was no way for Paul Manafort to escape the seriousness of the mortgage fraud charges. In 2025 it's mortgage fraud, really? This is CNN." So, in addition to mortgage fraud, LifeZette reports Letitia James Reportedly Caught Harboring Fugitive in Her ‘Primary Residence’ "The North Carolina Department of Adult Correction has issued an alert for fugitive Nikia Monique Thompson, the niece of New York Attorney General Letitia James’s family. . . Questions have surfaced about whether Thompson is hiding at a property tied to Attorney General James in Norfolk, Virginia." Jack @jackunheard "BREAKING: Letitia James is COOKED. President Trump just posted this accusing her of harboring a fugitive."

Sarah Arnold at TownHall, Kamala Harris Loses Secret Service Detail, California Taxpayers Pick Up the Tab. 

 

Althouse is amused,"The submarine sandwich’s... phallic yet floppy nature can also be seen in this context as a mocking reflection of the administration’s strutting, performative, hollow machismo...."

"'He thought it was funny. Well, he doesn’t think it’s funny today,' declared Ms. Pirro, playing the nation’s sputtering high school vice principal sick of all these disrespectful kids, in a video announcing that Mr. Dunn would be charged with felony assault.... Attorney General Pam Bondi... condemned him as 'an example of the Deep State we have been up against for seven months.' That seems like a lot of firepower brought to bear on a single sandwich-throwing paralegal...."

Writes Bruce Handy, author of "Hollywood High: A Totally Epic, Way Opinionated History of Teen Movies," in "I’ll Have My Resistance on a Roll. Hold the Mayo" (NYT).

As you may have noticed, the prosecutor failed to get an indictment, disproving at long last "that grand juries aren’t in fact willing to indict ham sandwiches."

As my son pointed out, all they have to do is bury him with misdemeanor charges, which don't go to a grand jury. Sure, the DC jury let's him off eventually, but the process is the punishment. 

At Hat Hair, Dave Strom is astonished: Guess What? NYT Says Mamdani Is Not a Socialist!, even though he proudly calls himself a democratic socialist and Betsey McCaughey thinks (hopes?) Mamdani Could Lose Even in Crowded Field.

Sister Toldja at RedState thinks 'Lazy Butt': Gavin Newsom Comes for Sen. Kennedy in Crime Debate, Probably Wishes He Hadn't.

Matt Margolis believes Democrats Face Disaster as Another State Joins the Redistricting War, Florida, which could switch as many as 4 seats. 

PJM's Cathy Salgado says Guess What DOGE Found Your Money Is Funding Now! "DOGE normally releases a contracts update on X on Fridays highlighting some of the stupidest agency contracts that it has discovered in the last week, and this past week‘s was a doozy: “Over the last 5 days, agencies terminated 50 wasteful contracts with a ceiling value of $2.9B and savings of $762M, including a $2.4M DoD contract for ‘transgender health medical evaluation unit services’, a $128.5k DoD contract for ‘LGBTQ magazine advertising campaign’, and a $48.7M USAID contract for ‘the Belarus Regional Initiative to provide transition activities in Belarus and other countries in Europe’.”"

Driscoll at Insty, STEPHEN MILLER GIVES MASTER CLASS IN DESTROYING MEDIA ANSWERING QUESTION ABOUT DEPORTING ILLEGAL ‘MD DAD:’ Thomas Sowell Quotes @ThomasSowell "Stephen Miller on Kilmar Garcia saying "he doesn't want to go home to El Salvador": "We're not a travel booking agency. It's not our job to say to illegal alien terr*rists, 'pick your favorite destination in the world and we'll send you... there.'"" The Babylon Bee @TheBabylonBee, "Human Trafficker Says It’s Inhumane To Be Trafficked To Another Country." Ben Smith at LI reports HUD Orders 30-Day Audit to Remove Illegals From Public Housing "“American citizens will be prioritized,” Turner said." Sarah Arnold looks crosswise at The Left’s Hysteria Over Trump’s Immigration Enforcement Plans in Chicago. From the College Fix, Cal Poly Pomona ‘postpones’ job fair due to inclusion of Customs and Border Protection recruiter.

Will Chamberlain @willchamberlain "Think about this for a second The CDC is utterly useless if it is not seen as credible by the majority of the country, and yet they employed a guy with massive satanic tattoos who wore bondage gear during a photo shoot as their point person on immunization." Bonchie @bonchieredstate, "Have they tried not lying to people about boys becoming girls?" Quote POLITICO @politico "America’s once-powerful doctors are struggling to remain relevant in Trump’s Washington."

Roll Call whines, Capitol Police nixes its equity and inclusion office, "Move comes amid larger push by Republicans to eradicate DEI."

The Wombat has Rule Five Sunday: The End of Summer and FMJRA 2.0: Morning Glory Milking Farm up and garnering clicks at The Other McCain.